Following the release of their debut collaborative album Lost Futures this August, luminary guitarists Marisa Anderson and William Tyler have announced a Bandcamp livestream event for October 7th with Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan, hosted by Supersonic Festival as part of their Supersonic Talks series.

More info and $1 tickets

The event will feature a live conversation between the three luminary guitarists exploring their unique approaches to composition, their instruments, and influences. The talk will be followed by performances by Anderson and Tyler of tracks from Lost Futures, shot by Portland filmmaker Kai Tillman and Storytank Media.

Anderson and Tyler will be touring the U.S this fall, including dates with Emmylou Harris. Ahead of the tour and the Bandcamp live event the duo have shared a teaser video of them performing Lost Futures track "Haunted by Water", filmed at Mississippi Studios in Portland.

Marisa Anderson & William Tyler tour dates:

Sept. 30 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden ^
Oct. 4 - Santa Rosa, CA - Luther Burbank Center for the Arts ^
Oct. 19 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Oct. 21 - Chicago, IL - Constellation
Oct. 22 - Milwaukee, WI - Acme Records
Oct. 23 - Galien, MI - The Storehouse

^ w/ Emmylou Harris

The first single to bloom forth from Cups, “Prune” unfolds like a backdoor jam with the subconscious, steady banjo strums and fiddle flutters in sacred communion with one another. A breathtaking track that exudes Morgan’s mastery of folk tradition, endless curiosity and deep sense of spirituality.

Listen to "Prune" now

We have a handful of limited edition tape version of Cups left for preorder, featured sleeves designed and hand-printed by Morgan herself – each complete with a download code that’ll get you the digital a full six weeks before the official release date of November 12th. Get one for yourself now.

The Kansas City sludge kings certainly aren’t afraid to tell it like it is. Ahead of the release of new album Dead Horse, out early October, the trio have shared new single "Barn Buner (You Boys Quit Whippin' Those Whips":

Listen to "Barn Burner" now

Delivered with a mix of dark humor, dejected nihilism and righteous fury, "Barn Burner..." provides a vitriolic overview of life in the American Midwest and the emptiness of small-town living. Howling "I'm facing the Big Empty", a reference to Kansas' environmental devastation (as well as a nod to Fallout: New Vegas), guitarist and vocalist Matt Perrin grapples with a deep-set disillusionment with his hometown and feelings of entrapment atop blistering, splintered riffs.

Despite the weighty subject material don’t go thinkin’ that “Barn Burner”s all negative energy – this one’s a belter from the get-go. Dead Horse is out early October and available to preorder now, with limited edition color versions and merch available.

Ahead of early October release of their debut collaborative album Leaving None But Small Birds, The Body and BIG|BRAVE have unveiled the resolute, yearning single "Blackest Crow".

Listen to "Blackest Crow" now

The loping album opener implements gusts of violin and harmony against the bedrock of a droning riff and shruti box that subtly shifts timbre, embodying the longing and dedication of two lovers forced apart over vast landscapes.

Leavning None But Small Birds is available to pre-order now on limited-edition blue vinyl, with special merch designs also available. 

Following the announcement of her forthcoming new album Unfamiliar Minds, out January 28th, 2022, Setién has shared brooding new single "Situation".

Listent to "Situation" now

Reflecting on the confusion and uncertainty of the past year with cautious optimism, Setién’s stately piano and enchanting vocals provide a window into her own inner journey of the past 18 months. Delivered with a striking intimacy, listening to “Situation” feels like sitting across from the artist at the piano in her home where she composed the piece.

Unfamiliar Minds is available to pre-order now on limited-edition colour LP now, huge recommend for fans of Colleen and John Parish.

 

Double Dagger, the legendary Baltimore trio of vocalist Nolen Strals, bassist Bruce Willen, and drummer Denny Bowen, have announced a weekend of reunion shows in Baltimore. Almost 10 years to the day after their final show and initial disbandment, Double Dagger will be playing The Ottobar on Friday, October 15, and Current Gallery on Saturday, October 16, 2021.

In celebration of the upcoming reunion, on Oct. 1st Double Dagger will be releasing a digital version of their 7" Sophisticated Urban Living, the Contemporary Conveniences Edition, which collects eleven unreleased and rare recordings from 2008 on a new digital-format album.

Preorder / listen to "Luxury Condos for the Poor (extended version)”

Captured a year after the smart fury of Ragged Rubble (Stationary (Heart) Recordings) and a year before the more expansive and introspective MORE (Thrill Jockey), these songs reveal the band in an urgent and intensely creative period.

Recorded on a cassette 4-track in Double Dagger's Baltimore practice space in the Copycat Building, the album’s first nine tracks reverberate with the raw noise and energy of a DIY punk show as well as the freshness of the then-newly-written music. With vocals tracked while the lyrical ink was still wet on the paper, these recordings document the band’s songwriting process and include the first-recorded versions of many songs that would later appear on the MORE LP and the Masks EP. Despite, or perhaps because of, the rawness of the 4-track format, Double Dagger’s excitement about the then-new material shines through loud and clear. As proof of their power, these demo recordings were instrumental in Thrill Jockey's decision to sign the band.

Three tracks from this recording session appeared on Double Dagger’s Sophisticated Urban Living 7-inch EP (Terra Firma Records 2008), highlighted by the single they have shared “Luxury Condos for the Poor (extended version)”, the definitive recording of this anti-gentrification, class-war anthem — which appeared just in time for (and perhaps anticipated) the 2008 housing market collapse. Along with the first taping of "No Allies” and the noise-track “Artmachine,” this marks the first digital release of these recordings.

The album’s last two live tracks come from a particularly rowdy show in the studio of University of Maryland’s WMUC on the long-running Third Rail Radio program, and captures one of the first performances of “The Lie/The Truth” that would later appear on MORE.

Sophisticated Urban Living, the Contemporary Conveniences Edition is available to pre-order now, and first single "Luxury Condos for the Poor (extended version)” is streaming on our site now.

Zedek and co share two very different sides to their latest longplayer.

Listen to "Tolls" and "Queasy" now

Where “Queasy” thunders and thrashes in the face of intolerance and ignorance, “Tolls” takes a more elegiac tone, labelmate and longtime friend Helen Money adding rich cello tones and stately piano figures that highlight the beauty and intricacy of Zedek’s arrangements.

Thalia Zedek Band's Perfect Vision is available to preorder now, alongside the reissue of Zedek's critically acclaimed first solo album Been Here and Gone.

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

Eye Flys
Dec. 1 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Funhouse #
Dec. 2 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop *
Dec. 3 - Detroit, MI - Sanctuary *
Dec. 4 - Chicago, IL - Reggies *Dec. 5 - Columbus, OH - Spacebar *
Dec. 6 - Nashville, TN - DRKMTTR *
Dec. 7 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
Dec. 8 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Music Hall *
Dec. 9 Raleigh, NC - The Pour House *
Dec. 10 - Harrisonburg, VA - Golden Pony *

# w/ Inter Arma
* w/ Inter Arma, Youtja, Yashira

The Fiery Furnaces
Sept. 10 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival

Lightning Bolt

Sept. 17 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
Sept. 18 - Detroit, MI - El Club
Sept. 19 - Columbus, OH - Skully’s Music Diner
Sept. 20 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
Sept. 21 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
Sept. 22 - Denver, CO - Lost Lake Lounge
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
Oct. 1 - Los Angeles, CA - Don Quixote

Marisa Anderson/William Tyler
Sept. 12 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Sept. 13 - Seattle, WA - The Tractor
Sept. 30 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden w/ Emmylou Harris
Oct. 4 - Santa Rosa, CA - Luther Burbank Center for the Arts w/ Emmylou Harris
Oct. 19 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Oct. 21 - Chicago, IL - Constellation
Oct. 22 - Milwaukee, WI - Acme Records
Oct. 23 - Galien, MI - The Storehouse

The Soft Pink Truth
Sept. 10 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival

Thalia Zedek Band
Aug. 21 - Keene, NH - Nova Arts
Sep. 2 - Ridgewood, NY - TV Eye
Sep. 3 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East w/ Helen Money, Chris Brokaw Rock Band, Hilken Mancini & Chris Colbourne
Sep. 17 - Kingston, NY - Tubby’s w/ Live Skull
Oct. 3 - Allston, MA - O’Brien’s w/ Andrew Cohen, Honey Radar

Upper Wilds
Sept. 2 - Ridgewood, NY - TV Eye w/ Thalia Zedek Band, Helen Money