Round Mountain
The Goat
Red Shield Music
ADDS 5/28/13
DIGITAL ONLY
Round Mountain Announces Spring & Summer Tour In Support Of New Album The Goat
Red Shield Music has announced dates for the spring and summer tour of Santa Fe-based duo Round Mountain in support of their fourth studio album The Goat, releasing on July 2nd, 2013. The highly-anticipated album follows the band’s 2009 full-length Windward and showcases their unique sound that has been spanning alt-folk and world genres since 2002. The Goat features many guest musicians including Anais Mitchell, Moira Smiley, Brass Menažeri and folk legend Andy Irvine. Round Mountain’s tour will include stops in WA, OR, CA, OK, VA, MD, NY, ME, VT, MA, and NJ.
After years of global travel and immersion in Appalachian, Celtic, West African, Balkan and Middle-Eastern music, brothers Char and Robby Rothschild bring listeners to a place of musical grounding and connection. On The Goat and on stage, Char Rothschild sings and plays accordion, guitar or dobro, together with trumpet or Bulgarian gaida, and highland bagpipes. Robby Rothschild sings and plays percussion, notably the West African djembe and Peruvian cajon. He also plays the West African harp known as the kora, and the Irish bouzouki.
The Goat was mostly recorded at Frogville Studios in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was mixed and co-produced by Char and Robby Rothschild, composer/musician Michael Chorney, and the album’s main engineer Bill Palmer. Jon Gagan at Electric Company, Pete Solomon at Bear Creek, and Myles Boissen at Guerrilla Recording also assisted in engineering The Goat, and it was mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.
Since their last release, Round Mountain has achieved a new height of confidence and maturity. “I feel we’ve become more relaxed about letting what’s imperfect shine out,” says Robby. “We’ve found a balance between our dreams and the actual grit of pursuing them,” adds Char. The new album centers around the image of a goat, which represents an older, simpler way of life, and aims to honor the animals that have provided the brothers with inspiration, stories and instruments (the djembe, kora and gaida all employ goat skin). The love and respect even continues at home, where Robby’s family keeps Nigerian Dwarf milk goats.

RIYL: Devotchka, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Calexico, Milk Carton Kids
TRY: #1, 2, 5, 7, 9
Download Full Album Here:
http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/
More Info Here:
http://www.roundmountainmusic.com
http://www.facebook.com/RoundMountain
http://www.twitter.com/RoundMtnMusic
Never Give Up: Celebrating 10 Years of The Postal Service
Various Artists
Independent Clauses/Mint 400
ADDS 5/28/13
DIGITAL ONLY
22 FOLK AND INDIE-POP ARTISTS COVER THE POSTAL SERVICE'S "GIVE UP" TWICE
Groundbreaking releases often arrive unheralded, and The Postal Service’s Give Up certainly fits the bill. After emerging as a one-off side project from two musicians whose bands were on the cusp of being widely known, the gentle electro-pop wonder has captured the imagination of a generation of listeners and musicians. Those imaginations have been put to use on Never Give Up: Celebrating 10 Years of the Postal Service.
Never Give Up brings together 22 folk and indie-pop bands to create 21 covers of the Postal Service’s work. With three versions of “Such Great Heights” leading the way (Kris Orlowski, Seven Handle Circus, Venna), the release features two full reinventions of the record split into folk and indie-pop sides. The diverse sounds attest to the wide-ranging influence of Give Up: The Noise Revival’s full orchestra sits next to The Midnight Sons’ manic lo-fi ukulele strum, while Young Readers’ sparse acoustic guitar notes lead into Western Romantic’s ominous electronics. From chamber folk (The Collection, Jenny & Tyler) to bluegrass (The Parmesans) to hyperactive indie-pop (Decent Lovers & Seer Group, Gregory Pepper & His Problems), Never Give Up shows how beloved the album has become across an incredibly wide range of musicians and allows listeners to experience the tunes in a whole new way.
Early press for Kris Orlowski’s “Such Great Heights”:
“Kris’ voice adds a depth to the normally airy tune. It’s a welcomed departure from the original.” - Music Savage
“Ethereal and moving compared to the original quick-tempo, digitized original” - SEA live MUSIC
This release is put out in conjunction with Mint 400 Records, and was compiled in celebration of Independent Clauses’ 10th birthday as a blog. It was mastered by Dan McCurry at Apartment A Studio.
Independent Clauses ran a Kickstarter for the project to raise the mechanical royalties for 200 free downloads of the whole album. The price of any digital downloads sold ($4 per side, $8 total) once the free downloads are up will go to mechanical royalties (so the Postal Service gets paid legally) and long-term Hurricane Sandy relief via The Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
More here: http://independentclauses.com/2013/05/never-give-up-celebrating-10-years-of-the-postal-service-releases-today/
TRY: #5, 8, 10 on Folk side
TRY: #1, 2, 10 on Indie side
Download Full Album Here:
http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/
More Info Here:
http://independentclauses.com
http://mint400records.com
http://independentclauses.bandcamp.com/album/never-give-up-celebrating-10-years-of-the-postal-service-folk
http://independentclauses.bandcamp.com/album/never-give-up-celebrating-10-years-of-the-postal-service-indie-pop
Paper Kites
Woodland EP
Nettwerk
ADDS 5/28/13
DIGITAL ONLY
The first of two EPs, and eventually a brand new LP from The Paper Kites!
On May 28, Australian indie-folk outfit The Paper Kites will release Woodland + Young North EP Box Set (Nettwerk Records), a wonderfully-inspired collection of layered, earthy instrumentations paired with beautiful vocal harmonies.
The standout tracks from their debut EP Woodland - “Bloom” and “Featherstone” (as prominently featured in the season 8 finale of Grey’s Anatomy) - have generated over 5.5 million combined YouTube views.
Amongst the up and coming bands from Australia, The Paper Kites continue to build their hometown following, selling out shows with fellow countrymen Josh Pyke and Boy & Bear. This October, the quintet will cross waters for their North American debut, supporting City And Colour. The Paper Kites will provide support from Atlanta, GA to Oakland, CA.
The band began with Sam Bentley and Christina Lacy playing local cafes in their hometown of Melbourne, Australia. When invited to play a local festival, they decided it was time to expand by adding David Powys, Sam Rasmussen and cousin Josh Bentley. “Sam and I worked together in a warehouse, Josh was my cousin and I liked his drumming…we liked David because he could sing and were big fans of his other band. It was never really an official ‘let’s start a band’ conversation, we just kind of fell into it,” says Bentley.
In the coming weeks, stay tuned for more information regarding their forthcoming debut studio album (Fall 2013).
RIYL: Grizzly Bear, Lost In The Trees, Keaton Henson, Conveyor
TRY: #2, 6, 1
Download Full Album Here:
http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/
More Info Here:
http://thepaperkites.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/thepaperkitesband
https://twitter.com/ThePaperKites
http://www.youtube.com/thepaperkitesband
Boxer Rebellion
Promises
Absentee/Ingrooves
ADDS 5/21/13
DIGITAL ONLY
London-based indie-rock quartet The Boxer Rebellion's album, Promises, is now available. The new album, produced in conjunction with notable producer Billy Bush, is the uplifting and cinematic follow-up to the band's critically-acclaimed The Cold Still. Fans who pre-ordered Promises instantly received a download of the album's first single, "Diamonds," a song The Boxer Rebellion will perform live on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Friday, June 14.
In addition to the release of the new album, the Promises North American tour will see the band's immense live show re-worked from the ground-up, starting in Montreal on May 21 and hitting numerous cities for the first time ever, including Edmonton, Calgary, and Pittsburgh. The band will also play Neptune, Seattle (6/2); Fillmore, San Francisco (6/5); Avalon, Los Angeles (6/7); Metro, Chicago (6/15); and Webster Hall, NYC (6/20). A complete list of tour dates is here (contact us for any opportunities). The Boxer Rebellion has also announced its largest UK headline show to date, a performance at the legendary venue The Forum on October 11. Tickets for the upcoming tour are now on sale.
The Boxer Rebellion took to their London rehearsal space and transformed it into a recording studio where the songs for Promises would eventually come together over the last 18 months. Moving away from the more analog and darker soundscapes that enveloped the band's previous album, Promises is a significant step in a different direction for the London four-piece - a hi-fi, soaring piece of work that truly delivers on the band's epic, signature sound, and individual skill as musicians. From the retro-glossiness of the album's opener, "Diamonds," to the wall-of-sound that is "Fragile," to the towering beauty of "Low," "New York," and "Dream," Promises presents itself as an evolution in aesthetic - diverse in soundscapes but singular in grand ambition - for a band that continues to push and explore its creative ability with each new release.
RIYL: Frightened Rabbit, We Are Augustines, Admiral Fallow
TRY: #1, 2, 5, 7, 10
Download Full Album Here:
http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/
More Info Here:
http://www.theboxerrebellion.com
https://www.facebook.com/theboxerrebellion
https://twitter.com/boxerrebellion
http://www.youtube.com/user/theboxerrebellion
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Boxer+Rebellion
Transplants
Come Around [Single]
Epitaph
ADDS 5/21/13
DIGITAL ONLY
Almost 2 years ago, Tim Armstrong, Travis Barker and Rob Aston found themselves back in the studio working on the third Transplants album. The band coined those sessions “Transplants Tuesday’s” with no real goal other than getting together and making music. The music that did come from those sessions, show a growth and maturity for the band, all while sticking to the distinct Transplants style represented on their 2 previous albums – 2002’s debut “Transplants” and 2005’s “Haunted Cities.”
“When we started this band 13 years ago, we weren’t worried about who was going to like us. We still aren’t. “IN A WARZONE” is more raw and stripped down than our previous releases. In my opinion, it’s our best album.” Says Rob Aston.
Rob further goes on to note: “It’s always been difficult to classify Transplants. At the end of the day, we’re a punk rock band. We make whatever type of music we want.”
More info and video stream courtesy of KROQ: http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2013/04/09/transplants-debut-new-song-come-around-2/
On Tour with Rancid all summer! http://thetransplants.com/shows/ (contact us for opportunities)
TRY: #1
Download Single Here:
http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/
More Info Here:
http://thetransplants.com
https://www.facebook.com/TransplantsOfficial
https://twitter.com/transplantsband
http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/109/Transplants
http://www.last.fm/music/Transplants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transplants_(band)
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