Murder By Death’s awesome animated video for “White Noise”

Murder By Death have just revealed the second video off their recently released album, Good Morning, Magpie (04/10, Vagrant).  The video for “White Noise” was created by the Australian animator/design team of MaricorMaricar (Architecture in Helsinki, The Living End) and is based on a treatment by the band’s cellist, Sarah Balliet, and explores the “ominous undercurrent” of the song.

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Pre-order Murder By Death’s Good Morning, Magpie

Variety of Pre-Orders Now Available for
MURDER BY DEATH’s Good Morning, Magpie
Album In Stores on April 6
Tickets Available Now for Spring Headlining Tour

Los Angeles, CA – March 3, 2010 – Pre-Order packages are now available to Murder By Death fans for their forthcoming record Good Morning, Magpie, which is due in stores on April 6. Fans have the option of ordering their copy of the record in a variety of configurations.

OPTION 1: “Fancy” vinyl – Limited to 1000 copies
Midnight blue 200 gram LP
The package also includes: a screen-printed and embossed gatefold cover, bound 10 page color booklet with studio photos and complete lyrics, a 24″x 24″ poster, a sticker and a big black feather
Available from the Murder By Death webstore: http://murderbydeath.com/merch.php

OPTION 2: “Simple” vinyl – Limited to 1000 copies
Orange 200 gram LP
Jacket has a matte finish and comes with color lyrics sleeve
Available from the Murder By Death webstore: http://murderbydeath.com/merch.php

OPTION 3: CD with poster – Limited to 250
CD comes with an autographed, hand-numbered poster (different than the “fancy” vinyl bonus poster)
Available from the Vagrant webstore: http://www.merchlackey.com/vagrant/index.php?page=371

OPTION 4: CD alone
Available from the Murder By Death webstore: http://www.murderbydeath.com/merch.php

Murder By Death on tour:
Mar 13 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
Mar 19 – Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa (Vagrant Records SXSW Showcase)
Mar 20 – Hamden, CT @ Quinnipiac University – Alumni Hall
Mar 31 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway Nightclub *
Apr 1 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room *
Apr 2 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom *
Apr 3 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Bar Deluxe *
Apr 5 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern *
Apr 6 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge *
Apr 8 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s *
Apr 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
Apr 10 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar *
Apr 11 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah *
Apr 12 – Scottsdale, AZ @ The Rhythm Room *
Apr 14 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory *
Apr 15 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Alternative Lounging (Indoor) *
Apr 16 – Houston, TX @ Mango’s *
Apr 17 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves *
Apr 19 – Hattiesburg, MS @ Thirsty Hippo *
Apr 20 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Downstairs *
Apr 21 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree *
Apr 23 – Ybor City, FL @ The Orpheum *
Apr 24 – Orlando, FL @ The Backbooth *
Apr 25 – Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds *
Apr 27 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern *
Apr 28 – Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar *
Apr 29 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East: Downstairs *
Apr 30 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground *
May 1 – New Haven, CT @ Café Nine *
May 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
May 4 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
May 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
May 7 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls *
May 9 – Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop *
May 10 – Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt *
May 11 – Madison, WI @ The High Noon Saloon *
May 12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock *
May 13 – Iowa City, IA @ Picador *
May 14 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
May 15 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club *
May 22 – Chemnitz, Germany @ Fuego a la Isla Festival
* Headlining tour with Ha Ha Tonka and Linfinity

www.murderbydeath.com
www.myspace.com/murderbydeath
www.twitter.com/murderbydeath
www.vagrant.com

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Murder By Death announce April 6 2010 release date for Good Morning, Magpie

(January 19, 2010) – Bloomington, Indiana’s MURDER BY DEATH will release their fifth full-length studio album, Good Morning, Magpie, on April 6, 2010 on Vagrant Records. The quartet self-produced the album which was recorded at Bloomington-based Farm Fresh Studios and the resulting ten tracks were mixed by Trina Shoemaker.

“Good Morning, Magpie is some of the darkest and brightest material we have ever written,” commented Adam Turla, MBD’s singer, songwriter and guitarist. “While it’s not a concept album, it embodies the struggle between light and dark that has defined our previous work.”

Turla wrote most of the new material during two weeks he spent alone deep in the woods of Appalachia with just “a tent, a fishing pole, a guitar, and a lot of paper.”

Good Morning, Magpie follows 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw which was universally acclaimed for it’s cinematic storytelling and as Paste Magazine noted of their performance on record – “every one of them a swirling, unapologetic tours-de-force.” Performing Songwriter declared the album “a more personal, impactful and engaging record than the stellar offerings they’ve released thus far… MBD kick up a storm of dirty, killer American rock” and The Tripwire summed it up by saying, “label it whatever you want, isn’t “great” just great?”

A US tour is being planned and dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

Murder By Death is: Adam Turla- vocals, guitars, keys, Sarah Balliet- cello and keys, Matt Armstrong- bass and noises, and Dagan Thogerson- drums and percussion.

www.murderbydeath.com

www.myspace.com/murderbydeath

http://twitter.com/MBDband

www.vagrant.com

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Murder By Death begin album #5

MURDER BY DEATH Begin Work On New Album
Follow up to 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw Due Out Spring 2010

Los Angeles, CA (November 16, 2009) – Bloomington, Indiana quartet MURDER BY DEATH will begin recording their fifth full-length studio album in December at Bloomington-based Farm Fresh Studios. The forthcoming as-yet-untitled disc will be mixed by Trina Shoemaker (who produced 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw, Vagrant) and is scheduled for release next spring.

Adam Turla, MBD’s singer, songwriter, and guitarist wrote most of the new material during two weeks he spent alone deep in the woods of Appalachia. “With this record, we wanted to write a more versatile and manic album,” said Turla. “We are going for doomier, more beautiful, even a few songs in major keys (rare for us)… the whole kit-and-caboodle.”

Murder By Death recently returned from a national tour as main support for Gaslight Anthem and also released an instrumental soundtrack to accompany the science-fiction book, Finch, by author Jeff VanderMeer. This past summer the band learned that director Quentin Tarantino was a fan when he hand-picked “Comin’ Home” (from Red of Tooth and Claw) for the Inglorious Basterds movie trailer.

Released in March 2008, Red of Tooth and Claw was universally acclaimed for it’s cinematic storytelling and as Paste Magazine noted of their performance on record – “every one of them a swirling, unapologetic tours-de-force.” Performing Songwriter declared the album “a more personal, impactful and engaging record than the stellar offerings they’ve released thus far… MBD kick up a storm of dirty, killer American rock” and The Tripwire summed it up by saying, “label it whatever you want, isn’t “great” just great?”

Murder By Death is: Adam Turla – vocals, guitar, Sarah Balliet – cello, keys, Matt Armstrong – bass, and Dagan Thogerson – drums.

www.murderbydeath.com
www.myspace.com/murderbydeath
http://twitter.com/MBDband
www.vagrant.com

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MURDER BY DEATH Release Second 7"

Murder By Death are releasing the second of 7 records in a 7″ series where they trade covering songs with bands they know. The second 7″ will feature MBD performing O’Death’s “Home” and O’Death performing MBD’s “Brother”. The art for this release was created by two fans who submitted and won a contest for the best fan art. Side A was created by Mason Thomas of Alberta, Canada and Side B by David K. of New Haven, CT. To preorder the MBD/O’DEATH split 7″ go to MBD’s ONLINE STORE . Copies ship February 16th. The third release in the series will come out this May, featuring Amanda Palmer (of the Dresden Dolls).

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Murder By Death announce headlining tour, new 7" series

(August 25, 2008) – MURDER BY DEATH is pleased to announce their upcoming US fall tour. The Bloomington, Indiana quartet is performing several festival dates leading up to the October 22 start of their 28-date national tour and will also be launching a new 7” series where Murder By Death will be trading covers with other artists.

“Will Whitmore is an old friend of ours and we are really excited to be hitting the road together again,” said Adam Turla, singer, songwriter and guitarist of MBD. “The tour will be in support of a split 7″ we have had in the works for a long time. On Side A of the 7″ is MBD covering a William Elliott Whitmore song and on Side B, Whitmore covers a MBD song. This is a gonna be a great tour.”

A limited pressing will be made of the 7” and it will feature artwork by Drew James (who did the artwork for Who Will Survive). Copies will be available on the tour and a pre-order will begin September 15, only at www.murderbydeath.com.

In other touring news, due to the overwhelming response at last March’s MBD Chicago show, original band member Vincent Edwards will be playing piano at the Nov. 20th Chicago show at the Metro on November 20.

MBD’s fourth album and Vagrant debut, Red of Tooth and Claw (03/08), is rife with lust, betrayal, and classical archetypes of good and evil – as Turla puts it, a “Homer’s Odyssey of revenge, only without the honorable character at the center.”

Murder by Death is: Adam Turla (Vocals, Guitars), Sarah Balliet (Cello, Keys), Dagan Thogerson (Percussion), and Matt Armstrong (Bass).

MURDER BY DEATH on tour:
Aug 28 – Indianapolis, IN @ Birdy’s ^
Aug 20 – Madison, WI @ The Annex ^
Aug 30 – Cedar Rapids, IA @ Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival
Aug 31 – Chicago, IL @ Bash on Wabash (free show)
Sep 18 – Champaign, IL @ Pygmalion Festival
Oct 22 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light ^
Oct 23 – Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn #
Oct 24 – Orlando FL @ The Backbooth #
Oct 25 – Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds #
Oct 27 – Birmingham, AL @ BottleTree #
Oct 28 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks #
Oct 29 – Hattiesburg, MS @ Thirsty Hippo #
Oct 30 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves #
Oct 31 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s BBQ #
Nov 1 – Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee #
Nov 2 – Joplin, MO @ The Foundry Music Theatre #
Nov 4 – Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants #
Nov 5 – Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery #
Nov 6 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Steppin Out #
Nov 7 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club Lounge #
Nov 8 – Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar #
Nov 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church #
Nov 11 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s #
Nov 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Southpaw #
Nov 13 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street #
Nov 14 – So. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground #
Nov 15 – Boston, MA @ Café 939 at Berklee #
Nov 17 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place #
Nov 18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café #
Nov 19 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement #
Nov 20 – Chicago, IL @ Metro #
Nov 21 – Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar #
Nov 22 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop #
^ – Headlining w/ local openers
# – w/ openers William Elliott Whitman, J Roddy Walston and The Business

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Haiku? Murder By Death, O’Death, Kiss Kiss

February 15, 2008 – MURDER BY DEATH today announce the first leg of a national headlining tour that begins in their hometown of Bloomington, IN on March 27th. The quartet hits the road next week opening for Clutch and will be releasing their Vagrant full-length, Red of Tooth and Claw on March 4, 2008.

Red Of Tooth And Claw finds Murder By Death at the height of their powers. Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Trina Shoemaker (Queens Of The Stone Age, Emmylou Harris, Iggy Pop) at Dark Horse studios in Tennessee, the album captures the drama and nuance of MBD’s sound without compromising a lick of the band’s energy. And as longtime followers of their narrative grit—equal parts Old West drama and Old Testament justice—will be glad to know, MBD’s subject matter also hasn’t softened for album No. 4. Rife with lust, betrayal, and classical archetypes of good and evil, Red Of Tooth And Claw is, as singer/guitarist Adam Turla puts it, a “Homer’s Odyssey of revenge, only without the honorable character at the center.”

MBD’s Fuego! EP was released earlier this week through all digital providers and includes the title track along with a live version of “My Baby Shot Me Down” and an extended version of “Theme (for Ennio Morricone).”

Murder By Death is: Turla, Sarah Balliet (cello, keys), Matt Armstrong (bass), and drummer Dagan Thogerson.

MURDER BY DEATH on tour:
Feb 21 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East – Downstairs ^
Feb 22 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East – Downstairs ^
Feb 23 – So. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground ^
Feb 24 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre ^
Feb 26 – Chicago, IL @ Metro ^
Feb 27 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^
Feb 28 – Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont Club ^
Feb 29 – Springfield, MO @ Remmington’s Downtown ^
Mar 01 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol ^
Mar 03 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up ^
Mar 04 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot ^
Mar 05 – Boise, ID @ Big Easy Concert House ^
Mar 06 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theatre ^
Mar 07 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox ^
Mar 08 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre ^
Mar 10 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s ^
Mar 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s ^
Mar 12 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blue’s ^
Mar 13 – Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre ^
Mar 14 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre ^
Mar 15 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre ^
Mar 17 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom ^
Mar 18 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s ^
Mar 19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s ^
Mar 20 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre ^
Mar 21 – Richmond, VA @ The National ^
Mar 22 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre^
Mar 27 – Bloomington, IN @ Rhino’s (record release show @ 7pm) **
Mar 27 – Bloomington, IN @ Uncle Fester’s (record release show @ 11pm) **
Mar 28 – Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop **
Mar 29 – Chicago, IL @ Abbey Pub **
Mar 30 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick **
Apr 1 – Rochester, NY @ Club at Water Street **
Apr 2 – Albany, NY @ Valentine’s **
Apr 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church **
Apr 4 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom **
Apr 5 – TBA
Apr 6 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Undergound **
Apr 8 – Providence, RI @ Living Room **
Apr 9 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat **
Apr 10 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 **
Apr 11 – Harrisonburg, VA @ Garibaldi’s **
Apr 12 – Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Laundrolounge **
Apr 13 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern **
Apr 15 – Miami, FL @ Studio A **
Apr 16 – Tampa, FL @ TBA **
Apr 17 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Beta Bar **
Apr 18 – Gainesville, FL @ TBA **
Apr 19 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade **
Apr 20 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In **
Apr 22 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-tone **
Apr 23 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway Nightclub **
-more dates to come-

^ – w/ Clutch
** – headlining dates w/ O’Death, Kiss Kiss

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Murder By Death Announce Fuego! EP

January 30, 2008 – MURDER BY DEATH have posted “Fuego!,” the first new track from their forthcoming Vagrant full-length, Red of Tooth and Claw (3/4/08), on http://www.myspace.com/murderbydeath. The band also announced the Fuego! EP, which will be available through all digital music providers on February 12, 2008. The EP includes the title track along with a live version of “My Baby Shot Me Down” and an extended version of “Theme (for Ennio Morricone).”

Murder By Death rolled out of the gates fully realized in 2000, playing a blend of rocking Americana noir and dramatic post-punk. And with their fourth album and Vagrant debut, Red Of Tooth And Claw, the Bloomington, Indiana, quartet are emerging as cinematic storytellers and players whose jaw-dropping performances on record make you yearn for the chance to experience their energy up close and in person.

Red Of Tooth And Claw finds Murder By Death at the height of their powers. Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Trina Shoemaker (Queens Of The Stone Age, Emmylou Harris, Iggy Pop) at Dark Horse studios in Tennessee, the album captures the drama and nuance of MBD’s sound without compromising a lick of the band’s energy. And as longtime followers of their narrative grit—equal parts Old West drama and Old Testament justice—will be glad to know, MBD’s subject matter also hasn’t softened for album No. 4. Rife with lust, betrayal, and classical archetypes of good and evil, Red Of Tooth And Claw is, as singer/guitarist Adam Turla puts it, a “Homer’s Odyssey of revenge, only without the honorable character at the center.”

The band is currently at home in Bloomington, readying for their previously announced tour with Clutch. The tour kicks off with a two-night stay at Middle East in Cambridge, MA on Feb 21 and 22, and currently wraps a month later in Raleigh, NC.

Murder By Death is: Turla, Sarah Balliet (cello, keys), Matt Armstrong (bass), and drummer Dagan Thogerson.

MURDER BY DEATH on tour:
Feb 21 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East – Downstairs
Feb 22 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East – Downstairs
Feb 23 – So. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Feb 24 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Feb 26 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
Feb 27 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Feb 28 – Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont Club
Feb 29 – Springfield, MO @ Remmington’s Downtown
Mar 01 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol
Mar 03 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up
Mar 04 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
Mar 05 – Boise, ID @ Big Easy Concert House
Mar 06 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theatre
Mar 07 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
Mar 08 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
Mar 10 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
Mar 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
Mar 12 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blue’s
Mar 13 – Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
Mar 14 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre
Mar 15 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
Mar 17 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
Mar 18 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
Mar 19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
Mar 20 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre
Mar 21 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Mar 22 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre

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