Starry Nites FULL LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT! Cat Power, Teenage Fanclub and more added!

JUST ANNOUNCED! Cat Power, Teenage Fanclub and more added to Starry Nites Festival! Presented by KCRW! Join us March 18th & 19th in Santa Barbara with Alan Parsons Live Project, The Kills, The Dandy Warhols, Black Mountain, She Wants Revenge, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Visuals by Obscura Digital and much much more! 4 Stages / 40+ acts / Camping on site!

Limited bundle and experiences packages here: http://bit.ly/SNFpledge

GA weekend passes here: http://bit.ly/SNFBuyTix

WHERE?!?

LIVE OAK CAMPGROUND

4600 Highway 154

Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Shows I went to in 2016

SHOWS 2016

Jan 13th: Sharkmuffin @ 4th Street Pine

Feb 23rd: Sharkmuffin @ Hemlock

Feb 23rd: Diane Coffee @ Brick Mortar

Feb 24th: Mitski @ Swedish Americana

Feb 25th: Kamasi Washington @ Independent

Feb 26th: Cave Singers @ Chapel

Feb 26th: Diane Coffee @ Echo

March 8th: The Garden + Levitation Room @ Observatory

March 12th: Slowdive @ Observatory

March 30th: Father John Misty @ Observatory (10)

April 14th: Fat White Family + Gateway Drugs @ Constellation Room

April 14th: ChVrches @ Observatory

April 19th: The Kills + Big Pink @ Observatory

April 22nd: Melody’s Echo Chamber @ Constellation Room

May 4th: Bleached + No Parents @ Constellation Room

May 4th: Mayer Hawthorne @ Observatory

May 6th: X + Blasters @ Observatory

May 7th: Spindrift + Magic Wands @ Madhaus

May 29th: BJM @ Teragram

June 18th: Cults + Big Pink @ The Autry (20)

July 13th: Empire of the Sun @ OC Fair

July 17th: Psych Furs + The Church @ OC Fair

July 20th: The Offspring @ OC Fair

July 21st: Psych Furs @ SM Pier

July 22nd: Autolux @ Constellation Room

July 30th: Nite Jewel @ Brick Mortar

July 31st: Mystery Lights @ Rickshaw

Aug 10th: Jeff Beck @ Hollywood Bowl

Aug 13th: Ziggy Marley @ OC Fair

Aug 13th: Bowie Experience @ Hanger (30)

Aug 18th: Diane Coffee @ Wayfarer

Aug 20th: Echo Park Rising

Aug 20th: Todd Rundgren + Sofi Tukker @ Pershing Square

Aug 26th: Boris + Earth @ Regent

Sept 2nd: Swans @ Fonda

Sept 8th: White Fence + Tyde @ Cal Academy of Science

Sept 17th: Long Beach Folk Revival

Sept 23rd: Band of Skulls @ Wiltern

Sept 24th: Music Tastes Good

Sept 24th: Peter Hook and the Light @ Wiltern (40)

Sept 30th: Echo and The Bunnymen @ Observatory

Oct 2nd: Jah Wobble @ Echoplex

Oct 4th: Phantogram @ Hollywood Palladium

Oct 4th: Julia Jacklin @ Troubadour

Oct 13th: Lemon Twigs @ Amoeba 6pm

Oct 17th: Legendary Pink Dots @ Constellation

Oct 17th: Temper Trap @ Observatory

Oct 19th: Marissa Nadler @ Wayfarer

Oct 20th: Gang of Four + The Faint @ Mayan

Oct 22nd: Patti Smith @ BEACH GOTH (50)

Oct 23rd: Devendra Banhart @ Beach Goth

Oct 25th: P Furs @ Observatory

Nov 5th: Primal Scream @ Regent

Nov 6th: Bush @ Observatory

Nov 10th: Suzanne Vega @ Regent

Nov 11th: Kristen Kontrol + Nite Jewel @ Constellation Room

Nov 12th: Sleigh Bells + Regrettes @ Observatory

Nov 16th: Lapsley @ Mayan

Nov 24th: Miya Folick @ Echo

Dec 5th: CRX @ Constellation Room (60)

Dec 10th: The Garden + The Spits @ Midnight Mass

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FOXYGEN north american tour 2017

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

Foxygen TOUR 2017:

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

ALESSI NEW VIDEO - WIVES - ONLINE NOW

ALESSI

NEW VIDEO - WIVES - ONLINE NOW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCq6ZftQ228&app=desktop 

Alessi 'Wives' www.youtube.com Directed by Luke Barham Superfan99records.com

Single release 13th January 2017, on  Super Fan 99 

http://superfan99.bigcartel.com/product/alessi-wives-8-lathe-cut-vinyl

Three years on from her final album as Alessi’s Ark, Alessi Laurent-Marke prepares for the release of her new album with the single Wives. Wistful with trademark melodies and hooks, Wives is a winsome assertion of female independence. 

"Wives is a meditation on womanhood and the powerful roles, responsibilities and loving duties all women strive to fulfil in their lifetimes. Inspired by women in my own family, in my close circle of friends and in widely woven feminine collective.”  says Alessi. 

Contrary to what the song title may suggest, Wives is a call to self-reliance and respect, rather than the pursuit of validation through others. “The idea of being someone's wife inspires me to no end. Recently I've come to believe that to be married to oneself, to be committed to nurturing our own spirits, will give us the best chance at growing truly loving relationships with our partners. Who are we if we're aren't present and loving to our own divine thread in this web?”

Wives is the first single from new album released in the new year. Her folk pop has evolved over the years from it’s humble bedroom beginnings and these days has more in common with Cocteau Twins or Charlotte Gainsbourg than the somewhat lazy Joanna Newsom comparisons of old.

Alessi explains this coming of age process, “After a year of touring in support of 'The Still Life', I parted ways with Bella Union and worked in different environments; markets, shops, child minding, making art, healing courses whilst writing new music.”

From uploading home recordings to Myspace to working with Bright Eyes in Nebraska and touring the US with Jenny Lewis and M.Ward it’s been a long and winding road for Alessi which has no doubt shaped her songs. Wives sounds like a very British tale being told in a California desert setting. It’s a beautifully produced and expertly executed taster from the new record which will no doubt excite fans both old and new.

The single release features another new album track 'DLD’ and will be released on download and an extremely limited 8" lathe cut vinyl, manufactured for Super Fan 99 in Tuscon Arizona. 

“The understated arrangements suggest you’re listening to a woman with impeccable taste” -MOJO

“Singing like a cross between Hope Sandoval and Bjork, Laurent-Marke has made a record of deceptive simplicity” - BBC

“It takes several plays to appreciate all the small touches that make each delicate piece” -THE GUARDIAN

“The old school songwriting and airy, summery production will leave you utterly spellbound” -CLASH

COACHELLA 2017

The news we've been waiting to hear regarding the Coachella 2017 festival lineup has arrived courtesy of Goldenvoice via Coachella's Facebook and Twitter. You can start making plans to attend one of the biggest and best musical events in the U.S. with headliners Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, and Radiohead.Weekend 1 will take place from Friday, April 14, to Sunday, April 16, and Weekend 2 will be held from Friday, April 21, to Sunday, April 23, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.

CATE LE BON US Tour starts next week

US tour kicks off in LA, Highland Park, Jan 12th! 

http://www.kcrw.com/…/shows/todays-to…/cate-le-bon-rock-pool

"ROCK POOL" 12 INCH IS OUT JANUARY 27TH!

Bonus! With the new Cate Le Bon not long gone, here's four candles not placed on the original Crab Day cake for you to hear as the titular holiday comes round once again. Cate writes: "Rock Pool" is the killed darlings from the Crab Day sessions brought back to life on a classic 2-2 formation. Written under the same banner of the impossibly absurd and emerging to unimaginable bedlam." Produced by Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick, and featuring musicians H. Hawkline, Stephen Black and Stella Mozgawa, "Rock Pool" spins and swirls the waters with carnival pop, synth, drone and dance, all beamed along the pan-electric ray of Cate's immutable blank stare. Short-and-sweet-play fun of a highly ambiguous nature. Mark your calendars, Cate Le Bon's new EP "Rock Pool" drops on January 27th! Listen to the title track below and peep her tour dates with Tim Presley.

TRACK LISTING 1. Aside From Growing Old  2. Rock Pool  3. Perfume Days  4. I Just Wanna Be Good

LISTEN TO "ROCK POOL" HERE

CATE LE BON/TIM PRESLEY TOUR DATES 12-Jan in Los Angeles at Highland Park Ebell* 14-Jan in San Francisco at The Chapel 16-Jan in Vancouver at Fox Cabaret 17-Jan in Seattle at Chop Suey 18-Jan in Portland at Mississippi Studios 21-Jan in Visalia at Cellar Door 25-Jan in Hudson, NY at The Half Moon 26-Jan in New York City at Bowery Ballroom 27-Jan in Philadelphia at Black Box in Underground Arts 28-Jan in Washington, DC at U Street Music Hall 30-Jan in Providence at Aurora 31-Jan in Cambridge at Middle East Upstairs 1-Feb in Montreal at Bar Le "Ritz" P.D.B. 2-Feb in Toronto at Velvet Underground 3-Feb in Detroit at El Club 4-Feb in Chicago at Lincoln Hall 5-Feb in Cleveland at Happy Dog

Sub Pop to release Sleater-Kinney: Live In Paris worldwide on January 27th

Sub Pop to release Sleater-Kinney: Live In Paris worldwide on January 27th, 2017

Photo credit: Jason Williamson

Watch/Listen: “Surface Envy (Live)” YouTube [Fan Video]: https://youtu.be/4YHv9_eybWw Spotify: http://u.subpop.com/2icuYm1 Soundcloud: http://u.subpop.com/2hRUhgN The day when the Riot grrrl of Sleater-Kinney ignited La Cigale “The American feminist punk trio Sleater-Kinney…came to present their eighth album, No Cities To Love, on Friday, March 20th in a Cigale full to bursting. A cult concert. For some, Friday, March 20 was synonymous with solar eclipse and peak pollution. For others, it was mainly the arrival of the Sleater-Kinney in Paris, their eighth album, No Cities To Love, under the arm. The kind of cult rendezvous for feminist punk followers, nostalgic Riot Grrrl and all those who shed a tear when the [band] announced their separation. It was in 2006, and Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss had decided to store their guitars for an indefinite period after shaking the feminist rock scene for twelve years. It took them nine to reform and give birth to a new album more pop than punk but still carrying a crazy energy. To say that the Sleater-Kinney are ultra charismatic on stage would almost be an euphemism. Carrie Brownstein, who has a second career on the small screen in the satyr series Portlandia, martyred her guitar like twenty years ago, while supporting Corin Tucker…singing. Behind them, Janet Weiss, on drums, makes sure of the frenzy of the pieces. Squares of fabric hanging on the back wall float in the air, caressing a light sailing between red and blue. Sublime. The live is in the image of their albums: abrasive. Without bass or keyboard, their songs bathe in a post-adolescent rebellion, so enjoyable that it sticks you butterflies in the belly. The kind of concert to make you want to go back in time to hang out at Olympia in 1994, preferably with their band. The trio, accomplice, unrolls a setlist bordering on perfection. The concert opens with ‘Price Tag,’ an explosive bomb from their latest album. A good entry… All [songs are] played with the same animal ferocity.” But these two reminders, as long as stuffed with old tubes (including the incredible Dig Me Out) will ensure the concert its label "cult". Before concluding, Corin Tucker will call for respect for gender equality, in the purest tradition Riot Grrrl. In 1996, the Sleater-Kinney sang I'm the Queen of rock'n'roll on the delirious ‘I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone.’ Twenty years and a reformation later, the trio proves it more than ever.” Les Inrocks http://www.sleater-kinney.com Sub Pop Mega Mart: http://u.subpop.com/2hQRSTu Sleater-Kinney store: http://u.subpop.com/2hQRXGM