Smith Westerns will release Soft Will, the follow-up to their 2011 record Dye It Blonde, on June 25th (via Mom + Pop). The band recently shared the video for the album’s first single, “Varsity”, directed by Alan Del Rio Ortiz.
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[on repeat] Vampire Weekend//Ya Hey
[on the road] Ivan & Alyosha
The Seattle five piece are currently wrapping up a spring tour, and will head back out on the road to headline dates throughout North America this June. Upcoming tour dates below. The band is also pleased to announce an innovative partnership with premiere online shopping destination Gilt.com. It marks the first time in which Gilt has partnered with a band to sell their album and create exclusive content for the site.
MAY
28 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
29 – Lincoln, NE – Knickerbockers
30 – Columbia, MO – Mojos
31 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
JUNE
01 – Toledo, OH – Mickey Finn’s Pub
02 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
04 – Winston-Salem, NC – The Garage
05 – Wilmington, DE – World Café Live at The Queen
06 – Baltimore, MD – West Mt. Vernon Park (WTMD First Thursdays)
07 – Raleigh, NC – Kings Barcade
08 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Vinyards
09 – Charlotte, NC – The Stage Door
10 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
13/14 – Brooklyn, NY – Northside Festival
15 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
16 – New Haven, CT – Café Nine
19 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
20 – Montreal, QC – Il Motore
21 – Ottawa, ON – Zaphod Beeblebrox
22 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison
23 – Detroit, MI – Shelter
24 – Lansing, MI – Macs Bar
25 – Dekalb, IL – The House Café
26 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
28 – Fargo, ND – The Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs)
30 – Missoula, MT – Stage 112
SEPTEMBER
02 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
Make Music Pasadena 2013
This coming June, Downtown Pasadena will once again play host to one of my favorite music festivals — Make Music Pasadena.
Like previous years, the event is FREE and features quite the impressive lineup. In addition to thirty smaller performance areas, Make Music Pasadena will feature an eclectic five main stage lineup featuring popular acts from around the world. Confirmed acts includes Tanlines, Yacht, Robert DeLong, Hunter Hunted, We are Scientists, Taken by Trees, Simone White, Superhumanoids, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Tashaki Myaki, and a special headliner guest yet to be announced. Be sure to visit makemusicpasadena.org for more information, including the full artist lineup, festival maps, and transportation options.
[on repeat] Porcelain Raft//Silent Speech EP
Porcelain Raft (Mauro Remiddi) is hard at work on his follow up to 2012’s Strange Weekend, but in his spare time, he put together this excellent instrumental EP. Remiddi describes the process below…
“In September, I started recording my new album and the first thing I decided to do was sell all of my instruments. I didn’t want this record to sound anything like Strange Weekend so, to avoid any temptation, I sold almost everything…and got few new things. Most importantly, I got a modular synth.
I was spending my days recording a new record in the studio, and at nights found myself jamming on the modular more and more, obsessively recording everything I was doing.
I remember reading the sentence “Language is often a defense” and wanting to follow it, like a game.
The result of these late night sessions is an instrumental EP called Silent Speech, I hope you enjoy it.”
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