Kevin Devine

KD to support MEWITHOUTYOU across the US this summer

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:14:54 +0000

5.7.12

Over the course of our recently completed US tour with Say Anything, a bunch of you asked when we’d be back. I told you I knew, and that it’d be a solo tour in support of a great band, but that I had to wait until May to formally announce.

This is that: Through most of July & August, I’ll be supporting MEWITHOUTYOU across these United States. This is exciting for me on several fronts, as I love & respect the band & their family so much, and we’ve never done significant touring together outside of one Australian festival in 2008.

This is also my first coast-to-coast US solo tour since 2006, which seems insane but is true. Done groups of regional solo shows all over but never collected as one run, not since “Put Your Ghost To Rest” first came out. So that’s exciting too.

One bittersweet note: due to prior engagements solo @ The Bunbury Festival in Cincinnati and with the Goddamn Band @ Lollapalooza in Chicago, I will miss the mewithoutyou tour dates in Chicago 7/14 and Austin 8/3.

I’ll also be headlining solo dates without mewithoutyou July 26th in Santa Barbara, CA & August 9th in Naples, FL.

All dates are below; ticket links to come, for now you can head over to http://www.bandsintown.com/mewithoutYou and RSVP there. Hope to see you all out there.

Thanks,
Kevin

KD Solo Summer Tour w/ mewithoutyou
Fri/Jul-13             Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
Sat/Jul-14         Cincinnati, OH @ Bunbury Festival (no MWY)*
Sun/Jul-15           St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
Tue/Jul-17           Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
Thu/Jul-19           Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
Fri/Jul-20             Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
Sat/Jul-21            Boise, ID @ The Venue
Sun/Jul-22           Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Mon/Jul-23         Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
Wed/Jul-25         San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
Thu/Jul-26          Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Restaurant & Music Club (KD HEADLINE, no MWY)*
Fri/Jul-27             Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
Sat/Jul-28            Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
Sun/Jul-29           San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
Tue/Jul-31           Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Wed/Aug-01      Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Fri/Aug-03      Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza 2012 (KD&GDB, no MWY)*
Sat/Aug-04         Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio
Mon/Aug-06      Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
Wed/Aug-08      St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
Thu/Aug-09       Naples, FL @ Fleischmann Park (KD HEADLINE, NO MWY)*
Fri/Aug-10           Orlando, FL @ The Social
Sat/Aug-11         Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Sun/Aug-12        Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Mon/Aug-13      Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club
Wed/Aug-15      Boston, MA @ Paradise
Thu/Aug-16        Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Fri/Aug-17           New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Sat/Aug-18         Philadelphia, PA @ TLA

KD to support CURSIVE in the UK/IE; KD&GDB to play Lollapalooza 2012

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:55:11 +0000

4.16.12

Here at the home offices, it’s been a pretty busy day off from the continually successful SAY ANYTHING US tour (two weeks left – dates scrolling at the side of the main page and in the “shows” tab – thanks for the outpouring of support and welcome to all the new faces, been a really eye-opening experience).

First: excited to announce I’ll be back to the UK in June, supporting CURSIVE, a band I’ve known, liked, and respected a long time. Very much looking forward; I think it’s been like eight years since we’ve played together. The dates are below, more info & ticket links to come – also check out Cursive’s web site for more news.

June

01 Brighton – Audio

02 London – Cargo

04 Manchester – Ruby Lounge

05 Dublin – Academy 2

06 Belfast – Limelight

07 Glasgow – King Tut’s

08 Leeds – Brudenell Social Club

09 Birmingham – Academy 2

10 Nottingham – Rescue Rooms

Second: KD&GDB will be appearing at this year’s Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, August 3-5. You can see the full lineup and add us to your personalized festival planner going here.

Upward & onward,

Kevin

KD to perform at the 2012 Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati this July

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:24:18 +0000

4.3.12

Greetings – I don’t often get to perform in Cincinnati – in fact I think it’s been about 6 years since my last show there – so I’m happy to announce I’ll be part of a pretty stellar three day lineup at the 2012 Bunbury Music Festival there this July 13-15. Especially since we learned on this most recent tour that you can order vegetarian friendly chili at Skyline.

I’ll be performing solo acoustic on Saturday, July 14th, alongside Weezer, Manchester Orchestra, Gym Class Heroes, Dan Deacon, RJD2, Jukebox The Ghost, Grouplove, and more. Tickets and info are available at http://bunburyfestival.com/.

See you then (if not sooner, as I’m out with the Goddamn Band supporting SAY ANYTHING for the rest of this month spilling into next – dates all up on the “shows” page).

xo,
KD

Recent (recommended) reading: “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running,” Haruki Murakami; “Consider The Lobster,” David Foster Wallace; “The Failure of Capitalist Production,” Andrew Kliman; “A Season In Hell,” Rimbaud

Current (sloooooooooooow) reading: “The Interpretation of Dreams,” Freud

“11-17″ Official Music Video

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:40:57 +0000

3.26.12

Proud to share the second music video from Between The Concrete & Clouds, this one for “11-17″.

This is the second time we’ve worked with Aaron Powell, who uses public archive stock footage to make these singularly beautiful and evocative videos. They’re visual tone poems; he uses a song’s themes and feel as a springboard for his own interpretation, his own read. I loved the work he did on “Another Bag Of Bones” from Brother’s Blood, which was, within his style, more literal – for “11-17″ he took a more abstract path to no less realized results.

This is a song about the nagging feeling that you chose the wrong things, or that you can’t trust yourself enough to even know what the right things are. It’s a song about the beartrap of memory and the clouding agent that is nostalgia. It’s in some ways a fog song, a lost song, and Aaron, I think, expressed that gray area in a very moving way.

Enjoy,
KD

PS – Between The Concrete & Clouds is on sale now – visit iTunes or Amazon or pick one up directly from us on tour with Say Anything this spring.

KD&GDB, RAGC!, RCE, TFB, more – SXSW 2012

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:08:01 +0000

LONDON. SECRET SHOW. FEB 22.

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:22:13 +0000

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/features/win-tickets-to-an-intimate-exclusive-acoustic-show-with-kevin-devine

GO GO GO
KD

KD&GDB to support SAY ANYTHING across the US!

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:06:46 +0000

Oi,

Very excited to announce an extension to our very active spring 2012, criss-crossing the US in support of SAY ANYTHING, following our short string of full band headline shows around this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.

KD&GDB supporting SAY ANYTHING (all shows with FAKE PROBLEMS):

March 23 – Bakersfield, CA – The Underground @ Golden State Hall *
March 24 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom *
March 25 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *
March 27 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox @ The Market *
March 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex – Grand Room *
March 30 – Denver, CO – The Summit Music Hall *
March 31 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre *
April 1 – St. Louis, MO – The Firebird *
April 3 – St. Paul, MN – Station 4 *
April 4 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues *
April 5 – Pontiac, MI – Clutch Cargo’s *
April 6 – Toronto, ONT – The Opera House *
April 7 – Montreal, QC – Corona *
April 9 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre *
April 10 – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall *
April 11 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre *
April 13 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theatre +
April 14 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues +
April 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of The Living Arts +
April 17 – Washington, DC – Black Cat +
April 18 – Richmond, VA – The National +
April 20 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel +
April 21 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle +
April 22 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade +
April 24 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution +
April 25 – Orlando, FL – Beacham Theatre +
April 27 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live +
April 28 – Dallas, TX – Live @ Mokah +
April 29 – Austin, TX – La Zona Rose +
May 1 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee +
May 2 – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues +
May 3 – West Hollywood, CA – House Of Blues +

*w/ The Front Bottoms
+w/ Tallhart

Thanks,
KD&GDB

KD&GDB UK 2012 “BTC&C” TOUR w/ JAYMAY

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:03:47 +0000

1.13.12

We’re proud to announce out first full KD&GDB headline tour in the UK since 2008, and first UK shows at all since 2009. One of my favorite songwriters and dyed-in-the-wool New Yorkers, the effervescent JAYMAY, supports. See details below, and see you there:

2.21 Kingston, UK @ The Cricketers
Tix: Banquet Records

2.23 Manchester, UK @ Night & Day
Tix: Night & Day

2.24 Southampton, UK @ Joiners
Tix: Joiners

2.25 Bristol, UK @ Thekla
Tix: Thekla

2.26 Oxford, UK @ Jericho Tavern
Tix: Jericho Tavern

2.27 London, UK @ Borderline
Tix: Borderline

2.28 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Tix: Brudenell Social Club

2.29 Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
Tix: King Tuts

xo,
KD

SXSW 2012 Tour with THE FRONT BOTTOMS

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:01:24 +0000

Here at “Ol’ KD Ranch,” we’re pleased as punch to announce a short string of full band headline shows around this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. We’re especially eager to share the stage again with Jersey’s finest, THE FRONT BOTTOMS, who joined us this past October at our CMJ show in New York. They write smart, sharp, punchy songs, with wry, literate lyrics, and we’re stoked to have them out. The details BELOW:

March 8th – Lizard Lounge @ Chameleon, Lancaster, PA
March 9th – Altoona Masonic Temple, Altoona, PA
March 10th – The Basement, Columbus, OH *
March 11th – The End, Nashville, TN *
March 13th – The Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK *
March 14th through 17th – SXSW 2012, Austin, TX
March 18th – The Korova, San Antonio, TX *
March 20th – Solar Culture Gallery, Tuscon, AZ *
March 22nd – The Constellation Room, Santa Ana, CA *

* – with THE FRONT BOTTOMS

Tickets to all shows go onsale THIS FRIDAY, January 6th. Just the first of many exciting announcements in 2012 as we stave off Armageddon through phase 2 of Between The Concrete & Clouds. Keep those peepers here, kids.

Thanks,
KD&GDB

Current reading: When The Garden Was Eden, Harvey Araton

KD&GDB “BTC&C” European 2012 Winter Tour

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:33:59 +0000

Come join us for the first KD&GDB European tour behind “Between The Concrete & Clouds” (available in Europe via Arctic Rodeo Recordings) – the first, in fact, since winter 2010. The wonderful Jaymay supports.

And UK – we’re working on it. Stay tuned.

2.7 Zurich, CH @ Eldorado
2.8 Baden, CH @ One Of A Million Fest *
2.9 Freiburg, DE @ White Rabbit
2.10 Amsterdam, NL @ De Nieuwe Anita
2.11 Koln, DE @ Tsunami Club
2.12 Karlsruhe, DE @ Jubez
2.13 Hamburg, DE @ Kulturhaus III&70
2.14 Dresden, DE @ Beatpol
2.15 Nurnberg, DE @ MUZ
2.16 Leipzig, DE @ Cafe Kafic (Black Box)
2.17 Berlin, DE @ Magnet (Karrera Klub)
2.18 Munchen, DE @ Atomic Cafe
2.19 Vienna, AT @ B72

* = no Jaymay

Happy holidays and hope to see you safely on the other side,
Kevin

Current (slow) reading: “The Failure of Capitalist Production,” Andrew Kliman; “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” Michael Chabon

Kevin Devine

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