Neil is getting ready to head down to South America for a handful of shows. Check out the show dates on the tour page, or you can find them here.

Neil is excited to be playing some shows in Scandinavia in May. This time round he will be traveling with a full band so expect to hear the new record ‘Palindrome Hunches’ in it’s full folky glory. London will also be treated to a full band performance at the Shepherds Bush Empire when Neil plays with the brilliant Mark Kozelek.

May 7th Stockholm - Kägelbanan
http://www.sodrateatern.com/en/Program—Tickets/Events-container/Neil-Halstead/

May 9th Gothenburg - Pustervik
http://www.pustervik.nu

May 10th Copenhagen - Loppen
http://loppen.dk/event/neil-halstead-uk/

Ma 11th Oslo - Revolver
http://www.revolveroslo.no/nb/program/neil-halstead-ex-slowdive-mojave-3

May 13 London Sheperds Bush Empire w/Mark Kozelek
http://www.gigantic.com/mark-kozelek/o2-shepherds-bush-empire/2013-05-13-19-00

Neil Halstead will be featured on National Public Radio’s World Cafe on Friday, November 9, 2012.

Listen to the stream here: http://www.npr.org/programs/world-cafe/

Neil Halstead gives an acoustic performance of three tracks off his new album, Palindrome Hunches, and an exclusive interview with Y! Music

Check it out here: http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/live/british-folk-musician-neil-halstead-pauses-time-exclusive-004951222.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Everyone,

Slipper Room has some issues and this show has now been CANCELLED.

However, we have found a replacement venue. Neil will be playing at Rockwood Music Hall on Oct 4.

Doors at 9:30. Neil Halstead on at 10. No support. Ticket prices remain the same at $15.

Buy tickets here: http://rockwoodmusichall.tickets.musictoday.com/RockwoodMusicHall/moreInfo.aspx?event=152913&outlet=2315

“To celebrate the release of ‘Palindrome Hunches,’ Halstead provided MOG with an exclusive playlist featuring a set of tracks to chase our Sunday hangovers away, including cuts by Neil Young and the Pixies…” Definitely worth a listen!

Sign up for MOG mixes and listen here: https://mog.com/m#playlist/1934987

Chris at WFMU went to the UK and stopped for an interview with Neil in Cornwall…. they will air it today during the 12-3 AM “Private Sector” show (NYC time) http://wfmu.org/playlists/PV

IFC.com has a free download of “Tied To You” up, as well as an amazing cover of See You On Rooftops by Ryan Miller, composer of the score for “Safety Not Guaranteed” and founding member of Guster.  Download both of them here http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/09/exclusive-download-neil-halstead-tied-to-you

Nowness has premiered the first official video from Palindrome Hunches. Check out the Hilary Walsh directed “Hey, Daydreamer”
http://www.nowness.com/day/2012/9/15/2432/neil-halstead-day-dreamer

Ahead of his tour to promote the new album Palindrome Hunches, Neil Halstead stopped by Brushfire Records’ Solar Powered Plastic Plant and recorded 2 songs from his new album Palindrome Hunches, a Mojave 3 tune (yer feet) and a Slowdive tune (Alison). And you can have them all for free on this Tour EP over Noisetrade.com: Noisetrade.com/neilhalstead

Listen to Neil’s new album right now on Rdio. Connect your Facebook to Rdio to listen instantly for free!
http://rd.io/x/QVB4kSJDBYw

Head over to Spinner to stream Neil’s new album, Palindrome Hunches: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/5

Listen to the new album “Palindrome Hunches” one week before it hits stores in the USA

Click here to check out the article and stream the live album: http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/09/04/neil-halstead-palindrome-hunches-album-stream/

Click to buy the album here: http://smarturl.it/NeilHalsteadAMZ.

Neil Halstead’s third solo album, Palindrome Hunches, will be released on September 11th through Brushfire Records. The first single from the record is the beautifully intimate cut “Full Moon Rising”. To go along with the intimate nature of the song, Halstead has put together an appropriate, simple visual to match. No crazy effects or actors, just him and his guitar telling a story. In the end, this all you really need.

Check out the full article and Neil’s video of “Full Moon Rising” on www.myoldkentuckyblog.com.

After over a decade of dismissing the possibility of a Slowdive reunion, former frontman Neil Halstead is no longer ruling it out. “There’s a chance that we’ll get back together,” Halstead told Hive over the phone yesterday from China, where his other outfit Mojave 3 is touring. “It’s definitely possible at some point.” Halstead added that the band never swore off a reformation. “No one has ever really said, ‘I never want to do it.’ We’ve never really talked about it much.”

Read more www.MTVHive.com

Slowdive 1991

Neil’s new album “Palindrome Hunches” will be available September 11 on CD and LP in the US at most fine independent music retailers. While supplies last, you will receive a free 7” with two unreleased songs with purchase of the new album.

Pick up this deluxe CD edition of Palindrome Hunches on Amazon.com (limited to 500 copies worldwide). Presented in a notebook style format with a chipboard front and back cover, the release features Neil Halstead’s handwritten lyric sheets as well as open space for your own ruminations as you listen to the album.

Neil’s new album “Palindrome Hunches” which will be released on September 11th in the US will be released by Sonic Cathedral in the UK and Europe on November 5th.

They’ve debuted a new track from the album called “Digging Shelters”.  Check it out here

PALINDROME HUNCHES OUT SEPTEMBER 11

Los Angeles, CA) … Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3) announces a fall tour in support of his September 11th release, Palindrome Hunches (Brushfire Records).

Palindrome Hunches, the follow-up to Halstead’s acclaimed sophomore solo effort Oh! Mighty Engine finds the Cornwall, England-based musician continuing to craft moody and endlessly mesmerizing folk-infused songs. This time around, Halstead teamed up with producer Nick Holton and members of Wallingford’s Band of Hope (including Ben Smith on violin, Drew Milloy on double bass, Paul Whitty on piano, and Tom Crook on guitar) to achieve a sound that’s both remarkably rich and piercingly intimate.

This fall Halstead will tour across North America playing intimate shows at venues such as Eddie’s Attic (Atlanta), Schuba’s (Chicago) and Largo at the Coronet (Los Angeles). Additional shows will be added.

Preview track, “Full Moon Rising,” from the forthcoming release here: http://bit.ly/NyWRCH

In addition, Rolling Stone.com recently debuted a video for song, “Spin The Bottle” here: http://bit.ly/Mcc3kn

Tour dates:
September 28 Atlanta, GA            Eddie’s Attic
September 30 Raleigh, NC           The Casbah
October 2        Arlington, VA          IOTA
October 3        Philadelphia, PA     World Café Live
October 10      Ann Arbor, MI         The Ark
October 12      Chicago, IL             Schuba’s
October 13      Madison, WI           High Noon
October 16      Boulder, CO           E Town
October 17      Denver, CO            Walnut Room
October 19      Seattle, WA            Rendezvous Seattle Art’s Fest
October 20      Portland, OR          Doug Fir
October 23      San Francisco, CA Café du Nord
October 24      Santa Cruz, CA      Crepe Place
October 25      Santa Barbara, CA Club Mercy
October 26      Santa Monica, CA  McCabe’s
October 27      Los Angeles, CA    Largo at the Coronet

Tuesday at 4pm PST on Turntable.FM Neil Halstead will be spinning a few new songs from his upcoming album “Palindrome Hunches” and some favorites from his earlier work with Slowdive and Mojave 3 and more. Turntable is available in the US only for now.

turntable.fm/turntabletuesday

Neil Halstead is appearing at Seattle’s City Arts Fest, and tickets are now onsale

For more info and tickets click here

Hey folks… first vid clip (of many) that will be debuting from Neil’s new record…
Check it out here and please pass this along!
Slowdive co-founder Neil Halstead is gearing up for the release of his latest solo effort, Palindrome Hunches, out September 11th on Brushfire. Check out this intimate clip of Halstead performing the bruised-heart song “Spin The Bottle,” shot by friends Lee Evans and Adj (Andrew) Brown in their hometown of Newquay.
“Gen, my wife, and I were having some problems and we eventually split up,” says Halstead, recalling the song’s origins. “When I wrote the song I was hoping we might be able to find some way to figure things out. It’s about rediscovering that initial spark, about getting past all the work and kid stuff; the day-to-day shizel and just opening up to the person you love.”

With Wimbledon in full swing, we thought we’d share a b-side from Neil Halstead called “Tennis For Dennis” it will appear on a 7″ available for free with purchase of the album at indie retail on Sept 11.
Neil Halstead – Tennis For Dennis

Brushfire Records is giving away a digital sampler over at www.noisetrade.com/brushfirerecords it features tracks from ALO, Bahamas, Neil Halstead, Release the Sunbird and Zee Avi. Head on over and grab some free music!

Full moon rising is a track from my new record “palindrome hunches” it was recorded with ” The Band of Hope” , some great musicians from Wallingford in the UK . They did a fantastic job on this track and indeed the whole album. I hope you enjoy it .”  - Neil Halstead

Palindrome Hunches will be released by Brushfire Records on September 11th.

stay tuned… new album coming later this year.

Brushfire Records new release “This Warm December, A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2” available now! Remember 25% of the profits from this album will be donated to charities benefiting music education for youth, including Little Kids Rock and The Silverlake Conservatory.

Get the album now at ThisWarmDecember.com!

On November 15th, Brushfire Records will be releasing “This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday, Volume 2”. It includes a song by Neil called “Home For The Season”. There is a preorder up now, and all orders through December 1st will be eligible to win some pretty great prizes including a signed Ukulele from Jack Johnson, an Autographed Microphone from G. Love, a Matt Costa snowboard,and more. They’ll also be unveiling acoustic performance videos for all of the tracks on the album. over the coming months Go check it all out at www.thiswarmdecember.com. 25% of the profits from this album will be donated to charities focused on musical education for kids like Little Kids Rock, and the Silverlake Conservatory.

Neil is to play in China for the first time, the tour will kick off on April 16th in Beijing. Neil will also be playing at the inaugural Truck USA Festivalin Woodstock, New York on May 2nd, Wood Festival in Oxford, London, and South East, UK on May 21st, and Caribana Festival in Geneva, Switzerland on June 12th.

Date	Time	Venue	Location	Facebook Event
April 16, 2010	8:00	Yugong Yishan	Beijing, China
April 17, 2010	8:00	Dream Factory	Shanghai, China
April 18, 2010	8:00	Traveller	Hangzhou, China
April 20, 2010	8:00	Little Bar	Chengdu, China
April 21, 2010	8:00	Nuts Club	Chongqing, China
April 23, 2010	8:00	Vox	Wuhan, China
May 2, 2010	5:30	Truck USA Festival	Woodstock, NY
May 21, 2010	5:00	Wood Festival	Oxford, London, and South East, UK
June 12, 2010	5:00	Caribana Festival	Geneva, Switzerland

Tickets are on sale now for The Happening in Australia, featuring Surf Art, Surf Films, Matt Costa, Neil Halstead and Zee Avi.

Get your tickets here

Password for the Presale is: Happening

THE WHITE STRIPES UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS: In the summer of 2007, The White Stripes embarked on a cross-country Canadian tour to accomplish their goal of performing in every province and territory across the expansive northern nation. A captivating mix of striking live footage and poignant off-stage moments, this visually stirring and emotive feature length film celebrates the band’s 10 year history, bringing the band full circle in their career to a place reminiscent of how they first started out - shows where no one knew who they were, and where they were left to make a first impression with their music.

ART
    At each of the Happening shows will be a gallery space exhibiting works from the following artists and photographers.

Artists: Jeff Canham, Harry Daily, Andy Davis, Ned Evans, Julie Goldstein, Yusuke Hanai, Alex Kopps, Greg Lamarche, Michael Leon, David Lloyd, Geoff McFetridge, Randy Noborikawa, Scott Richards, Mark Tesi, Pablo Ugartetxea, Tyler Warren, Alex Weinstein and more.

Photographers: Lorene Carpentier, Joe Curren, Herbie Fletcher, Laura Flippen, Michael Halsband, Ryan Heywood, Kassia Meador, Serena Mitnik-Miller, Jason Murray, Dane Peterson, Steve Sherman, Scott Soens, Patrick Trefz and more.

THE HAPPENING – music, art and film:

SYDNEY - BONDI PAVILION - FRIDAY MARCH 26

BRISBANE - THE ZOO - SUNDAY MARCH 28

MELBOURNE - THE ESPY - WEDNESDAY MARCH 31    

FOR MORE DETAILS HEAD TO www.thehappeninglive.com

Check out the official music video for “Witless or Wise” off the album Oh Mighty Engine!  The video was filmed at The Beachland Tavern in Cleveland, Ohio.

Director: Neil Maitland
Producer : Sam Walker
Production Co: Red 40 Productions

Listen on SandBar Radio:
Tuesday - 8:00 PM - June 23, 2009
Friday - 8:00 PM - June 26, 2009
Sunday - 7:00 PM - June 28, 2009

Listen on Radio JimmyDreamz:
Monday - 3:00 PM - June 22, 2009
Wednesday - 9:00 AM - June 24, 2009
Thursday - 11:59 PM - June 25, 2009
Saturday - 8:00 PM - June 27, 2009 (Note all times listed are Eastern Time)

Visit www.taitshow.com & for more information BrushfireRecords.com

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Neil Halstead joined up with the good folks at $99 videos to shoot a clip for “Elevenses” from his latest album “Oh! Mighty Engine”, you can check it out here.

Also, Neil recently recorded a session with the good folks over at Daytrotter.  You can listen and read about it over on Daytrotter.com.

Neil Halstead is back in the US to promote his latest “Oh! Mighty Engine”., which Paste called “sublime bedroom pop, all acoustic-based and velvet-vocaled, sincere but never strained, pretty and bittersweet.”

March:
5 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
6 - Seattle @ The Triple Door
8 - San Francisco @ Great American Music Hall
10 - Los Angeles @ Largo at the Coronet
11 - San Diego @ The Casbah
12 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rhythm Room
14 - Denver, CO @ The Walnut Room
16 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall
17 - Rock Island, IL @ Rock Island Brewing Company
18 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
19 - Chicago @ Schubas
20 - Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
21 - Toronto @ The Drake Hotel
23 - Cleveland, OH @ The Beachland Tavern
24 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
25 - Baltimore, MD @ Talking Head Club
27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
28 - NYC @ Joe’s Pub

www.myspace.com/neilhalsteadofficial