BIG NEWS!
The Last Dancers release their first vinyl record at SXSW on American Icon Records Friday March 14th 10pm. The release party is being held in the middle of a 70 band show at The Spider House. On the bill are several other label mates releasing either vinyl or CD including DRC3 from Portland, Oregon. This is a legendary milestone for all of us who worked so hard to make this record and we are honored to be able to present most of the full-length released in Spain on Alone Records Pre-Revolution at our show. We will be showcasing 3 of the songs off that release that are on the new vinyl (and sound great!) as well as one new unreleased single "Sad Girl".   



In other news, The Last Dancers have found themselves in living in Chicago as of 2014 writing a new album with a highly versatile group of rockers. Brett Whittacre of The Legendary Shack Shakers is on drums, Barrett Sellers on guitars, keys and atmospheric generators and Greg Roitek is holding down the bass at our upcoming performances. After SXSW we will begin booking shows in Chicago and the surrounding region as well as doing a few more release parties in Portland (May 3rd) and of course here in Chicago this Summer. If you want more info on getting the vinyl please contact: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanIconRecords

Thank you fr continuing to listen! -Love, The Last Dancers.

Exciting news for us analog audiophiles this month at Last Dancers HQ...all be they digital audio files that we will be creating the vinyl from due to time and money constraints, we will nonetheless be pushing the acetate into the vinyl in Austin, Texas with our excellent new American underground label American Icon. We're deliberating over the 4 Pre-Revolution tracks that will make the cut now and Jamie Zuverza will be doing the cover art. His work is great.



There is a good chance Adam (I) will fly into Austin and do a release show with some of my Austin brethren backing me up. Perhaps importing an actual Last Dancer as well from Portland. Dony Wynn and John Birch would be in that gang otherwise. If there is a release show it might likely be at The Spider House as American Icon does a lot of shows there. After party at Justine's for sure. Regardless of time, date, locale, we/I will have attained a tiny portion of a true lifelong dream. To make records. I hope anyone who loves vinyl and good time Rock and Roll will come out and celebrate with us as the records will most likely not be distributed anywhere but through us directly. If we sell them all at the show or on a tour in Europe we will press up some more right quick and let you know. If you dig the record samples on this page, write to me at adam.mackintosh@gmail.com and I will hook you up with a bunch of tunes. More news to come when the needle hits the record! 

American Icon Records

 

I attended Steel Bridge Songfest 7 years in a row 2000-2007. I was exposed to something most would call magical in that time and it is a great honor to be invited back as a performer this year with The Last Dancers and Ruby James, We play somewhere in the tiny town of Sturgeon Bay Saturday night. It won't be hard to find us, and if you don't, you will find something remarkable. This is the only US performance The Last Dancers will play before our tour in Spain this Fall so catch us if you can. I know you have no reason to trust a blog post on the internet, but I can tell you if you don't go, you will regret it. 

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 Wow, an absolutely insane time in my music career folks! I've spent the last couple of months flying back and forth to Austin to record the album I have been writing with Ruby James and the results are already blowing us away. We have been recording at Tequila Mockingbird with Kyle Crusham and have had the honor of having the legendary Dony Wynn (Robert Palmer, Charlie Sexton) on drums. Let's just say he showed up with 5 cymbal bags and 20 flight cases of different snares, kicks and toms....Amazing to watch that man work. There will be more posts about this in the future as the songs become mastered and released.
However, if you are attending Steel Bridge Songfest this year you will be able to get a live preview of all of the new tracks on Saturday at Andres' Ballroom. 


Meanwhile, back in Hollywood...The Dearest shot a new video for "Undone" this month at The Geisha Room on Hollywood Blvd. We were honored by the presence of John McDuffie on Pedal Steel and Robert Black on upright Bass.  Derek Reckley from the hilarious Ski Lift AT&T commercial stars in it as well. It was a total blast and everyone involved was simply so pro. Look for that as we get it edited. All three advance singles are available for FREE on our website at hearthedearest.com

Sitting in the Rock and Roll Sheraton in Madison thanks to our good pal Pauli Ryan (master percussionist) taking a day off before Ruby and I head to Steel Bridge Songfest for a week of writing with upwards of 25 writers from all over the world! Spending the week in the wonderful Holiday Motel with all of the other writers and recording all of the songs we write that week in the recording studio right there in the Motel. I can never fully imagine the depths and directions that SBSF is going to take but after 7 years in attendance I always know it will be incredible for me as a writer and that great songs will be created by everyone involved. So, I get to let go of everything and let the event spin me out of control. usually takes a week or so to decompress..:) 

During that "decompression" Anna and I will be packing up shop in Hollywood and heading out on the road to Austin, Portland, Wisconsin and Seattle over the summer. Our goal is to finish The Dearest record in Portland and have it packaged up for a release sometime this fall. If all goes well we will be able to continue touring, writing and recording. :) We will most likely land back in California somewhere but who knows what opportunities this exciting time will create?

The Last Dancers have worked out a deal with our label in Spain to do a US release of Pre-Revolution as an Import! We are very excited as this will include a college radio run. Pre-Revolution has been very well received in Europe as well as with a few college stations here in the states who advance copies were sent to. We couldn't be more thrilled about this development. Thank you Alone Records! 

Tune in for more news and updates as the week of writing progresses and Anna and I head out on the road! -Adam M

That's right friends and fans, going to SXSW this year to record and rock a ton of shows with Ruby James and also feature a rare U.S. performance of songs by The Last Dancers. I have posted all of the dates with all of the important details on my Upcoming Shows page so please click the link to view them. Be sure to scroll forward to March as the festival is the weekend of March 17th. Really looking forward to playing all of these songs I have written for Ruby in Austin with the incredible players out there as well as performing The Last Dancers material. Every time you play with new people you get a new interpretation of the music. Always enriching whether you pull it off or not! :) The Last Dancers set will be at Maria's Taco Express on the 17th of March (time slot TBD) but it is looking like 1:30pm right now -that's afternoon folks! So get some mexican food and an ice cold beer and kick the weekend off right. Ready to seriously throw down so I hope you can be there on time. To get updated as to the exact time follow me on Twitter as I will be posting any important updates there as the weekend wiggles and shakes. See you in Texas! -AM