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Pomegranates detail new album and extensive tour

Steve Mcgillivray — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:30:26 +0000

Cincinnati’s Pomegranates are back and set to release their third studio album and first on Afternoon Records, One Of Us, on October 26th. The album was co-produced by the band and TJ Lipple of Aloha (MGMT, Headlights, Minus Story), who also mastered and mixed the album.

In support of the new record, the four-piece of Jacob Merritt, Isaac Karns, Joey Cook, and Dan Lyon will head out on a three-part tour that pretty much covers every corner of the continental United States. The band will start out on September 15th in Cleveland, with Colour Revolt supporting on the first seven dates. Also included in the first round of shows are stops in Grand Rapids, Chicago, and Iowa City before the leg with Colour Revolt winds up in St. Louis on September 23rd.

Round two starts on October 6th in Macon, GA, and sees the Pomegranates play the first of 16 shows slated for October. Stop-offs include Charleston, Charlotte, New Haven, Danbury, and Pittsburgh. There’s also a date at the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival in New York on October 21st.

Round three kicks off on November 1st at The Empty Bottle in Chicago. This begins the most intense leg of the fall tour, with 22 dates in the span of 24 days. (It’s tiring just writing that!) The final leg of the tour is alongside Oh No Oh My and takes in Denver, Salt Lake City, Spokane, and El Paso among others, culminating in a hometown gig on November 24th at Southgate House.

Below, find One of Us’ tracklist as well as all confirmed tour dates.

One Of Us Tracklist:
01. One of Us
02. 50?s
03. White Fawn
04. Prouncer
05. Perception
06. Create Your Own Reality
07. Anywhere You Go
08. Between Two Dreams
09. The Positive Light
10. Demond
11. Venus
12. Skull Cakin’
13. Into the Water, Into the Air

Pomegranates 2010 Tour Dates:
09/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Case Western Reserve University ^
09/16 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College ^
09/17 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas ^
09/18 – Madison, WI @ University of Wisconsin ^
09/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^
09/22 – Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose Lodge ^
09/23 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird ^
10/06 – Macon, GA @ The 567
10/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar
10/08 – Charleston, SC @ Tin Roof
10/09 – West Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
10/10 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone
10/11 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
10/12 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ The M Room
10/15 – New Haven, CT @ Lily Pad
10/16 – Portland, ME @ Empire
10/17 – Danbury, CT @ Cousin Larry’s
10/18 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott
10/20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
10/21 – New York, NY @ CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival
10/22 – New York, NY @ The Rock Shop
10/23 – The Lemon Grove @ Youngstown, OH
11/01 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle %
11/02 – Madison, WI @ The Frequency %
11/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ University of Minnesota %
11/05 – Lincoln, NE @ Zoo Bar %
11/06 – Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge %
11/07 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive %
11/08 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court %
11/09 – Missoula, MT @ Badlander %
11/10 – Spokane, WA @ Empryean Coffee %
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern %
11/12 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios %
11/14 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place %
11/15 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop %
11/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater %
11/17 – San Diego, CA @ The Cabash %
11/18 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rythem Room %
11/19 – El Paso, TX @ Black Market %
11/20 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk %
11/21 – Denton, TX @ Hailey’s %
11/22 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone %
11/23 – Lexington, KY @ The Dame %
11/24 – Cincinnati, OH @ Southgate House %

^ = w/ Colour Revolt
% = w/ Oh No Oh My

Tomorrow Never Knows brings The Cribs, Voxtrot, Bowerbirds for 2010 edition

Alex Young — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:05:03 +0000

Last year, the Chicago based music venue as Schubas brought the likes of Cursive, Department of Eagles, Bishop Allen, and Bear Hands for its annual five-day winter celebration/music festival, Tomorrow Never Knows. We were there and wrote a lot about it.

Anyhow, for its 2010 edition, Schubas, now with their new venue, Lincoln Hall, available to provide some extra space, has taken TNK up a notch. After all, include to take part in this year’s festivities, which takes place from January 13-17 at both Schubas and Lincoln Hall, are The Cribs, Voxtrot, Final Fantasy, Bowerbirds, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Adam Green, Clues, and Pomegranates among others. Not a bad way to stay warm this January, eh?

Single show and five-day passes will go on sale beginning today, Friday, November 13 at 12:00 pm CST. Hit up schubas.com or lincolnhall.com for more information.

Headlights gets Wild on the road

Alex Young — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:45:34 +0000

On October 6th, Headlights will reveal what is being billed as its most “most arresting music yet” with the release of Wildlife. Two weeks later, the Campaign, Illinois will support this release by embarking on a month long North American tour. Included on the trek, which runs from October 15th to November 20th, will include an appearance at Polyvinyl showcase at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon. The Shaky Hands, Pomegranates, and Anni Rossi will split time serving as openers.

Tickets for select dates are available sale via Ticketmaster.com.

Headlights 2009 Tour Dates:
09/16 – Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Festival
09/19 – Decatur, IL @ Millikin University
10/15 – Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
10/16 – Dekalb, IL @ The House
10/17 – Chicago, IL @ Apple Store
10/17 – Chicage, IL @ Empty Bottle *#
10/18 – Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room *#
10/21 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott *#
10/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ CMJ Music Marathon
10/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie *#
10/25 – Washington, DC @ DC9 *#
10/26 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 *#
10/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn #
10/28 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub #
10/29 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree #
10/30 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe #
11/05 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive #%
11/06 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court #%
11/07 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux #%
11/08 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern #%
11/10 – Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan #%
11/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord #%
11/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland #%
11/14 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar #%
11/15 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush #%
11/17 – San Antonio, TX @ Rock Bottom #%
11/18 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s #%
11/19 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves #
11/20 – Hot Springs, AR @ Maxine’s Pub #

* = w/ The Shaky Hands
# = w/ Pomegranates
% = w/ Anni Rossi

Pomegranates’ Joey Cook blasts off with Man In Space

Tony Biedenkapp — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:00:13 +0000

Since forming in 2006, the Pomegranates have been consistently releasing music and building a loyal fan base. We first saw the Two Eyes EP released a short four months after the Cincinnati indie outfit started practicing and their debut full-length Everything is Alive followed a year later. The quartet made their rounds across the country before they decided to hunker down and record their followup LP, Everybody, Come Outside, which released this past April.

Needless to say, it’s hard to figure out where frontman Joey Cook got the time to think about a side project, let alone bring one to fruition. In between writing Pomegranates songs and touring, Cook teamed up with longtime friend Sophia Cunningham to form Firs. So far, the duo has released a self-titled EP and it’s followup I Will Come Back As A Volcano and come August 18th, the Firs will release their debut full length Man In Space on Lujo Records.

Cook and Cunningham present the nine track effort to us in a narrative format. Man In Space is the telling of a conversation they had with a man they met as they were floating through the desert of the great unknown.

Curious? You should be.

We only need to wait a few more weeks to get our hands on this rather impressive debut LP. In the meantime, the first two tracks off Man In Space are available for listen/download below:

Check Out:
“The Descent”
“Welcome Home”

Pomegranates 2009 Tour Dates:
07/30 – Indianapolis, IN @ Vollrath Tavern
07/31 – St Paul, MN @ Turf Club
08/01 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean