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Toronto psych /surf rockers Yeomans release new single.

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Yeomans new single “Just As You Want” 
(out April 30 via NYK)

YouTube // Indie 88

“This is a video for anyone who’s ever been sober at a party. It can be a strange and isolating experience to watch everyone getting gradually more intoxicated and their judgement getting cloudier without experiencing the same effects. Sometimes you have to get creative to make it fun for yourself too.” – Kieran Heilbron (Yeomans)

Yeomans
Garage rock bands always tend to weigh heavily on the retro vibe and Toronto’s Yeomans are no exception, naming themselves after the hardworking farmers of colonial America. However, their music isn’t quite that ancient. Glimmers of 60s fuzz pedals, melodic surf, psych grooves and reverb soaked vocals haunt the Yeomans’ sound.

The band formed in 2013, during the height of the Rob Ford crack scandal. Guitarist Kieran Heilbron met then Yeomans’ drummer Jocelyn while selling “Rob Ford Smokes Crack” t-shirts to raise money for the Gawker “Crackstarter” campaign. Realizing they were both into psych and both looking for a new project they started jamming and Yeomans was born, joined by Calgarian Ian Kilburn on vocals & guitar.

They do their heroes proud, throwing nods to The Chocolate Watchband, The 13th Floor Elevators and The Masters Apprentices.

Yeomans released their first EP in 2014, recorded in a ghostly church in a small town called Little Britain (not to be confused with the highly entertaining TV show). It has a powerful sound with remnants to an earlier time. Soulful lyrics and reverb-drenched grooves fill the listeners ears with tales of prophets, greek gods and revolutionaries.

Signing with NYK Records in 2016, Yeomans released “My Fish Got Drunk”, a shimmering surf instrumental, as their first single with the label in November 2016.

“Just as You Want” is their second release on the label and will be released on April 30th on the NYK mixtape “Now You Know: Volume 1”.

Tour Dates:
April 30 – NYK Mixtape Record Release Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/197193850794470/
May 06 – Handlebar, Toronto w/ Pet Heads, Champion Ski
https://www.facebook.com/events/230453714095088/

Yeomans – Just As You Want (NYK)
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Pre-Order: https://yeomans.bandcamp.com/album/just-as-you-want-single

Yeomans Links
Official: https://www.facebook.com/Yeomansband/
Bandcamp: https://yeomans.bandcamp.com/
Record Label: http://nykrecords.com/

Elephant Stone release live EP and UK / European tour dates.

First, Canadian psych-rockers Elephant Stone have released their first live recording – Live at the Verge.  It’s only available in digital format and has five tracks from a show at the Toronto nightclub recorded in February 2017.  Elephant Stone never disappoint live, so this is more than worth the low price.

Second, the band has released dates for a European and UK tour taking them from the Netherlands to France.

05/24 EKKO, Utrecht NL

05/26 Moth Club, London UK

05/27 The Printworks, Hastings UK

05/28 Eiger Studios, Leeds UK

05/29 Mono, Glasgow SCO

05/30 Picture House Social, Sheffield UK

05/31 The Hope & Ruin, Brighton UK

06/01 La Cave Aux Poètes, Lille FR

06/02 Supersonic, Paris FR

06/03 La Sirène, La Rochelle FR w/ The Black Angels 

06/04 Carte Blanche à Rock in the Bar, Giverny FR

Catch them if you can.

Keep your mind open.

Chicago’s Riot Fest unveils killer 2017 lineup.

Chicago’s annual Riot Fest has unveiled its first lineup announcement for 2017, and it trumps Lollapalooza’s.

They’re bringing in punk legends Buzzcocks, GBH, and Bad Brains, new punks Slaves, Death from Above 1979, and Pennywise, grunge powerhouse Dinosaur Jr., industrial legends Ministry and Nine Inch Nails, electro legends New Order and modern icons M.I.A. and Peaches, progressive psych-rockers TV on the Radio, modern rock giants Queens of the Stone Age, and rap legends Prophets of Rage, Wu-Tang Clan, and Mike D.

They still have twenty-five more bands to announce.  Tickets might be sold out by the time you read this, so don’t wait to get yours.

Keep your mind open.

Atlanta punks Dasher release new single.

DASHER ANNOUNCE SIGNING TO JAGJAGUWAR,

SHARE NEW  SINGLE  “WE KNOW SO“

Over the past few years, Bloomington-via-Atlanta’s Dasher have been building a reputation as one of the US’s most captivating, searing live propositions – a blistering, midnight drag race of dark metal fury, goth ghost wailing and sticky-kick garage rock.

The quartet, led by drummer/vocalist Kylee Kimbrough and completed by guitarists Steve Garcia and Derek McCain, and bassist Gary Marra, draw upon the chop-crunch guitar of latter-day post-punk, the seething screech of the Amphetamine Reptile stable, the nightmarescape of Japanese hardcore and the desire to remain as beats-basic as a Ramones party dream, fusing it all into some of the most enthralling punk rock you’ll hear all year.

Today, the four-piece is proud to announce their signing to Jagjaguwar, a label that – among its eclectic roster – has never been afraid to skirt the noisier fringes of modern guitar music (see: Dinosaur Jr., Black Mountain, Preoccupations) but for whom Dasher mark their first foray into out-and-out punk rock. On the basis of new single “We Know So,” it’s easy to see why they’re taking the jump: across it’s 2.5 minutes, ‘We Know So’ tangles with bludgeoning force, shout-along choruses and guitars that cut like razor-wire. It’s a bewitching call-to-arms that already shows Jagjaguwar’s faith to be well-repaid.

LISTEN TO “WE KNOW SO”
http://bit.ly/2ptlfit

PRAISE FOR DASHER

“Kylee Kimbrough is an unbelievable badass. The drummer, songwriter, and vocalist behind the wide-eyed, abrasive Atlanta post-punk trio Dasher screams in this hoarse, otherworldly voice.” – Pitchfork

“‘Go Rambo’ is an ecstatic, empowering, aggressive wild-out of a punk jammer from Dasher.” – SPIN

“Kimbrough appears fearless on stage with Dasher” – Creative Loafing Atlanta

Dasher Online:
https://www.facebook.com/dasheratl/
https://dasher2.bandcamp.com/

The Raveonettes to release full “anti-album” – “2016 Atomized.”

Last year the Raveonettes decided to create a “anti-album” by composing and releasing a new track digitally every month.  These tracks have now been compiled into their new record – 2016 Atomized.  It will be available April 21st for the first time as a complete collection.

A lot of the tracks on the record have a strong synth / electro feel instead of the psychedelic fuzz you’re used to on a Raveonettes records, but that’s not a bad thing. It’s good to hear them stretching out.

Keep your mind open.

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Extremely limited editions of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s second album of 2017 now available for pre-order.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD
MURDER OF THE UNIVERSE PRE-ORDER IS NOW LIVE
Han-Tyumi & The Murder Of The Universe 13 min video released

MURDER OF THE UNIVERSE
released June 23, 2017

  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s 10th studio album MURDER OF THE UNIVERSE will be released June 23, 2017.
  • Pre-order now from www.flightlessrecords.com
  • The album consists of 21 tracks split into three chapters. Watch the video for “Chapter 3: Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe” HERE. 
  • There are three different pre-order editions all limited to 2000 copies world-wide.

Tracklist:

The Tale Of The Altered Beast

1. A New World
2. Altered Beast I
3. Alter Me I
4. Altered Beast II
5. Alter Me II
6. Altered Beast III
7. Alter Me III
8. Altered Beast IV
9. Life / DeathThe Lord Of Lightning Vs. Balrog

10. Some Context
11. The Reticent Raconteur
12. The Lord Of Lightning
13. The Balrog
14. The Floating Fire
15. The Acrid CorpseHan-Tyumi And The Murder Of The Universe

16. Welcome To An Altered Future
17. Digital Black
18. Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg
19. Soy-Protein Munt Machine
20. Vomit Coffin
21. Murder Of The Universe

Altered Beast Edition 
– Tri-coloured wax
– 30 page illustrated story book
– Zoetrope animated labels
– Download card
– Limited to 2000 worldwide

Floating Fire Edition
– Floating Fire Splattered wax
– 30 page illustrated story book
– Zoetrope animated labels
– Download card
– Limited to 2000 worldwide

Vomit Coffin Edition
– Vomit coloured blob with splatter wax
– 30 page illustrated story book
– Zoetrope animated labels
– Download card
– Limited to 2000 worldwide

FOLLOW THE BAND’S FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM/TWITTER FOR NEWS.

Dave Depper drops second single from upcoming solo album.

DAVE DEPPER (OF DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE) SHARES “COMMUNICATION”
https://soundcloud.com/tenderlovingempire/dave-depper-communication/

DEBUT ALBUM, EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE,
OUT JUNE 9TH ON TENDER LOVING EMPIRE
(photo credit: Jaclyn Campanaro)

“…a cloud of weightless synths anchored by a danceably funky bass groove.”
— Stereogum on “Do You Want Love?”
Dave Depper, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for Death Cab for Cutie, is excited to share “Communication,” a new song from his forthcoming debut solo album, Emotional Freedom Technique, out June 9th on Tender Loving Empire. The single, which premiered earlier this morning via Uproxx, is a perfect representation of the album as a whole: amidst intertwining minimal drum patterns and warm, melodic synthesizers, “Communication” addresses the strain and toll distance, along with a life on the road, brings to relationships. Depper says:

Musically, “Communication” began the day after Prince passed away. I decided to a pay a small musical tribute to the man by attempting to create my own minimalist funk song in the Minneapolis style, hence the LinnDrum beat and sparse instrumentation. The whole thing came together in a couple of hours.

At the time, I was in a long distance relationship with a woman that had, as those things so often do, devolved into communicating almost exclusively over text messages and social media. Conversations would abruptly end, only to be resurrected hours or even days later. The more we seemed to communicate using only blue bubbles of text, the less real she seemed to me. It dawned on me that this was not communication at all, just a facsimile of real interaction. I poured my frustration into the track I was working on, and the song wrote itself from there.
If you’re in the Pacific Northwest, don’t miss Depper’s two special album release shows: Wed. June 21st at Barboza in Seattle and Thu. June 22nd at Mississippi Studios in Portland. Tickets for both are on-sale now.

Listen to Dave Depper’s “Communication” —
https://soundcloud.com/tenderlovingempire/dave-depper-communication/

Listen to “Do You Want Love?” (first single) — 
https://soundcloud.com/tenderlovingempire/dave-depper-do-you-want-love

Dave Depper Tour Dates:
Wed. June 21 — Seattle, WA @ Barboza (Record Release Show) [tickets]
Thu. June 22 — Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios (Record Release Show) [tickets]

Pre-order Emotional Freedom Technique — 
https://tenderlovingempire.com/products/dave-depper-emotional-freedom-technique

Download hi-res images & album art — http://pitchperfectpr.com/dave-depper/
Dave Depper online:
davedepper.com
twitter.com/davedepper
instagram.com/davedepper
tenderlovingempire.com
pitchperfectpr.com/dave-depper 

Flasher share upcoming shoegazey single.

FLASHER SHARE NEW SONG, “BURN BLUE,” OFF UPCOMING 7″

“WINNIE” B/W “BURN BLUE” OUT 5/5 ON SISTER POLYGON

The Washington D.C. trio Flasher have quietly begun to build a powerful name for themselves. After a successful trip to Austin for SXSW, garner praise from all who saw the band’s tightly coiled and acerbic performances, they are sharing “Burn Blue,” the B-side to their recent single, “Winnie.” The 7″ will be released on May 5th via Sister Polygon.

Flasher is Taylor Mulitz (guitar, vocals), Daniel Saperstein (bass, vocals), and Emma Baker (drums, vocals). Long-time friends, they are also established members of Washington, D.C.’s re-emergent DIY music scene, with Mulitz being a member of Priests, Saperstein of Bless, and Baker of Big Hush. Flasher continues to explore new territory with every new song they share. “Burn Blue is about trauma and time,” says Multiz. “It’s about trying to stay present while melting with memory.” Listen and see their upcoming tour dates below.

LISTEN TO “BURN BLUE”
http://bit.ly/2pmCGNW

LISTEN TO “WINNIE”
http://bit.ly/2lU9RqT

FLASHER TOUR DATES:
Fri. April 14 – Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
Sat. April 15 – Bloomington, IN @ Culture Shock Festival
Sun. April 16 – Chicago, IL @ Township
Mon. April 17 – Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory
Wed. April 19 – Toronto, ON @ The Baby G (Canadian Music Week)
Thu. April 20 – Montreal, QC @ Matahari Art Loft
Fri. April 21 – The Monkey House
Fri. April 28 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
Thu. June 22 – Washington, DC @ Luce Foundation (Luce Unplugged)

PRAISE FOR “WINNIE” & S/T EP

“Flasher offer seven impressively-honed songs that speak to selfhood and sublimation.” – Pitchfork on s/t EP

“A subtle critique of American consumerism and media hysteria that’s never heavy-handed. It kind of just sounds like what it feels like to stare at a screen with a billion tabs open at a time. Oh! And it’s also just a really good punk song.” – Stereogum on “Winnie”, 5 Best Songs of the Week  

“The source material may not be chaotic, but the song certainly is — such is Flasher’s transformative beauty.” – CLRVYNT on “Winnie”

“A cutting social satire with riffs à la J Mascis, “Winnie” is equal parts intellectual and endearing.” – BULLETT on “Winnie”

Pre-order “Winnie” b/w “Burn Blue” – http://bit.ly/2n71JDA
Download hi-res images and bio here: http://pitchperfectpr.com/flasher/

Flasher Online:
https://flasherdc.bandcamp.com
http://sisterpolygonrecords.bigcartel.com/  

Steve Gunn announces 2017 summer tour.

STEVE GUNN ANNOUNCES SUMMER TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF EYES ON THE LINES

SOLO CO-HEADLINE DATES IN JUNE WITH LEE RANALDO & FULL BAND DATES IN JULY
After a banner year in 2016, with the release of Eyes on the Lines, his new album and debut for Matador, Steve Gunn is preparing to hit the road this summer for a slew of North American tour dates. For those not lucky enough to see Gunn and Lee Ranaldo’s intimate co-headline tour earlier this year, the pair will play dates this June throughout the south and along the east coast. After a quick run of shows in Australia, Gunn and his full band, The Outliners, will return for select dates up the west coast, wrapping up with a performance at Pickathon in early August. All tickets are on-sale this Friday.

Eyes on the Lines sees Gunn’s songwriting at its most vibrant and evocative, fully embracing a sense of uncertainty and adventure that comes with getting lost out on the road; “propulsive, rolling, repetitive in deliberate ways, and insomuch as it conjures a single image it’s of smooth and endless blacktop, receding in a rearview mirror.” (The New Yorker). The album has been met with acclaim from the likes of NPR Music, Pitchfork, Vulture, Noisey, WIRED, Brooklyn Magazine, INTERVIEW, The Guardian, Paste, and beyond.
Steve Gunn Tour Dates (new dates in bold):
Wed. Apr. 5 – Leeds, UK @ Holy Trinity
Thu. Apr. 6 – Birmingham, UK @ Glee Club
Fri. Apr. 7 – Bighton, UK @ Unitarian Church
Sat. Apr. 8 – Genk, BE @ Little Waves
Sun. Apr. 9 – Amsterdam, NL @ Zonnehuis
Mon. Apr. 10 – Utrecht, NL @ Doopsgezinde Kerk (church)
Tue. Apr. 11 – Brussels, BE @ Les Atelier Claus
Wed. Apr. 12 – Gent, BE @ Vooruit (Theater Zaal)
Thu. Apr. 13 – Paris, FR @ Le Carreau du Temple
Fri. Apr. 14 – Lausanne, CH @ Le Bourg
Sat. Apr. 15 – Düdingen, CH @ Bad Bonn
Mon. Apr. 17 – Padova, IT @ Anfiteatro del Venda
Tue. Apr. 18 – Rome, IT @ Blackmarket/Unplugged in Monti Series
Wed. Apr. 19 – Oslo, NO @ St. Edmunds Church
Thu. Apr. 20 – Randaberg, NO @ Tungenes Lighthouse
Sat. Apr. 22 – Helsinki, FI @ G Livelab
Sun. Apr. 23 – Copenhagen, DE @ Vega
Tue. April 25 – Barcelona, ES @ Sidecar
Wed. April 26 – Bilbao, ES @ Kafe Antzocika
Thu. April 27 – Madrid, ES @ Moby Dick
Fri. April 28 – Ourense, ES @ El Torgal
Sun. June 11 – Peterborough, NH @ The Thing in Spring Festival
Tue. June 13 – Richmond, VA @ Broadberry w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Wed. June 14 – Carrboro, NC @ ArtsCenter w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Thu. June 15 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Fri. June 16 – Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Sat. June 17 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Sun. June 18 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Mon. June 19 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Tue. June 20 – Dallas, TX @ Sons of Hermann Hall w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Wed. June 21 – Austin, TX @ The North Door w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Fri. June 23 – Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Sat. June 24 – Nashville, TN @ The Anchor w/ Lee Ranaldo (solo) *
Thu. July 6 – Sydney, NSW @ The Basement
Fri. July 7 – Melbourne, VIC @ National Gallery of Victoria – The Great Hall
Sun. July 9 – Brisbane, QLD @ The Junk Bar
Thu. July 27 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room w/ Heron Oblivion #
Fri. July 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo w/ Heron Oblivion
Sun. July 30 – San Diego, CA @ The Space Bar w/ Heron Oblivion #
Wed. Aug. 2 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall w/ Heron Oblivion
Fri. Aug. 4 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern #
Sat. Aug. 5 – Sun. Aug. 6 — Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon Music Festival

* = w/ Meg Baird
# = w/ James Elkington

Watch/Listen/Share
Steve Gunn’s “Smiths Versions” Lagniappe Session — http://bit.ly/2oWudkv
Eyes On The Lines album stream – https://open.spotify.com/album/50Ul1rF4oMcwGt0GcmM9Hd
“Conditions Wild” Video – https://youtu.be/VsG0kDv2EGs
“Ancient Jules” Video – https://youtu.be/W79x_WuvQ5Y
“Park Bench Smile” Lyric Video – https://youtu.be/0UjVXkeFvmc
NPR Music “Field Recording” – http://n.pr/2dXz4xK

Purchase Eyes On The Lines:
Steve Gunn store – stevegunn.kungfustore.com
Matador – http://smarturl.it/EyesOnTheLines_lp
iTunes – http://smarturl.it/EyesOnTheLines_i
Amazon – http://smarturl.it/EyesOnTheLines_a
Google – http://smarturl.it/EyesOnTheLines_g
Spotify – http://smarturl.it/EyesOnTheLines_s

Record Store Day is April 22nd. Are you ready?

The annual Record Store Day will be here in just a few weeks, so get ready to support your local wrecka stow and grab some sweet exclusives.

Even a quick glimpse of the official special releases will leave you drooling.  Here are just a few of the live albums I’d like to snag.

Cracked Actor – a live David Bowie album cut in 1974.

Post Pop Depression: Live at the Roxy – a live Iggy Pop record.

Perfect Night: Live in London – a live Lou Reed album.

Santana Live at Woodstock

And those are just from the exclusive RSD releases.  That’s not even looking into the regional releases.  Start saving your money.  You’re gonna need it.

Keep your mind open.