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John and Nabil from The Long Winters will be doing a special all-grunge, all-vinyl DJ set at Linda's in Seattle (707 E. Pine St) from 9-12 on Wednesday night 7/9. Happy 20th anniversary, Sub Pop! |
There's a great interview up at Spin, in which John Roderick of The Long Winters talks about preparations for recording their next album (which we hope will be out in early 2009). Read the article, or listen to the phone conversation now on Spin.com. |
On Saturday, April 19, independent music stores across the country will be taking part in the first annual Record Store Day, celebrating those wonderful and unique places where music fans can find satisfaction. Several of Barsuk's artists will be taking part in this event — be sure to check out your local record store to find out what events they have planned.
Here's where you can find our bands:
- Aqueduct performance at Sonic Boom (Ballard) in Seattle, WA at 4pm
- Mates of State performance at Newbury Comics (on Newbury Street) in Boston, MA at noon
- Menomena foosball tournament at Jackpot Records (SW 9th) in Portland, OR from 1pm to 3pm — anyone who beats the band members at foosball will have their name put into a hat; at the end of the tournament, one lucky winner will win a special gift. The band will also be DJ'ing during the event.
- Nada Surf performance at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ 2:30pm
- John Roderick (The Long Winters) DJ set at Sonic Boom (Capitol Hill) in Seattle, WA at 3pm
- Jesse Sykes performance at Easy Street (Queen Anne) in Seattle, WA at 5pm
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 The concept: gather together a bunch of bands in a house that will be destroyed. All bands play one song each, and perform their song twice, and then the house is destroyed. Capture everything on film, and release it on DVD.
For the Seattle edition, Death Cab's Ben Gibbard gathered together a bunch of great local bands: The Long Winters, Jesse Sykes, David Bazan, Harvey Danger, Tiny Vipers, The Cave Singers, Minus The Bear, Eddie Vedder, Kinski, Spook The Horse, The Can't See, The Blue Scholars, Triumph of Lethargy Skinned To Death, and, of course, himself. Released by Trixie DVD, but available here while supplies last. |
Head on over to the excellent blogsite, It's Hard to Find a Friend, where they're offering a digital album with tracks from Chris Walla and The Long Winters. It's a benefit compilation, with all proceeds going to the Toys for Tots organization. Seven bucks for a great cause and great music — what could be better? |
 The Long Winters recently stopped in at the Rock Island, IL studio of Daytrotter, the awesome website which features exclusive live recordings from today's hippest bands, and performed four songs for the site. John Roderick was interviewed, and revealed his skills at Mattel football — read and listen here.
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John Roderick, singer and primary merrymaker from The Long Winters, attended this year's Bonnaroo festival and reported on what he saw and heard for MSN.com. Quite an enjoyable read, like all of Roderick's writing — check it out! |
That's right, get your Eastern Washington baking-in-the-sun Long Winters fix on Memorial Day weekend — details can be found on the Sasquatch website. It's a heckuva lineup... |
The Long Winters will be performing on the Toronto-based TV show Beautiful Noise on May 3rd at Toronto's Berkeley Church. If you're in the area and would like to attend the show (there are only 200 free tickets available), send an email with your name to audience100@gmail.com with subject line "THE LONG WINTERS". First-come, first-served, so act now! |
Rolling Stone has chosen the Long Winters' track pushover as one of the best songs of 2006 (we think the entire album should be on the list, but I guess we're biased). Read the article online here. |
John Roderick, along with members of other bands (Xiu Xiu, Rogue Wave, +/-, and others), share their thoughts on the midterm election results — read it on SPIN.com. |
Catch The Long Winters' performance on World Cafe today! |
 All four official Barsuk releases got the vinyl treatment from The Control Group label, and are now available in the shop, individually, or as part of a special hand-numbered box set. The ultimatum EP has 4 additional tracks on it — get yours now while supplies last!
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Paste Magazine and KEXP 90.3 FM are presenting the upcoming Long Winters fall tour and tour contest. Visit www.pastemagazine.com/thelongwinters to enter the contest and to get exclusive video and MP3 downloads.
Make sure you also check out the new video from The Long Winters for the song fire island, ak. |
John Roderick and Eric Corson of The Long Winters will be performing on KUOW from 2:07pm until 2:25pm today, August 11th. KUOW can be heard at 94.9 on the FM dial (in the Seattle area) or on the web at www.kuow.org. |
The Long Winters' John Roderick talks about his favorite gun, the Han Solo blaster, in this Star Wars community interview. |
If you're in the New York City area, are at least 21 years old, and are interested in attending a free Long Winters show on August 8th, send an email to secretshow@barsuk.com and we'll send you all the details. Space is limited! |
The definitive album by a great American band is out now, and receiving praise from all corners. NPR: "[Frontman John] Roderick is a master storyteller." Rolling Stone: "A bucketload of bittersweet pop-rock melodies. [3.5 stars out of 4]" Paste: "A grande-sized mug of Roderick's best songwriting." |
"The Long Winters craft delightfully clever, shimmering pop. [Songwriter] Roderick is a master storyteller." (NPR) The upcoming record from The Long Winters, putting the days to bed, is available now for pre-ordering. If you're in the US, and you pre-order before release date (July 25), you'll also receive a 4-issue subscription to the excellent magazine, Paste. |
In case you haven't heard, The Long Winters have a new record coming out July 25 called putting the days to bed, and critics are already praising it. Get an advance taste by streaming the entire record from Mammoth Press. |
We sent The Long Winters' frontman, John Roderick, on a secret mission: attend the hippie-rock music festival, Bonnaroo, and write about your experience. Hand-bloodying guitar solo with Death Cab for Cutie, tears of joy seduced out of him by Cat Power's Chan Marshall, and dancing to the throbbing Steel Pulse: read all the gory details here. |
Indie Interviews is a cool new website doing interviews of indie artists, and then podcasting them. They've recently done podcasts for both Mates of State and The Long Winters — have a listen! |
Not only is John Roderick busy making the next Long Winters record, but he's been putting his sharp wit and insight to use by writing a couple of articles for national magazines. Read his explanation of the song ultimatum in this CMJ article, or see what he has to say about the touring life in this Seattle Sound piece. |
Mark your calendars! On February 9th, Three Imaginary Girls will be hosting a "69 Love Songs" Pre-Valentine's Day Bash at the Crocodile Cafe, featuring the songs of the Magnetic Fields as interpreted by members of some of Seattle's favorite bands, including The Long Winters, Tullycraft, Visqueen, Rocky Votolato, Slender Means, Kane Hodder, Daylight Basement, Math and Physics Club, Harvey Danger, and many more. The night will be co-sponsored by 90.3 KEXP, Barsuk Records, and Magic Marker Records. |
Check up on John Roderick and find out what the Long Winters are up to in this interview recently posted on the Depraved Fangirls website. |
The Long Winters are Band of the Day on Spin.com, with a special feature and download of a track from their new EP. You can vote on each Band of the Day if you click through the entire article, and if enough fans vote for The Long Winters, they could be awarded Band of the Month or, ultimately, Band of the Year. |
There's a great article introducing the members of The Long Winters in the Featured Band section of the Seattle PI, available online here. |
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