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[Sep. 29th, 2010|11:56 pm]
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Straight from Myspace/Facebook:
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
A Sort of Farewell.
After eight years of music, friendship, laughter, adventure, bliss, blood, sweat, tears, and everything else that goes along with it, As Tall As Lions are retiring for the foreseeable future. There is no sadness on our side, and we hope there is none on yours. We will be playing a handful of shows across the country to try and give everyone an opportunity to see us one last time.
12/17: Los Angeles - The Troubadour
12/19: Chicago - Lincoln Hall
12/21: New York City - Highline Ballroom
Tickets will go on sale at 10AM local time this Saturday.
Our sincerest apologies to those who can't join us at these celebrations, but know you will be there in spirit. Much love to you all, and thanks again for everything.
-As Tall As Lions
Read more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=1065481&blogId=539535424#ixzz10yv01nSv
Without ATAL we are left with the "side project", KILIMANJARO, which is awesome. I attended their CD release in Brooklyn last month and had a fantastic time. Think jazzier ATAL sans-vocals. |
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| CMJ Writeup in Yesterday's CMJ Blast |
[Aug. 19th, 2009|01:09 pm]
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AS TALL AS LIONS: You Can't Take It With You
Aug 18, 2009
By Christine Griffin
http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=139548125
Long Island-based quartet As Tall As Lions' third album, You Can't Take It With You, is a soul-searching, 11-track odyssey that encapsulates the hard work of a band that has been active since 2002. A product of erratic planning, the album was made over the course of two stressful years, during which the band scrapped work they had done with one producer entirely and started over.
Interestingly, then, the loose theme of the album is disarray and a lack of "connectedness." You Can't Take It With You delves into the loss of communication in a technology-driven society. Certainly for a band that almost broke its structure multiple times before this album came out, As Tall As Lions prove extraordinary endurance, which comes through in the precision of their music.
Frontman Daniel Nigro cites artists like Pink Floyd, Radiohead, and Jeff Buckley as the Lions' strongest influences, and this album offers further proof that he is right. You Can't Take It With You presents a broad scope of vast and spiraling instrumentals and entrancing vocals. Guitar chord processions melt in on themselves in "Circles," and the percussion isn't bad either—the band spent 10 minutes straight working on perfect thump from a keyboard flight case. That's dedication. The title track does a brilliant camouflage of the Beatles' enlightening "Sun King" at its close. And "The Narrows" channels Coldplay's "Don't Panic" as it unwinds with willowy violins, steaming trumpets and a bright xylophone melody. The wispy tone of the album's chamber pop only further expands its dimensions when "We'd Been Waitin'" emphasizes a bluesy, minor-key piano line. |
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[Aug. 13th, 2009|04:45 pm]
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Ready to be blown away?
You Can't Take It With You is streaming in full on the band's Myspace page as I type!
http://www.myspace.com/astallaslions
New tour dates with MuteMath are posted as well.
Enjoy! |
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[Aug. 12th, 2009|07:13 pm]
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LESS THAN A WEEK! If you pre-ordered the album it should have already shipped.
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| From CMJ |
[May. 26th, 2009|09:44 pm]
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As Tall As Lions are set to release the follow-up to 2006's well-received Into The Flood on August 18 via Triple Crown Records. To celebrate this new record, called You Can't Take It With You , the band will play a headlining show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City June 30.
This Long Island litter of kittens have already released two previous records and toured with the likes of Circa Survive, Sparta and Superdrag. They now plan to tour with RX Bandits and Dredg later in 2009. (Details are still to come.)
Tracklist for You Can't Take It With You :
1. Circles
2. Sixes And Sevens
3. You Can't Take It With You
4. Go Easy
5. Duermete
6. In Case of Rapture
7. We's Been Waitin'
8. Is This Tomorrow?
9. Sleepyhead
10. The Narrows
11. Lost My Mind
www.astallaslions.com |
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| Summer Shows!! |
[Jul. 3rd, 2008|06:48 pm]
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Hi Everyone!
For those of you not aware, there are FOUR As Tall As Lions show this month! They're all in the northeast so get up here and rock out! The shows in New York and New Jersey are almost sold out so get your tickets ASAP (plus they're about a week away anyway!) and the other two shows are about three weeks away.
Tuesday, July 8th
Maxwells
1039 Washington Street
Hoboken, New Jersey
Cost: $12 (Ticketmaster)
7:00 pm
Thursday, July 10th
Mercury Lounge
17 E Houston Street (Ave. A/Hudson)
New York City, New York
Cost: $12/$14 (mercuryloungenyc.com)
8:00 pm/21+ ONLY!
Friday, July 25th (I'll be at this show!)
Harpers Ferry
158 Brighton Ave
Allston, Massachusetts
Cost: $10/$12 (http://www.harpersferry.musictoday.com/HarpersFerry/calendar.aspx)
8:00 pm/18+
Note: There is no Wednesday show. The HF website is silly!
I made a Yelp! event for this. Sign up and look very cool! http://www.yelp.com/events/allston-as-tall-as-lions-harpers-ferry
Saturday, July 26th
The Living Room
Providence, Rhode Island
Cost : $10/$12
7:00 pm
ENJOY!!! |
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| Show Update! |
[Jun. 9th, 2008|06:36 pm]
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[May. 6th, 2008|08:46 pm]
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ATAL is mentioned in the latest entry of the blog "Pretty Much Amazing". |
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| Fearless Radio Podcast! |
[Apr. 30th, 2008|06:28 am]
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In case anyone missed the interview with As Tall As Lions on Fearless Radio, you can download it here: http://podcastfearless.com/nmb/index.php?id=363 |
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| April/May 2008 Dates |
[Apr. 17th, 2008|04:43 pm]
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Small spring tour!
Saturday, April 19th
7:00 pm
Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan
Wednesday, April 23rd
8:00 pm
Reggie’s (17+)
Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, April 26th
5:00 pm
Virginia Tech for SOUNDFEST
Blacksburg, Virginia
**BAMBOOZLE/Giants Stadium/East Rutherford, NJ**
May 3rd
2:00 pm
Acoustic Stage
May 4 2008
11:00 am
(a not acoustic stage)
Dates are limited due to recording. I have free time now and of course not that much is going on so we are updateless beyond these dates. This will get updated more frequently in the coming weeks though. Yay! |
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