Tag: Jason Victor

Rain Parade to release “Last Rays of a Dying Sun” — first new album in 38 years — this spring

Rain Parade to release “Last Rays of a Dying Sun” — first new album in 38 years — this spring

Rain Parade, one of the leading lights of the Paisley Underground scene in 1980s Los Angeles, this spring will release Last Rays of a Dying Sun.

Listen: The Dream Syndicate debuts "Where I'll Stand" off new album due in June

Listen: The Dream Syndicate debuts “Where I’ll Stand” off new album due in June

The Dream Syndicate will release their fourth album since reuniting this June, and you can get the first taste of the band’s new music via “Where I’ll Stand.”

The Dream Syndicate to release new album in June, play "Days of Wine and Roses" on tour

The Dream Syndicate to release new album in June, play “Days of Wine and Roses” on tour

The Dream Syndicate will kick off promotion of their next album with a string of performances at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, this March.

The Dream Syndicate previews 'The Universe Inside' with 20-minute album opener

The Dream Syndicate previews ‘The Universe Inside’ with 20-minute album opener

Reunited Paisley Underground-era rockers The Dream Syndicate this spring will release their third album of the new century, a collection of new songs called The Universe Inside that’s only five tracks long but clocks in at nearly an hour, thanks in part to 20-minute opening jam “The Regulator” — which you can hear in its entirety right here.

The Dream Syndicate returns with new album 'These Times' — hear single 'Black Light'

The Dream Syndicate returns with new album ‘These Times’ — hear single ‘Black Light’

Paisley Underground-era rockers The Dream Syndicate in May will release their second album since reuniting, a 10-song collection that’s preceded by the hypnotic single “Black Light” — hear it below — and will be followed by a string of concerts in the eastern U.S. Full details and tour dates here.

Kendra Smith to reunite with The Dream Syndicate onstage in California next week

Kendra Smith to reunite with The Dream Syndicate onstage in California next week

Reunited Paisley Underground-era rockers The Dream Syndicate today announced they’ll be joined onstage “for a few songs” at two California shows next week by former bandmate Kendra Smith, who played bass and sang on the band’s 1982 debut The Days of Wine and Roses. She’ll play with the band in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Watch: The Dream Syndicate debuts music video for 'Filter Me Through You'

Watch: The Dream Syndicate debuts music video for ‘Filter Me Through You’

The Dream Syndicate  this Friday will release its first new album in near 30 years, the eight-song How Did I Find Myself Here? And as the big release date approaches, the band this week debuted a new music video for the album’s opener, “Filter Me Through You.” Watch it right here.

Q&A: Steve Wynn on The Dream Syndicate's first new album in nearly 30 years

Q&A: Steve Wynn on The Dream Syndicate’s first new album in nearly 30 years

For patient fans, The Dream Syndicate’s slow burn of a reunion — sporadic bursts of shows here and there since first getting back together five years ago — is about to pay off in a big way, with the release this September of the legendary Paisley Underground act’s first new album in 29 years, and weeks worth of shows.

Dream Syndicate's 1st new album in 29 years to feature Kendra Smith singing 'perfect coda'

Dream Syndicate’s 1st new album in 29 years to feature Kendra Smith singing ‘perfect coda’

The Dream Syndicate plans to release its first new album in 29 years, a collection that bandleader Steve Wynn has revealed will feature a guest vocal by founding bassist Kendra Smith — who has sat out the ongoing reunion, but agreed to appear on a song Wynn calls “the perfect coda to the record.”

Video: The Dream Syndicate live in Cleveland — watch full 100-minute reunion set

Video: The Dream Syndicate live in Cleveland — watch full 100-minute reunion set

Steve Wynn’s reunited Dream Syndicate — featuring Dennis Duck, Mark Walton and new guitarist Jason Victor — has only played a handful of dates in the U.S. since first coming together in the fall of 2012, so, for many, this film of the band’s full 100-minute set in Cleveland last November is a godsend.

Q&A: Steve Wynn on The Dream Syndicate reunion, upcoming tour — and new music

Q&A: Steve Wynn on The Dream Syndicate reunion, upcoming tour — and new music

The Dream Syndicate opens its second run of European reunion concerts tomorrow, but bandleader Steve Wynn already is thinking bigger, raising the possibility of recording new music with his old band with a very specific goal in mind: making the “missing” album to bridge the gap between its first two records.

Steve Wynn 'would love' to record new Dream Syndicate album: 'I think it would be really good'

Steve Wynn ‘would love’ to record new Dream Syndicate album: ‘I think it would be really good’

Following last year’s short run of shows in Spain, The Dream Syndicate continues its reunion this year with more European concerts and a festival appearance in Massachusetts that the band is billing as its only U.S. show of 2013. But now talk has turned to whether the band will make a new album.

The Dream Syndicate to play 'first U.S. show since 1988’ at Wilco's Solid Sound festival

The Dream Syndicate to play ‘first U.S. show since 1988’ at Wilco’s Solid Sound festival

Steve Wynn today revealed that The Dream Syndicate — which reunited last year for a series of concerts in Spain celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘The Days of Wine and Roses’ — will play what he’s billing as the band’s first U.S. show since 1988 when it performs this summer at Wilco’s Solid Sound festival.