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Nov

2021

November 9th, 2021

Amyl & the Sniffers, the Melbourne, Australia rock band fronted by Amy Taylor, released their sophomore album Comfort To Me a few weeks ago via ATO Records/Rough Trade. Now, after a triumphant release from the world’s longest lockdown in Australia, Amyl & the Sniffers announce their long-awaited return stateside for a North American 2022 tour. In addition to the band’s previously announced show at Music Hall of Williamsburg in December which sold out in less than one day, the Sniffers will tour Spring 2022.

Comfort To Me, which was co-produced by the band and Dan Luscombe, is the follow-up to Amyl & the Sniffers’ critically acclaimed 2019 self-titled debut album, which won Australia’s esteemed ARIA Award for Best Rock Album and saw the band tour their anarchic and ridiculously fun live show internationally for the past two years. With its lyrics largely written during the Australian Bushfire season, when The Sniffers were already wearing masks to protect themselves from smoke in the air, Comfort To Me came together in a 3-bedroom apartment where the four band members quarantined together during COVID-19 lockdown. The result is a less spontaneous and more darkly considered record that masterfully captures the essence of the band like never before. “This album is just us — raw self expression, defiant energy, unapologetic vulnerability,” says Taylor. “It was written by four self-taught musicians who are all just trying to get by and have a good time.”

Tour dates

12/6/2021 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

4/26/2022 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas

4/27/2022 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas

5/6/2022 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

5/ 7/2022 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

5/9/2022 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom

5/10/2022 – Vancouver BC @ Rickshaw

5/11/2022 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile

5/13/2022 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line

5/14/2022 – Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium

5/16/2022 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall

5/ 17/ 2022 – Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe

5/19/ 2022 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

5/21/2022 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts

5/22/2022 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live

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Posted in Previews Tagged with: Amy Taylor, Amyl and the Sniffers, ARIA, ATO Records, Comfort to Me, Dan Luscombe, Melbourne, Rough Trade, Williamsburg

Jun

2021

June 3rd, 2021

What is the Arts Lead Sheet? It is a resource for finding grants, jobs, opportunities in the arts. It started as an ad-hoc e-mail list a few years. We are now bringing it back as a feature on FEMMUSIC. It is not restricted to music but encompasses all of the arts. Miss something? Look at the archives at:

https://femmusic.com/wp/index.php/category/the-arts-lead-sheet/

Grants

Trinidad, CO Space to Create Accepting Applications

https://www.artspace.org/trinidad?utm_campaign=Colorado%20Creative%20Industries&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=130178403&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9vsTzRBjEvas_D5KfO38UyfpbZBnBbLjhDZ_-ldj86cF7vRKHXguSbmf5Wb37N5kAto6JA5c2B2snmGqotqCJyQ8Rnsg&utm_content=130178403&utm_source=hs_email

Colorado Creates Grant – Deadline June 7, 2021

https://oedit.colorado.gov/colorado-creates-grant

Innovate Grant – June 10, 2021

https://innovateartistgrants.org/apply

Artadia Grants – Lousiville, SF – Deadline June 15, 2021

https://artadia.submittable.com/submit

Cantabrigia Award – Cambridge, MA – June 15, 2021

https://orbiseditions.com/contact/