TODD SNIDER MAKES MUSICAL MESS TO INCITE CLASS WARFARE ON NEW ALBUM
On March 6, East Nashville’s subversive, fearless, rebel-rousing songwriter Todd Snider will release his new studio album Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables (Aimless Records). Last year’s double-disc live album The Storyteller earned accolades from Rolling Stone and NPR and his new set finds him pushing even more of society’s buttons. “I want to inspire people,” Snider says. “I want to inspire them to leave home, to do things traditionally considered wrong. If you listen to my record and vandalize your school, godspeed.”
Recording the album in under a week, Snider and co-producer Eric McConnell recruited other great East Nashville musicians to create a sound that didn’t replicate anything they’d done together previously. “I told them I wanted to make a mess,” Snider says. The result stands as something disconcerting, cracked and apart from the music of Snider’s heroes, and from Snider’s own celebrated past.
Todd Snider and the full band will embark on a 40+ date national tour this spring, with stops in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and a two-night stand at San Francisco’s historic Great American Music Hall. Dates below. Stay tuned for updates.
Track Listing:
1. In the Beginning
2. New York Banker
3. West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown
4. Precious Little Miracles
5. The Very Last Time
6. In Between Jobs
7. Brenda
8. Too Soon To Tell
9. Digger Dave’s Crazy Woman Blues
10. Big Finish
Todd Snider Tour Dates:
1/20 – Evanston, IL @ SPACE
1/21 – Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theater
2/01 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
2/02 – Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instruments Museum
2/03 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater
2/08 – Annapolis, MD @ Ram’s Head Tavern
2/09 – Annapolis, MD @ Ram’s Head Tavern
2/10 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater
2/11 – Clayton, NC @ Clayton Center
3/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
3/08 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
3/09 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
3/10 – Albany, NY @ Sawyer Theater/The Egg
3/11 – Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
3/22 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theater
3/23 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
3/24 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Phish will play a special
show at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, VT next Wednesday, September 14th.
The concert will benefit Vermont flood recovery efforts. In the wake of Hurricane Irene,
Vermont experienced its worst flooding in a century, which devastated communities
throughout the state.
“It’s been heartbreaking to see all the loss and destruction that came from the storm,”
said Phish keyboardist Page McConnell. “Vermont is very much a part of who we are as a
band. We’re really looking forward to playing this show and we hope the money raised will
make a difference in the recovery and rebuilding effort.”
General admission tickets will be $75. In addition, a special “Friend of WaterWheel”
package will be available for $250. It will include preferred parking, a reserved box
seat, a limited edition poster and access to a Vermont craft beer tent. A very limited
number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets’ online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com. The
ticket request period is currently underway and will end on Wednesday, September 7, at
noon ET. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, September 10, at 10:00 AM ET.
In order to ensure that a large allotment of tickets is available to local residents, the
public onsale will be in-person only. The box office location will be announced this
Friday at http://phish.com, by email update and on local
radio stations. There will be a limit of two tickets per person whether individuals are
purchasing in person or during the online ticket request period.
Proceeds from the concert and merchandise sales will be directed to The WaterWheel
Foundation and The Vermont Community Foundation to aid in the recovery of the Green
Mountain State.
The WaterWheel Foundation was created by Phish in 1997 to oversee the band’s various
charitable activities. Fans can donate to The WaterWheel Foundation by clicking here. You
should specify that they would like their contribution to go to Vermont flood recovery
efforts. The Vermont Community Foundation was founded in 1986 and is Vermont’s largest
homegrown philanthropic foundation, managing a collection of over 600 charitable funds
that invest more than $18 million annually in Vermont through grants, loans and other
investments. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, the Foundation worked with donors and
other partners to facilitate donations for relief and recovery efforts, including the
establishment of a fund to benefit Vermont farmers affected by the storm. Visit
vermontcf.org or call 802-388-3355 for more information.
The show will be Phish’s first in Vermont since 2004. Doors will open at 5:30 PM and the
concert will begin at 7:00 PM.
PHISH night two at Dicks, Gordo Bomb @ 0:47! encore “Tweezer Reprise” Phish is Trey Anastasio Guitar & Vocals Mike Gordon Bass & Vocals Page McConnel Keyboards & Vocals Jon Fishman- Drums & Vocals 720i @ 60 fps HD & 24bit/96kHz with reverb@stadium, mastering @ clean & power, normalization @ 0db, full scale on the Zoom Q3HD from monopod
