'Tracks from the Attic,' a rarities collection by David J of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, penciled for May

David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) has a triple album Tracks From the Attic on digital, CD, colored vinyl LP and Super Deluxe Box Set Art Edition formats slated for May 3 via Independent Project Records. First single and video, “Oh No! Not Another Songwriter!”, are out now.

Hand-picked by David himself, the three-LP Tracks From the Attic was originally part of Record Store Day’s RSD Black Friday 2023 and features solo demos recorded on audio-cassette between 1984 and 2004.

On Tracks From the Attic, the Bauhaus and Love and Rockets co-founder sometimes made recordings on the road and mostly at home, with only a recorder and a lit candle. 

The Super Deluxe Box Set Art Edition of 70 copies is numbered, autographed and limited, and comes in translucent natural vinyl and features a new color scheme cover, plus a limited edition David J artwork. Each Super Deluxe Art Box Set Edition includes actual cassettes from David’s personal home archive, the very ones that were used to compile this career-spanning archival release. This version of Tracks From the Attic is only available from the IPR store. More details here.

“These recordings were never meant for commercial release,“ said David J. “They were merely a form of notation, quick audio sketches rendered to capture arresting ideas as they came to me. Butterflies caught in a jar, if you will…and now they are set free to fly!”

The demos on cassette have been unheard (aside from the ears of their creator and those of the exclusive members of the Patreon site of the same) for decades.

A West Coast Tour in support of Tracks From the Attic will begin on the release date, with a one-of-kind event at the Bodecker Foundation in Portland, OR titled Enter the Attic: an Evening with David J.

In celebration of the triple album’s commercial release, this will be a tiered ticketed event featuring an interview and Q&A with David and moderator Jeffrey Clark (Shiva Burlesque/IPR), a two-part live performance (solo acoustic and full band), a screening of music videos and an art gallery showing.

Ticketed live streaming will be available for 48 hours to allow fans from all over the world to take part in such a special event. A digital download of the live show will be provided to all in-person and virtual guests after the event. Tickets available here. Full tour dates and further details will be announced soon.

Track Listing:

1. Punishment by Roses

2. The Dream Collector
3. Blackmail
4. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
5. My Soul Was Still Shouting, ‘MORE!’
6. I Wish Those Spacemen Would Come
7. Badge of Lead (A Western)
8. Small Death Of a Broken Doll
9. She Calls the Morning Cruel
10. Lady Bureaux
11. Is There Anybody There?
12. The Wolf Knows
13. Castles of Limburg
14. If Muzak Be the Junk Food of Love
15. Homo Sapien Blues
16. This Town
17. Vincent In the Flames
18. They’ve Murdered Christ Again
19. Lucky Dog
20. Old Man in the Rain
21. Conspiracy of Shadows
22. The Long Ride Home
23. Cruel Britannia
24. All the Pilgrims
25. It’s Got to Be the Angels
26. I’ll Put Off Thinking About You for Awhile
27. Or Do I Speak Too Soon?
28. Oh No! Not Another Songwriter!
29. Diamonds, Black Eyes and Valentines Blues
30. The Most Beautiful Girls in the World
31. Before the Positive Was Negative
32. At Paradise
33. New Year’s Day
34. Leaning Towards the Falls
35. Dying Embers (Bonus Track – Digital Only)
36. The Rattler (Bonus Track – Digital Only)
37. The Wrecking Ball is Coming Down (Bonus Track – Digital Only)

Guster says 'Ooh La La' on May album

Guster will release Ooh La La, its ninth studio album and first in more than five years on May 17 via Ocho Mule Records. Pre-orders are available now. First single “Keep Going” is available everywhere now. The official music video is on the official Guster YouTube channel.

“Most of these songs were written against the backdrop of what felt like an apocalypse,” says Guster lead vocalist/guitarist/bassist Ryan Miller. “It was such a transformative time, and we were dealing with a lot of existential questions about what it means to be a father, a husband, a creative person in the midst of all the chaos.”

“One thing we’ve continually done as a band is acknowledge what’s going on in our world but still bring some positivity to the music,” says guitarist/vocalist Adam Gardner. “We’re always going to be real about what’s happening, but we still want to leave people with a feeling of hope.”

Another new song, "All Day," is also available on all digital services. A lyric video is streaming now as well.

LISTEN TO “KEEP GOING”

WATCH “KEEP GOING” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

LISTEN TO "ALL DAY"

WATCH "ALL DAY" LYRIC VIDEO

PRE-ORDER OOH LA LA

Mainly produced by Josh Kaufman (The National, The Hold Steady) at Woodstock, NY’s Isokon Studio, Ooh La La has a sound rich in acoustic guitars and piano work. Additional production was done by Ron Aniello (Bruce Springsteen) and Rich Costey (Death Cab for Cutie, Of Monsters and Men). 

“When I listen back to the album now it feels like there’s depth everywhere,” says drummer Brian Rosenworcel. “There’s not a moment where we strike a chord that isn’t meaningful to us. Nobody was going to accept a song that didn’t hit at a certain level, and it feels good to still have that passion more than 30 years into our career.”

“We feel lucky that we’ve created a dynamic where there’s no real separation between us and our fans,” says Gardner. “We’re all part of a community, and it’s theirs just as much as it’s ours.”

“One of the main reasons we’re still a band is the fans who’ve come to see us for years,” adds Miller, “the people who show us the tattoos they’ve gotten with our lyrics. It inspires us to stay creative and stay fearless, instead of just making the same record over and over. Everything we do is in service of that connection, and at this point I’d say we’re definitely lifers.”

The band's “We Also Have Eras Tour,” will feature extended “Evening with Guster” sets chronicling the band’s history from 1994’s debut album, Parachute, to Ooh La La. Dates begin soon. This summer will then see Guster making festival performances including the sold-out Newport Folk Festival (July 26-28 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI), followed by a very special series of shows commemorating the 25th anniversary of their breakthrough third album, 1999’s Lost and Gone Forever, beginning August 1 with a sold-out date at Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre backed by the Colorado Symphony.

Guster will honor Lost and Gone Forever at this year’s installment of their annual On The Ocean Festival, set for August 11 at Thompson’s Point in guitarist Adam Gardner’s adopted hometown of Portland, ME, as well as with a full LP performance at Nashville, TN’s historic Ryman Auditorium on September 27. For complete details and remaining ticket availability, visit www.guster.com.

Track listing:

This Heart is Occupied
When We Were Stars
All Day
My Kind
Keep Going
Gauguin, Cézanne (Everlasting Love)
Witness Tree
Black Balloon
The Elevator
Maybe We’re Alright

Tour dates: 

MARCH

7 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater *

8 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater *
9 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater *
10 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Jones Assembly *
13 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theatre *
15 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant *
16 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern * (SOLD OUT)
17 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live *
20 – Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom * (SOLD OUT)
22 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live!
23 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live! * (SOLD OUT)
24 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom *
26 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts *
27 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live *
29 – Brooklyn, NY – Paramount Theater * †
30 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway * † (SOLD OUT)

JULY
26-28 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival ^ (SOLD OUT)

AUGUST
1 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre # (SOLD OUT)
11 – Portland, ME – On The Ocean Festival ^ #

SEPTEMBER
27 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium #

* We Also Have Eras Tour Feat. Extended “Evening With Guster” Set
† w/ Special Guests Fruit Bats
^ Festival Performance
# Lost and Gone Forever 25th Anniversary Show

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens assembles all-star musicians for The Prog Collective's 'Dark Encounters' album

A longtime guitarist and co-writer for Billy Idol, Steve Stevens recently accepted an invitation to contribute to the new album from The Prog Collective. 

'Dark Encounters, set for release on March 29, includes contributions Steve Morse, Patrick Moraz, Kasim Sulton, Steve Hillage, and more. First single and leadoff track, “Darkest Hour,” is out now on all music platforms. Stream/download here: https://orcd.co/tpc_darkesthour

For the uninitiated, The Prog Collective, founded and helmed by producer/multi-instrumentalist and bassist for Yes Billy Sherwood, has united musicians from rock, jazz, metal, pop and everything in between since its founding in 2012. 

Order CD/Vinyl: https://cleorecs.com/store/?s=the+prog+collective+dark+encounters&post_type=product

Pre-order/pre-save the digital: https://orcd.co/tpc_darkencounters

Track List:

1. Darkest Hour with Steve Stevens
2. Ominous Signs with Steve Morse
3. At The Gates with David Cross
4. Dark Days with Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Patrick Moraz & Omar Hakim
5. Lonely Landscape with Kasim Sulton
6. The Long Night with Frank Dimino & Marco Minnemann
7. The Quasi Effect with Billy Sherwood
8. The 11th Hour with John Etheridge
9. Between Two Worlds with Steve Hillage & Gregg Bissonette
10. Distant Thunder with Todd Sucherman
11. Dark Money with Joe Bouchard
12. For All To See with Pat Mastelotto
13. Beyond Reason with Chad Wackerman

BONUS TRACKS [CD ONLY]

14. I Saw the Light - Todd Rundgren with Rick Wakeman
15. I'm Not In Love - Nektar with Rick Wakeman

Restored and remixed archival live recording/video by Eighties rock hitmaker Loverboy coming in June.

On June 7, one of Loverboy's live performances will be released for the first time in high definition. “Live In ‘82” has been restored by Paul Dean from his personal archive of 16mm film. 

Formats include limited CD+Blu-ray, limited LP+DVD and digital streaming and download. The announcement coincides with the launch of the first live track ‘Turn Me Loose,’ available as digital single and live video.

Known for such hits as "Working For The Weekend," and "Turn Me Loose," the band from Calgary, Alberta still tours regularly. In 2009, it was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Walk of Fame, in the fall of 2023.

A North American tour supporting Sammy Hagar, starts in July. Dates here: https://www.loverboyband.com/shows

Watch the Turn Me Loose video: https://youtu.be/cKjiwjqzaG4
Listen to the single: https://loverboy-band.lnk.to/turnmeloose
Pre-order the live album: https://loverboy-band.lnk.to/livein82

Track Listing:

CD
01. Intro (LP Side A)
02. Jump
03. Lucky Ones
04. Lady Of The 80’s
05. Take Me To The Top
06. It’s Your Life
07. Gangs In The Street (LP Side B)
08. Turn Me Loose
09. The Kid Is Hot Tonight
10. When It’s Over
11. Working For The Weekend

DVD / Blu-ray
01. Intro
02. Jump
03. Lucky Ones
04. Lady Of The 80’s
05. Take Me To The Top
06. It’s Your Life
07. Gangs In The Street
08. Turn Me Loose
09. The Kid Is Hot Tonight
10. When It’s Over
11. Working For The Weekend
12. End Credits

Jimmy Eat World to put out livestream performance of 'Clarity' out on limited edition vinyl

To celebrate today’s 25th anniversary of Jimmy Eat World’s 1999 album, Clarity (Capitol Records), the alternative rock band will release Clarity: Phoenix Sessions this spring. Fans can pre-order a copy today only through the band's webstore (here). It’s a limited-edition two-LP set of the album’s original 13 songs — recorded live as part of their 2021 global stream Phoenix Sessions performances — on the band’s Exotic Location Recordings imprint.

The 25th-anniversary two-LP Clarity: Phoenix Sessions is pressed on translucent sunkissed colored vinyl, and it includes an extensive gatefold with previously unseen behind-the-scenes photos by Steve Thrasher and notes from the band. It was self-produced by Jimmy Eat World and mixed by singer Jim Adkins.

In 2021, the Arizona group partnered with Danny Wimmer Presents on a global streaming performance series filmed live from the Icehouse in Phoenix, AZ. (watch/listen). Captured amidst the challenges of the pandemic, the project revolved around a trilogy of their albums. The objective: to elevate the performances beyond standard streaming quality, aiming for a dynamic akin to a live concert while incorporating all the intricacies and production elements. 

The guys delivered their music directly to the camera, ensuring an immersive experience complete with all of the trimmings. “How we play songs evolves over time: One person adds an embellishment, and then the next night someone else picks up on it and adds their own thing,” explains singer and guitarist Jim Adkins. “This Phoenix Session of Clarity is our best attempt to play the album faithfully as who we are today. I would like to think we’ve learned a thing or two since 1999. We’re grateful for the opportunity to document where the songs are now. And thanks for coming along with us for the ride.”

“The jovial and talented multi instrumentalist Robin Vining joined us for this endeavor, and his contribution brings to life much of what previously had existed only in the studio recordings,” bassist Rick Burch says. “What we hear in this performance is our years of experience. This is not a studio recording. This is live — no do overs, and no second takes.”

Creating the studio album Clarity was an eventful ride all its own. It was a completely different vibe from 1996’s Static Prevails. “We had a sense that this might be the last time we had the luxury of making an album with a major-label budget. We wanted to make the most out of that opportunity, which led to a ‘kitchen sink’ approach,” remembers drummer Zach Lind.

With a seemingly endless budget, they teamed up again with producer Mark Trombino and this time around switched from Tom Linton and Adkins splitting vocal duties, to Jim handling most of the singing on the 12 of the 13 tracks, with Linton singing lead vocals on "Blister." Some of the new growth in the band's sounds came during their month-long stint as Clarity became an artistic creative staple allowing the band to feature guitar and drum loops, string ensembles, chimes, vibraphones, be introduced and use Pro Tools for the first time, and even track a song that was over 16 minutes long, album closer "Goodbye Sky Harbor."

A much shorter track on Clarity would go on to boost Jimmy Eat World’s fortunes and elevate their status in the emo/alt rock scene. Prior to the album’s release, “Lucky Denver Mint” surprisingly picked up airplay on world-famous Los Angeles radio station KROQ, and the song reached an even bigger audience when it was hand chosen to appear on the soundtrack for the Drew Barrymore film Never Been Kissed, breathing new life into the album. The rest is history.

"Little did we know after releasing Clarity that 'Lucky Denver Mint' would be used in a Drew Barrymore movie or that we would tour with bands we looked up to like The Promise Ring, or that we’d start getting a fan following in Europe," guitarist Tom Linton says. “Even now it still surprises me how far we’ve come, and I think we owe a lot to Clarity for that. Clarity will always have a special place in my heart, and I feel so lucky to be able to play these songs to this day.”

The sweetness from critics and fans grew as Clarity would go on to be a staple in the alternative rock scene and influence artists such as blink-182, Paramore, Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Taylor Swift (who wrote lyrics ‘Can you still feel the butterflies? Can you still hear the last goodnight?'' from the track “For Me This Is Heaven” on her arm at one of her shows in 2011), Avril Lavigne, Mayday Parade, The Gaslight Anthem, Alyse Vellturo aka Pronoun, and more.

Jimmy Eat World are far from done revisiting their three-decade-deep back catalog. On October 21 and 22, they will perform their iconic fourth album, 2001’s Bleed American, from start to finish at the When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas. Also on tap for this year: Jimmy Eat World will tour with Fall Out Boy on their “So Much for (2our) Dust" dates — their first joint trek — starting February 28 in Portland, Oregon, and ending April 6 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tickets to all tour dates can be found at JimmyEatWorld.com.

RELEASED SPRING 2024
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW

Track Listing:

1. Table for Glasses

2. Lucky Denver Mint
3. Your New Aesthetic
4. Believe in What You Want
5. A Sunday
6. Crush
7. 12.23.95
8. Ten
9. Just Watch the Fireworks
10. For Me This Is Heaven
11. Blister
12. Clarity
13. Goodbye Sky Harbor

Alan Parsons Project's digital Sessions Series kicks off with 1977's 'I Robot'

Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Entertainment released The Alan Parson Project's I Robot (Sessions) on all DSPs today; available HERE

The inaugural volume in Legacy's Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series, I Robot (Sessions) serves as a companion to the APP's second studio album, I Robot, originally released in 1977. 

The I Robot (Sessions) collection offers demos, early mixes, instrumentals and other sonic rarities including Eric Woolfson's early take on "Don't Let It Show" (a song notably covered by Pat Benatar on her debut album in 1979). Woolfson's demo reveals the song's evolving musical structure and lyric content. Eric sang and recorded demos of his songs to play for Alan and other musicians as source material for their studio sessions. Fortunately, the late Woolfson preserved these recordings in his archive and their contemporary release in the APP Sessions Series provides a revelatory look into his songwriting and production process. Eric provides a candid background perspective on "Don't Let It Show" in this interview clip.

Slated for release over the next year, each volume in the ongoing Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series will present bonus materials--demos, edits, alternative versions, backing tracks, Eric Woolfson's songwriting diaries and more--related to one of the studio albums in the official APP catalog including Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Pyramid, Eve, The Turn of a Friendly Card, Eye in the Sky, Ammonia Avenue, Vulture Culture, Stereotomy, and Gaudi.

The Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series will make a wide variety of APP bonus material available to fans for the first time on streaming services. Legacy will also begin releasing the original albums from the Alan Parsons Project catalog in spatial audio over the next 12 months.

Much of the material showcased in the APP Session Series was recorded in the legendary Abbey Road Studios in the 1970s and 1980s, providing intimate glimpses into the creative process that produced the APP's string of epic visionary musical explorations. The bonus material featured on I Robot (Sessions) and other albums in the Sessions Series has been painstakingly selected from more than 1000 master tapes stored for over 40 years in Eric Woolfson's archives. These invaluable master tapes were "baked" and digitized over a two-year period, forming the definitive treasure trove of APP material, much of which is being made available for streaming for the very first time.

In 2023, ten original Alan Parsons Project promotional videos were upgraded to HD and may be seen on the APP YouTube page HERE

"Sirius," one of the APP's signature tracks and--ever since the Chicago Bulls began using it as their intro music in 1984--a ubiquitous go-to rouser at sporting events worldwide, was featured in the Deadpool 3 trailer which premiered at this year's Super Bowl.

Track Listing: 

1. U.S. Radio Commercial for I Robot
2. I Robot Boules Experiment
3. I Robot Hilary Western Vocal Rehearsal
4. Extract 1 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
5. Extract 2 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
6. I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You Backing Track Rough Mix
7. Some Other Time Complete Vocal by Jaki Whitren
8. Breakdown Early Demo of Backing Riff
9. Extract 3 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
10. Breakdown The Choir
11. Don't Let It Show Eric Woolfson Demo
12. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) Early Stage Rough Mix
13. Genesis Ch.1. V.32 Choir Session
14. The Naked Robot Early Stage Instrumental Mixes

Mark Knopfler dives into 'One Deep River' on April album

Mark Knopfler’s 10th solo studio album, One Deep River, will drop on April 12 on his own British Grove label via Blue Note/EMI. It has 12 new songs. Pre-order/pre-save here.

First single “Ahead Of The Game,” about a singer/songwriter struggling to make it, is out now. Listen/share here.

The album’s title track, “One Deep River,” reflects Knopfler’s deep affection for the river that runs through his childhood home city of Newcastle.

“Crossing the Tyne is always on your mind,” he says. “It’s what you were doing when you were leaving as a youngster and that feeling is always the same every time you do it. You’re heading out or you’re coming back, and it just connects with your childhood. The power of it doesn’t go away.”

Newest single “Watch Me Gone” debuted this week; listen here. The song sees Knopfler harking back to his teenage dreams, when he took a chance and set forth from the streets of Newcastle to try his hand at making a living as a guitar player.

Knopfler says, “The dreams of a teenage kid...to me it’s always been the fuel that keeps you going. That’s why I’ll still cross the street to look at a window of guitars—it’s just that bit of your teen years that it reminds you of, so you try to keep it alive. I remember going to City Hall seeing Van Morrison or Bob Dylan, wishing I was doing that. Statistically what are the odds of making it as an act? But I was a comically driven young person, who was determined to make it.”

Produced by Knopfler and longstanding collaborator Guy Fletcher, the album was recorded at his British Grove Studios in London. The album will be available on CD, double gatefold vinyl, cassette and a special limited-edition box set that will include the album on both vinyl and CD with nine exclusive bonus tracks on LP and CD, a litho print of Knopfler, a guitar pick set and tin and an enamel badge.

The band on One Deep River features Mark Knopfler on guitars, Jim Cox and Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Glenn Worf on bass, Ian Thomas on drums, Danny Cummings on percussion, Richard Bennett on guitar and veteran session man Greg Leisz on pedal and lap steel; Mike McGoldrick provides whistle and uilleann pipes and John McCusker plays fiddle, while the Topolski sisters Emma and Tamsin add backing vocals. All songs are written by Knopfler.

Track Listing:

1. Two Pairs Of Hands

2. Ahead Of The Game
3. Smart Money
4. Scavengers Yard
5. Black Tie Jobs
6. Tunnel 13
7. Janine
8. Watch Me Gone
9. Sweeter Than The Rain
10. Before My Train Comes
11. This One’s Not Going To End Well
12. One Deep River

Bonus Vinyl Track Listing (box set):

1. Dolly Shop Man
2. Your Leading Man
3. Wrong’un
4. Chess

Bonus CD Track Listings (box set):

1. The Living End
2. Fat Chance Dupree
3. Along A Foreign Coast
4. What I’m Gonna Need

5. Nothing But Rain

Kings of Leon news

Kings of Leon's upcoming 9th full-length studio album, Can We Please Have Fun, is due out on May 10 via Capitol. Lead single, “Mustang” is available now, accompanied by a music video. 

A world tour will hit 26 cities across the US and Canada, starting in August. The rock band also is set to headline BST Hyde Park in London on June 30. Additional international dates to be announced shortly. General on sale for North American tickets will begin Friday, March 1 at 10am local time at www.ticketmaster.com.

Sign up for access to the Kings of Leon presale HERE until Tuesday, February 27 at 11:00pm local time. Tickets go on sale through the Kings of Leon presale starting February 28. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, February 27, at 10am local time through Thursday, February 29, at 11:00 pm local time. Visit https://kingsofleon.com/ for additional details.

Pre-order Can We Please Have Fun HERE.

Listen to “Mustang” HERE.

Watch the video for “Mustang” HERE.

Can We Please Have Fun was produced with new collaborator Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Florence + the Machine). 

"It was the most enjoyable record I’ve ever been a part of,” Caleb Followill says. “It’s like we allowed ourselves to be musically vulnerable,” Nathan Followill adds. “I love it when a rock band is not embarrassed to admit that every song doesn’t have to be on 11.”

“When you have a band, there’s a bond like no other, and when you have family, you have a bond like no other,” Caleb says. “We have both of those things. I thought, if we put all our energy toward something, who is gonna stop us? Who can stop us except us?”

Track List:

Ballerina Radio
Rainbow Ball
Nowhere To Run
Mustang
Actual Daydream
Split Screen
Don’t Stop The Bleeding
Nothing To Do
Television
Hesitation Generation
Ease Me On
Seen

Tour Dates:

August 14 Austin, TX Moody Center
August 16 Houston, TX Toyota Center
August 17 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena
August 20 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre
August 22 Inglewood, CA Kia Forum
August 23 Palm Desert, CA Acrisure Arena
August 25 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre*
August 26 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl*
August 28 Portland, OR Moda Center
August 29 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
August 31 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
September 2 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
September 3 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
September 5 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Centre
September 13 Huntsville, AL Orion Amphitheater
September 14 Cincinnati, OH The Andrew J Brady Music Center
September 16 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway
September 18 New York, NY Forest Hills Stadium
September 20 Washington, DC The Anthem
September 23 Philadelphia, PA TD Pavilion at The Mann
September 25 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
September 26 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
September 28 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
October 1 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
October 2 Laval, QC Place Bell
October 5 Bridgeport, CT Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater

No Values Festival feat. Social Distortion, (Original) Misfits, Iggy Pop, Bad Religion, others, arrives at Pomona Fairplex in June

Goldenvoice, the promoter behind Coachella, announced the NO VALUES festival taking place on Saturday, June 8 at the Pomona Fairplex.

For one day only, many of the greatest punk and alt-rock bands of all time will perform in one place, on four stages. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 23 at 11AM PT HERE and start at just $49.99 down. All passes include free parking. 

GA tickets start at $199 + fees and VIP tickets start at $399 + fees. More details, can be found at NOVALUES.com

Official Lineup:

Agent Orange
Bad Religion
Black Flag
Ceremony
Cro-Mags
Fear
Fidlar
Fishbone
Hepcat
Iggy Pop
Jello Biafra (DJ Set)
Joyce Manor
L7
MISFITS
Mourning Noise
MSPAINT
Power Trip
Scowl
Shattered Faith
Social Distortion
Soul Glo
Steve Ignorant
Sublime
Suicidal Tendencies
T.S.O.L.
The Adicts
The Adolescents
The Aquabats
The Bronx
The Damned
The Dead Milkmen
The Dickies
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Exploited
The Jesus Lizard
The Lawrence Arms
The Selecter
The Skeletones
The Vandals
Turnstile
Untouchables
Viagra Boys

Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel ponders 'Love Death Sorrow,' set to tour with Mike Peters and The Alarm, Belouis Some

Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel's first new studio album in over six years, X – Love Death Sorrow, is out now. It features frequent guitarist James Stevenson (The Alarm, Gen X, The Cult) and bassist Peter Rizzo, along with the return of producer Peter Walsh, known for his instrumental role in crafting the alt-rock band’s ’80s albums. 

Gene Loves Jezebel originally included Jay's brother Michael when they notched modern rock and college radio hits such as "Desire," "Motion of Love," "Josephina" and "20 Killer Hurts."

X- Love Death Sorrow comprises originals and covers. “Serpent Queen,” an original written by Aston and Rizzo, draws inspiration from ancient depictions of dangerously enchanting females with such beguiling beauty that it threatens the very life of the unfortunate beholder.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/u1aHEnwzNTo

Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel will be on a US tour alongside The Alarm and Belouis Some, set to kick off in May. See below for ticket information or go to See https://genelovesjezebel.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/OfficialGeneLovesJezebel:

Order the CD/Vinyl: https://cleorecs.com/store/?s=Love+Death+Sorrow&post_type=product

Tour Dates:

May 01 2024 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues TICKETS
May 02 2024 – Austin, TX – Emo’s TICKETS
May 03 2024 – Houston, TX – House of Blues TICKETS
May 04 2024 – Ft. Worth, TX – Tannahill’s TICKETS
May 06 2024 – St. Louis MO – Delmar Hall TICKETS
May 07 2024 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads TICKETS
May 08 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – Parkway Theater TICKETS
May 09 2024 – Chicago IL – Des Plaines Theatre
May 10 2024 – Detroit – Magic Bag TICKETS
May 12 2024 – Pittsburgh, PA – Jergel’s [Warrendale] TICKETS
May 13 2024 – Toronto, ON – El Mocambo TICKETS
May 14 2024 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall TICKETS
May 15 2024 – Cleveland, OH – Temple Live @ Masonic TICKETS
May 16 2024 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes TICKETS
May 17 2024 – Philadelphia, PA – Colonial Theater [Phoenixville) TICKETS
May 18 2024 – Falls Church, VA – State Theater TICKETS
May 19 2024 – Richmond – The National TICKETS
May 22 2024 – Huntington, NY – Paramount TICKETS
May 23 2024 – Pawling, NY – Daryl’s House ** TICKETS
May 24 2024 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza TICKETS
May 25 2024 – Salisbury, MA – Blue Ocean Music Hall TICKETS
May 26 2024 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place TICKETS
May 28 2024 – Northampton MA – Iron Horse
May 29 2024 – Boston MA – Brighton Music Hall TICKETS
May 31 2024 – Cincinnati OH – Ludlow Garage TICKETS

Track Listing:

1. The Man That Time Forgot
2. The Light Pours Out Of Me
3. Serpent Queen
4. Broken English
5. I Breathe Easy
6. A Girl Like You
7. The Foolish Young
8. In Between Days
9. Young Girl
10. You Can’t Hurt Me Anymore
11. Lone Rider
12. Another Girl, Another Planet

Old 97’s return with new album 'American Primitive' and tour this spring

I've interviewed Rhett Miller a few times over the years, so I'm really looking forward to hearing this...

Three decades after the release of their debut Hitchhike to Rhome, alt-country band Old 97’s have announced "lucky" 13th studio album American Primitive will be released on April 5 via ATO Records.

Singer and guitarist Rhett Miller, bassist Murry Hammond, guitarist Ken Bethea, and drummer Philip Peeples unveiled the official video for first single “Where The Road Goes” which features Peter Buck on guitar.

Watch the official video for “Where The Road Goes.”
Pre-Order American Primitive.

“I was in Montana and found myself on the banks of the Blackfoot River, watching the water pounding with a ferocious power, and I started building this song as a statement of gratitude for having survived this long,” explains Miller. “It revisits some of the darkest moments of my life, including a suicide attempt at age 14 that by all rights I shouldn’t have lived through and yet somehow did. In a way it’s like a spiritual travelogue that rolls back through all the places that shaped me for better or worse, and ends up in this beautiful place that I felt so thankful to experience.”

Produced by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists, Neko Case) and featuring guest musicians like Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Scott McCaughey of The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5, the album took shape in a series of deliberately whirlwind sessions at Flora Studio in Portland, Oregon.

“This was the first record we’ve ever done with zero pre-production,” Miller points out. “It’s us working completely on instinct, leaning on 30 years of playing together to come up with something on the fly rather than overthinking any of our choices.”

The album’s title was lifted from a bit of fictional art criticism in Stephen King’s psych-horror novel Duma Key and experienced a full-circle moment when King himself tweeted the news about the album early. In choosing the cover art for American Primitive, Old 97’s selected a painting created by Hammond’s 17-year-old son Tex Hammond — a prodigious talent who, at age 14, became the youngest artist ever to exhibit at the prestigious LA Art Show. 

“Over the last year of touring in celebration of our 30th anniversary, it’s been impossible not to feel some emotion welling up at the idea that my bandmates and I have been in this close brotherhood for so long,” says Miller. “I think a lot of that longevity has to do with the fact that we’re really the same band we were back then. We’ve experimented with pushing in different directions, and we’ve had experiences outside the band where we’ve learned new things, but the way we approach this music has fundamentally remained the same. Our heart is still in the exact same place.”

Old 97’s will kick off a spring west coast tour in Santa Fe, NM on April 3 and make stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and more. Find a full list of tour dates below or visit their website.

Track list:

1) Falling Down
2) Somebody
3) American Primitive
4) Where The Road Goes
5) Honeypie
6) By The End Of The Night
7) Masterpiece
8) Incantation
9) Magic
10) Western Stars
11) Chased The Setting Sun
12) This World
13) Estuviera Cayendo

Tour Dates:

4/3 – Santa Fe, NM – Tumbleroot Brewery
4/4 – Tucson, AZ – Hotel Congress
4/5 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
4/6 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
4/7 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
4/8 – Morro Bay, CA – The Siren
4/9 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
4/11 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
4/12 – Bend, OR – Domino Room
4/13 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
4/14 –Seattle, WA – The Showbox
4/16 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
4/17 – Bozeman, MT – The ELM
4/18 – Billings, MT – Pub Station - Ballroom
4/19 – Laramie, WY – Gryphon Theatre
4/20 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
4/21 – Jackson, WY – Jackson Hole Center for the Arts – Center Theater

Album review roundup: The Weeklings, The Blasters, Caleb Nichols

Artist: The Weeklings

Title: Raspberry Park (Jem Records)
You might like if you enjoy: Fountains of Wayne, Butch Walker, The Beatles

Tell me more: Led by Glen Burtnik (ex-Styx, Beatlemania on Broadway) and Bob Burger
(Southside Johnny), New Jersey-based band The Weeklings are all about soaring harmonies and a classic Sixties pop/rock sensibility. No surprise there: the four-piece outfit is also a Beatles tribute act. Frequently anointed “Coolest Song in the World” by Little Steven’s Underground Garage, The Weeklings have crafted an effervescent power pop gem with Raspberry Park. Nestled alongside 13 nifty originals and interludes are four shrewd covers: “Mr. Soul Satisfaction,” a driving mashup of Buffalo Springfield and The Rolling Stones with guest vocalist Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, solid takes on The Beatles’ “She’s Leaving Home” and “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” and Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire.” Elsewhere, the humorous, Kinks-styled rocker “None of Your Business” and bluesy, harmonica-infused “Brian Jones” are worthy picks to click.

Info: Available limited-edition yellow vinyl via weeklings.com.

Artist: The Blasters

Title: Mandatory – The Best Of (Liberation Hall)
You might like if you enjoy: Dave Edmunds, Lone Justice, Chuck Berry, early Nick Lowe

Tell me more: Although it specialized in roots rock music, The Blasters were a fixture amid the L.A. punk scene during the Eighties. Led by brothers Phil (vocals/guitar) and Dave Alvin (lead guitar/songwriter), the Downey band never got the mainstream attention it deserved before the original lineup split in ‘85. Still, X (a frequent tourmate), Dwight Yoakam, and Shakin’ Stevens all covered Blasters tunes; others were featured in TV (Miami Vice) and films (To Live and Die in L.A., From Dusk Till Dawn, Bull Durham, Streets of Fire - the latter even gave the guys a cameo). This excellent, long-overdue, 21-track compilation does a fine job at distilling The Blasters’ best moments from all four acclaimed studio albums, plus three bonus cuts. Standouts include a sinister “I’m Shakin’” with punchy licks by future Los Lobos sax man Steve Berlin, the rollicking piano of “Border Radio,” a frantic “Marie Marie,” harmonica laden “So Long Baby Goodbye” and doo-wop vocal blend of “Help You Dream.” Noted L.A. journalist Chris Morris penned insightful liner notes, with multiple archival gig poster images.

Info: liberationhall.com

Artist: Caleb Nichols

Title: Let’s Look Back (Kill Rock Stars)

You might like if you enjoy: Elliott Smith, the Go-Betweens, The Shins, The Decemberists

Tell me more: Caleb Nichols was part of various indie rock bands over the past couple decades, touring with Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, and others before focusing on individual efforts in recent years. The LGBTQ California native is also an award-winning poet and PhD candidate. The intriguing Let’s Look Back, their second solo full-length album, follows 2022’s queer-themed, Beatles-inspired conceptual release Ramon (and some Fab Four cover EPs). Here, Nichols uses his falsetto to good effect on low-key introspective efforts and wiry rock numbers assisted by two Rogue Wave members. Among the highlights: “Absolute Boy,” where personal lyrics about childhood abuse are wedded to post-punk strains, the power pop of “Demon Twink,” intense rocker “Albatross” and joyous “J’ai Vu La Lune!”

Info: killrockstars.com

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss resume tour in North America

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will return tour North America. Reunited once more – and much sooner than the twelve years that passed between their previous two tours – the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and 27x GRAMMY-winner will hit the road this spring and summer for nearly 30 headline dates and counting. It starts in June. 

Tickets on sale now. Find more information at plantkrauss.com

Dates will feature support from JD McPherson, who also plays lead guitar for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, alongside drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis Crouch, string player Stuart Duncan, and Viktor Krauss on keys and guitar.

Drawing from both of their acclaimed, T Bone Burnett-produced LPs – 2007's GRAMMY-sweeping Raising Sand and 2021's chart-topping Raise The Roof – Plant and Krauss will deliver music written by legends and unsung heroes like Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, The Everly Brothers, Anne Briggs, Geeshie Wiley, Bert Jansch, Ola Belle Reed, Brenda Burns and more, as well as reimagined renditions of Led Zeppelin cuts like "The Battle of Evermore," "Rock & Roll," "When The Levee Breaks" and other surprises in store.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss want to give fans, not scalpers, the best chance to buy tickets at face value. To make this possible, if fans purchase tickets for a show through Ticketmaster and can't attend, they'll have the option to resell them to other fans at the original price paid using Ticketmaster's Face Value Exchange. To help protect the Exchange, the artists have also chosen to make tickets for this tour mobile only and restricted from transfer. This applies to all shows ticketed by Ticketmaster. Please note, a valid bank account or debit card within the country of your event is required to sell on the Face Value Exchange.

Tour Dates:

6/2 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
6/4 - Camdenton, MO - Ozarks Amphitheater*
6/5 - Lincoln, NE - Pinewood Bowl Theater*
6/7 - Prior Lake, MN - Mystic Lake Amphitheater*
6/8 - Madison, WI - Breese Stevens Field*
6/11 - Des Moines, IA - Lauridsen Amphitheater at Waterworks Park*
6/12 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival*#
6/14 - Toledo, OH - Toledo Zoo & Aquarium - Amphitheater*
6/15 - Burgettstown, PA - The Pavilion at Star Lake*
6/18 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap*
6/19 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap*
8/8 - Missoula, MT - KettleHouse Amphitheater*
8/9 - Missoula, MT - KettleHouse Amphitheater*
8/11 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Folk Music Festival!
8/13 - Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre*
8/14 - Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre*
8/16 - Seattle, WA - Venue TBD*^
8/17 - Seattle, WA - Venue TBD*^
8/19 - Eugene, OR - The Cuthbert Amphitheater*
8/21 - Murphy's, CA - Ironstone Amphitheatre*
8/22 - Stanford, CA - Frost Amphitheater*
8/24 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre*
8/25 - Highland, CA - Yaamava' Theater*
8/26 - Flagstaff, AZ - Pepsi Amphitheater*
8/28 - Santa Fe, NM - The Santa Fe Opera*
8/29 - Santa Fe, NM - The Santa Fe Opera*
8/31 - Colorado Springs, CO - Sunset Amphitheater*
9/1 - Vail, CO - Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater*
*w/ JD McPherson
# on-sale April 24th
! on-sale June 1st
^on-sale March 25th

Rare full Talking Heads radio broadcast to make debut on Record Store Day

Talking Heads’ live performance recorded for WCOZ-FM in 1977 will be released in full for the first time on Record Store Day 2024. While parts of the show appeared on the band’s 1983 live album, The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads and its subsequent 2004 reissue, this marks the first time the entire 14-song concert will be available.

Limited to 13,300 copies worldwide, LIVE AT WCOZ 77 will be released as a double album exclusively at select independent music retailers on April 20 for $34.98. The LPs were cut at 45 RPM to optimize audio fidelity and sourced from the original two-track tapes, which were recorded and mixed by Ed Stasium.

Recorded on November 17, 1977, at Northern Studio near Boston and broadcast on WCOZ, this performance took place just two months after the band released its debut, Talking Heads ’77. At the show, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth played more than half of the album’s tracks, including the previously unreleased version of “Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town” featured on the upcoming collection.

In addition, the show’s setlist also has early renditions of five songs destined for the band’s next album, More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978). All of those recordings have, until now, remained in the vaults, including versions of “Take Me To The River,” “The Good Thing,” and “Thank You For Sending Me An Angel.”

Track Listing:

LP One

Side One

1. “Love Goes To A Building On Fire” *
2. “Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town” *
3. “Don’t Worry About The Government”
4. “Take Me To The River” *

Side Two
1. “The Book I Read”
2. “New Feeling”
3. “A Clean Break (Let’s Work)”

LP Two

Side One
1. “The Big Country” *
2. “The Good Thing” *
3.. “Stay Hungry” *

Side Two

1. “Thank You For Sending Me An Angel” *
2. “Who Is It?”
3. “Psycho Killer”
4. “Pulled Up”
* previously unreleased

Keane reveals details of 'Hopes and Fears' remastered 20th anniversary celebrations out May 10

Exactly 20 years after its initial release on May 10, KEANE announce full details of their forthcoming special remastered version of Hopes and Fears. Pre-order HERE.

The band will also embark on a full world tour. U.S dates include LA’s prestigious Greek Theatre on Sept. 5, Nashville’s fabled The Ryman Auditorium on September 15 and NYC’s legendary Radio City Music Hall on September 24. UK and Irish dates include two special shows at London’s O2 Arena on May 10-11.

Making up this 20th anniversary celebratory release, comes a special version of the original album remastered and cut by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, as well as the unveiling of B-Sides, previously unreleased demos and rarities. 5.1 Dolby Atmos mixes come from David Kosten.

On the same day as the box set release, the band play the first of two London 02 Arena shows as part of a world tour that kicks off April 1st in Mexico City before reaching Europe and the UK. Their U.S. tour starts off in September at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre on September 4th and concludes at Washington, DC’s The Anthem. More dates are to be announced.

Keane recently took their live show to India and South Africa, playing these countries for the very first time and proving the ever-growing demand for the band worldwide. They were joined onstage in Mumbai with Anoushka Shankar to play a special version of “Everybody’s Changing” - watch here.

Hopes and Fears was a landmark album for Keane and has set all kinds of records in the process. It’s one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history having sold over 2.5 million in the UK in its first year, and a million in the USA propelled by “Somewhere Only We Know”. Hopes and Fears is 9x platinum in the UK and the album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

Keane emerged alongside a new vanguard of bands that would change the shape of music: Snow Patrol, the Killers and Coldplay. They were the first to create a sound solely revolving around keyboards which enhanced the emotional pull of their songs. “Everybody’s Changing” from Hopes and Fears became a fan favorite and a top five hit.

In 2004, Keane were the biggest selling British artist in the UK. The following year they won two BRIT Awards: Best British Album for Hopes and Fears and British Breakthrough act award as voted for by Radio 1 listeners.

“Somewhere Only We Know” has enjoyed a recent revival on Tik Tok going viral in Asia which lit the spark for a global renaissance of the track which is currently clocking up over two million Spotify streams a day, and in the past 12 months has become Island Records’ biggest selling single. In total, it has been streamed over a billion times.

This year’s tour will celebrate Keane’s body of work from their debut Hopes and Fears through to their 2019 studio album Cause and Effect.

Lead singer Tom Chaplin says; “I remember standing by that amazing old mixing desk at Heliocentric Studios where we made Hopes and Fears, listening to an early mix of ‘Somewhere Only We Know.’ I had this feeling that we’d come up with something that had an extra bit of magic. Making music is so often a process full of doubt…but on this occasion there was something undeniable about what we’d created. Clearly a lot of people felt the same when the album came out!”

Founding band member and songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley said: “When I think about these songs, I still picture us playing them in little rooms in pubs around the UK. I remember how exciting it was watching the crowds start to grow. Those songs opened the door to another dimension for us; everything that has happened in our lives since then was born out of that moment. It’s an incredible privilege for us that people are still listening after all this time.”

UK TOUR DATES

May

Fri 3rd LEEDS, First Direct Arena SOLD OUT
Sat 4th BIRMINGHAM, Utilita Arena SOLD OUT
Sun 5th MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live SOLD OUT
Tue 7th BOURNEMOUTH, BIC SOLD OUT
Wed 8th CARDIFF, Utilita Arena SOLD OUT
Fri 10th LONDON, The O2
Sat 11th LONDON, The O2
Mon 13th DUBLIN 3Arena

WORLD TOUR DATES

April

Mon 1st MEXICO CITY, Sports Palace SOLD OUT
Wed 3rd GUADALAJARA, Auditorio Telmex SOLD OUT
Fri 19th AMSTERDAM, AFAS Live SOLD OUT
Sun 21st KOLN, E-Werk SOLD OUT
Mon 22nd KOLN, E-Werk SOLD OUT
Wed 24th BRUSSELS, The Cirque Royal SOLD OUT
Thu 25th BRUSSELS, The Cirque Royal SOLD OUT
Fri 26th PARIS, L’Olympia SOLD OUT
Sat 27th PARIS, L’Olympia SOLD OUT

September

Wed 4th BERKELEY, CA, The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley
Thu 5th LOS ANGELES, CA, The Greek Theatre
Fri 6th SAN DIEGO, CA, Humphreys Concerts By The Bay SOLD OUT
Sun 8th SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Venue TBC
Mon 9th DENVER, CO, Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
Wed 11th DALLAS, TX, The Majestic Theater SOLD OUT
Thu 12th AUSTIN, TX, ACL Live At The Moody Theatre
Sat 14th ATLANTA, GA, The Eastern
Sun 15th NASHVILLE, TN, Ryman Auditorium
Tue 17th MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Palace Theater
Wed 18th CHICAGO, IL, The Chicago Theatre
Fri 20th TORONTO, ON, The Queen Elizabeth Theater SOLD OUT
Sat 21st PHILADELPHIA, PA, The Met
Mon 23rd BOSTON, MA, MGM Music Hall At Fenway
Tue 24th NEW YORK, NY, Radio City Music Hall
Thu 26th WASHINGTON, DC, The Anthem SOLD OUT

FORMATS:

- 1 LP Galaxy Vinyl (Original Album Remastered)
- 2LP Coloured Vinyl (Original Album Remastered + B-Sides & Rarities)
- 3CD (Original Album Remastered + B-Sides & Rarities + Demos)
- Limited Edition Box Set Deluxe Edition (Numbered commemorative ticket, Hopes And Fears notebook, band silhouette print envelope containing 2 postcards designed by Dave Lupton (1 signed) fold out postcard frame, 3CD, 7” Love Actually vinyl single, printed inner bag w/ handwritten lyrics & wall poster)
- 2CD Live (Original Album Remastered & Live Recordings from Mexico City 2024)
- Digital (All audio available on all DSPs)

Hopes And Fears 20 - Original Album Remastered 

Track Listing 

Somewhere Only We Know
Bend And Break
We Might As Well Be Strangers
Everybody's Changing
Your Eyes Open
She Has No Time
Can't Stop Now
Sunshine
This Is The Last Time
On A Day Like Today
Untitled 1
Bedshaped

B-Sides & Rarities:

Snowed Under
Fly To Me
Something In Me Was Dying
She Opens Her Eyes
To The End Of the Earth (Previously Unreleased)
The Way You Want It (Previously Unreleased)
Allemande (Previously Unreleased)
Walnut Tree
Love Actually
Wonderful River (Previously Unreleased)
More Matey
Get Away From Yourself (Previously Unreleased)

Demos: (all previously unreleased)

Somewhere Only We Know (Tim Demo, September 2002)
Somewhere Only We Know (Demo, December 2002)
Bend And Break (Demo, April 2002)
We Might As Well Be Strangers (Tim Demo, September 2003)
Everybody's Changing (Demo, July 2002)
Your Eyes Open (Demo, April 2002)
She Has No Time (Demo, October 2002)
Can't Stop Now (Demo, January 2003)
Sunshine (Demo, February 2002)
This Is The Last Time (Demo, May 2002)
On A Day Like Today (Tim Demo, September 2003)
Untitled 1 (Tim Demo, May 2002)
Bedshaped (Demo, October 2002)

7” Vinyl Single:

Side A:
Love Actually (Studio Version)
Side B:
Love Actually (Demo)

Hurray for the Riff Raff unveils new album next week, tour dates

Following two new singles, Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra, they/them) reveals more info about songs on The Past Is Still Alive. It is out February 23 on Nonesuch. 

"Colossus of Roads," was written in one tearful sitting during the aftermath of the Club Q shooting. The love song for the queer, the vulnerable and the dispossessed calls to idols like poet Eileen Myles and boxcar artist buZ blurr. 

Watch the videos for "Colossus of Roads" & "Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)," and read the songs' lyrics at Oxford American

"I've only had this experience a couple of times, where a song falls on me—it's all there, and I don't do anything. Writing 'Colossus of Roads' felt like creating a space where all us outsiders can be safe together. That doesn't exist, but it exists in our minds, and it exists in this song – this one is sacred to me. I've also always wanted to make my version of Bob Dylan's 'I Was Young When I Left Home,' and 'Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)' is it." -- Alynda Segarra/Hurray for the Riff Raff

Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver), and recorded in Durham, NC just a month after the passing of Alynda Segarra's father, The Past Is Still Alive grapples with time, memory, love and loss.

"Colossus of Roads" and "Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)" follow lead single "Alibi," a reckoning with addiction set in NYC's Lower East Side. On The Past Is Still Alive, the Bronx-born, New Orleans-based Segarra widens their cast of collaborators to include Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and others.

A vast world continues to be formed as Alynda Segarra uses The Past Is Still Alive to finally tell the story of their life so far. The album was just previewed in a special event at NYC's historic St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, featuring poetry readings from Amelia Jackie, Cookie Hagendorf, and Sadie Dupuis (of Speedy Ortiz), a performance and more in partnership with Poetry Project.

On February 21st, Segarra will receive The People's Voice Award at Folk Alliance International's 2024 International Folk Music Awards, and on February 25, they will begin to showcase the music of The Past Is Still Alive on a spring tour of dozens of shows throughout the US, UK and EU.

In partnership with PLUS1, $1 per ticket will support This Must Be The Place and their work to distribute Naloxone - the lifesaving medicine that reverses an overdose, and will be available for free at every Hurray for the Riff Raff tour stop. Find the full list of shows below and tickets at hurrayfortheriffraff.com/tour.

Pre-Order The Past Is Still Alive Here

World Tour Dates:

2/25 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's*

2/27 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Hell Stage)*
2/28 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall*
2/29 - Washington, DC - Atlantis*
3/1 - Philadelphia, PA - Foundry*
3/3 - Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios*
3/5 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg*
3/6 - Boston, MA - Sinclair*
3/9 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground*
3/10 - Toronto, ON - Great Hall*
3/12 - Columbus, OH - Skully's*
3/14 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall*
3/15 - Saint Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall*
3/22 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival
3/28 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater^
3/30 - Seattle, WA - Neumos^
4/1 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall^
4/2 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's^
4/4 - San Diego, CA - Voodoo Room^
4/5 - Los Angeles, CA - Belasco^
4/6 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet's^
4/7 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar^
4/9 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge^
4/10 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge^
4/12 - Fort Worth, TX - Tulips^
4/13 - Austin, TX - 3TEN^
4/14 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall^
5/10 - Dublin, IE - Button Factory
5/11 - Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute
5/12 - Glasgow, UK - Mono
5/14 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
5/15 - Birmingham, UK - Castle & Falcon
5/16 - Bristol, UK - Strange Brew
5/17 - London, UK - Electric Brixton
5/19 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie
5/20 - Brussels, BE - Botanique
5/21 - Amsterdam, NE - Tolhuistuin
5/23 - Berlin, DE - Privatclub
5/25 - Madrid, ES - Tomavistas Festival
*w/ NNAMDÏ
^w/ Sen Morimoto

Photo courtesy Shore Fire Media