Bag is Hot - JOSEPH ARTHUR

We get a lot of emails about various new records and other stuff all the time but we rarely post about them because our focus is events here in detroit - not the news - not whats cool or new

but here is one we thought to pass on since it is a living record album - is this the future of recording and releasing albums? check it out at http://josepharthur.tumblr.com/

‘Bag Is Hot’ is Joseph Arthur's new way of releasing his music and art.
It is liquid and ongoing – a form onto itself. Brand new music is composed and recorded strictly for this album – really beautiful, unearthly, fully realized music – that interacts with images and artwork to form a living, breathing record. ‘Bag is Hot’ is free, open-ended, has no rules and is being modernized by Joseph at a rapid pace.

“’Bag is hot’…like fresh popcorn for all the kids to grab,” says Joseph. “Digital hands eating the digital popcorn. This project is fun and doesn’t have to be precious, but it’s hard not to take it seriously and really work on it. It’s not, ‘Bag is getting a little lukewarm - Bag is hot! It’s gonna be slang soon!”

JOSEPH ARTHUR TOUR DATES (solo / acoustic unless otherwise noted)
June 11 Newcastle, UK - Cluny
June 12 Nottingham, UK - Maze
June 15 Manchester, UK - Night & Day
June 16 Glasgow, UK - King Tuts
June 17 Birmingham, UK - Glee Club
June 19 London, UK - Union Chapel
July 4 Montreal, QC - Club Soda
July 9 Boston, MA - Paradise
July 10 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live
July 11 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (JA & the Lonely Astronauts)
July 12 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s (solo)
July 15 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
July 18 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
July 21 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
July 22 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
July 24 Vancouver, BC - The Media Club
July 26 Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival

PURCHASE TICKETS

Releases out now:
Could We Survive ("Rages of Bablyon" MP3)
Crazy Rain (“Nothin 2 Hide” MP3)

Additional upcoming releases this year include:
Vagabond Skies EP (June 10)
Foreign Girls EP (July 8)
Temporary People (Sept 16), full-length by Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts