This one has been a long time coming.
Avid Dancer was one of the first artists signed to Grand Jury. And today we couldn’t be more proud to present 1st Bath, his debut album – available wherever you like to download / stream music, or physically in the GJ shop.
To celebrate, why not enjoy this gorgeous, stripped-down rendition of “Stop Playing With My Heart,” the song that first caught our ear?
April, 28th is fast approaching, and yesterday Elliot Moss unveiled another song from the revamped Highspeeds over on FADER. “Best Light” is all minimal, dark groove until the deep house fireworks hit around the halfway point. Give it a listen, then go pre-order your copy of the record on iTunes.
New Yorkers should be excited to know that Elliot will be celebrating the release of Highspeeds with a show at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right on April 29th.
Well, that was fast…
After laying waste to Austin, TX last week, the Minneapolis boys of Hippo Campus made their late night television debut on Conan last night. Watch them perform “Suicide Saturday” here. You’ll be able to pick up physical copies of their Bashful Creatures EP on May 5th, or download it on iTunes now.
Of course, that wasn’t the only bit of exciting news today. The band was also announced on the lineup for this year’s Lollapalooza, and they’re rolling into SF for the first stop on their tour with Mowgli’s tonight.
Our friends over at Interview Magazine just unveiled the new video for Avid Dancer’s “All Your Words Are Gone.” As the release of 1st Bath approaches, things are going to get busy for Dancer, who will be performing five times in Austin next week, before hitting the road with Delta Spirit. All dates are below.
SXSW Schedule
3/18 (1:15PM) – FLOODFest @ Cedar Street Courtyard
3/18 (4:00PM) – Buzzbands LA @ 96 Rainey
3/19 (5:30PM) – DoStuff @ Scott Inn
3/20 (8:55PM) – High Road Touring @ The Parish
3/21 (2:30PM) – iHeart Austin @ Maggie Mae’s
Tour Dates
03.24.15 – Headliners Music Hall – Louisville, KY *
03.25.15 – The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN *
03.26.15 – 20th Century Theater – Cincinnati, OH *
03.27.15 – St. Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI *
03.28.15 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH *
03.30.15 – The Hollow Bar – Albany, NY *
03.31.15 – Chameleon Club – Lancaster, PA *
04.02.15 – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD *
04.03.15 – Visulite Theatre – Charlotte, NC *
04.04.15 – Cannery Ballroom – Nashville, TN *
04.06.15 – Old Rock House – St. Louis, MO *
04.07.15 – The Lyric Oxford – Oxford, MS *
04.08.15 – Spanish Moon – Baton Rouge, LA *
04.11.15 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA *
* w/ Delta Spirit
Oh hey, Hippo Campus, welcome to the party.
We’re thrilled to announce the latest addition to the Grand Jury roster: Minneapolis’ Hippo Campus. If you like singing along to shit, you will like Hippo Campus – earworm central over here. This morning, the AV Club and NME jointly premiered the new video for their tune “Souls.” Check it out below.
The track comes from their debut EP, Bashful Creatures. We’re re-issuing that puppy physically on May 5th, So mark your calendars. In the meantime, go listen on Spotify or get a download on iTunes.
The dudes will be performing a lot in Austin during SXSW this year. And after that they’re embarking on a lengthy run with The Mowgli’s. All dates are below.
SXSW 2015 Schedule:
Monday 3/16:
AV Club “(Just Another) Manic Monday” Party – Red7 – 6:15 pm
Thursday 3/19:
FLOODfest – Cedar Street Courtyard – 1:00 pm
C3 Presents Party – Lambert’s – 4:20 pm
StarTime International (official SXSW showcase) – Maggie Mae’s – 9:00 pm
Friday 3/20:
Front Gate Tickets Party – Front Gate Tickets HQ 1711 South Congress Ave- 1:00 pm
First Avenue/The Current Party – Location TBD – 4:00 pm
Tour Schedule:
3/12: Minneapolis, MN – Aria #
3/25: San Francisco, CA – The Independent *
3/27: Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *
3/28: Seattle, WA – The Crocodile *
3/29: Vancouver, BC – Media Club *
3/31: Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court Gallery *
4/1: Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre +
4/2: Kansas City, MO – The Midland *
4/3: Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater *
4/4: Chicago, IL – Metro *
4/6: St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room *
4/7: Columbus, OH – The A&R Music Bar *
4/8: Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe *
4/9: Detroit, MI – Shelter *
4/10: Toronto, ON – The Garrison *
4/11: Montreal, QC – La Vitrola *
4/14: Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
4/15: Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
4/16: New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom *
4/17: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
4/18: Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall *
4/21: Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge *
4/23: Tallahassee, FL – Florida State University *
4/24: Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room *
4/25: Orlando, FL – The Social *
4/26: Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits *
4/30: Dallas, TX – House of Blues Cambridge Room *
5/1: Austin, TX – The Parish *
5/2: Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs *
5/5: Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom *
5/7: San Diego, CA – The Casbah *
5/8: Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theatre *
# – with Delta Spirit
* – with The Mowgli’s and Fences
+ – with Rubblebucket and Vacationer
This one has been a long time in the making. After years of work, the debut LP from Seoul finally has a release date. I Become A Shade is set for release on June 9th. It includes previously released numbers “Stay With Us” and “White Morning,” and today Noisey unveiled a brand new song: “The Line.” Listen to it here.
The track will be released on 7″ vinyl, backed by “Stay With Us,” on April 21st. You can pre-order the 7″, OR THE FULL RECORD (which is coming on 12″ clear vinyl) over in the Grand Jury shop. You can also reserve your digital copy of Shade on iTunes right now, and get an immediate download of “The Line” and “Stay With Us.” Full tracklist is below.
01 I Become a Shade
02 The Line
03 Haunt / A Light
04 Real June
05 Fields
06 White Morning
07 Stay With Us
08 Thought You Were
09 I Negate
10 Carrying Home Food In Winter
11 Silencer
12 Galway
In other news, the band will be embarking on a lengthy tour in advance of the album, alongside Ballet School. Full itinerary is available over in the tour section. But New Yorkers don’t have to wait – the band is hitting Babys All Right on Thursday of this week to celebrate the release of “The Line.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlBZILn8fjo
Today marks the release of Let It Reign, the debut album from Carl Barat & The Jackals. Check out the tunes in the album sampler above, get vinyl with an exclusive poster, or download on iTunes now.
New. Twin. Peaks. Those are three of our favorite words. Earlier this morning the boys unveiled a new song, “In The Morning (In The Evening),” set to be released this Spring on clear orange 7″ vinyl. So clear. So orange. So twinpeaksdudes. You can get a free download over on their Tumblr.
In other news, all manner of festival appearances have been announced for our boys. Burgerama? Check. Sasquatch? Check. Forecastle? Check. The list goes on. They’re also headlining dates on their way to the Gorge, AND stopping here for a headline gig at Music Hall in May. Doesn’t get better than that. Check here for all the dates and tickets.
Here is “A Storm Is Coming,” the latest video from the forthcoming debut from Carl Barat & The Jackals. Pretty explicit. Pretty poignant. Only a few weeks until Let It Reign is unleashed. Pre-order it with an exclusive poster here, or reserve your copy on iTunes now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_ZBc7PH6s
Today we welcome Elliot Moss to the GJ fold with a premiere of one of his brand new tunes. The folks over at Pigeons and Planes unveiled “I Can’t Swim” this morning. They called it “a driving, mournful song that counterpoints the singer’s fragile vocals with rougher guitars and crisp drums.” Pretty spot on.
The track is pulled from the forthcoming re-release of Highspeeds, Elliot’s debut LP, set for an April 21st release. More details are on the horizon. In the meantime, you can catch him on the road with Cold War Kids. For a full slate of dates, hit the tour section.
