{"id":240154,"date":"2026-01-15T22:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/240154\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T22:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:11:09","slug":"rocketship-reissuing-a-certain-smile-a-certain-sadness-for-30th-anniversary-announce-first-shows-in-8-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/240154\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocketship reissuing &#8216;A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness&#8217; for 30th anniversary, announce first shows in 8 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cali indiepop greats Rocketship are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1996 debut album A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness by giving it its first vinyl pressing since the original release. This is much needed as original copies fetch for over $200 in the secondary market. It\u2019s out March 20 via Slumberland and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/rocketship.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-certain-smile-a-certain-sadness-30th-anniversary-edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">preorder it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The album, which mixed sugary melodies and jangly guitars with shoegaze atmosphere and krautrock drone, sounds pretty fresh in 2026 and you can listen below.<\/p>\n<p>In further celebration, Rocketship will embark on the A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness 30th Anniversary Tour in April, hitting San Francisco, the band\u2019s hometown of Sacramento, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland. Opening along the way are a bunch of other Slumberland bands, including The Umbrellas, Tony Molina, Kids on a Crime Spree, Chime School, and more. Dates are listed below.<\/p>\n<p>Rocketship last played NYC in 2014. Let\u2019s have some East Coast dates too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rocketship.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-certain-smile-a-certain-sadness-30th-anniversary-edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition) by Rocketship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-737232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rocketship-tour-2026.jpg\" alt=\"rocketship tour 2026\" width=\"900\" height=\"1390\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rocketship \u2013 2026 Tour Dates<br \/>April 9 \u2013 San Francisco, CA \u2013 The Chapel w\/ The Umbrellas &amp; Chime School<br \/>April 10 \u2013 Sacramento, CA \u2013 The Starlet Room w\/ Tony Molina &amp; The Frenchmen<br \/>April 11 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 The Teragram Ballroom w\/ Tony Molina &amp; Kids On A Crime Spree<br \/>April 16 \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 The Sunset Tavern w\/ Telephone Numbers and Remedy &amp; Wren<br \/>April 17 \u2013 Portland, OR \u2013 Mississippi Studios w\/ Telephone Numbers and Remedy &amp; Wren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cali indiepop greats Rocketship are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1996 debut album A Certain Smile, A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[129363,146,85,46,129364,409,129365,129366,129367,129368],"class_list":{"0":"post-240154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-chime-school","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-kids-on-a-crime-spree","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-rocketship","15":"tag-slumberland","16":"tag-the-umbrellas","17":"tag-tony-molina"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}