Punk the Capital coming to Blu-ray and DVD on 6/12 US and 7/12 UK

Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement A documentary tracing the birth of punk rock in Washington D.C. (1976-1983) Featuring Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Void, Rites of Spring, and more, with interviews from Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, H.R., Jello Biafra, Joe Keithley, and many others Blu-ray and DVD to be released for US Record Store Day on June 12th via Passion River and UK Record Store Day on July 12th via Wienerworld Includes 50+ minutes of bonus shorts with Scream, Void, The Cramps, and The Slickee Boys

When punk rock erupted in Washington DC, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, friendships, and clear minds. This film explores the incredible challenges that this subculture faced when it took root in the Nation’s Capital in the late 1970’s. Punk the Capital situates DC punk within the larger narratives of rock n' roll, working as a powerful multi-layered story for both fans and non-fans of punk rock. Featuring musicians such as Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, and Jello Biafra, this film dives deep into the ideas and sounds from this transformative music scene which continues to be influential culturally and politically around the world. Created by James June Schneider (co-director, editor), Paul Bishow (co-director), and Sam Lavine (associate producer, co-editor), Punk the Capital was theatrically released in the US last month and garnered rave reviews from the press and fans alike. Many of the screenings became special events, with Q&As with the directors and Pete Stahl of Scream, Chris Stover of Void, Nicky Thomas of Fire Party, curator / publisher Roger Gastman, and Hudley Flipside of Flipside fanzine, just to name a few.

Schneider states: "The final version of our film that we're releasing now is just the intense tip of the iceberg - our first cut was 7 hours long. In the end, we wound up focusing on the untold and improbable story of punk rock's beginnings in Washington DC, that happened concurrently with cities across the western world. We took a lot of our extra material that otherwise might never have been seen and edited it together to make short films that will be in the bonus section on the DVD (and Blu-ray). One of the shorts focuses on the band Scream and their family connections to DC's 1960's legendary garage band scene. As we roll the film out, we've been blown away by the positive response not just from fans of punk and DC punk who see and hear a lot of unseen material. We've also heard from a lot of people even up to 90 years old who don't really like punk but who nonetheless love the film. We're glad to see that Punk the Capital works on a lot of levels and are hoping that it will reach a broad audience since the DIY ideas highlighted in the film about the DC punk scene go well beyond the music."

Punk the Capital will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in the US for Record Store Day on June 12th via Passion River and in the UK for Record Store Day on July 12th via Wienerworld. A portion of all DVDs and Blu Rays sold through Dischord Records will go to the DC based charity We Are Family. As an added bonus, the discs contain 50+ minutes of short films from the archives of Punk the Capital: Scream Meets The Hangmen: Featuring all of Scream including Dave Grohl Void and Friends: A portrait of the cult hardcore band from the DC suburbs The Seminal WGTB Concert: The legendary first punk concert for so many DC kids, The Cramps and total chaos The Slickee Boys: Extra material on the band who got DC punk off the ground circa '76 Website: www.punkthecapital.info

‘PERMANENT DAMAGE: MEMOIRS OF AN OUTRAGEOUS GIRL’ (Mercy Fontenot With Lyndsey Parker)

AUTHOR LYNDSEY PARKER, ALICE COOPER, ARROW DE WILDE OF STARCRAWLER AND PAMELA DES BARRES TO CELEBRATE THE JUNE 9 RELEASE OF ‘PERMANENT DAMAGE: MEMOIRS OF AN OUTRAGEOUS GIRL’ MERCY FONTENOT WITH LYNDSEY PARKER WITH JUNE 3 GRAMMY MUSEUM® EVENT

In advance of the June 9 release of Permanent Damage: Memoirs of An Outrageous Girl, co-author Lyndsey Parker, Alice Cooper, singer Arrow de Wilde of Starcrawler and Pamela Des Barres with moderator Lina Lecaro will discuss the book at a GRAMMY MUSEUM® digital event available beginning June 3. The Permanent Damage event is as part of COLLECTION:live, the GRAMMY MUSEUM®’s new official online streaming service. More details can be found here about the event and read more here about key takeaways from the book. Permanent Damage: Memoirs of An Outrageous Girl shows us the world of the 1960s and 1970s music scene through Mercy Fontenot’s eyes, as well as the fallout of that era--experiencing homelessness before sobering up and putting her life back together.  Written just prior to her death in 2020 with veteran music journalist Lyndsey Parker, Miss Mercy’s journey is a can’t miss for anyone who was there and can’t remember, or just wishes they’d been there.  Mercy Fontenot was a Zelig who grew up in the San Francisco Haight Ashbury scene, where she crossed paths with Charles Manson, went to the first Acid Test, and was friends with Jimi Hendrix (she was later in his movie Rainbow Bridge). She predicted the Altamont disaster when reading the Rolling Stones’ tarot cards at a party and left San Francisco for the climes of Los Angeles in 1967 when the Haight “lost its magic.” Pre-order the book here.   Miss Mercy’s work in the GTOs, the Frank Zappa-produced all-female band, launched her into the pages of Rolling Stone in 1969. Her adventures saw her jumping out of a cake at Alice Cooper’s first record release party, while high on PCP, and had her travel to Memphis where she met Al Green and got a job working for the Bar-Kays. Along the way, she married and then divorced Shuggie Otis, before transitioning to punk rock and working with the Rockats and Gears. This is her story as she lived and saw it. About Lyndsey Parker: Lyndsey Parker is the music editor at Yahoo Entertainment and host of the daily SiriusXM Volume show Volume West. Considered an expert in music and pop culture, Parker is an Online Journalism Award nominee and has written for Elle, MOJO, Rolling Stone, NME, and Guitar. She has appeared as a commentator for the ABC special The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story, AXS TV’s The Top Ten Revealed, and the documentary I Want My MTV, as well as for VH1's Behind the Music, CNN, MTV, The Insider, and Good Day L.A.. She is the author of Careless Memories of Strange Behavior: My Notorious Life as a Duran Duran Fan (one of the first e-books published as part of Rhino Records’ all-digital music book series, which went to #1 on the iTunes Music Books chart). AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER and E-BOOK BIOGRAPHY/ AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ MUSIC 9781644281826 | US $27.00 | 6 x 9 in. | 320 pp. RARE BIRD BOOKS, A BARNACLE BOOK DISTRIBUTED WOLRDWIDE BY PUBLISHERS GROUP WEST RAREBIRDLIT.COM

Julia Jacklin Announces Björk Cover Collaboration with RVG

JULIA JACKLIN  ANNOUNCES BJÖRK COVER COLLABORATION  WITH RVG PITCHFORK RISING FEATURE OUT NOW

Photo credit: Jacob Diamond Read Pitchfork’s Rising Feature Julia Jacklin and RVG team up for a fierce take on Björk’s “Army of Me” as part of Rising Singles Club’s monthly full-moon releases. The reimagining sees Jacklin and RVG add their own unique flair to “Army of Me,” whilst still retaining all of the intensity and frenetic energy of Björk’s stunning original. Jacklin’s distinctive vocals echo over dissonant guitar tremors and bring forth the dark allure of the track. The collaboration was a vision realised for both Jacklin and RVG LISTEN TO “ARMY OF ME” HERE "I just love Björk and I love RVG. I was running on a treadmill which I don't do very often and I was listening to “Army of Me” over and over again to make me feel stronger than I am. Then I thought why not try and cover this song with another artist that makes me feel stronger than I am and I did! Was a good musical punch in the face to wake me up from a year of living a very small quiet life. RVG are one of my favourite bands in the whole world and it was just a real blessing to spend some time with them making music" –Julia Jacklin "We adore Julia’s music and were thrilled when she asked us to do a precious Björk song with her. I think we all wanted to challenge ourselves a bit and do things we haven’t done before in a studio, while at the same time just having fun and letting ourselves be as intuitive as possible." –Romy Vager, RVG

The RISING Singles Club have also featured covers from Amyl and the Sniffers and Luluc. Julia Jacklin’s last full-length album Crushing captured hearts around the world, landing in more than 20 ‘Best Of’ lists for 2019, including Pitchfork, Junkee and I-D. It was nominated for six ARIA Awards and three AIR Awards and scooped the gong for ‘Best Independent Blues & Roots Album,’ along with the Libera Award (US Independent Music Awards) for ‘Best Folk & Bluegrass Album.’ Last year, the Blue Mountains raised, now Melbourne based singer-songwriter released a two-tracker through Sub Pop’s coveted Singles Club and capped the year off with a Christmas single “baby jesus is nobody’s baby now.” Julia’s sophomore album Crushing is out now on Polyvinyl Record Co.

"The Australian singer-songwriter has a knack for packing an emotional punch with her deceptively fragile sound... an exciting return for the musician, and positions our eyes on the road to Jacklin's next release." - NPR   "“Head Alone” sounds at first like placid folk-rock, with two strummed guitar chords behind Australian songwriter Julia Jacklin’s reedy voice. But that’s resolve, not complacency; she’s fuming, and the reason soon emerges: “I don’t want to be touched all the time,” she sings. By the end of the song, she’s got a rallying cry: “Say it till he understands/ You can love somebody without using your hands.”" - New York Times   "["Body"] A maudlin song about your shitty boyfriend being arrested on a plane for smoking in the toilets. What’s not to love?" - The FADER   "Focus on the emotions and scenes she conjures with her carefully chosen words and you start to appreciate Crushing for what it is: Nothing less than an awakening." - THE RINGER   "Aussie artist Julia Jacklin’s new album Crushing explores all facets of the word. "Head Alone" is a pointed song; with the gripping socio-political lyric “I don’t want to be touched all the time/I raised my body up to be mine." - KCRW Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Allison Russell Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! With Brittney Spencer & Brandi Carlile

ALLISON RUSSELL PERFORMS ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!  WATCH HERE OUTSIDE CHILD OUT NOW ON FANTASY

Cover photo by Marc Baptiste “The singer and songwriter’s debut solo album, ‘Outside Child,’ tells a harrowing story with a survivor’s joy. Throughout the album, she sings about deliverance and redemption, about the places and people and realizations that helped her survive and claim her freedom. It’s an album of strength and affirmation, not victimization.” - New York Times "Singing a blend of elegant torch songs, ancestral ballads (in French and English), gentle country shuffles, and Al-Green inspired R&B, Russell embarks on a fresh musical beginning by dealing directly with her traumatic upbringing...Despite its heavy inspirations, ‘Outside Child’ is anything but despairing or academic." - Rolling Stone “Allison Russell’s first solo album, soars on wings of resilience and redemption, but not before walking through the valley of the shadows of pain and abuse and desolate loneliness. The 11-song cycle circles outward in ever expanding arcs.” - No Depression “A stunning exploration of trauma she endured in her youth, examined with new insight and wisdom that only time and distance can bring” - Nashville Scene "One of the most exciting voices in roots music. Russell explores her troubled upbringing, and how her creative life helped her overcome pain and abuse." - San Francisco Chronicle "The lyrics to ‘Nightflyer’ are mostly a list, a poetic and far-reaching one: ‘I’m the moon’s dark side, I’m the solar flare/the child of the earth, the child of the air/I am the mother of the evening star/I am the love that conquers all.’ Allison Russell sings them over a stately blend of country and church as she summons a congregation of her own vocal harmonies, gathering strength as she promises reassurance." - The New York Times on “Nightflyer” "Triumph glistens along poetic lyric lines as Russell uncovers unforeseen strength. Understanding this deeply rooted resilience derives from generations of strife, the artist beams with pride knowing the same strength will continue to build for her daughter and generations to come." - American Songwriter FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - MAY 26th, 2021 - Last night, Allison Russell made her late night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! performing her single “Nightflyer,” with Brittney Spencer and Brandi Carlile. The audio of the performance will be available for purchase with proceeds going to the The National Bail Out #FreeBlackMamas initiative. The National Bail Out Collective is a Black-led collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community based movement to end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration. For more information visit: https://www.nationalbailout.org/, or purchase the song exclusively on Bandcamp.  WATCH JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! HERE LISTEN TO OUTSIDE CHILD HERE

The performance follows last week's release of  Russell’s first ever solo project, the critically acclaimed Outside Child (produced by Dan Knobler). The poet, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist and co-founder of Our Native Daughters and Birds of Chicago, unpacks her youth in searing detail throughout the album. Russel had released four songs from the album prior to the full album including, “The Runner”,  “Persephone,'' “Nightflyer” and “Montreal.” “Throughout the album, she sings about deliverance and redemption, about the places and people and realizations that helped her survive and claim her freedom. It’s an album of strength and affirmation, not victimization,” said The New York Times in their recently released profile on Russell.  Allison Russell will make her Opry debut later this week, on May 28th and will be returning to Newport Folk July 23-28 as a solo artist. She played the festival previously with Our Native Daughters and also sat in with Mavis Staples and Hozier. In addition she’ll play the Moon River Music Festival on Sept 11th in Chattanooga, TN. On May 18th she also made her Country Music Hall of Fame debut.     Born and raised in Montreal, Russell imbues her music with the colors of her city - the light, the landscape, the language - but also the trauma that she suffered there. It is a heartbreaking reflection on a childhood no one should have to endure, and at the same time a powerful and warm statement of hope - asserted from a place of healing, of motherhood, of partnership - and from a new home made in Nashville. The record features contributions from many of the artistic family members she has found there including producer Dan Knobler, Erin Rae, Jamie Dick, Joe Pisapia, The McCrary Sisters, Ruth Moody, Yola, and her partner JT Nero. “It was just about making these songs live and breathe in the most honest way,” Russell says. “We were laughing, we were crying. And the communion between musicians, I hope people can hear that on the record. It felt like magic.” “Outside Child, Russell added, “is about resilience, survival, transcendence, the redemptive power of art, community, connection, and chosen family.” The album is both a radical reclamation of a traumatic childhood and lost home, and a lantern light for survivors of all stripes - a fervent reminder of the resuscitative power of art. “Allison’s new album, Outside Child, draws water from the dark well of a violent past,” says poet and songwriter Joe Henry.” “The songs themselves ––though iron-hard in their concerns–– are exultant: exercising haunted dream-like clean bedsheets snapped and hung out into broad daylight, and with the romantic poet’s lust for living and audacity of endurance.” For special offers and exclusive merchandise, visit Allison’s official online store HERE.

Photo credit: Marc Baptiste ALLISON RUSSELL ONLINE: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube Fantasy Records

Noah Cyrus Announces Intimate 2021 Shows in New York and Los Angeles

NOAH CYRUS ANNOUNCES INTIMATE 2021 SHOWS   CONFIRMED TO PLAY NYC’S IRVING PLAZA ON AUGUST 27 AND LA’S FONDA THEATRE SEPTEMBER 24 – TICKETS ON SALE NOW   APPEARING AT ‘LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL’ FESTIVAL IN LAS VEGAS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17   COLLABORATIVE DEBUT EP WITH PJ HARDING, PEOPLE DON’T CHANGE IS OUT NOW VIA RECORDS/RCA RECORDS

NOAH CYRUS LIVE DATES 07/25 – Wonderstruck – Kirtland, OH (TICKETS) 08/27 – Irving Plaza – New York, NY (TICKETS) 09/04 – Ogden Amphitheater – Ogden, UT (TICKETS) 09/17 – Life Is Beautiful – Las Vegas, NV (TICKETS) 09/24 – Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA (TICKETS)