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April 26, 2017
elbow Announce New Dates and Venue Change. U.S Tour Continues To Sell Out
ELBOW MOVE NEW YORK CITY SHOWS FROM WEBSTER HALL TO TERMINAL 5 FOR NOVEMBER 2ADD NEW DATE IN PHILADELPHIA FOR NOV 3
BOSTON, WASHINGTON, SEATTLE AND TORONTO SHOWS SOLD OUT.
“LITTLE FICTIONS” OUT NOW
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
11/01 – Paradise Club – Boston, MA – SOLD OUT
11/02 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY – NEW DATE
11/03 – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA – NEW DATE
11/04 – 9:30 Club – Washington, D.C – SOLD OUT
11/06 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON – SOLD OUT
11/07 – St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
11/08 – The Vic – Chicago, IL
11/10 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA – SOLD OUT
11/11 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
11/13 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
11/14 – The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
11/16 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA
For tickets, go to: www.elbow.co.uk
As dates continue to sell-out, this week elbow announced they have added a new date to their forthcoming U.S tour. On November 3rd, they will be headlining The Fillmore in Philadelphia. Tickets are on-sale now and available HERE .
The band also announced that due to a temporary closure of Webster Hall, they are moving their two shows to Terminal 5 on November 2nd. Tickets for both Webster Hall shows will be honored atTerminal 5. For those unable to attend the new date/venue, refunds will be available at point of purchase until 5PM ET on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Please note the Terminal 5 show will be an all ages event. Tickets are available HERE .
Earlier this year, the Manchester four-piece released their seventh studio album “Little Fictions” to widespread critical acclaim. Praised for their “rich, sweeping rock songs about melancholy and love” (Pitchfork) and considered “the best (album) they've made in years,” (The Associated Press), elbow will be making a welcomed return to U.S soil and bringing their legendary live performance to fans this November. For more details and tickets, go to www.elbow.co.uk
TRACK-LIST
1. Magnificent (She Says)
2. Gentle Storm
3. Trust the Sun
4. All Disco
5. Head for Supplies
6. Firebrand & Angel
7. K2
8. Montparnasse
9. Little Fictions
10. Kindling
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WATERS Release New Track, Stand By You
WATERS Release New Track"Stand By You" - Stream Here!
New Album Something More! Out May 19
WATERS have unveiled the newest track from their forthcoming album Something More! “Stand By You” is available now on DSPs. Embed code below!
STREAM "STAND BY YOU"
The Californian 5-piece will release Something More! on Vagrant/BMG on May 19th, 2017, the band’s first release since 2015’s acclaimed What’s Real. Written and recorded over the past year in LA,following big-time touring runs with the likes of Weezer, Tegan and Sara, and Matt and Kim, the album came together after the five-piece band returned home and were forced to confront the day-to-day realities of everyday life.
Lead singer Van Pierszalowski says, "'Stand By You' is about young love in a claustrophobic small town where you can't even go to the grocery store without gossip following you and where it can feel like everyone is against everyone else. It is about building a wall around that relationship and living only in it and for it letting everyone else fuck off. "
WATERS play at The Roxy in Los Angeles on June 8th.
Early Praise for Something More! :
“It’s another collection of big, punchy alt-rock songs from the Bay Area power-poppers that shoot for the gut and wind up knocking you off your feet.” - Stereogum
“Hiccups”...has a Weezer-ish sort of power-pop sneer, but with Beatlesy melodies and atmospherics.” - BlackBook
Pre-order Something More! And get “Hiccups” instantly!
Follow WATERSTwitter / Facebook / YouTube
New Album Something More! Out May 19
WATERS have unveiled the newest track from their forthcoming album Something More! “Stand By You” is available now on DSPs. Embed code below!STREAM "STAND BY YOU"
The Californian 5-piece will release Something More! on Vagrant/BMG on May 19th, 2017, the band’s first release since 2015’s acclaimed What’s Real. Written and recorded over the past year in LA,following big-time touring runs with the likes of Weezer, Tegan and Sara, and Matt and Kim, the album came together after the five-piece band returned home and were forced to confront the day-to-day realities of everyday life.
Lead singer Van Pierszalowski says, "'Stand By You' is about young love in a claustrophobic small town where you can't even go to the grocery store without gossip following you and where it can feel like everyone is against everyone else. It is about building a wall around that relationship and living only in it and for it letting everyone else fuck off. "
WATERS play at The Roxy in Los Angeles on June 8th.
Early Praise for Something More! :
“It’s another collection of big, punchy alt-rock songs from the Bay Area power-poppers that shoot for the gut and wind up knocking you off your feet.” - Stereogum
“Hiccups”...has a Weezer-ish sort of power-pop sneer, but with Beatlesy melodies and atmospherics.” - BlackBook
Pre-order Something More! And get “Hiccups” instantly!
Follow WATERSTwitter / Facebook / YouTube
April 25, 2017
Starlight (w/ Iggy Pop) - A feature film by Sophie Blondy
coming to Blu-ray and VOD on May 9th
Cleopatra Entertainment LLC, the movie division of famed indie record label Cleopatra Records, has acquired all domestic rights to Starlight , a feature film by French film maker Sophie Blondy, coming to Blu-ray and VOD on May 9th.Set in the dunes near the North Sea, a small circus company is suffering from a serious lack of audience for their shows. Spectators are rare but the magic of the circus still thrives.
Each performer rehearses and performs new numbers, but this fragile balance will quickly shatter to unveil their real nature and their most obscure feelings. The circus will then become a place of romantic lust where each will use their powers to satisfy their desires.
Angele, the diaphanous ballerina, her clown lover Elliot and the circus ringmaster, full of cruelty and disturbed by fits of schizophrenia on one side. Zohra in love with Elliot, haunted by an uncanny conscience on the other side. Secrets, jealousy, envy will progressively take hold of them and trigger some irreversible acts. The life of the circus will then take a whole new turn. Iggy Pop appears throughout the film as an "angel" type character.
Starlight was selected and screened at Tallinn - Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia, 2013), Montreal World Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Moscow - International Film Festival (Russia, 2013), Rendez-vous with New French Cinema in Rome (2013), and at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Netherlands, 2013).
Starlight is available at the MVD Shop and on Amazon, as well as other retailers.
Hi-res art and complete info can be found HERE, press photos HERE, and French press kit HERE
Blondy has worked on several films and with talent such as Andrzej Zulawski, Bruno Nuytten, and Tran Anh Hung. In 2000, she directed her first short film Her & Him At the 14th Floor filmed in Amiens with Guillaume Depardieu.
Sophie Blondy's Filmography:
2016 L'etoile Du Jour - (Feature Film)
2007 La Nuova Vita - (Short)
2005 Love & Transmission - (Medium-length Film)
2003 L'homme Que J'attends - (Medium-length Film)
2000 Elle Et Lui Au 14ème Étage - (Feature Film)
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Cleopatra Entertainment LLC, the movie division of famed indie record label Cleopatra Records, has acquired all domestic rights to Starlight , a feature film by French film maker Sophie Blondy, coming to Blu-ray and VOD on May 9th.Set in the dunes near the North Sea, a small circus company is suffering from a serious lack of audience for their shows. Spectators are rare but the magic of the circus still thrives.
Each performer rehearses and performs new numbers, but this fragile balance will quickly shatter to unveil their real nature and their most obscure feelings. The circus will then become a place of romantic lust where each will use their powers to satisfy their desires.
Angele, the diaphanous ballerina, her clown lover Elliot and the circus ringmaster, full of cruelty and disturbed by fits of schizophrenia on one side. Zohra in love with Elliot, haunted by an uncanny conscience on the other side. Secrets, jealousy, envy will progressively take hold of them and trigger some irreversible acts. The life of the circus will then take a whole new turn. Iggy Pop appears throughout the film as an "angel" type character.
Starlight was selected and screened at Tallinn - Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia, 2013), Montreal World Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Moscow - International Film Festival (Russia, 2013), Rendez-vous with New French Cinema in Rome (2013), and at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Netherlands, 2013).
Starlight is available at the MVD Shop and on Amazon, as well as other retailers.
Hi-res art and complete info can be found HERE, press photos HERE, and French press kit HERE
Blondy has worked on several films and with talent such as Andrzej Zulawski, Bruno Nuytten, and Tran Anh Hung. In 2000, she directed her first short film Her & Him At the 14th Floor filmed in Amiens with Guillaume Depardieu.
Sophie Blondy's Filmography:
2016 L'etoile Du Jour - (Feature Film)
2007 La Nuova Vita - (Short)
2005 Love & Transmission - (Medium-length Film)
2003 L'homme Que J'attends - (Medium-length Film)
2000 Elle Et Lui Au 14ème Étage - (Feature Film)
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POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ - NEW TRAILER - This week marks the 6th anniversary of the punk icons death
‘Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’
Today we remember Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, AKA Poly Styrene (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011). Singer, seeker, maverick, mother and icon.
Watch the brand new trailer here
IndieGoGo crowdfunding details here
This week marks the 6th anniversary of punk icon Poly Styrene’s tragic passing, leaving behind a truly unique legacy, an inspiration to countless people across the world from all walks of life.
To coincide with this and the 40th anniversary of the seminal X-Ray Spex album ‘Germfree Adolescents’, a new film called ‘Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’ is in the works. Fund-raising continues via IndieGoGo, with a cinema date set for November 2018. In celebration, the site will also be listing a number of rare X-Ray Spex posters and original vinyl LPs in the final week of the campaign.
"I'm hugely thankful for the fantastic show of support to get us to almost half of our crowdfunding total. There's still a long way to go, so with one week remaining of the campaign we've put together a new teaser trailer, which shows my mother at her brilliant best." Celeste Bell, Narrator and Executive Producer
Bi-racial, female, working class and possessing one of the most satirical perspectives in punk, X-Ray Spex founder Poly Styrene was, as Billboard proclaimed, "one of the least conventional front-persons in rock history".
Poly was responsible for some of the most original, intelligent and exiting music ever made, but beyond the songs, the look and that warrior-cry voice, her fascinating and sometimes frightening story, incorporating struggles with misogyny, racism and mental health issues, has remained largely untold. Until now.
"Poly Styrene remains one of the most original and dynamic voices in popular culture of the past forty years. We're aiming to make a film that reflects her effervescent and vivid life, and provide a fitting cinematic tribute to her legacy as an artist and icon." Paul Sng, Director
In this feature-length documentary, the jigsaw pieces of Poly’s life will be brought together for the first time. Original interviews, new research and previously unseen archive material are combined to present a thrilling, poetic and at times impressionistic portrait of a singer, seeker and mother. Underscored with Poly’s music from throughout her career, ‘I Am A Cliché’ celebrates one of punk’s most uncompromising icons.
"To see how far and wide the campaign to fund this film has gone is testament to Poly's importance and enduring relevance as an artist, and shows how very loved and respected she is. It is vital that we celebrate and commemorate positive figures like Poly and carry their flame into the future, so those who didn't have the benefit of having known her or seen her perform can still experience her work and be inspired. With the support of her fans, we can make a film that truly reflects what was so special about her." Zoë Howe, Writer
Narrated by Poly’s daughter Celeste Bell, the film will examine the past through the lens of the present, by revisiting pivotal moments and significant spaces in Poly’s history, while at the same time raising awareness of the issues she struggled with - and rose above - throughout her life.
"This film will be a celebration of the life and work of my mother, an artist who deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest front women of all time; a little girl with a big voice whose words are more relevant than ever.” Celeste Bell
‘I Am A Cliché’ director Paul Sng has previously won widespread acclaim for his film ‘Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain’. The film was written by Zoë Howe, who penned the biographies ‘Typical Girls? The Story of The Slits’ and ‘Barbed Wire Kisses - The Jesus and Mary Chain Story’.
Today we remember Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, AKA Poly Styrene (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011). Singer, seeker, maverick, mother and icon.
Watch the brand new trailer here
IndieGoGo crowdfunding details here
This week marks the 6th anniversary of punk icon Poly Styrene’s tragic passing, leaving behind a truly unique legacy, an inspiration to countless people across the world from all walks of life.
To coincide with this and the 40th anniversary of the seminal X-Ray Spex album ‘Germfree Adolescents’, a new film called ‘Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’ is in the works. Fund-raising continues via IndieGoGo, with a cinema date set for November 2018. In celebration, the site will also be listing a number of rare X-Ray Spex posters and original vinyl LPs in the final week of the campaign.
"I'm hugely thankful for the fantastic show of support to get us to almost half of our crowdfunding total. There's still a long way to go, so with one week remaining of the campaign we've put together a new teaser trailer, which shows my mother at her brilliant best." Celeste Bell, Narrator and Executive Producer
Bi-racial, female, working class and possessing one of the most satirical perspectives in punk, X-Ray Spex founder Poly Styrene was, as Billboard proclaimed, "one of the least conventional front-persons in rock history".
Poly was responsible for some of the most original, intelligent and exiting music ever made, but beyond the songs, the look and that warrior-cry voice, her fascinating and sometimes frightening story, incorporating struggles with misogyny, racism and mental health issues, has remained largely untold. Until now.
"Poly Styrene remains one of the most original and dynamic voices in popular culture of the past forty years. We're aiming to make a film that reflects her effervescent and vivid life, and provide a fitting cinematic tribute to her legacy as an artist and icon." Paul Sng, Director
In this feature-length documentary, the jigsaw pieces of Poly’s life will be brought together for the first time. Original interviews, new research and previously unseen archive material are combined to present a thrilling, poetic and at times impressionistic portrait of a singer, seeker and mother. Underscored with Poly’s music from throughout her career, ‘I Am A Cliché’ celebrates one of punk’s most uncompromising icons.
"To see how far and wide the campaign to fund this film has gone is testament to Poly's importance and enduring relevance as an artist, and shows how very loved and respected she is. It is vital that we celebrate and commemorate positive figures like Poly and carry their flame into the future, so those who didn't have the benefit of having known her or seen her perform can still experience her work and be inspired. With the support of her fans, we can make a film that truly reflects what was so special about her." Zoë Howe, Writer
Narrated by Poly’s daughter Celeste Bell, the film will examine the past through the lens of the present, by revisiting pivotal moments and significant spaces in Poly’s history, while at the same time raising awareness of the issues she struggled with - and rose above - throughout her life.
"This film will be a celebration of the life and work of my mother, an artist who deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest front women of all time; a little girl with a big voice whose words are more relevant than ever.” Celeste Bell
‘I Am A Cliché’ director Paul Sng has previously won widespread acclaim for his film ‘Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain’. The film was written by Zoë Howe, who penned the biographies ‘Typical Girls? The Story of The Slits’ and ‘Barbed Wire Kisses - The Jesus and Mary Chain Story’.
CIRCA WAVES ANNOUNCE U.S. HEADLINE TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM, 'DIFFERENT CREATURES'
CIRCA WAVES ANNOUNCE U.S. HEADLINE TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM, DIFFERENT CREATURESRun Includes Two NYC Dates - June 7 At Rough Trade And June 8 At Mercury Lounge - Plus June 13 Show At Teragram Ballroom In Los Angeles
Official Video For "Love's Run Out" Premieres Today On Vevo
New Single, "Fire That Burns," Added By Sirius XM's Alt Nation
Circa Waves Photo Credit: Joost Vandebrug
Circa Waves will kick off a U.S. headline tour on June 4 at Schubas Tavern in Chicago. The run will include shows at Rough Trade in Brooklyn (June 7) and the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan (June 8). The Liverpool-based band will perform at Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeleson June 13.Special guests Blaenavon will support on the Eastern U.S. dates and Dreamers will open at the Los Angeles and San Diego shows. Tickets will go on sale to the general public HERE on Friday, April 28, at 10:00 AM ET. See below for itinerary.The official video for "Love's Run Out" premiered today on Vevo. The song has proved to be a fan favorite during Circa Waves' recent sold-out U.K. and European tours.Gregg Houston directed and produced the clip, which also captures the band in the studio during the recording sessions for its new album, Different Creatures (Virgin Records). View the video for "Love's Run Out" HERE.
"Fire That Burns," the band's new single, has been added into rotation at Sirius XM's Alt Nation and A-listed by the BBC's Radio 1. The video for "Fire That Burns" - which takes inspiration from Italian horror films - features SAG Award nominee Isaac Hempstead Wright, who plays Bran Stark in "Game Of Thrones." View the videoHERE and check out behind-the-scenes footage HERE."Different Creatures is a beast of a record," said Q Magazine while NME said it's "full of bruising riffs and dark lyrics."Both magazines awarded the album four stars, as didDIY Magazine, Kerrang and Dork. Co-produced by Alan Moulder (The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Smashing Pumpkins), Different Creatures is the follow-up to Circa Waves'2015 debut, Young Chasers, which contained five BBC Radio 1 A-list singles including "T-Shirt Weather."Circa Waves are: Kieran Shudall (guitar/vocals), Joe Falconer (guitar), Sam Rourke (bass) and Colin Jones (drums).Circa Waves - U.S. Tour Dates6/4 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern +
6/5 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement +
6/7 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade +
6/8 - New York, NY @ The Mercury Lounge +
6/9 - Albany, NY @ The Hollow +
6/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry +
6/12 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
6/13 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom *
6/14 - San Diego, @ Casbah *+= Blaenavon supporting
*= Dreamers supporting
Adia Victoria Debuts Short Film - "How It Feels"
ADIA VICTORIA RELEASES SHORT FILM "HOW IT FEELS"OUT TODAY
WATCH HERE
As a companion to Adia Victoria's recently released French-language EP, How It Feels, she's debuted a short film by the same name out today. Dangerous Minds debuted the film describing Adia's "21st-century take on the blues as Jeffrey Lee Pierce reincarnated as Ronnie Spektor." The film was shot in Paris during a recent tour of Europe and features performance footage of the EP's material including one original by Adia - "You Know How it Feels," two Francoise Hardy covers and "Laissez Tomber Les Filles" written by Serge Gainsbourg and popularized by France Gall.
LISTEN TO 'HOW IT FEELS' Adia notes, "I wanted this EP to take on a more eerie feel. Instead of the imagined dream pop girl wishing for her man to come home I reimagined the lyrics as sung by a lover scorned but still love sick and obsessed. I wanted to keep the timeless feel of these songs while breathing into them a bit of modernity; sharpen the edges a bit. What if 'Parlez Moi de Lui' were more of a hazey, trip out love letter from a woman still haunted by lost love. What if her in deranged mind her man still danced in and out of sight, just out of touch? I wanted to inject 'Laissez Tomber Les Filles' with a bit of the anger and danger I felt as a new political era descended on our country. This session would prove to be therapeutic in channeling my frustration with the current political landscape into powerful songs sung by iconic, emotional women. This EP was a way express all these feelings in a tangible way. There is so much emotionality to women that is often policed. This project gave me the chance to shake off those restrictions, free myself from my own mother tongue and speak in universal themes that flow beyond the borders of language."
How It Feels marks the first new music Adia has released since her critically acclaimed debut Beyond The Bloodhounds.
Adia Victoria will play select dates throughout the summer including direct support for three Sturgill Simpson shows in July. In addition she has now confirmed a slot at the XPoNential Festival on July 30 in Camden, NJ. Her current touring schedule is:
July 7 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Metro Credit Union *July 8 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth Ampitheatre*July 14 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre*July 15-16 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle FestivalJuly 30 - Camden, NJ - XPoNential Music Festival
*= w/ Sturgill Simpson
WATCH HERE
As a companion to Adia Victoria's recently released French-language EP, How It Feels, she's debuted a short film by the same name out today. Dangerous Minds debuted the film describing Adia's "21st-century take on the blues as Jeffrey Lee Pierce reincarnated as Ronnie Spektor." The film was shot in Paris during a recent tour of Europe and features performance footage of the EP's material including one original by Adia - "You Know How it Feels," two Francoise Hardy covers and "Laissez Tomber Les Filles" written by Serge Gainsbourg and popularized by France Gall.
LISTEN TO 'HOW IT FEELS' Adia notes, "I wanted this EP to take on a more eerie feel. Instead of the imagined dream pop girl wishing for her man to come home I reimagined the lyrics as sung by a lover scorned but still love sick and obsessed. I wanted to keep the timeless feel of these songs while breathing into them a bit of modernity; sharpen the edges a bit. What if 'Parlez Moi de Lui' were more of a hazey, trip out love letter from a woman still haunted by lost love. What if her in deranged mind her man still danced in and out of sight, just out of touch? I wanted to inject 'Laissez Tomber Les Filles' with a bit of the anger and danger I felt as a new political era descended on our country. This session would prove to be therapeutic in channeling my frustration with the current political landscape into powerful songs sung by iconic, emotional women. This EP was a way express all these feelings in a tangible way. There is so much emotionality to women that is often policed. This project gave me the chance to shake off those restrictions, free myself from my own mother tongue and speak in universal themes that flow beyond the borders of language."
How It Feels marks the first new music Adia has released since her critically acclaimed debut Beyond The Bloodhounds.
Adia Victoria will play select dates throughout the summer including direct support for three Sturgill Simpson shows in July. In addition she has now confirmed a slot at the XPoNential Festival on July 30 in Camden, NJ. Her current touring schedule is:
July 7 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Metro Credit Union *July 8 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth Ampitheatre*July 14 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre*July 15-16 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle FestivalJuly 30 - Camden, NJ - XPoNential Music Festival
*= w/ Sturgill Simpson
Baaba Maal partners with charity: water
BAABA MAAL
ANNOUNCES ALL PROFITS FROM EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL REISSUE OF THE TRAVELLER TO GO TO charity: water
"I am so happy to be working with charity: water because I believe that together, if everyone embraces this project, we can bring clean water to the people who need it" --BAABA MAAL
Baaba Maal Official Website | Baaba Maal Official Facebook
Today Senegalese, Grammy-nominated musician Baaba Maal announces he will be putting out an exclusive digital reissue of his critically acclaimed album The Traveller along with a never-before-seen documentary. All proceeds from the album reissue (after credit card fees) will be going exclusively to charity: water, a non profit organization whose mission is to bring clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries.
This exclusive digital reissue of The Traveller is only available via Baaba's website. It features a new 50-minute documentary of his annual Blues Du Fleuve Festival in Senegal as well as a 12-minute short film featuring Baaba performing acoustically and talking about his involvement with charity: water. Here is a three minute clip:
Baaba Maal is a United Nations ambassador and is committed to advocating for women's as well as children's rights across Africa. A chance introduction between Baaba Maal and the charity at a private screening of his Blues Du Fleuve documentary resulted in this collaboration. After releasing The Traveller last year, Baaba Maal went on to record a 5-track EP withMumford & Sons titled Johannesburg and will be appearing with them live at this year's Latitude festival in England.
Notes to editors regarding charity: water *charity: water is a non-profit organization on a mission to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. *charity: water uses 100% of public donations to directly fund sustainable water solutions in areas of greatest need. A generous group of private donors funds their operating costs so that the organization doesn't have to use a single penny for overhead. *They believe in showing people exactly where their money goes. Every time they complete a water project, they post GPS coordinates, photos and a brief description of the project on Google Maps. It's just one of the ways they're reinventing charity - holding themselves accountable to the highest level of transparency. *Right now 663 million on the planet don't have access to clean and safe drinking water. *Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially vulnerable, as their bodies aren't strong enough to fight diarrhoea, dysentery and other illnesses. *When a community gets access to clean water, it can change just about everything. It can improve health, increase access to food, grow local economies, and help kids spend more time in school.
ANNOUNCES ALL PROFITS FROM EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL REISSUE OF THE TRAVELLER TO GO TO charity: water
"I am so happy to be working with charity: water because I believe that together, if everyone embraces this project, we can bring clean water to the people who need it" --BAABA MAAL
Baaba Maal Official Website | Baaba Maal Official Facebook
Today Senegalese, Grammy-nominated musician Baaba Maal announces he will be putting out an exclusive digital reissue of his critically acclaimed album The Traveller along with a never-before-seen documentary. All proceeds from the album reissue (after credit card fees) will be going exclusively to charity: water, a non profit organization whose mission is to bring clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries.
This exclusive digital reissue of The Traveller is only available via Baaba's website. It features a new 50-minute documentary of his annual Blues Du Fleuve Festival in Senegal as well as a 12-minute short film featuring Baaba performing acoustically and talking about his involvement with charity: water. Here is a three minute clip:
Baaba Maal is a United Nations ambassador and is committed to advocating for women's as well as children's rights across Africa. A chance introduction between Baaba Maal and the charity at a private screening of his Blues Du Fleuve documentary resulted in this collaboration. After releasing The Traveller last year, Baaba Maal went on to record a 5-track EP withMumford & Sons titled Johannesburg and will be appearing with them live at this year's Latitude festival in England.
Notes to editors regarding charity: water *charity: water is a non-profit organization on a mission to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. *charity: water uses 100% of public donations to directly fund sustainable water solutions in areas of greatest need. A generous group of private donors funds their operating costs so that the organization doesn't have to use a single penny for overhead. *They believe in showing people exactly where their money goes. Every time they complete a water project, they post GPS coordinates, photos and a brief description of the project on Google Maps. It's just one of the ways they're reinventing charity - holding themselves accountable to the highest level of transparency. *Right now 663 million on the planet don't have access to clean and safe drinking water. *Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially vulnerable, as their bodies aren't strong enough to fight diarrhoea, dysentery and other illnesses. *When a community gets access to clean water, it can change just about everything. It can improve health, increase access to food, grow local economies, and help kids spend more time in school.
Anna Coogan's THE LONELY CRY OF SPACE & TIME Streaming in Full at IMPOSE Ahead of Release this Friday
ANNA COOGANLONELY CRY OF SPACE & TIME STREAMING IN FULL AT IMPOSE
AHEAD OF RELEASE
NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE THIS FRIDAY
"Anna Coogan is the most interesting person we know."
- Impose Magazine
"Coogan’s introspective tunes comes from a place where the line between poignant
songwriting and echoey indie rock collides completely."
- Glide Magazine
New York, NY (April 25, 2017) – Employing a three-octave range and the ability to create electric guitar soundscapes and turn them into pointed social commedntary, guitarist Anna Coogan will release her operatic rock album, The Lonely Cry of Space & Time this Friday, April 28. For those who can't wait until then, Anna has given IMPOSE the exclusive first listen along with an extensive Q&A on the album. IMPOSE commends, "Addressing many big political points in a beautiful – and instrumentally colossal – way, we’ve been infatuated with the eleven track stunner since we first pressed 'play' on it."Hear The Lonely Cry of Space &Time @ Imposehttp://bit.ly/2q7AASz
Essentially a two-person effort, The Lonely Cry of Space & Time features Willy B (Brian Wilson) on drums and Moog bass and Anna on guitar, as well as showing off her vast vocal range. Together, the two were able to combine the personal and political in a musical hybrid of rock, country, pop and classical opera into a unique whole.
There have been many attempts at rock opera in the past, but The Lonely Cry of Space & Time is something different. Call it operatic rock, a genre previously explored by the likes of Kate Bush, Jane Siberry, Lene Lovich, Yoko Ono and Freddie Mercury, among others. Coogan studied opera at the prestigious Mozarteum University of Salzburg in Austria, before moving to Seattle, where she worked as a fisheries biologist in Washington State and Alaska, which goes a long way to explaining her frequent use of water as a metaphor.
Anna Coogan Tour Dates:
April 27 – Brooklyn, NY – Barbes
April 29 – Syracuse, NY – Funk N Waffles
May 05 – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt
May 13 – Buffalo, NY – The Tudor Lounge
June 03 – New York, NY – Rockwood Music Hall
June 24 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place
June 25 – Roseville, CA – The Acoustic Den Cafe
https://annacoogan.com/
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https://www.instagram.com/annacooganmusic/
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AHEAD OF RELEASE
NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE THIS FRIDAY
"Anna Coogan is the most interesting person we know."- Impose Magazine
"Coogan’s introspective tunes comes from a place where the line between poignant
songwriting and echoey indie rock collides completely."
- Glide Magazine
New York, NY (April 25, 2017) – Employing a three-octave range and the ability to create electric guitar soundscapes and turn them into pointed social commedntary, guitarist Anna Coogan will release her operatic rock album, The Lonely Cry of Space & Time this Friday, April 28. For those who can't wait until then, Anna has given IMPOSE the exclusive first listen along with an extensive Q&A on the album. IMPOSE commends, "Addressing many big political points in a beautiful – and instrumentally colossal – way, we’ve been infatuated with the eleven track stunner since we first pressed 'play' on it."Hear The Lonely Cry of Space &Time @ Imposehttp://bit.ly/2q7AASz
Essentially a two-person effort, The Lonely Cry of Space & Time features Willy B (Brian Wilson) on drums and Moog bass and Anna on guitar, as well as showing off her vast vocal range. Together, the two were able to combine the personal and political in a musical hybrid of rock, country, pop and classical opera into a unique whole.
There have been many attempts at rock opera in the past, but The Lonely Cry of Space & Time is something different. Call it operatic rock, a genre previously explored by the likes of Kate Bush, Jane Siberry, Lene Lovich, Yoko Ono and Freddie Mercury, among others. Coogan studied opera at the prestigious Mozarteum University of Salzburg in Austria, before moving to Seattle, where she worked as a fisheries biologist in Washington State and Alaska, which goes a long way to explaining her frequent use of water as a metaphor.
Anna Coogan Tour Dates:
April 27 – Brooklyn, NY – Barbes
April 29 – Syracuse, NY – Funk N Waffles
May 05 – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt
May 13 – Buffalo, NY – The Tudor Lounge
June 03 – New York, NY – Rockwood Music Hall
June 24 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place
June 25 – Roseville, CA – The Acoustic Den Cafe
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The Family Crest: Mr. Peabody & Sherman + New Album
THE FAMILY CREST TO RELEASE NEW EP AND KICK OFF NATIONAL HEADLINING TOUR THIS FRIDAY
BAND MAKES AN ANIMATED GUEST APPEARANCEIN THE NEW SEASON OF THE MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN SHOW
This Friday April 28th, The Family Crest will release their new EP “Prelude To War” and kick off a 5-week national headlining tour in support.
Additionally, the band released a new song “Only A Minute” written exclusively for the new season of DreamWorks Animation Television's “The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show” now streaming on Netflix. The band also has the privilege to say they’ve been animated for Episode 13 of season 4, where they float through a galaxy playing music in the stars with Shakespeare, Martin Luther King and Neil Armstrong.
“When I was given the theme of the episode: reflecting on historic figures and their forms of advocacy and using their mark as inspiration for what we can do now was really timely,” says songwriter Liam McCormick. “Right now the world seems filled with anger and divisiveness, and I think it must be extremely confusing for children. The idea that the producers had of looking backwards to see all of the people that worked peacefully throughout history to achieve positive outcomes is exactly what we all need to be exposed to right now. This was such a special thing to be a part of and we're really proud to have been included.”
“Prelude To War” is the first installment of a broader upcoming project “The War” and is earning early raves. NPR’s All Songs said first song Mirror Love "a track urging people to express their political dismay … extends into new sonic territory for the group, capturing the late '70s sounds of the Bee Gees in both beat and chorus.” Paste Magazine goes on to say "If their first released song, 'Mirror Love,' was a call to arms, then [new song] ‘Sparks' is a call to love - and a pretty convincing one, at that. The song is upbeat, strings-heavy and full of joyous emotion … if ‘Sparks’ is an indicator of what’s to come on the band’s new EP, it could be quite the hit album”
“Prelude To War” is the follow up to the band’s LP “Beneath The Brine” which earned the group a spot on Paste Magazine’s “20 Best New Bands” and an album WNYC called "a complex and sweeping soundscape that gives every song a sense of cinematic scope as Liam McCormick’s soaring vocals shake the rafters.”
Watch the Mirror Love video that NPR calls “a kaleidoscope of love and action” here: http://bit.ly/2oa3RvG
Watch the “Sparks” video here: http://bit.ly/2nZxaD0
Stay tuned for more news!
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https://www.facebook.com/thefamilycrest
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Tour Dates:
April 28th The Bootleg Theater Los Angeles, CA
April 29th The Rebel Lounge Phoenix, AZ
May 1st Double Wide Dallas, TX
May 2nd Stubbs BBQ Austin, TX
May 4th Blueberry Hill St. Louis, MO
May 5th The Basement Nashville, TN
May 7th Aisle 5 Atlanta, GA
May 9th Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC
May 10th Boot & Saddle Philadelphia, PA
May 11th Café 939 Boston, MA
May 12th Signal Kitchen Burlington, VT
May 13th Mercury Lounge New York, NY
May 14th Club Café Pittsburgh, PA
May 16th Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH
May 17th The Loving Touch Ferndale, MI
May 18th Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL
May 19th The Backroom at Colectivo Coffee Milwaukee, WI
May20th Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
May 22nd Lost Lake Lounge Denver, CO
May 23rd Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
May 25th Barboza Seattle, WA
May 27th Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
June 3rd Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
BAND MAKES AN ANIMATED GUEST APPEARANCEIN THE NEW SEASON OF THE MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN SHOW
This Friday April 28th, The Family Crest will release their new EP “Prelude To War” and kick off a 5-week national headlining tour in support.Additionally, the band released a new song “Only A Minute” written exclusively for the new season of DreamWorks Animation Television's “The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show” now streaming on Netflix. The band also has the privilege to say they’ve been animated for Episode 13 of season 4, where they float through a galaxy playing music in the stars with Shakespeare, Martin Luther King and Neil Armstrong.
“When I was given the theme of the episode: reflecting on historic figures and their forms of advocacy and using their mark as inspiration for what we can do now was really timely,” says songwriter Liam McCormick. “Right now the world seems filled with anger and divisiveness, and I think it must be extremely confusing for children. The idea that the producers had of looking backwards to see all of the people that worked peacefully throughout history to achieve positive outcomes is exactly what we all need to be exposed to right now. This was such a special thing to be a part of and we're really proud to have been included.”“Prelude To War” is the first installment of a broader upcoming project “The War” and is earning early raves. NPR’s All Songs said first song Mirror Love "a track urging people to express their political dismay … extends into new sonic territory for the group, capturing the late '70s sounds of the Bee Gees in both beat and chorus.” Paste Magazine goes on to say "If their first released song, 'Mirror Love,' was a call to arms, then [new song] ‘Sparks' is a call to love - and a pretty convincing one, at that. The song is upbeat, strings-heavy and full of joyous emotion … if ‘Sparks’ is an indicator of what’s to come on the band’s new EP, it could be quite the hit album”
“Prelude To War” is the follow up to the band’s LP “Beneath The Brine” which earned the group a spot on Paste Magazine’s “20 Best New Bands” and an album WNYC called "a complex and sweeping soundscape that gives every song a sense of cinematic scope as Liam McCormick’s soaring vocals shake the rafters.”
Watch the Mirror Love video that NPR calls “a kaleidoscope of love and action” here: http://bit.ly/2oa3RvG
Watch the “Sparks” video here: http://bit.ly/2nZxaD0
Stay tuned for more news!
http://www.thefamilycrest.net
https://www.facebook.com/thefamilycrest
https://twitter.com/thefamilycrest
https://www.instagram.com/thefamilycrest/
https://www.youtube.com/user/thefamilycrest
Tour Dates:
April 28th The Bootleg Theater Los Angeles, CA
April 29th The Rebel Lounge Phoenix, AZ
May 1st Double Wide Dallas, TX
May 2nd Stubbs BBQ Austin, TX
May 4th Blueberry Hill St. Louis, MO
May 5th The Basement Nashville, TN
May 7th Aisle 5 Atlanta, GA
May 9th Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC
May 10th Boot & Saddle Philadelphia, PA
May 11th Café 939 Boston, MA
May 12th Signal Kitchen Burlington, VT
May 13th Mercury Lounge New York, NY
May 14th Club Café Pittsburgh, PA
May 16th Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH
May 17th The Loving Touch Ferndale, MI
May 18th Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL
May 19th The Backroom at Colectivo Coffee Milwaukee, WI
May20th Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
May 22nd Lost Lake Lounge Denver, CO
May 23rd Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
May 25th Barboza Seattle, WA
May 27th Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
June 3rd Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
Shabazz Palaces: ' Born On A Gangster Star' July 14th / Sub Pop, shares 2017 tour dates + new track "Shine A Light" (ft. Thaddillac)
Shabazz Palaces to release
Quazarz
: Born On A Gangster Star worldwide through Sub Pop on July 14th
Photo credit: Victoria KoviosShares lead single “Shine A Light” (feat. Thaddillac)
Lyric Video: http://u.subpop.com/2puatc6
Soundcloud: http://u.subpop.com/2pf6DTx
2017 North American tour dates Shabazz Palaces will release the Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star, their spectral third album, worldwide on July 14th through Sub Pop. The album, featuring highlights “Shine A Light” (ft. Thaddillac), “Since Caya,” and “Moon Whip Quaz” (ft. Darrius), was produced by Knife Knights (aka Ishmael Butler and Erik Blood) and recorded and mixed by Blood at Protect and Exalt Labs: A Black Space in Seattle. Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star is the follow-up and first batch of new material since the group’s critically acclaimed Lese Majesty, which was released in 2014.
You can now watch a lyric video for “Shine A Light” directed byCristina T. Bercovitz and Jonathan Snipes of Clipping [watch here].
Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star serves as both an introduction and tells the tale of Quazarz, a sentient being from somewhere else, an observer sent here to Amurderca to chronicle and explore as a musical emissary. What he finds in our world is a cutthroat place, a landscape where someone like him could never quite feel comfortable amidst all the brutality and alternative facts and death masquerading as connectivity.
The Palaceer of Shabazz Palaces says of his extraterrestrial persona: “I, Quazarz, Born On A Gangster Star, son only of Barbara Dream Caster and Reginald The Dark Hoper - he who rides on light - dreamer of the seventh dream and kissed eternal by Awetthe Sun Scented - who far from home I found my same self differents in those constellies that be Dai at my weap-side immediate and all us Water Guild affiliates who revelries in the futures passed recordings and ceremonies flexing resplendent in the Paradise Sportif armor - raising these musics a joy/cry that way into these aquadescent diamondized ethers of theMigosphere here on Drake world. Welcome To Quazarz.”
Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star is now available for preorder on CD / LP / DL / CS from Sub Pop [link here]. LP pre-orders throughmegamart.subpop.com and select independent retailers, will receive the limited Loser edition on colored vinyl. There will also be a new T-shirt design available.
Shabazz Palaces will support Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Starwith North American tour dates that currently span May 13th through September 17th. The tour will include stops in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Montreal, Boston, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C. Philadelphia and more. Additionally, festival appearances include Upstream Music Fest (May 13th), and Chicago’s Riot Fest (15th-17th).
May 13 - Seattle, WA - Upstream Music Fest + Summit 2017
Aug. 16 - Portland, OR - The Star Theater
Aug. 18 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
Aug. 19 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theatre
Aug. 20 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
Aug. 23 - Austin, TX - Mohawk (Outdoor Stage)
Aug. 24 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
Aug. 25 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
Aug. 26 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
Aug. 27 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
Aug. 28 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
Aug. 30 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
Aug. 31 - Detroit, MI - El Club
Sep. 02 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount
Sep. 05 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair
Sep. 06 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
Sep. 07 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Sep. 08 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
Sep. 11 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
Sep. 15 - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest at Douglas Park
Sep. 16 - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest at Douglas Park
Sep. 17 - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest at Douglas Park
Photo credit: Victoria KoviosShares lead single “Shine A Light” (feat. Thaddillac)Lyric Video: http://u.subpop.com/2puatc6
Soundcloud: http://u.subpop.com/2pf6DTx
2017 North American tour dates Shabazz Palaces will release the Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star, their spectral third album, worldwide on July 14th through Sub Pop. The album, featuring highlights “Shine A Light” (ft. Thaddillac), “Since Caya,” and “Moon Whip Quaz” (ft. Darrius), was produced by Knife Knights (aka Ishmael Butler and Erik Blood) and recorded and mixed by Blood at Protect and Exalt Labs: A Black Space in Seattle. Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star is the follow-up and first batch of new material since the group’s critically acclaimed Lese Majesty, which was released in 2014.
You can now watch a lyric video for “Shine A Light” directed byCristina T. Bercovitz and Jonathan Snipes of Clipping [watch here].
Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star serves as both an introduction and tells the tale of Quazarz, a sentient being from somewhere else, an observer sent here to Amurderca to chronicle and explore as a musical emissary. What he finds in our world is a cutthroat place, a landscape where someone like him could never quite feel comfortable amidst all the brutality and alternative facts and death masquerading as connectivity.The Palaceer of Shabazz Palaces says of his extraterrestrial persona: “I, Quazarz, Born On A Gangster Star, son only of Barbara Dream Caster and Reginald The Dark Hoper - he who rides on light - dreamer of the seventh dream and kissed eternal by Awetthe Sun Scented - who far from home I found my same self differents in those constellies that be Dai at my weap-side immediate and all us Water Guild affiliates who revelries in the futures passed recordings and ceremonies flexing resplendent in the Paradise Sportif armor - raising these musics a joy/cry that way into these aquadescent diamondized ethers of theMigosphere here on Drake world. Welcome To Quazarz.”
Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star is now available for preorder on CD / LP / DL / CS from Sub Pop [link here]. LP pre-orders throughmegamart.subpop.com and select independent retailers, will receive the limited Loser edition on colored vinyl. There will also be a new T-shirt design available.
Shabazz Palaces will support Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Starwith North American tour dates that currently span May 13th through September 17th. The tour will include stops in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Montreal, Boston, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C. Philadelphia and more. Additionally, festival appearances include Upstream Music Fest (May 13th), and Chicago’s Riot Fest (15th-17th).
May 13 - Seattle, WA - Upstream Music Fest + Summit 2017
Aug. 16 - Portland, OR - The Star Theater
Aug. 18 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
Aug. 19 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theatre
Aug. 20 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
Aug. 23 - Austin, TX - Mohawk (Outdoor Stage)
Aug. 24 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
Aug. 25 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
Aug. 26 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
Aug. 27 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
Aug. 28 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
Aug. 30 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
Aug. 31 - Detroit, MI - El Club
Sep. 02 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount
Sep. 05 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair
Sep. 06 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
Sep. 07 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Sep. 08 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
Sep. 11 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
Sep. 15 - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest at Douglas Park
Sep. 16 - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest at Douglas Park
Sep. 17 - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest at Douglas Park
