Greg Dulli Announces North American Tour

Greg Dulli: press photo

Greg Dulli: press photo

Greg Dulli announces a full slate of North American tour dates to follow the Spring European tour in support of his debut solo album Random Desire. The run kicks off in Minneapolis on April 24th and concludes in Los Angeles on May 28th.

Akron, Ohio’s own Joseph Arthur, singer/songwriter extraordinaire, will be the special guest for all dates.

Spring North American Dates:

April 24 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
April 25 – Metro – Chicago, IL
April 26 – St. Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI
April 28 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
April 29 – Woodward Theater – Cincinnati. OH
April 30 – Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA
May 01 – The Great Hall – Toronto, ON
May 03 – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
May 05 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
May 06 – Webster Hall – New York, NY
May 07 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
May 09 – The Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
May 10 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
May 12 – The Loft – Atlanta, GA
May 15 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA
May 16 – 3Ten @ ACL Live – Austin, TX
May 17 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
May 19 – Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO
May 22 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
May 23 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA
May 26 – August Hall – San Francisco, CA
May 28 – Palace Theatre – Los Angeles, CA


*VIP EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:

1 Ticket for event
Meet & Greet with Greg Dulli
Invitation to Soundcheck Party
One Exclusive T-Shirt
One Limited Edition Poster
One Commemorative VIP Laminate

Random Desire cover art

Random Desire cover art

Random Desire Now Available For Pre-Order In Multiple Formats.

Without desire, most of the world’s problems would be solved and it would be a miserable place to live. For the last 30 years, Greg Dulli has been the poet laureate of the bizarre whims and cruel tangents of desire. A foremost authority on the sell-your-soul rewards of carnal lust, the high voltage epiphanies of chemical enhancement, and the serotonin lows left in their wake. The front man of the Afghan Whigs has long been on a first-name basis with his demons, most of whom eventually relented and let him pour them a shot. But then there are the known unknowns at the heart of our nature, the intractable difficulties of love and death, and the recurring human desire for survival and rebirth.

Therein lies Random Desire

MONSTER MAGNET Announces “A Celebration of Powertrip” North American Tour

MONSTER MAGNET; photo Jeremy Staffer

MONSTER MAGNET; photo Jeremy Staffer

Psych Rock Legends Monster Magnet will return to the road in North America this Spring to celebrate their historic release Powertrip. Their live set will feature select cuts from this seminal album as well as your Monster Magnet favorites. Support on the tour will come from Nebula and Silvertomb. The tour begins March 20th in Brooklyn, NY and runs through April 18th in Sayreville, NJ. A complete list of dates can be found below.

Monster Magnet Powertrip tour poster 2020

Monster Magnet Powertrip tour poster 2020

MONSTER MAGNET W/ Nebula and Silvertomb:
3/20: Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
3/21: Boston, MA @ Sinclair
3/22: Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
3/24: Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
3/25: Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
3/27: Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
3/28: Chicago, IL @ The Metro
3/29: Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
3/31: Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
4/1: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Bar
4/3: Vancouver, BC @ The Rickshaw
4/4: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
4/5: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
4/7: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
4/8: Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
4/9: Las Vegas, NV @ The House of Blues
4/10: San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
4/13: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill
4/15: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
4/16: Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm
4/17: Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage
4/18: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

Powertrip was the band’s commercial breakthrough, achieving mainstream success due largely to the hit single, “Space Lord”. Other hit songs on the album include “Powertrip”, “Temple of Your Dreams”, and “See You in Hell”. The album itself, reached #1 on the Heatseekers Charts, #21 in the German Charts, #65 in the UK Charts, and #97 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on January 25, 1999.

WEEDEATER Announce Headlining U.S. Tour Dates!

Weedeater; photo Scott Kinkade

Weedeater; photo Scott Kinkade

Cape Fear metal legends WEEDEATER have announced a headlining U.S. tour, in which they will be supported by THE GODDAMN GALLOWS on all dates, with rotating support on select dates from ATOMIC BITCHWAX, WORSHIPPER, and LEFT LANE CRUISER. The trek will kick off on February 29 in Asheville, NC and will conclude on March 21 in Hampton, VA at the Hampton Tattoo Roads Fest.

The full itinerary is as follows:

Weedeater 2020 tour dates

Weedeater 2020 tour dates

WEEDEATER (w/ The Goddamn Gallows):
02/29: Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall
03/01: Richmond, VA @ The Camel
03/03: Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery^
03/04: Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere^
03/06: Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts^*
03/07: Boston, MA @ Sonia^*
03/09: Youngstown, OH @ Westside Ball^*
03/10: Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop^*
03/11: Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary^*
03/12: Iowa City, IA @ Wildwood^*
03/13: Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s^*
03/14: Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room*
03/15: Memphis, TN @ Growlers*
03/17: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey
03/18: Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live #
03/19: New Orleans, LA @ Santos Bar
03/20: Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
03/21: Hampton, VA @ Hampton Roads Tattoo Fest +
^ Atomic Bitchwax
* Worshipper
# Left Lane Cruiser
+ No support

WEEDEATER was formed by front-man/bassist “Dixie” Dave Collins. Following the release of their 2001 debut ‘…And Justice For Y’All’, WEEDEATER immediately established themselves as a force in the U.S. tour circuit and quickly gained notoriety in the American metal scene. In the time since, the band have released three critically-acclaimed albums: ‘Sixteen Tons’ (2002), ‘God Luck And Good Speed’ (2007), and ‘Jason… The Dragon’ (2011), and toured around the world with the likes of DOWN, SAINT VITUS, HIGH ON FIRE, and THE MELVINS, HANK III, EARTH, SUNN O))) and more. The band has played prestigious festivals such as Maryland Deathfest, Hopscotch Festival, Stoned From The Underground, Asymmetry Festival, Roadburn Festival, Hellfest, and many more.

The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli Goes Solo

Greg Dulli: press photo

Greg Dulli: press photo

Without desire, most of the world’s problems would be solved and it would be a miserable place to live. For the last 30 years, Greg Dulli has been the poet laureate of the bizarre whims and cruel tangents of desire. A foremost authority on the sell-your-soul rewards of carnal lust, the high voltage epiphanies of chemical enhancement, and the serotonin lows left in their wake. The front man of the Afghan Whigs has long been on a first-name basis with his demons, most of whom eventually relented and let him pour them a shot. But then there are the known unknowns at the heart of our nature, the intractable difficulties of love and death, and the recurring human desire for survival and rebirth.

Therein lies Random Desire the first solo album under Dulli’s own name, following canonized stints at the helm of The Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers. The title is a play on “random selection,” which refers to a process that researchers use to pick participants for a study. When using this method, every single member of a population has an “equal chance of being chosen as a subject.” Recontextualized, it allows us to realize the randomness of existence, the odd alchemy of emotions, chemistry, and circumstance that baffle us to no end. The reasons why artists write songs and why listeners need them. And even if the answers are evasive, that’s no excuse to quit searching.

Random Desire started in the aftermath of the last Whigs record, 2017’s In Spades, which Pitchfork named one of the best rock records of the year, hailing it as a “heavy, menacing work of indie rock majesty…thrilling and unsettling.” Drummer Patrick Keeler was about to take a short sabbatical to record and tour with his other band, The Raconteurs. Dulli’s longtime collaborator, bassist John Curley went back to school, and there was the tragic death of the band’s guitarist, Dave Rosser.

Random Desire cover art

Random Desire cover art

In response, Dulli returned to his teenage bedroom roots, finding musical inspiration via the model of one-man-band visionaries Prince and Todd Rundgren. The Los Angeles-by-way-of-Hamilton Ohio native wrote nearly every part of the record from piano lines to drums to bass riffs. As always, the music came first and the lyrics were completed later. Recording and writing way stations included his home in Silver Lake, the village of Crestline high up in mountains above San Bernardino, and New Orleans. But the bulk was finished amidst the arid beauty and stark isolation of Joshua Tree at the studio of engineer Christopher Thorn. Dulli handled most instrumentation, but an all-star cast of characters appear across the track-listing including The Whigs’ guitarist Jon Skibic and multi-instrumentalist Rick G. Nelson, Mathias Schneeberger (Twilight Singers), Mark McGuire (Emeralds), pedal steel wizard, upright bassist, and physician Dr. Stephen Patt, and drummer Jon Theodore (Queens of the Stone Age, The Mars Volta).

If many of his grunge-era peers are tapped out or resting beneath, Dulli has proven that creativity can be infinite with a voodoo imagination that tilts towards constant revolution. A gris gris man in the vein of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Nick Cave, or the dearly departed Purple One, Dulli’s never made the same album twice, shapeshifting through funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, and bloody knuckled rock n’ roll without wandering too far from the essence of what defines his sound. But don’t expect your older brother’s Afghan Whigs. There are serrated guitar attacks, sure, but there are also threnodies built atop sepulchral piano lines, plaintive acoustic hymnals, goth-rock benders, Bedouin caravan raggas, and the occasional hip-hop 808s slap.

The bulk of Random Desire cohered in a six-month whirlwind last year. After writing songs for the previous 18 months, Dulli scrapped all but “A Ghost” and “Scorpio.” Into the void came a narcotic lovers lament like “Sempre,” which gathers dark strength from the fatalistic comfort of knowing that things might never get any easier. It’s a bittersweet kiss off to a lover, laughing at their cruelness with a knowing sneer. As a wise man once said, it’s that ether that makes your soul burn slow. There is “Pantomima,” the Spanish and Italian word for “pantomine,” rooted in the everyday deceptions of people who babble with borrowed words. It almost plays out like a Go Team! song, if the squad lost the game and consoled themselves by letting chaos engulf them. The tone is set from the sardonic taunts of the album’s first bars: desolation, come and get it.

“Marry Me” is a midnight of the soul number full of delicate guitar and moonlit ambience, a pedal steel sighing like a woeful regret in the distance — the words full of ambiguous questions and recollected sin. “It Falls Apart” floats with aquatic translucency, introducing the album’s experimental second half and the gut-punch feeling that whatever romance was sparked will soon be extinguished. “Scorpio” boasts the de facto Prince nod with a middle portion borrowing the symbol’s pitched up Camille falsetto. While “Lockless” pays tribute to the creative benefits of loneliness, the shock that you still possess the ability to be surprised and the numbing revelation that your worst suspicions usually come true. “Slow Pan” is the slinking finale, the end credits with a Last Waltz grace. The screen fades out as a harp angelically hums (as the holy spirit of Dorothy Ashby would’ve intended).

Clocking in at a lean 37 minutes, Random Desire is a clinic put on by a veteran master operating at the height of his powers, offering evidence of the hard-fought and weary wisdom learned from setbacks and victories alike. A lucid, confident and self-assured document of the songs of experience, the perils of existence, and the possibilities that offer themselves anew with each breath. Another death and rebirth from an outlaw who has seen it all and somehow lived to tell.

Random Desire is available February 21, 2020.

US tour dates announcing soon.

Silversun Pickups Confirm Thirty Date U.S. Tour In 2020

Silversun Pickups; press photo

Silversun Pickups; press photo

Silversun Pickups confirm a thirty-date tour of the United States, throughout February and March of 2020 and in support of their latest studio album, Widow’s Weeds. The band will perform in cities including Los Angeles, Austin, Washington D.C., as well as two shows at New York City’s Brooklyn Steel (full dates and information below). Eliza & The Delusionals are confirmed as the support act on the February dates of this tour, and the Australian band has been #1 at Sirius Alt Nation with their single “Just Exist” for the last three months, intermittently. Support for the March dates will be confirmed soon.

The band today also shares their Alan Del Rio Ortiz directed music video for “Don’t Know Yet” via Billboard, along with an interview. Brian Aubert of the band reveals: “We thought that his [Ortiz] idea seems to feel really right with the song. We couldn’t figure out how the song necessarily worked in some more clever, narrative thing. We just realized, I think, it’s time we have something very, very fundamental, like a really well-shot performance video. We felt like maybe people want to see us in this one.

Silversun Pickups’ 5th studio album, Widow’s Weeds, is out now via their own New Machine Recordings label. The band enlisted Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth) to produce their latest, an extroverted and open album about rebirth and renewal. Said lead singer Brian Aubert about Widow’s Weeds: “This was the first album where we were open. We were exposed. I see how that can be scary to people, but for us we really thrived on that.”

Bursting out of the Silverlake, CA music scene in the early 2000s, Silversun Pickups– lead singer Brian Aubert, bassist Nikki Monninger, drummer Christopher Guanlao and keyboardist Joe Lester– have maintained their independence throughout their storied career. They released their first three albums on the local label, Dangerbird Records, before founding their own label, New Machine Recordings, for the release of their most recent album, Better Nature. Now almost two decades into their career, they remain a vital and important rock band and have racked up ten Top 20 hits on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart, as well as over a million records sold in the US.

About Eliza & The Delusionals
Acclaimed indie rock band Eliza & The Delusionals are one of the most exciting groups breaking out of the Australian music scene. Led by colourful front woman Eliza Klatt, they have been making waves since their inception in early 2015, with a sound that has been likened to that of Catfish & The Bottlemen and Alex Lahey. The band are now celebrating the release of their new track “Just Exist.” Landing their new single on multiple Spotify playlists including Fresh Finds, Local Noise, Chords + Cardigans and triple j playlist Home & Hosed the Eliza & The Delusionals momentum only seems to be growing.

Silversun Pickups Tour
Feb 04 /// Ventura, CA /// Ventura Theatre*
Feb 05 /// Santa Ana, CA /// The Observatory*
Feb 07 /// Los Angeles, CA /// The Wiltern*
Feb 08 /// Oakland, CA /// Fox Theatre*
Feb 10 /// Las Vegas, NV /// House of Blues*
Feb 12 /// Salt Lake City, UT /// The Union Event Center*
Feb 13 /// Aspen, CO /// Belly Up*
Feb 14 /// Denver, CO /// Ogden Theatre*
Feb 16 /// Tulsa, OK /// Cain’s Ballroom*
Feb 18 /// Houston, TX /// House of Blues*
Feb 19 /// Austin, TX /// Stubb’s BBQ*
Feb 20 /// Dallas, TX /// House of Blues*
Feb 22 /// New Orleans, LA /// The Fillmore*
Mar 01 /// Philadelphia, PA /// The Fillmore
Mar 02 /// Boston, MA /// House of Blues
Mar 03 /// New Haven, CT /// College Street Music Hall
Mar 05 /// Brooklyn, NY /// Brooklyn Steel
Mar 06 /// Brooklyn, NY /// Brooklyn Steel
Mar 08 /// Washington D.C. /// 9:30 Club
Mar 09 /// Charlotte, NC /// The Fillmore
Mar 11 /// Asheville, NC /// The Orange Peel
Mar 12 /// Atlanta, GA /// Buckhead Theatre
Mar 13 /// Knoxville, TN /// The Mill & Mine
Mar 15 /// Nashville, TN /// Marathon Music Works
Mar 17 /// Detroit, MI /// The Fillmore
Mar 18 /// Cleveland, OH /// Agora Theatre
Mar 19 /// Chicago, IL /// Vic Theatre
Mar 21 /// Milwaukee, WI /// The Rave
Mar 22 /// Madison, WI /// The Sylvee
Mar 23 /// Minneapolis, MN /// First Avenue
*Support – Eliza & The Delusionals

Widow’s Weeds tracklisting:
1. Neon Wound
2. It Doesn’t Matter Why
3. Freakazoid
4. Don’t Know Yet
5. Straw Man
6. Bag Of Bones
7. Widow’s Weeds
8. Songbirds
9. Simpatico
10. We Are Chameleons

Indie-Pop Duo Tennis Announce 2020 Tour

Tennis; press photo

Tennis; press photo

Acclaimed indie-pop duo Tennis has announced plans for a major North American headline tour. The dates get underway February 25 at Kansas City, MO’s Madrid Theatre & Café and then continue through early May. Highlights include top-billed performances at Boise, ID’s Treefort Music Fest (March 27) and Atlanta, GA’s annual Shaky Knees Music Festival (May 3). Support on all headline dates comes from Molly Burch. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.tennis-music.com.

TENNIS TOUR DATES:
FEBRUARY 2020
25 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theatre & Cafe
27 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
28 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
29 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
MARCH 2020
2 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
4 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
28 – Missoula, MT – Top Hat Lounge
30 – Vancouver, BC – Venue Nightclub
31 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
APRIL 2020
1 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
3 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
4 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
5 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
8 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
10 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
16 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
17 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
18 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
20 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre Center
21 – Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe at Old National Centre
22 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
24 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
25 – Boston, MA – Royale
26 – Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall
28 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
29 – Washington, DC – The 9:30 Club
30 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
MAY 2020
1 – Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom
4 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
6 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
8 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
9 – Saint Louis, MO – Delmar Hall

The upcoming tour heralds Tennis’s highly anticipated fifth studio album, SWIMMER, arriving via Tennis’s own Mutually Detrimental label on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2020. The album is preceded by the band’s eagerly awaited new single and first new music in almost three years, “Runner, “available now at all DSPs and streaming services. The track is joined by a colorful companion video, directed by longtime collaborator Luca Venter and inspired by singer Alaina Moore’s love of “old musicals and all things Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and Bob Fosse.”

Known as a captivating and charismatic live act, Tennis has spent much of its existence on the road, including sold out headline runs, festival sets, tours alongside such like-minded artists as Father John Misty, Spoon, The Decemberists, and The Shins, and most recently, a sold out summer double bill with Mumford & Sons at Englewood, CO’s Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre.

Produced by Tennis and mixed by four-time GRAMMY® Award-nominee Claudius Mittendorfer (Panic! At The Disco, Parquet Courts), SWIMMER sees the Denver, CO-based husband and wife duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore elevating their distinctive pop approach to heretofore unexplored new heights, experimenting with atypical instrumentation, complex time changes, and an increased focus on lyrical storytelling fueled in part by a series of life-changing experiences that only served to strengthen their already powerful personal and creative bond. As with their 2011 debut album, CAPE DORY, and their acclaimed fourth LP, 2017’s YOURS CONDITIONALLY, the new album was written largely on the sea, this time during a four-month sailing excursion in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico as well as Tennis’s own Denver, CO recording studio.

“‘Runner’ is the first song we wrote for our fifth record,” says Moore. “It began as a guitar riff Patrick recorded while we were living off grid, anchored in a fisherman’s cove called San Juanico. The only instruments we had on board were an acoustic guitar and a drum sequencer, but the limitations seemed to work in our favor. Until that point we had no clear vision for our writing. The demo Patrick recorded that day outlined our future, the first contours of our next record.

“It took months to write a chorus that fit. I wanted to respond to Patrick’s ideas without altering them. I cycled through chord progressions and pages of lyrics. A year passed. The song seemed to actively resist coherence. My breakthrough came when I began to think of the song as a conversation between two songwriters, a series of questions and answers. It constituted a shift in our writing relationship from one that was solipsistic— my songs, which were distinct from Patrick’s— to one of collaboration and attunement. I often wonder if a truly equitable partnership exists anywhere between anyone, but this song feels like a testament to its possibility.”

“Runner” follows 2017’s acclaimed WE CAN DIE HAPPY EP, hailed by Atwood Magazine as “a warm, dynamic explosion of spellbinding melodies, evocative soundscapes and intimate lyrics… Tennis take a big sigh of relief, and then, with refreshed gusto, continue to dive deep into human emotions, internal and external relationships, society’s norms, and more.” The EP includes the buoyant lead single, “I Miss That Feeling,” joined by a companion video streaming via YouTube.

Tennis’s most recent full-length LP, YOURS CONDITIONALLY, made a spectacular chart debut upon its 2016 release via Mutually Detrimental, arriving at #3 on Billboard’s “Alternative Albums” chart as well as at #2 on the “Vinyl Albums” tally, ultimately proving one of the year’s top 50 highest selling vinyl releases.

High On Fire Kicks Off Massive North American Headlining Tour

High On Fire; press photo

High On Fire; press photo

GRAMMY Award-winning metal band High on Fire launched a fall North American tour in support of its new album Electric Messiah on November 7 at Austin TX’s Levitation Festival. The month long tour will stretch from coast to coast, hitting major markets in the U.S. and Canada before wrapping up in southern California in early December. Support on the High on Fire tour comes from Power Trip, Devil Master and Creeping Death.

High on Fire took home the GRAMMY for Best Metal Performance earlier this year for “Electric Messiah,” the title track from the group’s 2018 album of the same name. High on Fire joins the ranks of groups such as Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Metallica and Slayer as winners of the prestigious award, presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry.

High On Fire tour flyer

High On Fire tour flyer

High on Fire released Electric Messiah last year via Entertainment One to scads of critical acclaim. The A.V. Club stated that “The bar for metal album of the year has been raised” and it couldn’t be more correct. Electric Messiah landed on a myriad of 2018 year-end “Best of” lists including A.V. Club, Revolver, Loudwire and Consequence of Sound who stated that High on Fire “successfully construct Sabbath-ian, earth-moving riffs as their blueprint.” Pitchfork said boldly, “When High on Fire rip, it’s like they’re tearing through the whole universe.”

About High on Fire:
Universally recognized as one of the most potent acts in music today, High on Fire creates dynamic metal that merges primal fury and aggression, hesher bombast and hall of fame heaviness. Described as “a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume,” High on Fire has rewritten the hard rock rule book since its formation in 1998, forging a style and sound that is both critically celebrated and unique. The group features vocalist and cult guitar hero Matt Pike — also a founding member of the famed underground band SLEEP — along with powerhouse drummer Des Kensel and talented bassist Jeff Matz. High on Fire’s most recent studio album, Electric Messiah, was released on October 9, 2018, and won a GRAMMY for Best Metal Performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards.

2020 One Love Cali Reggae Festival

one love festival flyerGoldenvoice has announced the 2020 One Love Cali Reggae Festival at the Queen Mary Park in Long Beach, California. Celebrating its five-year anniversary, the three-day event will take place Friday, February 7, Saturday, February 8 and Sunday, February 9. Performances include Dirty Heads, Sublime With Rome, Atmosphere, Rebelution, Stick Figure, SOJA, Slightly Stoopid, Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, Iration and many more.

Passes are on sale, starting at $85.00 plus fees with payment plans also available at $19.99 down. More information available at www.OneLoveCaliFest.com.

Full Lineup:
4TH & ORANGE, ALBOROSIE, ANALEA BROWN, ANUHEA, ARISE ROOTS, ATMOSPHERE, B FOUNDATION, BALLYHOO!, BLACK UHURU, BO NAPOLEON, BUMPIN UGLIES, CALI CONSCIOUS, COLLIE BUDDZ, COMMON KINGS, DAMIAN “JR GONG” MARLEY, DIRTY HEADS, DON CARLOS, ELI MAC, ETANA, FAYUCA, FIA, FORTUNATE YOUTH, HALF PINT, HIRIE, HORRACE ANDY, INNA VISION, IRATION, ISRAEL VIBRATION, ITAL VIBES, IYA TERRA, J BOOG, JASON J, JOHN DANK SHOW, JOSH HEINRICHS & SKILLINJAH, KASH’D OUT, KATASTRO, KATCHAFIRE, KYLE SMITH, LANDON MCNAMARA, LAW, LEILANI WOLFGRAMM, LONG BEACH DUB ALL STARS, LOW BUDGET, MARLON ASHER, MATISYAHU, MIGHTY DIAMONDS, MIKE LOVE, MIKE PINTO, NATTALI RIZE
NATURAL VIBRATION, OF GOOD NATURE, ONE DROP, PACIFIC DUB, PASSAFIRE, PATO BANTON, PEPPER, REBELUTION, ROOTS & CULTURE STAGE, ROOTS OF MINE, SAMMY J, SERANATION, SISTER NANCY, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, SOJA, STEEL PULSE, STICK FIGURE, SUBLIME WITH ROME, TARRUS RILEY, THE ABYSSINIANS, THE ELOVATERS, THE EXPANDERS, THE EXPENDABLES, THE GLADIATORS, THE GREEN, THE MOVEMENT, THE ORIGINAL WAILERS, THRIVE, THROUGH THE ROOTS, TOMORROWS BAD SEEDS, TREVOR HALL, TRIBAL SEEDS, TUNNEL VISION, WAILING SOULS, YELLOWMAN

Connect with One Love Cali Reggae Fest
Website/Tickets: https://www.OneLoveCaliFest.com
Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/OneLoveCaliFest
Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/OneLoveCaliFest
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The Allman Betts Band 2020 Tour And All-Star Allman Family Revival

The Allman Betts Band; press photo

The Allman Betts Band; press photo

The Allman Betts Band has officially announced the full artist lineup for the third annual Allman Family Revival.

“These Allman Family Revival shows have become an annual reunion for our musical family. This year, going from just one show in San Francisco to three shows including Denver and NYC, is going to be epic. The musicians that have signed on have really upped the ante. We are so stoked to jam with our friends in Dad’s honor!” said Devon Allman.

Newly announced artists include JD Simo, Alex Orbison, Eric McFadden, Brandon “TAZ” Niederauer, Charlie Starr, Luther Dickinson, Cody Dickinson, G Love, Ally Venable, Lamar Williams, and Lily Hiatt. Before the Revival shows, the band is touring extensively in support of their debut album Down To The River, released earlier this year via BMG, receiving extensive attention and praise around the world.

The current tour will see The ABB touring the US and internationally as the band is set to play the famed Byron Bay Bluesfest in Australia.

The ABB has also recently announced that they will be supporting Gov’t Mule on Dec 27 during their New Year’s run in Philadelphia and then Lynyrd Skynyrd on New Year’s Eve in Dallas.

“We are super excited to be joining our friends Lynyrd Skynyrd on NYE. They are legends and we can’t wait to throw down in Dallas,” adds Duane Betts.

For all tour info and up to date news on The Allman Betts Band visit allmanbettsband.com.

ALLMAN FAMILY REVIVAL 2019
DECEMBER 7 San Francisco @ The Fillmore
DECEMBER 8 Denver @ The Mission Ballroom
DECEMBER 28 NYC @ The Beacon Theater

ALLMAN FAMILY REVIVAL LINEUP
Robin Zander
Eric Krasno
Charlie Starr
Todd Park Mohr
G Love
Luther Dickinson
Cody Dickinson
Robert Randolph
Jimmy Hall
Samantha Fish
Lamar Williams JR
Ally Venable
Jimmy Vivino
Alex Orbison
JD Simo
Eric McFadden
Lilly Hiatt
TAZ
*Some artists listed will not play all three shows. Check with individual venues for local billing.

THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND ON TOUR
Nov 4 Frankfort, KY @ Grand Theatre
Nov 6 Morgantown, WV @ Metropolitan Theatre
Nov 7 Blacksburg, VA @ Lyric Theatre
Nov 8 Richmond, VA @ The National
Nov 9 Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theatre
Nov 10 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
Nov 13 @ New York, NY Beacon (with Charlie Daniels Band)
Nov 14 Glenside, PA @ Keswick (with Charlie Daniels Band)
Nov 15 Wallingford, CT @ Oakdale (with Charlie Daniels Band)
Nov 16 Waterloo, NY @ The Vine at Del Lago (with Charlie Daniels Band)
Nov 17 Northampton, MA @ The Academy of Music
Dec 7 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore (Allman Family Revival)
Dec 8 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom (Allman Family Revival)
Dec 27 Philadelphia, PA @ Met (With Gov’t Mule)
Dec 28 New York, NY Beacon (Allman Family Revival)
Dec 30 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
Dec 31 Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center (with Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Feb 5 St. Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theater
Feb 6 Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe Live
Feb 7 Fort Wayne, IN @ Clyde Theatre
Feb 9 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Feb 11 Syracuse, NY @ Wescott Theater
Feb 12 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
Feb 14 Salisbury, MA @ Blue Ocean Music Hall
Feb 16 Tarrytown, NY @ Tarrytown Music hall
Feb 20 Greensboro, NC @ Carolina Theatre
Feb 21 Anniston, AL @ Anniston Performing Arts Center
Mar 4 Colorado Springs, CO Pikes Peak Center
Mar 6 Phoenix, AZ @ MIM
Apr 9-12 Tyagarah, Australia @ Bluesfest Byron Bay
Apr 23 Cleveland, MS @ Bologna Performing Arts Center
May 2 El Dorado, AR @ First Financial Music Hall
May 6 Florence, SC @ Francis Marion Univerisity PAC
May 9 Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
May 14 Baton Rouge, LA @ Manship Theater
May 15 Lafayette, LA @ Acadiana Center (SOLD OUT)

ESPN Enlists Diplo to Curate Music for Monday Night Football Spots

Diplo; press photo

Diplo; press photo

Grammy Award winning producer, DJ, artist and Philadelphia Eagles fan, Diplo, will be working with ESPN through the remainder of the NFL season to choose tracks that reflect the intensity and the storylines of select Monday Night Football match ups. The resulting promotional spots are part of ESPN’s ongoing “Ready for Football” campaign.

The initial collaboration, to be released tonight during ESPN’s Monday Night Football presentation, highlights next week’s match up – Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers – and features “Ruckus” by Konata Small. Diplo chose the track because it captures the emotion of this high-stakes division clash between these bitter NFC West rivals, in which fans can expect that Russell Wilson will look to continue his MVP season and lead the Seahawks to victory against Jimmy Garoppolo and the undefeated 49ers.

“This is the point in the season where it starts to get really exciting – dumb luck has ended and the true contenders are really being revealed. It’s a part of the season that tests not just the teams, but their fans as well – I feel like the energy of Ruckus is a perfect match for where these two teams are right now,” said Diplo.

Added Emeka Ofodile, VP of Marketing at ESPN, “Diplo is a force to be reckoned with and we knew he’d bring great energy to our Ready for Football campaign. He also happens to be a big sports fan and we’re looking forward to building something really special around the NFL on ESPN.”

ESPN’s “Ready For Football” is a year-round campaign that highlights ESPN’s unmatched access and analysis to the NFL.