Lift to Experience Shares Full Details of Definitive Reissue

LIFT TO EXPERIENCE THE TEXAS-JERUSALEM CROSSROADS THE DEFINITIVE RELEASE OF THEIR  SEMINAL DOUBLE CONCEPT ALBUM  OUT ON FEBRUARY 3, 2017

"This is the story of three Texas boys busy mindin' their own business when the Angel of the Lord appeared unto them saying... ‘When God calls the crippled, deaf, and blind to lead the children of Israel to the Promised Land.' ‘The children of Israel?' we asked ‘Don't you boys know nothin'? - The USA's the center of Jerusalem.'" Just As Was Told Listen to “Just As Was Told” here. Josh T. Pearson's cult band, Lift To Experience, announce full details of the much-anticipated definitive release of their seminal double concept album, The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads. Fresh from the triumph of Lift To Experience’s reunion at the Royal Festival Hall in London earlier this year, as part of Guy Garvey’s Meltdown festival, the band returned to the original Texas studio - The Echo Lab in Denton County - where their one and only album release was recorded. There, the band set out to create a brand new mix of The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads with engineer Matt Pence 15 years after its original release. Full circle, as God intended. The album was originally recorded live to tape, and Matt Pence was able to mix from those original recordings and capture the energy of the three musicians playing together in the room. Listen closely; you can hear the whirl of Josh’s trademark Leslie amp. Josh T. Pearson explains, “We went back to the studio, neck deep in the heart of Texas, where Lift recordedThe Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads - remixing the album the way it should have be mixed originally. It's good to have our balls back after years spent being castrated.” Lift To Experience formed in Denton, Texas, at the end of the last millennium by Josh T. Pearson, Andy Reginald Young and Josh “Bear” Browning. Their rise was fast and their reign was short. Following the release of their long-form masterpiece, the band imploded at the peak of their career due to a series of cruel tragedies. In this short time, however, Lift To Experience achieved high critical acclaim and were so beloved by John Peel that he invited them to record three Peel sessions in just five months, and the band were included in the Best 125 Peel Sessions of all time. The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads will be released by Mute on February 3, 2017 with rejuvenated album artwork, an homage to the Texas-based graphics design studio Pen & Pixel famed for their 90’s Southern gangsta rap album covers. The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads will be available on vinyl, CD and as a deluxe vinyl box set, which will feature Lift To Experience’s classic 04/15/2001 Peel session as well as their demo EP from 1997.

The full-tracklisting: The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads 2CD CD1 - Texas 1. Just As Was Told 2. Down Came The Angels 3. Falling From Cloud 9 4. With Crippled Wings 5. Waiting To Hit 6. The Ground So Soft CD2 - Jerusalem 1. These Are The Days 2. When We Shall Touch 3. Down With The Prophets 4. To Guard And To Guide You 5. Into The Storm 4LP Vinyl Boxset: - The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads 2LP LP1 - Texas A1. Just As Was Told A2. Down Came The Angels A3. Falling From Cloud 9 B1. With Crippled Wings B2. Waiting To Hit B3. The Ground So Soft LP2 - Jerusalem C1. These Are The Days C2. When We Shall Touch C3. Down With The Prophets D1. To Guard And To Guide You D1. Into The Storm - Peel Session LP Side A 1. Falling From Cloud 9 2. The Ground So Soft Side B: 1. Just As Was Told (7.52) 2. With The World Behind (3.57) - Vinyl EP: Side A: 1. Falling From Cloud 9 2. With The World Behind Side B: 3. Arise and Shine 4. Liftin On Up

Tinariwen Announce US Tour Dates

TINARIWEN ANNOUNCE US TOUR DATES WITH DENGUE FEVER

 IN SUPPORT OF NEW  ALBUM ELWAN
OUT ON FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Listen to New Song ‘Sastanàqqàm’ Via The Quietus

Grammy winning Saharan band Tinariwen have announced the details of their 2017 North American headlining tour. Kicking off on March 30th in Solana Beach, CA, the tour will hit both coasts wrapping up in Pittsburgh on April 21st. The acclaimed band has also unveiled their new single "Sastanàqqàm" from the forthcoming album, Elwan which features appearances by Kurt Vile and Mark Lanegan.

Listen to “Sastanàqqàm" via The Quietus or YouTube or Spotify.

"This song is an ode to the Sahara and its Nomads," explains Tinariwen's Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni. "It expresses the needs of the traveller as he crosses the desert on his mount. Essential needs: find water and a way to preserve it, find a good mode of transport. But also the love-hate relationship with the desert, the natural elements and the certainty that we will always go back to it."

Sastanàqqàm Lyrics

SASTANÀQQÀM

I QUESTION YOU 

TÉNÉRÉ, CAN YOU TELL ME OF ANYTHING BETTER THAN TO HAVE YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR MOUNT,
AND A BRAND NEW GOATSKIN, WATERTIGHT,
TO FIND YOUR WAY
BY THE LIGHT
OF THE FOUR BRIGHT STARS OF HEAVEN,
TO KNOW HOW
TO FIND WATER IN
THE UNLIKELIEST OF PLACES, AND ENLIST THE MOMENTUM OF THE WIND
TO HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD

TELL ME, TÉNÉRÉ
HOW YOU AND I
CAN REMAIN UNITED,
WITH NO HATE FOR EACH OTHER. 
TÉNÉRÉ, I CAN NOW ADMIT THAT
I HAVE TRAVELLED FAR THROUGH THIS WIDE WORLD.
TÉNÉRÉ, I GIVE YOU MY OATH
THAT AS LONG AS I’M ALIVE,
I WILL ALWAYS COME BACK 

In recent years, Tinariwen’s homeland, a Saharan mountain range between north-eastern Mali and southern Algeria, has been transformed into a conflict zone. While the songs on the new record evoke those cherished deserts of home, they were recorded far away in two distinctive creative bursts.

In 2014 Tinariwen stopped at Rancho de la Luna Studios in the desert of California’s Joshua Tree National Park. The location proved auspicious as notable musicians dropped by to add their own touch. Guitarist Matt Sweeny (Johnny Cash, Bonnie Prince Billy and Cat Power), Kurt Vile, musician Alan Johannes, who produced Queens of the Stone Age, a band with whom Mark Lanegan, the other guest has been a singer. All of it honed by engineer Andrew Schepps, who has worked with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Johny Cash, and Jay Z.  Two years later in M’Hamid El Ghizlane, an oasis in southern Morocco, near the Algerian frontier, the band set up their tents to record, accompanied by the local musical youth and a Ganga outfit (a group of Berber ‘gnawa’ trance musicians).

Elwan fits into that ‘road record’ category. In a road movie characters travel in search of some truth or revelation but end up reconnecting with their  past. It’s the same for this record, so musically powerful and yet poignant: every song evokes a land that can no longer be found, with all that this implies in terms of emotional range, from nostalgia for a joyous past to the tragic recent loss of a territory, and of the dream that it nourished.

Catch TINARIWEN On Tour:

30 MARCH 2017 – SOLANA BEACH, CA : BELLY UP TAVERN
31 MARCH 2017 – LOS ANGELES, CA : THE FONDA THEATRE
01 APRIL 2017 – BERKELEY, CA : THE UC THEATRE
02 APRIL 2017 – PORTLAND, OR : REVOLUTION HALL
04 APRIL 2017 – SEATTLE, WA : BENAROYA HALL
05 APRIL 2017 – VANCOUVER, BC : CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
7 APRIL 2017 – SALT LAKE CITY, UT : THE STATE ROOM
08 APRIL 2017 – DENVER, CO: SWALLOW HILL MUSIC ASSOCIATION
10 APRIL 2017 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN : CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER
11 APRIL 2017 – CHICAGO, IL : OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC
12 APRIL 2017 – TORONTO, ONT : MASSEY HALL
13 APRIL 2017 – MONTREAL, QC : PLACE DES ARTS
14 APRIL 2017 – BOSTON, MA : ROYALE
15 APRIL 2017 – BROOKLYN, NY : BROOKLYN BOWL
16 APRIL 2017 – BROOKLYN, NY : BROOKLYN BOWL
18 APRIL 2017 – PHILADELPHIA, PA : UNION TRANSFER
19 APRIL 2017 – WASHINGTON, DC : BARNS AT WOLF TRAP
21 APRIL 2017 – PITTSBURGH, PA : CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD HALL  

FIDLAR to Perform Tonight on Conan

 

TUNE IN: FIDLAR TO PERFORM

TONIGHT ON CONAN

Credit: Alice Baxley

Tune in to Conan on TBS tonight at 11:00/10:00pm C to catch FIDLAR's return to late night television. 

FIDLAR is currently on the road in the US for their Too Much Tour with SWMRS and The Frights. A complete list of upcoming live dates and ticket information can be found HERE. 

FIDLAR's critically acclaimed sophomore album Too is available now via Mom + Pop Music HERE. 

About FIDLAR

FIDLAR is Zac Carper (guitars/vocals), Elvis Kuehn (guitars/vocals), Brandon Schwartzel (bass), and Max Kuehn (drums).  Since forming in 2009, FIDLAR quickly became one of the Los Angeles music scene's most celebrated live acts thanks to their raucous live shows, which often concluded with the majority of audience members joining the band on-stage. Since formation, the band has toured the world and played with The Pixies, The Hives, Black Lips, OFF!, Jeff The Brotherhood, The Orwells, Wavves, The Delta Spirit and more. Their debut self-titled full-length album was released in the U.S. in January of 2013 and debuted at #5 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, #2 on the Alternative News Artist Chart and was the #1 most added release at CMJ. Rolling Stone immediately called FIDLAR "a band to watch", asserting, "FIDLAR redefines the 'Golden State' skate/garage punk aesthetic for contemporary tastes" and called Too "an excellent second LP."

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FOXYGEN North America dates on sale now 2017

North America dates on sale now, tix here http://foxygentheband.com/ 

Foxygen:

11-09 London, England - Oslo

12-01 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade

03-21 Richmond, VA - The National

03-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

03-24 New York, NY - Terminal 5

03-25 Boston, MA - The Paradise

03-26 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer

03-28 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House

03-30 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall

03-31 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre

04-01 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre

04-02 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave

04-04 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre

04-05 Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room

04-07 San Francisco, CA - The Independent

04-08 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda

04-09 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory

04-11 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom

04-13 Dallas, TX - Trees

04-14 Austin, TX - The Mohawk

04-15 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall

04-17 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks

04-18 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West

04-19 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel

04-20 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle

THE GROWLERS City Club Los Angeles / Dec 22 + 23 / On Sale Now

ON SALE NOW The Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, California December 22 & 23, 2016

City Club Los Angeles - The Growlers return to Los Angeles for the first time in nearly two years and in support of their fifth studio album, City Club. The historic Wiltern Theatre will host the pair of holiday shows on December 22 and 23. Both shows are all ages and on sale now. City Club, the new 13 song studio album was recorded in downtown Los Angeles and produced for Cult Records by label head Julian Casablancas and Grammy-winning engineer Shawn Everett.  Order City Club now at TheGrowlers.com or download the album atiTunes or stream at Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud and TheGrowlers.com.

TENNIS the band back on tour in 2017

Neil Young To Release New Album, Peace Trail, On December 9th Via Reprise Records

 

NEIL YOUNG TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM,  

PEACE TRAIL,

ON DECEMBER 9^th VIA REPRISE RECORDS

ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER TODAY; THOSE WHO PRE-ORDER WILL RECEIVE INSTANT DOWNLOAD OF TITLE TRACK

 

November 4, 2016 - (Burbank, CA) - Neil Young will release a brand new studio album, entitled Peace Trail, on December 9th via Reprise Records. Beginning today the album is available for pre-order through http://www.neilyoung.com and all participating digital retailers. Those who pre-order will receive an instant download of the title track (and first single). Additional instant downloads will follow for those who pre-order Peace Trail.

Peace Trail features all new songs that Young wrote since the release of his album EARTH, this past June. This new album is primarily acoustic and reflects an intimate, sparse approach to each of the ten songs within:

"Neil Young matches the fire in his belly to the poetry from his pen for one of the most gripping outings of his long career. This riveting collection, a spare acoustic-electric hybrid, seethes with righteous indignation over a plethora of social and political injustices, but also soothes with deeply felt empathy for those on the receiving end of iniquity."

-- Los Angeles Times / Randy Lewis

Peace Trail was recorded at Rick Rubin's Shangri- la Studios and features Young on vocals and guitar, Jim Keltner on drums, and Paul Bushnell on bass. It was produced by Young and John Hanlon, mixed by John Hanlon.  

Most recently Young previewed five songs from the album during his performances during the Desert Trip Festival, in Indio, CA. last week which both Rolling Stoneand Entertainment Weekly summed up as simply "explosive."

"Neil slashed and bashed at his guitar, the sound intense and nearly out of control." - Rolling Stone

The Los Angeles Times called Young's performance "intensely powerful,"  "furious" and concluded, "combining passion, energy and stinging content, Young served up a deeply rewarding performance."

Peace Trail will be released in several configurations: as a physical CD, digital download, and cassette.  A vinyl edition will follow in January.

For more info, visit www.neilyoung.com.

The track-listing for Peace Trail is as follows:

1. Peace Trail

2. Can't Stop Workin'

3. Indian Givers

4. Show Me

5. Texas Rangers

6. Terrorist Suicide Hang Gliders

7. John Oaks

8. My Pledge

9. Glass Accident

10. My New Robot