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February 19, 2016
KFR to Release Soundtrack for BBC Film 'They Will Have To Kill Us First'
THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST: MALIAN MUSIC IN EXILE
ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKOUT MARCH 4, 2016 ON KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS
WATCH A NEW CLIP FEATURING
NICK ZINNER AND SONGHOY BLUES BELOW
WATCH: Nick Zinner + Songhoy Blues on YouTube
MORE INFO ON THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST HERE +++
This March, BBC Worldwide North America will release They Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile, a feature-length documentary which debuted at 2015's SXSW Film Festival. Directed by Johanna Schwartz and featuring an original score by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), the film - hailed by Indiewire as a "gripping, powerful documentary" and "social journalism of the highest order" by The Austin Chronicle - will open at New York City's Village East Cinema on March 4 and Los Angeles' Laemmle Santa Monica Theater on April 1 and other markets. The film is timed to release in conjunction with Music Freedom Day celebrated around the globe on March 3 since 2007. With unique musical events and initiatives in more than 30 countries, the day commemorating freedom of expression and human rights continues to captivate millions.
The original motion picture soundtrack for the film, featuring some of Mali's most exciting artists, will be released by Knitting Factory Records on March 4, 2016. It will be available digitally via all online retailers and streaming service providers. The album stars many of the musicians who appear in the film, includingSonghoy Blues and Moussa Sidi, as well as other Saharan African musicians including Bombino,Vieux Farka and Ali Farka Touré. Assembled by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), who also scored the film, the soundtrack underlines these extraordinary musicians' struggle against persecution. KFR and director Schwartz have shared a deleted scene from the film that highlights Nick Zinner's work with Songhoy Blues in the studio. The song they play is called "Nick," named after the producer himself.
WATCH NICK ZINNER + SONGHOY BLUES IN STUDIO
Music is the beating heart of Malian culture, but when Islamic jihadists took control of northern Mali in 2012, they enforced one of the harshest interpretations of sharia law by banning all forms of music. Radio stations were destroyed, instruments burned, and Mali's musicians faced torture, even death. Overnight, the country's revered musicians were forced into hiding or exile, where most remain -- even now. But rather than laying down their instruments, these courageous artists fought back, standing up for their freedoms and using music as a weapon against the ongoing violence that has ravaged their homeland.
They Will Have To Kill Us First, director Schwartz's debut feature, follows the group Songhoy Blues and musicians Kharia Arby, Fadimata "Disco" Walet Oumar, and Moussa Sidi as they each deal with the unfathomable situation in different ways. Telling the story of the uprising of Tuareg separatists, revealing footage of the jihadists, and capturing life at refugee camps where both money and hope are scarce, Schwartz and her indefatigable, mainly female, crew chart the perilous journeys to war-ravaged cities, as some of Mali's most talented musicians set up and perform at the first public concert in Timbuktu since the music ban.
Co-written by Schwartz and Andy Morgan, renowned journalist and former manager of Grammy® Award winning band Tinariwen, They Will Have To Kill Us First is produced by Sarah Mosses of Together Films and executive produced by Andre Singer (The Act of Killing) alongside Stephen Hendel, Victoria Steventon, OKAY Africa and Knitting Factory Entertainment.
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They Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile Original Motion Picture SoundtrackMarch 4, 2016Knitting Factory Records
Track listing:1. Gna Ka Da Ta - Lyrics by Amkoullel, Music by Nick Zinner 2. Khaira's Theme - Nick Zinner 3. Asswl - Abdallah Ag Alhousseini 4. Disco's Theme - Nick Zinner 5. Saya - Kankou Kouyaté 6. Jimmy's Theme / Enter the MNLA - Nick Zinner 7. Baba Hou - Songhoy Blues 8. Diadie - Afel Bocoum 9. France, Mali, Minusma / Moving Steadily North - Khaira Arby /Nick Zinner 10. Radio Timbuktu - Nick Zinner 11. Machengoidi - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté 12. Bamako Ballade / Solent - Nick Zinner/ Songhoy Blues 13. Nick ("Here Come the Producers" Remix) - Songhoy Blues 14. Moussa's Theme - Nick Zinner 15. Imuhar - Bombino 16. Ma Tekinam Ya Kada - Moussa Sidi 17. Du Sang - Lyrics by Amkoullel. Music by Nick Zinner 18. Algeria - Nick Zinner 19. Jolie ("Abraham Lincoln" Remix) - Songhoy Blues 20. Karanda - Ali Farka Touré 21. Dounia Tade - Amanar Feat Vieux Farka Touré 22. Petit Métier - Songhoy Blues 23. Children's Song - Fadimata "Disco" Walet Oumar 24. Fear in My Belly - Nick Zinner feat. Khaira Arby 25. Horei - Songhoy Blues 26. In The Blue Room - Khaira Arby 27. Jenuesse - Lyrics by Kankou Kouyaté, Music by Nick Zinner 28. Soubour ("Paddington" Remix) - Songhoy Blues 29. Sekou Oumarou ("Timbuktu" Remix) - Songhoy Blues 30. Abarajou Square - Nick Zinner 31. Amalgam - Khaira Arby 32. Ayama Yama Yama - Moussa Sidi
They Will Have To Kill Us First Official Site
ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKOUT MARCH 4, 2016 ON KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS
WATCH A NEW CLIP FEATURING
NICK ZINNER AND SONGHOY BLUES BELOW
WATCH: Nick Zinner + Songhoy Blues on YouTube
MORE INFO ON THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST HERE +++
This March, BBC Worldwide North America will release They Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile, a feature-length documentary which debuted at 2015's SXSW Film Festival. Directed by Johanna Schwartz and featuring an original score by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), the film - hailed by Indiewire as a "gripping, powerful documentary" and "social journalism of the highest order" by The Austin Chronicle - will open at New York City's Village East Cinema on March 4 and Los Angeles' Laemmle Santa Monica Theater on April 1 and other markets. The film is timed to release in conjunction with Music Freedom Day celebrated around the globe on March 3 since 2007. With unique musical events and initiatives in more than 30 countries, the day commemorating freedom of expression and human rights continues to captivate millions.
The original motion picture soundtrack for the film, featuring some of Mali's most exciting artists, will be released by Knitting Factory Records on March 4, 2016. It will be available digitally via all online retailers and streaming service providers. The album stars many of the musicians who appear in the film, includingSonghoy Blues and Moussa Sidi, as well as other Saharan African musicians including Bombino,Vieux Farka and Ali Farka Touré. Assembled by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), who also scored the film, the soundtrack underlines these extraordinary musicians' struggle against persecution. KFR and director Schwartz have shared a deleted scene from the film that highlights Nick Zinner's work with Songhoy Blues in the studio. The song they play is called "Nick," named after the producer himself.
WATCH NICK ZINNER + SONGHOY BLUES IN STUDIO
Music is the beating heart of Malian culture, but when Islamic jihadists took control of northern Mali in 2012, they enforced one of the harshest interpretations of sharia law by banning all forms of music. Radio stations were destroyed, instruments burned, and Mali's musicians faced torture, even death. Overnight, the country's revered musicians were forced into hiding or exile, where most remain -- even now. But rather than laying down their instruments, these courageous artists fought back, standing up for their freedoms and using music as a weapon against the ongoing violence that has ravaged their homeland.
They Will Have To Kill Us First, director Schwartz's debut feature, follows the group Songhoy Blues and musicians Kharia Arby, Fadimata "Disco" Walet Oumar, and Moussa Sidi as they each deal with the unfathomable situation in different ways. Telling the story of the uprising of Tuareg separatists, revealing footage of the jihadists, and capturing life at refugee camps where both money and hope are scarce, Schwartz and her indefatigable, mainly female, crew chart the perilous journeys to war-ravaged cities, as some of Mali's most talented musicians set up and perform at the first public concert in Timbuktu since the music ban.
Co-written by Schwartz and Andy Morgan, renowned journalist and former manager of Grammy® Award winning band Tinariwen, They Will Have To Kill Us First is produced by Sarah Mosses of Together Films and executive produced by Andre Singer (The Act of Killing) alongside Stephen Hendel, Victoria Steventon, OKAY Africa and Knitting Factory Entertainment.
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click above to download imageThey Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile Original Motion Picture SoundtrackMarch 4, 2016Knitting Factory Records
Track listing:1. Gna Ka Da Ta - Lyrics by Amkoullel, Music by Nick Zinner 2. Khaira's Theme - Nick Zinner 3. Asswl - Abdallah Ag Alhousseini 4. Disco's Theme - Nick Zinner 5. Saya - Kankou Kouyaté 6. Jimmy's Theme / Enter the MNLA - Nick Zinner 7. Baba Hou - Songhoy Blues 8. Diadie - Afel Bocoum 9. France, Mali, Minusma / Moving Steadily North - Khaira Arby /Nick Zinner 10. Radio Timbuktu - Nick Zinner 11. Machengoidi - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté 12. Bamako Ballade / Solent - Nick Zinner/ Songhoy Blues 13. Nick ("Here Come the Producers" Remix) - Songhoy Blues 14. Moussa's Theme - Nick Zinner 15. Imuhar - Bombino 16. Ma Tekinam Ya Kada - Moussa Sidi 17. Du Sang - Lyrics by Amkoullel. Music by Nick Zinner 18. Algeria - Nick Zinner 19. Jolie ("Abraham Lincoln" Remix) - Songhoy Blues 20. Karanda - Ali Farka Touré 21. Dounia Tade - Amanar Feat Vieux Farka Touré 22. Petit Métier - Songhoy Blues 23. Children's Song - Fadimata "Disco" Walet Oumar 24. Fear in My Belly - Nick Zinner feat. Khaira Arby 25. Horei - Songhoy Blues 26. In The Blue Room - Khaira Arby 27. Jenuesse - Lyrics by Kankou Kouyaté, Music by Nick Zinner 28. Soubour ("Paddington" Remix) - Songhoy Blues 29. Sekou Oumarou ("Timbuktu" Remix) - Songhoy Blues 30. Abarajou Square - Nick Zinner 31. Amalgam - Khaira Arby 32. Ayama Yama Yama - Moussa Sidi
They Will Have To Kill Us First Official Site
VOGUE Exclusively Premieres Highasakite's Stunning New Video!
Exclusive! Highasakite Premieres New Video for “Someone Who’ll Get It”by JACOB BROWN
Photo: Stian AndersenWhen we first heard the enchanting voice of Highasakite singer Ingrid Helene Håvik at South by Southwest, we fell hard and fast for the Norwegian band. A few months later, we doubled down on our affection and invited the group to record a live session video.
But that was two years ago, when Highasakite was riding high and claiming the record for longest consecutive run (94 weeks) on Norway’s Top 40 charts. Now they’re back with a new album at the ready; a huge summer festival tour in the works; and a first single, “Someone Who’ll Get It,” which is already earning attention back home, on Spotify’s Global Viral chart, and on several U.K. radio stations...
Click HERE or the screen shot below to watch the video NOW and read what Ingrid had to tell Vogue about learning to pole dance and drowning in oil for the clip!
| STREAM 'SOMEONE WHO'LL GET IT' | PHOTO |
The band’s forthcoming sophomore album Camp Echo is slated for release on May 20 via Propeller Recordings; available to pre-order now - highasakite.lnk.to/CampEcho. Full track list and artwork available below…
The new video hints to the somewhat menacing premise of new album Camp Echo – a namesake taken from one of seven detention camps within Guantanamo Bay. It’s entrenched in historical discourse, but for Håvik, Camp Echo is more a state of mind. Despite loose political commentary, the album is without agenda. “It’s not a political album in the sense that I want people to side with specific party or mindset, but it has been central in my life,” she says.
The songs took shape over the 18 months leading to 2016, serving an internal memoir of the outward events that so dramatically shaped Håvik’s worldview. It’s a long time in the making, stemming back to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Fittingly enough, Camp Echo opens with ‘My Name Is Liar’– an effacing ‘tribute’ to George W. Bush, citing moments of his infamous War On Terror speech. The narrative continues with scattered citations of ex-marine Grant Collins, who served in Iraq from August 2004 – May 2005.
Though existing within the public sphere, Camp Echo is ingrained in the human condition; with Håvik having explored the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on war veterans and, on a more personal level, her own battle with social displacement and hopelessness.
It follows Highasakite’s acclaimed debut LP Silent Treatment – an effort applauded on both sides of the Atlantic and now claiming the record for longest consecutive run in Norwegian chart history, having spent 94 weeks in the Top 40. Championed by the likes of Pitchfork, NME and The Guardian, Silent Treatment has achieved international acclaim since its release in February 2014; awarded 2xNorwegian Grammys, an IMPALA Nomination (European Independent Album of the Year), a Triple J Hottest 100 (AUS) placing with single ‘Since Last Wednesday’ and Album/Single of the Year listings on NPR (US).
After a sold out show at London’s Hoxton Hall last week, Highasakite embark Village Underground onMay 24, alongside a string of headline performances in Dublin, Manchester and Amsterdam – tickets on sale now. In addition, earlier this month Highasakite announced that they would be main stage headliners for several Norwegian festivals including Øya, Parkenfestivalen, Pstereo andBergenfest.
Camp Echo
1. My Name Is Liar
2. Samurai Swords
3. Someone Who´ll Get It
4. My Mind Is A Bad Neighborhood
5. God Don’t Leave Me
6. I Am My Own Disease
7. Golden Ticket
8. Deep Sea Diver
9. Chernobyl
Out May 20 via Propeller Recordings
pre-order HERE.
– ON SALE NOW –
22 MAY 2016 | WHELAN’S, DUBLIN (IE)
23 MAY 2016 | DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER (UK)
24 MAY 2016 | VILLAGE UNDERGROUND, LONDON (UK)
26 MAY 2016 | PARADISO UPSTAIRS, AMSTERDAM (NL)
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TICKETS, VISIT HTTP://HIGHASAKITE.NO/
Photo: Stian AndersenWhen we first heard the enchanting voice of Highasakite singer Ingrid Helene Håvik at South by Southwest, we fell hard and fast for the Norwegian band. A few months later, we doubled down on our affection and invited the group to record a live session video.
But that was two years ago, when Highasakite was riding high and claiming the record for longest consecutive run (94 weeks) on Norway’s Top 40 charts. Now they’re back with a new album at the ready; a huge summer festival tour in the works; and a first single, “Someone Who’ll Get It,” which is already earning attention back home, on Spotify’s Global Viral chart, and on several U.K. radio stations...
Click HERE or the screen shot below to watch the video NOW and read what Ingrid had to tell Vogue about learning to pole dance and drowning in oil for the clip!
| STREAM 'SOMEONE WHO'LL GET IT' | PHOTO |
The band’s forthcoming sophomore album Camp Echo is slated for release on May 20 via Propeller Recordings; available to pre-order now - highasakite.lnk.to/CampEcho. Full track list and artwork available below…
The new video hints to the somewhat menacing premise of new album Camp Echo – a namesake taken from one of seven detention camps within Guantanamo Bay. It’s entrenched in historical discourse, but for Håvik, Camp Echo is more a state of mind. Despite loose political commentary, the album is without agenda. “It’s not a political album in the sense that I want people to side with specific party or mindset, but it has been central in my life,” she says.
The songs took shape over the 18 months leading to 2016, serving an internal memoir of the outward events that so dramatically shaped Håvik’s worldview. It’s a long time in the making, stemming back to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Fittingly enough, Camp Echo opens with ‘My Name Is Liar’– an effacing ‘tribute’ to George W. Bush, citing moments of his infamous War On Terror speech. The narrative continues with scattered citations of ex-marine Grant Collins, who served in Iraq from August 2004 – May 2005.
Though existing within the public sphere, Camp Echo is ingrained in the human condition; with Håvik having explored the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on war veterans and, on a more personal level, her own battle with social displacement and hopelessness.
It follows Highasakite’s acclaimed debut LP Silent Treatment – an effort applauded on both sides of the Atlantic and now claiming the record for longest consecutive run in Norwegian chart history, having spent 94 weeks in the Top 40. Championed by the likes of Pitchfork, NME and The Guardian, Silent Treatment has achieved international acclaim since its release in February 2014; awarded 2xNorwegian Grammys, an IMPALA Nomination (European Independent Album of the Year), a Triple J Hottest 100 (AUS) placing with single ‘Since Last Wednesday’ and Album/Single of the Year listings on NPR (US).
After a sold out show at London’s Hoxton Hall last week, Highasakite embark Village Underground onMay 24, alongside a string of headline performances in Dublin, Manchester and Amsterdam – tickets on sale now. In addition, earlier this month Highasakite announced that they would be main stage headliners for several Norwegian festivals including Øya, Parkenfestivalen, Pstereo andBergenfest.
Camp Echo
1. My Name Is Liar
2. Samurai Swords
3. Someone Who´ll Get It
4. My Mind Is A Bad Neighborhood
5. God Don’t Leave Me
6. I Am My Own Disease
7. Golden Ticket
8. Deep Sea Diver
9. Chernobyl
Out May 20 via Propeller Recordings
pre-order HERE.
– ON SALE NOW –
22 MAY 2016 | WHELAN’S, DUBLIN (IE)
23 MAY 2016 | DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER (UK)
24 MAY 2016 | VILLAGE UNDERGROUND, LONDON (UK)
26 MAY 2016 | PARADISO UPSTAIRS, AMSTERDAM (NL)
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TICKETS, VISIT HTTP://HIGHASAKITE.NO/
February 18, 2016
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS STREAM SVIIB IN ITS ENTIRETY ON NPR FIRST LISTEN
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS STREAM SVIIB IN ITS ENTIRETY ON NPR FIRST LISTEN ALEJANDRA DEHEZA TALKS SVIIB ON NPR WEEKEND EDITIONProduced by Benjamin Curtis & Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Mixed by Tony Hoffer
Photo Credit: Clarke Tolton (left) / Justin Hollar (right)
“Gorgeous, reflective.”-NPR“Their perfected swan song.”- Pitchfork“Comforting and luminous.”- Stereogum“In lullaby-sweet tones (Alley) addresses Benjamin, in the wake of their split: relinquish past hurt and see their relationship as it stands, undiminished, burning bright.” –VICE
(February 18, 2016)- It was in the summer of 2012 that School of Seven Bells’ fourth and final album, SVIIB , was written. “I can easily say that it was one of the most creative and inspired summers of our lives,” Alejandra Deheza recounts. “What followed was the most tragic, soul shaking tidal wave that life could ever deliver, but even that wouldn’t stop the vision for this record being realized.” SVIIB will be released everywhere on February 26, but today fans can stream the record in its entirety via NPR’s First Listen: http://smarturl.it/SVIIBnpr
It was in early 2013 that Benjamin Curtis was diagnosed with a rare form of T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, less than a year later Deheza would be the sole member of the group. Benjamin Curtis passed away on December 29, 2013.
In 2014 Deheza moved to Los Angeles to finish the record with Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails, M83), As soon as Alley was settled in LA it took the two only a month and a half to finish the record. “ This is a love letter from start to finish. It's the story of us starting from that first day we met in 2004, and that's the story of School of Seven Bells,” Alley says, “When I see those roman numerals, I just think of an era”.Alejandra recently chatted with NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon about the making of SVIIB. In case you missed it, listen to the interview here.
SVIIB will be released on February 26, 2016 via Vagrant Records in the US, and Full Time Hobby in Europe, but today fans can pre-order the album on iTunes.
Preorder SVIIB here:iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SVIIBStore/Vinyl:http://smarturl.it/SVIIBStore
Photo Credit: Clarke Tolton (left) / Justin Hollar (right)“Gorgeous, reflective.”-NPR“Their perfected swan song.”- Pitchfork“Comforting and luminous.”- Stereogum“In lullaby-sweet tones (Alley) addresses Benjamin, in the wake of their split: relinquish past hurt and see their relationship as it stands, undiminished, burning bright.” –VICE
(February 18, 2016)- It was in the summer of 2012 that School of Seven Bells’ fourth and final album, SVIIB , was written. “I can easily say that it was one of the most creative and inspired summers of our lives,” Alejandra Deheza recounts. “What followed was the most tragic, soul shaking tidal wave that life could ever deliver, but even that wouldn’t stop the vision for this record being realized.” SVIIB will be released everywhere on February 26, but today fans can stream the record in its entirety via NPR’s First Listen: http://smarturl.it/SVIIBnpr
It was in early 2013 that Benjamin Curtis was diagnosed with a rare form of T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, less than a year later Deheza would be the sole member of the group. Benjamin Curtis passed away on December 29, 2013.
In 2014 Deheza moved to Los Angeles to finish the record with Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails, M83), As soon as Alley was settled in LA it took the two only a month and a half to finish the record. “ This is a love letter from start to finish. It's the story of us starting from that first day we met in 2004, and that's the story of School of Seven Bells,” Alley says, “When I see those roman numerals, I just think of an era”.Alejandra recently chatted with NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon about the making of SVIIB. In case you missed it, listen to the interview here.
SVIIB will be released on February 26, 2016 via Vagrant Records in the US, and Full Time Hobby in Europe, but today fans can pre-order the album on iTunes.
Preorder SVIIB here:iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SVIIBStore/Vinyl:http://smarturl.it/SVIIBStore
FKA twigs Premieres "Good To Love"
FKA twigsPremieres new single and videoWatch 'Good To Love' right now HERE
FKA twigs has premiered a brand new single, 'Good To Love,' today. The song was originally aired live during FKA twigs' Soundtrack 7 residency at theManchester International Festival and is produced by FKA twigs alongsideRick Nowels. 'Good To Love' is available to hear right now via a self-directed video HERE, and will be available across all digital platforms at midnight tonight, featuring cover photography by Alexandra Horgan. The release of 'Good To Love' follows FKA twigs' acclaimed 2015 M3LLI55X EP and her 2014 debut album, LP1 , for which she recently won two awards at the 2016 Music Producers Guild Awards (for 'UK Single of the Year' and 'UK Album of the Year'). FKA twigs is also pleased to announce that she will perform 'Good To Love' live on television next week. She will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, February 24th, returning to the show where she made her US television debut. In addition to the Tonight Show performance, FKA twigs will also perform live in New York next week as part of the Tibet House Benefit Concert. The concert will take place at Carnegie Hall on Monday, February 22nd, with twigs joining the likes of Philip Glass, Basia Bulat and Dechen Shak Dagsay on the bill.
Buy/Stream "Good To Love" here: http://yt-r.uk/goodtolove FKA twigs Official Site / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube
FKA twigs has premiered a brand new single, 'Good To Love,' today. The song was originally aired live during FKA twigs' Soundtrack 7 residency at theManchester International Festival and is produced by FKA twigs alongsideRick Nowels. 'Good To Love' is available to hear right now via a self-directed video HERE, and will be available across all digital platforms at midnight tonight, featuring cover photography by Alexandra Horgan. The release of 'Good To Love' follows FKA twigs' acclaimed 2015 M3LLI55X EP and her 2014 debut album, LP1 , for which she recently won two awards at the 2016 Music Producers Guild Awards (for 'UK Single of the Year' and 'UK Album of the Year'). FKA twigs is also pleased to announce that she will perform 'Good To Love' live on television next week. She will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, February 24th, returning to the show where she made her US television debut. In addition to the Tonight Show performance, FKA twigs will also perform live in New York next week as part of the Tibet House Benefit Concert. The concert will take place at Carnegie Hall on Monday, February 22nd, with twigs joining the likes of Philip Glass, Basia Bulat and Dechen Shak Dagsay on the bill.
Buy/Stream "Good To Love" here: http://yt-r.uk/goodtolove FKA twigs Official Site / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube
J DILLA'S LONG LOST 2002 ALBUM THE DIARY TO BE RELEASED IN APRIL
J DILLA'S LONG LOST 2002 VOCAL ALBUM THE DIARY TO BE RELEASED APRIL 15 BY PAYJAY/MASS APPEAL RECORDS LISTEN TO NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD TRACK "THE INTRODUCTION" AND READ INTERVIEW WITH J DILLA ESTATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR EOTHEN ALAPATT HERE:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-the-lead-track-from-j-dillas-lost-vocal-album-the-diary-20160218
PREORDER THE DIARY EXCLUSIVELY ON ITUNES: http://found.ee/JDillaTheDiary The Estate of James Yancey has revived J Dilla's longstanding company PayJay as a functioning imprint to release Dilla's long lost vocal album, The Diary on April 15th, in conjunction with Mass Appeal Records. Initially intended for release in 2002, The Diary is the final batch of unissued material that Dilla had assembled for release during his lifetime, lending crucial insight into the producer's prowess and thought process in the period leading up to his break with the major label system and the extremely fertile period that followed (which encompassed the making of the canonical classics Ruff Draft , Jaylib , and Donuts ). The Diary features vocal performances by J Dilla, Snoop Dogg, Bilal, Kokane, Frank and Dank, Nottz and Boogie, over production by Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, Hi-tek, Nottz, House Shoes, Supa Dave West, Bink! and Karriem Riggins. The album was announced today in an interview with Nas on Zane Lowe's show on Beats1 with the never-before-heard song "The Introduction," now streaming via Rolling Stone . The Diary was Dilla's attempt to take advantage of the attention afforded him after his brightest period as a behind-the-scenes hit-maker and influencer. However, the project stalled and the album was literally shelved, the reels languishing in storage in Detroit as a relocated Dilla began a creative renaissance in Los Angeles. The Diary in this, its final form, was painstakingly assembled over a ten year period from two-track mixdowns and multi-track masters found in J Dilla's archives after his death in 2006. The completion of The Diary was overseen by The Estate of James Yancey's Creative DirectorEothen Alapatt, long term general manager of Stones Throw Records and A&R for Donuts andJaylib, whose previous archival Dilla work includes the expanded Ruff Draft reissue from 2008. The Estate of James Yancey is overseen by California's Probate Court on behalf of Yancey's four heirs - his mother, Maureen "Madukes" Yancey, his brother John "Illa J" Yancey and his two daughters,Ja'Mya Yancey and Ty-monae Whitlow.
The musical landscape has shifted mightily in the wake of J Dilla's final album. Donuts' release and Dilla's subsequent death forced a critical and fan-level reexamination of his work and importance on the global stage. J Dilla was marginalized in the years leading up to his death, as he, battling the rare blood disorder that would eventually take his life, eschewed the major label-led music industry where he created or aided some of the music industry's brightest - D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Common - in the late 90s and early 00s, moved to California from his native Detroit and dug deep into the deepest recesses of his creative spirit to offer a new take on hip hop's decades old art form of sampling. AfterDonuts, the likes of Kanye West and Pharrel Williams could be heard echoing words read on a fan's shirt from one of J Dilla's last European tours in 2005: J Dilla Changed My Life . They were not the only ones: Justin Timberlake opines openly that the world needs more Dilla. J Dilla became a critical signpost for these stars, and others: the archetype figure that birthed everything they loved and cared for in hip-hop.
LISTEN TO "THE INTRODUCTION" ON SOUNDCLOUDhttps://soundcloud.com/massappealrecs/j-dilla-the-introduction
THE DIARY TRACK LIST 1. The Introduction2. The Anthem feat. Frank & Dank3. Fight Club feat. Nottz & Boogie4. The Shining Pt. 1 (Diamonds) feat. Kenny Wray5. The Shining Pt. 2 (Ice)6. Trucks7. Gangsta Boogie feat. Snoop Dogg & Kokane8. Drive Me Wild9. Give Them What They Want10. The Creep (The O)11. The Ex feat. Bilal12. So Far13. Fuck The Police14. The Diary
PREORDER THE DIARY EXCLUSIVELY ON ITUNES: http://found.ee/JDillaTheDiary The Estate of James Yancey has revived J Dilla's longstanding company PayJay as a functioning imprint to release Dilla's long lost vocal album, The Diary on April 15th, in conjunction with Mass Appeal Records. Initially intended for release in 2002, The Diary is the final batch of unissued material that Dilla had assembled for release during his lifetime, lending crucial insight into the producer's prowess and thought process in the period leading up to his break with the major label system and the extremely fertile period that followed (which encompassed the making of the canonical classics Ruff Draft , Jaylib , and Donuts ). The Diary features vocal performances by J Dilla, Snoop Dogg, Bilal, Kokane, Frank and Dank, Nottz and Boogie, over production by Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, Hi-tek, Nottz, House Shoes, Supa Dave West, Bink! and Karriem Riggins. The album was announced today in an interview with Nas on Zane Lowe's show on Beats1 with the never-before-heard song "The Introduction," now streaming via Rolling Stone . The Diary was Dilla's attempt to take advantage of the attention afforded him after his brightest period as a behind-the-scenes hit-maker and influencer. However, the project stalled and the album was literally shelved, the reels languishing in storage in Detroit as a relocated Dilla began a creative renaissance in Los Angeles. The Diary in this, its final form, was painstakingly assembled over a ten year period from two-track mixdowns and multi-track masters found in J Dilla's archives after his death in 2006. The completion of The Diary was overseen by The Estate of James Yancey's Creative DirectorEothen Alapatt, long term general manager of Stones Throw Records and A&R for Donuts andJaylib, whose previous archival Dilla work includes the expanded Ruff Draft reissue from 2008. The Estate of James Yancey is overseen by California's Probate Court on behalf of Yancey's four heirs - his mother, Maureen "Madukes" Yancey, his brother John "Illa J" Yancey and his two daughters,Ja'Mya Yancey and Ty-monae Whitlow.
The musical landscape has shifted mightily in the wake of J Dilla's final album. Donuts' release and Dilla's subsequent death forced a critical and fan-level reexamination of his work and importance on the global stage. J Dilla was marginalized in the years leading up to his death, as he, battling the rare blood disorder that would eventually take his life, eschewed the major label-led music industry where he created or aided some of the music industry's brightest - D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Common - in the late 90s and early 00s, moved to California from his native Detroit and dug deep into the deepest recesses of his creative spirit to offer a new take on hip hop's decades old art form of sampling. AfterDonuts, the likes of Kanye West and Pharrel Williams could be heard echoing words read on a fan's shirt from one of J Dilla's last European tours in 2005: J Dilla Changed My Life . They were not the only ones: Justin Timberlake opines openly that the world needs more Dilla. J Dilla became a critical signpost for these stars, and others: the archetype figure that birthed everything they loved and cared for in hip-hop.
LISTEN TO "THE INTRODUCTION" ON SOUNDCLOUDhttps://soundcloud.com/massappealrecs/j-dilla-the-introduction
THE DIARY TRACK LIST 1. The Introduction2. The Anthem feat. Frank & Dank3. Fight Club feat. Nottz & Boogie4. The Shining Pt. 1 (Diamonds) feat. Kenny Wray5. The Shining Pt. 2 (Ice)6. Trucks7. Gangsta Boogie feat. Snoop Dogg & Kokane8. Drive Me Wild9. Give Them What They Want10. The Creep (The O)11. The Ex feat. Bilal12. So Far13. Fuck The Police14. The Diary
The Coathangers play in Brooklyn March 29th in advance of their upcoming LP "Nosebleed Weekend"
The Coathangers release their fifth LP, Nosebleed Weekend, on April 15th via Suicide Squeeze Records!Fans in Brooklyn can see them live on March 29th at Baby's All Right, along w/Tijuana Panthers.
They also just announced a string of tour dates supporting Refused and debuted the album's title track on The FADER.
"Nosebleed Weekend"
“This is the song you listen to when you're mad as hell about someone…” The FADERTour Dates:
03.29.16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right w/ Tijuana Panthers
04.06.16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo w/ Death Valley Girls
04.15.16 – Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar – RECORD RELEASE SHOW
04.21.16 – Hot Springs National Park, AR @ Low Key Arts
04.22.16 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada w/ Har Mar Superstar
04.23.16 – Norman, OK @ Norman Music Festival
04.25.16 – San Antonio, TX, Paper Tiger
04.27.16 – McAllen, TX @ Yerberia Cultura
04.30.16 – May 1.16 – Orlando, FL @ Moonstone Music Festival
05.26.16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore w/ Refused
05.27.16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre w/ Refused
05.28.16 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House w/ Refused
05.30.16 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up w/ Refused
05.31.16 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre w/ Refused
06.01.16 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater w/ Refused
06.03.16 – Dallas, TX @ Trees w/ Refused
06.05.16 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk w/ Refused
06.07.16 – Jacksonville, FL @ Mavericks at the Landing w/ Refused
06.08.16 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution w/ Refused
06.09.16 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theatre w/ Refused
The Coathangers mark their ten-year anniversary as a band with the release of their fifth studio album, Nosebleed Weekend, on April 15, 2016 through Seattle-based label Suicide Squeeze.
Nosebleed Weekend comes on the heels of the band’s highly-praised 2014 release Suck My Shirt. They toured non-stop for eighteen months on Suck My Shirt, with appearances at festivals like Riot Fest, Burgerama, TBD Fest, Sled Island, Festival d’été de Québec and Capitol Hill Block Party; and toured with bands like The Black Lips and The Growlers. Kim Gordon even named their May 2015 show at Pappy & Harriets in Pioneertown, CA as #1 on her Top 10 List of 2015 in Artform Magazine.
Lust For Youth shares music video for recent single "Sudden Ambitions"
LUST FOR YOUTH SHARES MUSIC VIDEO FOR "SUDDEN AMBITIONS"
WATCH IT AT V MAGAZINE
COMPASSION LP OUT MARCH 18TH ON SACRED BONES RECORDS
Lust For Youth's new album Compassion is due out next month on Sacred Bones Records.
The trio recently shared the single "Sudden Ambitions" from the record and have now completed a music video for the track working with their long-time collaborator and 'New Boys' video director, Frederik Valentin. Filmed hand-held style, the video depicts various scenic shots of the band's hometown neighborhood Amager, Copenhagen – a local swim team practice, Valentin's younger brother (modeling the latest Posh Isolation gear), and features cameos from the band members. Frederik also had this to say about the video:
"Everything was filmed in our local neighborhood, Amager, Copenhagen, it’s a quiet place, no fancy cafes or shops. Near the airport but far away from the world."
LFY will be heading out on the road next month with stops in LA, San Antonio, San Francisco, NYC, and Austin for SXSW before heading back to Europe for a string of dates. Find the album info and tour dates below!
"Movement and gesture is natural. The flâneur has an iPhone, and their heart is embroidered into a microfiber sleeve in gold."
Lust for Youth are a three-piece from Copenhagen made up of Hannes Norrvide, Malthe Fischer & Loke Rahbek. 2014’s acclaimed album, International , took the melancholic insomnia of their former releases out into the street and away from the domestic frustrations of a life in headphones. Suddenly, surrounded by bodies, and with a staccato heart, Balearic infatuations and capricious nights in crowded clubs set the mood for Norrvide’s pining sighs. International marked Lust For Youth’s new-found decadence with fully resolved charm and enhanced self-deprecation.
This was swiftly channeled into their recent hit, “Better Looking Brother.” Compassion ’s first single was streamed over 50k times in its first month, capping off a highly successful 2015 of worldwide tours and critical social media updates.
Compassion restates beauty for a time of crisis and clickbait. Judgement, design, form, and opinion: to what end will we refine our world if we can’t also make an anthem of our lives? This is the tender conspiracy: I’m on twitter; I have an anthem. Do we have an anthem? We have lust. Let’s meet irl.
Lust for Youth are affectionately vicious, and vulnerably sharp. They are the anticipation of the comedown as you come up on the best you’ve ever been of- fered from a bathroom stall. This is the spectrum: a low you know, and a dizzy new height.
Hearts blind lights and finance desire. Is it the fate of the cunning to look good, or is it just cunning to look this good? Compassion is dexterity: we all look this good. An impulse is an appetite, and you’re entitled to everything. Multitask collapse and revolution because you’re a beautiful mess.
Compassion is deliverance. Anticipate compassion." —Patrick Quick
Watch & Share: Lust For Youth - "Sudden Ambitions" (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCbUjm2I7Tw&feature=youtu.be
TOUR DATES3/17/2016 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/18/2016 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/19/2016 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger (Heatwave)
3/20/2016 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
3/22/2016 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teregram Ballroom *
3/24/2016 - Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel ^
4/6/2016 - Berlin, DE @ Lido
4/8/2016 - Luzern, CH @ Südpol
4/9/2016 - Milan, IT @ Lo Fi
4/11/2016 - Paris, FR @ Le Petit Bain
4/12/2016 - Lyon, FR @ Le Sonic
4/13/2016 - Madrid, ES @ El Sol
4/14/2016 - Barcelona, ES @ Sidecar
4/16/2016 - Lisbon, PT @ Musicbox
4/21/2016 - Warsaw, PL @ Klub Hydrozagadka
4/22/2016 - London, UK @ Moth Club
6/11/2016 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
* w/ Marshstepper, Drab Majesty & DJ Silent Servant
^ w/ Drew McDowall, Soho Rezanejad, Marshstepper
WATCH IT AT V MAGAZINE
COMPASSION LP OUT MARCH 18TH ON SACRED BONES RECORDS
Lust For Youth's new album Compassion is due out next month on Sacred Bones Records.The trio recently shared the single "Sudden Ambitions" from the record and have now completed a music video for the track working with their long-time collaborator and 'New Boys' video director, Frederik Valentin. Filmed hand-held style, the video depicts various scenic shots of the band's hometown neighborhood Amager, Copenhagen – a local swim team practice, Valentin's younger brother (modeling the latest Posh Isolation gear), and features cameos from the band members. Frederik also had this to say about the video:
"Everything was filmed in our local neighborhood, Amager, Copenhagen, it’s a quiet place, no fancy cafes or shops. Near the airport but far away from the world."
LFY will be heading out on the road next month with stops in LA, San Antonio, San Francisco, NYC, and Austin for SXSW before heading back to Europe for a string of dates. Find the album info and tour dates below!
"Movement and gesture is natural. The flâneur has an iPhone, and their heart is embroidered into a microfiber sleeve in gold."
Lust for Youth are a three-piece from Copenhagen made up of Hannes Norrvide, Malthe Fischer & Loke Rahbek. 2014’s acclaimed album, International , took the melancholic insomnia of their former releases out into the street and away from the domestic frustrations of a life in headphones. Suddenly, surrounded by bodies, and with a staccato heart, Balearic infatuations and capricious nights in crowded clubs set the mood for Norrvide’s pining sighs. International marked Lust For Youth’s new-found decadence with fully resolved charm and enhanced self-deprecation.
This was swiftly channeled into their recent hit, “Better Looking Brother.” Compassion ’s first single was streamed over 50k times in its first month, capping off a highly successful 2015 of worldwide tours and critical social media updates.
Compassion restates beauty for a time of crisis and clickbait. Judgement, design, form, and opinion: to what end will we refine our world if we can’t also make an anthem of our lives? This is the tender conspiracy: I’m on twitter; I have an anthem. Do we have an anthem? We have lust. Let’s meet irl.
Lust for Youth are affectionately vicious, and vulnerably sharp. They are the anticipation of the comedown as you come up on the best you’ve ever been of- fered from a bathroom stall. This is the spectrum: a low you know, and a dizzy new height.
Hearts blind lights and finance desire. Is it the fate of the cunning to look good, or is it just cunning to look this good? Compassion is dexterity: we all look this good. An impulse is an appetite, and you’re entitled to everything. Multitask collapse and revolution because you’re a beautiful mess.
Compassion is deliverance. Anticipate compassion." —Patrick Quick
Watch & Share: Lust For Youth - "Sudden Ambitions" (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCbUjm2I7Tw&feature=youtu.be
TOUR DATES3/17/2016 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/18/2016 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/19/2016 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger (Heatwave)
3/20/2016 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
3/22/2016 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teregram Ballroom *
3/24/2016 - Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel ^
4/6/2016 - Berlin, DE @ Lido
4/8/2016 - Luzern, CH @ Südpol
4/9/2016 - Milan, IT @ Lo Fi
4/11/2016 - Paris, FR @ Le Petit Bain
4/12/2016 - Lyon, FR @ Le Sonic
4/13/2016 - Madrid, ES @ El Sol
4/14/2016 - Barcelona, ES @ Sidecar
4/16/2016 - Lisbon, PT @ Musicbox
4/21/2016 - Warsaw, PL @ Klub Hydrozagadka
4/22/2016 - London, UK @ Moth Club
6/11/2016 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
* w/ Marshstepper, Drab Majesty & DJ Silent Servant
^ w/ Drew McDowall, Soho Rezanejad, Marshstepper
Skylar Gudasz: CoS Album Stream, Morning Edition, Tour & More
BIG STAR THIRD COLLECTIVE MEMBERSKYLAR GUDASZSTEPS OUT WITH ANTICIPATED DEBUT OLEANDER
CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND
NOW STREAMING OLEANDER MOUNT MORIAH TOUR + PHUZZ PHEST & MORE MORNING EDITION SESSION THIS FRIDAY 
Durham, NC based Skylar Gudasz is thrilled for the upcoming release of her debut albumOleander, out this Friday February 19th. Consequence Of Sound is now streaming this enchanting work by a talented new singer-songwriter who they say "delivers an album of dramatic, honest, and often playful alt-country songs ... Cumulatively, the whole album is a spectacular introduction to a worthy, captivating new voice in Americana."
Listen here http://bit.ly/1TqK5rC WUNC's Morning Edition caught up with Skylar and spoke about being a member of the Big Star Third Collective, recording with renowned Chapel Hill producer Chris Stamey and traveling the world before recording her debut LP. Listen to the session and interview this Friday at http://wunc.org/programs/morning-edition This past weekend Skylar performed alongside Debbi Peterson, Steve Wynn, Mike Mills and others at the famed Wild Honey Beach Boys Benefit concert in Los Angeles. Goldmine Magazine said Skylar's performance was a "transcendent moment" and she delivered a "magical, exceptionally sung Surf's Up ... wrapping [her] beautiful voice around the fragile, moving melody." Beginning on March 11th in Washington DC, Skylar will hit the road with Mount Moriah. The tour will visit New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston, before finishing up with an Oleander Record Release show in Carrboro, NC and a performance at this year's Phuzz Phest. Full tour dates and details below. Oleander was produced by Chris Stamey, who was drawn to Skylar's distinctiveness as a songwriter after seeing her perform alongside some of the most promising young musicians in Chapel Hill and Durham. Chris describes Skylar as "a triple threat - a skilled singer, composer, and lyricist - with a background in both classical and pop music." Shortly after his ambitious Big Star Third collective began playing, Chris brought Skylar aboard, introducing her to a cast that included Big Star drummer Jody Stephens, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and the Posies' Ken Stringfellow. From Barcelona to Sydney to London, Skylar had the chance to perform alongside Jeff Tweedy, Cat Power and Ray Davies. Back home in North Carolina, Skylar began recording new material that would becomeOleander. An album full of tender songs that lean on minimal piano-and-vocal passages that ebb and flow between full-band crescendos, while others are full of grand orchestral swirls. The end result is the work of a singer-songwriter whose balance of musical talent and artistic vision comes along only once in a very blue moon. Skylar plans to spend all of 2016 on the road. Stay tuned for tour dates, videos and more! Pre-order Oleander here:ITunes - http://hyperurl.co/gzfgh4Amazon - http://hyperurl.co/lqg252 www.skylargudasz.comwww.facebook.com/SkylarGudaszhttps://instagram.com/skylargudasz/https://twitter.com/SkylarGudasz Tour Dates: February 19th Flyleaf Books (6:00pm in-store) Chapel Hill, NCMarch 11th Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DCMarch 12th Boot & Saddle Philadelphia PAMarch 13th Rough Trade Brooklyn, NYMarch 15th Middle East Upstairs Boston, MAApril 1st Cat's Cradle Backroom Carrboro, NCApril 15th Phuzz Phest Winston-Salem, NC
Durham, NC based Skylar Gudasz is thrilled for the upcoming release of her debut albumOleander, out this Friday February 19th. Consequence Of Sound is now streaming this enchanting work by a talented new singer-songwriter who they say "delivers an album of dramatic, honest, and often playful alt-country songs ... Cumulatively, the whole album is a spectacular introduction to a worthy, captivating new voice in Americana." Listen here http://bit.ly/1TqK5rC WUNC's Morning Edition caught up with Skylar and spoke about being a member of the Big Star Third Collective, recording with renowned Chapel Hill producer Chris Stamey and traveling the world before recording her debut LP. Listen to the session and interview this Friday at http://wunc.org/programs/morning-edition This past weekend Skylar performed alongside Debbi Peterson, Steve Wynn, Mike Mills and others at the famed Wild Honey Beach Boys Benefit concert in Los Angeles. Goldmine Magazine said Skylar's performance was a "transcendent moment" and she delivered a "magical, exceptionally sung Surf's Up ... wrapping [her] beautiful voice around the fragile, moving melody." Beginning on March 11th in Washington DC, Skylar will hit the road with Mount Moriah. The tour will visit New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston, before finishing up with an Oleander Record Release show in Carrboro, NC and a performance at this year's Phuzz Phest. Full tour dates and details below. Oleander was produced by Chris Stamey, who was drawn to Skylar's distinctiveness as a songwriter after seeing her perform alongside some of the most promising young musicians in Chapel Hill and Durham. Chris describes Skylar as "a triple threat - a skilled singer, composer, and lyricist - with a background in both classical and pop music." Shortly after his ambitious Big Star Third collective began playing, Chris brought Skylar aboard, introducing her to a cast that included Big Star drummer Jody Stephens, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and the Posies' Ken Stringfellow. From Barcelona to Sydney to London, Skylar had the chance to perform alongside Jeff Tweedy, Cat Power and Ray Davies. Back home in North Carolina, Skylar began recording new material that would becomeOleander. An album full of tender songs that lean on minimal piano-and-vocal passages that ebb and flow between full-band crescendos, while others are full of grand orchestral swirls. The end result is the work of a singer-songwriter whose balance of musical talent and artistic vision comes along only once in a very blue moon. Skylar plans to spend all of 2016 on the road. Stay tuned for tour dates, videos and more! Pre-order Oleander here:ITunes - http://hyperurl.co/gzfgh4Amazon - http://hyperurl.co/lqg252 www.skylargudasz.comwww.facebook.com/SkylarGudaszhttps://instagram.com/skylargudasz/https://twitter.com/SkylarGudasz Tour Dates: February 19th Flyleaf Books (6:00pm in-store) Chapel Hill, NCMarch 11th Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DCMarch 12th Boot & Saddle Philadelphia PAMarch 13th Rough Trade Brooklyn, NYMarch 15th Middle East Upstairs Boston, MAApril 1st Cat's Cradle Backroom Carrboro, NCApril 15th Phuzz Phest Winston-Salem, NC
MAYER HAWTHORNE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, MAN ABOUT TOWN, TO BE RELEASED APRIL 8
MAYER HAWTHORNE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, MAN ABOUT TOWN, TO BE RELEASED APRIL 8
BRAND NEW SINGLE, “LOVE LIKE THAT” PREMIERES TODAY
PRE-ORDER MAN ABOUT TOWN ON iTUNES
WATCH THE ALBUM TRAILER HERE
“ Sweet and easy.”- The FADER
“Hawthorne keeps moving forward, adding new dimensions to his repertoire.”- Pitchfork
“Smooth.”- RollingStone
(February 18, 2016)- Grammy nominated recording artist, Mayer Hawthorne, is pleased to announce the release of his fourth full-length record. Entitled Man About Town, the album is set to hit streets on April 8th via Vagrant Records. Today, you can stream thefirst single off the album, “Love Like That,” via shareable Soundcloud. Additionally, fans can pre-order Man About Town today via iTunes, and receive instant downloads of album cuts “Cosmic Love,” and “Love Like That.” Pre-order here:http://smarturl.it/ManAboutTown
On Man About Town, Hawthorne is back to handling the lion’s share of production. He also played damn near every instrument on the album and penned every track. His songwriting pulls from his life and observations; his heartache and joy. Sometimes it’s groovy, other times he’s vulnerable and sincere. It’s the shit people listen to when they wanna get drunk and stoned and sentimental. The reason? Mayer Hawthorne stays making that timeless, soulful, baby-making music.
In preparation for the new release, Mayer Hawthorne will be performing tomorrow, February 19, at Madison Square Gardensupporting Hall & Oates. More tour dates to be announced.
Pre-Order Man About Town:iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ManAboutTownStore/Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/MayerStoreAmazon: file://localhost/tp/::smarturl.it:ManAboutTownAmz
https://www.facebook.com/MayerHawthorne/http://twitter.com/mayerhawthornehttps://www.instagram.com/mayerhawthorne/https://soundcloud.com/mayerhawthorne
BRAND NEW SINGLE, “LOVE LIKE THAT” PREMIERES TODAY
PRE-ORDER MAN ABOUT TOWN ON iTUNES
WATCH THE ALBUM TRAILER HERE
“ Sweet and easy.”- The FADER
“Hawthorne keeps moving forward, adding new dimensions to his repertoire.”- Pitchfork
“Smooth.”- RollingStone
(February 18, 2016)- Grammy nominated recording artist, Mayer Hawthorne, is pleased to announce the release of his fourth full-length record. Entitled Man About Town, the album is set to hit streets on April 8th via Vagrant Records. Today, you can stream thefirst single off the album, “Love Like That,” via shareable Soundcloud. Additionally, fans can pre-order Man About Town today via iTunes, and receive instant downloads of album cuts “Cosmic Love,” and “Love Like That.” Pre-order here:http://smarturl.it/ManAboutTown
On Man About Town, Hawthorne is back to handling the lion’s share of production. He also played damn near every instrument on the album and penned every track. His songwriting pulls from his life and observations; his heartache and joy. Sometimes it’s groovy, other times he’s vulnerable and sincere. It’s the shit people listen to when they wanna get drunk and stoned and sentimental. The reason? Mayer Hawthorne stays making that timeless, soulful, baby-making music.
In preparation for the new release, Mayer Hawthorne will be performing tomorrow, February 19, at Madison Square Gardensupporting Hall & Oates. More tour dates to be announced.
Pre-Order Man About Town:iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ManAboutTownStore/Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/MayerStoreAmazon: file://localhost/tp/::smarturl.it:ManAboutTownAmz
https://www.facebook.com/MayerHawthorne/http://twitter.com/mayerhawthornehttps://www.instagram.com/mayerhawthorne/https://soundcloud.com/mayerhawthorne
Elsa y Elmar shares new video via The Fader
ELSA Y ELMAR SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR "PLANEANDO EL TIEMPO" VIA THE FADER
DEBUT LP REY OUT NOW
WATCH: "Planeando el Tiempo" - https://youtu.be/oUjeuOvuPvc
After releasing her debut LP and winning the John Lennon Songwriting Award in 2015, SF based Colombian native, Elsa y Elmar, is back to share a new video for "Planeando el Tiempo" via The Fader. The visual is directed by Jessica García Robles.
Elsa y Elmar notes, "This video is a playful demonstration of what the song says and sounds like in my head: a lonesome girl meticulously planning how to tell someone she's madly in love."
Check out the video at the link above and more on Elsa y Elmar and her debut LP Rey below.
Elsa y Elmar Rey September 2015
1. Payaso2. Decir Que No3. Forma Antigua4. Ropa Loca5. Exploradora6. La Ventana7. Para Mi8. Rey9. Animales Distintos10. Kmbiar (Feat. Caloncho)11. Mal12. Planeando El Tiempo13. A La Deriva
About Elsa y Elmar:
Born in in Colombia, but currently based in San Francisco, CA, indie-pop artist Elsa y Elmar has gained substantial recognition from international media since the release of her stunning 2013 EP Sentirnos Bien, produced by Mateo Lewis. In March 2015, her single, "Me Viene Bien" earned her the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
In her short, but promising performing career, Elsa y Elmar has appeared at some of the most important festivals in Latin America such as Estereo Picnic (COL), Hermoso Ruido (COL), Coordenada (MX), as well as the iconic stage of the Roxy Theatre and Hotel Cafe in the US.
Her debut LP, Rey, was listed as one of the five most anticipated albums of 2015 by KCRW, and has received an overwhelming response by US and Latin American audiences following its release in September 2015, earning a place in the Spotify top 50 viral charts in Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Spain.
DEBUT LP REY OUT NOW
WATCH: "Planeando el Tiempo" - https://youtu.be/oUjeuOvuPvcAfter releasing her debut LP and winning the John Lennon Songwriting Award in 2015, SF based Colombian native, Elsa y Elmar, is back to share a new video for "Planeando el Tiempo" via The Fader. The visual is directed by Jessica García Robles.
Elsa y Elmar notes, "This video is a playful demonstration of what the song says and sounds like in my head: a lonesome girl meticulously planning how to tell someone she's madly in love."
Check out the video at the link above and more on Elsa y Elmar and her debut LP Rey below.
Elsa y Elmar Rey September 2015
1. Payaso2. Decir Que No3. Forma Antigua4. Ropa Loca5. Exploradora6. La Ventana7. Para Mi8. Rey9. Animales Distintos10. Kmbiar (Feat. Caloncho)11. Mal12. Planeando El Tiempo13. A La Deriva
About Elsa y Elmar:
Born in in Colombia, but currently based in San Francisco, CA, indie-pop artist Elsa y Elmar has gained substantial recognition from international media since the release of her stunning 2013 EP Sentirnos Bien, produced by Mateo Lewis. In March 2015, her single, "Me Viene Bien" earned her the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
In her short, but promising performing career, Elsa y Elmar has appeared at some of the most important festivals in Latin America such as Estereo Picnic (COL), Hermoso Ruido (COL), Coordenada (MX), as well as the iconic stage of the Roxy Theatre and Hotel Cafe in the US.
Her debut LP, Rey, was listed as one of the five most anticipated albums of 2015 by KCRW, and has received an overwhelming response by US and Latin American audiences following its release in September 2015, earning a place in the Spotify top 50 viral charts in Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Spain.
