In continuing his solo Fiepblatter Catalogue series, the incomparable Jan St. Werner (Mouse on Mars, Microstoria) will release his new album Spectric Acid Fiepblatter Catalogue #5 on August 25th. Following his acclaimed fourth installment Felder, as well as collaborations with the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Kid Millions, and The National, Werner's Spectric Acid summons flux and fragmentation, building up locomotive beat structures around the correlation of musical spectra.

As all of Werner's solo efforts have pushed beyond his previous boundaries, the frequencies, timbres, and tones of Spectric Acid were deemed untranslatable to analog formats, and will only be available via CD. Mastered by Rashad Becker at Dub-plates & Mastering in Berlin, Becker said the intense nature of the album meant that to master for LP would “mutilate the spectrum and phase of the material.” Jan St. Werner's band of nearly two decades, Mouse On Mars, will be releasing a new album on Thrill Jockey in early 2018.

Spectric Acid's first single "Gourd Skin Particles" is streaming now on our mixtape, and you can also add it to your Spotify playlist if that's your thing: https://open.spotify.com/album/6G4kOXCeapMVifNBFa0UGN

In celebration of their upcoming tour Man Forever (the project of unreal drum champion John Colpitts aka Kid Millions) have shared the video for Play What They Want track "Debt and Greed," directed by Alex Nathanson.

Man Forever will be touring throughout much of North America this fall, including sets at October Revolution of Jazz & Contemporary Music Festival accompanied by So Percussion, The Poetry Foundation, and the San Diego Art Institute.

Man Forever tour dates:
Sep. 9 - New York City, NY - Skirball Center *
Oct. 4 - Raleigh, NC - Neptune’s Parlour
Oct. 5 - Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
Oct. 6 - Winston-Salem, NC - The Garage
Oct. 7 - Washington, DC - Rhizome Collective
Oct. 8 - Philadelphia, PA - October Revolution of Jazz and
Contemporary Music %
Oct. 9 - Guelph, ON - The Silence
Oct. 10 - Buffalo, NY - Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Oct. 11 - Toronto, ON - 918 Bathurst for X Avant
Oct. 13 - Chicago, IL - The Poetry Foundation
Oct. 14 - Columbus, OH - Double Happiness
Oct. 15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Gooski’s
Oct. 16 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
Oct. 17 - Eerie, PA - TBA
Oct. 25 - Brooklyn, NY - Secret Project Robot ^
Nov. 3 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Art Institute
Nov. 5 - San Francisco, CA - The Lab
Nov. 8 - Portland, OR - Fixin’ To ^
Nov. 9 - Seattle, WA - Sunset

* w/ Joshua Light Show, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
% as Man Forever with So Percussion
^ w/ Secret Drum Band

The fearless French multi-instrumentalist Colleen (Cécile Schott) has announced a new album composed entirely with electronics and voice, A flame my love, a frequency. Making the most drastic change since she began singing on her fourth album, Colleen has set aside her viola da gamba entirely and has created the entire album using Moog pedals and Critter and Guitari synthesizers.

A flame's first single "Separating" is available to stream now via the album product page, or on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3Q9jAmZwmRf0YTYTPwd4LW

Colleen has also announced her first batch of North American tour dates, with more to come!

Colleen tour dates
Oct. 29 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Oct. 30 - San Francisco, CA - Swedish American Hall
Nov. 1 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
Nov. 3 - Chicago, IL - Museum of Contemporary Art
Nov. 5 - Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA
Nov. 8 - Brooklyn, NY - Good Room

Following the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut, the duo of House and Land (lauded guitarist Sarah Louise and award winning fiddler Sally Anne Morgan) will be bringing their touring throughout the U.S., including a Chicago show with fellow Thrill Jockey guitar master Glenn Jones.

House and Land tour dates:
Jul. 11 - Lexington, KY - The Burl
Jul. 12 - Chicago, IL - Constellation ^
Jul. 13 - Columbus, OH - It Looks Like It’s Open
Jul. 14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Library (day show)
Jul. 14 - Pittsburgh, PA - House show
Jul. 15 - Hudson, NY - Spotty Dog
Jul. 16 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool #
Jul. 18 - Turner Falls, MA - The Brick House
Jul. 19 - New Haven, CT - Neverending Books
Jul. 20 - Petersborough, NH - Bass Hall
Jul. 21 - Boston, MA - Hope Central Church
Jul. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - Ortliebs
Jul. 24 - Baltimore, MD - TBA
Jul. 26 - Washington, DC - Rhizome Collective
Jul. 27 - Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar *
Jul. 28 - Blacksburg, VA - Rising Silo Brewery
 
^ w/ Glenn Jones
# w/ Sue Garner
* w/ Diane Cluck

Oozing Wound EU Tour dates:

Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa invite you to their colorful, oozing, and magical world with their video for "Elastic Astral Peel," from their new album Are Euphoria, out June 16th. Directed by Milton Croissant, the video was created using experimental techniques with 3D imaging software "Blender," melding molds of the band members' faces with footage of trickling slime. Wong & Minekawa also plan to tour throughout the U.S. this summer.

Pre-order Are Euphoria now!:
thrilljockey.com/products/are-euphoria

Helen Money headline EU dates:

08/09 / IT / La Spezia / Frame
09/09 / IT / Lido Di Dante (RA) / StereoCLab
10/09 / IT / Anghiari  / Effetto K
11/09 / IT / Reggio Emilia / La Polveriera
12/09 / IT / Milano / Volume
13/09 / CH / Geneve  / La Cave 12
14/09 / CH / Basel / Days Of Wrath Festival at Hirscheneck
15/09 / FR / Lyon / Grnnd Zero
16/09 / FR / Paris / Olympic Café
19/09 /  UK / Bristol / The Cube
20/09 / UK / Leicester / The Musician
21/09 / UK / London /  The Victoria
22/09 / NL / Rotterdam / Worm
23/09 /  BE / Brugges / Snuffel
26/09 / DE / Krefeld / Kulturrampe
27/09 / DE / Chemnitz / Atomino
28/09 / CZ /  Prague / Potrva
29/09 / DE/ Nuremberg / Hemdendienst
30/09 / IT /  Rovereto / Loco's
01/10/ IT  / Torino / Blah Bla

 the powerhouse trio SUMAC (Aaron Turner of Isis/Old Man Gloom, Brian Cook of Russian Circles, Nick Yachyshyn of Baptists) have announced a West Coast tour with Boris and Japanese noise outfit ENDON this fall.

SUMAC tour dates
Aug. 18-20 - Las Vegas, NV - Psycho Las Vegas (date TBA) $
Oct. 6 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall ^
Oct. 7 - Seattle, WA - Neumos ^
Oct. 8 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre ^
Oct. 9 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir ^
Oct. 11 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent ^


$ w/ Neurosis, Melvins, Swans, Pelican, Chelsea Wolfe, and more
^ w/ Boris, ENDON

Man Forever (the project of drummer John Colpitts aka Kid Millions) has released the mesmerizing video for "Twin Torches (feat. Laurie Anderson)." The video is a short film directed by Joshua Ford, featuring dancers Jill Schwartz and Marie Buser's elegant interpretation of Colpitts' hypnotic arrangements and Anderson's reverent voice.

Man Forever is planning to tour throughout the U.S. late in 2017.

The ecstatic duo of Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa will be making their way from Japan to Los Angeles to perform at the Broad Museum for their Summer Happenings series. Wong & Minekawa's performance on July 29th is titled "Strange Forest," an event highlighting Japanese pop and traditional music's influence on culture in the U.S. as seen through the lens of Takashi Murakami. Also performing will be Devendra Banhart, Afrirampo, and more.

Buy tickets here!

Ahead of the release of their debut self-titled album on June 16th, Appalachian folk duo House and Land's video for their song "The Day is Past and Gone" is available to stream via NPR's All Songs TV. The video captures the duo recording their enchanting rendition of the traditional song with drummer Thom Nguyen. House and Land (the duo of guitarist Sarah Louise and fiddler Sally Anne Morgan of Black Twig Pickers) will be touring throughout the U.S. this Summer. Full list of dates here: thrilljockey.com/tours

You can also watch "The Day is Past and Gone" here:

"From an eyrie built so high
He's falling now
Archers draw and arrows fly
Raining down
He's soon to reach the ground"

Arbouretum tour dates
May 24 - Montreal, QC - Brasserie Beaubien
May 25 - Toronto, ON - Drake
May 26 - Hamtramck, MI - New Dodge Lounge
May 27 - Chicago, IL - Schubas w/ Brokeback
May 28 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
Jun. 6 - Brighton, UK - Prince Albert
Jun. 8 - Antwerp, BE - Het Bos
Jun. 9 - Koln, DE - Tsunami Club
Jun. 10 - Berlin, DE - Musik & Frieden
Jun. 11 - Dresden, DE - Beatpol
Jun. 12 - Prague, CZ - Klub 007
Jun. 13 - Vienna, AT - Fluc
Jun. 14 - Schorndorf, DE - Club Manufaktur
Jun. 15 - Netphen-Deuz, DE - Freakvalley Festival
Jun. 17 - Birmingham, UK - Supersonic Festival
Jun. 18 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
Jun. 19 - London, UK - The Black Heart
Jun. 20 - Liege, BE - La Zone
Jun. 22 - Geneva, CH - L’Usine
Jun. 24 - Sezzadio, IT - Cascina Bellaria

The virtuosic guitarist/banjoist Glenn Jones will be embarking on a U.S. tour throughout the East Coast and Midwest this summer, including sets at United Folk Festival and Strangewaves Music Festival.

On June 16th, Jones will be releasing his second LP Against Which the Sea Continually Beats, also on vinyl for the first time ever. The album was originally released by Strange Attractors Audio House in 2007 on CD only. This release follows the first ever vinyl release of his debut album This Is The Wind That Blows It Out earlier this year, as well as a special live album release Waterworks, featuring Matthew Azevedo.

Pre-order Against Which the Sea Continually Beats here:
thrilljockey.com/products/against-which-the-sea-continually-beats

Glenn Jones Tour Dates
Jul. 1 - Westerly, RI - United Folk Festival @ Wilcox Park
Jul. 6 - Pittsburgh, PA - Glitter Box
Jul. 7 - Columbus, OH - It Looks Like It’s Open
Jul. 8 - Cincinnati, OH - Comet
Jul. 9 - St. Louis, MO - Foam
Jul. 10 - Dubuque, IA - Smokestack
Jul. 11 - Iowa City, IA - Trumpet Blossom Cafe
Jul. 12 - Chicago, IL - Constellation
Jul. 13 - Detroit, MI - Trinosophes
Jul. 14 - Toronto, ON - Array Space
Jul. 15 - Hamilton, ON - Strangewaves Music & Arts Festival
Sep. 2 - Saratoga Springs, NY - One Caroline
Sep. 3 - Saranac Lake, NY - Hobo Festival