News

Shows

3 shows announced: the first one is a tribute to Elliott Smith's "Figure 8" with Troy von Balthazar, Ken Stringfellow (The Posies) and Jason Lytle (Grandaddy). See shows page for details.

TvB contributes to an upcoming book about Nirvana

Troy Von Balthazar is one of the major contributors among the 210 musicians interviewed by Nick Soulsby for his new book "I Found My Friends: The Oral History of Nirvana", to be released on March 31. Sounds like an interesting read for Nirvana and Chokebore fans!
More on Troy's contribution to the book at chokebore.net.
See also: the post from the author and a link to buy the book.

AmRep documentary

Troy also contributed to the Amphetamine Reptile Records (Chokebore's first label) documentary film.

New album

Troy is currently in the middle of recording his next TvB album in his flat in Berlin. He has some nice old machines that are helping him to make it sound good.

Tour dates

2 live shows coming this week: Bratislava (SK) on Friday 27th & Brno (CZ) on Saturday 28th. You can find details on the shows page.

"This ain't California" TV broadcast

Arte broadcasts the documentary This ain't California including music from Troy Von Balthazar & Chokebore tonight at 10:55pm (European time).

Chokebore tour & vinyl reissues

To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Chokebore will tour this fall; their label Vicious Circle releases the 2 first albums on vinyl on October 14th. Get more info on Chokebore site.

Spring Tour

The spring tour starts today! Troy will play in Switzerland, France, Belgium and Germany. Be there!

New video

Julien Guntz shot a video for the song Tiger vs pigeon: you can watch it on Vimeo.

Review

A review of "...Is with the demon" on Visual Music.

Spring tour

The spring tour is announced. Check dates & venues on the Shows page.

New book

This poem does not please her, the new TVB book will be available at shows and selected shops (to be announced).
You can read an excerpt on the projects page.

Video sessions

You can watch an acoustic video session on Le Cargo. Troy plays Tropical, Queen of what? & Applause.
Troy also played Tropical for Bruxelles ma belle.

Reviews, article, interview

New reviews of ...Is with the demon on De la lune on entend tout and Le temps.
One article on Simone A_review and an interview on My Music Factory.

TVB songs for a film

6 songs of TvB appear on the soundtrack of Nolwenn Lemesle first film, Des morceaux de moi, released in France on Feb. 13th 2013. See projects page.

Best of 2012

Troy is #1 in the best of 2012 concerts on Mind Riot Music.
...Is with the demon is #3 on Mind Riot Music & #7 on A découvrir absolument readers top albums of 2012.

A tribute to Troy Von Balthazar

Magnified, a fine compilation of Troy von Balthazar and Chokebore songs will be released - as a free download - on March 11th by the french webzine My Music Factory.
Here is the tracklisting:

1. My Sidekicks "Dogs"
2. Xav Feugray "Heroic Little Sister"
3. My North Eye "Wings"
4. Exsonvaldes "You are the sunshine of my life"
5. Ex Voto "Ciao LA"
6. Alice the Goon "You, When you're drunk"
7. Leave her to Heaven " Tropical"
8. My Broken Frame "To a Girl with One wing gone"
9. Luis Francesco Arena "Smaller steps"
10. Sylvie Lacheray "Real Strong love"
11. Willo "Rainbow"
12. X.O "Days of Nothing"
13. Shubni "Magnified"
14. Qu'en pense Gertrude "Took some Dollars"
15. Bonus Track : TVB "About being Hurt (First demo version)"