We are big fans of The Kingston Springs‘ ‘The Vacation Time’ EP that dropped a couple years ago, and have been highly anticipating the release of their debut full-length, which comes out October 2nd.
Well… the wait for new material has finally ended!
Get the first taste from the band’s new self-titled LP below with the single ‘Lowest of Animals.’ A great little ditty that was definitely worth the wait. And if you’ll be in Chattanooga in a couple weeks, The Kingston Springs will be swinging this way in support of the release on Tuesday October 9th at JJ’s Bohemia with locals Eight Knives. See their full list of live dates HERE:
BONUS: Check out this killer cover of Hank Williams ‘Dear Brother’ by Ian & James of The Kingston Springs recorded on a pier in Greenpoint, Brooklyn earlier this summer:
If you didn’t get a chance to pick-up an advanced copy of local boys Bohannons new album ‘Unaka Rising’ when they kicked things off at JJ’s Bohemia June 22nd during their 7-city album release tour, then swing on over and pick up yourself up a copy HERE. Their new LP drops today via This Is American Music and is available to stream below… but if that wasn’t enough, they’re also also including a free 6-track b-side EP, ‘Buzz Me In,’ for a limited time available for download HERE.
The boys will be back in Chattanooga July 26th at Rhythm and Brews and August 15th at JJ’s Bohemia, so come on out and say hello… But have you noticed? The last week of July is packed with great music in Chattanooga. With Bohannons on the 26th, The South Rail Presents w/ Fly Golden Eagle (and more) at Track 29 on the 27th and Diarrhea Planet at JJ’s on the 28th, we’re in for a great time!
Stream ‘Unaka Rising’ below and if you dig what you hear, pick up the new LP HEREand get ‘yer free b-side EP HERE:
In February, San Francisco’s Terry Malts released ‘Killing Time’ via Slumberland Records, their debut full length and follow-up to 2010’s ‘Log Lady’ (a 6-song cassette) and two 7-inch singles that dropped last year… ‘I Do’ is the latest video from Terry Malts and comes from that new LP… Check it out below and pick up your copy of ‘Killing Time’HERE… And if you’re diggin’ what you hear, Terry Malts will be at JJ’s Bohemia this Sunday, April 15th along with Seattle’s Night Beats! Should be a great show! Starts a 9:00pm, $7 — Full April tour listing below:
04/10 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
04/11 – Houston, TX @ Mango’s
04/12 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk (inside)
04/13 – New Orleans, LA @ Circle Bar
04/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn 04/15 – Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia
04/17 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
04/18 – Baltimore, MD @ Golden West Cafe
04/20 – New York City, NY @ Mercury Lounge
04/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands
04/24 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
04/26 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
04/27 – Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
04/28 – Englewood, CO @ Moe’s
With a new LP, ‘Leaving Atlanta,’ out last month via Douchemaster Records, Gentleman Jesse is set to hit the road with fellow label-mates, The Barreracudas in May… A tour that is stopping by Chattanooga Friday, May 25th via JJ’s Bohemia! So mark those calendars.
See below for the full listing of tour dates as well as a couple of singles from Gentleman Jesse’s ‘Leaving Atlanta.’ The first is a free download of ‘Eat Me Alive’ followed by the official music video for ‘Rooting for the Underdog.’ … And pick up your copy of ‘Leaving Atlanta’HERE:
05/11/12 Fri, Asheville, NC Emerald Lounge
05/12/12 Sat, Washington, DC Black Cat Backstage
05/13/12 Sun, Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
05/14/12 Mon, Allston, MA Great Scott
05/15/12 Tue, Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
05/16/12 Wed, Cleveland, OH Now That’s Class Lounge
05/17/12 Thu, Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
05/18/12 Fri, Hamtramck, MI Smalls
05/19/12 Sat, Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
05/20/12 Sun, St Paul, MN Turf Club
05/24/12 Thu, Nashville, TN The End 05/25/12 Fri, Chattanooga, TN JJ’s Bohemia
05/26/12 Sat, Atlanta, GA 529
R.Ring is a new band featuring Kelley Deal of The Breeders and Mike Montgomery of Ampline who are dropping by JJ’s Bohemia tomorrow, February 19th! Chattanooga is one of the few Southern cities who will be able to experience this new project which Montgomery described in a Cincinnati Metromix interview as “Two guitars and two voices.” [read the full interview HERE]
The band is currently putting the finishing touches on a 7-inch due out via Misra Records later this year, but before that drops, swing by JJ’s Sunday and get a first taste of this new project. The only sample we could find is from an April show promo for the Dayton, OH venue South Park Tavern, which you can check out below… but come on, Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery? You know it’s gonna be good, don’t miss it!.. See full tour dates below including Nashville, Knoxville and Birmingham:
The ladies from Birdcloud are stopping by Chattanooga’s JJ’s Bohemia TONIGHT for a special Valentine’s Day show and we had the honor to interview the Nashville duo about new music, videos and more:
A lot of big things have happened since Birdcloud’s last visit to Chattanooga in September. Between 2 official music videos, studio time at Battle Tapes Recording and a Three’s Company theme song collaboration to promote one of your latest shows in Nashville with Ri¢hie and D. Striker
. What’s next for the Birdcloud team in 2012? More tunes from the studio?
Makenzie:“Duh. Yeah, we are in the process of recording our second EP. Super excited about the direction of our songwriting. The response to the ‘Warshin’ video has been BADASS. We’ve had the best time writing and thinking of new concepts for videos and party tricks. Our new hit ‘FUK U COP’ is a line dance… it’s gonna be super produced and real nineties pop country soundin’. Just retarded. The joy of my life.”
Jasmin:“Yeah, and more merch and more records this year. Hopefully in 2012 can do some shows where we can fly through the air at venues like Garth Brooks and have wireless headsets instead of mouth microphones.”
Birdcloud were first known for their YouTube videos featuring live performances of songs from your debut self-titled EP… the most recent for the single ‘Springwater’ that features a brief interview with David Cloud. Are there any new video projects in the works?
Jasmin:“We did make out with our friend Day’s dog at a party and filmed it in slow motion. We will be putting out a call to friends of Birdcloud for videos of them making out with their own dogs, so we can make a compilation video for ‘Bandit.’ But just good clean slow-mo fun, nothing weird. Also gonna get together and make something new with the Duensing brothers at 80JD.net who did our ‘Warshin’ video. They’re the best. And we’re in the choreography process for a new video with a line dance that sort of goes with the sobriety test. It’s for a new song about cops.”
Makenzie:“We’re shooting at the end of the month with an amazing director. He just did the newest Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard video for a song called ‘Willie’s Guitar.’ Real pro stuff.”
When you played Chattanooga’s Lindsey Street Hall last Fall, we couldn’t help but notice your harmonic playing and stage presence. When did this style of playing first start and what other tricks do you have up your sleeves… or should we say skirts?
Makenzie:“We were drunk at a BBQ and I had recently started doing stupid improv songs about friends physical qualities. Like ‘Big Eyed Megan’ or ‘Tracy You Freak Me Out In Real Life.’ Anyway, me n’ Jas just started doing it to each other in each others faces, gettin’ wild and the energy was out of control. It was definitely more for each other at that point. Our friend Jordan Lehning booked us a show at the Mercy Lounge like a week later. It was crazy. The party tricks and bullshit is kinda a more recent thing. We have a deaf interpreter that does American sign language for ‘Warshin.’ Shes amazing! We’ve had Ri¢hie from Ghostfinger solo all over springwater, a man with a bucket on his head beatin’ the hell outta himself during ‘Indianer’ and the wonderful crotch harmonica solo orgasm that rules. Jasmin gets in there.”
Regardless of the topics in your lyrics, we can hear a huge musical background behind your harmonies and melodies. We are familiar with Jasmin’s solo project, but can you fill us in with the true history behind the pre-‘Indianer’ Birdcloud?
Jasmin:“Me and Mak both grew up listening to country music, and my mom wrote for country music for a living. Our exposure levels were both pretty high, even though my solo music isn’t country influenced. Makenzie has a photographic memory for songs. She knows all the words to all country songs I think, especially from the 90’s. So she’s got ears and mouth for country music, and we like all the same things, like when a song ends with the part at the beginning and dumb pauses before words for emphasis. We’re at the same level on guitar, so she thinks my shitty solos are badass. We just keep tearing it up and having fun.”
We our honored to have you both back in town to grace our stage for Valentine’s Day at JJ’s Bohemia. Can you tell us what Chattanooga has in-store?
Lots of big news for Chattanooga’s Moonlight Bride who are about to embark on an East coast tour promoting their new 7-inch ‘Lemonade,’ a release that is also included on the Memetic Society’s Tennesthesia collection that dropped earlier in December (see details HERE). The song is their first single from the band’s upcoming EP ‘Twin Lakes’ which is set to hit shelves later this Spring… There is also a remix EP in the works which will be featuring a remix of ‘Lemonade’ from Tom of Los Campesinos!
Check out the new track below and come out to hear a taste of the new material in-person! Moonlight Bride are headlining Chattanooga Pulse’s Winterfest at Track 29 January 28th… and then February 11th, for the band’s ‘Lemonade’ 7-inch release party at JJ’s Bohemia, as well as a handful of other dates. Full tour listing below:
The David Mayfield Parade just announced — with a low-tech sheet of paper — their February’s tour dates which includes Bluegrass Underground in McMillville, TN and RIGHT HERE in Chattanooga at JJ’s Bohemia on Saturday 2/25!
David Mayfield’s band released their self-titled LP around this time last year, which is slam-packed with Avett Brothers guest appearances and made it on The South Rail’s Top 20 Albums of 2011 list. Our guess is we’ll be hearing songs from that album as well as some new tunes… maybe even some special guests?
If your not farmilar with David Mayfield Parade, or missed them last year at Rhythm and Brews, check out a couple key tracks below and get ready for the 25th!
Also check David and his little sis’ Jessica Lea Mayfield w/ The Avett Brothers a few years back. Great stuff:
We are big fans of The Kingston Springs‘ ‘The Vacation Time’ EP that dropped a couple years ago, and have been highly anticipating the release of their debut full-length, which comes out October 2nd.
