{"id":3216,"date":"2024-04-27T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/?p=3216"},"modified":"2024-09-17T18:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:57:53","slug":"april-artist-news-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/april-artist-news-2024","title":{"rendered":"Sofar Artist News: April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can almost hear the tour buses revving up all over the world. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dive into your monthly Sofar Artist News to discover upcoming tour announcements, viral performances, VIP packages, and an unforgettable NPR Tiny Desk submission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for the good times, April!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sibling music collective <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2PZThLYBW7XtcYVzQms8oM?si=fT7nAW4hQtWwEJzFx8185A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infinity Song<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> just wrapped up some shows at the legendary Blue Note jazz club in NYC, and are hitting the (European) road at the end of May! Catch them at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/infinitysongmusic.com\/#tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shows in the UK and central Europe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also don\u2019t miss their set at Lollapalooza in Chicago the first weekend in August!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not familiar with Infinity Song? Let us catch you up. After years performing at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, the quartet were discovered by Jay-Z and signed to the Roc Nation label in 2016. Early on they were told to not conform to the label\u2019s aesthetic, opting instead to keep their unique blend of soft harmonies, existential lyrics, and rock stylings. Good call, Jay. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Infinity Song - Slow Burn (Live Performance)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E6Q0jadK38A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Ever wanted to ask <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portugaltheman.com\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portugal. The Man<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> some questions in-person? Catch <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokeylafarge.net\/#tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pokey LaFarge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s pre-show soundcheck? See an exclusive screening of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lizzymcalpine.com\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lizzy McAlpine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s unreleased documentary about the making of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Older<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Now\u2019s your chance!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Sofar VIP & Premium Experiences team is supporting a bunch of tours across the US this spring. Grab your VIP package for those and other artists like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/staindofficial.com\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staind<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcuskingofficial.com\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marcus King<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/charleycrockett.com\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charley Crockett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ptm_touradmat_may_animation-04162024 (1080p)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/935679214?dnt=1&app_id=122963\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. The other week we noticed this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/artists\/sebastian-schub\">Sebastian Schub<\/a> performance from 2019 picking up thousands of views overnight on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Sofarsounds\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sofar YouTube channel<\/a>, breathing new life into a a video from five years ago. It\u2019s no wonder too, that Schub\u2019s performance is still connecting with audiences: his entrancing voice sounds both old and new, smooth yet pained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sebastian Schub - Paradise | Sofar London\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGTS2RgUo8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We love a good Tiny Desk submission, and NorCal\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/artists\/the-philharmonik\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Philharmonik<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a.k.a Christian Gates) took the office theme to heart, recording the video for his song \u201cWhat\u2019s It All Mean?\u201d at a real estate office in Sacramento, backed by a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">full <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">band. This one even caught the eye of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/1qufdwr1QUs?feature=shared&t=2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NPR\u2019s Top Shelf show<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a feel-good funk anthem, for sure. Just try watching this without nodding your head or flashing a smile. C\u2019mon, we dare you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Philharmonik "What's It All Mean?" (2024 NPR Tiny Desk Submission)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/crgaJEmFPBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever heard of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltlickincubator.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lick Incubator<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? It\u2019s a Boston-based non-profit musician\u2019s incubator, focused on giving a platform to emerging artists. Sofar partnered with Salt Lick to launch artists <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/artists\/alex-blue\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Blue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/76yn7CZJcpG479LvqWHh8O?si=5nczxP49QOuLq40w9TiH-A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00e9a the Leox<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/artists\/claire-ernst\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claire Ernst<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on a national tour. It\u2019s called the Portraits & Memoirs Tour, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tix.to\/portraitsandmemoirstour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there are still tickets available for the Chicago, Nashville, and Atlanta shows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Salt Lick Incubator\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_rTOmLeZt_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This next one is a who\u2019s who of Sofar talent. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jade-bird.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jade Bird kicked off her tour<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last week in Houston, promoting her new EP <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burn the Hard Drive<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with opener <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7EkVefqb9jBxjCtjZFSS7x?si=7WCuoL8OS_K1v4EZe60WzA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aubrey Hays<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Upcoming shows in May will feature <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/254gmlnuhtyLCJmHiodIri?si=Aq96bSJrSxGxPPcoZRWGyQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rianne Downey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Seattle and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1xpalQ3BhdYn8zfdE2tNag?si=aMcEQmzeR7qxDRWWvE6O-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hannah Connolly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in SF.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jade Bird - You've Fallen In Love Again\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9orR4DdFarg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are tons of upcoming Sofar shows happening near you. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out what\u2019s on in your city<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can almost hear the tour buses revving up all over the world. Dive into your monthly Sofar Artist News to discover upcoming tour announcements, viral performances, VIP packages, and an unforgettable NPR Tiny Desk submission.\u00a0 Thanks for the good times, April!\u00a0 Sibling music collective Infinity Song just wrapped up some shows at the legendary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":3239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,26],"tags":[548,551,245,550,553,496,498,549,44,545,543,542,552,546,544,547],"class_list":["post-3216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-news","tag-alex-blue","tag-aubrey-hays","tag-charley-crockett","tag-claire-ernst","tag-hannah-connolly","tag-infinity-song","tag-jade-bird","tag-lea-the-loux","tag-lizzy-mcalpine","tag-marcus-king","tag-pokey-lafarge","tag-portugal-the-man","tag-rianne-downey","tag-sebastian-schub","tag-staind","tag-the-philharmonik"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}