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Cyndi Lauper Continues 'Detour' Tour With Current Billboard Top 40 Country Album

CYNDI LAUPER CONTINUES 'DETOUR' TOUR WITH CURRENT BILLBOARD TOP 40 COUNTRY ALBUM


Music Icon Appears on TODAY with Kathy Lee & Hoda
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 14, 2016) – Grammy®, Emmy® and Tony®-winning singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper is continuing to take country music by storm with her Billboard Top Country Album DETOUR , which is still in the Top 40 and continues to spark sales at retailers nationwide like Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® and more! Lauper recently stopped by the TODAY show to chat with Kathy Lee and Hoda about DETOUR and her collaborations with country music greats, including Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Jewel, Vince Gill and Emmylou Harris. Click HERE to watch the clip.

Known best for her legendary pop icon status, Lauper is reigning in a new legion of fans with her new country-tinged album DETOURfeaturing a collection of country covers from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s (track listing below). DETOUR debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

"These songs had a profound impact on me when I was a little girl listening to my Aunt Gracie's kitchen radio in Queens. I grew up listening and admiring Patsy Cline, Patsy Montana, Hank Williams - all the greats from the Golden Age of country. It was an honor to record those beautiful songs for DETOUR and I am so thankful for the fans and the country music community for welcoming me with open arms," Lauper said.

Lauper just returned from the European leg of her DETOUR tour and is currently in the midst of the second leg of her U.S. tour which takes her along the west coast before wrapping up October 8 at The Joint in Las Vegas. In addition, Lauper’s annual “Home for the Holidays” concert is scheduled for December 3 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Additional details – including special guests performers - will be announced soon. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets before this highly anticipated tour sells out in your area!

Critics are raving about the pop star’s unique approach to country classics:

“The singer confidently twangs and yodels her way through covers of everyone from Patsy Montana to Patsy Cline.” Benjamin Lindsay, Vanity Fair

“Her new release, Detour, an album full of classic country song covers, is less an indicator of the veteran pop star’s desire to change genres than it is a sincere homage to a dozen tunes she grew up listening to on a transistor radio in her aunt’s kitchen and falling in love with.” – Chapman Baehler, Billboard Magazine

“Lauper and Norman native Vince Gill work together to cover ‘You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly,’ … The song is a rollicking and infectious version of the 1978 country B-side recorded by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty.” Ben Luschen, Oklahoma Gazette

DETOUR Track Listing:
1.    “Funnel Of Love”
2.    “Detour” - Featuring Emmylou Harris
3.    “Misty Blue”
4.    “Walkin’ After Midnight”
5.    “Heartaches By The Number”
6.    “The End Of The World”
7.    “Night Life” - Featuring Willie Nelson
8.    “Begging To You”
9.    “You’re The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly” - Featuring Vince Gill
10.  “I Fall To Pieces”
11.  “I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart” - Featuring Jewel
12.  “Hard Candy Christmas” - Featuring Alison Krauss

DETOUR Tour:
Sept. 15 Uptown Theatre - Kansas City, Mo.
Sept. 18 Paramount Theatre - Denver, Colo.
Sept. 20 The Depot - Salt Lake City, Utah
Sept. 21 Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical - Boise, Idaho
Sept. 23 Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
Sept. 24 Agua Caliente Casino - Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Sept. 27 Vina Robles Amphitheatre - Paso Robles, Calif.
Sept. 28 Arlington Theatre - Santa Barbara, Calif.
Sept. 30 The Mountain Winery - Saratoga, Calif.
Oct. 03 Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay - San Diego, Calif.
Oct. 05 Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, Calif.
Oct. 07 Talking Stick Resort Ballroom - Scottsdale, Ariz.
Oct. 08 The Joint - Las Vegas, Nev.
Dec. 03 Beacon Theatre, New York, N.Y.

Nico Yaryan on tour w/ Margaret Glaspy + NYC Meadows fest

NICO YARYAN JOINS MARGARET GLASPY IN OCTOBER+CONFIRMED SET AT NYC'S MEADOWS FESTIVAL 
WHAT A TEASE OUT NOW  ON PARTISAN RECORDS 
Listen "Just Tell Me" (+5 million Spotify streams)https://soundcloud.com/partisan-records/nicoyaryan-just-tell-me

LA-based and NoCal bred singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nico Yaryan has just announced new fall tour dates alongside Margaret Glaspy. This run will immediately follow his October 1st set at NYC's (new) Meadows festival. 
After releasing his debut album  What a Tease  in June, Nico picked up a LA residency at The Bootleg. The LA Weekly described his set as "an understated '70s AM/AOR pop sound - Nilsson, Tusk - with the drums and production sparkled up for 21st-century tastes." Shortly after, Paste tapped him as the 'Best Of What's Next' and he sat down with Yours Truly to talk about falling in and out of love and realizing nobody knows what the f*** they are doing. 
Links to both pieces and new tour dates below!
Nico Yaryan on tour 2016:^^supporting Margaret Glaspy
10/01/16 - New York, NY - The Meadows Music & Arts Festival 10/03/16 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA^^10/04/16 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA^^10/05/16 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ^^

The Radio Dept. Announce N. American Tour Launching Valentine's Day 2017, 'Running Out Of Love' LP Out 10/21 on Labrador

The Radio Dept. 
Announce North American Tour Beginning Feb 14, 2017 
Full Dates Below - Tickets On Sale Friday 

Swedish Duo’s Politically Charged Fourth LP
Running Out Of Love
Out Oct 21, 2016 on Labrador Records

“Swedish Guns” 
#1 HypeM  & Spotify Viral Top 50 Track 
Lead Single Out Now // Listen/Share:  Soundcloud  /  Spotify 

“Hypnotic” – Consequence of Sound
“Swedish dream-pop…[about] the world’s general, unacceptable violence” – FADER 
“Their most winning melodies and biggest hooks to date. It’s a great album” – Brooklyn Vegan
 The music may sound calm and peaceful, the lyrics are all about violent revolution.” – Stereogum
“Breezy...Sweeping...Soothing melodies… A dark experience”  – Indie Shuffle


Pre-Order & Receive “Swedish Guns” as Instant Download

The Radio Dept. have  announced North American Tour dates beginning Feb 14, 2017 in support of their politically-charged fourth LP  Running Out Of Love  out Oct 21, 2016 via Labrador Records.

The 20 date North American tour sees the Malmö, Sweden based duo of Johan Duncanson Martin Carlberg return for their first stateside shows since the release of 2010’s Clinging To A Scheme, appearing at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom, Washington DC’s Black Cat, Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre, Boston’s Brighton Music Hall and many more. A full list of dates can be found below. Tickets go on sale this Friday September 16th.

Running Out Of Love  is an album about life in Sweden in 2016 moving in the wrong direction:  politically, intellectually, morally. It's about the impatience that turns into anger, hate and ultimately withdrawal and apathy when love for the world and our existence begins to falter.

The album features lead single “Swedish Guns”,  a haunting takedown of the Swedish arms industry. The track  was revealed last month and quickly went #1 HypeM and began charting on the Spotify Viral Chartand gaining wide critical praise.

Listen/Share “Swedish Guns” via  Soundcloud  &  Spotify
 
L to R: The Radio Dept.’s Johan Duncanson, Martin Carlberg

The Radio Dept Tour Image - Download HERE 

The Radio Dept. North American Tour Dates

Feb 14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Feb 15 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Feb 16 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
Feb 17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Feb 18 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
Feb 19 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Feb 20 - Austin, TX @ Barracuda
Feb 22 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Feb 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Feb 25 - San Francisco, CA @ Noise Pop
Feb 27 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Feb 28 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Mar 1 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Mar 3 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
Mar 4 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Mar 5 - Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
Mar 6 - Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
Mar 7 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Mar 8 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Mar 9 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
 

Beach House to end 2016 tour with New York, Charlottesville, + Austin shows

The Beach House 2016 tour in support ofThank Your Lucky Stars and Depression Cherry culminates with newly announced shows in New York and Charlottesville Photo credit: Shawn Brackbill
Thank Your Lucky Stars and Depression Cherry
available from Sub Pop (North America), Bella Union (Europe)  & Mistletone (Australia / New Zealand).
 Celebrated Baltimore duo Beach House have added two new shows to cap their 2016 world tour in support of Thank Your Lucky Stars and Depression Cherry. Tickets for the new dates at Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theatre on November 2nd and Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on November 3rd go on sale this Friday, September 16th at 10am EDT.

Beach House is also set to appear at Austin’s Sound on Sound Festival on November 5th. Please find a full list of current tour dates below.

As well, this summer the band released an arresting new video for “The Traveller,” from Thank Your Lucky Stars, directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford [link here].

And last month, Beach House appeared on Charlie Rose on PBS. The group sat for an interview and performed “Rough Song” and “The Traveller” from their latest release Thank Your Lucky Stars. Watch here.

Beach House’s Thank Your Lucky Stars and Depression Cherrywere recorded during the same two-month span and were produced by the band and Chris Coady at Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They are each distinctive full-length albums and are available now in North America from Sub Pop, in Europe fromBella Union and in Australia from Mistletone.

Tour Dates
Nov. 02 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre
Nov. 03 - Brooklyn, NY - Kings Theatre
Nov. 05 - Austin, TX -  Sound On Sound Festival
  YouTube Album Streams
Thank Your Lucky Stars : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQyiZiwklgw
Depression Cherry : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy5MiOqarYs

Neil Young Featured On The Big Interview With Dan Rather Tonight, September 13th On AXS TV

*** MEDIA ALERT *** NEIL YOUNG FEATURED ON THE BIG INTERVIEW WITH DAN RATHER TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 13TH ON AXS TV
EARTH -OUT NOW ON REPRISE RECORDS  TIME FADES AWAY , ON THE BEACH, TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT, AND ZUMA - REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND ARE ONCE AGAIN AVAILABLE ON STAND-ALONE VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEIR ORIGINAL 1970'S RELEASE NOW
 
September 13, 2016 - (Burbank, CA) -  Neil Young  will be featured on an episode of  THE BIG INTERVIEW with DAN RATHER , tonight on the AXS TV. Click  here  for broadcast channels and times in your area. On this episode of THE BIG INTERVIEW, Young and Rather enjoy a rare in-depth, personal conversation about the life of Young, his concerns environmentally, politically, philosophically and explore a view into the creative process behind Young's new album  EARTH . Click  here  for a preview.   EARTH  is out now and on triple vinyl, CD and digitally via Young's high-resolution audi PonoMusic Store and  Tidal . One of Young's most unique and compelling albums to date, the media continues to praise  EARTH thusly: "At 70, Young remains committed to taking risks. Young offers the chance to hear what he hears on EARTH that reflects his increasingly anxious view of our impact on the planet. It's one of his most unusual recordings of his long career. The animals that Young discovers in the sound of applause weave in and out of both the crowd and the music. At first their chatter provokes a smirk, but just a few songs in, they begin to resonate sympathetically. I suggest we keep Neil Young weird. " - TIME Magazine
"[EARTH] bristles with distortion like old Crazy Horse but delves much further...drone, feedback, blues licks, seismic buildup and sustained reflections, as eerie as it is noisy." - New York Times
"Neil Young big-ups Mother nature on an urgent career-spanning live album. These performances are more urgent, in point and force" - Rolling Stone
Also, as previously mentioned, Reprise Records has just reissued vinyl pressings of four seminal Neil Young albums from the 1970s : Time Fades Away ,  On The Beach ,  Tonight's The Night , and  Zuma.  This is the first time they have been reissued as stand-alone albums. Each one has been remastered from the original analog master studio recordings at Bernie Grundman Mastering. The artwork features historically accurate reproductions by Young's long-time art director,  Gary Burden.
Neil Young + Promise of The Real are currently on tour. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Sep 17              Farm Aid                                   Bristow, VASep 18              Outlaw Music Fest.                    Scranton, PASep 30              Town Park                                 Telluride, COOct 1                Town Park                                 Telluride, COOct 3                Outlaw Field                              Boise, IDOct 4                USANA Amphit.                        Salt Lake City, UTOct 6                Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphit    Tucson, AZOct 8                Desert Trip Festival                   Indio, CAOct 15              Desert Trip Festival                   Indio, CAOct 22              Bridge School Benefit               Mountain View, CAOct 23              Bridge School Benefit               Mountain View, CA

Clipping expands its 2016 tour schedule

Clipping expands its 2016 tour schedule 
in support of Splendor & Misery 
out now on Sub Pop and Deathbomb Arc
  Photo credit: Brian Tamborello October 26th-November 2nd with Youth Code

Austin’s Sound on Sound Festival on November 4th

Stream  Splendor & Misery and Wriggle EP 
 Clipping has added two new shows to its 2016 tour in support ofSplendor & Misery [listen here] and the Wriggle EP [listen here], released early this summer.

The trek now begins on October 26th in Brooklyn at the Market Hotel and ends on November 4th in Austin at Sound on Sound Music Festival. Along the way, the group will tour with Youth Code (October 26-November 2nd).  Preceding the tour there will be two Southern California shows including the just-announced appearance on September 24th at Music Tastes Good Festival, and September 30th in Los Angeles at the Smell with The Mae Shi. Please find a current list of tour dates below.

Last week, Clipping made its network television debut on The Late, Late Show with James Corden performing “ A Better Place” from Splendor & Misery. Watch the performance now [link here].

Clipping recently shared the gravity-defying “Air ‘Em Out” visual, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada and starring the group’s frontman Daveed Diggs [watch here].

Splendor & Misery, Clipping’s Sci-Fi/dystopian concept album is available now on CD/LP/DL/CASS worldwide from Sub Pop and Deathbomb Arc.

Splendor & Misery features by the highlights “Baby Don’t Sleep,” “A Better Place,” and “Air ‘Em Out,” was produced by the band, and mixed by Steve Kaplan in Los Angeles.

Splendor & Misery is available for purchase from Sub Pop [link here] and Deathbomb Arc [link here].  Purchases through Sub Pop Mega Mart and independent retailers near you will receive the Loser Edition on crystal clear vinyl (while supplies last). Additionally, Wriggle, the group’s summer EP, is also available [link here].
What people have said about Clipping’s Splendor & Misery:
“...A fervent, chaotic and uncommonly beautiful noise-rap allegory about slave rebellion and computer love told through a futurist narrative that takes place in outer space.” [Feature] -  New York Times

“A magnificent, nerve-jangling and altogether rather riveting blast of unflinching white noise and throb, virtuoso rapping and, most improbable of all, richly romantic gospel-choir interludes designed as much to disconcert as to offer tuneful respite from and guidance through the surrounding sonic shrapnel.” [9/10, Album of the Week] -  Loud & Quiet

“A hugely inventive slab of sonictheatre plotted to the tiniest detail..” [4/5] -  MOJO 

“Replete with sci-fi references and nudges to Afrofuturist musicians before them, the album confronts the crushing darkness inherent to the alienation of black diaspora and speculates on the identity as an intrinsically fluid process. Splendor & Misery is sincere and staunchly ambitious. With it, clipping. Have solidified their position at the forefront of experimental music.” [8.6/10] -  Northern Transmissions
 
“The production, helmed by dual composers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes, make use of field recording techniques only instead of chimes and sampled radio alarms, the sharp clangs of breached hulls and airlocks closing are the content used to createthese paranoia inducing and dissonant instrumentals. What makes Splendor & Misery beckon for repeat listens, bar Daveed Diggs torrential flow, is how concise and dense the record is. It flows like a satellite in orbit, emerging over horizons witnessing serene beauty only to encounter disruptive asteroid belts moments later like the three ‘Interlude’ tracks where Daveed spits over broken and static-laced connections.” [8/10] -  CLASH

“Utterly uncomfortable, but with such an imaginative foundation that you can't help but feel invited back to try to learn a little more about the strange and beautiful world of Clipping.” [8/10] -  Under the Radar

“Spirits are present in clipping.'s  video for "Air 'Em Out." We open on frontman Daveed Diggs settling in to another shift at his jumpsuit-requiring place of employment. As the beat builds, however,  mysterious tremors start to unsettle Diggs and the litany of office supplies at his desk. It's another top-quality video from a group that has made a habit of just that, a simple idea perfectly executed.” [“Air ‘Em Out,” Best Videos of August 2016] -  Pigeons & Planes
 
“"Baby Don't Sleep" is noisy, layered and absolutely frightening.” [“Baby Don’t Sleep”] -  NPR Music

“Beatmakers Snipes and Hutson send you plummeting into the mainframe with a musique concrète cut-up beat of television fuzz and white noise. Negative space sucks the air out of your chest as Diggs raps in an arresting staccato, deconstructing the hegemony in a most deliberate manner: “Saviors are fiction / memories are fading like ghosts.” [“Baby Don’t Sleep”] -  Passion of the Weiss

“This bangs, in the most enervating fashion possible.” [“Baby Don’t Sleep”] -  Stereogum

Tour Dates
Sep. 24 - Long Beach, CA - Music Tastes Good Festival
Sep. 30 - Los Angeles, CA - The Smell (Benefit Show)**
Oct. 26 - Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel * ^
Oct. 27 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery *
Oct. 28 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
Oct. 30 - Miami, FL - Gramps *
Nov. 01 - St. Petersberg, FL - Local 662 *
Nov. 02 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
Nov. 04 - Austin, TX - Sound on Sound Festival
* w/ Youth Code
** w/ The Mae Shi
^ World War (fka Mincemeat or Tenspeed)
 

Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 30 Days in LA - LINEUP ANNOUNCED

RED BULL SOUND SELECT PRESENTS: 30 DAYS IN LA 201630 Days. 60+ Can't Miss Artists. One Month in Los Angeles.   Download Calendar Image 
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 13, 2016) Today, Red Bull Sound Select announced the third annual Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 30 Days in LA , taking place throughout November 2016. The month-long music festival will feature 60+ can't-miss artists in venues throughout Los Angeles, exclusive to Red Bull Sound Select members. Tickets go on sale at 10 am on September 20. 
Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 30 Days in LA events feature carefully crafted lineups with noteworthy headliners including HAIM, Pusha T, Charli XCX + SOPHIE, Aurora and more, while showcasing Red Bull Sound Select artists on each bill including Charlotte Day Wilson, Xavier Omär, Finding Novyon and River Tiber. The festival has proven unique by spotlighting rising artists and diverse venues, exposing fans to future superstars while exploring LA's signature clubs and theaters. In keeping with tradition from the last two years, the 30-day festival will be punctuated with surprise collaborations and special guests throughout the month.  
New to Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 30 Days in LA in 2016 is Stones Throw Super Fest, a two-stage mini-festival in LA's Highland Park neighborhood celebrating the 20th anniversary of Stones Throw Records.  This year will also play host to the third edition of the AFROPUNK  Fancy Dress Ball, previously held in New York City and Paris. The evening will be a celebration of style, live music, deejays, dancing, and visual art in the iconic Park Plaza Hotel, and benefits the AFROPUNK Global Initiative, which dedicates itself to the promotion of diversity in media and the arts in addition to volunteer service.
Each event showcases Red Bull Sound Select artists who have been curated into the program by leading music influencers from around the world, including Innovative Leisure in Los Angeles, Laneway Festival in Australia and Fake Shore Drive in Chicago. The artist development program expanded significantly in 2016 and is currently in 18 cities around the world.
The complete lineup and artist info is available at redbullsoundselect.com/30days

Lineup - Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 30 Days in LADownload calendar imageDownload images from 2015
11/01 The Palace TheatreSamphaKelsey Lu
11/02 The RoxySunflower BeanSadGirlCandace
11/03 Multiply.LAViva Presents - Rene Contreras' Viva! Pomona festival has been bringing the best emerging music from Latin America and music scenes across the United States. This showcase will be a bill of the best up-and-coming Chilean pop music including Francisca Valenzuela and Marineros.
11/04 The WilternBob MosesHarrison Brome
11/05 Sycamore Grove ParkStones Throw Super Fest - A two-stage festival in LA's Highland Park celebrating the 20th anniversary of DJ Peanut Butter Wolf's Stones Throw Records. 
11/06 The EchoplexTory LanezPellKweku Collins
11/07 Club BahiaEmpress OfBanoffeeDizzy Fae
11/08 Election Day - No Event
11/09 The Theatre at Ace HotelLidoJoey DosikNick Leon
11/10 ExchangeSOPHIE + Charli XCXMontell2099Shaed
11/11 The MayanFake Shore Drive Presents - A look back on the past five years of Chicago hip-hop and R&B, curated by Andrew Barber of Fake Shore Drive . The event will feature Jeremih and a stacked bill of Chicago talent, along with nods to the city's food and fashion.
11/12 The Bootleg TheaterBibi BourellyHarriet BrownSur Ellz
11/13 Teragram BallroomCar Seat HeadrestNaked Giants
11/14 TBALaneway Presents - A beloved festival institution that began in Melbourne, Australia and now spans the globe, the St. Jerome's Laneway Festival has grown into an international signifier of essential music. Now in its twelfth year, the festival continues to showcase its founding values of championing community, fostering collaboration, encouraging self-expression, and finding excuses to have fun.
11/15 The FondaHAIMCharlotte Day WilsonSteven A. Clark
11/16 The BelascoPusha TTunji Ige070 Shake
11/17 ResidentWhite LungNicole DollangangerDude York
11/18 The RegentDej Loaf Sampha the GreatNamasenda
11/19 The WilternSnakehipsTennysonMasego
11/20 Park Plaza HotelAFROPUNK Fancy Dress Ball - A celebration of style, live music, DJs, dancing, visual art and philanthropy in the iconic Park Plaza Hotel. The event will benefit the AFROPUNK Global Initiative, which dedicates itself to the promotion of diversity in media and the arts in addition to volunteer service. 
11/21 AvalonJhené AikoEryn Allen KaneCherrie
11/22 The BelascoAlunaGeorgeXavier OmärVillette
11/23 Club BahiaBrownies and Lemonade presents B&L Lounge - Beginning as a secret event at a gallery space in the heart of LA earlier this year, the first B&L Lounge featured a special set from Skrillex & Mija in what was originally intended to be an intimate underground party.  Now a proven outlet for showcasing cutting-edge talent and major artists alike, this edition of B&L Lounge will pay homage to the event's underground roots by creating a unique atmosphere that allows artists to connect with fans on a more personal level.
11/24 Thanksgiving - No Event
11/25 LureThe Do-Over - A free event series originally conceived by Jamie Strong, Chris Haycock, and Aloe Blacc. Since its inception in Los Angeles, The Do-Over has gone on to host events in countries all over the world, and it looks forward to returning home for this event.
11/26 TBAOWSLA Presents -  LA-based record label founded by Skrillex, Tim Smith, Kathryn Frazier and Clayton Blaha. Recently celebrating five years as a label and collective, OWSLA is now teaming up with Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 30 Days in LA to bring an eclectic selection of dance music, art and food to celebrate the best in Los Angeles electronic culture.
11/27 The FondaAuroraForeign AirOyster Kids
11/28 The FondaAuroraForeign AirOyster Kids
11/29 The WilternYGFinding Novyon
11/30 The Theatre at Ace HotelNick Murphy (Chet Faker)River Tiber
Ticket InformationMusic fans can purchase tickets by signing up for Red Bull Sound Select, which is free to join. Tickets to Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 30 Days in LA are $15 (plus fees and taxes) or less per show and limited to two tickets per night, per person. To sign up for Red Bull Sound Select and to purchase tickets, please visit www.redbullsoundselect.com/30Days

The Kills Share Music Video for "Impossible Tracks"

The Kills
Share Music Video for "Impossible Tracks" - Watch Now
Ash & Ice Out Now on Domino 
The Kills (Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart) released their fifth full-length album, Ash & Ice  earlier this summer. Today, the band shares their music video for "Impossible Tracks," which was directed by Ellis Bahl.
Alison says about the video: "Introducing our new video for IMPOSSIBLE TRACKS! Shot by director Ellis Bahl, at Luna Park- the old weird and wonderful amusement park of dreams and nightmares so iconic to Melbourne Australia. We'd always wanted to shoot there, so on our last tour down under, we took this fine opportunity.
Welcome to off season... winter time, blistering bitter cold, the park to ourselves all day and night. The lights buzzing, the gears cranking, a hallucinatory stream of whiplash and spin. We shot between bursts of monsoon weather and crooked wind, we rode the rides, played the games, and lost ourselves in the mirror house. Enter in, the guts of the park, through the mouth of lights, Luna's pearly teeth, past the big bad gaze of those glowing blue eyes... Buckle your belts and take the ride on impossible tracks."
Watch The Kills "Impossible Tracks" HERE.
Watch The Kills perform "Impossible Tracks" on The Late Late Show with James Corden - HERE
The Kills' North American tour kicked off last week in Pomona, and to celebrate the band have released a collector's edition 7" of stand-out single  Doing It To Death . The one-track release features an etched b-side and is limited to 1000 copies worldwide. Grab one from the merch booth at all upcoming shows, or exclusively from the band's webstore while supplies last. More info HERE.
The Kills Tour Dates9/13      Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theater9/14      Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works9/16      Madison, WI - Live on King Street9/17      Milwaukee, WI - The Rave9/18      Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's9/20      Portland, ME - State Theatre9/21      Montreal, QC - Metropolis9/23      New York, NY - Terminal 59/29      Manchester, UK - Albert Hall9/30      Glasgow, UK - Glasgow O2ABC10/1      Leeds, UK - Leeds Beckett Students' Union10/2      Nottingham, UK - Nottingham Rock City10/4      Oxford, UK - Oxford O2 Academy 110/5      Avon, UK - Bristol Anson Rooms10/6      Birmingham, UK - Birmingham O2 Institute 110/7      London, UK - London Roundhouse10/18    Paris, FR - Olympia10/19     Paris, FR - Olympia10/21     Amsterdam, Netherlands - RAI10/22     Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom10/23     Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit 3610/25     Cologne, Germany - E-Werk10/26     Munich, Germany - Tonhalle10/27     Zurich, Switzerland - Volkhaus10/29     Milan, Italy - Fabrique10/31     Lyon, France - Le Radiant11/1       Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 211/3       Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseu Dos Recreios11/4       Porto, Portugal - Hard Club11/5       Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia11/7       Toulouse, FR - Le Bikini11/8       Nantes, FR - Le Stereolux11/9        Antwerpen, Belgium - Arenbergschouwburg11/11      Lausanne, Switzerland - Metropop Festival11/12      Le Mans, France - Festival Bebop11/13      Brussels, Belgium - VK Club

AUTOLUX SETS RELEASE DATE FOR LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS LP

AUTOLUX SETS RELEASE DATE FOR LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS LPListen to "Brainwasher" (track 4 off the live record), and  pre-order now:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg2JXzZPqig&feature=youtu.be


Third Man Records has a theory: It's impossible not to like Autolux. Because Carla Azar. Because of the soundtrack-of-the-otts symphony of their first two records. Because of their recent release  PUSSY'S DEAD , which sounds more like the future than the score to TRON. Because two of the band's members met while composing the music for a Nobel-prize winner's play. Because Danger Mouse's 30th Century Records is their new label home (and we love us some Danger Mouse.) Following that logic, it's impossible not to also like Autolux's first live record, captured direct-to-acetate on Third Man Records' 1955 Scully lathe on March 26th, 2016. 
Eugene Goreshter, Greg Edwards, and Carla Azar made the Blue Room stage feel small that evening, Azar standing atop her drum throne, projections kaleidoscoping on the acoustic tiling behind them. It was one of their first live shows together in the years since their last record, Transit Transit, was released (in 2010), the in between of which saw each band member pursuing other worthy projects. No time to lose, the band's cohesion was immediate, their sense-of-self solid, and their energy infectious.  
Some of the best tracks of PUSSY'S DEAD made it into this live set, to the delight of the ecstatic Nashville audience that Saturday night: "Soft Scene," "Anonymous," "Brainwasher," to name a few. Combine with a few well-placed gems from their previous releases ("Plantlife!" "Blanket!"), and the result is one of the most fun (and one of the more nuanced) records in the Third Man Live catalog. 
Autolux Live at Third Man Records is officially out and available at a record store near you on September 30th, 2016. .

Green Day Premiere Music Video For "Bang Bang" Today On Band's Facebook Page

GREEN DAY PREMIERE MUSIC VIDEO FOR "BANG BANG" TODAY ON BAND'S 
VIDEO DIRECTED BY RANCID'S TIM ARMSTRONG September 13th, 2016 - (Los Angeles, CA) - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award-winning rock band Green Day release the music video for their current single "Bang Bang" from their upcoming new album  Revolution Radio , which will be released by Reprise Records on October 7th. Shot in Venice, CA, the video was directed by Rancid's Tim Armstrong and is available to watch today exclusively on the band's Facebook  HERE .
  

 "Bang Bang," climbed to No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart in just its third week of release and has earned Green Day rave reviews: "Like Rage Against the Machine and Public Enemy before them, Green Day can't sit on the sidelines during these extremely political times." -  TIME  "A big dose of nostalgia for fans of the band's '90s era." - Brooklyn Vegan "Promises a musical return to the streamlined snark of the Dookie days." -  Vulture  "The group is back with a barnstormer of a new punk record" -  The Los Angeles Times  Produced by Green Day and recorded in Oakland, Revolution Radio is a potent 12-track blitz of angst-ridden anthems that unites Green Day's fully formed stylistic approach with lyrical themes that address the complexities and uncertainties of modern day existence. Musically, the album is raw, visceral, and fearless - solidifying the band's reign as one of the leading voices in rock music. Inspired by recent events, "Bang Bang" marks a welcome return from a band with more to say than ever. Green Day will hit the road for a series of intimate club shows in the U.S. and Canada in support of the album. The North American dates kick off on September 20th in St. Louis, MO, and conclude with a show on October 20th in Berkeley, CA. Visit www.greenday.com for ticket info. Green Day's upcoming tour dates are as follows:
09/20St. Louis, MOThe Pageant09/21Chicago, ILAragon Ballroom09/23Toronto, ONWorld Cup of Hockey09/24Detroit, MIFillmore09/26Columbus, OHNewport Music Hall09/28Sayreville, NJStarland Theater09/29Philadelphia, PATower Theatre10/01Boston, MAHouse of Blues10/03Washington, DC9:30 Club10/08New York, NYWebster Hall10/17Los Angeles, CAPalladium10/20Berkeley, CAUC Theatre01/10Turin, ItalyPala Alpitour01/11Florence, ItalyMandela Forum01/13Bologna, ItalyUnipol Arena01/14Milan, ItalyMediolanum Forum01/16Zurich, SwitzerlandHallenstadion01/18Manheim, GermanySAP Arena01/19Berlin, GermanyMercedes Benz Arena01/21Kraków, PolandTauron Arena Kraków01/22Prague, Czech RepublicTipsport Arena01/25Oslo, NorwaySpektrum01/27Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Globe01/28Malmo, SwedenMalmo Arena01/30Cologne, GermanyLanxesse Arena01/31Amsterdam, HollandZiggo Dome02/02Brussels, BelgiumForest National02/03Paris, FranceAccorhotels Arena02/05Leeds, UKLeeds First Direct Arena02/06Manchester, UKManchester Arena02/08London, UKLondon The O206/23Scheeßel, GermanyHurricane Festival06/24Tuttlingen, GermanySouthside Festival
 Credit: Frank Maddocks