THE USED
Release New Song and Lyric Video
Second Single From Upcoming Album
To Be Released October 27th
October 23rd, 2017 - Los Angeles, CA - The Used has released "Rise Up Lights," the second track from their forthcoming album, The Canyon. The noisy super charged song picks up right away with singer Bert McCracken's undeniable vocals and guitarist Justin Shekoski's intense guitar power hitting you right in the face. Fans can check out the lyric video for this new track at http://smarturl.it/RiseUpLightsVideo as well as stream the song via Apple Music or Spotify.
The Canyon, due out October 27th on Hopeless Records and produced by Ross Robinson (The Cure, At The Drive In) is the most raw, unadulterated and personal piece of art the band has ever released. The band is offering limited edition pre-order only vinyl variants, t-shirts, and enamel pins for fans. To pre-order, visit smarturl.it/theusedmerch.
"Rise Up Lights" is the follow up single to the recently released "Over and Over Again," which Loudwire called "an instantly memorable offering, a notion that is increased tenfold after watching this peculiar video."
This week, The Used will be hitting Los Angeles, New York and Berkeley, CA for a special run of in-store activations with fans. For access to these limited space signings and select acoustic performances, fans can pre-order The Canyon in person from Permanent Records, Rough Trade Records and Amoeba Berkeley.
Over the last 15 years The Used have released a collection of albums that have shaped the space of the alternative rock scene. High energy live shows, gut wrenching relatable lyrics, and melodies that blended pop sensibility and hard rock creating the perfect combination to make an everlasting impression on fans globally. The band put everything into writing and recording The Canyon and from start to finish you are submerged into an inescapable visceral universe and McCracken leaves us with, "That's what this record is - it's a moment of silence for what's real."
The Canyon Tracklisting
1. For You
2. Cold War Telescreen
3. Broken Windows
4. Rise Up Lights
5. Vertigo Cave
6. Pretty Picture
7. Funeral Post
8. Upper Falls
9. The Divine Absence (This Is Water)
10. Selfies In Aleppo
11. Moving The Mountain (Odysseus Surrenders)
12. Over and Over Again
13. The Quiet War
14. Moon-Dream
15. The Nexus
16. About You (No Songs Left to Sing)
17. The Mouth Of The Canyon
Cover Art Download Here
The Used will be hitting the road later this week with support from Glassjaw. This month-long tour will kick off in San Francisco on October 27th and wrap up on November 29th in Seattle. If you purchase a ticket to The Used's upcoming tour with Glassjaw, you will also receive a digital download of the new album, The Canyon, upon release date. For more info and to purchase tickets and VIP packages, visit theused.net.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
10/27 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
10/28 Los Angeles, CA Palladium
10/30 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
10/31 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre
11/2 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
11/3 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
11/5 Grand Rapids, MI 20 Monroe Live
11/7 Boston, MA House of Blues
11/8 New York, NY Terminal 5
11/10 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
11/12 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
11/14 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
11/15 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
11/17 San Antonio, TX The Vibes Event Center
11/18 Houston, TX Revention Music Center
11/19 Dallas, TX Southside Ballroom
11/21 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
11/24 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
11/25 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
11/28 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/29 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
Tour Admat Download Here
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The Used is Bert McCracken (vocals), Jeph Howard (bass), Dan Whitesides (drums), and Justin Shekoski (guitar).
Press Photo Download Here
For more information on The Used, please visit:
Website: www.TheUsed.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheUsed
Twitter: twitter.com/WeAreTheUsed
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ADVISORY: Secretary Perdue to Attend National FFA Convention
(Washington, D.C., October 23, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will travel to Indiana WEDNESDAY, October 25th to participate in a series of events at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Among the events, the Secretary will moderate the #SpeakAg Dialogues and deliver remarks at Opening Session 1B.
Secretary Perdue Moderates the #SpeakAg Dialogues
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will moderate the #SpeakAg Dialogues, a digital, interactive forum on major agricultural issues.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 25th at 1:30 p.m. EDT
WHERE: Indiana Convention Center, Room 137-139
Secretary Perdue Holds a Media Availability
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will hold a media availability with reporters.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 25th at 6:45 p.m. EDT
WHERE: Indiana Convention Center, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Pacers Square (4th floor)
Secretary Perdue Delivers Remarks at Opening Session 1B
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will deliver remarks during Opening Session 1B.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 25th at 7:25 p.m. EDT
WHERE: Indiana Convention Center, Bankers Life Fieldhouse
*NOTE: Media interested in covering the Secretary and/or participating in the media availability must RSVP to press@oc.usda.gov by 9:00 a.m. ET WEDNESDAY, October 25th.
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The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown
Announces New Album Volume 2
Set To Release On January 12, 2018
*Celebrating 10 Years Of Collaboration*
LP Features Musicians From:
Earth, Wind & Fire, Living Colour, Fishbone,
Kool and the Gang, James Brown Band & More
Los Angeles, CA - October 23, 2017 - Woven with the threads of funk, soul, gospel, blues and rock -- and executed by some of the industry's most beloved players -- The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown is gearing up to release Volume 2 on January 12, 2018. Collaborators on this release include Vernon Reid (Living Colour,) Speech (Arrested Development,) Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind and Fire,) Fred Wesley (The James Brown Band) and countless other talented musicians. For more information, please visit: www.thebigolnastygetdown.com.
Improvisation is at the root of The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown, which was conceived by bassist John Heintz at a music festival in 2007. Heintz found himself in a jam session with members of Galactic, Papa Grows Funk, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and more, and sought to re-create that serendipitous, unrehearsed vibe that's unexpectedly created and can carry music to unexpected places.
Heintz began presenting the idea to the musicians he'd been meeting on the road. "Everybody seemed interested, but touring schedules being what they are, it was an uphill battle. I asked Derrick Johnson and John Paul Miller from Yo' Mama's Big Fat Booty Band if they'd help me organize a collaborative project and they came on board. We started calling every musician we knew including Frank Mapstone, a knowledgeable producer and musician from FL. Frank and I clicked instantly and it was apparent that he was the most versed in the studio environment. Frank ultimately became my production partner with the Getdown. We have worked side by side for the last decade on this project."
The first Big Ol' Nasty Getdown took place in a 14-bedroom house on Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans in December 2007. Heintz assembled a free-floating ensemble that included 35 musicians from 17 bands, including The Lee Boys, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Galactic, and Dumpstapunk, as well Ralph Roddenbery and The Funky Meters, Garry "Starchild" Shider and Belita Woods from P. Funk. The eight day session was unplanned and unrehearsed. Bar-b-cue smoked in the backyard, songs were written in the living room and tracks were recorded all over the house, as the inspiration flowed. The result was released as Big Ol' Nasty Getdown's Volume 1.
The first sessions for Volume 2 was cut at a massive cabin in the woods outside of Asheville, NC. "We used the same blueprint," Heintz explains. "We assembled, created a sense of camaraderie in the house and let it fly. We all stayed together for a week straight, living in the house together and basically having a week-long house party during which a lot of the music was written. We then went to a studio down the road and started recording what we were putting down in the house."
This time, more than 50 musicians participated in the making of Volume 2, including Vernon Reid (Living Colour,) Speech (Arrested Development,) Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind and Fire,) Fred Wesley (James Brown, Horny Horns) Karl Denson (The Rolling Stones, Tiny Universe,) Michael Ray and Clifford Adams (Kool and the Gang,) Taylor Dayne, Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne,) RonKat Spearman (Katdelic, Parliament-Funkadelic,) Alvin Ford Jr. (Dumpstaphunk), Norwood Fisher, Angelo Moore, Dirty Walt (Fishbone), Rev. Desmond D'Angelo (The Soular System) and Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk, The Funky Meters), to name just a few.
"Mantra," the first single, rides Norwood Fisher's big, Bootsy-like bass line pumped up by blasts of brass, the wha wha guitar of Tori Ruffin (The Time) and anchored by the inexorable snare of Jeffry Suttles (Taylor Dayne). Speech assures us that the funk will drill us like a dentist, while Kendra Foster invites us to, "Breathe it out and let it flow."
"As the project progresses, we're seeing an evolution on each album, even from song to song," Mapstone says. "We stay open to the flow of the music. If the groove moves in a different direction, we go with it and follow the creative force in the room. We want to capture the feeling of a late night backstage jam - sounds that only musicians have heard before."
The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown is set to release Volume 2 on January 12, 2018. For more information, please visit: www.thebigolnastygetdown.com.
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Tracklisting
01. Rock It (Featuring Speech)
02. Love Somebody (Featuring Laura Reed)
03. Groovy Nasty (Featuring RonKat Spearman)
04. Mantra (Featuring Kendra Foster and Speech)
05. B4U Loved Me (Featuring Rev Desmond D'Angelo)
06. Dream (Featuring Taylor Dayne)
07. Past Present Future
08. Words (Featuring Laura Reed)
09. Creatures of Habit (Featuring Angelo Moore)
10. Rock It (Instrumental)
11. Love Somebody (Instrumental)
12. Groovy Nasty (Instrumental)
13. Mantra (Instrumental)
14. Creatures of Habit (Instrumental)
