Mt St Helens Vietnam Band Tour w/ David Bazan. Vote for them on Magnet’s Most Anticipated Releases Poll

photo courtesy of Ice Cream Man

As we near the release of Mt St Helens Vietnam Band’s new album Where The Messengers Meet on Tuesday, things are heating up. Besides their free CD release show in Seattle at the Space Needle Mural on August 27, MSHVB will be touring with David Bazan on five dates in September. Where The Messengers Meet is also currently the front-runner in Magnet Magazine’s poll of “Most Anticipated Releases” next week. Lets keep them in the lead! You can go and vote for them RIGHT HERE. Check out the tour dates below and stay tuned for more dates this fall and other MSHVB news shortly!

Mt St Helens Vietnam Band On Tour:

08/27 Seattle, WA- Space Needle Mural- Free CD Release show sponsored by KEXP

09/10 Boise, ID-  Nuerolux w/ David Bazan

09/11 Salt Lake City, UT- Urban Lounge w/ David Bazan

09/12 Denver, CO- Larimer Lounge w/ David Bazan

09/14 Omaha, NE- The Waiting Room w/ David Bazan

09/15 Columbia, MO- Mojo’s w/ David Bazan

09/16 Chicago, IL- Empty Bottle

Bowerbirds Announce Fall Tour Dates

Following the critically acclaimed release of Upper Air, Bowerbirds took their show on the road, touring relentlessly from the summer of 2009 to the Spring of 2010. After a few quiet months at home, Bowerbirds return to the road this fall for select dates. Starting at Hopscotch, their hometown music festival, they will take their live show to Texas and back.

Bowerbirds live performances are stunning, taking the intimacy of the recordings and translating them to the stage. Their sweet and subtle melodies can silence a room, capturing the grace and charm of their recordings perfectly. As the New York Times put it “folk bands from North Carolina don’t have the easiest time getting packed rooms of New Yorkers to turn silent. But Bowerbirds’ dulcet, string-filled folk songs gently cooed affairs about backyards and interstate highways– inspire a quiet, trancelike reverie.”

Watch the gorgeous video from “Northern Lights” below. Directed by Matt Amato, this video is an elegant visual accompaniment to the centerpiece of Upper Air.

WATCH: Bowerbirds “Northern Lights” Video

Phosphorescent to Perform a Sweet Show in Brooklyn

Hey Brooklyn, how would you like to be serenaded and hear a story?

In August Phosphorescent will join author and essayist Sloane Crosley for an evening in the Show Off Your Sugar: One Band + One Author event series. Each event features a reading from an author, followed by a musical performance.

Sondre Lerche shared the stage with writer Shalom Auslander in June, and on August 11 Here We Go Magic will play after a reading from Chuck Klosterman. Phosphorescent takes the stage for an acoustic set on August 19 at 8pm at CoCo66 (66 Greenpoint Avenue in Brooklyn). Tickets are $16 and all the money goes to a good cause! The proceeds go to the 826NYC non-profit writing center, formed by Dave Eggers in 2002 to benefit  New York City students. Get your tickets & find more info HERE.

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band’s New Album Now Available for Pre-Order

We’re just weeks away from the release of Where The Messengers Meet the new album from Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band on August 3, but you can pre-order your own copy right now and receive a instant download code. Not only that, the first fifty people to pre-order the record will receive a lyrics book handmade by the band. You can pre-order the album right HERE. We also are proud to share “Hurrah” the new single from Where The Messengers Meet. Check it out HERE.

Check out photos of the lyrics booklet after the jump.

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