Before Neil Halstead released 2 solo records with us, he put out some amazing albums as part of Mojave 3 and before that with Slowdive(band) . Well after 2 decades away, Slowdive has returned to the road, wowing audiences at festivals around the world. We’ll see ya at the LA Shows! All dates posted HERE.
“Bahamas is Afie” is available now for pre-order over at iTunes. Purchase now and you will receive an instant download of the soothing “All The Time” featured above.
“Bahamas is Afie” is the new album from Bahamas due out August 19 in the US and August 18 everywhere else. The band shared the soulful standout “All The Time” over at SPIN.
Here’s a jam everyone can relate to.
G. Love’s Sugar is out now. Get it here.
Today it all happens. G. Love’s new alum “Sugar” drops today and in honor of Earth Day, Jack is releasing live ep, with all proceeds going to Kokua Hawaii Foundation. Two of the songs from Jack’s live ep feature guest appearances from our friends Bahamas.
Get Sugar here.
Get the From Here To Now To You live ep here.
G.Love’s new video for “One Night Romance” features Merry Clayton from the Oscar Award winning documentary “Twenty Feet From Stardom.”
“Sugar” is out April 22. Pre order your copy HERE.
Check out the first video “Nothing Quite Like Home” directed by Emmet Malloy. Sugar is out April 22. Check all the pre order packages HERE.
Neil Halstead will be touring Spain in March. He will be playing 10 dates where he will be covering The Velvet Underground’s classic debut album ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ in full, from start to finish. If there’s time he’ll also be playing songs from across his own career, including his most recent album ‘Palindrome Hunches’.
Neil also plays four shows in Italy in April and, before all that, he hits the road later this month for four UK shows as part of the Songwriters’ Circle with Danny George Wilson and Peter Bruntnell.
Twenty years ago G. Love & Special Sauce released their first album. 20 years later they will be releasing a brand new album, “Sugar” set for release on 4/22/201. “Sugar” sees the return of James “Jimi Jazz” Prescott back on the stand up bass for the first time in eight years. You can pre-order today and get “Sugar” 2 days early on 4/20/2014. PRE -ORDER HERE.
The first new track from “sugar” is called “Nothing Quite Like Home” and is available at itunes now. You can get it HERE.
Jimi Jazz will also be will also be joining G., and drummer Jeffrey “Houseman” Clemens upcoming 45-date U.S. tour! Check the dates HERE.
Jack gets back to directing in this clip for “Shot Reverse Shot”. Jack made the “Shot Reverse Shot” video frame by frame while on tour in Australia and New Zealand.
Enjoy!
“From Here To Now To You” is out now and available at iTunes.
The Hangout Fest is back! Jack and band will be headlining this year’s Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores Alabama, May 16-18, ALO is also on the bill along with The Black Keys, Outkast, Modest Mouse, The Killers, Queens of the Stone Age, Pretty Lights, The Avett Brothers, The Flaming Lips, STS9, Wiz Khalifa and many more. Check out THE full lineup and get your tickets HERE.
We’ve been a fan of Hamish The illusion for awhile, so we sent him a care package and a couple copies of “From Here To Now To You”. See what it inspired above.
“From Here To Now To You” available now on iTunes.
Zach & Jack are together again doing “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” from Zach Gill’s holiday ep “Roastin’ Chestnuts with Zach Gill”.
Listen to the new song over at Esquire.
Roastin’ Chestnuts with Zach Gill is out Dec.10 (digital only).
Matt’s self titled album came in #42 on American Songwriters top 50 of 2013!
Congrats Matt!
Check the rest of the list HERE.
We are excited to announce that on December 10th, we’re releasing a digital only EP for the holidays.
“Roastin’ Chestunts with Zach Gill” features a guest appearance from Jack Johnson on “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, an original new Zach tune called “It’s Christmas Time (Meemaw’s Figgy Pudding) and 6 other holiday classics.
Listen to “Up On The Rooftop” from Roastin’ Chestnuts HERE.
Take a listen to Jack and Bahamas contributions to The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty soundtrack. Jack covers “Escape (The Pina colada song)” and Bahamas featuring The Weather Station covers “Don’t You Want Me”. Soundtrack is available 12/17 and film is in theaters 12/25. Pre-Order the soundtrack HERE.
We were passed this hilarious video for Tape Deck, and we posted it over at Funny or Die. Go watch and decide whether it’s Funny or should it should die HERE.
G Love and Special Sauce is pleased to announce their upcoming tour starting February 2014! Tickets go on sale Friday, November 15th! Check out the dates here and mark your calendars: https://philadelphonic.com/tour
We are excited to announce that we will be putting out the soundtrack from Ben Stiller’s new movie The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty on December 17th.
Tracklisting
1. José González “Step Out”
2. Of Monsters and Men “Dirty Paws”
3. José González “Stay Alive”
4. Junip “Far Away”
5. Junip “Don’t Let It Pass”
6. Rogue Wave “Lake Michigan”
7. Jack Johnson “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”
8. Bahamas featuring The Weather Station “Don’t You Want Me”
9. Rogue Valley “The Wolves & The Ravens”
10. David Bowie “Space Oddity (Mitty Mix)” Featuring Kristen Wiig
11. José González “#9 Dream”
12. Grace Mitchell “Maneater”
Pre order the soundtrack on Amazon.
Purchase Jose Gonzalez’s “STEP OUT” single now on iTunes.
Who recorded the 20 best rock n roll solo records? According to Consequence of Sound , Neil Halstead (of Mojave 3 and Slowdive )’s Palindrome Hunches makes the list, plus 19 other artists you can read about here. We’ve always thought Neil was an amazing artist. Glad to see others agree.