On the cover of Death & Taxes Magazine. You can read it here and check a short video too.

Life has been great since I’ve been here in Aarhus the last ten days. Working on music all day, walking a half hour to the rehearsal studio, playing with the Cola Freaks all night. With the last band it was all overplaying – turn it up, play it fast – but the songs got lost in all the distortion. This new band makes the songs in a way sound more pure by scaling back and putting more emphasis on the melody and the changes. It sounds exactly the I wanted these songs to sound like live when I wrote them.

We added a lot of new songs to the live set. There’s going to be a secret show in Aarhus tonight, then starting a 12 country European tour this week and coming right back for those Pixies shows. Can’t wait for those.

I also recorded a cover of Chris Knox’s first band The Enemy – a version of “Pull Back The Shades” for a Chris Knox tribute album. I did it right in the bathroom of my hotel room here – put the computer on the sink, recorded the guitar and vocals sitting right on the toilet!

MTV’s MTVU has got me nominated for a Woodie Award. Vote for me so I can beat these jokers.

Playing a lot more shows, including some with the Pixies on their Doolittle tour, and New Year’s with Spoon. Come out and see the new dudes.

Sat Nov 21 Chicago Aragon (with THE PIXIES)
Sun Nov 22 Columbus The Summit
Mon Nov 23 Pittsburgh Brillobox
Tue Nov 24 New York City Hammerstein (with THE PIXIES)
Wed Nov 25 Northampton Iron Horse
Fri Nov 27 Boston Wang Center (with THE PIXIES)
Sat Nov 28 Philadelphia Johnny Brenda’s
Mon Nov 30 Wash DC Const, Hall (with THE PIXIES)
Tue Dec 1 Chapel Hill Local 506
Wed Dec 2 Athens 40 Watt Club
Thu Dec 3 Atlanta The Earl
Fri Dec 4 Orlando Backbooth
Sat Dec 5 Tampa Crowbar
Sun Dec 6 Mobile Alabama Music Box
Mon Dec 7 New Orleans One Eyed Jacks
Tue Dec 8 Houston Walters on Washington
Wed Dec 9 Austin Emo’s (outside)
Thu Dec 10 Dallas Granada Theater
Sat Dec 31 Milwaukee Riverside Theatre (with SPOON)

For the New Years show with Spoon, you can get tickets here.

European tour is starting soon – we’re hitting 12 countries in 20 days. Check out the new band, hear some new songs. Swanton Bombs is opening up the UK shows.

Wed Oct 28 Paris, Maroquinerie
Thu Oct 29 Cologne, Luxor
Sat Oct 31 Berlin, Ramones Museum (afternoon)
Sat Oct 31 Berlin, White Trash Fast Food (evening)

Sun Nov 1 Copenhagen, Loppen

Mon Nov 2 Oslo, Parkteatret

Tue Nov 3 Malmo, Mejeriet
Wed Nov 4 Hamburg Logo

Thu Nov 5 Prague, Matrix

Fri Nov 6 Vienna, B72

Sat Nov 7 Bologna, Covo

Sun Nov 8 Clermont Ferrand, Coop de Mai

Mon Nov 9 Brussels, Botanique Rotonde

Tue Nov 10 Birmingham, Bar Academy

Wed Nov 11 Glasgow, King Tuts

Thu Nov 12 Manchester, Roadhouse

Fri Nov 13 London, Underworld

Sat Nov 14 Bristol, Croft

Sun Nov 15 Liverpool, Masque

Mon Nov 16 Dublin, Whelans

Munich was cancelled, sorry Munich. Artwork above by Nicholas Gazin.

Tickets are on sale now for the Jay Reatard/Shattered Tour dates. You can download a free sampler here to get one song from each of the bands.

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You can buy Jay’s new album Watch Me Fall right now directly from Jay by clicking the “buy” button below. You can also use this player to stream the entire album.

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The album is also available from the following stores:

Matador Records
iTunes
Amazon

The most comprehensive story yet on Jay was just published in the New York Times’ Sunday Arts & Leisure Section.

You can read the article here.

“Watch Me Fall,” Mr. Lindsey’s new album, out on Tuesday from Matador Records, expands his influences to include the ’80s kiwi pop of the Flying Nun label from New Zealand and bands like the Clean and the Tall Dwarfs. Acoustic guitar features in nearly every song, and his nihilistic lyrics — “All is lost, there is no hope,” goes the la-la-la-like refrain from “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me” — now waft over wispy choral clouds as well as dissonant feedback peals. “I’m becoming more open-minded,” Mr. Lindsey said, “and allowing myself to absorb different things that before I probably wrote off out of ignorance.”

Despite his new inspirations, he remains committed to his home-recording methods. Although he has graduated to 24 tracks from 4, his records still sometimes sound like transmissions between tin cans connected by a string. “It’s like a Polaroid picture,” Mr. Lindsey said of his rough, spontaneous process. “I’m just trying to get the idea out before the inspiration is gone. Everything I do is motivated by the fear of running out of time.”

“I’m not trying to be low fidelity,” he added. “I’m trying to be handmade. You don’t go into a bakery and say, ‘That apple pie is handmade, that’s a “lo-fi” pie.’ You realize the crust looks a little rough around the edges, it looks like somebody’s grandma made this, and all of a sudden it’s comforting.”

On Monday, the day before the CD hits the stores, Other Music is sponsoring a listening party and documentary screening in New York City. It’s free – if you’re in the city, come by.

Monday August 17, 6:30-9:30pm
at Le Poisson Rouge Gallery
158 Bleeker Street, New York City
First Hour Free Vodka Drinks, 21+