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Friday, October 6, 2017

Spotlight on @StSmurphs #REGGAE Artist

The latest spotlight feature is on the St. Louis reggae artist St. Smurphs. Posted below are a few exclusive tracks, plus sprinkles of his music and videos from all over the interwebs. He has additional videos on his Facebook page also.

- Stream : St. Smurphs - Di General

- Stream : St. Smurphs - Any Dance You Like

- Stream : St. Smurphs - You Can Say

- Stream : St. Smurphs - Lyrical Rhyme

- Stream : St Smurphs - Top YouTube Tracks

* (Featuring: "International Takeover", "Downpresser Man", "Message In A Bottle", "Having A Good Day", "Spiritual Warrior" & "Di General".)

- Listen to Telemundo by St (SMURPHINGTON) Smurphs #np on #SoundCloud

- Listen to Mary Jane by St (SMURPHINGTON) Smurphs #np on #SoundCloud

- Listen to Good Love by St (SMURPHINGTON) Smurphs #np on #SoundCloud

Follow St. Smurphs online:

Facebook
Twitter
Reverbnation
YouTube
Spotify

Music available for purchase at:

CD Baby - Track #7
"International Takeover"
iTunes

*For more Reggae & World music, stream this #STL #MUSIC playlist on Spotify HERE

Triple Feature: @KiairaHoward EP Release 10/13, @bandvulcan CD Release & @thievestokings EP Release 10/14

This Friday, October 13th  Kiaira Howard celebrates her 'RAW' EP Release in the Emerson Building at Harris-Stowe State University. This is a free show and is open to the public. The event starts at 7:00 pm. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. Also performing will be guests Josh Fulks Sr., Dre & Pam Duncan & Church. Visit the artists on this show below. Continue on down for the Sons Of Vulcan CD Release show and The Thieves To Kings EP Release Show.

Kiaira Howard:

https://www.facebook.com/khoward456/

Josh Fulks Sr. :

https://www.youtube.com/user/Jdrums11

Dre & Pam Duncan:

https://www.facebook.com/dreandpam/

Church:

https://www.reverbnation.com/church6

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On Saturday, October 14th Sons Of Vulcan 'Perimeter Gods' CD Release show happens at Just Bill's Place. Sharing the stage with them will be Tre Serpenti and Murder Machine. This show starts at 8:00 pm and is 21 and up. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. Check out music by all if the artists on below.  Then review the Thieves To Kings EP Release show portion of the article, if you like.

Sons Of Vulcan:

https://reverbmation.com/sonsofvulcan

Tre Serpenti:

https://treserpenti.bandcamp.com/

Murder Machine:

https://reverbmation.com/MurderMachine

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Also taking place on Saturday, October 14th is the Thieves To Kings 'Ascension'  EP Release at Pop's. Very recently, Rock Paper Podcast debuted two of their new tracks, plus a live song performance. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. The doors open at 7:00pm and tickets are $5.00 in advance or $8.00 day of show. It's an all-ages show, they incur a $2.00 minor surcharge. Support for the show is provided by Lights Over Arcadia, Seventh Sword, Robbing Jon and Silent Hollow. Feel free to visit the artists online at the links below. Tickets are available from the bands, as well.

Thieves To Kings:

https://www.facebook.com/ThievestoKings/

Lights Over Arcadia:

https://www.facebook.com/Lightsoverarcadia/

Seventh Sword:

https://www.facebook.com/SeventhSwordMetal/

Robbing Jon:

https://www.facebook.com/RobbingJon/

Silent Hollow:

https://www.facebook.com/silenthollow/

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Double Feature: @TogetherPangea @TallJuan @daddyissuesband 10/10 + @BlackPistolFire @BFGteets 10/11 @firebirdstl

On Tuesday, October 10th the unpredictable rockers that are Together Pangea (CA) come to The Firebird with support from Tall Juan (NY) and Daddy Issues (TN). This show is brought to you by Mike Judy Presents, plus it's all-ages and starts at 8:00 pm then ends by 11:30 pm. Tickets are  $15.00 in advance or day of show. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. Posted below are links to the artists on this show, plus more on Together Pangea. Followed by the second show feature with Black Pistol Fire happening the very next day.

Together Pangea:

http://togetherpangia.com

Tall Juan:

https://talljuan.bandcamp.com/

Daddy Issues:

https://daddyissuesband.bandcamp.com/

Los Angeles rock quartet Together Pangea released their highly anticipated new album Bulls and Roosters via Nettwerk in August. The album is available to stream and download now, and available physically on CD and 180-gram gatefold colored vinyl at http://togetherpangea.com/. Exclusive cd/vinyl merch bundles can be purchased from Together Pangea's PledgeMusic page HERE.

Listen to Bulls and Roosters

iTunes

Spotify

Apple Music

Amazon

Google Play

Physical

Stereogum announced Bulls and Roosters earlier this summer and premiered a music video for the album's infectious lead single "Better Find Out". Directed by Steele O'Neal, the video can be seen HEREConsequence of Sound premiered the album's second track "Money On It" ahead of the release of the of its quirky, DIY music video, which was directed by FIDLAR bassist, Brandon Schwartzel. Watch it HERE. Earlier this week, Clash Magazine treated fans to an additional early taste of new music with a premiere of track "Kenmore Ave."

Co-produced by Together Pangea and longtime collaborator Andrew Schubert, and mixed by Chris Coady (TV On The Radio, Beach House, The Black Lips), Bulls and Roosters was recorded to two-inch tape at Golden Beat studios in Los Angeles and showcases a more matured sound than prior efforts. "It's important to never make the same album twice... if there's any concerted effort from us, that's it. We wanted to try new things and experiment with making music that wasn't so aggressive or fast," said singer/guitarist William Keegan. "Rather than worrying about any expectations, we were like,'Fuck all that. Let's be as honest as we can possibly be.' Sure it's growth, but there's still a brattiness to it."

Next month, Together Pangea will embark on the Bulls and Roosters Tour in support of the album. The tour's North American Leg will kick off on September 14th in San Diego, CA and wrap on October 22nd in Santa Cruz, CA, and feature support fromTall Juan and Daddy Issues. A complete list of upcoming live dates and ticket information can be found  HERE.

"The rich vibes mixed with scratchy vocals show more of the continued evolution the band has been undergoing through 2014's Badillac and 2015's The Phage EP."  Consequence of Sound

"New album 'Bulls And Roosters' arrives on August 25th, and it gleefully pilfers from pop past to create something uniquely unhinged and hilariously fun." Clash Magazine

About Together Pangea

On their latest full-length album and first for Nettwerk, Bulls and Roosters, Together Pangea managed to hit a sweet spot between writing rock 'n' roll songs worthy of being hummed twenty years from now and maintaining the brash and ballsy bite fans know and love. Since they began jamming back in William's Santa Clarita bedroom, Together Pangea have continually challenged themselves with each subsequent offering. Jelly Jam [2010] poured the gasoline, Living Dummy [2011] struck the match, and Badillac [2014] lit the fire with its revved up nineties rock-inspired flames. Along the way, fan favorites like "Sick Shit," "Badillac," and "Offer" would rack up millions of Spotify streams. "Snakedog" became a plot point in a bonkers episode of NCIS and "Sick Shit" soundtracked a trailer for HBO's Animals, while the group received support from Consequence of SoundPitchforkMTVStereogum, and more. Following the 2015 release of The Phage EP, produced by The Replacements' Tommy Stinson, the boys independently embarked on the journey to what would become Bulls and Roosters. Now it represents their growth as a tried-and-true rock band with just the right amount of "brattiness," as they like to say.

http://togetherpangea.com/

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Then on Wednesday, October 11th the gritty-rockers Black Pistol Fire  (CA) and Blackfoot Gypsies (TN) also play The Firebird. The show starts at 8:00 pm and will end by 11:30 pm. This is an all-ages event. Tickets are $15.00 in advance or  $17.00 day of show. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook.

Black Pistol Fire:

https://blackpistolfire.com/

Blackfoot Gypsies:

http://www.blackfootgypsies.com/

ROCK DUO BLACK PISTOL FIRE RELEASE

NEW ALBUM DEADBEAT GRAFFITI

 LISTEN TO SINGLES  

"LOST CAUSE" AND "BULLY"

"These guys are a ferocious rush of rock 'n' roll energy."

- Grimy Goods

"Owen's pulsating rhythm and McKeown's flair for guitarmanship take center stage on "Deadbeat Graffiti," supplying eternally danceable tracks that will get even the largest curmudgeons tapping their feet. And where I find myself bonding with the music first on this occasion, the lyrics are so insanely catchy they become instantaneous earworms allowing every element of the band to shine."

- Wannabe Comic

"A fuzz-drenched caterwaul of a blues-rock duo from Canada beat and punched at each other like virtuosic old friends, driving the energy ever higher." 


- Chicago Tribune, Riot Fest 2017

"Sleep on these guys at your own risk, because what they did to BMI on Friday afternoon was unholy...leaving a trail of scorched earth and melted minds." 

- Consequence of Sound, Lollapalooza 2015

Black Pistol Fire's new album Deadbeat Graffiti is available now. This is the fifth full-length album from the high-octane rock band.

Black Pistol Fire is a Canadian-bred rock duo, currently based out of Austin, Texas and composed of guitarist/vocalist Kevin McKeown and drummer Eric Owen. Their untamed sound stems inspiration from garage-rock, hip-hop, R&B and classic rock. In recent years, they've earned a reputation for their powerful live performances in the festival circuit from Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, Sasquatch, Governor's Ball, and most recently Riot Fest, among others. Their upcoming tour includes a performance at Voodoo Fest in October.

According to the band, "our fifth album is a representation of our listening habits. It has a roller coaster effect, with many different tempos and influences ranging from garage-punk, to hip-hop, soul, and everything else that we may listen to on a given day. It is meant to act like a mixtape or Spotify playlist, where the listener won't know what'll hit them next!"

Recently Black Pistol Fire celebrated their new record with a hometown show at Emo's in Austin, Texas before kicking off their tour on October 10th, in support of Deadbeat Graffiti. They'll start in Missouri and end on December 8th in Nashville, with stops in Toronto, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, among others.  

For purchasing the album, concert tickets,

and more information on Black Pistol Fire visit blackpistolfire.com.

 



Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Blossom: By German Duo @MilkyChance Is Now Available. See Them w/ @GeneEvaroJr (CA) 10/10 @ThePageantSTL

The German duo Milky Chance come to The Pageant on Tuesday, October 10th. Also, scheduleed to appear is Gene Evaro Jr. (CA). This indie-folk, indie-pop show is all ages. It starts at 8:00 pm and ends by 11:45 pm. Tickets are $31.50 in advance, $35.00 day of show. Minors also incur a  $2.00 surcharge. Visit HERE for the event page on Facebook. Below is a link to Gene's music and more on Milky Chance, plus their website and social networks.

Gene Evaro Jr. :

https://www.geneevarojr.com/

MILKY CHANCE:

www.milkychance.net
www.facebook.com/milkychancemusic
www.twitter.com/MilkyChance
www.youtube.com/user/MilkysMusic
www.instagram.com/milkychance_official

Milky Chance shared a brand new video of their latest single “Blossom” via Republic Records just in time to return to the states for their U.S. tour. Check out video for “Blossom” which premiered on PaperMag.com HERE and the track HERE.

The multiplatinum-certified German duo reimagined and re-envisioned this delicate anthem. As a result, “Blossom” shuffles ahead on snappy drumming as the shimmering hook immediately takes hold, giving the track a whole new life. The original version can be found on the group’s second full-length album, Blossom—out now!
 
In addition, Milky Chance extend their stacked North American tour schedule with a series of high-profile festival appearances. They’ll be hitting the stage everywhere from Bonnaroo to Lollapalooza in 2017. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.
 

SOPHOMORE ALBUM BLOSSOM OUT NOW

Milky Chance have released their sophomore album, Blossom on Republic Records.
 
Blossom is Out Today - Available for Streaming and Purchase HERE.
Watch Visuals For The Title Track HERE.
 
Blossom was the first time we went into the studio with the intention to make an album, Sadnecessary was just us recording songs we worked on so we can play it to our friends without any expectations of a proper release.” recalls Clemens.
 
“After touring for almost four years on the back of this album we really wanted to create something with "Blossom" that is still "Milky Chance", keeps the mixture between melancholy, electronic and organic sounds but also captures our growth as musicians, songwriters and producers.”
 
“We locked ourselves in the studio and got rid of all expectations that come with a debut-album success. We were 19 when everything started so we've learned a lot about ourselves, developed a lot as musicians and went to places we've never thought we would go to, everything happened really fast. It was important to take some time off to realize what happened. All of this was very influential for us in making this record.”

 

BLOSSOM DIGITAL DELUXE TRACKLISTING
1. Blossom
2. Ego
3. Firebird
4. Doing Good
5. Clouds
6. Cold Blue Rain
7. Stay
8. Bad Things (feat. Izzy Bizu)
9. Cocoon
10. Losing You
11. Peripeteia
12. Alive
13. Piano Song
14. Heartless
15. Cold Blue Rain (Acoustic Version)
16. Alive (Acoustic Version)
17. Cocoon (Acoustic Version)
18. Ego (Acoustic Version)
19. Firebird (Acoustic Version)
20. Peripeteia (Acoustic Version)

Check Out The Band’s First Ever Interactive Documentary “Blossomentary” HERE
 
After worldwide success with their debut "Sadnecessary", Milky Chance is back with a new album. "Blossom" carefully expands the Milky Chance sound and presents a band at the peak of their creative power.

Let's start with the good ol’ chin-stroking question: how does the story go? It was high school, just before graduation. Sure, we were cool dudes, of course. But seriously, disregarding all the heroic stories, the Jacob Grimm School in Kassel was probably no different to any other. Over-achievers kept their noses firmly in the books, dreamers pined over the school beauty, and in the evenings you'd take your cheap drinks on a date to see the local student band. Everyone was preparing themselves for life in their own way.

Of course, there was a decisive difference at Jacob Grimm. While most student bands never even made it to the next city, Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch became international pop stars. You read that correctly. The two school friends wrote and produced a global hit album, seemingly “on the side”, while they were at the Jacob Grimm School, a dedicated senior high school in Kassel, North Hessen, Germany. They still graduated.

Two high school graduates from a West German city managed, with what appears to be playful ease, precisely what generations of German pop artists have been desperately trying to achieve: international relevance, success in the USA, sold out tours, the whole shebang. So what happened?

To answer this question, we have to dig a little deeper. After middle school, previously-unacquainted Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch switched to the aforementioned Jacob Grimm School and began an advanced course focusing on music. In the following months, Dausch and Rehbein played together in a band and bought a bus with friends, which they used to busk all around Europe. Most importantly, they met at Dausch's apartment in the after school hours to record some of the songs that Rehbein had been writing for a while.

In 2012, their last year of high school, they uploaded one of the songs to YouTube, where it gradually generating hundreds of thousands of views. Milky Chance, as Rehbein and Dausch were meanwhile known, started their own record label, pooled money from their circle of friends, got into debt, and released their debut album "Sadnecessary" on May 31, 2013. First, not much happened. It may always have stayed a charming, underground, self-realization campaign by a group of high school graduates from Kassel.

But it didn’t. Hidden at the end of the album was one song of the kind that many won't manage in the course of their entire career. "Stolen Dance" is a playful, folk-pop meditation carried by gently-plucked beats. It's about heartache and the transience of things. The song has a swinging, gentle groove and is dominated by the yearning expansiveness of Clemens Rehbein's voice – it's the Milky Chance sound. And this song, this first single, took on a life of its own alongside the album release. There's not enough space to list the almost unbelievable amount of records Milky Chance broke with "Stolen Dance". Among other things, the song has been viewed on YouTube over 300 million times, placed in the charts of nearly all pop countries, sold two million units in the US alone, and sold almost four million singles in total.

Keep in mind that all of this was completely self-organized. Without any kind of corporate backing, the DIY project of two high school graduates from Kassel became a global pop phenomenon. Rehbein and Dausch toured the USA for months on end. They played at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater, were guests on late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel, received an "Echo" award back home in Germany, toured through half the world, went gold with the album "Sadnecessary" and the singles "Down By The River" and "Flashed Junk Mind", and had stars like Jessica Alba and Miley Cyrus publicly proclaim themselves as fans.

In October 2016, the pair finally took a break. Two months in Kassel, family, friends, everyday life, and, of course, the question: what exactly happened? Right now, Rehbein and Dausch are still only in their early 20s, but they've tasted blood and never wanted to do anything except music anyway. Slowly, they needed to take the next step, wipe their mouths and continue. Not least because it would be wrong to reduce this band to "Stolen Dance".

This puts the classic at centre stage, an eternal cliché of pop music, which, unlike many others, is also true. You have a whole lifetime for the first album, but a year at most for the second. There was no old material to fall back on. There were a few ideas and pieces that came about during their three crazy superstar years, but the new and second Milky Chance album "Blossom" was essentially made from scratch.

Rehbein and Dausch's methodology stayed basically the same. Clemens wrote the songs, showed them to Philipp, he created a few beats, came up with sounds and samples, and then they continued working on it together. "When we made the first demos, our vision was to stay with our tried and tested style, but take a bit more of a handcrafted approach", says Dausch, which means more of their own samples, more "real instruments", more space. The Houdini trick "Sadnecessary" owed itself to liberalized production means thanks to the Internet, and increased technical possibilities. They needed nothing more than a MacBook, a guitar and an Internet connection.

It was different now. They met up with producer Tobias Kuhn in April 2016 after producing twelve demos at Dausch's house since February of the same year. Kuhn has written German indie history with his own projects and worked with big pop artists on their music. Since Kuhn was familiar with both sides, he was the ideal man for "Blossom".

"You have this cliché in your head that the producer will come and say 'This part doesn't work, we'll take it out, do it like this instead'", says Philipp Dausch. "It wasn't like that with Tobi. He's a very sensitive guy who also engaged with us as people, and really picked up on what was important to us and what wasn't". This was a first for Milky Chance, as they'd always done everything on their own. To now, at such an important point, hand over responsibility, even for content, was something that had to be learned.

However, the Kuhn/Milky Chance pairing proved to be a good one, especially when the direction became clear. "Essentially, the task was to gently transfer the basic vibe of the first album onto a wider chassis", says Rehbein. "As a matter of fact, we come from making music with instruments, there's a bit more of that in this album", he adds. Just like before, Milky Chance take the stage as a three-piece, which, aside from Rehbein and Dausch, includes guitarist Antonio Greger. And this component, the music’s feasibility in a live context, was consistently considered from the very beginning.

Thus, an album was created that gently expands the Milky Chance sound while staying true to the basic spirit of the music. In the town of Rothenburg, Milky Chance met with Tobias Kuhn at the Toolhouse Studio time and again throughout the whole year. In between, they played the odd concert at a festival, tested the songs in front of an audience, and carried the spirit of these performances into the studio. A more organic approach was developed than the first time around. Milky Chance relied on their gut feeling, letting things and ideas just happen. "There was no conceptual framework for 'Blossom', we approached the album song by song", says Rehbein. "We had faith that the whole thing would make sense in the end, because all of it is us and the songs were created in a particular phase".

It worked! "Blossom" is unmistakably Milky Chance, only an advanced version. "Ego" begins with an extremely smooth, gently bouncing 80s keyboard, but then quickly finds itself in a typical Dausch groove. Because that's what's special about this band – they had their own sound from the start. This comfortably-swinging relaxing element, paired with the streetwise, scratchy voice of Clemens Rehbein also permeates every note of the song "Blossom". It's music that doesn't see the sky as a limit, and is grounded at the same time.

The first single is carried by a unique guitar groove as only this band possesses. With "Cocoon", Milky Chance succeed at international pop, combining reggae, house, flamenco, pop, singer songwriter and folk. Sometimes they're reminiscent of Manu Chao, you can hear a little Jack Johnson, but the music is always principally one thing: Milky Chance. Born of a deep organic warmth and love. Because songs such as "Cold Blue Rain" always have a dreamy element, are minimalistic in the choice of their means, but are in effect spatially all-consuming.

This, of course, is due to the fact that Milky Chance rely on the power of the composition, such as in "Losing You", and also in the voice of Clemens Rehbein. The singer carries "Blossom" and gives the piece an ingenious moment. Then, Rehbein sings "Bad Things" over a house beat in a duet with the English singer Izzy Bizu, who brings another style to the album. Her voice permeates as if from a distant fairy tale land, filling our hearts with yearning and the belief that everything will be alright in the end.

Last but not least, "Blossom" is carried by a spirit of deceleration, the realization that sometimes, only the view to and from the outside helps. You could say it's escapism, but most of all, Milky Chance transport a gravity-defying pop-lightness that is not only rare in Germany, but unheard of. So the question of all questions is still: how the hell did such a thing happen in Kassel?

"Kassel is the place where we've learned to not get lost", says Rehbein. After the successes, extensive tours and countless human encounters, this is where they can relax and recharge their strength to continue, to focus on the essential, stay grounded. "Three months of touring the US feels like five years", says Dausch. "After that whole spectacle, Kassel is where we find our footing again with our family and friends."

They can enjoy the peace and quiet for a few more weeks, and then it's "crunch time", as they say, and they’re looking forward to it! Because that's what's special about Milky Chance: "The circumstances and conditions have changed, but we, as people, have not".


Monday, October 2, 2017

Automatic Empire Tour ft. @VNV_Nation @ivardensphere Comes To @BlueberryHillMO @DuckRoom On 10/10

Alternative Electronica group VNV Nation (Harrisburg, Germany) will be making a live appearance soon in the Delmar Loop at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room.  It happens on Tuesday, October 10th as they perform live along with the Tribal Industrial grouo IVardensphere (Edmonton, Canada). This is an all ages show. The show starts at 8:00 pm and will be 11:30 pm. Tickets are $20.00 in advance or $25.00 day of show. Minors incur a $2.00 surcharge. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook.

VNV NATION
Returns to North America For The Automatic Empire Tour
With Special Guests iVardensphere

Click Here To Purchase Tickets

VNV Nation will be returning to North America, performing the albums Automatic and Empires in a series of small clubs, with special guests iVardensphere. The Automatic Empire Tour kicked off on August 8th in Minneapolis, MN with a sold out show at 7th Street Entry and will wrap up on October 15th in Madison, WI at High Noon Saloon. In addition to Minneapolis, shows have already sold out in Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Brooklyn, and Richmond. Fans can purchase tickets now,  here: http://www.vnvnation.com.
 
When asked about what sparked the desire to perform Automatic and Empires in full in an intimate setting on this run, Ronan Harris said: “The idea came about when a small Youth Club asked if VNV would play a show to support their organization. We played it the night before a huge sold-out show in Munich. Quite a contrast. It was packed solid, we'd minimal lighting, a tiny stage, and it was like a trip back in time to our early shows. Raw, punk, in your face and energetic. I wanted a special set so I picked the two classic albums that older and newer generations of fans respectively regard as our best. We were inundated with fan requests to do it again so we did a one-off tour in Europe. Always intimate, stripped down shows in small clubs. People rarely get to see us like that and some of the songs are rarely played live so it's a unique experience. North American fans demanded it too so I decided to do it here too. No other reason other than because fans would love it and wanted the chance of a one-off show like this.”
 
VNV Nation is a European based alternative electronic project led by Ronan Harris in the roles of singer, songwriter, and producer.

Never content with fitting in a category, VNV Nation’s sound blends poetic and thought-provoking lyrics with a sound that ranges from melodic dance beats and indie-electronic anthems, to haunting ballads and post-classical soundtrack pieces. Their live shows are legendary for their energy and positive emotion, drawing a devoted fanbase from across the musical spectrum to sold out tours and headline appearances at festivals.

Over the course of the project’s career, VNV Nation has continued to reach new heights, with its last 3 albums charting top 10 on the European mainland. The last release Resonance produced with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra, charted respectively at #3 and #4 in the Billboard Classical Crossover and Billboard Classical Album Charts.

Harris was born in Dublin, Ireland and currently lives in Hamburg, Germany.

To learn more about VNV Nation, please visit:
 
Website: https://www.vnvnation.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/VNVNation
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VNV_Nation
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2u00F7z
 

The Full Stop: New Video By @mattpondpa And New Album Still Summer Now Available. He'll Be @firebirdstl 10/6 With @jnandez And #EmilyWallace

Friday, October 6th brings Matt Pond PA (NY) to town touring in support of his new album "Still Summer". He'll be accompanied  J. Fernandez (Chicago) and Emily Wallace  (STL). Visit HERE for the event details. This show is presented by The Ready Room, but it takes place at The Firebird. The event starts at 8:00pm and is an all ages show. Tickets are  $15.00 in advance and $17.00 day of show. Posted below is links to the artists, plus more information on the latest with Matt Pond PA.

* 10.06 - St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird (tickets)

- Visit Matt Pond PA online:

http://mattpondpa.com/

https://www.facebook.com/mattpondpa/

- Visit J. Fernandez online:

http://jfernandez.org

https://www.facebook.com/jfernandezsongs/

Visit Emily Wallace online:

https://www.facebook.com/EmilyWallaceTunes/

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Matt Pond PA Reveals "The Full Stop" Official Video 

New Album Still Summer out now on 131 Records 

Watch: "The Full Stop" video at New Noise Magazine or YouTube

Watch: "Rabbit" vide at YouTube

Watch: Matt Pond Pale Ale Behind The Scene video at YouTube

Listen: "Drive" by The Cars cover at Cover Me 

Watch: "Street Squirrels" video at Atwood Magazine 

Stream: "The Ballad Of Laura and Mike" featuring Laura Stevenson at Paste

Watch: "A Spark" video at Billboard

Stream: Double Freeture at Brooklyn Vegan

Stream: "Still Summer" at NPR

Recently Matt Pond PA has shared the official video for "The Full Stop" with New Noise Magazine. The video features Danielle Guldin and was directed by Jesse and Jamie Dufault. The track is from the band's new album Still Summer out now on Matt Pond's independent label 131 Records. About the video Matt Pond says:

Topless lip-syncing isn't an undertaking I ever thought I'd put on my resume. 

But we wanted to convey a genuine sense of intimacy with this short musical film. So we tried to choreograph and communicate with honest, true exposure. (I sincerely felt exposed.)

In these instances, it's about belief. Belief in the lyrics, belief in love and belief in your costar. 

Danielle Guldin came through. She was totally sincere. And for a few fleeting moments, we may have actually been in love. Jesse and Jamie Dufault shot the footage, with Chris Hansen flicking lights and flooding my bedroom with smoke. All of them shouting at me, all of them laughing at me. A classic in the long list of life's worthwhile humiliations. 

Still Summer is available to order now on LP and CD at the band's online store.

Matt Pond PA's fall tour in support of the album recently kicked off.The tour will make stops in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and more. Matt Pond says: 

"if anyone reading this has been hurt, disrupted or displaced by Harvey, you are welcome to be on the guest list for any of our Texas shows. (Please write a message to info@131records.com and we’ll make it so. You are most definitely on our minds as we hope for you all to persevere and eventually triumph.)"

Still Summer features the likes of Laura Stevenson, Laura Burhenn, Caroline Reese and Anya Marina. And of course there’s the copilots, Chris Hansen, Shawn Alpay, Mel Guerison and Kyle Kelly-Yahner, right there with him.

Along with Winter Lives, released in December 2016 by 131 Records, Still Summer will be the last album Pond releases as Matt Pond PA. Over time, a new track or take will be added to each — this is the never-ending conclusion of Matt Pond PA’s strange musical tour.

There will be more music. Yet the serious ones say summer only lasts so long. Soon there will be different titles, unfamiliar names, unforeseen sounds associated with Matt Pond. As if the beginning and the end were one and the same. 

Additionally, Matt Pond PA has teamed up with Louisville's Against The Grain Brewery to create a Matt Pond Pale Ale which is available now. The single-hop pale ale is mild and very crisp with juicy tangerine, earthy floral aroma and character. Matt Pond Pale Ale pairs well with wings, pizza and Matt Pond PA. The band has shared a video that captures a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Matt Pond Pale Ale. The video is available to share via YouTube. 

About the collaboration Against The Grain Brewery's Sam Cruz, Managing Member and Visionary says: 

"I’ve been a fan of Matt Pond for years. I jumped at the opportunity to work with him. We were connected through a mutual friend and met up while he was in town visiting. After sharing a couple of beers and having a friendly race with the LMPD in our souped-up Mustang, (which we won), I knew we were kindred spirits! This collaboration embodies the respect I have for his music and the connection craft beer inherently has with music. Matt Pond Pale is a grassy summer pale ale brewed with his new album, Still Summer, in mind. We’re honored to work with him and excited to share it with the world

Ghost Gardens: By @ElliottBROOD Is Now Available. Experience Them With @CurtisMcMurtry 10/9 @offbroadwaystl

Elliott Brood (Ontario) comes to Off Broadway on Monday, October 9th with special guess Curtis McMurtry (TX). This is an all ages show. Advance tickets are $10.00, $12.00 day off show. Minors incur a $3.00 surcharge. If you are under 18 you must be accompanied by an adult that is 21 or older. The event details can be found HERE. Visit the artists online fir more on them. You will find the latest on Elliott Brood below the artist links.

- Visit Elliott Brood online:

https://www.elliottbrood.com/

- Visit Curtis McMurtry online:

http://www.curtismcmurtrymusic.com/

**ELLIOTT BROOD'S 'GHOST GARDENS'**

     - LISTEN TO "DIG A LITTLE HOLE" -

"The band moves with the easy flow of musicians who know each other well, 
which in turn lends its rootsy songs lived-in authenticity." - NPR

"Most polished release to date of anthemic folk-rock, combining crunchy electric guitars and a variety of more rootsy instrumentation with catchy song hooks and epic sing-along choruses." - KEXP on 'Work and Love'

"Their songs overflow with catchy melodies propelled by jangly guitars 
and carefree harmonies." - Twangville

Hamilton, Ontario-based folk/alt-country trio Elliott BROOD's new album Ghost Gardens is out today via their longtime label home, Paper Bag Records. The band is also currently in the midst of a North American tour, which has U.S. stops in ChicagoDenverSan FranciscoLos AngelesBrooklyn and more.

Elliot BROOD is known for their brand of fuzzed-up roots music, which always makes for a captivating and frenetic live performance. That energy has always translates to the band's five acclaimed records. Their style has been called everything from 'blackgrass' to 'death country,' but those descriptions don't capture the transcendent heights of their unique approach to roots music.

'Ghost Gardens' title alludes to a phenomenon whereby the perennial gardens of houses and buildings having been abandoned or forgotten for years or even decades, continue to grow and reappear year after year, despite their original caretakers' absence.

The road to Ghost Gardens began with the rediscovery of lost demo songs from early in the band's career, nearly a decade and a half ago. The misplaced hard drive had long been forgotten in a garage sitting dormant in an old suitcase. The rediscovered recordings were demos and rough sketches of song lyrics and melody ideas. On Ghost Gardens, Elliott BROOD get to relive their past through a lens that is wiser both musically and lyrically.

In 2013, Elliott BROOD won a Juno Award for their World War One-inspired album Days Into Years. Over the course of their career they have been nominated for a total of five Juno awards. In 2009 they were shortlisted for the prestigious  Polaris Music Prize and in 2012 the band found themselves nominated for a Genie Award for their original song "West End Sky" that was featured in the film Grown Up Movie Star.

Elliott BROOD are Mark SassoCasey Laforet and Stephen Pitkin.

Ghost Gardens track list:

1. 'Til The Sun Comes Up Again

2. Dig A Little Hole

3. Gentle Temper

4. 2 4 6 8

5. The Fall

6. Adeline

7. The Widower

8. Thin Air

9. T.S. Armstrong

10. Searching

11. For The G