THE WOODEN BIRDS PREMIERE "TWO MATCHSTICKS" VIDEO
Following up the release of their "best damn self-produced" tour video which premiered on Crawdaddy, IFC.com hosted the exclusive debut of The Wooden Birds first video from their great new album Two Matchsticks. Created by Justin Goldwater at Slowmobile, the hand crafted "artfully menacing" video for the album's title track follows magical and colorful evolution and destruction of some very interesting wood.
The Wooden Birds have also been out showcasing new album tracks along with favorites from their outstanding debut Magnolia as well as gems from frontman Andrew Kenny's former band American Analog Set. They rocked a very memorable show in LA where friend Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) joined them on stage to sing album track "Warm To The Blade" (he also sings this as a duet with Kenny on Two Matchsticks). The Wooden Birds just wrapped their West Coast leg where they stopped for performances on both KEXP and Oregon Public Radio and are pausing for a short breath before hitting Chicago and the East Coast next week.
"One of the best albums of 2011" - Willamette Week
"a perfectly tailored record" - 4/5 AllMusic
"clear, unadorned lessons about life and love" - Pitchfork 7.3
"a superbly blended elixir of vocal harmonies and atmospheric twang" - Premier Guitar
Watch "Two Matchsticks" on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wvY3NXbEyA&
Hear The Wooden Birds' KEXP performance here: http://www.kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rID=33517
http://thewoodenbirds.com/
THE WOODEN BIRDS SUMMER TOUR
7/8 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout (21+)
7/9 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Brewery (21+)
7/10 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake (all ages)
7/11 - Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo (all ages)
7/12 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott (18+)
7/14 - New York, NY @ Mercury (21+, 8pm)
7/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rock Shop (21+)
7/16 - Washington, DC @ DC9 (all ages)
7/17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl (21+)
7/20 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk (all ages)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wooden-Birds/54720103553
http://twitter.com/thewoodenbirds
http://www.barsuk.com/bands/thewoodenbirds
REGGIE WATTS ROCKS CONAN, DOES 2 FREE NY SHOWS
Last night REGGIE WATTS again rocked Conan. Catch him this week at TWO FREE SummerStage shows in NY!
Wed June 22 @ Central Park *Comedy Central taping
Wed June 22 @ Central Park *Comedy Central taping
Friday June 24 @ Red Hook Park
MATT & KIM "BLOCK AFTER BLOCK" VIDEO MAKES MTV DEBUT
MATT AND KIM UNLEASH FLASH MOB-INSPIRED MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “BLOCK AFTER BLOCK”
Matt & Kim have done it again in their new video for “Block After Block”, the latest single off their album Sidewalks which premiered today exclusively on MTV and is now in rotation on MTV’s Hits and mtvU channels. The duo reunited with Jonathan Del Gatto, the director of their “Cameras” music video, to take the action-packed fun that is a Matt & Kim live show and bring it direct to the streets....Crowd surfing on the Brooklyn Bridge, performing in a Chinatown intersection, and taking over the NBC Rockefeller Plaza are just a few of the raucous scenes in M&K's new fun-filled music video.
WOODEN BIRDS PREMIERE TOUR VIDEO
Crawdaddy premieres The Wooden Birds new Tour Video this week, calling it "the best damn self-produced tour diary we’ve ever seen" and frontman/narrator Andrew Kenny "indie rock's Ira Glass"
The Wooden Birds are on tour now in support of the awesome new 'Two Matchsticks' LP. Click For Dates
Andrew Kenny takes his Wooden Birds to Brooklyn and back for a lobster dinner, some quality minor league baseball, an old school dance off with Broken Social Scene and also previews some of the new album, 'Two Matchsticks' (Barsuk). Featuring Andrew Kenny, Sean Haskins, Leslie Sisson, Matt Pond. http://thewoodenbirds.com/
The Wooden Birds are on tour now in support of the awesome new 'Two Matchsticks' LP. Click For Dates
Andrew Kenny takes his Wooden Birds to Brooklyn and back for a lobster dinner, some quality minor league baseball, an old school dance off with Broken Social Scene and also previews some of the new album, 'Two Matchsticks' (Barsuk). Featuring Andrew Kenny, Sean Haskins, Leslie Sisson, Matt Pond. http://thewoodenbirds.com/
WTF WITH MARC MARON HEADS TO PUBLIC RADIO
Marc Maron's sensational WTF podcast is heading to public radio. From the nearly 200 episodes of WTF With Marc Maron, a ten part series comprised of some of the most compelling interviews has been selected and edited for public radio with the help of The Sound Of Young America's Jesse Thorn and Nick White. The episodes will be distributed to public radio stations by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange, distributors of shows like The Moth and Sound Opinions. Among those WTF episodes set for airing are Maron's in-depth conversations with Conan O'Brien, Judd Apatow, Louis CK, Carlos Mencia, Margaret Cho and Robin Williams. For a full list, visit http://www.prx.org/wtf#episodes
With nearly 20 million downloads since its launch in September 2009, WTF With Marc Maron is nothing short of a phenomenon. The podcast regularly charts in the top comedy podcasts on iTunes and its enthusiastic and ever-growing audience includes not only fans of comedy, but those in the industry who hail WTF as essential listening. WTF With Marc Maron has been called a Must-Listen by The New York Times and Vanity Fair, and featured in Entertainment Weekly's "Must List" where it was called "a fascinating hour." Along with his many accolades as a brazenly honest and effecting, if not accidental, journalist who is capable of drawing out the most compelling stories from his peers, Rolling Stone also named Maron "One of the Funniest People" of 2011.
Maron, a legendary comedic writer and performer, who in addition to his bi-weekly podcasts, continues to tour as a stand up says, "It’s exciting that I could take the world I came from and bring it to public radio.”
WTF episodes are set to air on Chicago's WBEZ, WNYC in NY, KUT in Austin, KCRW in LA, with many more stations set to also pick up episodes.
Any stations interested in airing the show, or for more about PRX and the radio version of WTF, go to http://www.prx.org/wtf
Find more info on WTF, full episodes, photos, apps, dates for WTF Live and more at http://www.wtfpod.com/
The Big Jewcy: Alina Simone - Rocker And Writer by Jason Diamond | Jewcy.com
The Big Jewcy: Alina Simone - Rocker And Writer by Jason Diamond | Jewcy.com
Songstress/Author Alina Simone talks Russia, writing, stage fright and lists her 5 favorite Jews.
Songstress/Author Alina Simone talks Russia, writing, stage fright and lists her 5 favorite Jews.
ALINA SIMONE BRAINSTORMING SESH WITH EUGENE MIRMAN & STEPHEN ELLIOTT
ALINA SIMONE LIVE :
6/4 – New York, NY @ End of Century, Abe’s Penny launch, 7:30 (175 Rivington)
6/8 – Brooklyn, NY @ WORD, Largehearted Lit reading series, 7:30
6/9 – New York, NY @ Joe’s Pub *Book Release Show, 7pm, guest Amanda Palmer
6/13 – San Francisco, CA @ Make Out Room, Rumpus event, 7pm
6/14 – San Francisco, CA @ Alexander Book Company, 12:30pm
6/15 – Porltand, OR @ Record Room, 7pm *reading and performance
6/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ LA Public Library, 7pm, w/ Eric J. Lawrence
6/20 – Boston, MA @ Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
6/21 – Portland, ME @ Space Gallery
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