News from 2019

NEWS : MON, APR 1, 2019 at 11:55 AM

Weyes Blood’s “True Love is Making a Comeback Tour” In Support of Her Stunning New Album ‘Titanic Rising’ Begins Today

Hear the album now in full through NPR Music’s “First Listen” -> n.pr/2CtUCiG

“Titanic Rising is a revelation.” 5/5 MOJO
 
“Album of the Month.” 9/10 - Uncut
 
“the Californian nails your heart to the wall” The Sunday Times
 
“Mering’s supple, winsome compositions are grounded in the solid songcraft of the classics, but at their heart, they’re steeped in the magic stuff of fantasies 
and daydreams.” NPR Music
 
“Mixing warm, New Age-suggestive electronic tones with conversational, heart-to-heart lyrics meant to stick on first listen, her work floats through space with a glistening, 
emotionally rich shimmer.” - LA Times
 
“Ms. Mering’s fourth and best full-length record” 
Wall Street Journal
 
“Rich and arresting” - Vulture


Weyes Blood’s headlining “True Love is Making a Comeback Tour” in support of Titanic Rising, her critically acclaimed album, begins today, Monday, April 1st and runs through June 13th. Additionally, she added festival appearances to her touring schedule for 2019 including Denmark’s Roskilde July 5th and Outside Lands in San Francisco August 9th-11th. 

True Love is Making a Comeback Tour 2019 - Ticket Links
California 
Apr. 01 - Fresno, CA - Strummers
Apr. 02 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Atrium at The Catalyst
Apr. 03 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones
Apr. 04 - Los Angeles, CA - Masonic Lodge [Sold Out]
 
UK/Europe
Apr. 22 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt 
Apr. 23 - Bristol, UK - The Exchange
Apr. 24 - Manchester, UK - YES (The Pink Room) 
Apr. 25 - London, UK - Islington Assembly Hall          
Apr. 27 - Berlin, DE - Kantine am Berghain
Apr. 28 - Hamburg, DE- Turmzimmer
Apr. 29 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Upstairs 
Apr. 30 - Dunkerque, FR  - 4Ecluses
May 02 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie
May 03 - Orleans, FR - Astrolabe
May 04 - Brussels, BE - Le Nuits Botanique (Venue: Rotonde)
 
North America 
May 14 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
May 16 - Seattle, WA - The Tractor Tavern
May 17 - Vancouver, BC - St. James Hall
May 18 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
May 21 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
May 22 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
May 24 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
May 25 - Montreal, QC - Petit Campus
May 26 - Portland, ME - SPACE Gallery
May 28 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
May 29 - New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 31 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
Jun. 01 - Philadelphia,  PA - Johnny Brenda’s
Jun. 03 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Jun. 04 - Nashville, TN - The High Watt
Jun. 06 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
Jun. 07 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall (upstairs)
Jun. 08 - Austin, TX - Antone’s
Jun. 10 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
Jun. 11 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
Jun. 12 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
Jun. 13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
Jul. 05 - Roskilde, DK - Roskilde
Aug. 09 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
Aug. 10 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
Aug. 11 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands


 
Weyes Blood will release Titanic Rising, her fourth album and Sub Pop records debut, worldwide on CD/LP/DL/CS this Friday, April 5th, 2019. The album features the singles  “Everyday,”“Movies”and “Andromeda,”and “Something to Believe.” The cover for Titanic Rising was shot in a bedroom submerged fully underwater by photographer Brett Stanley (zero CGI). 
 
Titanic Rising is available for pre-order from Sub Pop. LP pre-orders in North America through weyesblood.commegamart.subpop.com, and select independent retailers will receive the limited Loser edition on maroon colored vinyl (while supplies last).  LP preorders of Titanic Rising throughout the UK and Europe from select independent retailers will receive the limited Loser edition on red vinyl (while supplies last). There will also be a new T-shirt design available.



Posted by Rachel White

NEWS : FRI, APR 12, 2019 at 6:57 AM

Atlanta Band Omni Sign To Sub Pop For The World! New Singles Club Tracks “Delicacy” And “I Don’t Dance” Out Now In DSPs

Support dates with Foals and Preoccupations Beginning April 12- April 30th with additional headline dates throughout May 

[Photo Credit: Emily Frobos]

We are thrilled to share that Sub Pop has signed a worldwide recording deal with angular Atlantans, Omni. The band is currently working on their third album, after two acclaimed LPs of tightly wound, tuneful & cerebral, post punk-pop on the highly regarded, Trouble in Mind Records. 

Omni has contributed two new tracks to the latest edition of the iconic Sub Pop Singles Club series. You can now stream “Delicacy” and “I Don’t Dance” via all digital service providers, including YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music

Frontman for the band, Philip Frobos says “Delicacy” was one of the first songs we wrote after a couple of years of non-stop touring behind Deluxe and Multi-task. It came naturally to Frankie and I but felt like we were headed someplace new. It’s written about falling in love, with who would become my wife, on a 23-hour layover in Casablanca, exploring a new continent, feeling intrigued and truly alive.


Keep your ears open for new music in the near future, and be sure to catch Omni on their upcoming tour with Foals and Preoccupations starting tonight, April 12th with a three-night stint at Brooklyn Steel, with additional shows in DC, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, and Minneapolis. The band will then return to the road on May 10th, performing at this years KVRX Festival in Austin with additional shows throughout the month in El Paso, Tucson, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Everett, WA for the Fisherman’s Village Music Fest, Salt Lake City and Denver, ending on May 22nd in Nashville, TN. Dates are as follows: 
 
Apr. 12 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel *                    
Apr. 13 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel *
Apr. 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel *
Apr. 16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
Apr. 18 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
Apr. 19 - Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston *
Apr. 20 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia *
Apr. 22 - Toronto, ON - 
Rebel *              
Apr. 25 - St Louis, MO - 
The Pageant *   
Apr. 26 - Detroit, MI - Saint Andrews Hall *                  
Apr. 27 – Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre *               
Apr. 28 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave Eagles Club *    
Apr. 30 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
May 10 - Austin, TX - KVRX Fest              
May. 11 - El Paso, TX- The Monarch        
May. 12 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress              
May. 13 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon  
May. 14 - San Francisco, CA- Bottom of The Hill         
May. 16 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios # 
May. 17 - Everett, WA - Fisherman’s Village Music Fest       
May. 19 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court                            
May. 20 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall         
May. 21 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater  
May. 22 - Nashville, TN - Springwater
* w/ Foals, Preoccupations     
# w/ Downtown Boys & Cool Flowers


What “The People” have said about Omni:
 “If Atlanta’s Omni were a machine with a rhythm switch, it would probably just have one setting: staccato. Nearly all of the trio’s songs are built around twitchy, start-stop beats that instantly get pulses rushing and nerves tingling.”NPR Music
 
Multi-task is 11 tracks worth of sonic goodness, heavy on thick and fun guitar licks matched by equally complicated but light lyrics.” -Noisey
 
“The wiry Atlanta, Ga. rock trio Omni sells its nervous energy as a logical way of dealing with the world. Where other bands might smooth things out, Omni finds angles and sharp turns.” -Pitchfork
 
“Omni remains a band that’s best at its most berserk. Multi-Task hits its high marks when the band is doing as much as it can, or, if you will, multi-tasking.” -PASTE

“The Atlanta trio Omni…make twitchy, bouncy, catchy-as-hell post-punk, the sort of thing that NME would’ve fallen in love with if it had come from Glasgow in 1983.” - Stereogum

Posted by Rachel White

NEWS : TUE, APR 9, 2019 at 9:00 AM

Watch Mass Gothic’s Stunning New Video For “How I Love You” From ‘I’ve Tortured You Long Enough’

Premiere via Brooklyn Vegan.

Here now is Mass Gothic’s stunning new video for “How I Love You,” the standout from I’ve Tortured You Long Enough, which is out now worldwide on Sub Pop (see Brooklyn Vegan April 9th).
 
Mass Gothic’s Jessica Zambri says of the song, “The lights turned on for me. Committing to something can be relieving, even pleasurable.  I used to think I had to protect myself from anything that I perceived to get in the way of making music, but all that did was close me off. Whatever is happening I want to enjoy it. I wrote this song as a reminder to live and not be lived.”


 
Director Evan Fellers had this to say of the visual, “I wanted to create strange realistic feeling environments that also felt a bit digital. I used a process called photogrammetry to grab a bunch of real-world elements and turned them into 3d models which make up most of everything you see. Anything from small rocks to large sections of woods, trees, moss and dirt, to Jess and Noel.
 
“I knew I wanted to take the viewer through these different environments, but I wanted it to be more than just a camera flying around — something simple and purposeful, searching for something. I wanted there to be this feeling of a journey. I also wanted to trace specific paths  through the environment I thought were pleasing. Creating a single red orb that illuminated the environment was a nice way to accomplish all of those goals with the story, and control the way in which I revealed each scene at the same time. The red orb also came to represent the voice of the song to me.”
 
Mass Gothic’s I’ve Tortured You Long Enough is available on CD/LP/DL/CS worldwide through Sub Pop


 
What people are saying about Mass Gothic:
“Essential…Their earworm-ready songs are made to fight for their right to party.” - Loud and Quiet
 
“Mass Gothic’s identity is nearly undefinable, with the pair blasting through genres and ideals with a sort of unsettled energy. Whether losing yourself to the starry synths and complimentary vocals found in the spacey fuzz of “J.Z.O.K.” or floating off in the dazzling airiness, throbbing rhythms and vast instrumental expanse of the album’s title track, the release is one sure to keep you enraptured.” - The Grey Estates
 
“Mass Gothic’s greatest strength has always been their freedom to avoid any sort of strict definition…By taking an anything goes approach on their latest album and balancing their creative duties, there’s a through-line that holds the various sounds of their record together…This is a highly intriguing record with so much packed into every moment you’ll be dying to come back.” [8/10] - Northern Transmissions
 
“A compelling listen…a record worthy of your time.” - Bristol Live


Posted by Rachel White

NEWS : TUE, APR 16, 2019 at 7:00 AM

Minor Poet announces North American tour opening for Australia’s Cub Sport May 8th-June 7th in support of The Good News

Minor Poet is joining Australian band Cub Sport on the group’s headlining tour in support of The Good News, out May 17th worldwide on Sub Pop. These intimate shows will find Minor Poet performing as a three-piece, beginning May 8th in Los Angeles at The Echo and ending June 7th in Phoenix at the Valley Bar. The tour will include stops in San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Brooklyn, Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia, DC, Atlanta, Austin, and Houston.

May 08 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
May 09 - San Diego, CA - Voodoo Room at HOB
May 13 - Seattle, WA - Columbia City Theater
May 14 - Portland, OR - The Old Church
May 18 - Denver, CO - The Marquis Theater
May 20 - Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
May 22 - Boston, MA - Café 939
May 23 - Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
May 24 - Montreal, QC - L’Esco
May 25 - Toronto, ON - The Drake Underground
May 28 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry at The Fillmore
May 29 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd
May 31 - Atlanta, GA - Purgatory at The Masquerade
Jun. 02 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Indoor
Jun. 03 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
Jun. 05 - Dallas, TX - Three Links
Jun. 07 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar

Minor Poet’s The Good News, which features “Museum District” and  “Tropic of Cancer,” was produced by Andrew Carter and Adrian Olsen (Natalie Prass, Foxygen) at Montrose Recording in Richmond.

The Good News is now available for preorder through Sub Pop Mega Mart. Preorders of the LP through megamart.subpop.com and select independent retailers in North America, UK, and Europe will receive the limited Loser edition on clear with red and blue swirl vinyl (while supplies last).


Posted by Jason Baxter

NEWS : TUE, APR 16, 2019 at 9:00 AM

Calexico and Iron & Wine Announce Newly Added North American Tour Dates Supporting Forthcoming Album ‘Years to Burn’

Single “Father Mountain” Available To Stream And Album Available for Pre-order Now.

[Photo Credit: Piper Ferguson]

Today, Calexico and Iron & Wine added new shows to the previously announced UK, European and North American dates, including stops in Philadelphia, Austin, Los Angeles and more. See all dates and on sale info below.

Calexico and Iron & Wine recently announced Years to Burn, their first full–length album together, out June 14th via City Slang in the UK/Europe and Sub Pop in the rest of the world. This is their first release since 2005’s critic and fan favorite In The Reins.  Alongside the Years To Burn news, the trio released the lead track “Father Mountain” to great reception.


 
Listen to “Father Mountain” on YouTubeSpotify or Apple Music


Calexico and Iron & Wine Tour Dates + Ticket Links

Jun. 18 - Saxapahaw, NC - River Ballroom
Jul. 19  - Lisbon, PT - Super Bock Super Rock
Jul. 20 - Arlesheim, CH - Stimmen Festival
Jul. 22 - Milan, IT - La Triennale di Milano
Jul. 23 - Gardone Riviera, IT - Anfiteatro del Vittoriale
Jul. 24 -  Rome, IT - Villa Ada
Jul. 25 - Florence, IT - Cavea del Nuovo Teatro dell
’opera
Jul. 26 -  Monforte D’ Alba, IT - Auditorium Horszowski
Jul. 28 - Vienna, AT - Konzerthaus
Jul. 29 - Palma, ES - Auditorium de Palma de Mallorca
Jul. 31 - Hamburg, DE - Stadtpark
Aug. 02 - Cambridge, UK - Cambridge Folk Festival
Aug. 03 - Leuven, BE - M-
idzommer Festival
Aug. 04 - Crozon, FR - Festival Du Bout Du Monde
Aug. 16 - Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theatre ~
Aug. 17 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre ~
Aug. 19 - Denver, CO - Denver Botanic Gardens ~
Aug. 21 - Ogden, UT - Twilight Series at Ogden Amphitheater
Aug. 22 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House
Aug. 23 - Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium
Aug. 24 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
Sep. 18 - Grand Rapids, MI - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park “Meijer Gardens”
Sep. 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre
Sep. 20 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Sep. 21 - Boston, MA - Rockland Trust Bank Pavillion +
Sep. 22 - North Adams, MA - FreshGrass Festival
Sep. 24 - Richmond, VA - The National
Sep. 26 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City
Sep. 27 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues
Sep. 28 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek
Sep. 29 - Dallas, TX - Majestic Theater
Sep. 30 - Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theatre
Oct. 02 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
Oct. 03 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre
Oct. 04 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey’s Concerts
by The Bay
Oct. 06 - Saratoga, CA - Mountain Winery
Nov. 05 - Utrecht, NL - TrivoliVrendenburg - Ronda
Nov. 06 -
Luxemborg, LU - Den Atelier
Nov. 07 - Antwerp, BE - De Roma
Nov. 09 - Berlin, DE - Tempodrom
Nov. 10 - Linz, AT - Posthof
Nov. 11 - Munich, DE - Muffathalle
Nov. 12 -  Budapest, HU - Müpa
Nov. 14 - Mannheim, DE - Musensaal Rosengarten
Nov. 15 -  Cologne, DE - Palladium
Nov. 16 - Paris, FR - La Cigale
Nov. 18 - Edinburgh, UK - Usher Hall *
Nov. 19 - Liverpool, UK - Philharmonic Hall *
Nov. 20 - Manchester, UK - Bridgewater Hall *
Nov. 21 -
Conventry, UK - Warwick Arts Centre *
Nov. 23 - London, UK - Royal Festival Hall *
Nov. 24 - Bexhill-On-Sea, UK – De La Warr Pavillion *
 
~with special guest Madison Cunningham
+with Andrew Bird
*with special guest Lisa O’Neill
 
Artist Presales: Wednesday, April 17 - 10 am local –
Thursday, April 18 - 10 pm local
Password: yearstoburn
Local Presales: Thursday, April 18 - 10 am local
General On Sale: Friday, April 19 - 10 am local


Posted by Rachel White

NEWS : WED, APR 10, 2019 at 8:55 AM

Watch The Gotobeds Get Maced In Their New Video For “Twin Cities”

Debt Begins at 30, their forthcoming album, out worldwide May 31st on Sub Pop.

On “Twin Cities,” The Gotobeds’ latest single from their upcoming album, Debt Begins at 30, the band taps Tracy Wilson, formerly of Dahlia Seed and currently of Positive No, to share the singing, and the result is a fiery, exuberant pop song. When asked about the Shawn Brackbill-directed video, The Gotobeds frontman Eli Kasan said:

If you’ve ever toured or spent long stretches of time with the same folks you know nerves can fray. We found a way to release that tension by macing each other for the video. Ever seen the Purge? Me neither, but it’s the same idea.

Twin Cities is about two people (the two narrators) having different experiences in the same city, and the video reflects that. Shot entirely on VHS as we’re all old enough to own VCRs, not from Urban Outfitters - take that 90’s nostalgia blowhards!

You can watch the band burn through the song via today’s premiere at CLASH Magazine right here, and listen forever on repeat via Spotify or Apple Music.




The Gotobeds will play an album release show in their hometown of Pittsburgh, PA on May 25th at Babyland with midwest & eastern shows in June & July. See below for a full list of dates.

Debt Begins at 30 is out on LP/CD/Digital and Cassette on Friday, May 31st. The octane is high-test, the engine still has knocks and pings and the battery is overcharged. The Gotobeds - as Pittsburgh as it gets, the folk music of the Steel City - have more tar for us to swallow. Debt Begins at 30 is an old-fashioned blast furnace and the liquid iron flows.


Debt Begins at 30 is now available for preorder through Sub Pop Mega Mart. Preorders of the LP through megamart.subpop.com, select independent retailers in the U.S. and select European and UK retailers will receive the limited, orange-vinyl Loser Edition while supplies last.

The Gotobeds Tour Dates

The Gotobeds will play an album release show in their hometown of Pittsburgh, PA on May 25th at Babyland with midwest & eastern shows in June & July. 

May 25 - Pittsburgh, PA - Babyland (album release show)
Jun. 20 - Pittsburgh, PA - Babyland *
Jun. 21 - Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village
Jun. 23 - Columbus, IL - Ace of Cups
Jul. 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle 
Jul. 17 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
Jul. 18 - D.C, Washington - Comet Ping Pon
Jul. 19 - Kingston, NY - Tubby’s
Oct. 17 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre ^

* w/ Lithics
^ w/ Mudhoney




Posted by Rachel White