Video: John Vanderslice "White Dove" Live at Sound Fix

One of my favorite shows last year was John Vanderslice with St. Vincent . Now John is going out on tour in March with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, in continued support of his latest release Emerald City. He wrote the bulk of his new album Emerald City while knee-deep in legal limbo after a visa application for his girlfriend, a French national he met in Paris , was rejected by US Immigration. Lyrically, JV's characters and storytellers track Manifest Destiny from burning wagon wheels to two-bedroom homes with full amenities in Bakersfield , California . [...]

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