GOLDENBOY SET OUT ON SUMMER TOUR
PLAY WEST COAST AND DENVER UMS FEST



In continued support of the release of their fantastic lp SLEEPWALKER, GOLDENBOY announce new July show dates starting this weekend in Bolinas and wrapping back home in LA at Hotel Cafe on July 30.  Led by Shon Sullivan (Spain, Elliott Smith) Goldenboy will be hitting stages showcasing songs from their “gorgeous, dreamy, and fantastic" (First Coast News) lp 'Sleepwalker,' along with faves from Goldenboy's critically acclaimed previous lps 'Underneath The Radio' and 'Blue Swan Orchestra.'

After the release of 'Sleepwalker' earlier this year on Eenie Meenie Records, Goldenboy set out on a huge US tour which included a showcase at SXSW and dates up and down both coasts and many cities in between.  The ladies and gents of Goldenboy also shot some great footage of their time on tour which includes some cool, intimate offstage acoustic songs set in the homes of those with whom they stayed, available on Goldenboy's youtube link below.

Listen to 'Sleepwalker' in its entirety by clicking here

“Their live set will blow you away”- Examiner LA

“you need to make sure to see it [Goldenboy band]"– Willamette Week

“a commanding presence and showmanship so personable, it seemed they were playing just for you” - Examiner Chicago

“the immersive joy they displayed in their 11 song set solidified that they were absolutely in it for the music... Such a band with this particular love for song - songs that deserve their attention, and yours - is hard to come by" - TriangleArts


GOLDENBOY ON TOUR:
7/17 - Bolinas, CA @ Smiley's
7/17 -  San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah
7/18 - Eugene, OR @ Cozmic
7/19 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
7/21 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
7/23 - Denver, CO @ Skylark, UMS Green Room Music Source Showcase
7/24 - Denver, CO @ tba,  UMS
7/30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe

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DeLUNA FEST GETS SHINS, WEEZER, JANE'S ADDICTION FOR OCT FEST

DeLuna Fest CONFIRM THE SHINS, LEAK INITIAL 2011 Festival Line UP

WEEZER, JANE’S ADDICTION, CUT COPY, MATT & KIM,  BIG BOI AMONG THE 80+ BANDS

TICKETS, VIP PACKAGES NOW ON SALE

With the confirmation of The Shins being added to this year’s DeLuna Fest, organizers are leaking the initial the line up for the 2011 music event on Pensacola’s Gulf Coast.  More bands are still to be announced, but DeLuna has confirmed those already set to play stages on the sugar-white sands of Pensacola Beach include Weezer, Jane’s Addiction, The Shins, Cut Copy, Cake,  Stars, Matt & Kim, Big Boi, Cold War Kids, Ra Ra Riot, Manchester Orchestra, New Pornographers, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Wanda Jackson, and many, many more.  In all, over 80 bands will be part of the 2^nd year of America’s Original Beach Party which takes place October 13-16. 

DeLuna Fest’s six stages and waterfront hotels along Pensacola Beach will play host to national rock acts as well as regional Southern Rock superstars.  In addition to the hottest in today’s mainstream and indie rock scene, as well as seasoned headliners, performing artists will also be spinning poolside, while the very best in jazz and blues will be performing in a special tented venue.  After the main stage performances each evening, the fun continues with indoor club parties in venues along the shore.

In its inaugral year, DeLuna Fest was able to bring an economic boost to the oil-spill ravaged Gulf Coast with the hugely attended 2010 music event.  This year, Five Flags Tourism Group has partnered with Innisfree Hotel Group to make DeLuna Fest the Fall’s biggest music festival with over 50k+ expected to attend.  Festival goers can stay at any number of beachfront properties just minutes from the action.  In addition to general admission passes, attendees will be given the opportunity to purchase VIP ticket/hotel packages that include on-site lodging in beachfront hotels with balconies overlooking performance stages, special VIP-only events, and complimentary beverages.

Additional bands also confirmed for the 2011 DeLuna Fest include: Ladytron, Bettye Lavette, Hood Internet, Ghostland Observatory, Wallpaper, Kevin Devine, Bad Books, Constellations, Asobi Seksu, Little Death, Mute Math, Bear Hands, Stone Foxes, Royal Bangs, Dinosaur Feathers, PS I Love You, Sleeper Agent, BlackBells, Saints of Valory, JJ Grey & MoFro, Toubab Krewe, Infamous Stringdusters, THE War on Drugs, Robbers on High Street, Nicos Gun, Still Corners, Grouplove, Dirty Heads, Cowboy Mouth, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Parlotones, Motopony, K.Flay, The Listening, Honey Island Swamp Band, Kermit Ruffins, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Anders Osborne, The Revivalists, Griffin House, Nico Vega.

Watch for more bands to be announced by following http://twitter.com/delunafest

Tickets, hotel reservations, and packages available at http://www.delunafest.com/lodging.php

Press applications for festival coverage may be submitted at: http://www.delunafest.com/pressApp.php

Press inquiries to:  Sheila Kenny at Right On! PR   sheila@rightonpr.com

Sponsorship and booking inquiries to:  info@striketeamagency.com

http://www.delunafest.com

ALINA SIMONE DOES "APOCALYPTIC LULLABY" FOR BTR

Brooklyn's Alina Simone, originally from the Ukraine, plays folk music with a dark side. A powerful singer-songwriter, Simone here plays "Apocalyptic Lullaby" (from her new album, 'Make Your Own Danger') with her band on a balcony in Brooklyn. Official website for Alina Simone: http://www.alinasimone.com/

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
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.

SEE IT HERE!

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/

ALINA SIMONE TALKS NEW BOOK & LP WITH THE WALL ST JOURNAL

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304392704576375701336848170.html

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.

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

HEAR THE FULL ALBUM BY THE BLACK SWANS AT SPINNER

The Black Swans release their long-awaited new album 'Don't Blame The Stars' today as the 2nd release for the newly relaunched Misra label.  Head over to Spinner.com to hear the album in full.  Next month, frontman Jerry DeCicca and bandmate Tyler Evans will touring as a two piece showcasing songs from the new album along with back catalog faves.  See you out there!

 

6/3 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba *Record Release Show

6/9 – Brooklyn, NY @ Bruar Falls

6/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery

6/11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Shop

6/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Highwire Gallery

6/14 – New Haven, CT @ Café Nine

6/15 – Biddeford, ME @ The Oak and the Ax

6/16 – Northampton, MA @ Feeding Tube Records

6/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Coco66 –Northside Festival