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$5 Pete Yorn Deluxe Edition on Amazon
The deluxe edition of Pete Yorn's self-titled album is only $5 for the month of June on Amazon MP3! Click HERE to purchase the Amazon exclusive version, which includes 4 acoustic bonus tracks.
Pete Yorn Deluxe is Today's Amazon Daily Deal!
The deluxe edition of Pete Yorn's self-titled album is today's "Daily Deal" on AmazonMP3! Get it TODAY ONLY for $3.99 by clicking HERE. The Amazon exclusive version of the album includes 4 bonus acoustic tracks.
Pete Yorn on Daytrotter
Daytrotter.com has just posted their recent session with Pete Yorn! Pete performed 4 tracks off his most recent self-titled release, which are now up for stream and as a FREE download. Read the article and check out the awesome illustration of Pete HERE.
Pete Yorn's Palladia Concert Premieres Tomorrow Night!
Be sure to tune in to Palladia tomorrow night at 10pm EST for the premiere of Pete Yorn's live show from the Fonda theater in Los Angeles! Not around your television tomorrow night? Not to fear, a full schedule of the show's air times can be seen HERE.
Check Out Pete Yorn's Performance on The Daily Habit.
Last week Pete Yorn performed on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit. Check out the videos of "Velcro Shoes" and "Always" if you missed it!
Catch Pete Yorn perform on The Daily Habit tomorrow!
Pete Yorn will be on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit tomorrow, December 9, 2010, at 9:30pm. Be sure to tune in and see his performance!
Pete Yorn performs on KCRW today!
Pete Yorn will be performing on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic this morning at 11:15am PST. If you're in LA be sure to tune into 88.9fm, or click HERE to stream it online from anywhere!
Pete Yorn's self-titled album on sale now!
For a limited time only, Pete Yorn's self-titled album is on sale for $4.99 on AmazonMP3.
Click HERE to purchase the album!
Pete Yorn's "Precious Stone" in tonight's episode of The Vampire Diaries
Tune into tonight's airing of The Vampire Diaries on the CW to catch Pete Yorn's new song "Precious Stone" featured in the episode! Check your local listings.
Pete Yorn Announces 2011 North American Headlining Tour
Pete Yorn will kick off an extensive North American headlining tour on February 14th, 2011 in Phoenix in support of his new, self-titled album, which was produced by Frank Black. Special guest Ben Kweller will open on all dates.
Tickets will go on sale over the weekend and fans who purchase tickets in the first 14 days via Ticketmaster (U.S. only) will receive a free download of Yorn’s new album, redeemable HERE. More information and ticket links can be found HERE.
Meanwhile, fans can get their live music fix by viewing Yorn's recent full band exclusive performance, Pete Yorn: Live at the Village, on Nic Harcourt's new curated live music video site, Live Buzz, an unplugged SPIN Session and an RS Live interview and performance via RollingStone.com.
PETE YORN – 2011 TOUR DATES
2/14 Phoenix, AZ -- Marquee
2/16 Salt Lake City, UT -- Depot
2/17 Denver, CO -- Ogden
2/19 Council Bluffs, IA -- Whisky Roadhouse
2/20 Kansas City, MO -- VooDoo Lounge
2/22 Minneapolis, MN -- First Avenue
2/23 Chicago, IL -- The Vic Theatre
2/27 St. Louis, MO -- The Pageant
3/1 Indianapolis, IN -- Vogue Theatre
3/2 Columbus, OH -- Newport Music Hall
3/4 Detroit, MI -- Clutch Cargos
3/8 Boston, MA -- House of Blues
3/10 Philadelphia, PA -- Trocadero
3/11 New York, NY -- Terminal 5
3/14 Washington, DC -- 9:30 Club
4/1 Seattle, WA -- Showbox Sodo
4/2 Vancouver, BC -- Commodore Ballroom *
4/3 Portland, OR -- Wonder Ballroom
4/5 San Francisco, CA -- Regency
4/6 Los Angeles, CA -- Wiltern
4/9 San Diego, CA -- House of Blues
4/10 Anaheim, CA -- House of Blues
4/14 Houston, TX -- House of Blues
4/15 Dallas, TX -- Granada
4/16 Austin, TX -- Stubbs BBQ
4/22 Atlanta, GA -- Center Stage
*- bundle not available
Check out Pete Yorn's Unplugged session for Spin.com!
Pete Yorn recorded a live in-studio session for Spin.com, where he played three tracks from his new self-titled album, "Velcro Shoes," "The Chase," and "Future Life." Pete also played a song from his 2001 musicforthemorningafter, "Closet," and a cover of Diana Ross' "Theme from Mahongany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)."
Check out the gritty performance by watching the unplugged set HERE!
Pete Yorn is KCRW's 'Today's Top Tune!'
KCRW, Southern California's NPR affiliate, has named Pete Yorn's "Stronger Than" 'Today's Top Tune.' They are offering a free download of the track, from Pete Yorn's recent self-titled release, on their website HERE.
Watch Pete Yorn's Acoustic Performace at Rolling Stone
Pete Yorn stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to play a few acoustic songs off of his self-titled album. Watch the performance of "Rock Crowd" below, and click HERE to see the rest of the set.
Watch Pete Yorn's performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno!
Pete Yorn performed "Precious Stone," from his self-titled album, last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. If you didn't have the chance to catch the performance last night, check out the video below!
Pete Yorn on Jay Leno Thursday Night!
Catch Pete Yorn performing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this Thursday (10/14) on NBC! Be sure to check your local listings for show times in your area.
Exclusive Pete Yorn Video on E! Online
E! Online has just premiered Pete Yorn’s music video for “Sans Fear.” What did they have to say about pirate-fighting Pete? Find out and watch the music video HERE.
Watch Pete Yorn's Performance on Jimmy Fallon!
Pete Yorn performs "Velcro Shoes" from his new album on Jimmy Fallon. Check out the performance here! Or, check it out on NBC.com!
Pete Yorn on Fallon Tonight!
Don't forget to catch Pete Yorn tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performing a song from the new record! Check your local listings!
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On October 7th, 2010, Pete Yorn will be performing on Late Night with
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Trade a Tweet for a Pete Yorn Download!
Pete Yorn is offering a FREE DOWNLOAD of "Rock Crowd" from his new self-titled release in exchange for a re-tweet! Click HERE to get your free track download!
Pete Yorn on Ellen!
Be sure to check out Pete Yorn playing his new single, "Precious Stone," from his just released self-titled album on The Ellen Degeneres Show today! If you missed it you can stream the video on YouTube HERE.
Pete Yorn's New Album is Available Now!
Click HERE to head to iTunes to download Pete's new self-titled album, produced by Frank Black! You can catch Pete on tour this month and next:
09/27: Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
09/28: San Juan Capistrano, CA - The Coach House
09/30: Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
10/04: Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
10/05: New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/06: Washington, DC - Black Cat
10/09: Austin, TX - ACL (Lady Bird Lake Stage)
Pete Yorn is Magnet Magazine's Guest Editor!
Pete Yorn is guest editing Magnet Magazine all this week (Sep 27-Oct 3)! Check out Yorn musing on horror movies, charities, and music producer Frank Black-- Read his Q&A and check back all week for the rest of his posts HERE!
Stream Pete Yorn's new self-titled album on EW before its release on Tuesday!
You can now stream Pete Yorn's new self-titled album in its entirety on Entertainment Weekly's Music Mix blog! Click HERE to listen to the full forthcoming record, produced by Frank Black of The Pixies, before its release on Tuesday, September 28th. The album is available to pre-order now on iTunes.
Exclusive Pete Yorn Performance on Amazon.com
Check out Pete Yorn's live performance of "Paradise Cove," a track off his upcoming self-titled release, exclusively on Amazon. Click below to watch!
Pre-order Pete Yorn's New Album and Get an Exclusive Track!
Pete Yorn's forthcoming self-titled album, produced by Frank Black, is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Buy your copy now and get a pre-order exclusive b-side, "Favorite Song," when the album comes out on September 28th!
Pre-Order Pete Yorn's New Album to Get an Autographed Copy!
Qhat's better than a new Pete Yorn album? ….A signed Pete Yorn album! Newbury Comics is offering a limited amount of autographed CD Booklets for Pete Yorn's upcoming self-titled release, available Sep. 28. Pre-Order your copy of the album HERE to get your signed copy while supplies last.
Get a FREE download of Pete Yorn's new song "Velcro Shoes" from SPIN.com
Check out SPIN.com right now for a FREE Download of "VELCRO SHOES" from Pete Yorn's new record! The forthcoming self-titled album was produced by Frank Black and is available September 28th. Click HERE to read the article and get your free download!
Vote for Pete Yorn to win custom Zippo lighters!
Zippo is hosting a contest to see which band deserves customized lighters showcasing their logo and the top vote-getter wins. Think Pete Yorn should win? Click HERE to vote now!
Get Pete Yorn’s new single "Precious Stone" for free!
You can now get a free donwlod of Pete Yorn's new single "Precious Stone" on Pete's social networks. Just click HERE for Facebook or HERE for Twitter to get your free track. The new self-titled album comes out September 28th!
Pete Yorn’s new album, produced by Frank Black, set for September 28th release on Vagrant Records
On September 28th, Vagrant Records will release the latest studio album from Pete Yorn. Produced by Frank Black (The Pixies), this visceral 11-song collection follows Yorn’s two 2009 releases. Back & Fourth, hailed as “haunting” by Entertainment Weekly. While Rolling Stone said, “Yorn has found his voice on Back and Fourth, a mostly acoustic beauty.” It was followed in September by Break Up, a collaboration with Scarlett Johansson that Paste said “succeeds in its ambitious goal of capturing the spirit – if not the sound – of the late 60’s musical partnership between Serge Giansbourg and Brigette Bardot.”
Yorn’s forthcoming album, a self-titled volume with a plain black cover, was recorded on the spur-of-the-moment, in the summer of 2008. Yorn was in the middle of making Back & Fourth in Nebraska when he got an email from Black suggesting that they record some tunes. Intrigued by the notion of experimenting with Frank, Yorn hopped a plane to Salem, OR, where the two set up an impromptu studio. They recorded the album in a mere five days – even though the singer-songwriter-guitarist came down with the flu two days into the process.
“Frank didn’t give a shit about getting sick, so we stayed in the flow,” recalls Yorn. “He has an incredible ability to distill a song down to its core.”
Frank recalls, "Pete told me he wanted to better define himself as an artist. I think he just wanted to rock out. But as we headed down a path of realization I stripped him down a whole bunch. We battled in the best sort of way. I tried to get the session into a fearless and raw place, and to his artistic credit Pete took his songwriting to a fearless and raw place. This listener will find his or herself sitting right next to Pete on the couch. And the record totally rocks out."
The resulting songs are raw, born of shattered nerves and shifting dreams – yet edged with hope. On “Sans Fear,” the album’s first single, Yorn veers between soaring harmonies and ravaged lead vocals as he contemplates a relationship’s end. Songs like album opener “Precious Stone” and “The Chase” examine the ambivalence that eats away at us, robbing our finest moments of their joy. Buoyed by jangly guitars, the former is an exuberant love song – up until the final verse, where the narrator faces the inevitable: “We know it can not last forever/such crazy feelings you inspire/I’ll have to run off by tomorrow/I never could put out this fire.” What happens when you get what you want – and it still isn’t enough? Maybe it’s time to look inside. And so the sole remaining single guy of “Future Life” goes from freaking out about the future to embracing it and learning to appreciate what he has.
This thread runs through the record – “Rock Crowd” is a heartfelt paean to fans that shines a harsh light on the time spent offstage while “Velcro Shoes” celebrates simple childhood joys like tree houses and go-karts. Down the road, the boy grows into a man’s set of wheels. “We’re not afraid to ride/we’re not afraid to die/come on wheels take me home today/come on wheels take this boy away,” Yorn sings on “Wheels,” letting the haunting refrain dissolve into a delayed echo that signals both the end of the song and this remarkable album.
Yorn will be touring in Fall 2010 in conjunction with the new album’s release. Tour dates will be announced shortly.
PETE YORN – TRACK LISTING
1. Precious Stone
2. Rock Crowd
3. Velcro Shoes
4. Paradise Cove I
5. Badman
6. The Chase
7. Sans Fear
8. Always
9. Stronger than
10. Future Life
11. Wheels
