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BADFLOWER DEBUT NEW VIDEO FOR THEIR SINGLE "X ANA X"

Music News - LA Rockers  BADFLOWER today released a new track along with an accompanying music video for "x ANA x", the newest song off of the group's forthcoming debut full-length album OK, I'M SICK via Big Machine/John Varvatos Records. Directed by Jordan Wolfbauer, the video imagines an intense, yet cathartic fever dream in which the band confronts anxieties and inner demons head on. It's a relatable struggle for fans and performers alike, in line with the rest of the self-reflective lyrical themes that course through the veins of the band's new record. Watch the full video below-

"x ANA x is about my struggles with anxiety and panic disorder as a performer," frontman Josh Katz said about the song & video. "Its the scariest and most debilitating thing in my life so I made a joke out of it. You should try it." 

" x ANA x" is the second offering from Badflower's forthcoming album OK, I'M SICK, which also features their current single "Ghost" and can be pre-ordered here: https://badflower.lnk.to/OKISPR. Members of the band co-wrote each song and recorded in Los Angeles with executive producer credits attributed to Scott Borchetta and John Varvatos.

The Southern California rockers have gained traction as the album's lead single " Ghost" recently claimed the top spot on the Active Rock Radio Mediabase Chart and marked the band's first no. 1 hit. Beyond airwaves, the bitingly exposed lyrics and incredible delivery have captivated audiences at live shows and with personal responses online as the topic of suicide universally unites so many.Forbes affirms, "'Ghost' has connected at the absolute core of where music hits fans." With a powerful performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Badflower was compelled to record a more intimate version in the same vein "Ghost" was conceptualized. Watch the acoustic version, which they also brought to FOX's Good Day L.A. recently as well. 

Badflower is currently in the midst of a massive US tour supporting The Wrecks, and will keep the momentum going into 2019 on Nothing More's THE TRUTH TOUR. For ticket information and a complete list of upcoming tour dates, visit Badflowermusic.com. 

 

Gerard Way Releases New Single; Getting Down the Germs

Music News- Gerard Way releases new single, “Getting Down The Germs” today via Reprise Records.  This is the second release from Gerard in less than a month….seems like someone is busy in the studio! 

 

Of this new track Gerard says; “I had really been wanting a song that featured the flute prominently for quite some time. It sits in there perfectly, like it was made to pay the song a visit. The whole song reminds me of wiggling squiggling wormy germs. It’s a very calm affair that shows a peek into where I may be heading musically. I hope you enjoy it. It was fun to make.”

 

Click HERE to listen.

 

AL. Songwriter Pierce Pettis Announces First New Album In Nearly A Decade, "FATHER'S SON" Out on 1/18/19 via Compass Records

Music News- A songwriter’s songwriter, Pierce Pettis is back with his first new studio album in nearly a decade with FATHER’S SON, out January 18 on Compass Records. You can listen to the opening track, Wouldn't Change It for the World below.  Featuring 10 tracks, including a cover of Jesse Winchester’s “A Showman’s Life,” the Alabama songwriter writes about friends he’s lost, childhood memories, and the relationships he’s experienced both as a son and a father on these deeply moving, literate songs.    FATHER’S SON, reuniting Pettis with producer Garry West, was recorded “live on the floor, with the band, with minimal overdubs, to capture the energy and authenticity of Pierce's performances.” "I began my alleged career at Muscle Shoals Sound in the late 70s," Pettis deadpans."I was signed as a writer and had an artist development deal." From there, he was a part of the “Fast Folk” movement in New York that featured such fellow artists as Shawn Colvin, John Gorka and Suzanne Vega, going on to record three albums for Windham Hill. He spent several years as a staff writer for Polygram Records before signing to Compass Records.   Pettis and West combed through some 40 songs, old and new, to come up with the songs on FATHER’S SON. The album opens with the upbeat “Wouldn’t Change It For the World,” where he embraces where he finds himself at this time in his life – “sometimes you’re blessed, Sometimes you’re burned, But that’s OK, I woudn’t change it for the world.” Pettis’ daughter Grace Pettis contributes backing vocals on the refrain. Along with the title track, “Your Father’s Son,” a song about never forgetting where you came from, Pettis reaches back into his childhood memories to tell the story of one kindly Mr. Ziedman, the “one and only Jew” in his little town, who always wore long sleeves to “keep an ugly thing from view.” The song is enhanced by Andrea Zonn’s poignantly beautifully string arrangement, as Pettis ends the song by lighting a candle for “our one and only Jew.”

FUTURE GENERATIONS RELEASE VIDEO FOR "LANDSCAPE", ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WILD CHILD

Music News- Future Generations released their latest album Landscape this Fall and have just returned to their Brooklyn home-base after a massive US tour where they played to packed rooms across the U.S. Today, they release the video for the album's title track too.     "Landscape" was directed by Kenny Polyak and Drew Lewis . Future Generations had this to say about the video: “You know that feeling when you're two hours into a YouTube session and you come across a legendary Sizzler commercial from the 90s and you decide your next music video has to be a tribute to it? That's how this all got started.”

The band are also excited to announce another series of dates as they support Wild Child this December. Future Generations will play NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto and more . A full itinerary is listed below.   Future Generations 2018 Tour Itinerary-   11.27.18 - The Parish Room - New Orleans, LA * 11.28.18 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA * 11.29.18 - Songbirds - Chattanooga, GA * 11.30.18 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC * 12.1.18 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD * 12.3.18 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT * 12.4.18 - Royale - Boston, MA * 12.5.18 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA * 12.7.18 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY * 12.9.18 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON *   * w/ Wild Child     Landscape Tracklisting: 1.   Stranger 2.    Landscape 3.   Caught Me By Surprise 4.    Suddenly 5.    All The Same 6.    Out Loud 7.   Take Me There 8.   Hurry Home 9.   I Never Knew I Was Lonely 10.   Tear You Down 11.   Incomplete

Pioneering All-female SF Psychedelic Rockers, "Ace Of Cups" Debut Album Out Now

Music News- Ace Of Cups, the Jimi Hendrix-approved all-female San Francisco psychedelic rock band that made its mark on the ‘60s Haight-Ashbury scene, released their long awaited self-titled debut via NYC based High Moon Records on November 9th.

“I heard some groovy sounds last time in the States, like this girl group, Ace Of Cups, who write their own songs and the lead guitarist is hell, really great.” -Jimi Hendrix, 1967

Listen to ‘Ace Of Cups’ album here: https://soundcloud.com/highmoonrecords/sets/ace-of-cups/s-lNj68

Watch the album trailer below-

LONGWAVE SHARE MUSIC VIDEO FOR THEIR RETURN SINGLE, "STAY WITH ME"

Music News - Today, NYC's indie rockers Longwave share the music video for their first single in ten years "Stay With Me". Dave Doobinin of Follette Films directed the video. Watch below.

LISTEN:

https://song.link/i/1436664923

 

"'Stay With Me' is a love song," frontman Steve Schiltz shares, "albeit not really in a typical guy-girl-hold hands type way. A while back now, a family member of mine was diagnosed with cancer. It looked bad, and we were pretty sure we were going to lose him. This was someone I'd had in my life as far back I can remember. I was worried about him, and it occurred to me, what is his wife going to do? I couldn't imagine the grief she was preparing to withstand.

 

It was at this moment in time that I wrote the words for this song. I was thinking about her loss, which wasn't going to simple - it clearly meant she was going to have to carry on without him. What was that going to look like for her?

 

In the end, against all odds, he beat the cancer into remission, and at this time there is no detectable cancer. It was truly a miracle. So, this was a case of everyone winning here...I got the song, and our family gets to keep him."

 

"Stay With Me" is currently available as a limited-pressed 7" through indie label Bodan Kuma Recordings, available here . Though the band's album is still under wraps, they've just completed a North American fall tour with Blue October and are headlining Bowery Ballroom in NYC on Saturday, November 17. Longwave has also launched a Pledge Music campaign to coincide with the album

release.

 

NEW SINGLE, QUAKE, AND VIDEO OUT NOW FROM JOE PERRY

Music News- Prior to his collapsing after performing at Saturday's Billy Joel concert at MSG in NYC, JOE PERRY, the legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of Aerosmith, has released a new single, video and tour dates with his Aerosmith bandmate Brad Whitford and Gary Cherone of Extreme. The music video for “Quake” is available to view below.

 

The hard-charging track with PERRY‘s killer riffs and Cherone‘s gutsy vocals is from soon-to-be-released vinyl-only version of PERRY‘s Sweetzerland Manifesto (Roman Records) and was debuted live earlier this year

 

Photo credit: Ross Halfin

 

(January 16) when Cherone joined PERRY at the latter’s two-hour plus set at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. The “Quake”video features PERRY–the essence of cool—alone with his guitar and amp, firing up the song alongside the lyrics and a super-hip dancing couple who embody the tune’s freewheeling rock & roll spirit. It was directed by JOE‘s son Roman Perry. 

 

PERRY and his band will perform the song live on his upcoming headlining dates which kick off November 30 in Iowa and include stops in New York City, Detroit, Philadelphia and more before wrapping up with three Los Angeles-area shows. These performances follow gigs this past April where PERRY debuted his new touring band featuring Whitford and with Cherone of Extreme taking on the lead vocals.

 

Along with choice cuts from his catalog of solo records, JOE will perform rarely played Aerosmith classics from the band’s early records including “Toys In The Attic,” “Get Your Wings” and “Rocks,” among others. SWEETZERLAND MANIFESTO marks JOE‘s sixth solo album and is comprised of 10 new tracks all written or co-written by JOE (many with the album’s guest vocalists), except for a cover of “Eve Of Destruction” with JOE on lead vocals and Johnny Depp on drums. The album features guest appearances from a long list of JOE’s friends, colleagues and rock and roll icons. Highlights include “Aye, Aye, Aye,” which JOE co-wrote with the track’s vocalist Robin Zander,and three collaborations with David Johansen, who sings “I Wanna Roll,” “Haberdasher Blues,” and “I’m Going Crazy,” plus as many co-writes with Terry Reid whose lead vocals light up “I’ll Do Happiness” (with Zak Starkey on drums), “Sick & Tired” and “Won’t Let Me Go.”

 

GIN BLOSSOMS PREMIERE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “WONDER”

Music News- The Gin Blossoms; Robin Wilson (lead vocals & guitar), Jesse Valenzuela (vocals & guitar), Scott Johnson(guitar) and Bill Leen (bass)– premiered their music video this week for “Wonder,” a song off their critically acclaimed album MIXED REALITY (June 2018). Filmed in Vancouver, the video was produced by Glass Hero Media, directed by Cole Northey, and stars Madisen Steinwand.

 

Gin Blossoms’ Jesse Valenzuela said, “Cole Northey shot a wonderful video with the gorgeous city of Vancouver as backdrop. He really captured the delicate sensibility of the song with its wistful quality and gentle aching. I love it.”

 

 

Above: screenshot from “Wonder” video.

 

GIN BLOSSOMS, one of the top alt-rock groups of the ’90s who celebrated the 25^th anniversary of their multi-platinum album New Miserable Experience last year, recently issued their first new album in eight years, MIXED REALITY (produced by Don Dixon). The band are currently on a national U.S. tour celebrating their illustrious career as they continue to tirelessly march through their 26^th year. See all tour dates here and read a lighthearted Q&A about life on the road here.

Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Hayes Carll Returns With “What It Is” on February 15th, Listen to New Tune

Music News- What It Is, the highly-anticipated new album from acclaimed Texas singer/songwriter Hayes Carll, is due for release on February 15, 2019 via Dualtone Music.  And, Carll hits the road in February in support of the new album (see tour itinerary below). Following the 2016 release of his deeply-personal and cathartic Lovers and Leavers, What It Is finds Carll rejuvenated on a new creative plateau. The 12 new songs are written/co-written by Carll and address topics ranging from the ever-changing arc of relationships to our current socio-political climate, and many points between.  Carll’s signature blend of literate, thoughtful songwriting, delivered with his wry wit and clever twists are on full display throughout the new collection.

Check out the feature premiere of his new tune, “None’Ya” below.

For more than a decade, Hayes Carll has been highly-regarded by fans, critics and fellow artists as a songwriter’s songwriter with his own voice. He has won multiple Americana Music Awards, received a Grammy nomination, repeatedly topped the Americana radio charts, performed on national television including The Tonight Show and Austin City Limits and has had his songs recorded by artists that include Lee Ann Womack, Kenny Chesney, Kelly Willis and Hard Working Americans. His albums have garnered high praise from a wide spectrum of the press, including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, SPIN, People, Esquire, American Songwriter, Paste and many more.

 

Praise For Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs By Maggie Roche, Out Now

Music News - Critics and fans are applauding the release of the posthumous album, Where Do I Come From, Selected Songs by Maggie Roche (1951-2017), out now. The collection offers a immersive and poignant look at one of our most original American songwriters. 

In celebration of the release experimental filmmaker Lewis Klahr has created a new video for The Roches’classic “Hammond Song.”

Both the album and the video come ahead a special show happening at New York’s The Sheen Center December 4.  The unique concert will feature Suzzy Roche along with Lucy Wainwright Roche and special guests The Indigo Girls along with Dave Roche (Suzzy/Maggie’s brother), Oona Roche (Dave’s daughter), Felix McTeigue (Maggie’s son), Rachelle Garniez, Daisy Press, Lyris Hung and Dick Connette of StorySound records.

JOHN GORKA RELEASES NEW LYRIC VIDEO FOR "PARTICLE AND WAVE"

Music News- Renowned folk artist JOHN GORKA has released a new lyric video celebrating the best of people on this divisive midterm election day. Titled "Particle and Wave," the song was inspired by the March For Our Lives. The Red House artist is continuing to tour for his 2018 release TRUE IN TIME, lauded for its "wry, poignant, and intimate reflections of everyday life side by side with deft storytelling and smoking guitar playing.” (All Music). View the video below.

 

New Jersey born and Minnesota based, John Gorka is a world-renowned singer-songwriter who got his start at a neighborhood coffeehouse in eastern Pennsylvania. Soon he found himself living in the club’s basement and acting as resident MC and soundman, encountering legendary folk troubadours. Their brand of folk-inspired acoustic music inspired him, and before long he was performing his own songs – mostly as an opener for visiting acts. From there he traveled to New York City, where Jack Hardy’s legendary Fast Folk circle (a breeding ground for many a major singer-songwriter) became a powerful source of education and encouragement. 

His tour schedule -- over 150 nights a year at times -- brought new accolades for his craft. His rich multifaceted songs full of depth, beauty and emotion gained increasing attention from critics and audiences across the country, as well as in Europe where his tours led him through Italy, Belgium, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Switzerland and Germany. Many well known artists have recorded and/or performed John Gorka songs, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Mary Black and Maura O’Connell and others.

 

 

Alt-rockers Badflower announces debut album 'OK, I'm Sick'

Music News-  Southern California Alt-rockers BADFLOWER will release their debut full-length album OK, I'M SICK via Big Machine/John Varvatos Records on February 22, 2019.  Lead singer Josh Katz gave Billboard insight into the 13-track project and shared, "There's a lot of heavy lyrical content -- honest, no filter, very emotive. We really weren't trying to impress people on a musical level; We were just trying to be genuine and make something that sounded right and felt right."  Members of the band co-wrote each song and recorded in Los Angeles with executive producer credits attributed to Scott Borchetta and John Varvatos.  

With their album news, they've shared an acoustic version of their hit single "Ghost," which you can listen to/view below. The original version of "Ghost" rose to  number two on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart.

Badflower will be touring the USA into December, including dates with A Perfect Circle. They'll be touring with Nothing More in 2019.

Ahead of the official launch early next year, you can pre-order the album now at https://badflower.lnk.to/OKISD2CBi.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM ELECTRIC LADY SESSIONS ADVANCE TRACK “(WE DON’T NEED THIS) FASCIST GROOVE THANG” OUT NOW

Music News - LCD Soundsystem have advance released their version of Heaven 17’s 1981 classic “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang,” the first track to be made available from their forthcoming ELECTRIC LADY SESSIONS, due out later this year via Columbia Records/DFA. Listen below.

Recorded live in the studio at its namesake, ELECTRIC LADY SESSIONS captures LCD Soundsystem at the height of the band’s powers during the tour supporting their AMERICAN DREAM album.

Released September 1, 2017, LCD Soundsystem’s fourth album American Dream was its first to enter the U.S. chart at #1 and was one of the year’s best reviewed records, finishing the year in the top 10 lists of ROLLING STONE, TIME, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, NEWSWEEK, PASTE and a host of others—and won LCD Soundsystem its first GRAMMY: Best Dance Recording for the single “tonite.”

 

Goshen Electric Co., Featuring Strand of Oaks’ Tim Showalter Fronts Magnolia Electric Co., Shares Official Studio Video of “Ring the Bell”

Music News- Goshen Electric Co., which features Strand of Oaks’ Tim Showalter at the helm of the Magnolia Electric Co. band, releases a 7-in. featuring re-workings of Jason Molina’s songwriting; “The Gray Tower” b/w “Ring the Bell.”  The digital version also includes an extended, nine-minute version of “Ring the Bell.”
 
Accompanying the single’s release is the official video for B-side “Ring the Bell,” filmed in the studio. “Ring the Bell,” recorded in its first take, features a roaring guitar line butting against its steady drumbeat, a twinge of psychedelia, and thrums with – in Showalter’s own words – “pure vibe.” Showalter’s wail recalls Molina’s somber, choir-boy croon, just roughened with sandpaper.

Watch “Ring the Bell” official video –

 
Stream and/or Purchase “The Gray Tower” b/w “Ring the Bell” –
https://ffm.to/goshenelectricco

Better known as Strand of Oaks, Showalter’s reverence of Molina’s music made itself known first in the sprawling, aching centerpiece of 2014’s HEAL, “JM.” Now, Showalter’s turn at the helm of Magnolia Electric Co. (Mike Brenner, Jason Evans Groth, Mikey Kapinus, Mark Rice, Peter Schreiner) came as a result of the Goshen, In. native’s Memorial Electric Co. European tour.
 
“It’s strange for me to sing his words,” Showalter says. “I’m not trying to be overly dramatic, but I had to prepare myself to sing these lyrics – when I was having terrible times in my life at certain points, it was those lyrics that came on.”
 
The resulting 7-in. captures the eerie dichotomy of two of Molina’s deeper cuts, reimagining “The Gray Tower,” a 2002 single, and “Ring the Bell,” which appeared on both Songs: Ohia Didn’t It Rain (2002) and Magnolia Electric Co.’s Trials & Errors (2005). It’s a testament to the tightness of Magnolia Electric Co.’s musicianship, and the careful tenderness that comes with stepping into the shoes of a musical hero, wanting to both re-invent and honor the formative music of one’s youth.

Neko Case Announces 2019 North American Tour

Music News - Neko Case has announced the itinerary of her 2019 North American tour to promote her first solo album in five years, Hell-On.  The tour kicks off on January 23 in Providence, RI and will include shows in Boston, Orlando, Austin, Washington, and San Diego before wrapping up on Valentine’s Day in Phoenix, AZ.

These shows follow her previously announced 2018 dates across Europe and the USA. They'll be followed by a brief series of shows in Australia and New Zealand.  Kimya Dawson and Margaret Glaspy will join Case on select shows.

She's shared her new music video for the single “Last Lion of Albion,” which features handmade creations from artist Laura Plankser.

“I’m very honored and excited to debut this video for “Last Lion of Albion” by one of my very favorite artists, Laura Plansker,“ Case said in a press statement. “I’ve loved her work forever; she‘s so skilled at using handmade figures and props to create surreal worlds. Her work perfectly balances humor and darkness in a way that breaks my heart. She has a way of making something so artificial so very alive. The turning of the lion’s head to look at the sky, or its own reflection makes me cry my eyes out. There is so much straight ahead compassion in Laura’s work, there’s no need to manipulate emotion of the viewer, it is the perfect balance. I’m so happy to share it here with you!”