Sweden’s Loney Dear premiered their video for ‘Loney Blues’ via Stereogum yesterday, a single that comes from their latest LP ‘Hall Music’ that dropped last fall via Polyvinyl Records. Pick up a copy HERE and get your tickets to see the band in April at Chattanooga’s Track 29… They’ll be opening for of Montreal April 9th along with Kishi Bashi… Get your tickets HERE and check out the video below:
New Music and Free Download From Of Montreal
Of Montreal have just wrapped-up in the studio and are giving us a little taste from their latest album, ‘False Priest’! Download their new single ‘Conquet Coquette’ here (for the cost of an email) or just stream it below… False Priest won’t hit stores till September 14th via Polyvinyl but you can pre-order now directly from their label here. Act fast and pre-order the limited edition Red 2xLP (pressing of only 2,000).
False Priest Tracklist:
1 I Feel Ya’ Strutter
2 Our Riotous Defects [ft. Janelle Monáe]
3 Coquet Coquette
4 Godly Intersex
5 Enemy Gene [ft. Janelle Monáe]
6 Hydra Fancies
7 Like a Tourist
8 Sex Karma [ft. Solange Knowles]
9 Girl Named Hello
10 Famine Affair
11 Casualty of You
12 Around the Way
13 You Do Mutilate?
James Husband: ‘A Grave in the Gravel’
James Husband is an Of Montreal side project led by multi-instrumentalist Jamey Huggins and featuring Dottie Alexander and BP Helium. Huggins has just hit the road with his solo-project opening up for Of Montreal during their small Eastern U.S tour. His solo album, A Parallax I, was released a few months ago via Polyvinyl Records… And the free download below, ‘A Grave in the Gravel,’ is the album’s first single…
Download: James Husband ‘A Grave in the Gravel’
…If you dig what you hear, pick up ‘A Parallax I‘ directly from Polyvinyl and save. $9 for the limited edition CD including a bonus 6-song cover disc and $10.80 for the pink 180-gram vinyl which includes digital download. Great deal!
Kevin Barnes Plays New Song on YouTube
Midnight New Year Eve Pics
We hope 2010 is going well so far… and that everyone had a FUN New Years Eve!
We uploaded pics from the Midnight show that The South Rail attended in Athens, GA featuring Washed Out, Kevin Barnes & Dottie Alexander from Of Montreal, and many others.
We had a great time and are looking forward to the next show hosted by GROOP in Athens — Had a great New Years too? Go to a South Rail territory show? If so, send us links to your pics via facebook here.
New Years Eve 2009
Here are a few concerts worth attending this New Years Eve in South Rail territory. Be safe and have fun:
We will be attending Midnight in Athens, GA featuring Washed Out and List Christee (which is a DJ set by Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal) plus a bunch other acts. A can’t miss party, click here for details.
Royal Bangs – Midtown Arts Center (Knoxville)
Black Lips – The Earl (Atlanta)
Band of Horses – The Tabernacle (Atlanta)
The Avett Brothers – Asheville Civic Center (Asheville)
Jonny Corndawg – Exit/In (Nashville)
Black Diamond Heavies – Parkway Billiards (Chattanooga)
Old Crow Medicine Show – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville)
Atlas Sound – 40 Watt (Athens, GA)
Of Montreal Release Reissued Classics on Vinyl
On 10/27, Of Montreal will release 5 reissued classic albums on 180 gram vinyl via Polyvinyl Records. The reissues include:
The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy
The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit’s Flower
The Early Four Track Recordings
Aldhils Arboretum
Coquelicot Asleep In The Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse




