Monday, August 4, 2014

THE WILD FEATHERS ANNOUNCE FALL 2014 TOUR DATES


American rock quintet The Wild Feathers have announced that they will hit the road for additional tour dates this fall in support of their self-titled, critically lauded debut album. The seemingly indefatigable Nashville quintet has continued to organically grow its audience at a rapid pace, with constant touring and barn-storming shows at clubs around the world and festivals across the country, including Bonnaroo, Firefly, and Summerfest this summer.


The Wild Feathers' upcoming fall tour includes a show at New York City's fabled Irving Plaza, marking their fourth headlining show in NYC - a city that has embraced the band from the very beginning. They will also perform at the Squamish Valley Music Festival and the Voodoo Music Experience, as well as headline their hometown's Live on the Green Festival. Please see below for all tour dates. It's no wonder that Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Gary Clark Jr., Sheryl Crow, Paul Simon and countless others have become fans of their hybrid take on rock, country, folk & classic soul informed by masterful song craft, souring vocal harmonies and infused with Stones/Faces- swagger: Support on all fall tour dates from The Apache Relay and Desert Noises.

"Classic rock DJs have been itching for this band for years. The Wild Feathers channel their Nashville roots with fast-stepping, unmistakably Southern country-rock suggesting a sprightly union of My Morning Jacket and Neil Young." - The New York Times

"They soar on the chemistry and cooperation between no fewer than tree expert songsmiths. Then they elaborate their compositions with the wafting harmonies of four of the five band members...Examples range from the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield to Traffic and Fleetwood Mac...Think the Jayhawkes kicked from behind by The Heartbreakers. American roots music with flat-out rock." - The NY Daily News

"Something that fans of heartland artists like the Avett Brothers and My Morning Jacket will appreciate while it recalls the magic of Tom Petty and Neil Young" - Rolling Stone

In addition, the video for the band's new video for "Left My Woman premieres today on Relix.com /Jambands.com.

The Apache Relay and Desert Noises Support on all fall dates:
08/08    Squamish, BC               Squamish Valley Music Festival
08/13    Littleton, CO                  Denver Botanic Gardens w/ Sheryl Crow
09/15    Dallas, TX                      KXT Summer Cut Festival
08/14    Houston, TX                   House of Blues
08/15    Dallas, TX                      Gexa Energy Pavilion
08/16    Austin, TX                      Emo's
08/27    Louisville, KY                 WFPK Waterfront Wednesday
08/31    Hershey, PA                  Zac Brown Band's Southern Ground Festival
09/03    Delmar, CA                    KPRI Party In The Paddock
09/05    Nashville, TN                  Live on the Green Festival
09/07    Atlanta, GA                    Parklife Festival
09/19    Hamburg, GER               Reeperbahn Festival
09/20    St Peter Ording, GER     Beach Motel
10/02    Barcelona, Spain            Sala Bikini
10/03    Madrid, Spain                 Joy Eslavia
10/15    Kansas City, KS             The Riot Room
10/17    Denver, CO                    Gothic Theater
10/21    Salt Lake City, UT          Kilby Court
10/22    Boise, ID                        Knitting Factory
10/24    Seattle, WA                   Tractor Tavern
10/26    Portland, OR                  Doug Fir Lounge
10/28    San Francisco, CA         Great American Music Hall
10/29    Los Angeles, CA            El Rey
10/31 - Nov 2 New Orleans, LA    Voodoo Music Experience
11/04    Indianapolis, IN               Deluxe at Old National Centre
11/06    Minneapolis, MN             Varsity Theater
11/07    Chicago, IL                     The Metro
11/08    Milwaukee, WI                The Rave
11/09    Cincinnati, OH                20th Century Theatre
11/11    Detroit, MI                      The Shelter
11/12    Toronto, ON                    Lee's Palace
11/14    Portland, ME                  Port City Music Hall
11/15    Boston, MA                    Brighton Music Hall
11/16    Providence, RI                Fete Lounge
11/18    Philadelphia, PA             World Café Live
11/20    Washington, DC             9:30 Club
11/21    New York, NY                 Irving Plaza
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YELLOWCARD Announce Fall Tour with Memphis May Fire... Emarosa To Support!


Rather than taking a well-deserved rest after a Summer-long headlining stint on the 2014 Vans Warped Tour, YELLOWCARD are gearing up for a run of dates later this year. "It is with great amounts of epicness that we would like to announce our fall US tour," said the band. "We will be co-headlining with our buds Memphis May Fire. The tour will take us across the States from October 16th until November 16th." Emarosa will support.
The tour kicks off in Las Vegas and wraps around the U.S. (with a date in Toronto), Yellowcard will be supporting the recently announced new albumLIFT A SAIL, the follow-up to their last studio album Southern Air, which will be released this Fall via Razor & Tie (more details soon).
"We are so excited to start playing songs from Lift a Sail for you all, and to be playing shows with MMF. Spread the word and we will see you this fall!"
VIP Meet and Greet packages go on sale Tuesday, August 5th (and will be available through August 7th) as well as pre-sale tickets. General on sale tickets are available on August 8th. For More information, please visit Yellowcardrock.com.
YELLOWCARD
with MEMPHIS MAY FIRE, EMAROSA
10/16 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
10/17 San Diego, CA – The North Park Theatre
10/18 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
10/19 Tempe, AZ – The Marquee Theatre
10/21 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
10/22 San Antonio, TX – Backstage Live
10/23 Houston, TX – House of Blues
10/25 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
10/26 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
10/28 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
10/29 Charlotte, NC – Amo’s Southend
10/30 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage		11/2 New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
11/3 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
11/4 Boston, MA – House of Blues
11/6 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/7 Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot
11/8 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
11/9 Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
11/11 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
11/12 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
11/14 Reno, NV – Knitting Factory Concert House
11/15 Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
11/16 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
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Stream Literature's debut album on Hype Machine, out August 19 via Slumberland Records


Philadelphia indie-pop outfit Literature are set to release their sophomore album 'Chorus'on August 19 via Slumberland Records. Today the band shares an exclusive pre-release stream of the album in its entirety on Hype Machine.

'Chorus' is available for pre-order on CD/LP via Slumberland and digitally on iTunes.

Tour Dates: 

09/06 Baltimore, MD - Holy Underground w/Expert Alterations
09/07 Washington DC - George Washington University
09/08 Marietta, OH - Project Active Media
09/09 Cleveland, OH - Dag house
09/10 Dayton, OH - South Park Tavern
09/11 Nashville, TN - Betty's
09/13 Savannah, GA - The Bomb Shelter
09/14 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor
09/15 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
09/17 Brooklyn, NY - Death by Audio
09/18 New York, NY - Cake Shop
 
More dates TBA
  
Bio:

Philadelphia, PA's Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who'd written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold.

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy's "Casual Victim Pile II" compilation they released their debut album, Arab Spring, which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7", "Tie Dye" and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year's NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. Arab Spring was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, Chorus, with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. Chorus is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

  
Literature
Chorus
(Slumberland Records)
Street Date: August 19, 2014 
Pre-order CD/LP - iTunes

1. The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything
3. Blasé
4. Tie-Dye (Your Life)
5. Court/Date
7. Chime Hours
8. Chorus
9. Jimmy
10. Dance Shoes
11. Kites

LITERATURE LINKS:
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Choir Vandals Premiere "Monsters" via Wondering Sound / Announce EP

Choir Vandals Premiere New Song "Monsters"
via Wondering Sound

At Night EP Due Out October 28th on 6131 Records


Photo Credit: Jamie Moore
 
Some might not consider St. Louis, Missouri a hotbed for captivating music, yet CHOIR VANDALS are among a new crop of bands from the city challenging such a notion.  Their brand of alternative / indie rock caught the attention of many with the release of the impressive Darker Things EP in late 2013 and the momentum hasn't let up since. Soon after their debut surfaced, the band signed with 6131 Records and began crafting what would becoming their sophomore effort At Night, an EP with four songs that all equally merit notice for their great songwriting and brooding catchiness.

The band teamed with Wondering Sound to premiere the opening track to At Night, entitled "Monsters", which can be heard the link below.
 
Stream CHOIR VANDALS "Monsters" via Wondering Sound:
http://www.wonderingsound.com/news/song-premiere-choir-vandals-monsters/

CHOIR VANDALS are currently on tour alongside In Between and will be supporting Dads and Tiny Moving Parts on their Fall U.S. tour in November. Dates are listed below.
 
At Night by CHOIR VANDALS will be released on October 28th, 2014 via 6131 Records.

 
At Night tracklist:

1. Monsters
2. Medicate
3. At Night and In The Rain
4. Watch
 
Tour Dates:
08/04 Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Underground *
08/05 Van Nuys, CA @ White Oak *
08/06 Fresno, CA @ The CYC *
08/07 Reno, NV @ Ft. Ryland *
08/08 Twin Falls, ID @ TBA *
08/09 Idaho Falls, ID @ The Sickhouse *
08/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kafeneio *
08/12 Ft. Collins, CO @ Art Lab *
08/13 Kansas City, MO @ The Sandbox *
11/03 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's Downstairs +
11/04 Austin, TX @ Mohawk +
11/05 Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey +
11/07 Tucson, AZ @ Gary's Place +
11/08 Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock Live +
11/10 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction +
11/11 Los Angeles, CA @ EchoPlex +
11/12 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of The Hill +
11/14 Portland, OR @ Slabtown +
11/15 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project +
11/17 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court +

* w/ In Between
+ w/ Dads, Tiny Moving Parts
 
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BOWL ETHEREAL Releases New Video Via Noisey; Sophomore 7-Inch EP Out Now On Southern Lord


Following the recent unleashing of their self-titled sophomore 7" via Southern Lord, Virginia-based instrumental math metal duo BOWL ETHEREAL has just released an official video for the track "The Last Minute" from the EP, as well as an in-depth interview with the creators of this venture, via Vice Magazine's online music channel, Noisey.

Comprised of Brian Metz (Amish Control Tower) on guitar, bass and production, and Pen Rollings (Honor Role, Breadwinner, Loincloth) on drums and arrangement/deconstruction duties, BOWL ETHEREAL loadS each track with crushingly heavy riffs and sturdy rhythms, displaying absolute precision, where every drum beat, every guitar riff and every unexpected musical corner they turn is calculated for maximum impact. While the six tracks of Bowl Ethereal clock in at only six minutes, six seconds in total, the brevity of the band's output is far superseded by its potency, each of their mangled, minute-long arrangements packing massive amounts of crushing power, the EP mastered by Brad Boatright (From Ashes Rise, Sleep, Integrity, Nails) and limited to 600 copies worldwide. The resulting record may be short, but its unpredictably dynamic flow cries out for repeated listens.

The official video for "The Last Minute" is now playing via Noisey/Vice at THIS LOCATION.

Also stream the entire EP and order the digital and vinyl versions of it HERE.
  
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STENCH reveal "Venture" album details

Death metal trio STENCH will release its sophomore album entitled "Venture" on the26th of September in Europe and 7th of October in North America via Agonia Records. The follow-up to the band's debut opus "In Putrescence" has been in the making since 2010 and along with the artwork, "has accumulated enough power to swing ones senses to the sky" - comments STENCH. The artwork - which is an important factor to the trio's music - was crafted by Necromantic Art (Tribulation,Necrovation, Venenum, Decomposed) and can be seen below.



"Venture" features seven brand new songs reminiscent of horror infected old-school death metal, but with a otherworldly vibe which prudently creeps into the music and makes it even more adventurous. At times harmonious and melodic, at times dreadful and rowdy - the Swedes play their own game, picturing fear, anxiety and risk with their instruments.

Jonathan Hultén (guitars) comments:

"Venture" is a journey from the rawest, most monotonous cellar-darkness up to a desolate mountain top, from which you are thrown into the abyss below in a castanedian manner. If only but for a moment or even throughout the whole 38 minutes, be prepared to enter the other world.

For four years we have been boiling down our material to the bone in pursuit of the essence of this type of music. Our conclusion is that the simple and repetitive riffing is holding the key, and is enhanced by more or less subtle choirs and sound textures. Primitive, yet atmospheric".

The album was recorded in Necromorbus Studio (Watain, Portrait) in Stockholm, Sweden. It will be available in a digipack CD, digitally and in a 12" vinyl (black, limited picture disc and a special colour version).

Tracklist:

1. Archways
2. The Vast
3. Road
4. Small Death
5. Celebration
6. Way
7. Venture

Line-up:

Mikael Pettersson - vocals
Jonathan Hultén - guitars
Johannes Andersson - drums



STENCH's music is "fast, up tempo and with a bit of a crossover vibe" (About.com). While Decibel Magazine pointed out band's ability in crafting "haunting melodies", One Metal wrote in a review that: "Stench bill themselves as blackened death, but they lean much more heavily towards the death side of things. There’s definitely a blackened influence, but if I may use a cooking metaphor, black metal is the herb garnish atop the smooth, creamy, progressive death risotto".

The doors to band's second full-length were opened by a self titled 7"EP, released earlier this year in a black and limited to 100 copies blue vinyl, and featuring three new songs.

STENCH is recommended for fans of Autopsy, Repugnant, Tribulation, Kaamos,Entombed, Master's Hammer and Watain. 

Follow the band at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stench-official/213520935347849
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MEGATON LEVIATHAN: Psychedelic Doom Masters Release Sophomore Full-Length Via Seventh Rule Next Month; Summer Live Performances Confirmed


The only constant is change. Standing in stark contrast to the droning, gorgeous slabs of psychedelic and atmospherically infused doom that comprise the aural output of MEGATON LEVIATHAN, the band itself has been in a constant state of flux since its inception in 2007. By the end of 2012, despite the official announcement of a new album, not only that album, but the fate of the entire project itself were positioned beneath a very precariously dangled sword. Circumstance and internal conflict nearly saw the band's next major release a specter with no corporeal form. However, after a redoubling of effort, a reshuffling of the deck and some inevitable missteps along the way, MEGATON LEVIATHAN's second full length album, Past 21: Beyond The Arctic Cell, has emerged from the chaos of its birth pangs, prepared to thoroughly swath a blazing path through the dense forest of the modern musical landscape.  

Mixed by Mort Subite (V.I.I.R.L., Alfheimr, Benighted in Sodom live), MEGATON LEVIATHAN's newest resident thaumaturgist, Past 21 is a near lethal dose of solemn audio narcotic, shifting the listener somewhere outside the realm of space-time for the duration of its dissociative transduction from speakers to brain. Glacial, yet burning with divine fire, Past 21's spell is simultaneously whispered in a hallowed chapel, and torn from a throat rent by the gnashing of teeth.

Past 21: Beyond The Arctic Cell Track Listing:
1. Past 21
2. The Foolish Man
3. Arctic Cell
4. Here Come The Tears

In April of 2014, MEGATON founder and lone original member, Andrew James Costa Reuscher and Subite took Past 21 on the road for a first round of West Coast dates as a one man show/performance piece, featuring heavy visual elements, Reuscher the unifying human component, and Subite as the hidden hand, mixing live audio. MEGATON LEVIATHAN later tapped V.I.I.R.L. drummer Markus Covello to join the onstage lineup. With Reuscher handling vocal and guitar operations, and Subite continuing his live audio duties, this revamped, three-man cast will form the core of the MEGATON LEVIATHAN live experience for the duration of the forthcoming West Coast dates surrounding Deadfest in Oakland where the band will perform alongside the likes of Ephemeros, Connoisseur, Augurs and more. See confirmed dates below.  

MEGATON LEVIATHAN Live 2014:
8/09/2014 Megaton House (cassette release show) - Portland, OR
8/14/2014 Ink Annex - Eureka, CA
8/15/2014 Dead Fest - Oakland, CA [info]
8/16/2014 Rock Shop - San Jose, CA
8/17/2014 Starlight Lounge - Sacramento, CA
8/24/2014 Hive Portland, OR * LP Release Show
8/30/2014 TBA - Bozeman, MT
8/31/2014 Black Sparrow Tattoo Club - Billings, MT
9/02/2014 TBA
9/03/2014 Quarters - Milwaukee, WI
9/04/2014 Ghost House - Bloomington, IN
9/05/2014 5th Quarter Lounge - Indianapolis, IN
9/06/2014 TBA
9/07/2014 Acheron - NYC, NY
9/08/2014 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA
9/09/2014 The Crown - Baltimore, MD
9/10/2014 Static Age - Asheville, NC
9/12/2014 Springwater - Nashville, TN
9/14/2014 Siberia - New Orleans, LA
9/15/2014 TBA - Austin, TX
9/16/2014 TBA - Dallas, TX
9/18/2014 Bar Bar - Denver, CO

Past 21: Beyond The Arctic Cell will be released via Seventh Rule Recordings on September 9th, 2014. Further info including track teasers to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

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