Alexander Laurence's Blog, page 1736
November 28, 2017
Palm shares "Dog Milk" and announces 2018 tour dates, 'Rock Island' out 2/9 via Carpark Records
PALM SHARES "DOG MILK"
ANNOUNCES 2018 HEADLINING TOUR DATES AND SUPPORT DATES WITH DEERHOOF
NEW ALBUM, ROCK ISLAND, OUT 2/9 VIA CARPARK RECORDS
Photo Credit: Dylan Pearce
LISTEN TO "DOG MILK"
Today, Palm has released "Dog Milk," the latest from its anticipated upcoming album, Rock Island. NPR , who premiered the song on the All Songs Considered blog, is saying "listening to the band often feels like watching a nail-biter of a championship game whose rules are known only by these four players; you're not quite sure what kind of resolution you're rooting for, but the process is mesmerizing." Rock Island is available pre-order now and due out 2/9 via Carpark Records.
Earlier this month, Palm announced Rock Island with the album's opening track, "Pearly," which The FADER called it "melodically complex art-rock with an abundance of digital and organic textures," while Pitchfork said it "revels in chaos" and is "distinctly surreal."
Additionally, Palm has announced a 2018 headlining tour with support from The Spirit of the Beehive, including an album release show at Brooklyn's Market Hotel and a stop at SXSW. The band will also support Deerhoof on select dates in January. Tickets for all shows will be on sale on Friday 12/1 on the band's website. All dates below.
LISTEN TO PREVIOUS SINGLE,"PEARLY"
On Rock Island, their second LP, Palm produces evidence of a distinct musical language, developed over time, in isolation, and out of necessity. On the island, melodies are struck on what might be shells or spines. Rhythms are scratched out, swept over, scratched again. Individual instruments, and sometimes entire sections, skip and stutter. There is the sense of a music box with wonky tension or a warped transmission in which all the noise is taken for signal.
Like other groups so acclaimed for their compulsive live show, Palm has been burdened by the constant comparison between their recorded material and their touring set. On Rock Island, they render this tired discussion moot, using the album form to present that which could never be completely live, reserving for performance that which could never be completely reproduced.
Despite appearing behind the instruments typical of rock music, Palm trades in sounds of their own making. On these songs, one of the guitars and the drum kit are used as MIDI triggers, producing an index that can be combed through later and replaced with new information. The percussion is sometimes augmented so as to suggest a multiplication of limbs. The strings are manipulated to choke, crack, and hum like other instruments, or other bodies, might.
Working again with engineer Matt Labozza, the band spent the better part of a month in a rented farmhouse in Upstate New York. With the benefits of time and space, Palm recorded the various elements piecemeal, only rarely playing together in groups larger than two or three. While some members tracked, others holed up in the next room, experimenting with quantization, beat replacement, and other methods borrowed from electronic music. Even accounting for the many labors that brought them to be, these materials seem produced by an organic logic. Their complex friction forms a habit of thought, scores a network of grooves on the floor of the mind.
This is music with dimensionality. Sonic objects are deployed, developed, and dissected in various states of mutation. The listener flits about between the field and the lab. The tone is warm in a way only the sun could make, the pace as forceful and as variable as a gale. Whether one locates Rock Island in a sea or in a refinished attic (as in Greg Burak's album cover), whether one escapes to there or is banished, its psychic environs are charted clearly enough. Only at this remove from the mainland can we sense the conditions necessary for such a strange species of sound.
TOUR DATES:1/19 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace *1/20 - Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom *2/9 - Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel ~2/16 - Boston, MA @ The Great Scott ^2/18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe ^2/19 - Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar ^2/20 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle ^2/21 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club ^2/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^2/23 - Madison, WI @ Der Rathskellar (University of Wisconsin) ^2/24 - Grinnell, IA @ Gardner Lounge (Grinnell College) ^2/26 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge ^2/27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^2/28 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux ^3/1 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza ^3/2 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar ^3/5 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project ^3/6 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop ^3/8 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex ^3/9 - San Diego, CA @ SPACE ^3/10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Flying Burrito Music Fest3/11 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress ^3/13 - Dallas, TX @ Double Wide ^3/14-17 - Austin, TX @ SXSW3/19 - Birmingham, AL @ The Firehouse ^3/20 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 ^3/21 - Durham, NC @ Pinhook ^3/22 - Norfolk, VA @ Toast ^3/23 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter ^3/24 - Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel ^3/26 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ^
* w/ Deerhoof~ Record Release Show^ w/ The Spirit of the Beehive
ANNOUNCES 2018 HEADLINING TOUR DATES AND SUPPORT DATES WITH DEERHOOF
NEW ALBUM, ROCK ISLAND, OUT 2/9 VIA CARPARK RECORDS
Photo Credit: Dylan PearceLISTEN TO "DOG MILK"
Today, Palm has released "Dog Milk," the latest from its anticipated upcoming album, Rock Island. NPR , who premiered the song on the All Songs Considered blog, is saying "listening to the band often feels like watching a nail-biter of a championship game whose rules are known only by these four players; you're not quite sure what kind of resolution you're rooting for, but the process is mesmerizing." Rock Island is available pre-order now and due out 2/9 via Carpark Records.
Earlier this month, Palm announced Rock Island with the album's opening track, "Pearly," which The FADER called it "melodically complex art-rock with an abundance of digital and organic textures," while Pitchfork said it "revels in chaos" and is "distinctly surreal."
Additionally, Palm has announced a 2018 headlining tour with support from The Spirit of the Beehive, including an album release show at Brooklyn's Market Hotel and a stop at SXSW. The band will also support Deerhoof on select dates in January. Tickets for all shows will be on sale on Friday 12/1 on the band's website. All dates below.
LISTEN TO PREVIOUS SINGLE,"PEARLY"
On Rock Island, their second LP, Palm produces evidence of a distinct musical language, developed over time, in isolation, and out of necessity. On the island, melodies are struck on what might be shells or spines. Rhythms are scratched out, swept over, scratched again. Individual instruments, and sometimes entire sections, skip and stutter. There is the sense of a music box with wonky tension or a warped transmission in which all the noise is taken for signal.
Like other groups so acclaimed for their compulsive live show, Palm has been burdened by the constant comparison between their recorded material and their touring set. On Rock Island, they render this tired discussion moot, using the album form to present that which could never be completely live, reserving for performance that which could never be completely reproduced.
Despite appearing behind the instruments typical of rock music, Palm trades in sounds of their own making. On these songs, one of the guitars and the drum kit are used as MIDI triggers, producing an index that can be combed through later and replaced with new information. The percussion is sometimes augmented so as to suggest a multiplication of limbs. The strings are manipulated to choke, crack, and hum like other instruments, or other bodies, might.
Working again with engineer Matt Labozza, the band spent the better part of a month in a rented farmhouse in Upstate New York. With the benefits of time and space, Palm recorded the various elements piecemeal, only rarely playing together in groups larger than two or three. While some members tracked, others holed up in the next room, experimenting with quantization, beat replacement, and other methods borrowed from electronic music. Even accounting for the many labors that brought them to be, these materials seem produced by an organic logic. Their complex friction forms a habit of thought, scores a network of grooves on the floor of the mind.
This is music with dimensionality. Sonic objects are deployed, developed, and dissected in various states of mutation. The listener flits about between the field and the lab. The tone is warm in a way only the sun could make, the pace as forceful and as variable as a gale. Whether one locates Rock Island in a sea or in a refinished attic (as in Greg Burak's album cover), whether one escapes to there or is banished, its psychic environs are charted clearly enough. Only at this remove from the mainland can we sense the conditions necessary for such a strange species of sound.
TOUR DATES:1/19 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace *1/20 - Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom *2/9 - Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel ~2/16 - Boston, MA @ The Great Scott ^2/18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe ^2/19 - Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar ^2/20 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle ^2/21 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club ^2/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^2/23 - Madison, WI @ Der Rathskellar (University of Wisconsin) ^2/24 - Grinnell, IA @ Gardner Lounge (Grinnell College) ^2/26 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge ^2/27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^2/28 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux ^3/1 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza ^3/2 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar ^3/5 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project ^3/6 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop ^3/8 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex ^3/9 - San Diego, CA @ SPACE ^3/10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Flying Burrito Music Fest3/11 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress ^3/13 - Dallas, TX @ Double Wide ^3/14-17 - Austin, TX @ SXSW3/19 - Birmingham, AL @ The Firehouse ^3/20 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 ^3/21 - Durham, NC @ Pinhook ^3/22 - Norfolk, VA @ Toast ^3/23 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter ^3/24 - Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel ^3/26 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ^
* w/ Deerhoof~ Record Release Show^ w/ The Spirit of the Beehive
Psych Pop Duo Moon Honey Release "Betta Fish."
MOON HONEY RETURN WITH PSYCH-POP DELICIOUSNESS “BETTA FISH” – OUT TODAYHEADLINING LOS ANGELES’ TERAGRAM BALLROOM ON DECEMBER 14
LISTEN
“BETTA FISH”
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12/14 – The Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA – TICKETS
Formed in the Big Easy, psych-pop, art duo Moon Honey have returned with another delightful gem, “Betta Fish.” The track is out today on Apple Music and Spotify and is their first release since the critically acclaimed 2013 debut “ Hand-Painted Dream Photographs” , which quietly sent shockwaves throughout the underground, bubbling up with praise courtesy of The New York Times, Noisey, NPRand more.
The duo includes lead vocalist, visual artist and lyricist, Jess Joy, and guitarist and composer, Andrew Martin, and together they’ve created an out-of-this-world concoction of magic that transports you to another peculiar and exciting realm of sound and vision.
A wild red-headed musical enchantress and multi-faceted artist from the bayou of Baton Rouge, Jess’ je ne sais quoi extends beyond her primal vocal conjuring’s to handmade mysticism—from personally directing D.I.Y. stop-motion music videos and assembling surreal collages to building paper maché stage production and sewing period-correct costume pieces. Born in the Big Easy and raised on the Cayman Islands as an anachronistic disciple of Jimi Hendrix and Mark Bolan, Andrew speaks through six-strings often while decked out in mod velvet threads. The union of these two dissonantly kindred spirits yields a totemic pastiche of psychedelia, rock, soul, performance art and good old-fashioned voodoo.
Currently nestled in the Silverlake Hills of Los Angeles, Moon Honey’s Jess and Andrew immersed themselves in the city’s arts scene whilst writing and recording the new music. Working with producerJohn Goodmanson [Blonde Redhead, Sleater-Kinney, Death Cab for Cutie], the band bottle their world into simultaneously complex and singable songs - like Betta Fish - and plan on inviting us further into their multi-colored, psychedelic universe, as they reveal more music, art and visuals created by the talented duo in 2018.
“We really believe in the human hand,” Jess goes on. “Andrew is so specific with his tones and the vintage tubes he chooses. The way he plays is very emotional. We don’t lean into electronic or digital music. We feel strongly about preserving the organic qualities that come from the hand and those imperfections. That ties into the artwork being handmade. I want everything to be tactile and have irregularities.”
“Musically, the guitar creates the sounds,” Andrew elaborates. “There are so many ways to break, bend, and warp that instrument. I believe in it so much.”
That belief carries over into the music and can be heard in their latest dynamic sonic offering, “Betta Fish,” which is out today.
Moon Honey will be headlining at The Teragram Ballroom on December, 14th. For more information and tickets, go to www.moonhoneyband.com
More to come from Moon Honey soon.
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"Springsteen on Broadway" Extended Through June 30, 2018
"Springsteen on Broadway" Extended Through June 30, 2018Springsteen On Broadway" announced today that its 16-week sold-out series of performances at Jujamcyn's Walter Kerr Theatre will be extended, with additional shows now set for February 28th through June 30th, 2018.
"Springsteen On Broadway” began previews on October 3rd, 2017 and officially opened October 12th. By the end of his previously announced Broadway dates on February 3rd, Bruce Springsteen will have performed 80 shows at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).
Due to overwhelming participation in the original Onsale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan®, there will be no additional registration for this extension. Fans who previously registered and were verified but placed on Standby and did not receive a code, and fans who received a code but were unsuccessful in purchasing tickets will be contacted by Ticketmaster with further information about the added shows.A digital lottery will continue to operate through the extension for fans interested in purchasing tickets after the December 19th on-sale. For details, visit www.luckyseat.com.
"Springsteen On Broadway” quotes:"As portraits of artists go, there may never have been anything as real — and beautiful — on Broadway." - New York Times“An intimate triumph… one of the most compelling and profound shows by a rock musician in recent memory." - Rolling Stone"It’s elegant, it’s austere, it’s moving… Springsteen belongs on Broadway.” - Washington Post"An earnest meditation on his life and work... delivered by a diligent and practiced showman." - New Yorker“Hilarious, heartbreaking… showcases the true breadth of his talents.” - Entertainment Weekly“Thrilling… a model of finely chiseled simplicity, by turns contemplative, moving and joyous." - The Hollywood ReporterBruce Springsteen’s recording career spans over 40 years, beginning with 1973's ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ’ (Columbia Records). He has released 18 studio albums, garnered 20 Grammys, won an Oscar, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received a Kennedy Center Honor, and was MusiCares’ 2013 Person of the Year. Springsteen’s memoir ‘Born to Run’ (Simon & Schuster) and its companion album ‘Chapter and Verse’ were released in September 2016, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November last year. Springsteen’s The River Tour 2016 was named the year’s top global tour by both Billboard and Pollstar. ‘Born to Run’ was issued in paperback by Simon & Schuster earlier this year.
http://brucespringsteen.net/
Dita Von Teese Announces Debut LP Out February 2018 + Shares Track
Dita Von Teese Announces Debut LP,
Out February 2018
Releases Song “Rendez-vous” via Rolling Stone
Listen + Share Here
Music Written & Composed by Sébastien Tellier
Iconic burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese has released her song “Rendez-vous” via Rolling Stone today. The track appears on her forthcoming self-titled debut album out February 2018via the Parisian label Record Makers. A collaboration with composer Sébastien Tellier, the album evokes a modern day Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg allure. Listen and share “Rendez-vous” here.
“I’m not a professional singer, in fact, I’m quite uneasy about recording my voice. But I do enjoy the thrill of doing things that are outside of my comfort zone, so in the past, I’ve collaborated with artists I admire that have invited me, such as Monarchy and Die Antwoord,” recalls Von Teese. “But nothing compares to this project with Sébastien Tellier. Having been a fan of his music for a long time, I would go to see him play live in California and, when I performed for the first time at the Crazy Horse in Paris, I invited him because I was such a fan, not daring to imagine that someday he would compose an entire album for me. When we began recording, he offered to let me to write some lyrics, but I preferred the feeling of letting go, of making a Sébastien Tellier record. I had a fantasy about having a modern Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg moment. To describe the album is difficult; perhaps it’s me with less make-up. At times, there’s a certain vulnerability which stands in contrast to my stage image of a confident and glamorous woman. I would never dare say such things in real life, and if I ever really felt like making such declarations of love, I would likely restrain myself right away."
Born Heather Sweet in West Branch, Michigan, Dita Von Teese grew up fascinated by the Golden Age of Cinema, pin-up imagery, and vintage lingerie. This naturally blond, mid-western girl transformed herself into a glamour girl like those she admired. Performing striptease since 1992, she is the biggest name in burlesque in the world since Gypsy Rose Lee and is credited with bringing the art form back into the spotlight with a new sense of elegance and sophistication. Dita's full-length revues, “Burlesque: Strip, Strip, Hooray!” and “The Art of the Teese” are the biggest touring burlesque shows in history and regularly play to sold-out crowds around the world.
Dita Von Teese Links:
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Out February 2018
Releases Song “Rendez-vous” via Rolling Stone
Listen + Share Here
Music Written & Composed by Sébastien Tellier
Iconic burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese has released her song “Rendez-vous” via Rolling Stone today. The track appears on her forthcoming self-titled debut album out February 2018via the Parisian label Record Makers. A collaboration with composer Sébastien Tellier, the album evokes a modern day Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg allure. Listen and share “Rendez-vous” here.
“I’m not a professional singer, in fact, I’m quite uneasy about recording my voice. But I do enjoy the thrill of doing things that are outside of my comfort zone, so in the past, I’ve collaborated with artists I admire that have invited me, such as Monarchy and Die Antwoord,” recalls Von Teese. “But nothing compares to this project with Sébastien Tellier. Having been a fan of his music for a long time, I would go to see him play live in California and, when I performed for the first time at the Crazy Horse in Paris, I invited him because I was such a fan, not daring to imagine that someday he would compose an entire album for me. When we began recording, he offered to let me to write some lyrics, but I preferred the feeling of letting go, of making a Sébastien Tellier record. I had a fantasy about having a modern Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg moment. To describe the album is difficult; perhaps it’s me with less make-up. At times, there’s a certain vulnerability which stands in contrast to my stage image of a confident and glamorous woman. I would never dare say such things in real life, and if I ever really felt like making such declarations of love, I would likely restrain myself right away."
Born Heather Sweet in West Branch, Michigan, Dita Von Teese grew up fascinated by the Golden Age of Cinema, pin-up imagery, and vintage lingerie. This naturally blond, mid-western girl transformed herself into a glamour girl like those she admired. Performing striptease since 1992, she is the biggest name in burlesque in the world since Gypsy Rose Lee and is credited with bringing the art form back into the spotlight with a new sense of elegance and sophistication. Dita's full-length revues, “Burlesque: Strip, Strip, Hooray!” and “The Art of the Teese” are the biggest touring burlesque shows in history and regularly play to sold-out crowds around the world.
Dita Von Teese Links:
Website
Metallica Launches Website for Their Foundation, All Within My Hands and Partners with Starbucks and Spotify for 'Give Good' Campaign
METALLICA LAUNCHES WEBSITE FOR THEIR FOUNDATION,
ALL WITHIN MY HANDS
AND PARTNERS WITH STARBUCKS AND SPOTIFY FOR 'GIVE GOOD' CAMPAIGN
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOVEMBER 28, 2017 - In February of this year, Metallica announced the formation of their All Within My Hands Foundation , which is dedicated to assisting and enriching the lives of the members of the communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services. Today, the band has launched the website,www.allwithinmyhands.org to keep fans up to date on the foundation, new activities, and the specific causes being supported. Fans can sign up for the e-mail list HERE to receive updates.
To celebrate the launch of the new website, as part of their "Give Good" campaign Starbucks and Spotify are donating $1 million to be divided between All Within My Hands, Chance The Rapper's Social Works, and Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. To commemorate the partnerships, starting today (Tuesday, November 28th) limited edition gift cards featuring each artist will be available at 8,000 Starbucks stores throughout the U.S. while supplies last. Visit www.Starbucks.com to find your closest Starbucks store with available gift cards. Metallica have long taken pride in giving back to their community and have played at many benefit concerts over the years, including the Bridge School Benefit Concerts (appearing three times), the MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concerts, Live Earth, Global Citizen, and most recently Band Together Bay Area. The band has donated proceeds from ticket sales and album releases to various charitable organizations, including Fondation de France's Give For France and Gilda's Club NYC. Additionally, Metallica has met extensively with Make-A-Wish participants and supported local food banks around the world. Lastly, the band launched a partnership with Crowdrise encouraging fans to donate through their site for the chance to win tickets, meet & greets, access to pre-show parties and snake pit passes, and more.
www.metallica.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOVEMBER 28, 2017 - In February of this year, Metallica announced the formation of their All Within My Hands Foundation , which is dedicated to assisting and enriching the lives of the members of the communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services. Today, the band has launched the website,www.allwithinmyhands.org to keep fans up to date on the foundation, new activities, and the specific causes being supported. Fans can sign up for the e-mail list HERE to receive updates.
To celebrate the launch of the new website, as part of their "Give Good" campaign Starbucks and Spotify are donating $1 million to be divided between All Within My Hands, Chance The Rapper's Social Works, and Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. To commemorate the partnerships, starting today (Tuesday, November 28th) limited edition gift cards featuring each artist will be available at 8,000 Starbucks stores throughout the U.S. while supplies last. Visit www.Starbucks.com to find your closest Starbucks store with available gift cards. Metallica have long taken pride in giving back to their community and have played at many benefit concerts over the years, including the Bridge School Benefit Concerts (appearing three times), the MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concerts, Live Earth, Global Citizen, and most recently Band Together Bay Area. The band has donated proceeds from ticket sales and album releases to various charitable organizations, including Fondation de France's Give For France and Gilda's Club NYC. Additionally, Metallica has met extensively with Make-A-Wish participants and supported local food banks around the world. Lastly, the band launched a partnership with Crowdrise encouraging fans to donate through their site for the chance to win tickets, meet & greets, access to pre-show parties and snake pit passes, and more.
www.metallica.com
November 27, 2017
Best Books of 2017
BEST 20 BOOKS 2017
1. The Invention of Angela Carter: Biography by Edmund Gordon
2. Lou Reed: A Life by Anthony DeCurtis
3. After Kathy Acker: A Biography by Chris Kraus
4. Everything Is Combustible by Richard Lloyd
5. Lonely Boy by Steve Jones
6. Somebody With A Little Hammer: Essays by Mary Gaitskill
7. Goethe: Life as a Work of Art by Rudiger Safranski
8. Substance: Inside New Order by Peter Hook
9. Vinyl, album, cover, art: The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue by Aubrey Powell
10. Hit So Hard: A Memoir by Patty Schemel
11. So Much Things To Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley by Roger Steffans
12. Conversation With Edwidge Danticat by Maxine Lavon Montgomery (editor)
13. Acker by Douglas A. Martin
14. Astrophysics For People In A Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
15. I Am The Wolf: Lyrics and Writings by Mark Lanegan
16. Farewell To The Muse: Love, War, and the Women of Surrealism by Whitney Chadwick
17. The New Analog by Damon Krukowski
18. Being Elvis: A Lonely Life by Ray Connolly
19. Meet Me In The Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman
20. MUTE: A Visual Document by Terry Burrows
FICTION
4321 by Paul Auster
The Future Won’t Be Long by Jarett Kobek
The Answers by Catherine Lacey
Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
elbow's "The Best Of" Out Now
“THE BEST OF”OUT NOW
FEATURES FAN FAVORITES “ONE DAY LIKE THIS,” “GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE,” “NEW YORK MORNING,” “LIPPY KIDS,” AND MANY MORE.
PERFORMED LIVE ON NBC’S THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON AND CBS’ THIS MORNING: SATURDAY THIS MONTH
PLUS LIVE SESSIONS ON NEW YORK’S WNYC’S SOUNDCHECK AND LOS ANGELES’ KCRW’S MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC
SOLD-OUT NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WRAPPED THIS MONTH
"The Best Of"Standard | Deluxe
"Golden Slumbers"
Spotify
Manchester band elbow just wrapped a successful and SOLD-OUT run across North America this month, which included a late night television performance on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed current single “Magnificent (she says)” [WATCH HERE], and “One Day Like This” [WATCH HERE], plus A day-time television performance and interview with esteemed host Anthony Mason on CBS’ This Morning: Saturday. Watch their performance of “Magnificent (she Says)”HERE, “Grounds For Divorce” HERE and “All Disco” HERE. The band also played awe-inspiring live sessions for WNYC’s Soundcheck [LISTEN HERE] and KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic [WATCHHERE].
On Friday, November 24 the band also released their latest full-length album “The Best Of” viaRepublic Records in North America. A collection of their best moments to date, the album covers two CDs (in its deluxe form) and features tracks from the band’s seven studio albums, highlighting their incredible musical output over the last eighteen years. From the release of their “Newborn” EP in 1999, the collection stretches all the way to 2017, with the bonus track of the band’s version of The Beatles “Golden Slumbers,” as heard on the current John Lewis Christmas commercial directed by Michel Gondry [WATCH HERE].
“Best Of’s are a good way of introducing new fans to a big back catalogue.” Explains front man and lyricist Guy Garvey on the band’s reasoning behind this release. “My first Leonard Cohen album was ‘The Best Of’, same with Fleetwood Mac and Nick Drake. It took ages for us to decide what should go on ours but we got there in the end. We are really proud of this. It’s full of memories.”
“The Best Of” comes in two versions. The standard version features global hits “One Day Like This” and “Grounds For Divorce,” alongside their current US single “Magnificent (She Says),” taken from the band’s current studio album and UK Number One, “Little Fictions.” Earlier work is represented by live favorites “Mirrorball,” “Scattered Black and Whites,” “Leaders Of The Free World” and “Lippy Kids,”“a gorgeous meditation on adolescence” (The Guardian) and a stand out moment in all elbow live shows.
The second version is the deluxe release, which goes further into the band’s history and album releases, again spanning their entire career to date. The song that first brought the band to mass public attention, “Newborn,” is included along with its follow up and fellow NME Single Of The Week, “Any Day Now” and “The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver’” the song the band performed live on the night that they won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize for “The Seldom Seen Kid.” This version also contains the band’s most recent original recording, “Kindling (Fickle Flame)” featuring John Grant.
The album highlights an incredible ongoing career which has encompassed two Ivor Novello awards, the quadruple platinum album “The Seldom Seen Kid” and two UK Number One albums; 2014’s “The Take Off and Landing of Everything” and this year’s “Little Fictions.” In that time, the band have won 2008’s Mercury Music Prize (for “The Seldom Seen Kid”), the 2009 BRITS ‘Best British Group’ and a host of NME, Q and Mojo Awards.
elbow have been lauded for one of the landmark Pyramid Stage performances at Glastonbury Festival, collaborated with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra. In 2012 they were commissioned to write ‘First Steps’ which sound-tracked the BBC'S London Olympics TV coverage with the band also performing at the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium to a global television audience of 750 million people. This year’s secret appearance at Glastonbury’s Park Stage drew a record crowd on site and was the most watched set from the festival on BBC.
Always a band that has attracted deserved critical praise for their recordings, (elbow were the first act in history to receive four consecutive 9/10 album reviews from NME), this best of album is the perfect introduction to the amazing musical legacy to date of one of the country’s most beloved and most successful acts, demonstrating that most rare thing in modern music; a band whose story and influence continues to grow with every release.
“The Best Of” is available in the U.S as a standard and deluxe digital download from 24th November.
Advance purchasers of the digital download will receive “Golden Slumbers” on receipt of order.
“The Best Of”
Standard Version
Grounds for Divorce
Magnificent (She Says)
Lippy Kids
One Day Like This
The Bones of You
My Sad Captains
Leaders of the Free World
Mirrorball
Fugitive Motel
New York Morning
Great Expectations
The Birds
Scattered Black and Whites
bonus track
Golden Slumbers
“The Best Of”
Deluxe Version (bonus tracks)
Any Day Now
Fly Boy Blue / Lunette
Weather to Fly
Station Approach
Switching Off
Little Fictions
This Blue World
Kindling (Fickle Flame) featuring John Grant
Newborn
Puncture Repair
The Night Will Always Win
Starlings
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
Dear Friends
elbow's seventh studio album "Little Fictions" is out now worldwide.
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Billie Eilish Announces 2018 Tour Dates
BILLIE EILISH ANNOUNCES WHERES MY MIND2018 HEADLINING TOUR FOR EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICATIPPED AS VEVO’S DSCVR ARTIST TO WATCH IN 2018
LONGLISTED FOR BBC'S SOUND OF 2018
YOUNGEST ARTIST EVER TO BE SELECTED
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"bitches broken hearts"
After a momentous 2017, which included the release of her critically acclaimed debut EP “dont smile at me” (Darkroom/Interscope Records), SOLD OUT headlining tours across North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, impressive national daytime and late night television appearances in the States, as well as being recently appointed as VEVO dscvr Artist To Watch in 2018 and long listed for the BBC's Sound of 2018 (following Apple’s Up Next Artist campaign this fall), 15-year-old Billie Eilishcontinues to ascend and as she sets her sights on 2018.
Today, Billie Eilish announced her forthcoming 2018 WHERES MY MIND headlining tour across North America and Europe. Set to start on February 14th at the popular 1,000+ capacity venue Heaven (which sold out in a day), the tour will include stops in Paris, Milan, Stockholm, Berlin (amongst other European cities), then onto North American shores where Billie will be starting on the west coast, then embarking on a 17-date tour across the country. For a complete list of tour dates see below. For tickets and more information, please visit www.billieeilish.com
Earlier this month, Billie surprised fans with the unexpected release of the soulful “bitches broken hearts” via Soundcloud. The song reached #1 on HypeMachine, racked up an impressive 600k+ streams in under a week, was hailed by NYLON as a “hypnotic ode to the bittersweetness of lost love and fresh starts,” and Pigeons & Planes praising its “woozy blend of electric piano, vocal samples, and sparse percussion.” Listen to “bitches broken hearts” HERE .
Last month, Billie Eilish made her live daytime television debut when she stopped by MTV’s TRL in New York City to perform a “jaw dropping” rendition of her viral hit, “Ocean Eyes.” Watch it HERE . Eilish also made her late night TV debut on CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden in September (watch HERE ), coinciding with her being named as Apple Music’s Up Next Artist, shining a spotlight on the pop star’s impressive career to date. Apple kicked things off with an exclusive interview with Julie Adenuga on Beats1 and released a fascinating new mini documentary on the rising star, which is now available via Apple Music HERE.
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
02/14 – Heaven – London, UK - SOLD OUT
02/16 – Petit Bain – Paris, France
02/18 – Dude Club – Milan, Italy
02/19 – Debaser Strand – Stockholm, Sweden
02/20 – Melkweg Oude Zaal – Amsterdam, Netherlands
02/23 – Botanique / Rotonde – Brussels, Belgium
02/26 – Lido – Berlin, Germany
02/27 – Jungle Club – Cologne, Germany
03/01 – By:Larm Festival – Oslo, Norway
Tickets: www.billieeilish.com
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
03/07 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
03/08 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
03/10 – Music Box – San Diego, CA
03/11 – The Observatory, CA
03/17 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
03/20 – Black Cat – Washington, DC
03/21 – Coda – Philadelphia, PA
03/23 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
03/24 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
03/27 – Theatre Fairmount – Montreal
03/28 – The Mod Club - Toronto
03/30 – El Club – Detroit, MI
03/31 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
04/03 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
04/04 – The Record Bar – Kansas City, Missouri, MO
04/06 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
04/07 – Grand at the Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Tickets: www.billieeilish.com
