NEW LIVE VIDEO for “Chain Store” from The Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado made by the incredible crew at NoCoast(BIG UPS to Jesse Borrell & Tobin Voggesser)!! Check it out and hit that share button everybody!
TONIGHT > Virginia Beach, VA > Doc Taylor’s Seaside Market Lounge
TOMORROW > Terra Alta, WV > Dome Fest
Jimkata Daytrotter Studio Session
While touring the Midwest last month we stopped by the Daytrotter studios and recorded four tracks off “Die Digital.” What a very cool experience being at their studios, The Horseshack, where they recently taped sessions with everyone from Bon Iver and The Lumineers to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Mumford and Sons. We hope you enjoy! Please hit REBLOG and tell your friends!
Link: http://bit.ly/XUzWGL
Track Listing:
- Welcome to Daytrotter
- Nightshade
- Die Digital
- Legoland
- Chain Store
There’s perspective to be had when you’re sitting around outside, in a backyard in Austin, Texas, in the middle of March, legs wiped, body whipped, with a sweet, warm breeze licking and soft, white lights burning above you. There’s nothing like some tranquility after a bout of madness. There’s nothing quite like knowing that you’re about to get yourself back to normal in just a few more hours. There’s nothing like being able to be confident in such a thing, in rebounding back to the state that you feel most comfortable in. It can all suddenly feel like meaning abounds, that there are strings everywhere and there might be reasons for all the mad times that you have.
Listening to Ithaca, New York band Jimkata, on an evening such as this, after a real shit storm of a week, forces you to take stock in the nuances that usually blow right past us. The biggest problem is that new madness is never too far away. It always keeps you off balance, for that very reason.
When Jimkata lead singer Evan Friedell sings, “All the best things seem to surface after the worst/All the worst things seem to come around and go around,” we’re left considering the wasted amount of energy we put into our passing troubles. We know that things roll right on. They never stop and stand around for long. That’s just the way the beast works. These songs seem to be odes to the little decisions that are made to take back happiness, to keep calm in times of turmoil. They are about finding that happiness that was tattered a bit. They are about feeling fresh and finding light. They are about feeling worn, but with purpose.
Throwback Thursday. Winter Tour 2013 Edition.
#loungin #radio #interview #jimkata #tourlife #dayoff #evansville #in @packylunn @aarongorsch (at The Edge Radio at University of Southern Indiana)
Happy Birthday to the big man who makes the bass go BOOM! Mr. David Rossi! Come on out TONIGHT to Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar in BUFFALO with Space Junk and buy this man a drink!
Got another KILLER week of shows on Die Digital Winter Tour!
- THURSDAY 1.31 | Buffalo, NY | Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar w. Space Junk
- FRIDAY 2.1 | Erie, PA | the crooked i w. OCUPANTHER
- SATURDAY 2.2 | Pittsburgh, PA | Thunderbird Cafe
BIG UPS to The Buffalo News for getting where we’re at!
Meanwhile, down in the underground, where the most exciting and dynamic music is almost always being made, DJs who still spin and manipulate vinyl records, as opposed to the “digital spinning” favored by the top-dollar DJs, are hooking up with real-time musicians to “jam.” And bands are employing laptops to keep the four-on-the-floor going while they construct compositions, improvise and take off on collective jams around that techno pulse. This is happening in Buffalo clubs that feature live music on a consistent basis, most nights of the week.
BIG UPS are also in order to The Earie Times-News for the glowing preview of our show tomorrow night!
Jimkata expects to return to Blue Heron, but before that it heads back to the Crooked I on Friday. The quartet is coming off a strong 2012 that included the release of breakthrough album “Die Digital” and touring across the country.
“I think it was a formidable year for us,” Friedell said. “‘Die Digital’ is probably the first record we put out that we all feel really confident in saying, ‘This is our sound, this is where we’re going.’ And it was our first year of real serious, organized touring. We learned a lot. We gained a lot of traction in new places and made new fans all over in places I never thought we’d be.”
The band played Minneapolis, Denver, Chicago and other major cities, as well as festivals with Umphrey’s McGee, the Roots and Steve Winwood. They turned a lot of heads with their groove-centric sound, which features powerful beats and a big guitar sound. Though they employ electronics, don’t expect Skrillex.
“The EDM name tag is like a buzzword of late, but, for us, we’re influenced by electronic and hip-hop music,” Friedell said. “That’s kind of where we get our driving beat. But we’re very much a songwriting rock ‘n’ roll band. We have those influences, but we’re not like DJs or live instrumental dance music.”
preach it, eddie!
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TOUR! This will be our life for the next 3 months. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
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New Year's Eve | End of 2012 Tour & Winter Tour 2013!
(Click above to get your copy of Die Digital)
Hey Everybody!
It’s almost the end of the world and we’ve got plenty to let you know about before it all ends! So read below to catch up on all the Jimkata goings-on.
DIE DIGITAL FALL TOUR RECAP
After a long 2 and a half months across the country and back we couldn’t be happier to have met and played music for some truly amazing people all over the USA. Big BIG ups to all of you who came out, shacked us up for the night, gave us a high five or straight up danced your ass off. Expect a Facebook photo album soon, but in the meantime look for #jimkata or @jimkata on Instagram! It was quite the experience and we can’t wait to do it again in 2013!
NEW MERCH
Our online merch store is up and running and ready to fulfill YOUR holiday order! Click here to check out our new line of Die Digital merch (CDs, tees, tanks and hats) and enter GYMKATA at check out to receive 15% off your entire order!
END OF 2012
Now as we rest at home with our loved ones, reminesce and plan for 2013 we are hitting some of our favorite spots around the Northeast to finish up the year starting THIS WEEKEND!
Thurs. 11.29 // Boston, MA // Church%
Fri. 11.30 // Utica, NY // Pier’s & Blake*
Sat. 12.1 // Manchester, CT // The Main Pub
Fri. 12.7 // Rochester, NY // Water Street Music Hall*
Sat. 12.8 // Oneonta, NY // Oneonta Theatre
%w/ Jeff Bujak
NEW YEAR’S RUN
Our New Year’s Eve run will take us through three of our favorite cities culminating with a wild “Back to the Future” themed New Year’s Eve show at The Haunt in Ithaca, NY!
Thurs. 12.27 // Philadelphia, PA // The Blockley#
Fri. 12.28 // New York, NY // POST PHISH @ Club 39
Mon. 12.31 // Ithaca, NY // The Haunt
#supporting Long Miles
NEW YEAR’S EVE
After a long year on the road we can’t wait to ring in what promises to be a banner year for Jimkata in our hometown of Ithaca, NY with YOU at The Haunt! Cruise up in your Delorean blasting some Huey Lewis & The News because this year’s theme is “Back to the Future.” Get ready for plenty of shenanigans and antics as we will be rockin 2 sets with a champagne toast a midnight! Head here to get your tickets and invite your crew to the Facebook event.
Need a place to crash after the show? Have no worries we’ve lined up some rooms at Econolodge. Simply call (607) 257-1400 and mention that you’re going to see Jimkata to get $55 singles or $60 doubles!
WINTER TOUR 2013
Following our New Year’s run we’ll take a short rest before heading right back out on Die Digital Winter Tour! Peep the first leg of dates below and then join the street team to help us spread the word. Many more dates to come …
Thurs. 1.17 // New Haven, CT // Stella Blues
Fri. 1.18 // Albany, NY // Red Square
Sat. 1.19 // Stowe, VT // Matterhorn
Sun. 1.20 // Stowe, VT // Matterhorn
Weds. 1.23 // Burlington, VT // Nectar’s
Thurs. 1.24 // Providence, RI // The Spot
Fri. 1.25 // Northampton, MA // Pearl Street
Sat. 1.26 // Nyack, NY // Olive’s
Fri. 2.1 // Erie, PA // The Crooked I
Sat. 2.2 // Pittsburgh, PA // Thunderbird Café
Sat. 2.23 // Chicago, IL // The Abbey Pub
Sun. 2.24 // Evansville, IL // Lamasco Bar
Weds. 2.27 // Grand Rapids, MI // Pyramid Scheme
Thurs. 2.28 // Kalamazoo, MI // Shakespeare’s
Fri. 3.1 // Lansing, MI // The Loft
STREET TEAM
With all of these tour dates we need YOUR help in spreading the word! In exchange for your hard work helping us get the word out you get in for free and get some sweet free stuff now and then. So click here to join up and help spread the Jimkata phenomenon today!
Finally we can’t thank you enough for your support. It’s been an amazing year and we look forward to growing with you in 2013!
Much Love -
- Aaron, Evan, Packy, Dave -
- Jimkata -
Source: jimkata.fanbridge.com
Traveling somewhere for Turkey Day and need some fresh new tunes? Don’t forget you can find tons of our live shows available for FREE DOWNLOAD over at archive.org! Check em out and then catch us back in the Northeast next week!
THURSDAY 11.29 | Boston, MA | Church of Boston w. Jeff Bujak | RSVP on FB
FRIDAY 11.30 | Utica, NY | Pier’s & Blake w. The Manhattan Project | RSVP on FB
SATURDAY 12.1 | Manchester, CT | The Main Pub Restaurant and Music Club | RSVP on FB (2 SETS!)
FRIDAY 12.7 | Rochester, NY | Water Street Music Hall w. The Manhattan Project | RSVP on FB
SATURDAY 12.8 | Oneonta, NY | Oneonta Theatre Events | RSVP on FB
Source: archive.org
JIMKATA
If you’ve never heard of this band, I highly suggest you look them up. Tonight has been my third time seeing them and I have to say, every show just gets better and better. I think I’ve officially become a “groupie.” Call it what you’d like, I will support this band forever. Good tunes, fellas.
aww, thanks! we have the best fans
