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“LIVE FROM NOWHERE NEAR YOU” IS #3 ON ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S MUST-HAVE LIST THIS WEEK!

Logan — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:34:54 +0000

It’s been a REALLY big couple of weeks since the release of “Live From Nowhere Near You” (the charity record I’m on with The Strokes, Pearl Jam, Spoon, Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith, The Decemberists, The Dandy Warhols, Wilco and dozens of other killer bands). Not only is the record blowing up radio (and selling out everywhere in-stores) but the press has been all up in it since the beginning of July!

After being featured by Pitchfork Magazine, Under The Radar Magazine, and a TON of other awesome media outlets all praising the record, it was picked as #3 on this week’s Must-Have list in Entertainment Weekly! Pick up the current issue on stands everywhere now or click the front cover below to check out the electronic version! YEAH BUDDY!

To get your copy of “Live From Nowhere Near You” go to any record store anywhere or CLICK HERE.

LISTEN TO LOGAN LYNN’S “MOVIES” FROM “LIVE FROM NOWHERE NEAR YOU” HERE 1ST!

Logan — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:50:20 +0000

“Live From Nowhere Near You” is a benefit record I was a part of for homeless youth at Outside In and it was released today. Actually, last night at midnight. By 1:00am they had sold 5,000 CD’s and were sold out. Good times, right?! OMG.

New songs by me, Elliott Smith, The Dandy Warhols, Pink Martini, Spoon, The Helio Sequence, The Strokes, Wilco, Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, Gang of Four, Sleater-Kinney, Viva Voce, Modest Mouse & so many more!!! You can read the full list HERE.

Here’s my contribution to the project:

Logan Lynn: “Movies” (2011 Greyday Records)
Words and Vocals by Logan Lynn.
Programming by Carlos Cortes.
Horns: Chris Frazier.

Logan Lynn: “Movies” (Taken from “Live From Nowhere Near You” – A Benefit For Homeless Youth) by LoganLynn

This psycho little song sure is in good company with this one. Geezuz.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY!

Logan — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:42:54 +0000

I dunno about you but 2011 is all laughter, old friends, puppies and romance so far on this end. Let’s hope the past few days are a sign of the year to come. I’m into it!

Just for kicks, below are some photos from New Year’s Eve. I spent it at The Odditorium with The Dandy Warhols. Oh, also: I posted my new record “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” on my Soundcloud page so you can listen to it FREE now whenever you want, post it to your Facebook walls, email the link to all your friends, etc. This experience can be yours now by clicking HERE, gurrrrls.

LOGAN LYNN INTERVIEWED BY GERMAN QUEER MUSIC + POLITICS BLOG, CATCH FIRE! FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD!

Logan — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:26:17 +0000

The reaction to my new record in the press has been really great so far. Lots of love from Europe again this time around! The latest installment is an interview I did with German Queer music and politics blog CATCH FIRE! They went live with it today alongside a free MP3 download of “Smoke Rings” (song 2 on “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday“). You can read it via their site HERE or just keep reading below for the full transcript.

From CATCH FIRE: (11/2/2010)

“After going on US tour this summer, Logan Lynn, the winner of last year’s Queer Video Music Award, has announced in August that he would be taking an extended break from the music industry and leave “Beat The World Records”, a label founded and led by the Dandy Warhols. Instead he released his fourth record “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday”, the follow-up to “From Pillar To Post” independently in August, donating 100% of his profits to Portland’s Q Center where he is currently working. What led the songwriter to all these decisions and how they influenced his life he explains in an interview I did with him via email during the last two weeks. I also posted “Smoke Rings”, another track from “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” right below this introduction – the track is the perfect background music for the following text. A second free song from the album called “Things Are Looking Up” can be found in one of October’s Music Tickers.

(DOWNLOAD “SMOKE RINGS” FREE BY CLICKING HERE!)

Catch Fire: What interests me first of all is the question if you’d consider your new album “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” a “conceptual album”. To me especially compared to the stuff you’ve done before it seems very consistent, as if the decision to do this kind of eighties-pop-influenced dance music may have been a very concious decision.

Logan Lynn: Yes, both the producer Bryan Cecil and I wanted to make a dance record. We had worked together on my cover of “The Last High” by The Dandy Warhols from January of this year. The idea of doing some vintage disco dancepop take on that song was deliberate and we wrote “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” at the same time so we were already planted in 80’s dance party mode. Obviously I’m a child of the 80’s and 90’s and that comes out in what I listen to and what I create. Bryan wanted it to be authentic, like a time machine and I wanted it to sound like what I grew up imagining my records would sound like someday.

We ended up doing exactly that so it seemed like a perfect time to step away for awhile. The record is about me being totally disillusioned and leaving. Not sure if life imitated art or vice versa…but I’m much, MUCH happier ever since I did the whole career suicide bit in August. The overall concept was to have a big, spectacular going away party. “Fall Into New Arms” was chosen as the last track just in case it was literally the last song I ever put out. I’m not saying that it will be…but I could live with that.

Catch Fire: What exactly does “career suicide“ mean? What happend in August?

Logan Lynn: I spent the last 3 years signed to The Dandy Warhols owned and operated “Beat The World” records label and it ended up not really going as anyone had hoped. Here is a quote from Dandy frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor if you want his take on the whole thing:
(From The Dandy Warhols’ Website):
“We’re terrible at business, terrible. We don’t know what we’re doing. It’s like trying to have children run a household. We need to hook up with some indie label. The new stuff is sounding good. It’s a little less dirty so far.”

So…yeah. That pretty much sums it up. I love the Warhols and everybody had really great intentions going in but the label fizzled and my last record fell victim to that. No radio, no real distribution, no licensing, no PR. Without those things in place artists fail and, well…that’s what I did.

Being determined to fulfill my obligations to them and everyone I had working for me, I embarked on a US tour over the Summer and paid for everything out of pocket myself. By July I had reached a breaking point with waiting for things to get better and, in the meantime, had written a record about being disillusioned and not really wanting what I thought I had wanted for so long…so I started poking holes in the boat to sink it and began lining up a new life for myself in the non-profit world. By August I was done. You can read more about that here if you like. The Portland gay paper interviewed me shortly after I announced that I was going to call it quits for awhile (instead of continuing to tour, etc.)

My new record is a charity for Q Center and I’ve thrown myself into working full time for their organization in the months since. My unhappiness went away almost as soon as I announced how unhappy I was. I just needed to take control of my life, my future, my career…instead of letting other people dictate it all for me.

Catch Fire: I must say that it impresses me how openly you talk about all this. I mean it’s sort of a taboo in the cultural field to talk about failing, even if it is just a commercial problem. I guess it’s because a lot of people still like to think that if you aren’t successful it is because you “haven’t earned” it, because you haven’t really put your shoulder to the wheel or aren’t creative enough or stuff like that…

Logan Lynn: Yeah, tell me about it. You wouldn’t believe how very unpopular my decision to strip away the facade has been. I kinda feel like I’m one of those rat magicians that goes on TV and exposes how all their tricks are performed, but I couldn’t deal with everybody thinking everything was awesome when it wasn’t. It made me feel fucking gross. I’ve always been honest in my songs. Regretfully so, at times … so the whole pop thing started to feel weird. Like … people got weird in 2007 and the longer I was away from the world the weirder they got. This summer’s tour was the turning point. I just couldn’t deal with being on the road. It got really lonely and I just wasn’t enjoying it. I got to a point where I was just sick of people screwing me over, using me, talking about my body in gay magazines … just all of that started to creep me out in a way where I really felt like I had no future.

I’m about 10 weeks into my “break” (which isn’t a break at all, but more of a full time gear shift) and suddenly feel like that’s all been fixed. A little bit of purpose goes a long way. I’m around nice people every day now. Nobody’s trying to fuck me over. Nobody’s judging me for what I look like. Nobody’s trying to market me to anyone. I’m just alive. I go to work. I help people. It’s great.

In retrospect I would take a stage name but when that 1st record was being recorded I was 17 so … nothing that has happened since was expected. It was all just one freak occurrence after another. Now that things have slowed down I’m realizing how completely isolated I was before. Like, for years and years.

Catch Fire: Do you see a way for you to work in that business again in a more healthy way?

Logan Lynn: I am already working in the business in a healthier way. I love writing songs, I love sharing songs, I love interacting with my fans and folks in my networks, I love making videos … I just didn’t like the pressure that came along with my former situation. Having broken that, all appears to be well again. My plan is to enjoy the break, catch my breath, and play things by ear. For now, I am perfectly happy working for equal rights for the LGBTQ community full time at Q Center. It’s enough for me.

Catch Fire: Will there still be videos for songs on “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday”?

Logan Lynn: There are definitely going to be videos. The first is for “Quickly As We Pass” and is being directed by Jeffrey McHale (who directed my “Bottom Your Way To The Top” video from 2009). It comes out the beginning of December (just before the CD is released on 12/28). I believe we are going to make videos for “Velocity” and “Smoke Rings” as well over the course of 2011.

Catch Fire: Logan Lynn’s album “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” can be downloaded via Itunes. The physical release is slated for December 28th.”

RONTOM’S 4TH OF JULY PARTY WITH 1776, LOGAN LYNN & THE GENTRY, + THE HUGS WAS SO FUN. WILD TIMES IN PUDDLETOWN!!!

Logan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:07:47 +0000

Whoa, Portland. You made me enjoy the 4th of July more than I think I have since becoming an adult. (Whatever that even means). For those of you who weren’t with us at Rontom’s this past Sunday night, here is a bit of what happened:

After a set by Snow Bud & The Flower People, The Hugs (pictured above) performed all their hits. Those boys are awesome. I’m bringing them to California on tour with me next week so you can see for yourselves.

Here’s the video of me and The Gentry playing “Bottom Your Way To The Top” while Portland gets down:

Then, as you can see from the photo above, I played a set with The Gentry. We got the kids dancing at Rontom’s which I heard from some of their staff is not something that just happens all the time. Ummm….Yeah. It was fucking rad.

Watch “Come Home” below. I LOVE THE DANCING LADIES IN THE FRONT ROW!!!

The dancing continued after our set with the 1776 working the crowd into some sort of 1960′s rock and roll frenzy by the time they were through. It was a really good night. Thanks to 1776 for inviting us to be on the bill. We had a great time.

I totally love playing shows at Rontom’s!

Here’s a clip of us performing “Bleed Him Out” in the loudest way.

LOGAN LYNN’S “LAST HIGH” FEATURED ON EQTV IN THE UNITED KINGDOM! THANKS, LONDON… LOVE, OREGON.

Logan — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:13:36 +0000

The Electroqueers across the pond at EQ in the UK featured the video for my cover of The Dandy Warhols song “The Last High” on EQTV today! They dig it. You can watch the video and check out what they had to say by clicking HERE or just keep reading.

EQTV – Watch “The Last High” by Logan Lynn

From Electroqueer, UK: July 1st, 2010

“You know, I’ve been vaguely aware of Logan Lynn for years but I never had much of an appreciation for his music until I (watched) his video for a cover of The Dandy Warhols hit “The Last High” just now. Amazing stuff! I haven’t heard his album “From Pillar To Post” yet, but after watching this video – I am intrigued – even more…”

LOGAN LYNN & THE GENTRY’S WEST COAST SUMMER TOUR IS THE FEATURE STORY TODAY ON NW MUSIC BLOG!

Logan — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:29:54 +0000

My Summer tour with The Gentry is the feature story on NW Music Blog today! They had some super nice stuff to say about me, our recent shows in the Pacific Northwest, The Gentry, and the rest of our tour (which we are just about 6 weeks into) with almost exactly that many weeks left!

Check out what they had to say HERE or keep reading below. It’s super nice. Awwwww………..

From NW Music Blog: (July 1st, 2010)

“Logan Lynn is touring in support of his recently released and critically acclaimed CD, From Pillar to Post, on The Dandy Warhol’s indie Beat The World Records. His three CDs have generated an extraordinary amount of buzz, particularly in the Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, and New York LGBT communities. Additionally, his videos have been well received on MTV, VH1, and LOGO channels. Comparisons ranging from The Postal Service to M83, Lykke Li to Cut Copy, and even Ladytron, Goldfrapp, and indie rockers Metric, are often applied to Logan’s music.

The Gentry, a separate entity providing Rock & Roll to Logan’s emo-tronic sound, also have a new record recently released entitled ‘Sex by the Unit’, which sports an awesome condom-like package which is well worth the $10 I paid for mine. You even have to tear it like a condom package.

Recent shows in the Pacific Northwest have been raucous parties, featuring lines stretching around the block, and satisfied partied-out party-goers filtering out into the early morning. The Oregon Music News recently profiled Logan’s growing impact on the Portland live music scene.

This past Sunday, June 27, marked the launch of Logan’s West Coast tour, starting in Seattle at The Cuff’s Gay Pride Block Party and playing to an estimated crowd of 6,000.

Dates are below – try and catch one if you can.”

+TOUR DATES

6.27 – Seattle, WA – The Cuff Pride Street Party

7.4 – Portland, OR – Independence Day Party @ Rontom’s with 1776 & The Hugs!!!

7.13 – San Francisco, CA – Rockit Room with Special Guests The Hugs (Portland, OR) & Little Black Bats (Sacramento, CA) $8

7.14 – Sacramento, CA – Blue Lamp with Special Guests The Hugs (Portland, OR) & Little Black Bats (Sacramento, CA) $8

8.6 – Salem, OR – Flipside Nightclub $10 (brownpapertickets.com) / $15 at the door

8.20 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

FREE 4TH OF JULY SHOW THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AT RONTOM’S IN PORTLAND WITH 1776, LOGAN LYNN & THE GENTRY, + THE HUGS!

Logan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:02:58 +0000

Hey Portland! Whatcha doing this Sunday for the 4th of July? My labelmates the 1776 are throwing a party at Rontom’s on E. Burnside and I will be performing with The Gentry, as will The Hugs! It’s gonna be so fun. Oh, and…the show is FREE!!!

Come see all of us in the same place for zero dollars while we burn this motherfucking country down! 8pm, 21+ — RSVP to the Facebook Event Invite HERE. Also performing are Snow Bud & The Flower People!!!

BRAND NEW TOUR REHEARSAL VIDEO! LOGAN LYNN & THE GENTRY GET LOUD AT THE DANDY WARHOLS ODDITORIUM IN PORTLAND!!!

Logan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:49:00 +0000

Here we are rehearsing for tour at The Odditorium last week. Oh, and just so you know: It’s not lost on me how fucking cool it is that we get to do stuff like this in the Warhol palace. I have much to be grateful for by way of awesome stuff happening in Musicworld these days, you guys.

Logan Lynn & The Gentry: “Bottom Your Way To The Top” LIVE at The Dandy Warhols Odditorium (5/25/2010)

FREE MP3!!! LOGAN LYNN & THE GENTRY: "BOTTOM YOUR WAY TO THE TOP" LIVE @ THE DANDY WARHOLS ODDITORIUM!

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:49:50 +0000

A week ago today The Gentry and I performed at The Dandy Warhols Odditorium for a segment on “Studio 6” on CBS. Master engineer Jeremy Sherrer recorded the audio while we played so you could add some live LL+G audio to your iTunes.

To download Logan Lynn & The Gentry performing “Bottom Your Way To The Top” LIVE at The Dandy Warhols Odditorium (5/25/2010) for ZERO DOLLARS, CLICK HERE.

Hope to see you at one of our shows this Summer! In the meantime…Happy downloading!!!

LOGAN LYNN & THE GENTRY PERFORMING AT THE DANDY WARHOLS ODDITORIUM ON "STUDIO 6" TOMORROW AT 4PM (PST) ON CBS! TELEVISED ROCK!!!

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:14:18 +0000

I spent Monday afternoon and evening with The Gentry boys at The Dandy Warhols Odditorium space setting up, rehearsing & doing some interviews about our upcoming tour in preparation for today, when a TV crew from “Studio 6” filmed us performing “Bottom Your Way To The Top” for tomorrow’s show!

Tune in at 4pm (Pacific Standard Time) tomorrow (Wednesday, May 26th) or set your Tivo to record “Studio 6″ and you’ll see us play for a minute on daytime TV! For more information on the broadcast click HERE.

NEW SONGS, NEW PRODUCER, NEW BAND, NEW VIDEOS…OH, AND A LOGAN LYNN TV SHOW. WHAT'S THE WORLD COMING TO?

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:28:30 +0000

As many of you have probably heard, I’ve been hard at work on a new record for the past 6 months. We finished this past week & will now be entering the next phase of the game. This is the part where we get serious, start mixing, bring in our musician and singer friends to make things even better, drink the awesome sauce, etc.

The record has taken shape in amazing ways. I’ve been working with a new producer, Bryan Cecil (aka Y-Tron, who also produced my cover of The Dandy Warhols song “The Last High“), and we have tons of talented people on board to lend their talents to this new group of tracks. The next few months are going to be very exciting as the record continues to make its way toward your ears. I’ll be sure and keep you posted as we go…but you know how I roll: It won’t be long before we leak a few of the newbies your way.

On top of all of this I have been working on a video for “Bleed Him Out” (with Justin Adams, director of “Water Wings“), gearing up for tour around the clock with The Gentry, and as of last week…hosting my own TV show. Lots going on. I’ll be announcing tour dates soon, and will let you know more about my adventures in television as they unfold.

GET LOGAN LYNN'S NEW SINGLE "THE LAST HIGH" (DANDY WARHOLS COVER) ON ITUNES + EVERYWHERE ELSE TODAY!!!

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:10:51 +0000

I have 3 words for you guys on this Tuesday, April 6th: WORLDWIDE SINGLE RELEASE.

Thanks to the folks at “Beat The World” Records & “Caroline/EMI” my new single “The Last High” (“Dandy Warhols” cover) is available wherever music is sold as of TODAY!

Support indie music & help a brother out on release day! CLICK HERE to get Logan Lynn: “The Last High” on iTunes!

LOGAN LYNN FEATURED ON "INDIE DISCO: MUSIC FOR THE MASSES" TODAY!

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:47:40 +0000

The “Indie Disco” music blog featured my cover of The Dandy Warhols‘ “The Last High” today on their site as part of their “Under The Covers” blog series. Check it out HERE.

TUNE INTO MTV'S "LOGO" CHANNEL THIS SUNDAY NIGHT TO SEE LOGAN LYNN'S NEW VIDEO ON YOUR TV!

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:09 +0000

Hey! Turn on your TV to watch (or set your Tivo to record) “NewNowNext” Music THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT on MTV’s “Logo” Channel! My new video “The Last High” is going to be airing nationwide again all week and is in some REALLY good company!

Check out this week’s playlist: (Sunday, March 7th, 2010)

Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack & Mos Def “Stylo” (Logo Premiere)
Girls “Morning Light”
Semi Precious Weapons “Semi Precious Weapons” (Logo Premiere)
Surfer Blood “Swim”
Cold War Kids “Audience” (Logo Premiere)
Laura Marling ‘Devil’s Spoke” (Logo Premiere)
Hailey Wojcik “Samsa Morning” (Logo Premiere)
Robert Francis “Junebug” (Logo Premiere)
Logan Lynn “The Last High”
Katastrophe “Big Deal”

GET LOGAN LYNN'S NEW SINGLE "THE LAST HIGH" (THE DANDY WARHOLS COVER) HERE NOW!!

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:23:54 +0000

My new single, my cover of The Dandy Warhols‘ “The Last High”, is AVAILABLE NOW! CLICK HERE TO GET YOURS!

NOW…WATCH THE VIDEO:

…and have a listen to the remix (which comes as Side B when you pick up the digital single from this site!)

New tunes!!! Woot.

LOGAN LYNN'S "THE LAST HIGH" FEATURED ON THE "IS THIS REVOLUTIONARY?" MUSIC BLOG TODAY!

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:08:37 +0000

The revolutionaries over at the “Is This Revolutionary?” blog have picked up on my new single & video (my cover of “The Dandy Warhols“) “The Last High” and have featured it on their blog today (as well as a FREE MP3 Download)!!! To check it out, CLICK HERE.

To tide you over, here’s what they had to say:

From “Is This Revolutionary?“: (2/24/2010)

“Hey Revolutionaries! This post is gonna be short and sweet. Check out Logan Lynn’s sexy new video for “The Last High”. It is a cover of The Dandy Warhols. This sex drenched slow burning electro pop song has an equally sensual video to go along with it. Check out the mp3 at the bottom.”

LOGAN LYNN FEATURED ON THE U.K. MUSIC BLOG "GIRLS SOLD OUT" TODAY!

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:34:01 +0000

The release of my new single “The Last High” is featured over at the “Girls Sold Out” blog from the U.K. today, alongside the new video and the Y-Tron Remix! They also posted a FREE DOWNLOAD of the “Boy In Static” Remix of “Alone Together” there as well, so…go get yours!!!

CLICK HERE to make it happen for yourself.

TUNE INTO MTV'S "LOGO" CHANNEL TONIGHT TO CATCH THE WORLD BROADCAST PREMIER OF LOGAN LYNN'S NEW VIDEO!

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:19:34 +0000

Well, it is Sunday, February 21st and my new video “The Last High” is making its World Broadcast Premier on Network Television tonight! Tune in to MTV’s “Logo” channel at Midnight to watch “NewNowNext” Music so you don’t miss the premier! The show repeats throughout the week, so set your DVR!!!

I’m in some REALLY good company on tonight’s show. Check out the playlist below.

“NewNowNext” Music (2/21/2010)

Passion Pit “Little Secrets” (Logo Premiere)
Dan Black featuring Kid Cudi “Symphonies” (Logo Premiere)
Charlotte Gainsbourg “Heaven Can Wait”
Julian Casablancas “11th Dimension” (Logo Premiere)
Neon Trees “Animal”
Spoon “Written In Reverse”
Voodoo Farm “Bangers and Cash” (Logo Premiere)
Logan Lynn “The Last High” (Broadcast Premiere)
Sick of Sarah “Paint Like That” (Broadcast Premiere)
Cazwell “Tonight” (Broadcast Premiere)

For those of you who don’t get “Logo”, you can watch tonight’s episode online HERE after it airs. The video can also be found on MTV, VH1, & Spike TV!!!

Oh, and thanks again to Director Rebecca Micciche & Bystander Productions for all your hard work on this new video! I love you guys.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY!!! WATCH LOGAN LYNN'S "THE LAST HIGH" VIDEO ON "VH1" HERE!

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:07:51 +0000

Hell yeah!!! After yesterday’s “MTV” & “Spike TV” video excitement, today brings with it another round. Watch my new video “The Last High” (Dandy Warhols cover) on “VH1” HERE.

Fun, Fun, Fun, Fun, Fun.