Wintersleep Announce Tour With Hold Steady
Wintersleep set to hit the road with the Hold Steady in September.
The success of new album New Inheritors and the widely regarded live show of Wintersleep has found the five-piece extending their tour into the fall and hitting the road with the Hold Steady. Praised by just about every media outlet that exists (hyperbole), Wintersleep has been pegged as a band with sing-along melodies and layered arrangements.
Success isn’t a new thing for Wintersleep, as their last album Welcome To The Night Sky earned them a Juno award for “Best New Band.” Check out the dates with the Hold Steady below.
9.20: Richmond, VA - The National
9.21: Nashville, TN - Exit/In
9.22: Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford
9.23: Little Rock, AR - Revolution Music Room
9.24. New Orleans, LA - Republic
9.25: Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theatre
9.27: Charleston, SC - Music Farm
9.28: Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
9.29: Lexington, KY - Busters and Billiards
9.30: Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
10.1: Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
10.2: Newport, KY - Southgate House
10.4: Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10.5: Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
10.6: Boston, MA - Royale Boston
10.7: New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jul 14, 2010 @ 10:10 am
Joan of Arc Release Limited Edition Box Set
Joan or Arc release new box set, announce release party shows
Chicago music veterans Joan of Arc are re-releasing all of their albums in a very swanky form. The band is creating 100 unique packages that will include all of their albums on cassette tape with digital downloads in a custom-built wooden box with a beautiful screenprinted image on the front. For the Joan of Arc fanatic, this is the Holy Grail of album collections. And to those who think they're going to break the bank ordering this, fear not. You can pre-order the set now for $49. The box set releases September 14.
Joan of Arc's label Joyful Noise Recordings is also offering a free digital sampler of ten Joan of Arc tracks, one from each of their albums. If you're not familiar with Joan of Arc, or if you want a "best of" of the band for your iPod, you can download the sampler through Joyful Noise's website. And to add to the Joan of Arc excitement the band is doing two release shows in the Midwest: August 20th in Indianapolis at the Melody Inn with Marmoset, Jookabox, and Abner Trio and August 21st in Chicago at Ronny's with Abner Trio and Maximum Wage. Your summer just got infinitely better.
Posted by Amy Dittmeier on Jul 14, 2010 @ 9:09 am
Kid Savant Plans East Coast Trip
Chicago based Kid Savant plan small East Coast tour.
It’s a common thought that all good things musically from the United States, but Kid Savant say, “Hey – that’s not true.” The Chicago based Kid Savant, fresh off their independently released EP (with many new songs on deck) are hitting the road for a short East Coast tour, wrapping up on the home front in Chicago on August 6 at Reggies. Catch them at the tour dates below, and have a listen to “Cher AKido” below.
Jul 16 - Fergie’s (Philadelphia, PA)
Jul 18 - Church w/ Vulture, Sherman Burns, Mrs. Danvers (Boston, MA)
Jul 21 - DC9 w/ The Honeyguns, Mathpanda (Washington DC)
Jul 22 - Pianos (New York, NY)
Aug 6 - Reggie's w/ Incubator Crimes (Chicago, IL)
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jul 14, 2010 @ 7:07 am
New Music From Soft Cat
Soft Cat takes to the darker side of folk.
It didn’t take long for Neil Sanzgiri to recruit city musicians/friends for his project Soft Cat. It took an even shorter amount of time for Soft Cat to develop a sound that seemed like Soft Cat had been playing together for years – not months.
Soft Cat is a darker side of folk that sounds a bit mysterious. Behind the mystery are lush layers that feature a pretty large amount of instruments for the folk genre. It’s gloomy yet beautiful.
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jul 14, 2010 @ 7:07 am
Neon Indian Gets Remixed
Neon Indian set to tour with Phoenix, remixed by Apache Beat.
Neon Indian’s Physic Chasms has been out since October 09 and the critically acclaimed album has found Neon Indian with quite a bit of success on their hands. 2010 followed with their first late night appearance (on Jimmy Fallon), and recently they’ve released single “Sleep Paralysist” on Green Label Sound. “Sleep Paralysist” is the newest original music Neon Indian has put out since Physic Chasms’ release.
The band, with its garnered success, has been the topic if remixes by several bands. Here we have Neon Indian remixed by New York Band Apache Beat. You can find Neon Indian on the tour dates below, including some dates with Phoenix.
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jul 13, 2010 @ 3:15 pm