The Royal Potato Family http://royalpotatofamily.com Tue, 14 May 2013 17:11:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 YELLOWBIRDS :: Songs From The Vanished Frontier http://royalpotatofamily.com/2013/05/14/yellowbirds-songs-from-the-vanished-frontier/ http://royalpotatofamily.com/2013/05/14/yellowbirds-songs-from-the-vanished-frontier/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 17:11:46 +0000 admin http://royalpotatofamily.com/?p=3288 PreOrder-SFTVF

YELLOWBIRDS Songs From The Vanished Frontier | Pre-Order the new album before 5/28 release date to receive a free download of Sam Cohen’s instrumental score to the short film Across The Whipplewash. Buy it here

Upcoming Yellowbirds shows:

May 25 | Lily Pad | Boston, MA
June 5 | Rockwood Music Hall | New York, NY (w/ special guest Alecia Chakour)
June 12 | Rockwood Music Hall | New York, NY (w/ special guest Jocie Adams & Arc Iris)
June 19 | Rockwood Music Hall | New York, NY (w/ special guest The Philistines Jr.)
June 26 | Rockwood Music Hall | New York, NY (w/ special guest Superhuman Happiness)
June 29 | BSP Lounge | Kingston, NY
August 2-4 | Pickathon | Happy Valley, OR

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Pre-Order ROBERT WALTER’S 20TH CONGRESS Get Thy Bearings on LP or CD with promo code BEARINGS2013 and receive 20% off.  In Stores June 25. Buy it here.

]]> http://royalpotatofamily.com/2013/05/06/robert-walters-20th-congress-get-thy-bearings/feed/ 0 The Royal Potato Family All-Stars | Blue Nile, New Orleans | May 4 http://royalpotatofamily.com/2013/04/30/the-royal-potato-family-all-stars-blue-nile-new-orleans-may-4/ http://royalpotatofamily.com/2013/04/30/the-royal-potato-family-all-stars-blue-nile-new-orleans-may-4/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:21:10 +0000 admin http://royalpotatofamily.com/?p=3237 RPF-NOLA-Nile

The Royal Potato Family All-Stars
featuring Skerik, Mike Dillon, Robert Walter, Marco Benevento, Reed Mathis & John Speice

+ special guests Booomclap
(with Chris Combs & Josh Raymer of JFJO)

Blue Nile | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Saturday, May 4 | 9pm
Buy Advance Tickets Here

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Pre-Order ALLISON MILLER’S BOOM TIC BOOM No Morphine, No Lilies

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SEXMOB
Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti (Sexmob Plays Fellini: The Music of Nino Rota)

Available Now on LP, CD & Digital :: RPF | iTunes | Local | Amazon

“These Fellini themes are so strong, I figured if we added that Sexmob thing to it, how could we go wrong. Our fans are music heads. That’s one of the things about Sexmob, since the beginning, it’s always been about getting all those people who aren’t necessarily jazz fans to go, ‘Oh wow! I like this,’ because we just set out to play good music.” – Steven Bernstein

“…a righteous, fun, and wonderfully considered interpretation of Rota’s Fellini themes, and a welcome return to the recording scene for Sexmob.” – All Music

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SUPERHUMAN HAPPINESS :: HANDS

Available NOW In-Stores & Online:
Buy from RPF | iTunes | Amazon | Buy Local

“Their music joins buoyant call-and-response harmonies, rippling highlife-inspired guitar leads, !!!’s muscular funk-punk, and the spirited pulses of Steve Reich’s Clapping Music” – SPIN

“One of the best party records of the year!” – MAGNET

“While Superhuman Happiness live shows have already become something of legend throughout Brooklyn, Hands is likely to establish the band as one of the best rising acts to listeners far and wide.” – RELIX

Upcoming SUPERHUMAN HAPPINESS Shows:

March 29 | Le Poisson Rouge | New York, NY (w/ EMEFE & Live Footage) Advance Tickets
April 11 | The Gilded Brick | Holyoke, MA (w/ Bella’s Bartok) 
April 12 | Radio Bean | Burlington, VT
April 13 | The Press Room | Portsmouth, NH
August 2-4 | The Wassaic Project | Wassaic, NY

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TIGERFACE Tour :: Upcoming Shows

March 8 | Nietzshe’s | Buffalo, NY (Buy Tickets)
March 9 | Dubland Underground | Rochester, NY (Buy Tickets)
March 15 & 16 | The Press Room | Portsmouth, NH (Buy Tickets)
March 21 | Snoe.down | Killington, VT (Buy Tickets)
March 30 | BSP Lounge | Kingston, NY
April 1 | Beachland Tavern | Cleveland, OH (Buy Tickets)
April 2 | Club Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA (Buy Tickets)
April 3 | Woodlands Tavern | Columbus, OH
April 4 | Cosmic Charlie’s | Lexington, KY (Buy Tickets)
April 5 | Zazoo’s | Louisville, KY (Buy Tickets)
April 6 | 2720 Cherokee | St. Louis, MO
April 7 | Schuba’s | Chicago, IL (Buy Tickets)
April 18 | The Great Scott | Boston, MA (Buy Tickets) *
April 19 | The Blockley | Philadelphia, PA (Buy Tickets) **
April 20 | Brooklyn Bowl | Brooklyn, NY (Buy Tickets) ***
April 26 | Republic | New Orleans, LA (Buy Tickets) ^
April 27 | The Maple Leaf | New Orleans, LA (late night)
May 1 | Howling Wolf | New Orleans, LA #
May 4 | The Blue Nile | New Orleans, LA ##
May 15 | Chameleon | Lancaster, PA ^^
May 16 | The Hamilton | Washington, DC ^^^
May 17 | 8×10 | Baltimore, MD
May 18 | The Southern | Charlottesville, VA
May 24 | Strange Creek | Greenfield, MA
May 25 | Dark Star Jubilee | Thornville, OH (Buy Tickets)
August 2-4 | Pickathon | Portland, OR (Buy Tickets)

^ w/ Soul Rebels
^^ w/ Slackwater News
^^^ w/ Jocie Adams & Arc Iris
* w/ Diamond Doves
** w/ Diamond Doves & Everyone Orchestra
*** w/ Diamond Doves & Mike Dillon Band
# Megalomaniac’s Ball
## The Royal Potato Family All Stars
w/ Skerik, Marco Benevento, Robert Walter, Mike Dillon, Reed Mathis & John Speice

TIGERFACE :: Available Now on LP, CD & MP3
iTunes | Amazon | Local Indie Record Stores | Direct from RPF

“Benevento’s colorful, improvisational, piano-based compositions on TigerFace stretch so wide and cover so much sonic ground that the idea of genre seems quaint. Very quietly, he has been evolving into one of the most vital figures in jazz or rock or post-jazz or post-rock or, all of music.” – Kansas City Pitch

“In visceral terms, TigerFace feels like a wonderful brain massage, where synapses attach to fragrant bubbles, which burst and drop them into yet more effervescence for the imagination.” – Dirty Impound

“TigerFace is a big step in a bold new direction – one that further blurs the lines of jazz, rock and popular music.” – The Hidden Track

“TigerFace is a welcome step forward towards pop, a world that could use an arranger and composer who knows how to write a melody as well as Benevento.” – Consequence of Sound

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SKERIK’S BANDALABRA :: Tour Dates

March 6 | Green Frog | Bellingham, WA
March 7 | Nectar Lounge | Seattle, WA
March 8 | Mississippi Pizza | Portland, OR
March 9 | Sam Bond’s Garage | Eugene, OR
March 10 | Applegate Lodge | Applegate, OR
March 11 | Harlow’s | Sacramento, CA
March 12 | The Mint | Los Angeles, CA
March 13 | Sweetwater | Mill Valley, CA
March 14 | Boom Boom Room | San Francisco, CA
March 15 | Duende | Oakland, CA
March 16 | Forestville Club | Forestville, CA

Pick up Skerik’s Bandalabra‘s debut digital exclusive album, Live At The Royal Room…
Available at: iTunes | Amazon | eMusic

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MIKE DILLON :: URN
Available Now on LP, CD & MP3: iTunes :: Amazon :: RPF :: Buy at Local Indie Record Stores

“You guys are like Milt Jackson meets Henry Rollins meets Tortoise meets Fugazi.”
…kid from Oxford, Mississippi seeing The Mike Dillon Band for the first time…

Tour Dates:
January 31 | The Mint | Los Angeles, CA *w/ Marco Benevento
February 1 | Don Quixote’s | Felton, CA *w/ Marco Benevento
February 2 | The Independent | San Francisco, CA *w/ Marco Benevento
February 6 | Quixote’s True Blue | Denver, CO
February 7 | The Brick | Kansas City, MO
February 8-9 | The Pageant | St. Louis, MO *w/ Umphrey’s McGee
February 10 | Dragon’s Den | New Orleans, LA
February 13 | Blue Canoe | Tupelo, MS
February 14 | Cosmic Charlie’s | Lexington, KY
February 15 | LC Pavilion | Columbus, OH *w/ Umphrey’s McGee
February 16 | Orpheum Theater | Madison, WI *w/ Umphrey’s McGee
February 17 | The Long Branch | Carbondale, IL
February 18 | Boone Saloon | Boone, NC
February 19 | The Pour House | Charleston, SC *w/ Fishbone
February 20 | The Grey Eagle | Asheville, NC *w/ Fishbone
February 21 | Visulite Theater | Charlotte, NC *w/ Fishbone
February 22 | MOTORCO Music Hall | Durham, NC *w/ Fishbone
February 23 | Discovery Music Series | Norfolk, VA *w/ Fishbone
February 24 | Brooklyn Bowl | Brooklyn, NY *w/ Fishbone

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Billy Martin & Wil Blades :: Tour Dates
November 27 | S.P.A.C.E. | Evanston, IL
November 28 | el Lunario Auditoria Nacional | Del. Miguel Hidalgo, México
November 29 | Barreamericano | Guadalajara, Mexico
January 16 | Club Helsinki | Hudson NY (advance tickets)
January 17 | Stage One | Fairfield, CT
January 18 | Underground Arts | Philadelphia, PA (advance tickets) 

Watch the new live video for “Toe Thumb,” recently premiered by Relix.

Billy Martin & Wil Blades :: Shimmy
Buy LP, CD, MP3: RPF | Local Indie Record Store | iTunes | Amazon

Bill Maritn Will Blades 'Shimmy'

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