“couldn’t make a bad record if they tried… they score once more with a heady cocktail of textured guitars, weirdo synths, and Britt Daniel’s seductive sandpaper-rough croon.”—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“the most consistent rock band of the 21st century”—ESQUIRE
“Another knockout… incapable of releasing a bad record” —NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“it’s absolutely remarkable that, nine albums deep into their career, Spoon are still capable of something like this… they’re a truly remarkable beast.”—STEREOGUM
“There’s a case to be made for Spoon being the greatest rock band of the 21st century”—THE RINGER
“Spoon at its best… a tremendous achievement… a masterpiece.”—TEXAS MONTHLY
“It’s really great. Of course it’s really great. This is what Spoon does… unyielding greatness”—UPROXX
Heralded by triumphant appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Late Show with James Corden and a tidal wave of advance accolades, Spoon’s eagerly awaited ninth album Hot Thoughts finally sees its release today, March 17, 2017, on Matador Records.
To mark the occasion, Spoon just concluded a three-night release week SXSW residency at “The Main” rechristened “Eno’s” in honor of drummer Jim Eno, where the band curated and headlined an individualized line up each night March 14, 15 and 16. The unmistakable highlight of each evening was undoubtedly Spoon’s headline set, each receiving an ecstatic welcome befitting an international sensation returning to its hometown roots:
“They were treated like conquering heroes by the crowd, and deservedly so.”—AUSTIN CHRONICLE
“in top form… what the band does best while adding new colors in spots… a victory lap with friends and bands in the crucible that saw them become one of the best Austin bands ever.”—AUSTIN 360
“The best band I saw last night was Spoon!”—NPR
“an epic kick-off …one of the tightest, most well-executed acts in independent rock and roll”—PASTE
Spoon’s Hot Thoughts world tour continues next week with a pair of dates in Australia, after which Spoon will be bringing Hot Thoughts to the South with stops in Mobile, Tampa, Orlando, Charleston, Raleigh and more, marking the beginning of a rigorous year of touring for the band—one that will include an extensive UK/Europe trek as well as previously announced engagements from Panorama in NYC to the Hollywood Bowl in L.A.
SPOON LIVE 2017 6/17/17 – Berlin, Germany – Festaal Kreuzburg 6/18/17 – Mannheim, Germany – Maifeld Derby Festival 6/19/17 – Munich, Germany – Technikum 6/20/17 – Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gefährlich 6/22/17 – Oslo, Norway – Piknik i Parken 6/24/17 – Copenhagen South, Denmark – Amager Bio 6/27/17 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla 6/28/17 – Glasgow, UK – The Arts School 6/30/17 – London, UK – O2 Forum 7/03/17 – Cologne, Germany – Gloria Theater 7/05/17 – Paris, France – La Maroquinerie 7/07/17 – Madrid, ES – Mad Cool Festival 7/08/17 – Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive
7/14-16/17 – Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
7/15-16/17 – Birmingham, AL – Sloss Festival 7/28/17 – New York, NY – Panorama Festival 7/29/17 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavillion (XPoNential Music Festival) 7/30/17 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavillion** 8/06/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl* 8/08/17 – Apsen, CO – Belly Up Aspen 8/09/17 – Bellvue, CO – Mishawaka Amphitheater
** with Belle and Sebastian & Andrew Bird
* with Belle and Sebastian
His Apollo Theater show on the February 17 release date of his new Prisoner (PAX AM/Blue Note) was one of the hottest tickets in recent NYC memory. His May 3rd Beacon Theater Prisoner Tour date has sold out. The Manhattan media has heaped accolades on Prisoner, not least of which NEW YORK Magazine hailing the new LP as “genius… the best thing he’s put out in a decade”…
… And now, due to overwhelming demand, Ryan and his band will add a second show at New York’s Beacon Theater on May 2nd.
And with demand for more dates on the Prisoner tour escalating everywhere, a May 6th show at Philadelphia has been added to the itinerary.
Presales for the newly added Prisoner tour dates begin March 15th at 10am ET, with tickets going on sale to the general public March 17th at 11am ET.
Ryan Adams’ Prisoner debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top Album chart, #1 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart and #8 on the Top-200. The album continues to generate some of the best critical notices of the multiple-Grammy-nominated Adams’ storied career, while the additional NYC date is one of several new shows added to the Prisoner Tour to accommodate demand.
Meanwhile, reviews of the tour’s first few stops in the southern U.S. are already echoing the raves that heralded Prisoner’s release:
“Adams’ set was among one of the best sounding the National has hosted in recent years… Richmond seemed energized for a second evening with Adams.”—RVA Magazine
“Adams performed 26 songs in a set that stretched past two hours, with no intermission, no encore and no lack of intensity… his strongest statement of resistance and resolve. That the audience sang along with, and not over, Adams… proved just how far he and his fans have come.”—SOUTH FLORIDA.com
PRISONER TOUR 2017 New dates in bold 5/20/17 – Auckland, NZ – Civic Theatre 5/23/17 – Brisbane, AU – The Tivoli 5/26/17 – Melbourne, AU – Margaret Court Arena 5/27/17 – Sydney, AU – Hordern Pavilion 6/1/17 – Santa Barbara, CA – Granada Theater 6/2/17 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre 6/3/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre 6/18/17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Eccles Theater 6/20/17 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre 6/22/17 – Calgary, AB – Jubilee 6/23/17 – Edmonton, AB – Jubilee 6/25/17 – Victoria, BC – Alix Goolden Hall 6/27/17 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theater 6/28/17 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre 6/29/17 – Portland, OR – Edgefield 7/6/17 – Castro Daire, PT – Nos Alive 7/7/17 – Madrid, ES – Mad Cool Festival 7/8/17 – Barcelona, ES – Festival Cruilla 7/28/17 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre 7/29/17 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT) 7/30/17 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre 8/1/17 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant 8/4/17 – Saint Charles, IA – Hinterland Festival 8/10/17 – Oslo, NO – Oya Festival
8/10-12/17 — Gothenburg, SWE — Way Out West Festival 8/17/17 – Brecon, GB – Green Man Festival 9/8/17 – Belfast, IRE – Ulster Hall 9/9/17 – Cork, IRE – Opera House 9/11/17 – Dublin, IRE – Olympia Theater 9/12/17 – Dublin, IRE – Olympia Theater 9/14/17 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo 9/15/17 – Edinburgh, Scotland – Usher Hall 9/17/17 – Gateshead, UK – Sage One 9/18/17 – Leeds, UK – O2 Academy 9/22/17 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall+ Phoebe Bridgers supports
++ Jenny Lewis supports
With the Flowers In The Dirt Archive Collection edition’s March 24th release date via MPL/Capitol/UMe fast approaching, Paul McCartney has confirmed a very special Record Store Day exclusive.
To commemorate Record Store Day this April 22nd, a limited edition three-song cassette of Paul and Elvis Costello’s Flowers In The Dirt demos will be made available at participating RSD stores.
The limited edition cassette-only release will be the first time these recordings–I Don’t Want To Confess, Shallow Grave and Mistress And Maid—will be made available in the same form as when Paul and Elvis first cut them directly to tape.
Speaking about these tracks Paul said: “The demos are red hot off the skillet and that’s why we wanted to include them on this boxed set. What’s great about these songs is that they’ve just been written. So there’s nothing more hot off the skillet as I say. So that was the kind of great instant thing about them. I hadn’t listened to them in ages but when I did I knew we had to put them out. We made a little tape of them and sent them to Elvis, who loved them too. We said we should put out an EP or something and now the moment’s finally arrived.”
For a sneak peek at the cassette demo experience, go here.
The demos will be made available digitally only as part of the Deluxe Edition when Flowers In The Dirt is released as the 10th installment in the multiple-GRAMMY-winning Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
The Paul McCartney Archive Collection release of Flowers In The Dirt was, as always, personally curated and overseen by Paul himself.
In celebration of the release of their fifth album Heartworms – out today via Aural Apothecary/Columbia Records – The Shins have released not one but TWO videos for the “joyfully infectious” (NPR) single “Name For You”, with one featuring an alternate version of the song.
What began as an exercise in songwriting transformed into a commentary on what it means to be a songwriter. After writing the first track for Heartworms, James Mercer decided to recreate the song from scratch. Driven by its malleability, its ability to be foundationally identical, yet aesthetically and sonically utterly new, Mercer continued experimenting with each subsequent track until he had two complete albums: one original and one “flipped”.
Mercer’s ability to create two totally divergent albums from the same underlying compositions not only highlights his immense capability as a songwriter, but also functions as a reminder of what it means to be an artist, how an artist acts as both the master and facilitator of his artistic product.
Our first taste of these parallel reality albums comes in the form of two videos based on first single “Name For You”.
The first video, which accompanies the album version of the song, follows a day in the life of prominent skateboarders Savannah Headden and Samarria Brevard (acclaimed X Games veterans). Directed by The Shins’ drummer Jon Sortland, this lo-fi version set in Southern California is embellished with bursts of Dillon Moore’s cartoonish animations. Watch the video at http://smarturl.it/NFYofficial.
The second video is paired with the alternate version of “Name For You”, which Mercer re-composed as a borderline sinister new-wave track. Directed by Zaiba Jabbar and co-directed by Jon Sortland and Mark Watrous, this neo-noir version stars trans-icon and actress in Amazon’s hit series Transparent Trace Lysette, and accentuates the non-binary nature of gender. Watch the video at http://smarturl.it/NFYflipped.
In the same way that each version of the song serves to redefine its underlying composition, their corresponding videos serve as a reflection of the tonality of each song as they work to frame and redefine womanhood.
Fans can go to theshins.com/nameforyouvideo to see both videos in real time as they play simultaneously: simply move the switch to the left or right to go from watching the video with the album version of the song to the alternate video with the “flipped” version of “Name For You”. The “flipped” version of “Name For You” is also available to stream or download at http://smarturl.it/NFYouFlipped.
Following a jam-packed release week, The Shins will be stopping by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert for a special appearance on March 13th. Tune in at 11:35pm EST.
The band has also added more shows to their tour in support of Heartworms with new dates added for Memphis, Las Vegas, Pittsburg, Boston and more. Presales for these shows begin March 13th at 10am local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public on March 17th at 10am local time. Every pair of tickets purchased online includes a copy of Heartworms.
Don’t forget to enter the special contest to win The Shins’ first van: a 1990 Ford 350 Clubwagon. To enter, visit theshins.com/van and submit a video of you or your band covering a track from Heartworms.
New dates in bold May 19 – Saint Louis, MO – The Pageant May 20 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Hotel & Casino – Stir Cove May 21 – Moorhead, MN – Bluestem Center for the Arts May 23 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium May 24 – Calgary, AB – McEwan Hall May 26-28 – George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival May 27 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre May 29 – Boise, ID – Summerfield at Memorial Stadium June 1 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre June 2-3 – Cincinnati, OH – Bunbury Music Festival June 3 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall June 3-4– Houston, TX – Free Press Summer Festival June 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Prospect Park Bandshell June 15-18 – Dover, DE – Firefly Music Festival June 16 – Portland, ME – Thompson’s Point June 17 – Cooperstown, NY – Brewery Ommegang June 21 – Troutdale, OR – Edgefield June 22 – Ogden, UT – Ogden Amphitheatre June 23 – Las Vegas, NV – The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Chelsea July 11 – Niagra Falls, NY – Rapid Theater July 29 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre July 28-30 – Oro-Medonte, ON – Wayhome Music & Arts Festival July 30 – Burlington, VT – Lake Champlain Maritime Festival August 1 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE — Indoore August 2 – Boston, MA – House of Blues August 4-6 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga
“There are some people out there who just don’t know where to start with The Bad Seeds. Others know the catalogue better than I do! This release is designed to be a way into three decades of music making. That’s a lot of songs. The songs we have chosen are the ones that have stuck around, for whatever reason. Some songs are those that demand to be played live. Others are lesser songs that are personal favourites of ours. Others are just too big and have too much history to leave out. And there are those that didn’t make it, poor things. They are the ones you must discover by yourselves.”Nick Cave
Lovely Creatures is the most comprehensive overview of the recorded work of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to date. Spanning thirty years of music from their debut album From Her To Eternitythrough to Push The Sky Away their 15th studio album, the collection navigates one of the most exhilarating, idiosyncratic and inventive bodies of work created in contemporary music.
Included are long-standing live favourites “Stagger Lee” and “The Mercy Seat”, their hit single from 1995 “Where The Wild Roses Grow” through to recent fan favourites “Jubilee Street” and “We No Who U R”. There are songs that newcomers may only know from their appearance on film and television soundtracks, notably “O Children” (Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. I) and the ubiquitous “Red Right Hand”, most recently familiar to fans of the series Peaky Blinders.
The album was compiled by Nick Cave and founding member Mick Harvey, with help from the current Bad Seeds. Band members past and present raided their personal archives to provide previously unseen photos and memorabilia which have been collected into a beautiful hardcover book, along with a series of original essays. The book is available as part of the limited edition ‘Super Deluxe’ album collection that also comes with a two hour DVD containing rare and unseen archive footage. Lovely Creatures is available in four formats, all featuring personal and rare photographs of the band: Standard CD, Triple LP, Deluxe 3CD with DVD and the Super Deluxe Limited Edition package.
Lovely Creatures was originally intended for release in 2014. Since its postponement the band have recorded and released their highly acclaimed 16th studio album Skeleton Tree.
Lovely Creatures The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1984 – 2014 will be released on 5thMay 2017 on Mute Records/BMG in the following formats:
Double CD
2 CDs (21 tracks) with booklet
Triple Vinyl
3 Heavyweight 12” vinyl (21 tracks) with a triple gatefold sleeve
Deluxe 3CD & DVD
3 CDs (45 tracks) and two hour DVD featuring live performances, rare footage and interviews with a 48 page book
Super Deluxe 3CD & DVD with Hardcover Book
Box set comprised of 3 CDs and two hour DVD with a hardcover book containing original essays, candid and personal photos taken by the band family and friends, and reproductions of band memorabilia
US Tour Dates 2017
Friday, May 26 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre (SOLD OUT) Saturday, May 27th – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre Saturday, June 3 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Theatre Monday, June 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory Wednesday, June 7 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (SOLD OUT) Thursday, June 8 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Warhol at Carnegie Music Hall (SOLD OUT) Saturday, June 10 – Boston, MA – Wang Theatre (SOLD OUT) Tuesday, June 13 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre (SOLD OUT) Wednesday, June 14 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre (SOLD OUT) Friday, June 16 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre Sunday, June 18 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre (SOLD OUT) Monday, June 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall Wednesday, June 21 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (SOLD OUT) Saturday, June 24 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre Monday, June 26 – San Diego, CA – Civic Theatre Wednesday, June 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ace Hotel Theatre Thursday, June 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
One of the most critically acclaimed acts working today Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have sold over 5 million albums worldwide to date. Their influence has been profound and far-reaching and they remain one of the most powerful and exciting acts in the world.
Double CD
CD1
1. Loverman
2. Tupelo
3. Deanna
4. From Her To Eternity
5. The Weeping Song
6. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
7. People Ain’t No Good
8. Higgs Boson Blues
9. Straight To You
10. Where The Wild Roses Grow
CD2
1. Into My Arms
2. Love Letter
3. Red Right Hand
4. The Mercy Seat
5. O Children
6. The Ship Song
7. Stranger Than Kindness
8. Jubilee Street
9. Nature Boy
10. We No Who U R
11. Stagger Lee
Triple Vinyl
Side A
1. Loverman
2. Tupelo
3. Deanna
4. From Her To Eternity
Side B
1. The Weeping Song
2. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
3. People Ain’t No Good
Side C
1. Higgs Boson Blues
2. Straight To You
3. Where The Wild Rose Grow
Side D
1. Into My Arms
2. Love Letter
3. Red Right Hand
4. The Mercy Seat
Side E
1. O Children
2. The Ship Song
3. Stranger Than Kindness
Side F
1. Jubilee Street
2. Nature Boy
3. We No Who U R
4. Stagger Lee
Deluxe 3CD & DVD / Super Deluxe 3CD & DVD with Hardcover Book
CD1: 1984 -1993
1. From Her To Eternity
2. In The Ghetto
3. Tupelo
4. I’m Gonna Kill That Woman
5. The Carny
6. Sad Waters
7. Stranger Than Kindness
8. Scum
9. The Mercy Seat
10. Deanna
11. Up Jumped The Devil
12. The Weeping Song
13. The Ship Song
14. Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
15. Straight To You
CD2: 1994 – 2003
1. Do You Love Me?
2. Nobody’s Baby Now
3. Loverman
4. Red Right Hand
5. Stagger Lee
6. Where The Wild Roses Grow
7. Into My Arms
8. People Ain’t No Good
9. Brompton Oratory
10. (Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For?
11. Come Into My Sleep
12. Love Letter
13. God Is In The House
14. He Wants You
15. Shoot Me Down
CD3: 2004 – 2013
1. Hiding All Away
2. There She Goes, My Beautiful World
3. Nature Boy
4. Breathless
5. Babe, You Turn Me On
6. O Children
7. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
8. Night Of The Lotus Eaters
9. We Call Upon The Author
10. Jesus Of The Moon
11. More News From Nowhere
12. We No Who U R
13. Jubilee Street
14. Higgs Boson Blues
15. Push The Sky Away
DVD:
1. Interview, ‘Kippevel’, Netherlands, 1988
2. Night of the Lotus Eaters, Docks de Suds, Marseilles, France, 2008
3. Red Right Hand, Glastonbury Festival, UK, 1988
4. The Weeping Song, ‘Boxed Set’, Glasgow STV Studios, UK, 2001
5. Interview, New York, USA, 2013
6. Higgs Boson Blues, La Fabrique Studios, France, 2012
7. Interview, ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ documentary, Berlin, Germany, 1987
8. From Her To Eternity, Perkins Palace, Pasadena, USA, 1984
9. Love Letter, ABC Studios, Australia, 2001
10. Interview, ’Bish’s Biz’, Australia, 2013
11. Do You Love Me?, ‘Boxed Set’, Glasgow STV Studios, UK, 2001
12. Interview, ‘Boxed Set’, Glasgow STV Studios, UK, 2001
13. Into My Arms, INmusic Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2008
14. We Call Upon The Author, B1 Maximum Club, Moscow, Russia, 2009
15. Interview, ‘Ein Abend in Wien’, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1991
16. The Mercy Seat, Bizarre Festival, Germany, 1996
17. Interview, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 1984
18. God Is In The House, ‘Later With Jools Holland’, London, 2001
19. Interview, ’Bish’s Biz’ Australia, 2013
20. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, Globe Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008
21. Brompton Oratory, ‘MTV Live n Loud’, 1997
22. I’m Gonna Kill That Woman, Posthof, Linz, Austria, 1986
23. Jubilee Street, The Fonda Theatre, LA, USA, 2013
24. The Ship Song, ‘Live at Paradiso DVD’, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992
25. Interview, Lollapalooza, USA, 1994
26. Loverman, Bizarre Festival, Germany, 1996
27. Interview, Australia, 1988
28. In The Ghetto, Exit, Chicago, USA, 1984
29. Hiding All Away, ‘The Abattoir Blues Tour DVD’, Brixton Academy, London, UK, 2004
30. Interview, Australia, 1992
31. Where the Wild Roses Grow, ‘MTV Most Wanted’, London, UK, 1995
32. Deanna, St Luke’s, London, UK, 2008
33. O Children, Le Trianon, Paris, France, 2013
34. Interview, Festival Crazy Rock, Chile, 1996
35. Stagger Lee, The White Room, London, UK, 1996
36. Interview, ‘Austin City Limits’, Austin, Texas, USA, 2014
37. Interview, Australia, 1995
38. Push The Sky Away, The Fonda Theatre, LA, USA, 2013
39. There She Goes, My Beautiful World, ‘The Abattoir Blues Tour DVD’, Brixton Academy, London UK, 2004
Approx. running time 2hrs 5min
Warning This DVD contains flashing images, which may be harmful to some viewers
SIGN UP AT www.facebook.com/theshinsTO ENTER LOTTERY FOR TICKETS TO INTIMATE ALBUM RELEASE CELEBRATION SHOWS:
March 10th — Los Angeles — El Rey Theatre March 14th — New York — Bowery Ballroom March 15th — Brooklyn — Music Hall of Williamsburg
HEARTWORMS OUT MARCH 10th ON AURAL APOTHECARY/COLUMBIA RECORDS
Heartworms Cover
After generating yet another wave of critical acclaim with the release of “instant classic” (ELLE) “slice of warm and wistful folk-pop” (PASTE) third single “Mildenhall”, The Shins have unleashed a fourth advance track from Heartworms: “Painting A Hole”. Textured with spiraling vocals and a body-swaying rhythm, “Painting A Hole” employs James Mercer’s singular lyrical voice to examine the way our society perpetuates beliefs that rarely reflect our everyday reality (“You’re painting a hole/Can you crawl up inside it?”).
James on the message behind the song:
“People create beliefs or inherit them and those beliefs very rarely reflect the reality we live in every day. Like a coyote in a cartoon, painting a hole in the side of a cliff then falling through it, I think these belief systems are just about as ridiculous as that.”
In addition to the dates already announced in support of Heartworms, The Shins have confirmed three exclusive, intimate shows to celebrate the album’s release: March 10th (release day) at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, March 14th at Bowery Ballroom in New York and March 15th at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn.
Fans will have an opportunity to get their tickets to these performances by entering a special lottery—details will be emailed to those who have signed up via www.facebook.com/theshins. Randomly selected entrants will receive a unique code allowing them to purchase two tickets on March 7th at 12pm local time.
Don’t forget—Soundcheck Party tickets are available for select dates (marked below). One $125 Soundcheck Party ticket includes: admission to an exclusive soundcheck performance, individual photo with the band, a limited edition exclusive Shins poster signed by James Mercer, a canvas Shins tote bag, and early entry into the venue. Tickets to the show are NOT included.
New dates in bold (Soundcheck Party tickets only available for dates marked with #) March 25 – Glasgow, UK – 6 Music Festival @ O2 Academy March 28 – Paris, FR – Le Trianon # March 29 – London, UK – Apollo Hammersmith # March 30 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso # March 31– Zurich, SUI – M4Music Festival April 20 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz April 21– Nashville, TN – Vanderbilt University; Rites of Spring April 22-23 – North Charleston, SC – High Water Festival May 12-14 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Music Festival May 26-28 – George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival June 2-3 – Cincinnati, OH – Bunbury Music Festival June 3-4– Houston, TX – Free Press Summer Festival June 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Prospect Park Bandshell June 15-18 – Dover, DE – Firefly Music Festival July 28-30 – Oro-Medonte, ON – Wayhome Music & Arts Festival August 4-6 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga
LONG AWAITED 10th INSTALLMENT OF THE GRAMMY-WINNING ARCHIVE COLLECTION OUT MARCH 24 VIA MPL/Capitol/UMe
DIGITAL PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW – ‘THIS ONE’ AVAILABLE AS AN INSTANT GRAT FROM TODAY – MARCH 3
DIGITAL PRE-ORDERS ALSO COME WITH INSTANT GRAT TRACKS – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO VERSIONS OF ‘MY BRAVE FACE’ AND ‘THAT DAY IS DONE’
Photo by Eugene Adebari
Friday March 3 – With less than a month to go until the release of the reissue of Paul McCartney’s classic album Flowers In The Dirt (the 10th installment of the Grammy-winning Paul McCartney Archive Collection) – Paul has released some photographs taken from the video shoots for the song ‘This One’.
In 1989 Paul shot two videos for the song, taken from the album ‘Flowers In The Dirt’.
The first, directed by Tim Pope, was filmed in June (1989) at the Albert Wharf Studio in Battersea, London. Referred to as the ‘Eastern’ promo the video featured scenes with meditation and as well as featuring Paul, Linda and the band the promo includes Indian dancers. Photographer Eugene Adebari was on set to capture still photographs on the day.
The second video was directed by ‘light painting’ photographer Dean Chamberlain and was filmed in a rehearsal barn in the South-East of England in July (1989).
Today, Paul has released a selection of images from both video shoots to coincide with the song, ‘This One’, being available as an Instant Grat track for people who have digitally pre-ordered ‘Flowers In The Dirt’
Those who pre-order the album digitally will also get Instant Grat tracks – previously unreleased original demo versions of My Brave Face and That Day Is Done – both recorded at one of the early writing sessions.
The reissue of Flowers In The Dirt is available from March 24th.
PRISONER DEBUTS AT #3 ON U.S. ALBUM CHART TOUR ADDING DATES DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND:
Second St. Paul Show Confirmed for July 28
Second Dublin Show Confirmed for September 12
Continuing the unstoppable momentum building through its February 17 release on PAX AM/Blue Note Records, Ryan Adams’ Prisonerhas debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top Album chart, #1 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart and #8 on the Top-200, while new shows are being added to the Prisoner Tour to accommodate popular demand.
With July 29’s headline at the Palace Theater in St. Paul MN having sold out, a second night has been confirmed for July 28. Pre-sales for the new St. Paul date—as well as the previously announced June 28 show at Seattle’s Paramount Theater—begin Wednesday, March 1 at 9am local time. Tickets for both Seattle and the new St. Paul date are on sale to the general public Friday, March 3 at 10am local time.
Additionally, Ryan and the band will play a second show at the Olympia Theater in Dublin, Ireland on September 12.
In addition to the top 10 chart debuts, critical reaction to Prisoner has been among the best of Adams’s career, with a chorus of raves from NEW YORK MAGAZINE, ROLLING STONE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND and the ASSOCIATED PRESS hailing the album as the multiple Grammy nominee’s best in 10 years or more, including:
“Even when his lyrics cling to loss, Adams lets in light with melody. A songwriter with that kind of talent is never a bummer.”—PEOPLE
“He sounds like he’s savoring how full of life his music is, no matter what it took to make it so. He hasn’t just turned misery into art; he’s turned it into joy.”—The AV CLUB
“As compact and fearless as Adams’s vulnerability… one of Adams’s finest and boldest works… one of his most inspired records”—FLOOD
“powerful stuff… a beautiful sounding collection, no question.”—PASTE
See below for all confirmed tour dates. And as always, check for updates at:
3/5/17 – Richmond, VA – The National + 3/6/17 – Richmond, VA – The National + 3/8/17 – Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium + 3/9/17 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center + 3/10/17 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – The Parker Playhouse + 3/12/17 – Tampa, FL – Gasparilla Music Festival 3/14/17 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater + 5/3/17 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre 5/7/17 – Portland, ME – State Theatre 5/9/17 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall 5/10/17 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion ++ 5/12/17 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ++ 5/14/17 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Music Festival 5/20/17 – Auckland, NZ – Civic Theatre 5/23/17 – Brisbane, AU – The Tivoli 5/26/17 – Melbourne, AU – Margaret Court Arena 5/27/17 – Sydney, AU – Hordern Pavilion 6/1/17 – Santa Barbara, CA – Granada Theater 6/2/17 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre 6/3/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre 6/18/17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Eccles Theater 6/20/17 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre 6/22/17 – Calgary, AB – Jubilee 6/23/17 – Edmonton, AB – Jubilee 6/25/17 – Victoria, BC – Alix Goolden Hall 6/27/17 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theater 6/28/17 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre 6/29/17 – Portland, OR – Edgefield 7/6/17 – Castro Daire, PT – Nos Alive 7/7/17 – Madrid, ES – Mad Cool Festival 7/8/17 – Barcelona, ES – Festival Cruilla 7/28/17 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre 7/29/17 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT) 7/30/17 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre 8/1/17 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant 8/4/17 – Saint Charles, IA – Hinterland Festival 8/10/17 – Oslo, NO – Oya Fesival 8/10-12/17 — Gothenburg, SWE — Way Out West Festival 8/17/17 – Brecon, GB – Green Man Festival 9/8/17 – Belfast, IRE – Ulster Hall 9/9/17 – Cork, IRE – Opera House 9/11/17 – Dublin, IRE – Olympia Theater 9/12/17 – Dublin, IRE – Olympia Theater 9/14/17 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo 9/15/17 – Edinburgh, Scotland – Usher Hall 9/17/17 – Gateshead, UK – Sage One 9/18/17 – Leeds, UK – O2 Academy 9/22/17 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall
+ Phoebe Bridgers supports
++ Jenny Lewis supports
Friday February 24th – With a month to go until the release of the reissue of Paul McCartney’s classic album Flowers In The Dirt (the 10th installment of the Grammy-winning Paul McCartney Archive Collection) – Paul has released some photographs taken by Linda McCartney (with the exception of image 9 – taken by Herman Leonard) during the recording of the album.
The photographs show Paul working with Elvis Costello, who he collaborated with on four of the tracks featured on the album (My Brave Face, You Want Her Too, Don’t Be Careless Love and That Day Is Done) as well as a shared moment with George Martin, who did the string arrangement for Put It There.
The majority of the album was recorded at Paul’s Hog Hill Mill studio in East Sussex. This is also where some of the tracks were written with Elvis Costello.
Recalling working with Elvis, Paul said: “I was looking for someone to work with, trying to think of something imaginative to do and one day my manager said ‘do you fancy writing with Elvis Costello? It might be a great thing’. I said ‘yeah’. He (Elvis) came down to my studio and we sat opposite each other with our guitars because I had said to him early on that this is how I’d written with John, with me being left handed and him being right handed, it was almost like looking in a mirror. We did virtually what John and I did which was just make up a song a day.”
Those who pre-order the album digitally from today will get Instant Grat tracks – previously unreleased original demo versions of My Brave Face and That Day Is Done – both recorded at one of the early writing sessions.
“Because we were working above the studio, we’d just go downstairs and make the record, just the two of us singing exactly what we had made up. So there were a few recordings that haven’t been released. We keep saying to each other that they’re good because they are raw, it’s hot off the skillet’.
The reissue of Flowers In The Dirt is available from March 24th.
OUT MAY 5 ON RISE RECORDS NEW TRACK “INCURABLY INNOCENT” OUT NOW NEW TOUR DATES ON SALE TBC
“As precise in its aggression as At The Drive In’s post-hardcore prog-rock has always been; it’s also a gauntlet thrown down”—THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Ladies and gentlemen, the band is back to… save the day.”—NERDIST
With praise still reverberating from December’s unveiling of “Governed By Contagions,” At The Drive In has issued another clarion call from its first album in 17 years: “Incurably Innocent” is the second track to be released in advance of that record, titledin • ter a • li • a, now available for pre-order and confirmed for release May 5 on Rise Records.
Pitting spacey phaser and thrash-y riffing against a sidewinder hook and siren wail, “Incurably Innocent,” described by vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala as “a song about sexual abuse and being able to finally speak out,” reveals additional facets of the kaleidoscopic in • ter a • li • a (Latin for “among other things”). Produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Rich Costey at Hollywood’s Sound Factory, the 11-song 41-minute in • ter a • li • a picks up where 2000’s Relationship of Command left off… and rockets off into myriad other trajectories as unpredictable as they are intense.
in • ter a • li • a’s release will be immediately followed by a new series of live dates beginning in At The Drive In’s native El Paso, Texas and including headline dates at the likes of the Bill Graham Civic Center in San Francisco, the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and more. Le Butcherettes will support on the new dates (below in BOLD). For further information, updates and tickets, go to www.atthedriveinmusic.com/tour/.
in • ter a • li • a tracklist:
NO WOLF LIKE THE PRESENT
CONTINUUM
TILTING AT THE UNIVENDOR
GOVERNED BY CONTAGIONS
PENDULUM IN A PEASANT DRESS
INCURABLY INNOCENT
CALL BROKEN ARROW
HOLTZCLAW
TORRENTIALLY CUTSHAW
GHOST-TAPE NO.9
HOSTAGE STAMPS
At The Drive In is Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Paul Hinojos, Tony Hajjar and Keeley Davis.
At The Drive In
Live 2017
6/7/17 — Austin, TX — Stubb’s
6/9/17 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theater
6/10/17 — Houston, TX — Revention Music Center
6/12/17 — Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom
6/13/17 — Oklahoma City, OK — The Criterion
6/15/17 — Denver, CO — The Fillmore 6/17/17 — St. Paul, MN — Palace Theatre
6/18/17 — Chicago, IL — Aragon Ballroom
6/20/17 — Columbus, OH — Express Live!
6/21/17 — Cleveland, OH — Agora Theatre
8/15-17/17 — St. Pölten, Austria — FM4 Frequency Festival 2017
8/16-19/17 — Paredes De Coura, Portugal — Paredes De Coura Festival 2017
8/16-19/17 — Kiewit, Belgium — Pukkelpop Festival 2017
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