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Magic Wands play Levitation and tour dates

MAGIC WANDS STREAM FULL 'JUPITER' LP VIA BROOKLYN VEGAN

PLAY LEVITATION FESTIVAL MAY 1ST

ALBUM OUT ON CLEOPATRA RECORDSLISTEN & SHARE: Magic Wands - 'Jupiter' LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xicRmPDW8Ww
DF // MW // SPRING TOUR 4.25 SAN DIEGO Soda Bar - Future Age4.26 TUCSON Sky Bar Tucson - The GayBoys • The Rifle4.27 EL PASO, TX Bowie Feathers4.29-5.01 AUSTIN, TX LEVITATION - Brian Wilson, Animal Collective, The Black Angels, Ween, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Melodys Echo Chamber, Boris + MORE5.04 PHOENIX, AZ Valley Bar - Good Friends Great Enemies5.05 LAS VEGAS, NV Velveteen Rabbit - Echo Stains5.07 LONG BEACH, CA MADhaus Long Beach - SPINDRIFT • Vanilla + MORE5.08 POMONA, CA Acerogami5.09 LOS ANGELES, CA The Echo Residency KICK OFF w/
Dinner • Magic Wands • Number DJ Tami & Gregg Foreman"Mixing elements of gothy postpunk and ethereal psych (with no shortage of hooks), their sound might best be described as "witchy." Like the Raveonettes or Black Ryder? This will likely appeal to you as well." -BrooklynVegan

"['"Heartbeat"] is a five-minute dream pop tidal wave kept aloft by a snaking post-punk bassline, with vocalist Dexy Valentine coasting above it all with serene cool." -  Under The Rada r

" Featuring many first takes of drums, guitars, and bass, [Jupiter] marks a shift in Magic Wands' sound, but one that exemplifies the band's musical growth and confidence." -  Interview Los Angeles duo Magic Wands share their highly anticipated new LP 'Jupiter' this week.  You can stream the album in full on Brooklyn Vegan who says "Mixing elements of gothy postpunk and ethereal psych (with no shortage of hooks), their sound might best be described as "witchy." Like the Raveonettes or Black Ryder? This will likely appeal to you as well." The duo also announces a performance at this year's Levitation Festival on Sunday, May 1st with additional West coast and Midwest tour dates to be announced this Spring. Jupiter is out February 26th on Cleopatra Records.

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1. Jupiter
2. Love Soldier
3. Lazerbitch
4. Chariot
5. Dream Street
6. Himalaya
7. Blue Wall
8. I’ll Never Go There Again
9. Heartbeat
10. Jupiter IIPhoto Cred: Jenny Baumert

L.A. WITCH @ The Mayan on Monday (w/ The Kills)

L.A. WITCH ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR w/ THE KILLS

NEW 7" SINGLE DRIVE YOUR CAR OUT NOW
   LISTEN & SHARE: L.A. WITCH - "Drive Your Car"
"“Drive Your Car” squeals into chugging riffs from guitarist and vocalist Sade Sanchez and bassist Irita Pai, spurred into a higher, exit ramp-climbing gear from drummer Ellie English. Sanchez’s voice howls through the canyons of her own reverb like she’s yelling behind the wheel of a stolen Mustang in a Santa Ana tunnel, reveling in her cacophonous freedom Thelma & Louise-style."
- SPIN

"L.A. Witch has a fearless approach grounded in an uncompromising approach to creating their own sound and cult aesthetic." - Art Tavana, Tom Tom Magazine

"The music of L.A. Witch is experimental and raw ... Their heavy sound features Sanchez's ghostly lo-fi vocals on "Get Lost," where the brooding songstress begs for someone, anyone, to "save me from myself, save me from myself."" - LA Weekly
  L.A. WITCH - NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
04.18 - Mayan - Los Angeles, CA *
04.27 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City (w/ Dressy Bessy)
04.28 - Downtown Artery - Ft. Collins, CO (w/ Serpentfoot)
04.29 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO (w/ Dragon Deer)
05.01 - Levitation After Party - Austin, TX
05.02 - Walters - Houston, TX (w/ Sugar Candy Mountain)
05.03 - RBC - Dallas, TX (w/ Dirty Fences)
05.04 - Middle Map Fest - Kansas City (w/ Cold War Kids)
05.05 - Vega - Lincoln, NE
05.06 - Frequency - Madison, WI (w/ Levitation Room)
05.07 - Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI (w/ Heaters)
05.08 - Empty Bottle, Chicago (w/ Sugar Candy Mountain)
05.09 - UFO - Detroit, MI (w/ Sugar Candy Mountain)
05.10 - Thompson House - Newport, KY (w/ Leggy)
05.12 - 529 - Atlanta, GA - (w/ Death Valley Girls)
05.13 - Hardywood - Richmond, VA *
05.14 - 930 Club - Washington, DC *
05.15 - 930 Club - Washington, DC *
05.17 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY *
05.18 - Shea Stadium - Brooklyn, NY (w/ High Wasted)
05.19 - Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA *
05.20 - L'Esco - Montreal *
05.21 - Danforth Music Hall - Toronto *
05.22 - St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI *
05.23 - Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL *
05.25 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN *
05.26 - Midland Theatre - Kansas City, MO *
05.27 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO *
05.28 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, Utah *
05.31 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC *
06.01 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA *
06.02 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR *
* dates with The Kills DRIVE YOUR CAR 7" - OUT NOW!
A. Drive Your Car
B. Ain't Comin Home Master

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The Mystery Lights Preview 'Follow Me Home' On Rolling Stone / Taken From Debut Album Out June 24th

The Mystery Lights Preview 'Follow Me Home' On Rolling StoneTaken From Self-Titled Debut Album Out June 24th Via Daptone's New Rock Imprint, Wick

Pre-order:Amazon​iTunes
US Tour Dates Forthcoming


Photo: Sacha Lecca In an era when the city kvetches that there are no good NYC bands, when half of the music scene has split for sunny California, the Mystery Lights are an anomaly. Not only did these bold young men reverse the direction – optimistically migrating east against the tide from the west coast, but they also landed in the wormy apple to immerse themselves in the action and diversity of New York City. They all share an apartment in Ridgewood, Queens - the basement of which they've converted into a makeshift rehearsal space. Betting against the odds to live the archetypical 20th century downtown musician lifestyle in 2016, though inevitably further east of the bridge, they also play with the kind of conviction, immediacy, and raw power of their mighty ancestors – from the Velvets to the Voidoids and beyond. The Mystery Lights are living proof that vital contemporary music, in this case real-deal rock’n’roll, can still be dreamed, constructed, and performed in the Empire City. Mike Brandon and L.A. Solano have been in many different versions of The Mystery Lights under assorted monikers since their teens. In a heroic jump from the small town of Salinas, California to NYC, the band solidified its lineup to also include Alex Amini, Kevin Harris, and Noah Kohll. The explosive live shows gradually became the stuff of legend as the quintet won their following one fan at a time in dives from Brooklyn to the Bowery. Organically unfolding over the nights months and years, the Lights’ sound has evolved into a fuzz-fueled hopped-up 21st Century take on 60s garage pebbles, and artful 70s punk, that is all their own. 2016 finds these rock’n’roll knights embarking upon the next logical step - unleashing their own brand of kick out the jams on tour and in the studio. When Daptone Records launched their Wick Records rock imprint, they wasted no time approaching Mystery Lights as their inaugural act.  Hot on the heels of the "Too Many Girls"/"Too Tough To Bear" single, Wick officially rolls out the Mystery Lights’ debut LP, recorded at Daptone Records' House of Soul studio, on June 24. Are you ready? - Jonathan Toubin 

Kikagaku Moyo Shares "Melted Crystal" via FLOOD | 'House In The Tall Grass' LP Out May 13th on Guruguru Brain

Kikagaku Moyo Shares "Melted Crystal" via FLOOD

New Album House In The Tall Grass Out 5/13 On Guruguru Brain

Now Available For Pre-order Photo Cred: Kentaro
LISTEN & SHARE: Kikagaku Moyo -  "Melted Crystal"
“'Melted Crystal' is music that requests—and rewards—your quiet contemplation." - FLOOD  Kikagaku Moyo have premiered their track "Melted Crystal" via  FLOOD . You can listenhere. Following their split 7” with Moon Duo late last year, Tokyo’s  Kikagaku Moyo  have announced details of their forthcoming new album  House In The Tall Grass  for release on May 13th via Guruguru Brain. You can pre-order the album here.

“I wasn’t inspired by anything in particular. I was just playing the guitar one day and the notes flowed from my fingers naturally, which I wrote the song around. Perhaps I was subconsciously influenced by Popol Vuh and acid folk songs, because I was listening to that a lot at the time.  I like to make sounds that have never been heard before by layering different guitar phrases. I like doing it that way because if it turns out well, each phrase melts into each other and becomes one. That’’s how I came up with the name Melted Crystal” -GuyUpcoming EU Dates
05.25 - Cube - Bristol, UK
05.26 - Fields Brewhouse - London, UK
05.27 - Star and Garter - Manchester, UK
05.28 - Nice’nSleazys - Glasgow, Scotland
05.29 - Karma Fest - Leeds, UK
05.30 - Bleach - Brighton UK
06.23 - Issey Miyake - Paris Fashion Week

The Village Voice Announces Lineup For 6th Annual 4Knots Music Festival

 The Village Voice Announces Lineup For6th Annual 4Knots Music Festival Guided By VoicesThe StrumbellasProtomartyrCar Seat HeadrestKirk KnightGirlpoolBayonneDiane CoffeePromised Land SoundMild High ClubAnd More To Be Announced Free, All Ages, Outdoor Festival To Be Held Saturday, July 9At South Street Seaport   NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 13, 2016 - The  Village Voice  is proud to announce the lineup for its sixth annual4Knots Music Festival, being held in its original home at the South Street Seaport on Saturday, July 9th. For this year's festival, the Voice is expanding their variety of genres to include Americana, Hip-Hop, Electronica, and more. 4Knots 2016 will feature performances by Guided By Voices, The Strumbellas, Protomartyr, Car Seat Headrest, Kirk Knight, Girlpool, Bayonne, Diane Coffee, Promised Land Sound, and Mild High Club, plus more bands to be announced soon. The Voice is thrilled to announce it is returning to our roots with a free festival this year as part of the re-established Voice mission to bring music, art and culture to New Yorkers under the new ownership of Peter Barbey. "In line with the Voice's role as a tentpole of the cultural community in New York, we felt it was essential to continue our music legacy by producing a fantastic, free summer festival again," Barbey said. 4Knots will continue the Voice's successful 16-year run of showcasing emerging artists and indie rock bands in New York City. From 1pm-8pm,the festival will take over the Seaport and Pier 16 for a day full with more than a dozen artists performing for more than 10,000 music fans. "We're thrilled to have 4Knots back at the Seaport Museum! Our East River piers with historic ships are a great venue and the 4Knots festival brings great music and new visitors to this New York gem," said Captain Jonathan Boulware, Executive Director, South Street Seaport Museum. "As we move closer the opening of the new Seaport, with Jean-Georges' Food Market, and McNally Jackson in 2017 we are so proud to welcome back the 4Knots Music Festival and showcase the Seaport District as a home of great, live entertainment in an unparalleled river front setting,"said Phillip St. Pierre, Senior General Manager of Seaport District & Howard Hughes Corporation.
The festival prides itself on presenting audiences with the best up-and-coming artists breaking through today. Past performers have included:Dinosaur Jr., Super Furry Animals, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Mac DeMarco, Twin Peaks, Mikal Cronin, Those Darlins, Screaming Females, Happyness, Meatbodies, Nude Beach, Viet Cong, Juan Wauters, Speedy Ortiz, Radkey, Dead Stars, Kurt Vile & The Violators, The Men, Parquet Courts, Fat Tony, The Black Angels, The Drums, Dan Deacon, Oberhofer, Titus Andronicus, Crocodiles, Nick Waterhouse, Bleached, Archers of Loaf, Delicate Steve, Hospitality, Devin, Eleanor Friedberger, Team Spirit and more. This year's 4Knots art was commissioned by Brooklyn based artists Jeremyville. For further updates and announcements please visitwww.villagevoice4knots.com/4knots.   Review clips from last year's festival, featured on New York Magazine, Stereogum, Gothamist, People Magazine and more.  

Charlotte Day Wilson Premieres New Song "Work" on Beats 1 With Zane Lowe + The Fader

CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON PREMIERES NEW SONG "WORK" ON BEATS 1 WITH ZANE LOWE
LISTEN NOW ON THE FADER Zane Lowe premiered Toronto soul singer & multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Day Wilson' dazzling new song "Work" yesterday on Beats 1;  The Fader  followed with the track's online premiere, calling it "a song that moves slow as snowfall, a thick layer of organ harmonies are nudged toward crescendo by the lazy shuffle of drums and the quiet flicker of a guitar. For Charlotte, 'Work' isn't about the breathless, anxiety-inducing approach to getting shit done, but the courage that comes through tenacity." Charlotte describes the transcendent track as "a bit of a mantra to remind myself to hustle as hard as possible."
 LISTEN TO "WORK"
"Work" follows Charlotte's debut single "After All," a song that broke Hype Machine's Top 10 and was described as "angelic" (The 405), "visceral" (Pigeons & Planes), and "sensuous" (Indie Shuffle). 
Stay tuned for more music and updates on Charlotte Day Wilson. Charlotte Day Wilson, 23-year old singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, is the latest to emerge from a crop of exciting Toronto-based jazz and R&B influenced artists earning global recognition, including friends and collaborators BADBADNOTGOOD and River Tiber.
Trained as a vocalist, guitarist and saxophonist with roots in R&B, soul and folk, "Work" is the beginning of a wealth of new material from Charlotte, each song intimate and accessible and driven by the honesty of her voice.
WATCH: Charlotte Day Wilson performs "After All" live at Los Angeles' Tower Theatre for Pitchfork TV

Fred Armisen Directed A Video for The Howling Hex! Watch Now!

MONTAGE OF HEXHex it up! Behold the righteous combination of Neil Michael Hagerty and The Howling Hex AND Fred Armisen! No, we're not talking about some unholy musical collaboration, but instead an audio-visual partnership of mega- (and maybe even meta-?) proportions! Comedian/actor/musician and international jet setter extraordinaire, Fred Armisen, recently journeyed to the Land of Fire and Ice (....Iceland, kids.) and we can prove it! The music video for the new Howling Hex single, "Mountain", showcases Armisen's trip to an Icelandic news station with the same energy and potency as the song itself!
Fred's agile direction features razor-sharp cuts, repetitions and loops, highlighting the mile-high energy assault, swift percussion and searing sting ofNeil's six-string gymnopodie while meeting the "Mountain" in its own aerie! The return of Neil Hagerty and the Howling Hex is extra-glorious with Fred Armisen's idiosyncratic visual stimulation - "Mountain" is bound to elevate your senses.
Unusual and unexpected - which is exactly what you don't want to expect, can you dig it? Watch "Mountain" on  Tiny Mix Tapes  now and grab your copy of Denver  on the 15th! WATCH "MOUNTAIN"
HERE Neil Michael Hagerty and The Howling Hex are also headed to Europe in May for a gigantic tour! Catch them on the dates belowand look out for more to come:

May 06 - in Ghent, Belgium at VOORUITMay 07 - in Rotterdam, Netherlands at ROODKAPJE SUBMay 08 - in Brighton, UK at THE PRINCE ALBERTMay 09 -in Cambridge, UK at THE PORTLAND ARMSMay 10 in London, UK at MOTH CLUBMay 11 - in Leeds, UK at HEADROWMay 12 -in Glasgow, UK at BROADCASTMay 13 -in Preston, UK in THE CONTINENTAL PUBMay 14 - in Brighton, UK at EXCHANGEMay 17 - in Hamburg, Germany in ASTRA STUBEMay 18 - in Copenhagen, Denmark in JAZZHOUSEMay 19 -in Oslo, Norway in REVOLVERMay 20 -in Gothenburg, Sweden at FOLKMay 21 - Aarhus, Denmark at POP REVO FESTIVALMay 26 - Prague, Czech Republic at KLUB 007May 28 - Ljubljana, Slovenia at CHANNEL ZEROMay 30 - in Bologna, Italy at FREAKOUT CLUBMay 31 -in Rome, Italy at FANFULLAJune 01 -in Genova, Italy at TEATRO ALTROVEJune 03 - in Barcelona, Spain at PRIMAVERA SOUNDJune 05 - in Biel, Switzerland at TBAJune 06 - in Zurich, Switzerland at BOSCHBARJune 07 - in Geneva, Switzerland at CAVE12June 08 - in Paris, France at LES INSTANTS CHAVIRÉSJune 11 -in Porto, Portugal at NOS PRIMAVERA SOUNDNeil Michael Hagerty and The Howling Hex Online:  Official Website-http://www.howlinghex.com/Pre Order-http://www.dragcity.com/products/denverDrag City- http://www.dragcity.com/artists/neil-michael-hagerty-the-howling-hex
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Britta Phillips Debut Album LUCK OR MAGIC

Britta Phillips Debut Album LUCK OR MAGIC Out April 29 via Double Feature Records
Spring Tour Dates Confirmed"Rife with the gossamer, exotic melodies so synonymous with Phillips other musical projects...Luck Or Magic allows Phillips to shine, exhibiting that beyond being a fine vocalist and instrumentalist, she's also a superb songwriter." AV Club

Britta Phillips is gearing up for the release of her debut solo album  Luck Or Magic on April 29 (Double Feature Records) and recently shared a new single "Daydream" which you can listen to here . The track is cleared to share / post!  Luck or Magic is five original songs and five covers and "Daydream" marks the first original she has revealed to date.  
Phillips - who is a member of the bands Luna and Dean & Britta - has also confirmed her first tour dates in support of  Luck Or Magic .  She will be playing in Texas next month (supporting Luna), London in the Fall with more to be confirmed. You can find the updated tour dates here and here:
Tour Dates:MAY 4 - DALLAS - GRANADA THEATERMAY 5 - AUSTIN - MOHAWKMAY 7 - HOUSTON - NUMBERSOCTOBER 7 - LONDON - ACADEMY ISLINGTON
Previous to sharing "Daydream" Britta released "Drive," her take on the song by The Cars. The video for the track features ODD FUTURE collaborator Errol Chatham and writer/ actress/ filmmaker and Angelino, Tierney Finster (Niko The Ikon, writer for The Mel). Interview Magazine talked to Britta about the video and her album - read the Q&A here! 
Bio:The genesis of Luck or Magic, the debut solo album from Britta Phillips, was a 2012 lunch she had with the late Scott Hardkiss (renowned DJ and pioneer of San Francisco rave culture and electronic music). At the time Britta was busy touring the world as one half of Dean & Britta (Phillip's band with husband Dean Wareham) but the idea was appealing.  Scott had done some re-mixes for Dean & Britta, and though his background was in rave culture he was also a fan of Galaxie 500 (Dean's former band) so Britta was intrigued and by the end of the lunch a plan was hatched.
Phillips soon found herself in Hardkiss' Brooklyn studio where they started working on what later became album tracks "Drive" and "Landslide."  Says Britta, "Scott recorded 'Drive' with me playing piano and singing, and I didn't think much of it, but a week later he came back with a re-mix based around a synthesized arpeggio and I loved it. Something similar happened with 'Landslide' - Scott wanted Dean to play one of his vintage guitar solos and once that was in place the track felt really dynamic."  Over the next several months Scott and Britta sent each other playlists for songwriting and production inspiration. "He sent me Sly & The Family Stone, Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye, Low Motion Disco as well as sparse recordings like Arthur Russell's "Our Last Night Together." I sent him Chromatics, Glass Candy, LCD Soundsystem, Kraftwerk, T. Rex,  Beach House, and Lana Del Rey. And we crossed over on artists like Nancy Sinatra, Shuggie Otis, and Air," she explains.
Britta and Scott continued working together for about a year finding odd bits of time to get together in between their respective other projects.  But in late March, 2013, just a few days before days before Britta and Dean were embarking on a move to Los Angeles, Scott passed away in his sleep, suddenly and shockingly, at age 43.

Out in Los Angeles, Britta and Wareham started working on the score for Noah Baumbach's movie, Mistress America. "It was really hard to return to the record I had started with Scott. He was such a sweet and generous friend and champion of mine. I was crushed," Phillips confides. Eventually, she found herself writing in the couple's little studio in their back yard.  She says, "I think the sunshine... and maybe Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, helped pull me out of my funk. Scott had given me one book,Songwriters on Songwriting, and it was heartening to read that songwriters often feel like they don't know how to begin or where they're going. I also read the Clarissa Estes book Women Who Run With The Wolves which helped me to write personal stuff - things that felt embarrassing to sing - and also enabled me to get beyond my own personal character and play with archetypes a little."  After a year of writing and recording back there Phillips went into an LA studio to finish Luck Or Magic with producer/mixer Eric Broucek (house engineer at DFA for five years working with LCD Soundsystem, James Murphy, the Juan Maclean and Eleanor Friedberger). He helped edit and re-arrange the existing recordings as well as adding live drums and re-recording many of the existing vocals and other instruments.

Britta Phillips was 21 when she was cast as the singing voice of the cartoon character, Jem, lead singer of the fictitious Jem & the Holograms. In 1988 she co-starred in the guilty-pleasure comedy film Satisfaction about an all-girl rock band. The film features Julia Roberts (in her first big-screen appearance) and Justine Bateman. After the film's release, Britta co-founded the real-life shoegaze band The Belltower, who moved to London and released one album and a handful of EPs before breaking up in 1996. After a short stint playing bass with Ben Lee, Britta joined Luna in 1999, met her future husband, Dean Wareham, and made three albums with the band (she is still a member). The couple have recorded several albums as Dean & Britta and are active scoring films, notably The Squid & the Whaleand and Mistress America for Noah Baumbach. Luck or Magic is her first solo album.

Photo Credit: Luz Gallardo  Tracklisting:     Daydream      Do It Last      One Fine Summer Morning (Evie Sands - 1969)      Million Dollar Doll      Drive (The Cars - 1984)      Fallin' In Love (Dennis Wilson - 1970)      Luck or Magic      Landslide (Fleetwood Mac - 1975)      Wrap Your Arms Around Me (Agnetha Fältskog from ABBA - 1983)      Ingrid Superstar

Kristin Kontrol Debuts New Track "Show Me" On i-D, Announces Tour Dates

KRISTIN KONTROL DEBUTS NEW TRACK "SHOW ME" ON i-DHERE
KRISTIN'S FORTHCOMING DEBUT, X-COMMUNICATE, WILL RELEASE MAY 27 ON SUB POP RECORDS
FIRST SET OF TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
LOS ANGELES, CA - April 12, 2016 - Kristin Kontrol - aka Dee Dee, leader of internationally acclaimed rock outfit Dum Dum Girls - released a new song today. "Show Me," with all its synth-sax flourishes and minimal groove, premiered on i-D HERE. The track, produced by Kurt Feldman with Danny Meyer on saxophone, is off her debut album,  X-Communicate , coming out on May 27 via Sub Pop Records. The album pre-order is underway HERE. Fans who pre-order X-Communicate digitally will instantly receive the title track "X-Communicate," as well. Additionally, the limited, blue-vinyl Loser Edition is available to pre-order customers at megamart.subpop.com, and at select independent record stores (while supplies last). "Show Me" follows the release of the album's title track "X-Communicate," of which Cosmopolitan said "her voice...remains as smoldering as it's always been," and Pitchfork noted "the springy cushion of bass arpeggios, synth pads, and ringing guitars smartly borrows from Hi-NRG acts like Evelyn Thomas and Bananarama as well as sleek, wavy brooders like New Order and Pet Shop Boys. But the results are far too opulent to scan as merely retro. If "X-Communicate" were a look on "Project Runway," it'd find Nina Garcia gushing about how expensive it sounds." Kristin also announced her first set of tour dates HERE, including stops in Brooklyn and Boston - more dates will be announced soon.   Kristin tells her stories using a sonic palette splashed with bold pop melodies, her vocals showcasing a range hitherto unexplored by Kristin. The album was produced by Kurt Feldman (of Ice Choir and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) and Andrew Miller (who played guitar in the Dum Dum Girls' last incarnation). Longtime Dum Dum Girls producer Richard Gottehrer (Blondie, The Go-Go's) provided "sonic consultation," giving Kristin feedback on the new songs and inspiring her to continually push further. Kristin spoke more about the upcoming album in her recent Sirius XMU interview with Jenny Eliscu HERE. Dum Dum Girls was Kristin's guise for the best part of a decade. After posting her bedroom recordings online, she caught the ears of Sub Pop. From there she assembled her group of badass, black-clad cadets and toured the world. Over the course of three albums, four EPs and a bold brace of singles, Dum Dum Girls morphed from the girl group-gone-bad moves of debut album I Will Be (2010), to the comparatively plush noir-pop of 2014's Too True. At the top of 2015, Kristin decided to shed her Dum Dum Girls skin, ditching Dee Dee for her real name, Kristin, and adding Kontrol (a bit of an inside joke between old friends). Inspired by some words of wisdom from Karen O, it may be a leap into the unknown, but little risk means little reward. Tour datesJune 15 - Kingston, NY - BSP KingstonJune 16 - Portsmouth, NH - 3S ArtspaceJune 17 - Boston, MA - Middle East (upstairs)June 18 - Pawtucket, RI - The MetJune 22 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right   

Baby In Vain join The Kills! (+ drop new vid)

BABY IN VAIN SHARE NEW VIDEO VIA DIY
ANNOUNCE MAY DATES SUPPORTING THE KILLS 
DEBUT EP FOR THE KIDS OUT 4/29 ON PARTISAN
[image error]L-R: Benedicte Pierleoni, Andrea Thuesen, Lola HammerichCredit: Rasmus Weng Karlsen"a menacing intro" --Stereogum
"ferocious" --DIY
WATCH: "Martha's View" via DIY or YouTube
LISTEN: "Martha's View" via Stereogum or Soundcloud
Copenhagen trio Baby In Vain will join The Kills on a May run in Europe and are celebrating with the release of their new video for "Martha's View" off debut EP For The Kids (4/29). An intense watch, the video was shot in one take and provides disorienting visuals that match the ferociousness of the track. Of the video, the band said: 
"'Martha's View' is inspired by a woman we once met who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. It seemed fitting to make a video that makes you feel a little confused and underlines the simplicity and repetition of the song." 
The four tracks on their forthcoming EP see the band producing their own twisted take on stoner-rock, while branching out into much broader territory, pulling in the industrial menace of post-punk alongside fuzzy expeditions into the fringes of doom and garage punk. 
It's a fully realized statement of intent from the prodigious trio, who have shared stages alongside Ty Segall, Thurston Moore, The Wytches and two previous US tours with The Kills (at the personal request of Alison Mosshart). 
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Baby in Vain - EU Tour Dates 20164/28/16 - Desertfest - Berlin (w/ Electric Wizard, Pelican)4/29/16 - Aarhus, Denmark - SPOT Festival5/1/16 - Melkweg - Amsterdam**5/3/16-  La Cigale - Paris, France**5/4/16 - Village Underground - London, UK**5/5/16 - The Victoria Dalston - London, UK**
** = w/ The Kills