Tomas Andersson Wij släpper nytt album – Splitter Vol. 1

“I maj 2018 satt jag på en av söders redan sommarvarma uteserveringar och lyssnade för första gången igenom 20 års outgivet låtmaterial. Det var en del. Hittade en brusig demo från 2011, kallad Splitter. Kunde inte för mitt liv förstå varför den inte kom med på skivan Romantiken. Förmodligen för att någon jag spelade den för såg aningens likgiltig ut. Hatar att erkänna det men sånt kan räcka ibland – en tvivelsbacill överförd i ett svagt ögonblick.

Andra vanliga skäl till att låtar inte tar sig in på mina album: Det blir en deppig ballad för mycket ✔️ Det blir en jättelång låt för mycket ✔️ Låten är en smärre hit men också smärre banal ✔️Låten är bra men bryter för hårt med skivans vibb och tematik ✔️Artisten har fixa idéer och saknar omdöme ✔️

Så föddes idén om Splitter Vol. 1, ett sorts specialalbum med det bästa av det outgivna + nyinspelningar av låtar jag skrivit till andra, som Freddie Wadling, Sara Zacharias, Rikard Wolff och Bo Kaspers Orkester. Den äldsta låten är från 1999 och den senaste skrevs härom året.

För mig är det här inte så mycket en arkeologisk utgrävning som en skiva med gamla låtar jag gillar och som jag vill ska få komma ut. Jag var beredd på att det skulle kännas mer… ja, splittrat, men tycker mest att det låter som album nummer 11 med mig. Och det är så jag hoppas att ni ska lyssna på den.”

Tomas Andersson Wij
Gröndal i januari 2019.

Lyssna på “Splitter Vol. 1” här: http://smarturl.it/TAW.SplitterVol1


Turnépremiär idag 22/2:

22 februari – Mariestad, Jubileumsteatern
23 februari – Norrköping, Arbis
28 februari – Luleå, Kulturens Hus
1 mars – Örnsköldsvik, Folkan Teater
2 mars – Umeå, Stadskyrkan
3 mars – Skellefteå, Nordanåteatern
7 mars – Göteborgs Konserthus
8 mars – Vadstena klosterkyrka
9 mars – Växjö Teater
12 mars – Östersund, Storsjöteatern
13 mars – Malmö, Palladium
14 mars – Vara Konserthus
15 mars – Jönköpings Teater
16 mars – Jönköpings Teater
17 mars – Nyköping, Culturum
21 mars – Bollnäs, Kulturhuset
22 mars – Hudiksvall, Kulturhuset Glada Hudik
23 mars – Uppsala, Katalin
27 mars – Halmstad, Kulturhuset Najaden
28 mars – Kristianstad, Kulturkvarteret
29 mars – Ystads Teater
30 mars – Karlskrona Konsthall
5 april – Örebro, Conventum Club 700
6 april – Sala, Sätra Brunn Kyrka
12 april – Stockholm, Södra Teatern
13 april – Stockholm, Södra Teatern

Biljetter till turnén: www.blixten.se/taw

Danko Jones release “Dance Dance Dance” music video!

As they prepare to finish a three-week U.S. headline tour tonight in Seattle, the Canadian hard rock trio DANKO JONES has unveiled the Amir Chamdin-directed music video for their latest single, “Dance Dance Dance.” The clip can be seen at this location: https://youtu.be/LKsZZY-m4yI

Chamdin – an award-winning Swedish filmmaker who has previously helmed clips for the likes of Ghost, The Cardigans and The Hellacopters – shot the “Dance Dance Dance” video last month in Stockholm and created something truly unique with it by combining two vastly different artforms – Danko’s signature style of Rock with an incredible single-take Dancehall video. As longtime fans of his work, the members of DANKO JONES were excited to collaborate with Chamdin and gave him free reign to bring his vision of their song to life.

Says front man Danko Jones, “We are excited to finally have Amir Chamdin directing the video for our new single, ‘Dance Dance Dance.’ We’ve been a huge fan of Amir’s work for years now, and waiting to work with him was all worth it.”

“Dance Dance Dance” – which premiered on Los Angeles’ KLOS-FM last month, when Jones guested on the popular “Jonesy’s Jukebox” program hosted by Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) – is the third track unveiled in advance of the release of the group’s new album, “A Rock Supreme,” produced by GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rise Against, Biffy Clyro). “A Rock Supreme” is due out April 26 via M-Theory Audio (U.S.), Rise Above (UK), Indica (Canada, AU, NZ) and AFM (rest of the world).

DANKO JONES – “A Rock Supreme” track listing:

  1. I’m In A Band
  2. I Love Love
  3. We’re Crazy
  4. Dance Dance Dance
  5. Lipstick City
  6. Fists Up High
  7. Party
  8. You Got Today
  9. That Girl
  10. Burn In Hell
  11. You Can’t Keep Us Down

While the group’s successful West Coast tour with Nashville Pussy and Prima Donna ends tonight, DANKO JONES will return to America later this year, when they will embark on the inaugural Megacruise with Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament and other legendary heavyweights. The band also has a number of high-profile European performances scheduled in the coming months, including an appearance at the annual Sweden Rock festival, the Highfield Festival in Germany and a Helsinki date supporting The Offspring. Australian and Canadian dates will be announced shortly. A complete list of their upcoming shows can be seen at www.dankojones.com/tour.

DANKO JONES – whose namesake front man contributed guest vocals to Volbeat’s 2017 #1 Active Rock hit “Black Rose,” a song he performed live with the group at their recent stadium show in Denmark (captured on the newly-released DVD/Blu-ray “Let’s Boogie! Live From Telia Parken”) – has made a name for themselves over the years as a must-see live band during memorable tours with the likes of Guns N’ Roses, Motörhead and Clutch. The group’s best-known material includes “Had Enough,” which earned the group their first gold and platinum singles in Sweden and has racked up more than 14 million Spotify streams; “Gonna Be A Fight Tonight,” which WWE used as the official theme song of the 2015 Royal Rumble; and “Lovercall,” their first of seven singles to crack the U.S. Active Rock Top 40.

DANKO JONES is:
Danko Jones – guitar, vocals

John “J.C.” Calabrese – bass

Rich Knox – drums

Press photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vlbiics5oste5c6/AACzfN36m8jjFRW7Bch8HKhMa/Pressphotos?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

For more information, please visit:

www.dankojones.com

www.facebook.com/dankojones

www.instagram.com/danko_jones

www.twitter.com/dankojones

www.m-theoryaudio.com

New DANKO JONES Album ‘A Rock Supreme’ Due April 26; ‘Dance Dance Dance’ Single Out Now

Acclaimed hard rockers’ U.S. tour with Nashville Pussy & Prima Donna kicks off Feb. 6

It’s long been clear that the Canadian hard rock trio DANKO JONES lives and breathes – and even sweats and bleeds – rock n’ roll. The group’s namesake front man loves to talk about it (check out his long-running “The Official Danko Jones Podcast” for proof); he loves to write about it (as his new book, “I’ve Got Something To Say: 10 Years of Rock and Roll Ramblings,” pointedly captures); and he loves to sing about it, as evidenced by a number of the group’s best-loved songs (“I Gotta Rock,” “Rock Shit Hot,” “Do You Wanna Rock,” etc.).

 On the group’s new album, the aptly-titled “A Rock Supreme,” Danko Jones – the man and the band – up the ante considerably from the moment the very first words blast from the speakers: I’m in a band, and I love it / All I want to do is play my guitar and rock and roll. There’s no midlife crisis here, no softening with age, no signs of self-doubt – just 11 fist-pumping (literally, in the case of “Fists Up High”) jolts of sonic adrenaline with nary a ballad in sight.

 “’A Rock Supreme’ is the name of our new studio album. There are 11 songs on it, and they’re all fantastic,” says Jones. “Trust me – we know what we’re doing when it comes to hard rock.”

 Produced by GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rise Against, Biffy Clyro) and featuring cover artwork by Ulf Lunden (Graveyard, Europe, Bombus), “A Rock Supreme” – which is available now for pre-order – will be released on April 26 via M-Theory Audio (U.S.), Rise Above (UK), Indica (Canada, AU, NZ) and AFM (rest of the world). All digital pre-orders include three instant downloads – the previously released singles “We’re Crazy” and “Burn In Hell,” and the newly-released “Dance Dance Dance,” which can now be streamed on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other digital platforms.

 A music video for “Dance Dance Dance” will premiere early next month, when the band will hit the road in the Western United States for a two-week headlining tour with support from the like-minded hard rock group Nashville Pussy and recent European tour mates Prima Donna. A complete list of the band’s upcoming concerts appears below.

 DANKO JONES – whose namesake front man contributed guest vocals to Volbeat’s 2017 #1 Active Rock hit “Black Rose,” a song he performed live with the group at their recent stadium show in Denmark (captured on the recently-released DVD/Blu-ray “Let’s Boogie! Live From Telia Parken”) – has made a name for themselves over the years as a must-see live band during memorable tours with the likes of Guns N’ Roses, Motörhead and Clutch. The group’s last album, 2017’s “Wild Cat,” cracked the sales charts in Canada and eight European territories, achieving the group’s highest chart positions yet in Germany, France, Belgium and Switzerland. Upon its release, lead single “My Little RNR” became one of the fastest-streaming songs of the band’s career and has since become a live staple.

 Over the years, DANKO JONES has earned extensive praise for their visceral live shows and attitudinal, libidinous rock. The group’s best-known material includes “Had Enough,” which earned the group their first gold and platinum singles in Sweden and has racked up more than 13 million Spotify streams; “Gonna Be A Fight Tonight,” which WWE used as the official theme song of the 2015 Royal Rumble; and “Lovercall,” their first of seven singles to crack the U.S. Active Rock Top 40.

Stream/download ‘Dance Dance Dance’: http://smarturl.it/DDD_Single

DANKO JONES – “A Rock Supreme” track listing:

  1. I’m In A Band
  2. I Love Love
  3. We’re Crazy
  4. Dance Dance Dance
  5. Lipstick City
  6. Fists Up High
  7. Party
  8. You Got Today
  9. That Girl
  10. Burn In Hell
  11. You Can’t Keep Us Down

DANKO JONES on tour:

 

European spring shows

Mar. 29            (CH) Laufen, Biomill

Mar. 30           (CH) Wil, Gare de Lion

 

USA

(Live with Nashville Pussy and Prima Donna)

Feb. 6   Las Vegas, NV – Club172 (no Nashville Pussy)

Feb. 7   Phoenix, AZ – The Nile

Feb. 8   West Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go

Feb. 9   Tustin, CA – Marty’s On Newport

Feb. 10  San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park

Feb. 13  Long Beach, CA – Alex’s Bar

Feb. 14  Ventura, CA – Discovery Ventura

Feb. 15  San Jose, CA – The Ritz

Feb. 16  San Francisco, CA – Slim’s

Feb. 17  Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s

Feb. 19  Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo House of Music

Feb. 20  Portland, OR – Dante’s

Feb. 21  Seattle, WA – El Corazon

 

Megadeth Megacruise

Oct 13-18 Los Angeles, CA – San Diego, CA – Ensenada, MEX

 

Tickets for all shows: www.dankojones.com

 

DANKO JONES is:

Danko Jones – guitar, vocals

John “J.C.” Calabrese – bass

Rich Knox – drums

 

For more information, please visit:

www.dankojones.com

www.facebook.com/dankojones

www.twitter.com/dankojones

www.instagram.com/danko_jones

www.youtube.com/user/dankotv

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7CGoviGsNXYmGOBkXk8dtW

The Official Danko Jones podcast: http://www.dankojones.com/category/podcast/

Press photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2m351ko5eifwsvj/AAA7x0IUQ5cTORd2Gt_GtWvza?dl=0