“One Foot in the Grave presents our hero as an earnest young student of vernacular American music, knocking off Guthrie-esque sing-alongs, loose-stringed slide blues, and originals that come off as the alternative-rock equivalent to folklorist field recordings…a loving tribute”. -ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Released barely four months after Beck’s 1994 debut Mellow Gold, the minimalist mutant folk collection One Foot in the Grave was a curveball that temporarily threw casual “Loser” fans off Beck’s scent while presaging myriad musical adventures to come in the form of 1996’s multi-platinum breakthrough Odelay. On April 14, One Foot in the Grave will be reissued in a deluxe format including 13 previously unreleased tracks from the original sessions and three more from an out of print 7″ only release, including an early version of “It’s All In Your Mind” from 2002’s Sea Change.

One Foot in the Grave was released in June 1994 on K Records, and was recorded by Calvin Johnson, founder of the label and proprietor of Dub Narcotic Studios. Sessions began in the fall of 1993, a few months into the existence of Calvin’s Olympia, Wa basement studio on a reel to reel 8 track. Musicians from local bands such as Built to Spill, Spinanes and Love As Laughter made appearances backing up Beck on half of the original album’s 16 tracks. Released with little to no initial promotion or fanfare, the record has grown from a cult favorite to one of the most highly regarded releases of the extensive Beck oeuvre, with tracks like “Hollow Log,” “He’s A Mighty Good Leader” and “Asshole,” which was covered by Tom Petty on his She’s The One album.

“I’d never worked with anyone so focused, or whose creativity flowed so freely,” Johnson recently recalled. “Songs altered structure and lyrics take to take, a fascinating process to witness.” The the deluxe reissue of One Foot in the Grave yields additional insight into the process by including the above-mentioned never before released originals and alternate mixes from these sessions.

The complete track listing is as follows:

ORIGINAL ALBUM:

1. He’s A Mighty Good Leader
2. Sleeping Bag
3. I Get Lonesome
4. Burnt Orange Peel
5. Cyanide Breath Mint
6. See Water
7. Ziplock Bag
8. Hollow Log
9. Forcefield
10. Fourteen Rivers Fourteen Floods
11. Asshole
12. I’ve Seen The Land Beyond
13. Outcome
14. Girl Dreams
15. Painted Eyelids
16. Atmospheric Conditions

BONUS TRACKS:

17. It’s All In Your Mind (K Records 7″)
18. Whiskey Can Can (K Records 7″)
19. Mattress*
20. Woe On Me*
21. Teenage Wastebasket*
22. Your Love Is Weird*
23. Favorite Nerve*
24. Piss On The Door*
25. Close To God*
26. Sweet Satan*
27. Burning Boyfriend*
28. Black Lake Morning*
29. Feather In Your Cap (K Records 7″)
30. One Foot In the Grave*
31. Teenage Wastebasket*
32. I Get Lonesome*

* never before released

July 22-26 in Carrboro and Chapel Hill NC

In celebration of Merge Records’ 20th anniversary, Merge bands of the past and present will converge for XX MERGE: a 5-day live music event taking place July 22-26th in the label’s native North Carolina.

The first four nights of XX MERGE will take place at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro NC. The festival will wrap up with a final show at Memorial Hall on the UNC Campus in Chapel Hill.

MERGE XX will feature over 25 Merge alumni, with confirmed acts including Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, Spent, M. Ward, The Rosebuds, Destroyer, Guv’ner, Polvo, Pipe & The Broken West. Many more artists both expected and unexpected still to-be-announced.

5-Day Passes are $150 and will get you in to all XX MERGE festivities. Passes will go on sale on Wednesday, April 8th at 10 AM EST via catscradle.com and mergerecords.com. 5-day passes are nontransferable. A limited number of tickets for individual Cradle shows and the Memorial Hall show will be made available at a later date.

**Please note: Due to the size and scope of this event, the label will not be offering complimentary press passes. Paid reserve arrangements will be made (subject to availability and capacity) for media planning to attend the full 5-day event.

For further information, visit mergerecords.com/xxmerge or contact Steve Martin or Laura Eldeiry at nasty little man laura@nastylittleman.com or Christina Rentz at Merge christina@mergerecords.com

DIGITAL ONLY LIVE ALBUM RECORDED AT ARIZONA FINALE’ OF CLARITY X 10 TOUR
AVAILABLE APRIL 7 EXCLUSIVELY AT JIMMYEATWORLD.COM

“The songs on Clarity convey acute self-awareness along with flashes of grace and insolence: the album is a pitch-perfect teenage plaint, though the concert made a case for continuing relevance beyond graduation.”–THE NEW YORK TIMES

For anyone who was unable to get a ticket to JIMMY EAT WORLD’s completely sold-out CLARITY x 10 tour, April 7 will provide some solace in the form of CLARITY LIVE, a digital-only document of the tour’s finale’ recorded March 7 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe AZ.

Available exclusively at JIMMYEATWORLD.COM, CLARITY LIVE will be available in multiple formats ranging from DRM-free MP3 to 24 bit/48K sample rate WAV files. In addition to the March 7 final front-to-back live performance of the CLARITY album, CLARITY LIVE will feature two bonus tracks recorded during the encore of that show, as well as a digital booklet featuring photos from the tour.

Additionally, JIMMY EAT WORLD will celebrate the April 7 release of CLARITY LIVE with an encore performance streamed live from from UNIT 2 in TEMPE on JIMMYEATWORLD.COM. The band previewed the CLARITY x 10 tour in a similar manner, using USTREAM.tv to stream live video of one of the tour’s rehearsals.

CLARITY x 10 was a series of ten one-time-only shows during which JIMMY EAT WORLD commemorated the 10th anniversary of its 1999 masterpiece CLARITY by playing the record in its entirety each night. The ten shows began February 23-the 10th anniversary of Clarity’s actual release date-at Terminal 5 in New York and concluded with the March 7 homecoming show at which the CLARITY LIVE album was recorded.

Criminally ignored upon its 1999 release, CLARITY has since amassed cult status as an overlooked masterpiece. The media ultimately came around to the record when it was recently reissued, with a 4.5 star BLENDER review hailing it as “masterful” and ALTERNATIVE PRESS calling it “one of the most beloved albums of the ’90s.” Ironically, it was CLARITY’s initial failure that put JIMMY EAT WORLD on the path to its eventual mainstream success: Left to its own devices after being dropped by Capitol, the band built up a base via relentless touring which funded the recording of its platinum-plus 2001 breakthrough BLEED AMERICAN.

The complete track listing for CLARITY LIVE is as follows:

Table For Glasses
Lucky Denver Mint
Your New Aesthetic
Believe In What You Want
A Sunday
Crush
12.23.95
Ten
Just Watch The Fireworks
For Me This Is Heaven
Blister
Clarity
Goodbye Sky Harbor
What I Would Say To You Now *
No Sensitivity **

*Original studio version on split single with Jejune (1998)
** Original studio version on split EP with Jebediah (2000)

MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS SELLING FROM $50 TO $5000

PHYSICAL RELEASE APRIL 14

The digital pre-release of Josh Freese’s Since 1972 that began March 24 exclusively at joshfreese.com has already seen several of the album’s more lavish versions sell, including the $20,000 limited edition of one that features such bonus material as a miniature golfing trip with members of Tool and Devo, a night aboard the Queen Mary, 2 songs written about the purchaser and made available on iTunes, a drum lesson or foot and back massage, any 3 items out of Freese’s closet and more.

Additionally, the $250 limited edition of 25 that includes lunch with Freese at P.F. Chang’s or the Cheesecake Factory has completely sold out, two of the $5000 limited edition of 3 and one of the $2500 limited edition of 5 have sold. The unlimited $50 version that includes a thank you call from Freese continues to sell briskly.

Since 1972 will be released to conventional retail on April 14.

Josh Freese has been playing drums professionally since his debut with a Disneyland Top 40 band at the age of 12. His recording and touring credits include work with the Vandals, Devo, A Perfect Circle, Guns N’ Roses, Sting, the Replacements and a host of others. Most recently, he left Nine Inch Nails following the completion of the band’s Lights In The Sky Over North America tour.

Since 1972, like his 2000 album The Notorious One Man Orgy, features Freese singing and playing more or less everything: vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass and of course drums. Unlike previous solo Freese records, Since 1972 is available in a total of eleven configurations, ranging from a basic $7 digital download that also includes three videos to a $75,000 limited edition of 1 that includes one of Freese’s drum kits, a flying trapeze lesson and Freese either joining the purchaser’s band or becoming his or her personal assistant for one month.

A list of configurations still available is detailed below. For further information, contact Steve Martin or Amy Grote at nasty little man t 212 343 0740 e amy@nastylittleman.com

JOSH FREESE: SINCE 1972
$7
–Digital Download of “Since 1972” (including 3 videos)

$15
–CD/DVD Double Disc Set
–Digital Download

$50
–CD/DVD Double Disc Set
–T-shirt
–“Thank You” phone call from Josh for buying Since 1972. You can tell him what you like about the record that you purchased, or what you thought sucked. Ask whatever you want, like ‘Is Maynard really THAT weird?’ or ‘Which one of Sting’s mansions has the comfiest beds?’ or ‘Are Devo really Suburban Robots that monitor reality or just a bunch of Dads from Ohio?’ or ‘Why don’t the Vandals play more stuff off the first record?’ It’s your 5 minutes to yack it up. Talk about whatever you want.

$500 (limited edition of 15)
–Signed CD/DVD and digital download
–T-shirt
–Signed Cymbal and sticks
–Meet Josh in Venice, CA and go floating together in a Sensory deprivation tank (filmed and posted on youtube)
–Dinner at Sizzler (get your $8.99 Steak and “all you can eat” Shrimp on)

$1,000 (limited edition of 10)
–Signed CD/DVD and digital download.
–T-shirt
–Signed Cymbal, Drum head and Drumsticks.
–Josh washes your car OR does your laundry….or you can wash his car.
–Have dinner with Josh aboard the “Queen Mary” in Long Beach, CA
–Get drunk and cut each other’s hair in the parking lot of the Long Beach courthouse (filmed and posted on youtube of course)

$2,500 (limited edition of 5–FOUR REMAINING)
–Signed CD/DVD and digital download.
–Get a private drum lesson with Josh or for all you non-drummers have him give you a back and foot massage (couples welcome)
–Pick any 1 member of the Vandals or DEVO (subject to availability) to accompany you and Josh to either the Hollywood Wax Museum or the lunch buffet at the “Spearmint Rhino”
–Signed DW snare drum.
–Take 3 items of your choice out of his closet (first come, first serve)
–Change diapers and make bottles with him for an afternoon (after hitting the strip club)

$5,000 (limited edition of 3–ONE REMAINING)
–Signed CD/DVD and digital download.
–T-shirt
–Josh writes about a song about you and make available on iTunes.
–Co-direct a video with him for the song about you and throw it up on the youtubes.
–Josh gives you and a friend a private tour of Disneyland
–Get drunk together. If you don’t drink we can go to my Dads place and hang out under the “Tuba tree”
–Stone from Pearl Jam will send you a letter telling you about his favorite song on “Since 1972”

$10,000 (limited edition of 1)
–Signed CD/DVD and digital download
–T-shirt
–Signed DW snare drum from A Perfect Circle’s 2003 tour.
–Josh gives you a private drum lesson OR his and hers foot/back massage (couples welcome, discreet parking)
–Twiggy from Manson’s band and Josh take you and a guest to Roscoe’s Chicken n’ Waffle in Long Beach for dinner.
–Josh takes you and guest to “Club 33” (the super-duper exclusive and private restaurant at Disneyland located above the Pirates Of The Caribbean) and then hit a couple rides afterwards (preferably the Tiki Room, Haunted Mansion and The Tower Of Terror)
–At the end of the day at Disneyland drive away in Josh’s Volvo station wagon. It’s all yours….take it. Just drop him off on your way home though please.

$75,000 (limited edition of 1)
–Signed CD/DVD and digital download
–T-shirt
–Go on tour with Josh for a few days.
–Have Josh write, record and release a 5 song EP about you and your life story.
–Take home any of his drumsets (only one but you can choose which one.)
–Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in Danny from TOOL’s Lamborgini OR play quarters and then hop on the Ouija board for a while.
–Josh will join your band for a month…play shows, record, party with groupies, etc….
–If you don’t have a band he’ll be your personal assistant for a month (4 day work weeks, 10 am to 4 pm)
–Take a limo down to Tijuana and he’ll show you how it’s done (what that means exactly we can’t legally get into here)
–If you don’t live in Southern California (but are a US resident) he’ll come to you and be your personal assistant/cabana boy for 2 weeks.
–Take a flying trapeze lesson with Josh and Robin from NIN, go back to Robins place afterwards and his wife will make you raw lasagna.

New York, NY – March 30, 2009 – Pre-orders go live today at www.beastieboys.com for the deluxe reissue of the band’s third album, Check Your Head. Check Your Head follows Paul’s Boutique in receiving the remastered expanded reissue treatment by Beastie Boys and Capitol/EMI, with multiple configurations ranging from a high quality DRM-free digital download of the album (including its numerous and classic B-sides and bonus tracks) to an ultra-deluxe 4 LP 180HQ vinyl version packaged in a fabric-wrapped hardcover coffee table book case and limited to 2000 copies. The retail release date of all physical editions other than the 4xLP version will be April 7, with the ultra deluxe following close behind.

The Check Your Head pre-order going live coincides with today’s announcement that Beastie Boys will headline the July 31 opening night of this year’s All Points West festival at New Jersey’s Liberty State Park. All Points West pre-sale will begin April 2, with general on-sale following on April 3. For details, visit www.apwfestival.com.

Other confirmed Beastie Boys tour dates thus far include June 12 at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, TN and the band’s first ever headline engagement at the Hollywood Bowl on September 24. For ticket info visit: www.beastieboys.com.

Originally released in April 1992, Check Your Head was a milestone for Beastie Boys on multiple levels: It was the first B Boys album to be produced in its entirety by Mario Caldato Jr. and to feature keyboard player Keyboard Money Mark, as well as the first to be recorded at the band’s own G-Son studios in Atwater Village, CA. Most significantly, however, Check Your Head marked the return of live instrumentation to the forefront and backbone of the Beastie Boys sound, with the bulk of the album featuring Mike D on drums, Adrock on guitar and MCA on bass for the first time since the band’s early 1980s hardcore punk recordings.

On the strength of now-classic singles and videos “So What’cha Want,” “Pass The Mic,” “Gratitude” and “Jimmy James” -all of which are included in their original 12″ vinyl incarnations in the ultra deluxe version-Check Your Head stormed the U.S. Top 10, ultimately returning Beastie Boys to hard-touring, platinum-selling status, and setting the band up for the pop cultural dominance it would achieve in the decade to come.

The full list of Check Your Head reissue configurations is as follows:

* Digital Download (album and b-sides)
– Deluxe Digital Option (also includes videos and video commentary)
* Deluxe, limited collector’s vinyl + Digital Download
* Standard double vinyl + Digital Download
* Ecopack double CD + Digital Download
* Shirt combos:
– Deluxe Digital + shirt
– Standard Vinyl + shirt
– CD + shirt:
– Deluxe, limited collector’s vinyl + shirt

For further information, go to www.beastieboys.com

Preorders To Begin March 30 for Multiple Configurations Including Extremely Limited Deluxe 4 LP 180HQ Vinyl Box Set
Hollywood Bowl Headline Show Confirmed for September 24

New York, NY – March 16, 2009 – On March 30, Beastie Boys’ third album Check Your Head will be the next B Boys classic to receive the remastered expanded reissue treatment by Beastie Boys and Capitol/EMI, with pre-orders beginning at beastieboys.com for multiple configurations ranging from a high quality DRM-free digital download of the album (including its numerous and classic b-sides and bonus tracks) to an ultra-deluxe 4 LP 180HQ vinyl version packaged in a fabric-wrapped hardcover coffee table book case and limited to 2000 copies. The retail release date of all physical editions other than the 4xLP version will be April 7, with the ultra deluxe following close behind.

The Check Your Head reissue news coincides with the announcement today that Beastie Boys will headline the Hollywood Bowl on September 24. Following on a confirmed appearance at this summer’s Bonnaroo festival and ongoing speculation regarding the band’s appearances at various summer festivals, the Hollywood Bowl show is both the first headline show in the run-up to a new Beastie Boys album due later this year, as well as the first time Beastie Boys have ever headlined the hallowed L.A. venue.

For ticket info visit: www.beastieboys.com.

Originally released in April 1992, Check Your Head was a milestone for Beastie Boys on multiple levels: It was the first B Boys album to be produced in its entirety by Mario Caldato Jr. and to feature keyboard player Keyboard Money Mark, as well as the first to be recorded at the band’s own G-Son studios in Atwater Village, CA. Most significantly, however, Check Your Head marked the return of live instrumentation to the forefront and backbone of the Beastie Boys sound, with the bulk of the album featuring Mike D on drums, Adrock on guitar and MCA on bass for the first time since the band’s early 1980s hardcore punk recordings.

On the strength of now-classic singles and videos “So What’cha Want,” “Pass The Mic,” “Gratitude” and “Jimmy James”–all of which are included in their original 12″ vinyl incarnations in the ultra deluxe version–Check Your Head stormed the U.S. Top 10, ultimately returning Beastie Boys to hard-touring, platinum-selling status, and setting the band up for the pop cultural dominance it would achieve in the decade to come.

The full list of Check Your Head reissue configurations is as follows:

* Digital Download (album and b-sides)
– Deluxe Digital Option (also includes videos and video commentary)
* Deluxe, limited collector’s vinyl + Digital Download
* Standard double vinyl + Digital Download
* Ecopack double CD + Digital Download
* Shirt combos:
– Deluxe Digital + shirt:
– Standard Vinyl + shirt:
– CD + shirt:
– Deluxe, limited collector’s vinyl + shirt

For further information, go to www.beastieboys.com

Multiple World Records Likely To Be Set By April 19 One-Off at The New Joint at the Hard Rock

Paul McCartney’s one night stand April 19 at Las Vegas’ New Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has already set a world record, moving all 4000 tickets in a mere seven seconds–a rate of nearly 600 seats a second.

According to promoters Concerts West/AEG Live, the show may well set additional records, including the record for the planet’s biggest “love-in” for Valentine couples: Tickets were deliberately put on sale on February 14th so that lovers could express their feelings with the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift surprise.

“Although Guinness World Records cites numerous records relating to Valentine’s Day, nobody has managed a Valentine’s party this big before – so we’ll be claiming that”, said a spokesman for Concerts West/AEG Live. “And there is another Guinness record it would be cool to break there too – the world record for the most couples hugging simultaneously is 1,451, set in Taiwan in 2007.”

The new $60 million Joint is double the size of the famous Vegas rock venue that became a must-play gig since first opening in 1995.

The astonishing demand for the Macca love-in which will inaugurate The New Joint is evidenced too by sky-high prices getting asked by scalpers – the respected fansite Beatles Examiner reports one pair of top-line seats are on sale at $9,999.

“It’s going to be a night like Vegas has never seen before”, said the spokesman, “Paul will leave The Joint smoking”.

Tom Morello and Boots Riley’s Street Sweeper To Support
Onsales Begin March 13th

Nine Inch Nails and the original Jane’s Addiction lineup will embark on a May/June co-headlining tour that will see these seminal artists sharing a stage for the first time since the historic debut of the Lollapalooza festival in 1991. The genesis of the upcoming tour came about in late 2008 after NIN’s Trent Reznor was tapped to produce Jane’s first recordings since reforming.

The NIN/JA tour will feature a streamlined NIN with Reznor on vocals, guitars, keys, Robin Finck on guitars and keys, Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass and keys, and newest NIN member IIan Rubin on drums and keys. NIN’s stripped down configuration for the upcoming dates was inspired by a pair of club shows toward the end of last year’s wildly ambitious Lights In The Sky tour. Leaving the massive production in the trucks for those two nights freed up the band for spontaneous performances including several seldom-aired NIN classics and inspired NIN to take a similarly unencumbered and unpredictable approach to the May/June dates, which include previously announced NIN appearances at the Sasquatch and Bonnaroo festivals.

For the first time in seventeen years, the original lineup of Jane’s Addiction will tour – vocalist Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins. The possibility of reforming first took shape in April 2008 when the musicians performed and accepted the Godlike Genius Award bestowed on them by N.M.E. Magazine at their US Awards ceremony. The band then tested the waters with small, secret shows around the Los Angeles area and the tremendous excitement from the shows lead to their decision to tour again.

The “full circle” nature of the co-headlining tour has not been lost on the artists, with Reznor recently blogging…

“Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an invitation to perform a series of shows with Jane’s Addiction. These performances essentially created and defined the term “alternative” rock in the US, created an ongoing festival franchise that is still thriving (Lollapalooza), set the stage for Nirvana to shift popular taste a few months later, and were really fucking FUN to play and attend – truly the best times I’ve had. The shows were epic. So epic, they propelled NIN to the “next level” (whatever that means), but caused Jane’s to implode. The band broke up at the end of that tour.”

Jane’s guitarist Dave Navarro responded in kind, paying homage to the recent collaboration with the Nine Inch Nails frontman and revealing enthusiasm for the upcoming shows.

“Since our reformation, we have been spending a lot of time with Trent in the rehearsal studio and in the recording studio, working on new stuff, addressing some old stuff and more importantly, creating a friendship and working relationship,” Navarro explains. “It’s rare that touring partners have an opportunity to spend so much time together creatively before a tour. Regardless of the collaborative outcome, our time with Trent has brought forth a new focus and sense of purpose that we plan to share with you on a nightly basis.”

Support for all NIN/JA dates will be Street Sweeper, a collaboration between Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine/The Nightwatchman and Boots Riley of The Coup.

Tickets go on sale beginning March 13th, visit NIN.com, JanesAddiction.com and LiveNation.com for additional ticket and tour information.

Dates and venues for the NIN/JA tour are listed below. On sale dates will be announced shortly.

Fri-May-08 West Palm Beach, FL [Cruzan Amphitheatre]
Sat-May-09 Tampa, FL [Ford Amphitheatre]
Sun-May-10 Atlanta, GA [Lakewood Amphitheatre]
Thu-May-14 Albuquerque, NM [Journal Pavilion]
Fri-May-15 Phoenix, AZ [Cricket Wireless Pavilion]
Sat-May-16 Chula Vista, CA [Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre]
Mon-May-18 Las Vegas, NV [The Pearl]
Wed-May-20 Irvine, CA [Verizon Wireless Amphitheater]
Fri-May-22 Mountain View, CA [Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View]
Sun-May-24 George WA Sasquatch Festival [The Gorge Amphitheatre]
Tue-May-26 Englewood, CO [Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre]
Wed-May-27 Kansas City, MO [Starlight Theatre]
Fri-May-29 Chicago, IL [Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island] * NIN only
Sat-May-30 Noblesville, IN [Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis]
Sun-May-31 Clarkston, MI [DTE Energy Music Theatre]
Tue-Jun-02 Toronto, ON [Molson Amphitheatre]
Wed-Jun-03 Darien Lake, NY [Darien Lake Performing Arts Center]
Fri-Jun-05 Camden, NJ [Susquehanna Bank Center]
Sat-Jun-06 Holmdel, NJ [PNC Bank Arts Center]
Sun-Jun-07 Wantagh, NY [Nikon at Jones Beach Theater]
Tue-Jun-09 Columbia, MD [Merriweather Post Pavilion]
Wed-Jun-10 Burgettstown, PA [Post-Gazette Pavilion]
Fri-Jun-12 Charlotte, NC [Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte]
Sat-Jun-13 Manchester TN – Bonnaroo * NIN only

MEDIA CONTACTS:
For Nine Inch Nails visit www.NIN.com or contact:
nasty little man
Steve Martin/Amy Grote
212 343-0740 / amy@nastylittleman.com

For Jane’s Addiction visit www.janesaddiction.com or contact:
Sunshine, Sachs & Associates
Ken Sunshine / Tiffany Shipp
212-691-2800 / shipp@sunshinesachs.com

For Street Sweeper visit www.streetsweepermusic.com or contact:
Gold Village Entertainment
Brady Brock
212.741.2400 / bradyb@goldve.com

DIGITAL ONLY LIVE ALBUM TO DOCUMENT CLARITY X 10 TOUR

“The songs on Clarity convey acute self-awareness along with flashes of grace and insolence: the album is a pitch-perfect teenage plaint, though the concert made a case for continuing relevance beyond graduation.” –THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Everyone was singing along, screaming, even…Jimmy Eat World’s music made them 19 all over again. And this time, they could actually enjoy it.” –THE VILLAGE VOICE

“The fits of yearning on “Crush” and slow-burning contemplation on “Sunday” felt as vital last night as they did ten years ago, or anytime in between. And on “For Me This Is Heaven,” when frontman Jim Adkins cooed the refrain, “Can you still feel the butterflies,” we still did, quite deeply.” –SPIN.COM

There may be only four shows left on JIMMY EAT WORLD’s CLARITY x 10 tour, but on April 7, anyone unable to get a ticket to one of the ten sold out shows will be able to experience CLARITY LIVE, a digital-only release available exclusively at JIMMYEATWORLD.COM. CLARITY LIVE will feature DRM-free MP3 and lossless format options, as well as a digital booklet featuring photos from the tour.

CLARITY x 10 was conceived as a series of ten one-time-only shows during which JIMMY EAT WORLD would commemorate the 10th anniversary of its 1999 masterpiece CLARITY by playing the record in its entirety each night. The ten shows began February 23-the 10th anniversary of Clarity’s actual release date-at Terminal 5 in New York and will conclude with a March 7 homecoming at the Marquee Theater in Tempe AZ.

Criminally overlooked upon its 1999 release, CLARITY has since amassed cult status as an overlooked masterpiece. The media ultimately came around to the record when it was reissued last year, with a 4.5 star BLENDER review hailing it as “masterful” and ALTERNATIVE PRESS calling it “one of the most beloved albums of the ’90s.” Ironically, it was CLARITY’s initial failure that put Jimmy Eat World on the path to its eventual mainstream success: Left to its own devices after being dropped by Capitol, the band built up a base via relentless touring which funded the recording of its platinum-plus 2001 breakthrough BLEED AMERICAN.

Response to the CLARITY x 10 tour has been overwhelmingly positive from the get-go, not only from the media that has embraced the record a decade later but from the fans themselves. In keeping with the direct-to-fan relationship that sustained Jimmy Eat World in the wake of CLARITY’s 1999 release, the band allowed fans access to pre-tour rehearsals via a live stream at Ustream.tv. The band/fan dialogue has continued through the tour with band members actively using Twitter to provide updates from the road (see photos at http://twitpic.com/photos/jimmyeatworld ) and fans’ “tweets” about specific shows appearing on the band’s CLARITY website at http://tour.jimmyeatworld.com/

RADIO CITY, TOWER THEATER AND MORE ON SALE THIS WEEKEND

“Mesmerizing…The records are great, but watching him do it live is something every music fan ought to check out.”–SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

“We’ve been to a lot of concerts in our lifetime and there have been some pretty epic shows for sure, but it’s not often that we’re completely blown away by a single performer. Well, Andrew Bird’s performance Monday night at the Moore Theatre left us completely in awe. It’s that simple really. We literally found our mouths hanging open after nearly every song.”–SEATTLEST

“At one point he had his guitar slung behind his back, his violin and bow in one hand and a glockenspiel mallet in the other as he whistled into a microphone. He has a sweet, warbling, perfectly in-tune whistle – like a Walt Disney bluebird – that he floats through the rest of his musical constructions, sometimes in unison with the glockenspiel for an otherworldly effect.”–NEW YORK TIMES

In a profile of Andrew Bird coinciding with last month’s release of Noble Beast, VANITY FAIR remarked that his sold out Carnegie Hall show would likely be the “last chance to catch this Bird up close.”

VF has already been proven correct: Having sold nearly every ticket on his current spring tour, Bird has announced the first of a series of summer dates in the U.S. in which popular demand will see him stepping up to headline the likes of Radio City Music Hall, the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, Boston’s Bank of America Pavilion and Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Center. General on sale is March 7 for Atlanta, Philadelphia and Boston, and March 6 for New York. See below for the full list of dates.

Confirmed dates prior to the headline engagements include a one-off with the Decemberists June 8 at Washington DC’s Merriweather Post Pavilion and an appearance at this year’s Bonnaroo festival. General on sale for the DC show is March 6. Bird’s current U.S. tour concludes April 11 at Minneapolis’ State Theater, preceded by a two-night stand at Chicago’s Civic Opera House April 9 and 10.

Further dates will be announced as they are confirmed.

Released January 20 on Fat Possum Records, Noble Beast debuted at #12 on the U.S. album chart, selling over 25,000 units in its opening week. The debut was the highest of the week for an independent label release and second overall. Noble Beast was also that week’s highest selling record in Bird’s hometown of Chicago.

For further information, contact Steve Martin or Laura Eldeiry at nasty little man
t 212 343 0740 e laura@nastylittleman.com

ANDREW BIRD SUMMER 2009

06/08/09- Washington DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion * Supporting Decemberists

06/11-14/09 – TBD – Manchester TN – Bonnaroo

06/15/09 – Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Center

06/17/09 – Philadephia, PA – Tower Theatre

06/18/09 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall

06/19/09 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion