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Cover Lover: Amanda Palmer, Outshine, and Pterodactyl Problems

Read More Amanda Palmer I have to admit, Amanda Palmer puts on a very good live show. I knew what to expect, having seen her previously, but it was a different type of show at her appearance last night at First Avenue. This is one of the reasons why we love …

AMANDA PALMER
amandapalmer.net

I’ve always liked Dresden Dolls, so when Amanda Palmer went solo, I naturally followed her adventures. Every time I see her live, she always puts on a great show. I’ll never forget seeing author Neil Gaiman at one of my shows, and was shocked to see how chummy they were (I didn’t it until later, but they were dating at that time).

Palmer was down-under (in Australia), and covered Midnight Oil’s hit song “Beds Are Burning”, featuring Missy Higgins on lead vocals. The song was part of Palmer’s Forty-Five Degrees: A Bushfire Charity Flash Record, a charity album in response to the bushfire crisis plaguing Australia at that time.

If you like Midnight Oil, you’ll be pleased to hear that she also covered “Truganini”, featuring Montaigne. You can hear both of these songs on YouTube, go here for “Beds Are Burning”.

Track listing

1 My Favourite Things (Bushfire Edition)
2 Beds Are Burning
3 The Drover's Boy
4 Black Smoke
5 Suck It Up, Buttercup
6 Truganini
7 Solid Rock
8 Regional Echo

Read More Kavinsky Ever since I saw the trailer to Drive, I wanted to see the film. What I didn't know at the time was that the movie is directed by one of my favorite (new) director, Nicolas Refn, who did one of my favorite film a few years ago called Valhalla Rising. ....

OUTSHINE
outshineofficial.com

Sweden’s Outshine released their cover of “Nightcall” last month. We first heard the Kavinsky (featuring Lovefoxxx) song as the soundtrack to Nicolas Refn’s Drive in 2011. It’s a stand-out song that follows that Beauty & the Beast formula (a growly dark male vocals in contrast to a sugar sweet female vocal), and it works really well in that song.

It’s obvious that Outshine heard this song, liked it, but didn’t really want to include the nice girl-vocals, instead, making their version deliberately dark and dreadful.

A few years ago, we caught London Grammar in Feb 2015 was surprised to hear that covered “Nightcall” on their live set.

Prior to this, The Bluetones frontsman Mark Morriss covered “Nightcall” on his album A Flash of Darkness in 2013.

About the same time, Natalie McCool released “Nightcall” medley with “Real Hero” on her 2013 self-titled album.

There’s something about that song, I just can’t explain…

Read More Adele First up is Adele's 21 album has sold over 25 million records worldwide (10 million in the U.S. alone!). According to the press announcement, Adele is the only European female artist in history to earn this "Diamond Certification" …

PTERODACTYL PROBLEMS
pterodactylproblems.com

Toronto rockers Pterodactyl Problems released their cover of Adele’s “Hello” on Spotify on Valentine’s Day (Feb 14, 2020). You can listen to the song via show.co/pS57a7I or buy it on Amazon.

The band is described as genre-bending, genre-defiling… and apparently now gender-bending version of “Hello”. Overall, if you like the original song, you’ll like Pterodactyl Problems’ version - which played faithfully to the original song.

Adele at the Theatre De La Jeune Lune (02 Jun 2008)

It’s hard to believe how big and far-reaching Adele’s music have gotten. There was a time that no one’s heard of Adele. I had front-row seating to see the singer when she came through town in June 2008. Tickets were $17. My memory is bad as usual, but I don’t remember seeing a packed venue - but was told the show was sold out at 600 capacity. Still... that's a tiny number for someone like Adele. This was Adele’s first time in the U.S.A…

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London Grammar w/ Until the Ribbon Breaks at First Avenue, Minneapolis (03 Feb 2015)

tour poster London Grammar Setlist Hey Now Darling Are You Gonna Leave Me Shyer Wasting My Young Years Flickers / Help Me Lose My Mind Sights Stay Awake Nightcall (Kavinsky cover) Strong -- Encore -- If You Wait Metal & Dust Until the Ribbon Breaks Setlist 2025 Perspective Back To The Stars Spark A Taste of Silver Pressure Romeo Revolution Indifference Goldfish Tour Dates 02/06/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater 02/07/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater 03/05/15 Perth International Arts Festival 03/05/15 Perth, Australia Red Hill Auditorium 03/07/15 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Riverstage 03/09/15 Newtown, Australia Enmore Theatre 03/12/15 Moore Park, Australia Hordern Pavilion 03/14/15 West Melbourne, Australia Festival Hall 07/19/15 Carhaix-Plouguer Les Vieilles Charrues Read More London Grammar London Grammar were forced to postponed their November 2014 tour dates to January/February 2015 ... so if you've already purchased tickets to the original First Avenue show last November 22nd, you can use it to … Until the Ribbon Breaks British trio Until the Ribbon Breaks (Pete Lawrie-Winfield, James Gordon, and Elliot Wall) are currently in the USA, on tour with London Grammar ... on the long road to SXSW 2015 and Coachella 2015 .... Podcast W♥M234 (10 mins) We just saw London Grammar and Until the Ribbon Breaks at First Avenue last night, February 3, the review is coming; we have setlists for both bands ....

“As cool as the other side of the pillow—“

That catchphrase by recently departed ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott could easily be applied to UK electronic-pop trio London Grammar, who returned to Minneapolis and a near-capacity First Avenue, to deliver a stirring and sleek set of new British sounds.

Until the Ribbon Breaks

Cardiff, UK’s Until the Ribbon Breaks demonstrated a wide mix of music genres in their 40-min opening set: from cinematic pop to electronic, to rock, to hip hop.  The band spent most of the time in near darkness, because of movie projections on a screen behind them but the images enhanced their set, especially during the hip-hop verse portion of ‘Revolution Indifference’, their collaboration with Run the Jewels.

Pete Lawrie-Winfield

The trio (singer / guitarist Pete Lawrie-Winfield, keyboardist / percussionist James Gordon, and drummer Elliot Wall) was in very good spirits, despite the cold, snowy day.  Frontman Lawrie-Winfield addressed the crowded dance floor, "I can tell this is gonna be fun," then when the audience reacted positively to ‘Back To The Stars’, Lawrie-Winfield added, "You guys are amazing!  Is it a Tuesday? I don't even know what day it is."

After supporting tours for Lorde and Phantogram in 2013, Until the Ribbon Breaks seems to have built up a nice little fan base in North America. Right before "Pressure", Lawrie-Winfield asked the crowd, "Are you guys excited to see London Grammar?" the response from some girls up front was, "We came to see YOU!" Lawrie-Winfield didn't really know how to react, only to respond with "Now I'm blushing... let's do a song."

The majority of their set was taken from their brand new album A Lesson Unlearnt, which came out January 20^th (Kobalt Records), with a couple of b-sides from EP Taste of Silver (Universal/Republic).

After “unavoidable scheduling conflicts” caused a three-month delay in their return appearance to North America and to town, the anticipation was at a high as lights dimmed and shrieks were heard as London Grammar took to the stage for their hour-long headlining set with guitarist Dan Rothman and instrumentalist Dominic 'Dot' Major (keyboard, djembe, drums) emerging first, in the dark amidst a mood-setting instrumental intro.

Hannah Reid and Dot Major

Vocalist Hannah Reid soon followed, dressed in print pants and a white top that slightly bared her midriff, entering to roaring applause (and a cat call or two) from the crowd.

Rothman and Reid met at university in Nottingham in 2009 and clearly work well musically together, with Rothman’s delicate riffs setting the mood for Reid’s ethereal wails of beguiling range and comforting slight vocal rasp. Major, the multi-instrumentalist, keeps everything grounded and in check, easily gliding to and from keyboards, to everything rhythmic.

The stage was centered by a band backdrop and had nine freestanding lights that framed each member, though the series of back footlights that shone back into the crowd and above Vari-Lites, were used more frequently.

Setlist

The opening ‘Hey Now’ set the template for the evening- a slow to mid-tempo song with a build that took its time as Reid’s throaty vocal cooing guided the way.  ‘Darling Are You Gonna Leave Me’ felt like a delicate first crisp snow of winter, with ‘Shyer’ picking up tempo, but not losing any of the comfort of the band’s sound.

Referring to the “loads of snow” outside, Reid admitted she would probably “stay inside the house” but thanked the crowd for making the effort to see them.  Most songs were from their full-length debut, If You Wait (Metal & Dust / Columbia) including ’Flickers’, the first song Rothman and Reid collaborated on in Nottingham, deftly paired in concert with their Disclosure collaboration, ‘Help Me Lose My Mind’.

The trio’s cover of French Electro-clash/House artist Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ (best known from the Ryan Gosling movie, Drive) was playfully re-interpreted as more moody than the original, though no less appropriate to hear during a post-midnight ride in the car.  ‘Strong’, an empowering torch song and best known US single, closed the main set with aplomb.

Deviating slightly from the setlist, Reid emerged to start the encore bathed in a stark spotlight, for a stark ‘If You Wait’, the title track of the album, enrapturing the audience with an Annie Lennox-like vocal range and minimalist piano.

“It’s been a wonderful experience touring America”, guitarist Rothman noted before their final song, “it’s like nothing else”. “It makes you fall in love with music all over again”, he mentioned before the band launched into ‘Metal & Dust’, a burning electro-throb anthem with chorus, “We argue, we don't fight, Stay awake in the middle of the night.”

As the crowd filed back out into the frigid winter night, it didn’t seem to matter, as all were already exposed to a different sense of “cool” inside from the performances.

London Grammar at First Avenue, Minneapolis (03 Feb 2015)

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W♥M234: London Grammar and Until the Ribbon Breaks

W♥M234: London Grammar (10 mins) Read More London Grammar London Grammar were forced to postponed their November 2014 tour dates to January/February 2015 ... so if you've already purchased tickets to the original First Avenue show last November 22nd, you can use it to gain entrance … Until the Ribbon Breaks British trio Until the Ribbon Breaks (Pete Lawrie-Winfield, James Gordon, and Elliot Wall) are currently in the USA, on tour with London Grammar ... on the long road to SXSW 2015 and Coachella 2015 ....

We just saw London Grammar and Until the Ribbon Breaks at First Avenue last night, February 3, the review is coming; we have setlists for both bands, photos, and tour posters, so stay tuned.

In the meantime, you can listen to our first impression of the show via our podcast.

Until the Ribbon Breaks Tour Poster

One thing is for sure, we were impressed by Until the Ribbon Breaks' sound and fanbase (who stood in a line to meet & greet the band at the merchandise table at First Ave).

Until the Ribbon Breaks album A Lesson Unlearnt (1405 Records), was released last week, January 20th.

According to their tour poster, the band's last London Grammar date is at Fox Theater in Oakland, California. Remaining Until the Ribbon Breaks tour dates:

02/06/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater*
02/07/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater*
03/17/15 SXSW 2015
03/18/15 SXSW 2015
03/19/15 SXSW 2015
04/11/15 Coachella 2015
04/18/15 Coachella 2015

* with London Grammar

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Minneapolis: February 1 - February 3, 2015

Read More The Old 97's We caught The Old 97s earlier this year at SXSW, and also last year at the Fine Line Music Café, in Minneapolis, which Emily described singer Rhett Miller's vocals as nothing short of "fantastic and passionate." ...

Here are some shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul from February 1 to February 3, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

RHETT MILLER
at Turf Club
Sunday 02/01/15, 7pm ($20)
turfclub.net

Band leader/singer of The Old 97's Rhett Miller will be at the Turf Club on February 1st, 2015, with Salim Nourallah. Nourallah previously produced a few Old 97's albums, and he's normally in a band called Happiness Factor.

Rhett Miller has a few solo albums, the last release was The Dreamer in 2012 and the companion album The Dreamer (Acoustic Version) in 2013.

Solo tour dates:

Jan 30 Soiled Dove Denver, CO
Feb 01 The Turf Club St Paul, MN
Feb 02 Off Broadway St Louis, MO
Feb 04 SKETCHFEST San Francisco, CA
Mar 03 Sellersville Theater Sellersville, PA
Mar 04 Jammin' Java Vienna, VA
Mar 05 World Cafe Live Wilmington, DE

Read More Periphery The legendary traditions of progressive rock are not without critics. Detractors say the otherwise celebrated style lacks spirit. It lacks emotion. But Periphery smashed this misconception to bits across two full-length …

PERIPHERY
at Varsity Theater
Monday 02/02/15, 6pm ($19)
varsitytheater.org

American progressive metal band Periphery are back with a new record called Juggernaut... the record is so big that it was split into two albums, Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega, both coming out next week, January 27th, via Sumerian/Century Media.

The Juggernaut tour kicked off last week, January 10th and will continue to V-Day, February 14th. The band is coming to the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, courtesy of The Noise and 93x, this February 2nd, along with their guests: Nothing More, Wovenwar, and Thank You Scientist.

Juggernaut tour:

01/20/15 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
01/21/15 Mesa, AZ Club Red East Theater
01/22/15 West Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
01/23/15 Santa Ana, CA Yost Theater
01/26/15 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
01/27/15 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
01/28/15 Seattle, WA El Corazon
01/31/15 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
02/02/15 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
02/03/15 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
02/04/15 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
02/06/15 Toronto, ON Opera House
02/07/15 Montreal, QC Virgin Mobile
02/08/15 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert
02/09/15 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
02/11/15 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
02/12/15 New York, NY Irving Plaza
02/13/15 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore Silver Spring
02/14/15 Philadelphia, PA District N9NE
04/01/15 London, UK O2 Academy Islington
04/25/15 Welcome To Rockville
05/02/15 Carolina Rebellion
05/17/15 Rock On The Range

Read More London Grammar London Grammar is Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman, and their new EP is called Metal & Dust, coming to America on June 25th via Columbia Records. The EP collects their latest singles, "Wasting My Young Years" .... Until the Ribbon Breaks British trio Until the Ribbon Breaks (Pete Lawrie-Winfield, James Gordon, and Elliot Wall) are currently in the USA, on tour with London Grammar ... on the long road to SXSW 2015 and Coachella 2015 ....

LONDON GRAMMAR
at First Avenue
Tuesday 02/03/15, 7pm ($22)
first-avenue.com

Due to schedule conflicts, London Grammar were forced to postponed their November 2014 tour dates to January/February 2015 ... so if you've already purchased tickets to the original First Avenue show last November 22nd, you can use it to gain entrance to this upcoming February 3rd show.

The British electronic pop trio are out promoting their certified platinum record If You Wait, which came out in 2013 via Metal & Dust Recordings Ltd.

Opening up for London Gammar is another trio Until the Ribbon Breaks, who I previously mentioned were out on tour to promote A Lesson Unlearnt (1405 Records), a record that lands in shops today (January 20th).

Tour dates:

01/21/15 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
01/23/15 Montreal, QC Olympia de Montreal
01/24/15 Portland, ME State Theatre
01/26/15 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
01/27/15 New York, NY Terminal 5
01/29/15 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
01/30/15 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
02/02/15 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe
02/03/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
02/06/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
02/07/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
03/05/15 Perth International Arts Festival
03/05/15 Perth, Australia Red Hill Auditorium
03/07/15 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Riverstage
03/09/15 Newtown, Australia Enmore Theatre
03/12/15 Moore Park, Australia Hordern Pavilion
03/14/15 West Melbourne, Australia Festival Hall

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SXSW 2015 Preview: Twilight Sad, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Avid Dancer

Read More Twilight Sad The Twilight Sad are an indie rock band from Scotland, currently signed to Fat Cat Records. We've seen the band a few times live, including a recent appearance with fellow Scottish ....

SXSW 2015 is taking place March 17–22, 2015. We love this time of the year, as many bands heading down to Austin will likely stop in Minneapolis before or after the event. Keep up with more SXSW coverage at sxsw.weheartmusic.com.

TWILIGHT SAD
thetwilightsad.com

We like and have written about Twilight Sad many times here. The Scottish band will be in the States to promote Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave (FatCat) and also that they'll be on the road to SXSW 2015 this year.

Tour dates:

02/23 Boston, MA - Great Scott
02/24 Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right
02/25 Philadelphia, PA - The Boot & Saddle
02/26 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
02/27 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox
02/28 Chicago IL - Beat Kitchen
03/02 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
03/03 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium (Upstairs)
03/05 Missoula, MT - Stage 112
03/06 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
03/07 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03/08 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
03/11 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
03/12 Costa Mesa, CA – The Wayfarer
03/14 Phoenix, AZ - VivaPHX
03/17 - Mar 21 Austin, TX - SXSW

Read More London Grammar London Grammar is Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman, and their new EP is called Metal & Dust, coming to America on June 25th via Columbia Records. The EP collects their latest singles, "Wasting My Young Years" ....

UNTIL THE RIBBON BREAKS
facebook.com/untiltheribbonbreaks

British trio Until the Ribbon Breaks (Pete Lawrie-Winfield, James Gordon, and Elliot Wall) are currently in the USA, on tour with London Grammar ... on the long road to SXSW 2015 and Coachella 2015. As I have previously mentioned, we love it around this time of the year (Spring), because so many British bands are in the States for those two music festivals.

The UK band is promoting their upcoming album A Lesson Unlearnt, which is coming out next week, January 20, 2015.

Tour Dates:

01/21/15 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
01/23/15 Montreal, QC Olympia de Montreal
01/24/15 Portland, ME State Theatre
01/26/15 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
01/27/15 New York, NY Terminal 5
01/28/15 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade
01/29/15 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
01/30/15 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
02/02/15 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
02/03/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
02/06/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
02/07/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
03/17/15 SXSW 2015
03/18/15 SXSW 2015
03/19/15 SXSW 2015
04/11/15 Coachella 2015
04/18/15 Coachella 2015

AVID DANCER
aviddancerband.com

Avid Dancer is the stagename for Jacob Dillan Summers, who is happy to announce his first full-length 1st Bath on April 14th, 2015, via Grand Jury.

Avid Dancer will be playing every Monday for the month of February as part of month long LA residency at The Echo, warming up for his upcoming SXSW 2015 show and .... a spring North American tour. They have not confirmed the additional tour dates, but I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything.

Tour Dates

02.02.15 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA *
02.09.15 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA **
02.16.15 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA ^
02.23.15 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA #

* w/ Los Angeles Police Department + Northern American
** w/ Tapioca and the Flea + Caroline Smith
^ w/ Kera and the Lesbians + Captions
# w/ Haunted Summer + Light FM

BRIEFLY

ALEX WINSTON iamalexwinston.com We previously mentioned Alex Winston when she went on tour in support of Velvet Elvis in 2011. Winston is back, this time with an upcoming 7" called "Careless" (Neon Gold), due out February 10th, 2015. She's also confirmed for SXSW 2015. Can wait until March 2015? If you live in New York, you can see her at Neon Gold's Popshop at the Westway in New York this January 22nd.

REMI remiband.com Australia's Remi (full name Remi Kolawole) will be making his US debut at SXSW 2015. Recently the Guarding rallied behind Remi's song "Tyson", which they called "full of stylish swagger and nicely-controlled aggression not usually seen in chilled out skip-hop." Remi's US debut album is called Raw X Infinity, set for release April 2015.

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Minneapolis Music Guide: March 30 - April 5, 2014

Here is a guide of some Minneapolis (and St Paul) shows next week: March 30 - April 5.

Read More Perfect Pussy Perfect Pussy are a noise-punk band from New York. They are excited to be confirmed for NPR's SXSW Showcase on March 12th at Stubb's in Austin. As expected with many of these bands, they tour around SXSW, so the tour is …

MARCH 30: 7TH STREET ENTRY
Perfect Pussy w/ Condominium + The Miami Dolphins

Across the street at the Mill City Nights is Gary Numan w/ Big Black Delta + Roman Remains. John is covering the late 70s/80s icon... here's hoping he does his hit "Cars" song.

Zeal Hot Records

Opening up for Numan will be Big Black Delta and Roman Remains. The latter is basically The Duke Spirit (Liela Moss and Toby Butler), in support of their full-length album, Zeal, out now on Dhani Harrison (George's son)'s H.O.T Records Ltd.

Hopefully, if it works out, I'll be at 7th Street to cover Perfect Pussy. The NY band has been touring relentlessly in support of their acclaimed new album Say Yes To Love, which is out now on Captured Tracks. Lots of buzz for this band, especially from NPR, SPIN, Stereogum, NME, and, of course, Pitchfork.

Opening up for the Perfect P will be Condominium (read about them here) and The Miami Dolphins. I believe both bands are from Minneapolis.

Perfect Pussy's tour dates:

03/27/14 Calgary, AB Tubby Dog 03/28/14 Regina, SK German Club 03/29/14 Winnepeg, MB Dead Lobster 03/30/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry 04/01/14 Chicago, IL Township 04/02/14 Columbus, OH Ace Of Cups 04/03/14 Pittsburgh, PA The Shop 04/04/14 Brooklyn, NY Death By Audio 04/05/14 New York, NY Mercury Lounge 04/24/14 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs 04/25/14 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church 04/26/14 Washington, DC DC9 04/27/14 Richmond, VA Gallery 5

04/28/14 Raleigh, NC King's Barcade 04/29/14 Atlanta, GA The Mammal Gallery 04/30/14 Birmingham, AL BottleTree 05/01/14 Cambridge, MA Middle East Upstairs 05/02/14 Cambridge, MA Senior House MIT 05/03/14 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas 05/05/14 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory 05/06/14 St. Louis, MO Melt 05/07/14 Omaha, NE Sweatshop Gallery 05/08/14 Iowa City, IA Gabe's 05/09/14 Kalamazoo, MI Shakespeares Lower Level 05/10/14 Detroit, MI Trumbullplex Theatre 05/30/14 La Jolla, CA Che Cafe Collective 07/20/14 Pitchfork Music Festival

Read More Boy & Bear Boy & Bear is a band from Sydney, Australia. It started in 2009 as a solo project for singer/songwriter Dave Hosking, but eventually expanded into a full functioning band. …

MARCH 31: 7TH STREET ENTRY
Boy & Bear w/ Dresses
7:00pm | $15.00 | 18+

Australia's Boy & Bear is currently in the US to support their album Harlequin Dream, which reached #1 on Australia's ARIA Album Chart.

Opening up will be Portland-based indie-pop band Dresses, comprising of (girl singer) Timothy Heller and Jared Ryan Maldonado.

Tour dates:

03/26/14 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
03/27/14 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
03/28/14 Toronto, ON The Garrison
03/29/14 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
03/31/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
04/01/14 Winnipeg, MB Park Theatre Cafe
04/02/14 Saskatoon, SK Amigos Cantina
04/03/14 Calgary, AB The Gateway @ SAIT
04/04/14 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
04/06/14 Vancouver, BC Electric Owl
04/08/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
04/09/14 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
04/13/14 West Coast Blues & Roots Festival
08/15/14 Pukkelpop Festival

Dust to Dust to Dust

ALICE RUSSELL
alicerussell.com

British soul singer Alice Russell has a new album called To Dust, which came out on April 30, 2013 via Tru Thoughts. This is her first album in five years!

Russell was recently in America doing some promotion and live dates, including a special performance at Bonobo's Los Angeles show, she hung with ?uestlove in New York and had David Byrne attend her Le Poisson Rouge performance.

The U.S. appearance prompted Rolling Stone to say, "Adele, watch your back".

Russell is back in the UK to do some festival dates:

06/28/13 Glastonbury Festival
06/30/13 Solidays
07/06/13 Au Foin de la Rue
07/07/13 Cognac Blues Passions Festival

LIGHTNING DUST
lightningdust.com

Lightning Dust (Amber Webber and Josh Wells of Black Mountain) has a new album is called Fantasy, and it's next Tuesday (June 25th) on Jagjaguwar

The duo will be on tour at the end of June, here's the confirmed dates:

07/24/13 Calgary, AB - Palomino Smokehouse
07/25/13 Edmonton, AB - Brixx
08/01/13 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
08/02/13 Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
08/04/13 Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
08/06/13 San Francisco, CA - Brick & Mortar
08/07/13 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
08/08/13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
08/09/13 San Diego, CA - Casbah

LONDON GRAMMAR
londongrammar.com

London Grammar is Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman, and their new EP is called Metal & Dust, coming to America on June 25th via Columbia Records. The EP collects their latest singles, "Wasting My Young Years" as well as "Hey Now", "Metal & Dust" and "Hey Now" (Dot Major remix) .

The trio will be on tour this year:

06/22: London @ Night + Day, Hatfield
06/29: Pilton @ Glastonbury
07/04: London @ Soho House
07/05: Winchester @ Blissfields
07/13: Warlingham @ Leefest
07/19: Grafenhainichen @ Melt
07/21: Dublin @ Longitude Festival
07/27: Kendal @ Kendal Calling
07/28: Huntingdon @ Secret Garden Party
08/02: Dorset @ Camp Bestival
08/04: Standon @ Standon Calling
08/07: Ibiza @ Ibiza Rocks
08/09: Cornbury @ Wilderness Festival
08/24: Katowice @ Tauron Nows Muzyka
09/06: Isle of Wight @ Bestival
10/15: Norwich @ Norwich Open
10/16: Brighton @ Brighton Haunt
10/18: Brixton @ Brixton Electric
10/19: Oxford @ Oxford Gathering
10/20: Bristol @ Bristol The Fleece
10/22: Nottingham @ Nottingham Rescue Rooms
10/23: Birmingham @ Birmingham Academy 3
10/24: Leeds @ Leeds Cockpit
10/26: Manchester @ Manchester Soundcontrol
10/27: Glasgow @ Glasgow Broadcast
10/28: Newcastle @ Newcastle Cluny