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Martin Sexton Readies West Coast Fall Tour

Martin Sexton is about to launch a major fall tour, in support of his new release Fall Like Rain (EP). Be sure to check him out on the road, if he’s in your town!


Martin Sexton Fall Tour
September 26 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
September 27 Turner Hall Milwaukee, WI
September 28 People’s Des Moines, IA
September 29 Mitchell Auditorium Duluth, MN
September 30 Stage at Island Park Fargo, ND
October 4 Bear Tooth Theatre Anchorage, AK
October 5 Blue Loon Fairbanks, AK
October 7 Yukon Arts Centre Whitehorse, Canada
October 11 REDSTONE ROOM Davenport, IA
October 12 Deluxe at Old National Center Indianapolis, IN
October 13 Kent Stage Kent, OH
November 7 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
November 8 Jean Runyon Theatre Sacramento, CA
November 9 Mystic Theatre Petaluma, CA
November 11 Soho Restaurant and Music Club Santa Barbara, CA
November 13 Saint Rocke Theatre Hermosa Beach, CA
November 14 Orpheum Flagstaff, AZ
November 16 The Paradise Theater Paonia, CO
November 17 Boulder Theatre Boulder, CO
November 30 Avalon Theatre Easton, MD
December 1 World Cafe Live Wilmington, DE
December 7 Infinity Hall Norfolk, CT
December 8 Tarrytown Music Hall Tarrytown, NY

http://martinsexton.com/tour

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  • 8 months ago
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Cat Power Announces North American Fall Tour!

Cat Power

After a lengthy break from the road, Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) is planning to return in full force this fall for a tour behind her new album “Sun,” out 9/4 on Matador Records. If you haven’t yet, you can pre-order the record here and get a free 7” vinyl single. If you’re looking for a digital copy instead with an exclusive pre-order track, click here!

Here is a list of all upcoming Cat Power tour dates, with all on-sale data:

Thursday 10/11 – Miami, FL – Grand Central – On Sale Fri Aug 10 at 7am EDT
Saturday 10/13 – Mexico City, MX – Corona Capital Music Festival - On Sale Now
Friday 10/19 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis – On Sale Fri Aug 10 at 12pm EDT
Saturday 10/20 – Toronto, ON – Kool Haus – On Sale Fri Aug 10 at 10am EDT
Monday 10/22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club – On Sale Thu Aug 09 at 10am EDT
Tuesday 10/23 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom – On Sale Fri Aug 10 at 12pm EDT
Wednesday 10/24 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues – On Sale Fri Aug 10 at 10am EDT
Thursday 10/25 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory – On Sale Sat Aug 11 at 12pm EDT
Saturday 10/27 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre – On Sale Fri Aug 10 at 12pm EDT
Sunday 10/28 – Chicago, IL – Riviera – On Sale Sat Aug 11 at 10am CDT
Friday 11/02 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre – On Sale Fri Aug 17 at 10am PDT
Saturday 11/03 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo – On Sale Fri Aug 17 at 12pm PDT
Sunday 11/04 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom – On Sale Information TBA
Tuesday 11/06 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater – On Sale Information TBA
Thursday 11/08 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium – On Sale Fri Aug 17 at 10am PDT

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    • #Matador Records
  • 9 months ago
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Watch Redd Kross’ New Music Video For “Stay Away From Downtown”

Punk rock legends Redd Kross have just released a music video for lead single “Stay Away From Downtown,” off their fantastic new record Researching The Blues, out now on Merge Records. If you don’t yet have a copy of the album, click here for physical sales and here for digital (including an exclusive iTunes bonus track).

Be sure to catch Redd Kross on tour this fall!

August 7 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
August 8 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
August 28 - Hollywood, CA - Amoeba Records (in-store performance)
September 1 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
September 6 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
September 7 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
September 8 - Portland, OR - MusicFestNW
September 23 - Pensacola Beach, FL - DeLuna Fest

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    • #Researching the Blues
    • #Merge Records
    • #Stay Away From Downtown
    • #Music Video
  • 9 months ago
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MNDR On Tour With Duran Duran This August

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It’s hard to imagine a better way to celebrate a new album release than going on tour with rock/pop legends Duran Duran… and that’s exactly what MNDR is planning to do! A full list of dates is included below.

If you haven’t yet pre-ordered MNDR’s new album Feed Me Diamonds, slated for release on August 14 via Ultra Records, click here!

MNDR Tour Dates w/ Duran Duran

August 18 Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
August 19 Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheatre
August 21 Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center
August 22 Portsmouth, VA @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion
August 24 Mashantucket, CT @ MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
August 25 Atlantic City, NJ @ Ovation Hall
August 26 Pittsburgh, PA, @ Stage AE
August 28 Kettering, OH @ Fraze Pavilion for the Performing Arts
August 29 Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival

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    • #Feed Me Diamonds
    • #Ultra Records
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  • 9 months ago
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Download Cat Power’s “Cherokee” Digital EP Now!

Cherokee Digital EP

A while back we shared the track “Ruin” from Cat Power‘s forthcoming record, Sun. Yesterday, Sun’s opening track “Cherokee” was released in the form of a Digital EP with an exclusive remix composed by budding artist Nicolas Jaar. Both tracks are available now for streaming download below. Enjoy!

Pre-order Sun on the Matador Store, iTunes, Amazon and/or grab the deluxe vinyl + exclusive 7″ at your favorite indie retailer on September 4.

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    • #Digital EP
    • #Nicolas Jaar
    • #Matador Records
  • 9 months ago
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MNDR Wins MTV O Music Award For “Beyond The DJ: Most Innovative Solo Performer!”

Congratulations to Toolshed artist MNDR, who earlier this afternoon won the prestigious MTV O Music Award in the “Beyond The DJ: Most Innovative Solo Performer” category!

MNDR was up against Grimes, Girl Talk, Reggie Watts and Dan Deacon. Read more about her win here.

Be sure to catch Amanda performing tonight, when she opens up for The Flaming Lips as the conclusion to the O Music Awards. The show starts at 6 PM (EDT) / 3 PM (PDT). Check out the O Music Awards website, where you can watch the show streaming directly.

Congratulations, MNDR!!

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    • #O Music Awards
    • #MTV
    • #Grimes
    • #Dan Deacon
    • #Reggie Watts
    • #Girl Talk
    • #Flaming Lips
    • #Awards
    • #Win
  • 10 months ago
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Stream The Sun Parade’s Album “Yossis” Now Via MSN Music!

This has been a big week for Northampton, MA folk duo The Sun Parade. Their debut album Yossis was released on Tuesday, and in conjunction, the Ian Cinco-directed music video for lead single “Need You By My Side” dropped on Monday.

If you haven’t yet heard Yossis, check out a full album stream on MSN Music, and if it’s to your liking, be sure to head to The Sun Parade’s Bandcamp page and purchase the album. You won’t be disappointed!

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    • #MSN Music
    • #Yossis
    • #Bandcamp
    • #Need You By My Side
  • 11 months ago
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Spinner Debuts Big Scary’s “Falling Away” Video

Yesterday, AOL Spinner debuted the music video for Australian duo Big Scary’s single “Falling Away.” Watch the video here: “Falling Away”

Here’s what Spinner had to say about the video:

Australian duo Tom Iansek and Jo Syme have been perfecting the sound of Big Scary since 2008, dabbling in everything from garage rock to piano-laden pop ballads. Now the pair is prepping for the upcoming release of Vacation, their latest full-length record.

The band’s song “Falling Away” is a great introduction to Big Scary’s sound. At first, we hear a common piano line that rings out above a fuzzed-out drum kit. But once the chorus kicks in, a mix of percussive keyboard and angelic vocals carry us away on a pop cloud.

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    • #Jo Syme
  • 11 months ago
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The Sun Parade Debut Music Video For “Need You By My Side”

Northampton-based folk/rock duo The Sun Parade unveiled the music video for their single “Need You By My Side” on Monday, in conjunction with their show at Tammany Hall in New York City, as part of the New Music Seminar. Directed by Ian Cinco, the video is a beautifully shot five-minute piece featuring band-members Jefferson Lewis and Chris Marlon Jennings, as well as a cadre of friends, It captures a lot of the vintage 60’s-era, burned vignette style, saturated in rich color and playing with the effects of light and shadow.

The song is an upbeat foot-stomper that leads off The Sun Parade’s new album Yossis, out today. Named “Top Song of 2011” by WRSI 93.9 and 101.5, “Need You By My Side” has already made considerable noise, but will only do more-so with the release of this video. Cinco’s art direction is whimsical and appealing, matching the winsome duo’s sound. Watch it above!

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    • #Ian Cinco
    • #Music Video
    • #Yossis
    • #Need You By My Side
  • 11 months ago
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Cat Power Gives First Interview Previewing “Sun”

Cat Power Talks of Pride and Heartbreak On New Album Sun

From the British publication The Stool Pigeon.



Chan Marshall is counting down from 10. “Nine!” The phone drops with a clatter. “Eight!” She hops out of bed. “Seven!” She runs around her room, yelping numbers until out of earshot.

It’s over two months until Sun — her first album of original material in six years — is finally released and, given this is her first interview in some time, she’s getting fired up… much to the alarm of her pet bulldog, Mona.

“My dog is wondering, ‘Why is she counting backwards from 10?’ She jumped off the bed like, ‘Oh God, is it really happening now?’”

It’s noon at LA’s Chateau Marmont, the hotel where John Belushi died of a drug overdose, where F. Scott Fitzgerald suffered a heart attack, and where Led Zeppelin rode motorbikes through the lobby. Marshall likens the hotel to “a secret garden, a strange vortex of souls” and so it seems a fitting place to find her reflecting on a backstory that could rival the Chateau for its ups and downs.

In the 17 years she’s been recording as Cat Power, the music of Charlyn (shortened to Chan and pronounced ‘Shawn’) Marshall has continually evolved. There have been bare and brittle songs of emotional fragility, meaty Memphis soul and, now, vibrant pop with a pulsing electronic undercurrent. Along the way, she learned to refine the range of her smoky voice, grab a song by its guts and build up a devotional following. But there was always a sideshow.

It began with Marshall’s unsettled upbringing, growing up in bars through the Southern states as she shuttled between her divorced parents — a pianist father and hippy mother. After dropping out of school, she moved to New York at the age of 20 and grafted away until recording her first two albums, 1995’s Dear Sir and 1996’s Myra Lee, on the same day. Their sparse, hypnotic heartache led to a deal with Matador, a relentless touring schedule and a turbulent ascent to fame.

Marshall would combat stage fright with intoxication, giving tearful performances that ended abruptly. The confessional lyrics portrayed a troubled soul, the interviews suggested an eccentric personality, but fans warmed to her openness. The singer suffered a breakdown in 2006 just as her seventh album, The Greatest, proved a commercial breakthrough. But by then the gaps between releases were lengthening and once recovery yielded a second covers album in 2008’s Jukebox, Cat Power went quiet.

The new album Marshall proclaimed ready in 2006 started to feel too painful and personal to put out. Instead, she settled into a relationship with Giovanni Ribisi, nurturing a life at home with the actor and his teenage daughter in LA. Today, Marshall is still raw from their recent break-up, but Sun feels like the 40-year-old’s strongest work yet. It’s the first time she’s played all the instruments and produced an album herself, having honed the material in stages before recording it in Miami and Paris with Philippe Zdar (better known as one half of Cassius).

The extra preparation shows. It’s a significant break from previous albums and while the depth and darkness remain, Marshall sounds sharper, fresher and defiantly assured. In conversation, she buzzes with childlike giddiness, her stream of consciousness sweeping along so quickly that sentences fragment into tangents and dead ends. There are repeated apologies for incoherence or inarticulacy, and on more sombre subjects her chipper tone fades to a whisper, but throughout Marshall sounds genuinely relieved to be on the on the brink of a long-awaited return.

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    • #The Stool Pigeon
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  • 11 months ago
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