Lincoln Hall News

Today Circa Waves have released their fourth studio album Sad Happy, via Prolifica Inc /[PIAS].

London's Nilüfer Yanya had a triumphant 2019, releasing her distinctive debut album Miss Universe to global acclaim and selling out tour dates across Europe and North America. Nilüfer will return to the U.S. this summer, with headlining dates in June around her performances at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee and Nelsonville Music Festival in Ohio. New dates include shows at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, Black Cat in DC, and Lincoln Hall in Chicago. All dates are below, and tickets for the June headlining tour will go on sale this Friday, March 13 at 10am ET HERE.

Australian punk rockers Amyl and The Sniffers will release Live At The Croxton, a 7-inch capturing dynamic live versions of three of their most beloved tracks, on May 1. Recorded last fall at the band's favorite club in their native Melbourne, Australia, the 7-inch features 'Control,' 'Gacked On Anger,' and 'Shake Ya,' all found on the celebrated debut album Amyl and The Sniffers, out now at ATO Records.

Last week Kansas City's Shiner announced their return by way of the May 8 release of new album Schadenfreude. Today they are happy to announce a U.S. tour in support of the album. The dates kick of May 21 at Chicago's Lincoln Hall and conclude at the Double Wide in Dallas on July 27. Along the way they will also play Brooklyn, Seattle and Los Angeles as well as a hometown show at Kansas City's Record Bar on June 5. All dates are below.

London funk and soul collective Franc Moody drop their debut album Dream In Colour, available everywhere February 28.The record arrives alongside a video for new single 'Skin On Skin', which twists the charged romance of the track on its head.

Mahler's audiences have ridden tsunamis of emotions and the musicians who play his music experience tsunamis of notes. This concert did not disappoint.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Tony Kushner and best-selling author Sarah Vowell in conversation about Lincoln's Legacy on Thursday, March 5 at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street) has been postponed until the fall (before the Presidential selection), due to a scheduling conflict.   Full ticket refunds will be available at the point of purchase.

Wild Rivers have announced their anticipated new EP, Songs To Break Up To, will be released on May 1st. The folk pop foursome celebrates this news by sharing new song “Kinda Feels Alright,” and announcing that their “Where We Left Off Tour” has expanded internationally, with additional U.S. dates added in June, plus shows in the UK and Europe starting in September.

Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist, podcast host (The Trap Set) and composer Joe Wong (“Master of None”, “Russian Doll”, “The Midnight Gospel”, “Ugly Delicious”, “Awkwafina is Nora From Queens” and more…) has just announced Nite Creatures, his full-length solo debut, due out May 15, 2020 via a newly signed deal with Decca Records. Nite Creatures is a collection of 10 baroque, ruminative, songs that evoke the psychedelic heyday of the legendary UK-based Decca label, living in the pops and crackles between the Summer of Love and the start of the Seventies – the acid-tinged era of Scott Walker, Marianne Faithfull, Love, the Zombies and Fairport Convention. To mark the release of Nite Creatures, Wong will take his kaleidoscopic show on the road with stops at Lodge Room in Los Angeles, Neumos in Seattle, Le Poisson Rouge in New York, World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, Lincoln Hall in Chicago and more. All tour dates are listed below. 

Never In My Lifetime, by Shirley Gee, is a Romeo and Juliet style love story, set in the mid 1970s amid the backdrop of the brutal conflict between the English and the Irish (The Troubles). As expected, there are no villains or martyrs in this war-torn stretch of Northern Ireland. Everyone becomes his brother's enemy. It is a story of survival and the indomitable human spirit in Belfast, a city reminiscent of any in the world where there is violence and conflict.  

Rising London artist Khushi premieres the abstract visual for 'This Is, Pt. II,' featured on his debut album Strange Seasons. The new release serves as a continuation to Khushi's creative 'This Is, Pt. I' video, which was released last year and sparked an official remix from Khushi's friend and collaborator, GRAMMY Award-winning artist James Blake. Khushi's music has also generated support from NPR, TIME, Complex, Interview Magazine and many more. Watch Khushi perform live this spring as a part of Ásgeir's North American tour (see full dates below).

Today, indie-pop three-piece San Cisco - Jordi Davieson, Joshua Biondillo, and Scarlett Stevens - return with “Reasons,” the latest single from their upcoming 4-song EP Flaws (out March 27 via Nettwerk Records).  

Never In My Lifetime, by Shirley Gee, is a Romeo and Juliet style love story, set in the mid 1970s amid the backdrop of the brutal conflict between the English and the Irish (The Troubles). As expected, there are no villains or martyrs in this war-torn stretch of Northern Ireland. Everyone becomes his brother's enemy. It is a story of survival and the indomitable human spirit in Belfast, a city reminiscent of any in the world where there is violence and conflict.  

Under the moniker Brothers Of A Feather, The Black Crowes, Chris and Rich Robinson, announce today a rare opportunity to see them perform stripped down versions of some of their classic songs. The intimate outing kicks off in London, UK on February 12 at the Omeara, with a final show of the run taking place at The Chapel in San Francisco. Limited tickets for these intimate performances go on sale today at noon local time. 

Lower Dens released their newest creation -- The Competition -- on Ribbon Music, at the end of last year.  Today, they're sharing the video for one of the album's standout tracks, 'Hand of God.' The colorfully psychedelic clip, directed by Aaron Brown & Robby Piantanida, can be seen below.

Toronto's newest pop and R&B sensation Ali Gatie has announced that he will be embarking on a world tour in support of his debut EP YOU. The tour kicks off February 28th in Dubai and includes multiple dates in his home country of Canada as well as a prominent slot at Coachella on Sunday, April 12th & 19th.

Today, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Basia Bulat unveils “Already Forgiven” from her forthcoming record Are You in Love? out March 27 via Secret City Records. The song and video premiered this morning on Consequence of Sound —watch below!

Chicago's Deeper are returning today with their sophomore album Auto-Pain. Compositionally sharper, more far-ranging in its musical ideas and more emotionally direct than the band's celebrated debut, the new album sees the trio building on their critically acclaimed eponymous 2018 LP to embrace aggressively angular riffs, synth-scapes and a poignant cohesion that runs throughout.

Diet Cig are back! Today the critically-acclaimed duo of Alex Luciano (guitar and vocals) and Noah Bowman (drums) return with a new song “Night Terrors” - their first bit of music since 2017 when they released their debut album Swear I'm Good At This. Of “Night Terrors” Alex notes, “This song centers around my very real and frequent experiences with night terrors and other bizarre sleep activity. If we're close enough to have ever shared a room, you know what I'm talking about. This song goes out to you.