New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Lake Street Dive's Nonesuch Records debut album, Side Pony, produced by recent Grammy winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), is out now. To pick up a copy, head to your local record store, iTunes, Amazon, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout, and the 96kHz/24bit HD digital album is also available to purchase.
The four band members -drummer Michael Calabrese, bassist Bridget Kearney, singer Rachael Price, and guitarist/trumpeter Michael "McDuck" Olson -celebrate the release as guests on NPR's World Cafe. The band will also lead a Q&A on their Twitter account today at 1 PM ET, using the hashtag #SidePonyQandA.
Lake Street Dive begins a US tour next week in Phoenix, and, with many of the dates having sold out, new shows have just been added, including an appearance at
Radio City
Music Hall. Tickets for the new dates go on sale today. See below for all of the currently announced shows; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Side Pony has already been met with critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. "A band steeped in Motown Soul,
Beatles melodies, and pop divas from
Dusty Springfield to Adele," says Rolling Stone, "the retro vibe rules, vividly captured by producer Dave Cobb … pretty irresistible."
"Side Pony is a confident, expertly played statement from a band that's been honing its approach for more than a decade," says the
Boston Globe, "and it clearly shows that
Lake Street Dive is ready to make itself known to whatever audiences have yet to succumb to its many charms." That review follows a recent article in the
Globe that declared: "Another year, another auspicious marker on the timeline of Lake Street Dive's nascent world domination."
"This band is going to own the universe this year," says Glamour. "They have beautiful harmonies, clever songwriting."
"Lake Street Dive is a blue-eyed soul quartet whose pop stylings are informed by jazz and indie pop," says San
Diego Reader, "and this year's Side Pony sides are the band's best yet."
The Daily Beast says: "Their catchy melodies and appealing funk stylings are ready for prime time. I have a hunch that … Side Pony, could take them to the next level," and Paste concurs, saying, "The unexpected chord provides a different kind of pleasure, one that's been hard to find lately. That's why
Lake Street Dive is so important."
In Ireland, Side Pony is RTÉ
Radio 1 Album of the Week. In the UK, the Sun gives it a perfect five stars, calling it "a classy record which is carried joyously along by an excellent singer."
Side Pony takes its name from a song on the record that refers to a whimsical hairstyle, but it also serves as a metaphor for Lake Street Dive's philosophy and personality as a band. As Kearney puts it, "When we were settling on the album title, that one just stuck out to us as embodying the band's spirit. We've always been this somewhat uncategorizable, weird, outlying, genre-less band. That's the statement we wanted to make with this record: be yourself."
LAKE STREET DIVE ON TOUR
Feb 22 Crescent Ballroom - SOLD OUT Phoenix, AZ
Feb 23 Rialto Theater Tuscon, AZ
Feb 24 Observatory North Park - SOLD OUT San Diego, CA
Feb 26 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
Feb 27 The Masonic San Francisco, CA
Feb 28 Cargo Concert Hall Reno, NV
Mar 1 Imperial - SOLD OUT Vancouver, BC
Mar 2 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
Mar 3 Neptune Theater - SOLD OUT Seattle, WA
Mar 10 First Ave - SOLD OUT Carrboro, NC
Mar 11 The Vic Chicago, IL
Mar 12 The Vic - SOLD OUT Chicago, IL
Mar 14 House of Blues Cleveland, OH
Mar 15 Danforth
Music Hall - SOLD OUT Toronto, ON
Mar 16 Royal Oak Detroit, MI
Mar 18 The Fillmore Philadelphia, PA
Mar 19 The National Richmond, VA
Mar 21&22 9:30 Club - SOLD OUT Washington, DC
Mar 23 House of Blues - SOLD OUT Boston, MA
Mar 25 Beacon Theatre - SOLD OUT New York, NY
Mar 26 State Theater - SOLD OUT Portland, ME
Apr 8 Trix Club Antwerp, BELGIUM
Apr 9 Sugar Factory Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Apr 11 Stageclub Hamburg, GERMANY
Apr 12 Posten Odense C, DENMARK
Apr 13 Pumpehuset Copenhagen West, DENMARK
Apr 15 Postbahnhof Berlin, GERMANY
Apr 17 Ampere Munich, GERMANY
Apr 18 Moods Club Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Apr 20 Gibson Frankfurt Am Main, GERMANY
Apr 22 Gloria Theater Cologne, GERMANY
Apr 23 Cafe de la Danse Paris, FRANCE
Apr 25 Komedia Brighton, UK
Apr 26 Scala London, UK
Apr 28 Whelans Dublin, IRELAND
May 27 Ben and Jerry's Concerts on the Green Shelburn, VT
May 29 Thompson's Point Portland, ME
Jun 3 Pigsah Brewing Outdoor Stage Raleigh, NC
Jun 10 North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh, NC
Jun 11 nTelos Wireless Pavillion Charlottesville, VA
Jun 25 Stubbs (Outdoor) Austin, TX
Aug 19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre* Morrison, CO
Aug 27-28 Amourasaurus II Northampton, MA
Oct 7 Wang Theatre Boston, MA
Oct 8 Radio City
Music Hall New York, NY
* w/Grace Potter
