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August 5, 2014
Little Dragon announce tour dates + share Mikky Ekko remix
LITTLE DRAGON ANNOUNCES MORE FALL US TOUR DATES
SHARES MIKKY EKKO REMIX OF "PRETTY GIRLS" VIAPITCHFORK
NABUMA RUBBERBAND OUT NOW VIA LOMA VISTA
photo by: Jordan Weissman Little Dragon is excited to announce new fall North American tour dates. Following their appearance at FYF Fest in Los Angeles and Northcoast Festival in Chicago, the band will be hitting 10 different cities including stops in Mexico City, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. To coincide with this tour date announcement, Little Dragon is sharing a remix of their single "Pretty Girls" by singer/producer Mikky Ekko. Check out the new tour dates, and stream the remix below. 
LISTEN: Little Dragon - "Pretty Girls" (Mikky Ekko Remix) - https://soundcloud.com/littledragon/pretty-girls-mikky-ekko-remix/
TOUR DATES: 8/7/14 - Flow Festival - Finland8/8/14 - Oya Festival - Norway8/9/14 - Way Out West - Sweden8/16/14 - Summersonic - Tokyo8/19/14 - Oxford Art Factory - Sydney, AUS8/20/14 - Corner Hotel - Melbourne AUS8/22/14 - Fox Theatre - Oakland, CA *8/23/14 - FYF Fest - Los Angeles, CA
8/27/14 - Vogue - Vancouver, BC *
8/28/14 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA *8/30/14 - Northcoast Festival - Chicago, IL8/31/14 - Moody Theatre (ACL Live) - Austin, TX +10/8/14 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ 10/11/14 - Corona Capital Festival - Mexico City, MX 10/13/14 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA #10/15/14 - Echostage - Washington, DC #10/16/14 - Mercury Ballroom - Louisville, KY #10/17/14 - Newport - Columbus, OH #10/19/14 - The Ready Room - St. Louis, MO #10/21/14 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO #10/22/14 - The Complex - Salt Lake CIty, UT #10/24/14 - Fox Theatre - Oakland, CA #10/26/14 - Life is Beautiful Festival - Las Vegas, NV11/17/14 - Corn Exchange - Brighton, UK
11/18/14 - The Institute - Birmingham, UK
11/19/14 - O2 Academy - Bristol, UK
11/21/14 - Met - Leeds, UK
11/22/14 - Albert Hall - Manchester, UK
11/23/14 - O2 ABC - Glasgow, UK
11/27/14 - O2 Academy Brixton - London, UK
11/29/14 - O2 Academy - Oxford, UK
* w/ Dâm-Funk# w/ Shy Girls+ Octopus Project
Hardcore DEVO Tour Live release available via PledgeMusic
DEVO Partners With PledgeMusic For Release Of "Hardcore DEVO Tour Live"
DEVO has partnered with direct-to-fan platformPledgeMusic for their upcoming live album release. The American rock band, who broke onto the scene in the 1980's with a string of hits such as "Whip It," will be making a live album and DVD from their June 28th performance at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA during their recent "Hardcore DEVO Tour." DEVO will be involving fans in the process through their PledgeMusic campaign.During the tour, the band played seminal, experimental songs created before the band released any music on a label and rose to fame. The tour honors original band member and longtime DEVO guitarist/keyboardist Bob Casale who passed away earlier this year - a portion of the tour's proceeds will go to his family. The "Hardcore DEVO Tour" resurrected the early creative efforts that first brought the band together. DEVO Hardcore LIVE will document this once-in-a-lifetime experience and be released as a CD, DVD, vinyl and Blu-ray deluxe disc with bonus features.
Pre-orders of the CD/DVD will allow fans to engage with the band during the album making process, providing exclusive access to behind-the-scenes photos, videos, tour artifacts and more (update as confirmed). Pledge your support at http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/DEVO
"We can't believe that we are working with DEVO on this amazing campaign!" said Benji Rogers, President and founder of PledgeMusic. "This project is truly about the music and the hardcore fans. By going beyond just the radio favorites this makes the whole thing an incredible journey for those super fans who have been following the group since their early days."
Gerald V. Casale of DEVO said, "I'm not noted for being optimistic but the Hardcore DEVO Live horn 'o' plenty (DVD, Blu-Ray, CD, Vinyl LP) has me genuinely high hopin' as we mix and edit a truly DEVOlved show. One for the ages!"
PledgeMusic is the world's leading online, direct-to-fan music community, offering artists a unique way to engage their fans in the music making experience whilst interacting with PledgeMusic's global community of music fans.
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Can Reissues 14 Catalog Albums On Vinyl
CAN
14 CATALOG ALBUMS RE-ISSUED ON INDIVIDUAL VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE
LISTEN TO ‘SERPENTINE’ FROM OUT OF REACH
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
MONSTER MOVIE, TAGO MAGO, SOUNDTRACKS, EGE BAMYASI
TO BE AVAILABLE SEPT 2nd, 2014
“…they were perfect...they were eternal, and we can share it” – Alan Warner
"Can are the most revolutionary band ever…” - New Order’s Stephen MorrisSeminal experimental rock group Can will re-issue fourteen catalog albums on vinyl, which have been unavailable on the format for over a decade. The first four to be released - Monster Movie, Tago Mago , Soundtracks, and Ege Bamyasi – are regarded as some of the most groundbreaking works in rock history and are due out September 2nd, 2014, on Mute.
Can will also release The Lost Tapes as five individual vinyl albums, previously released only as a box set.
Can, founded in 1968 by Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli and Jaki Liebezeit, formed a group that utilized and transformed all boundaries of ethnic, electronic experimental and modern classical music. Regarded as one of the most influential avant-garde rock groups in history, Can were at the forefront of the German krautrock movement of the late 1960’s and early 70’s along with such bands as Neu! and Kraftwerk. Combing elements of psychedelia with classic pop and progressive compositional methods, Can’s music directly inspired major artists of the period such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop, before going on to shape everything from indie rock to electronica.
Can’s powerful influence has never diminished, and their mark is apparent in the bands who freely acknowledge their significance - from Portishead, James Murphy, New Order, Factory Floor, Public Image Ltd, Mogwai, Kanye West and Radiohead.
Earlier this year, Faber & Faber announced they will release a Can biography / symposium, curated by Irmin Schmidt. The biography will be written by Rob Young, and the symposium section will use Can as a starting point for a collection of stories, statements and interviews. For more information, click here.
The 33 1/3 series of books have just announced that Alan Warner, a long time fan of the band and the author of the sleeve notes for the acclaimed Can Vinyl Box release, will release a book about Tago Mago in November. For more information, click here.
Upcoming release schedule for the entire vinyl reissue series:
October 7th : Future Days, Soon Over Babaluma, Landed, Flow Motion, Saw Delight ( inc CD)
October 21st: Can, Delay, Out Of Reach (inc first time on CD), Rite Time, Unlimited Edition
November 4th: The Lost Tapes, volumes 1-5
More details on the September 2nd re-issues below.
Monster Movie
The debut album from 1969 with Malcolm Mooney on vocals.
The use of improvisation, experimentation, editing and layering of sounds set a standard forCan’s subsequent albums in the early 1970s. Includes ‘Mary, Mary So Contrary’ which Radiohead’s Johnny Greenwood picked out for the soundtrack to the film ‘Norwegian Wood’.
TRACKLISTING:
Father Cannot Yell / Mary, Mary So Contrary /
Outside My Door / You Doo Right
Soundtracks
A compilation album, first released in 1970, consisting of tracks written for film. Significant in it’s marking of the departure of Malcolm Mooney and arrival of Damo Suzuki, both vocalist feature on the album and is the only time to do so until the release of The Lost Tapes in 2013.
TRACKLISTING:
Deadlock / Tango Whiskeyman / Deadlock /
Don’t Turn The Light On, Leave Me Alone /
Soul Desert / Mother Sky / She Bring The Rain
Tago Mago
Can’s third studio album from 1971, the first full album with Damo Suzuki and the album that is often sited as ‘the’ Can album to own, although, everyone has a different favorite Can album. The original double vinyl release is echo’d on the new remastered version.
TRACKLISTING:
Paperhouse / Mushroom / Oh Yeah / Halleluhwah / Aumgn / Peking O / Bring Me Coffee Or Tea
Ege Bamyasi
Can’s fourth studio album from 1972 features ‘Sing Swan Song’ which Kanye West sampled on his track, ‘Drunk and Hot Girls’. Beck also covered ”I’m So Green" on his album
Graduation
. In 2012 Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus performed the album in it’s entirety in Cologne in the presence of some of the founding Can members. Another Can album that is hard, nigh impossible to find fault with and includes the influential ‘Spoon’ which the band named their record label after.
TRACKLISTING:
Pinch / Swing Swan Song / One More Night
Vitamin C / Soup / I’m So Green / SpoonCAN: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK
LISTEN TO ‘SERPENTINE’ FROM OUT OF REACH
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
MONSTER MOVIE, TAGO MAGO, SOUNDTRACKS, EGE BAMYASI
TO BE AVAILABLE SEPT 2nd, 2014
“…they were perfect...they were eternal, and we can share it” – Alan Warner"Can are the most revolutionary band ever…” - New Order’s Stephen MorrisSeminal experimental rock group Can will re-issue fourteen catalog albums on vinyl, which have been unavailable on the format for over a decade. The first four to be released - Monster Movie, Tago Mago , Soundtracks, and Ege Bamyasi – are regarded as some of the most groundbreaking works in rock history and are due out September 2nd, 2014, on Mute.
Can will also release The Lost Tapes as five individual vinyl albums, previously released only as a box set.
Can, founded in 1968 by Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli and Jaki Liebezeit, formed a group that utilized and transformed all boundaries of ethnic, electronic experimental and modern classical music. Regarded as one of the most influential avant-garde rock groups in history, Can were at the forefront of the German krautrock movement of the late 1960’s and early 70’s along with such bands as Neu! and Kraftwerk. Combing elements of psychedelia with classic pop and progressive compositional methods, Can’s music directly inspired major artists of the period such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop, before going on to shape everything from indie rock to electronica.
Can’s powerful influence has never diminished, and their mark is apparent in the bands who freely acknowledge their significance - from Portishead, James Murphy, New Order, Factory Floor, Public Image Ltd, Mogwai, Kanye West and Radiohead.
Earlier this year, Faber & Faber announced they will release a Can biography / symposium, curated by Irmin Schmidt. The biography will be written by Rob Young, and the symposium section will use Can as a starting point for a collection of stories, statements and interviews. For more information, click here.
The 33 1/3 series of books have just announced that Alan Warner, a long time fan of the band and the author of the sleeve notes for the acclaimed Can Vinyl Box release, will release a book about Tago Mago in November. For more information, click here.
Upcoming release schedule for the entire vinyl reissue series:
October 7th : Future Days, Soon Over Babaluma, Landed, Flow Motion, Saw Delight ( inc CD)
October 21st: Can, Delay, Out Of Reach (inc first time on CD), Rite Time, Unlimited Edition
November 4th: The Lost Tapes, volumes 1-5
More details on the September 2nd re-issues below.
Monster Movie
The debut album from 1969 with Malcolm Mooney on vocals.
The use of improvisation, experimentation, editing and layering of sounds set a standard forCan’s subsequent albums in the early 1970s. Includes ‘Mary, Mary So Contrary’ which Radiohead’s Johnny Greenwood picked out for the soundtrack to the film ‘Norwegian Wood’.
TRACKLISTING:
Father Cannot Yell / Mary, Mary So Contrary /
Outside My Door / You Doo Right
Soundtracks
A compilation album, first released in 1970, consisting of tracks written for film. Significant in it’s marking of the departure of Malcolm Mooney and arrival of Damo Suzuki, both vocalist feature on the album and is the only time to do so until the release of The Lost Tapes in 2013.
TRACKLISTING:
Deadlock / Tango Whiskeyman / Deadlock /
Don’t Turn The Light On, Leave Me Alone /
Soul Desert / Mother Sky / She Bring The Rain
Tago Mago
Can’s third studio album from 1971, the first full album with Damo Suzuki and the album that is often sited as ‘the’ Can album to own, although, everyone has a different favorite Can album. The original double vinyl release is echo’d on the new remastered version.
TRACKLISTING:
Paperhouse / Mushroom / Oh Yeah / Halleluhwah / Aumgn / Peking O / Bring Me Coffee Or Tea
Ege Bamyasi
Can’s fourth studio album from 1972 features ‘Sing Swan Song’ which Kanye West sampled on his track, ‘Drunk and Hot Girls’. Beck also covered ”I’m So Green" on his album
Graduation
. In 2012 Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus performed the album in it’s entirety in Cologne in the presence of some of the founding Can members. Another Can album that is hard, nigh impossible to find fault with and includes the influential ‘Spoon’ which the band named their record label after.
TRACKLISTING:
Pinch / Swing Swan Song / One More Night
Vitamin C / Soup / I’m So Green / SpoonCAN: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK
Drowners Dr. Martens Tour - Los Angeles, CA 10/7
Drowners To Headline Dr. Martens #STANDFORSOMETHING 2014 U.S. Tour Powered By BandsintownDrowners10/7The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
Tickets
Drowners will be headlining the upcoming Dr. Martens AirWair #STANDFORSOMETHING tour powered by Bandsintown. The tour will take Drowners into intimate venues across the country giving music lovers the chance to experience performances up close and personal. This also marks the first time the Drowners will headline, offering fans a truly unique band and brand experience. The tour is in support of their debut self-titled album released earlier this year. The tour starts in Columbus, OH in late September and travels to 21 cities across the U.S., finishing in late October in Boston, MA.
The #STANDFORSOMETHING tour will be making stops at all 12 Dr. Martens U.S. store locations giving local fans another opportunity to meet the band face to face. The in-store visits will take place on the same date as the tour stop, just earlier in the day.
Watch the tour trailer for the #STANDFORSOMETHING Tour. Tickets are now on-sale atwww.drownersband.com. For more tour information head over to:drmartens.com/standforsomethingtour.
Official Site: http://www.drownersband.com
Drowners will be headlining the upcoming Dr. Martens AirWair #STANDFORSOMETHING tour powered by Bandsintown. The tour will take Drowners into intimate venues across the country giving music lovers the chance to experience performances up close and personal. This also marks the first time the Drowners will headline, offering fans a truly unique band and brand experience. The tour is in support of their debut self-titled album released earlier this year. The tour starts in Columbus, OH in late September and travels to 21 cities across the U.S., finishing in late October in Boston, MA.The #STANDFORSOMETHING tour will be making stops at all 12 Dr. Martens U.S. store locations giving local fans another opportunity to meet the band face to face. The in-store visits will take place on the same date as the tour stop, just earlier in the day.
Watch the tour trailer for the #STANDFORSOMETHING Tour. Tickets are now on-sale atwww.drownersband.com. For more tour information head over to:drmartens.com/standforsomethingtour.
Official Site: http://www.drownersband.com
NONONO Return to LA 8/12 at The Roxy Theatre
NONONO TO PERFORM at THE ROXY THEATRE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 7PM DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM OUT NOW SWEDISH TRIO RETURN TO LA AFTER LOLLAPALOOZA AND DATES WITH FOSTER THE PEOPLE 
NONONO returns to LA for a performance next Tuesday, August 12th at The Roxy Theatre. Doors are at 7pm and Erik Hassle and MYPET are opening. The band just performed at Lollapalooza over the weekend, and have been on a short run of dates with Foster the People behind their recently released debut full-length, We Are Only What We Feel. Championed by Billboard, Grantland, TIME, Vogue, ELLE, Glamour, Refinery 29, Harper's Bazaarand NYLON, among others, watch NONONO perform acoustic versions of "Pumpin Blood," "Like The Wind," and "Fire Without A Flame" for All Saints and Perez Hilton. Space is limited, but if you're interested in coming out/covering the show, let us know!
Official Website: http://www.nononoofficial.com/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/nononoofficialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/nononoofficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/nononoofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nononoofficial
NONONO returns to LA for a performance next Tuesday, August 12th at The Roxy Theatre. Doors are at 7pm and Erik Hassle and MYPET are opening. The band just performed at Lollapalooza over the weekend, and have been on a short run of dates with Foster the People behind their recently released debut full-length, We Are Only What We Feel. Championed by Billboard, Grantland, TIME, Vogue, ELLE, Glamour, Refinery 29, Harper's Bazaarand NYLON, among others, watch NONONO perform acoustic versions of "Pumpin Blood," "Like The Wind," and "Fire Without A Flame" for All Saints and Perez Hilton. Space is limited, but if you're interested in coming out/covering the show, let us know! Official Website: http://www.nononoofficial.com/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/nononoofficialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/nononoofficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/nononoofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nononoofficial
Goldfrapp-Watch NEW Video, Laurel
DISCOVER THE FINAL VIDEO FROM TALES OF US
WATCH “Laurel” HERE
Goldfrapp have revealed the final video from the Tales Of Us Deluxe Edition. Filmed in and around Los Angeles, “Laurel” tells the story of an actress seeking the bright lights of Hollywood, watch it here .
The films for “Stranger,” “Laurel,” “Jo,” “Drew” and “Annabel” directed by Lisa Gunning all feature in the Tales Of Us Deluxe Edition , out now.
The Tales Of Us Deluxe Edition includes the original Tales Of Us album, plus the audio from a very special live performance, Live from Air Studios . This performance was originally broadcast alongside the short film, Tales of Us, as part of a global cinema event in March 2014. The performance from the iconic Air Studios in London features classic Goldfrapp favorites, “Train,” “Utopia,” “Strict Machine” and “Clowns” with stunning versions of “Clay,” “Alvar” and “Thea” from Goldfrapp’s spellbinding new album.
The Tales Of Us box set featuring a beautiful 40-page hardback book, a 12” lithographic print, DVD featuring the album in 5.1 surround sound and documentary on the making of plus Tales of Us on CD and vinyl, is also available now on Mute.
Goldfrapp headline the Greenwich Music Time festival in London on August 21st, their final date of 2014: http://greenwichmusictime.co.uk
Tales Of Us Deluxe Edition on iTunes: http://po.st/deluxeTOU
WATCH:
“Jo”
“Stranger”
“The Making of Tales of Us”
Goldfrapp: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Youtube | Soundcloud
EMPIRES Announce LP + New Music
EMPIRES TO RELEASE MAJOR LABEL DEBUTORPHAN ON SEPTEMBER 23rd
BAND RELEASES NEW TRACK PLEASE DON'T TELL MY LOVER
BAND CURRENTLY ON TOUR WITH THE CHAIN GANG OF 1974
Empires are thrilled to announce their major label debut Orphan, out September 23rd on Chop Shop / Island Records. Produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, The Black Angels, Explosions in the Sky), Orphan is a collection of songs immersed in classic post punk and indie rock 'n' roll circa 1989-1991, exploring the sonic adventurers and emotional heft of artists such as Roxy Music, Wire, and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.To get fans excited, the band has released first single "Please Don't Tell My Lover." Check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/weareempires/please-dont-tell
Earlier this summer the Chicago rock band released the EP How Good Does It Feel which featured several new tracks from Orphan, and was met with an incredible reaction from music critics. The band's non-stop touring and stimulating live show, which included talked about performances at Bonnaroo and the Hangout Music Festival, also saw the group win over a wide range of concertgoers.
Along with NPR, GQ, Interview Magazine, Stereogum and Paste, Rolling Stone raves "Sharp, creative and bringing a commendable freshness to the sometimes drearily derivative world of contemporary rock, Empires are a remarkably good rock 'n' roll band. In a world full of faceless, regurgitated rhythms and emotion-by-numbers, the band's music is strikingly compact, precise and non-excessive ... Empires are a young, powerful band who leave a distinctly positive impression wherever they play. Their music is some of this year's very best."
Empires recently made their late night television on the Late Show with David Letterman. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7789U7roU0
The bands is currently on the road with The Chain Gang of 1974, are looking forward to playing this year's Austin City Limits and plan to spend all of 2014/15 on the road.
Orphan will be available for pre-order beginning August 19th.
Stay tuned for more news!
http://weareempires.comhttp://www.youtube.com/weareempires https://www.facebook.com/weareempireshttps://twitter.com/weareempireshttps://soundcloud.com/weareempires
Bass Drum of Death announces new LP + shares first single
BASS DRUM OF DEATH ANNOUNCES ALBUM
RIP THIS DUE OCTOBER 7TH VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
SHARES FIRST SINGLE "LEFT FOR DEAD" VIA BILLBOARD
LISTEN: "Left For Dead" -
https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/bass-drum-of-death-left-for-dead
When Bass Drum of Death started touring the rock club circuit outside Oxford, Mississippi several years ago, there was a legitimate concern that the band's appeal might be limited to fans of the garage scene. With a seemingly never-ending series of tour dates, BDoD nonetheless transformed rooms full of normally too-cool-to-rock indie crowds into a mob of sweaty, stage-diving maniacs. Meanwhile, Madison Avenue, eager to cash in on hip cachet, took notice. Since the release of 2011's GB City, "Get Found" has been featured in FOX promos for the NASCAR season. Rockstar Games' mega seller Grand Theft Auto V helped to promote last year's self-titled album. Gamers terrorized the freeways of Los Santos, living out their cops-and-robbers fantasies, as "Crawling After You" blasted through their car stereo speakers. Bass Drum of Death are teetering on the brink of reaching a mainstream audience, and Rip This is their attempt to record an unapologetic rock album for people outside their normal fan base.
In the past, BDoD brainchild John Barrett wrote and recorded all the material and toured with a revolving lineup of hired guns on drums and guitar. This time around, drummer Len Clark joins Barrett as a full-time member and collaborator. The duo began discussing plans for a new record when touring with Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2013. Barrett and Clark then convinced UMO bassist Jacob Portrait to take on the role of producer when the band booked a session in March at Prairie Sun Studios in Sonoma County, California. With a few rough demos, Barrett, Clark, and Portrait hunkered down for two weeks and cranked out the band's first proper studio album. Rip This retains BDoD's trademark sorry-for-partyin' swagger while scrapping the crackling hiss and lo-fi fuzz. The result is a record that still relies on an obliterating attack of heavy guitars, danceable hooks, and kinetic drumming, but will appeal as much to KISS fans as the music freaks and geeks who worship Nuggets. Both a challenge to music critics and a rock call-to-arms, the title says it all. You're not going to hear many records this year that rip like this, so shotgun a beer, tune in, and turn up. Check out the first single "Left For Dead" above and see all upcoming BDoD tour dates and Rip This album details below.
RIP THIS DUE OCTOBER 7TH VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
SHARES FIRST SINGLE "LEFT FOR DEAD" VIA BILLBOARD
LISTEN: "Left For Dead" -
https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/bass-drum-of-death-left-for-dead
When Bass Drum of Death started touring the rock club circuit outside Oxford, Mississippi several years ago, there was a legitimate concern that the band's appeal might be limited to fans of the garage scene. With a seemingly never-ending series of tour dates, BDoD nonetheless transformed rooms full of normally too-cool-to-rock indie crowds into a mob of sweaty, stage-diving maniacs. Meanwhile, Madison Avenue, eager to cash in on hip cachet, took notice. Since the release of 2011's GB City, "Get Found" has been featured in FOX promos for the NASCAR season. Rockstar Games' mega seller Grand Theft Auto V helped to promote last year's self-titled album. Gamers terrorized the freeways of Los Santos, living out their cops-and-robbers fantasies, as "Crawling After You" blasted through their car stereo speakers. Bass Drum of Death are teetering on the brink of reaching a mainstream audience, and Rip This is their attempt to record an unapologetic rock album for people outside their normal fan base.
In the past, BDoD brainchild John Barrett wrote and recorded all the material and toured with a revolving lineup of hired guns on drums and guitar. This time around, drummer Len Clark joins Barrett as a full-time member and collaborator. The duo began discussing plans for a new record when touring with Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2013. Barrett and Clark then convinced UMO bassist Jacob Portrait to take on the role of producer when the band booked a session in March at Prairie Sun Studios in Sonoma County, California. With a few rough demos, Barrett, Clark, and Portrait hunkered down for two weeks and cranked out the band's first proper studio album. Rip This retains BDoD's trademark sorry-for-partyin' swagger while scrapping the crackling hiss and lo-fi fuzz. The result is a record that still relies on an obliterating attack of heavy guitars, danceable hooks, and kinetic drumming, but will appeal as much to KISS fans as the music freaks and geeks who worship Nuggets. Both a challenge to music critics and a rock call-to-arms, the title says it all. You're not going to hear many records this year that rip like this, so shotgun a beer, tune in, and turn up. Check out the first single "Left For Dead" above and see all upcoming BDoD tour dates and Rip This album details below.
William S Burroughs: Celebrating the Centennial - Two new exhibitions
William S. Burroughs: Including works by Brion Gysin, Liliane Lijn & Genesis P-Orridge
at October Gallery.
William S. Burroughs: Animals in the Wall
Londonewcastle Project Space 28th August - 7th September 2014
William S. Burroughs is recognised as one of the most culturally influential writers and visionaries of the 20 th Century and his legacy continues to steer world culture and creative thinking. A progenitor of the Beat Generation, his writing and ideas changed literature forever. Burroughs' multi-media collaborations spawned new directions in film and music and his art is only now being properly discovered and explored. His works come alive in new ways each day and his legacy is constantly evolving.
Guerrilla Zoo is proud to announce exclusive access to a unique collection of William S. Burroughs artistic works, curated by James Elphick and Yuri Zupančič.
Animals in the Wall exhibition showcases a new side to Burroughs' exciting work and premieres in the artistic hub of East London.The exhibition will feature 40 original William S Burroughs art works including some never before shown, featuring original responses from well known and emerging artists including : Shepard Fairey, Matt Black (of Coldcut), Cleon Peterson, Ben Frost, Dreamachine installation & more.
William S. Burroughs - Animals in the Wall
Thurs 28th Aug - Private View (Invitation Only)
Open to public from
Friday 29th August - Sunday 7th September 2014
11am - 7pm
Londonewcastle Project Space
28 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, London E2 7DP
Sponsored by Wholefood Planet Organic.
Supported by Londonewcastle Project Space, Penguin Books,
Ninja Jamm, Gorilla Perfume & Third Mind Productions.
For further information regarding this exhibition: www.guerrillazoo.com/william-s-burroughs
William S. BurroughsIncluding works by Brion Gysin, Liliane Lijn & Genesis P-Orridge
October Gallery, London 4th December 2014 - 7th February 2015
at October Gallery.
William S. Burroughs: Animals in the WallLondonewcastle Project Space 28th August - 7th September 2014
William S. Burroughs is recognised as one of the most culturally influential writers and visionaries of the 20 th Century and his legacy continues to steer world culture and creative thinking. A progenitor of the Beat Generation, his writing and ideas changed literature forever. Burroughs' multi-media collaborations spawned new directions in film and music and his art is only now being properly discovered and explored. His works come alive in new ways each day and his legacy is constantly evolving.
Guerrilla Zoo is proud to announce exclusive access to a unique collection of William S. Burroughs artistic works, curated by James Elphick and Yuri Zupančič.
Animals in the Wall exhibition showcases a new side to Burroughs' exciting work and premieres in the artistic hub of East London.The exhibition will feature 40 original William S Burroughs art works including some never before shown, featuring original responses from well known and emerging artists including : Shepard Fairey, Matt Black (of Coldcut), Cleon Peterson, Ben Frost, Dreamachine installation & more.
William S. Burroughs - Animals in the Wall
Thurs 28th Aug - Private View (Invitation Only)
Open to public from
Friday 29th August - Sunday 7th September 2014
11am - 7pm
Londonewcastle Project Space
28 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, London E2 7DP
Sponsored by Wholefood Planet Organic.
Supported by Londonewcastle Project Space, Penguin Books,
Ninja Jamm, Gorilla Perfume & Third Mind Productions.
For further information regarding this exhibition: www.guerrillazoo.com/william-s-burroughs
William S. BurroughsIncluding works by Brion Gysin, Liliane Lijn & Genesis P-OrridgeOctober Gallery, London 4th December 2014 - 7th February 2015
August 4, 2014
FOXYGEN west coast tour
FOXYGEN west coast tour: including dates at the Fonda August 14th, and the Observatory August 15th.
