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Noise Pop Festival 2017

NOISE POP FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH ONE OF MOST SUCCESSFUL YEARS TO DATE
NOISE POP HOSTS OVER 28,000 ATTENDEES ACROSS 11 DAYS FEATURING 180+ ARTISTS AT 17 BAY AREA VENUES, SELLS OUT FESTIVAL BADGES AND NEARLY 90 PERCENT OF SHOWS   -- Noise Pop Festival 2018 Scheduled Announced For February 16-26, 2018 -- SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 2, 2017) – Noise Pop Festival closed out their 25th annual event with a celebration of music, film and arts over eleven days in San Francisco and the Bay Area with one of their most successful fests to date. Next year’s festival is now confirmed for February 16-26, 2018.
Noise Pop 25, which took place this year on February 17–27, sold the most tickets than any other year to date. Festival GA badges sold out in advance this year, as did 88 percent of the shows spread across the Bay Area. Over 28,000 badge holders and ticket buyers attended the festival, catching 180+ artists over 17 venues, including clubs and theaters. The festival celebrated a quarter-century of Noise Pop with an array of amazing performances not only from national music acts but also from an impressive variety of established and up-and-coming Bay Area artists. This year’s lineup also carried on the festival’s musical expansion by including several genres in the music mix, with hip-hop, indie rock, electronic, metal, and more. Among the artists with stellar sold-out performances were Ty Segall, Grandaddy, Vince Staples, Dawes, Julien Baker, BadBadNotGood, Deafheaven, Tash Sultana, PWR BTTM, Rogue Wave (presented Cover Me: A Night of 80s Classics), and Creeper Lagoon (who performed together on stage for the first time since 2001). Additional favorite highlights of the festival included sets by Japanese Breakfast, Diet Cig, Hazel English, Middle Kids, Hanni El Khatib, and many more.
In addition to the music, fans were also able to experience captivating film and art shows. This year's fest celebrated John Scarpati with two gallery shows of large-scale canvases from some of his extensive collection of cover art. The film lineup included visually and aurally stunning presentations spotlighting music in film, with highlights including a live performance by The Melvins before the screening of Colossus of Destiny: A Melvin's Tale (Bay area Premiere), 2017 Audience Award selection L7: Pretend We're Dead (Northern California Premiere), Short Film Jury Selection, The Boombox Collection: Zion I, and Feature Film Jury Selection, Stronger Than Bullets (West Coast Premiere).
The 2017 Festival also welcomed the return of the Noise Pop After Hours at Café du Nord presented by Jameson Music, where the celebration continued multiple nights of the festival with surprise sets from several beloved Bay Area acts, including Thao (of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down), Jay Som, and Con Brio, playing to a packed venue.
Shepard Fairey—world-renowned contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder of OBEY Clothing—was the creator of the 2017 festival artwork.
Follow Noise Pop Festival on Facebook at www.facebook.com/noisepop.com, as well as on Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat at @noisepop for updates and special promotions.

ADULT. Debuts "We Chase the Sound" Featuring Shannon Funchess of Light Asylum – New Album Out March 17

ADULT.
LISTEN TO  WE CHASE THE SOUND
FEATURING SHANNON FUNCHESS

DETROIT HOUSE GUESTS
NEW ALBUM WITH COLLABORATIONS FEATURING
DOUGLAS J MCCARTHY, MICHAEL GIRA & MORE
OUT MARCH 17

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCEDPhoto credit: N KuperusADULT. (Detroit’s Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller) have released a new track from their collaborative album,  Detroit House Guests  – out March 17 via Mute on double vinyl, download and CD.

Listen to “We Chase The Sound” featuring Shannon Funchess of Light Asylum  HERE .

ADULT. have announced North American tour dates through May and June including an album release show in Miami on March 17. Further dates across the US, UK and Europe will be announced in the coming weeks.

The band recently unveiled the video for “They’re Just Words” featuring Nitzer Ebb’s Douglas J McCarthy. Watch the video – directed by Hazel Hill McCarthy III and edited by N Kuperus with a cameo from dancer Biba Bell –  HERE .

Detroit House Guests  is a collaborative project conceived by ADULT. based on the visual artist residency model ­– each musician came to ADULT.’s studio for a three week period with the parameter that they all live, work and collaborate together. The result - a total anthropological sound experiment and a full length album.

The album features collaborations with a whole host of musicians and artists – Douglas J McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb, Michael Gira from Swans, Shannon Funchess from Light Asylum, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe aka Lichens, Austrian thereminist Dorit Chrysler and multidisciplinary artist Lun*na Menoh.

ADULT. are the Detroit duo Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller. They played their first live show together in Germany in 1997 under the name Artificial Material. In early '98 they released their first 12" under the moniker Plasma Co. Later that year, they released their first 12" under the name ADULT. Currently, they have released six albums and 19 EPs or singles on Ghostly International, Thrill Jockey and Clone Records, as well as on their own label Ersatz Audio, (which currently has over 40 releases since it was founded in '95). They have remixed over 20 acts as well, including Tuxedomoon, John Foxx, Death in Vegas and Pet Shop Boys (for Moog Music).

Kuperus and Miller also make sculpture, paintings, films, photographs, performances, videos and installations. They strive to intersect the lines between art and audio and have exhibited their work at institutions such as the Austrian Cultural Forum (NY), Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh), Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit), MOMAS (Saitama, Japan), and Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac (FR). They have shown their film The Three Grace(s) triptych at spaces such as Anthology Film Archives (NY), Distrital Film Festival (Mexico City), and Grey Area for Art and Technology (SF).

US TOUR DATES
3/17/17 – Miami, FL – Gramp’s – on sale now
5/4/17 – Austin, TX – The Sidewinder
5/5/17 – Dallas, TX – Three Links
5/10/17 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
5/11/17 – Washington, DC – DC9
5/13/17 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bazaar
5/17/17 – Allston, MA – Great Scott
5/19/17 – Montreal, QC – NewSpeak
5;20/17 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
6/1/17 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
6/7/17 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
6/8/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
6/9/17 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
6/10/17 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst Atrium
6/15/17 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
6/17/17 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile

Tickets for the May and June dates go on sale at 10am local time on Friday, March 3 DETROIT HOUSE GUESTS  - TRACKLISTING
1. P rts M ss ng (featuring Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe)
2. Breathe On (featuring Michael Gira)
3. Into the Drum (featuring Lun*na Menoh)
4. We Are a Mirror (featuring Douglas J McCarthy)
5. Enter the Fray (featuring Dorit Chrysler)
6. Uncomfortable Positions (featuring Lun*na Menoh)
7. We Chase the Sound (featuring Shannon Funchess)
8. They're Just Words (featuring Douglas J McCarthy)
9. Inexhaustible (featuring Dorit Chrysler)
10. Stop (and Start Again) (featuring Shannon Funchess)
11. This Situation (featuring Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe)
12. As You Dream (featuring Michael Gira)Watch the album trailer here.
Watch “They’re Just Words” feat. Douglas J McCarthy here.ADULT.:   WEBSITE  |  INSTAGRAM  |  FACEBOOK  |  TWITTER

MUTE:  WEBSITE  |  FACEBOOK  |  TWITTER  |  TUMBLR  |  SOUNDCLOUD

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES AND TEARS FOR FEARS ANNOUNCE 29-CITY NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES AND TEARS FOR FEARS
ANNOUNCE 29-CITY NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR
Plus a Special Acoustic Performance by opener Allen Stone
Tickets On Sale Beginning Friday, March 10
Los Angeles - March 2, 2017 - Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Daryl Hall & John Oates, are partnering with multi-platinum selling band, Tears For Fears, for a 29-city North American tour.  The tour will kick off on Thursday, May 4th in Tulsa OK at the BOK Center and will include stops in Chicago, Nashville, Miami, New York, Dallas, Toronto, Denver, Las Vegas and more, before wrapping up in Los Angeles at the STAPLES Center at the end of July. The summer arena tour will also feature a special acoustic performance by opening act, Allen Stone.
Tickets and VIP packages go on sale beginning Friday, March 10 at 10am local time. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, March 7 at 10am (local time) through Thursday, March 9 at 10pm (local time).
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Daryl Hall and John Oates, are the number-one selling duo in music history. 
 "I am very excited to be touring with Tears for Fears. Their music has a timeless quality that complements what we do. I think everyone is going to love this show!" said Daryl Hall.
"I can't wait to get back out on the road in 2017.  Performing with Tears For Fears will be an exciting and musical experience for me and all the fans," added John Oates.
"We're thrilled to be going out on the road with Daryl Hall & John Oates this summer," said Tears For Fears. "We've been longtime fans of the band so it'll be fun to reconnect and also to see our fans throughout the US." 
"We are excited for the partnership between Daryl Hall & John Oates and Tears For Fears and look forward to a fun summer of music," added Jay Marciano, Chairman & CEO, AEG Live.
TOUR DATES
May 4 - BOK Center - Tulsa, OKMay 6 - Scottrade Center - St. Louis, MOMay 8 - Wells Fargo Center - Des Moines, IAMay 11 - Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, MNMay 13 - Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WIMay 15 - Allstate Arena - Chicago, ILMay 17 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MIMay 20 - Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, OHMay 22 - Schottenstein Center - Columbus, OHMay 24 - Bridgestone Arena - Nashville, TN*June 7 - American Airlines Arena - Miami, FLJune 9 - Amway Center - Orlando, FLJune 11 - Infinite Energy Center - Atlanta, GA*June 13 - US Bank Arena - Cincinnati, OHJune 16 - Forest Hills Tennis Stadium - Forest Hills, NYJune 17 - Prudential Center - Newark, NJJune 19 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ONJune 21 - Videotron Centre - Quebec City, QCJune 24 - TD Garden - Boston, MAJune 26 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC July 11 - American Airlines Center - Dallas, TXJuly 13 - AT&T Center - San Antonio, TXJuly 15 - Fiddler's Green - Denver, COJuly 17 - Gila River Arena - Glendale, AZJuly 19 - Valley View Casino Center Arena - San Diego, CAJuly 21 - T-Mobile Arena - Las Vegas, NVJuly 23 - Golden 1 Center - Sacramento, CAJuly 25 - SAP Center - San Jose, CAJuly 28 - Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA*
*Tickets on sale Friday, March 17 at 12pm local time

Ramonda Hammer Share "Zombie Sweater" video with She Shreds

Ramonda Hammer Share "Zombie Sweater" video with She Shredsphoto credit: Vianne Robitaille
"Led by guitarist/songwriter/vocalist Devin Davis, Ramonda Hammer is a Los Angeles-based four-piece steeped in the sounds of 90s alt rock and college radio." - She Shreds
"Ramonda Hammer strikes a thin dichotomy between thrasher-pop anxiety and a rocker's shoulder shrug." - Earmilk
"Ramonda Hammer have perfected an indie-rock sound that’s equal parts power and melody."-  LA Weekly
"Crunchy, grungey, no-B.S. ’90s-style alt-rock, with Davis’ gritty vocals wailing through the quartet’s muscular hooks and rhythms." - Buzzbands LA
Watch: "Zombie Sweater" video via She Shreds or YouTube

Listen: "Zombie Sweater" via SoundCloud Ramonda Hammer have shared the video for their new single "Zombie Sweater" with She Shreds Magazine.  About the video Ramonda Hammer's Devin Davis says:
When has bologna ever been the star of something, barring Oscar Mayer commercials from the 70s? Let's be real, it's kind of the redheaded stepchild of deli meats. In the last month, however, bologna is making a serious comeback. In our new music video for "Zombie Sweater", directed by Polaris Castillo, we see Hungry Guy played by Ariel Gardner, running for his life to protect a coveted piece of bologna. It was filmed all around the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park, including at local businesses Barney's Liquor, Book Show, and The Hi Hat! We were going for a saturated daytime vibe, reminiscent of some old Michel Gondry music videos, which was nicely captured in that part of town. Much like the songs music and lyrics, the video's content is kind of sassy. Meant to entertain, you can think about it or don't think about it... it's out of our bologna-stained hands, ya know? 
“Zombie Sweater" is available on New Professor Music via Bandcamp and all streaming services now. The song follows up their critically acclaimed album Whatever That Means which was released in the spring of 2016. Ramonda Hammer will be performing at SXSW. The band’s full schedule of upcoming shows will be announced shortly. 
Ramonda Hammer is a grunge-pop project from Los Angeles, CA. To answer the question you’re inevitably going to ask, the band’s name is taken from a lady who was featured on the once-popular reality television show Cheaters. The show, in and of itself, represents how front-woman and band founder Devin Davis views life - it’s a mix of sad and funny, some people learn and some people don’t, and we take what we can to do what we can. Plus “Ramonda Hammer” just sounds cool.

GUTXI BIBANG: French TV Debut / London, Los Angeles, SXSW & Paris Shows Announced

GUTXI BIBANG MAKES FRENCH TELEVISION DEBUTLIVE SESSION ON FRANCE INTER RADIO TONIGHTLONDON, LOS ANGELES, SXSW & PARIS TOUR DATES Gutxi Bibang "System of a Gun" Live on QuotidienGutxi Bibang made his French television debut last night on Quotidien. Yann Barthès was so impressed, he asked Gutxi to do the weather: Gutxi Bibang does the weather on QuotidienListen to  France Inter  Radio tonight to hear Gutxi perform live at 2200. TOUR DATES:
Sat Mar 4 - London, UK - Water Rats (This Feeling)
Sun Mar 5 - London, UK - Notting Hill Arts Club (Communion Club Night)
Tue Mar 7th - London, UK - The Social (Frukt gig)Los Angeles:
Thu Mar 9 - The Bootleg
Mon Mar 13 - School Night @ BardotSXSW - Austin, TX
Wed Mar 15 - Communion Showcase - Blackheart (Midnight)
Thu Mar 16 - Stubhub - Banger’s (4:00pm)
Fri Mar 17 - Do512 - Behind Strut Clothing (7:00pm)
Sat Mar 18 - Rachel Ray Party - Stubbs (11:30am)
Sat Mar 18 - Southwest Invasion - Whole Foods (1:25pm)
Sat Mar 18 - Desert Daze x Foro Rocks - Hotel Vegas (2:45pm)UK
Wed Mar 22 - Sheffield, UK - Tramlines Fringe FestivalParis:
Thu Mar 23 - Paris, FR - Les Inrocks Pool Party

Laura Marling Shares "Nothing, Not Nearly" + Album Out March 10

 LAURA MARLING SHARES FOURTH AND FINAL PREVIEW TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM SEMPER FEMINA HER SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM IS RELEASED MARCH 10th 2017 
Laura Marling is pleased to share the fourth and final preview track from her forthcoming album, Semper Femina. The exquisite "Nothing, Not Nearly" follows the recent unveiling of a new single, "Next Time," and two introductory releases, "Soothing" and "Wild Fire," in previewing Laura's sixth studio album, produced by Blake Mills. It is released on March 10th, 2017 through her own More Alarming Records/Kobalt Music Recordings.
LISTEN TO "NOTHING, NOT NEARLY" HERE Laura recently entertained a capacity room of young journalists to hold a student press conference and Facebook Live broadcast from Goldsmiths, London. The acclaimed British musician also treated attendees and viewers to an intimate live performance.  Pre-order Semper Femina here:iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SemperFeminaDLAmazon: http://smarturl.it/SemperFeminaAZLaura Marling Store: http://smarturl.it/lauramarlingwebsite As well as being able to pre-order the record, in collaboration with Kobalt you can also "pre-save" the record to your Spotify Library. Using new, innovative technology, simply by following a link and signing in with your Spotify login the album will be automatically added to your collection when it's released.Pre-save Semper Femina on Spotify here:http://smarturl.it/SemperFeminaPS Following the release of Semper Femina, Laura hits the road in support of it. The remaining tickets in Leeds and Birmingham are on sale now. Laura Marling UK Tour (Dates & Information here):8th March - O2 Academy, Leeds9th March - Colston Hall, Bristol SOLD OUT10th March - O2 ABC, Glasgow SOLD OUT12th March - Albert Hall, Manchester SOLD OUT13th March - O2 Academy, Oxford SOLD OUT14th March - Institute, Birmingham16th March - Dome, Brighton SOLD OUT17th March - Roundhouse, London SOLD OUT18th March - City Hall, Salisbury SOLD OUT21st March - Roundhouse, London SOLD OUT22nd March - The Apex, Bury St Edmunds (Solo show) SOLD OUT24th March - ARC Theatre & Arts Centre, Stockton (Solo show) SOLD OUT25th March - Central Station, Wrexham (Solo show) SOLD OUT26th March - Lemon Grove, Exeter (Solo show) SOLD OUT28th March - Waterfront, Norwich (Solo show) SOLD OUT Laura Marling US TourApril 26 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue TheatreApril 27 - Portland, OR @ Wonder BallroomApril 28 - Seattle, WA @ The ShowboxApril 30 - San Francisco, CA @ The FillmoreMay 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan TheatreMay 5 - Minneapolis, MN @ First AvenueMay 6 - Madison, WI @ Majestic TheatreMay 7 - Chicago, IL @ MetroMay 9 - Detroit, MI @ Magic StickMay 10 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music HallMay 11- Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex TheaterMay 13 - Montreal, QC @ Corona TheatreMay 14 - Northampton, MA @ Academy of MusicMay 16 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock ClubMay 19 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLAMay 20 - Brooklyn NY, @ Brooklyn SteelMay 21 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club

The Garden Release 'Clay' + European Tour & EP

THE GARDEN TWINS DROP NEW TRACK ‘CLAY’ AHEAD OF EP RELEASE & EUROPEAN TOUR ‘U WANT THE SCOOP?’ IS SET FOR RELEASE VIA EPITAPH RECORDS THIS FRIDAY
“Post-punk basslines with hardcore velocity performed with such vitality you can’t keep your eyes off them” - The Guardian
The Garden ‘Clay’ - https://soundcloud.com/epitaph-records/the-garden-clay
West Coast neo-punk provocateurs The Garden are back with a new EP representing a youthful punk scene in California with their dirty, raw and immediate two-piece bass and drum attack. Produced by Rob Schnapf (Joyce Manor, Elliott Smith, Beck,) ‘U Want the Scoop?’ follows the band’s 2015 debut album proper ‘Haha,’ which amid the garage rock sat abstract spoken-word pieces, surrealist lyrics and a whole heap of perverse genre-jumping. Established in 2011, the duo - AKA Wyatt and Fletcher Shears - created the term "Vada Vada" to represent their music and other creations. The term represents total freedom of expression without boundaries or guidelines of any sort. “Why strive to be a part of a scene when you can create your own? Vada  Vada is an alternative reality that we put ourselves into so we don’t have to fit in” explains Wyatt. 
The Garden are on tour throughout Europe this month, playing Manchester Soup Kitchen on 21st and London SCALA on 22nd. Full European tour dates attached below.
'U Want the Scoop?' – Track ListClay /  Make Yer Mark / Have A Good Day Sir /  All Access / U Want The Scoop?
Pre-Order - http://flyt.it/TGUWTS_iT
Live Dates Wed March 8 – Berlin (DE) - Kantine am BerghainThu March 9 – Vienna (AT) - Das WerkFri March 10 – Pordenone (IT) - Astro ClubSat March 11 – Bologna (IT) - Covo ClubSun March 12 – Milan (IT) - MagnoliaMon March 13 – Zurich (CH) - HafenkneipeTue March 14 - Clermont Ferrand (FR) - Cooperative de MaiWed March 15 – Bordeaux (FR) - I BoatThu March 16 – Paris (FR) - Point EphemereFri March 17 - Roubaix (Lille, FR) - Cave Aux PoètesSat March 18 – Nancy (FR) - Autre CanalSun March 19 – Oostende (BE) - Café De ZwerverTue March 21 – Manchester (UK) - Soup KitchenWed March 22 – London (UK) - ScalaThu March 23 – Brussels (BE) - Witloof Bar at BotaniqueFri March 24 – Amsterdam (NL) - Oeidipus BrewerySat March 25 – Hamburg (DE) - HakkenSun March 26 – Copenhagen (DK) - LoppenMon March 27 – Lund (SE) - MejerietTue March 28 – Stockholm (SE) - Lilla Hotellbaren
https://www.facebook.com/TheGardenVadaVada/https://twitter.com/thegardentwins
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Tuxedo (Mayer Hawthorne + Jake One) performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! + announces new album for Stones Throw

SHARES NEW SINGLE "2ND TIME AROUND"

TUXEDO II DUE MARCH 24TH VIA STONES THROWSTREAM: "2nd Time Around" - https://youtu.be/lB6PX5pz_8E
PRE-ORDER: Tuxedo II - https://StonesThrow.lnk.to/Tuxedo
Following the release of their surprise EP Fux With The Tux in January, Tuxedo (the joint project between Jake One and Mayer Hawthorne) performs live on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and announces their new album on the show. Tuxedo II is due March 24th via Stones Throw and is available for pre-order now. To coincide with the announcement the duo are sharing a new single. "2nd Time Around" is a characteristically funky and upbeat offering from Tuxedo, a timelessly catchy track. 
In March, Tuxedo will set out on tour. Starting with a release party for Tuxedo II in Los Angeles on March 25th, the duo will play shows in Europe and Asia in April before touring through the United States in May and June. Tickets, as well as a VIP experience for each show, are available now on Tuxedo's website. The VIP experience gives fans the opportunity to meet Jake One and Mayer Hawthorne, early access to the show and soundcheck, and includes a gift from the group. Watch Tuxedo perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and pre-order Tuxedo II above, and see below for more about Tuxedo, all upcoming shows and Tuxedo II details. 

Tour Dates:3/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater (Album release party)
4/6 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Chicago Social Club4/7 - Warsaw, Poland @ Milosc4/14 - London, UK @ Jazz Café4/15 - Hamburg, Germany @ Mojo Club4/16 - Berlin, Germany @ Festsaal Kreuzberg4/22 - Tokyo, Japan @ Sound Museum Vision5/12 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst5/13 - San Francisco, CA @ The IndependentTues. 5/16 - Portland, OR @ Wonder BallroomWed. 5/17 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos5/19 - Bellingham, WA @ Wild BuffaloWed. 5/31 - Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall6/1 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall6/2 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall6/3 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer6/5 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade6/8 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel6/9 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In6/1 - Detroit, MI @ Music Hall6/12 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line6/13 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia HallTICKETS: http://tuxedofunk.com/

WIRE Share New Single "Diamonds In Cups" with Stereogum; West Coast Tour Dates & DRILL : LA Festival Announced

WIRE Share New Single "Diamonds In Cups" with StereogumWest Coast Tour Dates & DRILL : LA Festival Announced 15th Studio Album Silver/Lead Out March 31 via pinkflag 

Stream: "Diamonds In Cups" via Stereogum or Soundcloud
Stream: “Short Elevated Period” via NPR or Soundcloud 
Wire kick off extensive celebrations for their 40th year as a band in typical forward-thinking prolific form, with a new album. The band's upcoming release, Silver/Lead is due March 31st via the band's pinkflag label and today Stereogum has premiered the latest single from the album, “Diamonds In Cups.” Stereogum says, "This one features some exceptional guitar work that takes you up and down on a blissful, bouncing ride. With much of their recent material, Wire continues to keep true to themselves in a way that makes old fans stick around, while still freshening up their sound enough to engage new generations with each new decade of music."
Silver/Lead is the 15th studio album from musical pioneers Wire. It arrives on the 40th anniversary of their debut performance. Yet it’s about as far from nostalgia as you could get. This is the sound of a uniquely addictive 21st century psychedelic post-punkOn April 1, 2017, the anniversary of the band’s first gig as the “classic 4 piece” at the Roxy Club. London, WIRE will be giving a headline performance at the Los Angeles edition of the band’s boutique city festival DRILL : LA, a unique festival to mark “40 years of not looking back.” Wire have announced the addition of Mikal Cronin with a string & horn ensemble and Wand to the upcoming DRILL : LA festival taking place March 30 - April 2 at The Echo and Echoplex. Tickets for DRILL : LA are avaialble HERE.

DRILL : LA March 30 - April 2 at the Echo & Echoplex, Los Angeles, CAWIREBob Mould * Julia Holter * Mikal Cronin + String & Horn Ensemble
* Mild High Club, * Laetitia Sadier * WAND
FITTED (Bob Lee, Graham Lewis, Matthew Simms, Mike Watt)
Part Time Punks * HowardAmb, * Once and Future Band
* Chasms * Noveller * Immersion * SLOWS
+ the pinkflag guitar orchestraMore Special Guests To Be Announced SoonSince 2013, WIRE  have been curating a series of international city festivals with the name DRILL.  The idea being to bring together the best overview of both classic left field artists and new and emerging cutting edge talent.There will be several more DRILL : FESTIVALS taking place this spring, each featuring unique line ups.  Details of the festivals will be announced shortly. Updated info can be found at www.drillfestival.comOn Silver/Lead, Colin Newman and Matt Simms’ guitar work is alternately jagged and luminous, while bassist Graham Lewis’s ear-catching lyrics are vivid yet oblique. Meanwhile, drummer Robert Grey provides a virtual masterclass in percussive minimalism. But it’s how the various instruments mesh together that really counts. And Newman’s production creates a sonic space in which even the smallest gesture is accorded some recognition.Highlights include the optimistic dazzle of “Diamonds In Cups,” with its almost T. Rex-style buzz and chug, and the moody swing of “This Time.” Elsewhere on the musical spectrum, there’s the menacing widescreen grandeur of "Playing Harp For The Fishes" and breakneck-paced guitar pop of "Short Elevated Period."Wire are one of the world’s most ground-breaking bands, their influence acknowledged by bands as diverse as Blur, Sonic Youth, R.E.M. and Savages. But they have never been interested in exploiting past glories. For Wire, there is only ever one possible direction: forwards. So it’s perhaps not surprising that over recent years, they’ve played strings of sold-out shows, achieved career-best record sales, and been cited as a strong influence by yet another generation of bands.Wire’s last three albums garnered nothing but rave reviews. From 2013’s strangely beautifulChange Becomes Us (“It’s fantastic.” – Pitchfork) to the crackling motorik of 2015’s Wire (“It’s all really well turned, potent and crisp.” – The Guardian), and last year’s punchy mini-album Nocturnal Koreans (“It's a cracker and sounds defiantly modern.” – The Quietus). Consequently, although it may be being released on the band’s 40th anniversary, Silver/Lead is an album which has nothing to do with the past and everything to do with the future.  Wire Tour Dates  03.28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom03.29 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah03.30 - Los Angeles, CA - DRILL : LA @ Echo03.31 - Los Angeles, CA - DRILL : LA @ Echo/Echoplex04.01 - Los Angeles, CA - DRILL : LA @ Echo/Echoplex04.03 - San Francisco, CA @ Slims04.05 - Portland, OR @ Dantes04.07 - Vancouver, BC @ Imperial04.08 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile

David Byrne's Contemporary Color Documentary Out This Friday

DAVID BYRNE'S CONTEMPORARY COLOR DOCUMENTARYOUT THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD  
David Byrne's Contemporary Color documentary will be released theatrically this Friday, March 3rd. In the summer of 2015, David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the creativity of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers, colloquially known as "the sport of the arts."  Watch the trailer right HERE.
View a clip from Contemporary Color
David Byrne noted, "The Ross Bros refer to their film as a "joy bomb"...and it is, but both the event and their film, while entertaining, also touch on some very deep issues- creativity, inclusion, race, gender, body image and community. In this regard their film has turned out to be something unexpectedly relevant, extremely timely, and a much needed tonic and source of hope at exactly this moment."Byrne recruited performers including the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Zola Jesus, Ad-Rock, tUnE-yArDs, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada.
The result is CONTEMPORARY COLOR, a bold and irrepressible snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live performance.
More info:Bill Ross and Turner Ross's latest documentary featuring and produced by David Byrne, CONTEMPORARY COLOR i The film premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won awards for Best Documentary Cinematography and Best Documentary Editing. Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters in 2017 followed by a release across all ancillary platforms. In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the creativity of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers, colloquially known as "the sport of the arts."
Byrne recruited performers including the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Zola Jesus, Ad-Rock, tUnEyArDs, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada. The result is CONTEMPORARY COLOR, a bold and irrepressible snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live performance. The film's camera operators included many well-known documentary directors and cinematographers, including Jarred Alterman, Sean Price Williams, Robert Greene, Amanda Rose Wilder, Jessica Oreck, Wyatt Garfield, and Michael Palmieri.

"CONTEMPORARY COLOR is an otherworldly blend of athleticism, grace, spirit, and art captured in an unbelievably electric and creative way. Watching CC isn't just watching a film, it is experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime performance that is so much more than the sum of its set list." David Byrne said, "The teams and the musicians created this glorious, inspiring thing that runs counter to much of what is happening in the world right now - and the Ross brothers were the ones to feel that and capture it. We need an antidote, and here it is. The world is better than we think it is." Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which arranged financing for the film, brokered the distribution deal on behalf of the filmmakers. The film was produced by the Department of Motion Pictures' Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, as well as by David Byrne. Executive Producers included Dan Janvey from the Department of Motion Pictures; Spencer Silna, Nicole Barton, and Douglas Saylor Jr. from Public Domain; LeeAnn Rossi from Todo Mundo; and Aaron Rosenblum.