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November 27, 2015
Dear Eloise - Uncontrollable, Ice Age Stories
by Passenger PidginUncontrollable, Ice Age StoriesDear Eloise's fourth full-length release, signifies a deep freeze in the band's long trek of hazed, ice-glazed world weariness. It's their winter record.The overarching theme of UIAS is solitude, the icy mirror of memoir. From the very first track, "Apple", it's clear that some once-sweet fruit has turned bitter with age. Promises of new beginnings fade with startling speed, like a dazzling first snow shoved off into gray piles on bleak city sidewalks ("A Brand New World"). Sun Xia's doleful voice recalls faceless lovers, gone in gray dusk light on the first train out of town ("A Man Without Name"). She mourns rootlessness ("Falling Like Leaves"), travels winter paths lined with naked trees, slowly moving away from the hearth ("There is an Invisible Road"). The closest she gets to warm romance is on the C-side closer, "Teenage Girl", in which she taunts her subject, "Your world is so free / Love is in your dreamy beauty" before mocking with the wisdom of the adult lover scorned: "Does the flower you care about blossom? / It's your own ego you're nursing."Everyone in life is a "Passerby": "There are no real encounters." Just a martial, two-step dirge marking the way past the occasional flash of brilliance ("The Place in White Light"), forever ending in a distant fiction, someone else's sculpture of your own stone-cold facade ("My Far East").Ultimately, Uncontrollable, Ice Age Stories offers a sober message of hope: after the cold there is still a type of fleeting joy, the "Summer Night Smile" smiled for no one in the somber escape of solitary reflection.CD titles:01 苹果 Apple02 美丽新世界 Brand New World
03 翠堤春晓 Spring Day in Green Bank
04 没有名字的人 Man Without Name
05 白光照耀的地方 The Place in White Light #click to listen#
06 可以分享的美好事情 Something Beautiful to Share
07 我的远东 My Far East
08 像树叶般飘零 Falling Like Leaves
09 少女时光 Teenager Girl
10 过客 Passerby
11 夏夜的微笑 Smile in Summer Night
12 无心人 A Man without a heart
13 那里有一条看不见的路 There Is An Invisible RoadRelease date: December 22nd, 2015
Santigold Shares "Who Be Lovin' Me (feat. ILOVEMAKONNEN) Video, Black Friday Pre-Order Door Buster + Album Out 1/22
Shares “Who Be Lovin’ Me (feat.ILOVEMAKONNEN)” Video
Single Produced by Zeds Dead
Black Friday Album Pre-order Door Buster!
Watch “Who Be Lovin’ Me (feat. ILOVEMAKONNEN)
on Santigold.com
99¢ preorder: http://smarturl.it/Santi99Cents
Santigold has an unbeatable Black Friday deal, a new video and album presale with a99¢ bonus! Today sees the release of the video for “Who Be Lovin’ Me (feat. ILOVEMAKONNEN)” from her forthcoming third album 99¢, due out January 22nd via Atlantic Records. The jubilant duet was produced by Toronto duo Zeds Dead and finds Santigold and ILOVEMAKONNEN playing a couple boasting to each other about their admirers all around the world. "We met Makonnen on the Mad Decent Boat Party last year and knew he could kill this beat,” say Zeds Dead about the track, “He hit us up and said he and Santigold both were jumping on it. We're big fans of hers, so when he brought that back to us it was a no-brainer. The record just came together really naturally and the final cut is something we're all really happy with." The video, directed by Trouble Andrew and Santigold, was filmed at this year’s Made in America festival in Philadelphia and features cameos from A-Trak, Big Sean, De La Soul, DJ Mustard, Earl Sweatshirt, Fabolous, Justine Skye, Meek Mill, Vic Mensa, and more. The song, along with first single “Can’t Get Enough of Myself (feat. B.C),” are available now at all digital retailers and as an instant grat with select album preorders. Watch the video at Santigold.com , which will be continually updated with exclusive new content. As a special Black Friday door buster, fans who preorder the album vinyl on Santigold.com can also purchase a cassette version of it for 99¢.
On 99¢, Santigold examines the commercial nature of our world and the ways in which we package ourselves and our lives for consumption. “We have no illusion that we don’t live in this world where everything is packaged. People’s lives, persona, everything, is deliberate, and mediated. It can be dark and haunting and tricky, and freak us out, but it can be also be silly and fun and we can learn to play with it,” she says. She also explores our fascination with perfection and our inherent inability to attain it. The use of playful satire, social critique, and self-examination to explore these themes is reflected in the album’s cover art, a collaboration with photographer Haruhiko Kawaguchi (photographer Hal), finds Santigold shrink-wrapped amongst her cluttered possessions ready for the store shelves.
Following her last album, the dark and cerebral Master of My Make Believe, Santigold wanted to explore new corners of her sound and different ways to convey her vision and political commentary. She worked with new collaborators Patrik Berger, Rostam Batmanglij, Hit-Boy, HazeBanga, Justin Raisen, Zeds Dead, ILOVEMAKONNEN, andSam Dew and longtime cohorts John Hill, Dave Sitek, and Doc McKinney. The result is the bright and big sound of 99¢ that takes the genre-defying fearlessness Santigold has become known for to new places.
Santigold’s sophomore album, Master of My Make Believe became her first #1 album, topping the Billboard Dance/ Electronic albums chart. She's won an ASCAP Pop Music award (Vanguard Award), and has been nominated for a Q Award, MTV Europe Music Award, and BRIT Award. Her recent brand collaborations include a limited edition make up collection for Smashbox and an accessories collection for Stance. She recently had comedic roles on The Office and Adult Swim’s NTSF:SD:SUV.
99¢ tracklist
01. Can’t Get Enough of Myself (feat. B.C)
02. Big Boss Big Time Business
03. Banshee
04. Chasing Shadows
05. Walking in a Circle
06. Who Be Lovin Me (feat. ILOVEMAKONNEN)
07. Rendezvous Girl
08. Before the Fire
09. All I Got
10. Outside the War
11.Run the Races
12. Who I Thought You Were
Santigold.com
Deerhoof Live Album - Fever 121614 - Out Today
DeerhoofFever 121614Out Now on Polyvinyl Records
Deerhoof has made their live album, though they didn't plan on it. Their Japanese label Felicity organized the recording and filming of one stop on their 13-day Japan tour in December. But while the label execs were thinking "legendary band makes classic live-in-Japan concert album," Deerhoof had more tours to do and promptly forgot about it.
When a rough cut of the video appeared in their inboxes a couple months later, they were surprised by what they saw. They'd never seen a video of themselves that really reminded them of what it felt like to play the concert. Their long-time friend Noriko Oishi, who did the edit, was able to simulate the fast-paced communication that's constantly zipping between Satomi, John, Ed and Greg when they're onstage, and she seemed to instinctively zero in all the right moments.
For Greg, who'd been mixing a lot of live Deerhoof to provide "official" audio for various Youtube users posting shows, getting the sound right for the album was a breeze. Just "tell it like it is." Ed had the brainstorm of asking Deerhoof's followers on social media to make manga drawings of the band, to be used in a huge collage. The Japanese label knew they had the classic live-in-Japan album they'd hoped for. Once Deerhoof's U.S. label Polyvinyl saw the video, they knew it was one for the ages and wanted in for their own LP version.
In his Talkhouse review, Spencer Tweedy said it best: "Deerhoof was able to turn me into a shit-grinning, foul-mouthed hard rock fan before the first chorus of the record even started...It’s wound so tight, so energetic, that it sounds like a miracle that it doesn’t snap at any moment...If you ever forget why it is you like to play music, Deerhoof is there to remind you."
Fever 121614 is out today as an official Record Store Day Black Friday selection. The 12 songs, drawn from all over Deerhoof's catalog, appear on the red-vinyl LP and accompanying video download. The gatefold sleeve features a collage of manga drawings by particularly rabid Deerhoof fans.
Also released today, New York violin duo String Noise's The Book of Strange Positions, with its amazing cover version of Deerhoof’s "We Do Parties." Find out more about thathere.
Fever 121614
Track List:Exit OnlyParadise GirlsLet's Dance The JetDoomFresh BornWe Do PartiesBuck And JudyDummy Discards A HeartTwin KillersI Did Crimes For YouThere's That GrinCome See The Duck"There’s one key adjective to describe Deerhoof live: wild...Fever 121614 captures Deerhoof’s live power, exceptionally well engineered and cavernous...Deerhoof reinvent themselves on every record, yet always remain recognizable — and this record proves that their thrilling musicianship is a large part of that essential core." -CoS
"Like Coltrane shedding the shackles of chord changes on Ascension, Deerhoof shed that of pop music while staying within its reach. There are verses, choruses, bridges and solos, but they take an easy backseat to the sheer energy and thrift to which they are bulldozed over." -The 405
"Deerhoof's 121614 live LP is a must-have this Black Friday." -Exclaim
Deerhoof has made their live album, though they didn't plan on it. Their Japanese label Felicity organized the recording and filming of one stop on their 13-day Japan tour in December. But while the label execs were thinking "legendary band makes classic live-in-Japan concert album," Deerhoof had more tours to do and promptly forgot about it.When a rough cut of the video appeared in their inboxes a couple months later, they were surprised by what they saw. They'd never seen a video of themselves that really reminded them of what it felt like to play the concert. Their long-time friend Noriko Oishi, who did the edit, was able to simulate the fast-paced communication that's constantly zipping between Satomi, John, Ed and Greg when they're onstage, and she seemed to instinctively zero in all the right moments.
For Greg, who'd been mixing a lot of live Deerhoof to provide "official" audio for various Youtube users posting shows, getting the sound right for the album was a breeze. Just "tell it like it is." Ed had the brainstorm of asking Deerhoof's followers on social media to make manga drawings of the band, to be used in a huge collage. The Japanese label knew they had the classic live-in-Japan album they'd hoped for. Once Deerhoof's U.S. label Polyvinyl saw the video, they knew it was one for the ages and wanted in for their own LP version.
In his Talkhouse review, Spencer Tweedy said it best: "Deerhoof was able to turn me into a shit-grinning, foul-mouthed hard rock fan before the first chorus of the record even started...It’s wound so tight, so energetic, that it sounds like a miracle that it doesn’t snap at any moment...If you ever forget why it is you like to play music, Deerhoof is there to remind you."
Fever 121614 is out today as an official Record Store Day Black Friday selection. The 12 songs, drawn from all over Deerhoof's catalog, appear on the red-vinyl LP and accompanying video download. The gatefold sleeve features a collage of manga drawings by particularly rabid Deerhoof fans.Also released today, New York violin duo String Noise's The Book of Strange Positions, with its amazing cover version of Deerhoof’s "We Do Parties." Find out more about thathere.
Fever 121614
Track List:Exit OnlyParadise GirlsLet's Dance The JetDoomFresh BornWe Do PartiesBuck And JudyDummy Discards A HeartTwin KillersI Did Crimes For YouThere's That GrinCome See The Duck"There’s one key adjective to describe Deerhoof live: wild...Fever 121614 captures Deerhoof’s live power, exceptionally well engineered and cavernous...Deerhoof reinvent themselves on every record, yet always remain recognizable — and this record proves that their thrilling musicianship is a large part of that essential core." -CoS
"Like Coltrane shedding the shackles of chord changes on Ascension, Deerhoof shed that of pop music while staying within its reach. There are verses, choruses, bridges and solos, but they take an easy backseat to the sheer energy and thrift to which they are bulldozed over." -The 405
"Deerhoof's 121614 live LP is a must-have this Black Friday." -Exclaim
New Release from M.I.A. "Borders" On Interscope Records
M.I.A. ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE OF “BORDERS”
1. M.I.A. - Borders04:11 M.I.A. today releases the latest instalment of an ongoing multi-media/multi-format project exploring the wider concept of ‘Borders.’
This latest instalment takes the form of a music video that was directed and edited by MIA over two months this summer. “Borders” premieres exclusively on Apple Music today, November 27th. Watch and listen to “Borders” here: AppleMusic.com/M.I.A. The song “Borders” is available for purchase now at iTunes.com/M.I.A.
The song “Borders” will be featured on M.I.A.’s fifth studio album Matahdatah, which will be released on Interscope Records.
“Still broader than a border,” says M.I.A.
“Borders” follows the release of “Matahdatah Scroll 01 “Broader Than A Border”” in July. Both are part of a truly global and characteristically DIY M.I.A. project. The two pieces will ultimately come together in a larger body of work that explores the concept of ‘Borders,’ an element of which will be a full-length album and film experience entitled Matahdatah .
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Danzig’s Covers Album Skeletons Released Today
Danzig’s Covers Album SkeletonsReleased Today
Covering The Everly Bros, ZZ Top, The Troggs, Elvis, and More
Out via Evilive Records/Nuclear Blast Entertainment
You know it’s Danzig the moment you hear him. It’s not just that inimitable voice either. It’s the thick airy guitars, bluesy swagger, and “come hither” evil that placed him at the forefront of a number of musical revolutions. His work has indelibly impacted the landscape of extreme music, fortifying the crossroads between heavy riffs and occult imagery so prevalent these days. Moreover, you can consistently feel his presence throughout pop culture, which expands further with his successful Verotik Comics and forthcoming feature film directorial debut.
However, Danzig wants to show you where it started with his tenth full-length album and first since 2010’s Deth Red Saboath—Skeletons. Out today via Nuclear Blast Entertainment/Evilive Records, the album is available for purchase here and anywhere digital and physical albums are sold.
A labor of love that began in 1979, Skeletons allows Danzig to pull back the curtain behind his influences with a collection of ten covers spanning artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, ZZ Top, and Aerosmith to Black Sabbath, The Troggs, The Everly Brothers, and more. Recorded across several years in Los Angeles, he quite literally reveals the bone structure for his own style and features some of the most striking album art of his career. Nodding to David Bowie’s Pin Ups, the cover features Danzig and model Kayden Kross in skullface.
“These are my skeletons,” he affirms. “You may or may not know that I dig these songs. You could say that some of this music is the actual basis and skeleton of what I listened to growing up—ultimately informing the kind of music I like. It’s the foundation. If you took Elvis and Sabbath out of my life, I probably wouldn’t be the Glenn Danzig you know! I’m glad both sides are represented on this record.”
Ultimately, Skeletons sparks the next phase for Danzig. Helping catalyze his next full-length offering, it’s yet another revolution. “I hope people dig it,” he leaves off. “I also hope it gives everybody a little bit of insight into the music I listen to and maybe an insight into how I did the songs. If you enjoy it, that’s great.”
No matter what, you’ll know it’s undeniably him the moment you press play.
Skeletons Track List
1. Devil's Angels (from Devil’s Angels soundtrack)
2. Satan (from Satan’s Sadists soundtrack)
3. Let Yourself Go (Elvis Presley)
4. N.I.B. (Black Sabbath)
5. Lord Of The Thighs (Aerosmith)
6. Action Woman (The Litter)
7. Rough Boy (ZZ Top)
8. With a Girl Like You (The Troggs)
9. Find Somebody (The Young Rascals)
10. Crying In The Rain (The Everly Brothers)
Links
Official Website
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Covering The Everly Bros, ZZ Top, The Troggs, Elvis, and More
Out via Evilive Records/Nuclear Blast Entertainment
You know it’s Danzig the moment you hear him. It’s not just that inimitable voice either. It’s the thick airy guitars, bluesy swagger, and “come hither” evil that placed him at the forefront of a number of musical revolutions. His work has indelibly impacted the landscape of extreme music, fortifying the crossroads between heavy riffs and occult imagery so prevalent these days. Moreover, you can consistently feel his presence throughout pop culture, which expands further with his successful Verotik Comics and forthcoming feature film directorial debut.
However, Danzig wants to show you where it started with his tenth full-length album and first since 2010’s Deth Red Saboath—Skeletons. Out today via Nuclear Blast Entertainment/Evilive Records, the album is available for purchase here and anywhere digital and physical albums are sold.
A labor of love that began in 1979, Skeletons allows Danzig to pull back the curtain behind his influences with a collection of ten covers spanning artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, ZZ Top, and Aerosmith to Black Sabbath, The Troggs, The Everly Brothers, and more. Recorded across several years in Los Angeles, he quite literally reveals the bone structure for his own style and features some of the most striking album art of his career. Nodding to David Bowie’s Pin Ups, the cover features Danzig and model Kayden Kross in skullface.
“These are my skeletons,” he affirms. “You may or may not know that I dig these songs. You could say that some of this music is the actual basis and skeleton of what I listened to growing up—ultimately informing the kind of music I like. It’s the foundation. If you took Elvis and Sabbath out of my life, I probably wouldn’t be the Glenn Danzig you know! I’m glad both sides are represented on this record.”
Ultimately, Skeletons sparks the next phase for Danzig. Helping catalyze his next full-length offering, it’s yet another revolution. “I hope people dig it,” he leaves off. “I also hope it gives everybody a little bit of insight into the music I listen to and maybe an insight into how I did the songs. If you enjoy it, that’s great.”
No matter what, you’ll know it’s undeniably him the moment you press play.
Skeletons Track List
1. Devil's Angels (from Devil’s Angels soundtrack)
2. Satan (from Satan’s Sadists soundtrack)
3. Let Yourself Go (Elvis Presley)
4. N.I.B. (Black Sabbath)
5. Lord Of The Thighs (Aerosmith)
6. Action Woman (The Litter)
7. Rough Boy (ZZ Top)
8. With a Girl Like You (The Troggs)
9. Find Somebody (The Young Rascals)
10. Crying In The Rain (The Everly Brothers)
Links
Official Website
Pope Francis' Music Album 'Wake Up!' - Out Today!
Pope Francis’ Music Album Wake Up!
Out Today on Believe Digital
Following two groundbreaking single releases, “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!” and “¿Por Qué Sufren Los Niños?”, Believe Digital is pleased to release Pope Francis’ music album in full. Wake Up! is a diverse collection of eleven tracks containing the sacred hymns of the Christian tradition reimagined by contemporary artists and composers. Pope Francis’ voice is heard through excerpts of his most significant speeches during his election set over an eclectic compilation of songs ranging from pop to rock, Latin music to Gregorian chants. Wake Up! represents a harmonic link between tradition and modernism. The album is being released today, November 27, viahttp://popefranciswakeup.believedigital.com/. In addition to the music, the order includes a twenty-four page booklet including lyrics and His Holiness’ words and prayers.
In Italian, Spanish, English, and Portuguese we hear Pope Francis address universal issues such as peace, dignity, environmental protection, and aid for people most in need. With assistance from various global artists, Wake Up! is a diverse and poignant compilation. The album’s namesake “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!” is a direct message to youth to move continuously onward in life and is set to extremely accessible electric guitar riffs, inspiring horn lines, and upbeat bass. “Cuidar El Planeta” combines classical guitar with Latin dance influences to bring to light the importance of environmentalism. Arranged with haunting choir vocals and evocative string accompaniment. “¿Por Qué Sufren Los Niños?” is a compassionate track filled with empathy. The remainder of the album is as equally distinct while staying musically authentic.
Holy Father Francis is a forward thinking spiritual leader who has given the Catholic Church a new energy. The Pontiff has millions of followers all whom turn to Francis for prayers, requests, and intercession to which he responds personally and graciously. Now, this album will act as a connection between spirituality and the modern ideals of the collective by bridging faith and the common good through contemporary music.
Out Today on Believe Digital
Following two groundbreaking single releases, “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!” and “¿Por Qué Sufren Los Niños?”, Believe Digital is pleased to release Pope Francis’ music album in full. Wake Up! is a diverse collection of eleven tracks containing the sacred hymns of the Christian tradition reimagined by contemporary artists and composers. Pope Francis’ voice is heard through excerpts of his most significant speeches during his election set over an eclectic compilation of songs ranging from pop to rock, Latin music to Gregorian chants. Wake Up! represents a harmonic link between tradition and modernism. The album is being released today, November 27, viahttp://popefranciswakeup.believedigital.com/. In addition to the music, the order includes a twenty-four page booklet including lyrics and His Holiness’ words and prayers.
In Italian, Spanish, English, and Portuguese we hear Pope Francis address universal issues such as peace, dignity, environmental protection, and aid for people most in need. With assistance from various global artists, Wake Up! is a diverse and poignant compilation. The album’s namesake “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!” is a direct message to youth to move continuously onward in life and is set to extremely accessible electric guitar riffs, inspiring horn lines, and upbeat bass. “Cuidar El Planeta” combines classical guitar with Latin dance influences to bring to light the importance of environmentalism. Arranged with haunting choir vocals and evocative string accompaniment. “¿Por Qué Sufren Los Niños?” is a compassionate track filled with empathy. The remainder of the album is as equally distinct while staying musically authentic.
Holy Father Francis is a forward thinking spiritual leader who has given the Catholic Church a new energy. The Pontiff has millions of followers all whom turn to Francis for prayers, requests, and intercession to which he responds personally and graciously. Now, this album will act as a connection between spirituality and the modern ideals of the collective by bridging faith and the common good through contemporary music.
November 25, 2015
Angel Ceballos photographer
CATE LE BON
FOXYGEN
THE DEER TRACKS
SURFER BLOOD
CHELSEA WOLFE
WIRE
IO ECHO
WHITE FENCE
ZOLA JESUS
THE ORWELLSAll photos by Angel Ceballos.
Adele Performs on The Citi Concert Series on TODAY
ADELE PERFORMS ON THECITI CONCERT SERIES ON TODAY
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
WHO:Chart-topping international superstar AdeleWHAT:A live performance by Adele on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY , featuring music from her new album 25WHEN:Wednesday, November 25th WHERE:Rockefeller Center in New York City / NBCWHY:
Through the newly launched Citi Concert Series on TODAY, Citi and NBC News are creating new ways for fans and Citi customers to experience live music, as well as custom created-content via digital and social platforms and on-site activations. Citi customers also have opportunities for exclusive access and VIP experiences at Citibank's Rockefeller Plaza branch, adjacent to the TODAY plaza. The TODAY Concert Series is the first, and longest-running, on-air concert series on a national morning show. For more than two decades, TODAY's live performances have been a favorite among viewers and have featured hundreds of performances from award-winning artists on the plaza and in the famed Studio 1A.Fans can view a list of upcoming performances on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY by visiting www.today.com. More information about Citi's entertainment access program can be found on www.citiprivatepass.com.
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
Adele performs on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY on November 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Heidi Gutman/NBC)
WHO:Chart-topping international superstar AdeleWHAT:A live performance by Adele on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY , featuring music from her new album 25WHEN:Wednesday, November 25th WHERE:Rockefeller Center in New York City / NBCWHY:
Through the newly launched Citi Concert Series on TODAY, Citi and NBC News are creating new ways for fans and Citi customers to experience live music, as well as custom created-content via digital and social platforms and on-site activations. Citi customers also have opportunities for exclusive access and VIP experiences at Citibank's Rockefeller Plaza branch, adjacent to the TODAY plaza. The TODAY Concert Series is the first, and longest-running, on-air concert series on a national morning show. For more than two decades, TODAY's live performances have been a favorite among viewers and have featured hundreds of performances from award-winning artists on the plaza and in the famed Studio 1A.Fans can view a list of upcoming performances on the Citi Concert Series on TODAY by visiting www.today.com. More information about Citi's entertainment access program can be found on www.citiprivatepass.com.
NPR premieres music video for Chastity Belt's "Lydia"
CHASTITY BELT SHARE NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR "LYDIA" FROM THE ACCLAIMED TIME TO GO HOME
VIDEO - "Lydia" [dir. Shaun Libman]
VIDEO - "Joke" [dir. Chastity Belt]
VIDEO - "Cool Slut" [dir. Joe Holcomb]
VIDEO - "Time to Go Home" [dir. Bobby McHugh]
Today, NPR Music premiered Shaun Libman's artful music video forChastity Belt's "Lydia," from their acclaimed 2015 album Time to Go Home. Captured in high-contrast black-and-white photography and utilizing hand-made sets, this new video ably captures the song's air of wistful yearning that's made it such a standout track for listeners from here to the airwaves of BBC.
Chastity Belt just returned home from a six-week European tour, including sold-out headlining dates and a run opening for Death Cab for Cutie. Time to Go Home is out now. Review copies are available upon request.
Press quotes:
"Disciplined in its disaffection." -- The New York Times
"Maintains [a] fun-loving sex-positive approach with tracks like 'Cool Slut' while also acknowledging the complexities of life." -- The New Yorker
"Time to Go Home is an unrepentant triumph that will ultimately establish the group has one of the most important musical voices showcased in 2015." -- The 405
"This is feminism as fact; as default...It's the evolution of how young women impart vitally important information." -- NPR
"They're funny, and slightly goofy, and gently vulgar, and they play with an appealingly loose, relaxed confidence." -- Pitchfork
"Digs even deeper into a jaded melancholia that they only scratched the surface of on their debut." -- Stereogum
"Chastity Belt are making a strong case for being the most important band to emerge from Washington state’s Emerald City since Nirvana."
-- UK Press AssociationAbout the record:Chastity Belt is a rock band consisting of four friends - guitarists Julia Shapiro and Lydia Lund, bassist Annie Truscott, and drummer Gretchen Grimm. They met in a tiny college town in Eastern Washington, but their story begins for real in Seattle, that celebrated home of Macklemore and the Twelfth Man. Following a post-grad summer apart, a handful of shows and enthusiastic responses from the city’s DIY community led them, as it has countless others, into a cramped practice space. They emerged with a debut album, No Regerts, sold it out faster than anyone involved thought possible, and toured America, a country that embraced them with open-ish arms. Now they’re back and the tab is settled, the lights are out, the birds are making noise even though the sun isn’t really up yet: it’s Time to Go Home, their second long-player and first for Hardly Art.
In the outside world, they realized something crucial: they didn’t have to play party songs now that their audience didn’t consist exclusively of inebriated 18-22 year olds, as it did in that college town. Though still built on a foundation of post-post-punk energy, jagged rhythms, and instrumental moves that couldn’t be anyone else’s, the songs they grew into in the months that followed are equal parts street-level takedown and gray-skied melancholy. They embody the sensation of being caught in the center of a moment while floating directly above it; Shapiro’s world spins around her on “On The Floor,” grounded by Grimm and Truscott’s most commanding playing committed to tape. They pay tribute to writer Sheila Heti on “Drone” and John Carpenter with “The Thing,” and deliver a parallel-universe stoner anthem influenced by Electrelane with “Joke.”
Recorded by José Díaz Rohena at the Unknown, a deconsecrated church and former sail factory in Anacortes, and mixed with a cathedral’s worth of reverb by Matthew Simms (guitarist for legendary British post-punks and one-time tourmates Wire), Time to Go Home sees Chastity Belt take the nights out and bad parties of their past to their stretching points, watch the world around them break apart in anticipatory haze, and rebuild it in their own image with stunning clarity before anyone gets hungover.
FULL BIO HERE
HIGH-RES PHOTOS BY ANGEL CEBALLOS: 01, 02, 03, 04
VIDEO - "Lydia" [dir. Shaun Libman]
VIDEO - "Joke" [dir. Chastity Belt]
VIDEO - "Cool Slut" [dir. Joe Holcomb]
VIDEO - "Time to Go Home" [dir. Bobby McHugh]
Today, NPR Music premiered Shaun Libman's artful music video forChastity Belt's "Lydia," from their acclaimed 2015 album Time to Go Home. Captured in high-contrast black-and-white photography and utilizing hand-made sets, this new video ably captures the song's air of wistful yearning that's made it such a standout track for listeners from here to the airwaves of BBC.
Chastity Belt just returned home from a six-week European tour, including sold-out headlining dates and a run opening for Death Cab for Cutie. Time to Go Home is out now. Review copies are available upon request.
Press quotes:
"Disciplined in its disaffection." -- The New York Times
"Maintains [a] fun-loving sex-positive approach with tracks like 'Cool Slut' while also acknowledging the complexities of life." -- The New Yorker
"Time to Go Home is an unrepentant triumph that will ultimately establish the group has one of the most important musical voices showcased in 2015." -- The 405
"This is feminism as fact; as default...It's the evolution of how young women impart vitally important information." -- NPR
"They're funny, and slightly goofy, and gently vulgar, and they play with an appealingly loose, relaxed confidence." -- Pitchfork
"Digs even deeper into a jaded melancholia that they only scratched the surface of on their debut." -- Stereogum
"Chastity Belt are making a strong case for being the most important band to emerge from Washington state’s Emerald City since Nirvana."
-- UK Press AssociationAbout the record:Chastity Belt is a rock band consisting of four friends - guitarists Julia Shapiro and Lydia Lund, bassist Annie Truscott, and drummer Gretchen Grimm. They met in a tiny college town in Eastern Washington, but their story begins for real in Seattle, that celebrated home of Macklemore and the Twelfth Man. Following a post-grad summer apart, a handful of shows and enthusiastic responses from the city’s DIY community led them, as it has countless others, into a cramped practice space. They emerged with a debut album, No Regerts, sold it out faster than anyone involved thought possible, and toured America, a country that embraced them with open-ish arms. Now they’re back and the tab is settled, the lights are out, the birds are making noise even though the sun isn’t really up yet: it’s Time to Go Home, their second long-player and first for Hardly Art.
In the outside world, they realized something crucial: they didn’t have to play party songs now that their audience didn’t consist exclusively of inebriated 18-22 year olds, as it did in that college town. Though still built on a foundation of post-post-punk energy, jagged rhythms, and instrumental moves that couldn’t be anyone else’s, the songs they grew into in the months that followed are equal parts street-level takedown and gray-skied melancholy. They embody the sensation of being caught in the center of a moment while floating directly above it; Shapiro’s world spins around her on “On The Floor,” grounded by Grimm and Truscott’s most commanding playing committed to tape. They pay tribute to writer Sheila Heti on “Drone” and John Carpenter with “The Thing,” and deliver a parallel-universe stoner anthem influenced by Electrelane with “Joke.”
Recorded by José Díaz Rohena at the Unknown, a deconsecrated church and former sail factory in Anacortes, and mixed with a cathedral’s worth of reverb by Matthew Simms (guitarist for legendary British post-punks and one-time tourmates Wire), Time to Go Home sees Chastity Belt take the nights out and bad parties of their past to their stretching points, watch the world around them break apart in anticipatory haze, and rebuild it in their own image with stunning clarity before anyone gets hungover.
FULL BIO HERE
HIGH-RES PHOTOS BY ANGEL CEBALLOS: 01, 02, 03, 04
BAABA MAAL Shares New Song 'FULANI ROCK' via NPR
BAABA MAALShares 'FULANI ROCK' - PRESS HERE to listen via NPRNew Album The Traveller to be Released January 15th, 2016 via Palm Recordings/Marathon Artists 
Baaba Maal has just shared a new track from his forthcoming albumThe Traveller. PRESS HERE to listen 'Fulani Rock' via NPR's Songs We Love. The Senegalese music star, cultural warrior, United Nations Ambassador and Grammy nominee Baaba Maal will release his much awaited 11th albumThe Traveller via Palm Recordings/Marathon Artists, January 15th, 2016.
'Fulani Rock' is a high-energy, electronic infused drum-driven tribute to his homeland, written about the Fulani people, who are close to Baaba's heart as he describes both himself and his people with the title of his new single release.
Baaba Maal says of the track 'Fulani Rock': 'Language is a weapon. I'm not using it to destroy but to build bridges and bring people together. I am a messenger of the people so every ones voice can be heard. It is my duty and honour to use my voice to represent my people.'SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/baaba-maal/fulani-rock-1
'The Traveller' albumwas recorded in both London and Senegal and was produced by Johan Hugo from The Very Best. The record includes WinstonMarshall of Mumford & Sons, who met Baaba Maal at his annual music festival 'Blues Du Fleuve' in Fouta, Northern Senegal. Pre-order the new album, The Traveller via iTunes now and receive "Gilli Men" and "Fulani Rock" track downloads instantly.
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Baaba Maal has just shared a new track from his forthcoming albumThe Traveller. PRESS HERE to listen 'Fulani Rock' via NPR's Songs We Love. The Senegalese music star, cultural warrior, United Nations Ambassador and Grammy nominee Baaba Maal will release his much awaited 11th albumThe Traveller via Palm Recordings/Marathon Artists, January 15th, 2016.
'Fulani Rock' is a high-energy, electronic infused drum-driven tribute to his homeland, written about the Fulani people, who are close to Baaba's heart as he describes both himself and his people with the title of his new single release.
Baaba Maal says of the track 'Fulani Rock': 'Language is a weapon. I'm not using it to destroy but to build bridges and bring people together. I am a messenger of the people so every ones voice can be heard. It is my duty and honour to use my voice to represent my people.'SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/baaba-maal/fulani-rock-1
'The Traveller' albumwas recorded in both London and Senegal and was produced by Johan Hugo from The Very Best. The record includes WinstonMarshall of Mumford & Sons, who met Baaba Maal at his annual music festival 'Blues Du Fleuve' in Fouta, Northern Senegal. Pre-order the new album, The Traveller via iTunes now and receive "Gilli Men" and "Fulani Rock" track downloads instantly.
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http://baabamaal.tv
