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John Coltrane - "A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters" - impulse! Records

 
Available Now on impulse! Records:A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters fromimpulse!/Verve Celebrates 50th Anniversaryof John Coltrane's Magnum Opus
Every Take & Overdub from Two Sessions ofLandmark Album Offered in Two and Three-CD Editions
Most Accurate Picture of the Making of the Iconic Recording

"'A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters' illustrates, John Coltrane was,and remains, a gift, one that not only keeps on giving, but one that'sworth the same ongoing examination, and re-examination..." - Esquire.com
"If you only own the original studio release of John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme,' then the new three-disk release "A Love Supreme:The Complete Masters" of the classic album by Coltrane's classicquartet will be a revelatory experience." - The New Yorker
Listen to Track Premiers at Pitchfork and Wall Street Journal
On December 9th, 1964, John Coltrane and his classic quartet (Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrisonand McCoy Tyner) went into the legendary Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey and recorded A Love Supreme--the four-part suite that has influenced musicians and reached generations of fans far beyond the jazz world. Far less known is the fact that Coltrane, his classic quartet and two additional musicians--the legendary saxophonist Archie Shepp and second bassist, Dr. Art Davis--returned to the studio the next day to cut the opening part of the suite again. Until now, the complete picture of what happened on those two days, including all takes, overdubs, and even studio chatter, has been unavailable.
That will change on November 20th when Verve Music Group proudly releases  A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters , to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of this seminal recording. It will include this alternate version, taken from reels from the personal collection of John Coltrane and originally recorded in incredible sonic detail by Rudy Van Gelder, along with revised notes and detailed information on these amazing lost sessions. This release will kick off a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Verve label, which will include myriad catalog releases, digital exclusives and box sets through the end of 2016. (Verve includes the catalogs of legendary imprints like Impulse!, Decca, MGM, Blue Thumb and many more.)
With the availability of long-lost session reels,  A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters  brings together all existing recordings and written outlines for the first time to paint the most comprehensive and accurate picture of the A Love Supreme story. It reveals how Coltrane's masterpiece came together, from its initial conception as a nine-piece performance--it turns out the original plan was for a nine-piece band, including three Latin percussionists--to how it changed and developed in the studio. While the 2002 edition of A Love Supreme did include some of the music recorded at the second session, The Complete Masters is the first to feature all six takes of "Acknowledgement," the opening section of the suite, in their entirety, providing a deeper understanding and appreciation of how Coltrane would allow music to mature in the studio. The box also presents takes one and two of the track "Acknowledgement" from the sextet sessions in stereo for the first time.
A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters  will be available in two formats: a 2-CD set, including the original best-selling album, along with unreleased mono "reference" versions of two tracks, owned by Coltrane himself, and seven unreleased performances from the two sessions. A 32-page booklet features an extensive essay by Ashley Kahn, noted producer, instructor and author of A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album, rare photographs from the sessions and all of Coltrane's surviving musical sketches and written elements for the groundbreaking, four-part suite, including the words that would become the poem, "A Love Supreme."
A 3-CD "Super Deluxe Edition" of  A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters  adds what is currently the only documented live recording of the album, a spirited, impromptu performance from the Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes in July 1965, which had been previously available on a 2002 edition of the album. This 3-CD set is presented in a larger format that includes additional information about the live material and a personal introduction by Carlos Santana.

Listen To Ben Folds Cover Ringos' "Oh My My"

RINGO STARR TRIBUTE ALBUM TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 4th Ringo StarrThe Lifetime of Peace & Love Tribute Concert Benefiting the David Lynch Foundation   Featuring Performances by Ringo, Joe Walsh, Ben Harper, Ben Folds, The Head and the Heart, Brendan Benson, Bettye LaVette and Ark Life On January 20th, 2014, Artists came together in Los Angeles to honor the legendary Ringo Starr, who was presented with the Lifetime Of Peace & Love Award by acclaimed directorDavid Lynch via his own David Lynch Foundation.  The night featured incredible musicians of all genres (see below) covering the timeless songs of Starr's vast, celebrated catalogue.  Now, on December 4th, 2016, the recordings from this very special night can be heard for the first time thanks to Communion Records, who will release  Ringo Starr:  The Lifetime of Peace & Love Tribute Concert  album.  Proceeds from the record, which was mixed by Bob Clearmountain (who has worked with Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and more) will benefit the David Lynch Foundation, whose mission is to help bring Transcendental Meditation to at-risk populations across the world.  The first preview of the release is a brilliant cover of "Octopus's Garden" by critically-acclaimed band The Head and the Heart, which can be heard now via the David Lynch Foundation YouTube Channel; PRESS HERE to listen to it. The album track listing includes:Ark Life - "Can't Do It Wrong"The Head and the Heart - "Octopus's Garden"Brendan Benson - "Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go"Bettye LaVette - "It Don't Come Easy"Ben Folds - "Oh My My"Ben Harper - "Walk With You"Joe Walsh - "Back Off Boogaloo"Ringo Starr - "Photograph"Ringo Starr - "Boys"Ringo Starr - "With A Little Help From My Friends" All songs were performed with a house band that included Don Was, who also served as the evening's musical director, Peter Frampton, Kenny Aranoff, Steve Lukather, and Benmont Tench.  

CAGE THE ELEPHANT Releases Second Song from Forthcoming Album

RELEASES THE SECOND SONG FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM  TELL ME I'M PRETTY (RCA RECORDS: DECEMBER 18, 2015) PRESS HERE TO LISTEN TO "TROUBLE" WILL APPEAR ON THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDENON DECEMBER 10TH, 2015PRE-ORDER ALBUM VIA ALL DIGITAL PROVIDERS NOW November 20, 2015 - Grammy-nominated rock band Cage the Elephant released a new song today from their forthcoming fourth album  Tell Me I'm Pretty  -  PRESS HERE  to listen to"Trouble," which premiered on Zane Lowe's  Beats 1  show. The song is the second song off ofTell Me I'm Pretty, which will be released December 18th, 2015 via RCA Records. The album is available now for pre-order via iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and the band's webstore with "Trouble" available as an instant grat track along with "Mess Around."  PRESS HERE  to listen to the album's first single "Mess Around," and  PRESS HERE  to watch the album trailer. "Mess Around" has already reached Top 10 on Billboard and Mediabase Charts at Alternative and AAA Formats. It was just announced that the band will be playing at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas in Los Angeles on December 12th and performing at Hangout Music Festival in May 2016. The band will also headline 107.7 The End's Deck the Hall Ball in Seattle on December 8th and open for Metallica in San Francisco at AT&T Park on February 6th on the eve of Super Bowl 50.  Tell Me I'm Pretty  was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys & The Arcs (Lana Del Rey, Ray LaMontagne, The Black Keys, The Arcs). Singer Matt Shultz said, "Working with Dan was the perfect balance to our approach. The end result was...a great experience that really brought on a lot of growth." The album was mixed by Tom Elmhirst (Amy Winehouse, Adele, Florence + the Machine) and recorded at Easy Eye Sound in Nashville, TN, near the band's home town of Bowling Green, KY.  Rolling Stone  said, "Tell Me I'm Pretty reflects everything from psychedelic bubblegum pop to, not coincidentally, the spare tautness of the Black Keys." Cage the Elephant's Grammy-nominated 2013 album Melophobia took the band to new heights, spinning off two Number One singles on the Alternative charts, "Come a Little Closer" and "Cigarette Daydreams," with Rolling Stone describing the album as, "Kentucky's Cage the Elephant warp Sixties garage rock, Seventies punk and Eighties alt-rock into excellently weird new shapes;" while their 2011 sophomore album Thank You Happy Birthday debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and was praised as "one of the best rock albums of the year." Long celebrated as one of the most explosive live bands in the world, Cage the Elephant has toured extensively, selling out several headlining runs and performing alongside the likes of The Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Muse and Queens of the Stone Age.  Cage The Elephant is singer Matt Shultz, guitarist Brad Shultz, bassist Daniel Tichenor and drummer Jared Champion. Tell Me I'm Pretty track listing:1. Cry Baby                                                    2. Mess Around                                  3. Sweetie Little Jean              4. Too Late To Say Goodbye  5. Cold Cold Cold                                                       6. Trouble                                                       7. How Are You True                                                 8. That's Right                                                9. Punchin' Bag                                                          10. Portuguese Knife Fight  Cage the Elephant; photo credit Ira Chernova Link to watch  Tell Me I'm Pretty  album trailer: https://youtu.be/ggbUy8LYDS8Watch  Tell Me I'm Pretty  webisode 1 here, webisode 2 here and webisode 3 here. Stream "Trouble"Spotify http://open.spotify.com/track/3pxw9Agh9VB9kyx79REpRQVevo http://smarturl.it/TRBLv Stream "Mess Around"Spotify http://smarturl.it/MessAroundspVevo http://smarturl.it/MessAroundlv Pre-Order Tell Me I'm Pretty and receive "Mess Around" and "Trouble" instantly:Apple Music http://smarturl.it/TMIPiAmazon http://smarturl.it/TMIPamzGoogle Play http://smarturl.it/TMIPgpWebstore http://smarturl.it/TMIPpo http://www.cagetheelephant.com/https://www.facebook.com/cagetheelephanthttps://twitter.com/cagetheelephanthttps://instagram.com/cagetheelephantofficial/

BIG GRAMS ANNOUNCES FIRST NYC DATE AND RED ROCKS SHOW!

BIG GRAMS CLOSE OUT 2015 WITH FIRST NYC SHOW!

BIG BOI & PHANTOGRAM JOIN FOR EAST COAST LIVE DEBUT ON DECEMBER 21st 2015 AT IRVING PLAZA (NYC)

ANNOUNCE RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE SHOW (COLORADO) JANUARY 29th 2016, ON SALE NEXT WEEK


UPCOMING 2016 LIVE PERFORMANCES AT AIR + STYLE (LOS ANGELES) AND HANGOUT MUSIC FESTIVAL (ALABAMA), MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "FELL IN THE SUN"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djbFQKzkiRg
PHOTO CREDIT: Rozette Rago
Big Grams, the supergroup collaboration of Big Boi & Phantogram, will join forces for one last time this year to kick off their entry into 2016 with their debut live show in New York on December 21st at Irving Plaza! The trio of Antwan Patton, Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter also announce their first show of 2016 when they play Red Rocks Amphitheatre on January 29th 2016 - details to follow.
The much anticipated eponymous debut album,  BIG GRAMS ( Epic Records ) , dropped earlier this year to critical and fan delight, capping out an exciting year for hip-hop, rock and electronic music and the worlds where they collide.  With TV appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and live appearances kicked off at EpicFest, Treasure Island Music Festival, the  FLOOD  pop-up shop and recent appearance at the Atlanta Hawks game, their live show has been cited as one of 2016's most anticipated.


PRESS PRAISE FOR BIG GRAMS
"Big Grams is the party put on by the affable and cool kids"- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY


"the matchup seems inspired, as Big Boi's sonic mainstays - big horns, hard-hitting snares - combine with the Phantogram sound to form something new and exciting." - USA TODAY


"Big Grams are the best of both worlds: Big Boi's instantly recognizable verses and Phantogram's magic behind the synthesizers bolstered by Sarah Barthel's iconic voice." - SPIN 


"From the feel-good "Fell in the Sun" to "Goldmine Junkie," which features Barthel premiering a rapping style that Big has coined as "smokin' word," Big Grams is a testament to the relationship-forging qualities of music and the creative output those relationships can spark. " - NYLON


"a surprisingly seamless collaboration" - PASTE


"Sometimes the most unlikely pairings deliver the most satisfying results. On Big Grams' eponymous debut LP, Phantogram and Outkast's Big Boi share an undeniable chemistry...." -CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND 
 

Hannes Norrvide of Lust For Youth announces solo album as Norin, stream a track!

HANNES NORRVIDE OF LUST FOR YOUTH ANNOUNCES SOLO ALBUM
NORIN - BAKOM PLANTERINGEN
OUT THIS DECEMBER ON POSH ISOLATION
STREAM THE TITLE TRACK VIA  THE FADER
                                                        Photo courtesy of Alexis Gross
  Bakom Planteringen  is the debut of Hannes Norrvide’s new solo moniker Norin. Best known as the frontman for the highly acclaimed synth trio Lust For Youth, Norrvide forges another new path with this project.

Norin is far removed from the refined rave anthems of Lust For Youth, yet still one can sense thatBakom Planteringen takes place under searching club lights; or perhaps more accurately, in the weightless thought of being under club lights.

While the five tracks on Norin's debut utilize a techno sound pallet, the nauseating arpeggios and obscure, tape-treated voices are not likely to fill dance floors. There is a desperation in the music not unlike the desperation one feels when you start to hear your own heartbeat in your ears after too many hours in strobe lights.

Despite the motorik propulsion across much of Bakom Planteringen, it mostly registers as a kind of slow motion anxiety in full resolution. This is the sound of OD'ing in the chill out room.

Posh Isolation 164
400 Copies 
STREAM: Norin - 'Bakom Planteringen'
https://soundcloud.com/poshisolation/norin-bakom-planteringen  
 Norin
Bakom Planteringen
Posh Isolation
December 2015

1. Fram Till Kärnan
2. Påfågeln
3. Bakom Planteringen
4. Ser Aurora Från Sofiero
5. Sundets Pärla
www.poshisolation.net

MS MR release Criminals remixes on Columbia Records + tour Europe continues

OUT TODAY: 
MS MR "CRIMINALS" REMIXES
iTunes HERE and Spotify HERE 

Billboard premieres "Criminals" (Maize Remix) HERE + stream  HERE

"Criminals" (Everything Everything Remix) HERE
Music video: "Criminals HERE 
photo credit: Charlotte Rutherford hi-res HERE
video  http://smarturl.it/CriminalsVideo
GIFs http://imgur.com/a/Ahty1
 ALBUM HOW DOES IT FEEL OUT NOW ON COLUMBIA RECORDS

Following the release of their explosive new album,  How Does It Feel , New York- and LA-based duo MS MR (Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow) release  Criminals Remixes with reworks from Everything Everything HERE and Maize  HERE . The remixes are available via iTunes HERE and Spotify HERE.

Earlier this month they unveiled their brand new video for the single “Criminals”which was directed by Charlotte Rutherford. The unashamedly lip-smack, glam video for the energetic, pop anthem “Criminals” is available to watch HERE.

MS MR on "Criminals" video: "This video is a reflection on the internal conflict we’ve been facing over the past few months as our indie selves and their pop counterparts fight for creative control of MS MR. We find ourselves in an odd place as a band, having made the personal choice to explore where we might fit in in the shiny and seductive pop realm (especially given our ambitious goals), while  truthfully still being two art kids locked away in our DIY studio, thriving off our own musical naiveté and thirst to push artistic boundaries. Are we on the right path? Have we come too far? Do we want a way out?"

When it came to finding a director who could play on these contradictory feelings, we turned to the ultimate pop visionary, Charlotte Rutherford. She created a dark jewel-toned fantasyland that captures our unsettledness in all its forms: frustration and inspiration, confusion and excitement."

Having spent the last two month touring North America, MS MR are currently on the European leg of their tour. Throughout the tour, MS MR will be donating a portion of every ticket sold to an inspiring organization, Third Wave Fund, a national fund that supports and strengthens youth-led gender justice activism. See below for full itinerary.

Watch “Painted” official video: http://smarturl.it/PaintedVid
Watch “Wrong Victory” acoustic video: http://smarturl.it/WrongVictoryAc
Watch “How Does It Feel” lyric video: http://smarturl.it/HDIFlyric
 MS MR on tour:
11/21 – Hamburg, Germany – Mojo
11/22 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
11/23 – Prague, Czech Republic – Overtone Festival at Roxy 

Smoke Fairies: Holliday-themed album Wild Winter out now on Full Time Hobby

SMOKE FAIRIESRELEASE SEASONALLY-THEMED ALBUM
WILD WINTER OUT NOW ON
FULL TIME HOBBYSTREAM TITLE TRACK    “Smoke Fairies appear to have tapped into this mid-Winter noir. It’s an intriguing return, one which allies their soft, folk-hued vocals to some rather distorted effects.”—Clash Music “Smoke Fairies rely on intertwining…their two voices move in close harmonies,
with timbres blending almost like sisters.”—New York Times
Smoke Fairies release their holiday-themed collection of 10 songs entitled  Wild Winter today on  Full Time Hobby . Last year, the LP sold out entirely when it was released in limited edition run and sold exclusively Rough Trade Record Store in the U.K as the December Album of the Month. Listen to the title track HERE. In the very hot summer of 2014, Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies of Smoke Fairies holed themselves up in the house that they share with the curtains drawn and started writing a collection of songs focusing on wintertime, Christmas, blizzards, isolation and presents. The process took the duo on a journey through Christmas past, present and future, sometimes touching on family tradition and the role religion plays in their yearly celebrations and even imagined themselves as the three kings. They then took their band into a recording studio in Kent, stayed in a local youth hostel and for a week and set about recording most of the tracks live. With the help of producerKristofer Harris they finished Wild Winter and the autumn had not even set in! When asked why they chose to focus on a seasonally-themed record, the band explained, “We have a love/hate relationship with winter and the Christmas holiday. When it was suggested Smoke Fairies make a Christmas album the last thing we wanted to do was make a classic, jolly, celebratory album that can only be played once a year. Sometimes winter provides us with a sense of togetherness and love and sometimes it leaves us feeling alienated, cold and playing a glockenspiel alone in a darkened room. It’s part of the year that will always be bittersweet and wild. This was the inspiration behind the record.” The duo said for the song “Bad Good” they “cast our minds back to out childhood selves in the ‘80s” and went on to say “that we nearly drove ourselves to the brink of insanity” trying to bring order to a cover of Captain Beefheart’s “Steal Softly Thru Snow.” 
In the six years together since entering a recording studio for the first time, Smoke Fairies have self-released several singles and were first introduced to American audiences with their 7” Gastown/River Song via Third Man Records, which Jack White produced and play drums on. The band has toured the world with the likes of Brian Ferry, Richard Hawley and Laura Marling. Time Out New York noted they were one of the “Top 5 Must See Bands” at the 2010 CMJ Festival while their 2011 album Through Low Light and Trees was named one of American Songwriter’s Top 50 albums of 2011. Wild Winter follows the bands’ 2012 release Blood Speaks of which Pitchfork said that Blamire and Davies “don’t trade vocal duties so much as appear to sing from the same body, their voices nearly indistinguishable, shifting between smoky moans and toe-curling trills” and their eponymously titled album was released in 2014 of which For Folks Sake said “Smoke Fairies are attempting to creatively push themselves into and beyond the ether.”

ADELE Album "25" Released Today

ADELE Album "25" Released Today
Today sees the global release of Adele's new album '25.' This week Adele returned to the live stage for the first time in four years, playing a triumphant concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Tonight an hour-long special TV show, 'Adele at The BBC,' will be broadcast in the UK. And tomorrow, Adele performs on 'Saturday Night Live' in the US. Please find a brand new clip of Adele interview footage, plus a clip of her performing new song, 'When We Were Young' at The Church Studios in London, where some of the '25' recording sessions took place: http://bit.ly/1PCPeLV

AUTOLUX UNVEIL NEW SONG “SOFT SCENE”

AUTOLUX UNVEIL NEW SONG “SOFT SCENE”

FIRST SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING STUDIO LP, 
PRODUCED BY BOOTSAutolux has released a new track, “Soft Scene,” the first taste of new music from the enigmatic Los Angeles-based trio of Carla Azar, Greg Edwards, and Eugene Goreshter. “Soft Scene” maintains the band’s commitment to experimentation—fearlessly transforming pop songs into pure sonic explorations. The track—driven by stuttered beats and played with damaged percussive sound—was created by using monolithic intertwining bass parts and deconstructed guitars. Listen to “Soft Scene” here: http://smarturl.it/SoftSceneAudio.

“Soft Scene” will be featured on the band’s forthcoming third album, produced by BOOTS, and set to be released in Spring of 2016 via Danger Mouse’s eclectic new label, 30th Century Records. Further details about the album will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Autolux’s previous releases—2004’s debut  Future Perfect  and 2010’s  Transit Transit —were released to widespread acclaim, captivating fans and critics alike with their unique sonic aesthetic. Creating dark textures—built around raw, inimitable beats—their music always seems to convey undertones of sensuality, no matter how strange or mangled the surface may be. Autolux’s allure lies in their ability to create a hauntingly beautiful world that is experimental yet still familiar.

For more on Autolux, visit:
http://www.autolux.net/
https://www.facebook.com/autolux
https://twitter.com/autolux
https://www.instagram.com/autolux_autolux/

The Shivas Announce New Album & Share Track "Gun In My Pocket [Revisited]"

The Shivas New Album, Better Off Dead [KLP258], Comes Out February 19th!
Stream/Share "Gun In My Pocket [Revisited]" Now!We’re going to be digesting the 20th century in music for at least as long as it lasted.The Shivas—typically versed in garage and surf and psych, pieces of Nuggets andPebbles, touring regularly with The Dandy Warhols and playing Austin Psych Fest—have laid down Better Off Dead [KLP258] not with the raucous anarchy of the John Cusack movie of the same name, but instead with this lilting grace of static and radio waves from the past century falling all around, studying not the fuzzy chunks that fell off in the wake of the '60s psychedelic crisis. This is something earlier, slower, not a “new direction,” but just a natural branch off the same tree.Portland quintet The Shivas have transformed their tom-heavy surf-rock single "Gun In My Pocket" into a mesmerizing cut of Roy Orbison jangle-pop.
-Noisey
Stream/share "Gun In My Pocket [Revisited] here: 
https://soundcloud.com/k-records/07-gun-in-my-pocket-revisted/s-iHESR

"They’ve got a nasty lo-fi energy; it’s one of those albums that makes you feel cool when you listen to it."
-ImposeThe Shivas are on tour now. Here are their current dates:
 11/19/15 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall*
11/20/15 – Iowa City, IA – The Englert Theater*
11/21/15 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe*
11/22/15 – Sioux Falls, SD – Total Drag
11/23/15 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
11/24/15 – Denver, CO – The Dryer Plug
11/25/15 – Boise, ID – Neurolux(*w/ Dandy Warhols)