DOWNLOAD: Sun Kil Moon - "Sunshine in Chicago" (MP3)

Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek has scheduled a few North American dates to happen this fall. One of those will take place in Brooklyn at Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 29 with support from Caldo Verde labelmate Advance Base (aka Owen Ashworth, formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone), who interviewed Mark last year about the film Mark Kozelek: On Tour. Tickets for the Brooklyn show go on sale Friday (4/6) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (4/4) at noon. All dates are listed below.

In related news, Mark Kozelek is readying his fifth full length album for his Sun Kil Moon project, Among the Leaves, which is due out May 29 via Caldo Verde. Like 2010's Admiral Fell Promises, the album focuses almost entirely on Mark's voice and nylon string guitar, but Among the Leaves also features an "ensemble of players [joining] Mark for a portion of the record." Download the lead single, "Sunshine in Chicago," above or stream it below, along with the album's artwork and tracklist.

All dates, stream, album art and tracklist below...

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photos by Tim Griffin, words by Andrew Sacher

YACHT @ Fun Fun Fun Fest

YACHT recently played Fun Fun Fun Fest and went on a tour with Yo Gabba Gabba. We've got another set of pictures from their set at FFF Fest in this post.

At the beginning of December, YACHT will kick off another string of dates that includes the previously mentioned NYC show at Santos Party House on December 3 with Parenthetical Girls and Midnight Magic. Tickets are still available.

Earlier that day (12/3), both YACHT and Parenthetical Girls will perform at Purchase College for 'House Our Queer Youth: A Benefit for the Ali Forney Center,' whose mission is to "protect the LGBTQ youth from the harm of homelessness, and to support them in becoming safe and independent as they move from adolescence to adulthood." The show also includes sets by DOM, MEN, DJ/Rupture, Tearist, Advance Base, Sam Mickens, Hilly Eye, and others. Tickets for the all ages show which is open to the public, are on sale now.

Updated dates and more pics below...

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The Advance Base tour arrives in NYC tonight (8/30), hitting Death by Audio where (Angel) Deradoorian (of the Dirty Projectors) will play a headlining set on a bill that also includes Sam Mickens Ecstatic Showband & Revue. It should be a (slow) rockin' (and at times jivin') good time.

It's one of three shows the Strokes-covering Deradoorian has coming up on the east coast. They are all listed below...

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Advance Base (via facebook)

Owen Ashworth, who ended Casiotone for the Painfully Alone last year, has a new project called Advance Base and it comes in at least two forms. The Advance Base Family Band is Owen along with Nick Ammerman, Ed Crouse, and Jody Weinmann. Advance Base can also be a duo consisting of Owen and his brother Gordon aka Concern who the Advance Bass duo is touring with this month (in other words, Gordon opens as "Concern" and then plays with Owen in/as "Advance Base"). The tour includes NYC shows on August 30 at Death By Audio and on August 31 at Mercury Lounge. Sam Mickens is also on the DbA bill. All dates are listed below...

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