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March 4, 2016
WIRE Nocturnal Koreans
Nocturnal Koreans
It may not have escaped your notice that we last week launched the lead and title track to our forthcoming mini-album, Nocturnal Koreans . It seems to have generated quite a bit of interest! If you haven't yet heard it, visit our SoundCloud page. However, for those who have, the thing we are sure you most want to know is that it is available for pre-order right now from our shop. And as with the last album, anyone who orders the mini-album on vinyl or CD will get a copy of the digital version on the day of release. That way you get to hear it even if the post is a little slow around your way!
Here's the tracklisting and press release. Only the title track has ever been played live.01 Nocturnal Koreans
02 Internal Exile
03 Dead Weight
04 Forward Position
05 Numbered
06 Still
07 Pilgrim Trade
08 Fishes Bones
PRESS RELEASE
Having completed a preliminary round of work on their eponymous 2015 album at Rockfield Studios, Wire found themselves with 19 tracks. Among them, there was a critical mass of 11 aesthetically unified songs. In typical Wire fashion, however, the remaining material was something other: it had the sound of a band already moving in a different direction, beyond the album project in which they were engaged at that time. These tracks were the basis for Nocturnal Koreans .
The difference between the two clusters of work birthed at Rockfield has its roots in discrete approaches to the studio process itself. “The WIRE album was quite respectful of the band,” explains Colin Newman, “and Nocturnal Koreans is less respectful of the band—or, more accurately, it’s the band being less respectful to itself—in that it’s more created in the studio, rather than recorded basically as the band played it, which was mostly the case with WIRE . A general rule for this record was: any trickery is fair game, if it mak es it sound better.” Nocturnal Koreans emphasises studio construction over authentic performance, using the recording environment as an instrument, not just as a simple means of capturing Wire playing. After Rockfield, the band reconvened at Brighton Electric studios to contribute additional parts, and the work was then further honed and developed by Newman at Swim studio.
Although it’s become de rigueur to talk about Wire’s capacity for self-reinvention, that’s never the whole story. Certainly, the impulse to pursue fresh ideas with each phase of work is buried deep in their artistic DNA, but they’ve balanced that commitment to the new with a core character and attitude that’s always at some level recognisable as Wire—without being reducible to a formulaic sound. It’s this enduring dialectic that gives Wire their unique status as a long-established band that continues to forge ahead with original music: always unmistakably Wire but always reimagined and reframed with each successive project.
The tracks “Internal Exile” and “Numbered” encapsulate this dynamic. The latter kicks off in vintage Wire mode with rigid, staccato insistence, but quickly moves through the gears to motor forward on a neo-kosmische glide driven by guitar arpeggios and Harmonia-esque synth. There’s a key, of sorts, in the lyrics: Newman playfully gestures to past glories (“You think I’m a number / Still willing to rhumba”) but refuses to rest on them for an instant (“As if I care”).The synthetic, waltzing gait of “Internal Exile” channels the spirit of underappreciated ’80s Wire (think: “The Queen of Ur and the King of Um”), but relocates it in a broader organic landscape, intriguingly fleshed out with Matthew Simms’s lap-steel guitar and, for the first time in Wire’s history, trumpet. Here, the band looks backwards and forwards simultaneously, all the while managing to avoid joining “the queue of future has-beens” mentioned in Graham Lewis’s lyric.
Nocturnal Koreans is striking in its diversity, the band fluently negotiating an expansive stylistic range, from immensely catchy pop to ambient introspection and beyond. Chronicling a sleepless night that Wire spent in a seedy Boston-area hotel on their 2013 US tour, the title track is the kind of charging, urgent tune that’s always been Newman’s forte. Lewis’s lyrics make this one of Simms’s favourites on the record, largely because of the associated memories: “It’s a great snapshot of touring America, and when I hear or play that song, it reminds me of the many weird and wonderful times, places and people that cross your path.”
Wire aren’t exactly famous for thumping-great major-chord anthems, but “Still” is just that. “Initially the band mostly hated it,” says Newman, “because it’s all major chords. I’d in fact used them quite deliberately. I was thinking about ‘Map Ref.’—which is all major chords—and how most of my songs have minor chords in them, or even weirdo chords, jazz chords. So this was like making a song with an almost bog-standard riff: there’s a billion records with that chord sequence.” The wide-screen scope of “Still,” which sounds massive despite its sub-three minute duration, comes down to Newman’s production choices, starting with Robert Grey’s drums: “We had Rob re-record his parts on everything through a mini-disc to create another layer of drums and ambience squashed with compression, so it sounds more lively and distorted and a bit more modern. You could accuse us of being fashion-conscious, but your records have to live in the world with lots of other releases, and you can’t sound a bit old-fashioned. So, on ‘Still’ we made the drums heavier and then the guitars heavier, with some synth underneath doing the same chords, so you end up with this big, rolling sound.”
At the other end of the spectrum is the beatless “Forward Position,” an austere psychodrama of drones, lap steel and spectral ambience. Despite its quiet fragility, it bristles with icy tension, amplified by reportage-style lyrics that seem to fuse personal trauma and the landscape of war, with Newman intoning the unsettling threat-cum-statement, “I am black box, I remember / Every promise that you broke.” Compared with the other tracks, this is the album’s equivalent of a prog-rock epic, clocking in at just under five minutes: “There’s a ridiculously compressed timescale on these tracks,” laughs Newman. “Look at the length of them: the longest one’s only 3:30, and most of them are short enough to be pop singles, except ‘Forward Position’—it’s too long, and it’s not cheerful enough for radio. ”
No Wire album would be truly complete without a Graham Lewis lead vocal, and the closing “Fishes Bones” doesn’t disappoint. Just when you think Lewis isn’t going to show up—after seven tracks on which Newman sings lead—it’s as if the studio door has been kicked open and there he is, a deranged thespian delivering a disciplined-yet-unhinged stream-of-consciousness slam to a driving, increasingly chaotic accompaniment. Simms found this track liberating, as it opened up creative space for the band members to express themselves: “Recording ‘Fishes Bones’ in Rockfield was exciting to me as it’s the only song for those sessions that was able to be approached differently, in that it was written as a band and Graham added the vocals later the same evening. I think it contains aspects of the interesting identity of each musi cian in Wire and presents them together in an unusual way, the result of which I like a lot.”
It’s been almost a decade since Wire reemerged from their post-Send hiatus, during which—not for the first time in its history—the band appeared to have run its course; in the intervening years, over four albums, they’ve enjoyed a late-career creative-growth spurt, settling into an inspired, industrious new lineup. Nocturnal Koreans is another unambiguous statement of how far Wire have come since 2007, a timely measure of a band in rude health, still brimming with ideas, imagination and energy.
Wilson Neate (author of Pink Flag and Read & Burn: A Book about Wire )
2016 and all that
Nocturnal Koreans is unusual for Wire in that it is an "off year" release of new material. The practicalities of our touring cycle - currently one which allows us to play major markets every two years - means that we cannot tour the album in the normal way. Even so, there are a few gigs coming soon, and more may well be added. The current state of play is as follows:
Mar 10: Con Club, Lewes, UK (Sold Out)
Mar 11: Komedia, Bath, UK
Mar 12: Cosmosis Festival, Manchester, UK
Apr 22-24: ATP, Prestatyn (curated by Drive Like Jehu)
May 27 & 29: GetMAD! Festival, Madrid, Spain
++++++++++
It may not have escaped your notice that we last week launched the lead and title track to our forthcoming mini-album, Nocturnal Koreans . It seems to have generated quite a bit of interest! If you haven't yet heard it, visit our SoundCloud page. However, for those who have, the thing we are sure you most want to know is that it is available for pre-order right now from our shop. And as with the last album, anyone who orders the mini-album on vinyl or CD will get a copy of the digital version on the day of release. That way you get to hear it even if the post is a little slow around your way!
Here's the tracklisting and press release. Only the title track has ever been played live.01 Nocturnal Koreans
02 Internal Exile
03 Dead Weight
04 Forward Position
05 Numbered
06 Still
07 Pilgrim Trade
08 Fishes Bones
PRESS RELEASE
Having completed a preliminary round of work on their eponymous 2015 album at Rockfield Studios, Wire found themselves with 19 tracks. Among them, there was a critical mass of 11 aesthetically unified songs. In typical Wire fashion, however, the remaining material was something other: it had the sound of a band already moving in a different direction, beyond the album project in which they were engaged at that time. These tracks were the basis for Nocturnal Koreans .
The difference between the two clusters of work birthed at Rockfield has its roots in discrete approaches to the studio process itself. “The WIRE album was quite respectful of the band,” explains Colin Newman, “and Nocturnal Koreans is less respectful of the band—or, more accurately, it’s the band being less respectful to itself—in that it’s more created in the studio, rather than recorded basically as the band played it, which was mostly the case with WIRE . A general rule for this record was: any trickery is fair game, if it mak es it sound better.” Nocturnal Koreans emphasises studio construction over authentic performance, using the recording environment as an instrument, not just as a simple means of capturing Wire playing. After Rockfield, the band reconvened at Brighton Electric studios to contribute additional parts, and the work was then further honed and developed by Newman at Swim studio.
Although it’s become de rigueur to talk about Wire’s capacity for self-reinvention, that’s never the whole story. Certainly, the impulse to pursue fresh ideas with each phase of work is buried deep in their artistic DNA, but they’ve balanced that commitment to the new with a core character and attitude that’s always at some level recognisable as Wire—without being reducible to a formulaic sound. It’s this enduring dialectic that gives Wire their unique status as a long-established band that continues to forge ahead with original music: always unmistakably Wire but always reimagined and reframed with each successive project.
The tracks “Internal Exile” and “Numbered” encapsulate this dynamic. The latter kicks off in vintage Wire mode with rigid, staccato insistence, but quickly moves through the gears to motor forward on a neo-kosmische glide driven by guitar arpeggios and Harmonia-esque synth. There’s a key, of sorts, in the lyrics: Newman playfully gestures to past glories (“You think I’m a number / Still willing to rhumba”) but refuses to rest on them for an instant (“As if I care”).The synthetic, waltzing gait of “Internal Exile” channels the spirit of underappreciated ’80s Wire (think: “The Queen of Ur and the King of Um”), but relocates it in a broader organic landscape, intriguingly fleshed out with Matthew Simms’s lap-steel guitar and, for the first time in Wire’s history, trumpet. Here, the band looks backwards and forwards simultaneously, all the while managing to avoid joining “the queue of future has-beens” mentioned in Graham Lewis’s lyric.
Nocturnal Koreans is striking in its diversity, the band fluently negotiating an expansive stylistic range, from immensely catchy pop to ambient introspection and beyond. Chronicling a sleepless night that Wire spent in a seedy Boston-area hotel on their 2013 US tour, the title track is the kind of charging, urgent tune that’s always been Newman’s forte. Lewis’s lyrics make this one of Simms’s favourites on the record, largely because of the associated memories: “It’s a great snapshot of touring America, and when I hear or play that song, it reminds me of the many weird and wonderful times, places and people that cross your path.”
Wire aren’t exactly famous for thumping-great major-chord anthems, but “Still” is just that. “Initially the band mostly hated it,” says Newman, “because it’s all major chords. I’d in fact used them quite deliberately. I was thinking about ‘Map Ref.’—which is all major chords—and how most of my songs have minor chords in them, or even weirdo chords, jazz chords. So this was like making a song with an almost bog-standard riff: there’s a billion records with that chord sequence.” The wide-screen scope of “Still,” which sounds massive despite its sub-three minute duration, comes down to Newman’s production choices, starting with Robert Grey’s drums: “We had Rob re-record his parts on everything through a mini-disc to create another layer of drums and ambience squashed with compression, so it sounds more lively and distorted and a bit more modern. You could accuse us of being fashion-conscious, but your records have to live in the world with lots of other releases, and you can’t sound a bit old-fashioned. So, on ‘Still’ we made the drums heavier and then the guitars heavier, with some synth underneath doing the same chords, so you end up with this big, rolling sound.”
At the other end of the spectrum is the beatless “Forward Position,” an austere psychodrama of drones, lap steel and spectral ambience. Despite its quiet fragility, it bristles with icy tension, amplified by reportage-style lyrics that seem to fuse personal trauma and the landscape of war, with Newman intoning the unsettling threat-cum-statement, “I am black box, I remember / Every promise that you broke.” Compared with the other tracks, this is the album’s equivalent of a prog-rock epic, clocking in at just under five minutes: “There’s a ridiculously compressed timescale on these tracks,” laughs Newman. “Look at the length of them: the longest one’s only 3:30, and most of them are short enough to be pop singles, except ‘Forward Position’—it’s too long, and it’s not cheerful enough for radio. ”
No Wire album would be truly complete without a Graham Lewis lead vocal, and the closing “Fishes Bones” doesn’t disappoint. Just when you think Lewis isn’t going to show up—after seven tracks on which Newman sings lead—it’s as if the studio door has been kicked open and there he is, a deranged thespian delivering a disciplined-yet-unhinged stream-of-consciousness slam to a driving, increasingly chaotic accompaniment. Simms found this track liberating, as it opened up creative space for the band members to express themselves: “Recording ‘Fishes Bones’ in Rockfield was exciting to me as it’s the only song for those sessions that was able to be approached differently, in that it was written as a band and Graham added the vocals later the same evening. I think it contains aspects of the interesting identity of each musi cian in Wire and presents them together in an unusual way, the result of which I like a lot.”
It’s been almost a decade since Wire reemerged from their post-Send hiatus, during which—not for the first time in its history—the band appeared to have run its course; in the intervening years, over four albums, they’ve enjoyed a late-career creative-growth spurt, settling into an inspired, industrious new lineup. Nocturnal Koreans is another unambiguous statement of how far Wire have come since 2007, a timely measure of a band in rude health, still brimming with ideas, imagination and energy.
Wilson Neate (author of Pink Flag and Read & Burn: A Book about Wire )
2016 and all that
Nocturnal Koreans is unusual for Wire in that it is an "off year" release of new material. The practicalities of our touring cycle - currently one which allows us to play major markets every two years - means that we cannot tour the album in the normal way. Even so, there are a few gigs coming soon, and more may well be added. The current state of play is as follows:
Mar 10: Con Club, Lewes, UK (Sold Out)
Mar 11: Komedia, Bath, UK
Mar 12: Cosmosis Festival, Manchester, UK
Apr 22-24: ATP, Prestatyn (curated by Drive Like Jehu)
May 27 & 29: GetMAD! Festival, Madrid, Spain
++++++++++
High Waisted's Debut "On Ludlow" Out NOW, Say Goodbye to Winter Blues
High Waisted’s New Album “On Ludlow”
is out NOW
“Each of these 12 tracks is a party unto itself, complete with scuzzy bass, bright vocal harmonies, and enough reverb to fill a decently sized punch bowl.” – Consequence of Sound
“The band’s mastery of 50s era vocals and classic surf guitar will have you dancing in your chair while considering buying tickets to Hawaii.” - Noisey
“Frontwoman Jess Dye and the band are also noted for bringing the lower Manhattan lifestyle to full fruition on stage and in their videos . - Impose
[Lead singer Jessica Louise] Dye sings with an easiness that disguises how technically demanding the parts are. Translation: girl can sing, and she does.” – Brooklyn Vegan
"High Waisted is primed and ready to take on the world, one surf anthem at a time." - Paste
“Somehow, they’ve managed to balance organic, unfiltered energy with the finesse necessary to craft lush and dreamy soundscapes that make you want to both chill and get up to dance and freak out – which is quite a feat.” – Alt Citizen
New York, NY, March 4, 2016—The day has finally come—NYC’s own High Waisted has dropped their debut LP On Ludlow . To cure our winter blues, the band has brought us the taste of summertime and sunshine that we are all so desperately craving. Their traction in the Lower East Side was built using their contagious positivity and always- ready-to-party attitude, as is shown clearly through the lyrics and surf-pop sound of their first full-fledged album. With lead singer Jessica Louise Dye’s powerful voice and an eclectic mix of party pop and grungy garage- band rock, the group brings empowerment, feminine inspiration, and incredible vitality to all those enjoying their music.
The album is welcomed with open arms and enthusiasm, as is expected after the release of their single “Door” and video for “Party in the Back” were so well received. While the band can bring their infectious upbeat vibe with them wherever they go, as they demonstrated during their Midwestern US tour, they are happy to be back in their favorite city for the self-release of their first album.
Sounds too crazy for your laid back lifestyle? Not to worry—this surf rock band knows when to slow it down, and does so beautifully with radiant melodies and what some would call a daydream-like sound. High Waisted surely has something for all of your listening needs—wild or tame with a vibe of summery revel in each track.
is out NOW
“Each of these 12 tracks is a party unto itself, complete with scuzzy bass, bright vocal harmonies, and enough reverb to fill a decently sized punch bowl.” – Consequence of Sound
“The band’s mastery of 50s era vocals and classic surf guitar will have you dancing in your chair while considering buying tickets to Hawaii.” - Noisey
“Frontwoman Jess Dye and the band are also noted for bringing the lower Manhattan lifestyle to full fruition on stage and in their videos . - Impose
[Lead singer Jessica Louise] Dye sings with an easiness that disguises how technically demanding the parts are. Translation: girl can sing, and she does.” – Brooklyn Vegan
"High Waisted is primed and ready to take on the world, one surf anthem at a time." - Paste
“Somehow, they’ve managed to balance organic, unfiltered energy with the finesse necessary to craft lush and dreamy soundscapes that make you want to both chill and get up to dance and freak out – which is quite a feat.” – Alt Citizen
New York, NY, March 4, 2016—The day has finally come—NYC’s own High Waisted has dropped their debut LP On Ludlow . To cure our winter blues, the band has brought us the taste of summertime and sunshine that we are all so desperately craving. Their traction in the Lower East Side was built using their contagious positivity and always- ready-to-party attitude, as is shown clearly through the lyrics and surf-pop sound of their first full-fledged album. With lead singer Jessica Louise Dye’s powerful voice and an eclectic mix of party pop and grungy garage- band rock, the group brings empowerment, feminine inspiration, and incredible vitality to all those enjoying their music.
The album is welcomed with open arms and enthusiasm, as is expected after the release of their single “Door” and video for “Party in the Back” were so well received. While the band can bring their infectious upbeat vibe with them wherever they go, as they demonstrated during their Midwestern US tour, they are happy to be back in their favorite city for the self-release of their first album.
Sounds too crazy for your laid back lifestyle? Not to worry—this surf rock band knows when to slow it down, and does so beautifully with radiant melodies and what some would call a daydream-like sound. High Waisted surely has something for all of your listening needs—wild or tame with a vibe of summery revel in each track.
Wussy Release New Album 'Forever Sounds' Today + New Video + Tour Dates
Wussy Release New Album
Forever Sounds Today
Record Release Show At Webster Hall Tonight
+ On Tour Now
Share Full Album Stream
Release New Video for “ She’s Killed Hundreds ”
"Wussy's ragged Ohio racket hits biblical proportions on 'Forever Sounds.'"
- SPIN (Album of the Week - 8/10)
“A swaggering, bleary, distorted churn topped off by another virtuoso vocal duet”
- Stereogum
“Swirling, psych-rock riffs that expand outward seemingly without end”
- A.V. Club
Heralded by critics for both their songwriting and varied sonic palette, Cincinnati nativesWussy release their sixth full-length studio album Forever Sounds today. Dubbed by SPIN as “their most challenging and densely textured to date”, the new album finds Wussy crafting raw and melodic material, exploring such themes as hauntings, false prophets, aliens, and The Big Lebowski all blanketed inside layers of noise. Following a full album stream on Noisey , the anticipated album is now widely available via Shake It / Damnably (UK). Wussy will be celebrating the release of their album with a show at Webster Hall tonight. Rounding out a monumental week for the band, their mysterious video for track “She’s Killed Hundreds” premiered today on A.V. Club .
Following critical acclaim on past albums from the likes of Pitchfork and SPIN, Wussy (made up of Chuck Cleaver, Lisa Walker, Mark Messerly, Joe Klug, and John Erhardt) returned to the recording studio for Forever Sounds with new vigor. The album blends Wussy’s pop sensibility with sound reminiscent of the band’s noise heavy live shows, which you can experience by catching Wussy on their nation-wide tour happening now.
Forever Sounds is full of themes of hope, determination, heartbreak, deception, aliens, the supernatural, the everyday, friendship, love, and second chances. Mixing Wussy’s dynamic and signature sound with new inspiration, it is sure to please both critics and fans alike.
Links
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
SoundCloud
Spotify
Tour Dates
3/4 – New York, NY at Webster Hall
3/5 – Baltimore, MD at Club 603
3/11 – Chicago, IL at Red Line Tap
3/12 – Chicago, IL at Red Line Tap
3/29 – Washington, DC at The Treehouse Lounge
3/30 – Brooklyn/Queens, NY at Trans-Pecos
3/31 – Philadelphia, PA at MilkBoy
4/2 – Boston, MA at Midway Café
4/27 – Newcastle, UK at Sage (Two) Gateshead *
4/28 – Manchester, UK at The Castle
4/29 – York, UK at The Crescent
4/30 – Cardiff, UK at The Full Moon
5/1 – London, UK at Walpurgis Nacht Festival
5/3 – Leicester, UK at The Musician
5/5 – Brighton, UK at The Hope and Ruin
5/7 – Edinburgh, UK at Electric Circus
5/8 – Bristol, UK at The Fleece *
6/8 – St. Louis at TBC
6/10 – Dallas, TX at Three Links
6/11 – Austin, TX at Spiderhouse Ballroom
6/14 – Los Angeles, CA at Silverlake Lounge
6/15 – San Francisco, CA at TBC
6/17 – Portland, OR at TBC
6/18 – Seattle WA at El Corazon
6/20 – Boise, ID at TBC
6/22 – Denver, CO at TBC
6/23 – Kansas City, MO at TBC
6/24 – Chicago, IL at TBC
6/25 – Minneapolis, MN at TBC
6/26 – Madison, WI at TBC
* in support of Shonen Knife
Forever Sounds Today
Record Release Show At Webster Hall Tonight
+ On Tour Now
Share Full Album Stream
Release New Video for “ She’s Killed Hundreds ”
"Wussy's ragged Ohio racket hits biblical proportions on 'Forever Sounds.'"
- SPIN (Album of the Week - 8/10)
“A swaggering, bleary, distorted churn topped off by another virtuoso vocal duet”
- Stereogum
“Swirling, psych-rock riffs that expand outward seemingly without end”
- A.V. Club
Heralded by critics for both their songwriting and varied sonic palette, Cincinnati nativesWussy release their sixth full-length studio album Forever Sounds today. Dubbed by SPIN as “their most challenging and densely textured to date”, the new album finds Wussy crafting raw and melodic material, exploring such themes as hauntings, false prophets, aliens, and The Big Lebowski all blanketed inside layers of noise. Following a full album stream on Noisey , the anticipated album is now widely available via Shake It / Damnably (UK). Wussy will be celebrating the release of their album with a show at Webster Hall tonight. Rounding out a monumental week for the band, their mysterious video for track “She’s Killed Hundreds” premiered today on A.V. Club .
Following critical acclaim on past albums from the likes of Pitchfork and SPIN, Wussy (made up of Chuck Cleaver, Lisa Walker, Mark Messerly, Joe Klug, and John Erhardt) returned to the recording studio for Forever Sounds with new vigor. The album blends Wussy’s pop sensibility with sound reminiscent of the band’s noise heavy live shows, which you can experience by catching Wussy on their nation-wide tour happening now.
Forever Sounds is full of themes of hope, determination, heartbreak, deception, aliens, the supernatural, the everyday, friendship, love, and second chances. Mixing Wussy’s dynamic and signature sound with new inspiration, it is sure to please both critics and fans alike.
Links
SoundCloud
Spotify
Tour Dates
3/4 – New York, NY at Webster Hall
3/5 – Baltimore, MD at Club 603
3/11 – Chicago, IL at Red Line Tap
3/12 – Chicago, IL at Red Line Tap
3/29 – Washington, DC at The Treehouse Lounge
3/30 – Brooklyn/Queens, NY at Trans-Pecos
3/31 – Philadelphia, PA at MilkBoy
4/2 – Boston, MA at Midway Café
4/27 – Newcastle, UK at Sage (Two) Gateshead *
4/28 – Manchester, UK at The Castle
4/29 – York, UK at The Crescent
4/30 – Cardiff, UK at The Full Moon
5/1 – London, UK at Walpurgis Nacht Festival
5/3 – Leicester, UK at The Musician
5/5 – Brighton, UK at The Hope and Ruin
5/7 – Edinburgh, UK at Electric Circus
5/8 – Bristol, UK at The Fleece *
6/8 – St. Louis at TBC
6/10 – Dallas, TX at Three Links
6/11 – Austin, TX at Spiderhouse Ballroom
6/14 – Los Angeles, CA at Silverlake Lounge
6/15 – San Francisco, CA at TBC
6/17 – Portland, OR at TBC
6/18 – Seattle WA at El Corazon
6/20 – Boise, ID at TBC
6/22 – Denver, CO at TBC
6/23 – Kansas City, MO at TBC
6/24 – Chicago, IL at TBC
6/25 – Minneapolis, MN at TBC
6/26 – Madison, WI at TBC
* in support of Shonen Knife
Chastity Belt announce UK tour; on the road with Protomartyr now
CHASTITY BELT TO TOUR THE UK IN MAY, WEST COAST DATES WITH PROTOMARTYR UNDERWAY
VIDEO - "Lydia" [dir. Shaun Libman]
VIDEO - "Joke" [dir. Chastity Belt]
VIDEO - "Cool Slut" [dir. Joe Holcomb]
VIDEO - "Time to Go Home" [dir. Bobby McHugh]
After an incredibly welcome reception for their inaugural, six-week (!) European tour last Fall, Chastity Belt are once again crossing the Atlantic this Spring for a run of UK dates. The band is currently on tour with labelmates Protomartyr, opening up a series of West Coast performances, including tonight's sold-out show in San Francisco.
See below for a full list of current and upcoming Chastity Belt performances.
Tour dates:
03.04.16 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
03.05.16 - Sacramento, CA - Blue Lamp *
03.07.16 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
03.08.16 - Vacouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club *
03.11.16 - Seattle, WA - The Black Lodge
03.27.16 - Seattle, WA - The Sunset #
05.06.16 - London, UK - Dome (tix)
05.07.16 - Cardiff, UK - Clwb Ifor Back Downstairs (tix)
05.08.16 - Bristol, UK - Exchange (tix)
05.09.16 - Nottingham, UK - Bodega (tix)
05.11.16 - Birmingham, UK - Hare and Hounds (tix)
05.12.16 - Manchester, UK - Night and Day (tix)
05.13.16 - Norwich, UK - Arts Centre (tix)
05.14.16 - Newcastle, UK - Think Tank (tix)
05.16.16 - Edinburgh, UK - Electric Circu (tix)
05.17.16 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast (tix)
05.18.16 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club (tix)
05.19.16 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape Festival @ Green Door Store
* - w/ Protomartyr
# - w/ Hinds
Press quotes:
"Disciplined in its disaffection." -- The New York Times
VIDEO - "Lydia" [dir. Shaun Libman]
VIDEO - "Joke" [dir. Chastity Belt]
VIDEO - "Cool Slut" [dir. Joe Holcomb]
VIDEO - "Time to Go Home" [dir. Bobby McHugh]
After an incredibly welcome reception for their inaugural, six-week (!) European tour last Fall, Chastity Belt are once again crossing the Atlantic this Spring for a run of UK dates. The band is currently on tour with labelmates Protomartyr, opening up a series of West Coast performances, including tonight's sold-out show in San Francisco.
See below for a full list of current and upcoming Chastity Belt performances.
Tour dates:
03.04.16 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
03.05.16 - Sacramento, CA - Blue Lamp *
03.07.16 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
03.08.16 - Vacouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club *
03.11.16 - Seattle, WA - The Black Lodge
03.27.16 - Seattle, WA - The Sunset #
05.06.16 - London, UK - Dome (tix)
05.07.16 - Cardiff, UK - Clwb Ifor Back Downstairs (tix)
05.08.16 - Bristol, UK - Exchange (tix)
05.09.16 - Nottingham, UK - Bodega (tix)
05.11.16 - Birmingham, UK - Hare and Hounds (tix)
05.12.16 - Manchester, UK - Night and Day (tix)
05.13.16 - Norwich, UK - Arts Centre (tix)
05.14.16 - Newcastle, UK - Think Tank (tix)
05.16.16 - Edinburgh, UK - Electric Circu (tix)
05.17.16 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast (tix)
05.18.16 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club (tix)
05.19.16 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape Festival @ Green Door Store
* - w/ Protomartyr
# - w/ Hinds
Press quotes:
"Disciplined in its disaffection." -- The New York Times
The Big Pink Release "Empire Underground" EP Today!
THE BIG PINK RELEASE “EMPIRE UNDERGROUND” EP
WORLDWIDE TODAY!
SXSW 2016 DATES ANNOUNCED
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR UNDERWAY
photo credit: Victoria Stevens
(for Anthem Magazine)
“EMPIRE UNDERGROUND”
iTunes | Amazon | Spotify | Vinyl
Today, The Big Pink released their highly anticipated “Empire Underground” EP, now available on iTunes,Amazon, Spotify and on Vinyl worldwide from today.
The EP has seen a welcome return for U.K duo with coverage spanning from the likes of Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 World Exclusive for their new single “ Decoy ” and KCRW’s ‘Top Tune’ for lead single “ Hightimes ,” as well a surge of press support from the likes of Pitchfork, The FADER, NME, Stereogum, Consequence of Sound,SPIN Magazine, NYLON Magazine, ANTHEM and many more!
Currently the band is on the road for their headlining tour in North America, having played to a full-house in New York last week, the band are working their way along the east coast and will be playing shows in sunny Austin, Texas this month for SXSW Music Festival. The tour wraps on the west coast next month and will also see them playing with rock n’ roll duo The Kills.
Originally, Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell formed The Big Pink back in 2008. Having released a low-key single on unknown independent House Anxiety in 2008, the band’s rising star drew the attention of 4AD, penning a worldwide deal with the label in early 2009. Ignoring the pressure that befits such music industry hype, the band eloped to the Electric Lady Studios in New York to record and self-produce what was to become their epic debut album, “A Brief History of Love.” The band were swiftly rewarded for their hard work and won yet anotherNME Award for their breakthrough single “Dominos” as Best Track in 2010.
The Big Pink's second album, “Future This,” was recorded over the summer of 2011. The band worked with producer Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence & The Machine, Friendly Fires) to help them match their high ambitions. The end result did exactly that, adding more shades to The Big Pink palette, rewarding both them and listener for their patience.
Both “A Brief History of Love” and “Future This,” reached Top 10 status in the U.S Billboard Heatseekersand Tastemakers Album Charts.
The Big Pink is now formed of founder Robbie Furze, Mary Charteris, Free Hallas and Jesse Russell. Currently on the road, the band has also been busy writing and recordining their eagerly anticipated third full-length album which is due later in the year.
“Empire Underground” features contributors Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow), Dave McCraken (producer of Ian brown), Robert Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) and was mixed by the legendary Alan Moulder.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
03/04 - Marble Bar - Detroit, MI**
03/05 - Rumba Cafe - Columbus, OH**
03/06 - Duck Room - St. Louis, MO**
03/07 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL**
03/09 - Frequency - Madison, WI**
03/10 - Rave Bar - Milwaukee, WI
03/11 - Turf Club - Minneapolis, MN**
03/12 - Vega - Lincoln, NE**
03/13 - Bottleneck - Kansas City**
03/16 - Reeperbahn Festival Official Showcase @ Lucille @ SXSW - Austin, TX – TIME TBA
03/16 - Austin Waterloo Road @ SXSW - Austin, TX – 03:00PM
03/17 - Austin Tuned In @ Easy Tiger @ SXSW - Austin TX -10:45PM
03/18 - Austin Hotel Vegas @ SXSW - Austin, TX – 03:50PM
04/18 - Mayan - Los Angeles, CA*
04/19 - Observatory - Santa Ana, CA*
04/20 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA+
04/22 - Pop Scene @ Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA+
04/23 - Dante’s - Portland, OR+
04/24 - Neumo’s - Seattle, WA+
04/25 - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, Canada+
*Supporting The Kills
**w/ guests The Heirs
+ Headlining + supporting guests TBC
WORLDWIDE TODAY!
SXSW 2016 DATES ANNOUNCED
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR UNDERWAY
photo credit: Victoria Stevens
(for Anthem Magazine)
“EMPIRE UNDERGROUND”
iTunes | Amazon | Spotify | Vinyl
Today, The Big Pink released their highly anticipated “Empire Underground” EP, now available on iTunes,Amazon, Spotify and on Vinyl worldwide from today.
The EP has seen a welcome return for U.K duo with coverage spanning from the likes of Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 World Exclusive for their new single “ Decoy ” and KCRW’s ‘Top Tune’ for lead single “ Hightimes ,” as well a surge of press support from the likes of Pitchfork, The FADER, NME, Stereogum, Consequence of Sound,SPIN Magazine, NYLON Magazine, ANTHEM and many more!
Currently the band is on the road for their headlining tour in North America, having played to a full-house in New York last week, the band are working their way along the east coast and will be playing shows in sunny Austin, Texas this month for SXSW Music Festival. The tour wraps on the west coast next month and will also see them playing with rock n’ roll duo The Kills.
Originally, Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell formed The Big Pink back in 2008. Having released a low-key single on unknown independent House Anxiety in 2008, the band’s rising star drew the attention of 4AD, penning a worldwide deal with the label in early 2009. Ignoring the pressure that befits such music industry hype, the band eloped to the Electric Lady Studios in New York to record and self-produce what was to become their epic debut album, “A Brief History of Love.” The band were swiftly rewarded for their hard work and won yet anotherNME Award for their breakthrough single “Dominos” as Best Track in 2010.
The Big Pink's second album, “Future This,” was recorded over the summer of 2011. The band worked with producer Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence & The Machine, Friendly Fires) to help them match their high ambitions. The end result did exactly that, adding more shades to The Big Pink palette, rewarding both them and listener for their patience.
Both “A Brief History of Love” and “Future This,” reached Top 10 status in the U.S Billboard Heatseekersand Tastemakers Album Charts.
The Big Pink is now formed of founder Robbie Furze, Mary Charteris, Free Hallas and Jesse Russell. Currently on the road, the band has also been busy writing and recordining their eagerly anticipated third full-length album which is due later in the year.
“Empire Underground” features contributors Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow), Dave McCraken (producer of Ian brown), Robert Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) and was mixed by the legendary Alan Moulder.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
03/04 - Marble Bar - Detroit, MI**
03/05 - Rumba Cafe - Columbus, OH**
03/06 - Duck Room - St. Louis, MO**
03/07 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL**
03/09 - Frequency - Madison, WI**
03/10 - Rave Bar - Milwaukee, WI
03/11 - Turf Club - Minneapolis, MN**
03/12 - Vega - Lincoln, NE**
03/13 - Bottleneck - Kansas City**
03/16 - Reeperbahn Festival Official Showcase @ Lucille @ SXSW - Austin, TX – TIME TBA
03/16 - Austin Waterloo Road @ SXSW - Austin, TX – 03:00PM
03/17 - Austin Tuned In @ Easy Tiger @ SXSW - Austin TX -10:45PM
03/18 - Austin Hotel Vegas @ SXSW - Austin, TX – 03:50PM
04/18 - Mayan - Los Angeles, CA*
04/19 - Observatory - Santa Ana, CA*
04/20 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA+
04/22 - Pop Scene @ Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA+
04/23 - Dante’s - Portland, OR+
04/24 - Neumo’s - Seattle, WA+
04/25 - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, Canada+
*Supporting The Kills
**w/ guests The Heirs
+ Headlining + supporting guests TBC
Miike Snow Raise The Curtain on "iii"
MIIKE SNOW RAISE THE CURTAIN ON “iii”
SWEDISH/AMERICAN TRIO RETURN WITH LONG AWAITED THIRD ALBUM, FEATURING ACCLAIMED SINGLE, “”GENGHIS KHAN,”
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR UNDERWAY NOW
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE HEADLINE DATES AND FESTIVAL APPEARANCES AT COACHELLA, MOOGFEST, HANGOUT, BOSTON CALLING, GOVERNORS BALL, AND MORE
“iii” AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE TODAY
[image error]Downtown/Atlantic recording group Miike Snow has announced today’s release of iii . The band’s third studio album is available now in stores and at all online retailers. In addition, limited edition picture disc vinyl is available exclusively via Miike Snow’s official webstore.
Miike Snow is celebrating “iii” with a major North American headline tour, the Swedish/American trio’s first in more than three years. The dates – now almost completely sold out – began last night at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge and travel the continent before returning to the Big Apple for a performance at the annual Governor’s Ball NYC Music Festival on June 4th (see attached itinerary). The tour will make stops at a number of top music festivals, highlighted by a prominent Sunday slot at Indio, CA’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, slated for April 17th and 24th. Other upcoming festies include Miami, FL’s Ultra Music Festival (March 18th), Durham, NC’s Moogfest (May 19th), Gulf Shores, AL’s Hangout Music Festival (May 21st-22nd), Boston, MA’s Boston Calling (May 28th). For complete details and remaining ticket information, please see www.miikesnow.com.
Miike Snow made a major network TV appearance earlier this week, performing “Genghis Khan” and “Heart Is Full” on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! “At first, it seemed like (Miike Snow’s) take on ‘Heart’ would be a more subdued, acoustic affair,” wrote SPIN of the performance, “but they switched things up by infusing the track with a wild, funky blast of energy. It’s perhaps only topped by the addition of horns blasting to the wonky tune of ‘Genghis Khan.’”
“Genghis Khan” is currently spending its third consecutive week atop SiriusXM’s Alt Nation Alt 18 Countdown while also ascending the top 15 at Alternative outlets nationwide. The anthemic single – available now on the iTunes Store and all DSPs – is accompanied by a strikingly provocative companion video. Directed by Ninian Goff (Migos, Royal Blood, The Chemical Brothers), “Genghis Khan” has already drawn more than 2.5 million individual YouTube views as well as online attention from Buzzfeed, which declared the “campy, dance-filled clip” to be “delightfully out there.”
“Genghis Khan” has drawn euphoric critical attention, with Billboard commending the track as “more proof that (Miike Snow) are reinventing themselves yet again.” Exclaim.ca decreed “Genghis Khan” to be “a slinky electro-pop number in which bouncy beats anchor a simple arrangement of synth stabs and sexy, seductive falsetto melodies,” while SPIN saluted the track’s “crisp kick-snare-fill punch and sterling pianos,” declaring it “very much a return to form for the trio.” “A bright, funky reminder of Miike Snow's serious pop chops,” affirmed Rolling Stone in an exclusive interview with the trio’s Andrew Wyatt, whileNoisey hailed “Genghis Khan” for its “booming synth hits, and a melt of different vocals layering over each other, making the track another certified banger.”
“iii” also includes the acclaimed track, “Heart Is Full,” which drew copious acclaim upon its arrival last year. “A bold comeback track,” commended Consequence of Sound, “brimming with rich, soul samples, thundering beats, and larger-than-life melodies that’ll make you forget Miike Snow was ever gone to begin with.”“It’s a big, bold metropolitan pop track bolstered by a walloping boom-bap drum loop, blaring soul samples,” raved Stereogumwhile SPIN declared it to be “a bold, almost jazzy new track that’s a bit of a departure from the rest of (Miike Snow’s) music, though their signature, wintery vibes shine through in the chorus.”
“Heart Is Full” is joined by a compelling and dystopic companion video. The clip – directed by Lance Drake (Rob Roy, Twin Shadow) – premiered late last year via Miike Snow’s official Facebook page and is streaming now at the trio’s official YouTube channel. In addition, the extraordinary “Heart Is Full (Feat. Run The Jewels) [Remix]” premiered via The Fader, which praised the original track for its “pleading horns, chopped-up soul samples, and thick, DJ Premier-recalling drums” before commending “powerhouse rap duo Run The Jewels” for contributing “a pair of boom bap-friendly verses of their own. It's an unlikely combination, but a fitting one for the gritty love song.”
Formed in 2007 by Swedish musicians Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (a.k.a. production duo Bloodshy & Avant) and American singer/songwriter Andrew Wyatt, Miike Snow unveiled their self-titled debut album two years later, earning international acclaim for the distinctive fusion of plaintive pop songcraft and atmospheric electronics found on tracks like the breakthrough single, “Black & Blue.”
“HAPPY TO YOU” followed in 2012, drawing critical applause from such high profile outlets as Entertainment Weekly, which praised Miike Snow’s “meticulous sonic-palette landscapes,” noting, “The spirit of ‘HAPPY TO YOU’ is indie rock, but the sound is as addictively sharp as anything in the Top 40.”
The members of Miike Snow have spent much of time since traveling fresh creative avenues, including solo albums, the formation of new bands, and a wide variety of production and songwriting collaborations. The trio first began work on “iii” in late 2013 and then continued over the next two years, the far-flung members convening in studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Stockholm, oft times teaming with other songwriters and producers in search of new sonic and emotional approaches. The result is Miike Snow’s most innovative and creatively unified work thus far, typified by the propulsive pop soul of tracks like “For U (Feat. Charli XCX).”For more, please see www.miikesnow.com, facebook.com/miikesnow, twitter.com/miikesnow,youtube.com/miikesnow, soundcloud.com/miikesnow, and www.atlanticrecords.com.
UPCOMING MIIKE SNOW TOUR DATES:MARCHMarch 3 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge (SOLD OUT)March 5 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of The Living Arts (SOLD OUT)March 9 Washington, DC 9:30 ClubMarch 11 Atlanta, GA Buckhead TheatreMarch 12 New Orleans, LA Buku Music & Art ProjectMarch 13 Houston, TX House of BluesMarch 15 Dallas, TX Granada TheaterMarch 18 – 20 Miami, FL Ultra Music Festival
APRILApril 9 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)April 10 Seattle, WA The ShowboxApril 11 Portland, OR Roseland TheaterApril 13 San Francisco, CA The Independent (SOLD OUT)April 14 San Francisco, CA The Independent (SOLD OUT)April 16 Las Vegas, NV Boulevard Pool at The CosmopolitanApril 17 Indio, CA CoachellaApril 20 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda TheatreApril 21 Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriet’sApril 24 Indio, CA Coachella
MAYMay 20 Nashville, TN Marathon Music WorksMay 20 - 23 Gulf Shores, AL Hangout Music FestivalMay 23 St. Louis, MO The PageantMay 24 Louisville, KY Headliners Music HallMay 26 Columbus, OH Newport Music HallMay 27 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls TheatreMay 30 Montreal, QC MetropolisMay 31 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
JUNEJune 2 Detroit, MI Majestic TheatreJune 3 - 5 New York, NY Governors Ball Music Festival
SWEDISH/AMERICAN TRIO RETURN WITH LONG AWAITED THIRD ALBUM, FEATURING ACCLAIMED SINGLE, “”GENGHIS KHAN,”
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR UNDERWAY NOW
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE HEADLINE DATES AND FESTIVAL APPEARANCES AT COACHELLA, MOOGFEST, HANGOUT, BOSTON CALLING, GOVERNORS BALL, AND MORE
“iii” AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE TODAY
[image error]Downtown/Atlantic recording group Miike Snow has announced today’s release of iii . The band’s third studio album is available now in stores and at all online retailers. In addition, limited edition picture disc vinyl is available exclusively via Miike Snow’s official webstore.
Miike Snow is celebrating “iii” with a major North American headline tour, the Swedish/American trio’s first in more than three years. The dates – now almost completely sold out – began last night at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge and travel the continent before returning to the Big Apple for a performance at the annual Governor’s Ball NYC Music Festival on June 4th (see attached itinerary). The tour will make stops at a number of top music festivals, highlighted by a prominent Sunday slot at Indio, CA’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, slated for April 17th and 24th. Other upcoming festies include Miami, FL’s Ultra Music Festival (March 18th), Durham, NC’s Moogfest (May 19th), Gulf Shores, AL’s Hangout Music Festival (May 21st-22nd), Boston, MA’s Boston Calling (May 28th). For complete details and remaining ticket information, please see www.miikesnow.com.
Miike Snow made a major network TV appearance earlier this week, performing “Genghis Khan” and “Heart Is Full” on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! “At first, it seemed like (Miike Snow’s) take on ‘Heart’ would be a more subdued, acoustic affair,” wrote SPIN of the performance, “but they switched things up by infusing the track with a wild, funky blast of energy. It’s perhaps only topped by the addition of horns blasting to the wonky tune of ‘Genghis Khan.’”
“Genghis Khan” is currently spending its third consecutive week atop SiriusXM’s Alt Nation Alt 18 Countdown while also ascending the top 15 at Alternative outlets nationwide. The anthemic single – available now on the iTunes Store and all DSPs – is accompanied by a strikingly provocative companion video. Directed by Ninian Goff (Migos, Royal Blood, The Chemical Brothers), “Genghis Khan” has already drawn more than 2.5 million individual YouTube views as well as online attention from Buzzfeed, which declared the “campy, dance-filled clip” to be “delightfully out there.”
“Genghis Khan” has drawn euphoric critical attention, with Billboard commending the track as “more proof that (Miike Snow) are reinventing themselves yet again.” Exclaim.ca decreed “Genghis Khan” to be “a slinky electro-pop number in which bouncy beats anchor a simple arrangement of synth stabs and sexy, seductive falsetto melodies,” while SPIN saluted the track’s “crisp kick-snare-fill punch and sterling pianos,” declaring it “very much a return to form for the trio.” “A bright, funky reminder of Miike Snow's serious pop chops,” affirmed Rolling Stone in an exclusive interview with the trio’s Andrew Wyatt, whileNoisey hailed “Genghis Khan” for its “booming synth hits, and a melt of different vocals layering over each other, making the track another certified banger.”
“iii” also includes the acclaimed track, “Heart Is Full,” which drew copious acclaim upon its arrival last year. “A bold comeback track,” commended Consequence of Sound, “brimming with rich, soul samples, thundering beats, and larger-than-life melodies that’ll make you forget Miike Snow was ever gone to begin with.”“It’s a big, bold metropolitan pop track bolstered by a walloping boom-bap drum loop, blaring soul samples,” raved Stereogumwhile SPIN declared it to be “a bold, almost jazzy new track that’s a bit of a departure from the rest of (Miike Snow’s) music, though their signature, wintery vibes shine through in the chorus.”
“Heart Is Full” is joined by a compelling and dystopic companion video. The clip – directed by Lance Drake (Rob Roy, Twin Shadow) – premiered late last year via Miike Snow’s official Facebook page and is streaming now at the trio’s official YouTube channel. In addition, the extraordinary “Heart Is Full (Feat. Run The Jewels) [Remix]” premiered via The Fader, which praised the original track for its “pleading horns, chopped-up soul samples, and thick, DJ Premier-recalling drums” before commending “powerhouse rap duo Run The Jewels” for contributing “a pair of boom bap-friendly verses of their own. It's an unlikely combination, but a fitting one for the gritty love song.”
Formed in 2007 by Swedish musicians Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (a.k.a. production duo Bloodshy & Avant) and American singer/songwriter Andrew Wyatt, Miike Snow unveiled their self-titled debut album two years later, earning international acclaim for the distinctive fusion of plaintive pop songcraft and atmospheric electronics found on tracks like the breakthrough single, “Black & Blue.”
“HAPPY TO YOU” followed in 2012, drawing critical applause from such high profile outlets as Entertainment Weekly, which praised Miike Snow’s “meticulous sonic-palette landscapes,” noting, “The spirit of ‘HAPPY TO YOU’ is indie rock, but the sound is as addictively sharp as anything in the Top 40.”
The members of Miike Snow have spent much of time since traveling fresh creative avenues, including solo albums, the formation of new bands, and a wide variety of production and songwriting collaborations. The trio first began work on “iii” in late 2013 and then continued over the next two years, the far-flung members convening in studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Stockholm, oft times teaming with other songwriters and producers in search of new sonic and emotional approaches. The result is Miike Snow’s most innovative and creatively unified work thus far, typified by the propulsive pop soul of tracks like “For U (Feat. Charli XCX).”For more, please see www.miikesnow.com, facebook.com/miikesnow, twitter.com/miikesnow,youtube.com/miikesnow, soundcloud.com/miikesnow, and www.atlanticrecords.com.
UPCOMING MIIKE SNOW TOUR DATES:MARCHMarch 3 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge (SOLD OUT)March 5 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of The Living Arts (SOLD OUT)March 9 Washington, DC 9:30 ClubMarch 11 Atlanta, GA Buckhead TheatreMarch 12 New Orleans, LA Buku Music & Art ProjectMarch 13 Houston, TX House of BluesMarch 15 Dallas, TX Granada TheaterMarch 18 – 20 Miami, FL Ultra Music Festival
APRILApril 9 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)April 10 Seattle, WA The ShowboxApril 11 Portland, OR Roseland TheaterApril 13 San Francisco, CA The Independent (SOLD OUT)April 14 San Francisco, CA The Independent (SOLD OUT)April 16 Las Vegas, NV Boulevard Pool at The CosmopolitanApril 17 Indio, CA CoachellaApril 20 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda TheatreApril 21 Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriet’sApril 24 Indio, CA Coachella
MAYMay 20 Nashville, TN Marathon Music WorksMay 20 - 23 Gulf Shores, AL Hangout Music FestivalMay 23 St. Louis, MO The PageantMay 24 Louisville, KY Headliners Music HallMay 26 Columbus, OH Newport Music HallMay 27 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls TheatreMay 30 Montreal, QC MetropolisMay 31 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
JUNEJune 2 Detroit, MI Majestic TheatreJune 3 - 5 New York, NY Governors Ball Music Festival
The Struts' debut Everybody Wants out today!
THE STRUTS’ DEBUT ALBUM
EVERYBODY WANTS
OUT TODAY
HEADLINING TOUR DATES CONFIRMED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER[image error] [image error]
“Well on their way to bringing rock n’ roll back to the forefront…”—MTV
“Unabashed anthem rock.”—Relix
“The Struts are on the verge.”—USA Today
Everybody Wants , the debut album from critically lauded U.K. rockers The Struts is out today on Freesolo/Interscope Records. The album is receiving early critical acclaim including from Entertainment Weekly , Yahoo Music who featured the Everybody Wants as one of their “Most Anticipated Albums of 2016” and from T: The New York Times Style Magazine who hails, “The Struts are headed for big things.”
In addition, the band is touring throughout the summer in support of Everybody Wants. The new dates follow a sold-out show last night at New York’s Irving Plaza and a run of dates, which included being hand-picked by Mötley Crüe to open for the legendary band’s final four performances ever on top of opening for The Rolling Stones in Paris. The new video for the latest single “Kiss This” captures footage from their past year on the road, highlighting the undeniable response from fans and the band’s celebrated and dynamic live show. Watch/share the clip here:http://bit.ly/1QnknOA.
Everybody Wants was recorded in London, Bournemouth and Jersey in the U.K and in Los Angeles. Of the new music, which was co-written by the band, front man Luke Spiller says, “Everybody Wants is a collection of songs for the disenchanted. When putting the album together we have approached it with the mindset that when listening, you are taken on a journey. You can even hear the album title in the chorus of the opening track ‘Roll Up.’ This song gives you the insight to a larger than life character that opens the door to the rest of the album. I think anyone who listens to this album will hear our journey and feel our ambition. We truly have put our hearts and souls into it, and I hope you love it as much as we do.”
The debut follows the band’s 2015 EP Have You Heard, featuring the hit song “Could Have Been Me,” which cracked the Top 5 at Modern Rock radio, hit #1 on Spotify’s viral chart and received over 2.5 million Vevo/YouTube views. The band also performed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
The Struts, who formed in Derby, England in 2012, are Luke Spiller (lead vocals), Adam Slack (guitar), Jed Elliott (bass) and Gethin Davies (drums). EVERYBODY WANTS TRACKLIST1. Roll Up2. Could Have Been Me3. Kiss This4. Put Your Money On Me5. Mary Go Round6. Dirty Sexy Money7. The Ol’ Switcheroo8. She Makes Me Feel Like9. Young Stars10. Black Swan11. These Times Are Changing12. Only Just A Call Away13. Where Did She Go
THE STRUTS LIVE March 11 St. Petersburg, FL 97X Freesome @ Jannus LiveMarch 12 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL X102.9 Presents The Birthday ShowMarch 28 Santa Barbara, CA Velvet JonesMarch 29 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory—Constellation RoomMarch 30 San Diego, CA House of BluesApril 1 Tempe, AZ Tempe MarketplaceApril 2 Tucson, AZ The Rock
April 16 The Woodlands, TX Buzzfest 35April 18 Corpus Christi, TX House of RockApril 20 Austin, TX ParishApril 22 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond BallroomApril 23 Tulsa, OK The VanguardApril 25 Little Rock, AR Sticky’z Rock N’ Roll Chicken ShackApril 26 Nashville, TN Mercy LoungeApril 27 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre
April 29 Memphis, TN Beale Street Music FestivalApril 30 Frisco, TX KDGE EdgefestMay 2 Des Moines, IA Wooly’sMay 3 Milwaukee, WI The Rave IIIMay 4 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
May 6 Kansas City, MO Middle of the Map FestMay 8 Concord, NC Carolina RebellionMay 9 Johnson City, TN Capone’sMay 10 Pittsburgh, PA Altar BarMay 12 Norfolk, VA NorvaMay 14 Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees Music FestMay 17 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture RoomMay 18 Orlando, FL The SocialMay 20-22 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range
May 21 Maryland Heights, MO 105.7 KPNT PointfestMay 22-24 Gulf Shore, AL Hangout FestivalMay 28 Napa, CA BottleRock Napa ValleyJune 3-5 Nurnberg, Germany Rock im ParkJune 3-5 Mendig, Germany Rock am RingJune 8-11 Solvesborg, Sweden Sweden Rock FestivalJune 10 Landgraaf, Netherlands Pinkpop Festival
June 11 Paris, France Download Festival
June 12 Nickelsdorf, Austria Nova Rock FestivalJune 16-18 Madrid, Spain Mad Cool FestivalJune 19 Dover, DE Firefly Music FestivalJune 30-July 1 Rotselaar, Belgium Rock Werchter
July 1-3 Cambral, France Main Square Festival
July 22-24 Oro-Medonte, Canada WayHome Music and Arts Festival
July 29-31 Montreal, Canada Osheaga
BOLD—new dates
http://www.thestruts.com/
HEADLINING TOUR DATES CONFIRMED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER[image error] [image error]
“Well on their way to bringing rock n’ roll back to the forefront…”—MTV
“Unabashed anthem rock.”—Relix
“The Struts are on the verge.”—USA Today
Everybody Wants , the debut album from critically lauded U.K. rockers The Struts is out today on Freesolo/Interscope Records. The album is receiving early critical acclaim including from Entertainment Weekly , Yahoo Music who featured the Everybody Wants as one of their “Most Anticipated Albums of 2016” and from T: The New York Times Style Magazine who hails, “The Struts are headed for big things.”
In addition, the band is touring throughout the summer in support of Everybody Wants. The new dates follow a sold-out show last night at New York’s Irving Plaza and a run of dates, which included being hand-picked by Mötley Crüe to open for the legendary band’s final four performances ever on top of opening for The Rolling Stones in Paris. The new video for the latest single “Kiss This” captures footage from their past year on the road, highlighting the undeniable response from fans and the band’s celebrated and dynamic live show. Watch/share the clip here:http://bit.ly/1QnknOA.
Everybody Wants was recorded in London, Bournemouth and Jersey in the U.K and in Los Angeles. Of the new music, which was co-written by the band, front man Luke Spiller says, “Everybody Wants is a collection of songs for the disenchanted. When putting the album together we have approached it with the mindset that when listening, you are taken on a journey. You can even hear the album title in the chorus of the opening track ‘Roll Up.’ This song gives you the insight to a larger than life character that opens the door to the rest of the album. I think anyone who listens to this album will hear our journey and feel our ambition. We truly have put our hearts and souls into it, and I hope you love it as much as we do.”
The debut follows the band’s 2015 EP Have You Heard, featuring the hit song “Could Have Been Me,” which cracked the Top 5 at Modern Rock radio, hit #1 on Spotify’s viral chart and received over 2.5 million Vevo/YouTube views. The band also performed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
The Struts, who formed in Derby, England in 2012, are Luke Spiller (lead vocals), Adam Slack (guitar), Jed Elliott (bass) and Gethin Davies (drums). EVERYBODY WANTS TRACKLIST1. Roll Up2. Could Have Been Me3. Kiss This4. Put Your Money On Me5. Mary Go Round6. Dirty Sexy Money7. The Ol’ Switcheroo8. She Makes Me Feel Like9. Young Stars10. Black Swan11. These Times Are Changing12. Only Just A Call Away13. Where Did She Go
THE STRUTS LIVE March 11 St. Petersburg, FL 97X Freesome @ Jannus LiveMarch 12 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL X102.9 Presents The Birthday ShowMarch 28 Santa Barbara, CA Velvet JonesMarch 29 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory—Constellation RoomMarch 30 San Diego, CA House of BluesApril 1 Tempe, AZ Tempe MarketplaceApril 2 Tucson, AZ The Rock
April 16 The Woodlands, TX Buzzfest 35April 18 Corpus Christi, TX House of RockApril 20 Austin, TX ParishApril 22 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond BallroomApril 23 Tulsa, OK The VanguardApril 25 Little Rock, AR Sticky’z Rock N’ Roll Chicken ShackApril 26 Nashville, TN Mercy LoungeApril 27 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre
April 29 Memphis, TN Beale Street Music FestivalApril 30 Frisco, TX KDGE EdgefestMay 2 Des Moines, IA Wooly’sMay 3 Milwaukee, WI The Rave IIIMay 4 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
May 6 Kansas City, MO Middle of the Map FestMay 8 Concord, NC Carolina RebellionMay 9 Johnson City, TN Capone’sMay 10 Pittsburgh, PA Altar BarMay 12 Norfolk, VA NorvaMay 14 Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees Music FestMay 17 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture RoomMay 18 Orlando, FL The SocialMay 20-22 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range
May 21 Maryland Heights, MO 105.7 KPNT PointfestMay 22-24 Gulf Shore, AL Hangout FestivalMay 28 Napa, CA BottleRock Napa ValleyJune 3-5 Nurnberg, Germany Rock im ParkJune 3-5 Mendig, Germany Rock am RingJune 8-11 Solvesborg, Sweden Sweden Rock FestivalJune 10 Landgraaf, Netherlands Pinkpop Festival
June 11 Paris, France Download Festival
June 12 Nickelsdorf, Austria Nova Rock FestivalJune 16-18 Madrid, Spain Mad Cool FestivalJune 19 Dover, DE Firefly Music FestivalJune 30-July 1 Rotselaar, Belgium Rock Werchter
July 1-3 Cambral, France Main Square Festival
July 22-24 Oro-Medonte, Canada WayHome Music and Arts Festival
July 29-31 Montreal, Canada Osheaga
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DAY WAVE Announces World Tour, Releases New EP & Makes TV Debut!
DAY WAVERELEASES HARD TO READ EPANNOUNCES WORLD TOUR &MAKES TV DEBUT ON NBC'S LAST CALL
[Credit:Larsen Sotelo for sweets! Magazine]"One-man bedroom pop, but propulsive enough to keep a touring band plenty busy." - NPR Music "We've been spoiled by Day Wave. One song after another has put us in a really wonderful place." -Beats 1's Zane Lowe "...every aspect of Day Wave tracks have depth-from the words, their delivery, and the landscape that surrounds them." - Noisey "a promising five-song collection of sun-faded, lo-fi indie rock." - The FADER
"Day Wave sucked me in immediately...I'd listen to this on loop all day" - Stereogum
"...Day Wave has reset the Beach Boys in 1970s Manchester." - Consequence of Sound
Today Day Wave releases his highly anticipated sophomore EP Hard To Read via Grand Jury, and to celebrate he announces a massive world tour, and shares footage from his debut TV performance on Last Call with Carson Daly . The "Headcase/Hard To Read World Tour" will include North American, European and Australian tour dates, and are in addition to Day Wave's forthcoming SXSW debut, performances at Governor's Ball, Shaky Knees, and more. See below to find a show near you. All North American and Australian dates are on-sale now, with European dates on sale next week - PRESS HEREto get yours. PRESS HERE to watch "Drag" and HERE to watch "Stuck" on Last Call with Carson Daily . PRESS HERE to listen to Hard To Read on Spotify or HERE to listen via Apple Music. Hard To Read is available for purchase now, packaged as a combined release with last year's critically acclaimed Headcase EP. PRESS HERE to buy a CD or vinyl, and HERE to buy on iTunes. Hard To Read was performed, produced, mixed and mastered by Day Wave directly to tape, and the result is a beautiful 5-track EP bursting with California sunshine. Packed with ethereal, lo-fi vocals, captivating hooks, and celestial guitars awash with subtle synths,Day Wave builds an entrancing sonic milieu that makes him one of the most exciting up-and-comers today. Headcase/Hard To Read World Tour Dates - (North American Dates in BOLD)3/16/16 SXSW - Stubhub Showcase @ Bangers - 4 PM3/16/16 SXSW - Jansport/VICE @ Cheer Up Charlie's - 8:30 PM3/17/16 SXSW - Another Planet / Noise Pop @ at Sidewinder - 1 PM3/18/16 SXSW - Spotify House - 1:30 PM3/19/16 SXSW - Crack in The Road x Hype Machine Showcase @ Hype Hotel - 1 PM3/19/16 SXSW - Urban Outfitters @ UO - 3:00 PM4/8/16 Brisbane, Australia @ The Tivoli - **SOLD OUT** ^4/9/16 Sydney, Australia @ Enmore Theatre - **SOLD OUT** ^4/15/16 Adelaide, Australia @ The Gov - **SOLD OUT** ^4/16/16 Perth, Australia @ Astor Theatre ^4/20/16 Melbourne, Australia @ 170 Russell ^4/21/16 Melbourne, Australia @ 170 Russell - **SOLD OUT** ^4/22/16 Melbourne, Australia @ 170 Russell - **SOLD OUT** ^4/25/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent4/28/16 Seattle, WA @ Barboza4/29/16 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios4/30/16 Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt5/2/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court5/3/16 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge5/4/16 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown5/6/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry5/10/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe5/11/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle5/12/16 Washington, DC @ DC95/14/16 Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Fest5/16/16 Dublin, Ireland @ The Workman's Club5/18/16 London, England @ Birthdays5/21/16 Brighton, England @ Great Escape (DIY Stage)5/22/16 Leeds, England @ Brudenell Social Club5/24/16 Newscastle, England @ Think Tank5/25/16 Glasgow, Scotland @ Broadcast 5/30/16 Paris, France @ Le Pop Up Du Label6/1/16 Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso6/3/16 Hamburg, Germany @ Prinzenbar6/5/16 New York, NY @ Governor's Ball6/7/16 Boston, MA @ Great Scott6/9/16 Toronto, ON @ Drake Underground6/10/16 Detroit, MI @ Pike Room at Crofoot6/13/16 Dallas, TX @ Cambridge Room (HOB)6/14/16 Austin, TX @ Sidewinder (Former Red 7) Inside6/17/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo^ w/ Gang of Youthswww.facebook.com/daywavemusicwww.twitter.com/daywavemusicwww.soundcloud.com/day-wavewww.daywavemusic.tumblr.com/www.instagram.com/daywavemusic
[Credit:Larsen Sotelo for sweets! Magazine]"One-man bedroom pop, but propulsive enough to keep a touring band plenty busy." - NPR Music "We've been spoiled by Day Wave. One song after another has put us in a really wonderful place." -Beats 1's Zane Lowe "...every aspect of Day Wave tracks have depth-from the words, their delivery, and the landscape that surrounds them." - Noisey "a promising five-song collection of sun-faded, lo-fi indie rock." - The FADER "Day Wave sucked me in immediately...I'd listen to this on loop all day" - Stereogum
"...Day Wave has reset the Beach Boys in 1970s Manchester." - Consequence of Sound
Today Day Wave releases his highly anticipated sophomore EP Hard To Read via Grand Jury, and to celebrate he announces a massive world tour, and shares footage from his debut TV performance on Last Call with Carson Daly . The "Headcase/Hard To Read World Tour" will include North American, European and Australian tour dates, and are in addition to Day Wave's forthcoming SXSW debut, performances at Governor's Ball, Shaky Knees, and more. See below to find a show near you. All North American and Australian dates are on-sale now, with European dates on sale next week - PRESS HEREto get yours. PRESS HERE to watch "Drag" and HERE to watch "Stuck" on Last Call with Carson Daily . PRESS HERE to listen to Hard To Read on Spotify or HERE to listen via Apple Music. Hard To Read is available for purchase now, packaged as a combined release with last year's critically acclaimed Headcase EP. PRESS HERE to buy a CD or vinyl, and HERE to buy on iTunes. Hard To Read was performed, produced, mixed and mastered by Day Wave directly to tape, and the result is a beautiful 5-track EP bursting with California sunshine. Packed with ethereal, lo-fi vocals, captivating hooks, and celestial guitars awash with subtle synths,Day Wave builds an entrancing sonic milieu that makes him one of the most exciting up-and-comers today. Headcase/Hard To Read World Tour Dates - (North American Dates in BOLD)3/16/16 SXSW - Stubhub Showcase @ Bangers - 4 PM3/16/16 SXSW - Jansport/VICE @ Cheer Up Charlie's - 8:30 PM3/17/16 SXSW - Another Planet / Noise Pop @ at Sidewinder - 1 PM3/18/16 SXSW - Spotify House - 1:30 PM3/19/16 SXSW - Crack in The Road x Hype Machine Showcase @ Hype Hotel - 1 PM3/19/16 SXSW - Urban Outfitters @ UO - 3:00 PM4/8/16 Brisbane, Australia @ The Tivoli - **SOLD OUT** ^4/9/16 Sydney, Australia @ Enmore Theatre - **SOLD OUT** ^4/15/16 Adelaide, Australia @ The Gov - **SOLD OUT** ^4/16/16 Perth, Australia @ Astor Theatre ^4/20/16 Melbourne, Australia @ 170 Russell ^4/21/16 Melbourne, Australia @ 170 Russell - **SOLD OUT** ^4/22/16 Melbourne, Australia @ 170 Russell - **SOLD OUT** ^4/25/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent4/28/16 Seattle, WA @ Barboza4/29/16 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios4/30/16 Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt5/2/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court5/3/16 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge5/4/16 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown5/6/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry5/10/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe5/11/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle5/12/16 Washington, DC @ DC95/14/16 Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Fest5/16/16 Dublin, Ireland @ The Workman's Club5/18/16 London, England @ Birthdays5/21/16 Brighton, England @ Great Escape (DIY Stage)5/22/16 Leeds, England @ Brudenell Social Club5/24/16 Newscastle, England @ Think Tank5/25/16 Glasgow, Scotland @ Broadcast 5/30/16 Paris, France @ Le Pop Up Du Label6/1/16 Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso6/3/16 Hamburg, Germany @ Prinzenbar6/5/16 New York, NY @ Governor's Ball6/7/16 Boston, MA @ Great Scott6/9/16 Toronto, ON @ Drake Underground6/10/16 Detroit, MI @ Pike Room at Crofoot6/13/16 Dallas, TX @ Cambridge Room (HOB)6/14/16 Austin, TX @ Sidewinder (Former Red 7) Inside6/17/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo^ w/ Gang of Youthswww.facebook.com/daywavemusicwww.twitter.com/daywavemusicwww.soundcloud.com/day-wavewww.daywavemusic.tumblr.com/www.instagram.com/daywavemusic
March 3, 2016
The Brian Jonestown Massacre 2016 Tour
The Brian Jonestown Massacre 2016 Tour12th March 2016 UK Manchester- Cosmosis Festival29th April 2016 US Austin TX- Levitation Festival 1 May 2016 US New Orleans LA- One Eye Jack’s2nd May 2016 US Nashville TN- Mercy Lounge3rd May 2016 US Columbus OH- Newport Music Hall4th May 2016 US Cleveland OH- Beachland Ballroom5th May 2016 US Washington DC- 9:30 Club6th May 2016 US Philadelphia PA- Union Transfer7th May 2016 US Boston MA- Paradise Rock Club9th May 2016 US New York NY- Webster Hall10th May 2016 CA Montreal Canada- Le Tulipe12th May 2016 CA Toronto Canada- Danforth Music Hall13th May 2016 US Chicago IL- The Metro14th May 2016 US Minneapolis MN- First Avenue15th May 2016 US Omaha NE- The Waiting Room17th May 2016 US Denver CO- Bluebird Theatre18th May 2016 US Salt Lake City UT- The Depot19th May 2016 US Missoula MT- Top Hat Lounge20th May 2016 CA Edmonton Canada- The Starlite Room21st May 2016 CA Calgary Canada- The Marquee Beer Market and Stage23nd May 2016 CA Vancouver Canada- Commodore Ballroom24th May 2016 US Seattle WA- Neumo’s25th May 2016 US Portland OR- Wonder Ballroom27th May 2016 San Francisco CA- The Independent28th May 2016 San Francisco CA- The Independent29th May 2016 Los Angeles CA- Teregram Ballroom30th May 2016 Los Angeles CA- Teregram Ballroom1st June 2016 Phoenix AZ- Crescent Ballroom2nd June 2016 San Diego CA- Belly Up11th June 2016 UK London Victoria Park- Field Day London12/June 2016 UK London Victoria Park- Field Day London
Check it out: http://thebrianjonestownmassacre.com/...
Peter Hook (Joy Division / New Order) & KAV Launch LA Concert / Dance Series: Dance In A Panic
SPACELAND & KAV PRESENT "DANCE IN A PANIC"
CURATED BY PETER HOOK (JOY DIVISION/ NEW ORDER)
AUTHENTIC BRITISH-STYLE MONTHLY ROCK N' ROLL DANCE PARTIES AT THE REGENT THEATER LOS ANGELES.
FIRST NIGHT, MARCH 11, FEATURES: together PANGEA, KAV (W/ SPECIAL GUESTS), GATEWAY DRUGS, MAGIC WANDS, DRINKING FLOWERS & MORE
TICKET LINK KAV and Los Angeles promoter Spaceland launch,DANCE IN A PANIC, their authentic British style monthly Rock N' Roll dance parties on March 11 at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles. Events where the boundaries between indie & alternative & live & electronic music become even more blurred & intertwined.
Each month internationally known guest artists & DJs hailing from the UK and Los Angeles will be a fixture at Dance In A Panic filling the dance-floor with anthems from their record collections. Creating a British-style dance-party / club event in Los Angeles where everyone can dance till late, long beyond the standard show.
Peter Hook (New Order/ Joy Division) is curating the events with British / LA based musician & promoter KAV.
From April 30, Hooky will be a regular feature of the nights, inviting his friends to join him DJing Live from Manchester - broadcasting the sets straight to The Regent Theater via LA's groundbreaking event-to-event streaming platform "Clubcast". A first for the indie/ rock n'roll club scene! For the launch night there will be a screening of an exclusive, pre-recorded DJ Set from Peter Hook filmed at his club FAC 251 in Manchester (site of the former Factory Records offices). Kicking off the first night on March 11 will be...
together PANGEA
Hot on the heels of a European tour & London NME Awards show in London, together PANGEA will be headlining the launch party. Following the release of "the Phage" produced by Tommy Stinson (ex-Replacements) & their return to Burger Records last summer, the band has found itself playing to a growing number of fans, with this much anticipated LA performance being no exception.
KAV
British, LA based solo artist KAV is the promoter & resident live act. He will be joined monthly by special guests from some of his favorite bands. KAV released his solo album "The Man With No Shadow" in August 2014. His music has been compared by the press with BRMC, Primal Scream, The Stooges & Kasabian. KAV played guitar for British band Happy Mondays touring internationally with them from 2004-07 (including a Coachella Festival performance in 07) & co-writing their latest album.
Gateway Drugs
Support comes from Gateway Drugs who toured last year with the likes of British bands Ride & Swervedriver, with a recent appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly.
Magic Wands
Magic Wands return with their highly anticipated sophomore album Jupiter Feb 26th on Cleopatra Records. You may know them from their infectious single Black Magic from their debut album Aloha Moon featuring "Space" which was praised bySpin Magazine as "a sexy and propulsive stunner" earning the band opening slots for The Kills, The Horrors, The Breeders, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Black Keys and more.
Drinking Flowers
Echo Park art-rock / post punks Drinking Flowers are also celebrating the release of their new album New Swirled Order that night. New Swirled Order will be released on March 15 via Manifesto Records.
Music selections on the night come from Dan Mancini who is DJing the launch with his partner Lindsay Mancini under the moniker TSR Airlines.New Zealand born Dan Mancini was co-founder of Hollywood residency Columbia Room 116 with Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) and founder of Soundgasm with Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre) & Jason Anchondo (The Warlocks). He has an impressive DJ resume & a long history with the indie rock club scene in LA & internationally.
Also hitting the decks will be Pop Noir an indie/ electronic duo from Manchester by way of Southern California & man-about-LA DJ Clifton (a.k.a Soft Touch).
The founders of Dance In A Panic previously co-founded London club events "Getloaded" with London dance-club Turnmills in 2003 (home to the likes of The Chemical Brothers & Fat Boy Slim). The nights saw appearances from Peter Hook (New Order), Andy Rourke & Mike Joyce (The Smiths), Mani (The Stone Roses/ Primal Scream), Tony Wilson (Factory Records/ 24 Hr Party People), Annie Mac (Radio 1), Beta Band, Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets) Carl Barat (The Libertines), Adam Babyshambles, The Cribs & many more. Getloaded united the rock n' roll & dance scenes & was hailed as "One of the most successful club-nights in London to date" by The Guardian (UK).
In summer 2004, KAV & Turnmills launched 20,000 capacity festival"Getloaded In The Park" on Clapham Common, which won "Best New Festival" at the UK festival awards in its first year & continued to run for 7 years.
CURATED BY PETER HOOK (JOY DIVISION/ NEW ORDER)
AUTHENTIC BRITISH-STYLE MONTHLY ROCK N' ROLL DANCE PARTIES AT THE REGENT THEATER LOS ANGELES.
FIRST NIGHT, MARCH 11, FEATURES: together PANGEA, KAV (W/ SPECIAL GUESTS), GATEWAY DRUGS, MAGIC WANDS, DRINKING FLOWERS & MORE
TICKET LINK KAV and Los Angeles promoter Spaceland launch,DANCE IN A PANIC, their authentic British style monthly Rock N' Roll dance parties on March 11 at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles. Events where the boundaries between indie & alternative & live & electronic music become even more blurred & intertwined.
Each month internationally known guest artists & DJs hailing from the UK and Los Angeles will be a fixture at Dance In A Panic filling the dance-floor with anthems from their record collections. Creating a British-style dance-party / club event in Los Angeles where everyone can dance till late, long beyond the standard show.
Peter Hook (New Order/ Joy Division) is curating the events with British / LA based musician & promoter KAV.
From April 30, Hooky will be a regular feature of the nights, inviting his friends to join him DJing Live from Manchester - broadcasting the sets straight to The Regent Theater via LA's groundbreaking event-to-event streaming platform "Clubcast". A first for the indie/ rock n'roll club scene! For the launch night there will be a screening of an exclusive, pre-recorded DJ Set from Peter Hook filmed at his club FAC 251 in Manchester (site of the former Factory Records offices). Kicking off the first night on March 11 will be...
together PANGEA
Hot on the heels of a European tour & London NME Awards show in London, together PANGEA will be headlining the launch party. Following the release of "the Phage" produced by Tommy Stinson (ex-Replacements) & their return to Burger Records last summer, the band has found itself playing to a growing number of fans, with this much anticipated LA performance being no exception.
KAV
British, LA based solo artist KAV is the promoter & resident live act. He will be joined monthly by special guests from some of his favorite bands. KAV released his solo album "The Man With No Shadow" in August 2014. His music has been compared by the press with BRMC, Primal Scream, The Stooges & Kasabian. KAV played guitar for British band Happy Mondays touring internationally with them from 2004-07 (including a Coachella Festival performance in 07) & co-writing their latest album.
Gateway Drugs
Support comes from Gateway Drugs who toured last year with the likes of British bands Ride & Swervedriver, with a recent appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly.
Magic Wands
Magic Wands return with their highly anticipated sophomore album Jupiter Feb 26th on Cleopatra Records. You may know them from their infectious single Black Magic from their debut album Aloha Moon featuring "Space" which was praised bySpin Magazine as "a sexy and propulsive stunner" earning the band opening slots for The Kills, The Horrors, The Breeders, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Black Keys and more.
Drinking Flowers
Echo Park art-rock / post punks Drinking Flowers are also celebrating the release of their new album New Swirled Order that night. New Swirled Order will be released on March 15 via Manifesto Records.
Music selections on the night come from Dan Mancini who is DJing the launch with his partner Lindsay Mancini under the moniker TSR Airlines.New Zealand born Dan Mancini was co-founder of Hollywood residency Columbia Room 116 with Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) and founder of Soundgasm with Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre) & Jason Anchondo (The Warlocks). He has an impressive DJ resume & a long history with the indie rock club scene in LA & internationally.
Also hitting the decks will be Pop Noir an indie/ electronic duo from Manchester by way of Southern California & man-about-LA DJ Clifton (a.k.a Soft Touch).
The founders of Dance In A Panic previously co-founded London club events "Getloaded" with London dance-club Turnmills in 2003 (home to the likes of The Chemical Brothers & Fat Boy Slim). The nights saw appearances from Peter Hook (New Order), Andy Rourke & Mike Joyce (The Smiths), Mani (The Stone Roses/ Primal Scream), Tony Wilson (Factory Records/ 24 Hr Party People), Annie Mac (Radio 1), Beta Band, Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets) Carl Barat (The Libertines), Adam Babyshambles, The Cribs & many more. Getloaded united the rock n' roll & dance scenes & was hailed as "One of the most successful club-nights in London to date" by The Guardian (UK).
In summer 2004, KAV & Turnmills launched 20,000 capacity festival"Getloaded In The Park" on Clapham Common, which won "Best New Festival" at the UK festival awards in its first year & continued to run for 7 years.
