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ALGIERS - 'The Underside Of Power', Out Today, New Dates With !!! Announced
"Walk Like A Panther"
(stream the Uniform remix of "Walk Like A Panther" at Spotify)
"A collection of songs that articulates that fury and despair with such authority, it deserves to become the soundtrack for whatever future documentary montage captures the mess of 2017. It's galvanizing, uncompromising, and uplifting, and it should speak to everyone who still has some fight left in them." - Sean O'Neal, The A/V Club
Today marks the long-awaited release date for Algiers' incendiary 2nd album, the critically-acclaimed 'The Underside Of Power', available on digital, CD and LP formats at the url below. The first song from the Adrian Utley and Ali Chant-produced masterpiece, "Walk Like A Panther" (featuring a sample culled from a speech by Chicago Black Panther Fred Hampton), can be heard above in lyric video form.
In addition to the previously announced European stadium dates supporting Depeche Mode and this summer's headlining club shows in North America, Algiers have more US dates happening in September supporting !!! (see below).
order or stream 'The Underside Of Power'
Algiers On Tour
Friday, June 23 - Musik & Freiden, Berlin, DE
Sunday, June 25 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, IT *
Monday, June 26 - Santeria Social Club, Milan, IT
Tuesday, June 27 - Stadio San Siro, Milan, IT *
Thursday, June 29 - Dall;Ara, Bologna, IT *
Saturday, July 1 - Stade de France, St. Denis, FR *
Tuesday, July 4 - Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, DE *
Thursday, July 13 - Cobalt, Vancouver, BC
Friday, July 14 - Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
Saturday, July 15 - The Crocodile, Seattle, WA
Monday, July 17 - Starline Social Club, Oakland, CA
Tuesday, July 18 - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, July 22 - Baby's All Right, Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, July 23 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
Monday, July 24 - Black Cat, Washington, DC
Wednesday, September 13 - The Hollow, Albany, NY^
Thursday, September 14 - Waiting Room, Buffalo, NY^
Friday, September 15 - Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA^
Saturday, September 16 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH^
Monday, September 18 - Mercury Ballroom, Nashville, TN^
Thursday, September 21 - Saturn, Birmingham, AL^
Friday, September 22 - Hi-Ho Lounge, New Orleans, LA^
Saturday, September 23 - White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX^
Sunday, September 24 - Dada, Dallas, TX^
Monday, September 25 - Empire Garage, Austin, TX^
Tuesday, September 26 - Paper Tiger, San Antonio, TX^
Thursday, September 28 - Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM^
Friday, September 29 - Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ^
Saturday, September 30 - SoHo Club, Santa Barbara, CA^
Sunday, October 1 - Soda Bar, San Diego, CA
Sunday, October 15 - Afropunk Festival, Atlanta, GA
* w/ Depeche Mode
^ w/ !!!
Algiers online:
Coming June 23 : Algiers' 'The Underside Of Power'
(photo by Joe Dilworth)
"The Underside Of Power"
(directed, produced and edited by Henry Busby and Marcus Tortorici)
Hot on the heels of NPR premiering the album's title track earlier this morning, we're very proud to announce the release of Algiers' long-awaited 2nd album, 'The Underside Of Power' (June 23). LP preorders (starting today) will include the limited edition "Walk Like A Panther" 7" and 16 page 'zine created by Algiers.
Produced by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Ali Chant, mixed by Randall Dunn (Sunn O)))), with post-production by Ben Greenberg (Uniform, Hubble), 'The Underside Of Power' zooms across a musical landscape including but not limited to Southern rap to British grime to horror movie soundtracks to late-70s English industrial to Northern Soul. In the wake of our current political climate, Algiers cast a withering gaze on subject matter ranging from oppression, whiteness, police brutality, dystopia, and hegemonic power structures.
Now a four-piece, with the addition of Bloc Party's Matt Tong on drums, the Atlanta-London-NYC band will bring their intense live show to major East and West Coast markets this summer, following an previously announced arena & stadium tour with Depeche Mode in Europe.
1. Walk Like A Panther
2. Cry Of The Martyrs
3. The Underside Of Power
4. Death March
5. A Murmur. A Sign.
6. Mme Rieux
7. Cleveland
8. Animals
9. Plague Years
10. A Hymn For An Average Man
11. Bury Me Standing
12. The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly
PRE-ORDER / stream : 'The Underside Of Power' / stream
preorder specials : "Walk Like A Panther" b/w "Walk Like A Panther" (Uniform remix) 7" + 16 page zine, exclusively available with LP preorders from The Matador Store
UK : Brighton's Resident Records have an exclusive cream vinyl edition with cover art designed by Algiers - preorder here.
on tour (new shows in bold) :
Tuesday, June 6 - Patterns, Brighton UK
Wednesday, June 7 - Shacklewell Arms, London UK -
Sunday, June 11 - HDI Arena, Hannover, DE *
Monday, June 12 - HDI Arena, Hannover, DE *
Thursday, June 15 - Secret Venue, Paris, FR
Saturday, June 17 - Kiff, Aarau, CH
Sunday, June 18 - Letzigrund Stadion, Zurich, CH *
Tuesday, June 20 - Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt, DE *
Thursday, June 22 - Olympiastadion Berlin, Berlin, DE *
Friday, June 23 - Musik & Freiden, Berlin, DE
Sunday, June 25 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, IT *
Monday, June 26 - Santeria Social Club, Milan, IT
Tuesday, June 27 - Stadio San Siro, Milan, IT *
Thursday, June 29 - Dall;Ara, Bologna, IT *
Saturday, July 1 - Stade de France, St. Denis, FR *
Tuesday, July 4 - Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, DE *
Thursday, July 13 - Cobalt, Vancouver, BC
Friday, July 14 - Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
Saturday, July 15 - The Crocodile, Seattle, WA
Monday, July 17 - Starline Social Club, Oakland, CA
Tuesday, July 18 - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, July 22 - Baby's All Right, Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, July 23 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
Monday, July 24 - Black Cat, Washington, DC
* - supporting Depeche Mode
Algiers online:
This is the musical response that dark times demand, one that not only shakes its fist but deploys it. Locally-informed global citizens, Algiers refuse to sit idly by while most contemporary artists appear perfectly content to sit out the revolution. Not only do Algiers harbor a purposeful sense of obligation in what they do on their latest resistance record The Underside Of Power, but they recognize the roots and thorns of precedent in said resistance.
"This album was recorded in a political environment that collapses the late 70s economic crisis and the looming onslaught of arch-conservative neoliberalism, via Thatcher and Reagan, into the late 1930s, a world riven by fascist nationalism and white power fantasies in the US and abroad," says bassist Ryan Mahan. Their shared experiences and collective understanding of this rising tide of sinister politics compels them to make music together, to combat the potentially crippling waves of frustration and despair to let out a soulful roar, a call-to-action set to an eclectic, positively electric beat.
The inclination to do otherwise is one worth fighting. Take Algiers frontman Franklin James Fisher, for example. Writing incendiary and even beauteous lyrics from inside a Manhattan nightclub's coat check room, enduring the same damn songs thumping away nightly in the next room for the pleasures of a predominantly white audience, he tends to see the bigger picture as well as its pointillistic details.
"This nightclub is every nightclub in the world, basically. Whatever is being played there, whatever is happening there is happening everywhere else in the world," he says. "It's as if the entire history of music is boiled down to these fifteen artists--and I use the term loosely," he says with an exasperated, dismissive sneer. With the world burning outside, a generation's obliviously privileged dances to a carbon copied soundtrack.
It speaks volumes that a black man in America with an expensive Master's degree--and all its overwhelming personal debt--finds himself picking up shifts at such a place that literally manifests the culture industry's exploitation and commodification of black experience. An aptly unjust fate, Fisher is confined to an enclosed space while others move their feet freely mere steps away from him. "You have to find ways of getting through it without completely losing your mind. Luckily I'm able to escape inside my own head."
Fortunately, the multiracial quartet Algiers provides more than mere distraction, but rather a revelatory creative release and wholesale rejection of the globally normative corporate playlist culture. Poke at the seasoned members' bruised flesh, and out come wafting touchpoints as disparate and intriguing as Big Black, Wendy Carlos, John Carpenter, Cybotron, The Four Tops, Portishead, Public Image Limited, Steve Reich, and Nina Simone, to name but a few. Deep echoes of Black Lives Matter and its 20th century forbears gather, surge, and subside in their often soulful work, a form of principled, acute dissent more interested in learning from the past than in evoking nostalgia.
And while many artists seem uninterested or even afraid to fully engage with these potent topics in song, Algiers has zero qualms about taking a direct approach. "We're fortunate enough now where we're able to openly talk about racist, violent police and murderous state structures," says Mahan. "When we were growing up in the South, these critiques of class and race oppression were largely and sometimes violently suppressed. It's why we take inspiration from the Panthers or the Chicano movement, to name two."
Adding to this Casbah rocking mix of ideas is the relatively recent inclusion of drummer Matt Tong, formerly of Bloc Party. Joining the group for the touring cycle following their prior album, he'd spent time gelling with the original trio as a core component of their simply ferocious live sets to understand and help shape the dynamic. For a band that seems to revel and thrive in flux, Tong's substantial role in the making of The Underside Of Power worked out well.
Beyond the technical necessities living their respective lives both in and outside of music, Algiers' continued deviation from a more traditional band approach created a more versatile sound, one that better incorporates a collective and respective panoply of influences and styles.
Some of this is informed by their choice of collaborators in this process, a crew that includes Adrian Utley [Portishead], Ben Greenberg [Uniform, The Men], Randall Dunn [Sunn 0)))], among others. Pick any track off The Underside of Power and the reference points expand exponentially, a dizzying and thrilling Recommended-If-You-Like list that would consume a series of afternoons.
Featuring a fully-sanctioned sample of slain Black Panther Fred Hampton, the revolutionary "Walk Like A Panther" presents an alternate reality where Adrian Sherwood produced Yeezus instead of Rick Rubin, with Fisher bellowing justifiable threats over a storm of formidable sonics. "Death March" fuses post-punk primacy to the Italo-horror tradition, in an effort to mirror a looming and perpetual sense of modern dread. Elsewhere, the raucous "Cleveland" turns into a full-on demonstration, with names of victims of institutionally sanctioned racial violence like Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice invoked over a neck-snapping electro beat.
The dangerously poppy title track finds a glorious midpoint between Suicide and The Temptations, making for the catchiest expression of outrage this side of the '70s. A molotov cocktail of a single, that particular song represents a potential paradox for Algiers, the maintaining of a renegade righteousness in the midst of a peppy soul tune. "It's more important than ever in this particular time, but it's something we've never shied away from," says Tesche.
The band doesn't concern themselves with that risk. "No matter what your messaging is, you can't control what people will or won't take away from it," says Mahan. "The only thing you can do is put stuff of substance out there." - Gary Suarez
Kurt Vile : EP Vinyl Reissues, New US Dates
Hey, look at us, actually repressing a couple of Kurt Vile EP's you've been trying to acquire for far too long. On May 19, we're reissuing the 6-song 'So Outta Reach' (2011) on blue vinyl and on the same day, 2010's 'Square Shells' on opaque colored vinyl. Activate your preorder skills below :
'So Outta Reach'
'Square Shells'
(photo by @sophietajravimiles)
In addition, Kurt's playing 3 Eastern datesin June including a free show at Portsmouth, NH's Prescott Park Arts Festival and a rather intimate show in the town made famous by Howard Stern (and infamous by Homestead Records) Rockville Centre, NY.
Wednesday, June 21 - Portsmouth, NH - Prescott Park Arts Festival
Thursday, June 22 - Providence, RI - Columbus Theatre (tickets on sale today at noon eastern, password is "prettydaze")
Friday, June 23 - Rockville Center, NY - Cannon's Blackthorn
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Spoon : 'Hot Thoughts' Aura Reader, New Shows In Rooms Enormous + Otherwise
(photo by Zachary Michael)
Coinciding with more new shows being announced (including a February 27 show at London's historic 100 Club and massive co-headlining appearances with Belle and Sebastian at the Hollywood Bowl and Merriweather Post Pavillion), the advance campaign for Spoon's forthcoming 'Hot Thoughts' album (out March 17) takes a turn for the unexpected with the launch of the 'Hot Thoughts' Aura Reader app.
Perhaps you're saying to yourself, "doesn't this sound a bit Peter Lemonmoodring?" and you'd be right. However, we're sure you'll find the experience far more rewarding. When you create a Spoon Spotify playlist, the Aura Reader analyzes that playlist, then creates a individualized version of the 'Hot Thoughts' album cover with different colors in the artwork's signature watercolor skull, creating a reflection of each fan's own… (SAFE FOR WORK) Hot Thoughts.
The customized 'Hot Thoughts' skulls can then be used by as avatars on Twitter, Instagram, and various other social media. Because we're ALL ABOUT SKULLS .
the Spoon Hot Thoughts Aura Reader,
Step 1: Log in to Spotify and make a playlist that describes yourself in 10 Spoon songs.
Step 2: Connect your Spotify account to the aura reader so we can analyze your playlist.
Step 3: Share your results on Facebook, Twitter or anywhere else you choose.
Upcoming shows :
February 27 - 100 Club, London, United Kingdom
March 6 - The Observatory, Santa Ana CA
March 14 - The Main ( SXSW Residency), Austin TX
March 15 - The Main ( SXSW Residency), Austin TX
March 16 - The Main ( SXSW Residency), Austin TX
March 23rd - Metro Theatre, Sydney, Australia
March 25th - The Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne, Australia
June 27 - Gorilla, Manchester, United Kingdom
June 28 - The Arts School, Glasgow, United Kingdom
June 30 - O2 Forum, London, United Kingdom
July 7 - Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, Spain
July 14 - Forecastle, Louisville, KY
July 15 - Sloss Festival, Birmingham, AL
July 28 - Panorama Festival, New York NY
July 30 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD **
August 6 - Hollywood Bowl*, Los Angeles CA
** - with Belle and Sebastian and Andrew Bird
* - with Belle and Sebastian
Stream or preorder 'Hot Thoughts'
Spoon online:
Coming March 17 : Spoon's 'Hot Thoughts'
(photo by Zackery Michael)
Perhaps it would be unfair to call this the most poorly kept secret in recent memory, but it's certainly in the top ten. On March 17, we'll releasing the 9th and latest album from Spoon, 'Hot Thoughts' in all territories.
'Hot Thoughts'' is the bravest, most sonically inventive work of Spoon's career. With all due respect to earlier efforts that have made the quintet both critically acclaimed and a commercial contender, preconceptions about this band are about to be obliterated. That's not to say 'Hot Thoughts' doesn't have a requisite supply of infectious earworms but there's a lyrical bent that's as carnal as it's crafty, and a newfound sense of sonic exploration that results in the genre-smasher Spoon have flirted with in the past but not fully consummated.
Co-produced by Spoon and Dave Fridmann and reunited with Matador (third time's the charm), with the crackling, incandescent, multi-dimensional backdrop conjured on 'Hot Thoughts', the lines between accessible and experimental become non-factors for once and all. It's pop as high art, delivered with total confidence and focus.
Following a streak of three consecutive Top 10 albums—'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga' (Merge, 2007), 'Transference' (Merge, 2010) and 'They Want My Soul' (Loma Vista, 2014)--Hot 'Thoughts' is nothing short of a masterwork. Within the space of 10 songs, 'Hot Thoughts' creates a musical universe of its own, ranging from the kaleidoscopic opening/title track—available to stream here or as an instant download with all pre-orders --through the gargantuan stomp of "Do I Have To Talk You Into It" and ubiquitous wiry hooks of "Can I Sit Next To You" to the bittersweetness of "I Ain't The One" and beyond.
Having recently previewed 'Hot Thoughts' material in a surprise hometown warm-up, Spoon has also confirmed a three-night release week SXSW residency for which the band will resurrect the original Austin venue Emo's location, currently referred to as "The Main" on March 14, 15 and 16. Spoon will select a unique line up each night and will stubbornly be referring to the venue as "Eno's".
Details on the various vinyl formats can be found below.
Track listing:
1. Hot Thoughts
2. WhisperI'lllistentohearit
3. Do I Have To Talk You Into It
4. First Caress
5. Pink Up
6. Can I Sit Next To You
7. I Ain't The One
8. Tear It Down
9. Shotgun
10. Us
- Standard Edition: Black vinyl, available at all retailers as well as via Matador and Spoon's webstore
- Limited edition Purple vinyl, exclusive to The Matador Store and Spoon webstores :
Green Vinyl version - Exclusive to Matador and Spoon web store orders only. Two Golden Ticket Green Vinyl versions are hidden within the purple pressing. The lucky recipient will win tickets to the nearest Spoon show upon redemption.
Limited edition Red vinyl, exclusive to all participating independent record stores :
- CD and Digital (mp3/Audiophile)
South By Southwest Residency at The Main a/k/a Eno's:
Tuesday, March 14
Wednesday, March 15
Thursday, March 16
Friday, July 7 - Mad Cool Festival, Madrid ES
Friday, July 28 - Panorama Festival, New York NY
Spoon Online
Spoon - official merch
Julien Baker - 'Sprained Ankle' re-release, "Funeral Pyre" 7", 2017 Touring
(photo by Nolan Knight)
We're very thrilled to announce the signing of Memphis, TN-based songwriter Julien Baker. The 21-year-old's widely-acclaimed 2015 debut album, 'Sprained Ankle' (originally released by 6131) is available now digitally, with Matador's LP and CD reissue available in all territories (save for North America and Australia) on March 17. We'll be releasing Julien's next studio album everywhere.
(7" sleeve photo by Kaitlin Gladney)
As premiered earlier this morning via NPR's "All Songs Considered", you can hear the previously unreleased "Funeral Pyre", the A-side for Baker's new 7", out on March 17th on Matador*. Only Baker can make a song with such a darkly macabre title so heartbreakingly gorgeous, with her signature hushed-yet-lofty vocals soaring over a quietly finger-picked melody that crescendos into layered, almost-orchestral beauty. The B-side, "Distant Solar System," is another unheard song from the 'Sprained Ankle' sessions.
(* - said 7" will be included in the international editions of the 'Sprained Ankle' LP ; however, the single will be available for stand-alone purchase in North America).
(STREAM / PREORDER 'Sprained Ankle')
(STREAM / PREORDER "Funeral Pyre")
After extensive touring in 2015 and 2016, Baker shows no signs of slowing down in 2017. Midwestern US audiences can catch her on a short run of dates this winter, which are followed by a lengthy European tour in the spring. The full list of tour dates can be found below :
01/18 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater w/ Ben Gibbard
01/19 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall w/ Ben Gibbard
01/20 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall w/ Ben Gibbard
02/17 Davenport, IA @ GAS Feed & Seed Fest
02/18 Champaign, IL @ The Accord w/ Thunder Dreamer
04/22-04/23 N. Charleston, SC @ High Water Festival w/ Avett Brothers, The Shins, Shovels & Rope, Dawes, Lucius, Charles Bradley
05/24 Jena, DE @ Trafo
05/25 Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
05/28 Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus
05/29 Munster, DE @ Pension Schmidt
05/30 Heidelberg, DE @ Karlstorbahnhof
05/31 Munich, DE @ Milla
06/05 London, UK @ Bush Hall
06/06 Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
06/09 Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound
06/10 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Julien Baker online :
Out Friday : Steve Gunn - "Ancient Jules" 12" EP
photo by Sara Anke
As touted in this space previously, a limited edition 3-song 12" EP from Steve Gunn is available at participating Record Store Day retailers this coming Friday, November 25. In addition to 'Eyes On The Lines'' "Ancient Jules", the EP includes a pair of previously unreleased tracks, "The Handshake" and "The Soloist".
Upcoming Tour Dates :
Friday, December 9 - The Bell House, Brooklyn NY (with Endless Boogie and 75 Dollar Bill)
Tuesday, January 10 — Arts at the Armory, Somerville MA*
Wednesday, January 11 — Columbus Theater, Providence RI*
Thursday, January 12 — Winooski Methodist Church, Winooski VT*
Friday, January 13 — PHI Centre, Montreal, QC*
Saturday, January 14 — The Great Hall Toronto ON*
Monday, January 16 — Thalia Hall, Chicago IL*
Tuesday, January 17 — The Cave, Louisville KY*
Wednesday, January 18 — Stuart's Opera House, Nelsonville OH*
Friday, January 20 — Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC*
Saturday, January 21 — PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA*
* = w/ Lee Ranaldo and Meg Baird
purchase and/or stream 'Eyes On The Lines' from the following:
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Steve Gunn Store
Steve Gunn online :
official site
Coming January 13 : CHAVEZ - 'Cockfighters' EP
"The Bully Boys"
After a two decade sabbatical, highly revered U.S. quartet CHAVEZ make their hotly rumored return to the rock frontlines with a new 3 song 12"/digital EP, 'Cockfighters', released by Matador on January 13 of the new year. Said EP — recorded in 2015 with longtime associate John Agnello —— represents the band's first new recordings since their 1996 album, 'Ride the Fader'. Will this EP result in a future full-length? Will Chavez once again exhibit the sort of live form they flashed at 2010's Matador 21 celebrations? We don't think you should bet money on it, but on the other hand, if you have a genuine gambling problem, judgmental scolding isn't going to help anyone. Let's enjoy this all-too-brief reminder of the band's genius while we can.
1. The Singer Lied
2. Blank In The Blaze
3. The Bully Boys
It is both a blessing and a curse to be born with a penis. Freud knew this. So did Candy Darling. And so, mutatis mutandis, do the men of Chavez. They are phallus-wrestlers of the highest order, as evidenced not only by the muscular sensitivity of their music, but also quite literally by the title of their new EP, Cockfighters. Three songs in nine minutes; a new chapter and a willful engagement with the masculine issues—both hidden and overt—of our time.
To those of you who now implore, "Tell me the tale entire of Chavez," we would caution that history is one big flaccid schlong draped across us all. Its inches are the measure of humankind's institutionalized lies. So we don't want to spend too much time on the past. But, for the sake of completion, we'll blast through the pertinents real quick: Chavez was an integral part of the Matador records 1990s ejaculation of genius. With a bit more arena-rock in their DNA than most of their labelmates, Chavez took the nervous structures and ruminative lyric modes of the Indie Rock Pleistocene but added, deeper and more effectively than their peers, an injection of glistening testosterone-maximized amperage to the mix.
The band is composed of four Renaissance gents, varied and successful in their non 'Vez pursuits.
Bassist Scott Marshall is a filmmaker who works and surfs in Malibu each and every day. He is lifelong friends with Anson Williams, which is a true fact you can research if you wish.
Drummer The James Lo, who is distinguished as a human in 2016 by the lack of a Wikipedia page that captures and classifies his essence in digital formaldehyde, is ambivalent about this rock music thing. He spends his time designing sound for contemporary dance and creating bits of hardware and software for music and theater.
Guitarist, riff-writer, and purveyor of harmony vocals Clay Tarver is a screenwriter who has worked on all four seasons of the HBO series Silicon Valley. He won a WGA Award in 2015 and subsequently, as he tells it, "nearly shit [his] pants onstage in a Men's Warehouse rented tux."
Guitarist, lyricist, and lead singer Matt Sweeney is a knight errant of studio and stage who has played with everyone from Iggy Pop and Neil Diamond to Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Adele, and Run The Jewels. When all us humans have finally moved on from this Earth and are grooving as one spiritual mass to the great afterlife band of eternity, we will surely find Sweeney at the lip of the stage.
For now, in the material world, we walk around in our mortal fleshbags looking for good things to listen to—which is where these new Chavez tunes come in handy. Aside from a scattered drippage of shows and some new vocals on a greatest hits set, this here is the first public utterance from Chavez since 1996. But please put away your hot branding iron that says REUNION in the WranglerⓇ font. You will not be able to use it on the exposed flesh of Chavez because, technically, the band never broke up. They just noticed that the less they did, the more people wanted them. So they became a wee bit diffuse in their approach, getting together now and then over the years to proverbially noodle in the proverbial woodshed.
So this is less a Lazarus vibe then it is, say, a flaming and glorious phoenix kind of a trip. Imagine if Charles Willeford—author of the 1962 cult pulp novel (and literary ancestor to this EP) Cockfighter—clawed himself out of the grave and said, through a gargle of dirt and his own decaying bones, "Hey, folks. I've been down there writing the whole time and, here you go: got a new book for y'all here." This Chavez moment we're witnessing right now is kind of like that. A much-needed and genuinely ripping jolt of new perspective from artists of experience and wisdom. Thanks, men.
—Jesse Pearson
PREORDER 'Cockfighters' here.
Chavez at Facebook.
Coming November 11 : Body/Head - 'No Waves'
photo by Annabel Mehran and Andrew Kesin
album art by Raymond Pettibon
Body/Head, the duo of Kim Gordon (CKM, Sonic Youth, Free Kitten, etc.) and Bill Nace (X.O.4, Vampire Belt, Ceylon Mange, etc.) will be releasing their new record, 'No Waves', on November 11th. The live record documents a single show (Big Ears Festival in 2014 in Knoxville, TN) from a band renowned for clearing pathways of possibility using great waves of amplification and voice.
Body/Head's debut release for Matador Records, 'Coming Apart', was arguably the heaviest record of 2013 and received with open arms and blown minds across the world. The fact that a record steeped so heavily in non-traditional structures and improvisation could touch so many people was not a surprise to anyone who had seen Body/Head in a live setting. No Waves captures that raw improvisation and harnesses the power into a listening experience of pure, unmediated intensity.
The fire of improvisation is not the fire of the elements. Body/Head deal in electricity, but they exist in the fire of improvisation. As such, they need to play live to sustain themselves. Call it the ontological necessity of a band working heavily with the flow of power (power flowing back and forth between the members of the band, flowing through band and audience, flowing through the mental and material planes, etc). 'No Waves', a document of this flow of power, offers a different side of the band they revealed on 'Coming Apart'. Yes, some of the songs cross over in undefinable ways, but the live foundation of No Waves brings all new energies to the fore. Everything reveals itself in the now.
One of the pleasures of a live record is a chance for the listener to feel the music develop and unfold from a previously known departure point. This experience is magnified with Body/Head due to the improvisatory basis of the band, which encourages new sounds and modes of communication with every show. We hear new vocal melodies developing, new attacks on strings, new clusters of intervals. It is the sound of sound evolving. Listening to No Waves, one can't help feel that despite the title of their previous record, 'Coming Apart', we're actually hearing Kim and Bill become one. Guitars and vocals flow into each as if played by a single creature. The sound of their evolution causes audiomorphic sensations. Two guitars or eight? Four hands or one? One voice or two?
The live record also plays with orientation via it's concentration on communication. Which way are you listening to it? Listen once and hear certain forms. Listen to the same part again and you may perceive new forms, like overhearing a game of telephone. With 'No Waves', Body/Head adds a document to the library of classic live records that never exhaust themselves no matter how many times they are listened to. Musicians and groups such as Albert Ayler, High Rise, Van Morrison, Rudolph Grey, Bill Evens, Swans, etc. knew the unique possibilities of a live record that invites participation from the listener. It's the beauty of a path cleared at the moment it was recorded and for every moment to come. It's Body/Head doing what they do best - making the listener smile as they participate with the band in joyous, creative time. The Élan vital never rocked so hard.
- Ben Chasny
PREORDER 'No Waves' from Matador and other beloved physical/digital outlets. Orders via Kung Fu feature a t-shirt/LP or CD bundle.
Thursday, November 10 – Ottobar, Baltimore MD
Friday, November 11 –PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia PA
Saturday, November 12 – National Sawdust, Brooklyn NY
Thursday, November 17 – Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles CA
Body/Head online
Steve Gunn - "Ancient Jules" 12" EP For Black Friday ; NPR "Field Recordings" Session Premieres Today
On November 25 we'll be releasing a limited edition 12" of Steve Gunn's "Ancient Jules" + two songs that didn't feature on the recent, 'Eyes On The Lines', "The Handshake" and "The Soloist". You can watch Steve performing "Full Moon Tide", "Night Wander" and "Ark" via the auspices of NPR, starting tonight.
Tour Dates :
Saturday, October 15 - Logan Square Food Truck Social, Chicago IL (SG w/ Jim Elkington)
Friday, October 28 – K4, Nürnberg (D)
Saturday, October 29 – Aalhaus – Hamburg (D)
Sunday, October 30 – Mejeriet – Lund (S)
Monday, October 31 – Atlas – Aarhus (DK)
Tuesday, November 1 – Pustervik – Gothenburg (S)
Wednesday, November 2 – Cafe Mono – Oslo (N)
Thursday, November 3 – Kägelbanan – Stockholm (S)
Friday, November 4 – Musikcaféen – Copenhagen (DK)
Saturday, November 5 – Auster Club – Berlin (D)
Sunday, November 6 – King George – Köln (D)
Monday, November 7 – Autumn Falls @ De Zwerver – Leffinge (B)
Tuesday, November 8 – Rotown Rotterdam – Rotterdam (NL)
Wednesday, November 9 – Autumn Falls @ Het Bos – Antwerpen (B)
Thursday, November 10 – Le Guess Who? – Utrecht (NL)
Friday, November 11 – Le Trabendo – Paris (F) with Kevin Morby*
Saturday, November 12 – The Hope & Ruin – Brighton (UK)
Sunday, November 13 – The De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill (UK)
Monday, November 14 – 100 Club London – London (UK)
Tuesday, November 15 – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room – Liverpool (UK)
Wednesday, November 16 – Whelan's – Dublin (Ireland)
Thursday, November 17 – McHugh's Bar – Belfast (UK)
Friday, November 18 – Broadcast – Glasgow (UK)
Saturday, November 19 – High & Lonesome @ Brudenell Social Club – Leeds (UK)
Sunday, November 20 – Gullivers – Manchester (UK)
Friday, December 9 - The Bell House, Brooklyn NY (with Endless Boogie and 75 Dollar Bill)
purchase and/or stream 'Eyes On The Lines' from the following:
The Matador Store
Steve Gunn Store
Steve Gunn online :
official site
Lucy Dacus - 'No Burden' LP reissue available today
(photo by Dustin Condren)
Matador's repress of the LP version of Lucy Dacus' critically acclaimed debut, 'No Burden' in available today, September 9 and can be ordered here. Clear vinyl versions with a limited edition signed poster are in stock at our lovely offices right this moment. The CD and digital versions, though less likely to make a pleasant THUD sound when dropped on your doorstep, kitchen counter or pillow, are available from the usual suspects, listed below.
Lucy Dacus on tour :
Tuesday, September 13 – Ram's Head Live – Baltimore MD% SOLD OUT
Thursday, September 15 – Bowery Ballroom, New York NY$ SOLD OUT
Friday, September 16 – Bowery Ballroom, New York NY$
Saturday, September 17 – The Sinclair – Boston MA$ SOLD OUT
Sunday, September 18 – Bar le Ritz PDB, Montreal QC$
Monday, September 19- Virgin Mobile Mod Club,Toronto ON$
Wednesday, September 21 – El Club, Detroit MI$
Thursday, September 22 – The Pygmalion Festival, Urbana IL
Saturday, September 24 – MidPoint Music Festival Cincinnati OH
Sunday, September 25 – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland OH$
Tuesday, September 27 – Majestic Theatre, Madison WI$
Wednesday, September 28 - Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis MN
Friday, September 30 - Stubbs's, Austin TX*, SOLD OUT
Saturday, October 1 – Austin City Limits Festival, Zilker Park, Austin, TX
Friday, October 7 – The National, Richmond VA
Friday, October 21 - Primavera Club, Barcelona
Tuesday, October 25 - Eldorado, Switzerland
Wednesday, October 26 - Pitchfork Avant-Garde @ La Mecanique Undulatory , Paris
Friday, October 28 - Charlatan, Gent
Saturday, October 29 - DDW Music @ Altstadt, Eindhoven
Sunday, October 30 - New Fall Festival, Düsseldorf
Tuesday, November 1 - The Crofters Rights, Bristol
Wednesday, November 2 - The Waiting Room, London
Thursday, November 3 - Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Friday, November 4 - Brudenell Games Room, Leeds
% w/ Frightened Rabbit
$ w/ Car Seat Headrest
* w/ Andrew Bird
You can order No Burden from the following:
The Matador Store
Your local independent record store
Lucy Dacus online
Self Congratulation Corner : Happy 10th Anniversary, Matablog!Ten years ago when Matador founder Chris Lombardi suggested we commence publishing a label blog, skeptics sneered. Wasn't this a bit like introducing color television in 1980? Or writing about a vinyl revival in 2015? I mean, just what are we doing around here, running a record label or LiveJournaling ourselves to death?
Fast forward a decade later and the answer is clear as day : we're running a record label AND LiveJournaling ourselves to death. Next Tuesday marks the Matablog's 10th Anniversary, an incredible achievement considering the blog medium is deader than Dennis Miller's career and there's simply no way we should've been allowed to get away with calling it "Matablog" for ten minutes, let alone ten years.
Car Seat Headrest - 'Teens Of Denial' LP & CD Available Today, 4 Knots Festival In NYC Tomorrow
(photo by Jonah Rosenberg)
At the risk of being overly dramatic, our national nightmare of moderate length is finally over and the amended LP and CD versions of Car Seat Headrest's hotly anticipated / universally hailed 'Teens Of Denial' are either hitting your local record shop or your mailbox today (and if it's the latter, I certainly hope you ordered the CD, otherwise there could be some real problems cramming the LP inside). After taking Europe (or what's left of it) by storm, Car Seat Headrest kick off the next leg of North American touring with a free show tomorrow on Pier 16 of NYC's South Street Seaport as part of the Village Voice's 4 Knots Festival. Also appearing are Protomartyr and fledgling young hopefuls Guided By Voices (of whom we've heard promising things, apparently the main fella is considered somewhat prolific, you might even say 'Toledo-esque') and if you get there early enough, I'll be conducting a walking tour of the block former Matador receptionist Joe Gaer used to live on. The show is all-ages, though the walking tour not recommended for preteens or the emotionally immature.
Car Seat Headrest on tour :
Saturday, July 9 - 4 Knots Festival, NYC NY
Saturday, July 16 – Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL
Saturday, July 16 – Empty Bottle, Chicago IL (evening show)
Sunday, July 17 – Turner Hall, Milwaukee WI (on sale 4-29)
Monday, July 18 – Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN
Friday, July 22 – Capital Hill Block Party, Seattle WA
Thursday, July 28 – Eventide Victoria, Victoria BC
Saturday, August 20 - Maha Music Festival, Omaha NE
Tuesday, August 30 - Neurolux, Boise ID
Wednesday, August 31 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City UT
Thursday, September 1 - Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO
September 3-5 - Made in America Festival 2016, Philadelphia, PA
Monday, September 5 - The Ready Room, St. Louis MO
Tuesday, September 6 - Proud Larry's, Oxford MS
Wednesday, September 7, Mercy Lounge, Nashville TN
Thursday, September 8 - Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, September 9 - Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh NC
Saturday, September 10 - Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Monday, September 12 - The National, Richmond VA
Tuesday, September 13 - Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
Saturday, September 17 - The Sinclair, Cambridge MA
Sunday, September 18 - Bar Le Ritz PDB, Montreal QC
Monday, September 19 - Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto, ON
Wednesday, September 21- El Club, Detroit MI
Thursday, September 23 - Pygmalion Music Festival 2016, Champaign IL
September 23-35 - Midpoint Music Festival, Cleveland OH
Sunday, September 25 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland OH
Tuesday, September 27 - Majestic Theater, Madison, WI
Sunday, October 16 - Treasure Island, San Francisco CA
Friday, November 4 - Opolis, Norman, OK
November 4-6 - Sound On Sound Festival, McDade TX
Order 'Teens Of Denial' from the following :
The Matador Store (2XLP, CD or digital versions)
Car Seat Headrest on Spotify
Car Seat Headrest on Apple Music
Car Seat Headrest online :
Lucy Dacus Signs To Matador ; 'No Burden' Available Now (And Later)
Videography by Joseph McCormick and Henry Sho Kellam
(photo by Dustin Condren)
"An uncommonly warm indie rock record. Lead guitar lines pour in like slow columns of sunlight, and Dacus' voice itself is a comforting blur." - Brad Nelson, Pitchfork
"Hyper-aware missives from a friend whose mind is always whirling ----disarmingly open indie rock songs, with plainspoken lyrics that hit even harder thanks to her soft, sturdy alto." - Maura Johnson, Rolling Stone
"Her songs roll over you like waves, the matter-of-fact, plaintive delivery serving as a vessel for examining where things all went wrong and how to make them right again." - James Rettig, Stereogum
"A brave lyricist whose sensual expression of catharsis will stay with you long after you've finished with this record... an amazing breath of fresh air in an otherwise overwrought genre." - Annalise Domenighini, Noisey
We're very pleased to announce the signing of Richmond, VA singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus to Matador. Lucy's debut album, the Collin Pastore produced 'No Burden', released earlier this year by Egg Hunt, is now available digitally via Matador and all the download and streaming services you'd expect ; a re-release of 'No Burden' on LP and compact disc will be in stores September 9 with preorders available starting today.
Recorded in Nashville last autumn with guitarist/bandmate Jacob Blizard, 'No Burden' is as arresting, direct and quick-witted as any debut we've stumbled across ; that the 21 year-old Dacus' poetic chops are more than matched by a killer vocal performance (and later down the line, by a ridiculously locked-in live band) has just a bit to do with why 'No Burden' blasted thru it's first pressing in the blink of an eye. After a ton of US touring in 2016 including dates in support of Houndmouth, Kurt Vile and Julien Baker, Lucy hits the road again this summer and fall, including July dates opening for The Decemberists, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits appearances, a UK debut at the End Of The Road Festival and September shows in support of Car Seat Headrest (see below) :
Monday, July 11- Meijer Gardens Amphitheater Grand Rapids, MI*
Tuesday, July 12 - Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI*
Sunday, July 17 - Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, July 19 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
Thursday, July 21 - The Ballroom at the Outer Space, Hamden, CT
Tuesday, July 26 - The Basement, Columbus, OH
Wednesday, July 27 - Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
Thursday, July 28 - Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL SOLD OUT
August 4-August 6- Doe Bay Resort and Retreat, Olga, WA
Sunday, August 7 - Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA
Monday, August 8 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR ^
Wednesday, August 10 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, August 11 - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, August 13 - The Casbah, San Diego, CA
Sunday, August 14- Valley Bar, Phoenix, AZ
Tuesday, August 16 - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, Austin, TX
Wednesday, August 17- Three Links, Dallas, TX
Friday, August 19 - The Basement, Nashville, TN
Saturday, August 20 - The Masquerade - Purgatory, Atlanta, GA
Saturday, September 3 - End of the Road Festival, Salisbury, UK
Tuesday, September 6 - The Old Blue Last, London, UK
Tuesday, September 13 - Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD%
Saturday, September 17 - The Sinclair - Boston, MA
Sunday, September 18 - Bar le Ritz PDB, Montreal, QC$
Monday, September 19- Virgin Mobile Mod Club,Toronto, ON$
Wednesday, September 21 - El Club, Detroit, MI$
Thursday, September 22 - The Pygmalion Festival, Urbana, IL
Saturday, September 24 - MidPoint Music Festival, Cincinnati, OH
Sunday, September 25 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH$
Tuesday, September 27 - Majestic Theatre, Madison, WI$
Saturday, October, 1 - Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX
* w/ The Decemberists
^ w/ Julien Baker
% w/ Frightened Rabbit
$ w/ Car Seat Headrest
Stream / Preorder 'No Burden'
Lucy Dacus online :
Lucy Dacus.com
Out Today : Steve Gunn's 'Eyes On The Lines'
(photo by Victoria Stevens)
While Steve Gunn completes his most leg of European touring with a show tonight at Barcelona's Primavera Festival (taped for WFMU broadcast), today marks the official release date of the hugely acclaimed new album, 'Eyes On The Lines'. You still have a shot at the Matador Store's exclusive sew-on patch and/or album + T-shirt bundle (as shown below), so GET MOVING.
. There's a bunch of new US dates & ticket links listed below, including a few October shows supporting Dinosaur Jr.
Steve Gun on tour (new dates in BOLD)
Friday, June 3 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona, ES
Sunday, June 5 – This Is Not A Love Song, Nimes, FR|
Thursday, June 9 – Northside Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, June 11 – Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN
Monday, June 20 – 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday, June 21 – Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
Thursday, June 23 – Schubas, Chicago, IL
Friday, June 24 – Marble Bar, Detroit, MI
Saturday, June 25 – The Great Hall, Toronto, ON
Sunday, June 26 – La Vitrola, Montreal, Canada
Tuesday, June 28 – 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
Wednesday, June 29 – Great Scott, Boston, MA
Thursday, June 30 – Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
Saturday, July 9 – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, July 10 – Black Cat, Washington, DC
Monday, July 11 – The Southern, Charlottesville, VA
Tuesday, July 12 – Kings, Raleigh, NC
Wednesday, July 13 – The Mothlight, Asheville, NC
Thursday, July 14 – Exit/In, Nashville, TN
Friday, July 15 – Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA
Saturday, July 16 – Sloss Music & Arts Festival, Birmingham, AL
Sunday, July 17 – Forecastle, Louisville, KY
Tuesday, July 26 – Woodsist Festival, Big Sur, CA
Saturday, August 6 – Catskills Back Forty Revival @ Catskills Brewery, Livingston Manor, NY
Wednesday, Sep. 21 – Barboza, Seattle, WA
Thursday, Sep. 22 – The Bartlett, Spokane, WA
Friday, Sep. 23 – Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver, BC
Sat. Sep. 24 – Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
Wed. Sep. 28 – The Chapel, San Francisco, CA
Fri. Sep. 30 – The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
Sat. Oct. 1 – Soda Bar, San Diego, CA
Monday, October 3 - The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
Tuesday, October 4 - Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
Wednesday, October 5 - Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
Sunday, October 9 - Mr. Small's Theatre, Millvale, PA
6/09 w/ Cut Worms
6/11-6/30 w/ Promised Land Sound
6/26 also w/ Tim Darcy
7/09-7/15 w/ Spacin'
7/09 also w/ Nap Eyes
7/26 w/ Woods, Kevin Morby, Michael Hurley and more
8/06 w/ The Felice Brothers
9/21-10/01 w/ Nap Eyes
10/03-10/09 w/ Dinosaur Jr.
order 'Eyes On The Lines' from the following :
Car Seat Headrest : NPR Webcast / BBC6 Album Of The Day / Snapchat Demoliton Derby
(photo by @er_lynn)
Riding a crest of worldwide critical acclaim, Car Seat Headrest's 'Teens Of Denial' was deemed BBC6's 'Album Of The Day' earlier Tuesday, but as you've probably noticed, THE DAY IS ALMOST OVER. As the old saying goes, those who ignore the future are condemned to drink the Pabst, but the Matablog (recent) nostalgia fest continues with a fond look back at those glorious moments on the evening of May 23, 2016 when Car Seat Headrest's show at Washington DC's 9:30 Club was made available online via the auspices of NPR. The show will be archived for the next two weeks.
Finally, please follow us on snapchat tomorrow if your turn-ons include seeing things destroyed :
on tour :
Thursday, May 28 - London Calling, Amsterdam (NL)
Friday, May 29 – Big Next, Gent (B)
Monday, May 30 – L'Espace B, Paris
Tuesday, May 31 – Le Sonic, Lyon
Thursday, June 2 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona (ES)
Friday, June 3 – This Is Not A Love Song, Nimes (F)
Saturday, June 4 – Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival, Düdingen (CH)
Monday, June 6 – Beaches Brew, Ravenna (IT)
Friday, June 10 – Paraque de Cidade, Porto, PT
Wednesday, June 8 – Le Saint des Seins, Toulouse
Thursday, June 9 – Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux
Saturday, June 11 – Primavera Sound, Porto (PT)
Tuesday, June 14 – Privatclub, Berlin (D)
Friday, June 17 - Beanpole, Dresden (D)
Saturday, June 18 – Molotow, Hamburg (D)
Monday, June 20 – The Hope, Brighton (UK)
Tuesday, June 21 – 100 Club, London (UK)
Wednesday, June 22 – The Deaf Institute, Manchester (UK)
Thursday, June 23 – Broadcast, Glasgow (UK)
Sunday, June 26 – Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen (NL)
Tuesday, June 28 – Mejeriet, Lund (SE)
Wednesday, June 29 – Debaser Strand, Stockholm (SE)
Thursday, June 30 – Pustervik , Göteborg (SE)
Saturday, July 9 - 4 Knots Festival, NYC NY
Saturday, July 16 – Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL
Saturday, July 16 – Empty Bottle, Chicago IL (evening show)
Sunday, July 17 – Turner Hall, Milwaukee WI (on sale 4-29)
Monday, July 18 – Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN
Friday, July 22 – Capital Hill Block Party, Seattle WA
Thursday, July 28 – Eventide Victoria, Victoria BC
Saturday, August 20 - Maha Music Festival, Omaha NE
Tuesday, August 30 - Neurolux, Boise ID
Wednesday, August 31 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City UT
Thursday, September 1 - Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO
Monday, September 5 - The Ready Room, St. Louis MO
Tuesday, September 6 - Proud Larry's, Oxford MS
Wednesday, September 7, Mercy Lounge, Nashville TN
Thursday, September 8 - Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, September 9 - Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh NC
Saturday, September 10 - Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Monday, September 12 - The National, Richmond VA
Saturday, September 17 - The Sinclair, Cambridge MA
Sunday, September 18 - Bar Le Ritz PDB, Montreal, QC
Monday, September 19 - Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto, ON
Wednesday, September 21- El Club, Detroit, MI
Sunday, September 25 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH
Tuesday, September 27 - Majestic Theater, Madison, WI
Order 'Teens Of Denial' from the following :
The Matador Store (2XLP, CD or digital versions)
Car Seat Headrest on Spotify
Car Seat Headrest on Apple Music
Car Seat Headrest online :
There's No Denying Car Seat Headrest's 'Teens Of Denial' Is Out Today (On Some Formats, But Not All)
(photo by Anna Webber)
Alright, after last week's highly publicized drama concerning THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of LP's and CD's being destroyed, we are very proud to announce that today, Friday, May 20 marks the official (digital) release of Car Seat Headrest's hotly anticipated 'Teens Of Denial'. Stereogum's Tom Breihan calls it, "a sprawling concept album about what it's like to be young and empty," ("a powerful, cutting, incisive portrait of an entire generation that's been economically fucked by previous generations' greed"), while Pitchfork's Jeremy Gordon testifies that TOD represents, "a firm declaration of talent", calling Will Toledo, "an incredibly imaginative, insightful singer-songwriter." We're no experts on the law (for instance, check that business about our destroying thousands upon thousands of LP's and CD's), but I'm pretty sure Tom and Jeremy wouldn't be allowed to write these things if they weren't 100% accurate.
In all seriousness, 'Teens Of Denial' is available today via digital download or thru your favorite streaming service. The amended and 100% LEGAL double LP and CD can be preordered via the link below. In addition, there's some new tour dates which are highlighted in B-O-L-D.
Saturday, May 21 – Rough Trade, Brooklyn NY (SOLD OUT)
Monday, May 23 – Black Cat, Washington DC
Thursday, May 28 - London Calling, Amsterdam (NL)
Friday, May 29 – Big Next, Gent (B)
Monday, May 30 – L'Espace B, Paris
Tuesday, May 31 – Le Sonic, Lyon
Thursday, June 2 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona (ES)
Friday, June 3 – This Is Not A Love Song, Nimes (F)
Saturday, June 4 – Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival, Düdingen (CH)
Monday, June 6 – Beaches Brew, Ravenna (IT)
Friday, June 10 – Paraque de Cidade, Porto, PT
Wednesday, June 8 – Le Saint des Seins, Toulouse
Thursday, June 9 – Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux
Saturday, June 11 – Primavera Sound, Porto (PT)
Tuesday, June 14 – Privatclub, Berlin (D)
Friday, June 17 - Beanpole, Dresden (D)
Saturday, June 18 – Molotow, Hamburg (D)
Monday, June 20 – The Hope, Brighton (UK)
Tuesday, June 21 – 100 Club, London (UK)
Wednesday, June 22 – The Deaf Institute, Manchester (UK)
Thursday, June 23 – Broadcast, Glasgow (UK)
Sunday, June 26 – Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen (NL)
Tuesday, June 28 – Mejeriet, Lund (SE)
Wednesday, June 29 – Debaser Strand, Stockholm (SE)
Thursday, June 30 – Pustervik , Göteborg (SE)
Saturday, July 9 - 4 Knots Festival, NYC NY
Saturday, July 16 – Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL
Saturday, July 16 – Empty Bottle, Chicago IL (evening show)
Sunday, July 17 – Turner Hall, Milwaukee WI (on sale 4-29)
Monday, July 18 – Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN
Friday, July 22 – Capital Hill Block Party, Seattle WA
Thursday, July 28 – Eventide Victoria, Victoria BC
Saturday, August 20 - Maha Music Festival, Omaha NE
Tuesday, August 30 - Neurolux, Boise ID
Wednesday, August 31 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City UT
Thursday, September 1 - Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO
Monday, September 5 - The Ready Room, St. Louis MO
Tuesday, September 6 - Proud Larry's, Oxford MS
Wednesday, September 7, Mercy Lounge, Nashville TN
Thursday, September 8 - Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, September 9 - Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh NC
Saturday, September 10 - Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Monday, September 12 - The National, Richmond VA
Saturday, September 17 - The Sinclair, Cambridge MA
Sunday, September 18 - Bar Le Ritz PDB, Montreal, QC
Monday, September 19 - Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto, ON
Wednesday, September 21- El Club, Detroit, MI
Sunday, September 25 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH
Tuesday, September 27 - Majestic Theater, Madison, WI
Order 'Teens Of Denial' from the following :
The Matador Store (2XLP, CD or digital versions)
Car Seat Headrest on Spotify
Car Seat Headrest on Apple Music
Car Seat Headrest online :
An Announcement Regarding Car Seat Headrest's 'Teens Of Denial'(Dear Friends,
We were so inspired by Radiohead and Beyoncé's recent success with surprise albums outta-the-blue that we decided to do the REVERSE with Car Seat Headrest's hotly anticipated 'Teens Of Denial' ; instead, we're pulling the LP and CD versions from circulation on the eve of the album's release.
OK, sorry, that's actually not what's going on. The real story is a little more complicated. We'd love to blame it on someone else, but for once, we can't. Please read Will Toledo's comments below. Thanks - Gerard)
Life happens and sometimes not in ideal ways. If you've heard anything about the new album, then you're probably aware that one of its songs made use of The Cars song "Just What I Needed". Now, obviously, when we called the record 'done' and sent it off to be printed, we were working in full confidence that we had the legal side of it all worked out. We found out last week that this was not the case. I'm not going to get into the nitty-gritty of email chains and invested parties; suffice it to say that Matador (and I) were neither pulling a Banksy nor operating in ignorance of the law, but that we truly believed we had the issue resolved months ago, until last week.
As you may have heard, vinyl is being pulled from stores right now. There's a total recall out, and all copies with the original version of the song will be destroyed. Nevertheless, Teens of Denial WILL COME OUT ON MAY 20TH, at least digitally. I spent the last 48 hours working on an alternate cut of the track, which is now called "Not What I Needed". It's not merely an edit - it is its own thing, about half a minute longer than the original track, and goes in a much different direction. Honestly, despite the apparent clusterfuck, I had fun doing it, and I think it's a stronger song now. In any case I've grown up accustomed to working on an album right up to its drop date, so this is not a freak-out scenario for me. The album is going to come out on time and it's going to be good.
The physical release will not come out on time, obviously. We'll likely see a street date of sometime in July. I'm very sorry to everyone who was anticipating a preorder (it does sound GREAT on vinyl). It will be in your hands eventually. But it was very important to me that we keep the digital release for May. We've all been waiting long enough. Most of my music only exists online anyways, so it makes sense that this album should start the same way.
Thanks for your continued support, and I am very excited for this fucking record to come out already.
Official Statement from Matador Records :
The release date for the Car Seat Headrest album "Teens Of Denial" has been pushed back from May 20 to later in the summer due to a recall of physical product, so that a song containing elements of a composition by Ric Ocasek could be removed and replaced. Matador had negotiated for al icense in good faith months ago, only to be told last week that the publisher involved was not authorized to complete the license in the United States, and that Ric Ocasek preferred that his work not be included in the song. Matador regrets that it was not informed of this much earlier, and has made changes to respect Mr. Ocasek's wishes.
Coming June 3 : Steve Gunn - 'Eyes On The Lines', "Conditions Wild" video premiere
(photo by Constance Mensh)
"Conditions Wild" - directed by Brandon Herman
We're thrilled to announce the release of a new album from guitarist/songwriter Steve Gunn, 'Eyes On The Lines', coming June 3rd, worldwide. . Gunn's music has always embraced expanse and movement, springing from the simple and profound relationship between humans and their environment. 'Eyes On The Lines', the follow-up to Gunn's pastoral and highly acclaimed 'Way Out Weather', is his most explicit ode to the blissful uncertainty of adventure yet.
Accompanied by a full band --- Nathan Bowles (drums, banjo, organ), Hans Chew (wurlitzer), James Elkington (guitar, lap steel, dobro), Mary Lattimore (harp), Jason Meagher (bass, guitar, flute), Paul Sukeena, Justin Tripp (bass, keyboards), John Truscinski (drums), and (electric, guitar) –-- 'Eyes On The Lines' presents Gunn embracing his urban surroundings through a series of songs that showcase his extraordinary ability to match inventive hooks to deftly constructed melodies full of personality.
Throughout 'Eyes On The Lines', Gunn is more narrator than diarist as he pours real-life moments and real-life people into vibrant and evocative tales. Take debut single, "Conditions Wild," for example. Directly inspired by Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Gunn rambles through strange clouds of roving -- interlocking strings, percussion, and vocals join in an irrepressible rush. It's accompanying, highly-stylized video, directed by Brandon Herman, phenomenally captures the notion of finding comfort in getting lost and embracing the unknown, an important concept to Gunn in his songwriting and playing, and the creation of 'Eyes On The Lines' as a whole.
Steve Gunn will be touring extensively all over Europe and North America this year. All confirmed dates are below.
1. Ancient Jules
2. Full Moon Tide
3. The Drop
4. Conditions Wild
5. Nature Driver
6. Heavy Sails
7. Night Wander
8. Park Bench Smile
9. Ark
The Matador Store
Steve Gunn Store
Friday, April 8 - Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair, NJ
Thursday, June 9 - Northside Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, June 11 - Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN
Monday, June 13 - Gasa Gasa, New Orleans, LA
Tuesday, June 14 - Rudyard's, Houston, TX
Wednesday, June 15 - The Sidewinder, Austin, TX
Thursday, June 16 - Three Links Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX
Saturday, June 18 - Off Broadway, St. Louis, MO
Sunday, June 19 - The Riot Room, Kansas City, MO
Monday, June 20 - 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday, June 21 - Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
Thursday, June 23 - Schubas, Chicago, IL
Friday, June 24 - Marble Bar, Detroit, MI
Saturday, June 25 - The Great Hall, Toronto, ON
Wednesday, June 29 - Great Scott, Boston, MA
Thursday, June 30 - Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
Saturday, July 9 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
Tuesday, July 12 - Kings, Raleigh, NC
Wednesday, July 13 - The Mothlight, Asheville, NC
Thursday, July 14 - Exit/In, Nashville, TN
Friday, July 15 - Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA
Saturday, July 16 - Sloss Music & Arts Festival, Birmingham, AL
Sunday, July 17 - Forecastle, Louisville, KY
Thursday, April 21 - The Lexington, London, UK
Wednesday, May 18 - Le Batofar, Paris, FR
Thursday, May 19 - Les Nuits Botanique, Brussels, BE
Friday, May 20 - Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam, NL
Saturday, May 21 - Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, DE
Sunday, May 22 - Loppen, Copenhagen, DK
Monday, May 23 - Molotow, Hamburg, DE
Tuesday, May 24 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig, DE
Wednesday, May 25 - Manufaktur, Schorndorf, DE
Thursday, May 26 - Sudpol, Kriens, CH
Friday, May 27 - Le Sonic, Lyon, FR
Saturdat, May 28 - Le Phare, Limoges, FR
Sunday, May 29 - Psilocybenea, Hondarribia, ES
Monday, May 30 - gnration, Braga, PT
Tuesday, May 31 - ZDB, Lisboa, PT
Wednesday, June 1 - Berlin Cafe, Madrid, ES
Thursday, June 2 - Loco Club, Valencia, ES
Friday, June 3 - Primavera Sound, Barcelona, ES
Sunday, June 5 - This Is Not A Love Song, Nimes, FR
Steve Gunn online:Instagram
Coming May 20 : Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
"Drunk Drivers / Killer Whales"
(photo by Anna Webber)
On May 20, Matador will be releasing the new Car Seat Headrest 2XLP/CD/digital album, 'Teens Of Denial'. Though it's the 13th album to date for Will Toledo, it's the first CSH album to be recorded in a pro-style recording environment with a full band and acclaimed producer-person (specifically, Steve Fisk). Following the previously leaked "Vincent", the album's second single, "Drunk Drivers / Killer Whales" is available today. As Will explains, the song is about "post-party melancholia. Wishing to either be a better person or care less about the whole deal. Going home alone, in poor condition. The 'killer whales' bit is inspired by Blackfish, which is a depressing film."
"You have no right to be depressed
You haven't tried hard enough to like it"
There are two kinds of great lyrics. The first is the banger/anthem catch phrase: "Normal life is borin' / but superstardom is close to post-mortem." The second is more complex (and more rarely found): "Like a bird on a wire / Like a drunk in a midnight choir/I have tried in my way to be free" — with ideas, themes, and personae unfolding over the course of songs, contradicting each other, confronting the listeners' preconceptions, like Pete Townshend, Morrissey, or Kendrick Lamar.
Will Toledo, the singer/songwriter/visionary of Car Seat Headrest, is adept at both, having developed them over the course of his eleven college-recorded Bandcamp albums and his retrospective collection last fall, Teens of Style.
"I'm so sick of / (Fill in the blank)" or "It's more than you bargained for / But it's a little less than what you paid for" are more than smart, edgy slogans. Over the course of Teens of Denial's 11 songs, Will narrates a journey with his mysterious companion/alter-ego Joe that addresses big themes (personal responsibility, existential despair, the nature of identity, the Bible, heaven) and small ones (Air Jordans, cops, whether to have one more beer, why he lost his backpack).
"Fill in The Blank," the mission statement of the album, kicks things off — it's a fist-pumping anthem about feeling lousy in an ill-defined way, the fear of settling into a routine of futility, and not wanting to deal with it. Although it's oddly joyful sounding, Toledo considers it the introduction to his angriest record yet. In that vein, "Vincent," "Hippie Powers," and "Connect The Dots" are about both fighting to hold your place in the crowd and to hold your drink, as well as DIY college house shows, and having no one to dance with, respectively. Initially similar, "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales" veers off in surprising directions, each piece flush with catchy, irony-free hooks.
At the heart of the album sits the 11:32 "Ballad of the Costa Concordia," which has more musical ideas than most whole albums (and at that length, it uses them all). Horns, keyboards, and elegant instrumental interludes set off art-garage moments; vivid vocal harmonies follow punk frenzy. The selfish captain of the capsized cruise liner in the Mediterranean in 2013 becomes a metaphor for struggles of the individual in society, as experienced by one hungover young man on the verge of adulthood.
Teens of Denial refracts Toledo's particular, personal story of one difficult year through cultural touchstones such as the biography of Frank Sinatra, the evolution of the Me Generation as seen in Mad Men and elsewhere, plus elements of Eastern and Western theology. The whole thing flaunts a kind of conceptual, lyrical, and musical ambition that has been missing from far too much 21st-century music.
"I won't go down with this shit
I will put my hands up and surrender
There will be no more flags above my door
I have lost, and always will be"
There are two kinds of great lyricists. The first kind is one you find in books, canonized by time and a lifetime of expression. The second has it all in front of him. Meet Will Toledo. Or at least one version of him. - Geoffrey Weiss
1. Fill In The Blank
2. Vincent
3. Destroyed By Hippie Powers
4. (Joe Gets Kicked Out Of School For Using) Drugs With Friends (But Says This Isn't A Problem)
5. Just What I Needed/Not Just What I Needed
6. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
7. 1937 State Park
8. Unforgiving Girl (She's Not An)
9. Cosmic Hero
10. The Ballad of Costa Concordia
11. Connect The Dots (The Saga Of Frank Sinatra)
12, Joe Goes To School
Car Seat Headrest is:
Will Toledo - vocals, guitar, songwriting
Andrew Katz - drums, backing vocals
Ethan Ives - bass (on Teens of Denial), guitar (live), backing vocals
Seth Dalby - bass (live)
Produced by Steve Fisk at his studio in Seattle, July-September 2015.
Preorder 'Teens Of Denial' from the following :
The Matador Store
Car Seat Headrest on Spotify
Car Seat Headrest on Apple Music
Car Seat Headrest on tour :
Friday, March 25 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR
Saturday, March 26 - Neptune Theatre, Seattle WA
Sunday, March 27 - The Cobalt, Vancouver BC
Wednesday, March 30 – The Holland Project, Reno NV
Thursday, March 31 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
Friday, April 1 – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles CA
Sunday, April 3 – The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz CA
Monday, May 23 – Black Cat, Washington DC
Thursday, May 28 - London Calling, Amsterdam (NL)
Friday, May 29 - Big Next, Gent (B)Monday, May 30 - L'Espace B, Paris
Tuesday, May 31 - Le Sonic, Lyon
Thursday, June 2 - Primavera Sound, Barcelona (ES)
Friday, June 3 - This Is Not A Love Song, Nimes (F)
Saturday, June 4 - Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival, Düdingen (CH)
Monday, June 6 - Beaches Brew, Ravenna (IT)Friday, June 10 – Paraque de Cidade, Porto, PT
Wednesday, June 8 - Le Saint des Seins, Toulouse
Thursday, June 9 - Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux
Saturday, June 11 - Primavera Sound, Porto (PT)
Tuesday, June 14 - Privatclub, Berlin (D)
Friday, June 17 - Beanpole, Dresden (D)
Saturday, June 18 - Molotow, Hamburg (D)
Monday, June 20 - The Hope, Brighton (UK)
Tuesday, June 21 - 100 Club, London (UK)
Wednesday, June 22 - The Deaf Institute, Manchester (UK)
Thursday, June 23 - Broadcast, Glasgow (UK)
Sunday, June 26 - Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen (NL)
Tuesday, June 28 - Mejeriet, Lund (SE)
Wednesday, June 29 - Debaser Strand, Stockholm (SE)
Thursday, June 30 - Pustervik , Göteborg (SE)
Saturday, July 16 - Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL
Friday, July 22 – Capital Hill Block Party, Seattle WA
Thursday, July 28 - Eventide Victoria, Victoria BC
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How to Align Images in CSS & HTML
Graphics Layout Help for Newbies
Want to align an image on a web page? Need side-by-side graphics and text? This page should solve your basic graphics and HTML questions.
I wrote this tutorial many years ago, when all webpages had to be written from scratch using HTML code to assign paragraphs, images, fonts, and everything else.
Nowadays, sites like Hubpages, Blogger and Wordpress give us an easy text editor and do all the coding for us. But every now and then, we still need to crack out the HTML and write the code for ourselves.
Tip: Print out my HTML Graphics Cheat Sheet with most of the codes and tricks on this page!
How to Say "Place an Image Right Here!" on a Webpage
HTML puts hidden codes in webpages that mark which parts are text, images, or links. These codes are tucked in between brackets <> which your web browser knows are meant for its eyes only.
Before we can align an image, we need an image! Upload your picture to a free image host like Photobucket or your own website, if you have one. Then find the image's URL (on Photobucket, it's the "Direct Link"; on Picasa, click "Embed Image", then "Image Only - no link".)
Once you have an image's URL, use the following HTML code to say, "place the image here":

Replace the part in quotes with the URL of your image.
But That's Not Enough, Because...
That HTML code places a graphic, but there's no alignment commands. Without them, the graphic is going to stick up above your text as if it's a really, really enormous letter.
For example, look at how the text is behaving here:
Here's the code that created that mess:
My cat likes to help my friend Lynne when she is basting a quilt. My cat is an expert quilt-holder. She sprawls like this:  and holds down the fabric. The downside, of course, is cat fur on the quilt. Lynne says that's breaking it in.
Do you see how the web browser is treating the image like a great big huge letter that sticks up above the rest of the text, shoving down the sentence surrounding it? That's almost never useful.
Aligning Images Left or Right
To fix this problem, you could put the image in its own paragraph with nothing to its left or right (except maybe another image):

The other option is to tell the web browser to push the graphic all the way to the left or right, and make the text fill in NEXT to it, as the cat graphic to the right is doing here.
This is the code you need to align an image to the right:

(The unbolded parts are optiona.)
What's all that gobbledygook mean? Let's break it down.
-  is the placeholder for an image.
- src="..." tells the web browser where the image's data is stored or uploaded (its location, its URL).
- style="..." style tells the web browser to expect a special set of codes called CSS (never mind what that is) which explain how you want the image to be displayed: its size, its layout, whether it has a border, and so on. Styles can also be added to set text colors, sizes and fonts. If HTML is the main chassis of the car, styles tells the web browser about the car's paint job and whether it comes equipped with bluetooth or cup holders.
- float: right; means push the image as far to the right as it will go. If there's already something there (the sidebar, another floated image), then this image will squeeze in just to the left of that. This is how you tile images side by side. You can also float: left; to make images behave just like the letters of this paragraph: they'll start at the left-hand margin, then tile from left to right across the column until they run out of room, then they flow onto the next line.
- margin-left and margin-bottom are optional. They add a little bit of an empty border (px means "pixels") to the left and under the image so things aren't mashed right up against it. If you have floated an image to the left, you should probably include a margin-right to add padding there.
VERY IMPORTANT: TO TURN OFF "FLOAT", use the following command:

Why would you want to do that? Well, if an image is floated all the way to the right or left, whatever you write after that will attempt to fill in around it. For example, the text above above filled in around that cat picture.
If you don't want the following paragraph to fill in next to the floated object, then you need to use the clear command to draw an invisible horizontal line across the page that says "everything after this has to start on a new paragraph, below the floated image(s)."
HTML Code For Turning a Graphic Into a Link
You know how to make a link like this one, right?
Link to my Jackie Robinson article
HTML Code:
Link to my Jackie Robinson article
in other words, clickable text
makes a link in HTML code.
That's a text link. The web browser will let you put an image in place of the clickable text!
Like this:

or like this, if the image has some kind of style set to fine-tune it:

How to Center an Image or Headline
The easiest way to center a graphic (or any text) is to put this around it:

which makes a paragraph -- including a blank line after it -- containing the image.
This is the old-fashioned way, and it still works.
Code gurus say we're supposed to do it this way:

Why? Because about ten years ago, the code gurus realized that HTML (the stuff in brackets) should be for THINGS, like image or paragraph, while CSS (the style="blah" stuff), should be HOW TO DISPLAY THE THING.
The problem is, Internet Explorer is a dinosaur, and it didn't learn how to do auto-margins until IE9. I think most people have upgraded to 9 now, so you should probably use the "correct" code now.
HTML Code to Center a Caption Under an Image
Sorry, code gurus. I'm stuck in 1999, and this still works.

Caption Goes Here

 is a line break.
The caption can include a link:

Clickable Text

How to Add Captions Under Aligned Images
Earlier, I showed you how to center a caption under a centered image using HTML. But here's the layout trick I use most often: a caption under a graphic that's left- or right-aligned!
The trick is that web browsers think of paragraphs as box-shaped areas. By default, they're the width of a whole column, but you can make them narrower. Then you can lay them side-by-side.
A box (paragraph) can contain anything: images, text, you name it! Including captions.
So what if I want to make an image all the way to the right, with a caption? Here's the HTML code to make that happen:

Caption goes here

Write a bunch of text here. It'll fill in to the left of the floated-paragraph.
Let Me Explain How That Works
Say WHAT?
Let's take it slow.
-
Stuff
 This is the paragraph's container. The "Stuff", in this case, is the image plus its caption.
- width: 200px; The paragraph's width in pixels. Make the paragraph width the same width as the image in pixels. Alternatively, you could specify the paragraph width by em -- the width of the letter m -- or in %, the width of the column. (In that case it's best to use the same units with the margins; see below).
- float: right; pushes the paragraph all the way to the right.
- the optional margin commands put a little whitespace to the left and below the paragraph's bounding box, so whatever's next to it will give it a little room.
- text-align: center; ensures that the caption is centered under the image.
- font-size: is optional, but I like to make it 9pt, a bit smaller than body text tends to be.
Notice that I made the image's style=command specify that its width is 100%. 100% of what? The paragraph containing it. Because the image is going to shrink or stretch to match the width of the paragraph containing it, there won't be any room for the caption beside the image, so that forces the caption below the image.
If necessary, in the image's style-code, you may also want to give the image itself a margin-bottom: 5px; or something of the sort to push the caption down a wee bit and not have it so snug against the image's bottom.
Are you trying to put a photo credit under an image, and you need the caption to include a clickable link? Then, in the "caption goes here" area, do the following: Clickable text goes here
All of the above works just the same if you want the image and its caption on the left. Just change to float: left; and change margin-left to margin-right
How to Scale / Resize an Image - Style Its Width or Height
Your web browser can scale images to different sizes.
The old way is to specify an image's dimensions in pixels:

That's great. But nowadays, people may be viewing a webpage on an itsy bitsy smartphone or a ginormous computer monitor, and they have completely different numbers of pixels!
That means we have to be clever. Instead of using pixels as our units, we should use a unit that will shrink or grow in scale with the whole page.
That means PERCENT (of the column) or EM (width of the letter em).

Percent works best for side-by-side layouts.
But because the actual webpage scrolls off the top and bottom of your screen, the vertical dimension is a little tricky to specify in percentages. That's when I start using ems instead. An m is an m, even if it's turned 90 degrees.
Fancy Stuff: CSS Background-Images
With CSS style: background-image, any image can be tiled as the background for any webpage element. We usually use this trick with paragraphs, but it also works for lists, headers, etc.
Here's the code:

padding and color are optional. Color is font color. Padding puts some space between the edge of the text and the borders of the paragraph (em means the width of the letter "m"; you could also specify the padding in px, pixels.)
Unfortunately, background images often make it hard to read text. Sometimes even changing the color of the text (see code below) doesn't help.
Sometimes you only want the backgroun image to tile in one direction. Inside the style="..." command, you can add the following:
- background-repeat: repeat-x; (tile horizontally)
- background-repeat: repeat-y; (tile vertically)
- background-repeat: no-repeat; (if you don't want the image to tile).
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When my Mom set up a blog to share her K-12 educational resources, she needed to learn how to build webpages. She already knew a few basics -- headers, paragraphs, links and images-- but her website needed more.
After examining all the books on web design in Buns & Noodle, I purchased this book for her to get her started. It worked! It taught her CSS (dressing up webpages, layout, techniques like side-by-side paragraphs and text). She still uses it as a reference guide.
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I'm definitely going to be using the hint about using captions. I've used the background code before too, though it's hard to position it just right unless you're using a pattern. Photos don't usually work quite as well and seem to show up differently in different browsers.
You did such a great job with these tips! CSS can be tricky when it's inline/embedded vs. even internal, and certainly when you can use external, which is the easiest for me. Keeping track of the nesting and which tags support which styles can be a real pain. I love your color coded examples, too! Very nice!
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I might learn these techniques someday. In the meantime... blessed by a SquidAngel.
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Gotta problem here.
I copied below code from How to Add Background Images & paste it into my Notepad.
And saved it as FILENAME.HTML
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work when it's D-clicked..
But removing -left part from padding-left: seems to work for me.
Here is the new code then:
Any way,Great Lesson
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How we can add the two images side by side through html coding and we need a text between both the images
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I have an image with float:right and I want start the next paragraph underneath it but aligned left as normal leaving a blank space above the text on the left and the image on the right.
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How do you put two or more pictures and a caption under each picture please?
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and if I put the etc... it doesn't change anything. Any thoughts
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Exactly the tips I was looking for - thank you so much for sharing!!
Great information. Very useful and helpful.
OK this is totally swell, Greekgeek. I have a question about how to call up an image stored on a web site. You shared this "open sesame" command Let's say that I have a WordPress blog on my own domain. Where would I "park" an image to make sure the command finds it? In the Media Library or ?? I hope you will reply. Your wisdom astounds.
@mythphile: It does make sense, Greekgeek. The right click is the key. Thanks so much!
great info thanks for sharing
I've been relying on this a lot! Thank you so much for this intuitive and helpful tutorial! Much appreciated!
Thank you, just what I needed. Off center pictures were making me crazy. Found exactly what I needed here! Bookmarked!
I had to stop back by today for a refresher on how to make my image clickable. Thanks.
Is there anyway to add captions below Html images without the help of CSS ?
Please help !
Your lessons are really helpful.
So helpful lessons...
I am so glad I found this again, I've Liked this before. It is so helpful and informative. You really make it easy to understand and apply, I'm definitely going to try some of these. Thank you for sharing this excellent resource. *Blessed by a SquidAngel*
Wow , well written :)
Really helped me a lot
Thank you:) your explanation helped me a lot.
Great. I will come back :)
Great resource, liked and bookmarked
This has saved me a lot of time, thank you.
Such an awesome resource! Thanks :-)
Great article and very helpful. Thank you so much!
Thank you very much for easy and simple to follow instructions. This has helped me a lot.
Great info...definitely bookmarked.
Thanks so much. I think it's bit little different with CSS code for Wordpress or Blogspot platform.
@mythphile: According my experience, Wordpress CSS are easier to edit than Squidoo. Some cool WP code are really pretty but can't run perfectly in Squid. And you're right, the Squid made change today. The dashboard and workshop are different from the previous. And hopefully this edit will fix some CSS problem and support to HTML 5 :D
Wow, this is really helpful. I'm in middle school and we are learning about HTML Coding and I wanted to learn about images. Thank You Greek Geek
I really like how you put this together. The imagery is fantastic! Thanks for the great resource!
Great article and very helpful. Thank you so much!
Thanks. I've only used one of your tips so far and it's already helped.
I am very happy to read this article! Thanks for giving us this useful information. Fantastic walk-through. I appreciate this post.
Thanks mate. Very resourceful post for everyone with little knowledge on HTML. Thanks once again.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping others. Make it a great day!
Wish I'd found this a long time ago - would have made it so much easier to align images on a site.
This page has helped me sooooooooooooo much. Thanks a million for the easy to understand basic instructions that should get anyone off and running with HTML.
thanks, i've been trying to figure out how to position my elements for a while now.
Your tips work great. I've used a couple and they've always worked exactly as advertised. Thanks.
I found one that I want to try right away. Others that will be added in later. Thanks.
Have added this page for future reference, as HTML and CSS are not my strong points.
Thanks for writing it. :-)
Thanks for the info. It was very useful for me. :)
Great work! Easy to follow. Thanks.
Not my favorite tutorial, very confusing. The part on how to make the image a link? Well first of all your "How to Make an Image a Clickable Link" doesn't link to anything, secondly you say "You know how to make a link like this one, right?" but what if I don't know how? Please don't assume you know what I do know, and what I don't know!
@Jackie What do you mean be "doesn't link to anything"?
Also, this is a good resource for amateurs in the webpage design field to get to know some of the basics of HTML formatting, but it only touches on CSS formatting.
very informative.
also read
On your section about putting a caption under aligned text....
Where you have this:
You made a mistake here:
instead of
I know this because I just tried it LOL!
excellent article! very useful. Thnx
You are a wealth of information. Thank you so much for posting all this great information for a beginner like me.


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I think the tension here is justified. Many people waited for a long time to work on things and the expectations are high. Right now a lot of requests and questions that the people have could be avoided if we had some certainties: * What can we work on/discuss about? As far as I know Adobe doesn't know the full list of things that will be donated, but I guess there is a list of things about which Adobe officials are already certain about. For example: Flex Builder will not be donated. " The current MXMLC compiler will be donated but we are stuck with svn technicalities." If there was a list on what will definitely be donated together with an anticipated time-frame and the current status then we had better clarity about what can, reasonably, be talked about. * What is Apache Flex about? To me a clear mission statement that describes what the aim of the flex project is, is long overdue. Is this a project to maintain and improve a currently available API? Or is not API specific at all and does the Flex Platform want to provide a solution for dealing with problems like "easy to use system for RIAs", "cross platform deployment", ... This could also be a little more detailed by stating things like "Fixed API per major version", "well documented", etc. It would give people a reference in conversations. In the example of "well documented": "I want to create a new documentation logic. Because I think the current system does not harmonize with the goal 13). My problems with the current documentation are A) B) C)". * How and when can we "document" feature/bug/fix requests? I have read mailing-list entries like "Jira is ready" and the Jira bug tracker is available for public use. However people restrain because they want Adobes Jira to be imported before that. So: Does that make Jira: "not ready"? I think this sort of questions are important right now as the lack of answers seem to agitate the group and throttle the motivation. I also think that these questions need to be answered by the Project team and not the community. yours Martin. On 23/01/2012 18:38, David Arno wrote: >> From: Erik de Bruin [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >> Sent: 23 January 2012 09:30 >> Please stay polite and mindful of others, ok? This is NOT a constructive >> way to have a discussion, and will do your case more harm then good. > There's a time and place to constrain oneself to politeness. Adobe's > continuing incompetent handling of Flex takes us outside of that. I fail to > see how we can have constructive discussions about this topic until Adobe > sort out all the "legal technicalities" that keep springing up at random and > causing us so many potential problems. > > David. > >
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