A Weather’s sophomore album, Everyday Balloons, arrives in stores today!  A Weather has gained a reputation as a gem of the northwestern city’s thriving music scene, and Everyday Balloons is already earning serious praise in the local press again: the Portland Mercury’s End Hits blog recently glowed, “…the record is an absolute stunner, bound to be one of the finest albums you’ll hear all year.”

AOL Music’s Spinner premiered new album track “Third Of Life” yesterday as the blog’s ‘Free MP3 of the Day’ (download here).  Spinner is also currently streaming Everyday Balloons in its entirety here.  Early last month, MagnetMagazine.com premiered the first mp3 off the album, “Giant Stairs;” the song can also now be downloaded here.

A Weather will be hitting the road in April for a month-long tour, beginning April 10th with a hometown show at The Woods in Portland and wrapping up May 6th at the Silverlake Lounge in Los Angeles, CA.  Full itinerary is below.

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Simon Joyner’s previously mentioned house tour (“Simon Joyner wants to play in your living room“) is shaping up nicely. Two legs of the tour — the southeast and northeast — have been confirmed. Ticket information is available at simonjoynertours.com, and full dates are listed after the jump.

A Weather’s new full-length album “Everyday Balloons” is now available for pre-order at our webstore. While the record will not hit stores until March 2nd, CD pre-orders will receive their copy as early as this week. Vinyl will ship out in early April.

Check out “Giant Stairs” from “Everyday Balloons”

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The lovely people over at Consequence of Sound have premiered a brand new Capgun Coup video for the song “When I’m Gone”. Check it out here!

From Consequence of Sound:

“Turns out that the entire Tyler Chikenelli-directed three-minute video was done with pictures, creating a jerky stop motion-esque feel to the entire deal. The video, consisting mostly of performance shots and a few seconds of a band member getting intimate in a field of leaves in what we can only describe as a Snuggie, feels like a wonderfully amateur cartoon full of weird angles and lots of colors. Of course, the band’s sound suits that DIY sound. In a world of increasingly more prevalent surf punk, the band play the caffeine and Pixie Stick brand of the genre, complete with monotone singing and heavy on the vaguely Caribbean, mostly danceable keys. Seriously, we can’t say it enough: Check this out.”

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Supporting his celebrated debut ‘Hustler’s Son’ on Team Love, Jason Boesel kicks off his first U.S. tour with Dawes and Cory Chisel And the Wandering Sons. On February 5, Boesel will take lead on guitar with Dawes onstage as his backing band on all the dates. See below for the full schedule.

Team Love is now giving away a download of Jason’s insatiable jam “I Got The Reason #1″ (click for MP3). The song originally surfaced during his touring days with Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band and quickly became a fan favorite. The album version features Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Blake Mills, Jonathan Wilson, Nik Freitas.

Just last week, Boesel stepped up front for his first two shows in Los Angeles. The first was a Haiti benefit with Jenny Lewis and friends. The second was with Michael Runion and JJAMZ. David Rawlings was there to play back up with Boesel.

Photo credit: Scott Dudelson for Blurt

Jason Boesel 2010 Tour Dates below!

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The Tripwire has premiered a brand new Midnight Masses music video.
The video, directed by Annika Kurnick and is a combo clip split between “Preacher’s Son” and “Desperate Man.” The two songs can be found next to each other in order off Midnight Masses‘ EP Rapture Ready, I Gazed at the Body, which y’all can purchase at our webstore.

>>The Tripwire

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Simon Joyner is planning a few, short tours to support his new album Out Into the Snow. Instead of performing in the typical indie rock venues and bars, he would like to explore a more intimate setting for these shows—living rooms and art spaces around the country. The house (or art space) show removes the elevated stage that separates the performer from the audience. It removes the distracting noise from the bar and provides an environment that allows the music to be the main focus. Simon has always felt that house shows and D.I.Y. spaces are often the best places to perform but it hasn’t been feasible to base a tour on this preference until now.

If you’d like to host a show or express interest in attending a show, please visit simonjoynertours.com

For more information about Simon’s most recent album, Out into the Snow, check out the album page here.

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Jason Boesel’s solo debut ‘Hustler’s Son’ is out today!

The Huffington Post’s Sal Nunziato raved in his review that ‘Hustler’s Son’ is a “smart and much needed fresh slice of Americana… [Boesel] delivers a very strong debut.”

Jason Boesel’s first solo U.S. tour in support of his debut starts February 5 in Santa Cruz. Dawes will join him onstage as his backing band on all the dates.

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STREAM “HUSTLER’S SON” IN ITS ENTIRETY: SPINNER, MSN, ABSOLUTE PUNK

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