THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW LEG ONE
June 9 - July 1
COUNTING CROWS with
Good Old War,
Good Old War,
THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW LEG TWO
July 17 - Aug 11
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
FIELD REPORT
"We handpicked every venue ourselves to get out of the cookie cutter places & into cooler outdoor gigs that WE wanted to play & we're pretty sure YOU are gonna dig," said Adam Duritz. "But the best part of all is that we're taking THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW on the road with us to bring all OUR favorite new bands to YOU. This summer COUNTING CROWS & RYAN'S SMASHING LIFE Present THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW!! On The Road and Everywhere You Are -- All Summer Long!!!"
FIELD REPORT is the creation of Chris Porterfield, whose debut record is a collection of songs six years in the making. Chris cut his musical teeth with DeYarmond Edison (the other members of which were Justin Vernon and Megafaun). After their breakup in 2006, Bon Iver and Megafaun went on to success while Chris hung back in Wisconsin, thinking his career in music was probably over. It was really just beginning. For the first time in his life, he began writing his own songs, which he spent the following six years carefully perfecting. In December 2011, the record was finally committed to tape at Justin Vernon’s studio.
The results of those sessions, now celebrated in Rolling Stone and music blogs around the planet - is a haunting set of songs - both crafty and poignant. After sending a few unfinished tracks to select people, the response was immediate and impactful: producer Paul Kolderie (Radiohead, Warren Zevon, The Pixies, Uncle Tupelo) fell in love with them and offered to mix the record, which he did in February. You'll be able to own the music you're listening to this July.
The Outlaw Roadshow at SXSW 2012 was the world debut of Field Report, a set and a performance that laid the groundwork for this huge summer tour announcement and the year that lies! Come celebrate this music discovery with us!
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
KASEY ANDERSON and THE HONKIES
"We handpicked every venue ourselves to get out of the cookie cutter places & into cooler outdoor gigs that WE wanted to play & we're pretty sure YOU are gonna dig," said Adam Duritz. "But the best part of all is that we're taking THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW on the road with us to bring all OUR favorite new bands to YOU. This summer COUNTING CROWS & RYAN'S SMASHING LIFE Present THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW!! On The Road and Everywhere You Are -- All Summer Long!!!"
Kasey Anderson
WORLD PREMIERE - BRAND NEW SONG!
Working with the best music acts every day of each year - in one capacity or another, has made me a very lucky man. The inclusion of Kasey Anderson and the Honkies comes perhaps as little surprise to both our regular readers and to the fans of Counting Crows. In Nowhere Nights and Heart of a Dog (2010 and 2011 Album Buyer's Guide selections), Anderson and Company have proven to be amongst the best songwriting and performance outfits in the entire country.
Kasey played a short string of West Coast dates with Counting Crows last year to rave reviews. And the band has earned their prior invitations to play The Outlaw Roadshow in New York during CMJ, in Austin for SxSW and now they will join Counting Crows for the second leg of the Summer 2012 Tour with The Outlaw Roadshow.
Mike Musburger, Eric Corson, Kasey Anderson & Andrew McKeag Hilary Harris photo
Counting Crows fans possessing the new album, Underwater Sunshine, know the band covers "Like Teenage Gravity," a Kasey Anderson original. As I said, this pick - far from being unexpected - should be seen as a gift to our fans. This series of shows should be unbelievably fun -with talented friends!
Today marks the world premiere of "Some Depression" - the first single from Kasey's upcoming record, Let the Bloody Moon Rise. Preorder just opened up for this one. (You can pick CD, LP or digital.) If you order early, The Honkies add three songs you won't get any other way and a free live download of the band playing a scalding set at The Triple Door in Seattle.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
We Are Augustines
What's Coming This Summer - Counting Crows are taking RSL's The Outlaw Roadshow on the road with them this Summer! That means amazing exposure opportunities for emerging talent and will provide the best live show possibilities for fans. You literally will see Counting Crows and the best supporting acts this country can offer. Fans should arrive early to these shows - every band was hand-selected. There are no throwaways.
"We handpicked every venue ourselves to get out of the cookie cutter places & into cooler outdoor gigs that WE wanted to play & we're pretty sure YOU are gonna dig," said Adam Duritz. "But the best part of all is that we're taking THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW on the road with us to bring all OUR favorite new bands to YOU. This summer COUNTING CROWS & RYAN'S SMASHING LIFE Present THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW!! On The Road and Everywhere You Are -- All Summer Long!!!"
We Are Augustines
The best part of being a music writer, sometimes, is that every now and again I get to help those bands celebrate their big days. It is with great pleasure that The Outlaw Roadshow confirms the addition of We Are Augustines. It's already been a whirlwind year of amazing international audiences for Billy McCarthy, Eric Sanderson and Rob Allen. (I felt so much pride when they played Letterman!) And, with an award-winning record and invitations to Coachella (US), Hurricane and Southside (Germany), Bonnaroo (US), Latitude (UK), Bilbao BBK (Spain), T in the Park (UK) this little trio could be one of the hottest acts on the planet right now.
I remember sharing Rise Ye Sunken Ships (best of 2011 - album review) with Adam and he was instantly mesmerized, as have countless others ever since. One of the most magical moments of my SxSW this year was this memory of seeing We Are Augustines, captured oh so brilliantly by Mr. Duritz in American Songwriter... I think there were 200 people in that room having religious experiences that night.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
FILLIGAR
"We handpicked every venue ourselves to get out of the cookie cutter places & into cooler outdoor gigs that WE wanted to play & we're pretty sure YOU are gonna dig," said Adam Duritz. "But the best part of all is that we're taking THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW on the road with us to bring all OUR favorite new bands to YOU. This summer COUNTING CROWS & RYAN'S SMASHING LIFE Present THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW!! On The Road and Everywhere You Are -- All Summer Long!!!"
ON THE ROAD WITH COUNTING CROWS - For those who have followed The Outlaw Roadshow the last few years, music fans who have watched Adam & I rain platitudes down on Chicago's Filligar - this announcement probably doesn't come as much of a surprise. (You know how damn good, how fun this band are!) For the uninitiated, let me tell you this: Filligar is absolutely one of the best live bands in America today. Fact. And now, Filligar will have played The Outlaw Roadshow in every incarnation: In NY, twice in Austin and now on the road with Counting Crows.
I have listened to Filligar at least once a week, every week for a couple years now. That's because so many of their songs are on my driving and work mixes.. They have become a part of my life. That's what The Outlaw Roadshow is all about -- taking music that's new to our fans and readers, sharing and watching the relationships grow. In this regard, Filligar - who are one of the most very best young bands in America - are about to become one of your favorites, too!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
FOREIGN FIELDS
Facts About THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW Summer Tour - There are 3 legs to the tour starting in June and going all the way thru September. The tour was designed to hit every area of the country and to get out of the dense traditional venues and get into a proper setting for the fans to enjoy a night of music... The goal was to put on the best shows of everyone's lives.
"We handpicked every venue ourselves to get out of the cookie cutter places & into cooler outdoor gigs that WE wanted to play & we're pretty sure YOU are gonna dig," said Adam Duritz. "But the best part of all is that we're taking THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW on the road with us to bring all OUR favorite new bands to YOU. This summer COUNTING CROWS & RYAN'S SMASHING LIFE Present THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW!! On The Road and Everywhere You Are -- All Summer Long!!!"
FOREIGN FIELDS at Daytrotter * 3/12 * New! Up Today!
ELECTRO FOLK FROM WISCONSIN - Foreign Fields is an electronic folk duo that hails from the wintry plains of Wisconsin. New Years day of last year they met in their hometown, in an abandoned office building, to begin work on their first full length LP "Anywhere But Where I Am". Having no set plan or guide, the album grew naturally as they left their lives in Chicago for hot summer days, skipping stones in the rivers of Tennessee.
Foreign Fields self-released their album January first of this year and it has since gone on to receive considerable attention and praise without any outside help. In March they recorded a session with Daytrotter and played The Outlaw Roadshow that Adam Duritz and I put together this year.
(Editor's Note: SxSW was an outstanding week of personal and professional achievement for the members Foreign Fields, who arrived in Austin to play as "Flights." Soon thereafter the decision to change their name was made. *Our poster from Austin this year is a hipster's poster collector's dream - it has the original name of the band.)
Let's talk about the music. Adam and I were floored by the recordings and we did something nobody does - we invited the band to play our festival stage, sight-unseen. Our audiences were so unbelievably rewarded. The two of us got to be friends with the band. They're good, hard working creative kids. The tranquil, beautiful mood music they make is forever soft... I find I am still unready for its power. We both left Austin knowing we would work with these guys again. We just didn't realize it would be so soon! A true diamond find!
Good Old War
What's Coming This Summer - Counting Crows are taking The Outlaw Roadshow on the road with them this Summer! That means amazing exposure opportunities for emerging talent and will provide the best live show possibilities for fans. You literally will see Counting Crows and the best supporting acts this country can offer. Fans should arrive early to these shows - every band was hand-selected. There are no throwaways.
Facts About the Tour - There are 3 legs to the tour starting in June and going all the way thru September. The tour was designed to hit every area of the country and to get out of the dense traditional venues and get into a proper setting for the fans to enjoy a night of music... The goal was to put on the best shows of everyone's lives.
"We handpicked every venue ourselves to get out of the cookie cutter places & into cooler outdoor gigs that WE wanted to play & we're pretty sure YOU are gonna dig," said Adam Duritz. "But the best part of all is that we're taking THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW on the road with us to bring all OUR favorite new bands to YOU. This summer COUNTING CROWS & RYAN'S SMASHING LIFE Present THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW!! On The Road and Everywhere You Are -- All Summer Long!!!"
Philadelphia's Good Old War are the very first band announced for this year's Summer-long Outlaw Roadshow tour with Counting Crows. It's a season of victory in store for the magical three-piece who already offer up some of the best harmonies in music today. Sitting down and talking with Adam Duritz about the selection, it was a real no-brainer. We had to add Good Old War.
The ethereal quality of the trio's voices and the rigid, focused quality of their music - both proved to be capable of transporting listeners to far away places. Good Old War are Keith Goodwin, Tim Arnold and Daniel Schwartz. The three, who have been playing together since 2008, just released their third full-length record, Come Back as Rain (listen), this year on Sargent House. It's probably their finest work to-date, showcasing their romantic storytelling, sharp playing and enigmatic charm.
GOOD OLD WAR
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
POSTER SALE LINK!
This Just In - You Can Now Buy the Outlaw Roadshow Poster
All 19 Bands - $14.99 in the Counting Crows store!
Monday, March 12, 2012
The Outlaw Roadshow lineup is unveiled!
HEARTLESS BASTARDS TO HEADLINE
THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW
THIS SATURDAY MARCH 17 IN AUSTIN
THIS SATURDAY MARCH 17 IN AUSTIN
Official Poster of The Outlaw Roadshow
original design by Man on Fire
19 BAND EXTRAVAGANZA CURATED BY
ADAM DURITZ AND RYAN'S SMASHING LIFE
AUSTIN, TX (March 12, 2012): Austin's own Heartless Bastards will be headlining THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW this Saturday March 17 in Austin.
Springing from the minds of music blogger Ryan Spaulding of Ryan's Smashing Life (rslblog.com) and Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW is an thrill ride for the music fan: 3 stages featuring 19 bright emerging bands who deserve some time in your headphones in 2012, all hand-picked by Ryan and Adam after a blizzard of pinballing mp3 email exchanges and exuberant phone calls ("Seriously dude, you have GOT to check out...").
Duritz and Spaulding first met in 2008. "Ryan's Smashing Life was my favorite music blog" says Duritz, "I wanted to do interviews with great blogs for our last record - not just big print publications - so I called him up. That's how we met." The two became fast friends, inseparable geeks and true believers in the future of indie music. They wanted to help young bands and, in THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW, Adam and Ryan created an event where music fans come for the show, stay for the music, and leave with the echoes of new favorite bands ringing in their ears. THE OUTLAW ROADSHOW runs from noon to 7 pm at Rusty’s Austin (405 E. 7th Street). RSVP Today.
The last band added to our St. Patrick's Day Lineup!
Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards
Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards
Heartless Bastards
Young Buffalo
Brown Bird
Son of the Sun
Jukebox the Ghost
Filligar
Foreign Fields Hey Marseilles
Runaway Dorothy
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
Kasey Anderson and The Honkies
You Won't
Gentlemen Hall
OldJack
Dave Godowsky
Tender Mercies
Mellow Bravo
Casey Desmond
Field Report
There are free downloads of tracks from 19 bands at the ROADSHOW's website (www.theoutlawroadshow.com), including an exclusive track ("Like Teenage Gravity") from Counting Crows' forthcoming album UNDERWATER SUNSHINE (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation), due out April 10th on Tyrannosaurus Records/Collective Sounds.
UNDERWATER SUNSHINE is inspired by Counting Crows' deep respect for the songcraft of other artists and is comprised of more than a dozen of the Crows' interpretations of songs by new talents (such as The Romany Rye, Kasey Anderson, Dawes, Tender Mercies and Coby Brown) as well as better known artists from years past (such as Big Star, Travis, Fairport Convention, Gram Parsons, Teenage Fanclub and The Faces).
Counting Crows will also be performing live for a Daytrotter session this Thurs March 15 in Austin at 5 pm and headlining Auditorium Shores at SXSW with Diamond Rugs and Tender Mercies this Fri March 16.
In addition, the Crows are touring America with 2011 Outlaw Roadshow veterans Mean Creek in April and May. Please visit www.countingcrows.com for dates and details.
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60 Cycle Media
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