Derri Daugherty: The Color Of Dreams [Album Review]

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Derri Daugherty The Color of Dreams Lo-Fidelity Records [2018] Fire Note Says: Singer and guitarist with The Choir, and side bands Lost Dogs and Kerosene Halo, strikes off for a more personal solo album, backed by friends from Jars of Clay and Sixpence NTR. Album Review: Back in 2016, Derri Daugherty, the lead vocalist and … Read more

Ohmme – “Icon” [Video]

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Ohmme have announced their debut album Parts, out August 24th on Joyful Noise Recordings. Before the release you can see their new video for single “Icon”. Set at a dog’s birthday party, the video is a colourful collaboration between the band and director, Elijah Alvarado.

Ohmme have announced a North American tour and you can find the dates below.

Ohmme Tour Dates
Sun. Jul. 8 – Chicago, IL – West Fest
Sat. Aug. 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Catalano Park
Sat. Aug. 25 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Sun. Aug. 26 – Detroit, MI – Deluxe Fluxx
Mon. Aug 27 – Toronto, ON – The Monarch
Tue. Aug. 28 – Montreal, Que – Casa Del Popolo
Wed. Aug. 29 – Burlington, VER – Arts Riot
Thu. Aug. 30 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
Fri. Aug. 31 – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
Sat. Sep. 1 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
Sun. Sep. 2 – Washington, DC – Blackcat Backstage
Mon. Sep. 3 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
Wed. Sep. 5 – Birmingham, AL – Firehouse
Thu. Sep. 6 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa
Fri. Sep. 7 – Austin, TX – Mohawk (Inside Stage)
Sat. Sep. 8 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Mon. Sep. 10 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
Tue. Sep. 11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Wed. Sep. 12 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
Fri. Sep. 14 – Portland, OR – Kelly’s Olympian
Sat. Sep. 15 – Vancover, CA – Westwartd Fest
Sun. Sep. 16 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
Mon. Sep. 17 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
Tue. Sep. 18 – Salt Lake City, ID – Kilby Court
Wed. Sep. 19 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Fri. Sep. 21 – Lincoln, NE – Lincoln Calling
Sat. Sep. 22 – Grinnel, IA – Gardner Lounge
Sun. Sep. 23 – Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
Tue. Sep. 25 – Mikwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
Wed. Sep. 26 – St. Louis – The Monocle
Thu. Sep. 27 – Indianapolis, IN – State Street Pub
Fri. Sep. 28 – Knoxville, TN – The Pilot Light
Sat. Sep. 29 – Asheville, NC – Mothlight
Sun. Sep. 30 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
Mon. Oct. 1 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery

Kamasi Washington – “Street Fighter Mas” [Video]

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Kamasi Washington has returned with his sophomore album Heaven and Earth which is released tomorrow via Young Turks. This new video for “Street Fighter Mas” was directed by A.G. Rojas and features famed Street Fighter legends Gootecks, Combofiend and one of Washington’s Los Angles heroes—Kevin Gilliam a.k.a. BattleCat, a longtime collaborator of Dr. Dre, Snoop and Tupac Shakur.

No big surprise but the video was inspired by Washington’s love of the Street Fighter video game and depicts Washington’s adventure through Los Angeles en route to an epic battle to claim the title of champion against Combofiend. This track and video have true swagger!

Father John Misty – “God’s Favorite Customer” [Video]

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Father John Misty has delivered the official video for “God’s Favorite Customer”, the title track from his newest album God’s Favorite Customer. Emma Elizabeth Tillman directs and Josh Tillman stars in the new video and finds Tillman wandering the dark, early morning streets of New York City.

Father John Misty’s tour dates in support of God’s Favorite Customer are currently underway with the upcoming dates listed below.

Jun. 24 – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Bowl *
Jul. 13 – Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
Jul. 20 – Jacksonville, OR – BrittPavilion !
Jul. 21 – Troutdale, OR – EdgefieldAmphitheatre !
Jul. 22 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
Jul. 27 – New York, NY – Panorama Music & Arts Festival
Jul. 28 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival @ Jane Pickens Theater [Official Aftershow]
Jul. 29 – Portland, ME – Thompson’s Point ^
Aug. 01 – Raleigh, NC – North Carolina Museum of Art Park Theater ^
Aug. 02 – Washington, DC – The Anthem ***
Aug. 03 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ***
Aug. 04 – Toronto, ON – Historic Fort York & Garrison Commons
Aug. 10-12 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Festival
Aug. 12 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory Concert House %
Aug. 13 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union %
Aug. 15 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre **
Aug. 17 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater @
Aug. 17-19 – Omaha, NE – Maha Music Festival
Aug. 22 – Mexico City, MX – El Plaza Condesa
Aug. 25 – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – Queremos Festival
Aug. 26 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Teatro Memorial
Aug. 29 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – La Trastienda Club
Sep. 01 – Santiago, Chile – Espacio Riesco
Sep. 09 – Vancouver, BC – SKOOKUM Festival
Sep. 16 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
Sep. 18 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theater $
Sep. 20 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater $
Sep. 21 – Indianapolis, IN – MacAllister Amphitheater at Garfield Park $
Sep. 22 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre $
Sep. 25 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater $ [Sold Out]
Sep. 26 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore $
Sep. 28 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater $
Sep. 29 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live $
Oct. 01 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre $ [Sold Out]
Oct. 02 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre $
Oct. 03 – Birmingham, AL – Iron City $
Oct. 06 – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre
Oct. 05-07 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
Oct. 09 – Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine $
Oct. 10 – Oxford, MS – The Lyric Oxford $
Oct. 11 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Jones Assembly %
Oct. 12-14 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
Oct. 26 – Gateshead, UK – Sage Gateshead ^^
Oct. 27 – Liverpool, UK – Olympia ^^
Oct. 28 – Portsmouth, UK – Portsmouth Guildhall ^^
Oct. 29 – Leicester, UK – De Montfort Hall ^^
Oct. 30 – Bath, UK – The Forum Bath ^^
Nov. 01 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma ^^
Nov. 02 – Eindhoven, NL – Effenaar ^^
Nov. 03 – Groningen, NL – TakeRoot Festival
Nov. 05 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso ^^
Nov. 06 – Darmstadt, DE – Centralstation ^^
Nov. 07 – Berlin, DE – Huxleys Neue Welt ^^
Nov. 09-10 – Weissenhäuser Strand, DE – Rolling Stone Weekender
Nov. 11 – Gothenburg, SE – Konserthuset ^^
Nov. 14 – Budapest, HU – Müpa Budapest, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall ^^
Nov. 15 – Vienna, Austria – Arena Wien ^^
Nov. 16 – Rust, DE – Rolling Stone Park
Nov. 17 – Zurich, CH – Rote Fabrik ^^
Nov. 18 – Lausanne, CH – Les Docks ^^

! w/ Blitzen Trapper
* w/ Gillian Welch, Big Thief
** w/ TV on the Radio
*** w/ Bully
^ w/ Jenny Lewis
% w/ Lucy Dacus
@ w/ David Beeman
$ w/ King Tuff
% w/ BRONCHO
^^ w/ Bedouine

The Jack Cades: Music For Children [Album Review]

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The Jack Cades Music For Children Dirty Water Records [2018] Who: Warwickshire, England’s The Jack Cades were born in late 2017 when Mike (Lead Guitar, Vocals) and Elsa (Rhythm Guitar, Vocals) decided to record some of their songs at Mole’s (Drums) State Records Studios in Folkestone, Kent. They invited John Gibbs (The Masonics, The Wildebeests) … Read more

Amen Dunes – “Believe” [Video]

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Amen Dunes (aka the project of New York-based Damon McMahon) released his new album, Freedom, this past spring via Sacred Bones. “Believe,” a song about nostalgia, mortality, the passage of time, and the feminine powers that preside over life, is presented today with a video directed by cinematographer Steven Brahms, who also directed the video for lead single “Miki Dora,” and starring NYC poet and painter Laura Leigh. Amen Dunes is currently on tour and you can see all of their dates below.

Amen Dunes Tour Dates:
Sat. June 23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ^
Thu. Aug. 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
Sat. Aug. 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
Mon. Aug. 13 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Tue. Aug. 14 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
Wed. Aug. 15 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Fri. Aug. 17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Sat. Aug. 18 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
Mon. Aug. 20 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
Tue. Aug. 21 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Thu. Aug. 23 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Fri. Aug. 24 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
Sat. Aug. 25 – Pine Plains, NY @ Huichica East Festival
Sun. Aug. 26 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
Thu. Aug. 30 – Sun. Sep. 2 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Mon. Sep. 3 – London, UK @ London Underground *
Wed. Sep. 5 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla *
Thu. Sep. 6 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla *
Fri. Sep. 7 – Portmeirion, UK @ Festival No. 6
Sun. Sep. 9 – Gent, BE @ DOK Arena
Mon. Sep. 10 – Nieuw-Amsterdam, NE @ Paradiso Noord
Thu. Sep. 13 – Stockholm, SE @ Nalen Klubb
Fri. Sep. 14 – Oslo, NO @ Ingensteds
Sat. Sep. 15 – Göteborg, SE @ Pustervik
Mon. Sep. 17 – Berlin, DE @ Lido
Tue. Sep. 18 – Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory
Wed. Sep. 19 – Vienna, AT @ WUK
Fri. Sep. 21 – Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik
Sat. Sep. 22 – Bologna, IT @ Covo
Mon. Sep. 24 – Barcelona, ES @ LA2
Tue. Sep. 25 – Madrid, ES @ Copernico

^ w/ US Girls
* w/ Cut Worms

Walter Wolfman Washington: My Future Is My Past [Album Review]

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Walter Wolfman Washington My Future Is My Past ANTI- Records [2018] Fire Note Says: New Orleans’ blues & jazz veteran steps away from his longtime show-band the Roadrunners for an intimate set emphasizing his inner romantic crooner. Album Review: Walter Wolfman Washington has been a mainstay around the New Orleans music scene playing traditional blues … Read more

Beach House – “Black Car” [Video]

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Make sure you check out the latest video, “Black Car,” from Beach House as the mysterious auto takes a late night drive. Director Alistair Legrand takes the dark and atmospheric track, and gives it the perfect black and white visual for the song.

“Black Car” is from their latest record 7 which is out now on Sub Pop Records. Beach House’s massive worldwide tour in support of 7 resumes July 24th in New Haven, CT at College Street Music Hall and continues on through October 20th in Dublin, IE at Vicar Street. All dates are listed below.

Jul. 24 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
Jul. 26 – Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theatre
Jul. 27 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
Jul. 28 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre [Sold Out]
Jul. 30 – Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory
Jul. 31 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theatre [Sold Out]
Aug. 02 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
Aug. 03 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Sold Out]
Aug. 04 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Sold Out]
Aug. 05 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory at North Park [Sold Out]
Aug. 07 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre [Sold Out]
Aug. 08 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre [Sold Out]
Aug. 10 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium [Sold Out]
Aug. 11 – Seattle, WA – SPF30: Sub Pop’s 30th Anniversary Concert on Alki Beach
Aug. 12 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
Aug. 14 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot [Sold Out]
Aug. 15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre [Sold Out]
Aug. 17 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace Theatre [Sold Out]
Aug. 18 – Chicago, Il – Chicago Theatre [Sold Out]
Aug. 19 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Aug. 20 – Toronto, ON – Sony Centre
Aug. 22 – New York, NY – United Palace Theatre
Aug. 23 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre [Sold Out]
Aug. 24 – Boston, MA – House of Blues [Sold Out]
Aug. 25 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Sep. 25 – Lisbon, Portugal – Coliseu dos Recreios
Sep. 26 – Porto, Portugal – Teatro sa da Bandeira
Sep. 27 – Madrid, ES – La Riviera
Sep. 28 – Barcelona, ES – Razzmatazz
Sep. 30 – Lyon, France – Epicerie Moderne
Oct. 01 – Köln, DE – Gloria
Oct. 02 – Berlin, DE – Huxleys
Oct. 04 – Lund, SE – Mejeriet
Oct. 05 – Gothenburg, SE – Trädgar’n
Oct. 07 – Oslo, NO – Rockefeller Music Hall
Oct. 08 – Stockholm, SE- Münchenbryggeriet
Oct. 09 – Copenhagen, DK – Forum Black Box
Oct. 11 – Hamburg, DE – Kampnagel
Oct. 12 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg
Oct. 13 – Brussels, BE – AB [Sold Out]
Oct. 15 – Paris, FR – Olympia
Oct. 17 – London, UK – Troxy
Oct. 18 – London, UK – Troxy [Sold Out]
Oct. 19 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall [Sold Out]
Oct. 20 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street [Sold Out]

Johnny Marr: Call The Comet [Album Review]

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Johnny Marr Call The Comet New Voodoo Records [2018] Fire Note Says: Johnny Marr, groundbreaking guitarist with The Smiths, The The, Modest Mouse, delivers all the goods – solid songs, satisfying vocals, and of course great guitar sounds – on his 3rd solo album. Album Review: During The Smiths short brilliant career they released 4 … Read more

The Friday Fire Track: Active Bird Community – “Unwind With Me”

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Brooklyn, NY’s Active Bird Community instantly will get you excited to bring out the rock. The band have a new album coming out on September 14th via Barsuk Records and today’s Friday Fire Track is the perfect introduction.

“Unwind With Me” starts off innocent enough with the slow burning guitar strum and the band’s woo hoo harmony vocals. Singer Tom D’Agustino then calmly sings “and now you’re really over there, and I am thousand pounds of scared – I’ll fuck this up.” That is when the band’s muscular guitar comes out and injects this song a solid backbone that is unforgettable. Enjoy your Friday!

Active Bird Community Website
Active Bird Community Facebook
Barsuk Records

Father John Misty: God’s Favorite Customer [Album Review]

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Father John Misty God’s Favorite Customer Sub Pop Records [2018] Fire Note Says: Father John Misty narrows his scope with improved results. Album Review: Josh Tillman is once again a music writer (and thinker’s) dream. He provides material in each song, each album, that invites a strong reaction and curious reflection. While his 2017 LP … Read more

Kevin Krauter: Toss Up [Album Review]

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Kevin Krauter Toss Up Bayonet Records [2018] Who: Kevin Krauter is best known as one of several guitar players, songwriters, and vocalists in the Hoosier indie-rock band Hoops. Sound: The soft swaying indie rock of Kevin Krauter proudly shows off his 70’s easy listening influences while also sneaking in plenty of other eras. The album … Read more

Jon Spencer – “Do The Trash Can” [Video]

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Jon Spencer is back! Often imitated, never duplicated, the original NYC underground-rock legend returns from the wilderness with twelve red-hot hits, each more powerful than the last!

Jon Spencer has announced his first solo album Spencer Sings the Hits! which is out early fall 2018 via In The Red Records. You can now watch the first track “Do The Trash Can.”

Spencer is headlining a US Tour plus some dates with the Melvins. You can check them out below. The new record was recorded and mixed with Bill Skibbe at the Key Club in Benton Harbor, MI and features the talents of Sam Coomes (Quasi, Heatmeiser) and M. Sord (M. Sord).

Tour Dates:
07/29 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue*
07/30 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon*
07/31 – Chicago, IL – Park West*
08/01 – Goshen, IN – Ignition Music Garage
08/02 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme*
08/03 – Detroit, MI – El Club*
08/04 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
08/05 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue Theatre*
08/06 – Rock Island, IL – Rock Island Brewing Co*
08/07 – St. Louis, MO – Old Rock House
08/08 – Champaign, IL – Memphis on Main
08/09 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
08/10 – Cincinnati, OH – The Woodward Theater
08/11 – Toledo, OH – Ottawa Tavern
*with Melvins

Big Ups: Two Parts Together [Album Review]

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Big Ups Two Parts Together Exploding In Sound Records [2018] Who: Brooklyn’s Big Ups return in a big way with their 3rd full-length LP. Sound: Big Ups continue to impress on Two Parts Together. They may be from Brooklyn but they are channeling 90’s era Louisville Kentucky post rock to great effect. TFN Final Take: … Read more

Cullen Omori – “Happiness Reigns” [Video]

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On August 17th Cullen Omori will release his sophomore effort, The Diet via Sub Pop Records. Omori has shared a brand new video for the song, “Happiness Reigns”, which was directed by Sarah Strunin. “Reigns” was not only inspired by Omori’s current girlfriend—she was intricately involved in his vision for bringing this love song a la Beatles or Rolling Stones “into the 21st century.” “Seldom are songs actually about the women in my life, but when I choose to write them I try to act in conspiracy with my ‘muse,’” he says.

“On ‘Happiness Reigns,’ I was consciously trying to prevent the song from lyrically falling into this one-way ode to an idolized muse. Of course some of my favorite artists like T-Rex or John Cale have albums chock full of them but my intention was never to be a rock classicist or to make something that was an extension of my influences. So I had her write it with me. If I was going to write this about someone, even in vague terms, I thought it would be interesting to intertwine their perception of themselves and of our relationship.”

The Friday Fire Track: Jane Church – “Rocket To The Kremlin”

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Jane Church began as the solo recording project of Queens, NY-based artist Matt Stevenson in 2017. Joined live by seasoned musicians Ali Awan (lead guitar), Turner Stough (bass), and Peter Hilton Jr. (drums,) Jane Church now are finding a band approach to things and will have several releases out soon that includes today’s Fire Track … Read more

Tomberlin – “Self-Help” [Video]

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Tomberlin just recently signed to Saddle Creek and her debut, At Weddings, will be out August 10, 2018. Tomberlin has a new video for “Self-Help,” the lead single from At Weddings. At Weddings is available for pre-order now HERE.

ABOUT TOMBERLIN:
On her debut album At Weddings, Sarah Beth Tomberlin writes with the clarity and wisdom of an artist well beyond her years. Immeasurable space circulates within the album’s ten songs, which set Tomberlin’s searching voice against lush backdrops of piano and guitar. Like Julien Baker and Sufjan Stevens, she has a knack for transforming the personal into parable. Like Grouper, she has a feel for the transcendent within the ordinary.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, and now based in Louisville, Kentucky, Tomberlin wrote most of At Weddings while living with her family in southern Illinois during her late teens and early twenties. At 16, she finished her homeschooling curriculum and went to college at a private Christian school she describes, only half-jokingly, as a “cult.” By 17, she had dropped out of school, returned home, and begun to face a period of difficult transition in her life. The daughter of a Baptist pastor, Tomberlin found herself questioning not only her faith, but her identity, her purpose, and her place in the world.

Tomberlin cites the hymns she grew up singing in church as her greatest musical influence, and while At Weddings in many ways documents the unlearning of her childhood faith, it’s easy to hear the reverential quality of sacred music in her songs. “A lot of hymns talk about really crazy stuff – being saved from the depths and the mire, judgment. When you actually realize what you’re singing, it becomes really overwhelming,” Tomberlin says. “I grew up singing in church. I was still helping to lead worship when I started coming to terms with the realization that I didn’t know if I believed. I felt nauseous and shaky reading these words I was singing and feeling their intensity. If I did believe this, how could I sing these words without being scared out of my mind? That’s what’s influenced how I write.”

At Weddings is laden with reverence for music itself, for the power it has to heal others and help people navigate their lives. It is a record about learning to love oneself and others without reservation, from a place of deep sincerity – a lifelong challenge whose tribulations Tomberlin articulates beautifully. “My number one goal with my music is for honesty and transparency that helps other people find ways to exist,” she says. With At Weddings, this remarkable young songwriter offers up comfort and wonder in equal measure.

Richard Edwards: Verdugo [Album Review]

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Richard Edwards Verdugo Profound Discomfort [2018] Fire Note Says: Verdugo is a dreamy, free-floating work of moody melodies and emotional release. Album Review: The twelfth song on Richard Edwards’ towering 2017 release Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset is called “Pornographic Teens.” It’s a tune that moves along nicely and showcases Edwards at his moody best, combining … Read more

Paul Orwell – “Speak Of The Devil” [Video]

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UK’s rock n roll revivalist Paul Orwell has returned and this video is the reason you should be excited. It has attitude, leather and chains. Enough said! “Speak Of The Devil” is the new single off Orwell’s upcoming full length SMUT that is due for release later this year.

Currently you can find the single available on 7″ at the link provided HERE.