JONATHAN RADO OF FOXYGEN ANNOUNCES DEBUT LP ON WOODSIST
We are excited to announce Jonathan Rado’s (Foxygen) debut solo LP “Law and Order” out September 3rd on Woodsist.
Stream the first track below.
Jonathan Rado is a songwriter, a staid performer, an evangelical producer – the 23-year-old California native’s solo project, fashioned on brief sabbatical from his main project, Foxygen, is a deliciously self-conscious piece of esoteric apocrypha. Like character games, or symphonies of nonsense imitation-language, his records are cathartic, designed only to liberate the body and break the awkwardness of obsessive, existential silence. Alone in a bedroom, the holy land where he’s been experimenting with recording since junior high, Rado laughs nervously and eats his fingernails, awestruck by the sublimity of the aural world. The smallness of his own anemic voice confounds the babe agape, and only by adopting the task of genre does he transcend his own limitations to stand comfortably at the precipice of sound.
On his debut solo album, “Law and Order,” the San Fernando Valley and the Lower East Side flirt over muddy coffee, get married over corned beef, and give birth to a Motown drum beat – but something is amiss. For example, there is no bass line on LA-psychedel-dance-jam “Seven Horses,” and not a single hand clap satisfies the droning singer’s gently repetitive request, “If you feel it all, clap your hands.” “Hand In Mine” sounds like an idea Johnny Cash had while sleepwalking through a fever dream. June is awakened by a frenzy of crashing symbols and revelatory mumbling as Johnny, pajama’d, arranges equipment atop the bed and holds out an urgently affectionate hand, beckoning her to sing. She complies without ever removing her silken, floral eye-shade.
The zonked-out guitarist settles back to warm Christmas sleep but dreams only of synthesizers. “Looking 4a Girl Like U” is an opium den, and there in the running shower Prince stands, sultry. He kaleidoscopically unbuttons his soaked, sequined shirt for six consecutive minutes, screaming baaaaaby and ego-dancing until “I Wood,” a folk spasm of paranoid schizophrenia in which Rado’s Bob Dylan vowels pile so heavily upon a White Fence-minor progression that Tim Presley actually materializes on “Faces” to turn the water and steamy distortion off. “All The Lights Went Out In Georgia” is a self-loathing diary entry thrown into a fire and “Pot of Gold” gets too drunk, freaks out, and starts hitting on everybody. So Rado wraps up the album and apologizes to everyone, promising not to invite that guy over anymore.
Crafted by a serious conductor of gracelessness and good-humored imperfection, this album champions simplicity, catchiness, and cranberry-plush playfulness, without ever maliciously satirizing the material of inspiration. Rado enters familiar musical forms and puppeteers caricature voices with the most appreciative irreverence and, stretching out on a big burlesque bed, he bends brass platitude until it sounds Rado-y and golden. – JACLYN COHEN
WOODSIST FESTIVAL 2013
Woodsist and (((folkYEAH!))) are pleased to announce this year’s Woodsist Festival, returning to the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA for the 4th year in a row, as well as a one-day event at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown the following weekend. Two mellow days of music and celebration under the giant redwoods on the California coast and one in the desert near Joshua Tree. With six bands per day in Big Sur and seven in Pioneertown, this year will feature current and past Woodsist acts along with some of our favorite artists. Tickets for the Big Sur event will go on sale this Friday May 3, and tickets for Pioneertown will go on sale next Tuesday May 7.
SUNDAY- SEPT 22 – BIG SUR
Woods
White Fence
Foxygen
Michael Hurley
Skygreen Leopards
Jessica Pratt
MONDAY- SEPT 23 – BIG SUR
Real Estate
Fresh and Onlys
Peaking Lights
Little Wings
MV & EE
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks
SATURDAY- SEPT 28 – PIONEERTOWN
Real Estate
Woods
Fresh and Onlys
White Fence
The Babies
Jessica Pratt
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks
more TBA
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Recommended lodging options:
http://www.fernwoodbigsur.com
http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/camping.html
http://www.bigsurlodge.com/
http://www.glenoaksbigsur.com
http://www.bigsurriverinn.com
FERNWOOD RESORT
47200 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
(831) 667-2422
http://www.fernwoodbigsur.com
Bottchers Gap Campground
Camping Big Sur
805-434-1996
Andrew Molera State Park
http://www.parks.ca.gov
Hwy 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
(831) 667-2315
Kirk Creek Campground
www.campone.com
Hwy 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
(805) 434-1996
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For Pioneertown:
54850 Twentynine Palms Hwy
Yucca Valley, CA 92284
(760) 365-3311
TICKETS:
www.folkyeah.com
WOODS ANNOUNCE SPRING / SUMMER TOUR DATES AND NEW SINGLE
Woods are hitting the road this Spring & Summer, with a May trip to Europe where they will appear at festivals like The Great Escape and Primavera Sound. In July the band will tour the East Coast and Midwest with Parquet Courts, including a return trip to Pitchfork Fest in Chicago. The band will release a new single on July 9 in celebration of the tour.
The recording of these songs serves as a farewell to Rear House, Woods’ home, recording studio, creative refuge and beloved shithole for 10 long years. “God’s Children” is a classic Kinks tune from the soundtrack to the 1971 British film “Percy.” “Be All Be Easy,” originally from 2011′s Sun and Shade, was rerecorded to capture the live form that’s taken shape since it’s original release. Both are the first to feature new drummer, Aaron Neveu.
MAY EURO TOUR
Thu-May-9 Les Nuits de Botanique – Brussels (B)
Fri-May-10 Vera – Groningen (NL)
Sat-May-11 Pop Revo – Aarhus (DK)
Sun-May-12 Pustervik – Gothenburg (S)
Mon-May-13 Debaser – Stockholm (S)
Tues-May-14 Debaser – Malmö (S)
Weds-May-15 Stengade – Copenhagen (DK)
Thu-May-16 Comet Club – Berlin (D)
Sat-May-18 The Great Escape @ Pavilion Theatre(Uncut Stage)- Brighton (UK)
Sun-May-19 The Lexington – London (UK)
Mon-May-20 Indiestad @ Paradiso – Amsterdam (NL)
Tues-May-21 Le Point Ephemere – Paris (F)
Weds-May-22 Le Saint des Seins – Toulouse (F)
Thu-May-23 Primavera Sound – Barcelona (ES)
JULY U.S. TOUR WITH PARQUET COURTS
Sat-Jul-13 Boston, MA TT The Bears *
Sun-Jul-14 Portland, ME Space 538 *
Mon-Jul-15 Burlington, VT Signal Kitchen *
Tue-Jul-16 Montreal, QC Il Motore *
Wed-Jul-17 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern *
Thu-Jul-18 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
Fri-Jul-19 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival
Mon-Jul-22 Louisville, KY Zanzabar *
Tue-Jul-23 Charlottesville, VA Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar *
Wed-Jul-24 Philadelphia, PA Morgan’s Pier *
Thu-Jul-25 Baltimore, MD Ottobar *
Sat-Jul-27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom #
Fri-Aug-16 La Route Du Rock Festival – St. Malo (F)
Sun-Aug-18 Greenman Festival – Powys (UK)
* = w/ Parquet Courts
# = w/ Alex Bleeker and The Freaks
WOODS LINKS:
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/woodsfamilyband
Official Site – http://www.woodsist.com/woods/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/woodsist
THE BABIES SPRING TOUR
March 1 – Los Angeles, CA – Natural History Museum *
April 19 - Somerville, MA – Starlab
April 20 – Middletown, CT – Wesleyan University
April 21 – Winooski, VT – Monkey House
April 22 – Montreal, QC – Il Motore
April 23 – Toronto, ON – Silver Dollar
April 24 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
April 25 – Columbus, OH – Rumba Cafe
April 26 – Baltimore, MD – Golden West
April 27 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
May 3 – Albany, NY – Valentines
May 4 – Bennington, VT – Bennington College Sunfest
May 25 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
May 26 – Grenoble, France – Le Ciel
May 27 – Strasbourg, France – Le Troc’afé
May 28 – Paris, France – Le Point Éphémère
May 29 – Nantes, France – Stereolux
May 30 – Limoges, France – La Fourmi
May 31 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Le Romandie Club
June 1 – Modena, Italy – Mattatoio, Carpi (MO)
June 2 – Luzern, Switzerland – Radio 3Fach Voliere Bar
June 3 – Munich, Germany – Kafe Kult
June 4 – Vienna, Austria – Arena
June 5 – Prague, Czech Republic – K4
June 6 – Dresden, Germany – Ostpol
June 7 – Berlin, Germany – Monarch
June 8 – Malmo, Sweden – Inkonst
June 9 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser
June 10 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Roda Sten
June 12 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Huset-KBH
June 13 – Hamburg, Germany – Astra Stube
June 14 – Germany – King Georg
June 15 – Utecht, Holland – Ekko
June 16 – Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso
June 17 – Kortrijk, Belgium – De Kreun
June 18 – Groningen, Holland – Vera
June 19 – Bristol, UK – Start the Bus
June 20 – London, UK – Lexington
June 21 – York, UK – Basement
THE BABIES “Our House On The Hill” OUT NOW and available HERE
ALEX BLEEKER & THE FREAKS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM / TOUR
Sophomore LP from Real Estate’s bassist due this May
“New Jersey-born Alex Bleeker is an old soul. For his sophomore album, How Far Away, he lets that come into play fully. Over 11 tracks, he deals with the autumnal phase of lost love, the point after the grieving subsides and you start figuring out what you’re supposed to do next. As with his last album, Bleeker cobbles together a ragtag collection of “freaks,” including Mountain Man’s Amelia Meath, who provides gorgeously weighty backing vocals on four tracks, Woods’ Jarvis Tanviere, Real Estate’s Jackson Pollis, Big Troubles’ Sam Franklin, among plenty of other like-minded musicians who lend sparkling instrumental flourishes and a full-bodied backbone to Bleeker’s pained yowl. Album opener “Don’t Look Down” feels like a mission statement for the rest of the record. Over upbeat guitar jangle and smooth organ runs, Bleeker’s voice cracks and lilts: “Don’t look back on the way we met/ don’t look back at me now/ don’t retract all the things you’ve said/ don’t back out on me.” In the hands of plenty of other songwriters this would come off as self-pitying, but Bleeker just seems wise. The key to How Far Away isn’t just Bleeker’s lyrics, which manage to be both universal and intensely specific, but also the relaxed dynamics of the players. Bleeker is a jam band fanatic, and he takes the core ethos of The Grateful Dead-let things unfold naturally-and distills it into concise pop songs: tracks like “All My Songs” and “Rhythm Shakers” are brief, but they shift from crystaline guitar to weighty bass effortlessly, with Bleeker working as a heartbroken bandleader, keeping things moving organically. Nothing is hurried, but nothing overstays its welcome either. Though How Far Away is packed with singles, the album works best as a narrative about the dissolution of a relationship. You could call it a breakup record, but that wouldn’t quite be giving it enough credit. Instead, it’s about growing older and figuring out what you need to do to keep moving. It’s never overly sad or angry or obsessed with itself, it’s just true.” – Sam Hockley-Smith
STREAM: “Don’t Look Down”
ALEX BLEEKER & THE FREAKS TOUR
Sun-Feb-17 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands +
Sat-Feb-23 – Storrs, CT – Storrs Congregational Church at University of Connecticut
Fri-Mar-1 – Annandale-on-Hudson, NY – Manor at Bard College *
Wed-Mar-6 – Charlottesville, VA – Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar #
Thu-Mar-7 – Raleigh, NC – King’s Barcade %
Fri-Mar-8 – Savannah, GA – Savannah Stopover
Sat-Mar-9 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl %
Sun-Mar-10 – New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar
Mon-Mar-11 – Houston, TX – Rudyard’s
Wed-Mar-13 – Austin, TX – Red 7 – Force Field / Stones Throw (SXSW)
Wed-Mar-13 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room – Megablaag (SXSW)
Thu-Mar-14 – Austin, TX – Spider House Ballroom – KVRXPlosion (SXSW)
Sat-Mar-16 – Austin, TX – Beerland – Ground Control Touring Party (SXSW)
Sun-Mar-17 – Dallas, TX – Spillover Fest
Tue-Mar-19 – Oxford, MS – Lamar Lounge
Wed-Mar-20 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
Thu-Mar-21 – Boone, NC – Boone Saloon
Fri-Mar-22 – Athens, GA – Farm 255
Sat-Mar-23 – Greenville, NC – Spazz Fest
Wed-Apr-3 – New Haven, CT – BAR Nightclub (Free show)
Fri-Apr-5 – Harrisonburg, VA – MACRoCk Festival
April 11-13 – Calgary, AB – MTT Fest
+ = w/ Quilt
* = w/ Andrew Cedermark
# = w/ Prince Rama
% = w/ Ducktails
WOODS MAY EURO TOUR
WOODS MAY EURO TOUR
09/05/13 : Les Nuits de Botanique – Brussels (B)
10/05/13 : Vera – Groningen (NL)
11/05/13 : Pop Revo – Aarhus (DK)
12/05/13 : Pustervik – Gothenburg (S)
13/05/13 : Debaser – Stockholm (S)
14/05/13 : Debaser – Malmö (S)
15/05/13 : Stengade – Copenhagen (DK)
16/05/13 : Comet Club – Berlin (D)
19/05/13 : The Lexington – London (UK)
20/05/13 : Indiestad @ Paradiso – Amsterdam (NL)
21/05/13 : Le Point Ephemere – Paris (F)
22/05/13 : Le Saint des Seins – Toulouse (F)
23/05/13 : Primavera Sound – Barcelona (ES)
HERBCRAFT ANNOUNCES NEW LP ON WOODSIST, STREAM FIRST TRACK
Three years on from the initial Herbcraft blurt, this third Herbcraft LP sees a full blossoming of sonic seeds sown in previous wax transmissions. Once the isolationist bedroom-psych project of Matt Lajoie, the intervening years have found Herbcraft sprawling out in many different full-band incarnations–duo, trio, quartet, sextet–for tours and heady super-sessions at their HQ in Maine. The Astral Body Electric finds the most enduring lineup of the band at its peak: songs half-composed, half-improvised, and played with freewheeling first-take intensity. Recorded direct to tape by Doug Tuttle (Mmoss) in an 18th-century New England barn, the focus on analog recording techniques (spring reverb, tape delay, hands-on flange) captures the Herbcraft soundworld in its most-natural habitat. Matt’s unhinged electric guitar swirls around Dawn Aquarius’ wah’ed organ riffs, Nicholas Barker’s kosmische-inspired drums and synth, and Corinna Marshall’s trilled-out flute and circular bass, complete with nebulous group vocals and auxiliary support from Doug (Mmoss) and Aaron Neveu (Woods). “Aurally massaged” into the 4th dimension by Matt “MV” Valentine with his signature “Spectrasound” mastering technique, The Astral Body Electric is psychedelic, mantric, free-rock music for the mind and body, and the most expansive, fully-realized, and confident Herbcraft record yet.
HERBCRAFT -The Astral Body Electric – LP out March 5, 2013
WELCOME THE WOOLEN MEN TO THE WOODSIST FAMILY
Debut LP out this March. Stream the first track below.
The Woolen Men are three — two Oregon natives and a Washingtonian. They play punk influenced DIY music in the Pac-NW tradition of Dead Moon and the Wipers. More than a sound or style, that means a kind of work ethic — do-it-yourself and do it a lot. The band is happiest touring up and down the I-5 or bunkered in their practice space with the cassette 4-track rolling. And it shows. Live, the band is thunderous and energetic and the magnetic chemistry of the three of them playing together shines through in the recordings.
This self-titled album released by Woodsist Records is their debut LP, following a handful of largely self-released EPs. Instead of changing their technique of recording fast and loose to capture the live energy of their sound, they recorded and recorded and recorded until they had enough songs to make up an album only of material with that elusive spark of a great recording. The ten tracks here represent five different sessions, and as many songs made the cut as were left behind. The LP was made to endure, with little attention payed to current trends or “in” sounds — what matters to the band is that the songs are well written and executed with integrity. The whole thing was recorded to analog tape.
The Woolen Men are Alex Geddes, Lawton Browning and Raf Spielman. They live and work in Portland, OR. Raf previously released an album of solo material under his Polyps moniker for the Woodsist sister label Hello Sunshine.
HAPPY NEW YEAR SALE!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
WE HAVE SOME 2012 RELEASES ON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME.
WHITE FENCE-FAMILY PERFUME-2XLP for $20 / CD for $10
order here
GOLDEN CALVES 2XLP (PRE-WOODEN WAND) for only $15!
order here
DOOZER LP for $10
order here
MV & EE – Space Homestead – CD for $5
order here
PLUS ALL HELLO SUNSHINE RELEASES ONLY $10
order here
WOODS AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND TOUR
WOODS AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND TOUR
Wed 16 Jan – Mighty Mighty – Wellington, NZ
Thurs 17 Jan – Whammy Bar – Auckland, NZ
Fri 18 Jan – THE BARWON CLUB, Geelong, VIC
Sat 19 Jan – Sugar Mountain Festival, Melbourne, VIC
Wed 23 Jan – The Bakery, Perth, WA
Thur 24 Jan -Format, Adelaide, SA
Fri 25 Jan – Deadshits, The Zoo, Brisbane
Sat 26 Jan – GoodGod, Sydney, NSW
Sun 27 Jan – The Tote, Melbourne, VIC
MORE INFO / TIX HERE
YEAR END LOVE FOR WOODS
ITS BEEN A GREAT YEAR. THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
WOODS – BEND BEYOND
Uncut’s Top 75 new albums of 2012
Paste’s 50 Best Albums of 2012
eMusic’s Best Albums of 2012
Under The Radar’s Best Albums of 2012
Norman Records Top 50 of 2012
Wild Mercury Sound’s Albums of the Year
Rough Trade Top 100 of 2012
Raven Sings The Blues Best Albums of 2012
Dog Gone Blog Best Albums of 2012
Weekly Tape Deck’s Favorite Albums of 2012
The Decibel Tolls Year End List 2012
ORDER BEND BEYOND HERE
CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE
EAT SKULL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ON WOODSIST, PREMIERE FIRST SINGLE
Portland-based garage pop band Eat Skull announce their third full-length, and first with Woodsist. The album is entitled III, and will be released February 19th.
Listen to the album’s first single ‘How Do I Know When To Say Goodnight’
EAT SKULL – How Do I Know When To Say Goodnight? by WOODSIST
About ‘III’:
“While you were out kicking an empty Sparks cup around SXSW, world class musical talents Eat Skull were busy creating their 3rd opus, entitled III, on a fever train between states, cities, community colleges and jails. Nearly 4 days or 4 years in the making, depending on who you ask, III is a more psychedelic and perfectly circular outing then their previous classics of paranoid ecstasy ‘Wild and Inside’ and ‘Sick to Death.’ Somewhere inbetween the subatomic joy of Primal Scream’s “Keep Your Dreams” and the desperate loneliness of ‘Same Place the Fly Got Smashed’ era Guided By Voices lies the weird and wonderful world of III. Throw a dash of Iron Maiden’s ‘Wasted Years’ in the cauldron, stir and dip a cigarette in it to smoke. This is music to drink to, die to, fall in love to and quit your job to. Drive to Alaska. Fuck it.”
California “Golf” Richards
Portland, OR
2012
THE BABIES SHARE VIDEO FOR “BABY,” ON TOUR NOW
VIDEO: The Babies – “Baby” (Dir. by Timothy Fiore)
THE BABIES TOUR DATES
Nov 29 – Vancouver, BC – Media Club
Nov 30 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
Dec 01 – Olympia, WA – The Northern
Dec 03 – Reno, CA – Holland Project
Dec 04 – Sacramento, CA – Bows and Arrows
Dec 05 – Oakland, CA – 1-2-3-4 Go Records
Dec 06 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Dec 07 – Santa Cruz, CA – Crepe Place
Dec 08 – Pomona, CA – VLHS
Dec 09 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Dec 10 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Dec 11 – Tucson, AZ – Topaz Tundra
Dec 12 – El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Saloon
Dec 13 – San Antonio, TX – Korova
Dec 14 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk
Dec 15 – Dallas, TX – Bryan St Tavern
Dec 16 – Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Cafe
Dec 17 – Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
Dec 18 – Atlanta, GA – 529
Dec 19 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
Dec 20 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
Dec 21 – Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong
Dec 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
Our House On The Hill out now on Woodsist
ORDER CD/LP/MP3 HERE
WHITE FENCE EURO TOUR 2012
27 nov, de Kreun, Kortijk BE (w/ Ty Segall)
29 nov, Dalston Victoria, London UK (w/ support: Dignan Porch)
30 nov, Les Ateliers, Brussels BE
1 dec, Vera, Groningen NL
2 dec, Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht NL (w/ Ty Segall, Night Beats, Nick Waterhouse)
3 dec Hafenklang, Hamburg GER
5 dec, Palace, St. Gallen CH
6 dec, Bombay Bar, Zurich CH
7 dec, Le Bourg, Lausanne CH
8 dec, Saint de Seins, Toulouse FR
9 dec, Cafe Pompier, Bordeaux FR
10 dec, Point ephemere, Paris FR
11 dec, Troc’afe, Strasbourg FR
12 dec, Area 51 , eindhoven NL
13 dec King Georg, Cologne GER
14 dec, West Germany, Berlin, GER
15 dec, Bakken, Copenhagen (DK)
16 dec, OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
WOODS FALL TOUR ROLLS ON
10/25 Dallas, TX – Club Dada %
10/26 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone %
10/29 Charleston, SC – Charleston Pour House %
10/30 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle %
10/31 Durham, NC – Duke Coffeehouse %
11/01 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter %
11/02 Washington, DC – Red Palace %
11/03 New York, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg %#
% = w/ Widowspeak
# = w/ Purling Hiss
THE BABIES SHARE NEW SONG, “GET LOST,” ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR
The Babies – Get Lost by WOODSIST
The Babies previously shared the song “Moonlight Mile” from their sophomore LP, Our House On The Hill. Now, you can hear a new song from their forthcoming LP called “Get Lost”. You can also catch The Babies on tour later this year.
Our House On The Hill out Novemeber 13, 2012 on Woodsist
11/13 Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory
11/14 New Haven – CTBAR
11/15 Montreal QC – Il Motore
11/16 Toronto, ON – Silver Dollar
11/17 Detroit, MI – Garden Bowl
11/18 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s
11/20 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
11/21 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
11/23 Kansas City, MO – Riot Room
11/24 Denver, CO – Hi Dive
11/25 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
11/26 Boise, ID – Neurolux
11/28 Portland, OR – Holocene
11/29 Vancouver, BC – Media Club
11/30 Seattle, WA – Barboza
12/01 Olympia, WA – The Northern
12/03 Reno, CA – Holland Project
12/05 Oakland, CA – 1-2-3-4 Go Records
12/06 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
12/07 Santa Cruz, CA – Crepe Place
12/09 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
12/10 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
12/11 Tucson, AZ – Topaz Tundra
12/12 El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Saloon
12/14 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
12/15 Dallas, TX – Bryan St Tavern
12/16 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Cafe
12/17 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
12/18 Atlanta, GA – 529
12/19 Durham, NC – The Pinhook
12/20 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
12/21 Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong
12/22 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
MV & EE AUTUMN TOUR 2012
10/20 Brooklyn, NY – Big Snow Buffalo Lodge *
10/21 Philadelphia, PA – M Room #
10/22 Charlottesville, VA – Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar %
10/23 Greensboro, NC – Glenwood Coffee and Books
10/24 Chapel Hill, NC – Nightlight (Chapel Hill)
10/25 Charleston, SC – Tin Roof
10/26 Athens, GA – Farm 255
10/27 Nashville, TN – The Stone Fox ^
10/28 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone
10/29 Austin, TX – Carousel Lounge
10/31 Houston, TX – Super Happy Fun Land
11/02 Tempe, AZ – Yucca Tap Room ~
11/03 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
11/04 Los Angeles, CA – Human Resources
11/05 San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern
11/06 Reno, NV – Holland Project
11/08 Portland, OR – Little Axe Records
11/09 Vancouver, BC – The Rio Theatre
11/10 Seattle, WA – Cairo
11/11 Boise, ID – The Red Room
11/13 Denver, CO – Lion’s Lair
11/14 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
11/15 Madison, WI – House Show !
11/16 Chicago, IL – The Burlington
11/17 Lexington, KY – Land of Tomorrow Gallery +
11/18 Cleveland, OH – Happy Dog
11/19 Toronto, ON – Silver Dollar
* = w/ Gap Dream, Herbcraft, Paperhead
# = w/ Herbcraft
% = w/ Tjutjuna
^ = w/ Wooden Wand
~ = w/ Eddy Detroit
! = w/ Spires that in the Sunset Rise
+ = w/ Jovontaes, David Daniell, Douglass McCombs
Space Homestead CD/LP is out now and available here
WOODS ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR / PREMIERE NEW VIDEO
Today Woods premieres the first video from the forthcoming album Bend Beyond, the Adarsha Benjamin-directed “Cali In a Cup,” filmed on Super 8 at and around this year’s Woodsist Festival in Big Sur, CA. The band launches a national tour in Atlanta on Sept. 26 where they will team up at various points with Widowspeak, Purling Hiss and The Walkmen. New West Coast dates have been added to the schedule as well.
WOODS BEND BEYOND TOUR
9/26 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *
9/27 Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom *
9/28 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel *
9/29 Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Fest / Grammers *
9/30 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls *
10/2 Toronto, Ontario – The Garrison
10/3 Ann Arbor, MI – Work Gallery
10/4 Chicago, IL – Subterranean #
10/5 Madison, WI – Der Rathskeller at Memorial Union #
10/6 St Paul, MN – Turf Club #
10/7 Iowa City, IA – The Mill #
10/8 Omaha, NE – The Sidedoor Lounge
10/9 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
10/12 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
10/13 Vancouver, BC – Media Club
10/14 Seattle, WA – Barboza
10/16 Oakland, CA – New Parish
10/17 San Francisco, CA – Preservation Hall $
10/18 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo $
10/20 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar $
10/21 Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriets
10/24 Austin, TX – Red 7 %
10/25 Dallas, TX – Club Dada %
10/26 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone %
10/30 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
10/31 Chapel Hill, NC – Duke Coffeehouse %
11/1 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter %
11/2 Washington, DC – Red Palace %
11/3 New York, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg %#
* with The Walkmen
# with Purling Hiss
% with Widowspeak
$ with White Fence
THE BABIES ANNOUNCE TOUR / NEW ALBUM THIS FALL ON WOODSIST
The Babies formed in Brooklyn in 2009 and feature Kevin Morby, Cassie Ramone, Justin Sullivan and Brian Schleyer. Originally conceived as a side-project outlet for Kevin and Cassie to trade song ideas and play house parties, the band has slowly grown into a full time affair, having done several stateside and European tours. After releasing a slew of singles, their s/t debut on Shrimper in 2011 and a 12″ collection of demos and rarities on New Images, the band is readying their follow-up album to be released on Woodsist in the Fall of 2012 with extensive touring to follow.
THE BABIES
7/6 – Seattle, WA – Cairo
7/7 – Portland, OR – East End Block Party
7/9 – Reno, CA – Holland Project
7/10 – Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden
7/11 – San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern
7/12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo *
7/13 – San Diego, CA – Casbah +
7/14 – Pomona, CA – Viva Pomona Festival ^
7/21 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands $
7/25 – Brooklyn, NY – Public Assembly (back room)
7/28 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
7/31 – Brooklyn, NY – Secret Project Robot
8/15 – Brooklyn, NY – McCarren Park / Summerscreen (early)
8/15 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool (late)
THE BABIES – “Moonlight Mile” by WOODSIST
THE BABIES LINKS: