photos by Dominick Mastrangelo

Ben Gibbard and Death Cab for Cutie are trying something different for a 2012 tour that kicked off Tuesday in Colorado, performing with the eight members of the Magik*Magik Orchestra -- six violins and two cellos.

That's the same group that appeared with Death Cab in its "Storytellers" episode on VH1, and helped add a deeper texture to last year's Codes and Keys. Still, Magik*Magik -- which has previously worked with Mike Patton, John Vanderslice, the Walkmen and the Dodos -- have become the principal storyline for a tour that [hits Beacon Theater in NYC three nights in a row this weekend].

The interesting part for concertgoers will be hearing some of the Death Cab's back catalog, including favorites like "Soul Meets Body," in this format. Gibbard admitted a little apprehension -- OK, a lot...

"It's a little terrifying," Gibbard tells HeyReverb. "There are so many variables. The entire show is a series of variables, for the first time in a long time. And that's a good thing. The first handful of shows, at least from our end, will be like walking through quicksand." [Something Else]

Continue reading "Death Cab & Youth Lagoon @ Beacon Theater (night 1 pics)"

Death Cab For Cutie @ Beacon Theater (photo via thismeik)

While Jack White was at Webster Hall, Death Cab For Cutie played their first of three shows at NYC's Beacon Theater last night (4/27). Youth Lagoon opened like they will again Saturday and Sunday. We'll have pics and more later (update: pics HERE), but check out the Friday setlist, below...

Continue reading "Death Cab For Cutie played Beacon Theater (night 1 setlist)"

by Andrew Sacher

photo via loganhyde

Youth Lagoon's tour brought him to Music Hall of Williamsburg last night (3/28) for his second of two sold out NYC shows. Pictures from the first night at Bowery Ballrom (3/27) are HERE.

The show began with a set from Buffalo, NY's Cemeteries, the recording moniker of Kyle J. Reigle (he has a band live). Last night and the previous night's Youth Lagoon shows were the second time Cemeteries played NYC, having first opened for Howler this past January. Not the most exciting band to watch, but they had a nice batch of catchy dream pop songs and didn't overstay their welcome. You can catch them in NYC again when they open for Gauntlet Hair in April.

Up next was Porcelain Raft, whose live set up now includes main Porcelain Raft guy Mauro Remiddi and a live drummer. After walking on stage, Remiddi triggered a drum/synth loop and for about 6 seconds. They sounded like what I pictured Porcelain Raft sounding like live, until the explosive drumming and soaring guitar came in. For someone who seemed so set on abandoning his rock band for the bedroom musician approach, Mauro Remiddi looked like he was meant to be on stage. He moved around as if he was backed by a full band, traded melodic parts with noise guitar freakouts, and kept an overall confident demeanor on stage. His drummer was as charismatic behind the kit as Remiddi was behind the mic, and he rotated between high energy rock beats and crescendoing sound pieces that fell somewhere between the noise breakdowns of Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley and the improvisational rhythms of Joanna Newsom's Neal Morgan.

Youth Lagoon, who I personally had not seen live before, finally took the stage a bit before 11 PM, opening with "Afternoon," off of his 2011 debut, The Year of Hibernation, which he played all of, in addition to both tracks on the bonus 7". Like others have said, I wish he would get a live drummer, but I was surprised at how loud he sounded with the drum machine and how much it got the crowd dancing (and fist bumping).

Trevor Powers and his guitarist Logan Hyde definitely know what they're doing on stage, but the intimacy that makes The Year of Hibernation such an appealing album was lost in the live setting. Trevor sang without reverb/distortion and revealed that he's actually got an incredible set of pipes, but I thought it took away one of the album's most attractive aesthetics. Members of the crowd didn't help and were in part to blame for taking other listeners out of the moment (the quietest parts of songs were met with football fan cheers of "YEAH TREVOR"). That's out of the band's control, but it just acted as another signifier that maybe these songs only belong in the bedroom. I know it's selfish of me to imply Youth Lagoon shouldn't move forward in his career (just look at how far Bon Iver has gone), and it wouldn't be fair to call the show a disappointment (again, they did play really well and the crowd was very into it), but it just wasn't the experience I expected (or was looking for).

YL continues on tour. All dates and the setlist from the Brooklyn show below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon played MHOW w/ Porcelain Raft & Cemeteries (review, setlist)"

DOWNLOAD: Dana Buoy - "Call to Be" (MP3)

photos by Chris Goldberg

Youth Lagoon @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/27/2012

Tonight's show is where he should be in his career, just him, his guitarist, keyboards and drum machine. The drum machine created most of the joy and entertainment value tonight when it would break up Powers's wails and hushed vocals. There was a simplistic beauty in tunes like "Montana" and "July". The simple tones hang there for you to grab onto and embrace. "Cannons" is the song people seemed to respond to with his slowly building energy.

Sometimes, in our instant notoriety musical landscape, we expect greatness right off the bat. Not everyone can be a Strokes, Arcade Fire or Azealia Banks out the gate. Powers will be one of the artists who make a major impression 3 or 5 years now with one or two more albums in his catalogue. [Music Snobbery]

His tour continues tonight at Music Hall of Williamsburg (3/28) with Porcelain Raft and Cemeteries (who also open Gauntlet Hair's upcoming NYC shows). After this tour ends, he'll head out with Death Cab for Cutie and will return to NYC with them for three sold out Beacon Theatre shows (4/27-29).

Dana Buoy of Akron/Family was the opener last night and you can catch him NYC again tonight at Knitting Factory (3/28) with Wild International and Field Mouse (who opened for Polica at Rock Shop last night). Tickets for Dana Buoy's Brooklyn show tonight are available.

Dana Buoy is set to release his debut, Summer Bodies, on May via Lefse (who is also Youth Lagoon's label in Europe). That's the artwork above. Download a track from that album, "Call to Be," at the top of this post or stream it below.

More pics and video from last night's show and song stream below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon played Bowery Ballroom (pics & video), plays MHOW tonight (while Dana Buoy is at the Knit)"

most photos by Amanda Hatfield, some shots by Zach Timm

Polica @ Hotel Vegan

In addition to hosting almost 100 bands on three stages for four days straight, BrooklynVegan's Hotel Vegan, located at Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead Lounge, was a place where you could sip some complimentary HobNob Wines from noon-7pm each day. On Friday (3/16/2012), the third day of Hotel Vegan, we teamed with HobNob and The Original Moonshine for a big party that included the following, amazing FREE lineup:

Stage 1 (Hotel Vegas Outside)
12:00 Cold Showers
1:00 Polica
2:00 Youth Lagoon
3:00 Eight and a Half (members of Broken Social Scene & the Stills)
3:45 Django Django
4:30 Tennis
5:15 Light Asylum
6:00 The Black Angels

Stage 2 (Hotel Vegas Inside)
12:00 Lucius
12:45 The Big Sleep
1:30 The Twilight Sad
2:15 Eleanor Friedberger (of the Fiery Furnaces)
3:00 Widowspeak
3:45 TRUST
4:30 The Evaporators (Nardwuar's band)
5:15 DIVE

Stage 3 (Volstead)
12:15 Jennifer Castle
1:00 Daughter
1:45 Exitmusic
2:30 Doldrums
3:15 Zeus
4:00 Au Palais
5:00 Craft Spells

The Evaporators getting started @ Hotel Vegan

If you got your picture taken in our Smilebooth, make sure to look for yourself in the photos posted to our Facebook.

Special thanks to our official backline providers Vox, Blackstar and Korg, and thank you to NadaMoo for supplying free vegan treats, and to Honest Tea for the tea.

The Black Angels closed the day off right with a set of their 60s-influenced, psych rock n roll to an oferflowing house on the outdoor stage that saw a full crowd throughout the day thanks to names like Polica, Youth Lagoon and Tennis.

So many bands, so little time, so experience it with the pictures that continue below (and stay tuned for more on BV Austin)...

Continue reading "#HotelVegan Day 3 pics (BV, HobNob Wines & Moonshine presents) - Black Angels, Tennis, Youth Lagoon & MANY more"

As you know, BrooklynVegan is taking over ALL THREE STAGES at connecting Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead for FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT this week, and it's all 100% FREE (no RSVP or badges either). There's a big outdoor stage, and smaller stages inside Hotel Vegas & Volstead. Collectively we're calling the four day long party "Hotel Vegan" (located at 1500 E. 6th St, Austin, TX).

Friday's party is presented with HobNob Wines, our official wine partner of all four days of Hotel Vegan, and The Original Moonshine, our official spirit partner on Friday and Saturday.

We announced Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday in full.
Here is Friday at Hotel Vegan (March 16, 2012):

Stage 1 (Hotel Vegas Outside)
12:00 Cold Showers
1:00 Polica
2:00 Youth Lagoon
3:00 Eight and a Half (members of Broken Social Scene & the Stills)
3:45 Django Django
4:30 Tennis
5:15 Light Asylum
6:00 The Black Angels

Stage 2 (Hotel Vegas Inside)
12:00 Lucius
12:45 The Big Sleep
1:30 The Twilight Sad
2:15 Eleanor Friedberger (of the Fiery Furnaces)
3:00 Widowspeak
3:45 TRUST
4:30 The Evaporators (Nardwuar's band)
5:15 DIVE

Stage 3 (Volstead)
12:15 Jennifer Castle
1:00 Daughter
1:45 Exitmusic
2:30 Doldrums
3:15 Zeus
4:00 Au Palais
5:00 Craft Spells

We will also have free vegan treats courtesy of NadaMoo! and free Honest Tea. Arlo's great Vegan Food truck, located right next door, will be at all four days of Hotel Vegan selling food.

Special thanks to all of our partners and sponsors for making this party possible - including Vox, Blackstar and Korg, our official backline partners.

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The Black Angels (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

HobNob Wines offers free music content at its HobNob Inner Circle on Facebook. Join HobNob's Inner Circle to access exclusive downloads, editorial and info on upcoming events. Previously featured artists include Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Saint Bernadette, The Antlers, Company of Thieves, Xylos, as well as The Black Angels and Polica who are both playing this party.

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Friday is just one of four full days at Hotel Vegan. Wednesday lineup HERE. Thursday lineup HERE. Saturday lineup HERE.

We also have THREE official BrooklynVegan showcases - Tuesday (which Alex Maas of the Black Angels is playing a song at), Wednesday, and Friday - and a Saturday metal day party at Lovejoys, AND a bridge show.

Death Cab at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

One. Two. Three shows at Beacon Theater in April. The new NYC show happens on Sunday, April 29th, and like at the other two, Youth Lagoon will be opening for Death Cab For Cutie who will be joined by The Magik*Magik Orchestra. Tickets for the new show go on sale Friday, 2/03, at noon. Low is not opening any of them.

Updated tour dates are listed below..

Continue reading "Death Cab For Cutie add 3rd NYC show w/ Youth Lagoon (updated dates)"

Youth Lagoon @ Lincoln Hall in Chicago (more by Chris Hershman)

April 27 sold out this morning shortly after going on sale. Tickets for are on sale now for a new show on April 28.

Death Cab for Cutie at Williamsburg Waterfront (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

Death Cab For Cutie have just announced a tour that will take place this spring. The tour will see the band being joined on stage by San Francisco's Magik*Magik Orchestra (who often work with John Vanderslice too). All dates are listed below.

The tour hits the NYC-area on April 24 at State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ and (UPDATE: the initial dates Death Cab sent out have changed, and now there's no NJ show) at Beacon Theatre on April 27. The Beacon Theatre show, as well as every other North American date from 4/27 to the band's culminating hometown show at Seattle's Paramount Theatre (5/13) will be opened by Youth Lagoon, who has a headlining tour of his own that hits NYC for two sold out shows on 3/27 at Bowery Ballroom with Dana Buoy (of Akron/Family) and 4/28 at MHOW.

Fan Club pre-sale for all dates on the tour begins Friday (1/20) at noon and includes regular pre-sale tickets and the option for a limited number of DCFC t-shirt and poster bundles. Tickets for the Beacon Theatre show go on sale Friday, 1/27 at noon.

In other news, Death Cab's recent taping at Brooklyn Museum for the PBS series Live from the Artist's Den, will begin airing on PBS February 17.

All dates (now updated) below...

Continue reading "Death Cab For Cutie collaborating w/ Magik*Magik Orchestra on 2012 tour w/Youth Lagoon (dates)"

Youth Lagoon revealed the music video for "July," off of his debut album, The Year of Hibernation, which we just named one of our favorite albums of 2011. The video was directed by Tyler T Williams, who also directed the "Montana" video. It uses similar faded backdrops and landscapes to the "Montana" video, and like that video, tells a parallel story to the lyrics. Watch it below.

As mentioned, Youth Lagoon is going on tour during the next few months, which includes NYC shows at Bowery Ballroom on March 27 and MHOW on March 28. Tickets for both shows are still available.

Video below...

Continue reading "new video: Youth Lagoon - "July""

I hate writing year-end lists, as might be obvious to many long-time BrooklynVegan readers. That said, I also like them. They help organize things, which is related to my problem though. I'm too unorganized and hectic to ever get around to making one! But this year a few of us (BrooklynVegan contributors) got together and decided to come up with a collective list of albums that we loved that we think most represented 2011 in BrooklynVegan land. Our indie rock-centric list purposely does not include metal (that's HERE) or hip hop (we should make a separate list). With that in mind, our top 26 albums of 2011, in alphabetical order, are listed (with some commentary and a list of honorable mentions too) below...

Continue reading "BrooklynVegan's Favorite Albums of 2011"

by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Youth Lagoon - "Goodbye Again" (John Denver cover) (MP3)

Youth Lagoon at Mercury Lounge in November (more by Amanda Hatfield)

After touring a good deal in the latter half of 2011, Youth Lagoon has just announced another long run of dates for 2012. His last few trips to NYC brought him to venues like Mercury Lounge and and Glasslands, but this time around he'll play slightly larger shows at Bowery Ballroom on March 27 and Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 28. Tickets for both shows go on sale Saturday (12/17) at noon. All dates are listed below.

Youth Lagoon also recently recorded a cover of John Denver's "Goodbye Again" for Sirius XMU (home of BrooklynVegan "Blog Radio). Oddly enough, it ends up working out pretty well. You can grab the cover above and stream it below.

All dates and stream below...

Continue reading "new Youth Lagoon tour dates & a John Denver cover (MP3)"

photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Rachel Kowal

Youth Lagoon @ Mercury Lounge - 11/15/2011

Only a handful of dim, blue lights and a faintly glowing lantern lit the stage at the Mercury Lounge last night as Young Magic began to play. Though terrible for photography, the darkness complimented the trio's soulful, animalistic sound.

Mixing music from a number of genres, Young Magic crafts a unique sound, largely inspired by Isaac Emmanuel and Michael Italia's independent travels through the small towns and cities of Europe, the UK, and South America.

As if incorporating the flavor from the illegal 1920s cabaret venue on the ground floor of their practice space, Young Magic's music is at once sensuous and restless. At times, even Italia's long, bead necklace seemed to add something to the mix as his sudden movements sent it dancing around his neck, in time to his unconventional, African-inspired beats. And Indonesian born Melati Malay's reverb-soaked vocals are arresting, especially when set to Isaac Emmanuel's rolling spoken word verses.

Making music seems to be an act of catharsis for both parties, judging by the earnest candor of the evening's performances.

"I really want to thank Young Magic for opening up tonight," Youth Lagoon's Trevor Powers said of his tour mates. And it's that particular choice of diction, that seemingly insignificant two-letter word, "up," that makes all the difference.

Given the deeply personal and revealing nature of his own lyrics and his experience with anxiety disorders (which he discusses freely in interviews), Powers should know. But last night, even a slow start plagued by over twenty minutes of technical difficulties didn't seem to phase the Idaho native. With its lush melodies and winsome touches, Youth Lagoon's music feels at once nostalgic about the past and hopeful for the future ("Montana" being a good example of this).

With just a single album under his belt, Powers has been attracting a lot of praise over the past few months, and last night's sold-out audience was deeply supportive and enthusiastic. Between each song, people yelled out encouragements or tried to engage the young, cherub-faced singer in conversation.

"People always yell things, but I can never hear," mused Powers. "Ok. You in the back, with your hand raised..."

"POSITIVE FEELINGS!" came the fragmented response. Powers grinned sheepishly. "Yeah, positive feelings."

Hardly anyone budged at the end of his short, 40-minute set, prompting Powers and friend/band mate Logan Hyde to return for a final song, "Daydream." Sometimes, music is the best medicine.

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It was tour-mates Youth Lagoon & Young Magic's 2nd show in two nights at the NYC venue. Pictures and video from the first night are HERE. More pictures and the setlist from the second, below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon & Young Magic played Mercury Lounge one more time (night 2 pics & review)"

photos by Jessica Amaya

Youth Lagoon @ Mercury Lounge

Like they did when Trevor Powers made his NYC debut back in September, tourmates Youth Lagoon (the project of Trevor Powers) and Young Magic shared a bill at Mercury Lounge last night (11/14)... and they will again tonight (11/15). How was the show? We'll talk more about tonight's tomorrow. For now here are some pics and video (9 minutes worth) from last night. It all continues below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon & Young Magic played Mercury Lounge again, will again too (pics & video)"

photos by Tim Griffin

Youth Lagoon @ Emo's Monday night

Youth Lagoon is currently on a tour with Young Magic that hit Emo's in Austin on November 7, the day after Fun Fun Fun Fest ended. The room was packed, especially for a Monday after midnight, and it was one of the last-ever shows on the Emo's Inside stage which closes by 2012. Emo's Outside is already shuttered.

I missed Young Magic, but Youth Lagoon played a short but sweet set as a two-piece. He was his usual talkative self. And though his dialogue can sometimes take him places he has trouble digging himself out of (in this case he started dissing Texas sort of maybe), when he sings all is forgiven. The songs sounded especially great this night too, especially compared to what I saw months before at Mercury Lounge where I was wishing there was a drummer. Pictures from the Austin show are in this post.

Youth Lagoon and Young Magic will be in NYC for two shows next week happening on November 14 and 15 at Mercury Lounge. Both shows are now sold out. UPDATE: back on sale.

Youth Lagoon, who is working on a second music video, recently performed "July" for Pitchfork's Tunnelvision. You can watch a video of that with the rest of the pictures, and all tour dates, below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon played Emo's (pics), continues on tour (dates) (UPDATE: Merc shows back on sale)"

by Andrew Sacher

Youth Lagoon at Mercury Lounge in September (more by Amanda Hatfield)

For a musician who records in his bedroom, Youth Lagoon seems to love spending time on the road. He just finished up a tour that hit NYC three times and will head back out for another run of dates this November. The new dates include two more NYC shows. He'll return to Mercury Lounge on November 14 and 15 and will be supported by Young Magic, who also opened his NYC debut at the same venue. Tickets for both NYC shows go on sale Friday (10/14) at noon with an AmEx presale starting today (10/12) at noon. All dates are listed below.

Youth Lagoon's debut LP, which was released a few weeks ago, is available as LP/CD/MP3/Cassette at the Fat Possum webstore. As mentioned, it includes two bonus tracks, "Bobby" and "Ghost To Me," both of which you can listen to below.

Young Magic released the "Night in the Ocean" b/w "Slip Time" single this week (10/11) via Carpark. You can stream "Night in the Ocean" HERE and stream "Slip Time" below. The 7" is available at the Carpark webstore. They've got CMJ shows coming up including a TBA BrooklynVegan day party and the Car Park/Paw Tracks showcase at Public Assembly (10/18). They're scheduled for an unofficial PopGun party at Glasslands on October 20 with Sun Glitters, Weekend (who also play the BV CMJ showcase @ MHOW), and others. Tickets for the PopGun party are on sale now. They're also playing a free day show at The Delancey on October 22.

All dates and song streams below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon announces tour w/ Young Magic (who are playing CMJ first) -- dates"

photos by Amanda Hatfield

Congrats to Youth Lagoon on his 'Best New Music' designation today. If you missed Youth Lagoon's first-ever NYC show at Mercury Lounge on 9/12, you still have a chance to get tickets to his second which takes place at Glasslands this Friday night (9/30).

Speaking of that first show, I forgot to post these pictures from it! It's been over two weeks, but here's what I remember most about it:

1. They were a 2 piece. The main Youth Lagoon dude (Trevor Powers) has synths and a mic, and then there's a guitarist.
2. The term "bedroom project" gets thrown around and personally I pictured a shy guy, but that wasn't the case at all. Not only was he talktative ("charming" as one audience member screamed out), he made lots of jokes.
3. Most notably he joked that he couldn't play "Montana" because one of his synths was broken. He intro'd that joke by mentioning the video for the song that had just come out. The joke assumed that everyone in the 3/4 full Mercury Lounge crowd most wanted to hear that song (not saying he was wrong). After saying "just kidding!", he played the song.
4. Though I never noticed from the recorded version, "Montana" live made me think "iPod commercial" (not a bad thing, just what I thought). (I immediately went out after the show and bought an iPod.) (just kidding!)
5. He told a story about how it was hard to park in NYC.
6. They were selling the album, CD and cassette, at the merch table (even though it just came out this week).
7. If you like the record, you'll like him live - a confident performer/jokester.
8. I wished there was a live drummer.

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon LP released, touring, back in NYC on Friday (dates & belated pics from Mercury Lounge)"

by Andrew Sacher

Youth Lagoon @ the Rhythm Room in Phoenix - 9/5 (photo by sgilchrist03)

Youth Lagoon (aka Trevor Powers) recently kicked off a tour in support of his upcoming debut, The Year of Hibernation, out September 27 on Fat Possum. He makes his NYC debut on that tour on Monday (9/12) at Mercury Lounge with Young Magic. Tickets are still available for that show, and for the Glasslands show and the other Mercury show that are part of a string of shows with Gardens & Villa. The Glasslands show is also with Gem Club. Updated dates are listed below. You can see a picture from the recent Phoenix show above. A live video from the same show can be watched below.

Youth Lagoon recently made a video for the epic album track "Montana." The video was directed by Tyler T Williams, who has also directed videos for Craft Spells and Coma Cinema. The video tells the story of a young boy whose father goes off to war in what appears to be 1950s suburban America and ends with the boy in present time finding his father's ghost. It's got an interesting adjacency to the song's lyrics which explore growth and spirit.

Watch the video and the live video with the dates below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon on tour, made a new video, watch a live one too"

by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Gem Club - "Breakers" (MP3)

Youth Lagoon

As mentioned, details were floating around about a Youth Lagoon show at Glasslands with Gardens & Villa. Those details have since been cleared up. The show is part of a tour that both bands will go on together after Youth Lagoon goes on his headlining tour in September. The Gardens & Villa/Youth Lagoon tour will end up hitting Glasslands on September 30 with Gem Club and will also include another NYC show the next night, October 1 at Mercury Lounge. Tickets for the Glasslands show and the Mercury show go on sale Friday (8/5) at noon. Mercury Lounge tickets are currently available for AmEx pre-sale.

The 9/30 Glasslands show is Gem Club's only scheduled show at the moment, but according to their website, they are currently planning a fall tour in support of their new LP Breakers, which drops September 27 via Hardly Art. Grab an MP3 of the album's title track above.

NYC-via-Australia producer Young Magic has been added as an opener to Youth Lagoon's 9/12 show at Mercury Lounge. Tickets for that show are still available. Young Magic also plays the 9/10 Glasslands show with Ill Fits. The "You With Air" b/w "Sparkly" single, released this past February, is available at his bandcamp. Name your price.

In other Youth Lagoon news, he recently posted the lyrics to the three album tracks that have been floating around the internet, "Cannons," "July," and "Montana" on his blog. Check them out, that distortion-covered voice has got a lot to say. Also stay tuned for a video.

All dates and a new Gardens & Villa video for "Spacetime" off their recently released Secretly Canadian self titled debut are below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon touring w/ Gardens & Villa after other tour (3 NYC shows total, 1 w/ Gem Club) --- 2011 Tour Dates"

As mentioned, Youth Lagoon (aka Trevor Powers) has been planning a North American tour in support of his upcoming album The Year of Hibernation. That tour has now been announced and, as discussed, includes Mercury Lounge on September 12. Tickets are still on sale. All dates are listed below.

The tour announcement does not include the previously mentioned September 30th show at Glasslands with Gem Club. That show has also been taken off Glasslands' website and off sale, though Ticketfly (which doesn't mention Youth Lagoon) says it goes on sale on August 5th now. Stay tuned for more details on that.

Since signing with Fat Possum (and Lefse in Europe), some changes have been made to the album. Despite anything initially mentioned, that's the new album artwork above, and the final tracklist is below. The LP will also come with a bonus 7" single (also available as digital bonus tracks). Those songs are "Bobby" and "Ghost to Me". The Year of Hibernation comes out September 27 on Fat Possum.

All tour dates, album tracklist, and the "July" video are below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon announces tour, reveals final album details "

Youth Lagoon, who is scheduled to play a few festivals this September, has added his first two NYC shows around that same time. The new dates areSeptember 12 at Mercury Lounge and September 30 at Glasslands. The latter is with Gardens & Villa and Gem Club. Tickets go on sale Saturday (7/23) at noon for the Mercury show and are on sale now for the Glasslands show.

According to Idaho Statesman, "Youth Lagoon will embark on a national tour in September and October. After that, Powers says, he might play some dates in Europe." The full tour hasn't been announced yet, but check out initial dates below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon planning tour, two NYC shows announced"

by Andrew Sacher

When we last spoke about Youth Lagoon (aka Trevor Powers) we mentioned that the initial plans for a July 5 release on Juno Beach were scrapped. We now know that's because he's signed to Fat Possum. The label will release his startling debut The Year of Hibernation on September 27 in the US. Lefse will release the album in Europe. Grab two tracks off the album, and stream a third here.

As mentioned, Youth Lagoon will play Midpoint Music Festival in September. He's also scheduled to play Hopscotch Fest and Pygmalion Music Festival the same month.

All dates below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon signs to Fat Possum & Lefse, adds more dates"

by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Youth Lagoon - "July" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Youth Lagoon - "Cannons" (MP3)

Boise, ID-based Trevor Powers aka Youth Lagoon spent the last year in his bedroom recording what would become his debut full length (appropriately titled) The Year of Hibernation. The result is an exposed, personal 8-song opus with sweeping falsettos and post-rock builds that fall somewhere between The Antlers' Hospice and Bon Iver's For Emma. Trevor's friend Erik Eastman provided guitar on the album and is also currently performing live with him. Bass was provided by his friend Trevor Schultz and production/engineering by Jeremy Park.

Youth Lagoon spoke to Audio Milk about the album and it's deserved title:

My whole life I've struggled with really bad anxiety. Not the type of anxiety that most people deal with - usually it's about really bizarre things that just keep haunting me. I feel like The Year of Hibernation is basically a journal that I'm letting other people read. I'm going through a lot of stuff in my life right now that is the hardest stuff I've ever dealt with. So I think it's an impossibility to think I'll ever stop turning those thoughts into songs.

The title definitely does suggest that I did in a sense "hibernate" and separate myself from people to write this album. But it does go deeper than that too. This past year has been insane. There's one person I love more than anything else in the world and 2010 was a year that I feel like I fell even more in love because of all we went through - only to lose it all. It doesn't make sense to me and feels like a bad dream. I can't even say how hard it's been, but I just gotta keep breathing and living.

His only scheduled show at the moment is in September at the MidPoint Music Festival in Cincinnati, OH. The stacked fest lineup includes Cut Copy, Washed Out, Gang Gang Dance, The Dodos, and many others.

Video, soundcloud stream, and album art below...

Continue reading "Youth Lagoon (debut album coming soon ----- MP3s & video)"