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MARK SULTAN (BBQ) Prepares Release Of New Solo LP with New Video Single "Everybody Knows" - TOUR DATES
As posted today in BrooklynVegan
Mark Sultan , who puts the sauce to the smoke in the King Khan & BBQ Show, has a new solo album titled Let Me Out which is out October 12. The record was made at Mark’s Sound Imperfection studio in Germany and is another fine example of the soulful, ’60s-inspired garage pop he traffics in. We’ve got the premiere of the video for single “Everybody Knows” which was shot and directed by Yana Kann and employs some trippy split-screen techniques. You can watch that below.
You can also catch Mark on tour now. After a few dates in Canada, he’ll be dropping down into the U.S. and has a couple NYC shows: the roof at Our Wicked Lady on October 10 where he’ll where he’ll play solo before being backed by The Mystery Lights (more info), and a solo show on October 11 at Berlin (tickets).
Deep in the forest outside of Berlin, one of rock and roll’s most under the radar yet omnipresent figures is putting the finishing touches on his latest solo record, but in fact traces of Mark Sultan can be found around the world. Cosigned by celebrated labels In The Red, Last Gang, Crypt, Fat Possum, Dirtnap, Goner, Sub Pop, Vice, Bomp!, Norton, Sympathy For The Record Industry, and Wick (Daptone Records), you’re bound to have come across something with Sultan’s name on it, where over the course of multiple decades he’s compiled an insane discography built from the strength of multiple albums, side projects and top-shelf solo efforts, always with a strong deposition towards taking classic garage rock sounds and contorting them in experimental and twisted new ways.
For this most recent effort, written, recorded and produced in his own ‘Sound Imperfection’ studio in Germany, Sultan once again ups the ante, working to implement a full band and fully fleshed out instrumentation. Still encompassing the ethos of individuality and charisma that has lent him a sound that has transcended any era by which you might try to nail him down, it may be his most cohesive statement yet.
Sultan has been quietly making moves for decades, earning the respect of legends like Jon Spencer and Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, who have covered his songs and sang his accolades. Touring the world incessantly with his collaborative efforts with King Khan and King Khan BBQ show, with Bloodshot Bill as the Ding Dongs, his constant state of proliferation also led to involvement in Black Lips’ supergroup the Almighty Defenders , where the much-mythologized band of brothers wrote, recorded and mixed eleven tracks in the span of two days. Part gospel, part soul, the resulting accomplishment was a testimony of hook-filled rhythm and blues as only Sultan could forge, a boundary-pushing fusion of genres that still defies expectation.
For new record ‘Let Me Out’ , Sultan lets his own voice shine more effusively than ever before. Through thirteen tracks filled with his signature moody, 60s inspired garage rock and roll, Sultan “doesn't simply revive old sounds and old excitements; he ingests them, digests them, and regurgitates them as something new and personal” (Pitchfork). His unmistakeable vocals, instantly transportive to rock’s most vintage moments, breath new life and bridge periods of time to convey the kind of music that stays with you long after its over. After all these years, ‘Let Me Out’ further cements Sultan’s ingenuity and enterprise as someone who has no chance of slowing down, but this time the world might finally be catching up.
LET ME OUT RELEASES 12 OCTOBER ON MODERN SKY USA / DIRTY WATER RECORDS - PRE-ORDER NOW
MARK SULTAN TOUR DATES
Sept 27: Calgary @ Dandy Brewing Company
Sept 28: Winnipeg @ Handsome Daughter
Sept 29: Toronto @ Monarch Tavern
Oct 4: Montreal @ L’Esco
Oct 9: WFMU radio performance solo set (BBQ) + w/ Mystery Lights as backing band playing songs off the new album "Let Me Out", and more!
Oct 10: Brooklyn, NY @ Our Wicked Lady - Mark Sultan Band! (Feat. The Mystery Lights) + Rooftop party
Oct 11: Manhattan, NY @ Berlin - Mark Sultan (BBQ) + more TBA !
Nov 29: Edinburgh @ Leith Depot
Nov 30: Glasgow @ Mono
Dec 1 : Liverpool @ Jacaranda
Dec 3: York @ Fulford Arms
Dec 4: Norwich @ The Crunch
Dec 5: Margate @ Tom Thumb
Dec 7: London @ THE DIRTY WATER CLUB with The Jack Cades and The Shadracks
Dec 8: Portsmouth @ Wave Maiden
Dec 10: Bristol @ Elmer’s Arms
Dec 11: Birmingham @ Hare and Hounds
Press Enquiries
US– Dana Cooper-Moore dana@highvoltagepr.com
UK and Europe - Matt Hunter matt@dirtywaterrecords.london
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The Dirty Water Club started in October 1996 in the Tufnell Park neighbourhood of north London, at a venue called The Boston. The club's name is derived from The Standells' 1966 hit 'Dirty Water' which glorifies the US city of Boston, Massachusetts.
Past performers have included The White Stripes (voted by Q Magazine as one of the top 10 gigs of all time, Mojo one of the top 30 and Kerrang one of the top 100!), The Gories, Country Teasers, Black Lips, NOBUNNY, Kid Congo Powers, The Fleshtones, Billy Childish, Radio Birdman, The Dirtbombs, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The 5.6.7.8's, The Horrors and The Brian Jonestown Massacre to name just a few. The club has also seen some original '60s performers, such as The Monks, ? and the Mysterians, Kim Fowley, Sky Saxon, GONN, Michael Davis of the MC5 and more grace its stage.
Their in-house record label, Dirty Water Records, is one of the leading garage/beat/(real) R&B labels in the world.
