Ahead of his tour to promote the new album Palindrome Hunches, Neil Halstead stopped by our Solar Powered Plastic Plant and recorded 2 songs from his new album Palindrome Hunches, a Mojave 3 tune (yer feet) and a Slowdive tune (Alison). And you can have them all for free on this Tour EP over Noisetrade.com.
We are proud to announce that Neil Halstead’s latest solo album Palindrome Hunches is available in all formats now. Under The Radar says “In many ways Palindrome Hunches is a heartbreaking album… but it’s one one of the more beautiful albums in recent memory.” and Magnet gave it 8 out of 10 stars. Let us know what you think…
If you buy the album at independent Record Stores, listed HERE, you can get a free 7” vinyl while supplies last free with purchase.
The deluxe CD edition is exclusive to Amazon and is limited to 500 copies worldwide. Presented in a notebook style format with a chipboard front and back cover, the release features Neil Halstead’s handwritten lyric sheets as well as open space for your own ruminations as you listen to the album.
You can stream the full album over at MTV HIVE.
MTV Hive is streaming Neil Halstead’s new album Palindrome Hunches a week berfore it’s US release date. Go take a listen HERE. Above you can watch Neil perform “Full Moon Rising” from Palindrome Hunches out September 11th.
Jack Johnson is hosting an Upcycled T-shirt Contest. For this contest we invite you to submit your most creative ideas for turning existing Jack concert t-shirts into new “upcycled” creations. The public will vote to select the top 100 ideas, then Jack will choose 10 winners from the top 100. Winners will receive free Jack Johnson t-shirts (or sweatshirts) to create their upcycled masterpiece and make their idea come to life. Winning creations will be featured in an online gallery and auctioned off with profits going to the All At Once or Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation charity of the winner’s choice. Enter here
Neil’s new album “Palindrome Hunches” which will be released on September 11th in the US will be released by Sonic Cathedral in the UK and Europe on November 5th.
They’ve debuted a new track from the album called “Digging Shelters”. Listen HERE
Watch Afie perform “Your Sweet Touch” on a Toronto bus with a few of his closest friends.
Check the Fall Tour Dates to see if he comes through your town.
Neil Halstead debuts a new track “Spin The Bottle” from Palindrome Hunches out September 11th over at Rolling Stone.
With Wimbledon in full swing, we thought we’d share a b-side from Neil Halstead called “Tennis For Dennis” it will appear on a 7″ available for free with purchase of the album at indie retail on Sept 11. Neil Halstead – Tennis For Dennis
When he’s not on tour, Afie Jurvanen (aka Bahamas) visits his extended family in northern Ontario every Sunday. A camera crew followed him there one such Sunday back in February in hopes of conducting an interview and learning more about his new album “Barchords”. The interview wasn’t much of a success. Instead they watched him and his mother cook and eat all day, light whole trees on fire, and speak a whole lot of Finnish.
Jurvanen, on his mother : “I didn’t grow up in a particularly musical family, but my mother was and still is constantly creating. I think being around her curiosity and seemingly endless energy is definitely contagious and inspiring. I hope I can remain as interested and excited about discovery and exploration through music as she is with everything else.”
If you are wondering “What’s up With all the Finnish?”: Although he lives in Toronto and sings in English, Afie grew up immersed in Finnish cuisine and culture. His mother was Miss Finland in 1973. He has a Finnish passport. None of this has much to do with the album, but it turned out to be an interesting and very personal look into his life outside of his music.
Directed & Edited by Scott Kaija & Ryan Gassi
Grab a sampler with tracks from Bahamas, ALO, Neil Halstead, Zee Avi and Release the Sunbird over at https://www.noisetrade.com/brushfirerecords
Emmett Malloy’s newest film, Big Easy Express, now available to pre-order as an exclusive iTunes movie release, to launch June 26th. Emmett directed Jack Johnson’s En Concert, Weekend at the Greek as well many other Brushfire Record’s artists music videos.
Big Easy Express documents indie folk heroes Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Tennessee’s Old Crow Medicine Show, and Britain’s acclaimed Mumford & Sons, as they climb aboard a beautiful vintage train in California, setting out for New Orleans, Louisiana on a “tour of dreams”. The resulting film from this journey is nothing short of magical.
“Being on an vintage train, riding the rails through the heart of America took us all back in time a bit. It was easy to get lost and imagine that we were just there for the fun of it all, rolling along with your friends and playing music because you loved it. Our cameras were there to participate in the journey and never get in the way of the moving train.” – Emmett Malloy, director of Big Easy Express.
+ Watch the Big Easy Express trailer: https://vimeo.com/36034618
+ To pre-order Big Easy Express on iTunes, click here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/big-easy-express/id532460440
+ For more info about the film, check out the Big Easy Express website: https://www.bigeasyexpress.com
ALO played a blazing Sunday afternoon set at Bonnaroo this year. If you missed it, don’t worry, they are playing a few more festivals this summer and you can watch their performance of “Dead Still Dance” from Manchester, TN in the meantime.
That’s right, to ease the craziness that comes along with the June full moon Neil Halstead wants to give you, “Full Moon Rising“, a track from his forthcoming record Palindrome Hunches that will be released on September 11th. “Full Moon Rising” was recorded with “The Band Of Hope”, some friends of Neil’s from Wallingford in the UK. Download “Full Moon Rising” for free here!
You heard his sounds on Private Practice last night now check out the interview Afie did with Prefix mag.
ALO’s 4th album with Brushfire Records is called “Sounds Like This” and it is out today, May 8th. The band will be spending a lot of the summer on the road and will be making appearances at a bunch of festivals like Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, High Sierra, Summer Camp, and more. You can check out all of their dates at www.alomusic.com where you can also, download a free track, and pick up the album and some bonus goodies. You can also grab the record at iTunes or your local record store.
Welcome to our new site. We’ve spent a long time rebuilding our house and are psyched to finally share it with all of you. So take a look around, stay awhile, and let us know what you think.
So Just in time for Earth Day, Jack Johnson & Friends – Best of the Kokua Festival is available now! The album features a 13-track compilation of live performances from the Kokua Festival and highlights on stage collaborations with legendary musicians like Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews, Ziggy Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley and more.
Remixes of Zee’s song “Concrete Wall” by RAC, Mansions on The Moon, Mario C and David Hurwitz, and Robert Carranza are now available in the itunes store.
ALO will be releasing a new album in May and bringing the funk to a bunch of great festivals including Bonnaroo , Wakarusa, Floydfest, SXSW, and more. For the first time in a few years, they will be doing a full headline tour of the US, with dates to announce shortly. View the A.L.O. Tour Dates
Release The Sunbird released a new digital ep on 2-21. Check out the first song “I Will Walk” over at Rolling Stone.