Los Angeles punk band The Bronx will be releasing its fifth album V on September 22. The new album was produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliot Smith, Beck, FIDLAR) and will be released by ATO Records. Pre-order it now: http://smarturl.it/thebronxv
Listen to the track “Sore Throat” below:
The Los Angeles-based quintet — singer Caughthran, guitarist Joby J. Ford, guitarist Ken Horne, bassist Brad Magers and drummer David Hidalgo Jr. (replacing Jorma Vik, who departed the band in 2016) —has lost none its pugnacity. V is as hard-hitting,confrontational and relevant as ever. And while it may or may not sound more grown-up than their vein-bulging early releases, they will not apologize either way.
“It has the angst and social commentary that has characterized us from the beginning,” guitarist Joby J. Ford says, “only now the angst is aimed at more than just superficial things and the social commentary is directed at more than just people who like different music than us.”
The band has gained notice for their dual lives they have lived for the past eight years, maintaining an alter ego as Mariachi El Bronx that is as true to that form of music as their hardcore is to the punk ethos. In any iteration, The Bronx are the real deal, ready for the next fight.
Pre-order V now: http://smarturl.it/thebronxv
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The hair flying rock ‘n roll of J. Roddy Walston & The Business is back! The quartet has released their first new song in four years; titled “The Wanting”, and announced a run of headlining dates for the fall.Stream/buy “The Wanting” here, and scroll down for dates: http://smarturl.it/uzcgu8
The band’s forthcoming record came to life in their own Richmond, VA recording studio and was co-produced by the band and Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty, Built To Spill). It will be released this Fall.
“I personally fell in love with writing music again,” Walston explained. “It took awhile but once I realized I had room to try things that I had never tried before, I became addicted to the process.” He elaborated further by explaining how “The Wanting” describes the relationship of an estranged father and son: “Even though it is a dark song with a brutal ending, I find hope and beauty in the idea of these two people that had a shared sense of both regret and longing for each other.”
Stay tuned for more info on J. Roddy’s new album coming soon.
TOUR DATES
8/4 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
9/2 – Snowshoe, WV – Snowshoe Mountain Resort
9/9 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE Outdoors
9/10 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
9/12 – Green Bay, WI – Badger State Brewing Company
9/14 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barnstormers
“As soon as the dust settles you can see an new world / In place of where the old one had been…” A concept album to end all concepts, Murder Of The Universe is the new collection by head-bending psychedelicists King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and is available everywhere now.
Lit by thunderclaps and lightning, Murder Of The Universe inhabits a sonic landscape of death, decay, ossification, fossilisation, rebirth. It is a place occupied by wandering shape-shifting beasts, bleeding skies, pools of blood, great fires and mushroom clouds; a planet rent asunder by conflict. It may take years for its true importance to be appreciated. There are simply no capital letters large enough to convey the EPIC nature of this collection.
“We’re living in dystopian times that are pretty scary and it’s hard not to reflect that in our music,” says front man Stu Mackenzie. “It’s almost unavoidable. Some scientists predict that the downfall of humanity is just as likely to come at the hands of Artificial Intelligence, as it is war or viruses or climate change. But these are fascinating times too. Human beings are visual creatures – vision is our primary instinct, and this is very much a visual, descriptive, bleak record. While the tone is definitely apocalyptic, it is not necessarily purely a mirror of the current state of humanity. It’s about new non-linear narratives.”
Watch Chapter II: The Lord of Lightning Vs. Balrog
Watch Chapter III: Han-Tyumi & The Murder Of The Universe
Hurray for the Riff Raff’s whirlwind 2017 continues on the heels of the release of ‘The Navigator’. Last night Pitchfork livestreamed their concert from Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, NM. – watch it here.
Additionally, Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra was featured in the June issue of Elle, in their Women in Music piece, on the cover of She Shreds Magazine and profiled on PBS’s Newshour program. ‘The Navigator’ was also nominated for Album of the Year by the Americana Music Awards, and has appeared on Best Albums of 2017 (so far) lists from Billboard, Spin, Uproxx and more.
Hurray for the Riff Raff has been touring internationally since March – the second leg of their tour began this week, see full dates and get tickets at the bottom of this post. Summer dates include Newport Folk Festival, XPoNential Festival, Oya, and Pop Montreal. On July 27, Lincoln Center Out of Doors will present the Nosotros Festival – founded and curated by Segarra – at Damrosch Park, featuring performances from Hurray for the Riff Raff, Las Cafeteras, Helado Negro, Xenia Rubinos and poets La Bruja, Felipe Luciano, and Bonafide Rojas.
The band has also teamed with Mijente to create the “No Human Is Illegal” campaign. The t-shirts are being sold online this month and $1/ticket on the June tour will also go to the organization.
“I believe it is an artist’s duty to remind us of our shared humanity. Mijente is creating an intersectional culture of resistance that is desperately needed. Right now, we must stand together and fight for the rights of immigrant people in this country. We must do it for our neighbors, our grandparents, our children and ourselves. Immigrant people have made this country great, and our future depends on us refusing to be turned against each other.” – Alynda Segarra / http://prizeo.com/hurrayfortheriffraff
RAVES FOR ‘THE NAVIGATOR’
“A rich, courageous new album…‘The Navigator’ repositions roots music as an anti-nostalgic tool: a truth-telling device” – NPR
“A coming of age concept LP about a young woman that suggests Patti Smith as a barrio poet…this is proudly intersectional folk music” – Rolling Stone, 4 stars
“Not unlike Solange did on her stunning 2016 opus, Segarra uses ‘The Navigator’ to demand more seats at the table for those voices that have always existed, but simply went unheard.” – Pitchfork, 8.1 out of 10
“A genre-bending album of anger, yearning and songs that just flow…there’s not a lot you can’t sing along to, whoever you are” – 5 out of 5 stars, The Guardian UK
“An audacious album….a major leap forward for an artist whose previous work now seems like a warm-up for the dizzying heights ‘The Navigator’ strives for” – American Songwriter
On Hurray for the Riff Raff’s new album The Navigator (out March 10 on ATO Records), Alynda Segarra tells an interwoven, cinematic story of a wandering soul at a crossroads of identity and ancestral weight. It finds a street kid named Navita traversing a perpetually burning city in search of herself. The Navigator is a thrilling call to arms that could not come at a more crucial time. It also finds Hurray for the Riff Raff at its own musical intersection, delving deep into the worlds of Latin rhythms, searing rock, and incisive ballads.
“The Navigator” is now available at the band’s official store, iTunes and Amazon.
Read TheNew York Times‘ in-depth profile of Alynda HERE, and watch Alynda’s interview and performance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah below. Tune in to CBS This Morning on March 11 and CONAN on March 13 to catch her performing new songs from The Navigator:
Watch Alynda’s interview and performance with Democracy Now‘s Amy Goodman:
The Navigator was produced by Paul Butler (Michael Kiwanuka, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Devendra Banhart) and recorded at Electric Lady Studios in NYC and Panoramic House in California. The album features percussionists Juan-Carlos Chaurand, Gregory Rogove (Rodrigo Amarante), a trio of Bomba drummers, and Doo Wop singers from New Jersey.
Says Alynda: This is dedicated to the water protectors of Standing Rock – thank you for your bravery and giving us hope. Also, to the people of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, who are demanding an end to the AES dumping of coal ash which leads to water contamination – we are with you.
All over the world there are heroes, who, despite suffering generations of oppression, are protecting the land and the future of our humanity. Rican Beach is a fictional place, but it was written with my ancestors in mind. It’s time to call on yours and to always remember: this land was made for you and me.
Track list:
1. Entrance
2. Living In The City
3. Hungry Ghost
4. Life to Safe
5. Nothing’s Gonna Change Girl
6. The Navigator
7. Halfway There
8. Rican Beach
9. Fourteen Floors
10. Settle
11. Pa’lante
12. Finale
