NEW ALBUM ROCKET OUT NOW VIA DOMINO RECORDS
ON TOUR NOW THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA
LISTEN AND SHARE “SPORTSTAR” (PORCHES REMIX) HERE
LISTEN AND SHARE “SPORTSTAR” (ORIGINAL) HERE
“On his latest record…Giannascoli pivots yet again, combining Americana flourishes, noise collages, and breathless hardcore stylings.” - NEW YORKER
“one of the year’s most endlessly generous records.” – PITCHFORK
“Rocket is one of the year’s most idiosyncratic – and phenomenal – indie-rock records yet.” – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
PHOTO CREDIT: Tonje Thilesen // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Last month, (Sandy) Alex G released Rocket, his eighth and most varied album to date. Standout single “Sportstar,” a down-tempo piano song with dreamy auto-tuned vocals, has received a remix, courtesy of Porches.
LISTEN AND SHARE “SPORTSTAR” (PORCHES REMIX) HERE
LISTEN AND SHARE “SPORTSTAR” (ORIGINAL) HERE
The album version of “Sportstar” was recently featured on Esquire’s Best Songs of the Year So Far list and Rocket found its way onto Best Albums of the Year So Far lists from Uproxx, Spin, Stereogum, Esquire and Billboard.
(Sandy) Alex G is midway through an extensive North American tour, with upcoming stops in Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto, which is already sold out. Tickets for all shows can be purchased here. Full tour dates can be found below.
Rocket is available now on limited red translucent vinyl, limited red translucent cassette (Domino Mart exclusive), limited random colorway cassette (Bandcamp exclusive), CD, and digital download.
PURCHASE ROCKET
iTunes || Domino Mart || Bandcamp
(SANDY) ALEX G TOUR DATES
06/15 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex (SOLD OUT)
06/16 San Diego, CA – The Irenic
06/17 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
06/18 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel (SOLD OUT)
06/20 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
06/21 Vancouver, BC - The Cobalt
06/22 Portland, OR – Holocene (SOLD OUT)
06/24 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
06/25 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
06/27 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
06/28 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
06/29 Columbus, OH - Double Happiness
06/30 Lakewood, OH - Mahall’s
07/01 Detroit, MI - El Club
07/02 Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground (SOLD OUT)
07/04 Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz
07/05 Boston, MA - The Sinclair
07/06 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg (SOLD OUT)
07/07 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
07/08 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
09/09 San Bernardino, CA – High & Low Festival
09/28-30 Lincoln, NE – Lincoln Calling Festival
10/06-08 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
10/13-15 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
10/17 Dublin, IR – Whelans’s
10/18 Glasgow, UK – CCA
10/19 Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
10/20 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
10/23 Nottingham, UK – Bodega
10/24 London, UK – Scala
10/25 Cambridge, UK – Portland Arms
10/26 Brighton, UK – Patterns
10/30 Brussels, BE – Witloof Bar
11/03 Colgne, DE – Acephale
11/05 Zurich, CH – Papiersaal
11/06 Munich, DE – Milla
11/07 Mainz, DE – Schon
11/08 Berlin, DE – Badehaus
11/09 Copenhagen, DN – Loppen
11/11 Oslo, NO – John Dee