Primus, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age perform "Ænima" by Tool

Primus, Tool’s Danny Carey & Justin Chancellor, and Queens Of The Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen Release Live Video Of "Ænima" by Tool
 
The performance was shot at an intimate LA benefit concert to support film director, screenwriter and animator Jimmy Hayward, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment
 
Exclusive, one-of-a-kind merchandise from the night, autographed by all performers, is currently being auctioned HERE
 
A GoFundMe to support Hayward and his family can be found HERE

Primus, Tool’s Danny Carey & Justin Chancellor, and Queens Of The Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen have just released a live Video Of Tool’s classic song "Ænima.” The performance was shot this month at an intimate benefit concert at The Belasco in LA in support of their close friend, film director, screenwriter, and animator Jimmy Hayward, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment. Exclusive, one-of-a-kind merchandise from the night, autographed by all performers, is currently being auctioned HERE, with 100% of proceeds going to support Hayward, as he continues to battle this invasive disease. Bids can be made until May 10th at 3pmET/12pmPT. A GoFundMe has also been set-up to raise funds to support Hayward and his family. Donations can be made HERE.
 
Signed items featured in the auction include:

• Dunable Cyclops Guitar

• Dunable USA Custom Yeti Bass

• Dunlop Justin Chancellor Signature Cry Baby Wah Pedal

• Danny Carey Custom Drum Head

• Limited Edition Concert Poster 

“Every now and again cancer steps into our world and pulverizes the lives of people that are dear to us,” Claypool commented. “Such a thing happened a while back with our good friend Jimmy Hayward. Over the past couple years Jimmy has undergone many major surgeries to remove then reconstruct major damage from a cancer that invaded his bones. With a wife and two very young children at hand, Jimmy has shown incredible courage and tenacity in an unbelievably challenging time.”
 
Claypool is currently gearing up for a massive 41-date Summer of Green Tour 2023 with the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, which marks the band’s first appearances together in 20-years. Kicking off in Stateline, NV on Wednesday, May 17th before winding its way from coast-to-coast, the tour will feature several festival appearances, including the Summer Camp Music Festival, the Mountain Music Festival, the Riverbend Music Festival, and the Peach Music Festival. Featuring Les Claypool (bass), Sean Lennon (guitar), Harry Waters (keys), Paulo Baldi (drums), Mike Dillon (percussion), and Skerik (horns), the set will include a full performance of Pink Floyd’s iconic tenth studio album ‘Animals,’ which was famously captured on the band’s second 2001 live recording ‘Live Frogs Set 2.’
 
Select June performances will include a co-headlining set with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew’s ‘Remain In Light’ Tour, which finds the Talking Heads members performing songs from a monumental period of the band’s history alongside a powerhouse band. Additional support throughout the tour include Fishbone, Neal Francis, Budos Band, W.I.T.C.H., and Moon Duo.
 
The return of the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade follows Primus’ wildly popular ‘A Tribute To Kings’ Tour, paying tribute to Rush, which toured the country in 2022. Last year also saw the release of Primus’ first new music in more than five years, the sprawling 3-song ‘Conspiranoid’ EP, which included the epic 11-minute opening track, “Conspiranoia,” and second single, “Follow The Fool.”
 
LES CLAYPOOL’S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE - The Summer of Green Tour 2023
Wednesday, May 16th – Stateline, NV – TBA venue ^
Thursday, May 17th – Stateline, NV – TBA venue ^
Friday, May 19th - Napa, CA – Blue Note Summer Sessions at TBA venue ^
Saturday, May, 20th - Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium ^
Sunday, May 21st - San Diego, CA - Observatory North ^
Tuesday, May 23rd - Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Amphitheatre ^
Wednesday, May 24th - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom ^
Friday, May 26th - Kansas City, MO - Grinders KC
Saturday, May 27th - Chillicothe, IL - Summer Camp Music Festival
Sunday, May 28th - Louisville, KY - Iroquois Amphitheater ~
Tuesday, May 30th - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom ~
Wednesday, May 31st - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live! ~
Friday, June 2nd - Detroit, MI - Masonic Temple Theatre~
Saturday, June 3rd - Oak Hill, WV - Mountain Music Festival
Sunday, June 4th - Chattanooga, TN – Riverbend Festival
Tuesday, June 6th - Richmond, VA - Brown's Island *
Wednesday, June 7th - Raleigh, NC - Raleigh Memorial Auditorium *
Friday, June 9th - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit *
Saturday, June 10th - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern *
Sunday, June 11th - Columbia, SC - Township Auditorium *
Tuesday, June 13th - Dallas, TX - Music Hall at Fair Park *
Wednesday, June 14th - Austin, TX - The Moody Amphitheater *
Friday, June 16th - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall Lawn *
Saturday, June 17th - New Orleans, LA - Mardi Gras World *
Monday, June 19th - Mobile, AL - Saenger Theatre *
Tuesday, June 20th - Tampa, FL - Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino *
Thursday, June 22nd - Baltimore, MD - The Lyric %
Friday, June 23rd - Port Chester, NY - Capitol Theatre ~
Saturday, June 24th - Westbury, NY - NYCB Theatre [In The Round] ~
Monday, June 26th - Northampton, MA - The Pines Theater ~
Wednesday, June 28th - Portland, ME - State Theatre #
Thursday, June 29th - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway #
Saturday, July 1st - Scranton, PA - Peach Music Festival
Sunday, July 2nd - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed [Indoor] #
Monday, July 3rd - St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre #
Friday, July 7th - Bonner, MT - Kettlehouse Amphitheater +
Saturday, July 8th - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park Live +
Sunday, July 9th - Forest Grove, OR - Grand Lodge +
Tuesday, July 11th - Wheatland, CA - Hard Rock Live +
Thursday, July 13th - San Luis Obispo, CA - Madonna Inn +
Friday, July 14th - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern +
Saturday, July 15th - Phoenix, AZ - Van Buren +
Thursday, Oct 26th -Oct 29th - Live Oak, FL – Suwannee Hulaween
 
* Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew Remain In Light
^ Fishbone
~ Neal Francis
# Budos Band
+ Moon Duo
% W.I.T.C.H.

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ÁRSTÍÐIR Shares Live Acoustic Performance via Club Weltenklang

The enigmatic Icelanders of ÁRSTÍÐIR have shared a live, acoustic performance in partnership with Club Weltenklang, a virtual venue, where you can watch videos of multi-genre artists. The moving performance can be seen in full at THIS LOCATION.

Moreover, ÁRSTÍÐIR is among the year’s most exceptional artists and releases honored by The 18th annual Independent Music Awards! The band's single "Entangled" was awarded "Music Video of the Year" in the category for Best Narrative. The video can be seen HERE.

This is the band's second win as they were also awarded the Independent Music Award for 2018's 'Nivalis' in the Indie/Alt. Rock Album category! 'Nivalis' was released on June 22, 2018 via Season of Mist and can be streamed in full at THIS LOCATION. The album can be purchased HERE.

Currently, the Icelanders are in the studio working on the follow up to 'Nivalis.' For frequent updates and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, subscribe HERE.

ÁRSTÍÐIR redefine their sound and take an evolutionary quantum leap that will catapult the eclectic Icelandic band from a highly praised phenomenon at the fringe straight to the centre of international attention. ÁRSTÍÐIR were never an ugly duckling, but now their musical swan has emerged in its full glorious beauty on 'Nivalis'.

The Icelanders have never easily fit into any stylistic drawer and hence attracted a particular long list of attempts of a musical definition that ranges from indie rock via progressive rock, indie folk, chamber folk and pop, neo-classical to minimalism.

There is some truth in all these categories assigned to ÁRSTÍÐIR, but no single description entirely catches their overall sound entirely. Always something else is appearing that is adding and contradicting the first impression. Although everything said above about the band still remains true, new elements appear on 'Nivalis' that add up to a big change. One of these items can easily be identified as drums playing a much stronger role than it did on previous releases, which is a welcome side-effect of ÁRSTÍÐIR recently supporting label-mates SÓLSTAFIR on their extended European tour. Other changes are harder to specify, yet the Icelanders seem to have turned all those switches into the right direction – and not only due to a brilliant, crystalline, warm, and transparent production that perfectly brings together the dominant acoustic instruments with their electronic counterparts to evoke a fragile melancholy and embracing emotionality.

Those inevitable comparisons with fellow countrymen SIGUR RÓS will most likely not go away with 'Nivalis', although ÁRSTÍÐIR have clearly developed a style very much their own. Yet other parallels drawn about past references such as SIMON & GARFUNKEL or PENTANGLE are bound to make way to fresher and more recent names pointing way past the also previously mentioned RADIOHEAD.

ÁRSTÍÐIR emerged from the burgeoning Icelandic music scene in 2008, when the band's three founding members discovered their mutual love for vocal harmonies despite coming from different genres. Daniel, Gunnar and Ragnar quickly went from playing acoustic cover versions to leaving their own sonic footprint by amalgamating influences taken from different styles into something quite unique, which might tentatively be dubbed "Icelandic independent".

With early lyrical references pointing towards the spectacular nature and scenery of this volcanic island and the strongly contrasting moods of its seasons, the band took the name ÁRSTÍÐIR, which means "seasons" in Icelandic.

At home, the band experienced a fast rise. Only four months after its inception, ÁRSTÍÐIR had risen from performing in a coffee shop in Reykjavik to scoring a number one hit on national radio with the track "Sunday Morning".

The Icelanders published their self-titled debut, 'Árstíðir' in summer 2009, and while their home country was reeling from the market crash, the band's stocks went up. During the air traffic disrupting eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, ÁRSTÍÐIR embarked on their first international tour. Over the next years, the band stayed continuously on the road and gathered a dedicated fan base in more than 30 countries.

Their second album, 'Svefns Og Vöku Skil' followed in 2011 and, only a year later, the Icelanders won the prestigious Eiserner Eversteiner European Folk Music Award in Germany. While on the road in Germany in 2013, a friend of ÁRSTÍÐIR recorded an impromptu performance of the old Icelandic hymn, "Heyr Himna Smiður" in a train station, which went viral on YouTube and has attracted more than 6 million views to date. Backed by the interest sparked by this global hit, ÁRSTÍÐIR continued their head-lining tours and furthermore supported Swedish band PAIN OF SALVATION and Dutch vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen.

ÁRSTÍÐIR launched a highly successful crowdfunding campaign in 2014 to finance the recording of their third full-length 'Hvel', which translates as "spheres". Following the release, the band embarked on a first US tour that reached from coast to coast. A full collaboration with Anneke van Giersbergen followed in 2016. The 'Verloren Verleden' album contains a collection of re-imagined traditional and classical songs.

Now the Icelanders return with their fourth album. 'Nivalis' offers everything that followers of ÁRSTÍÐIR love, but with this stunning masterpiece the band transcends all limitations created by genre to appeal to any friend of great music!

Line-up
Daniel Auðunsson: guitar, vocals
Gunnar Már Jakobsson: baritone guitar, vocals
Ragnar Ólafsson: keyboards, vocals

For more on ÁRSTÍÐIR, visit their official WEBSITE and FACEBOOK.