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US Tour is ON!

Hey, I just packed the van with Vanderslice Plays Diamond Dogs and Dagger Beach 200g vinyl, new t-shirts, flexi singles, screenprinted posters, and these weird reflective plastic discs they call CDs. I only have 165 Diamond Dogs records left (he bolds for maximum impact). Diamond Dogs is streaming here.
The tour starts tomorrow.

Please come to a show near you!!!! It’s going to be my last club tour until 2015. I’ve got to build this Oakland studio next year. Also, my cats, Miette and Clover, have made it very clear I need to stay home.

I’ll have the superb Jason Slota on drums and Moog Source and Tiny Telephone’s awesome Jacob Winik on sound. Jason and I are going to play tons of stuff we’ve never played before: “Harlequin Press,” “Sleep It Off,” “How The West Was Won,” “Song For Dana Lok,” and some songs from Diamond Dogs.

As always, we’ll have amazing support bands, including Bent Shapes, Alexander and the Grapes, Jared Bartman, Samantha Crain, Doe Eye, and Prism Tats.

I’ll see you soon!!!

FALL TOUR DATES are ON!!!

Hello everyone! My fall club tour is happening and all the dates and (some) ticket links are below. This will be my only club tour until 2015 so PLEASE PLEASE come to this if you can. I’m knee deep in building a new Neve studio in Oakland and I’ll only be playing living rooms next year.

I’ll have the amazing Jason Slota on drums and Moog Source and Tiny Telephone’s lovely Jacob Winik on sound.

As always, we’ll have amazing support bands, including Samantha Crain, Doe Eye, and Jared Bartman. More bands announced soon!

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“The AM band was made for you and me” DAGGER BEACH TOUR 

Thur September 5 | Portland, OR
Music Fest NW | Doug Fir
w/ Bob Mould

Fri October 18 | Seattle WA
Sunset Tavern | Tickets

Sat October 19 | Portland OR
Bunk Bar | Tickets

Mon October 21 | Boise ID
Neurolux | Tickets

Tue October 22 | Salt Lake City UT
Urban Lounge | Tickets

Wed October 23 | Denver CO
Hi Dive | Tickets

Fri October 25 | Kansas City MO
Czar Bar |

Sat October 26 | Omaha NE
Slowdown |

Sun October 27 | Minneapolis MN
Triple Rock Social Club |

Tue October 29 | Madison WI
The Frequency | w/ Samantha Crain

Wed October 30 | Chicago IL
Schubas | Tickets | w/ Samantha Crain

Thu October 31 | Peoria IL
Apollo Theater | Tickets | w/ Jared Bartman & Samantha Crain

Fri November 1 | Columbus OH
A&R Music Bar | w/ Samantha Crain

Mon November 4 | Philadelphia PA
Johnny Brenda’s | w/ Samantha Crain

Tue November 5 | New York NY
Mercury Lounge | w/ Samantha Crain

Wed November 6 | Boston MA
Great Scott | Tickets

Thu November 7 | Washington DC
DC9 |

Fri November 8 | Chapel Hill NC
Local 506 | Tickets

Sat November 9 | Atlanta GA
529 | Tickets

Mon November 11 | St Augustine FL
Original Cafe 11 | Tickets

Tue November 12 | Orlando FL
The Acre |

Wed November 13 | Tampa FL
Crowbar |

Fri November 15 | Dallas TX
Three Links |

Sat November 16 | Austin TX
Holy Mountain |

Mon November 18 | Tucson AZ
Club Congress |

Tue November 19 | Phoenix AZ
Rhythm Room | Tickets

Wed November 20 | San Diego CA
Soda Bar |

Thu November 21 | Los Angeles CA
Bootleg Bar |

Fri November 22 | San Francisco CA
Rickshaw Stop | w/ Doe Eye

Song for Clay Miller 7in

This backer-only song from the Kickstarter campaign is the Native Sound’s first release! It’s printed as a beautiful yellow or translucent flexi 7″ with really nice artwork. You can stream it here or buy it at The Native Sound. The B-side is the unreleased “Vitas At Wimbledon.” This is SUPER limited, the green flexis sold out right away.

“How The West Was Won” is UP!!



NPR Music just posted my new video!! Shot at Tiny Telephone and starring all your favorite creatures…

A few notes from me:
“I wanted to make a performance video that was more like a documentary of recording at Tiny Telephone. Jake kept everything naturalistic and loose. I love the musicians and engineers who work at the studio and just wanted show them at work, doing the heavy lifting on records, obsessing about their craft, eating delicious tacos, and having a blast doing it.”

And from Jake Wachtel, the amazing director:
“JV recorded Dagger Beach at Tiny Telephone studios in SF, which he also runs. This is just an awesome, inspiring place to make music (I just had the pleasure of mixing my own album there!); its chock full of incredibly beautiful analog gear and there’s a palpable sense of family among all the engineers who work there. So the idea of the music video was to try to capture the vibe of this specific place and family, and also to give a little glimpse into all the crazy behind the scenes work that goes into making a record—hooking innumerable cables into the patch bay, fixing the synth right before the session started, swabbing the tape machine with a q-tip, trekking out into the mission district to refuel with abundant burritos, hanging out in the control room and dissecting the philosophical underpinnings of Karate Kid (see if you can catch drummer Jason Slota’s wax-on moment). All of these tactile, physical moments from the recording session are there when you listen to a piece of music, folded into the fabric of the recording. We wanted to give these moments their due.”

WEST COAST LIVING ROOM TOUR

My West Coast Living Room Tour dates are coming up. I’ll have Dagger Beach and Diamond Dogs 200g vinyl at these shows (the Diamond Dogs is close to selling out.) I do believe these living room shows are the best way to see music!! Dagger Beach comes out on June 11 via Secretly Canadian and Tiny Telephone. See you soon!!

Tickets are here.

Wed Jun 12, 2013 – Salem, OR

Thu Jun 13, 2013 – Portland, OR – 15 tickets left

Fri Jun 14, 2013 – Portland, OR (sold out)

Sat Jun 15, 2013 – Seattle, WA (sold out)

Sun Jun 16, 2013 – Seattle, WA (sold out)

Tue Jun 18, 2013 – Medford, OR

Thu Jun 20, 2013 – San Francisco, CA (sold out)

Fri Jun 21, 2013 – San Francisco, CA (sold out)

Shipping Update / Backer Only 7″ getting pressed!

Hey everyone, I’m knee deep in Kickstarter heaven/hell. Things are getting SHIPPED right now. If you get your package and the t-shirt size is wrong, I forgot something, or vinyl got damaged, email me and I will fix it!!!! I’m aiming for an unheard of 9 STAR level of customer service. 

These rewards have all been shipped:

$12 – JV RARITIES – PERSONALIZED CD-R 

$25 – DAGGER BEACH CD

$30 – JV RECORD BOOKSHELF and LIBRARY CARD T-SHIRT (+) DAGGER BEACH DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

$35 – DAGGER BEACH 200g Vinyl

$35 – VANDERSLICE PLAYS BOWIE’S DIAMOND DOGS VINYL

$50 – BEST DEAL!!! T-SHIRT of your choice + DAGGER BEACH on CD

$50 – DIAMOND DOGS TEST PRESSING

$60 – HELL YEAH – T-SHIRT of your choice + DAGGER BEACH 200g Vinyl

$65 – DAGGER BEACH 200g Vinyl Gatefold LP + VANDERSLICE PLAYS BOWIE’S DIAMOND DOGS LP

$75 – BEST DEAL!!! T-SHIRT of your choice + BOTH NEW RECORDS on Vinyl

That last category just shipped this week, so if you haven’t received them, they’re on the way!!

The second I get more vinyl mailers, a slew of other stuff will leave here, including all the Diamond Dogs records to the listening party folks (I love you for coming to that!!). 

The limited screen prints, and deluxe vinyl cases are almost here. If you’ve combined any rewards with those items, I’ll ship them immediately.

More updates soon!!

My man Julio is printing 7"s with "Song For Clay Miller" and a JV rarity on the B side. More on that as we get closer.

I love you all and I hope it’s warm as hell where you are.

XOJV

WEST COAST LIVING ROOM TOUR

WEST COAST LIVING ROOM TOUR is on sale!! These shows will sell out. Please come! They’re the first shows I’m playing after Dagger Beach is release on June 11. Living room shows are the BEST.
(hehehe)

Jun 12
Salem, OR | Tickets (36 left)

Jun 13
Portland, OR | Tickets (37 left)

Jun 14
Portland, OR | Tickets (18 left)

Jun 15
Seattle, WA | SOLD OUT

Jun 16
Seattle, WA | SOLD OUT

Jun 18
Medford, OR | Tickets (44 left)

Jun 20
San Francisco, CA | Tickets (18 left)

Jun 21
San Francisco, CA | Tickets (22 left)

Diamond Dogs Release show!! Radio Silence w/ Daniel Handler


I’m playing a pretty wonderful benefit with Daniel Handler in San Francisco on May 13th at a loft in the Mission. Details below. Tickets are here.

Music!
This event is the record release party for John Vanderslice’s forthcoming remake of David Bowie’s classic 1974 album Diamond Dogs! JV will perform from the record and from his forthcoming album of originals, Dagger Beach, which releases to the public on June 11. We’ll have both records available at the Loft Party for purchase and signing. And as if it couldn’t get any better, Daniel Handler is going to bring his accordion and perform a couple songs with JV!? Pat Spurgeon of Rogue Wave will be spinning records for us.

Literature!
Daniel Handler will kick things off with a reading and a bit of conversation before joining JV with the accordion. Daniel is a Radio Silence contributor and author of the novels The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, Adverbs, and Why We Broke Up. As Lemony Snicket, he has written many books for children, including Who Could That Be at This Hour? and The Dark. Daniel’s books will be available for purchase and signing.

Food and Drink!
Included in the entry cost is a catered dinner, which will be served from 7-8 pm. Drinks will be served all night, and they’re free — beer by Magnolia, wine by Sutton Cellars, booze by Anchor Distillery. The incomparable Daniel Hyatt, formerly of the Alembic and soon to open Roka Akor, will be mixing cocktails.

 

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