NEW BEARD ANNOUNCE NY SHOWS
PREMIERE "I WALK THE STREETS" VIDEO

 

NYC's most exciting and strange new group NEW BEARD announce summer shows in support of their upcoming 'NEW BEARD CITY' LP co-produced by frontman Ben Wigler (Arizona) and Dungen's Gustav Ejstes.  You've never seen a band like New Beard.  With influences from Elliot Smith to Megadeth and Japanese folk, these bearded weirdos are:  a hobbit with the voice of an angel (Ben Wigler), a virtuousic electric tuba player (Tuba Joe Exley),  a singly named lefty guitar wizard (Yazan), a sax blasting girl (Maria Christina Eisen), and a Japanese-singing, uber-hyper drummer (Tony Waldman) whose percussive performances on a custom-made glow in the dark drumkit are genuine religious experiences.

New Beard play June 4 at Mercury Lounge at  6:30 giving you the chance to hear brand new album tracks and have the rest of the night to figure out just what hit you!  A June 22 show in Brooklyn offers the first opportunity to buy 'New Beard City' before its June 26 release on SHOULDER TAP RECORDS, and July 3 is the Record Release Party at Mercury where they will perform 'New Beard City' in full and early ticketholders can get free merch!  All info below. Press tix available.

Catch the video premiere of 'New Beard City' unreleased track "I Walk The Streets" via Magnet Magazine who say "Beautiful women, fake beards and regurgitation! New Beard’s video for “I Walk the Streets” has it all.  It’s wonderfully weird."    Watch it here:  http://bit.ly/LKT7bi

'New Beard City' lead single "Doom" featuring Gustav Ejstes of Dungen free MP3  http://shouldertap.com/tunes/NewBeard_Doom.mp3

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NEW BEARD LIVE!


June 4 @ Mercury Lounge,  6:30

http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/117901


June 22 @ Littlefield
**CDs available for purchase before the 6/26 release!
 http://ticketf.ly/LF8kdR


July 3 @ Mercury Lounge, performing 'New Beard City' in full
**bring your ticket stub from the Littlefield show and get a free CD or t-shirt!
 Tix on sale Friday June 1 at  http://bit.ly/LgqmVb

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“A Brooklyn band like no other you've ever heard” - TheMuseInMusic

“One of the year's best debuts” - ObscureSounds


“Strange yet enticing, Brooklyn-based band New Beard flies in the face of the antiquated notion of “genre”” - KUT

"The quartet showcases an enormous bag of tricks, and the orchestration has expanded to flutes, strings, tuba and the many manner of ways that express the kind of dreamy sadness Ben Wigler has made his own" - The Deli


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http://newbeardcity.com/

https://twitter.com/NewBeard

http://www.facebook.com/newbeard

Interview with Kurt Braunohler

Interview with Kurt Braunohler

Kurt Braunohler sits down with Bullseye's Jesse Thorn to discuss the myriad ways in which the conventions of the game show format are begging to be satirized, the serendipitous origin of Kurt & Kristen, and how they took one of our all-time favorite sketches, "Kristen Schaal is a Horse", to Australia's biggest stage.

Kurt's new show Bunk premieres Friday, June 8th at 10:30PM ET on IFC.

THE EASTERN SEA ANNOUNCE US TOUR

 PREMIERE NEW VIDEO FOR "A LIE"
PLAGUE ALBUM PRE-SALE BEGINS

   

Austin band THE EASTERN SEA announce US Tour Dates in support their remarkable new album PLAGUE due out June 26 on the WhiteLabBlackLab label.  An eight piece force to be reckoned with onstage, The Eastern Sea will be showcasing new album tracks as well as early fans favorites at Houston Free Press Fest on June 2, a record release show at Stubb's in Austin on June 22, two NY shows and more
- All Dates Below.

Frontman for the Austin band, Matt Hines, is quite the brewmaster and the fun and fast pace of the video for lead single "A Lie" is "Homebrew 101" set to the song Death Cab circa '00 never wrote with Ra Ra Riot + dogs, fires, dancing and real good times. Check out the Brittany Washington directed video for  "A Lie" here: http://vimeo.com/41597559

Plague is also now available for pre-sale with all early orders receiving an instant free download of unreleased track "Central Cemetary" as well as a full album download of Plague a week before anyone else hears it!  The Eastern Sea recorded the highly-anticipated 'Plague' over the course of nearly 2 years after the unforeseen eviction of the studio where they started the record forced the band to move to another studio which later found itself in the heart of the Bastrop fires, again forcing the band to move the recording to  temporary studios and homes across Central TX.  Plague was mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering (Bon Iver, Andrew Bird).
Pre-order here: http://theeasternsea.bigcartel.com/product/cd-plague


THE EASTERN SEA ON TOUR
6/2  - Houston, TX @ Eleanor Tinsley Park, Free Press Summer Fest, Stage 7 @ 1:30pm
6/22 -  Austin, TX @ Stubbs *CD Release Show* w/ Dana Falconberry
6/23 - Denton, TX @ Dan's Silver Leaf w/ Dana Falconberry
6/24 - Tulsa, OK @ Sound Pony
6/26 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
6/27 - Athens, GA @ The Georgia Theatre
6/28 - Annapolis, MD @ Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge
6/30 - New York City, NY @  Pianos *The Wild Honey Pie Presents
7/1 - Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands
7/6 - Houston, TX @ Mangos
7/7 - New Orleans, LA @ Carrollton Station w/ Vox and the Hound



Free MP3 download of "A Lie":   http://soundcloud.com/theeasternsea/a-lie


"Sonic bliss" - LA Music Blog

"Wistful and hauntingly beautiful" - Austinist

"Warm and gentle and gorgeous and lush" - Space City Rock

"For such a young band they aren't afraid to tackle some seriously complex music...Their songs are massive numbers but pleasantly restrained with plenty of room for the vocalists to paint a picture." -KUT

Official Website:  http://www.theeasternsea.com/
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/theeasternsea
Twitter:  http://twitter.com/theeasternsea

Kurt Braunohler's "Secrets Of America" 

visits the Brooklyn Bridge

Kurt Braunohler knows stuff. He knows stuff about animals, but that’s not all. He also knows stuff about America. Watch this informative video and you’ll know that the new IFC show “Bunk” is in the right hands of someone 100% completely qualified to judge it:

“Bunk” premieres on IFC on June 8th at 10:30 p.m. ET

"Real True Love"
video by Adam Epstein (SNL shorts)
starring Greg Barris (comedian, "Heart Of Darkness")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUY7IP0PkoY&feature=youtu.be

*Adam Epstein is an editor, writer and producer currently living in Brooklyn. He does lots of work for television including Saturday Night Live shorts. If you're interested in such things, see more at:  http://cargocollective.com/adamepstein

Greg Barris is a comedian in NYC.  He created, curates and hosts the hot monthly comedy variety show "Heart Of Darkness" at Union Hall.  His new album as Wigmaker's Son entitled "Greatest Tits" featuring Reggie Watts is out now.  http://heartofdarknessny.tumblr.com/

JONAH RAY ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION COMEDY 10” RECORD

“HELLO, MR MAGIC PLANE PERSON, HELLO” OUT MAY 15 ON ASPECIALTHING

JONAH RAY announces the release of his second comedy release, “HELLO, MR MAGIC PLANE PERSON, HELLO” out MAY 15 on ASPECIALTHING RECORDS (Marc Maron: WTF, The First 100 Episodes).   The LA-based comedian, known as co-host of the popular NERDIST podcast with Chris Hardwick and Matt Mira as well as a writer for THE SOUP, recorded the new material in front of a live audience at the NerdMelt Theater in LA earlier this year.  Jonah’s newest will be available as limited edition 10”  white vinyl, limited to just 500 copies, and includes dropcard for digital download.  Order “Hello, Mr. Magic Plane Person, Hello” at aspecialthing for $10 at http://www.astrecords.com/jonahray or digitally for $8 at amazon.com and iTunes.

In addition to his work at Nerdist and The Soup, the very funny Jonah Ray can be seen on COMEDY CENTRAL'S MASH UP later this year and at his weekly comedy show THE MELTDOWN at MELTDOWN COMIC BOOKS in LA with Kumail Nanjiani.  He has also written and/or performed on THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM, HUMAN GIANT, SUPERNEWS, ATTACK OF THE SHOW, COMEDY CENTRAL'S LIVE AT GOTHAM, WEB SOUP, and BBC AMERICA’s THE NERDIST.  He has also performed standup sets at SXSW, BUMBERSHOOT, and has the distinction of curating the comedy tent at FYF FEST.

www.jonahray.com