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Dent May: Do Things (Paw Tracks)
Street Date: June 12, 2012

New Dent May: "That Feeling"

[mp3] Dent May: "That Feeling"

Last week came news that GVB's Forest Family Records will release a new 7" from another longtime Stark staple Dent May. The ukulele wielding Southern crooner, has rare flair for crafting loungey spring and summertime jams best consumed with a cool mint julep, or something equally delicious and intoxicating. GVB reports that May's upcoming Paw Track's LP will be due sometime "next year-ish" so for now, we'll revel in two new tracks on the 7".

On The Blog Reel: Dent May, Jeremy Jay, Marissa Nadler

Featured:

DENT MAY "Meet Me In The Garden"

JEREMY JAY "Lite Beam"

MARISSA NADLER "River Of Dirt"

We're pretty much a sucker for anything Dent May does, so it's no surprise that the Mississippi trailer park troubadour's newest video for "Meet Me In The Garden" has us floored. The Jon Leone-helmed video for the Good Feeling... standout, which premieres today via Pitchfork TV, is a trip. In it, May parades around in vintage Elton glasses, kicks back with a bottle of bubbly and devilishly croons in a bathtub. Mysterious, low-budget and just a little flamboyant, this should definitely earn our Artist To Watch a few more fans in '09.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Jay and the gang are also using P4K to unveil the subtle video for "Lite Beam," from the Love Everlasting EP. If you fancy performance videos with uncomfortably close shots of mascaraed men, this one should be right up your alley. Marissa Nadler's "River of Dirt" video is much more pleasing: The clip, elegantly shot by director Joana Linda, captures the singer and friends on a journey through the Midwest by foot and by train. The track is from the forthcoming Little Hells, out March 3 via Kemado. All three videos are after the jump.

Marissa Nadler - River of Dirt - Directed by Joana Linda from Kemado Records on Vimeo

Dent May Tours with A.C. Newman

Dent May - "Meet Me in the Garden" - mp3

We love Dent May and his new record, but you already know that don't you? What you might NOT know is that we also love A.C. Newman -- that great songwriter with the red hair from the New Pornographers. Newman has a new record coming, Get Guilty on Jan. 20 via Matador. Dent May's record The Good Feeling Music of Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele comes out Feb. 3 on Paw Tracks. Watch a great video for Dent May's tune "Oh Paris", and check out the A.C. Newman tour dates after the jump.



DENT MAY & HIS MAGNIFICENT UKULELE

2/20 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Cabaret *
2/21 Seattle, WA Neumos *
2/22 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *
2/24 Sacramento, CA Harlow's *
2/25 San Diego, CA Casbah *
2/26 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour *
2/27 Santa Barbara, CA SOho Restaurant and Music Club *
2/28 San Francisco, CA The Independent *
3/01 Eugene, OR John Henry's *
3/02 Boise, ID Neurolux
3/05 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar
3/06 Chicago, IL Schubas
3/07 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room at The Crofoot
3/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
3/10 Ithaca, NY Castaways *
3/11 Toronto, ONT Lee's Palace *
3/12 Montreal, QC Il Motore *
3/13 Providence, RI Club Hell *
3/14 Boston, MA Paradise *
3/15 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom *

* = w/ A.C. Newman

CMJ Watch: Beach House, Dent May, Fight Bite, Bell

Dent May sans magnificent ukulele

Dent May - "Meet Me in the Garden" - mp3
Finding a loaded showcase can make a night on the streets of CMJ much easier. It eliminates all the running around, half drunk and tired trying to find your way to the next show. That being said, here are two showcases where you could sit all night and relax. We know you won't - but you COULD.

The first is the Paw Tracks/Car Park/Force Field PR showcase at Le Poisson Rouge on Wednesday night (10/22). Highlights here are definitely new-comer Dent May and Beach House. Paw Tracks will release May's debut The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele February 2. Apparently he recorded this in a trailer in his home town of Taylor, Mississippi. Yeah, it's a bit of a wait, but his Serge Gainsbourg-inspired tropicalia is certainly worth it. Definitely one to watch for in 2009.

Fite Bite "The Accident" - mp3
That brings us to a loaded Thursday evening (10/23) at Pianos for the Force Field PR showcase featuring Stark favorite Fight Bite, as well as Bell, Crystal Stilts, and Stars Like Fleas. Like we said, you could easily saddle up at Pianos for the entire evening. Texas duo Fight Bite's debut album Emerald Eyes is due October 28th. Emerald Eyes is filled with gauzy synths, lovely reverb-drenched vocals, and melancholy overtones. Put it on the list.

Full set lists and times after the jump...

DOWNSTAIRS / MAIN STAGE:

08PM - FAUNTS
09PM - BELL
10PM - AU
11PM - CAUSE CO-MOTION!
12AM - CRYSTAL STILTS
01AM - TOBACCO

DJ DUCKCOMB SPINNING ALL NIGHT IN BETWEEN BANDS

PIANOS UPSTAIRS:

08:30PM - THE PHYSICS OF MEANING
09:30PM - DONOVAN QUINN & THE 13TH MONTH
10:30PM - FIGHT BITE
11:30PM - PWRFL POWER
12:30AM - THE PITY PARTY
01:30AM - STARS LIKE FLEAS

DJ ALEXIS GEORGOPOULOS SPINNING ALL NIGHT IN BETWEEN BANDS

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CARPARK / PAW TRACKS / FORCE FIELD PR OFFICIAL CMJ SHOWCASE

WEDS. OCTOBER 22ND AT LE POISSON ROUGE
158 BLEECKER STREET / WEST VILLAGE
http://lepoissonrouge.com/
7PM - 2AM
$10 / LIMITED CMJ BADGES

MAIN STAGE:

07:00PM - WZT HEARTS
08:00PM - RINGS
09:30PM - EXCEPTER
10:00PM - DENT MAY & HIS MAGNIFICENT UKULELE
12:30AM - BEACH HOUSE

REAR STAGE:

07:30PM - ECSTATIC SUNSHINE
08:45PM - TICKLEY FEATHER
10:15PM - ADVENTURE
11:45PM - LESSER GONZALEZ ALVAREZ
01:15AM - KRIA BREKKAN