Brooklyn based artist Laura Stevenson has the ability to attack her own feelings of isolation and the weight of the world with a graceful lightheartedness, delving into the realms of humanity and grasping the world of relationships and feelings. the Long Island songwriter will host a release party for her 7” EP Wheel February 8th at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The EP will feature her first single “Runner,” accompanied by two other songs. After that date she will hit the road in March with her band The Cans for a set of gigs throughout the east coast and southern states, including a stop at SXSW. Soon after, her full-length album "Wheel" is scheduled to be released on April 23rd. – Tina Aita
NYC
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People Get Ready Announce Tour Dates With Deerhoof This Spring (And Play Our Winter Issue Launch Party at Mercury Lounge 2.08)
A Deli favorite (and on the cover of our current issue), Brooklyn indie pop quartet People Get Ready has announced a tour dates this April with Deerhoof. Starting in Chicago, the bands will be playing shows in the northern states, reaching over to Michigan and making their way back east, with their last show in Philly. Unfortunately none of the shows are in NYC, but lucky for us People Get Ready will be playing next week (2.08) at our winter issue launch party at Mercury Lounge. – Lucy Sherman
Portland
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Ape Machine Plays Kelly’s Olympian 2.3
The heavy, well-orchestrated sound of hometown quartet Ape Machine is something that draws from bad-ass retro rock. The band uses vintage equipment and tube amplifiers to accomplish dooming deep bass, lo-fidelity fuzz, bluesy guitar stretches and classic rock-n-roll drumming that involves some cowbell. Well tuned cries from Caleb Heinze channel a more intelligible Ozzy from the ‘70s or from the grunge days, Chris Cornell. Songs such as "Can’t Cure Deceit" from 2011’s War To Head are thick in darkness before vocals echo straight in psychedelic form. The song drones slowly, teasing with powerful rumbles and an unexpected stint from a harmonica to lead the listener towards the light and break from meticulous revs of guitar and charging rhythms. Chances are you’ll have a sore neck Monday morning. – Brandy Crowe
Portland
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There’s Still Time to Go to the Ball
Who throws the biggest ball of them all? You know it’s Portland. We have several ballrooms to spin and bounce in and we revel in our abounding culture of local music and amazing breweries. What better way to celebrate than at the 2nd Annual Malt Ball within The Wonder Ballroom? It’s an all day thing if you can handle it, with a whopping performance of 12 bands and 26 participating breweries. Or you can split it up into two sessions (2pm-7pm, 7:30-Midnight) if you’re like, a wussy, or have a job or something. There is a barrel aged, Belgian sour from Old Market Pub and Brewery, sweetened up with some cherries to taste with the "Exotic Cakes" of Minden. Or how about a black bock (6.66 percent ABV) from Gigantic Brewing, paired with Suns of Huns? A fuzzy sunny citrus ale from The Commons accompanying the psychedelic rock of Wooden Indian Burial Ground? Dancing? Get on it…. – Brandy Crowe
Chicago
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From Our Open Blog: Exit Ghosts @ Lincoln Hall
One of Paste Magazine’s "Ten Illinois Bands You Should Listen To Now", local indie rockers Exit Ghost recently released this stunning video for "Hang The Lights", from 2012’s strong debut effort Move Alone. It’s a bike tour of Chicago! Backwards! What’s not to love?
Don’t miss Exit Ghost at Lincoln Hall with fellow Chicagoans Project Film, February 10th. Tickets are still available via Lincoln Hall or Exit Ghost’s site.
Austin
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Church and Walker
Maybe you don’t go there much, but we recommend a trip to Central Presbyterian Church tomorrow night at 8, where you can check out Chelsea Wolfe and Technicolor Hearts. Heavenly music at a sacred venue, what’s not to like? Find out more here.
Well, we can’t be everywhere at once, so good thing the good folks at T. Cannon pointed out the waaay cool Walker Lukens vid for "Dear Someone", a cut off his latest LP, "Devoted", due out April 2.
You may ask yourself: Howdidtheydothat?
"The film was provided by a company called The Impossible Project, a group of former Polaroid employees in the Netherlands who saved the last Polaroid production plant from being shut down and now produce film for vintage cameras that would otherwise have been obsolete. "
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