Our friend, writer David Chiu, profiles Anya Philips for the Asian America section of NBC News. Read the article here.
12/1/16
James Chance & The Contortions Announce West Coast Dates in March 2017
James & the band will be heading out to California in March for some shows, their first out there in quite some time. Two shows have been confirmed so far with more to come. Keep an eye on the facebook page, and the Gigs page here on the website, for updates. The two shows that have been announced so far are:
March 18 - San Diego - The Hideout (tickets)
March 19 - Los Angeles - Echoplex (tickets)
11/8/16
James Chance for President! Vote The Flesh Is Weak!
Available this Friday, you can pre-order now: radi.al/TheFleshIsWeakJChance.
Tour dates:
11/10 New York, NY @ Bowery Electric (album release show; tickets here)
11/12 Austin, TX @ Beerland (info here, only $5.00!)
12/10 Toronto, Canada @ The Rivoli (tickets here)
10/20/16
The Flesh Is Weak: New Album From James Chance & The Contortions Now Available For Pre-Order!
On November 11th, True Groove Global Soul is honored to bring you a new album of cutting edge punk funk from no wave legend James Chance & The Contortions entitled 'The Flesh Is Weak' (produced by Tomás Doncker & James Dellatacoma). Get ready to contort yourself as you have never contorted yourself before, and if you are new to James Chance, well, get ready for a true New York original...Pre-order on iTunes now: http://radi.al/TheFleshIsWeakJChance.
9/30/16
Gettin' into something funky for the weekend: Melt Yourself Down
Tour dates:
11/10 New York, NY @ Bowery Electric (album release show; tickets here)
11/12 Austin, TX @ Beerland (info here, only $5.00!)
12/10 Toronto, Canada @ The Rivoli (tickets here)
9/27/16
Melt Yourself Down: New James Chance & The Contortions Track Now Streaming at Stereogum!
Wrap your ears around "Melt Yourself Down," the brand new single from James Chance & The Contortions, over at Stereogum. Its the first taste of James' next album, The Flesh Is Weak, which he has been working on recently with Contortions member/producer Tomas Doncker and the folks at True Groove Records. The album will be available in November with some tour dates to accompany it. Melt Yourself Down here.
Tour dates:
11/10 New York, NY @ Bowery Electric (album release show; tickets here)
11/12 Austin, TX @ Beerland (info here, only $5.00!)
12/10 Toronto, Canada @ The Rivoli (tickets here)
9/23/16
9/19/16
Melt Yourself Down: Images from a new video shoot for first single from new album
Here's a couple of images from a recent video shoot for a NEW James Chance album! James is rocking a jacket actually owned & worn by Liberace.
8/30/16
James Chance & the Contortions to headline East Village Eye Party at the Delancey, NYC, on Sept 16
The Contortions will be headlining this event being thrown by the Howl Happening Gallery & East Village Eye on Sept. 16. For more info visit the Facebook event page.
8/28/16
TORONTO SHOWS UPDATE / DATE CHANGE: Now two shows on December 10 at Rivoli
The previously announced Toronto shows of September 7 & 8 have been rescheduled to two shows in one evening. The shows will now be at Rivoli on December 10. Tickets are $30 for each show, or a special price of $50 for both, and are available via the following links:
Saturday, December 10th
8/22/16
James Chance & The Contortions ready first new studio LP since the ’80s, playing Bowery Electric (BV presale)
No Wave legends James Chance & the Contortions are set to release their first proper album since the ’80s. Produced by longtime Contortions guitarist Tomás Doncker, it’s titled The Flesh is Weak and will be out via True Groove Records this fall, featuring brand new material and favorites from their live set.
The band, which also includes Eric Klaastad (bass/vocals), Richard Dworkin (drums/vocals), Mac Gollehon (trumpet), and Robert Aaron (saxophone/keyboards), will play a record release show at NYC’s Bowery Electric on November 10 with BUENO and Logan X. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 26 at 10 AM with a BrooklynVegan presale beginning Tuesday, August 23 at 10 AM. Check Brooklyn Vegan Tuesday morning for the password.
7/2/16
James Chance & Les Contortions Live in Milan at Lofi, May 22, 2016
Happy Saturday night everyone. Thanks to Luca, the sound man at Lo Fi Milano, for this recording of the May 22, 2016, gig by James & Les Contortions!
Setlist (Compositions by James Chance except where noted):
01. Designed To Kill
02. Home Is Where the Hatred Is (Gil Scot Heron)
03. Do the Splurge
04. Street With No Name
05. Jaded
06. Melt Yourself Down
07. Disposable You
08. Put Me Back In My Cage
09. No Pity In the Naked City (Jackie Wilson/Alonzo Tucker)
10. Contort Yourself
11. I Can't Stand Myself (James Brown)
6/26/16
Vienna, May 17, 2016
Thanks to Steff Galvan in Vienna for the great pix he sent to us recently. They were shot for webzine, Pavlov's Dogs, when James was there back on May 17 with Les Contortions.
Fan art from Portland
We're loving this fan-art sent to us by Aaron L. out of Portland. You can follow him on Instagram at @ark_vandelay. Does anyone else have some home made tributes to Mr. Chance?
4/22/16
Teenage Jesus & the Jerks photo rarities by David Baumbach, NYC, 1976
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| Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, 1976, by David Baumbach. From left: Lydia Lunch, Bradley Field, Rek, James Chance. |
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| From the same session - James Chance, 1976, by David Baumbach. |
4/12/16
Previously unpublished Contortions photos unearthed!
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| James Chance by Gross & Daley |
Thanks to Gross & Daley for submitting these previously unpublished shots of the Contortions in rehearsal in the late 70's, as well as the priceless shot of James wearing big ears. Visit their website at http://grossanddaleyportraits.blogspot.com.
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| The Contortions by Gross & Daley |
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| The Contortions by Gross & Daley |
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| The Contortions by Gross & Daley |
4/9/16
James Chance social media update
3/21/16
James Chance & Les Contortions on tour: Europe May 2016
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Blue Note Tokyo, Jan 23, 2016 by Toshiya Arai
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James Chance & Les Contortions
Europe May 2016
May 14 Brest (fr) - La Carène
May 17 Wien (aus) - Chelsea
May 18 Budapest (hr) - A38
May 19 Ljubljana (slo) - Kino Siska
May 20 Bologna (ita) - Freakout
May 21 Ancona (ita) - La Cupa
May 22 Milan (ita) - Lofi
1/11/16
BLACK & WHITE - Portraits of James Chance by Anya Phillips available now
James Chance's photo book is out now! Taken by Anya Phillips, James's former manager and girlfriend, the photo book features portraits of James from the late 70's until her death in 1981. The book is published by Vacant, a gallery in Tokyo at a limited edition of 500 worldwide.
For more information please click here.
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