News: Frank Ocean’s Follow Up to Channel Orange
Frank Ocean hit the scene with the initial wave of Odd Future hype, and floored everyone with his very un-OFWGKTA mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra. It drew me in with the orange E30 M3 on the cover, but I don’t expect that to mean anything to the majority of you. He was a soulful, deep r&b revival-esq beacon of light lost in a wave of dick jokes. He was hard to ignore, and not many people even tried.
News: New Desaparedicos Album, Tour, Single
You legions of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) faithful out there will surely have heard of his short lived punk band, Desaparecidos. The band released a single album in 2002, and in true Oberst fashion, broke up because they were beginning to garner too large of a following. After that, they had a rather small reunion back in 2010, releasing a few tracks and playing a few shows, but that was really all we have heard from the band in over a decade.
Until now, that is. In a relative influx of Desaparecidos related news, they announced yesterday that they would be releasing a new full length album, their first album in 13 years, mind you, titled Payola, due out on June 23rd via Epitaph Records. Additionally, they released the first single from the album called “City On The Hill”.
This incarnation of the band features a lot of big names, including Tim Kasher of Cursive, Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! And So So Glos.
But that’s not all! They also released a series of tour dates starting tomorrow featuring Brand New, Joyce Manor, Touche Amore, and Built to Spill on various dates, and a few festivals as well. Check out after the jump for their new single, along with all upcoming tour dates:
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News: Grieves Announces Summer Tour
–Written by Kevin Madert
After a highly successful world tour in support of Winter and the Wolves, alt-hip-hopper and Rhymesayers regular Grieves is preparing to hit the road once more. The Out of the Rain Tour will begin May 19 and end June 25, making 26 stops along the way. Starting and ending in the Pacific Northwest (familiar stomping grounds for the Seattle native) Grieves will spend the time in between winding his way through the western half of the United States – sorry East Coasters.
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News: The Story So Far Debut New Song
For a few weeks now, all we’ve really had to work with regarding the upcoming self -titled The Story So Far album, due out on May 19th on Pure Noise Records was a short, 15 second clip. Seeing as I could only listen to that so many times before I realized 15 seconds just wasn’t quite long enough, the debut of the album’s first single, “Solo”, could not have come soon enough.
The band debuted the track yesterday on BBC Radio1, and has since hit the Youtubes to meet all of your replaying needs until the release of the album in May. It appears as though The Story So Far haven’t gone to any great lengths to reinvent themselves, but made steps to progress and mature as a band, further refining the sound that we’ve all come to love from them. This will definitely be a The Story So Far album, and I’m pretty sure we’re all quite excited about that.
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News: Rise Against Announce Summer Tour With Killswitch Engage, letlive.
–Written by Kevin Madert
It might get loud this summer: Chicago-based punk outfit Rise Against have announced a month-long headlining tour in continuing support of their seventh studio album The Black Market, beginning in their hometown on July 17 and concluding in Denver, CO in mid-August. They’re pulling no sonic punches, bringing metal rebels Killswitch Engage and letlive. along for the ride. The tour is scheduled to make 19 stops throughout the United States and Canada, including a July 29 appearance at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD.
The full list of dates can be found below, along with a video preview of what to expect when the foursome rolls through your town. Tickets aren’t on sale until later this week, but in the meantime you can hit the relevant links to connect with Rise Against (Facebook | Twitter |Official Site), Killswitch Engage (Facebook | Twitter | Official Site) and letlive. (Facebook | Twitter | Official Site).
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AltFreq Weekly Planner (4/5/15-4/8/15)
–Written by Kevin Madert
It’s nearly impossible to keep track of all the events going on in the area, so we’re here to let you know what’s happening in live music over the next few days. Watch out on Thursdays for the “Weekend Planner” where we’ll cover the most important 72 hours of the week.
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