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WIRE @ DRILL LA 2017

                        All photos by Alexander Laurence and Liane Chan. DRILL LA 2017.

Set times for weekend one of Coachella 2017 (Coachella) have been announced! Details #Coachella @coachella

Set times for weekend one of Coachella 2017 (Coachella) have been announced! Details #Coachella @coachella 

The Warlocks are opening for The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Warlocks are opening for The Jesus and Mary Chain on their USA west coast "Damage & Joy" tour. Now that's some exciting stuff! Dates below! 
5/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
5/20 - Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
5/22 - Portland, OR @The Crystal Ballroom
5/23 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
5/24 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre #jesusandmarychain #thewarlocks




All photos by Alexander Laurence

KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD @ The Vogue

All photos taken in Vancouver by BEV DAVIES
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KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD plays the Roxy on April 17th, 2017.

Jonathan Rado Announces Full Album Cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" Via Turntable Kitchen's Sounds Delicious

JONATHAN RADO OF FOXYGEN ANNOUNCES FULL ALBUM COVER OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S BORN TO RUN
OUT MAY 12 EXCLUSIVELY VIA TURNTABLE KITCHEN'S SOUNDS DELICIOUS SUBSCRIPTION SERIES
LISTEN TO "THUNDER ROAD" ON PITCHFORK [image error]
Turntable Kitchen's SOUNDS DELICIOUS subscription series is thrilled to announce their second release, Jonathan Rado of Foxygen's full album cover of Bruce Springsteen's acclaimed 1975 classic Born To Run. The album will be available exclusively on vinyl with original artwork (shown below), limited to 1000 copies, on May 12. Pre-orders are available now, and today, via Pitchfork, you can hear Rado's version of the single "Thunder Road."
LISTEN / SHARE: JONATHAN RADO - "THUNDER ROAD"
 
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SOUNDS DELICIOUS is a first-of-its-kind monthly vinyl subscription service. SOUNDS DELICIOUS will offer full-length cover albums - exclusively featuring music not available anywhere else - on limited edition vinyl. 
Participating artists were asked to choose any full-length album they love and reimagine it from front to back. SOUNDS DELICIOUS will produce the recordings on limited edition vinyl packaged in beautifully designed jackets and exclusively release them to members of its subscription service every month. 
Also coming in 2017 from SOUNDS DELICIOUS:Ben Gibbard covering Teenage Fanclub's BandwagonesqueThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart with Kristin Kontrol & members of Titus Andronicus covering Tom Petty's Full Moon FeverAva Luna covering Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody NelsonA special collaboration featuring Local Natives, Chris Chu (POP ETC), Evan Voytas, Andy Breihan (Guards/SACCO), and other TBA special guests covering Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean BlueMany more to come! SOUNDS DELICIOUS LANDMARK ALBUMS REIMAGINED BY YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS.Exclusive recordings. Rare vinyl. Every month.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - New album 'Murder of the Universe' out June 23: Listen to Chapter III + Preorder

Murder of the Universe
New album available June 23 • Pre-order now
Listen to Chapter 3: Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the UniverseA concept album to end all concepts, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's new album Murder Of The Universe is a face-melting musical assault concerned with the downfall of man and the death of the planet. Lit by thunderclaps and lightning, MOTU inhabits a sonic landscape of death, decay, ossification, fossilization, rebirth. It is a place occupied by wandering shape-shifting beasts, bleeding skies, pools of blood, great fires and mushroom clouds; a planet rent asunder by conflict.Pre-order Murder of the Universe: Official Store    [image error]   
Pre-order Murder of the Universe on Vomit Splatter (swamp green wax with heavy mustard and olive splatter) or 180-gram Ashes of the Universe (ultraclear wax with black smoke) vinyl from the official store, and receive a free album art megaposter! King Gizzard on CONAN
Tune in to TBS on April 17King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard will make their international television debut onCONAN, performing a new song from Murder of the Universe!

Mark your calendars to tune in to TBS on April 17 at 11:55PM ET to catch the shredfest, and get your live fix now by reliving Pitchfork's livestream of the band's sold-out Webster Hall show: King Gizzard on TourKing Gizzard is on tour now in the US, with performances at Coachella, sold-out shows on the West Coast, and festivals and headlining dates this summer in Europe! Get tickets while you still can:
April 11 - Portland OR @ Revolution Hall (SOLD OUT)
April 12 - San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore (SOLD OUT)
April 14 - COACHELLA
April 17 - Los Angeles CA @ The Roxy (SOLD OUT)
April 18 - Las Vegas NV @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Outdoor Pool
April 19 - Phoenix AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
April 21 - COACHELLA
May 5-8 - Madrid SP @ Sound Isidro
May 31-June 4 - Barcelona SP @ Primavera Sound
June 3 - London UK @ Field Day
June 5-8 - Marina di Ravenna IT @ Beaches Brew 2017
June 8-10 - Porto PT @ NOS Primavera Sound
June 9-11 - Nimes FR @ This Is Not A Love Song
June 13 - Brighton UK @ Concorde 2
June 14 - Manchester UK @ Albert Hall
June 15 - London UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
June 16-18 - Hilvarenbeek NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
June 16-18 - Mannheim DE @ Maifeld Derby
June 22 - Paris FR @ Cabaret Sauvage
July 21-23 - Byron Bay NSW @ Splendour in the Grass
 

CHASMS @ The Echo (Drill LA)

All photos by Alexander Laurence and Liane Chan. DRILL LA 2017.

Little Dragon Release 'Celebrate'

LITTLE DRAGONRELEASE 'CELEBRATE'LISTEN HERENEW ALBUM 'SEASON HIGH' RELEASED APRIL 14TH [BECAUSE MUSIC]SET FOR TWO NIGHTS AT LONDON'S ROUNDHOUSE 27TH + 28THOCTOBER
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Grammy nominated Gothenburg natives Little Dragon tease the release of forthcoming album 'Season High' today by sharing album opener 'Celebrate'. The new cut perfectly showcases the band's eclectic style matching frontwoman Yukimi's trademark vocals with snappy beats & synths before a shredding guitar solo brings the track to a tumultuous close. You can listen to 'Celebrate' HERE. The band's new album 'Season High' is released this coming Friday 14th April via Because Music.
Having quickly sold out their previously announced date at London's Roundhouse on 27th October, the band have just announced details of a second Roundhouse show on 28th October. Tickets are on sale now and available HERE.
BreakDetails of the band's forthcoming European tour dates can be found below;27/05/17              Bristol, UK @ Love Saves The Day Festival10/06/17              Manchester, UK @ Parklife Festival16/06/17              Barcelona, Spain @ Sonar Festival23/06/17              Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury Festival08/09/17              Dorset, UK @ Bestival27/10/17              London, UK @ Roundhouse28/10/17              London, UK @ RoundhouseBreakYou can pre-order 'Season High' here;WebsiteiTunesAmazon

THE MOONLANDINGZ HEAD TO NEW YORK AFTER SOLD OUT UK TOUR

 (featuring members of Fat White Family and Eccentronic Research Council)
 
Debut album INTERPLANETARY CLASS CLASSICS available via Chimera Music  #8 UK Independent Albums Chart#4 Independent Album Breakers Chart Listen to the album Includes guest appearances from Yoko Ono, Randy Jones (Village People) and Philip Oakey (The Human League).Co-produced by Sean Lennon Tickets available for exclusive New York show May 11th at Rough Trade NYC Band available for press in NYC May 7th - 11th Credit; Chris Saunders
"A rip-roaring busman's holiday...there's a camp swagger to these motorik grooves." Q  "Forging bombast with bravura, silliness with sentiment and homage with fist-clenched individuality, this is a trip worth taking, especially for those already acquainted. Like a defiant and brilliantly bonkers case of cosmic ordering coming off with flying colours, this is a release that – perhaps more than any of its main players associated projects – doubles up celebration of the possible. And how." The Quietus (lead review and read the interview) "A deviant blend of filthy pop and pre-digital electronics....top drawer psycho-disco" MOJO  “Feral antics and louche anarchy!”  The Guardian "For a ‘fictional’ band, The Moonlandingz have made a pretty great album." (8/10) The Line Of Best Fit The hottest band in the UK, The Moonlandingz, recently completed a sold out tour of the UK, including their biggest show to date at Village Underground in London. They've been receiving praise across the board, not only for their live shows, but for their stellar debut album, INTEPLANETARY CLASS CLASSICS. The band head to Europe next week,  then hit New York City for 5 days, culminating in an exclusive show at Rough Trade on May 11th. The Moonlandingz are the semi-fictional psych-pop group put together by Sheffield’s practical electronics wizards and analogue taxidermists, The Eccentronic Research Council (Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer) and Fat White Family'sLias Saoudi and Saul Adamczewski.  INTERPLANETARY CLASS CLASSICS  is out now through  Chimera Music  and features guest appearances from Yoko Ono, Randy Jones (the Cowboy from The Village People), and Philip Oakey, along with drummer Ross Orton and bassist Mairead O’Connor. Written, recorded and produced by the band at studios in Sheffield and New York, it also features co-producer Sean Lennon on guitar and additional drums and bass and was mixed by legendary Flaming Lips/Tame Impala/MGMT producer, Dave Fridmann. The album is a feast of swirling juddering synths, wailing guitars, motorik stomp and extraordinary songwriting - weird, catchy, glorious and filthy pop. The band teamed up with award winning video director and cinematographer, Dawn Shadforth and Robbie Ryan; the people that brought you the iconic video for Kylie Minogue's 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head', the gritty heartbreaking British film, 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'American Honey' (amongst many more), to bring you the video for their single 'The Strangle of Anna', featuring the voice of Slow Club's Rebecca Lucy Taylor. The Moonlandingz have proven themselves to be one of the best live bands in the UK - see for yourself when they hit these shores next month to play an exclusive New York show on May 11th at Rough Trade NYC. Stay tuned for more news, including additional US appearances.  INTERPLANETARY CLASS CLASSICS TRACK LISTING: 1. Vessels2. Sweet Saturn Mine3. Black Hanz4. I.D.S.5. The Strangle Of Anna (feat. Rebecca Taylor of Slow Club)6. Theme From Valhalladale7. The Rabies Are Back8. Neuf De Pape9.  Glory Hole (feat. Randy Jones from Village People)10. Lufthanza Man11. This Cities Undone (feat. Yoko Ono & friendz) Watch videos for Black Hanz and Sweet Saturn Mine (Sean Lennon De-Mix) - both directed by Charlotte Kemp Muhl (of The GOASTT) 
 LIVE SHOWS: APRIL (UK/EUROPE): 19th - Oxford - The Bullingdon20th - Rouen - Le 106 Club21st  - Bourges  - Le Printemps de Bourges Festival22nd - Cologne  - Artheater24th  - Berlin - Katine am Berghain25th - Hamburg - Molotow26th - Amsterdam - Paradiso27th  - Paris - Point FMR MAY (US): 11th - Brooklyn  - Rough Trade NYC The Moonlandingz online:https://twitter.com/themoonlandingzhttps://www.facebook.com/themoonlandingz/https://www.instagram.com/the_moonlandingz/

Homeshake debuts "Khmlwugh" video - 'Fresh Air' out on Sinderlyn now

HOMESHAKE 
SHARES VIDEO FOR "KHMLWUGH"kissin', huggin', makin' lovin', wakin' up and gettin' high 
FRESH AIR OUT NOW ON SINDERLYN
TOURING WEST COAST NOW

 WATCH / SHARE "KHMLWUGH" VIA YOUTUBE HEREHomeshake has just shared the video for "Khmlwugh",  taken from his acclaimed new album Fresh Air which was released in February. As debuted on i-D, who described the album as "full of minimal R&B with a dash of sleepy funk; sun-drenched slow jams designed to soundtrack your romancing",  the video was shot by Jim Larson in an abandoned swingers hotel in Pennsylvania.  In the director's own words:
"Homeshake's music and especially KHMLWUGH is very romantic, but it's romantic in an odd, slightly unsettling way.  So the goal was to have a visual that got the same feeling across.  What better way to accomplish that than to capture the songwriter exploring an abandoned swingers hotel in the Poconos with his partner and bandmates?  It's romantic but also a little fucked up. The Poconos were previously a popular lovers' destination and now the most action you see on a weekend is at the ATV playground, so we did that too and the final result is a dream like ode to the patterns of love."
Homeshake is musical project of Peter Sagar, born in the bleak isolation of the secluded prairie city of Edmonton, Canada, Sagar worked with friends in a number of local bands before picking up and moving to Montreal in 2011 to begin recording under the Homeshake moniker. Following numerous releases, Fresh Air continues Sagar's exploration of dreamy, downtempo bedroom R&B and draws inspiration from such disparate artists like Sade, The Band, Broadcast, Prince, and Angelo Badalamenti. As the title Fresh Air suggests, Sagar's songs were created to clear his listeners' minds of negativity.

HOMESHAKE U.S. LIVE DATES: APRIL 11: RICKSHAW STOP - SAN FRANCISCOAPRIL 13: MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS - PORTLANDAPRIL 14: THE COBALT - VANCOUVERAPRIL 17: HOLLAND PROJECT - RENO
EU LIVE DATES: MAY 02:  MOBY DICK, MADRIDMAY 03:  LOCO CLUB, VALENCIAMAY 04:  APOLO 2, BARCELONAMAY 05:  DABADABA, DONOSTIMAY 07:  CASOTTO, LUGANO,MAY 08:  VOLIERE, LUZERNMAY 09:  NOUVEAU MONDE, FRIBOURGMAY 10:  POINT EPHEMERE, PARISMAY 11:  DOKBOX, GHENTMAY 12:  ROTOWN, ROTTERDAMMAY 13:  MELKWEG, AMSTERDAMMAY 14:  BUHMANN & SOHN, COLOGNEMAY 17:  SCALA, LONDON (SOLD OUT)MAY 18:  THE GREAT ESCAPE, BRIGHTONMAY 20:  CCA, GLASGOWMAY 21:  BRUDENELL, LEEDSMAY 22:  SUGAR CLUB, DUBLINMAY 23:  GORILLA, MANCHESTER (SOLD OUT)MAY 24: SCALA, LONDONMAY 25:  REDBULL MUSIC SOUND SELECT, OSLOMAY 28:  LIDO, BERLINMAY 29:  CLUB!HEIM AM SHANZENPARK, HAMBURGMAY 30:  LILLE VEGA, COPENHAGEN

Listen To Homeshake's  Fresh Air on Spotify | iTunes |Bandcamp