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Drive-By Truckers Release New Trailer For ‘English Oceans’ Out 3/4/14

February 20, 2014 – 8:34 am

 

Drive-By Truckers new album, English Oceans, will be available everywhere March 4th. Pre-order the album at the band’s official store, and check out the tour dates below to see when they’ll be in a town near you!

TOUR DATES:

Feb 13 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt

Feb 14 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt

Feb 15 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt

Mar 14 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz*

Mar 15 – Richmond, VA – The National*

Mar 16 – Wilmington, DE – World Cafe Live @ The Queen*

Mar 18 – New Haven, CT – Toads Place*

Mar 20 – New York, NY – Terminal 5*

Mar 21 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues*

Mar 22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club*

Mar 23 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club*

Mar 25 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue*

Mar 26 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall*

Mar 27 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue*

Mar 28 – Madison, WI – Barrymore Theater*

Mar 29 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant*

Apr 12 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre#

Apr 22 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theater#

Apr 23 – Seattle, WA – Showbox @ Sodo#

Apr 24 – Portland, OR – Roseland#

Apr 25 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades#

Apr 26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theater

Apr 27 – Phoeniz, AZ – Crescent Ballroom

Apr 30 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theatre

May 01 – Austin, TX – Stubbs

May 02 – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre

May 03 – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre

*with Blitzen Trapper

 

#with Shovels & Rope

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Kaiser Chiefs – Coming Home

February 19, 2014 – 12:53 pm
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Stream Mike Gordon’s New Album Now at Rolling Stone

February 18, 2014 – 12:22 pm

Starting today, Mike Gordon‘s new album Overstep is streaming in its entirety at Rollingstone.com.  You can pre-order Overstep from iTunes, Amazon, or Mike’s official store.

Click Here to Listen

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ATO Records will release Mike Gordon’s new solo album, Overstep, on February 25, 2014. Gordon shared songwriting duties with guitarist and longtime collaborator Scott Murawski and handed over the producing reins for the first time in his solo career, enlisting Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Uncle Tupelo, Pixies). He also invited a few new players into the studio, including legendary drummer Matt Chamberlain (Jon Brion, Fiona Apple).

 

 

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Majestico – When Kingdom Come

February 13, 2014 – 12:41 pm
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Hurray For The Riff Raff’s ‘Smalltown Heroes’ Out Now!

February 11, 2014 – 4:59 pm

Hurray For The Riff Raff‘s breakout new album Smalltown Heroes is now available for purchase everywhere.  You can pick it up on iTunes, Amazon, ATO’s Store, or your local independent record store.  Here’s what some people are already saying about the album…

 

“Every so often a new voice engages basic questions in subtle, exciting new ways. Alynda Lee Segarra, the 27-year-old guiding light of the New Orleans-based band Hurray For The Riff Raff, is this year’s champion.” – NPR Music

“Segarra’s supple, intimate vocals are about more than conjuring a musical past – she wants to shape the future, too.” – Rolling Stone

 

 

Produced by Segarra and engineered by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes), ‘Small Town Heroes’ features twelve new, original songs all written or co-written by Segarra, with support from a vivid cast of Crescent City musicians including her longtime right-hand-man on fiddle, Yosi Perlstein, keyboard player Casey McAllister, and two members of the Deslondes: Sam Doores on guitar and Dan Cutler on bass.

 

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Kaiser Chiefs Unveil New Single “Coming Home”

February 10, 2014 – 5:06 pm

Kaiser Chiefs new album Education, Education, Education, & War will be released on April 1st, but in the meantime you can listen to and watch the video for their anthemic new single “Coming Home” below.

 

You can pre-order the album now at iTunes for the limited time price of $7.99

 

 

Education, Education, Education & War, the band’s fifth album, will be released on April 1st, 2014 via ATO Records. The ten-track collection was written in London, Los Angeles and Nashville, recorded at The Maze Studio in Atlanta, Georgia and mixed at Electric Lady Studios by Michael Brauer (My Morning Jacket, Coldplay)  with producer Ben H. Allen III (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, Deerhunter).  PRESS HERE to pre-order the album.

 

In addition to their select North American dates this month, Kaiser Chiefs will also tour throughout the US in June, making select stops in many cities, including New York, Washington, DC and Minneapolis culminating in a performance at the Firefly Festival in Dover, DE. See full tour routing below, and visit http://www.kaiserchiefs.com/ for more information.

 

Leeds based, Kaiser Chiefs are one of the most successful rock bands of the last decade. They have released 4 albums which have amassed millions of sales worldwide.  Ricky Wilson, the band’s front-man, was recently chosen to be a coach on the UK’s version of the wildly popular, TV show The Voice, alongside Will.I.Am, Kylie Minogue & Sir Tom Jones which airs there on BBC ONE.

 

Kaiser Chiefs Tour Dates
6/11       Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
6/13       Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
6/15       Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
6/17       Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
6/18       Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
6/20       New York, NY @ Webster Hall
6/21-22 Dover, DE @ Firefly Festival

 

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Old 97’s Join ATO, Releasing ‘Most Messed Up’

February 6, 2014 – 2:51 pm

We are very happy to announce the addition of Old 97’s to the ATO family! On April 29th, the band will release their new album and ATO debut, ‘Most Messed Up’ – a revealing, 12-track meditation on 20 years in music that finds them at their raucous, boozy best. It’s “a rock opera, a way-off Broadway musical about a musician’s life, loves and lubrication,” says music critic Bill Flanagan. Recorded in Austin and produced by Salim Nourallah, ‘Most Messed Up’ also features guest appearances by Tommy Stinson (The Replacements, Guns N’ Roses) and Jon Rauhouse (Neko Case) on lap-steel.

Titles like “Wasted,” “Intervention,” “Wheels Off,” “Let’s Get Drunk & Get It On,” and “Most Messed Up” hint at the kind of narrators frontman Rhett Miller likes to inhabit – men who possess an appetite for indulgence and won’t let a few bad decisions get in the way of a good story. The magic in Miller’s songwriting lies in the depth that he lends his characters. Upon closer inspection, the hard partying and endless pursuit of a good time often reveals itself to be a Band-Aid covering up deeper wounds and emotional scars. “There’s a lot of darkness hidden in this record,” Miller explains.

The Old 97′s emerged from Dallas twenty years ago at the forefront of a musical movement blending rootsy, country-influenced songwriting with punk rock energy. ‘Most Messed Up’ follows their recent two-volume set, ‘The Grand Theatre,’ which found the band as “lifers writing for keeps,” according to Rolling Stone, and their 2013 EP featuring Waylon Jennings, ‘Old 97′s & Waylon Jennings.’

 

‘Most Messed Up’ Tracklist:
1. “Longer Than You’ve Been Alive”
2. “Give It Time”
3. “Let’s Get Drunk & Get It On”
4. “This Is The Ballad”
5. “Wheels Off”
6. “Nashville”
7. “Wasted”
8. “Guadalajara”
9. “The Disconnect”
10. “The Ex Of All You See”
11. “Intervention”
12. “Most Messed Up”

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Hurray for the Riff Raff ‘Small Town Heroes’ Listening Parties

February 6, 2014 – 2:47 pm

To celebrate Hurray for the Riff Raff’s highly anticipated album Small Town Heroes on February 11, ATO Records and Small Batch America are hosting release parties across the country at independent record stores with the “small town heroes” of the independent food and drink communities across the country.

The events will allow people to listen to the new record at the shop while sampling local indie food and drink makers curated by Small Batch America. Stores include Music Millennium in Portland, Grimey’s New & Preloved Music in Nashville, Waterloo Records in Austin, Rough Trade Records in Brooklyn and Euclid Records in New Orleans where the band will be performing live. The shops will be hosting giveaways of limited edition fine art prints with the Small Town Heroes album art, pink vinyl, silk-screened valentines signed by lead singer Alynda Lee Segarra, show tickets and more!

Small Batch America, an organization providing information and opportunities to the burgeoning independent food and drink community, curated over three-dozen local makers to take part in these unique events – some making something of a debut at the events like Rocks & Gravel Coffee (Brooklyn) and Eli Mason cocktail syrups (Nashville). SBA founder Tom Monday says of the events, “People go to independent record shops in search of music that’s new, interesting, and authentic – like Small Town Heroes – so this is an awesome opportunity to introduce them to indie food and drink makers that fit that description, too.”

Kyle Buckley of Brooklyn-based Grady’s Cold Brew says, “We’re looking forward to hearing some awesome music and serving up our coffee – when the opportunity came up of course we wanted to be involved.”

“We’re excited to be including some of our favorite small-batch products in these cool events for Hurray for the Riff Raff. When Small Batch America came to us with the opportunity, saying yes was a no brainer!” says Erin Zimmer of Good Eggs, a local food delivery service participating in the Brooklyn and New Orleans events.

Small Town Heroes has been named “already one of the best records of 2014,” by Esquire, NPR, SPIN, Slate and CMT. Segarra has been called the “voice of a generation,” by Billboard, Offbeat and Wall Street Journal, while NPR calls her “the voice of the future.”

 

Information on each listening party can be found below.

 

New Orleans – Euclid Records

http://www.euclidnola.com/

3401 Chartres Street

6pm

Empanada Intifada www.empanadaintifada.com

Rocket Girl www.facebook.com/rocketgirltreats

French Truck Coffee  www.frenchtruckcoffee.com

Velvet www.throwacupcake.com

La Parisiennewww.laparisienne.la

Mona’s www.facebook.com/monas-cafe-middle-eastern-restaurant

Bakery Noble www.goodeggs.com/bakerynoble

Ryals Rocking R Dairy www.rockingrdairy.com

Country Girls Creamery www.countrygirlscreamery.com

Gracious Bakery www.graciousbakery.com

Good Eggs www.goodeggs.com/nola

Bearded Brothers www.beardedbros.com

World Peas www.makepeas.com

Pizza Delicious www.pizzadelicious.com

 

Austin – Waterloo

http://www.waterloorecords.com/Home

600 North Lamar

1pm

Good Pops www.goodpops.com

Bearded Brothers www.beardedbros.com

KosmicKombuchawww.kosmickombucha.com

World Peas www.makepeas.com

Liber & Co. www.liberandcompany.com

Great Bean Chocolate www.greatbeanchocolate.com

 

Nashville – Grimey’s

http://www.grimeys.com/

1604 8th Avenue South

Noon-1pm

Prohibition Popcorn www.prohibitionpopcorn.com

Eli Mason www.elimason.com

Haulin’ Oats www.haulin-oats.com

Southern Delights www.southerndelightsbyoakley.com

Firepot Chai www.firepotchai.com

Soberdoughwww.soberdough.com

Bang Candy Company www.bangcandycompany.com/

 

 

Brooklyn – Rough Trade

http://www.roughtradenyc.com/

64 North 9th Street

6:30pm

Grady’s Cold Brew www.gradyscoldbrew.com

The Jam Stand www.thej.am

Beehive Biscuits www.beehiveoven.com

Mama O’s Kimcheewww.kimchirules.com

A & B American Hot Sauce www.abamerican.com

Krumville Bakeshop www.krumvillebakeshop.com

Anita’s Coconut Creamline Yogurtwww.anitas.co

Good Eggs www.goodeggs.com/nyc

Rocks & Gravel www.rocksandgravelcoffee.com

 

 

Portland – Music Millennium

http://www.musicmillennium.com/Home

3158 Burnside St.

6pm

Masala Popwww.eatmasalapop.com

Conundrum Granola www.conundrumpdx.com

Jacobsen Salty Black Licorice www.jacobsensalt.com

Hot Mama Salsa www.hotmamasalsapdx.com

Ps & Qs Market www.psandqsmarket.com

Woodblock Chocolate www.woodblockchocolate.com

Portland Soda Works www.portlandsoda.com

Moonbrine Pickles www.moonbrine.com

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J. Roddy Walston & The Business played Conan

February 5, 2014 – 4:53 pm

 

Last night, J. Roddy Walston & The Business took to the stage of Conan to deliver an electrifying rendition of “Take it as it Comes” from their most recent album, Essential Tremors. Relive the action in the video clip above, or live it for the first time if you missed the show last night. You can catch J. Roddy on tour in the U.S. this spring, full list of tour dates below :

 

Tour Dates

 

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*%

5/7 – 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

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The Belle Brigade release video for “Ashes”

February 4, 2014 – 5:16 pm

The video for “Ashes,” The Belle Brigade’s first single from their upcoming March 25 release, Just Because, premiered recently at Entertainment Weekly. The clip, which was directed by the Kolton Brothers, can be seen here.

“For this video we wanted more of a visual concept than a storyline, where the colors and the images create a feeling, rather than a story adding another emotional dimension to the song. We were excited by the idea of animation, but also wanted to be in it. The video by the Kolton Brothers is a great bridge between all these things,” says Ethan Gruska, who co-founded The Belle Brigade with his sister Barbara.

“We had a lot of fun, shooting every twisted facial expression we could make in front of the green screen,” recalls Barbara Gruska. “I think The Kolton Brothers spent seventeen hundred thousand hours editing and rendering it?  Is that right?  Yeah, that was the number. And we just got to reap the benefits!”

The Belle Brigade will be previewing songs from the new album Just Because during a February residency at The Echo in Los Angeles, CA, performing each Tuesday (February 4, 11, 18, 25). The L.A.-based siblings will be joined on stage by bassist Keith Karman, who has played with them previously, and John Wood (The Black Keys) on keyboards. Barbara and Ethan penned 10 songs for Just Because, writing some together and others independently. Recorded with engineer/co-producer Shawn Everett, the music is artfully arranged, with enticing melodies and pop harmonies, fueled by the interplay of driving rhythms between Barbara’s drums and Ethan’s guitars. Bram Inscore and Blake Mills, who also performed on The Belle Brigade’s debut, joined them in the studio and the band once again enlisted the legendary Bob Ludwig to master the album.

“Ashes” is available now on iTunes. The single is from The Belle Brigade’s new album, Just Because, which will be released on March 25 by ATO Records. Fans who pre-order the album on iTunes will instantly receive a download of “Ashes.”  Just Because can also be pre-ordered here.

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