Alexander Laurence's Blog, page 2073
June 18, 2016
HOLY FUCK @ Levitation Vancouver
All photos taken by BEV DAVIES
June 17, 2016
SUUNS @ Levitation Vancouver
All photos taken in Vancouver by BEV DAVIES
of Montreal @ Levitation Vancouver
All pictures by Bev Davies.
Levitation Vancouver w/ Fidlar, White Lung, Allah Las, Louise Burns
all photos taken in Vancouver by BEV DAVIES
First night of Levitation Vancouver w/ Louise Burns
LOUISE BURNS
Photos taken in Vancouver by BEV DAVIES
Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Out Worldwide Today
Mitski's Puberty 2 Out Worldwide Today
"'Puberty 2' is purple like a new bruise . . . There's more variety in her singing, which moves from aggrieved to sultry to resigned. And there's more ambition in the music, which doubles down on grit while also rounding things out with a buffer of soul." - The New York Times
"These 11 tracks creep up on you, as her coiled melodies suddenly explode into cavernous freak-outs or build to a crescendo of unbearable catharsis." - NPR Music
"No one else can make shattering sound like such an act of strength." - Stereogum
Anticipation is a key component of happiness. The not-yet-having of something only strengthens your resolve to hold out a little longer, to make space for it in your life. Well here we are, the day's finally arrived. Mitski's debut record for Dead Oceans, Puberty 2 , is out worldwide today.
It's already being heralded as one of the best albums of the year thus far by Stereogum (#3) and Brooklyn Magazine (#1). With the likes of The New Yorker , NPR Music , and Dazed joining the well-deserved chorus of praise. Not to mention, last Sunday's The New York Times went deep on the album.
Puberty 2 is an indelible collection of songs crafted thoughtfully from memories and details (whose size & importance shift depending on the eye of the beholder). These are important pieces of writing that process being alive and being in love - or just being at all. We are so proud to be able to share this in full with you today.
Below you'll find links to stream and purchase Puberty 2. You'll also see that Mitski is about to embark on an extensive worldwide tour. Odds are she's coming to your city! We've also included some rad conversations she's had of late about Puberty 2, recording, life in New York & more. Dig in!
Stream Puberty 2 on Spotify
Grab your copy of Puberty 2 via:
Dead Oceans - http://smarturl.it/mitski
Bandcamp - http://bit.ly/mitskibc
Amazon - http://smarturl.it/mitski_amz
iTunes - http://smarturl.it/mitski_it
Local record shop - http://smarturl.it/mitski_ind
In conversation with Mitski:
New York Times Arts & Leisure Feature
The Fader Gen F Feature
Pitchfork Icebreaker Feature
Rolling Stone Feature
Issue Magazine Feature
"Your Best American Girl (Official Video)"
"Happy (Official Video)"
Mitski Links
Facebook
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Twitter
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Website
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Instagram
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Youtube
"'Puberty 2' is purple like a new bruise . . . There's more variety in her singing, which moves from aggrieved to sultry to resigned. And there's more ambition in the music, which doubles down on grit while also rounding things out with a buffer of soul." - The New York Times
"These 11 tracks creep up on you, as her coiled melodies suddenly explode into cavernous freak-outs or build to a crescendo of unbearable catharsis." - NPR Music
"No one else can make shattering sound like such an act of strength." - Stereogum
Anticipation is a key component of happiness. The not-yet-having of something only strengthens your resolve to hold out a little longer, to make space for it in your life. Well here we are, the day's finally arrived. Mitski's debut record for Dead Oceans, Puberty 2 , is out worldwide today.
It's already being heralded as one of the best albums of the year thus far by Stereogum (#3) and Brooklyn Magazine (#1). With the likes of The New Yorker , NPR Music , and Dazed joining the well-deserved chorus of praise. Not to mention, last Sunday's The New York Times went deep on the album.
Puberty 2 is an indelible collection of songs crafted thoughtfully from memories and details (whose size & importance shift depending on the eye of the beholder). These are important pieces of writing that process being alive and being in love - or just being at all. We are so proud to be able to share this in full with you today.
Below you'll find links to stream and purchase Puberty 2. You'll also see that Mitski is about to embark on an extensive worldwide tour. Odds are she's coming to your city! We've also included some rad conversations she's had of late about Puberty 2, recording, life in New York & more. Dig in!
Stream Puberty 2 on Spotify
Grab your copy of Puberty 2 via:
Dead Oceans - http://smarturl.it/mitski
Bandcamp - http://bit.ly/mitskibc
Amazon - http://smarturl.it/mitski_amz
iTunes - http://smarturl.it/mitski_it
Local record shop - http://smarturl.it/mitski_ind
In conversation with Mitski:
New York Times Arts & Leisure Feature
The Fader Gen F Feature
Pitchfork Icebreaker Feature
Rolling Stone Feature
Issue Magazine Feature
"Your Best American Girl (Official Video)"
"Happy (Official Video)"
Mitski Links
Facebook
|
Twitter
|
Website
|
Instagram
|
Youtube
Murcof x Vanessa Wagner - Statea out Sept the 23rd on Infine Music
MURCOF x VANESSA WAGNERSTATEAA UNIQUE BLEND OF SYNTHETIC AND ACOUSTIC TEXTURESInFiné, in its grand tradition of presenting a wide-spectrum of performers, nomadic projects, and bold collaborations is proud to deliver a new masterpiece in its discography, on the eve of its 10th Anniversary. The title of the album, Statea is a reference in old Italian to “scales” – and a nod to the perfect balance between two units of measurement.This collaboration between Mexican Ambient figurehead Murcof and multi-award winning French classical pianist Vanessa Wagner showcases a wide-ranging conception of minimalism including compositions by Philip Glass, Ligeti, John Cage,Erik Satie or Aphex Twin. The album is set for worldwide release on September 23rd.LISTEN TO THEIR DEBUT INTERPRETATION OF ARVO PÄRT
PRE-ORDER STATEA CD / VINYL ON BLEEP
1. In a Landscape (John Cage)2. Variations for the healing of Arinushka (Arvo Pärt)
3. April 14th (Aphex Twin)
4. Musica Ricercata n°2 (György Ligeti)
5. Gnossienne n°3 (Erik Satie)
6. Piano Piece 1952 (Morton Feldman)
7. Farewell, O World, O Earth (Valentyn Silvestrov)
8. China Gates (John Adams)
9. Metamorphosis 2 (Philipp Glass)Visuals by Les Garçons Sauvages et My Name Is
White Lung cover Guns N' Roses "Used To Love Her" for SiriusXMU - Tour Dates Announced
WHITE LUNG SHARE COVER OF 'USED TO LOVE HER' BY GUNS N' ROSES FOR SIRIUSXMU, LISTEN HERE
GOOGLE PLAY LIVE EP OUT TODAY
Photo: Rick RodneyCanadian punk band White Lung continue their ascent, with critical acclaim for their recent fourth album Paradise still rolling in, and a hefty US tour kicking off early next month in Los Angeles.
Paradise, released in May this year via Domino,has appeared on recent 'Best Albums of 2016 So Far' lists from Consequence of Sound, Stereogum, Spin, and Bandcamp. Yesterday, White Lung were announced as a 2016 Polaris Music Prize nominee, alongside fellow Canadians Drake, Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen, Grimes, and The Weeknd.
White Lung's Mish Barber-Way recently performed a cover of Guns N' Roses 'Used To Love Her' during the band's SiriusXMU session. Listen to the cover HERE. The entire session premiered this past Wednesday on Sirius XM's SiriusXMU, and will replay again on Sunday at 12pm ET.
As part of Google Play and Milk Studios' ongoing emerging artist series, White Lung recently took over Milk's New York JamRoom space for a special, sweat-filled performance on top of their album release. The show was captured for a 5-track live EP, out today exclusively on Google Play. Check it out now, along with a video from the event. Other artists featured in the series include Empress Of, D.R.A.M, and more. Get White Lung - Google Play: Live At The Milk Jam Room Now
Watch the Video Here
"the most glamorous punk show we've seen in ages" - MILK
White Lung - Google Play: 'Live At The Milk Jam Room' Tracklisting1. Kiss Me When I Bleed (Live)2. Sister (Live)3. Down In Goes (Live)4. Demented (Live)5. Drown With The Monster (Live)
Watch the 'Hungry' video HERE. Watch the 'Below' video HERE.
"The quartet are banshees, pummeling their demons with speeds and screams so loud and fast that masochism matures into pleasure. Despite this, in between soberingly honest anecdotes regarding body dysmorphia, substance abuse, and trauma, White Lung are romantic. In this style, "Kiss Me When I Bleed" explores the inherent relationship between desire and disgust. The result is like if the lawless, drug-addled characters in a Harmony Korine film decided to adapt Romeo and Juliet." - PITCHFORK
"Mish Barber-Way's deadliest vocal delivery to date" - BILLBOARD
"the best punk band of the current decade." - BROOKLYN VEGAN
"...we're not going to stop shoving them down your throat until you accept it and White Lung becomes the biggest band in the world" - NOISEY
"hot shit-all uptempo restlessness and witchy swagger-full of renewed raw power at every transition." - VICE
White Lung 2016 Tour Dates:
June 17-18 || Vancouver, BC - LevitationJuly 8 || Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom*July 9 || San Diego, CA - Casbah*July 10 || Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar*July 13 || Austin, TX - The Sidewinder*July 14 || Dallas, TX - Club Dada*July 16 || St Louis, MO - The Firebird*July 18 || Bloomington, IN - Bluebird %July 19 || Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom*July 20 || Detroit, MI - El Club*July 22 || Oro-Medonte, ON - WayHome Music & Arts FestivalJuly 24 || New York, NY - Panorama Music & Arts FestivalJuly 29 || Montreal, QC - Osheaga FestivalJuly 30 || Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall ^August 1 || Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle ^August 2 || Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel ^Aug 3 || Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe ^August 4 || Columbus, OH - Big Room Bar ^Aug 5 || Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Restaurant ^August 6 || Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club ^August 8 || Winnipeg, MB - The Good Will ^August 10 || Calgary, AB - Commonwealth ^August 12 || Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios ^August 13 || Seattle, WA - Neumos ^August 15 || San Francisco, CA - The Independent ^September 4-6 || Denver, CO - Riot Fest & RodeoSeptember 16-18 || Chicago, IL - Riot Fest & Carnival October 7-9 || Edmonton, AB - Up Downtown Music Festival
* - w/ Plague Vendor% - w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra ^ - w/ Greys
Alexandra Savior Collaborates With Alex Turner. Debuts "Shades."
ALEXANDRA SAVIOR DEBUTS “SHADES”
LISTEN
“SHADES”
With a voice that channels the ghosts of smoky fifties jazz haunts, lucid and literary lyricism worthy of J.D. Salinger, and wondrous youth-in-revolt abandon, Alexandra Savior will tell you she makes, “Sassy impolite spaghetti western music.”
Today, after much intrigue, fascination and speculation from music fans and press alike, the Portland, OR born, 21-year-old artist has quenched our thirst and revealed her first official song titled “ Shades .”
Produced by Arctic Monkey’s front-man Alex Turner and James Ford (Florence and the Machine, Haim, Jessie Ware), “Shades” introduces the world to Alexandra with a shaky tambourine, rustling guitar hum, buzzing synths, and her croon, “I kinda wish that it was New Year’s Day on a vacant street. I cast a long ass shadow when you’re looking for your shade.” “It’s about knowing you’re doing something you’re not supposed to be and reveling in it,” she smiles.
“Shades” received its worldwide premiere exclusively on Zane Lowe's Beats1 radio show on Apple Music and is available worldwide today on all digital platforms.
iTunes | Apple Music | Spotify | VEVO | Soundcloud Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
LISTEN
“SHADES”
With a voice that channels the ghosts of smoky fifties jazz haunts, lucid and literary lyricism worthy of J.D. Salinger, and wondrous youth-in-revolt abandon, Alexandra Savior will tell you she makes, “Sassy impolite spaghetti western music.”
Today, after much intrigue, fascination and speculation from music fans and press alike, the Portland, OR born, 21-year-old artist has quenched our thirst and revealed her first official song titled “ Shades .”
Produced by Arctic Monkey’s front-man Alex Turner and James Ford (Florence and the Machine, Haim, Jessie Ware), “Shades” introduces the world to Alexandra with a shaky tambourine, rustling guitar hum, buzzing synths, and her croon, “I kinda wish that it was New Year’s Day on a vacant street. I cast a long ass shadow when you’re looking for your shade.” “It’s about knowing you’re doing something you’re not supposed to be and reveling in it,” she smiles.
“Shades” received its worldwide premiere exclusively on Zane Lowe's Beats1 radio show on Apple Music and is available worldwide today on all digital platforms.
iTunes | Apple Music | Spotify | VEVO | Soundcloud Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Future Generations Share "Coast" Single Off Self-Titled Debut Album Out July 29 via Frenchkiss
FUTURE GENERATIONS BAND SHARES NEW SINGLE "COAST"
https://soundcloud.com/frenchkiss_records/future-generations-coast/s-CucVj
DEBUT SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT VIA
FRENCHKISS RECORDS ON JULY 29 NEW YORK CITY SHOW AT
MERCURY LOUNGE JULY 29.
ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
Today Future Generations share a new track off their forthcoming self-titled debut album. "Coast" premiered via Popmatters who said the track "recalls the flawlessly nonchalant rock of Two Door Cinema Club and Future Generations' Frenchkiss labelmates Passion Pit, and it doesn't so much revel in the sunshine as let it burst from every pore." The band's Eddie Gore told the magazine "this song came about much differently than any other song on this record. It's the only song that I didn't write with the rest of the band. I was in Nashville for a short visit home and I was able to sit down with my dad, who I'd never written a song with before, and Sarah Silva, who is a very talented song writer. I didn't expect much to come of it, but Sarah was able to bring some real emotion out of me and we ended up writing a great song." Read the rest of the Q&Ahere.
LISTEN to "Coast" cleared to share / post!
Future Generations is set for release Friday, July 29 via Frenchkiss Records. To celebrate the release of the album the band - who are based in New York City - have confirmed a show at Mercury Lounge that same night. In addition they are playing the following dates this summer with more to be announced:
8/5 - Tropicalia - Washington, DC8/12 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA8/18 - Great Scott - Boston, MA8/26 - Fete Lounge - Providence, RI LISTEN to Future Generations.
DOWNLOAD Future Generations
Do not share - for review purposes only
Future Generations is Eddie Gore, Mike Sansevere and Eric Grossman - who first met in the dorms of Fordham University - and fellow Fordham graduate Devon Sheridan. As luck would have it their college housing came with a built-in practice room and a piano in the foyer that encouraged artistic collaboration. The three quickly bonded over a shared interest: a nerd-like, academic appreciation of all forms of pop music. "When we first all met, we were in that practice room. And we actually recorded something when we were down there for the first time," recalls Eddie. "So, our first recording was when we first met. We recorded onto Mike's MPC; We made a little song and then later he emailed it to us. From then on we kept emailing back and forth. Right then we decided we should be a band." Barely months into their first semester at college, the trio was sneaking in recording sessions between writing essays and reading assignments. Their dorm rooms morphed into mini-studios: Logic and Ableton replaced Microsoft Word and Excel on the foreground of their computer screens.
Future Generations' music contradicts the assumption that music always reflects the objective time and place in which its creators operated. When penning lyrics to the first EP, which would eventually catch the ears of Frenchkiss Records, Eddie shirked references to collegiate lawns, Jesuit lineage and other specific milieu of college life. Instead the lyrics reflect the struggle with finding individual meaning in an infinitely large world and sharing those anxieties with loved ones. And if Eddie's lyrical transfixions make him sound like a man eager to burst forth from the confines of suppressive on-campus ennui, then Eric's massive guitar hooks and Eddie and Mike's pulsating synths are the thruster fuel propelling the escape. With school in the rearview mirror, Future Generations spent the first months of post-grad life in a Brooklyn studio, finishing the eponymous debut. It flaunts dangerously catchy hooks and ambitiously large scope for a band that wrote and recorded most of its tunes in the cramped confines of college dormitories and email chains.
The band have previously shared the single "Stars" which you can listen to here.
https://soundcloud.com/frenchkiss_records/future-generations-coast/s-CucVj
DEBUT SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT VIA
FRENCHKISS RECORDS ON JULY 29 NEW YORK CITY SHOW AT
MERCURY LOUNGE JULY 29.
ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
Today Future Generations share a new track off their forthcoming self-titled debut album. "Coast" premiered via Popmatters who said the track "recalls the flawlessly nonchalant rock of Two Door Cinema Club and Future Generations' Frenchkiss labelmates Passion Pit, and it doesn't so much revel in the sunshine as let it burst from every pore." The band's Eddie Gore told the magazine "this song came about much differently than any other song on this record. It's the only song that I didn't write with the rest of the band. I was in Nashville for a short visit home and I was able to sit down with my dad, who I'd never written a song with before, and Sarah Silva, who is a very talented song writer. I didn't expect much to come of it, but Sarah was able to bring some real emotion out of me and we ended up writing a great song." Read the rest of the Q&Ahere. LISTEN to "Coast" cleared to share / post!
Future Generations is set for release Friday, July 29 via Frenchkiss Records. To celebrate the release of the album the band - who are based in New York City - have confirmed a show at Mercury Lounge that same night. In addition they are playing the following dates this summer with more to be announced:
8/5 - Tropicalia - Washington, DC8/12 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA8/18 - Great Scott - Boston, MA8/26 - Fete Lounge - Providence, RI LISTEN to Future Generations.
DOWNLOAD Future Generations
Do not share - for review purposes only
Future Generations is Eddie Gore, Mike Sansevere and Eric Grossman - who first met in the dorms of Fordham University - and fellow Fordham graduate Devon Sheridan. As luck would have it their college housing came with a built-in practice room and a piano in the foyer that encouraged artistic collaboration. The three quickly bonded over a shared interest: a nerd-like, academic appreciation of all forms of pop music. "When we first all met, we were in that practice room. And we actually recorded something when we were down there for the first time," recalls Eddie. "So, our first recording was when we first met. We recorded onto Mike's MPC; We made a little song and then later he emailed it to us. From then on we kept emailing back and forth. Right then we decided we should be a band." Barely months into their first semester at college, the trio was sneaking in recording sessions between writing essays and reading assignments. Their dorm rooms morphed into mini-studios: Logic and Ableton replaced Microsoft Word and Excel on the foreground of their computer screens.
Future Generations' music contradicts the assumption that music always reflects the objective time and place in which its creators operated. When penning lyrics to the first EP, which would eventually catch the ears of Frenchkiss Records, Eddie shirked references to collegiate lawns, Jesuit lineage and other specific milieu of college life. Instead the lyrics reflect the struggle with finding individual meaning in an infinitely large world and sharing those anxieties with loved ones. And if Eddie's lyrical transfixions make him sound like a man eager to burst forth from the confines of suppressive on-campus ennui, then Eric's massive guitar hooks and Eddie and Mike's pulsating synths are the thruster fuel propelling the escape. With school in the rearview mirror, Future Generations spent the first months of post-grad life in a Brooklyn studio, finishing the eponymous debut. It flaunts dangerously catchy hooks and ambitiously large scope for a band that wrote and recorded most of its tunes in the cramped confines of college dormitories and email chains.
The band have previously shared the single "Stars" which you can listen to here.
