STARS Announce New Album ‘No One Is Lost’ (Out Oct. 14) and Headlining Tour
NPR Music Premieres First New Song “From The Night:” http://shorefi.re/XWHlbJ
Pre-Order ‘No One is Lost’ On iTunes: http://smarturl.it/StarsNoOneIsLost
STARS have confirmed the October 14 release of their new album ‘No One Is Lost’ (ATO Records) and a headlining North American tour, including shows at NYC’s Modern Sky Festival plus dates in DC, Boston, Chicago and more (full schedule below). The follow-up to 2012’s ‘The North,’ ‘No One is Lost’ is comprised of 11 original songs and was produced by STARS and Liam O’Neil (Metric, The Stills). NPR Music premiered “From The Night,” the lead track off the record, calling it “a misnomer to describe a song about embracing darkness as ‘sunny,’ but its silver linings – “Let’s be young / Let’s pretend that we never will die” – are as insistent as the propulsive thump of the chorus.” Listen here.
“From The Night” revels in the chances you take and the loves you make or break on any given evening. Lead singer/songwriter Torquil Campbell explains, “I always find it so moving and beautiful to watch people have their nights out. There’s something so heartbreaking about it. People have jobs that they have to get up for, jobs they hate, and they live for the weekend; they live for these moments. And they put everything they have into it.”
For ‘No One Is Lost,’ STARS craved autonomy, and serendipitously inherited the Mile End rehearsal space last December above the now defunct, Royal Phoenix nightclub in Montreal. STARS built a functional studio out of the former space of then-disbanding Handsome Furs (and site of Arcade Fire’s first rehearsals); Mile End became a home away from home. Then the nightclub (and life) crept in, resulting in STARS’ most urgent record to date. Drummer Pat McGee explains, “The sub-bass throb coming from the club below our studio was undeniably and unavoidably influential. It motivated us to out-throb the throb.”
“This record’s called ‘No One Is Lost’ because that is a fucking lie,” says Torquil. “We are all lost, we are all going to lose this game and, as you get older, you lose people more and more. I just wanted to close my eyes and jump and hope that was true. Life is loss, love is loss. And loving people is about accepting that you’re going to have to say goodbye to them. And that’s why it’s fucking brave. That’s STARS ethos: this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”
‘No One Is Lost’ translates all that anxiety into pure ecstasy, from the laser-cut new-waved precision of Millan’s “This Is the Last Time” to the soaring, Mozzerific chorus of Campbell’s “Trap Door,” to the dreamy duet “Look Away.” And the titanic title track – the sound of a dancefloor being swallowed whole by an ocean of sweat and swapped spit – feels like the moment STARS entire 15-year journey has been leading up to, a euphoric house banger that distills all the hope, fear, joy, sadness, and sex in the band’s songbook into a pair of unshakeable mantras: “put your hands up because everybody dies / put your hands up if you know you’re going to lose.”
‘No One Is Lost’ Tracklist:
1. From The Night
2. This Is The Last Time
3. You Keep Coming Up
4. Turn It Up
5. No Better Place
6. What Is To Be Done?
7. Trap Door
8. Are You OK?
9. A Stranger
10. Look Away
11. No One Is Lost
STARS 2014 Tour Dates:
08/18 – Stratford ON, Canada @ Stratford Music Fest
08/30 – Calgary AB, Canada @ Xfest
08/31 – Edmonton AB, Canada @ Sonic Boom
09/07 – Toronto ON, Canada @ Riot Fest Toronto
10/05 – New York, NY @ Modern Sky Festival (Central Park)
11/08 – Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
11/09 – Boston, MA @ Royale
11/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/13 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
11/14 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
11/15 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
11/16 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
11/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/21 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
11/22 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
11/23 – Buffalo, NY @ The Tralf
STARS is: Amy Millan, Evan Cranley, Patrick McGee, Chris Seligman and Torquil Campbell, with Chris McCarron.
STARS On The Web:
http://www.youarestars.com/home/
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Old Crow Medicine Show Touring West in September
Old Crow Medicine Show continues to tour on the heels of their critically acclaimed new album Remedy, with dates approaching in the Southeast and West Coast this September, with dates in the Midwest and UK following in October. New Orleans based band The Deslondes, who have toured previously with Alabama Shakes, The Lumineers, and others, will be supporting through September.
See below for updated tour dates – tickets are available on Old Crow’s website – and check out the video for “Sweet Amarillo”:
9/12 – Midwest City, OK @ Rose State Performing Arts Theatre ^
9/13 – Albuquerque, NM @ KIVA Auditorium^
9/14 – Mesa, AZ @ Ikeda Theater^
9/14 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl^
9/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theater^
9/19 – Monterey, CA @ Golden State Theater^
9/20 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic^
9/22 – Reno, NV @ Cargo at Whitney Peak Hotel^
9/23 – Bend, OR @ Century Center^
9/24 – Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall^
9/26 – Seattle, WA @ The Paramount Theatre^
9/28 – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre^
9/30 – Missoula, MT @ Adams Center^
10/2 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre^
10/3 – Madison, WI @ Overture Hall^
10/19 – Manchester, UK @ Ritz*
10/20 – Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street*
10/21 – Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall*
10/22 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABC*
10/24 – London, UK @ Roundhouse*
10/26 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso*
11/14 – Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace
11/21 – Birmingham, AL @ Alabama Theatre
11/22 – Chattanooga, TN @ Memorial Auditorium
^ With The Deslondes
* With Parker Millsap
J. Roddy Walston & The Business Announce Spring Tour with Foals and Cage The Elephant
“J. Roddy Walston and the Business … comes off like a more polished White Stripes or an edgier My Morning Jacket” – Time Out New York
Best known for their live shows, we are thrilled to announce J. Roddy Walston & The Business’s upcoming string of tour dates, including a spring run with Foals and Cage the Elephant set to begin April 21st.
Melting all manner of stereotypes into an as-yet-unnamed breed of New American, each of J. Roddy Walston & The Business’s live performances finds hipsters hugging Teamsters and sweating till it hurts, and art-school cynics and metalheads screaming out every lyric in some gorgeously desperate attempt to connect. There seems to be a competition between the band and the crowd as to who will give more each night.
In addition to their epic performances, the band’s relentless rock single “Heavy Bells” has been charting at alternative radio for five months with a peak position of #12 this week. It has also spent five consecutive months on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and is not letting up any time soon. For a peek into their recording habits, out this previously unreleased footage of the band in producer/engineer Mark Neill (The Black Keys) own Soil of the South Studios
Tour Dates
2/1 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
4/11 – 4/13 Indio, CA – Coachella, Weekend 1
4/18 – 4/20 – Indio, CA – Coachella, Weekend 2
4/21 – Tuscon, AZ – Rialto Theater%
4/22 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater%
4/24 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit%
4/25 – Houston, TX – House of Blues%
5/2 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater*%
5/4 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre*%
5/6 – New York, NY – Terminal 5*%
5/10 – Richmond, VA – The National*%
5/13 – Toronto, ON – Kool Haus*%
5/14 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom*%
5/15 – Saint Paul, MN – Myth Live Event Center*%
5/17 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre*%
5/18 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex*%
5/20 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater*%
% with Cage the Elephant
* with Foals
Pre-Order New Dawes Album / Band to Tour with Alison Krauss
www.dawestheband.com
In addition, all pre-orders will automatically be entered-to-win a super deluxe grand prize suitcase loaded with the following items:
-Vintage 3’ x 2’ suitcase
-Double Gatefold packaging including photo collage and lyric insert
-CD version of album (sleeve without artwork)
-CD version of ‘Suitcase’ EP (sleeve with full-color artwork)
-Series of 5 (5×7) black and white lithograph prints in commemorative brown paper jacket sleeve with band logo
-12×12 black and white photo print autographed by Dawes
-Digital download of video series featuring interview, candid, recording, and live performance footage
-Digital delivery of 11-track album in its entirety on 6/7/11 in premium DRM-free 320 kbps MP3, Apple Lossless, or FLAC files
-Grado 225i Prestige Series headphones
-WILL Leather Goods Hopper Messenger Bag and Slim Billfold Wallet
-Leather notebook with lyrics signed by Taylor Goldsmith
-Black album artwork t-shirt
Fans can also pre-order Nothing Is Wrong online via the band’s website in the following formats and pricing configurations (visit www.dawestheband.com for details):
- Deluxe LP (Limited Edition) + Immediate Download of ‘Suitcase’ EP ($28.99/$40.99 w/ T-Shirt)
- Double LP + Immediate Download of ‘Suitcase’ EP ($18.99/$30.99 w/ T-Shirt)
- CD + Immediate Download of ‘Suitcase’ EP ($12.99/$24.99 w/ T-Shirt)
- Digital + Immediate Download of ‘Suitcase’ EP ($10.99/$22.99 w/ T-Shirt)
Dawes fans are in luck. The band has confirmed 17 more tour dates, this time supporting Alison Krauss & Union Station. These dates will begin on July 27th in Danbury, CT and run through August 27th.
And if 17 more tour dates doesn’t sound like enough, you can pre-order their highly anticipated album, Nothing Is Wrong, which is due out on June 7th at www.dawestheband.com and receive an immediate digital download of an exclusive three-song EP titled Suitcase, featuring “Time Spent In Los Angeles,” and two B-sides from the album sessions, “All My Failures” and “Strangers Getting Stranger.”
Check out the complete list of tour dates below!
May
11 – Tampa, FL – State Theatre
12 – St Augustine, FL – Cafe 11
13 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
14 – Birmingham, AL – Secret Stages Music Festival (2PM)
14 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
15 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
17 – Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre
18 – Carborro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
19 – Athens, GA – Melting Point
20 – Chattanooga, TN – Nightfall Series (Free Show)
23 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s
24 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
25 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
26 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
27 – Montreal, OC – Le National
28 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
29 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
June
01 – Louisville, KY – Headliners
02 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
03 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
05 – Hunter, NY – Mountain Jam (1:30PM Set)
06 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
07 – Louisville, KY – Iroquois Ampitheatrer
08 – Columbus, OH – LC Ampitheatre
09 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE – Indoors
10 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for Performing Arts
11 – Vienna, VA – Filene Center at Wolf Trap
13 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
14 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
15 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
16 – Bend, OR – Athletic Club of Bend
17 – Chico, CA – El Rey Theatre
18 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
20– San Diego, CA – House of Blues
21 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
22 – Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre
23 – Las Vegas, NV – Silverton Casino
24 – Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
25 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
26 – Atlantic City, NJ – Dave Matthews Band Caravan
July
02 – Quincy, CA – High Sierra Music Festival
07 – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival
08 – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival
09 – Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Bluesfest
11 – Quebec City, QC – Quebec City Summer Festival
27 – Danbury, CT – Ives Concert Park
28 – Boston, MA – Wang Center
29 – Chautauqua, NY – Institution Ampitheatre
30 – Charlottesville, VA – Charlottesville Pavillion
August
02 – New York, NY – The Beacon Theatre
05 – Gilford, NH – Meadowbrook Pavillion
06 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand Theatre
09 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest
11 – Cary, NC – Koka Booth Ampitheatre
12 – Asheville, NC – The Biltmore
13 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
14 – East Hampton, NY – Music to Know Festival
19 – St. Augustine, FL – Augustine Ampitheatre
20 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – AuRene Theatre
21 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
26 – Nashville, TN – The Ryman
27 – Nashville, TN – The Ryman
“Circuital” Live on VH1 Storytellers
My Morning Jacket preformed thier new title song Circuital on VH1 Storytellers which you can stream by Clicking Here. The New My Morning Jacket Album Circuital is being released on May 31st.
In support of their new album My Morining Jacket will be kicking off their summer tour in Louisville, KY at the Palace Theatre on May 31st. That show will have a live stream for all the MMJ fans who are unable to attend. You can find out more information about the live stream by clicking here.
“Buster Voodoo” now available for Rock Band
Buster Voodoo from RodGab’s latest album, “11:11” is now available on Rock Band for XBox 360! Click the banner below to purchase the track. Dig it.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela
Keep it simple.
It’s easy to forget sometimes. Like when you are looking out across a riot of 35,000 smiles at the Hollywood Bowl, with a 40 piece orchestra exploding behind you.
Like when someone asks you, very politely, if you could just do that 16 second piece of score for the animated cat; again please?
Or even when you’re melting in humid Havana, translating an alien musical language with some cool Cuban compadres.
Keep it simple. Strip it back. Remember where you came from.
These words kept coming back to Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero, from their humble roots busking in Dublin, playing Metallica bossa nova style in hotel bars for their own amusement; before they became one of the biggest selling acoustic instrumental acts in the world.
After finishing the successful “Area 52” album in Cuba, and taking it on the road with Cuban musicians, Rodrigo y Gabriela decided to downsize. After all, it’s a short step from tour to entourage, so go back to basics, rediscover the joy of playing face to face, guitar versus guitar, rhythm and melody.
Gabriela: “My idea was to record it as if we were to playing a live gig in your living room”.
First and foremost, Rodrigo y Gabriela’s new album “9 Dead Alive” is a FEEL record. It’s closest relative in the RyG canon would be 2006’s self-titled break-out album. The playing is intuitive, the sound is intimate, the results are spectacular: bursting with melodic energy and rhythmic invention.
Recorded at their Pacific Coast hideaway in late summer, the album captures the warmth and spontaneity of two great musicians riffing and jamming together; perfectly distilled into 9 new songs teeming with desire, elegance and gusto.
Where does the inspiration for this luminous, unadulterated music come from? Remember where you come from, remember your gifts are slender compared to the sacrifices of others. Each of the songs on the album is a personal celebration of individuals who have passed on, but through their deeds and words still resonate in the 21st century.
Going as far back as Eleanor of Acquitaine (1122 – 1204) to Viktor Frankl (1905 – 1997), and including a tribute to one of Rod & Gab’s enduring touchstones – animals and nature. The nonet celebrated in this diverse and fascinating list will strike a chord with anyone familiar with the duo’s passion for human rights, literature, history and philosophy.
Rodrigo y Gabriela left Mexico at the end of the millennium. Since then they have played for presidents, toured the world many times over, written soundtracks for Hollywood block-busters, and sold over 1.5 million albums. “9 Dead Alive” sees them bring their timeless music all the way back home.
Simple.
Tracklisting
- The Soundmaker (Antonio de Torres Jurado: 1817 – 1892)
- Torito (animals and nature)
- Sunday Neurosis (Viktor Frankl: 1905 – 1997)
- Misty Moses (Harriet Tubman: 1820 – 1913)
- Somnium (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: 1651 – 1695)
- Fram (Fridtjof Nansen: 1861 – 1930)
- Megalopolis (Gabriela Mistral: 1889 – 1957)
- The Russian Messenger (Fyodor Dostoyevsky: 1821 – 1881)
- La Salle Des Pas Perdus (Eleanor of Acquitane: 11-22 – 1204)