Here are a few more photos of Palm Palm performing at the Ottobar on Jan. 19, 2020. Blade Of Truth 3. Finde Tourdaten und Konzerte von J Roddy Walston and The Business in deiner Stadt. And bullshit was exactly the word to describe it. Water from a well. Destroyers Of The Soft Life TOUR Store Contact Home Destroyers Of The Soft Life TOUR Store Contact The new album. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. All photos copyright and courtesy of David LaMason. 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J. Roddy Walston & The Business will release their fourth studio album Destroyers Of The Soft Life on Sept 29th via ATO Records. Although it was so much fun to hear these tunes stripped down to their essentials, things got kicked into high gear when J. Roddy announced the rest of Palm Palm — Charlie Glenn, Jr., on guitar, Andrew Carper on bass, and Raphael Katchinoff on drums. The band is known for their energetic live shows and Walston's pounding style of playing the piano. What followed was some heavy rockin’ as the band played glam tinged grooves with some thick David Lee Roth swagger. The Business now consists of Billy Gordon (lead guitar/vocals), Logan Davis (bass/vocals) and Steve Colmus (drums). But after five critically-acclaimed albums, hundreds of tour dates all over the world with the likes of Kings of Leon, Drive-By Truckers, the Black Keys and many others, and television appearances everywhere from the Late Show with David Letterman to Jimmy Kimmel Live! Lori McKenna). , the Athens, Georgia-bred rockers decided to pull back on activity in 2017. And things got a lot sweatier and funkier from there as I witnessed the crowd — who I’m sure hadn’t heard most if not all of these new tunes — sang along to choruses like “I’m Gonna Do It by Myself” that just begged to be sung by an eager audience. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Nashville, TN J. Roddy Walston and the Business (JRWATB) is an American rock band based in Richmond, Virginia.The band was formed in 2002 in Cleveland, Tennessee by J. Roddy Walston (vocals/piano/guitar). WAYS AND MEANS. 6. You Know Me Better 2. The end result showcases a different side of the artist, to be sure. somewhere to be. we are coming for your dreams babies and gentlethems! Hear J. Roddy Walston and the Business's new song "The Wanting." Dobyns also added various instrumentation to the tracks, alongside contributions from Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, former Sparklehorse vocalist Sol Seppy and Adele bassist Samuel Dixon, among other musicians. But it’s almost like a weight off my shoulders to not really know where I'm going from here.”. Ready to play all your favorite songs in completely unfamiliar ways, and all his new songs in the only way he knows how, J Roddy Walston is out to meet himself again, and do it in front of other people. Bandsintown Fist Logo. Destroyers of the Soft Life J. Roddy Walston and The Business. Kodie Shane and BlocBoy JB @ Echostage — 2/16/20, Snapshots: K. 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Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Armed with a slew of Business tunes, he played fan favorites like “Don’t Break the Needle” and “Take It As It Comes” — even rolling out a new song before taking requests from the audience. J. Roddy Walston and the Business in KC. we have the casual pink and he will bring his pontoon of followers (J Roddy Walston, keys &vox). 4. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from J Roddy Walston And The Business at the Discogs Marketplace. “It occurred to me that if I wanted to record and tour that I was going to need to do it solo,” the singer, songwriter and guitarist says. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join him as he shares a single dose of strangeness. Now he’s just him, and a whole rack of songs…. It’s one not to miss. and a moving truck full of synths, pianos, tape machines and sequencers. The band released an EP, LMNEP, in 2005, following … J. Roddy Walston and Palm Palm rock a sold-out Ottobar on Jan. 19, 2020. we are tonight only! J. Roddy Walston and the Business is an American rock band based in Richmond, Virginia.The band was formed in 2002 in Cleveland, Tennessee by J. Roddy Walston (vocals/piano/guitar). For more dates and info, check out more here. “I'd always been afraid of doing something solo because I thought it might mess up the band vibe, but now I'm able to see that it actually helps,” Gispert says. J RODDY WALSTON. A longtime resident of Nashville (by way of Atlanta, and then Athens), Gispert last year accepted an invitation from a friend to visit his 100-acre hemp farm, located roughly an hour outside Music City. Usually I’d be in a cramped apartment or a studio space—not, like, walking around outside in a big open field at 1:00 AM, just singing and playing.”, He laughs. we are the undisputed big tongues of juke juke. “I’m trying to switch it up.”, a cosmic peach striking the flower of time. (Photo by David LaMason). The genesis of that riddle? Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Destroyers of the Soft Life - J. Roddy Walston and the Business on AllMusic - 2017 - Following several years of hard touring for their… w/ Adult Mom @ The Black Cat — 11/17/18, Music Park: Young the Giant w/ Lights @ The Anthem — 11/16/18, Snapshots: Troye Sivan @ The Anthem — 10/4/18, Snapshots: Rayland Baxter @ Union Stage — 7/12/18, Snapshots: Soccer Mommy @ Merriweather Post Pavilion — 6/23/18, Snapshots: MISSIO @ U Street Music Hall — 3/2/18, Snapshots: Palehound @ Union Stage — 2/10/18, Snapshots: Rostam @ U Street Music Hall — 2/1/18, Snapshots: Yoke Lore @ Songbyrd Music House — 1/29/17, Snapshots: Flosstradamus @ 9:30 Club — 12/28/17, Snapshots: Dizzy @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 12/8/17, Snapshots: The Cult @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 12/8/19, Snapshots: The Joy Formidable w/ Twen @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 11/29/19, Around Town: Sophia Loren @ Robert E. 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All the drama. Opening the night was Parker Gispert of the Atlanta, Georgia-based The Whigs with a fun set of brilliant songs, including a fantastic cover the Sinatra tune, “That’s Life.”. In October of last year, J. Roddy Walston and the Business, posted through social media that “after 14 years, four albums and 889 shows of being creatively betrothed solely to each other, now feels like the time to explore other possibilities…” After sold-out sets in Baltimore and Richmond, J. Roddy Walston and the Business and their raucous brand of Southern rock and Stones-inspired music was on an indefinite hiatus. As the guitar accompaniment builds and the orchestral strings turn frantic, Gispert intones, ominously, “One Saturday morning / there will be no warning.”, The narrative, Gispert says, “is based on a real interaction I had, at a diner right down the road that I’d go to all the time in the mornings. 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Roddy Walston & The Business, Soundtrack: Conan. Numbers 4. The album came to life in the band's own Richmond, VA recording studio, a space they built by hand in 2016, and was finished in Seattle with co-producer Phil Ek (Band of Horses, The Walkmen, Built To Spill). Live Review: J. Roddy Walston and Palm Palm @ Ottobar — 1/19/20, Preview: The Wood Brothers @ Rams Head Live, 1/29/20, (CANCELLED) J Roddy Walston with Palm Palm and Parker Gispert at The Double Wide | DeepEllum.com, Interview: Martin Gore of Depeche Mode (In Conversation with Daniel Miller of Mute Records @ Moogfest 2019 -- 4/26/19), Livestream Preview: Gorillaz @ Kong Studios, 12/12-12/13/20, Song of the Day: "Bad at Love" by Smith & Myers, Snapshots: Apocalyptica @ Lincoln Theatre -- 5/28/19, Song of the Day: "Gone Gone Gone" by Peter Bjorn and John, Don't Miss: The SOS Band @ The Birchmere, 2/19/18, Live Review: J. 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Movies. In between sets of Parker Gispert and Palm Palm, J. Roddy took the stage in pink striped suit, white hat, and sunglasses behind a piano and synth rig. Links: Official Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify. “It was like there was one phase of the record, which was me alone writing everything,” Gispert says. It was just, like, a house and a plot of land. The Business now consists of Billy Gordon (lead guitar/vocals), Logan Davis (bass/vocals) and Steve Colmus (drums). No Upcoming Tour Dates. nobody to go. 1. “And then there was the second phase, the studio phase, which was very much a team effort, with Emery shaping the record sonically and production-wise.”, When it comes to playing this material live, however, Gispert has been going it alone—an atypical arrangement for him onstage, but one that he’s been finding incredibly satisfying. “So I can’t really say what comes next. ( Log Out / “I'm 36, and most of my friends are at that point where they’re getting married and having kids,” he says. But far from his solo endeavors having a negative impact on the group, he’s found the opposite to be true. “I didn’t want to go that route.”, Ultimately, his change in musical direction was helped along by a change in geography. we have the biggest boy and he is still growing (Andrew Carper, bass). Explore releases from J Roddy Walston And The Business at Discogs. “I didn't need to project over a band, so I was able to sing in registers I hadn’t really used before, like a lot of high falsetto,” he explains. Now, ‘one day’ is here in the form of Sunlight Tonight , Gispert’s debut solo album (produced and mixed by Emery Dobyns). J. Roddy Walston and the Business was an American rock band based in Richmond, Virginia, United States. But when it came time to record the material, he left his rural surroundings behind and headed back into Nashville, cutting tracks at Blackbird Studios and Hacienda Studios, with producer Emery Dobyns (Patti Smith, Antony and the Johnsons) at the helm. It was just confusing. Now he’s just him, and a whole rack of songs…. ( Log Out / The group announced on their social media in late 2019 that they would disband at the close of t… “And my friends' wives will say things to me like, ‘Parker, when are you gonna meet somebody and join the club?’ So I always say, the only thing standing in between me and a great relationship is that the idea has never occurred to me.”, Then there’s “Magnolia Sunrise,” which unfolds somewhat uneventfully, with Gispert grabbing breakfast at a local diner (“Coffee, Tennessee / grits made to order”) before an anxious waitress shatters his mundane tranquility: “There’s still a lot that could go wrong,” she tells him. 3. New Single 'The Wanting' Out Now. 2. 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