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Thursday, October 12, 2023

La Cerca | October Tour Dates

  • Wednesday October 18 - Albuquerque NM - Sister - with infinitikiss
  • Thursday October 19 - Denver CO - Skylark Lounge
  • Friday October 20 - Kansas City MO - miniBar
  • Saturday October 21 - Tulsa OK - The Soundpony

Friday, August 11, 2023

OUT NOW: La Cerca "Gimme Some Myrrh" [Digital Single]





La Cerca’s new single “Gimme Some Myrrh” is a bittersweet dreamy rocker, as well as an ode to frontman Andrew Gardner’s dear friend, the late Sam Jayne (Love as Laughter).

“Sam would come to Tucson, Arizona on tour. We would go to dance parties, skateboard all night, as well as stay up until dawn talking about music and the most unusual things,” reminisces Gardner, who played “Gimme Some Myrrh” in its infancy to Jayne many years before. “At the time, the song was about people going for the life of living art, much like Sam, who would put every last penny into having a run of shows with his band,” Gardner shares. Ultimately, Jayne was the inspiration; he loved the song and told Gardner that it needed to be released.

It wasn’t until after Sam Jayne’s passing in 2020 that La Cerca would follow his advice and recorded “Gimme Some Myrrh”. Gardner adds, “I remember Sam playing an acoustic set and putting his audience in a frenzy, and the crowd would be screaming for more. I realize now that I actually wrote this song about Sam, and how he was such an inspiration to me; like a superhero.” 


For fans of Built To Spill, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dead Meadow, Dinosaur Jr., Guided By Voices, Love as Laughter, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Real Estate, Red House Painters, Saint Maybe, Silver Jews, Smashing Pumpkins, Spiritualized, Teenage Fanclub, Kurt Vile, The Warlocks, Wilco, Yo La Tengo

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Upcoming August Releases for Fort Lowell Records



We have three new Digital Singles being released next month that we are very proud of and excited to share with you.  Here is an overview to learn more about each upcoming release: 

La Cerca "Gimme Some Myrrh"
  • For fans of Built To Spill, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dead Meadow, Dinosaur Jr., Guided By Voices, Love as Laughter, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Real Estate, Red House Painters, Saint Maybe, Silver Jews, Smashing Pumpkins, Spiritualized, Teenage Fanclub, Kurt Vile, The Warlocks, Wilco, Yo La Tengo

  • PRE-SAVE NOW

  • Release Date: August 11th

  • La Cerca’s new single “Gimme Some Myrrh” is a bittersweet dreamy rocker, as well as an ode to frontman Andrew Gardner’s dear friend, the late Sam Jayne (Love as Laughter).

    “Sam would come to Tucson, Arizona on tour.  We would go to dance parties, skateboard all night, as well as stay up until dawn talking about music and the most unusual things,” reminisces Gardner, who played “Gimme Some Myrrh” in its infancy to Jayne many years before.  “At the time, the song was about people going for the life of living art, much like Sam, who would put every last penny into having a run of shows with his band,” Gardner shares. Ultimately, Jayne was the inspiration; he loved the song and told Gardner that it needed to be released.

    It wasn’t until after Sam Jayne’s passing in 2020 that La Cerca would follow his advice and recorded “Gimme Some Myrrh”.  Gardner adds, “I remember Sam playing an acoustic set and putting his audience in a frenzy, and the crowd would be screaming for more.  I realize now that I actually wrote this song about Sam, and how he was such an inspiration to me; like a superhero.”

Tracy Shedd "Let It Ride"
  • For fans of Alvvays, Belle & Sebastian, Broken Social Scene, Fujiya & Miyagi, Future Islands, Geowulf, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, La Cerca, Liz Phair, Madonna, New Order, Of Montreal, The Pretenders, Sasami, Snail Mail, Sonic Youth, Spoon, Starflyer 59, Stereolab, Twin Shadow, Yo La Tengo

  • PRE-SAVE NOW

  • Release Date: August 18th

  • Tracy Shedd's new song "Let It Ride" is an infectious summertime indie pop anthem about being patient and trusting your gut, and it is Shedd's eighth single since the release of her sixth studio album The Carolinas.  Since 1999, Shedd has crafted melodic, heartfelt compositions that encourage people to make the most out of every moment, and "Let It Ride" is exactly that.

    Tracy Shedd is an indie rock musician who has released six studio albums with Teen-Beat, New Granada Records, Devil In The Woods, Science Project Records, and Fort Lowell Records, licensed music to Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill, The Fosters, and “The Rebound” (ft. Catherine Zeta-Jones), performed at CBGB, The Florida Theatre, plus festivals such as CMJ and SXSW, and has shared the stage with Cyndi Lauper, Cat Power, Iron & Wine, The Magnetic Fields, and David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets); not to mention Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth sat in on drums for her during a US tour.

    For those who concur with Tracy Shedd, "Let It Ride" is the soundtrack to the Summer of 2023.

Soda Sun "The Ghost Plant at Blood Run"
  • For fans of Beirut, Big Thief, Bon Iver, Bonnie Prince Billy, Calexico, Andrew Collberg, Cotton Jones, Fleet Foxes, Sean Thomas Gerard, Great Lake Swimmers, Iron and Wine, Jim James, JPW, Damien Jurado, Lambchop, Midlake, Phosphorescent, Pinback, Songs: Ohio, Sufjan Stevens, Jeff Tweedy, The War On Drugs, Denison Witmer

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  • Release Date: August 25th

  • Soda Sun's new single "The Ghost Plant at Blood Run" is a spectral ballad, deftly painting the Southwestern landscape in a palette of sonic hues. The song’s namesake is a stunning, all white plant that derives its energy solely from fungi in the soil, not from the sun. Lead singer and songwriter, John Goraj saw the plant with his son in a boggy forest along the Sioux River in South Dakota where he grew up. Goraj couldn’t help writing about the strange fungi-dependent  plant and the stark contrast to the desert where he lives now. The song then becomes a reflection of both places: a dark boggy forest and a sun-soaked desert,

    Blending introspective lyricism with a resonant sense of homecoming, the song reaches into the desert's heart, unearthing gold from its dust. The journey from sunrise screams to twilight whispers is a testament to Soda Sun's evocative storytelling and the intimate sense of family throughout their work. “The Ghost Plant at Blood Run" is a poetic dance with nature and the kaleidoscopic colors of the desert.

    Hailing from Tucson, Arizona, Soda Sun quickly made their mark in the 2020s with a unique blend of introspective lyrics and atmospheric melodies. Their debut album Stay Here (2021, Fort Lowell Records) earned critical acclaim. Their organic instrumentation and authentic storytelling have cultivated a dedicated fanbase, both locally and internationally.

Sunday, July 23, 2023

CBS Bay Area on La Cerca


[Repost from CBS Bay Area; by Dave Pehling, July 18, 2023]

Tucson, Arizona songwriter Andrew Gardner has been leading his group La Cerca for over two decades, exploring a mix of melodic indie-pop, windswept tumbleweed twang and psychedelia. Gardner and company released their fifth album, A Nice Sweet Getaway, on Fort Lowell Records in 2020.

Saturday, July 8, 2023

La Cerca | West Coast Tour


  • Sat 7/8: Oceanside, Pour House
  • Sun 7/9: Los Angeles, The Monty
  • Wed 7/12: Eugene, John Henry’s
  • Thu 7/13: Portland, The Midnight
  • Fri 7/14: Seattle, Conor Bryne
  • Tue 7/18: Olympia, The Crypt
  • Wed 7/19: Arcata, Blondies
  • Thu 7/20: Albany, The Ivy Room
  • Sat 7/22: Tempe, Yucca Tap Room
  • Sun 7/23: Tucson, Owls Club

Friday, March 31, 2023

La Cerca tour to support ambient album 'A Nice Sweet Getaway'

In September 2020, front-man Andrew Gardner of indie rock band La Cerca released his first ambient album under the same moniker; a masterpiece titled A Nice Sweet Getaway.  

"Echo, delay and reverb were put to good use to create an atmosphere that is not particularly safe or soothing. They point to the dangers that are hiding in the great wide open, with pulsating rhythms and swaths of guitar that are both welcoming and issuing a warning. [La Cerca's] A Nice Sweet Getaway flows as a continuous piece of music and should be enjoyed as such. This kind of music does not allow outside interference, so better disconnect the phone and other things that can break the spell."
~ Here Comes the Flood -- Best of 2020

This month coming, La Cerca is hitting the road to support A Nice Sweet Getaway, and perform tracks from the album live in concertCurrent dates are below, but stay tuned to La Cerca's social media accounts for potential additional dates to be added:

  • Saturday April 15 - Wilmington, NC - The Fuzzy Needle 
  • Wednesday April 19 -  Cincinnati, OH - The Comet
  • Thursday  April 20 - Louisville, KY - private party
  • Friday April 21 - Chicago, IL - Cafe Mustache
  • Saturday April 22 - Kansas City, MI - The Brick
  • Sunday April 23 - Tulsa, OK - The Whittier Bar
  • Monday April 24 -Oklahoma City, OK - Hunbly Bubbly Hookah Lounge

La Cerca's Social Media + Website:

Andrew Gardner of La Cerca

Saturday, May 28, 2022

La Cerca West Coast Tour Dates

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Concert Photography by Andrew Berg - Hotel Congress, May 21, 2022, Tucson AZ

Tracy Shedd
Tracy Shedd
Tracy Shedd
Tracy Shedd
Soda Sun
Soda Sun
Soda Sun
Soda Sun
Gabriel Naïm Amor
Gabriel Naïm Amor
La Cerca
La Cerca
La Cerca
La Cerca
KITIMOTO

Monday, April 25, 2022

Luz de Vida Record Release Party // Fort Lowell Records Showcase

Tucson, Arizona -- Saturday, May 21st -- iHeartRadio and Zia Records presents Luz de Vida: A Benefit Concert for Survivors of Trauma at Hotel Congress; the second official Record Release Party for Luz de Vida II: A Compilation to Benefit Homicide Survivors, featuring a Fort Lowell Records Showcase.

Luz de Vida – Spanish for Light of Life – is an expression of community, love, healing, grace and hope, a positive response from Tucson musicians and national artists. The original Luz de Vida project began in the days after the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting that took the lives of six people and injured 19 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and shook the Tucson community and nation.

For the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, members of the original Luz de Vida production team partnered with Homicide Survivors, Inc. to release a second compilation record, featuring Tucson and national artists and released on Fort Lowell Records.

Join us Saturday, May 21, 2022 to celebrate the official album release of Luz de Vida II along with Homicide Survivors, Inc. and Fort Lowell Records. The concert will include featured artists from Luz de Vida IITracy Shedd, Soda Sun, and Gabriel Naïm Amor – along with other Fort Lowell Records recording artists such as La Cerca, Young Mothers, and newcomers from Phoenix AZ: KITIMOTO and JPW.

Tracy Shedd; Photo by Scott Madgett
Soda Sun
Gabriel Naïm Amor
La Cerca; Photo by Andrew Berg
KITIMOTO
Young Mothers
JPW; Photo by Trevor Novatin

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Upcoming 2022 Fort Lowell Records Releases

While on the frontlines of social media, it may seem that things have been quiet around Fort Lowell Records' headquarters so far this year, we have to tell it is has been quite the opposite. As of today, there are six (6) brand new releases scheduled for this year, plus at least two (2) and possibly up to (4) vinyl re-releases of previous digital only records. Below is an overview of what's to come.  Stay tuned to Instagram, Twitter, or our Email List for more updates!

NEW RELEASES
  • Lauds II | Digital EP ~ March 29, 2022
  • Tracy Shedd "Going Somewhere" | Digital Single ~ March (TBD), 2022
  • This Water is Life, Vol. I | feat. MindsOne & DJ Iron and James Sardone | Vinyl EP ~ April 22, 2022
  • Desario Signal and Noise | Vinyl LP ~ Early Summer 2022
  • Kitimoto Vintage Smell | Vinyl LP ~ Early Summer 2022
  • JPW Something Happening / Always Happening | Vinyl LP ~ Late Summer 2022
VINYL RE-RELEASES
  • Moyamoya Hawn | Vinyl LP ~ Early Summer 2022
  • La Cerca A Nice Sweet Getaway | Vinyl LP ~ Fall 2022
  • Audio Explorations ActionReaction | Vinyl LP ~ Tentative
  • Lauds [Debut Album, Name TBD] | Vinyl LP ~ Tentative

Lauds II | Digital EP


Tracy Shedd "Going Somewhere" | Digital Single



This Water is Life, Vol. I | feat. MindsOne & DJ Iron and James Sardone | Vinyl EP


Desario Signal and Noise | Vinyl LP



Kitimoto Vintage Smell | Vinyl LP



JPW Something Happening / Always Happening | Vinyl LP



Moyamoya Hawn | Vinyl LP



La Cerca A Nice Sweet Getaway | Vinyl LP



Audio Explorations ActionReaction | Vinyl LP

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

La Cerca pays tribute to Sam Jayne of Love As Laughter in Brooklyn NY

Saturday November 13, 2021 at Union Pool is a Celebration of the Wild & Wonderful Sam Jayne from Love As Laughter at 7:00 PM EST! Video tributes, live music and Sam’s fave DJs come together celebrating the way Sam would love us to. Tigers and Monkeys will perform some of our favorite Sam Jayne songs along with members of Love As Laughter, Justice of The Unicorns, This Frontier Needs Heroes, Tigers and Monkeys The Roger Sisters, Tiffany Anders, Kim Krans, Miguel Mendez, Glick and the Migs; featuring Ivan Berko, La Cerca, Steve Miller Band Band Band and more! 

Get your tix now for this free event!

Friday, February 5, 2021

Tucson sounds - A nice quarantine getaway

[Repost from The Tucson Sentinel; by Julie Jennings Patterson, February 4, 2021]

Once upon a time, your favorite music writer was but a lowly high school rock fan, scribbling goth adjacent poetry and political opinions in notebooks and thinking up terrible headline puns for her high school newspaper along the lines of “tennis team swings into action.” But, then, senior year rolled around and your humble teenage scribe fell into a funk, afflicted by writer’s block, feeling like it was all just an exercise in futility. 

Luckily, once upon that time, I also had some good friends, one of whom was a classmate who played guitar and wrote and sang and seemingly knew every underground British / Australian / New Zealand pop band worth knowing and had introduced us all to groups like XTC and the Church.  And that friend happened to be part of a school sponsored writer’s group that met at lunch once a week, and insisted, repeatedly that I HAD to join it. So I did. And things got a little bit better. And at the end of the year, when we were all penning pseudo profound things in each other’s yearbooks, that friend signed mine with a plea for me to not stop writing. 

Mind you, I’ve struggled with writer’s block for most of my adult life, so that advice was hard to stick to over the years. Years later, the same friend sold me my first bass guitar, one of a few instances of kismet that helped put me on the path toward writing about music. So, I guess I kind of owe a debt of thanks to that dude.

“That dude” happens to be one Andrew Gardner, frontman and architect of Tucson based psych/indie pop band La Cerca. The bands’ latest release, “A Nice Sweet Getaway” should have been the centerpiece of a cross-country tour last year, but the best laid plans of mice and men are quite undone by a global pandemic and the record didn’t get the usual extra dose of word of mouth traction that a tour usually provides.

But while the band didn’t get a chance to hit the road this year, they did make a record that’s well suited for one’s own socially distanced road trip.

Released on Fort Lowell Records, which also put out La Cerca’s 2014 effort “Sunrise For Everyone,” the new release sees Gardner and company moving beyond the confines of their jangly indie pop past into slightly  more ambient and experimental territory. What on past releases might have served as delay heavy guitar solos or bridges or trippy musical interludes within the standard verse-chorus-verse format serve as the main fare here, with instrumental flights of fancy leading the way and traditional song structure sticking its head out the window and enjoying the sunset for a change. 

Friday, September 25, 2020

New Music Video: La Cerca "Cicada Radio"

To commemorate La Cerca's brand new album A Nice Sweet Getaway, their very first ambient record, the indie rockers from Tucson, Arizona have a brand new music video for their song "Cicada Radio."  Check it out here, and purchase your copy of A Nice Sweet Getaway on Bandcamp today! 

Happy Release Day to La Cerca!

A Nice Sweet Getaway, the very first ambient album by Tucson, Arizona's indie rockers -- La Cerca -- is officially available as of today on all digital music download and streaming platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Music, Bandcamp, Deezer, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Tidal Music, and YouTube Music.  Enjoy!

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Dutch friends 'Here Comes the Flood' talk about La Cerca's new ambient album

[REPOST from Here Comes the Flood; by Hans Werksman, September 17, 2020]

VIEW PREMIERE: La Cerca - "Gloomy Vista Way"

Tuscon based alternative rockers La Cerca have reinvented themselves with an ambient album, A Nice Sweet Getaway, with touches of post-rock and heavy use of delay. The "Gloomy Vista Way" single, with its drawn out guitar chords, is part Ry Cooder and part Brian Eno. A sense of foreboding that something bad is about to happen is almost tangible, but as long as it sounds this good, that's not a problem. The video was directed by Jason Marrano.

The A Nice Sweet Getaway album will be released on September 25 via Fort Lowell Records. It's available for pre-order here.

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[REPOST from Here Comes the Flood; by Hans Werksman, September 23, 2020]

ALBUM REVIEW: La Cerca - A Nice Sweet Getaway

Tuscon based alternative rockers La Cerca have changed course (and line-ups) quite a few times. Still, even for longtime followers of the band it comes as a surprise to see them releasing A Nice Sweet Getaway, a full-on, dark ambient album. They even used a basic two-track recording device, and had to cope with the limitations that came along with it.

Echo, delay and reverb were put to good use to create an atmosphere that is not particularly safe or soothing. They point to the dangers that are hiding in the great wide open, with pulsating rhythms and swaths of guitar that are both welcoming and issuing a warning. A Nice Sweet Getaway flows as a continious piece of music and should be enjoyed as such. This kind of music does not allow outside interference, so better disconnect the phone and other things that can break the spell.

A Nice Sweet Getaway will be released via Fort Lowell Records. Release date: September 25.

Tracks:

  • Walking the Underbelly
  • Suitcase Full of Emotions
  • Ice Cubes
  • Hazy Beach
  • Gloomy Vista Way
  • Shimmering Peacock
  • Free of Expectation
  • Cicada Radio
  • Opportunity Presents: The Bicycle Thief
  • Too Cold to Ride
  • Spiritual Lift



Sunday, September 13, 2020

Music Video: La Cerca "Climate Control"

We always ❤'ed this music video La Cerca did for their song "Climate Control" from their 2014 album Sunrise for Everyone (Fort Lowell Records FLR011):

Friday, September 11, 2020

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Music Video: "Free of Expectation" by La Cerca

[REPOST from The Big Takeoverby Big Takeover Exclusives, September 7, 2020]

Tucson, AZ-based ambient/psych-rock band La Cerca will be releasing their fifth album, A Nice Sweet Getaway, on September 25th via Fort Lowell Records. The LP showcases a sonic slideshow of multiple dimensions, with looped guitars and reflective ambiance emanating like waves under the Sonoran Desert sun.

The 11-tracks offer an endless source of inspiration, taking the listener on an exploratory excursion of learning and experimenting with a two-track recording device. The mostly (though not all) improvisational compositions meld together the radiation of fuzz, delay and modulation in a living room setting, with intimate microphone placement capturing the essence of musical movement in the room.

A Nice Sweet Getaway wends through empathetic sensitivities of unrest from stirring up dormant feelings and ideas after a protest; it is a personal voyage of love and memory ruminating on life’s travels…

La Cerca is the wellspring of Andrew Gardner, who is joined by other musicians including Bill Oberdick, Rick Bailey, Roger Reed, Nick Cashman, Brian Green, and Dani Ponci.

Big Takeover is please to host the video premiere of “Free of Expectation,” a gently guided ambient number that glows with shining, slowly drawn out guitar curves, like the unhurried downing of the sun over a desert landscape at the end of the evening. Occasional crackles of light percussion and echoing reverb mimic the sound of insects and plants getting ready to rest from the day.

The video clip, which was done by Jason Marrano, mirrors this gradually slowing down feeling, with close-up images and longer views of the natural world, including focused shots of cacti and other desert flora swaying in the light breeze. Dusky purple and faded red shadows signal the approach of night, under a partially cloudy sky. Soon a half-moon comes into view, completing the cycle of the day…



Saturday, August 29, 2020

We ❤ Ambient Music

We are very excited to share with you that Fort Lowell Records will be releasing La Cerca's next full-length recording titled A Nice Sweet Getaway; an ambient album chock full o'beautifully warm and fuzzy spacey guitars.  Ambient music in general has been a passion of ours since we were first introduced to Brian Eno's Discrete Music 30-years ago, while Andrew Gardner from La Cerca has been a favorite musician / songwriter of ours since we first learned of La Cerca in 2001.  Gardner's shimmery guitar work on A Nice Sweet Getaway is thoughtfully executed, and continues to demonstrate his skill and craftsmanship.  A Nice Sweet Getaway will be released on Friday, September 25, 2020 on all digital music download and streaming platforms. 

For now we leave you with La Cerca's album cover art and Brian Eno's definition of "Ambient Music" as featured in the liner notes of Eno's 1978 album Ambient 1 Music for Airports.

AMBIENT MUSIC
The concept of music designed specifically as a background feature in the environment was pioneered by Muzak Inc. in the fifties, and has since come to be known generically by the term Muzak. The connotations that this term carries are those particularly associated with the kind of material that Muzak Inc. produces - familiar tunes arranged and orchestrated in a lightweight and derivative manner. Understandably, this has led most discerning listeners (and most composers) to dismiss entirely the concept of environmental music as an idea worthy of attention.

Over the past three years, I have become interested in the use of music as ambience, and have come to believe that it is possible to produce material that can be used thus without being in any way compromised. To create a distinction between my own experiments in this area and the products of the various purveyors of canned music, I have begun using the term Ambient Music.

An ambience is defined as an atmosphere, or a surrounding influence: a tint. My intention is to produce original pieces ostensibly (but not exclusively) for particular times and situations with a view to building up a small but versatile catalogue of environmental music suited to a wide variety of moods and atmospheres.

Whereas the extant canned music companies proceed from the basis of regularizing environments by blanketing their acoustic and atmospheric idiosyncracies, Ambient Music is intended to enhance these. Whereas conventional background music is produced by stripping away all sense of doubt and uncertainty (and thus all genuine interest) from the music, Ambient Music retains these qualities. And whereas their intention is to `brighten' the environment by adding stimulus to it (thus supposedly alleviating the tedium of routine tasks and levelling out the natural ups and downs of the body rhythms) Ambient Music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.

Ambient Music must be able to accomodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

BRIAN ENO
September 1978