James Elkington on Tour in the UK and EU.
Following his tour supporting Jeff Tweedy in January, James Elkington returns to the UK an EU for a headline tour in April. Don’t miss this first-ever solo tour of the continent.
NEWS
Uncut Reviews Bellowing Sun + MCA Chicago Performances Sell Out.
Thanks to Uncut Magazine for their kind and perceptive review of Mind Over Mirrors’ Bellowing Sun, as well as their inclusion of not one, but two album tracks, “Halfway to the Zenith/Oculate Beings,” on the covermount CD of the latest issue. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago performances on April 6–7 are now officially sold out.
Happy Release Day to Nap Eyes.
Nap Eyes’ new album I’m Bad Now is out today! The Ides of March are nearly upon us; grip a copy before it’s too late. “I went out walking with my headphones on/Classical Indian raga twenty minutes long/Then I listened to old American folk song/A little bit shorter, still a lot going on.”
Do Right Women: A Playlist.
Happy International Women’s Day. Female artists and colleagues are the heart and soul of PoB. Their talent and hard work amaze us daily, and they keep us from dragging our knuckles and inspire us to be better humans. It’s a shit business already, dudes, let’s stop making it even shittier for women.
Mind Over Mirrors Shares “Vermillion Pink” via Noisey, with Interview.
Mind Over Mirrors has shared “Vermillion Pink,” a new track that offers a dark, devotional take on the rhythmic drone music perfected on the upcoming double-album Bellowing Sun, along with an in-depth interview with Noisey, who call the album “so powerful, so alive, that it carries a meaning all its own.”
Jennifer Castle Brings Her Angels to Paradise.
The Canadian artist Jennifer Castle has long been one of our favorite songwriters, and we are ecstatic to welcome her, and her haunting, transcendent new album Angels of Death, to Paradise. Today, The FADER has premiered “Crying Shame,” the devastating first single from the album they claim “everyone will fall in love with,” which is now available to preorder.
Stream Nap Eyes’ I’m Bad Now via NPR Music’s First Listen.
Nap Eyes are streaming their new album via NPR Music and CBC Music ahead of its March 9th release. NPR praises the band as “masters of subtlety,” evocatively describing the most transparent and personal Nap Eyes’ album to date: “I’m Bad Now slithers through 11 tracks like a phosphorescent python, its diamond-shaped scales emitting both glimmer and gloom.”
Watch the Video for the New Nap Eyes Single “I’m Bad.”
Nap Eyes have unveiled the next single from their forthcoming album, I’m Bad Now. Accompanying “I’m Bad” is a video directed by Halifax-based filmmaker Seth Smith and inspired by Renaissance portraiture, which The FADER premiered today. Also, Uncut declares the album a masterpiece on par with the Go-Betweens, Belle & Sebastian, and Television.
Mind Over Mirrors Share “Zeitgebers” via The Quietus.
Mind Over Mirrors will release their massive new double album Bellowing Sun on April 6th. After premiering the first single “Matchstick Grip” with NPR Music, today the band shares their second single “Zeitgebers,” defined by an exuberant kosmische pulse, via The Quietus.
The Weather Station Nominated for a Juno Award.
The Weather Station’s critically acclaimed self-titled album, released in October, has been nominated for a Juno Award in the category of Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. Congrats to Tamara and the band!