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April 22, 2014
Little Dragon shares new single + announces Queen Latifah performance
LITTLE DRAGON SHARES SINGLE "LET GO"
PERFORMANCE ON QUEEN LATIFAH SHOW AIRS TOMORROW 4/23/14
NABUMA RUBBERBAND DUE 5/13/14 VIA LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS
photo by: Marco van Rijt After two knockout performances at Coachella, and premiering "Paris" as Zane Lowe's "Hottest Record in the World" on BBC Radio 1, Little Dragon is back today to share the third single "Let Go". "Let Go" is now available as an instant gratification download when the album is pre-ordered on iTunes. Nabuma Rubberband will be in stores on May 13th via Loma Vista Recordings. Check out "Let Go", "Paris" and upcoming tour dates below.
LISTEN: "Let Go" - https://soundcloud.com/littledragon/little-dragon-let-go PREVIOUSLY:
LISTEN: "Paris" - https://soundcloud.com/littledragon/little-dragon-paris-zane-lowes
WATCH: Little Dragon on Letterman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIdwdaUZBkg WATCH: "Klapp Klapp" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM--TtkGNa4
LISTEN: "Klapp Klapp" -https://soundcloud.com/littledragon/klapp-klapp
TOUR DATES:
5/10 - Canadian Music Week - Toronto, ON 5/11 - Rough Trade NYC - Brooklyn, NY5/22 -5/26/14 - Lightning in a Bottle Festival - Bradley, CA6/7/14 - South Side Music Hall - Dallas, TX6/8/14 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX6/10/14 - Republic - New Orleans, LA6/11/14 - The Orpheum - Tampa, FL6/12/14 - Grand Central - Miami, FL6/14/14 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA6/15/14 - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN6/17/14 - Music Farm - Charleston, SC6/18/14 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC6/20/14 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY6/21/14 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY More about Little Dragon:
Gothenburg's Little Dragon has steadily grown from being the biggest underground secret to international acclaim after three successful albums and touring all over the world. Their energetic live set and unique recording process has made fans out of some of the biggest names in music including Pharrell Williams, Questlove, and OutKast. Gaining popularity among such tastemakers led to collaborations with artists like Big Boi, The Gorillaz, and SBTRKT. The release of Little Dragon's fourth album,Nabuma Rubberband, is the culminating moment in their career after years of building a grassroots fanbase.
Musically inspired by the more experimental pockets of Prince's back catalogue, club culture and the vintage Janet Jackson slow jams Yukimi used to listen to wandering around Gothenburg during the unrelenting winter, Nabuma Rubberband has a different feel to previous Little Dragon albums. "When you put some of Janet's really slow stuff on you feel like you're floating," Yukimi explains. "That feeling really influenced me and maybe that's why there are quite a lot of slow jams on the record. In the past we've been a bit self-conscious about making slow jams after 'Twice'. Then we wanted to make dance music which we did with Machine Dreams and then Ritual Union still had a dance vibe, but with this album it wasn't about that. The intention was about whatever we felt strongly about."
Yukimi Nagano, Erik Boden, Fred Wallin and Håkan Wirenstrand make up Little Dragon, the zeitgeist band that blend strands of R&B, electronic and indie into beautifully and meaningfully crafted songs. Over the course of three critically-lauded albums, Little Dragon have established themselves as a band keen to never rest on their laurels - constantly prodding and playing with the boundaries of their sound.Nabuma Rubberband promises to be their most dynamic album yet and is due on 5/13/14 via Loma Vista Recordings.
Little Dragon
Nabuma Rubberband
May 13th, 2014Loma Vista RecordingsPre-order: http://smarturl.it/LDNR_iTunes 1. Mirror2. Klapp Klapp 3. Pretty Girls4. Underbart5. Cat Rider6. Paris7. Lurad8. Nabuma Rubberband9. Only One10. Killing Me11. Pink Cloud12. Let Go
PERFORMANCE ON QUEEN LATIFAH SHOW AIRS TOMORROW 4/23/14
NABUMA RUBBERBAND DUE 5/13/14 VIA LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS
photo by: Marco van Rijt After two knockout performances at Coachella, and premiering "Paris" as Zane Lowe's "Hottest Record in the World" on BBC Radio 1, Little Dragon is back today to share the third single "Let Go". "Let Go" is now available as an instant gratification download when the album is pre-ordered on iTunes. Nabuma Rubberband will be in stores on May 13th via Loma Vista Recordings. Check out "Let Go", "Paris" and upcoming tour dates below. LISTEN: "Let Go" - https://soundcloud.com/littledragon/little-dragon-let-go PREVIOUSLY:
LISTEN: "Paris" - https://soundcloud.com/littledragon/little-dragon-paris-zane-lowes
WATCH: Little Dragon on Letterman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIdwdaUZBkg WATCH: "Klapp Klapp" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM--TtkGNa4
LISTEN: "Klapp Klapp" -https://soundcloud.com/littledragon/klapp-klapp
TOUR DATES:
5/10 - Canadian Music Week - Toronto, ON 5/11 - Rough Trade NYC - Brooklyn, NY5/22 -5/26/14 - Lightning in a Bottle Festival - Bradley, CA6/7/14 - South Side Music Hall - Dallas, TX6/8/14 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX6/10/14 - Republic - New Orleans, LA6/11/14 - The Orpheum - Tampa, FL6/12/14 - Grand Central - Miami, FL6/14/14 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA6/15/14 - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN6/17/14 - Music Farm - Charleston, SC6/18/14 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC6/20/14 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY6/21/14 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY More about Little Dragon:
Gothenburg's Little Dragon has steadily grown from being the biggest underground secret to international acclaim after three successful albums and touring all over the world. Their energetic live set and unique recording process has made fans out of some of the biggest names in music including Pharrell Williams, Questlove, and OutKast. Gaining popularity among such tastemakers led to collaborations with artists like Big Boi, The Gorillaz, and SBTRKT. The release of Little Dragon's fourth album,Nabuma Rubberband, is the culminating moment in their career after years of building a grassroots fanbase.
Musically inspired by the more experimental pockets of Prince's back catalogue, club culture and the vintage Janet Jackson slow jams Yukimi used to listen to wandering around Gothenburg during the unrelenting winter, Nabuma Rubberband has a different feel to previous Little Dragon albums. "When you put some of Janet's really slow stuff on you feel like you're floating," Yukimi explains. "That feeling really influenced me and maybe that's why there are quite a lot of slow jams on the record. In the past we've been a bit self-conscious about making slow jams after 'Twice'. Then we wanted to make dance music which we did with Machine Dreams and then Ritual Union still had a dance vibe, but with this album it wasn't about that. The intention was about whatever we felt strongly about."
Yukimi Nagano, Erik Boden, Fred Wallin and Håkan Wirenstrand make up Little Dragon, the zeitgeist band that blend strands of R&B, electronic and indie into beautifully and meaningfully crafted songs. Over the course of three critically-lauded albums, Little Dragon have established themselves as a band keen to never rest on their laurels - constantly prodding and playing with the boundaries of their sound.Nabuma Rubberband promises to be their most dynamic album yet and is due on 5/13/14 via Loma Vista Recordings.
Little Dragon
Nabuma Rubberband
May 13th, 2014Loma Vista RecordingsPre-order: http://smarturl.it/LDNR_iTunes 1. Mirror2. Klapp Klapp 3. Pretty Girls4. Underbart5. Cat Rider6. Paris7. Lurad8. Nabuma Rubberband9. Only One10. Killing Me11. Pink Cloud12. Let Go
The KVB Release Out of Body Mini-LP
THE KVB RELEASES OUT OF BODY MINI-LP ON JUNE 3, 2014
One of Alternative Press’s 100 Bands You Need to Know (2014)
“blend of motoric throb, lead bass hum, wraith-like vocal, then keyboard drifts and an aural mist of hiss over everything.” – MOJO (4/5)“This is a fresh, fierce and frightening record all of its own.” – NME“The KVB sound like Joy Division in your dreams. That’s a compliment, and a f*cking elephantine one of that. Minus One is like a recondite missing link between Unknown Pleasures and Closer, ticking off an entire wishlist of headily familiar JD signifiers, yet with more of everything somehow… an integrity and legitimacy of its very own.” –RECORD COLLECTOR (4 STARS)“The KVB walk an impressive line between tradition and individual talent” – TIME OUT LONDON
THE KVB return with the new
Out of Body
mini LP being released on A Recordings on June 3, 2014. Listen and share “Across the Sea” at:https://soundcloud.com/cargorecords/the-kvb-across-the-sea#t=0:07
This new six songs are the culmination of a week-long recording session at Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe’s studio in Berlin last autumn. During which they recruited the help of Joe Dilworth (Stereolab) to contribute live drums to the recordings. This was the first time the band has worked outside of their own studio at their home in South London.
Out Of Body is a further exploration of the band’s interest in phenomenology, bodily immersion and consciousness. Introspective lyrics are suspended in dream-like melodies, further expanding upon the duo's hypnotic aesthetic, which they explore both sonically and visually on the record.
The KVB is the audio/visual project of London youngsters, Nicholas Wood and Kat Day, who combine reverb heavy wall of sound guitars, minimal haunting strings and grinding bass synths, messed up motorik drum machine beats and delay drenched vocals with a backdrop of imagery to accompany the symphony, that’s nothing short of life affirming.Such full sensory assaults have seen The KVB’s live following swell and their gig schedule become busier all the time, with multiple European headline tours as well as a West Coast USA Tour in summer 2012 since the release of their debut album Always Then. The duo ended 2013 with the release of the highly praised Minus One (November, A Recordings) and two high profile tours: the UK with Loop and Australia with the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
The KVB is a group with a sense of urgency about it, to do what they need to do, with full commitment and without delay.
Out of Body CD Tracklisting:1) All Around You 2) From Afar 3) Heavy Eyes 4) Cartesian Bodies 5) Across The Sea6) Between Suns
LP Tracklisting:SIDE A 1) All Around You 2) From Afar 3) Heavy EyesSIDE B 1) Cartesian Bodies 2) Across The Sea 3) Between Sunshttps://www.facebook.com/thekvb1https://twitter.com/TheKVBhttp://thekvb.tumblr.com/https://soundcloud.com/thekvb
“blend of motoric throb, lead bass hum, wraith-like vocal, then keyboard drifts and an aural mist of hiss over everything.” – MOJO (4/5)“This is a fresh, fierce and frightening record all of its own.” – NME“The KVB sound like Joy Division in your dreams. That’s a compliment, and a f*cking elephantine one of that. Minus One is like a recondite missing link between Unknown Pleasures and Closer, ticking off an entire wishlist of headily familiar JD signifiers, yet with more of everything somehow… an integrity and legitimacy of its very own.” –RECORD COLLECTOR (4 STARS)“The KVB walk an impressive line between tradition and individual talent” – TIME OUT LONDON
THE KVB return with the new
Out of Body
mini LP being released on A Recordings on June 3, 2014. Listen and share “Across the Sea” at:https://soundcloud.com/cargorecords/the-kvb-across-the-sea#t=0:07This new six songs are the culmination of a week-long recording session at Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe’s studio in Berlin last autumn. During which they recruited the help of Joe Dilworth (Stereolab) to contribute live drums to the recordings. This was the first time the band has worked outside of their own studio at their home in South London.
Out Of Body is a further exploration of the band’s interest in phenomenology, bodily immersion and consciousness. Introspective lyrics are suspended in dream-like melodies, further expanding upon the duo's hypnotic aesthetic, which they explore both sonically and visually on the record.
The KVB is the audio/visual project of London youngsters, Nicholas Wood and Kat Day, who combine reverb heavy wall of sound guitars, minimal haunting strings and grinding bass synths, messed up motorik drum machine beats and delay drenched vocals with a backdrop of imagery to accompany the symphony, that’s nothing short of life affirming.Such full sensory assaults have seen The KVB’s live following swell and their gig schedule become busier all the time, with multiple European headline tours as well as a West Coast USA Tour in summer 2012 since the release of their debut album Always Then. The duo ended 2013 with the release of the highly praised Minus One (November, A Recordings) and two high profile tours: the UK with Loop and Australia with the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
The KVB is a group with a sense of urgency about it, to do what they need to do, with full commitment and without delay.
Out of Body CD Tracklisting:1) All Around You 2) From Afar 3) Heavy Eyes 4) Cartesian Bodies 5) Across The Sea6) Between Suns
LP Tracklisting:SIDE A 1) All Around You 2) From Afar 3) Heavy EyesSIDE B 1) Cartesian Bodies 2) Across The Sea 3) Between Sunshttps://www.facebook.com/thekvb1https://twitter.com/TheKVBhttp://thekvb.tumblr.com/https://soundcloud.com/thekvb
Lewis Watson Reveals "Stay" Video, Debut Album
Cinematic “Stay” Video Is A Chilling Wonderland Journey
Click Image Above To Watch "Stay" Video
Debut Full-Length The Morning
Out June 17 On Warner Bros. Records
“This elegant song [Even If] about mistrust and regret is a doozy, achingly lonely but levelheaded, and Mr. Watson sings it with a mature voice and a mildly mawkish earnestness.”
– The New York Times , Jon Caramanica
“There's no doubt: Lewis Watson really is out of this world.” – NYLON
" ...brings to mind the Avett Brothers, Fleet Foxes or his fellow Brits, Mumford & Sons." – PAPER
“ …young Internet hotshot in the mold of Jake Bugg” – Time Out New York
Lewis Watson is set to release his long-awaited debut album The Morning in the US onJune 17th. Demonstrating Lewis’ powers as a songwriter, The Morning combines fully-realised reworkings of select songs from his early EPs with plethora of new material – including instant grat track “Halo,” “Stay” and much more. These new songs take Lewis’ stripped-back, guitar-and-voice roots to a new level of richer, more textured soundscapes.
Fans who purchase The Morning iTunes pre-order, available now, will receive an instant grat download of new album track “Halo”. Offering fans another taste of what’s to come, album cut “Stay” premiered with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1. Ushering viewers into anAlice In Wonderland-esque fantasy world, the video for “Stay” was released by NYLON Magazine . Watch the “Stay” video HERE and we encourage you to post + share!
In 2012, Lewis Watson self-released his debut EP It’s Got Four Sad Songs On It BTWafter establishing a devoted online fan-base. It topped the iTunes singer-songwriter chart on the first day of release, outselling the likes of Adele, Madonna and EdSheeran in the process, and landed the then nineteen-year-old singer-songwriter a deal with Warner Bros. Records.
In addition to critical acclaim, all five of his EPs to date have hit the Top 10 at iTunes, each building upon the sales of the previous release. Meanwhile, his online following is phenomenal: 5 million YouTube plays; 100,000 likes at Facebook; 5 million streams at Spotify; and 70,000 Twitter followers.
Photo Credit: Andrew Whitton
Official site Facebook YouTube Twitter
Listen and Interact: Plaid Share New Track "Tether" With Web App
PLAID ANNOUNCE NEW TRACK“TETHER” WITH WEB APPUPCOMING ALBUM REACHY PRINTS OUT MAY 20
Plaid are pleased to announce “Tether”, a new track taken from forthcoming albumReachy Prints. The duo (Ed Handley and Andy Turner) have collaborated with jonobr1 (Google Creative Lab, patatap.com) to create a web application that visually interprets the sonic intricacies of the track.“Tether” is accompanied by a series of graphic shapes that gradually evolve as the music progresses; you can manipulate what you hear by clicking and dragging your mouse - or, if watching on your smartphone or tablet, by touching the screen.
The application combines technologies that make the web a unique medium. With three basic tools - HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - Tether uses the familiar in order to explore the horizons of the web — including SVG, Canvas, WebGL, and WebAudio. Check out our findings on the open sourced repository.
Watch and take part in the video at tether.plaid.co.uk
The project follows previous collaborations with Evan Boehm (Nexus Interactive Arts) and The Creators Project for interactive short film The Carp And The Seagull, alongside a more recent collaboration with Bruno Zamborlin for innovative new instruments Mogees.
Pre-order Reachy Prints at Bleep http://smarturl.it/h3ucqn // Amazon (Vinyl)http://smarturl.it/kdkk6i // iTunes http://smarturl.it/4sh6cx
Plaid links:
http://plaid.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/Plaid
https://twitter.com/Plaid
Jono Brandel links:
http://jonobr1.com/
http://www.patatap.com/
https://twitter.com/jonobr1
http://warp.net/
Peter Frampton's Hummingbird in a Box out June 24 + tour dates!
PETER FRAMPTON’S HUMMINGBIRD IN A BOX SET FOR JUNE 24 RELESE VIA RED DISTRIBUTION
INCLUSIVE THREE-PART NATIONWIDE TOUR CONFIRMED
Hummingbird in a Box
, the latest work from legendary musician Peter Frampton, will be released June 24 viaRED Distribution. The new music was inspired by the Cincinnati Ballet, featuring seven original guitar pieces in Frampton's virtuosic stylings. Frampton composed all songs on the mini-album along with Gordon Kennedy, who also co-produced the recording. The two previously teamed up for Fingerprints, which garnered them both a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. The music debuted in April 2013 at Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center for the Arts. Two of the Cincinatti Ballet’s spring production’s segments were choreographed to existing Frampton music—with Frampton and his band performing live—while a third section featured the new composition by Frampton and Kennedy. Of the project Frampton notes, “Writing for dance was a wonderfully freeing experience. There were no boundaries. We were able to push the composing envelope,” and Kennedy furthers, “Songwriters and musicians create music to move people. This was beautiful, graceful, and instantly gratifying!” See full track listing on reverse. Following a massive year of touring, including 2013’s inaugural Frampton’s Guitar Circus,
Frampton is back on the road this summer. This time he will set out on a three-part catch-all tourincluding select solo dates, a co-headlining run with Grammy-winning American rock legends The Doobie Brothers and the return of Frampton’s Guitar Circus. For details, please visit www.frampton.com and see below for routing. Peter Frampton is one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. At 16, he was lead singer and guitarist for the British band the Herd. At 18, he co-founded one of the first super groups, seminal rock act Humble Pie. His session work includes collaborations with such legendary artists as George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, John Entwistle and many others. His fifth solo album, the electrifying Frampton Comes Alive!, is one of the top-selling live records of all time. Hummingbird in a Box Track Listing1. The Promenade’s Retreat2. Hummingbird In A Box3. The One in 9014. Friendly Fire5. Heart To My Chest6. Shadow Of My Mind7. Norman Wisdom
INCLUSIVE THREE-PART NATIONWIDE TOUR CONFIRMED
Hummingbird in a Box
, the latest work from legendary musician Peter Frampton, will be released June 24 viaRED Distribution. The new music was inspired by the Cincinnati Ballet, featuring seven original guitar pieces in Frampton's virtuosic stylings. Frampton composed all songs on the mini-album along with Gordon Kennedy, who also co-produced the recording. The two previously teamed up for Fingerprints, which garnered them both a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. The music debuted in April 2013 at Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center for the Arts. Two of the Cincinatti Ballet’s spring production’s segments were choreographed to existing Frampton music—with Frampton and his band performing live—while a third section featured the new composition by Frampton and Kennedy. Of the project Frampton notes, “Writing for dance was a wonderfully freeing experience. There were no boundaries. We were able to push the composing envelope,” and Kennedy furthers, “Songwriters and musicians create music to move people. This was beautiful, graceful, and instantly gratifying!” See full track listing on reverse. Following a massive year of touring, including 2013’s inaugural Frampton’s Guitar Circus,Frampton is back on the road this summer. This time he will set out on a three-part catch-all tourincluding select solo dates, a co-headlining run with Grammy-winning American rock legends The Doobie Brothers and the return of Frampton’s Guitar Circus. For details, please visit www.frampton.com and see below for routing. Peter Frampton is one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. At 16, he was lead singer and guitarist for the British band the Herd. At 18, he co-founded one of the first super groups, seminal rock act Humble Pie. His session work includes collaborations with such legendary artists as George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, John Entwistle and many others. His fifth solo album, the electrifying Frampton Comes Alive!, is one of the top-selling live records of all time. Hummingbird in a Box Track Listing1. The Promenade’s Retreat2. Hummingbird In A Box3. The One in 9014. Friendly Fire5. Heart To My Chest6. Shadow Of My Mind7. Norman Wisdom
David J Selects Burlesque Dancers for An Eclipse of Ships Tour
David J (Bauhaus / Love & Rockets)Handpicks Seductive Burlesque DancersTo Perform With Him During HisAn Eclipse of Ships North American Tour On selected dates during the current North American tour, David J and The Gentleman Thieveshandpicked various sultry burlesque dancers to captivate audiences with a seductive evening: [image error]
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#AnEclipseofShips #DavidJ
www.davidjonline.com
April 18 The Saint Ashbury Park, NJApril 19 Piano’s New York CityApril 22 Cooperative les Katacombes Montreal, CAApril 23 Zaphod’s Ottawa, CAApril 24 Lee’s Toronto, CAApril 25 Artiface (DJ Gig) Las VegasApril 26 Backstage Bar & Billiards Las VegasApril 27 Los Globos Los AngelesApril 28 Soda Bar San Diego
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#AnEclipseofShips #DavidJ
www.davidjonline.com
April 18 The Saint Ashbury Park, NJApril 19 Piano’s New York CityApril 22 Cooperative les Katacombes Montreal, CAApril 23 Zaphod’s Ottawa, CAApril 24 Lee’s Toronto, CAApril 25 Artiface (DJ Gig) Las VegasApril 26 Backstage Bar & Billiards Las VegasApril 27 Los Globos Los AngelesApril 28 Soda Bar San Diego
Destruction Unit & Milk Music share new tracks from their RSD split
DESTRUCTION UNIT & MILK MUSIC
SHARE NEW TRACKS FROM USA '13
VIA PITCHFORK
Destruction Unit photo courtesy of Sam Monkarsh
Record Store Day has come and gone and in typical punk fashion the USA '13 split 12" from Destruction Unit, Merchandise & Milk Music was not available in stores this past Saturday as planned due to a delay at the pressing plant, but fear not as you are now able to pre-order the record via the 540 Records web store.
You can also now stream the pummeling "Feed The Dogs" - a brand new track from Destruction Unit as well as a fantastic take on "Effigy" (Creedence Clearwater Revival) from Milk Music. These tracks are accompanying an interview with Jes Aurelius of Destruction Unit, Patrick Brady of Merchandise, and Alex Coxen of Milk Music on Pitchfork right now.
USA '13 features stunning artwork from ZZ Ramirez of The Ukiah Drag, as well as a zine by J.S. Aurelius of Destruction Unit / Ascetic House. Pre-order the record and stream the tracks below.
PRE-ORDER:
http://chaosintejas.bigcartel.com/product/merchandise-destruction-unit-milk-music-usa-13-lp
LISTEN: Destruction Unit - "Feed The Dogs" -
https://soundcloud.com/540records/destruction-unit-feed-the-dogs
LISTEN: Milk Music - "Effigy" -
https://soundcloud.com/540records/milk-music-effigy-creedence-clearwater-revival
LISTEN: Merchandise - "Figured Out" -
https://soundcloud.com/540records/merchandise-figured-out
DESTRUCTION UNIT TOUR DATES
5/02-5/04 Austin, TX @ Psychfest
5/22-5/25 Cleveland, OH @ Horrible Fest (Now Thats Class)
5/31 - Houston, TX @ Houston Free Press Festival
^ w/ CCR Headcleaner
% w/ Deafheaven
MERCHANDISE TOUR DATES
6/2 - Berlin, Germany - Kantine am Berghain
6/3 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
6/5 - Brussels, Belgium - Bota Witloofbar
6/9 - London, UK - Islington Assembley Hall
6/10 - Paris, France - Point Ephemere
6/13 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe †
6/14 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar †
6/15 - Chicago, IL - Schuba's †
6/16 - Detroit, MI - Jumbo's †
6/17 - Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern †
6/18 - Montreal, Quebec - Turbohaus †
6/19 - Boston, MA - The Great Scott †
6/20 - East Hampton, MA - Flywheel †
6/21 - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands
6/22 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus †
6/26 - Philadelphia, PA - Morgan's Pier †
6/27 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery †
6/28 - Durham, NC - Pinhook †
6/29 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl †
† w/ The Ukiah Drag
SHARE NEW TRACKS FROM USA '13
VIA PITCHFORK
Destruction Unit photo courtesy of Sam MonkarshRecord Store Day has come and gone and in typical punk fashion the USA '13 split 12" from Destruction Unit, Merchandise & Milk Music was not available in stores this past Saturday as planned due to a delay at the pressing plant, but fear not as you are now able to pre-order the record via the 540 Records web store.
You can also now stream the pummeling "Feed The Dogs" - a brand new track from Destruction Unit as well as a fantastic take on "Effigy" (Creedence Clearwater Revival) from Milk Music. These tracks are accompanying an interview with Jes Aurelius of Destruction Unit, Patrick Brady of Merchandise, and Alex Coxen of Milk Music on Pitchfork right now.
USA '13 features stunning artwork from ZZ Ramirez of The Ukiah Drag, as well as a zine by J.S. Aurelius of Destruction Unit / Ascetic House. Pre-order the record and stream the tracks below.
PRE-ORDER:
http://chaosintejas.bigcartel.com/product/merchandise-destruction-unit-milk-music-usa-13-lp
LISTEN: Destruction Unit - "Feed The Dogs" -
https://soundcloud.com/540records/destruction-unit-feed-the-dogs
LISTEN: Milk Music - "Effigy" -
https://soundcloud.com/540records/milk-music-effigy-creedence-clearwater-revival
LISTEN: Merchandise - "Figured Out" -
https://soundcloud.com/540records/merchandise-figured-out
DESTRUCTION UNIT TOUR DATES
5/02-5/04 Austin, TX @ Psychfest
5/22-5/25 Cleveland, OH @ Horrible Fest (Now Thats Class)
5/31 - Houston, TX @ Houston Free Press Festival
^ w/ CCR Headcleaner
% w/ Deafheaven
MERCHANDISE TOUR DATES
6/2 - Berlin, Germany - Kantine am Berghain
6/3 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
6/5 - Brussels, Belgium - Bota Witloofbar
6/9 - London, UK - Islington Assembley Hall
6/10 - Paris, France - Point Ephemere
6/13 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe †
6/14 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar †
6/15 - Chicago, IL - Schuba's †
6/16 - Detroit, MI - Jumbo's †
6/17 - Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern †
6/18 - Montreal, Quebec - Turbohaus †
6/19 - Boston, MA - The Great Scott †
6/20 - East Hampton, MA - Flywheel †
6/21 - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands
6/22 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus †
6/26 - Philadelphia, PA - Morgan's Pier †
6/27 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery †
6/28 - Durham, NC - Pinhook †
6/29 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl †
† w/ The Ukiah Drag
April 21, 2014
The Three O'Clock in Berkeley
THREE O'CLOCK TAPE from early 1980s
I have a tape with the THREE O'CLOCK and Dream Syndicate. It says live in Berkeley. I was wondering from what year and is this a release? Michael does a lot of talking. It's a little Baroque Hoedown heavy. Michael mentions that the record hasn't been released yet. There is some mention of gigs by X and Bad Brains in October 1982.
1. She Turns To Flowers2. With A Canteloupe Girlfriend3. Lucifer Sam4. As Real As Real5. Upside Down6. When I'm A Telephone (never recorded)7. I Go Wild8. Marjorie Tells Me9. Sorry10. Going Home
Encore11. It's All Too Much (Beatles cover)12. Feel A Whole Lot Better
THE DREAM SYNDICATE LIVE
Death interviews and performs on The Arsenio Hall Show tonight
DEATH ANNOUNCES INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE ON THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW TONIGHT
DEATH III STREAMING VIA NPR
DEATH III DUE APRIL 22ND VIA DRAG CITY
Death is proud to announce that they will appear on The Arsenio Hall Show for an interview and a performance on Monday, 4/21. Their third archival album, Death III, will be released the following day via Drag City and can be streamed via NPR First Listen. The record release show will be at The Satellite in Los Angeles, CA on 4/22. You can buy tickets to the record release show here.
STREAM: DEATH III - http://www.npr.org/2014/04/13/300585559/first-listen-death-death-iii
Five years after the second life of Death was started with the release of their revelatory 1976 album, For the Whole World to See, Death III slams the door on the vault with a powerful set of songs that bring equal amounts of rock and ethereal soul-searching, in high-fidelity, rich bottomed, studio-grade sound. Alongside songs from 1975, 1976 and 1980,Death III contains two songs from 1992, as the Hackney brothers reconvened nearly a decade after they'd stopped playing together. Death III serves as a companion piece of sorts to the A Band Called Death documentary, tracking the band's movement from spiritual young rockers to older and wiser, bruised-but-undefeated brothers, in pure musical terms. David Hackney's visual representation of Death was a triangle, where "spiritual," "mental" and "physical" formed the three angles. With this in mind, For the Whole World to See is clearly the physical corner, with its undeniable proto-punk power; Spiritual-Mental-Physicalexplores the mental axis, with Death working through some of their influences, including The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and even ELO, in their practice space. Death III is the spiritual end of the portrait, bookended by the dreamlike rock visions of David Hackney that created and propelled the band called Death. Death III starts with David inside a deep 1975 guitar improvisation, rising up through atmospheres and prehistoric guitar murk to coalesce in jagged monster-riff-dom. The whole exercise recalls Funkadelic's great Eddie Hazel while reflecting the pure essence of David Hackney's guitar style. This jump-cuts perfectly five years into the future, with the funky staccato of "North Street," which finds the band's punkish approach at it's most aggressive. From there, the album moves back and forth from 1975 and '76 (including two songs recorded at Groovesville in Detroit with the other For the Whole World to See songs) to 1980, showing the band streamlining their frenetic core and maximizing the power. The lyrical focus of the songs "Open Road," "We Are Only People," and "Free" is more in the spirit/soul side of Death as heard on "Let the World Turn" and "Where Do We Go From Here???" - sensitive, searching, reflective. "We Are Only People" is an epic journey that begins with another Funkadelic-styled spoken-word moment, progressing through a spacious solo-guitar-with-harmonies section and into the inevitable rock conclusion. Dark hues are generated by the relentless and speedy "Restlessness" while remaining at a philosophical remove, and "Free" is a heavy duo piece with Bobby and David exploring the meaning of the word. But the album's climax is provided by a trio (once again, the triangle) of David songs, two of which hail from 1992. All three pieces together form a release of the soul of Death from it's dark origins, building optimism upon the harsh realities they'd experienced in their lives, more relaxed without losing the spark and bite of those former times. The unaccompanied guitar instrumental "First Snowfall in Detroit," is David Hackney at his most soulful, which gives way to "We're Gonna Make It," first featured as an emotional climax to the documentary and no less powerful here. With these songs, Death III pays final tribute to David Hackney's thoroughly original voice and vision, now stilled, but captured forever as a part of the remarkable story of Death.
Death
Death III
April 22, 2014Drag City
1. Introduction by David Hackneyy2. North Street3. Open Road4. We Are Only People5. Restlessness6. Free7. Yes He's Coming8. First Snowfall in Detroit9. We're Gonna Make It
DEATH III STREAMING VIA NPR
DEATH III DUE APRIL 22ND VIA DRAG CITY
Death is proud to announce that they will appear on The Arsenio Hall Show for an interview and a performance on Monday, 4/21. Their third archival album, Death III, will be released the following day via Drag City and can be streamed via NPR First Listen. The record release show will be at The Satellite in Los Angeles, CA on 4/22. You can buy tickets to the record release show here.
STREAM: DEATH III - http://www.npr.org/2014/04/13/300585559/first-listen-death-death-iii
Five years after the second life of Death was started with the release of their revelatory 1976 album, For the Whole World to See, Death III slams the door on the vault with a powerful set of songs that bring equal amounts of rock and ethereal soul-searching, in high-fidelity, rich bottomed, studio-grade sound. Alongside songs from 1975, 1976 and 1980,Death III contains two songs from 1992, as the Hackney brothers reconvened nearly a decade after they'd stopped playing together. Death III serves as a companion piece of sorts to the A Band Called Death documentary, tracking the band's movement from spiritual young rockers to older and wiser, bruised-but-undefeated brothers, in pure musical terms. David Hackney's visual representation of Death was a triangle, where "spiritual," "mental" and "physical" formed the three angles. With this in mind, For the Whole World to See is clearly the physical corner, with its undeniable proto-punk power; Spiritual-Mental-Physicalexplores the mental axis, with Death working through some of their influences, including The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and even ELO, in their practice space. Death III is the spiritual end of the portrait, bookended by the dreamlike rock visions of David Hackney that created and propelled the band called Death. Death III starts with David inside a deep 1975 guitar improvisation, rising up through atmospheres and prehistoric guitar murk to coalesce in jagged monster-riff-dom. The whole exercise recalls Funkadelic's great Eddie Hazel while reflecting the pure essence of David Hackney's guitar style. This jump-cuts perfectly five years into the future, with the funky staccato of "North Street," which finds the band's punkish approach at it's most aggressive. From there, the album moves back and forth from 1975 and '76 (including two songs recorded at Groovesville in Detroit with the other For the Whole World to See songs) to 1980, showing the band streamlining their frenetic core and maximizing the power. The lyrical focus of the songs "Open Road," "We Are Only People," and "Free" is more in the spirit/soul side of Death as heard on "Let the World Turn" and "Where Do We Go From Here???" - sensitive, searching, reflective. "We Are Only People" is an epic journey that begins with another Funkadelic-styled spoken-word moment, progressing through a spacious solo-guitar-with-harmonies section and into the inevitable rock conclusion. Dark hues are generated by the relentless and speedy "Restlessness" while remaining at a philosophical remove, and "Free" is a heavy duo piece with Bobby and David exploring the meaning of the word. But the album's climax is provided by a trio (once again, the triangle) of David songs, two of which hail from 1992. All three pieces together form a release of the soul of Death from it's dark origins, building optimism upon the harsh realities they'd experienced in their lives, more relaxed without losing the spark and bite of those former times. The unaccompanied guitar instrumental "First Snowfall in Detroit," is David Hackney at his most soulful, which gives way to "We're Gonna Make It," first featured as an emotional climax to the documentary and no less powerful here. With these songs, Death III pays final tribute to David Hackney's thoroughly original voice and vision, now stilled, but captured forever as a part of the remarkable story of Death.
Death
Death III
April 22, 2014Drag City1. Introduction by David Hackneyy2. North Street3. Open Road4. We Are Only People5. Restlessness6. Free7. Yes He's Coming8. First Snowfall in Detroit9. We're Gonna Make It
NPR First Listen This Week - Brody Dalle's Diploid Love Out
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/20/303393835/first-listen-brody-dalle-diploid-loveAn interesting temporal phenomenon takes place while listening to Diploid Love, the first solo album from Distillers and Spinnerette frontwoman Brody Dalle. The album feels like a time capsule buried in the backyard of the punk and grunge-drenched early '90s and only unearthed today. But precisely because it's a product of 2014, not 1994, the record gets retroactively imbued with a sort of "older and wiser" gravitas - that is to say, anything that sounds so solidly like music from the past must have some evolutionary advantage to have found a habitat decades later.Yet there is no evolutionary advantage at work, only evolution. This is Dalle's first solo album, and she was young enough in the early '90s that Nirvana and Hole, her closest sonic relatives, would have been influences, not contemporaries. What she's grasped with Diploid Love is the universal motivator of rock music, the same one Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Corin Tucker, and Kathleen Hanna tapped into 20 years ago: to interrupt the musical modus operandi of the day, to deconstruct it entirely, to reveal its superficiality by creating unavoidably un-superficial responses to it. In the last decade of the last century, space opened up - starting in Washington, D.C. basements and Olympia dorm rooms and Aberdeen garages in Washington state - for a new kind of voice. Androgynous, powerful, emotive, not conventionally pretty vocals attained massive mainstream cultural capital. Drawing on this '90s-influenced vocabulary, but incorporating contemporary patois (listen for an undeniably millennial horn breakdown on "Underworld"), Brody Dalle is cashing in.
The earnestness created by Dalle's voice, inherent to Diploid Love, and to all good rock music, is what ultimately renders this record timeless. It's a throwback but doesn't cover old ground. Dalle's raw guitar work and distinctly Cobain-adjacent vocals are familiar but tell a unique story. The angst is honest ("Don't Mess With Me," which is a shoe-in for theme song to whatever the next generation's Freaks and Geeks will be), the joy is honest ("I Don't Need Your Love") and the confidence Dalle exercises in releasing an album rife with sweeping tonal shifts is also honest. Gender-bending screaming gives way to contralto singing so quickly it borders on shocking, as do electric guitars making room for tambourines, violins, piano and even a recording of a gleeful toddler. What all of it has in common, both on this album and with the grunge albums it references, is that every song sounds exactly like the truth.
Brody Dalle North American Tour Dates*Marks a Queens of the Stone Age dateMay 4 Brooklyn, NY @ Bell HouseMay 7 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe TavernMay 21 San Francisco, CA @ SlimsMay 23 Vancouver, BC @ VenueMay 24 Portland, OR @ Dante'sMay 25 George, WA @ The Gorge // Sasquatch FestivalMay 29 Santa Ana, CA @ The ObservatoryMay 30 Los Angeles, CA @ TroubadourJuly 5 Oshawa, ON @ General Motors Centre *July 6 London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens *July 8 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest July 9 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *July 12 Bangor, ME @ Cross Insurance Center *July 13 Albany, NY @ Palace Theatre *July 14 Providence, RI @ Providence Performing Arts Center *July 16 Portchester, NY @ Capitol Theatre *July 17 Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Pavillion *July 18 Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory *July 20 Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage *
