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Going for Gold XXXIV

Read More Meg Mac On her last stop on the US tour with Clean Bandit was Melbourne's Meg Mac, complete with a full touring band. She's only met the session band since SXSW 2015 (about three weeks ago), but they were seasoned professional and ....

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Australian singer Meg Mac has released her new EP Live at Golden Retriever, which is not a “live album”, but a special five-track EP of some songs from her critically acclaimed #1 ARIA album Matter Of Time. Recorded at Golden Retriever studio in Marrickville over two days with Meg’s live band prior to the release of her album, the sessions captured unique live versions of the first few singles, as well as offering a sneak peak of new music that was yet to be released.

“The Golden Retriever sessions were so special because I had my sister Hannah and my brother Callum on backing vocals. We recorded everything live with the band and didn’t want to use any samples or tracks, so we had to come up with new arrangements for the songs” says Mac.

Also, apparently one of the song on Golden Retriever was co-written with Meg’s sister: “I wanted to have this big moment where I just belt something vocally, I was at her house about to go into the studio, and I asked her what she would do and she just belted out this crazy line with a really high note. She came with me to the studio and helped me track it later that day.”

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We did see Meg Mac live (with her band) in April 2015 when she opened for Clean Bandit: “On her last stop on the US tour with Clean Bandit was Melbourne’s Meg Mac, complete with a full touring band. She’s only met the session band since SXSW 2015 (about three weeks ago), but they were seasoned professional and had no trouble learning to play her songs for the US tour. As we have previously suspected, this was the young singer's first American tour, and her first time in Minneapolis.”

If you’re in Australia or New Zealand, Meg will be doing a tour, starting April 8, 2023.

Tour dates:

Apr 08 - San Fran - Wellington
Apr 12 - Hollywood - Auckland
Apr 14 - Anita’S Theatre - Wollongong
Apr 15 - Enmore Theatre – Sydney
Apr 16 - The Cambridge - Newcastle
Apr 19 – Altar – Hobart
Apr 26 - The Gov - Adelaide
Apr 27 – Melbourne Recital Centre – Melbourne
Apr 28 - Wool Exchange - Geelong
May 04 - Astor Theatre – Perth
May 05 - Settler'S Tavern - Margaret River
May 11 – Solbar - Sunshine Coast
May 12 - The Tivoli - Brisbane
May 13 - Tanks Arts Centre – Cairns

Read More Gold Panda Friday we have Gold Panda. The UK electronic artist is touring for his second album Half Of Where You Live, but expect a new EP on November 11th called Reprise…

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It’s been a while, but Gold Panda (aka Derwin Dicker) is back… and his album The Work, is out now on City Slang

The title of the album is literally a description of Gold Panda’s long six year of work:  “the work is something that’s used in my therapy a lot, and I hear it a lot in self-care and books about mental health - the work on yourself basically. Which I’ve done with therapy, running, pilates and an osteopath” he laughs. More succinctly though, he suggests that the last few years have primarily been about “self care and trying to put the work in on myself to see where I’m going wrong and why I might be depressed.” Also he adds “when my first daughter was born I found that transition really hard from not being the only person to look after - just taking caring of myself, not having time to do anything and managing my time, so I had to work on that too: there are loads of things the work can be about.”

With the new album, Gold Panda will tour in 2022-2023 to support the record:

Dec 1 - Sheffield, UK - Foundry
Dec 2 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
Dec 3 - Manchester, UK - Pink Room
Mar 1 - London, UK - Lafayette
Mar 2 - Bristol, UK - Lost Horizons
Mar 3 - Cardiff, UK - Clwb Upstairs
Mar 4 - Falmouth, UK - Cornish Bank

Read More Heart To Gold They have a month-long residency at the 7th Street, so here are the opening bands: Dec 1: Pierre , Harper’s Jar, and Heart To Gold …

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If there is a place to be, it’s at Heart to Gold’s very first headlining show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on December 6th. This is right before the band heads out on a national tour with Born Without Bones (which starts 12/08 in New Jersey).

The sold-out 7th Street Entry show will feature three local support acts: Gramma, killusonline and Lapdogs.

We’ve mentioned the band five times in various concert listing, but have never seen them live… perhaps that’ll change this December 6th.

Tour dates:

Dec 6 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Dec 8 Asbury Park, NJ, US The Saint
Dec 9 Brooklyn, NY, US The Broadway
Dec 10 Hartford, CT, US Webster Underground
Dec 11 Somerville, MA, US Crystal Ballroom
Dec 12 Philadelphia, PA, US Kung Fu Necktie
Dec 14 Lakewood, OH, US Mahall's 20 Lanes
Dec 15 Chicago, IL, US Beat Kitchen
Dec 16 Chicago, IL, US Beat Kitchen
Dec 17 Pittsburgh, PA, US The Mr. Roboto Project
Dec 18 Buffalo, NY, US Mohawk Place

Widows Gold
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South Californian quartet Widows Gold will release their debut album Love Drops, on January 27, 2023. You can already preview their singles, “Inside” and “Holy Rollers”, available on all streaming services.

Track Listing:

1. The Start
2. Tell Me
3. Inside
4. Never Had You at All
5. My Time to Talk
6. I Can’t Help You
7. Little by Little
8. Holy Rollers

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Going for Gold XXXIII

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Read More Choir Boy COLD CAVE + Choir Boy, Black Marble Turf Club Thu 06/07/2018 (7:30pm/$15) turfclub.net Philadelphia and New York City’s Cold Cave will be headlining the Turf Club on …

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Visual artist and musician Riki released her latest album Gold (featuring the single “Marigold”) on Dais Records, in December.

The reason we’re talking about the album is that you can hear it live with her upcoming shows, supporting Choir Boy.

Tour Dates

Mar 15 Denver, CO - Lost Lake +
Mar 17 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club +
Mar 18 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall +
Mar 19 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop +
Mar 21 Detroit, MI - Sanctuary +
Mar 22 Toronto, ON - The Garrison +
Mar 24 Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz +
Mar 25 Boston, MA - Sonia +
Mar 26 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg +
Mar 27 Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA +
Mar 28 Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery +
Mar 29 Richmond, VA - The Camel +
Mar 20 Durham, NC - Motorco +
Apr 01 Atlanta, GA - Purgatory +
Apr 02 New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa +
Apr 03 Houston, TX - Satellite Bar +
Apr 04 Austin, TX - The Parish +
Apr 05 Dallas, TX - Three Links Deep Ellum +
Apr 07 Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge +
Apr 08 San Diego, CA - The Casbah +
Apr 10 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop +
Apr 13 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore +
Apr 14 Seattle, WA - Crocodile +
Apr 15 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios +
Apr 16 Boise, ID - Neurolux +

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Read More George Ezra Young guitarist and singer George Ezra is back in Minneapolis to promote his sophomore album Staying At Tamara’s. We caught Ezra opening for Sam Smith in January 2015 and ....

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BRIT Award-winning, multi-platinum selling musician George Ezra announced his highly anticipated new album Gold Rush Kid. The 12-track LP is set to release June 10 via Columbia Records and is available to pre-order.

Ezra admitted that the album title “Gold Rush Kid” refers to himself, “The Gold Rush Kid? That’s me.”

We saw Ezra in Jan 2015, opening for Sam Smith, and we wrote, “The evening started on a high note, with bass-baritone voiced fellow UK up-and-comer George Ezra and band playing seven songs in a brief 30 min. opening set. The 21 yr. old guided his three-piece band playing selections from his debut LP, Wanted on Voyage (Columbia/Sony Records) which makes its U.S. debut (after being out in the UK and Europe since last June) today in record shops.

The lanky Ezra has a big, bluesy voice and lyrics that belie his young age, and sounds almost American, as his stated folk influences have been Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly and Howlin’ Wolf among others. Lead single, ‘Budapest’ received the predictably strongest response, but initial UK single and set opener ‘Cassie O’ and the closing ‘Did You Hear the Rain’ (folky with electronic loops) also had toes tapping and heads nodding.”

Read More Jeff Tweedy Jeff Tweedy the singer/songwriter of the super popular group Wilco will be playing the Pantages Theatre on Friday, Sep 21. British songwriter and performer James Elkington will be opening support for Tweedy. …

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Local supergroup Golden Smog returns to the stage, playing First Avenue this April 2nd and April 3rd. Thank god it’s not on April’s Fools Day.

The group features Jeff Tweedy (from Wilco), Gary Louris (from Jayhawks), Dan Murphy (from Soul Asylum), Kraig Johnson (from Run Westy Run), Marc Perlman (Jayhawks), and Jody Stephens (from Big Star).

Support for this show will be from Tina and the B-Sides and Kiss the Tiger for April 2nd, while Miloe will appear on April 3rd.

The show’s been rescheduled a few times, here is the details:

The Golden Smog show originally scheduled for April 4, 2020 has been rescheduled and will take place on April 2, 2022. All tickets purchased for the original date will be honored.

If you prefer a refund and bought tickets from AXS online, or if you’d like to exchange for tickets to the Sunday, April 3, 2022 show, sign into your account via the AXS app, or use the AXS Request Form. Otherwise, refunds are available at your original point of purchase. Please note: Refund or exchange requests for this show must be submitted by February 10, 2022.

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Going for Gold XXXII

In honor of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Read More Zella Day A dusky-voiced 20-year-old singer/songwriter from deep in the mountains of Arizona, Zella Day makes electro-charged, guitar-driven indie-pop that’s steeped in a magic of her own invention. . …

ZELLA DAY
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“Golden” is the brand new song from Los Angeles’ Zella Day.

Day explained the origin of the song, “The Genesis of ‘Golden’ happened as a tornado was tearing through Nashville and whispers of a global pandemic were evolving past a rumor. I was in Alabama writing with John Paul White as my phone was lighting up with messages from friends and family back home. I was supposed to drive back to Nashville that evening, but plans changed like the weather. In the stillness of the studio, ‘Golden’ was written communicating with powers beyond my control, expressing and coping with the magnitude of the situation by creating art; singing a melody into the moment to address its fragility and infinite beauty.”

“Golden” is a small preview of Day’s forthcoming sophomore album, due out this fall.

We saw Zella Day in July 2015 and wrote, “Zella Day is a force to be reckoned with. Her voice is more powerful than the emotional screamers and growlers that I'm typically listening to.”

Day will return to touring this Fall, just in time for her new album.

Tour dates:

09/08 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up
09/10 – 09/13 Redondo Beach, CA Beachlife Festival
09/12 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
09/14 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
09/15 Reno, NV Virginia Street Brewhouse
09/16 Napa, CA JaM Cellars Ballroom
10/01- 10/03 Austin, TX Austin City Limits

Read More Olympic Games If you're into Olympics Figure Skating, you probably know more about this than I do. The event is taking place from January 16 - 24 , 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in St Paul and Blooming …

GOLD OVER AMERICA
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MagicSpace Entertainment and AEG Presents/Concerts West will be bringing a high-energy, gymnastics-meets-pop-concert spectacular entitled Athleta Presents Gold Over America Tour to your city. The show will be headlined by the most decorated gymnast of all-time, Simone Biles. She’ll be joined by an all-star team of female gymnastic champions, including Laurie Hernandez and Katelyn Ohashi, spreading messages of empowerment and togetherness to inspire the next generation of athletes.

The tour kicks off in Tucson, on September 21, 2021.

09/21/2021 Tucson Tucson Arena
09/22/2021 Glendale Gila River Arena
09/24/2021 Anaheim Honda Center
09/25/2021 Los Angeles STAPLES Center
09/26/2021 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose
09/28/2021 San Francisco Chase Center
09/29/2021 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
10/01/2021 Boise ExtraMile Arena
10/02/2021 West Valley City Maverik Center
10/03/2021 Denver Ball Arena
10/05/2021 Oklahoma City Paycom Center
10/06/2021 San Antonio AT&T Center
10/08/2021 Houston Toyota Center
10/09/2021 Fort Worth Dickies Arena
10/10/2021 North Little Rock Simmons Bank Arena
10/ 12/2021 Kansas City T-Mobile Center
10/13/2021 Minneapolis Target Center
10/15/2021 St. Louis Enterprise Center
10/16/2021 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
10/17/2021 Chicago Allstate Arena
10/19/2021 Columbus Nationwide Arena
10/20/2021 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
10/22/2021 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10/23/2021 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
10/24/2021 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
10/26/2021 Duluth Gas South Arena
10/27/2021 Charlotte Spectrum Center
10/29/2021 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
10/30/2021 Newark Prudential Center
10/31/2021 Washington D.C. Capital One Arena
11/02/2021 Hartford XL Center
11/03/2021 Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport
11/05/2021 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
11/06/2021 Brooklyn Barclays Center
11/07/2021 Boston TD Garden

GOLDEN BOOTS goldenboots/bandcamp Arizona’s Golden Boots is the music project from Dimitri Manos and Ryen Eggleston. They are ramping up to the release of their full-length album in 2022… but in the meantime, they’ve released a cover of Alan Parsons Project’s “Eye in the Sky” (featuring Lonna Kelley on vocals) and a cover of Barely Bipedal’s “She Just Wanted to Watch the Sky”… seems like the Golden Boots are obsessed with the sky.

NATE MERCEREAU twitter/natemercereau Duets | Golden Gate Bridge is the new album from songwriter & producer Nate Mercereau. The concept is interesting, Mercereau decided to duet his music of his guitar against the “ghostly hum” given off from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Duets | Golden Gate Bridge came out July 19,/2021… so check out the bridge singing.

COLD WEATHER COMPANY coldweathercompany.com “Golden Hour” is the new single from New Jersey’s Cold Weather Company... taken from their Coalescence - Pt. 1 EP, via Deko Entertainment. What is crazy is that this fourth album will actually consists of three parts. Deko Entertainment Bruce Puciarello adds, “A perfect album, released in three parts, by three of Deko’s closest friends. It all adds up!”

GOLDEN SEALS thegoldenseals.com Ottawa power pop trio The Golden Seals’ latest song, “To Be or Not To Be (With Me)” is out now. Currently, the brand-new single has been added to the CBC national playlist in Canada and is available for streaming and for purchase on Bandcamp.

GOLD STAR goldstarlovesyou.com Phoebe Bridgers’ favorite band Gold Star (aka Marlon Rabenreither) will release his 5th album Headlights USA. The musician took a year and half off to write and record the album in different bedrooms and studio spaces all over Los Angeles. He enlists the help of friends and collaborators like Jordan Odom and Nick Murray. Headlights USA will be out August 4,/2021.

CAP CARTER capcarter.com Manila-born, Sydney-raised singer and songwriter Cap Carter just released his second single for “Gold”. Cap explains the song, “I wrote this two-and-a-half years ago, not knowing that I would be in the exact same spot as my father, trying to win my life back… I’ve experienced a lot of unresolved anger and trauma, and I made sure to let that out when we were doing the vocal takes.”

JIMMY ALLEN jimmieallenmusic.com Platinum-selling recording artist and and current ACM New Male Artist of the Year Jimmy Allen released Bettie James Gold Edition (BBR Music Group/Stoney Creek Records)… which featured multi-Platinum Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, philanthropist, entrepreneur and actress Monica and Little Big Town on the song “Pray”.

ZOLA zolaofficialmusic.com San Francisco’s Zola (not to be confused with South Africa’s Zola or Boston’s Zola or Zola Jesus) recently released “Glitter and the Gold”, taken from her forthcoming EP. According to Zola, the song is about “how family, community, and knowing yourself are more important than going to any party or signing any deal…”

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Going for Gold XXXI

Read More Leon Bridges Leon Bridges is also just growing as an artist and performer, becoming less shy and more confident on stage, than when he played SXSW this March, and opened locally for Lord Huron this April. …

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LEON BRIDGES
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Grammy Award-winning R&B recording artist and songwriter Leon Bridges will be releasing Gold-Diggers Sound on July 23, 2021, on Columbia Records.

We caught Bridges in October 2015 and wrote, “The 26 year-old has a hit album, Coming Home (Columbia Records) and entered the stage amidst shrieks and screams, in a dark suit and white buttoned up shirt, with his six-piece band in tow, including White Denim guitarist Austin Jenkins, who helped launch his big industry break. The elegant stage had rows of ruffled burgundy curtains as its backdrop and a series of seven back spotlights hung in a triangular pattern on lighted poles. Most songs were culled from the debut release, though a few new ones were peppered into the 70 min. set as well.”

Those songs were from his debut album, and with the forthcoming third album, it’s said that the “gold-diggers sound” is more like an R&B album that can only come from an all-night jam session.

Read More Hiss Golden Messenger North Carolina's Hiss Golden Messenger, American folk duo (MC Taylor and Scott Hirsch), recently announced their upcoming tour in support of Lateness of Dancers (Merge Records). Some dates are with Ben Howard. …

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER
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Grammy nominee Hiss Golden Messenger is releasing Quietly Blowing It this week (June 25) on Merge Records.

Bandleader, songwriter and lead vocalist M.C. Taylor is excited to return to touring this Winter/Spring in support of the new album. The new tour begins November 30th in Hummelstown, PA, before heading to Webster Hall in New York City on December 2nd.

Tour dates:

11/30 – Hummelstown, PA – The Englewood
12/02 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
12/03 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
12/04 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
12/06 – Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall
12/07 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
12/08 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
12/09 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
12/10 – Columbia, SC – The Senate
12/11 – Charleston, SC – The Pour House
02/03 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room
02/04 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
02/05 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
02/06 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
02/09 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
02/10 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
02/11 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
02/12 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
02/14 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
02/16 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
02/18 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
02/19 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
02/23 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
02/24 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
02/25 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
02/26 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial Vancouver
03/01 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
03/02 – Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth Room
03/03 – Fort Collins, CO – Venue TBA
03/04 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
03/05 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
03/07 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
03/08 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
03/09 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
03/10 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe
03/11 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
03/12 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl

WALLIE THE SENSEI twitter.com/WallieTheSensei Compton rapper Wallie the Sensei will be releasing his new mixtape Golden Child on Capitol Records on July 2, 2021. Fans got a taste of what’s to come with his preceding single, “Lamb”, featuring his one-of-a-kind rap flow that he’s known for. Also, on the upcoming album, he’s callaborated with Nebula Swavey, Prell, 42 Dugg, and Doley Bernays & Glockboyz Teejae.

ELISE ERIKSEN facebook.com/EliseEriksenOfficial Los Angeles emerging popstar Elise Eriksen just released her debut EP Golden Boy last week . Elise explains her 80s-inspired cautionary tale of the single “Golden Boy”: “'Golden Boy' started in my head as a super basic beat and some lyrics that my friend and I wrote in my bedroom. Now it’s going to be the focus song of my debut EP! Could not be more excited for everyone to hear it!”

FLY GOLDEN EAGLE flygoldeneagle.net Nashville/New York-based band Fly Golden Eagle announced their new album Almond Milk, out July 13, via Telefono Records. This will be the first release of 2021 and will be a double single and 7” limited print of two singles. The record was recorded at Niles City Sound in Fort Worth, Texas, studio home of Leon Bridges. We previously mentioned the band in 2014: “Fly Golden Eagle are currently on tour with J. Roddy Walston & The Business, in support of Quartz. We've seen J Roddy Walston live a few times, and Fly Golden Eagle are in for a good foot-stomping good time.”

TRIALOGOS trialogosofficial.com Stroh Zu Gold album by Trialogos marked the landmark 100th release from German label Exile On Mainstream Trialogos is an experimental/cinematic rock collective, featuring Conny Ochs, Sicker Man, and Kiki Bohemia. The band was formed during the dark early months of the Covid pandemic and their name was taken from the fairy tale Rumpelstilzchen. Ochs explains further: “‛Stroh Zu Gold’ is both an image and a quote from a famous and quite mystical German fairy tale by the name of Rumpelstilzchen. It embodies various rich imagery, one of them being a scene where a quite improbable task, turning straw into gold, needs to be accomplished. In fact, it is achieved through witchery.”

QUIVERS quiversmusic.com Golden Doubt is the new album from Melbourne’s Quivers. According to band members Holly Thomas and Bella Quinlan, the cancellation of their 21-date US tour (due to COVID), left them undeterred… but they want to get back to the world, when it returns to normal, as soon as possible. With that said, the band will be playing a number of Australian dates throughout August and September, in support of Golden Doubt.

GOLDWOMAN raegoldwoman.com Brooklyn-based artist Goldwoman recently released their self-titled Goldwoman LP. Although the singer/songwriter is based out of Brooklyn, she’s originally from New Jersey (it’s basically next door) and grew up in a musical family…. Learning piano, clarinet, guitar, and eventually bass. Goldwoman LP are a collection of songs written over a four year period, cronicling the musician’s evolution from college student to adult in a COVID pandemic world.

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Read More Ethan Gold Ethan Gold's album, Songs From a Toxic Apartment was released in January 11th, 2011, via his own label, Gold Records. I don't have the album for review, but I did like what I heard from the free song, "Come On Beat It Down", which sounds a bit like a poppy Elliott Smith. ....

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ETHAN GOLD
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We wrote about Ethan Gold in Feb 2011, when he released Songs From a Toxic Apartment on his label, Gold Records. We liked his cover of New Order’s “Age of Consent”.

The Los Angeles singer/songwriter released his new single “Our Love Is Beautiful” on May 29, 2020, taken from his forthcoming new double LP Earth City.

Regarding the song, Ethan Gold said, “I wanted to express global consciousness in a way that felt like a celebration. The song is about love — self-love, romantic love, and love in the largest universal sense. The video was made on an old iphone, going on a round-the-world trip as I was recovering from a head injury. People around the world delivering the words of the song. This is a big call for global consciousness, delivered as simply as I can.”

The music video features footage of Gold’s travel to Tokyo & Osaka (Japan), Hong Kong, Mumbai (India), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Istanbul (Turkey), Helsinki & Tampere (Finland), Vilnius (Lithuania), St Petersburg & Moscow (Russia), Mexico City & Patzcuaro (Mexico), as well as New York, Asheville, Cleveland, Nashville, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The rest of the clips were submitted by friends in various other countries.

KYGO
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Global superstar, producer and DJ, Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll a.k.a Kygo has released his third album Golden Hour on Sony Music International/Ultra Records/RCA Records. The album features such previously hit singles as “The Truth” with Valerie Broussard, “Lose Somebody” with OneRepublic and “Higher Love” with Whitney Houston. The latter song had more than 651 million audio/video streams and charted at the Top 40 radio stations.

“I was fortunate enough to work with some of my favorite artists and writers on Golden Hour,” said Kygo. “There are quite a few songs on the album where I had the chance to collaborate with our team. These are artists I believe in. Working with some of my favorite up-and-coming musicians really made these songs special for the album.”

GOLDEN SHOALS
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Nashville’s Golden Shoals (duo Amy Alvey and Mark Kilianski) is about to release their self-titled LP on Free Dirt Records (set for August 7th, 2020).

Talking about their song, “I’ll Fall In Love Again” (which you might think is about Amy and Mark), with Mark stating, “Rather than cutting off our friendship, we worked through those difficult feelings, became better friends for it, and I moved on to new loves. A couple of years after its inception, the song adopted a twist ending, turning the cliche country song trope of unrequited love on its head.”

AND IN GOLDEN DUO NEWS.....

LAYZEE GOLD instagram.com Ireland’s indie-pop music group Layzee Gold recently released “Me, Myself & I” on all major platforms, taken from their upcoming EP I Can’t Sleep. The four-piece ensemble made up of Philip Nolan, Jamie Nolan, Chris Nolan, and Roisin O’Keeffe, the group draws influence for their music from a mish-mash of expansive genres, including Sam Fender and Dermot Kennedy.

HEART OF GOLD facebook.com Manchester’s Michael McGough (best known for his work in rock-band Being As An Ocean) is in Heart of Gold. Heart of Gold’s new single “Midnight in Miami” and McGough explained his motivation in writing the song, “I wanna write a song that physically makes me feel something like these songs do. I wanna write a song that can transport you to a completely different place to where you’re currently at.”

TEDDI GOLD teddigold.com Caribbean-raised Teddi Gold is back with her second EP, titled Vol 2, set for release later this year. You can get a taste of Vol 2 with her single, “Confetti”, available on soundcloud and spotify.com

FERGUS intofergus.com London based alt-pop Fergus just released Young Tonight on Goldun Egg Records. Fergus described the song, “It’s a breakup anthem that pairs bitter lyrics with euphoric sounds as you cast off a heavy sentence and emerge, reborn, surveying the wreckage one last time before leaving it behind for good.”

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Going for Gold XXIX

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David Gray: Gold in a Brass Age Read More David Gray English singer/songwriter David Gray is currently on an intimate "Evening With"-type tour in support of his latest Mutineers (Good Soldier Songs). …

DAVID GRAY
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English singer David Gray just dropped his eleventh album Gold In A Brass Age via IHT Records / AWAL Recordings on March 8. In addition to the new album, Gray will be emarking on a world tour.

Check with Gray’s website for the complete tour schedule, we are only showcasing his US dates below:

05/24 Houston, TX Revention Center
05/25 Austin, TX ACL Live Moody Theatre
05/26 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
05/28 Atlanta, GA The Roxy Theatre
05/30 Washington, DC The Anthem
05/31 Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Opera House
06/1 Boston, MA The Wang Theatre
06/4 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
06/5 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
06/7 Toronto, ON Sony Centre
06/8 Akron, OH Akron Civic Theatre
06/9 Louisville, KY Palace Theatre
06/11 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre
06/13 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
06/14 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater
06/15 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
06/17 Denver, CO Ellie Caukins Opera House
06/18 Salt Lake City, UT Delta Hall at Eccles Theater
06/20 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
06/21 Vancouver, BC The Centre
06/22 Seattle, WA Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
06/24 Sacramento, CA Crest Theatre
06/25 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
06/26 Monterey, CA Golden State Theatre
06/28 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre
06/29 Mesa, AZ Ikeda Theater at Mesa Performing Arts Center
06/30 San Diego, CA Copley Symphony Hall

Baroness: Gold & Grey Read More Baroness Baroness captivated the audience through their fourteen song set and then finished with a much deserved two song encore. They played through songs that spanned their nearly ten-year career …

BARONESS
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Grammy-nominated Baroness (vocals/guitarist John Baizley, guitarist Gina Gleason, bassist Nick Jost, and drummer Sebastian Thomson) will be releasing Gold & Grey on June 14 via Abraxan Hymns.

Baroness found, guitar player and singer John Baizley said, “Our goal is, was, and will always be to write increasingly superior, more honest and compelling songs, and to develop a more unique and challenging sound. I’m sure we have just finished our best, most adventurous album to date. We dug incredibly deep, challenged ourselves and recorded a record I’m positive we could never again replicate. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to know Sebastian, Nick and Gina as both my bandmates and my friends. They have pushed me to become a better songwriter, musician and vocalist. We’re all extremely excited for this release, which includes quite a few ‘firsts’ for the band, and we’re thrilled to be back on tour to play these psychotic songs for our fans. Expect some surprises.”

The group is currently on tour with co-headliner Deafheaven (Zeal & Ardor to open on all dates):

03/18 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
03/19 Seattle, WA The Showbox
03/20 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
03/22 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
03/23 Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre
03/24 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
03/26 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
03/27 Denver, CO The Ogden Theater
03/29 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre
03/30 Madison, WI The Sylvee
03/31 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
04/2 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
04/3 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
04/5 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
04/6 Worcester, MA The Palladium
04/7 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall
04/9 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater
04/10 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
04/12 New York, NY Terminal 5
04/13 Philadelphia, PA Decibel Metal & Beer Fest

GOLD LIGHT + SNAKEMUSK
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Gold Light (stagename for Joe Chang) has teamed up with Snakemusk (stagename for Beau Campolong) to bring us Shadows In The Shallows. The record comes out on May 10, 2019, via Bailey Park Records.

The duo recently announced their first single, “The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter”, which you can hear on soundcloud.com

Shadows In The Shallows Track listing:

1. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
2. The Last Picture Show
3. Nobody's Baby
4. Papa Knows Best
5. Being Sweet
6. One Thing After Another
7. Heart Of Black
8. Release
9. Death

PHEEYOWNAH
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Swedish/Ugandan singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & dancer Pheeyownah recently released “Gold”.

Pheeyownah described the track as “a declaration of love. With a sci-fi atmospheric mood, it paints a vivid picture of two people who are dangerously in love.” She later adds, “It’s about the ups and downs of love, insecurities, self-doubt but also empowerment and finding the courage to be vulnerable without feeling less than or weak.”

Look for the track on her debut album Silver, available May 3rd on Labrador Records.

CAIRO GOLD
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Los Angeles native Cairo Gold is described as having a “sexy swagger and a sultry voice”. The urban pop singer came on the scene with her Cairo Gold debut EP in May 2018.

Cairo Gold’s latest release is a single called “Pleasure”, available now on Red Music. The single will be part of a forthcoming EP, look for it this Spring 2019.

The singer described the track as “a different meaning and level of importance to all of us but it's safe to say we're all seeking it.” She adds, “I had fun writing this song because I was able to admit my weaknesses without taking them too seriously. I am somewhat notorious for being addicted to all things love-sex-art so when I find a man/woman who gives me those things passionately I become addicted to the pleasure. Is that a healthy way of living? Who knows, but if that's the only question that comes to mind then you're missing the point!”

TOMMY ASHBY
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Scottish singer-songwriter Tommy Ashby recently released his new single “Cocoon”, taken from his forthcoming Golden Arrow EP (set for release April 2019 via Wow and Flutter Records).

The track is described as stripped down with a hypnotic vocals over piano chords. Look for the song to appear on Grey's Anatomy, Netflix's The Innocents and NBC's Midnight Texas.

Ashby tells us the origin of the song, “I wrote Cocoon in a beautiful little studio just outside Paris having been on the road for two months straight. I was there to record guitar for another artist, but snuck upstairs to one of the bedrooms and started tinkering on the grand piano in the corner. This was apparently the room where Nick Cave stays and I like to think some of his inspiration rubbed off, because the song just fell out in one go. Most of the single was recorded using my laptop microphone, super lo-fi! We tried to re-record the vocals and piano but the atmosphere just wasn't there, so the background sounds of the birds and water splashes stayed. I think this song captures a wee moment in time, which feels pretty cool.”

If you are in the London area, Ashby will appear at the The Slaughtered Lamb on April 10th.

SLUSH
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Brooklyn’s Slush (singer and guitarist Alex Boehm, bassist Joe Dahlstrom, and drummer Tom Barnes) recently announced their single “Golden Seam”, taken from their forthcoming album Lizard Skin (available March 29, 2019). The record was mastered by Bob Weston of Chicago Mastering, and will be pressed as a double LP on natural white vinyl.

The NY trio shared a confusing name with Wisconsin’s Slush, South Carolina’s Slush, Melbourne’s Slush, Canada’s Slush, and Chicago’s Slushy.

This Brooklyn-based trio formed/played together since 2012 (touring in and around the New York City area), and described as protopunk. I believe they were formerly known as Slushies and their debut record American Demons (under Slush) came out in 2016.

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Read More Mandolin Orange We caught Mandolin Orange's very first time in Minnesota in 2012. Thankfully that was in July and not January, otherwise the duo might not have decided to come back next, next Sunday, May 31st. ...

MANDOLIN ORANGE
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Mandolin Orange (aka Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz) will be releasing Tides of a Teardrop on February 1st, 2019, via Yep Roc Records. They’ve recently released the official music video and latest single called “Golden Embers” on youtube.com.

The band first came to our attention when we caught them live in May 2015 and wrote that they probably have never been here in the winter: “It was a pretty terrific turnout for Mandolin Orange's third time in Minneapolis. You can tell right away that the duo was nowhere from around here - citing that 61° was "cold". It's practically short shorts and tank tops weather here.”

Track listing:

1. Golden Embers
2. The Wolves
3. Into the Sun
4. Like You Used To
5. Mother Deer
6. Lonely All the Time
7. When She's Feeling Blue
8. Late September
9. Suspended in Heaven
10. Time We Made Time

GOLDEN DAZE
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Los Angeles-based duo Golden Daze (Ben Schwab and Jacob Loeb) will be releasing their sophomore album Simpatico via Autumn Tone Records. If you pre-order the album (set to drop on February 15, 2019), you can get the lead single “Blue Bell” for free.

Track listing:

1. Blue Bell
2. Amber
3. Flowers
4. Took A Fall
5. Lynard Bassman
6. Wayward Tide
7. Within
8. Sentimental Mind
9. Drift
10. Where You Wanna Be
11. Simpatico

DEARLING
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Denver-based quartet Dearling will be releasing their new EP Silver and Gold on February 22, 2019.

Fans in Colorado can actually get a copy of their EP early, on February 8th, at their EP Release show at Syntax Physic Opera.

Track Listing:

1. What I Don’t Need
2. Silver and Gold
3. Real Love
4. Champion

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Read More Highasakite Highasakite is a Norwegian indie pop band consisting of Ingrid Helene Håvik (on vocals), Trond Bersu (drums), Øystein Skar (synths), Marte Eberson (synths) and Kristoffer Lo (guitar, percussion and flugabone). …

HIGHASAKITE
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Norway’s Highasakite returned recently with a lead single called “Golden Ticket”, which you can hear now on soundcloud.com.

Vocalist Ingrid Helene Håvik describes it, “Norway’s funeral blues ... It’s a very famous verse, and was used a lot around the time of the Norwegian terrorist attacks [Oslo and Utøya, 2011]. The song is very much about escapism, both escaping yourself and the world; just wanting to get high and get out, basically.”

Tour dates:

18 May 2016 | The Great Escape
22 May 2016 | Whelan’s, Dublin
23 May 2016 | Deaf Institute, Manchester
24 May 2016 | Village Underground, London
26 May 2016 | Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam
18 June 2016 | Bergenfest, Bergen
24 June 2016 | Hurricane Festival
25 June 2016 | Southside Festival
28 June | Gleis 22, Múnster
29 June 2016 | Bi Nuu, Berlin
1 July 2016 | Roskilde Festival
17 July 2016 | Latitude Festival
12 August 2016 | Øyafestivalen, Oslo
19 August 2016 | Pstereo, Trondheim
20 August 2016 | Parkenfestivalen, Bodø

FOOL'S GOLD
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Fool's Gold recently announced their 2016 "Gold Gone Wild" North American club tour .... kicking off 5/5 in Denver, CO.

This year, it is headlined by Australia’s Tommy Trash.

Plus: Gladiator, Rome Fortune, Madeaux, Nick Catchdubs, Kittens and Shash'U.

Tour dates:

5/5 - Denver, CO - Beta
5/6 - Salt Lake City, UT - Complex
5/7 - Albuquerque, NM - El Rey Theatre
5/13 - Seattle, WA - Foundation
5/14 - Vancouver, BC - Celebrities
5/19 - Washington, DC - Soundcheck
5/20 - Orlando, FL - Tier
6/3 - Houston, TX - Stereo Live
6/4 - Dallas, TX - Stereo Live
6/9 - Chicago, IL - The Mid
6/10 - Detroit, MI - Populux
6/24 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
6/25 - Boston, MA - Ascend Nightclub

DESERT GOLD
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Ace Hotel & Swim Club's Desert Gold is happening right now!!

If you’re on the Palm Springs area, here are some upcoming programming courtesy of Desert Gold:

Wednesday April 20
The David Lynch Foundation: Meditative Yoga
Instructed by Mary Goodell
The Clubhouse
10am-11am

Burger Records
Amigo Room
9pm-2am

Thursday April 21
The Do-Over presents "The Kickback"
Amigo Room
9pm-2am

Friday April 22
Desert Daze presents L.A. Witch and Jeffertitti (DJ Set)
Amigo Room
10pm-2am

Saturday April 23
Meditative Yoga with Hazel Patterson
Sponsored by the David Lynch Foundation
The Clubhouse
10am-11am

Nancy Whang
Performance on Moog's System 55
The Clubhouse
2:30pm-3:30pm

FACE
Poolside
11am-5pm

FACE
Amigo Room
10pm-2am

SUNDAY APRIL 24
Meditative Yoga with Hazel Patterson
Sponsored by the David Lynch Foundation
The Clubhouse
10am-11am

The Gaslamp Killer and Daedalus
Performance on Moog's System 55
2:30pm-3:30pm

Fleetmac Wood DJ set
Poolside
12pm-6pm

The Do-Over
Commune
12pm-6pm

David Liebe Hart
Moroccan Patio
7pm-9pm

Stronghold
Amigo Room
9pm-2am

MONDAY APRIL 25
Waldo Goodbye Party
Poolside
12pm-6pm

THE GOLDEN GRASS
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Brooklyn’s psychedelic retro rock trio The Golden Grass is releasing Coming Back Again LP via Listenable Records. The record will be available on CD, limited edition colored vinyl and digitally now in North America and April 22nd in Europe.

In conjunction with the release, the Golden Grass is heading out on tour. See tour dates below.

4/22/2016 Nihil Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
5/04/2016 1000 Fryd - Aalborg, DK*
5/05/2016 Lygtens Kro - Copenhagen, DK*
5/06/2016 Kafe Deluxe - Vaxjo, SE*
5/07/2016 Plan B - Malmo, SE*
5/08/2016 Bassy Club - Berlin, DE*
5/09/2016 Limes - Koln, DE*
5/10/2016 Immerhin - Wurzburg, DE*
5/11/2016 7er Club - Manheim, DE*
5/12/2016 Rockhouse - Salzburg, AT*
5/13/2016 Le Coq D'or - Olten, CH*
5/14/2016 Cafe Tiko - Erfurt, DE*
5/15/2016 Kulturbahnof - Jena, DE*
5/16/2016 Projekt Lab - Poznan, PL
5/17/2016 Chmury - Warzawa, PL
5/18/2016 Underground 2 - Sosnowiec, PL
5/19/2016 Klub Luc - Trencin, SK
5/20/2016 Fuga - Bratislava, SK
5/23/2016 Exit Club - Dusseldorf, DE
5/24/2016 Haags Pop Centrum - Den Haag, NL
5/25/2016 Black Heart - London, UK
5/27/2016 Geber De Noble - Leiden, NL
5/28/2016 Freak Valley Festival - Seigen, DE

*w/ Travelin Jack

LANKS
lanksmusic.com

Melbourne’s Lanks (aka Will Cuming) recently released his new single “Golden Age”.

The DJ/producer is on tour with Melbourne’s up-and-comer Woodes (not to be confused with Woods).

The ‘Golden Age’ remaining tour dates:

27 Apr | The Small Ballroom - Newcastle, NSW
28th April | Moonshine – Manly, NSW
29th April | Brighton Up Bar – Sydney, NSW

OREO JONES
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Indianapolis’ Oreo Jones just released his new record Cash For Gold. The writing of the new record came after touring with hip-hop collective GhostGunSummer in the last three years.

“My life through music has evolved, and I feel like the wealthiest man when I have been given the opportunity to see the country and experience very amazing things through my art,” Jones says.

GOLD SPECTACLES
goldspectaclesmusic.com

London’s Gold Spectacles is a “baroque-pop duo.”

They have a debut EP called Flaws and Visions coming out May 27th, but you can preview their new single “Even” now on Soundcloud.com.

DOWNVEGA
downvega.com

Toronto imprint The Marigold Label asked us to talk about Chicago’s DownVega. The indiepop trio (producer Jimmy Con, vocalist Beccy Schneider and bassist Sam Lalk) recently released “White Zebra” ... which you can hear on Soundcloud.com.

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Read More Chvrches Scottish electronic band Chvrches is headlining Myth in Maplewood. They are promoting their latest album Every Open Eye, which came out earlier this September 2015, via Virgin/Glassnote. ...

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CHVRCHES
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We're big fans of Scottish band Chvrches. The trio has been busy with their massive headlining tour, but they recently gave us "Leave a Trace" song remixed by LA producer Goldroom. If you recall, we previously mentioned that Goldroom's real name is Josh Legg, who is also in a synthpop band called NightWaves.

Hear the song on soundcloud.com.

Chvrches tour dates:

12/30 -- Chicago, IL -- Reaction NYE
01/30 -- Singapore, Singapore @ Laneway Festival
02/01 -- Auckland, New Zealand @ Laneway Festival
02/05 -- Adelaide Sa, Australia @ Laneway Festival
02/06 -- Brisbane, Australia @ Laneway Festival
02/07 -- Sydney, Australia @ Laneway Festival
02/13 -- Melbourne, Australia @ Laneway Festival
02/14 -- Fremantle, Australia @ Laneway Festival
03/05 -- ParAhoy! Cruise
03/06 -- ParAhoy! Cruise
03/07 -- ParAhoy! Cruise
03/08 -- ParAhoy! Cruise
03/09 -- ParAhoy! Cruise

Read More Santigold Once upon a time, Santigold was called Santogold. That's all in the past, she is back in 2012, with Spin Magazine predicting her to be "one of 2012's pop queens". ...

SANTIGOLD
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Santigold (previously known as Santogold), became "Santagold" recently when she gave us a gift of letting us know that her third album 99¢ will be released worldwide on February 26th via Atlantic Records.

Regarding the title, Santigold commented, "We have no illusion that we don’t live in this world where everything is packaged... People’s lives, persona, everything, is deliberate, and mediated. It can be dark and haunting and tricky, and freak us out, but it can be also be silly and fun and we can learn to play with it".

Anyway, we're pretty sure the album will cost more than 99 cents.

99¢ Track Listing:

2 Can't Get Enough of Myself (feat. B.C)
2 Big Boss Big Time Business
3 Banshee
4 Chasing Shadows
5 Walking in a Circle
6 Who Be Lovin Me (feat. ILOVEMAKONNEN)
7 Rendezvous Girl
8 Before the Fire
9 All I Got
10 Outside the War
11 Run the Races
12 Who I Thought You Were

GOLDLINK
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GoldLink, aka D’Anthony Carlos, recently announced new US tour dates this upcoming Spring - kicking off in Los Angeles on February 26th and ending the tour in Atlanta on March 23rd.

Regarding his live shows, Billboard described it as as "a ball of limbs expanding and contracting with kinetic, uncontainable zeal."

Tour dates:

02/01/16 Auckland, New Zealand Silo Park
02/05/16 Adelaide, Australia Harts Mill
02/06/16 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Showgrounds
02/07/16 Sydney, Australia University Of Sydney
02/12/16 Sydney, Australia Oxford Art Factory
02/13/16 Footscray, Australia Footscray Community
02/14/16 Fremantle, Australia Esplanade
02/26/16 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda
02/27/16 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
02/29/16 Santa Cruz, CA The Atrium
03/01/16 San Francisco, CA Social Hall SF
03/04/16 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club
03/05/16 Seattle, WA Neumos
03/08/16 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social
03/09/16 Chicago, IL Chop Shop
03/11/16 Detroit, MI Populux Music Hall
03/14/16 Cambridge, MA Middle East
03/15/16 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
03/16/16 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
03/18/16 New York, NY Irving Plaza
03/20/16 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
03/21/16 Raleigh, NC King's Barcade
03/23/16 Atlanta, GA The Basement

BROKEN GOLD
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Broken Gold is an Austin-based four-piece, led by Riverboat Gamblers' guitarist Ian MacDougall. They recently announced a January tour.

Broken Gold's latest EP is called Turning Blue and is available now digitally and limited 7-inch vinyl via Chicken Ranch Records.

Tour dates:

01/03 Austin, TX @ The Belmont
01/07 Austin, TX @ Stubbs
01/09 Austin, TX @ Ground Floor Theatre
01/13 El Paso, TX @ Low Brow Palace
01/14 Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Taproom
01/15 San Diego, CA @ Til Two Club
01/16 Fullerton, CA @ Slide Bar
01/17 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
01/19 Las Vegas, NV @ Dive Bar
01/20 Albuquerque, NM @ Low Spirits
01/21 Dallas, TX @ Three Links

THE ARCS
thearcs.com

"Fools Gold" is a new exclusive track from The Arcs (featuring Black Key's Dan Auerbach). The song is available on the 30th Century Records Compilation Volume I, the first official release from Danger Mouse’s eclectic new label imprint under Columbia Records. The compilation was made available everywhere last December 18.

“Generally, Fool's Gold is made of iron or copper pyrites that are often mistaken for gold,” Auerbach told Rolling Stone in a statement about the track. “It has the same thrilling discovery, the same shiny luster and perceived weight as gold, but it isn't gold and when all is said and done, it has the same value as a hunk of shit. It's always been so easy to be a fool. We recorded this song at Easy Eye Sound in the summer of 2015. Honored to have it released on Brian's new imprint.”

30th Century Records Compilation Volume I Track Listing:

1. Apache Sun - Club Noir
2. Maybird - Big Sun Explosion
3. Autolux - Change My Head
4. Paper Morning - Mad As A Hat
5. Waterstrider - Soundless Sea
6. Sam Cohen - Lose Your Illusion
7. The Arcs - Fools Gold
8. Nine Pound Shadow - Melody
9. Bike - Enigma Do Dente Falso
10. Big Search - Please Do Not Explain
11. Jock Gang - Tell Me About It

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Read More Primus Primus’ first full-length studio album in nearly 20 years, ‘Primus & The Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble’ is out today via ATO Records. In support of their album, the definitive Primus line up -- Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde …

PRIMUS
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How would you like to see Primus live... FOR LIFE? That's exactly what you could do, if you are one of the five elusive Golden Ticket within five Golden vinyl for their album Primus & The Chocolate Factory.

What a great theme, obviously based around Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the 1964 children's book turned into two featured films. When asked about the title and homage, band leader Les Claypool said that the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder, was important to him, and confessed, "in some way, wanted to be Willy Wonka."

Primus & The Chocolate Factory is Primus' first LP in nearly 20 years, and is out how on ATO Records.

Primus & The Chocolate Factory Tour Dates

11/07 – Taft Theatre – Cincinnati, OH
11/08 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
11/09 – Hard Rock Live – Orlando, FL
11/11 – The Fillmore – Miami, FL
11/12 – Ruth Eckerd Hall – Clearwater, FL
11/14 – Hard Rock Live – Biloxi, MS
11/15 – The Moody Theater – Austin, TX
11/16 – The Majestic Theatre – Dallas, TX
11/17 – Majestic Theatre – San Antonio, TX
11/19 – Orpheum Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
11/21 – Orpheum Theatre– Los Angeles, CA
11/22 –Center For The Arts – San Siego, CA
11/23 –Fox Performing Arts Center– Riverside, CA
12/31 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA*
01/02 – Arlene Schnitzer – Portland, OR
01/03 – Paramount Theater – Seattle, WA

*annual New Year's show, without Chocolate Factory

Read More Fly Golden Eagle Fly Golden Eagle's Quartz is a 26-song epic, a collection of songs that join together to form a narrative arc describing a story that is sometimes vulgar, sometimes profane …

FLY GOLDEN EAGLE
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Quartz Bijou is the 26-song epic album from Nashville's Fly Golden Eagle.

"I wanted this album to be a real reflection of the whole band effort, of the vibes of us playing together," said band leader Ben Trimble. "I want people to listen to it and be able to feel the chemistry."

Fly Golden Eagle are currently on tour with J. Roddy Walston & The Business, in support of Quartz. We've seen J Roddy Walston live a few times, and Fly Golden Eagle are in for a good foot-stomping good time.

Tour dates:

11/06 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair#
11/07 - New York, NY - Stage 48#
11/08 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts#
11/14 - Nashville, TN - Grimey's In-Store
11/14 - Nashville, TN Stone Fox
11/15 - Nashville, TN - Queen Ave Art Collective
12/06 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club

# = with J. Roddy Walston & The Business

Read More Hiss Golden Messenger Hiss Golden Messenger's reissue of Bad Debt as an Expanded Edition on January 14th by Paradise of Bachelors Records; the album was previously released in 2010. The Expanded Edition …

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER
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North Carolina's Hiss Golden Messenger, American folk duo (MC Taylor and Scott Hirsch), recently announced their upcoming tour in support of Lateness of Dancers (Merge Records). Some dates are with Ben Howard.

Tour dates:

Nov 6/ Barboza/ Seattle, WA
Nov 7/ The Biltmore Cabaret/ Vancouver, BC
Nov 8/ Doug Fir Lounge/ Portland, OR
Nov 10/ The Crepe Place/ Santa Cruz, CA
Nov 11/ The Independent/ San Francisco, CA
Nov 13 / Masonic Lodge Los Angeles, CA
Nov 14/ Mountain Stage
Nov 18/ The Late Show With David Letterman
Dec 3/ 02 Apollo/ Manchester, UK#
Dec 4/ Civic Hall/ Wolverhampton, UK#
Dec 5/ Hare & Hounds/ Birmingham, UK
Dec 6/ Usher Hall/ Edinburgh, UK
Dec 7/ Olympia/ Dublin, Ireland#
Dec 8/ Olympia/ Dublin, Ireland#
Dec 10/ 02 Academy Brixton/ London, UK#
Dec 11/ 02 Academy Brixton/ London, UK#
Dec 12/ De Spot/ Middleburg, Netherlands
Dec 17/ Forest National Club, Belgium#
Dec 18/ Heineken Music Hall, Netherlands#
Dec 19/ Heineken Music Hall, Netherlands#
Dec 20/ Heineken Music Hall, Netherlands#
Feb 6/ Bleach/ Brighton, UK
Feb 7/ Independent/ Sunderland, UK
Feb 8/ Brundell Social Club/ Leeds, UK
Feb 9/ Stereo/ Glasgow, UK
Feb 10/ Deaf Institute/ Manchester, UK
Feb 11/ The Lantern/ Bristol, UK
Feb 12/ Bush Hall/ London, UK
Feb 13/ AB/ Brussels, Belgium
Feb 14/ Rotown/ Rotterdam, Netherlands
Feb 15/ EKKO/ Utrecht, Netherlands
Feb 17/ Privatclub/ Berlin, Germany
Feb 18/ Atlas/ Aarhus, Denmark
Feb 19/ Pustervik/ Gothenborg, Sweden
Feb 20/ John Dee/ Oslo, Norway
Feb 21/ Vega/ Copenhagen, Denmark

# w/ Ben Howard

Read More Liars Before the band took stage, Liars' Aaron Hemphill was getting Prince tattoos on his fingers in the green room. This say to me that they are massive Prince fans, and playing at the legendary First Avenue's …

LIARS
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I'm No Gold is the new single (out November 4th on Mute Records) by Liars. The song is taken from Liars' latest album Mess.

We saw the band live in Minneapolis in 2012 in support of their then-album WIXIM, and I noted that the band are massive Prince fans... even getting tattooed for the special occasion. Plus, the entire crowd was moshing and dancing to all the three-song encore.

I'm No Gold is out now.

Tracklisting:

1. I'm No Gold - Daniel Miller Mix
2. B-Side - Poison Bender
3. I'm No Gold - Nest Of Teens Remix
4. I'm No Gold - Album Version
5. C-Side - At The Mercy Of Her Mind
6. I'm No Gold - Thanks For The Remix Remix
7. I'm No Gold - Instrumental

Read More Martin Garrix Martin Garrix has a hit on his hands with "Animals". It's gone gold, when the song climbed to #32 on Top 40 radio (last year it charted on iTunes' Dance Single at #1). What's interesting to note …

MARTIN GARRIX
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DJ/producer Martin Garrix's debut EP Gold Skies debut at #1 on the iTunes Top Dance Albums Chart (earlier in July), and in typical remix culture, he's also releasing Gold Skies (Remixes) via Casablanca Records last month, with new remixes from his peers Tiësto, DubVision, and more.

This is one of the hottest DJ around, and he's young... expect him to stick around for a while.

Tracklisting:

1. Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix, DVBBS - “Gold Skies” [Feat. Aleesia]
2. Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix, DVBBS - “Gold Skies” [Feat. Aleesia] (Tiësto Remix)
3. Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix, DVBBS - “Gold Skies” [Feat. Aleesia] (DubVision Remix)
4. Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix, DVBBS - “Gold Skies” [Feat. Aleesia] (Ferreck Dawn & Redondo Remix)
5. Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix, DVBBS - “Gold Skies” [Feat. Aleesia] (Metrik Remix)

AND IN GOLDEN DUO NEWS.....

OH, BE CLEVER ohbeclever.com Salt Lake City duo Oh, Be Clever (Brittney Shields and Cory Scott Layton) made their debut in the UK with their new single "Paint Me Gold". Look for them to tour in Europe in Spring 2015.

IVY & GOLD ivyandgoldmusic.co.uk British duo Ivy & Gold (Rachel Wilkinson and Jamie Davies) released Smoke and Mirrors EP to a sold-out show at London's St Pancras Church last month. Look for the London band live this December 9th at Roundhouse Studio.

GOLDEN PONY thegoldenpony.com Brooklyn production duo The Golden Pony (Timothy Monkiewicz and Thomas Murphy) recently remixed Talking Heads' "Pyscho Killer" for Halloween. You can hear it on Soundcloud.

GOLDIE THORN goldiethorn.com Even more duo... Goldie Thorn (Reverend Thorn and Gold & Chain) are from London, by the way of Australia. Their single "Down Town Time" is out now on Cabana Records.

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