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HORSE FEATHERS COVER NIRVANA - ANNOUNCE U.S TOUR DATES (09/01/10)
Horse Feathers has been on the road for the majority of 2010 following the April release of their third full-length, "Thistled Spring". They closed their record release show in their hometown of Portland, OR with a cover of Nirvana's "Drain You" so powerful that the whole town was still talking about it days later! KRS made them jump into the studio between tours to commit this phenomenon to vinyl, and the result is a new 7": Drain You on the A side and a new original, "Bonnet of Briars", on the B side. It will be released on November 2nd, 2010
Horse Feathers continue their world tour this September with a month in Europe, followed by a full US tour in November with Anais Mitchell and in December with Y La Bamba.
US Tour dates:
November 2010
3 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
4 - Chicago, IL @ Schuba's
8 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ The Drake
9 - Montreal, QC, Canada @ Il Motore
10 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
11 - Boston, MA @ Middle East
13 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
15 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
16 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
17 - Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
18 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
20 - Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
21 - Charleston, WV @ Mountain Stage
December 2010
1 - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Media Club
2 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor
3 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
4 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
HAPPY RECORD RELEASE DAY GRASS WIDOW - NEW VIDEO! (08/24/10)
“Fried Egg” is the new video from Grass Widow’s new album, Past Time, out today on Kill Rock Stars! The video was created by Grass Widow's Hannah Lew:
Listen to Past Time in its entirety on AOL’s Spinner.com
Order your copy from us and get an instant download!!
To celebrate the release of Past Time, Grass Widow will be playing a special performance with the Grass Widow String Trio and Choir. STLS and Shannon and The Clams will also be performing, and there will be film projections from Oddball Films and Wu Li Leung.
Grass Widow Record Release Show
September 10, 2010
Cyclone Warehouse (1842 Illinois, SF, CA)
7pm
$5-&$10 sliding scale
All Ages
Upcoming Performances
aug 27 - Beijing, China - Great Wall Tanglewood Music Festival
sep 01 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland (w/ Ty Segall, Garotas Suecas)
sep 10 - San Francisco, CA - Cyclone Warehouse (w/ The Grass Widow Trio and Choir, plus STLS and Shannon and The Clams)
sep 14 - Eugene, OR - Wandering Goat (w/ STLS)
sep 15 - Portland, OR - Backspace (w/ STLS)
sep 16 - Olympia, OR - Northern (w/ STLS, Coasting)
sep 17 - Seattle, WA - Healthy Times Fun Club (w/ Coasting, Broken Water)
sep 18 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
sep 19 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 20 - Iowa City, IA - White Lightning Warehouse
sep 21 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
sep 22 - Kalamazoo, MI - The Strutt (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 23 - Chicago, IL - The University of Chicago (daytime show, 4:45pm set time)
sep 23 - Chicago, IL - Crown Liquors (nighttime show, 9pm show time)
sep 24 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
sep 25 - Haverford, PA - Haverford College (w/ Garotas Suecas – students only)
sep 26 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 27 - New York, NY - TBA
sep 28 - Brooklyn, NY - TBA
sep 30 - London, UK - The Old Blue Last
oct 01 - Brighton, UK - Cowley Club
oct 02 - Birmingham, UK - Out of Step
oct 04 - Manchester, UK - Trof NQ
oct 07 - Glasgow, UK - 13th Note
oct 08 - Sheffield, UK - The Red House
oct 13 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - John Peel Day at OT301
NEW THERMALS VIDEO (08/20/10)
Pitchfork debuted the brand new video for "I Don't Believe You". It was directed by Whitey McConnaughy and stars Carrie Brownstein.
Pre-order your copy of Personal Life now and get free buttons/posters AND an instant download of the record.
STLS ARE RELEASING A SEVEN INCH ON KRS - WATCH VIDEO AND PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY! (08/11/10)
STLS is two women performing drums – just drums. Lisa Schonberg (Explode into Colors, Kickball) and sts (The Haggard, Cadallaca) play standing up, facing each other, on two drum sets. Their sound is huge and their syncopations are rhythmically energizing and entrancing. Their drumming utilizes the tones and textures of the drums to play melodic patterns that recreate the dynamic structure of a typical pop song. The band was born out of an invitation by a friend to come to NYC and perform entirely percussion-based shows. STLS played their first shows at the Art Book Fair at PS 1 and at an art installation by Fritz Haeg, and have since continued to perform in interesting and unexpected settings, as well as the usual venues, in the Northwest, California, and NYC, often collaborating in performance with dancer Janet Pants.
Pre-order your copy of their seven inch here. Your download comes with two bonus videos!
August 2010
15 - Portland, OR @ Revival Drum Shop - PDX Drum Fair (also feat Janet Weiss & Sara Lund, Rachel Blumberg, J. Plummer, more)
September 2010
8 - Portland, OR @ Holocene - Seven Inch Release Party/Tour Kickoff - w. Palo Verde, AS/SS, Hot Victory, DJ Jen Olsen, DJ New Moon Poncho
10 - San Francisco, CA @ Cyclone Warehouse - Grass Widow Record Release show, at Illinois & Cesar Chavez
11 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
12 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echo Curio - w/ ige*timer, Mimes of Win
13 - Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand - w/ Jeepneys, more TBA
14 - Eugene, OR @ Wandering Goat Cafe - w/ Grass Widow
15 - Portland, OR @ Backspace - w/ Grass Widow
16 - Olympia, WA @ Northern - w/ Broken Water, Grass Widow
17 - Portland, OR @ Time Based Art Festival - w/ Janet Pants in Drum Machine
AN INTRODUCTION TO ELLIOTT SMITH (08/11/10)
On November 2nd Kill Rock Stars will release An Introduction to... Elliott Smith on CD and 180 gram vinyl. This album features fourteen tracks compiled from all seven of Elliott Smith's albums: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, Either/Or, XO, Figure 8, From A Basement on the Hill, and New Moon.
An Introduction to... is, as the title suggests, intended as an introduction to one of the greatest songwriters of our era. We hope this will enable new generations to learn about Elliott's music by providing a pathway for people to delve more deeply into his immensely satisfying catalog.
1 Ballad of Big Nothing - from Either/Or
2. Waltz #2 - from XO
3. Pictures of Me - from Either/Or
4. The Biggest Lie - from Elliott Smith
5. Alameda - from Either/Or
6. Between The Bars - from Either/Or
7. Needle In The Hay - from Elliott Smith
8. Last Call - from Roman Candle
9. Angeles - from Either/Or
10. Twilight - from From a Basement on the Hill
11. Pretty (Ugly Before) - from From a Basement on the Hill
12. Angel In the Snow - from New Moon
13. Miss Misery (early version) - from New Moon
14. Happiness (single version) - from Figure 8
Listen to “Between The Bars” from Either/Or
Elliott Smith was born Steven Paul Smith in Omaha, Nebraska on August 6, 1969. His father Gary Smith was in medical school at the University of Nebraska, and his mother Bunny was an elementary school teacher. When Elliott was one year old his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother to Dallas, Texas. That same year, his father was drafted, assigned to the U.S. Air Force, and sent to the Philippines as a physician. By the time Elliott was 5, both his father and mother had remarried and his father and stepmother moved to Portland, Oregon. From the age of four to thirteen, Elliott lived with his mother, stepfather and two half- siblings in Duncanville, TX (a suburb of Dallas). At fourteen, Elliott moved to Portland, Oregon to live with his father, stepmother, and two half-sisters. Elliott started to write and record songs at home in Portland on a four-track recorder. He attended Lincoln High School and graduated in 1987 as a National Merit finalist. While in high school he formed his first band, Stranger than Fiction. Elliott attended Hampshire College in Massachusetts and graduated in 1991 with a major in political philosophy. He then moved back to Portland and formed the band Heatmiser along with Neil Gust, his friend and fellow-musician from Hampshire College. Elliott released his first solo album, Roman Candle (Cavity Search), in 1994. He followed with the self-titled Elliott Smith (1995) and Either/ Or (1997), both issued on the independent label Kill Rock Stars. He also recorded three albums with Heatmiser in the early ‘90s: Dead Air and Cop and Speeder (both on Frontier) and Mic City Sons (Virgin/Caroline). In 1997 director and Portland resident Gus Van Sant used some of his songs in the film Good Will Hunting (Van Sant had been a friend and fan of Smith’s since hearing Roman Candle). One of those, “Miss Misery,” went on to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Song in a Motion Picture. Elliott performed “Miss Misery” on the Academy Awards telecast March 23, 1998. Elliott signed a contract with DreamWorks Records in 1998 and quickly released XO, his fourth solo album. That same year his cover of The Beatles “Because” was the end-credit song for the Academy Award winning film American Beauty. In 2000, Smith released his fifth solo album, Figure 8, to much critical acclaim. After the release of Figure 8 and subsequent touring in support of the record, Smith concentrated on writing and reworking more songs, many of which made up From a Basement on The Hill, which was released posthumously on Anti Records in October of 2004. Before his death on October 21, 2003, Elliott had realized his long time dream of building his own recording studio, New Monkey, located in Van Nuys, California. Kill Rock Stars released New Moon, in May 2007. New Moon is a double-CD collection of 24 songs recorded from 1994-97, during the period of the release of the self-titled album and Either/Or. KRS also reissued both Roman Candle and From a Basement on the Hill in April 2010, placing all of Elliott's independent catalog onto one label.
ANOTHER FREE GRASS WIDOW MP3! (08/05/10)
Listen to ""Fried Egg," a new song from Grass Widow's album Past Time, coming out August 24th on Kill Rock Stars!
Upcoming Performances
sep 01 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland (w/ Ty Segall, Garotas Suecas)
sep 14 - Eugene, OR - Wandering Goat (w/ STLS)
sep 15 - Portland, OR - Backspace (w/ STLS)
sep 17 - Seattle, WA - Healthy Times Fun Club (w/ Coasting, Broken Water)
sep 18 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
sep 19 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 20 - Dubuque, IA - The Lift
sep 21 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
sep 22 - Kalamazoo, MI - The Strutt (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 23 - Chicago, IL - Crown Liquors
sep 23 - Chicago, IL - The University of Chicago
sep 24 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
sep 25 - Baltimore, MD - Golden West
sep 26 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 27 - New York, NY - TBA
sep 28 - Brooklyn, NY - TBA
Listen to "Shadow" on Stereogum
Watch Grass Widow’s video for “Shadow” on Pitchfork! The video was created by Bay Area animator and filmmaker Owen Cook.
BRAND NEW MUSIC FROM THE CORIN TUCKER BAND (08/02/10)
The first track from the upcoming album from The Corin Tucker Band was released today! Listen to/download Doubt.
The album, 1,000 Years, will be released on October 5th and the band will be headed out on tour shortly afterwards:
October 2010
7 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater - w/ The Golden Bears
8 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox - w/ The Golden Bears
9 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall - w/ The Golden Bears
11 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall - w/ The Golden Bears
13 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey - w/ The Golden Bears
25 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club - w/ Hungry Ghost
26 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom - w/ Hungry Ghost
28 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church - w/ Hungry Ghost
29 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat - w/ Hungry Ghost
THAO AND MIRAH TO RELEASE AN ALBUM IN SPRING 2011! (07/28/10)
Thao and Mirah not only tour, they write and record together. The two fast
friends will cook up an entirely new batch of songs at San Francisco's famed
Tiny Telephone Studios with as many Bay Area friends as can be gathered.
Thao and Mirah will co-produce the album with dear friend and colleague
Tune-Yards (4AD). Eli Crews will engineer it. Tucker Martine will mix
it. Kill Rock Stars will release it. All are hopeful you will listen to it.
Thao and Mirah just returned from a triumphant collaborative U.S. tour. You can watch a great video of them performing the title track to Thao's last album Know Better Learn Faster here:
GRASS WIDOW VIDEO DEBUTED ON PITCHFORK - US TOUR ANNOUNCED (07/27/10)
This weekend Grass Widow will play a few shows on the east coast, including one with Sonic Youth at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY!
jul 28 - Providence, RI - AS220 (w/ The Avengers, Hot Box)
jul 29 - Boston, MA - TT and the Bears (w/ The Avengers, Pleasure Kills)
jul 31 - Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park (w/ Sonic Youth, Talk Normal)
Fall tour dates have also just been announced:
sep 01 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland (w/ Ty Segall, Garotas Suecas)
sep 14 - Eugene, OR - Wandering Goat (w/ STLS)
sep 15 - Portland, OR - Backspace (w/ STLS)
sep 17 - Seattle, WA - Healthy Times Fun Club (w/ Coasting, Broken Water)
sep 18 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
sep 19 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 20 - Dubuque, IA - The Lift
sep 21 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
sep 22 - Kalamazoo, MI - The Strutt (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 23 - Chicago, IL - Crown Liquors
sep 23 - Chicago, IL - The University of Chicago
sep 24 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
sep 25 - Baltimore, MD - Golden West
sep 26 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel (w/ Shonen Knife)
sep 27 - New York, NY - TBA
sep 28 - Brooklyn, NY - TBA
HORSE FEATHERS FILM A TAKE AWAY SHOW (07/27/10)
older news
THE THERMALS ANNOUNCE US TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF PERSONAL LIFE (07/27/10)
REUNION VIDEOS! (07/26/10)
NEW MARNIE STERN RECORD!! (07/22/10)
XIU XIU ANNOUNCE MORE TOUR DATES! (07/19/10)
QUASI DAYTROTTER SESSION (07/16/10)
THE CORIN TUCKER BAND ANNOUNCES EAST COAST TOUR (07/14/10)
HORSE FEATHERS ANNOUNCE FALL EUROPEAN TOUR (07/14/10)
XIU XIU + DEERHOOF PLAYING UNKNOWN PLEASURES AT NYC POOL PARTY! (07/06/10)
LISTEN TO THE FIRST MP3 FROM THE NEW THERMALS RECORD!! (06/29/10)
TWO MORE TEAM NATALIE BENEFIT SHOWS ADDED (06/28/10)
even older news archive
If you want to look at a big ol' list of all our older headlines, click here.
latest releases
Elliott Smith
An Introduction to Elliott Smith
The Corin Tucker Band
1,000 Years
