Whitney, the Chicago-based band led by vocalist/drummer Julien Ehrlich and guitarist Max Kakacek, presents a new single/video “Valleys (My Love),” from their forthcoming album, Forever Turned Around, out August 30th via Secretly Canadian. “Valleys (My Love)” describes the anxiety of being away from a loved one, and was inspired by a particularly scenic drive in Montana. The accompanying video by Kamp Grizzly, directed by Nick Woytuk and shot in Portland, Oregon, documents the life of a commercial truck driver, and illustrates the connection between traveling for work and the band’s own personal experiences.

Whitney will appear at the Mo Pop Festival this weekend before embarking on a lengthy European and North American tour. The live band is comprised of Ehrlich and Kakacek, plus keyboardist Malcolm Brown, guitarist Print Chouteau, bassist Josiah Marshall, trumpeter Will Miller, and Ziyad Asrar who makes his return to the group on this upcoming tour. All upcoming dates are below.

Whitney Tour Dates:
Sun. July 28 – Detroit, MI @ Mo Pop Festival
Thu. Aug. 1 – Luhmühlen, DE @ A Summer’s Tale
Sat. Aug. 3 – Diepholz, DE @ Appletree Garden Festival
Mon. Aug. 5 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand
Tue. Aug. 6 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
Wed. Aug. 7 – Aarhus, DK @ VoxHall
Fri. Aug. 9 – Rees-Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop Festival
Sat. Aug. 11 – Castelbuono, IT @ Ypsigrock Festival
Tue. Aug. 13 – Bergen, NO @ Landmark
Thu. Aug. 15 – Trondheim, NO @ Pstereo
Fri. Aug. 16 – Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man
Sat. Aug. 17 – Mechelen, BE @ Pukkelpop
Sun. Aug. 18 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
Mon. Sept. 9 – Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird
Tue. Sept. 10 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
Wed. Sept. 11 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
Thu. Sept. 12 – Dallas, TX @ Canton Hall
Fri. Sept. 13 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk – SOLD OUT
Sat. Sept. 14 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Sun. Sept. 15 – Houston, TX @ Satellite
Tue. Sept. 17 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s
Wed. Sept. 18 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
Fri. Sept. 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Sat. Sept. 21 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Sun. Sept. 22 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Mon. Sept. 23 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Thu. Sept. 26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
Fri. Sept. 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Sat. Sept. 28 – Accord, NY @ Woodsist Festival
Sun. Sept. 29 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Tue. Oct. 1 – Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
Wed. Oct. 2 – Boston, MA @ Royale
Thu. Oct. 3 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Fri. Oct. 4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Thu. Oct. 17 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Fri. Oct. 18 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Sat. Oct. 19 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
Mon. Oct. 21 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Wed. Oct. 23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro
Thu. Oct. 24 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
Fri. Oct. 25 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
Sat. Oct. 26 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
Sun. Oct. 27 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
Wed. Oct. 30 – Chico, CA @ The Big Room at Sierra Nevada Brewery
Thu. Oct. 31 – Sonoma, CA @ Sonoma Redwood Barn
Fri. Nov. 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
Sun. Nov. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Sun. Nov. 3 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory San Diego
Mon. Nov. 4 – Santa Ana, CA @ Yost Theater
Fri. Nov. 8 – Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
Sun. Nov. 10 – Cologne, DE @ Luxor
Tue. Nov. 12 – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
Thu. Nov. 14 – Munich, DE @ Strom
Fri. Nov. 15 – Berlin, DE @ Lido
Sun. Nov. 17 – Copehagen, DK @ Store Vega
Mon. Nov. 18 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Thu. Nov. 21 – Paris, FR @ Trabendo
Sat. Nov. 23 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
Mon. Nov. 25 – Cambridge, UK @ The Junction
Tue. Nov. 26 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
Wed. Nov. 27 – Glasgow, UK @ QMU
Thu. Nov. 28 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
Fri. Nov. 29 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
Sun. Dec. 1 – Dublin, IE @ The Academy

Tropical Fuck Storm release their sophomore album, Braindrops, on Aug. 23 via Joyful Noise Recordings and Flightless Records, with a North American tour launch a few days later. In advance of what will be the start of a lengthy campaign supporting the nine-song album, the Australian band share a glimpse of their recent European tour via this video for “Who’s My Eugene?.”

Guitar player Erica Dunn said of the song, “I had a dream that I was served Brian Wilson’s face at a restaurant and it tasted good and I woke thinking that I had to write about the doomed facade of the American dream cos the famous beach boy couldn’t swim and Dennis drowned but that idea has been so over cooked by acid casualty hippies that I decided to write about my fear of falling in love with anybody because of the anxiety that they could either help me express myself or keep me locked in psychological torment a la Eugene Landry and Brian.”

Album pre-orders, are available via Joyful Noise Recordings HERE and Flightless HERE. Tropical Fuck Storm’s tour dates are below.

Tropical Fuck Storm tour dates:
August 28 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg
August 29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
August 30 Arcata, CA Richard’s Goat Tavern
August 31 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios

September 1 Vancouver, BC Static Jupiter
September 3 Seattle, WA Barboza
September 6 Washington, DC Comet Ping Pong
September 7 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Festival
September 8 Atlanta, GA The Earl
September 10 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas
September 11 Dallas, TX Three Links
September 13 St. Louis, MO Duck Room
September 14 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
September 15 Cleveland, OH Now That’s Class
September 17 Toronto, ON Baby G
September 18 Montreal, QC Le Ritz
September 19 Boston, MA Great Scott
September 20 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere

November 4 Limerick, Ireland Dolans
November 5 Dublin, Ireland Whelan’s
November 6 Manchester, UK Soup Kitchen
November 7 Brighton, UK The Hope and Ruin
November 8 London, UK Islington Assembly Hall
November 11 Berlin, Germany Berghain Kantine
November 13 Warsaw, Poland Poglos
November 14 Prague, Czech Republic Café V Lese
November 15 Brno, Czech Republic Kabinet Muz

Oh Sees have shared the video for their new track “Heartworm.” The band also announced that their 8/9 show in Pioneertown will benefit the East L.A. Women’s Center.

“Heartworm” is another track from the band’s forthcoming new double LP titled Face Stabber which is out 8/16 via Castle Face Records. The band also announced new dates as part of their lengthy North American tour this fall. Dates are below.

Tour Dates:

August
9 Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriet’s *
17 Omaha, NE Maha Festival
23 Charleville Cabaret Vert festival
24 Guéret Check-in Festival
27 Ravenna Hana-Bi (Free)
29 Vienna Arena
30 Munich Strom
31 Berlin Kreuzberg Festsaal

September
1 Brussels Les Botaniquesen
3 Bordeaux BT 59
4 Toulouse Le Bikini
5 Paris Le Bataclan
6 London Troxy
7 Amsterdam Paradiso
30 San Francisco, CA The Chapel

October
1 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
2 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
4 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
5 Seattle, WA Neumos
6 Seattle, WA Neumos
7 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
10 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue Ballroom
11 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
12 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
13 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
14 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
15 Montreal, QC Le National
16 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
18 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
19 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
20 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
23 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
24 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
25 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
26 Austin TX Hotel Vegas
27 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas
29 Albuquerque, NM Sister Bar
31 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom

This is the official video for “Instant Pace,” from B Boys’ sophomore LP Dudu, out July 26th, 2019 via Captured Tracks. The video was directed by Jon Campolo and Josie Keefe. You can pre-order the record HERE and check out their tour dates below.

TOUR DATES:

07/24 – San Diego, CA – Whistle Stop*

07/25 – Santa Ana, CA – Con Room*

07/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Figueroa*

07/27 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place*

07/28 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop*

07/31 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey*

08/01 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club*

08/02 – Olympia, WA – Cryptatropa*

08/03-08/04 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon Festival

08/11 – Brooklyn, NY – Summer Thunder @ Union Pool

09/09 – Boston, MA – The Great Scott

09/10 – Winooski, VT – The Monkey House

09/11 – Portsmouth, NH – The Press Room

09/12 – Montreal, QC – Brasserie Beaubien

09/13 – Toronto, ON – The Baby G

09/15 – Northamption, MA – Flywheel

10/01 – Washington D.C. – Songbyrd

10/02 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Backroom

10/03 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl

10/04 – Gainesville, FL – The Atlantic

10/05 – Miami, FL – Gramps

10/06 – Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub

10/08 – Hattiesburg, MS – Thirsty Hippo

10/09 – Houston, TX – Satelite

10/10 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas

10/11 – Dallas, TX – The Foundry

10/12 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street OKC

10/13 – Lawrence, KS – White Schoolhouse

10/15 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle

10/16 – Detroit, MI – Deluxx Fluxx

10/17 – Columbus, OH – The Spacebar

10/18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Black Forge Coffee House

10/19 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
* w. Bodega

Longstanding California band Strung Out have released their music video for their new single “Under The Western Sky.” Directed by vocalist Jason Cruz, the clip for “Under The Western Sky” gives a generous nod to David Lynch which Cruz feels is one of the great American filmmakers of our time.

The track is from the band’s forthcoming album, Songs of Armor and Devotion which is due out August 9th via Fat Wreck Chords. You can pre-order the record HERE.

Strung Out will be making the following appearances this fall. Dates below.

09/18 – Crowbar – Tampa, FL
09/19 – The Wooly – FYF – Gainesville, FL
09/20 – Respectable Street – West Palm Beach, FL
09/21 – 1904 Music Hall – Jacksonville, FL
09/22 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
09/24 – Reggie’s 42nd St. Tavern – Wilmington, NC
09/25 – The Bunker Brewpub – Virginia Beach, VA
09/26 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
09/27 – Asbury Lanes – Asbury Park, NJ
09/28 – Le Poisson Rouge – NYC, NY
09/29 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
10/01 – Port City Music Hall – Portland, ME
10/02 – Club Soda – Montreal, QC, Canada
10/03 – La Source – Quebec City, QC, Canada
10/04 – The 27 Club – Ottawa, ON, Canada
10/05 – The Opera House – Toronto, ON, Canada
10/06 – Rum Runners – London, ON, Canada
10/08 – The Crafthouse Stage & Grill – Pittsburgh, PA
10/09 – Small’s – Detroit, MI
10/10 – Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL
10/11 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
10/12 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE
10/13 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
10/31 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
11/01 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC, Canada
11/02 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
11/03 – The Olympic – Boise, ID
11/04 – Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
11/08 – Three Links – Dallas, TX
11/09 – House Of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
11/10 – Come and Take It Live – Austin, TX
11/12 – Pub Rock Live – Scottsdale, AZ
11/13 – Dive Bar – Las Vegas, NV
11/14 – Irenic – San Diego, CA
11/15 – Soho Club – Santa Barbara, CA
11/16 – Holy Diver – Sacramento, CA
11/17 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
11/19 – Strummer’s – Fresno, CA
11/20 – The Siren – Morro Bay, CA
11/21 – American Legion – Lancaster, CA
11/22 – Garden Amphitheatre – Garden Grove, CA
11/23 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

“Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)” is taken from the pounding Amyl and The Sniffers’ self-titled debut album which is out now on ATO Records and Flightless Records. The video for “Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)” was shot & Edited by Dikayl Rimmasch and produced by Leyden Pavlova.

Dikayl Rimmasch is a filmmaker based in the Mojave Desert who has worked with musicians including Blondie, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Adele, The Raconteurs, El Michels Affair, & Lenny Kravitz.