Mission of Burma in NYC + Boston This Weekend

MISSION OF BURMA have a pair of back to back shows this weekend that begin Friday night at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City and continue on Saturday at Harvard Square's newest live music venue, The Sinclair.  Exclamation Pony, the new project from Ryan Jarman of The Cribs and Jen Turner of Here We Go Magic, will support at The Bowery Ballroom and local Boston band, Reports, will support at The Sinclair. Tickets for The Bowery Ballroom show are available HERE, and for The Sinclair show, HERE.

In advance of Friday's show, Roger Miller spoke to the folks at The Bowery Presents and answered a few questions for their House List Blog.  Read the interview HERE, and check out a tour diary he kept from the band's December UK/EU tour for WFUV's The Alternate Side, HERE.

Also, this afternoon from 5:00-6:00PM, Peter Prescott will be at Boston's WFNX for an in-studio takeover of the station's daily Boston Accents show with Michael Marotta.  Listen live online at wfnx.com to hear Pete spin tunes and talk about some of his favorite local artists.  Then, tomorrow morning from 10:00-11:00AM, tune into MIT's WMBR 88.1 FM (or listen online at wmbr.org) to hear Roger live in studio during the station's Late Risers' Club.

The Fenway Recordings Sessions Presents 200th Session: MTV Artist to Watch Live in Boston with Tegan and Sara, Jan. 27th

THE FENWAY RECORDINGS SESSIONS is excited to announce its 200th session, and the next show in the MTV Artist to Watch Live in Boston series.  On Sunday, January 27th, TEGAN AND SARA will be at Brighton Music Hall for an extremely intimate performance leading into the release of their upcoming album, Heartthrob, which will be out two days later, Tuesday, Jan. 29th.
The MTV Artist to Watch Live in Boston series, a collaboration between MTV, The Fenway Recordings Sessions and Brighton Music Hall, is an expansion of MTV Hive's Live from Webster Hall series which has featured artists such as The National, The Black Keys, and Florence and the Machine.  Shows in these series are filmed and streamed live online at MTVhive.com.  Tegan and Sara will be the third Boston show in the series, which began last March with Cloud Nothings and continued this past December with Alt-J.  Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 17 at 10am via Ticketmaster.
The Fenway Recordings Sessions, which began in 2004, has been involved with some of the most exciting live music to come through Boston in the past 8+ years.  Artists such as Of Monsters and Men, Ellie Goulding, MGMT, Yeasayer, Echo and the Bunnymen, Diplo, Two Door Cinema Club, Alt-J, The Ghost of a Saber Toothed Tiger, Editors, Cold War Kids and Dum Dum Girls have all played the series, which has spanned venues from the House of Blues to The Paradise to TT The Bears to Great Scott.  Today, most shows happen at Brighton Music Hall, but 2013 also marks the first time the series will present shows at the Middle East Upstairs and Berklee's Cafe 939.  In recent years, the series expanded beyond the city limits to New York, where we presented DJ Sets at the ACE Hotel from members of Freelance Whales, We Are Scientists, HAIM, Amazing Baby, and VHS or Beta, among others.  The collaboration with MTV Hive on the Live in Boston series is the most recent and exciting development in The Fenway Recordings Sessions, which we look forward to continuing for many more shows.
Here's to the next 200!

The Fenway Recordings Sessions Adds WAKE OWL to winter lineup; Kicks Off 2013 with ARKELLS/RDGLDGRN This Thursday

The Fenway Recordings Sessions is set to kick off 2013 this week with ARKELLS & RDGLDGRN, who will be at Brighton Music Hall on Thursday, Jan. 10.  Arkells, who won the 2012 Juno Award for 'Group of the Year' in their native Canada, are touring behind last year's release, Michigan Left.  Listen to Michigan Left and their debut album, Jackson Square, on Spotify and come see them live on Thursday!  Also on the bill are Virginia's RDGLDGRN - which stands for Red, Gold, Green - who recently announced they'll be releasing an EP, also called Red, Gold, Green, in the very near future and have just been added to this year's VANS Warped Tour.  Check out the video for their fun song, "I Love Lamp," here, and get a free download of it in exchange for your email, here.  Tickets for this show can be found at this link. We are also excited to announce WAKE OWL as the newest addition to the winter lineup, who will play Cafe 939 on Wednesday, February 20th.  The band has garnered comparisons to such artists as Mumford & Sons and AA Bondy, and is set to release its debut EP, Wild Country January 29th on Vagrant.  Listen to "Gold," which was recently featured on Grey's Anatomy, and check out the Noah Hyde remix of the track, here.  Tickets for this show go on sale Friday, January 11th at 10AM.

ALL UPCOMING FENWAY RECORDINGS SESSIONS: THIS THURSDAY, JAN. 10 :: ARKELLS/RDGLDGRN @ Brighton Music Hall :: Tickets Wednesday, Jan. 16 :: THE NEIGHBOURHOOD @ Brighton Music Hall :: Tickets Tuesday, Jan. 22 :: PALMA VIOLETS @ The Middle East Upstairs :: Tickets Wednesday, Jan. 31 :: BUKE & GASE @ Brighton Music Hall :: Tickets Tuesday, Feb. 12 :: WHY? w/ Dream Tiger & Astronautalis @ Brighton Music Hall :: Tickets Wednesday, Feb. 13 :: WILLY MASON @ Cafe 939 :: Tickets** Wednesday, Feb. 20 :: WAKE OWL @ Cafe 939 :: Tickets on sale Friday, Jan. 11 at 10AM Saturday, Mar. 2 :: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA w/ Foxygen & Wampire @ Brighton Music Hall :: Tickets Friday, Mar. 22 :: MOUNT MORIAH/BLESSED FEATHERS @ Cafe 939 :: Tickets Thursday, Mar. 28 :: MARCUS FOSTER / SEAN ROWE @ Cafe 939 :: Tickets Thursday, Apr. 11 :: JAMIE LIDELL @ Brighton Music Hall :: Tickets Saturday, Apr. 27 :: IAMX @ Brighton Music Hall :: Tickets

**THIS SHOW HAS BEEN MOVED FROM MONDAY, FEB. 11 TO WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13.  REFUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AT POINT OF PURCHASE IF YOU CANNOT MAKE THE NEW DATE.**

Tim Kile (formerly of Wild Light & Arcade Fire) Launches Kickstarter Campaign

TIM KILE, formerly of WILD LIGHT and ARCADE FIRE, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to support a new solo album which he hopes to complete within the year.  Check out the project, the video, and all the ways in which you can get involved HERE.  Any donation of $1 or more includes an automatic download of the brand new track, "Wasteland," a preview of which can be heard on the campaign video.

Dan Keyes signs with Pulse.

Dan Keyes has signed with Pulse Recordings/Check Your Pulse Publishing. Dan has spent the last 10 years touring the world as the leader of influential rock act, RECOVER (Fueled By Ramen/Universal Strummer Recordings) and subsequently indie-dance act, YOUNG LOVE (Island Def Jam).

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Fenway Recordings Session #196 Featuring ALT-J on MTV Hive

ALT-J is returning for their second sold out Fenway Recordings Session on Sunday December 9th at Brighton Music Hall. Tickets are sold out but luckily the whole show will be taped as part of MTV Hive’s Live in Boston series, and on 12/12/12 the performance will stream in conjunction with MTV, VH1, CMT, and Comedy Central’s “Big and Best of 2012” event. To stream the event on 12/12/12 or for more info on “Big and Best of 2012” click HERE.

The Cribs to release singles album, 'Payola,' in February 2013

THE CRIBS, who just wrapped up a year touring behind their sixth studio album, 2012's In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull, have announced they will release a singles album, Payola, in February of this year.  The album features 22 of the band's previously released singles and rare and hard to find songs.  It also includes a brand new track, "Leather Jacket Love Song,"  which was recorded with Edwyn Collins (The New Fellas) in the interim between Ignore The Ignorant and In the Belly of the Brazen Bull while the band were grounded in the UK due to the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.  It is the final complete Cribs track to feature ex-member Johnny Marr contributing his guitar playing.  Ryan finished the track in October 2010 but the decision was made shortly afterwards not to release it, following Johnny's departure at the end of the year.  With writing sessions for In the Belly of the Brazen Bull starting shortly afterwards, the song was shelved and not really thought of again until being spontaneously played live, where it quickly became a fan favourite after a bootleg recording was shared online. Of the song, Ryan said: "I always really loved Leather Jacket Love Song and liked the idea of keeping it to ourselves really. With Payola coming out though and the 10 year anniversary this year, now just feels like the right time to release it I think".

A deluxe version of the album, the "Anthology Edition," will include an 18-song bonus disc featuring b-sides and rarities and will span all of the band's released singles.  Payola will be out February 25th on Wichita Recordings.

New Bodega Girls Video: "Surf's Up America"

Today, BODEGA GIRLS along with Converse's Rubber Tracks Studio, released the brand new official video for "Surf's Up America." Watch "Surf's Up America" here.

Shot over the course of a weekend in Plymouth, NH and Allston, MA, the video was created, directed and produced by Loroto Productions.  It premiered last week at the Rubber Tracks Studio in Brooklyn, NY as part of Converse's A/V Connection project, which pairs artists and filmmakers together to collaborate on music videos for tracks recorded at the Williamsburg studio.

"Surf's Up America" was produced by Foster the People's Isom Innis and features producer/guitarist Anthony Rossomando (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things, The Damn Personals, Klaxons).  It was recorded at Rubber Tracks earlier this year.  Download the track for free via Converse's Facebook page. 

Mission of Burma Announce Best of Compilation

Mission of Burma has just announced a best of compilation called Learn How: The Essential Mission of Burma. Learn How will contain two discs, and is set for release on CD and download via Fire Records on December 3rd . The first disc will cover the band’s material from 1979 – 1983, while the second will include the material they have made since their reunion in 2002. Listen to ‘That’s When I Reach for My Revolver” HERE, and preorder the compilation from Fire Records by clicking HERE. 

Hurricane Sandy Relief - How to Help

Fenway Recordings and several of our artists such as MGMT, Saves the Day, and The Static Jacks have very close ties to many of the communities affected by Hurricane Sandy.  Given the level of devastation Sandy has inflicted on the coastal regions of New Jersey and New York, it is clear rebuilding efforts are going to be arduous. It will be a long time before these coastal communities are restored to their former glory. With that in mind we wanted to provide you with some information on a few organizations that are providing some of the hardest hit areas with relief. On behalf of our artists we would like to ask you to please take some time to look through the information below. Any level of donation or assistance you can offer will go directly to those people and places that need it most. Rockaway Beach Surf Club Relief Fund & Donation Information - http://www.lavagirlsurf.com/

Occupy Sandy Relief Fund & General Volunteer/Donation Information - http://interoccupy.net/occupysandy/

Waves For Water Hurricane Sandy Relief Initiative - http://www.wavesforwater.org/project/hurricane-sandy-relief-initiative

General Rockaway Beach Relief Information - http://rockawayhelp.com/

If you would simply like to make a donation, MGMT has setup a relief fund here - http://bit.ly/X6ZVKZ. 100% of donated funds will be regranted from MGMT-ATC's (http://atctower.net/) Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund to organizations helping communities rebuild and recover in the wake of this disaster.

Mission of Burma Announce support for Bristol, NYC + Boston Dates

Mission of Burma have just announced that FUTURE OF THE LEFT, EXCLAMATION PONY (Ryan Jarman of The Cribs + Jen Turner of Here We Go Magic) and REPORTS have been added as support on their shows at The Fleece in Bristol, UK, The Bowery Ballroom in NYC and The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA, respectively.  Tickets for these and all of Mission of Burma's shows are on sale now.  Details can be found HERE.

Mission of Burma and Faces On Film Nominated for Boston Music Awards

Two Fenway Recordings artists, Mission of Burma and Faces on Film's Mike Fiore were nominated for this year’s Boston Music Awards.  Mission of Burma’s Unsound was nominated for Album/EP of the Year, and Mike Fiore of Faces on Film was nominated for Singer Songwriter of the Year.  The 2012 Boston Music Awards will take place at The Liberty Hotel on December 2nd.  You can vote for Mission of Burma and Faces on Film HERE.

The Fenway Recordings Sessions Adds New Shows: DIPLO, THE WHIGS & MIKE SCOTT

The Fenway Recordings Sessions is excited to have added three new shows to its lineup this fall, including DIPLO at Brighton Music Hall this Friday for the official Major Lazer afterparty, which was an instant sell out.  We've also added our first show with THE WHIGS, who will be supported by KUROMA & ROYAL BANGS at Brighton Music Hall on 11/8, and on 11/18, also at Brighton Music Hall, we'll have a night with MIKE SCOTT (of The Waterboys), during which he'll read excerpts from his autobiography,Adventures of a Waterboy, and play an acoustic set of Waterboys tunes with bandmate and fiddler, Steve Wickham.

UPCOMING FENWAY RECORDINGS SESSIONS:
Oct. 26 :: #189 :: DIPLO (MAJOR LAZER Afterparty) @ Brighton Music Hall
Nov. 3 :: #190 :: CROOKED FINGERS & JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Great Scott
Nov. 6 :: #191 :: FIELD REPORT w/ Caleb Groh @ Great Scott
Nov. 8 :: #192 :: THE WHIGS w/ Kuroma & Royal Bangs @ Brighton Music Hall
Nov. 10 :: #193 :: HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE @ House of Blues
Nov. 14 :: #194 :: HUSKY w/ Hannah Georgas @ Great Scott
Nov. 18 :: #195 :: MIKE SCOTT (of The Waterboys) @ Brighton Music Hall
Nov. 21 :: #196 :: ASH w/ Resputante @ Great Scott

Mission of Burma Announce New Shows in NYC and Cambridge MA

Mission of Burma has scheduled two new shows for January 2013. On 1/18 they will be playing The Bowery Ballroom in New York City, and then on 1/19 they will be playing The Sinclair in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA. Pre-sale tickets for both shows will be available at 10am on 10/23. Get pre-sale tickets for The Bowery Ballroom show HERE. For pre-sale tickets to the show at The Sinclair click HERE.

Vote 2012 and Make Your Voice Heard

Fenway Recordings encourages you to vote on November 6th. Even if you’ll be out of town or are currently not registered in your state, you can still vote. NPR has put together a handy state-by-state breakdown with all the information you might need about collecting an absentee ballot or casting an early one: http://bit.ly/QQlKee. Election Protection is another useful resource on all things voting, which you can see here: www.866ourvote.com. There are over three weeks left until the election. Make your voice heard!