Birds of a Feather VII
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDSnoelgallagher.com
You know we love Oasis, so we’ve been keeping a close eye on the two brothers. While Liam Gallagher just did a successful tour (stopping by Minneapolis in November 2017), his brother Noel Gallagher, will be embarking on a U.S. tour, starting tomorrow in Detroit.
What’s really exciting about Noel’s upcoming world tour is that he will bring with him a new 10 piece live band!
As you know, since the Oasis break up, Noel has been releasing music under the Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds name. His latest album Who Built the Moon landed #1 in the UK charts, and the critics are calling the record “best album yet”.
Tour dates:
02/10/18 Columbus, OH, Express Live!*
02/12/18 Washington, DC, Anthem*
02/13/18 Philadelphia, PA, Merriam Theater*
02/15/18 New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall*
02/17/18 Boston, MA, Opera House*
02/18/18 Montreal, QC, Place des Arts*
02/20/18 Toronto, ON, Sony Centre*
02/23/18 Cleveland, OH, Goodyear Theater*
02/24/18 Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre*
02/25/18 Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theatre
02/27/18 Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium*
02/28/18 Atlanta, GA, The Tabernacle
03/2/18 New Orleans, LA Orpheum Theatre*
03/3/18 Houston, TX, House of Blues
03/5/18 Austin, TX, Moody Theater *
03/6/18 Dallas, TX, Majestic Theater*
03/9/18 Las Vegas, NV, The Chelsea *
03/10/18 Oakland, CA, Fox Theater*
03/12/18 Los Angeles, CA, The Orpheum*
03/13/18 Los Angeles, CA, The Orpheum*
JADE BIRDjade-bird.com
Breakout British artist Jade Bird confirmed that she will be heading to SXSW 2018.
The tour dates come on the heels of the release of Jade’s latest single “Lottery,” which MTV hailed, “Jade Bird gives Joni Mitchell a run for her money on this beautiful new single.”
We caught Jade Bird in
November 2017 and wrote, “London alt-country singer-songwriter Jade Bird in support of her first EP, Something American (Glassnote Records) , released in July.
Bird has a delightful and somewhat cheeky demeanor, with a vocal twang similar in parts to Jake Bugg (enough so that they should collaborate and call themselves A Bird and a Bugg) and started with the strumming ‘Run and Hide’ and bluesy ‘I’ll Be There’.”
JADE BIRD LIVE
*supporting Colter Wall
April 7 – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall*
April 11 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom*
April 14 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom*
April 15 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair*
April 20 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada*
April 22 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall *
April 25 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre*
April 26 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet’s
April 27-29 – Stagecoach Country Music Festival
May 2 – San Francisco, CA – Independent*
May 4 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom*
May 5 – Seattle, WA – Neumos*
June 7-June 10 – Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 14-June17 – Firefly Festival
June 15 – June 17 – Mountain Jam Festival
THE WOMBATSthewombats.co.uk
Liverpools’ The Wombats recently previewed their new single “Black Flamingo”, ahead of their new album Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life… which drops tomorrow, February 9th, via Kobalt Music Recordings.
You can listen to “Black Flamingo” on all the popular streaming websites, including Spotify and Apple Music. Go here: thewombats.lnk.to.
The Wombats upcoming tour dates:
*with Weezer and The Pixies
06/26 New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music*
06/27 Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion*
06/29 Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell*
06/30 Austin, TX @ Austin360*
07/6 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music*
07/7 Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino*
07/8 Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgager*
07/10 Burgettstown, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion*
07/11 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Ctr*
07/13 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre*
07/14 Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage*
07/15 Syracuse, NY @ Lakeview Amphitheatre*
LADY BIRDladybird.movie
The feel-good coming-of-age film Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan, is a big sleeper hit. What’s even cooler is the outstanding soundtrack, featuring our favorites The Monkees and
Alanis Morissette, among others.
Writer and director Greta Gerwig personal wrote letters to artists she had in mind for the film—including Morissette and Dave Matthews—to expressly ask for their blessing to use their songs in Lady Bird.
Naturally, the film went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and Ronan took home the award for Best Actress, Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. The New York Film Critics Circle named Lady Bird 2017’s Best Film and Ronan the year’s Best Actress, while the National Board of Review placed Lady Bird in the year’s Top 10 Films, named Gerwig Best Director, and named Metcalf Best Supporting Actress.
Lady Bird is playing at a theater near you.
MAMA BIRD RECORDING CO.mamabirdrecordingco.com
Record label Mama Bird Recording Co. is based out of Portland, Oregon, and committed to exceptional songcraft. Founded in 2011, they’ve signed Courtney Marie Andrews, Saintseneca, Barna Howard, Myriam Gendron and Vikesh Kapoor, among others.
One of their new releases will be I Need to Start a Garden by Haley Heynderickx. The record will be coming out March 2, 2018, and Heynderickx will be doing a promotional tour in support of the new album. She’ll be down at SXSW in Austin, Texas, as well as hanging out with The Low Anthem on this 2018 tour.
Tour Dates:
03/01 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
03/12-18 – Austin, TX @ SxSW
3/21-25 -Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
3/27 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar*
3/28 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway*
3/29 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Backroom *
3/30 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall*
3/31 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club*
4/01 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon*
4/03 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Hi-Fi*
4/04 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark*
4/05 – Toronto, ON @ Great Hall*
4/06 – Montreal, QC, CAN @ Belmont*
4/07 – Kingston, NY @ BSP Lounge*
08/2-5 – Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon Music Festival
08/16-19 – Brecon Beacon, Wales @ Green Man Festival
* – with The Low Anthem
ANNABEL ALLUMaannabel.com
Guildford-based songwriter Annabel Allum recently showed off her new single “Beat the Birds”, her first release since All That For What EP last year.
Regarding the new song, Allum said, “I wrote Beat the Birds during a heightened temerarious period of my life. Riding on moments and not consequences, feeling and not thinking. The story of youthful, reckless abandon, morning after morning after morning.”
Look for “Beat the Birds” on London indie label Killing Moon Records on 25th January.
Live Dates
4/2 Dusseldorf – The Tube
6/2 London – Camden Assembly
HAYLEY SABELLAhayleysabellamusic.com
New England coast, singer-songwriter Hayley Sabella is releasing Forgive The Birds on April 27…. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter that went over her twelve thousand dollar asking price.
Glide Magazine recently premiered “Turn Around”, calling it “shines with pop-laden Americana.”
The tour starts today (Feb 8th).
Tour dates:
02/10 –Honesdale, PA – Basin and Main at lot 21
02/11 – Columbus, OH – Brothers Drake Meadery
02/12 – Bloomington, IN – Bockhouse Bar
02/13 – Columbia, MO – Café Berlin
02/24 – Troy, NY – Superior Merchandise Co.
BIRDS OF PASSAGE
denovali.com
New Zealand’s Birds of Passage (aka Alicia Merz) is back after four years of silence.
The ambient, minimalist, experimental project Birds of Passage will be releasing
The Death of Our Invention on March 30th via Denovali Records.
Headphone Commute explains it, “Alicia presents us with an endearing invitation into her fragile world, a captivating journey through the landscapes of her emotional euphoria and agony, a further commitment to musical experimentation… The cold minimalist-drones, distorted field recordings, and sparse instrumentation, illustrate an icy, desolate and dark world. It’s as if we are listening to the sound of winter itself; an audio exposure to the unforgiving elements of winter.”
KUNZITE kunzitemusic.com
Producer/multi-instrumentalist Mike Stroud (Ratatat) and Agustin White (White Flight), together is called Kunzite. The duo’s forthcoming debut album is called Birds Don’t Fly, set for release March 2, 2018 via Sol System Records.
Kunzite previewed some singles, including “Vapors”, which Consequence of Sound called “a groovy tune that fuses bits of the future and past.”
Birds Don’t Fly is a global effort, spanning across many continents, with spontaneous recording sessions in Hawaii, New York, California, Iceland, and even India.
EAGLE TWIN eagletwin.com
Salt Lake City-based duo Eagle Twin (guitarist/singer Gentry Densley and drummer
Tyler Smith) is excited to be releasing their third album The Thundering Heard (Songs Of Hoof And Horn) on March 30th via Southern Lord.
In the band’s own words, “As the great snake grew giant fractal antlers of snakes and turned in upon itself creating a new world, the mountains rise, and the antlers stab through like trees across the landscape. The record begins with the hoofed and horned animals of our world running from mountains and forests on fire. Eerily harkening to the recent events in California and the massive devastation by fire across the land.”
PISSED REGARDLESS creator-destructor.com
Feed The Birds is the new EP from San Diego’s Pissed Regardless.
Guitarist Sean Walker states, “We are beyond stoked that Feed The Birds is finally out for consumption! We worked hard on this EP and can’t wait for it to be heard. This Friday at the Soda Bar in San Diego we are set for the release show and the bill is stacked with some great bands. Stay Pissed!”
EP Streaming At New Noise Magazine; Record Sees Release Friday Through Creator-Destructor
Look for Feed The Birds on vinyl and digital formats through Creator-Destructor this Friday, Feb 9th.
TWO DARK BIRDtwodarkbirds.com
From the Catskill Mountains of New York, Two Dark Birds is led by Steve Koester (formerly of Punchdrunk).
The group started in 2007, but disappeared somewhen in 2012 … but it looks like the band is back with their third album Bow at the end of 2017. Their new single and music video is for “Who Will Call You Home for the Night?”
Tour dates to be announced. Expect Midwest and Northwest area this Summer.