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LEA PORCELAIN PREMIERE NEW SONG & VIDEO ON STEREOGUM

LEA PORCELAIN PREMIERE NEW SONG & VIDEO ON STEREOGUM 
"WARSAW STREET" AVAILABLE NOW
DEBUT LP TO BE RELEASED 2017 Photo Credit: Peter Kaaden
The London-by-way-of Berlin duo, Lea Porcelain, have had a breakout year in 2016 which included the release of excellent debut EP, Out Is In and the welcomed arrival of its huge-sounding title track.
Stereogum has just premiered the new video for their latest track, "Warsaw Street," saying, "A grumbling bassline rolls through the track battling Nikolaus's hollow, commandeering vocals."
The video was filmed at Funkhaus in Berlin, where the band have a studio. The space houses its fair share of artist collaboration, having recently hosted a week-long festival featuring Bon Iver, The National, alt-J and more.  WATCH "WARSAW STREET" ON STEREOGUM
Lea Porcelain discussed the video with Stereogum, saying "The story can relate to experiences in your life. You find yourself in someone you hardly know, even if it is temporary. Yet, neither of you part without making a change, rattling each other's souls, leaving a trace of love forever within your hearts."
Lea Porcelain are currently in the studio working on their debut full length to be released next year.
Tour Dates:November 28: London - Electrowerkz  

Vanishing Life (Rise Against, Quicksand, ...Trail of Dead) Headlining The Echo 11/20 | Debut Album "Surveillance" Out 11/11!

Surveillance - Debut Album From Punk Supergroup VANISHING LIFE out November 11th Via Dine Alone Records 

Headlining The Echo on November 20th

***Please Contact Stunt Company w/ Any Press Requests***

“Realist,” premiered last month with Noisey and was called “a pointed, straight-ahead rock 'n' roll track” by the site, as well as a brand-new, never before heard song, “Exile.”


Click here or on player above to stream "Realist"

Originally conceptualized at the Grozerock Festival in 2013, Vanishing Life is the brainchild ofWalter Schreifels (Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits), and includes members of ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (Autry Fulbright), Bad Religion (Jamie Miller), and Rise Against (Zach Blair). Vanishing Life distill the hard-charged energy and spirit of their punk and hardcore histories into a stripped-down, urgent sound that’s reflective of their unique individual talents but the furthest thing from a retread.

Be sure to catch Vanishing Life on their stint of November tour dates this fall, which includes stops in Los Angeles at The Echo, and in New York at Webster Hall. Full tour dates are below, and for review copies or interview interest, please contact Stunt Company.With further coverage from

 

   Vanishing Life Confirmed 2016 Tour Dates
11/11 – Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
11/12 – Providence, RI - The Met
11/13 – New York, NY – The Studio @ Webster
11/14 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
11/17 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
11/18 – Kingsburg, CA – Bullfrogs
11/19 – San Diego, CA – The Hideout
11/20 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo

STILL CORNERS @ Beach Goth

BEACH GOTH day two

BEACH GOTH day one

STILL CORNERS @ Beach Goth this weekend

Beach Goth tomorrow! We're on at 1:45 [image error]

LEONARD COHEN’S “YOU WANT IT DARKER” RECEIVES RAVE REVIEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE; “YOU WANT IT DARKER” AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE TODAY

LEONARD COHEN’S “YOU WANT IT DARKER” 
RECEIVES RAVE REVIEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

“YOU WANT IT DARKER” AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE TODAYWatch New Lyric Video for  “You Want It Darker” (October 21, 2016) – Columbia Records celebrates Leonard Cohen’s 14th studio album  You Want It Darker , which is available in stores and digitally worldwide today. To accompany the release of the album is the premiere of the lyric video for the lead single “You Want It Darker,” watch here.

Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker. At eighty-two, the troubadour has another album coming. Like him, it is obsessed with mortality, God-infused, and funny. –The New Yorker

What is truly extraordinary about Cohen is not that he is still making albums but that they are as rich, deep and potent as ever. –UK Telegraph (5 stars)
The 82-year-old Leonard Cohen continues to wow audiences with his most prolific album yet. The new collection of startling songs was produced by his son Adam Cohen, and following last week’s global launch event at the Official Residence of the Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles, the accolades for this body of work have been pouring in from around the world.
 
This is Cohen’s gift to music lovers: a realistically grim, spiritually radiant and deeply poetic worldview, spiked with a romantic thrum and an existential wink. –Rolling Stone (4 stars)

A lion in winter, his lyrics heavy with God and sex and death and his legendary voice scraped down to a subterranean rumble. –Entertainment Weekly

Cohen's voice remains strong, measured and assured. There is, as ever, flashes of playful humour in his wonderful use of language. –The Irish Times (5 stars)

An unquestioned masterpiece. Cohen courts what is most uncomfortable in the human condition and transforms that terrifying unease into something of great beauty – and in the process, some comfort too.–The Arts Desk (5 stars)

You Want It Darker, it is such a pleasure to listen to... this album confirms he has much more to say, much more to share, as a sage who doesn't offer himself as such but rather as a fellow questioner stumbling through.  Yes, Leonard, if you're asking, we do want it darker. –Sydney Morning Herald (4.5 stars)

C'est surtout un album d'une rare beauté dans lequel les musiques, à la fois riches et dépouillées, se mettent vraiment au service de la voix à nulle autre pareille de Leonard Cohen qui n'a jamais paru si proche’. –La Presse (5 stars)

Avec You Want It Darker, disque à la fois puissant et sombre dans lequel il aborde des thèmes qui lui sont chers comme la mortalité et la spiritualité, Leonard Cohen nous prouve qu’il est toujours aussi inspire. –Le Journal de Montreal

El aroma cálido, oscuro, seductor y reflexivo de la trayectoria de Cohen resulta reconocible en su nuevo disco. –La Razón
Download: http://smarturl.it/YWIDalbumDL
Stream: http://smarturl.it/YWIDalbumSTR

The Flaming Lips To Release Highly Anticipated New Album- Oczy Mlody- On January 13, 2017, Via Warner Bros. Records

THE FLAMING LIPS TO RELEASE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM - OCZY MLODY  - ON JANUARY 13, 2017, VIA WARNER BROS. RECORDS ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW WAYNE COYNE TO HOST LIVE FACEBOOK CHAT TODAY AT10:00AM PST/ 1:00PM EST BRAND NEW VIDEO - "THE CASTLE"- LAUNCHES TODAY BRAND NEW TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
 October 21, 2016 - (Burbank, CA) -  THE FLAMING LIPS  are pleased to announce the release of their long-awaited brand-new studio album, entitled  OCZY MLODY , on January 13th, 2017 via Warner Bros. Records. Produced by the band and their long-time producer Dave Fridmann, the highly anticipated album is the follow-up to THE LIPS' globally acclaimed 2013 album,  THE TERROR .  In anticipation of the release of  OCZY MLODY,  new song and video,  "The Castle,"  and the upcoming tour, Wayne Coyne will host a live chat on THE LIPS Facebook Page today, Oct 21st, at 10:00am PST/1:00pm EST. Log in to  www.Facebook.com/FlamingLips  and let Wayne explain...
Click  here  for a deeper inside view into the making of  OCZY MLODY.
Three-time Grammy-Award winners, THE FLAMING LIPS are one of the most enduring, influential, unpredictable, and universally respected bands of their generation or any other. Led by Coyne, they have been cited as the ultimate live attraction and life-affirming festival band who continue to dazzle audiences with their over-the-top, maximalist, high-energy onslaught on the senses. On  OCZY MLODY , THE LIPS return to form with an album no less experimental in nature, but perhaps more melodically song-oriented, recalling the best parts of their most critically applauded albums  THE SOFT BULLETIN  and the gold-certified  YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS .
OCZY MLODY  is available for pre-order beginning today. Fans who pre-order the digital format of the album or the cd or vinyl format from the  band's official website , will receive an instant download of "The Castle" immediately and three more tracks in advance of the January 13th album release date.  The album will be released in several configurations: a 12-song CD, a 12-song digital version as well as a 12-song double-LP vinyl edition - pressed on colored vinyl and an 11-song single-LP vinyl edition (both of which include a digital download card of all 12 songs on  OCZY MLODY ), There is also a 7" red vinyl single of the band's cover of David Bowie's  "Space Oddity"  b/w "Jest (There Is...)" and numerous other special offers available through  http://www.flaminglips.com/ .
THE LIPS have also shot a video for the album track "The Castle" which launches today.  Filmed in Oklahoma City, the seemingly simple image is as emotionally affecting as the song itself.  Click  here to view and share "The Castle".
Naturally THE FLAMING LIPS will tour the world in support of  OCZY MLODY . Newly confirmed live dates are as follows:  Oct 22              Arizona State Fair                      Phoenix, AZNov 19              House Of Creatives Festival       Miami Beach, FLDec 16              The Criterion                              Oklahoma City, OK Jan 21, 2017     02 Brixton Academy                  London, ENGJan 22              Manchester  Academy               Manchester, ENGJan 24              Columbiahalle                           Berlin, GERJan 25              Vega                                        Copenhagen, DENJan 26              Munchen Brewery                      Stockholm, SWEJan 28              Tivoli Vredenburg                      Utrecht, HOLLJan 30              Alcatraz                                    Milan, ITAJan 31              Volkshaus                                 Zurich, SWIFeb 02              Le Bataclan                               Paris, FRA       Feb 03              De Roma                                  Antwerp, BEL    All dates below on sale on Friday Oct 28, at 10:00am local time:Mar 03             H.O.B.                                      Boston, MAMar 04              The Fillmore                              Philadelphia, PAMar 05              9:30 Club                                  Washington, DCMar 06              9:30 Club                                  Washington, DCMar 08              College Street Music Hall           New Haven, CTMar 09              Terminal 5                                 New York, NYMar 13              Rebel Complex                         Toronto, ONTMar 14              Royal Oak Music Theater           Detroit, MIMar 29              War Memorial Auditorium           Nashville, TNMar 30              The Fillmore                              Charlotte, NCMar 31              The Ritz                                    Raleigh, NCApr 02              Tabernacle                                Atlanta, GAApr 03              H.O.B.                                      Lake Buena Vista, FLApr 04              Jannus Live                               St. Petersburg, FL

NADA SURF STREAMING NEW LIVE ALBUM PEACEFUL GHOSTS

NADA SURF STREAMING NEW LIVE ALBUM  PEACEFUL GHOSTS (LIVE WITH THE BABELSBERG FILM ORCHESTRA) VIA THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
PEACEFUL GHOSTS  DUE OCTOBER 28, 2016
ON BARSUK RECORDS   STREAM // EMBED PEACEFUL GHOSTS
Nada Surf are thrilled to reveal a full stream of their new live album  Peaceful Ghosts , which was recorded this summer with accompaniment from the Babelsberg Film Orchestra. Peaceful Ghosts will see a release on October 28 via Barsuk Records. The stream debuted via  The Wall Street Journal , and it's now available to hear or embed  HERE .
Peaceful Ghosts came about after frontman and main songwriter Matthew Caws received a surprise email asking about a potential collaborative orchestral project from the Austrian national radio station FM4. A little over a year later, the result is a beautiful recording, culled from two live performances in Vienna and Potsdam early this summer, that covers a broad stylistic range, from James Bond at one extreme to the joy and wonder of Walt Disney at the other, with a whole range of surprises in between. Classics such as the delicate melancholy of "Blonde On Blonde" unfold to surprising new places with soaring countermelodies, while new favorites from  You Know Who You Are , including "Rushing" and "Out of the Dark", showcase the power and majesty of the original without losing the lyrical and musical subtlety that has become the hallmark of Nada Surf for the past twenty years.
In the summer of 2015, Caws was sitting at his kitchen table in Brooklyn, frantically writing what would become Nada Surf's seventh album, the critically acclaimed You Know Who You Are (2016), when an email arrived that would delight and terrify him. Once a year, FM4 in Austria chooses an artist for a national orchestral concert that's broadcast across the country, and they reached out to Nada Surf asking if the band would like to be the next. Soon after receiving the FM4 request, the band secured a similar offer from Radio Eins in Berlin to perform live on air with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra, which derives its name from and is affiliated with the legendary Babelsberg Film Studioswhere notable films such as  Metropolis ,  Dr. Mabuse  and  The Blue Angel  were made.
"If we said yes, we'd have to choose a composer to write the parts and then decide which songs he or she should write for. We'd have to decide these things soon. Well, that was out of the question," recalled Caws. "Deciding what kind of Thai curry take-away I should get that evening was about as distant a decision as I could imagine, while the small matters of which songs would go on the new Nada Surf record, who would mix them, what the album would be called and what the final verse of the song I was working on right then would be, loomed ahead. I would try and answer these questions after that curry, but making decisions about a concert months later was more than I could handle."
Instead of passing up the opportunities, Nada Surf asked their good friend, multi-instrumentalistMartin Wenk, whose own band Calexico had done the FM4 Vienna Radio Symphony concert in 2013, to oversee the details with composer Max Knoth, while the band focused on putting the finishing touches on You Know Who You Are. 
For those of us unable to make it to Europe in June 2016 to listen to the fruits of this collaboration either in-person or over the airwaves, the band is making it available now with their album Peaceful Ghosts.  Tracklist:1. Comes A Time2. Believe You're Mine3. Beautiful Beat4. Blizzard Of '775. Rushing6. The Fox7. Blonde On Blonde8. 80 Windows9. Inside Of Love10. Out Of The Dark11. When I Was Young12. Animal13. Are You Lightning?
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Låpsley releases cover of Kate Bush song "This Woman's Work" | North American tour starts November 2

LÅPSLEY RELEASES COVER OF KATE BUSH SONG “THIS WOMAN’S WORK”
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF NOVEMBER 2

Today 20-year-old British producer-songwriter-singer Låpsley honors the original queen of British music Kate Bush with a cover of her song “ This Woman’s Work .” Written by Kate Bush, from a man’s point of view, it’s not unlike how Låpsley composed her acclaimed breakout single “ Station .” The cover will appear on a new SpotifySessions EP that was recorded live in London ( listen here ).

The release of the EP comes on the heels of Låpsley’s North American tour, which kicks off November 2 at Webster Hall in New York City and ends November 16 at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles. The full dates are listed below and ticket info  here .

2016 has been an incredible year for Låpsley.  Earlier this year, Låpsley appeared on The Today show as Elvis Duran’s ‘Artist of the Month’ for a stunning performance of her single “ Love is Blind ” and on the  Late Show with Stephen Colbert  for a performance of her single “Falling Shot". 

Rolling Stone  recently included Låpsley in the “ 20 Great New British Artists to Watch ” and  Stereogum  and  Complex  both described Låpsley as “one of music’s most promising artists.” Idolator ,  Seattle Music Insider ,  Stereogum, and  LA Weekly  have praised Låpsley for her “enticingly intriguing” live show and a festival standout.

Låpsley’s Long Way Home is out now on XL Recordings.

Låpsley Spotify EP tracklist: “Station” (Live from Spotify London)“This Woman’s Work” (Live from Spotify London)“Hurt Me” (Live from Spotify London)“Falling Short” (Live from Spotify London)