GARDENS & VILLAS
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Guess what? Gardens & Villa‘s new album is called Music For Dogs, and it is coming out August 21st via Secretly Canadian.

Of course, there will be tour in support of the new album:

Sept. 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom

Sept. 17 – Austin, TX @ The Parish

Sept. 18 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

Sept. 19 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues

Sept. 20 – New Orleans @ Gasa Gasa

Sept. 22 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5

Sept. 23 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle

Sept. 24 – Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel

Sept. 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall

Sept. 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle

Sept. 29 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair

Sept. 30 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB

Oct. 1 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison

Oct. 2 – Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory

Oct. 3 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

Oct. 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry

Oct. 6 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater

Oct. 7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

Oct. 8 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar

Oct. 9 – San Diego, CA @ IRENIC

Oct. 10 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s

Nov. 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy

Nov. 14 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub

Nov. 16 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile

Nov. 17 – Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt

Nov. 18 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge

Nov. 20 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

THE SHEEPDOGS
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The Sheepdogs are Ewan Currie (lead vocal/guitar), Ryan Gullen (bass/vox), Sam Corbett (drums/vox), Shamus Currie (keys/horns/vox) and Rusty Matyas (guitar/vox). Their fifth album Future Nostalgia will be out October 2nd via Dine Alone Records.

The Sheepdogs Tour Dates:

8/16 Fort McMurray, AB @ MacDonald Island Park
8/18 Whoop-Up Days Family Festival
8/28 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
9/3 Dallas, TX @ The Door/Prophet Bar
9/4 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
9/5 Utopia, TX @ UTOPiAfest
9/8 Austin, TX @ Parish
9/9 Little Rock, AR @ Stickyz
9/10 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
9/11 Black Swamp Arts Festival
9/12 Buffalo, NY @ EDGEFEST
9/13 Cleveland, OH @ Cambridge Room
9/15 Windsor, ON @ Caesar’s Windsor
9/20 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Folk Festival
9/26 Pittsburgh, PA @ Thrival Festival
9/29 Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
9/30 Boise, ID @ Visual Arts Collective
10/1 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/2 Portland @ Doug Fir
10/7 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
10/8 San Diego @ Casbah
10/10 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Brewski
10/13 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
10/14 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
10/15 Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey
10/16 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
10/17 Norman, OK @ Red Door Music Festival
10/18 Tulsa, OK @ Vanguard
10/20 Ames, IA @ Maintenance Shop
10/21 Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
10/22 Chicago, IL @ Double Door
10/23 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
10/25 Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
11/27 Winnipeg, MB @ RBC Convention Centre

ALL DOGS
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Ohio’s All Dogs will be heading out on tour in support of their debut album Kicking Every Day (available August 28th on Salinas Records).

All Dogs will be touring with The Sidekicks.

Tour Dates:

8/18 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter *
8/19 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery *
8/20 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes *
8/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA *
8/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn *
8/23 – Easthampton, MA @ Flywheel *
8/24 – Allston, MA @ O’Briens Pub *
8/25 – Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre *
8/26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Roboto Project *
8/27 – Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s *
8/29 – Columbus, OH @ Carabar *

* w/ The Sidekicks

MOONDOG MATINEE
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Reno-based soul/blues-infused rock quintet Moondog Matinee is releasing their sophomore album Carry Me, Rosie on August 25.

Diffuser.fm described their music as “conveys a deep, rich understanding of gritty rock and roll that sounds like it was developed decades ago.”

Track listing:

1. Ghost Dime
2. Wild Way
3. I Wanna Know
4. Last Night the Devil Learned My Name
5. Gold
6. Put Me Right
7. ‘Til the Sun Goes Grey
8. The Western Sea
9.
Mexico

THUNDERCAT
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Look, I love the ThunderCats cartoon (I own all the DVDs)… so I’m always hesitant when a band named themselves after something I love.
To be fair, the Arctic Cat snowmobile Thundercat existed well before the cartoon…

Anyway, enter Thundercat, aka Stephen Bruner, from Los Angeles. He will be heading out on tour in support of his mini-album The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam. The six-track mini-album takes listeners on six spiraling excursions to the outer limits of jazz-funk.

Tour dates:

Aug 23 Brooklyn, NY – Afropunk Festival
Sep 17 San Diego, CA – Cabsah
Sep 18 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
Sep 19 Albuquerque, NM – Historic El Rey Theatre
Sep 20 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Sep 22 Tulsa, OK – Vanguard
Sep 23 Austin, TX – Holy Mountain
Sep 24 Houston, TX – Studio
Sep 25 San Antonio, TX – Alamo City Club
Sep 26 Denton, TX – Oaktopia
Sep 27 Toronto, ON – The Hoxton
Sep 29 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
Sep 30 Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs
Oct 01 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Oct 03 Atlanta, GA – Afropunk Festival
Oct 04 Vancouver, BC – The Alexander
Oct 06 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Oct 07 Portland, OR – Star Theatre
Oct 08 Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre
Oct 09 San Francisco, CA – 1015 Folsom
Oct 10 Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
Oct 11 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent

FELIX DA HOUSECAT
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Chicago DJ Felix da Housecat recently released a video for “The Natural”, featuring Lee Scratch Perry, taken from his new album From Narrative of Thee Blast Illusion.

Here’s how they described the video:

Directed by Jon Conklin and produced by Devon James Stewart, “The Natural” video captured each artist on a green screen then digitized footage so that it reacts with the audio.

The digital effect is modeled after a piece of hardware called the Rutt Etra Video Synthesizer. Designed by Steve Rutt and Bill Etra in 1970, it was the first ever device of its kind that allowed you to manipulate video rasterization with audio signal.

For this video Conklin recreated the effect digitally, using the track’s bassline as the visual and sonic touchpoint so that video signal breaks up into scan lines and pulses every time the bass note hits.

CATEY SHAW
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New York-based singer/songwriter/artist Catey Shaw recently previewed her new single “Walks All Over You” on PopCrush.com. The infectious, 80s-inspired disco/funk-infused pop gem is the first track off of her forthcoming release The Ransom EP, due out this fall. This is the follow up to Human Contact Remix and The Brooklyn EP … the latter was a hit on Reddit (the single “Tomorrow’s Hits” streamed more than 3.7 million on Spotify).

Shaw also also revealed the original artwork for “Walks All Over You,” which she painted herself.

Check out Catey Shaw live at Calgary Pride on September 6th and also a headlining show at Knitting Factory in NYC on October 2nd.