The Head and The Heart has just announced two consecutive nights in Boston:
7/25 and 7/26
at Royale
Boston, MA
On sale this Friday, 5/18
Pre-sales live for both shows now HERE!
Check out some new songs from The Head and The Heart from their Fuel/Friends Chapel Session round 2! 
The Head and The Heart are playing a free show for Celebrate Brooklyn on July 27th!
Celebrate Brooklyn
Prospect Park Bandshell
July 27th
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Lost in the Trees
FREE
The Head and The Heart are playing at this year’s Vancouver Folk Music Festival! Visit www.thefestival.bc.ca for tickets and more information. 
The following shows are on sale now! We also have a limited number of pre-sale tickets still available for each show—get them while you can and save some money on service charges!
June 4th
The Observatory
Santa Ana, CA
Pre-sale
Tickets
June 11th
Backstage Live
San Antonio, TX
Pre-sale
Tickets
July 20th
Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre
Portland, OR
Pre-sale
Tickets
The Head and The Heart have just announced three additional tour dates! Grab pre-sale tickets TODAY, Tuesday, April 24th at 10 am local venue time:
June 4th
The Observatory
Santa Ana, CA
pre-sale tickets HERE
On sale: Fri, April 27th
June 11th
Backstage Live
San Antonio, TX
pre-sale tickets HERE
On sale: Fri, April 27th
July 20th
Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre
Portland, OR
Artist pre-sale tickets HERE
Zoo Pre-sale: Wednesday, April 25th
General on sale: Friday, April 27th
The following new tour dates are all on sale now!
June 7th
The Granada Theatre
Dallas, TX
General TICKETS
June 28th
9:30 Club
Washington, D.C.
General TICKETS
June 30th
Northside Opti-Park
Indianapolis, IN
Pre-sale TICKETS
General TICKETS
July 31st
House of Blues
Cleveland, OH
Pre-sale TICKETS
General TICKETS
August 1st
Mr. Small’s Theatre
Millvale, PA
Pre-sale TICKETS
General TICKETS
The Head and The Heart have announced five new tour dates! See below for pre-sale and general on sale information:
June 7th
The Granada Theatre
Dallas, TX
Pre-sale TICKETS
On sale: Friday, April 20th
June 28th
9:30 Club
Washington, D.C.
Pre-sale TICKETS
General on sale: Friday, April 20th
June 30th
Northside Opti-Park
Indianapolis, IN
Pre-sale TICKETS
General on sale: Friday, April 20th
July 31st
House of Blues
Cleveland, OH
Pre-sale TICKETS
General on sale: Friday, April 20th
August 1st
Mr. Small’s Theatre
Millvale, PA
Pre-sale TICKETS
General on sale: Friday, April 20th
The Head and The Heart are playing the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Summer Series in Grand Rapids, MI on August 2nd.
Tickets go on sale to Gardens members on April 28th and general on sale begins May 12th. For more information visit www.startickets.com
The Head and The Heart are playing Lollapalooza! The festival takes place August 3rd-5th at Grant Park in Chicago, IL. Stay tuned for which of those days The Head and The Heart take the stage. For more information, visit www.lollapalooza.com
Check out the brand new merch items in The Head and The Heart’s online store!
The Head and The Heart is playing the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, DE!
Firefly Music Festival
The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway
Dover, DE
July 20th - July 22nd (THATH will play one of those dates)
Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 5th
www.fireflyfestival.com
On sale today!
July 28th
Northampton, MA
Calvin Theatre
TICKETS
July 30th
New Haven, CT
Toad’s Place
TICKETS
The Head and The Heart have added two new tour dates!
July 28th
Northampton, MA
Calvin Theatre
July 30th
New Haven, CT
Toad’s Place
Pre-sale for both shows begin Tuesday, March 27th at 10 am local venue time.
Pre-sale tickets for Toad’s Place are available HERE.
Pre-sale tickets for Calvin Theatre are available HERE.
Tickets for both shows go on sale to the general public this Friday, March 30th.
The Head and The Heart will play at this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival!
Winnipeg Folk Festival
Winnipeg, MB
July 7th and 8th
TICKETS
The Head and The Heart will be at this year’s Milwaukee Summerfest! The festival takes place June 27th through July 8th, the band will play one of those dates. For more information, visit www.summerfest.com
Check out a video interview produced by speaker tv HERE!
“Just wanted to say thank you to you and the whole team for making something worth watching and putting it out there! I in general hate doing interviews because the use of them is so poorly used afterwards. But this is helping change my mind about that.” - Jon
The Head and The Heart will be at this year’s Newport Folk Festival!
The Newport Folk Festival
Sunday, July 29th
Newport, RI
Tickets are on sale now HERE
For the full line-up and more information, please visit http://www.newportfolkfest.net/
The Head and The Heart are playing the Forecastle Music and Arts Festival!
Forecastle Music and Arts Festival
Louisville, KY
July 13th
Passes on sale now HERE
For the full line-up more information on the festival, please visit www.forecastlefest.com
The Head and The Heart are excited to be playing The Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, TN!
Beale Street Music Festival
Sunday, May 6th
Memphis, TN
TICKETS
After selling out their first night at Stubb’s in Austin on June 9th, The Head and The Heart have added a second show!
June 10th
Stubb’s
Austin, TX
A limited number of pre-sale tickets are available at www.crowdsurge/theheadandtheheart. Stay tuned for general tickets available later today!
The Head and The Heart’s label mates, Husky, will be support on the following shows in May and June!
5/31 Thu RENO, NV The Knitting Factory
6/01 Fri SAN FRANCISCO, CA Fillmore
6/02 Sat SAN FRANCISCO, CA Fillmore
6/05 Tue PHOENIX, AZ Crescent Ballroom
6/08 Fri HOUSTON, TX Fitzgerald’s
6/09 Sat AUSTIN, TX Stubb’s
Today, Friday, February 24th, at 10am local venue time, the following tour dates that were announced Tuesday are on sale to the general public:
May 31st
The Knitting Factory
Reno, NV
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
TICKETS
*Limited pre-sale tickets still available at www.crowdsurge.com/theheadandtheheart
June 3rd
The Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
TICKETS
June 5th
Crescent Ballroom
Phoenix, AZ
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
TICKETS
June 8th
Fitzgerald’s
Houston, TX
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
TICKETS
June 9th
Stubb’s
Austin, TX
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
TICKETS
Pre-sale tickets for the following shows will be made available at www.crowdsurge.com/theheadandtheheart today, Wednesday, February 22nd at 10am local venue time. By buying tickets through this pre-sale, you will be able to get your tickets before anyone else and save money on service charges.
Tickets for all dates above will go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 24th.
May 31st
The Knitting Factory
Reno, NV
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
June 3rd
The Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
June 5th
Crescent Ballroom
Phoenix, AZ
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
June 8th
Fitzgerald’s
Houston, TX
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
June 9th
Stubb’s
Austin, TX
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
The Head and The Heart announced a handful of new tour dates this morning, including a third night at the Fillmore in San Francisco!
May 31st
The Knitting Factory
Reno, NV
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
June 3rd
The Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
June 5th
Crescent Ballroom
Phoenix, AZ
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
June 8th
Fitzgerald’s
Houston, TX
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
June 9th
Stubb’s
Austin, TX
w/ special guest The Moondoggies
Pre-sale tickets for all of these shows will be made available at www.crowdsurge.com/theheadandtheheart tomorrow, Wednesday, February 22nd at 10am local venue time. By buying tickets through this pre-sale, you will be able to get your tickets before anyone else and save money on service charges.
Tickets for all dates above will go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 24th.
Just added! Two dates supporting The Dave Matthews Band:
May 22nd
Lakewood Amphitheatre
Atlanta, GA
Tickets on sale March 9th
May 23rd
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Charlotte, NC
Tickets on sale March 9th
Watch the new “Down in the Valley” video right now at Spin magazine! The video, directed by Ryan McMackin, was filmed at several venues across the US during The Head and The Heart’s Fall 2011 tour.
The Head and The Heart will be The Shins’ featured special guest on select dates during their upcoming tour! See below for details:
5/25
Bend, OR
Les Schwab Amphitheatre
TICKETS
5/28
Salt Lake City, UT
Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
TICKETS
5/29
Morrison, CO
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
TICKETS
The Head and The Heart will be playing at this year’s Sasquatch! The festival takes place Memorial Day Weekend - Friday, May 25th through Sunday, May 28th - and their set is on Sunday, May 27th.
Sasquatch! Music Festival
Sun, May 27th
The Gorge Amphitheatre
George, WA
Passes to the festival are on sale NOW
The Head and The Heart’s song “Rivers and Roads” was featured in the final scene of the series finale of the show ‘Chuck’.
Tickets for both shows at The Fillmore in San Francisco go on sale today, Sunday, January 29th at 10am!
The Head and The Heart are performing with Justin Townes Earle as part of the Savannah Music Festival
Thursday, March 22nd
Lucas Theatre
Savannah, GA
7:30pm
Tickets available now HERE
Pre-sale tickets for both of The Head and The Heart’s shows at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco are available now!
June 1st
The Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
8pm
June 2nd
The Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
8pm
By buying tickets through our pre-sale, you will be able to get your tickets before anyone else and save money on service charges.
6/1 pre-sale tickets are available HERE.
6/2 pre-sale tickets are available HERE.
Tickets for both dates will go on sale to the general public on Sunday, January 29th.
The Head and The Heart announced two additions to their Spring 2012 Tour. They’ll be playing back to back nights at the historic Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California!
June 1st
The Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
8pm
June 2nd
The Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
8pm
Pre-sale tickets for both of these shows will be made available tomorrow, Wednesday, January 25th at 10am PST. By buying tickets through our pre-sale, you will be able to get your tickets before anyone else and save money on service charges.
6/1 pre-sale tickets will be available HERE.
6/2 pre-sale tickets will be available HERE.
Tickets for both dates will go on sale to the general public on Sunday, January 29th.
The Head and The Heart - Spring 2012 Tour
Sat, Mar 03 Avon, CO The Snow Ball Music Festival
Sun, Mar 04 Lawrence, KS The Granada
Mon, Mar 05 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
Tue, Mar 06 Louisville, KY Headliners
Wed, Mar 07 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
Thu, Mar 08 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre - SOLD OUT
Fri, Mar 09 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue - SOLD OUT
Sat, Mar 10 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Sun, Mar 11 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot Ballroom
Tue, Mar 13 Toronto, ON The Opera House
Wed, Mar 14 Montreal, QC La Tulipe
Thu, Mar 15 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground Ballroom
Fri, Mar 16 Portland, ME State Theatre
Sat, Mar 17 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Sun, Mar 18 New York, NY Terminal 5
Tue, Mar 20 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live
Wed, Mar 21 Richmond, VA The National
Fri, Mar 23 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
Sat, Mar 24 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom - SOLD OUT
Sun, Mar 25 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Mon, Mar 26 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
Sat, April 14 Indio, CA Coachella - SOLD OUT
Sat, April 21 Indio, CA Coachella - SOLD OUT
Fri, June 1 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
Sat, June 2 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
*pre-sale begins 1/25 at 10am PST. General on sale begins 1/29
The Head and The Heart’s self-titled debut album is currently only $5 at Amazon MP3.
Additional pre-sale tickets have been made available to see The Head and The Heart on March 5th at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL. Save money on transaction fees by going HERE to purchase tickets to the show directly from the band.
Tickets are still available for The Head and The Heart’s second show at the Vic Theatre in Chicago!
March 7th
Vic Theatre
Chicago, IL
TICKETS
The Head and The Heart have added a second show in Nashville, TN!
March 26th
Cannery Ballroom
Nashville, TN
(all ages)
Pre-sale tickets are now sold out.
General tickets are available now HERE.
Pre-sale begins today for our second show at the Vic Theatre in Chicago!
March 7th
Vic Theatre
Chicago, IL
Pre-sale begins today, January 10th, at 10am local venue time HERE. General on sale begins Saturday, January 14th.
UPDATE: Pre-sale for this show is now SOLD OUT - thank you! General on sale begins this Saturday, 1/14 at 10 am local venue time.
The Head and The Heart are playing Coachella 2012! The festival in Indio, CA is taking place over the course of two weekends this year, April 13-15 and 20-22. The Head and The Heart will play Saturday, April 14th and Saturday April 21st. For ticket information, please visit http://coachella.com/
Watch The Head and The Heart on Austin City Limits:
Watch The Head and the Heart / Gomez on PBS. See more from Austin City Limits.
We’ve added a second show at the Vic Theatre in Chicago!
March 7th
Vic Theatre
Chicago, IL
Pre-sale begins tomorrow, January 10th at 10am local venue time. Purchase your pre-sale tickets HERE.
General on sale begins Saturday, January 14th.
The Head and The Heart are playing the SnowBall Music Festival on March 3rd at Nottingham Park in Avon, CO! For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.snowballmusicfestival.com/
This Saturday, January 7th, The Head and The Heart’s Austin City Limits episode will premiere on PBS! Check your local listings, and for more info, head HERE. See below for a preview of the episode.
Watch The Head and the Heart/Gomez - Preview on PBS. See more from Austin City Limits.
A new song for you…from Seattle….
General on sale for the Spring 2012 Tour begins today! (Note: Chicago, 3/8 at the Vic Theatre, goes on sale tomorrow, 12/17)
The 2012 Spring tour Pre sale is now open to everyone, no password needed! Pre sales in Chicago, Toronto, Philly and Nashville are sold out…but general admission tickets go on sale for all cities Friday! Visit http://www.crowdsurge.com/theheadandtheheart/ to buy your pre-sale tickets.
Check out the Holiday sale at The Head and The Heart’s online store: T-shirt and tote bundles are $25, or enter the promo code HOLIDAY2011 to receive 25% off of just the T-shirts. These offers last through December 31st.
The password protected pre-sale to our Spring 2012 Tour is now live at http://www.crowdsurge.com/theheadandtheheart/ We will be re-messaging out the password at 12pm Pacific today. To take part in the pre-sale and receive the password, join our list before that time by entering your email in the widget below.
The Head and The Heart are excited to announce their Spring 2012 Tour!
The dates of the tour are listed below, and before they go on sale to the general public, they are selling an allotment of tickets directly to their fans from this link: http://www.crowdsurge.com/theheadandtheheart/
Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/13, the pre-sale is open to those on the mailing list. (Enter your email into the widget below to join now).
Beginning Wednesday, 12/14, this pre-sale is open to everyone, no password needed.
Regular on sale begins Friday, 12/16.
The Head and The Heart - Spring 2012 Tour
Sun, Mar 04 Lawrence, KS The Granada
Mon, Mar 05 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
Tue, Mar 06 Louisville, KY Headliners
Thu, Mar 08 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre*
Fri, Mar 09 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
Sat, Mar 10 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Sun, Mar 11 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot Ballroom
Tue, Mar 13 Toronto, ON The Opera House
Wed, Mar 14 Montreal, QC La Tulipe
Thu, Mar 15 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground Ballroom
Fri, Mar 16 Portland, ME State Theatre
Sat, Mar 17 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Sun, Mar 18 New York, NY Terminal 5
Tue, Mar 20 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live
Wed, Mar 21 Richmond, VA The National
Fri, Mar 23 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
Sat, Mar 24 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
Sun, Mar 25 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
*regular on sale begins 12/17
Please Note: This pre-sale is password protected and is open to The Head and The Heart’s newsletter list on Tuesday, 12/13. As a member of the The Head and The Heart’s newsletter list, you should have received a password by email. If you’re not yet a member of The Head and The Heart’s newsletter list, but want to take part the next time we hold a pre-sale, join the list by entering your email below. Pre-sale will open to everyone on Wed, 12/14.
The Head and The Heart appear on two tracks from My Morning Jacket’s Holiday iTunes Session! You can purchase the EP - including “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “When The Bells Start Ringing” featuring The Head and The Heart - from iTunes HERE.
Our iTunes session is now out there for you guys to grab!!!! Go to your iTunes store now and pick that thing up.
The Head and The Heart’s iTunes Session will be released next Tuesday, November 29th! Pre-order it now HERE.
The session includes two exclusive, unreleased songs as well as alternate versions of “Lost In My Mind” and “Cats and Dogs”.
Our album is on Amazon MP3 for $5.99 this whole week! Go check it out there or grab it at your neighborhood independent record store for $9.99 in CD format. Target has it instores now as well…
Hear The Head and the Heart perform on Sirius XM’s the Spectrum (channel 28) tomorrow (Saturday, 11/19) at 10AM, 3PM, 10PM and 3AM eastern time!
The Head and The Heart have added three more Australian dates for
January 2012! They’ll be supporting Grouplove in Sydney, Melbourne
and Adelaide. More information and ticket links below:
January 3rd
The Factory Theatre
Sydney, NSW
TICKETS
January 4th
Corner Hotel
Melbourne, VIC
TICKETS
January 5th
The Gov-Hindmarsh
Adelaide, SA
TICKETS
Two new show additions:
The Head and The Heart will play the KPRi Holiday Soiree.
Wednesday, November 30th
Balboa Theatre
San Diego, CA
They will also be playing WFUV’s Holiday Cheer.
Monday, December 5th
Beacon Theatre
New York, NY
The Head and The Heart just added two more shows for the Winter.
The Head and The Heart will headline KINK’s Jingle Bell Jam!
Friday, December 2nd
Roseland Theater
Portland, OR
They will also be playing KMTT’s Winter Warmth Christmas:
Thursday, December 8th
WaMu Theater
Seattle, WA
Our Doe Bay session from this year’s festival has now been revealed… Go HERE to watch and give thanks to everyone at Sound on the Sound and Joe for another fabulous weekend on the island.
The 2011 Doe Bay Sessions - The Head and The Heart from Sound on the Sound on Vimeo.
The Head and The Heart are playing a headline show at The Garage in London on November 9th. For tickets and more information, go HERE.
So the time has come. We’ll be broadcasted across the nation from the David Letterman show this month, 10/28! What will we play? Will it be Lost in my mind? Will it ever not be Lost in my mind!? Tune your sets in to find out.
Our friends in Lemolo are joining us for our final US tour dates on the west coast. Check them out, they are fantastic!
Hmmm.. A contest within a contest to win tickets to our show at Key Arena with Death Cab for Cutie. Sweet. Check it out HERE!
Here’s a video of Rivers and Roads from ACL festival this past Sunday to get you ready for this tour!
Congratulations to Marius Scholtz, the winner of our “Cats and Dogs” video contest! Thanks again to everyone for your submissions. They can all be viewed here: http://thathvideocontest.tumblr.com/
In case you missed it, here is The Head and The Heart on Morning Becomes Eclectic!
Hey LA folk, get tickets for our show at Henry Fonda’s Music Box on friday September 9th right here, on sale at 10am!
After Morning Becomes Eclectic today at 11:15am, we’ll be heading over to KYSR 98.7fm for another live in studio set! 2 in the same day!? Do work.
We’re going in to KCRW tomorrow for Morning Becomes Eclectic…seriously have wanted to do this for so long. Check it out at KCRW.com/mbe
Sorry NY! A hurricane has come between us…we’ll wait to see what the postponed dates look like, but as of now, we’ll see you all at the end of September!
Just announced! Headlining show November 15th in Hamburg, GE at Ubel & Gefaehrlich. Tickets HERE please.
“Cats and Dogs” Video Contest
Watch our new video for “Cats and Dogs” and find an object you recognize within the video, (such as a piece of corn on the cob, confetti, a boxing glove, etc) that you can take a photo of in real life - in your house, outside, or on the road. Tweet the photo with hashtag #CatsandDogs OR post it to your Facebook wall while “liking” and then tagging our FB page, and you’ll be automatically entered to win a signed vinyl of our album and a t-shirt. Winner will be picked at random and the deadline to enter is 8pm PDT this Friday.
We’ll be uploading all of the photos you take into a tumblr account HERE, so we can all see the entries. Can’t wait to see the photos!
The artist set times for next weekend’s Dave Matthews Band Caravan have been announced on www.dmbcaravan.com. The Head and The Heart will perform on Saturday, August 27th from 2:30-3:30 pm on the Highlander Stage.
charity and tyler will be playin some feist jams tonight at the triple door with our friends. still a few tix left! see you there!
YES! We’ll be hitting Australia in January for The Falls festival (but not just The Falls festival)...more shows and other down under happenings to be reported soon!
Heavenly Recordings released a deluxe edition of our album in the UK today, which includes our Fuel/Friends Chapel session! If you are in the UK you can get it through iTunes HERE, or visit Rough Trade’s website HERE.
Hey all!
We had so much fun on our last visit abroad that we are returning to Europe this November! We are very excited to announce that we will be joining My Morning Jacket on their European tour!
Here are the dates:
11/2 Glasgow, UK – ABC
11/3 Birmingham, UK – Institute
11/5 Leeds, UK – Academy
11/6 Manchester, UK – Academy
11/7 London, UK – Roundhouse
11/8 Bexhill, UK – De La Warr Pavilion
11/10 Antwerp, BE – Trix
11/11 Luxembourg, LU – Den Atelier
11/12 Koln, GE – Luxor
11/14 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
11/16 Berlin, GE – Festsaal Kreuzburg
11/17 Lund, SE – Mejeriet
11/18 Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene
11/19 Stockholm, SE – Munchen Brewery
Check the TOUR section of our website for all of the ticket links.
Also, stay tuned for some headlining dates in Europe soon to be announced! Can’t wait to see you all.
Love,
Tyler, Kenny, Josiah, Jon, Chris, and Charity
Just rescheduled a show in Indianapolis, tonight at the Earthhouse!!!! Doors at 8pm, $10 at the door!!! Just us playing, so we’ll play you everything we got!!!! Hope to see you there!
Here’s the address to the Earth House if anyone needs it! 237 North East Street. Indianapolis, In. See you there!! Doors at 8, play at 9.
We had such a great time last night in Charlottesville VA that we added another stop through on September 24th at Jefferson Theater! Tickets on sale now at bit.ly/oloqp9
Indianapolis! We’ll be doing an early acoustic in store set at Luna Music at 3:30pm this Friday. Check out more deets HERE.
Listen to our set at Newport Folk Fest yesterday courtesy of NPR!
excited to be playing our own show in woodstock, ny at bearsville theater tomorrow night!!! there are still some tickets available!
News! Playing our 1st show w/ Decemberists tonight, Treasure Island in SF, Oct 16th, and opening for Death Cab at Key Arena, Oct 22nd!
Updates to the US Fall tour! Second Bowery Ballroom show (9/28), Boston (9/30), Minneapolis (10/8), San Diego (10/14)!
Hey all, we’ve got news!
Great things have been happening. We’ve been grateful to open for some great bands and to meet so many great people over the last six months. We’re thankful for the support and love you’ve given us. Thank you.
SO, we’re super excited to announce that we’ll be coming back around most of the US for our first national headlining tour in the Fall!
We’re bringing Thao and the Get Down Stay Down along for the whole tour, and our friends in The Devil Whale and Lemolo will be opening select shows as well. Check these great bands out, so you can enjoy their sets at the shows as well.
Now, we don’t have the time to make it everywhere yet, and we’ll be back for the rest of you soon, but we’ve planned a good start. Also, we can’t announce everything yet, so there’ll be a few more shows announced in the coming weeks. Here’s the basic sketch:
Tue 09/20/11 NEW ORLEANS, LA One Eyed Jacks
Wed 09/21/11 ATLANTA, GA The Variety Playhouse
Thu 09/22/11 RALEIGH, NC Lincoln Theatre
Fri 09/23/11 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 Club
Sun 09/25/11 PHILADELPHIA, PA Film & Music Festival
Mon 09/26/11 BROOKLYN, NY Hall of Williamsburg
Tue 09/27/11 NEW YORK, NY Bowery Ballroom
Mon 10/03/11 GRAND RAPIDS, MI Calvin College
Thu 10/06/11 MILWAUKEE, WI Turner Hall
Fri 10/07/11 MADISON, WI The Majestic
Sun 10/09/11 OMAHA, NE The Waiting Room
Mon 10/10/11 DENVER, CO The Gothic
Tue 10/18/11 EUGENE, OR WOW Hall
Wed 10/19/11 PORTLAND, OR Crystal Ballroom
Thu 10/20/11 VANCOUVER BC The Commodore Ballroom
Can’t wait to see you on the road in the fall, and we appreciate you passing along the word to your friends. Thanks so much, and see you soon!
Love,
Tyler, Kenny, Josiah, Jon, Chris, and Charity
Social media!
http://www.facebook.com/theheadandtheheart
http://www.twitter.com/headandtheheart
Here’s our feature in USA Today! YEA!
Our album is available on Amazon.com all through July for $5!
We really like this video of Josh McBride from SxSW, produced by the awesome people from Yours Truly.
Hey look at that, we came in at #17 on NPR’s best of 2011(so far) listener poll! Thank you all who voted!..though that Yuck record is way better than #30.
Our Daytrotter session is up RIGHT HERE... First quality recording of “Seat beside me” with the full band! New jamz.
If you live in or around LA, your plans for the Saturday of Labor Day weekend (sept 3rd) have been made. !!!!
At the Record Bar in Kansas City, we go on at 11! Come out and shake it.
Thanks to all of you who showed early with us at Bonnaroo. So much fun to play for all of you!
In Covington/Cincinnati tonight, then to Bonnaroo! See y’all soon!
Minneapolis! Thank you for a great time last night. Enjoying a Bryant Lake Bowl breakfast before we head out.
We’ll be back August 7th at Varsity Theater. Hope to see you. You can buy tix HERE
Back to the UK!
We're playing 12 shows all over the UK in July. Some opening for the great Death Cab for Cutie, one opening for My Morning Jacket, a few festivals, and some headline dates!
Check out all the info here, with links to tickets, which are selling quickly. Hope to see you soon!
TICKET INFOChi-town, we're on early at Millennium Park today. 6:30p, FREE. See you soon!
Omaha, that was crazy! Thank you so much. We’ll be back really soon.
Very excited to be back.
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The Story of
The Head & The Heart
So many decisions in life and in the music we love can come down to a critical tug between the logic in our heads and the hot red blood beating through our hearts. Seattle’s The Head and the Heart live authentically in that crux, finding joy and beauty wedged there. Their music pulses effervescently—both explosively danceable and intuitively intelligent. With Americana roots and strong vocal harmonics that swell like a river, this band finds its anchor in solid songwriting that has even the jaded humming along by the second listen.
Leaving a variety of day jobs and academic pursuits, The Head and the Heart came together in the summer of 2009, during frequent visits to the open mic night at Conor Byrne in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. California-transplant Josiah Johnson and Virginia-native Jonathan Russell formed the core songwriting partnership, quickly adding keyboardist Kenny Hensley to the mix. Kenny, then 21, had packed up his piano and moved up to Seattle from California to pursue musical score-writing. The luminous Charity Rose Thielen, violin and vocals, had just returned from a year of studying and playing music in Paris. Drummer Tyler Williams cold left a successful band in Virginia after Jon sent him the demo of “Down in the Valley,” relocating across states to be a part of this. Finally, Chris Zasche, was bartending at Conor Byrne and mentioned one day that he'd be happy to play bass for the nascent band. It all felt right: The Head and the Heart was born. Whether penning songs on the beach at Seattle's Discovery Park, or working out melodies in the piano practice rooms at the Seattle Public Library, Charity describes the early months of the band's existence as touched by a shared purpose and connection. She recalls an email she sent to Josiah that summer, confessing that she was “sleepless and penniless, but inspired nonetheless.”
The band entered Seattle's Studio Litho in early 2010 to record these songs that had been kicking and twisting in the catalytic development of their live show. Recorded by Shawn Simmons at Studio Litho and Steven Aguilar at Bearhead Studio, the band was selling burned copies in handmade denim sleeves at local shows within a few weeks. Self-released in June 2010, the debut album helped build an impressive head-of-steam for the band through the second 1/2 of the year, gaining fans at influential Seattle station KEXP, local record shops (a consistent top 10 seller for Easy Street and the #1 album of 2010 at Sonic Boom), and venues up and down the West Coast, culminating with signing to Sub Pop Records in November. For the 2011 re-release of the album, "Sounds like Hallelujah" has been re-recorded, live favorite "Rivers and Roads" has been added, and the album has been re-mastered.
The songs resulting from those first inspired months pick at the multicolored threads of leaving home, finding home, and through that process of deconstruction, finding yourself. These are songs about crossing rivers and roads to get to the one you love, about family far away, and the desire to chase Technicolor dreams down foreign horizons. When people hear these songs, or see the band live, the first thing they have to do is tell someone else. Their shows are, simply, one hell of a lot of breathless fun. Each song explodes into a potent supernova on stage, where half the audience is zealously singing along with every lyric, and the other half is wishing they knew the words. The band has accepted nearly every show offered to them in the past year, from backyards strung with Christmas lights to coffee shops, open mics, and even high school classrooms in Middle America. From the first months of the band's life, their reputation as a phenomenal live band has preceded them wherever they play.
The strength of Josiah, Jon and Charity's vocal harmonies on the album makes it feel like these three were born to pour their voices together, as the band's songs revel in jaunty bass lines with ebullient handclaps peppering the best moments. A palette of orchestral elements weave their way through the album, including cello, glockenspiel, and violin, all shading in the songs' development. For all the times your toes tap while enjoying this band, often the lightness will deceptively belie the depth of ache in the lyrics when you sit down to really listen. There is magic in the music, but not magic contrived by trickery or posturing. “It seems actually that the more genuine and honest we are in the songwriting and performing, the more people relate to that transparency,” Charity muses.
This is an album for people who unabashedly sing and drum along on the steering wheel, and also for those who appreciate a well-crafted collection of songs that build into something wholly beautiful.
There is in this music a counter-cultural optimism, with roots that grow deep and melodies that lodge themselves far into that place inside you where the head meets the heart.
* * * * Heather Browne * * * *
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Down in the Valley
Official Video -
Cats and Dogs
Official Video -
Down in the Valley
Live on KEXP -
Lost In My Mind
Directed by Christian Sorensen Hansen -
Rivers and Roads
Directed by Ryan Mcmackin -
Cats and Dogs
A capella at a house party
Releases
BUY
The Head and The Heart iTunes Session
Released November 29th, 2011
Sub Pop Records
- Lost in My Mind (Alternate Version)
- When I Fall Asleep
- Coeur d’Alene
- Rivers and Roads
- Cats and Dogs (Alternate Version)
- Ghosts
- Down in the Valley
- Chasing a Ghost
BUY
Down In The Valley
7” vinyl single
Released January 25, 2011
Sub Pop Records
- Down in the Valley
- Ghosts
BUY
The Head and The Heart
full length album
Released January 1, 2010
Sub Pop Records
- Cats and Dogs
- Coeur d’Alene
- Ghosts
- Down in the Valley
- Rivers and Roads
- Honey Come Home
- Lost in My Mind
- Winter Song
- Sounds Like Hallelujah
- Heaven Go Easy on Me
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