Redd Kross' Researching the Blues streaming now at NPR.org

Merge Records press release:

Redd Kross will release Researching the Blues, their Merge debut and first album in fifteen years, on August 7. Stream the full album now at NPR Music.

NPR's Stephen Thompson says of Researching the Blues,
Power-pop signposts abound throughout the album, from Cheap Trick to Teenage Fanclub — the latter could've fit "Dracula's Daughter" onto Bandwagonesque and no one would have minded — but Researching the Blues never delves into nostalgia. Who has time, when you're having this much fun blowing kids half your age out of the water?
Redd Kross' Researching the Blues streaming now at NPR Music

Watch videos from throughout Redd Kross' career at their newly launched YouTube page, and find tour dates including an album release show in LA on release date below.

Redd Kross on tour:
Aug 7 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
Aug 8 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Sept 1 Los Angeles, CA FYF Fest
Sept 6 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
Sept 7 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
Sept 8 Portland, OR MusicFestNW @ Wonder Ballroom
Sept 23 Pensacola Beach, FL DeLuna Fest w/ Superchunk & Bob Mould

The Afghan Whigs add tour dates, release Frank Ocean cover as a free download

The newly-reformed Afghan Whigs have been covering Frank Ocean's "Lovecrimes" at recent live shows and have just released a studio version of the track which is a free download from their website. You can also stream it below. This is the second new recording the 'Whigs have released this year, the other being a cover of Marie "Queenie" Lyons' "See and Don't See" which was also put out through their website.

The Whigs, who are curating and headlining this year's ATP NY ("I'll Be Your Mirror") which recently relocated from Asbury Park to Pier 36 in NYC, have recently added dates to their fall tour and that updated list is below.


The Afghan Whigs 2012 Tour Dates:
07/25 – Melbourne, AU @ Hi-Fi
07/26 – Sydney, AU @ The Factory
07/27 – Byron Bay, AU @ Splendour in the Grass
08/03 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/04 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
08/07 – Helsinki, FI @ Circus
08/09 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
08/10 – Goteborg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/11 – Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop
08/14 – Warsaw, PL @ Palladium
08/15 – Prague, CZ @ Lucerna Music Bar
08/17 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
08/19 – London, UK @ Koko
09/22 – New York, NY @ ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror
09/26 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
09/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
09/28 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/03 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theatre
10/05 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/12 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/19 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s
10/20 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
10/21 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
10/24 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
10/25 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
10/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
10/30 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
11/02 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
11/03 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
11/07 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
11/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda