The latest YouTube video from Kina Grannis features the singer songwriter performing a cover of ‘Pretend’ by Canadian synthpop artist Lights. Afterward, she talked about being on the Lilith Fair lineup for Friday’s show in St. Louis. “I’m so stoked. Of course Sarah McLachlan will be there, she started this whole thing,” Grannis said. Watch the performance and comments below.
Lights talked about her upcoming EP ‘Lights, Acoustic’ in a new YouTube video. The EP will be available digitally in Canada, the US, and UK on July 20th. “It was all just engineered, produced and played by me,” the Canadian synthpop singer explained. “So I’m really excited to just put something out there that is really just me. Just by my hands. I’m looking forward to seeing what you guys think of it.”
Lights is set to release her EP ‘Lights. Acoustic’ on July 20th in digital format in the U.S., Canada and UK, while the physical version will be available in Canada also on July 20th. Tracks on the album are ‘River’, ‘February Air’, ‘Fall Back Down’, ‘Saviour’ and ‘Romance Is…’. In support of the release, the Canadian synthpop artist will embark on a special solo acoustic tour. Those buying tickets to the shows will receive a physical copy of the EP with their ticket the day of the show. The dates are as follows:
July 29 – Philadelphia – World Cafe
July 30 – New York – Joe’s Pub
July 31 – Boston – Middle East Upstairs
Aug 1 – Vienna, VA – Jammin’ Java
Aug 5 – San Francisco – Cafe du Nord
Aug 6 – Los Angeles – Hotel Cafe
Tickets for the tour will go on sale June 19th.
Lights is out with the music video to her new single ‘Second Go’, off the Canadian synthpop singer’s debut studio album ‘The Listening’, out now on Underground Operations/Doghouse Records. Lights told her Twitter followers about a positive reaction the treatment had received, writing:
The man who runs the convenient store by my house told me he liked my new video, aw! And then I bought all of his Jones Soda.
Watch it via YouTube below.
Lights checked in from the Owl City tour with a video at her YouTube channel. “We’re about two weeks in to this leg of the tour, and it’s been amazing,” the Canadian synthpop singer says in the clip. “We’re all kind of at the stage we’re sort of dirty and we need to do laundry really bad.” Lights added that the tour so far has “honestly been amazing” and talked about how she celebrated her 23rd birthday on April 11th. Watch the update below.
Lights is out with the video for the Adam Young Remix of ‘Saviour’, a song off the Canadian synthpop artist’s debut album ‘The Listening’, out now. Watch it via Twitvid below.
Lights checked in backstage to shares stories about her UK shows, her semi-revolving set list, pre-show rituals, Hatebreed tweets, what’s on her tour rider and what it’s like to be a part of the Owl City tour. Watch it via MySpace below.
Lights sat down for an interview with Keyboard Magazine editor Stephen Fortner before her show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco a few months ago. The Canadian singer discussed how she got involved with making synth sounds, the equipment she uses, her infamous keytar and why she names it Russell, other keyboards she’d like to get, what she’s got in her home studio, music she grew up listening to, her tattoos and her ‘World of Warcraft’ obsession. Watch it below.
Issue ten of ‘Audio Quest: A Capt. Lights Adventure’, the collaboration between the Canadian synthpop artist and comic artist Tomm Coker, has been posted online. Though Lord Lotar had obtained the keytar in a bid to destroy the universe, but his hate could only destroy something else. Find out what below.
Lights’ 34th video blog features the Canadian synthpop singer performing a song off her debut album ‘The Listening’. “I’m back with a blog for the first time in more than 7 months.. wow,” Lights writes. “Anyways… I have never done an acoustic rendition of ‘Second Go’, and it helped me chill out tonight in my hotel room. Love!” Watch it via YouTube below.