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The Black Keys

The Black Keys’ new album, Turn Blue, will be released May 13 on Nonesuch Records. Produced by Danger Mouse, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, Turn Blue features 11 …
THE BLACK KEYS

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Ohio's The Black Keys will be returning to Australia as part of their tour for their 8th studio album, Turn Blue.

The Turn Blue World Tour will take the band through all the major Aussie cities, including Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.

The Black Keys Australian 2015 Tour Dates:

Friday 3 April 2015
Bluesfest, Byron Bay NSW

Sunday 5 April 2015
Rolling Green, Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley VIC

Tuesday 7 April 2015
Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne VIC

Friday 10 April 2015
Qantas Credit Union Arena, Sydney NSW

Saturday 11 April 2015
Rolling Green, Bimbadgen Winery, Hunter Valley

Tuesday 14 April 2015
Red Hill Auditorium, Perth WA

Thursday 16 April 2015
Entertainment Centre Theatre, Adelaide SA

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Azure Ray

Some of my favorite albums of this sort are … anything by Azure Ray; and Benjamin Løzninger's Crossweek EP (previously mentioned here). …

ORENDA FINK

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Blue Dream (Saddle Creek) is the new album by Orenda Fink, her debut solo album post-Azure Ray (the Alabama duo featuring Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink). Incidentally, 'azur' in French is 'blue' in English.

Orenda Fink's tour dates kicks off today, September 18th:

09.18 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge
09.19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
09.21 – Spokane, WA @ Big Dipper
09.22 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
09.23 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
09.25 – San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
09.26 – San Jose, CA @ Cafe Stritch
09.27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Los Globos
09.29 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
09.30 – Tucson, AZ @ The Flycatcher
10.02 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
10.03 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
10.04 – Norman, OK @ Mainsite Contemporary Art
10.18 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
10.19 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
10.20 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
10.21 – Washington, DC @ DC9
10.22 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
10.23 – 10.25 – New York, NY @ CMJ
10.27 – Carrboro, NJ @ Cat's Cradle
10.28 – Atlanta, GA @ 529
10.29 – Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
10.30 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
11.01 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown

DARK BLUE

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Philadelphia's Dark Blue has a new debut LP Pure Reality, coming out October 7th Jade Tree. Looking at their URL, I wonder if they were originally called Dark Blue Skins or Skinheads, but later dropped the last word?

Anyway, the trio will be touring in support of Pure Reality:

9/26: Death By Audio – Brooklyn, NY #
9/27: Boot & Saddle – Philadelphia, PA #
10/2: Beerland – Austin, TX
10/3: Jewels Catch One – Los Angeles, CA ^
10/4: 1-2-3-4-Go! – Oakland, CA ^
10/5: Hemlock – San Francisco, CA ^

# – w/ Dick Diver
^ w/ Pleasure Leftists

STEPHAN EMMER

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International Blue is the new album from musician/composer Stephen Emmer. The album comes out September 16th on Electric Fairytale Recordings, and features guests Midge Ure (Ultravox), Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Liam McKahey (Cousteau), Neil Crossley (Furlined), and Michael Dempsey (The Cure).

Track listing:

01 Let the Silence Hold You (feat. Glenn Gregory)
02 Taking Back My Time (feat. Midge Ure)
03 Blown Away (feat. Liam Mckahey)
04 Sleep for England (feat. Neil Crossley)
05 Untouchable (feat. Glenn Gregory)
06 Song for a Deserted Wife (feat. Liam Mckahey)
07 Seachange (feat. Neil Crossley)
08 A Break in the Weather (feat. Glenn Gregory)
09 Mama's Mad (feat. Liam Mckahey)
10 In the Mirror Reflected (feat. Glenn Gregory)

HUNGRY CLOUD DARKENING

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Anacortes-based Hungry Cloud Darkening will be releasing their sophomore album Glossy Recall on October 7th via Pacific Northwest music label Off Tempo.

You can preview the trio's new track, "Blue Green" now:

Glossy Recall track listing:

1. Clearly Seen
2. I Am Seen
3. Hold This Moment
4. You Look Around
5. Time To
6. Talk About Something
7. Fading Comfort
8. Blue Green
9. Hidden And No Trace
10. Inhibited Window

KALEN & THE SKY THIEVES

kalenandtheskythieves.com

Bluebird is the debut album from New York's Kalen & The Sky Thieves. You can preview "Island", courtesy of Impose Magazine and their record label Ropeadope Records.

Hear it now:

Bluebird tracklisting:

1. Hand To Hold
2. Mother Time
3. Moon Of May
4. Island
5. Never Ending Winter
6. Kansas City Baby Girl
7. Keep You Mine
8. Rabid Girl
9. Somedays
10. Bluebird

Look for Bluebird on October 14th, via Ropeadope Records.

AERS

aersband.com

Blue Tempest is the debut EP (available September 30th) from Brooklyn-based duo AERS (Tasha Abbott and Zack Nestel-Patt).

The five-track EP is said to be folky/ambient… or as they band self-described themselves, "folk with electronics from outer space."

The tracklisting:

1. Blue Tempest
2. For You
3. Tongues
4. Flutter
5. With a Light

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