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November 14, 2013
TOURIST announces return to USA + Live on NPR
TOURIST ANNOUNCES RETURN TO AMERICA IN DECEMBER
HEAR TOURIST LIVE IN CONCERT VIA NPR HERE
PATTERNS EP TO BE RELEASED IN 2014 VIA DISCLOSURE'S METHOD RECORDS
TOURIST Tour Dates: 11/17 – Milan (IT) @ Elita Sunday Park Teatro Parenti
11/18 - Leeds, UK @ 02 Academy (w / Disclosure)
11/19 - Newcastle, UK @ 02 Academy (w / Disclosure)
11/22 – Manchester (UK) @ Warehouse Project (w/ Disclosure)
11/23 - Barcelona, SP @ Razzmatazz (w / Ryan Hemsworth)
12/5 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade (tix HERE)
12/6 - Miami, FL @ Grand Central (No sale / RSVP only)
12/7 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Lyric Theatre (tix HERE)
Free to share:
CHVRCHES "Lies" ( Tourist Remix) HERE
Tourist "Together" HERE
Haim "The Wire" (Tourist remix) HERE
Sam Smith "Safe With Me" (Tourist remix) HERE
HEAR TOURIST LIVE IN CONCERT VIA NPR HERE
PATTERNS EP TO BE RELEASED IN 2014 VIA DISCLOSURE'S METHOD RECORDS
TOURIST Tour Dates: 11/17 – Milan (IT) @ Elita Sunday Park Teatro Parenti
11/18 - Leeds, UK @ 02 Academy (w / Disclosure)
11/19 - Newcastle, UK @ 02 Academy (w / Disclosure)
11/22 – Manchester (UK) @ Warehouse Project (w/ Disclosure)
11/23 - Barcelona, SP @ Razzmatazz (w / Ryan Hemsworth)
12/5 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade (tix HERE)
12/6 - Miami, FL @ Grand Central (No sale / RSVP only)
12/7 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Lyric Theatre (tix HERE)
Free to share:
CHVRCHES "Lies" ( Tourist Remix) HERE
Tourist "Together" HERE
Haim "The Wire" (Tourist remix) HERE
Sam Smith "Safe With Me" (Tourist remix) HERE
Active Child releases LIAR remix of Subtle Ft. Mikky Ekko
ACTIVE CHILD RELEASES LIAR REMIX OF "SUBTLE
FT. MIKKY EKKO" VIA
STREAM: Active Child: "Subtle Ft. Mikky Ekko (LIAR Remix)"
Active Child is excited to announce the first remix off his recent EP, Rapor. The Romanian producer LIAR has remixed standout track "Subtle (Ft. Mikky Ekko)." He has remixed everyone from Foals to SOHN and The XX and just put out a new record on Symbols Recordings called Spirewards. Active Child just released a series of videos about the making of the EP, which you can watch . He is currently in the studio working on an LP due out this Spring. -------------------------------------------
Pat Grossi, better known as Active Child, is proud to announce Rapor EP, his first release since the critically acclaimed full length debut, You Are All I See. Set for release on October 22nd via Vagrant Records, the six-song EP is a culmination of Grossi's heartfelt journey around the world in support of You Are All I See and an introspective year spent writing at his home studio, Rapor, from which he derived the title and inspiration for his forthcoming release. The EP is now available to stream on Active Child's new Pro Partner profile on SoundCloud "The house is made up almost entirely of glass, designed by the architects Buff and Hensman as their personal refuge from the chaos of LA. Inside the studio you can feel the sun pouring through the skylights and the mountains wrapping around on all sides. They named it Rapor, Ra meaning sun and Por meaning house. Sometimes i would spend weeks alone at home writing without leaving or having visitors. It was during those periods that i realized how important that space was to me creatively. I relied on that solitude."
Emerging from Rapor with an inspired and incredibly personal collection of songs, Grossi moved to Heavy Duty Studios in Burbank, CA over the summer of 2013 to work with producers Kevin Seaton (Major Lazer, Snoop Lion) & Nick Ruth (Mikky Ekko, Night Terrors of 1979) to complete his vision, which includes vocal features from contemporaries and friends Mikky Ekko and Ellie Goulding.
Ekko appears on "Subtle" the EP's first single, which premiered yesterday and is described by Pitchfork as "leaning hard on aggressive 1980s synth-pop textures, with vocalist on hand to deliver some full-throated forcefulness contrasting with Grossi's always-floating falsetto." Gouldingwho covered Grossi's stand out "Hanging On" on her current release Halcyon is featured on the EP's fourth track "Silhouette" which showcases the two artists soaring falsettos in duet.
Grossi will tour this fall with support from JMSN and then return home to put the finishing touches on his follow up album, due out mid 2014.
Rapor Tracklisting
1. She Cut Me2. Subtle (Feat. Mikky Ekko)3. Feeling is Gone4. Silhouette (Feat. Ellie Goulding)5. Calling in the Name of Love6. Evening Ceremony
Tour Dates
New York NY - Bowery Ballroom Brooklyn NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg Boston MA - Brighton Music Hall Chicago IL - Lincoln Hall Minneapolis MN - 7th Street Entry Denver CO - Larimer Lounge Los Angeles CA - El Rey Theater
FT. MIKKY EKKO" VIA
STREAM: Active Child: "Subtle Ft. Mikky Ekko (LIAR Remix)"
Active Child is excited to announce the first remix off his recent EP, Rapor. The Romanian producer LIAR has remixed standout track "Subtle (Ft. Mikky Ekko)." He has remixed everyone from Foals to SOHN and The XX and just put out a new record on Symbols Recordings called Spirewards. Active Child just released a series of videos about the making of the EP, which you can watch . He is currently in the studio working on an LP due out this Spring. -------------------------------------------
Pat Grossi, better known as Active Child, is proud to announce Rapor EP, his first release since the critically acclaimed full length debut, You Are All I See. Set for release on October 22nd via Vagrant Records, the six-song EP is a culmination of Grossi's heartfelt journey around the world in support of You Are All I See and an introspective year spent writing at his home studio, Rapor, from which he derived the title and inspiration for his forthcoming release. The EP is now available to stream on Active Child's new Pro Partner profile on SoundCloud "The house is made up almost entirely of glass, designed by the architects Buff and Hensman as their personal refuge from the chaos of LA. Inside the studio you can feel the sun pouring through the skylights and the mountains wrapping around on all sides. They named it Rapor, Ra meaning sun and Por meaning house. Sometimes i would spend weeks alone at home writing without leaving or having visitors. It was during those periods that i realized how important that space was to me creatively. I relied on that solitude."
Emerging from Rapor with an inspired and incredibly personal collection of songs, Grossi moved to Heavy Duty Studios in Burbank, CA over the summer of 2013 to work with producers Kevin Seaton (Major Lazer, Snoop Lion) & Nick Ruth (Mikky Ekko, Night Terrors of 1979) to complete his vision, which includes vocal features from contemporaries and friends Mikky Ekko and Ellie Goulding.
Ekko appears on "Subtle" the EP's first single, which premiered yesterday and is described by Pitchfork as "leaning hard on aggressive 1980s synth-pop textures, with vocalist on hand to deliver some full-throated forcefulness contrasting with Grossi's always-floating falsetto." Gouldingwho covered Grossi's stand out "Hanging On" on her current release Halcyon is featured on the EP's fourth track "Silhouette" which showcases the two artists soaring falsettos in duet.
Grossi will tour this fall with support from JMSN and then return home to put the finishing touches on his follow up album, due out mid 2014.
Rapor Tracklisting
1. She Cut Me2. Subtle (Feat. Mikky Ekko)3. Feeling is Gone4. Silhouette (Feat. Ellie Goulding)5. Calling in the Name of Love6. Evening Ceremony
Tour Dates
New York NY - Bowery Ballroom Brooklyn NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg Boston MA - Brighton Music Hall Chicago IL - Lincoln Hall Minneapolis MN - 7th Street Entry Denver CO - Larimer Lounge Los Angeles CA - El Rey Theater
All The Labor: The Story Of The Gourds coming soon to DVD
All The Labor: The Story Of The GourdsAvailable on November 19th One of SXSW Film Report's 5 "Must-See Rock Movies" An in-depth look at the band, with archival footage and behind-the-scenes goofiness as well as exploring the camaraderie that allows them to remain one of our town's longest-running and most-beloved acts. - Austin Film Chronicles
ALL THE LABOR
is a documentary by Montana filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis that takes aim at the elusive, ever-moving target that is The Gourds. Comprised of candid conversations, blazing performances, on-tour media interviews and insight from friends and family, the film captures the unbreakable backbeat and creative spark of "the national band of Austin" (New York Times).
Filmed over the course of eight months and featuring archival footage shot nearly two decades previously, ALL THE LABOR is itself the product of an unconventional yet uniquely fitting collaboration.
Hawes-Davis, a veteran documentary filmmaker with 30 titles to his credit, has made a career of explaining the virtually unexplainable in his films. He mapped out a thicket of environmental degradation, corporate secrecy and human health problems spanning generations in LIBBY, MONTANA. He examined two centuries of cultural warfare played out through the plight of American bison in FACING THE STORM: STORY OF THE AMERICAN BISON.
Little of that prepared him for the challenge of chasing five middle-aged men around the country in a beat-up tour van, trying to capture the mystique of their musical collaboration.
"As a filmmaker, I am most attracted to subjects that aren't easy to put in a box; the same is true for my musical tastes," said Hawes-Davis, an avid music fan with a record collection that numbers in the thousands. "The passion that people all over the country have for The Gourds serves as evidence that they've tapped into something really powerful and unique. The fact that it is hard to describe doesn't mean it can't be understood. So that is what I set out to do - gain an understanding of what this band is all about and share that with film and music fans."
Website: http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/all_the_labor
Order: http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVD6044D
Hi Res Cover Art: http://mvdb2b.com/i/300dpi/MVD6044D.jpg
ABOUT HIGH PLAINS FILMS:Founded in 1992 by Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr, High Plains Films has produced more than 30 documentaries including FACING THE STORM: STORY OF THE AMERICAN BISON, which was broadcast on the national PBS series "Independent Lens" in 2012; and the 2007 feature, LIBBY, MONTANA, which was broadcast nationally on "POV/The American Documentary" and later nominated for a national Emmy Award. ALL THE LABOR is their ninth feature-length documentary project. http://HighPlainsFilms.org.
ALL THE LABOR
is a documentary by Montana filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis that takes aim at the elusive, ever-moving target that is The Gourds. Comprised of candid conversations, blazing performances, on-tour media interviews and insight from friends and family, the film captures the unbreakable backbeat and creative spark of "the national band of Austin" (New York Times).Filmed over the course of eight months and featuring archival footage shot nearly two decades previously, ALL THE LABOR is itself the product of an unconventional yet uniquely fitting collaboration.
Hawes-Davis, a veteran documentary filmmaker with 30 titles to his credit, has made a career of explaining the virtually unexplainable in his films. He mapped out a thicket of environmental degradation, corporate secrecy and human health problems spanning generations in LIBBY, MONTANA. He examined two centuries of cultural warfare played out through the plight of American bison in FACING THE STORM: STORY OF THE AMERICAN BISON.
Little of that prepared him for the challenge of chasing five middle-aged men around the country in a beat-up tour van, trying to capture the mystique of their musical collaboration.
"As a filmmaker, I am most attracted to subjects that aren't easy to put in a box; the same is true for my musical tastes," said Hawes-Davis, an avid music fan with a record collection that numbers in the thousands. "The passion that people all over the country have for The Gourds serves as evidence that they've tapped into something really powerful and unique. The fact that it is hard to describe doesn't mean it can't be understood. So that is what I set out to do - gain an understanding of what this band is all about and share that with film and music fans."
Website: http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/all_the_labor
Order: http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVD6044D
Hi Res Cover Art: http://mvdb2b.com/i/300dpi/MVD6044D.jpg
ABOUT HIGH PLAINS FILMS:Founded in 1992 by Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr, High Plains Films has produced more than 30 documentaries including FACING THE STORM: STORY OF THE AMERICAN BISON, which was broadcast on the national PBS series "Independent Lens" in 2012; and the 2007 feature, LIBBY, MONTANA, which was broadcast nationally on "POV/The American Documentary" and later nominated for a national Emmy Award. ALL THE LABOR is their ninth feature-length documentary project. http://HighPlainsFilms.org.
Drowners Premiere "Cigarette That Burns Forever"
Drowners Premiere "Cigarette That Burns Forever" (Adam Green Cover) On Interview Make Time Magazine's "Top 14 Music Acts To Watch In 2014"Self-Titled Debut LP Out January 28th On Frenchkiss Records
Photo Credit: Pete VoelkerTour Dates01.31 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (Album Release Show)MediaClick Here To Listen To "Luv, Hold Me Down" Single On SPINClick Here For Free Download Of "Luv, Hold me Down" SingleClick Here To Listen To "Luv, Hold Me Down" Single On BBC Radio 1 With Zane LoweClick Here To Listen To "Luv, Hold Me Down" Single On BBC Radio 1 With Huw StephensClick Here To Watch "Luv, Hold Me Down" Video On Rolling Stone
Press Quotes"In advance of the upcoming self-titled long-player comes "Luv, Hold Me Down," the record's tight, twinkling love note of a first single." - SPIN"an aggressively catchy blend of shiny garage pop and self-aware lyrics." - Interview"Unequivocally BritPop." - Fader"'Long Hair' has Strokes-esque rock riffs and gently placed lyrics with remnants of angsty love triangles of summer flings." - Clash"Breezy guitar pop that recalls the lighter side of Arctic Monkeys." - Brooklyn Vegan "Playful, garage rock–evoking ballads like “Long Hair” and “Unzip Your Harrington” tell romanticized stories about suburban teenage angst and fumbly first-time sexual encounters" - Vogue"Recalls punk at its most pop." - The Guardian
'Drowners' LP Tracklisting01. Ways to Phrase a Rejection
02. Long Hair
03. Luv, Hold Me Down
04. Watch You Change
05. You've Got It All Wrong
06. Unzip Your Harrington
07. Pure Pleasure
08. Bar Chat
09. A Button On Your Blouse
10. Let Me Finish
11. Well, People Will Talk
12. A Shell Across The TongueLinksWebsite
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TumblrPress Contact
Click Here To Listen To "Cigarette That Burns Forever" (Adam Green Cover) On Interview Click Here For TIME "14 Musical Acts To Watch in 2014": Drowners
In the late summer of 2011, Drowners frontman Matthew Hitt found himself in New York City. He’s from a small town in rural Wales but New York is where Hitt feels most at home. “I just like the way things look here. I like the way things are done here. I like how late everything happens,” he says. New York’s signature up-all-night energy courses through Drowners’ self-titled debut, but there’s a sweet melancholy to the album as well.In his down time, Hitt began writing songs that reflected this renewed interest in angular, compressed rock and roll. “The early songs came out really short – I thought, well, I’ve already sung the chorus twice I don’t need to do it again, that’s what makes it a chorus! I think that being in New York influenced what I was trying to do with economy in song structure and instrumentation. It’s like, here’s what I’m trying to say. Okay, I said it. Now it’s over. Onto the next one.” Gallivanting around downtown, Hitt also met likeminded souls, including future bandmates, Jack Ridley III (guitar, vocals,) Erik Lee Snyder (bass,) and Lakis E. Pavlou (drums).It would take the better part of the next six months to secure the right record deal, but during that time the band gigged like crazy, ratcheting up their live prowess. They also released a well-received EP, Between Us Girls. By the time Drowners were in a recording studio to record their full-length debut, with producers Gus Oberg and Johnny T., they were ready. The first single off Drowners’ eponymous debut, “Luv, Hold Me Down,” is a propulsive slice of perfect garage pop. “It brings across this sort of jovial misery,” says Hitt, “It’s kind of pop, like a lot of the rest of the record, but lyrically, it’s not as shiny as seems.”The other side of coin, according to Hitt, comes courtesy of the melodic and melancholy track “A Button on Your Blouse” which changes up the pace of Drowners’ self-professed brand of romantic aggression. “I always think of this one as our ballad even though it’s not even that slow,” says Hitt with a laugh. But it’s the cheeky grime of “Long Hair” that really showcases the easy, dirty thrill of Drowners.While Hitt is responsible for the elegantly understated lyrics throughout the album – the kind that adhere to his Salinger-esque economy of words – he professes that everything changed as soon as recording began. When Hitt, Ridley, Snyder, and Pavlou began to play, Hitt’s initial blueprint and the band’s extensive punk music background melded, giving the album its true form. The group wanted to present something slightly different, says Hitt. “Our live shows are a lot more aggressive,” he adds, “With the album, we wanted to create like a sort of layered, fleshed out live show.”The result is an album that’s equal parts playfulness and disquietude, toeing the line between music that sweeps the listener up, and lyrics that beg for their deep sensitivity and understanding. “Whether you think something is good or not is if you respond to it,” says Hitt. “I wanted to illicit a response, but I want them to get whatever they want from it.”
Photo Credit: Pete VoelkerTour Dates01.31 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (Album Release Show)MediaClick Here To Listen To "Luv, Hold Me Down" Single On SPINClick Here For Free Download Of "Luv, Hold me Down" SingleClick Here To Listen To "Luv, Hold Me Down" Single On BBC Radio 1 With Zane LoweClick Here To Listen To "Luv, Hold Me Down" Single On BBC Radio 1 With Huw StephensClick Here To Watch "Luv, Hold Me Down" Video On Rolling Stone
Press Quotes"In advance of the upcoming self-titled long-player comes "Luv, Hold Me Down," the record's tight, twinkling love note of a first single." - SPIN"an aggressively catchy blend of shiny garage pop and self-aware lyrics." - Interview"Unequivocally BritPop." - Fader"'Long Hair' has Strokes-esque rock riffs and gently placed lyrics with remnants of angsty love triangles of summer flings." - Clash"Breezy guitar pop that recalls the lighter side of Arctic Monkeys." - Brooklyn Vegan "Playful, garage rock–evoking ballads like “Long Hair” and “Unzip Your Harrington” tell romanticized stories about suburban teenage angst and fumbly first-time sexual encounters" - Vogue"Recalls punk at its most pop." - The Guardian
'Drowners' LP Tracklisting01. Ways to Phrase a Rejection
02. Long Hair
03. Luv, Hold Me Down
04. Watch You Change
05. You've Got It All Wrong
06. Unzip Your Harrington
07. Pure Pleasure
08. Bar Chat
09. A Button On Your Blouse
10. Let Me Finish
11. Well, People Will Talk
12. A Shell Across The Tongue
LinksWebsiteTumblrPress Contact
Click Here To Listen To "Cigarette That Burns Forever" (Adam Green Cover) On Interview Click Here For TIME "14 Musical Acts To Watch in 2014": Drowners
In the late summer of 2011, Drowners frontman Matthew Hitt found himself in New York City. He’s from a small town in rural Wales but New York is where Hitt feels most at home. “I just like the way things look here. I like the way things are done here. I like how late everything happens,” he says. New York’s signature up-all-night energy courses through Drowners’ self-titled debut, but there’s a sweet melancholy to the album as well.In his down time, Hitt began writing songs that reflected this renewed interest in angular, compressed rock and roll. “The early songs came out really short – I thought, well, I’ve already sung the chorus twice I don’t need to do it again, that’s what makes it a chorus! I think that being in New York influenced what I was trying to do with economy in song structure and instrumentation. It’s like, here’s what I’m trying to say. Okay, I said it. Now it’s over. Onto the next one.” Gallivanting around downtown, Hitt also met likeminded souls, including future bandmates, Jack Ridley III (guitar, vocals,) Erik Lee Snyder (bass,) and Lakis E. Pavlou (drums).It would take the better part of the next six months to secure the right record deal, but during that time the band gigged like crazy, ratcheting up their live prowess. They also released a well-received EP, Between Us Girls. By the time Drowners were in a recording studio to record their full-length debut, with producers Gus Oberg and Johnny T., they were ready. The first single off Drowners’ eponymous debut, “Luv, Hold Me Down,” is a propulsive slice of perfect garage pop. “It brings across this sort of jovial misery,” says Hitt, “It’s kind of pop, like a lot of the rest of the record, but lyrically, it’s not as shiny as seems.”The other side of coin, according to Hitt, comes courtesy of the melodic and melancholy track “A Button on Your Blouse” which changes up the pace of Drowners’ self-professed brand of romantic aggression. “I always think of this one as our ballad even though it’s not even that slow,” says Hitt with a laugh. But it’s the cheeky grime of “Long Hair” that really showcases the easy, dirty thrill of Drowners.While Hitt is responsible for the elegantly understated lyrics throughout the album – the kind that adhere to his Salinger-esque economy of words – he professes that everything changed as soon as recording began. When Hitt, Ridley, Snyder, and Pavlou began to play, Hitt’s initial blueprint and the band’s extensive punk music background melded, giving the album its true form. The group wanted to present something slightly different, says Hitt. “Our live shows are a lot more aggressive,” he adds, “With the album, we wanted to create like a sort of layered, fleshed out live show.”The result is an album that’s equal parts playfulness and disquietude, toeing the line between music that sweeps the listener up, and lyrics that beg for their deep sensitivity and understanding. “Whether you think something is good or not is if you respond to it,” says Hitt. “I wanted to illicit a response, but I want them to get whatever they want from it.”
November 13, 2013
Globelamp @ Burger Records
photo: Angel Ceballos
GLOBELAMP plays at Burger Records today, Wednesday, November 13th, 2013, 8pm.
Tennis: January West Coast Tour, Small Sound EP
TENNIS JANUARY WEST COAST TOUR
SMALL SOUND EP
OUT NOW ON COMMUNION RECORDS 
“Tennis have broadened their horizons just the right amount,
adding rock’n’roll muscle and a more purely pop clarity.”—Pitchfork “Their dreamy, nostalgic pop laps and recedes like waves hitting the shore.”—The New York Times
“The group turns up the volume and starts downright rocking.”—TIME
Celebrated Denver-based husband and wife duo Tennis will continue to tour to support their new EP Small Sound with a run of dates in January on the West Coast. The band is currently the headlining act on the November run of Communion’s monthly club night series in nine cities with additional performances in several markets including Chicago, Toronto and their beloved Denver. The new EP which is out now is the bands first collaboration with Communion Records. Please see below for a full list of tour dates. Small Sound follows their much lauded full-length efforts, 2011’s Cape Dory and 2012’s Young and Old. Four of the tracks were produced by Richard Swift (Foxygen, The Shins, The Mynabirds) with the fifth track “Cured of Youth” produced by Jim Eno (Spoon, Polica, Gayngs). The band inked a new deal with Communion Records and will return to the studio to work on new music for a Spring 2014 full-length album. Small Sound is available as a limited 10” vinyl release, as well as CD and digital formats—all of which can be purchased directly from the band’s website, www.tennis-music.com. Noisey recently premiered their lyric video for the song “Mean Streets” which can be viewed HERE and shared HERE. Tennis was born aboard Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley’s nearly seven-month sailing trip. Upon returning home, the duo began writing music together as a way to document the history of their shared experience. The result wasCape Dory, an intimate and concise recollection of life on a 30-foot sloop. Moore and Riley followed Cape Dory with Young and Old, which The New York Times called “striking indie-pop” and The New Yorker described as “winsome as it is ebullient.” The album debuted #1 on Billboard’s Heatseeker Chart, #1 on CMJ Top 200, where it remained for three weeks in a row and debuted on Soundscan’s “New Artist Chart” at #1, remaining there for nine consecutive weeks. The band performed on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Conan” and “Last Call with Carson Daly.” TENNIS TOURJanuary 3 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby CourtJanuary 4 Boise, ID NeuroluxJanuary 5 Portland, OR Mississippi StudiosJanuary 6 Vancouver, BC FortuneJanuary 7 Seattle, WA BarbozaJanuary 10 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the HillJanuary 11 Los Angeles, CA The SatelliteJanuary 12 San Diego, CA Soda BarJanuary 13 Phoenix, AZ Crescent BallroomJanuary 15 Austin, TX The ParishJanuary 16 Dallas, TX Club DadaJanuary 17 Norman, OK OpolisJanuary 18 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
“Tennis have broadened their horizons just the right amount,adding rock’n’roll muscle and a more purely pop clarity.”—Pitchfork “Their dreamy, nostalgic pop laps and recedes like waves hitting the shore.”—The New York Times
“The group turns up the volume and starts downright rocking.”—TIME
Celebrated Denver-based husband and wife duo Tennis will continue to tour to support their new EP Small Sound with a run of dates in January on the West Coast. The band is currently the headlining act on the November run of Communion’s monthly club night series in nine cities with additional performances in several markets including Chicago, Toronto and their beloved Denver. The new EP which is out now is the bands first collaboration with Communion Records. Please see below for a full list of tour dates. Small Sound follows their much lauded full-length efforts, 2011’s Cape Dory and 2012’s Young and Old. Four of the tracks were produced by Richard Swift (Foxygen, The Shins, The Mynabirds) with the fifth track “Cured of Youth” produced by Jim Eno (Spoon, Polica, Gayngs). The band inked a new deal with Communion Records and will return to the studio to work on new music for a Spring 2014 full-length album. Small Sound is available as a limited 10” vinyl release, as well as CD and digital formats—all of which can be purchased directly from the band’s website, www.tennis-music.com. Noisey recently premiered their lyric video for the song “Mean Streets” which can be viewed HERE and shared HERE. Tennis was born aboard Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley’s nearly seven-month sailing trip. Upon returning home, the duo began writing music together as a way to document the history of their shared experience. The result wasCape Dory, an intimate and concise recollection of life on a 30-foot sloop. Moore and Riley followed Cape Dory with Young and Old, which The New York Times called “striking indie-pop” and The New Yorker described as “winsome as it is ebullient.” The album debuted #1 on Billboard’s Heatseeker Chart, #1 on CMJ Top 200, where it remained for three weeks in a row and debuted on Soundscan’s “New Artist Chart” at #1, remaining there for nine consecutive weeks. The band performed on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Conan” and “Last Call with Carson Daly.” TENNIS TOURJanuary 3 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby CourtJanuary 4 Boise, ID NeuroluxJanuary 5 Portland, OR Mississippi StudiosJanuary 6 Vancouver, BC FortuneJanuary 7 Seattle, WA BarbozaJanuary 10 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the HillJanuary 11 Los Angeles, CA The SatelliteJanuary 12 San Diego, CA Soda BarJanuary 13 Phoenix, AZ Crescent BallroomJanuary 15 Austin, TX The ParishJanuary 16 Dallas, TX Club DadaJanuary 17 Norman, OK OpolisJanuary 18 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
TAME IMPALA ON LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY TONIGHT
Tune in to Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC tonight (12:35am CST / 1:35am EST) to see Tame Impala perform their hit songs ‘Elephant’, 'Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind', and ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’, as recorded live from The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. This will be the band's first performance on Last Call with Carson Daly.In more Tame Impala matters, take a listen to a snippet of Erol Alkan’s forthcoming rework of Lonerismopener ‘Be Above It’, which will be released on Dec 6 (AUS), Dec 10 (UK), Dec 11 (US). The reimagining of ‘Be Above It’ will come as a white-sleeved, one-sided 12” and will be limited to just 1500 copies worldwide. The track will also be available digitally.
Listen to a preview of ‘Be Above It’ (Erol Alkan Rework) here.
TAME IMPALA TOUR DATESFri Jan 17 || Big Day Out || Auckland, NZSun Jan 19 || Big Day Out || Gold Coast, AUSFri Jan 24 || Big Day Out || Melbourne, AUSSun Jan 26 || Big Day Out || Sydney, AUSFri Jan 31 || Big Day Out || Adelaide, AUSSun Feb 2 || Big Day Out || Perth, AUS
credit: Matthew SavilleTame Impala’s Lonerism is out now via Modular Recordings.
November 12, 2013
GLISS SHARE "HUNTING (C-BERG REMIX)"
GLISS SHARE "HUNTING (C-BERG REMIX)"Langsom Dans Deluxe Edition Featuring Exclusive Bonus Tracks Available November 19, 2013 on Modern Outsider
Listen and Share "Hunting (C-Berg Remix)" Here Via Diffuser.FM
"the feedback is molten-- the guitars fed through an untold assortment of pedals and blown amps. The volume is surging forward... and sure beats anything the Silversun Pickups have dreamt up." - Pitchfork
Los Angeles duo, Gliss, is pleased to drop their latest track from their upcoming deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed Langsom Dans. Available on November 19, 2013 on Modern Outsider, the release features exclusive bonus tracks including "Hunting (C-Berg Remix)" and "Drool". To celebrate the release, Gliss is streaming the latest "Hunting" remix from famed C-Berg (aka Christoff Berg) whose credits include Depeche Mode, Moby among others.
Stream and Share "Hunting (C-Berg Remix) Here Courtesy of Diffuser.FM. (code)
Danish/American band Gliss makes a huge departure from their old sound on the new record Langsom Dans which is gathering comparisons to Beach House, Crystal Castles and Lower Dens. The LA based duo, consisting of Victoria Cecilia and Martin Klingman, pour their collective musical imaginations into recording timeless art pop with a precise Scandinavian texture that steps away from their previous work. The 12-track LP features heavy synths and electronic beats with Danish expatriate, Victoria Cecilia, stepping into the role as lead singer. The passionate vocal harmonies dictate the recordings with stories of coming out of the darkness into a new life, bringing to mind The XX, Portishead and Depeche Mode.
Live Dates:11/12 - Mexico City, Mex @ The Danish Embassy02/07 - Pasadena, CA @ Whole Foods Arroyo
Langsom Dans Tracklist:01. Blood On My Hands02. A To B03. Into The Water04. Weight Of Love05. Blur06. Hunting07. Waves08. The Sea Tonight09. Through The Mist10. In Heaven11. Black Is Blue 12. Kite In The Sky13. Drool (bonus track)14. Hunting (C-Berg Remix)
Credit: Filip Orestes
"the feedback is molten-- the guitars fed through an untold assortment of pedals and blown amps. The volume is surging forward... and sure beats anything the Silversun Pickups have dreamt up." - Pitchfork
Los Angeles duo, Gliss, is pleased to drop their latest track from their upcoming deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed Langsom Dans. Available on November 19, 2013 on Modern Outsider, the release features exclusive bonus tracks including "Hunting (C-Berg Remix)" and "Drool". To celebrate the release, Gliss is streaming the latest "Hunting" remix from famed C-Berg (aka Christoff Berg) whose credits include Depeche Mode, Moby among others.Stream and Share "Hunting (C-Berg Remix) Here Courtesy of Diffuser.FM. (code)
Danish/American band Gliss makes a huge departure from their old sound on the new record Langsom Dans which is gathering comparisons to Beach House, Crystal Castles and Lower Dens. The LA based duo, consisting of Victoria Cecilia and Martin Klingman, pour their collective musical imaginations into recording timeless art pop with a precise Scandinavian texture that steps away from their previous work. The 12-track LP features heavy synths and electronic beats with Danish expatriate, Victoria Cecilia, stepping into the role as lead singer. The passionate vocal harmonies dictate the recordings with stories of coming out of the darkness into a new life, bringing to mind The XX, Portishead and Depeche Mode.
Live Dates:11/12 - Mexico City, Mex @ The Danish Embassy02/07 - Pasadena, CA @ Whole Foods Arroyo
Langsom Dans Tracklist:01. Blood On My Hands02. A To B03. Into The Water04. Weight Of Love05. Blur06. Hunting07. Waves08. The Sea Tonight09. Through The Mist10. In Heaven11. Black Is Blue 12. Kite In The Sky13. Drool (bonus track)14. Hunting (C-Berg Remix)
Credit: Filip Orestes
CATE LE BON "Mug Museum" is out today!
CATE LE BONMUG MUSEUM IS OUT TODAY!!!!Cate Le Bon - 2013/2014 North American Tour Dates
12/03 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop ~
12/05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge ~
12/06 Seattle, WA - Barboza ~^
12/07 Boise, ID - Neurolux ~
12/09 Salt Lake City - Kilby Court ~
12/11 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
12/13 Phoenix, AZ - Pub Rock Live ~
12/14 Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Bar ~
Photo Angel Ceballos
M83-You And The Night-New Soundtrack
You And The Night (Original Soundtrack) Released November 19th, 2013 (Digital Only)
Film Directed by Yann Gonzalez Watch Trailer HERE
LISTEN TO "Ali & Matthias" HERE
M83 is excited to announce their latest collaboration: the soundtrack to Yann Gonzalez’s first feature film, You And The Night . Mute will be releasing You And The Night via digital download on November 19th, 2013. Anthony warns that You And The Night is not a typical M83 release. “People who only like “Midnight City” are going to be disappointed. Mellow and romantic, this soundtrack pays tribute to French soundtracks from the 70's and is much more intimate than Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming and the Oblivion Soundtrack. This score is really for lovers and ghosts.”
Growing up together in Antibes, France, Anthony and his brother Yann were both inspired from an early age by European filmmakers such as Luis Bunuel, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Similar themes underline each of their individual artistic expressions, via both film and music: an appreciation for the majesty of hope and an overall embrace of humanity. Describing his career up until now, Yann explains “if all of my films are put together they form a kind of ensemble, a sort of community. And that is precisely what You And The Night is about: an emotional community, the utopia of a community.” For the Gonzalez brothers community and family allowed them to grow into their roles as filmmakers and musicians, so when the time came to chose someone to create a soundtrack for his first feature film it was obvious that Yann would look to work with his brother. “Music is an organic part of the films I make.” “M83’s compositions bring together the most diverse kinds of music that can only communicate in the end through the logic of emotion and the faith you place in them.”
For Anthony You And The Night is a film about love, loss, new love and melancholia. He comments “The movie is very emotional and it’s the movie of my brother, so it was a very important project for me. Yet as we share the same values, have the same artistic influences, it was also a very natural and uncomplicated process.”
In creating this sultry and luminous soundtrack Anthony reunited with several of his previous collaborators. Joe Trapanese ( Oblivion, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming ) returned to assist with the orchestral arrangements, whilst long-term M83 collaborator Morgan Kibby (M83, White Sea) and Susanne Sundfør ( Oblivion ) performed vocals on several tracks on the album. Evolving from their time working together on Oblivion’s title track, it seemed a natural step for Sundfør to become involved in the recording sessions for You And The Night. Susanne comments “It was very inspiring to see how Anthony works and how his perfectionism and high ambitions brought out the best in everyone around him. It's something I'm grateful to have been a part of, and I think the soundtrack ended up sounding beautiful and mystical, just like the movie."
Once again You And The Night highlights the musical richness of M83 and adds an impressive chapter to the growing repertoire of work that Gonzalez has produced since his initial, self-titled release. M83, in 2001, right through to the 2011 Grammy Nominated release Nominated Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, which included the platinum selling hit-single “Midnight City”.
Though of course, as Anthony warns, don’t expect to hear anything like that on this record!
“This score is really for lovers and ghosts.” -Anthony Gonzalez
Watch the trailer for You And The Night HERE
Listen to "Ali & Matthias" via Soundcloud HERE
You And The Night Tracklisting: 1. L’inconnu2. Nous3. Vision4. à la Lumière des Diamants5. Mon Enfant6. First Light7. Ali & Matthias 8. à la Lumière des Diamants II9. Holograms10. Vision II11. Nous II12.Ali & Matthias II13.Too Sudden Silence14.Adieux15.Un Nouveau Soleil
