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August 25, 2014
Jessica Hernandez: NPR, Acclaimed Debut & More
NPR'S WEEKEND EDITION
SPOTLIGHTSJESSICA HERNANDEZ & THE DELTAS
DEBUT ALBUM SECRET EVIL OUT NOW+ ITUNES TOP 20
CURRENTLY ON NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR +UPCOMING ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES FALL TOUR
"The new album by Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas has it all. Secret Evil offers a softly strummed rootsy ballad one minute, the oom-pah of Balkan-inspired brass the next, or twangy rockabilly guitars followed by the punch of New Orleans-tinged horns. But in song after song, one thing is consistent: a powerful, undeniable voice."- NPR Weekend Edition
Secret Evil, the powerful debut album from Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, is now available via Instant Records. Listen to the record, currently on the iTunes Top 20, and hear why this exciting new group is catching the attention of both critics and concertgoers here: https://soundcloud.com/jessicahernandezdeltas
NPR's Weekend Edition caught up with Hernandez to talk about her ancestry, Detroit and waiting 2+ years to release these songs. Listen here:http://www.npr.org/2014/08/23/342480646/jessica-hernandez-singing-to-the-rafters-no-matter-the-style
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas are currently on the road with a wide-ranging live schedule that includes headline dates, festivals such as Bumbershoot and Riot Fest, and a 4-week tour with St. Paul & The Broken Bones beginning October 14. A full list of tour dates below.
"Her voice instantly captivates, radiating both power and sophistication on 11 tracks that vary wildly in tone ... Songs like "Tired Oak" absolutely soar with a mix of pulsing percussion, keys and of course the triumphant vocals of Hernandez ... It's these tracks that have tagged Hernandez as an ascendant star, because songs such as "Dead Brains," "No Place Left to Hide" and "Downtown Man" would be stand-out lead singles on just about any pop album, and likely smash hits for the likes of Katy Perry or Adele, in whose company the Detroit musician would not be misplaced, in terms of vocal ability." - Paste Magazine (8.8 review)
"The Detroit-based singer has a powerhouse voice that really took me by surprise (in a great way). And while her pipes are enough to reel me in, they're backed by a powerful five-piece band, The Deltas, that incorporates rockabilly, soul, Latin and punk sounds into their spellbinding tunes ... I love just about every song on [Secret Evil], and I have a feeling these guys are especially electric during their live performances." - USA Today
"Hernandez has a powerful, riveting voice and she's a versatile writer."- The Wall Street Journal
"Queasy carnival music, hoodoo blues stomps, country waltz ballads, primitive rock and jazzy inflections coalesce and flow around the anchor of Hernandez's rich voice, a contralto rife with character and heartrending soul. The amalgam of styles in this alternate history is esoteric enough to be fresh and enticing to a music snob, but contains enough pop sensibilities to lure in, and open more doors for, the casual listener ... one of 2014's most deftly sequenced, produced, written and performed albums." - PopMatters (9 out of 10 stars)
Stay tuned for more news!
Tour Dates (more to be announced):
August 26 Larimer Lounge Denver, COAugust 27 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UTAugust 28 The Crux Boise, IDAugust 29 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
September 1 Bumbershoot Festival Seattle, WASeptember 3 Torch Club Sacramento, CASeptember 4 Cargo Reno, NV ****September 5 House Of Blues San Diego, CASeptember 6 Pub Rock Live Phoenix, AZSeptember 7 Constellation Room Santa Ana, CASeptember 13 Riot Fest & Carnival 2014 Chicago, IL
October 14 Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, NC ** October 15 FM Backstage Norfolk, VA October 16 9:30 Club Washington, DC **October 17 Fed Live Harrisburg, PAOctober 18 Wonder Bar Asbury Park, NJOctober 21 Paradise Boston, MA **October 22 BAR New Haven, CTOctober 23 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA **October 24 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC ** October 25 Red Light Cafe Atlanta, GAOctober 26 Will's Pub Orlando, FLOctober 28 The Basement Nashville, TNOctober 29 The Ready Room St. Louis, MO **October 31 Vogue Indianapolis, IN **
November 1 St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, MI ** November 3 Musica Akron, OH **November 4 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ONT **November 5 Mr. Smalls Pittsburgh, PA **
** With St. Paul & The Broken Bones**** With Kitten and Bomba Estereo
www.jessicahernandez.net www.facebook.com/JessicaHernandezandTheDeltashttp://instagram.com/detroitjesshttps://twitter.com/DetroitJesshttps://www.youtube.com/jessicahernandez
DEBUT ALBUM SECRET EVIL OUT NOW+ ITUNES TOP 20
CURRENTLY ON NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR +UPCOMING ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES FALL TOUR
"The new album by Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas has it all. Secret Evil offers a softly strummed rootsy ballad one minute, the oom-pah of Balkan-inspired brass the next, or twangy rockabilly guitars followed by the punch of New Orleans-tinged horns. But in song after song, one thing is consistent: a powerful, undeniable voice."- NPR Weekend Edition
Secret Evil, the powerful debut album from Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, is now available via Instant Records. Listen to the record, currently on the iTunes Top 20, and hear why this exciting new group is catching the attention of both critics and concertgoers here: https://soundcloud.com/jessicahernandezdeltasNPR's Weekend Edition caught up with Hernandez to talk about her ancestry, Detroit and waiting 2+ years to release these songs. Listen here:http://www.npr.org/2014/08/23/342480646/jessica-hernandez-singing-to-the-rafters-no-matter-the-style
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas are currently on the road with a wide-ranging live schedule that includes headline dates, festivals such as Bumbershoot and Riot Fest, and a 4-week tour with St. Paul & The Broken Bones beginning October 14. A full list of tour dates below.
"Her voice instantly captivates, radiating both power and sophistication on 11 tracks that vary wildly in tone ... Songs like "Tired Oak" absolutely soar with a mix of pulsing percussion, keys and of course the triumphant vocals of Hernandez ... It's these tracks that have tagged Hernandez as an ascendant star, because songs such as "Dead Brains," "No Place Left to Hide" and "Downtown Man" would be stand-out lead singles on just about any pop album, and likely smash hits for the likes of Katy Perry or Adele, in whose company the Detroit musician would not be misplaced, in terms of vocal ability." - Paste Magazine (8.8 review)
"The Detroit-based singer has a powerhouse voice that really took me by surprise (in a great way). And while her pipes are enough to reel me in, they're backed by a powerful five-piece band, The Deltas, that incorporates rockabilly, soul, Latin and punk sounds into their spellbinding tunes ... I love just about every song on [Secret Evil], and I have a feeling these guys are especially electric during their live performances." - USA Today
"Hernandez has a powerful, riveting voice and she's a versatile writer."- The Wall Street Journal
"Queasy carnival music, hoodoo blues stomps, country waltz ballads, primitive rock and jazzy inflections coalesce and flow around the anchor of Hernandez's rich voice, a contralto rife with character and heartrending soul. The amalgam of styles in this alternate history is esoteric enough to be fresh and enticing to a music snob, but contains enough pop sensibilities to lure in, and open more doors for, the casual listener ... one of 2014's most deftly sequenced, produced, written and performed albums." - PopMatters (9 out of 10 stars)
Stay tuned for more news!
Tour Dates (more to be announced):
August 26 Larimer Lounge Denver, COAugust 27 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UTAugust 28 The Crux Boise, IDAugust 29 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
September 1 Bumbershoot Festival Seattle, WASeptember 3 Torch Club Sacramento, CASeptember 4 Cargo Reno, NV ****September 5 House Of Blues San Diego, CASeptember 6 Pub Rock Live Phoenix, AZSeptember 7 Constellation Room Santa Ana, CASeptember 13 Riot Fest & Carnival 2014 Chicago, IL
October 14 Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, NC ** October 15 FM Backstage Norfolk, VA October 16 9:30 Club Washington, DC **October 17 Fed Live Harrisburg, PAOctober 18 Wonder Bar Asbury Park, NJOctober 21 Paradise Boston, MA **October 22 BAR New Haven, CTOctober 23 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA **October 24 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC ** October 25 Red Light Cafe Atlanta, GAOctober 26 Will's Pub Orlando, FLOctober 28 The Basement Nashville, TNOctober 29 The Ready Room St. Louis, MO **October 31 Vogue Indianapolis, IN **
November 1 St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, MI ** November 3 Musica Akron, OH **November 4 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ONT **November 5 Mr. Smalls Pittsburgh, PA **
** With St. Paul & The Broken Bones**** With Kitten and Bomba Estereo
www.jessicahernandez.net www.facebook.com/JessicaHernandezandTheDeltashttp://instagram.com/detroitjesshttps://twitter.com/DetroitJesshttps://www.youtube.com/jessicahernandez
August 22, 2014
The Melvins Premiere "Brass Cupcake" via Rolling Stone
THE MELVINS PREVIEW “BRASS CUPCAKE,” FIRST SONG FROM NEW ALBUM WITH BUTTHOLE SURFERS’ PLAYERS JD PINKUS AND PAUL LEARY, VIA ROLLING STONE
HOLD IT IN PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW, OFFERS IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF “BRIDE OF CRANKENSTEIN”
Hold It In cover Aug. 22, 2014, LOS ANGELES – The Melvins share “Brass Cupcake,” a new song from their upcoming album, Hold It In (Oct. 14, Ipecac Recordings), via Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-melvins-brass-cupcake-from-butthole-surfers-collabo-lp-hold-it-in-20140822).
Joining Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover for the 12-song album are Butthole Surfers' guitar player Paul Leary and bass player JD Pinkus. Hold It In was recorded in both Los Angeles and Austin earlier this year.
“Brass Cupcake is possibly my favorite track on Hold It In! We wrote this song with Pinkus and Paul in mind, once we knew this project was a go,” explained Dale Crover. “It's our version of what we think pop music should sound like. Get ready to freak out!
Digital pre-orders for Hold It In are available now via iTunes with the album lead-off, “Bride of Crankenstein,” offered as an immediate download upon order: http://geni.us/MelvinsHoldItIn.
The Melvins kick off a round of U.S. tour dates on Oct. 15 in Sacramento at Assembly, with label mates Le Butcherettes opening on all non-festival dates. Osborne, Crover and Pinkus will be the touring line-up for this run of dates.
Tour dates:October 15 Sacramento, CA Assembly October 17 Bellingham, WA Wild Buffalo House of MusicOctober 18 Seattle, WA The ShowboxOctober 19 Portland, OR Roseland TheaterOctober 21 San Francisco, CA Great American Music HallOctober 22 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO BrewingOctober 23 Los Angeles, CA The TroubadourOctober 24 San Diego, CA The CasbahOctober 25 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent BallroomOctober 26 Albuquerque, NM The LaunchpadOctober 28 Dallas, TX TreesOctober 29 Austin, TX MohawkOctober 30 Houston, TX Warehouse Live - StudioOctober 31 New Orleans, LA Voodoo FestNovember 1 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music HallNovember 2 Gainesville, FL The WoolyNovember 3 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbit'sNovember 4 Orlando, FL The SocialNovember 5 Ft. Lauderdale, FL The Culture RoomNovember 6 Tampa, FL Orpheum TheaterNovember 8 Atlanta, GA The Loft at Center StageNovember 9 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
HOLD IT IN PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW, OFFERS IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD OF “BRIDE OF CRANKENSTEIN”
Hold It In cover Aug. 22, 2014, LOS ANGELES – The Melvins share “Brass Cupcake,” a new song from their upcoming album, Hold It In (Oct. 14, Ipecac Recordings), via Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-melvins-brass-cupcake-from-butthole-surfers-collabo-lp-hold-it-in-20140822).Joining Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover for the 12-song album are Butthole Surfers' guitar player Paul Leary and bass player JD Pinkus. Hold It In was recorded in both Los Angeles and Austin earlier this year.
“Brass Cupcake is possibly my favorite track on Hold It In! We wrote this song with Pinkus and Paul in mind, once we knew this project was a go,” explained Dale Crover. “It's our version of what we think pop music should sound like. Get ready to freak out!
Digital pre-orders for Hold It In are available now via iTunes with the album lead-off, “Bride of Crankenstein,” offered as an immediate download upon order: http://geni.us/MelvinsHoldItIn.
The Melvins kick off a round of U.S. tour dates on Oct. 15 in Sacramento at Assembly, with label mates Le Butcherettes opening on all non-festival dates. Osborne, Crover and Pinkus will be the touring line-up for this run of dates.
Tour dates:October 15 Sacramento, CA Assembly October 17 Bellingham, WA Wild Buffalo House of MusicOctober 18 Seattle, WA The ShowboxOctober 19 Portland, OR Roseland TheaterOctober 21 San Francisco, CA Great American Music HallOctober 22 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO BrewingOctober 23 Los Angeles, CA The TroubadourOctober 24 San Diego, CA The CasbahOctober 25 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent BallroomOctober 26 Albuquerque, NM The LaunchpadOctober 28 Dallas, TX TreesOctober 29 Austin, TX MohawkOctober 30 Houston, TX Warehouse Live - StudioOctober 31 New Orleans, LA Voodoo FestNovember 1 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music HallNovember 2 Gainesville, FL The WoolyNovember 3 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbit'sNovember 4 Orlando, FL The SocialNovember 5 Ft. Lauderdale, FL The Culture RoomNovember 6 Tampa, FL Orpheum TheaterNovember 8 Atlanta, GA The Loft at Center StageNovember 9 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
LA Font Premiere Video for "Onshore"
LA Font Premiere Video for "Onshore" via Brooklyn VeganEast Coast Tour Begins This Weekend 
"We love LA Font. If you don't know them, you should reconsider a few things about your life, like whether or not you're cool...They sort of sound like they're from the 90s. But you know what else? They sound f**ing good." - Noisey "Garage rock with a pop influence, LA Font fills the niche for those who like indie tunes reminiscent of the mid-'90s." - Los Angeles Times
"Already comparisons are being drawn between modern peers like Speedy Ortiz and '90s influences like Built to Spill and Pavement. It's a compliment to the band's tight drum-bass combo and witty lyrics, yet a disservice to a group that's clearly growing into its own sound." - Filter
Watch: "Onshore" via Brooklyn Vegan or YoutubeListen: "Motor Rally" via PureVolume or SoundCloud
LA Font, Los Angeles's favorite distorted-guitar-singalong-with-the-windows-down band, are back with a new video for "Onshore" which premiered at Brooklyn Vegan. Set in LA's Echo Park Lake, the video takes an apocalyptical/ literal approach to the phrase "loose lips sink ships." It was directed by Hank Friedmann who has also directed videos for Stars and Other Lives. This weekend, the band is beginning a string of East Coast tour dates that will take them to Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Earlier this summer, Pure Volume premiered the B-side to the 7" "Motor Rally" and the track is also available to stream and share via SoundCloud. The "Teen Bazooka" 7" is available now at the Kill/Hurt Online Store. The A-side of the new 7" is "Teen Bazooka." It's a 1994-esque hurricane of distorted guitars, a big nonsensical chorus that recalls the Pixies, Nirvana and Guided By Voices, and a tongue-in-cheek rebuke of all that nostalgia in the refrain, "Who cares about memories? They're worth about nothing." What is a teen bazooka, anyway? "Teen bazooka is the weapon of choice for dispassionate annihilation - like saying, 'the Grand Canyon sucks' or 'who cares about memories,'" LA Font frontman Danny Bobbe explains. "It's not a life ethos, but it's a handy tool to have in your arsenal."
"Motor Rally" is a punky two-chord assault that recalls Parquet Courts with its rapid-fire punchlines poking fun at pointless machismo. "I'm Judge Dredd and I am the law / I own every spot in the parking lot," singer Danny Bobbe says. Bobbe explains: "Motor Rally's a two minute rock song about what it takes to become a motor cross champion. For one thing, your mom can't be a chaperone at the prom."
The Echo Park-based quartet LA Font is made up of Danny Bobbe (vocals/guitar), Jon Perry (guitar), Greg Katz (bass) and Harlow Rodriguez (drums). The band formed after Jon woke Danny up in the middle of the night by playing synthesizers loudly next door.
LA Font has played SXSW twice, toured the western U.S. in 2013, and will tour the east coast in August 2014. LA Font is also the house band for the alternative comedy show "Entitlement" at Club Los Globos in L.A., a show run by Vice Magazine writers, where the band have played alongside Reggie Watts, Marc Maron, Kyle Kinane, Maria Bamford and many others.
LA Font songs have been used on Showtime's "House of Lies," in a national film ad campaign, several MTV shows, in Steven Segall's "True Justice" series, and in a forthcoming feature film starring Taylor Lautner, among other shows, movies and ads. Additionally, LA Font songs have been heard on every alternative radio station in Los Angeles including KROQ, KCRW, ALT 98.7, KXLU, KCSN, and non-commercial and alternative stations worldwide, including in rotation on Flux 100.6 FM Berlin.
LA Font has made four recordings: The American Leagues (2010, self-released), Sharks (2011, Sister City Records), Diving Man (2013, New Professor Music) and "Teen Bazooka" b/w "Motor Rally" (2014, Kill/Hurt Records). "Diving Man" was named the No. 2 song from L.A. in 2013 by Buzzbands.LA.
Upcoming LA Font Shows: 8/22 - Boston - Great Scott8/24 - NYC - Baby's All Right w/ SWIMMING8/25 - NYC - Cake Shop w/ KNTRLR, Ravens & Chimes, Water8/26 - Philadelphia - Girard Hall w/ Chelsea Kills + Mumblr 8/27 - Baltimore - Holy Frijoles w/ Silence Kid 8/28 - Boston - WZBC radio session
For more info, please visit:
http://www.lafontband.com/http://lafont.bandcamp.com/http://killhurt.com/releases/
"We love LA Font. If you don't know them, you should reconsider a few things about your life, like whether or not you're cool...They sort of sound like they're from the 90s. But you know what else? They sound f**ing good." - Noisey "Garage rock with a pop influence, LA Font fills the niche for those who like indie tunes reminiscent of the mid-'90s." - Los Angeles Times"Already comparisons are being drawn between modern peers like Speedy Ortiz and '90s influences like Built to Spill and Pavement. It's a compliment to the band's tight drum-bass combo and witty lyrics, yet a disservice to a group that's clearly growing into its own sound." - Filter
Watch: "Onshore" via Brooklyn Vegan or YoutubeListen: "Motor Rally" via PureVolume or SoundCloud
LA Font, Los Angeles's favorite distorted-guitar-singalong-with-the-windows-down band, are back with a new video for "Onshore" which premiered at Brooklyn Vegan. Set in LA's Echo Park Lake, the video takes an apocalyptical/ literal approach to the phrase "loose lips sink ships." It was directed by Hank Friedmann who has also directed videos for Stars and Other Lives. This weekend, the band is beginning a string of East Coast tour dates that will take them to Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Earlier this summer, Pure Volume premiered the B-side to the 7" "Motor Rally" and the track is also available to stream and share via SoundCloud. The "Teen Bazooka" 7" is available now at the Kill/Hurt Online Store. The A-side of the new 7" is "Teen Bazooka." It's a 1994-esque hurricane of distorted guitars, a big nonsensical chorus that recalls the Pixies, Nirvana and Guided By Voices, and a tongue-in-cheek rebuke of all that nostalgia in the refrain, "Who cares about memories? They're worth about nothing." What is a teen bazooka, anyway? "Teen bazooka is the weapon of choice for dispassionate annihilation - like saying, 'the Grand Canyon sucks' or 'who cares about memories,'" LA Font frontman Danny Bobbe explains. "It's not a life ethos, but it's a handy tool to have in your arsenal."
"Motor Rally" is a punky two-chord assault that recalls Parquet Courts with its rapid-fire punchlines poking fun at pointless machismo. "I'm Judge Dredd and I am the law / I own every spot in the parking lot," singer Danny Bobbe says. Bobbe explains: "Motor Rally's a two minute rock song about what it takes to become a motor cross champion. For one thing, your mom can't be a chaperone at the prom."
The Echo Park-based quartet LA Font is made up of Danny Bobbe (vocals/guitar), Jon Perry (guitar), Greg Katz (bass) and Harlow Rodriguez (drums). The band formed after Jon woke Danny up in the middle of the night by playing synthesizers loudly next door.
LA Font has played SXSW twice, toured the western U.S. in 2013, and will tour the east coast in August 2014. LA Font is also the house band for the alternative comedy show "Entitlement" at Club Los Globos in L.A., a show run by Vice Magazine writers, where the band have played alongside Reggie Watts, Marc Maron, Kyle Kinane, Maria Bamford and many others.
LA Font songs have been used on Showtime's "House of Lies," in a national film ad campaign, several MTV shows, in Steven Segall's "True Justice" series, and in a forthcoming feature film starring Taylor Lautner, among other shows, movies and ads. Additionally, LA Font songs have been heard on every alternative radio station in Los Angeles including KROQ, KCRW, ALT 98.7, KXLU, KCSN, and non-commercial and alternative stations worldwide, including in rotation on Flux 100.6 FM Berlin.
LA Font has made four recordings: The American Leagues (2010, self-released), Sharks (2011, Sister City Records), Diving Man (2013, New Professor Music) and "Teen Bazooka" b/w "Motor Rally" (2014, Kill/Hurt Records). "Diving Man" was named the No. 2 song from L.A. in 2013 by Buzzbands.LA.
Upcoming LA Font Shows: 8/22 - Boston - Great Scott8/24 - NYC - Baby's All Right w/ SWIMMING8/25 - NYC - Cake Shop w/ KNTRLR, Ravens & Chimes, Water8/26 - Philadelphia - Girard Hall w/ Chelsea Kills + Mumblr 8/27 - Baltimore - Holy Frijoles w/ Silence Kid 8/28 - Boston - WZBC radio session
For more info, please visit:
http://www.lafontband.com/http://lafont.bandcamp.com/http://killhurt.com/releases/
Guided By Voices To Perform Live From The Stone Pony
In Asbury Park, NJ On Yahoo Screen! #YahooLiveSaturday, August 23rd At 9:30pm Eastern
Photo Credit: Dan Acedo
Tour Dates08.22 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount%
08.23 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Stone Pony%
08.30 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall*
08.31 - Indianapolis, IN - WARMfest@
08.12 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Pyramid Scheme
09.13 - Toledo, OH - The Main Event Entertainment & Arts Festival
11.08 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest#
11.11 - Orlando, FL - The Social*
11.12 - Miami, FL - Grand Central*
11.14 - Atlanta, GA - Centerstage*
11.15 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle*% with Boogarins
* with Bobby Bare Jr.
@ with Sebadoh, Of Montreal, and more
# with Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, and more
LinksGuided By Voices Website
Guided By Voices Facebook
Guided By Voices Twitter
Photo Credit: Dan Acedo
Tour Dates08.22 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount%
08.23 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Stone Pony%
08.30 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall*
08.31 - Indianapolis, IN - WARMfest@
08.12 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Pyramid Scheme
09.13 - Toledo, OH - The Main Event Entertainment & Arts Festival
11.08 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest#
11.11 - Orlando, FL - The Social*
11.12 - Miami, FL - Grand Central*
11.14 - Atlanta, GA - Centerstage*
11.15 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle*% with Boogarins
* with Bobby Bare Jr.
@ with Sebadoh, Of Montreal, and more
# with Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, and more
LinksGuided By Voices Website
Guided By Voices Facebook
Guided By Voices Twitter
Watch Shabazz Palaces' "#CAKE" video
Watch: Shabazz Palaces “#CAKE”A resplendent new visual from Lese Majesty
http://youtu.be/DDRPf8KHawY
Premiere via Pitchfork
AFROPUNK Festival August 23rd
KEXP session video
CMJ: #1 Hip Hop & #8 Top 200 Albums charts
Feast your eyes on the official video for Shabazz Palaces’ “#CAKE,” a standout from the acclaimed Lese Majesty, featuring guest vocals from Catherine Harris-White of THEESatisfaction. The new visual was directed by Hiro Murai (Earl Sweatshirt, St. Vincent, The Shins). Pitchfork says of the video: "combines post-apocalyptic horror with surreal psychedelia, rendering the members of the Seattle rap crew as the various faces of a polygonal being which resides over a ruined building (see news story August 22nd)."
At radio this week, Lese Majesty is seeing a great response from CMJ reporters, spending two weeks at #1 on the hip hop chart and #8 on the top 200 albums chart. In related news, you can now watch Shabazz Palaces KEXP performances featuring Lese Majesty highlights “They Come In Gold,” “Forerunner Foray,” “Ishmael” and “Motion Sickness” (see August 21st session).
Shabazz Palaces’ North American & European in support of Lese Majesty is currently underway, including two shows this weekend: Friday, August 22nd in Philadelphia, PA at Union Transfer and Saturday, August 23rd at AFROPUNK. Please find a complete list of tour dates below.
Lese Majesty is available for purchase on CD / 2xLP / CD from Sub Pop Megamart, iTunes, and Amazonnow. The double vinyl version is housed in a "shark skin" embossed jacket and includes a fold-out poster, and an etching on side D.
What people are saying about Lese Majesty:
“These aren’t condescending “Real Hip-Hop” platitudes: this is a call to arms for hip-hop’s creative fringe to snatch the reins from a power structure more interested in self-preservation than the advancement of the culture. The soul of Shabazz Palaces is pairing next-gen sounds with classic brass-tacks show-and-prove emceeing, and Lese Majesty tugs those extremes as far as they've ever been pulled; that it never shows signs of wear speaks to the strength of the bond.” [Review, 8.2/ 10] - Pitchfork
“The music is alternately languid and jarring, with melodies mutating or disappearing and Mr. Butler’s cryptic sci-fi raps often receding into the fabric.” [Sunday Arts Feature] - NY Times
“Shabazz Palaces let a little fresh air and whimsy slip into their dense melange of whispered rhymes and slack-jawed space beats.” [Review, B+] - Entertainment Weekly
"Lese Majesty feels more now, than then. In mirroring and transcending the schizoid, rootless form of digital society, it's an attempt to help people cope with the culture. Like floating from level to placid level in Monument, listening to this record prompts your imagination and encourages discourse and reflection. Not the academic kind, but the kind of communal discovery people have been doing for ages." [Review, 9/10] - SPIN
“His dazzling feel for 21st-century psychedelia pushes this well past nostalgia tripping--and while the verbal abstraction gets thick, there's serious pleasure in plumbing it.” [Review, 3.5 / 5] - Rolling Stone
“Raw, graceful tunes… As melodic as much of Lese Majesty is, the words might be the album's most important element. Close listeners will find brilliant inventions and plenty of quotable passages.” [First Listen] - NPR Music
“Shabazz Palaces have made the best album of the year...not so much a mysterious transmission from some unknown point in deep space, but more like echoes from the future ghost of our planet. Earth used to be here, where the music is, but now it's gone. Planets can become extinct, but raps can live on, disembodied and numinous.” [Review] - The Stranger
“After countless hours spent driving around bumping the new record, we’d agree with those that heard it for the first time dodging lasers that Lese Majesty is the future of hip-hop, if we thought that anyone else was capable of doing something this revelatory." - Gorilla Vs. Bear
“The group's 2011 breakthrough, Black Up, thrilled and flummoxed critics with elements of Phillip Glass minimalism, Brian Eno ambience, and George Clinton cosmic weirdness. On the new follow-up, Lese Majesty, the sonic bushwhacking appears destined to continue.” - All Things Considered
Tour Dates:
Aug. 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer**
Aug. 23 - Brooklyn, NY - AFROPUNK @ Commodore Barry Park**
Aug. 26 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
Aug. 27 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
Aug. 28 - Atlanta, GA - Basement (Red Bull Sound Select Show)
Sep. 13 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Sep. 14 - Bloomington, IN - Bishop Bar
Sep. 15 - Little Rock, AR - The Rev Room
Sep. 16 - Austin, TX - Red 7 (Patio)
Sep. 17 - Mc Allen, TX - Cine El Rey
Sep. 19 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
Sep. 20 - Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
Sep. 21 - Lincoln, NE - Vega
Sep. 22 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
Sep. 25 - Boise, ID - The Crux
Sep. 28 - Portland, OR - Zidell Shipyards
Oct. 20 - Amsterdam, NL - MC Theatre
Oct. 21 - Brussels, BE - AB
Oct. 22 - Rouen, FR - Club 106
Oct. 23 - Paris, FR - Batofar
Oct. 24 - Lyon, FR - Le Marche Gare
Oct. 25 - Helsinki, FI - Supermassive Festival
Oct. 27 - Gothenburg, SE - Pusterviksbaren
Oct. 28 - Copenhagen, DE - Vega
Oct. 29 - Stockholm, SE - Kagelbanan
Oct. 30 - Vevey, CH - Rocking Chair
Oct. 31 - Luzern, CH - B-Sides Indoor Festival (@Sudpol)
Nov. 01 - Lisbon, PT - Musicbox
Nov. 03 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt
Nov. 04 - London, UK, Illuminations Festival at The Laundry
Nov. 05 - Manchester, UK - Gorilla
Nov. 06 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell
Nov. 07 - Glasgow, UK - Nice ‘N’ Sleezy
Nov. 08 - Bristol, UK - Start The Bus
Nov. 10 - Birmingham, UK - Hare and Hounds
Nov. 12 - Brno, CZ - Kabinet Muz
Nov. 13 - Prague, CZ - MeetFactory
Nov. 14 - Berlin, DE - Kantine Berghain
Nov. 15 - Cologne, DE - Club Bahnhof
Nov. 16 - Munich, DE - Feierwerk
** w/ clipping.
August 21, 2014
Tashaki Miyaki Announce National Tour with Allah-Las
TASHAKI MIYAKI ANNOUNCE NATIONAL TOUR
Supporting Allah-Las Kicking off November 14
, 2014 at Austin, TX's The Parish Listen and Share Their Latest Single "I Came" Here
Limited Edition 7" Vinyl Available Now Here
"It's all so pretty I'm afraid saying anything else might diminish it." - The FADER
(Credit: Chris LaPutt)On the heels of their critically acclaimed performance at New York City's MoMA, Los Angeles based dreamy trio Tashaki Miyaki are pleased to announce their upcoming national tour supporting Allah-Las. Kicking off on November 4th at Austin, TX's The Parish, their sets will feature new tracks from their upcoming LP to be released early next year. See below for a full list of dates.
Tashaki Miyaki was born out of a late night jam between Lucy and Rocky in early 2011. Shortly after they started making recordings as a duo with friend and producer/engineer Joel Jerome (Dios, Babies on Acid). After posting a couple songs on bandcamp there was sudden response from bloggers and business types alike, including being flown to London to play a private event for Converse at the legendary 100 Club. Realizing they needed to fill out their live sound, they asked friend and bassist Dora Hiller to join. Since then they have recorded a self titled EP, a single (Best Friend, Luvluvluv Records), a 7" of Everly Brothers Covers (Rough Trade's For Us Records), a tape of all their early recordings on Burger Records, as well as toured North America and the UK. They are currently in the midst of recording their debut full length.
Live Dates:11/14 - The Parish - Austin, TX11/15 - Limelight - San Antonio, TX11/16 - Fitzgerald's Downstairs - Houston, TX11/18 - One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA11/19 - Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA11/20 - The Mothlight - Asheville, NC11/21 - The Rock & Roll Hotel - Washington, DC11/22 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD11/23 - Boot & Saddle - Philadelphia, PA11/24 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY11/26 - Petit Campus - Montreal, QC11/27 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ONT11/28 - Lager House - Detroit, MI11/29 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL12/01 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN12/05 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA12/06 - Star Theater - Portland, OR12/09 - The Catalyst Atrium - Santa Cruz, CA12/12 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA12/13 - Observatory - Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA
http://tashakimiyaki.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/tashakimiyaki
Supporting Allah-Las Kicking off November 14
, 2014 at Austin, TX's The Parish Listen and Share Their Latest Single "I Came" Here
Limited Edition 7" Vinyl Available Now Here
"It's all so pretty I'm afraid saying anything else might diminish it." - The FADER
(Credit: Chris LaPutt)On the heels of their critically acclaimed performance at New York City's MoMA, Los Angeles based dreamy trio Tashaki Miyaki are pleased to announce their upcoming national tour supporting Allah-Las. Kicking off on November 4th at Austin, TX's The Parish, their sets will feature new tracks from their upcoming LP to be released early next year. See below for a full list of dates.Tashaki Miyaki was born out of a late night jam between Lucy and Rocky in early 2011. Shortly after they started making recordings as a duo with friend and producer/engineer Joel Jerome (Dios, Babies on Acid). After posting a couple songs on bandcamp there was sudden response from bloggers and business types alike, including being flown to London to play a private event for Converse at the legendary 100 Club. Realizing they needed to fill out their live sound, they asked friend and bassist Dora Hiller to join. Since then they have recorded a self titled EP, a single (Best Friend, Luvluvluv Records), a 7" of Everly Brothers Covers (Rough Trade's For Us Records), a tape of all their early recordings on Burger Records, as well as toured North America and the UK. They are currently in the midst of recording their debut full length.
Live Dates:11/14 - The Parish - Austin, TX11/15 - Limelight - San Antonio, TX11/16 - Fitzgerald's Downstairs - Houston, TX11/18 - One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA11/19 - Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA11/20 - The Mothlight - Asheville, NC11/21 - The Rock & Roll Hotel - Washington, DC11/22 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD11/23 - Boot & Saddle - Philadelphia, PA11/24 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY11/26 - Petit Campus - Montreal, QC11/27 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ONT11/28 - Lager House - Detroit, MI11/29 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL12/01 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN12/05 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA12/06 - Star Theater - Portland, OR12/09 - The Catalyst Atrium - Santa Cruz, CA12/12 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA12/13 - Observatory - Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA
http://tashakimiyaki.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/tashakimiyaki
THIRD MAN RECORDS PRESENTS… OLIVIA JEAN BATHTUB LOVE KILLINGS
THIRD MAN RECORDS PRESENTS… OLIVIA JEAN BATHTUB LOVE KILLINGS 
(Nashville, TN - August 21, 2014) -- Third Man Records is proud to present and exciting new full length album from our favorite Third Man chanteuse… Olivia Jean!
Bathtub Love Killings is the debut solo LP from Olivia Jean, the multi-instrumentalist who cut her teeth in the Third Man stable backing folks as varied as Karen Elson, Wanda Jackson and Jack White in addition to fronting the much-loved Black Belles. Jean has accrued a lifetime of experience in a few short years, from highlight performances on The Colbert Report, Conan, Late Show With David Letterman and The Grand Old Opry stage to having one of her songs used as the theme for the television series Elvira’s Movie Macabre.Produced by Jack White, Bathtub Love Killings showcases Jean as a songwriting force to be reckoned with. Playing damn-near every instrument she could get her hands on, the result is a well-rounded, catchy record that’s chock-a-block full of ear worm moments.
Bathtub Love Killings will be available everywhere on LP, CD and digital on October 14th. A limited edition lavender colored vinyl version will also be available via Third Man Records.
For more about Olivia Jean and Bathtub Love Killings check out this humdinger of avideo, listen to this song sampler, and make sure you follow Olivia on Tumblr &Instagram!Soundcloud Sampler -- Tumblr/Website -- Instagram
(Nashville, TN - August 21, 2014) -- Third Man Records is proud to present and exciting new full length album from our favorite Third Man chanteuse… Olivia Jean!Bathtub Love Killings is the debut solo LP from Olivia Jean, the multi-instrumentalist who cut her teeth in the Third Man stable backing folks as varied as Karen Elson, Wanda Jackson and Jack White in addition to fronting the much-loved Black Belles. Jean has accrued a lifetime of experience in a few short years, from highlight performances on The Colbert Report, Conan, Late Show With David Letterman and The Grand Old Opry stage to having one of her songs used as the theme for the television series Elvira’s Movie Macabre.Produced by Jack White, Bathtub Love Killings showcases Jean as a songwriting force to be reckoned with. Playing damn-near every instrument she could get her hands on, the result is a well-rounded, catchy record that’s chock-a-block full of ear worm moments.
Bathtub Love Killings will be available everywhere on LP, CD and digital on October 14th. A limited edition lavender colored vinyl version will also be available via Third Man Records.
For more about Olivia Jean and Bathtub Love Killings check out this humdinger of avideo, listen to this song sampler, and make sure you follow Olivia on Tumblr &Instagram!Soundcloud Sampler -- Tumblr/Website -- Instagram
Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) announce new album
RUN THE JEWELS ANNOUNCE SOPHOMORE ALBUM RTJ2 SHARE "BLOCKBUSTER NIGHT NIGHT PART 1"
RTJ2 DROPPING ON OCTOBER 28TH VIA MASS APPEAL RECORDS
Credit: Durty HarryLISTEN: "Blockbuster Night Part 1" -https://soundcloud.com/massappealrecs/rtj-blockbuster-night-part-1/
"Run The Jewels, the super dynamic duo of El-P and Killer Mike, two of the most distinctive and celebrated names in rap, have announced their sophomore album RTJ2 is set to drop on October 28th. Newly signed to Mass Appeal Records, the album will be released in a variety of formats, including free download, CD, LP, and digital." The immensely anticipated album includes guests ranging from Zach de la Rocha to Travis Barker among others TBA, but the duo maintain the album is first and foremost about the creative partnership between the MCs themselves. "We are very excited to bring you the next chapter of Run The Jewels via the good folks at Mass Appeal" states El-P. "We can make no promises about the safety of any animals involved in the creation of this record." Killer Mike adds, "It is the best rap group album since RTJ1!" In conjunction with the announcement Run The Jewels have shared the full version of "Blockbuster Night", an excerpt of which dominated the internet on its release just a few weeks ago.
While some thought the MCs to be an unlikely pairing on paper, the duo subverted and pulverized all expectations with their critically lauded Run The Jewels collaborative LP last year. Tapping into the creative synergy they'd discovered in 2012 on Mike's R.A.P. Music album (produced by El-P) and El'sCancer 4 Cure album (featuring Mike), Run The Jewels cemented their musical alliance with a set of uncompromisingly raw, often hilarious, system booming hip-hop, garnering a bounty of critical accolades including the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, XXL, SPIN, New York Times, and many more. Now well known for their massively energetic live sets, they will be touring North America in support of the album all of November.
Run The Jewels Tour Dates:
08/22 - Denver, CO - Mad Decent Block Party08/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest 201411/7-9 - Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
RTJ2 DROPPING ON OCTOBER 28TH VIA MASS APPEAL RECORDS
Credit: Durty HarryLISTEN: "Blockbuster Night Part 1" -https://soundcloud.com/massappealrecs/rtj-blockbuster-night-part-1/"Run The Jewels, the super dynamic duo of El-P and Killer Mike, two of the most distinctive and celebrated names in rap, have announced their sophomore album RTJ2 is set to drop on October 28th. Newly signed to Mass Appeal Records, the album will be released in a variety of formats, including free download, CD, LP, and digital." The immensely anticipated album includes guests ranging from Zach de la Rocha to Travis Barker among others TBA, but the duo maintain the album is first and foremost about the creative partnership between the MCs themselves. "We are very excited to bring you the next chapter of Run The Jewels via the good folks at Mass Appeal" states El-P. "We can make no promises about the safety of any animals involved in the creation of this record." Killer Mike adds, "It is the best rap group album since RTJ1!" In conjunction with the announcement Run The Jewels have shared the full version of "Blockbuster Night", an excerpt of which dominated the internet on its release just a few weeks ago.
While some thought the MCs to be an unlikely pairing on paper, the duo subverted and pulverized all expectations with their critically lauded Run The Jewels collaborative LP last year. Tapping into the creative synergy they'd discovered in 2012 on Mike's R.A.P. Music album (produced by El-P) and El'sCancer 4 Cure album (featuring Mike), Run The Jewels cemented their musical alliance with a set of uncompromisingly raw, often hilarious, system booming hip-hop, garnering a bounty of critical accolades including the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, XXL, SPIN, New York Times, and many more. Now well known for their massively energetic live sets, they will be touring North America in support of the album all of November.
Run The Jewels Tour Dates:
08/22 - Denver, CO - Mad Decent Block Party08/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest 201411/7-9 - Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
M83 Reveals Video, Reissues and Remixes Out Soon
M83
REVEALS NEW VIDEO FOR
“LOWER YOUR EYELIDS TO DIE WITH THE SUN”
VIA BUZZFEED
REISSUES FIRST THREE ALBUMS
ON AUGUST 25TH, 2014
REMIXES AND B-SIDES EPS
OUT SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
M83 has unveiled a new video for “Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun” from Before the Dawn Heals Us to celebrate forthcoming reissues of early albums and remixes. This epic visual journey captures the spirit of M83’s music perfectly, leaving viewers awe-struck and inspired. Watch the video, created to screen at M83’s Hollywood Bowl show in September 2013,
here
.
Four years on from the Grammy nominated, critically acclaimed release Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (featuring platinum selling single “Midnight City”), French electronic act M83 re-issues their first three albums in addition to two digital EPs featuring remixes and B-sides from those albums. After several years of being out of print, M83 (2001), Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts (2004), and Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005) will be released August 25th, 2014 on CD, vinyl, and digital download viaMute. Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts Remixes and B-sides and Before The Dawn Heals Us Remixes and B-Sides will be available digitally September 9, 2014 on Mute.
M83 has become a household name amongst music lovers due to extensive success across many formats. Since Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, not only has M83’s Anthony Gonzalez scored two films:Oblivion (featuring Tom Cruise) and You and the Night (directed by his brother Yann Gonzalez), but his music has been used across a plethora of movies, television shows and commercials, most recently in films The Fault In Our Stars, The Vampire Diaries, and 22 Jump Street. Huffington Post even reported, “few recent albums have had a bigger impact on movie music than M83’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.” At radio, M83 reached #1 on the CMJ charts, #1 at Commercial Specialty, and #5 in Commercial Alternative Radio, while receiving rave reviews from publications across the world, including Pitchfork, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, XLR8R, Filter, and countless others.
Now, after being unavailable for the past several years, fans can access M83’s organic beginnings:
Aptly titled M83, this album served as the French electropop outfit’s debut release in 2001 on Gooom. Recorded as a duo by founding members Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, the album was described by Pitchfork as “how it feels to live inside a triumphal music box.” The track names can be read in order to describe a boy/girl meeting at a party. Taken in tow with the sampled movie dialogue throughout, the album serves as a poignant soundtrack for the simplest of scenarios.
M83 TRACKLISTING:
Last Saturday
Night
At The Party
Kelly
Sitting
Facing That
Violet Tree
Staring At Me
I’m Getting Closer
She Stands Up
Caresses
Slowly
My Face
I’m Happy She Said
Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts was M83’s second release, and first to be released in the US, on Mute. Originally released in 2003 in Europe, Mute released the album in 2004 in North America to critical acclaim. Included in Pitchfork’s Top 200 Albums of the 2000s, Dead Seas was noted for what Filter Magazine called an “organic component that coexists along with the machines, giving them a warmth few acts have been able to unearth.” This was the last album featuring Nicolas Fromageau.
Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts TRACKLISTING
Birds
Unrecorded
Run Into Flowers
In Church
America
On A White Lake, Near A Green Mountain
Noise
Be Wild
Cyborg
0078h
Gone
Beauties Can Die
Before The Dawn Heals Us is M83’s third studio album, and perhaps the one that catapulted their success in North America. Lauded by Spin as one of 2005’s Next Big Things, with glowing press from Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Vice, Pitchfork and a myriad of other publications, M83 saw their first major television commercial with “Don't Save Us From The Flames” featured in a Pontiac ad. 2005 also saw M83 perform at the prestigious Lollapalooza, Coachella, Austin City Limits, and headlining KEXP’s Benefit Concert in Seattle.
Before The Dawn Heals Us TRACKLISTING:
Moonchild
Don’t Save Us From The Flames
In The Cold I’m Standing
Farewell Goodbye
Fields Shorelines and Hunters
Asterick
I Guess I’m Floating
Teen Angst
Can’t Stop
Safe
Let Men Burn Stars
Car Chase Terror
Slight Night Shiver
A Guitar And A Heart
Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun
Containing all remixes and B-sides from the Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts release, this collection features the notable Cyann and Ben Version of “In Church” used in Stranger Than Fiction.
Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts TRACKLISTING:
Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Tsubasa
God of Thunder
Gone (Live)
In Church (Cyann & Ben Version)
Run Into Flowers (Abstrackt Keal Agram Remix)
Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix by Jackson)
Run Into Flowers (IG FarbenVorschlang Remix by KG)
Before The Dawn Heals Us Remixes and B-Sides combines material from the album’s single releases, including the rapturous B-side “Until The Night Is Over,” an acoustic version of “Night” from the self-titled debut. Pitchfork continued to champion M83 here claiming, “everyone with ears should drop 99 cents at iTunes for the Superpitcher remix.”
Before The Dawn Heals Us TRACKLISTING:
Addicted to Self Mutilation
Until The Night Is Over
Teen Angst (Montag Remix)
Don’t Save Us From The Flames (Boom Bip Remix)
Don’t Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher Remix)M83: WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE | SOUNDCLOUD
“LOWER YOUR EYELIDS TO DIE WITH THE SUN”
VIA BUZZFEED
REISSUES FIRST THREE ALBUMS
ON AUGUST 25TH, 2014
REMIXES AND B-SIDES EPS
OUT SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
M83 has unveiled a new video for “Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun” from Before the Dawn Heals Us to celebrate forthcoming reissues of early albums and remixes. This epic visual journey captures the spirit of M83’s music perfectly, leaving viewers awe-struck and inspired. Watch the video, created to screen at M83’s Hollywood Bowl show in September 2013,
here
.Four years on from the Grammy nominated, critically acclaimed release Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (featuring platinum selling single “Midnight City”), French electronic act M83 re-issues their first three albums in addition to two digital EPs featuring remixes and B-sides from those albums. After several years of being out of print, M83 (2001), Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts (2004), and Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005) will be released August 25th, 2014 on CD, vinyl, and digital download viaMute. Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts Remixes and B-sides and Before The Dawn Heals Us Remixes and B-Sides will be available digitally September 9, 2014 on Mute.
M83 has become a household name amongst music lovers due to extensive success across many formats. Since Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, not only has M83’s Anthony Gonzalez scored two films:Oblivion (featuring Tom Cruise) and You and the Night (directed by his brother Yann Gonzalez), but his music has been used across a plethora of movies, television shows and commercials, most recently in films The Fault In Our Stars, The Vampire Diaries, and 22 Jump Street. Huffington Post even reported, “few recent albums have had a bigger impact on movie music than M83’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.” At radio, M83 reached #1 on the CMJ charts, #1 at Commercial Specialty, and #5 in Commercial Alternative Radio, while receiving rave reviews from publications across the world, including Pitchfork, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, XLR8R, Filter, and countless others.
Now, after being unavailable for the past several years, fans can access M83’s organic beginnings:
Aptly titled M83, this album served as the French electropop outfit’s debut release in 2001 on Gooom. Recorded as a duo by founding members Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, the album was described by Pitchfork as “how it feels to live inside a triumphal music box.” The track names can be read in order to describe a boy/girl meeting at a party. Taken in tow with the sampled movie dialogue throughout, the album serves as a poignant soundtrack for the simplest of scenarios. M83 TRACKLISTING:
Last Saturday
Night
At The Party
Kelly
Sitting
Facing That
Violet Tree
Staring At Me
I’m Getting Closer
She Stands Up
Caresses
Slowly
My Face
I’m Happy She Said
Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts was M83’s second release, and first to be released in the US, on Mute. Originally released in 2003 in Europe, Mute released the album in 2004 in North America to critical acclaim. Included in Pitchfork’s Top 200 Albums of the 2000s, Dead Seas was noted for what Filter Magazine called an “organic component that coexists along with the machines, giving them a warmth few acts have been able to unearth.” This was the last album featuring Nicolas Fromageau. Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts TRACKLISTING
Birds
Unrecorded
Run Into Flowers
In Church
America
On A White Lake, Near A Green Mountain
Noise
Be Wild
Cyborg
0078h
Gone
Beauties Can Die
Before The Dawn Heals Us is M83’s third studio album, and perhaps the one that catapulted their success in North America. Lauded by Spin as one of 2005’s Next Big Things, with glowing press from Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Vice, Pitchfork and a myriad of other publications, M83 saw their first major television commercial with “Don't Save Us From The Flames” featured in a Pontiac ad. 2005 also saw M83 perform at the prestigious Lollapalooza, Coachella, Austin City Limits, and headlining KEXP’s Benefit Concert in Seattle. Before The Dawn Heals Us TRACKLISTING:
Moonchild
Don’t Save Us From The Flames
In The Cold I’m Standing
Farewell Goodbye
Fields Shorelines and Hunters
Asterick
I Guess I’m Floating
Teen Angst
Can’t Stop
Safe
Let Men Burn Stars
Car Chase Terror
Slight Night Shiver
A Guitar And A Heart
Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun
Containing all remixes and B-sides from the Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts release, this collection features the notable Cyann and Ben Version of “In Church” used in Stranger Than Fiction.Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts TRACKLISTING:
Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Tsubasa
God of Thunder
Gone (Live)
In Church (Cyann & Ben Version)
Run Into Flowers (Abstrackt Keal Agram Remix)
Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix by Jackson)
Run Into Flowers (IG FarbenVorschlang Remix by KG)
Before The Dawn Heals Us Remixes and B-Sides combines material from the album’s single releases, including the rapturous B-side “Until The Night Is Over,” an acoustic version of “Night” from the self-titled debut. Pitchfork continued to champion M83 here claiming, “everyone with ears should drop 99 cents at iTunes for the Superpitcher remix.”Before The Dawn Heals Us TRACKLISTING:
Addicted to Self Mutilation
Until The Night Is Over
Teen Angst (Montag Remix)
Don’t Save Us From The Flames (Boom Bip Remix)
Don’t Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher Remix)M83: WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE | SOUNDCLOUD
