With shows finally on the horizon after months of waiting, here's a one-stop round-up of all our artists' upcoming shows:

Brokeback
Jul. 24 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall (seated & distanced)

Helen Money
Jun. 16-18 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle residency

Lightning Bolt
Sept. 23 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall
Sept. 24 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
Sept. 25 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
Sept. 26 - Portland, OR - Star Theater
Sept. 29 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
Sept. 30 - Oakland, CA - The New Parish

Marisa Anderson/William Tyler
July 22 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bellhouse *
July 23 - Livingston Manor, NY - Catskill Brewery *
July 24 - Burlington, VT - Backside 405 *
July 25 - Peaks Island, ME - Lions Club *
July 26 - Keene, NH - Nova Arts *
July 27 - Newport, RI - Folk On *
July 29 - New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine *

* William Tyler solo, w/ Steve Gunn

Thalia Zedek Band
Jul. 17 - Boston, MA - Midway w/ full original lineup
Sep. 3 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East

Since our very beginnings, Thrill Jockey has had a special relationship with Berlin, from some of our earliest releases working with pioneering electronic music names like Oval, Mouse on Mars,  Microstoria  and (Vienna via Berlin) Radian, to our first european partnership with Berlin-based City Slang records, to an ongoing love affair with the city’s arts scene, records stores and museums. In 2019 we finally opened an office in Berlin, and soon after moving we were lucky enough to see a mind blowing performance by one of the most vital voices in Berlin’s current new music scene: composer and producer Maya Shenfeld. We're incredibly excited to bring you her debut LP, In Free Fall, out this October.

Listen to the first single / pre-order the record

Moving in similar circles to peers like Caterina Barbieri and James Ginzburg (of Emptyset fame), Shenfeld’s music exists in liminal spaces: collapsing the boundaries between electronic synthesis and organic sound as it draws equally from classical tradition and underground experimentalism. Her lithe compositions have a distinctly three dimensional quality to them, exploring the physical nature of sound as she sculpts synthesiser and sampled instruments into dazzling constellations of sound.

In Free Fall draws together the disparate threads of her output - from composing for sound installations and writing for new music ensembles to playing in punk bands into an iridescent suite of electronic meditations that has our hair standing on end every time we listen to it. A huge tip for fans of the aforementioned Berlin TJ artists, and one that fans of Colleen, Black To Comm and The Soft Pink Truth will surely love.

 

With a mere WEEK to go until Rose City Band release their radiant new album Earth Trip, the group offer up one of the albums more wistful and introspective moments, the beautifully melancholic “In The Rain”.

Listen to "In The Rain" now

Many of you have preordered this record and know this jam already, thanks for your support! Pre-orders, porch packs, hot boxes have shipped. Thanks to your early birds for your support and patience.

Drawing deep on country music’s heart-on-your-sleeve emoting, “In The Rain” finds beauty in the melancholy and solace in the natural world. Guitarist and vocalist Ripley Johnson puts it best in his own words: "My general operating outlook is optimistic, but what a tough year. This song is highlighting the beauty in the darkness and also leaning on love to make it through. To me this song is saying in part, “Things are tough, its dark and it’s raining, but isn’t the rain also beautiful? It’s cold but your love is keeping me warm.”

Only a handful of copies of the limited-edition Hot Box pack on our webstore, and mail order colored LP stocks are running low, make sure you grip this future classic before it goes.

Close on the heels of their acclaimed duo album I've Seen All I need To See, The Body have announced their debut collaborative album with Montreal buds and partners in heaviness BIG|BRAVE, Leaving None But Small Birds, sharing the album's first single "Oh Sinner".

Listen to "Oh Sinner"

Leaving None But Small Birds is available to pre-order now on orange vinyl, and we've also got a sweet selection of The Body x BIG|BRAVE merch designer by The Body's Lee Buford, including hats and shirts. Grip 'em now while you can, these won't stick around long!

Even as longtime fans of Elena’s music we were completely floored when we first heard Unfamiliar Minds.

Written following Setién’s recent film and television scores, as well her last collaborative single with Mary Lattimore, Unfamiliar Minds presents a vast expansion of Setien’s unique soundworld, her command of melody and resolute voice complemented by lush arrangements that surround the listener in a world of intimate beauty.

Listen to the first single / pre-order the record

Drawing inspiration from the poetry of Emily Dickinson and conversations with composers Terry and Gyan Riley as well as her collaboration with Xabier Erkizia for the Basque television series Altsasu, Unfamiliar Minds was written to a response to the unreality and anxieties of the past year. As our environments became smaller, Setien found meaning in life’s small details: the beauty of birds, the smells from the kitchen and the joy in even the smallest taste of companionship.

The resulting music captures the ethereal, ephemeral beauty of these details in perfect clarity: a glorious record to lose yourself in.

More from Elena Setién

Close on the heels of the announcement of new album Perfect Vision, Zedek ones again shows off again her inimitable skill as a songwriter on charged first single “Cranes”.

Listen to "Cranes" now

Written as a political response to the USA’s aggressive anti-immigration policies, "Cranes" transmutes Zedek's fervor and resilience into a rallying cry for change with a sense of poignance that few possess, Zedek’s vocals interwoven with sublime pedal steel melodies played by Karan Zarisian. Starkly beautiful and intimate yet fiery.

Perfect Vision is available to pre-order now, alongside the special 20th anniversary edition of Zedek's debut album Been Here and Gone.

Upper Wilds have shared a trio of ecstatic, thundering singles from upcoming album Venus, out July 23rd. Led by noise pop aficionado Dan Friel, the Brooklyn trio tear through fuzz covered space rock with gleeful abandon.

Listen to all three tracks now

On the boisterous "Love Song #3", Friel sees constellations in his son's freckles and finds comfort in how familiar the vast expanses of starlight appear. "Love Song #4 and "Love Song #5" form a diptych about love's resilience in the face of an ambivalent universe. Says Friel: "The universe doesn't care if we fall in love, but it still feels good."

Venus is available to pre-order now on "space is the place" green vinyl, with incredible sleeve artwork by Post Typography.

Following the announcement of their new duo album Lost Futures, due out August 27th, luminary guitarists Marisa Anderson and William Tyler have shared elemental new single "Hurricane Light".

Listen to "Hurricane Light" now

Capturing the portentous energy of the sky before a storm, Anderson and Tyler spin intricate, interlocking guitar melodies into rolling cloud formations bristling with electricity.

Lost Futures is available to pre-order now on limited-edition purple vinyl, and we still have a handful of mugs left too - grip 'em while you can!