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August 22, 2013
Don Muro's Classic 1977 Space-Pop Masterpiece Reissued!
Don Muro's It's Time
Superbly Musical 1977 Masterpiece
Reissued by Flannelgraph / Landlocked Records
Distributed by Light In The Attic
Out 10/8/2013!
"Most lost-classic reissues fit snugly into genre ghettos, but Don Muro's 1977 masterpiece
It's Time
defies even our precise 21st-century methods of classification. Rock, funk, synth-pop, disco, ambient, space-age: nothing suffices. It's funny, it's solemn, it's light, it's shady, it's sly, it's earnest, and it's none and all of the above. Enjoy it ironically and suddenly it gets sublime; take it seriously and soon enough it's having fun at your expense. I dare you to try to file this one away - chances are it'll keep poking its head out of your collection, challenging you to figure it all out before it even attracts a speck of dust." —Marc Masters (Pitchfork; The Wire)
"Muro's album is entirely his own creation: he plays guitar, bass, and drums in addition to piano, organ, and a battery of synthesizers. It's always refreshing to find superb music flourishing on the fringes of the established superstar scene." —Keyboard, December 1977
Squash on Soundcloud
Lay Low Day on Soundcloud
Facts about Don Muro’s It's Time:
• Originally self-released in 1977 on Don Muro's Sine Wave Records
• Remastered in 2013 by Alex Deturk at Masterdisk
• 150g vinyl reissue includes digital download
• Distribution by Light In The Attic
• Vinyl promos available upon request (they will be available soon, let us know!)
• Release date October 8th on Flannelgraph Records/Landlocked Music (co-release)
Bio:
Don Muro is recognized as a composer, performer, author, and educator specializing in music technology. As a composer he has been the recipient of several ASCAP composition awards. His music has been performed in settings ranging from London’s St. Paul's Cathedral to Disneyland. He has composed music in several musical genres including electronic (abstract, imitative, pop), rock (psychedelic, hard, pop, jazz-rock, alternative) and New Age. He has also composed music for orchestra, chorus, concert band, jazz band and organ. His educational music is widely used throughout the United States as well as in Europe and in Japan. His demonstration compositions for the legendary Korg M1 helped to make it the world’s best selling synthesizer.
Don Muro is recognized as a master synthesist specializing in live performance techniques for electronic keyboard. He began working with synthesizers in 1970 and has presented electronic music concerts, lectures, and master classes to more than 500,000 listeners throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. In 1983 he commissioned the creation of the world’s first MIDI 32-note pedalboard. He has recorded three albums of original music and has performed/recorded with musicians including John Scofield, T Lavitz, Chuck Leavell, Roger Powell, Chuck Loeb, Arnie Lawrence, Narada Michael Walden and Paul Winter.
Throughout his career Don has been an active advocate for music technology. In addition to producing two videos, he has written six books as well as the Music Expressions Music Technology/MIDI Keyboard Curriculum (Alfred). He is a contributing author of the Technology Guide for Music Educators (Thompson) and Technology Integration in the Elementary Classroom (Hal Leonard). He is also a co-author of the TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators) Level II instructional materials for advanced sequencing and was the editor for the TI:ME 1A course revision in May 2011. He has written more than ninety articles about music and technology for publications such as International Musician, The Instrumentalist, Keyboard, Music Educators Journal, Music Education Technology and The American Organist. He has taught music technology classes to more than 4,000 music educators through his summer workshops. He served as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University Teachers College and as Artist in Residence at Duquesne University. He served as a contributor to the New York State Education Department and as a member of the National Association for Music Education (MENC) Technology Task Force. In addition, he was the first chairman of Electronic Music for both IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators) and NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) as well as one of the founding members of TI:ME.
Don is currently a member of both the TI:ME Board of Directors and the NYSSMA Technology Committee. In 2013 he started the MuroMusicProject, focusing on the release of new music as well as recordings and videos of music composed and performed over the past fifty years. The first project is the re-mastering and re-release of his 1977 LP It’s Time in a variety of formats including digital download, CD and vinyl (available October 2013).
“…undeniable talent…” —NEWSDAY
Superbly Musical 1977 Masterpiece
Reissued by Flannelgraph / Landlocked Records
Distributed by Light In The Attic
Out 10/8/2013!
"Most lost-classic reissues fit snugly into genre ghettos, but Don Muro's 1977 masterpiece
It's Time
defies even our precise 21st-century methods of classification. Rock, funk, synth-pop, disco, ambient, space-age: nothing suffices. It's funny, it's solemn, it's light, it's shady, it's sly, it's earnest, and it's none and all of the above. Enjoy it ironically and suddenly it gets sublime; take it seriously and soon enough it's having fun at your expense. I dare you to try to file this one away - chances are it'll keep poking its head out of your collection, challenging you to figure it all out before it even attracts a speck of dust." —Marc Masters (Pitchfork; The Wire)
"Muro's album is entirely his own creation: he plays guitar, bass, and drums in addition to piano, organ, and a battery of synthesizers. It's always refreshing to find superb music flourishing on the fringes of the established superstar scene." —Keyboard, December 1977
Squash on Soundcloud
Lay Low Day on Soundcloud
Facts about Don Muro’s It's Time:
• Originally self-released in 1977 on Don Muro's Sine Wave Records
• Remastered in 2013 by Alex Deturk at Masterdisk
• 150g vinyl reissue includes digital download
• Distribution by Light In The Attic
• Vinyl promos available upon request (they will be available soon, let us know!)
• Release date October 8th on Flannelgraph Records/Landlocked Music (co-release)
Bio:
Don Muro is recognized as a composer, performer, author, and educator specializing in music technology. As a composer he has been the recipient of several ASCAP composition awards. His music has been performed in settings ranging from London’s St. Paul's Cathedral to Disneyland. He has composed music in several musical genres including electronic (abstract, imitative, pop), rock (psychedelic, hard, pop, jazz-rock, alternative) and New Age. He has also composed music for orchestra, chorus, concert band, jazz band and organ. His educational music is widely used throughout the United States as well as in Europe and in Japan. His demonstration compositions for the legendary Korg M1 helped to make it the world’s best selling synthesizer.
Don Muro is recognized as a master synthesist specializing in live performance techniques for electronic keyboard. He began working with synthesizers in 1970 and has presented electronic music concerts, lectures, and master classes to more than 500,000 listeners throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. In 1983 he commissioned the creation of the world’s first MIDI 32-note pedalboard. He has recorded three albums of original music and has performed/recorded with musicians including John Scofield, T Lavitz, Chuck Leavell, Roger Powell, Chuck Loeb, Arnie Lawrence, Narada Michael Walden and Paul Winter.
Throughout his career Don has been an active advocate for music technology. In addition to producing two videos, he has written six books as well as the Music Expressions Music Technology/MIDI Keyboard Curriculum (Alfred). He is a contributing author of the Technology Guide for Music Educators (Thompson) and Technology Integration in the Elementary Classroom (Hal Leonard). He is also a co-author of the TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators) Level II instructional materials for advanced sequencing and was the editor for the TI:ME 1A course revision in May 2011. He has written more than ninety articles about music and technology for publications such as International Musician, The Instrumentalist, Keyboard, Music Educators Journal, Music Education Technology and The American Organist. He has taught music technology classes to more than 4,000 music educators through his summer workshops. He served as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University Teachers College and as Artist in Residence at Duquesne University. He served as a contributor to the New York State Education Department and as a member of the National Association for Music Education (MENC) Technology Task Force. In addition, he was the first chairman of Electronic Music for both IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators) and NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) as well as one of the founding members of TI:ME.
Don is currently a member of both the TI:ME Board of Directors and the NYSSMA Technology Committee. In 2013 he started the MuroMusicProject, focusing on the release of new music as well as recordings and videos of music composed and performed over the past fifty years. The first project is the re-mastering and re-release of his 1977 LP It’s Time in a variety of formats including digital download, CD and vinyl (available October 2013).
“…undeniable talent…” —NEWSDAY
Wildcat! Wildcat! in new documentary with Passion Pit + tour
WILDCAT! WILDCAT!’S DEBUT EP SET FOR SEPTEMBER 10 RELEASE VIA DOWNTOWN RECORDS
BAND FEATURED IN NEW SAM JONES DIRECTED FEED THE BEAT DOCUMENTARY, “HELLO EVERYWHERE” WITH PASSION PIT
TOUR CONFIRMED PLUS MSMR DATES
“MR. QUICHE” PREMIERES AT NYLON
“MGMT-esque spacey psych pop, and ethereal vocal pitter-patter with ease.”—Pitchfork “A group on the up-and-up that may end up in your iTunes regular rotation before you know it.”—Huffington Post The self-titled debut EP from acclaimed LA-based band Wildcat! Wildcat! is set for September 10 release on Downtown Records. The band garnered critical praise for their previously released sold-out limited addition 7” on the taste-making label Neon Gold Records, including early support from BBC Radio 1 in the U.K. TIMEraves, “I love the staccato electronic rock, I love the frantic opening measures, I love the fleeting falsetto in the background,” while Metrofurthers they’re “the best overall new band.” To celebrate the release, the band will embark on a nationwide tour starting in September including select dates with MSMR. See reverse for details. On August 25, Taco Bell’s Feed the Beat music program will release a new documentary titled “Hello Everywhere.” Directed by Sam Jones, the film follows Wildcat! Wildcat! and Passion Pit throughout SXSW 2013, documenting their experiences at the festival—one as an emerging, developing band and the other as a more established band. See the film’s trailer at FeedTheBeat.com and a teaser clip here http://bit.ly/13ZBpOV. The new EP was written and produced by the band in their home studios over the course of the last year and a half. The first single “Mr. Quiche” can be streamed/shared at http://bit.ly/14HOhVr. Of the songs Jesse Carmichael(vocals, drums) notes, “Some came quicker than others but all of them provided us the time to try out different processes of collaboration and understand how and why we make the kind of music that we make together.” See below for full track listing. Wildcat! Wildcat! is Jesse Taylor (vocals, bass), Michael Wilson(vocals, keys) and Carmichael. The trio played together in various incarnations before officially forming Wildcat! Wildcat! in 2012. The band has toured extensively including SXSW, a sold out west coast headlining run and major U.S. support slots with Alt-J and Portugal. The Man. WILDCAT! WILDCAT! TRACK LISTING1. The Chief2. Garden Grays3. Mr. Quiche4. Please & Thank You Wildcat! Wildcat! Tour Dates
September 18 Minneapolis, MN Triple RockSeptember 19 Chicago, IL Schuba’sSeptember 20 Detroit, MI Magic Stick LoungeSeptember 21 Toronto, ON Wrong BarSeptember 22 Rochester, NY Bug JarSeptember 24 Washington, DC DC9September 25 Philadelphia, PA Boot & SaddleSeptember 26 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands GallerySeptember 28 New York, NY Mercury LoungeSeptember 29 Boston, MA Great ScottOctober 3 Nashville, TN High WattOctober 4 Murfreesboro, TN Earmilk FestivalOctober 15 San Francisco, CA The Independent*
October 17-18 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour*
October 19 San Diego, CA Soda Bar*
October 23 Vancouver, BC Venue Nightclub*
October 24 Seattle, WA The Crocodile* *with MSMR http://wildcatwildcat.com/
BAND FEATURED IN NEW SAM JONES DIRECTED FEED THE BEAT DOCUMENTARY, “HELLO EVERYWHERE” WITH PASSION PIT
TOUR CONFIRMED PLUS MSMR DATES
“MR. QUICHE” PREMIERES AT NYLON
“MGMT-esque spacey psych pop, and ethereal vocal pitter-patter with ease.”—Pitchfork “A group on the up-and-up that may end up in your iTunes regular rotation before you know it.”—Huffington Post The self-titled debut EP from acclaimed LA-based band Wildcat! Wildcat! is set for September 10 release on Downtown Records. The band garnered critical praise for their previously released sold-out limited addition 7” on the taste-making label Neon Gold Records, including early support from BBC Radio 1 in the U.K. TIMEraves, “I love the staccato electronic rock, I love the frantic opening measures, I love the fleeting falsetto in the background,” while Metrofurthers they’re “the best overall new band.” To celebrate the release, the band will embark on a nationwide tour starting in September including select dates with MSMR. See reverse for details. On August 25, Taco Bell’s Feed the Beat music program will release a new documentary titled “Hello Everywhere.” Directed by Sam Jones, the film follows Wildcat! Wildcat! and Passion Pit throughout SXSW 2013, documenting their experiences at the festival—one as an emerging, developing band and the other as a more established band. See the film’s trailer at FeedTheBeat.com and a teaser clip here http://bit.ly/13ZBpOV. The new EP was written and produced by the band in their home studios over the course of the last year and a half. The first single “Mr. Quiche” can be streamed/shared at http://bit.ly/14HOhVr. Of the songs Jesse Carmichael(vocals, drums) notes, “Some came quicker than others but all of them provided us the time to try out different processes of collaboration and understand how and why we make the kind of music that we make together.” See below for full track listing. Wildcat! Wildcat! is Jesse Taylor (vocals, bass), Michael Wilson(vocals, keys) and Carmichael. The trio played together in various incarnations before officially forming Wildcat! Wildcat! in 2012. The band has toured extensively including SXSW, a sold out west coast headlining run and major U.S. support slots with Alt-J and Portugal. The Man. WILDCAT! WILDCAT! TRACK LISTING1. The Chief2. Garden Grays3. Mr. Quiche4. Please & Thank You Wildcat! Wildcat! Tour Dates
September 18 Minneapolis, MN Triple RockSeptember 19 Chicago, IL Schuba’sSeptember 20 Detroit, MI Magic Stick LoungeSeptember 21 Toronto, ON Wrong BarSeptember 22 Rochester, NY Bug JarSeptember 24 Washington, DC DC9September 25 Philadelphia, PA Boot & SaddleSeptember 26 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands GallerySeptember 28 New York, NY Mercury LoungeSeptember 29 Boston, MA Great ScottOctober 3 Nashville, TN High WattOctober 4 Murfreesboro, TN Earmilk FestivalOctober 15 San Francisco, CA The Independent*
October 17-18 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour*
October 19 San Diego, CA Soda Bar*
October 23 Vancouver, BC Venue Nightclub*
October 24 Seattle, WA The Crocodile* *with MSMR http://wildcatwildcat.com/
PureVolume Premieres Jake Bellows's "I Can't Wait" Video
PureVolume Premieres Jake Bellows's "I Can't Wait" VideoDebut Solo Album New Ocean Out Now On Saddle Creek
Pacific Northwest Tour Dates Announced
"The 11-track LP features previously shared stunners "I Know You" and "All Right Now", and also makes way for "left turns into drunk-in-the-sun bossa nova, blue-eyed-soul ruptured by fuzz guitar, [and] love songs that are not necessarily ballads" - SPIN
"He's approachable and humble, but engage the guy in a little conversation and you will soon realize that he's not quite on the same plane as the rest of us - in the best way a singer-songwriter can be." - Filter
"Bellows' woozy voice waxes, wanes, woos and philosophizes, revealing the work of a songwriter who knows the best music is not a one-way conversation." - Buzzbands LA
Watch: "I Can't Wait" via PureVolume or YouTube
PureVolume premiered the video for "I Can't Wait" from Jake Bellows's critically acclaimed debut solo album New Ocean out now on Saddle Creek and limited edition cassette through Majestic Litter. The video was directed by Morgan's Brother and features found film from The Prelinger Archives and Archives New Zealand. Interview Magazinerecently said, "Jake Bellows is making his comeback. After serving as Neva Dinova's frontman for 15 years (and then taking a break from music), he's back with new material: soulful music amplified by fuzzy guitar and philosophical lyrics." Paste added that New Ocean is "his best work since Neva Dinova's 2008 high watermark, You May Already be Dreaming." Jake Bellows just announced a Pacific Northwest tour in support of New Ocean. All shows are listed below.
Jake Bellows had quit music. Or so he thought. After fronting Neva Dinovafor more than 15 years, which included five full-lengths, a split EP, and countless tours, he packed up his dog and moved from his native Omaha to his girlfriend's hometown of Los Angeles. Two days before he left he recorded 18 demos with musician and engineer Ben Brodinat his insistence. Once in L.A., Bellows got a job installing sliding-glass doors and sold his Les Paul to buy a Datsun pick-up truck.
Though he had no plans to form a new band, he played the occasional solo show, performed with Whispertown, and continued to write songs. In early 2011, an invitation arrived from Omaha's Film Streams Theater for Jake's old friend Ryan Foxalso living on the West Coast, to perform an original live film-score. Fox enlisted Bellows and Brodin to collaborate and the trio began to compose and discuss improvisational ideas over long-distance. Since they were all going to be in Omaha and had a long history of playing in each other's bands, Brodin and Fox nudged Bellows into booking studio time to record some of his dormant songs.
Fox and Bellows drove from LA to Omaha that November. They entered ARC Studios for a feverish recording session, arranging and writing parts on the fly with an impromptu band including Heath Koontz, Todd Fink, Whispertown bandmate Morgan Nagler and other old friends. Committing quickly to intuitive arrangements the band recorded 17 tracks in a little more than a week. They worked remotely on the record throughout that winter and spring, adding overdubs in basements and bedrooms across western North America.
The new music is underpinned by philosophical conviction and shaped by an interest in physics, cosmology and mythology. Bellows returned to music with a renewed sense of the intrinsic value of art and its ability to express the commonality of human experience. His debut full-length, New Ocean, offers a mix tape of different kinds of songs hanging out on one record - love songs that are not necessarily ballads despite their introspective gauziness, with left turns into drunk-in-the-sun bossa nova and blue-eyed-soul ruptured by fuzz guitar. Bellows believes that songs change the fabric of the universe through the very frequencies they emit. As such, the record attempts to create the world he wants to see instead of reflect the world that is.
Jake Bellows Tour Dates
09.02 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge #
09.03 - Eugene, OR @ Cozmic Pizza #
09.08 - Seattle, WA @ The White Rabbit *
09.10 - Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur *
# with Matt Pond
* with Pheasant
For more info, please visit:
http://jakebellows.com/http://saddle-creek.com/
Pacific Northwest Tour Dates Announced
"The 11-track LP features previously shared stunners "I Know You" and "All Right Now", and also makes way for "left turns into drunk-in-the-sun bossa nova, blue-eyed-soul ruptured by fuzz guitar, [and] love songs that are not necessarily ballads" - SPIN"He's approachable and humble, but engage the guy in a little conversation and you will soon realize that he's not quite on the same plane as the rest of us - in the best way a singer-songwriter can be." - Filter
"Bellows' woozy voice waxes, wanes, woos and philosophizes, revealing the work of a songwriter who knows the best music is not a one-way conversation." - Buzzbands LA
Watch: "I Can't Wait" via PureVolume or YouTube
PureVolume premiered the video for "I Can't Wait" from Jake Bellows's critically acclaimed debut solo album New Ocean out now on Saddle Creek and limited edition cassette through Majestic Litter. The video was directed by Morgan's Brother and features found film from The Prelinger Archives and Archives New Zealand. Interview Magazinerecently said, "Jake Bellows is making his comeback. After serving as Neva Dinova's frontman for 15 years (and then taking a break from music), he's back with new material: soulful music amplified by fuzzy guitar and philosophical lyrics." Paste added that New Ocean is "his best work since Neva Dinova's 2008 high watermark, You May Already be Dreaming." Jake Bellows just announced a Pacific Northwest tour in support of New Ocean. All shows are listed below.
Jake Bellows had quit music. Or so he thought. After fronting Neva Dinovafor more than 15 years, which included five full-lengths, a split EP, and countless tours, he packed up his dog and moved from his native Omaha to his girlfriend's hometown of Los Angeles. Two days before he left he recorded 18 demos with musician and engineer Ben Brodinat his insistence. Once in L.A., Bellows got a job installing sliding-glass doors and sold his Les Paul to buy a Datsun pick-up truck.
Though he had no plans to form a new band, he played the occasional solo show, performed with Whispertown, and continued to write songs. In early 2011, an invitation arrived from Omaha's Film Streams Theater for Jake's old friend Ryan Foxalso living on the West Coast, to perform an original live film-score. Fox enlisted Bellows and Brodin to collaborate and the trio began to compose and discuss improvisational ideas over long-distance. Since they were all going to be in Omaha and had a long history of playing in each other's bands, Brodin and Fox nudged Bellows into booking studio time to record some of his dormant songs.
Fox and Bellows drove from LA to Omaha that November. They entered ARC Studios for a feverish recording session, arranging and writing parts on the fly with an impromptu band including Heath Koontz, Todd Fink, Whispertown bandmate Morgan Nagler and other old friends. Committing quickly to intuitive arrangements the band recorded 17 tracks in a little more than a week. They worked remotely on the record throughout that winter and spring, adding overdubs in basements and bedrooms across western North America.
The new music is underpinned by philosophical conviction and shaped by an interest in physics, cosmology and mythology. Bellows returned to music with a renewed sense of the intrinsic value of art and its ability to express the commonality of human experience. His debut full-length, New Ocean, offers a mix tape of different kinds of songs hanging out on one record - love songs that are not necessarily ballads despite their introspective gauziness, with left turns into drunk-in-the-sun bossa nova and blue-eyed-soul ruptured by fuzz guitar. Bellows believes that songs change the fabric of the universe through the very frequencies they emit. As such, the record attempts to create the world he wants to see instead of reflect the world that is.
Jake Bellows Tour Dates
09.02 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge #
09.03 - Eugene, OR @ Cozmic Pizza #
09.08 - Seattle, WA @ The White Rabbit *
09.10 - Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur *
# with Matt Pond
* with Pheasant
For more info, please visit:
http://jakebellows.com/http://saddle-creek.com/
Watch Video For New Temples Single, "Keep In The Dark"
TEMPLES ANNOUNCE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR & "KEEP IN THE DARK" SINGLE, OUT TODAY ON FAT POSSUM
WATCH "KEEP IN THE DARK" VIDEO http://youtu.be/99U9-zRHXf0
"Temples specialize in '60s-washed psychedelia, blending anemic vocals and shaggy melodies into a wonderfully murky swirl." - SPIN
"'Colours To Life' adeptly balances both their idols' folk-pop roots and psych-rock branches . . . It's an unearthing of a time capsule for sure, but 'Colours To Life' still can feel like a breath of fresh air." - Pitchfork
"Their first single and calling card is last year's 'Shelter Song', a jerky earworm of a 12-string guitar riff with a loping rhythm section, elegantly rough-hewn with vocals rendered in '60s-style tinny sonic relief. . . 'Colours To Life' . . . found them foregrounding its spectral keyboards and pushing into increasingly expansive terrain." - The Quietus
Kettering, England, psychedelic-pop band Temples introduced themselves to North American audiences last month via the "Shelter Song"/"Colours to Life" 7," out now on Fat Possum. Today, the four-piece share a new 60s inspired, end-of-summer jam, the immediately endearing "Keep In The Dark," and announce their first North American tour! Recorded and produced by the band in their own Pyramid Studio and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer, "Keep In The Dark" is now available Fat Possum, featuring the b-side "Jewel Of Mine Eye." In the meantime, check out the song's new video, directed by Abbie Stephens and produced by Creature of London. Following the release of "Keep In The Dark," Temples' James Baghaw (vocals, guitar), Tom Warmsley (bass, backing vocals), Sam Toms (drums)and Adam Smith (keys) will make their way stateside for a 10-day Midwest and East Coast run in November showing North American audiences firsthand, this young, production-obsessed band can equally deliver on stage as on record.
"one of the brightest new lights of the current psych scene" - NME
"Temples deftly combine the vintage with the modern. 'Shelter Song' pulls off the sort of sonic alchemy that makes psych-rock fans' ears perk up: Crackling drums, kaleidoscopic guitars and keyboards, and syrupy vocals that reference The Twilight Zone." - MTV Hive ["The 10 Best Indie-Rock Tracks of July"]
TEMPLES TOUR DATES:Mon. Nov. 18 - Chicago, IL @ Empty BottleTue. Nov. 19 - Detroit, MI @ The Loving TouchWed. Nov. 20 - Toronto, ON @ The Legendary Horseshoe TavernThu. Nov. 21 - Montreal, PQ @ Le Petit CampusFri. Nov. 22 - Allston, MA @ Great ScottSat. Nov. 23 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu NecktieMon. Nov. 25 - New York, NY @ Bowery BallroomTue. Nov. 26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union PoolWed. Nov. 27 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Fri. Aug 23 - Reading, UK @ Reading Festival 2013Sat. Aug. 24 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival 2013Sun. Aug. 25 - Paris, FR @ Rock en Seine 2013Fri. Sep. 13 - Port Meirion, UK @ Festival Number 6 2013Sat. Sep. 14 - Portsmouth, UK @ Southsea Festival 2013Wed. Sep. 25 - Frankfurt, DE @ ZoomThu. Oct. 3 - Guildford, UK @ BoileroomFri. Oct. 4 - Norwich, UK @ Norwich Arts CenterSat. Oct. 5 - Leicester, UK @ O2 Academy 2 LiverpoolTue. Oct. 8 - Sheffield, UK @ Queens Social ClubWed. Oct. 9 - Glasgow, Uk @ King Tut's Wah Wah HutThu. Oct. 10 - Edinburgh, UK @ Electric CircusFri. Oct. 11 - Carlisle, UK @ The BrickyardSat. Oct. 12 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ Reds BarMon. Oct. 14 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social ClubTue. Oct. 15 - Liverpool, UK @ The KazimierWed. Oct. 16 - Nottingham, UK @ The Bodega Social ClubThu. Oct. 17 - York, UK @ The DuchessThu. Oct. 17 - Sun. Oct. 20 - Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival 2013Sat. Oct. 19 - Oxford, UK @ Gathering 2013Mon. Oct. 21 - Brighton, UK @ Komedia BrightonTue. Oct. 22 - Exeter, UK @ Exeter PhoenixWed. Oct. 23 - Bristol, UK @ TheklaThu. Nov. 14 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester GorillaFri. Nov. 15 - London, UK @ Electric BallroomSat. Nov. 30 - Sun. Dec. 1 - Tokyo, JP @ Hostess Club Weekender 2013
WATCH "KEEP IN THE DARK" VIDEO http://youtu.be/99U9-zRHXf0
"Temples specialize in '60s-washed psychedelia, blending anemic vocals and shaggy melodies into a wonderfully murky swirl." - SPIN
"'Colours To Life' adeptly balances both their idols' folk-pop roots and psych-rock branches . . . It's an unearthing of a time capsule for sure, but 'Colours To Life' still can feel like a breath of fresh air." - Pitchfork
"Their first single and calling card is last year's 'Shelter Song', a jerky earworm of a 12-string guitar riff with a loping rhythm section, elegantly rough-hewn with vocals rendered in '60s-style tinny sonic relief. . . 'Colours To Life' . . . found them foregrounding its spectral keyboards and pushing into increasingly expansive terrain." - The Quietus
Kettering, England, psychedelic-pop band Temples introduced themselves to North American audiences last month via the "Shelter Song"/"Colours to Life" 7," out now on Fat Possum. Today, the four-piece share a new 60s inspired, end-of-summer jam, the immediately endearing "Keep In The Dark," and announce their first North American tour! Recorded and produced by the band in their own Pyramid Studio and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer, "Keep In The Dark" is now available Fat Possum, featuring the b-side "Jewel Of Mine Eye." In the meantime, check out the song's new video, directed by Abbie Stephens and produced by Creature of London. Following the release of "Keep In The Dark," Temples' James Baghaw (vocals, guitar), Tom Warmsley (bass, backing vocals), Sam Toms (drums)and Adam Smith (keys) will make their way stateside for a 10-day Midwest and East Coast run in November showing North American audiences firsthand, this young, production-obsessed band can equally deliver on stage as on record.
"one of the brightest new lights of the current psych scene" - NME
"Temples deftly combine the vintage with the modern. 'Shelter Song' pulls off the sort of sonic alchemy that makes psych-rock fans' ears perk up: Crackling drums, kaleidoscopic guitars and keyboards, and syrupy vocals that reference The Twilight Zone." - MTV Hive ["The 10 Best Indie-Rock Tracks of July"]
TEMPLES TOUR DATES:Mon. Nov. 18 - Chicago, IL @ Empty BottleTue. Nov. 19 - Detroit, MI @ The Loving TouchWed. Nov. 20 - Toronto, ON @ The Legendary Horseshoe TavernThu. Nov. 21 - Montreal, PQ @ Le Petit CampusFri. Nov. 22 - Allston, MA @ Great ScottSat. Nov. 23 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu NecktieMon. Nov. 25 - New York, NY @ Bowery BallroomTue. Nov. 26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union PoolWed. Nov. 27 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Fri. Aug 23 - Reading, UK @ Reading Festival 2013Sat. Aug. 24 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival 2013Sun. Aug. 25 - Paris, FR @ Rock en Seine 2013Fri. Sep. 13 - Port Meirion, UK @ Festival Number 6 2013Sat. Sep. 14 - Portsmouth, UK @ Southsea Festival 2013Wed. Sep. 25 - Frankfurt, DE @ ZoomThu. Oct. 3 - Guildford, UK @ BoileroomFri. Oct. 4 - Norwich, UK @ Norwich Arts CenterSat. Oct. 5 - Leicester, UK @ O2 Academy 2 LiverpoolTue. Oct. 8 - Sheffield, UK @ Queens Social ClubWed. Oct. 9 - Glasgow, Uk @ King Tut's Wah Wah HutThu. Oct. 10 - Edinburgh, UK @ Electric CircusFri. Oct. 11 - Carlisle, UK @ The BrickyardSat. Oct. 12 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ Reds BarMon. Oct. 14 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social ClubTue. Oct. 15 - Liverpool, UK @ The KazimierWed. Oct. 16 - Nottingham, UK @ The Bodega Social ClubThu. Oct. 17 - York, UK @ The DuchessThu. Oct. 17 - Sun. Oct. 20 - Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival 2013Sat. Oct. 19 - Oxford, UK @ Gathering 2013Mon. Oct. 21 - Brighton, UK @ Komedia BrightonTue. Oct. 22 - Exeter, UK @ Exeter PhoenixWed. Oct. 23 - Bristol, UK @ TheklaThu. Nov. 14 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester GorillaFri. Nov. 15 - London, UK @ Electric BallroomSat. Nov. 30 - Sun. Dec. 1 - Tokyo, JP @ Hostess Club Weekender 2013
Noah And The Whale Announce New Album 'Heart of Nowhere'
Noah And The Whale Announce New Album Heart of Nowhere
Noah And The Whale will release their fourth studio album, Heart Of Nowhere, on September 24thvia Caroline Records. The album, recorded at West London's British Grove Studios, is the band's fourth record in five years, and follows 2011's platinum-selling Last Night On Earth
The band will be touring this Fall in support of the release. Beginning on September 27th in Seattle, WA the run will takes in major markets on both the west and east coasts, including an October 3rd show at the Avalon of Los Angeles and an October 22nd show at Irving Plaza in New York City. For the band's full itinerary, please see below.
Noah And The Whale On TourSep 27 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune TheatreSep 28 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue TheatreSep 29 - Portland, OR @ Wonder BallroomOct 01 - San Francisco, CA @ The FillmoreOct 02 - Anaheim, CA @ House of BluesOct 03 - Los Angeles, CA @ AvalonOct 06 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits FestivalOct 08 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity TheatreOct 09 - Chicago, IL @ House of BluesOct 10 - St. Louis, MO @ The PageantOct 12 - Austin, TX @ ACL Official After ShowOct 13 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits FestivalOct 15 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety PlayhouseOct 16 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 ClubOct 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living ArtsOct 19 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix TheatreOct 21 - Boston, MA @ House of BluesOct 22 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Noah And The Whale will release their fourth studio album, Heart Of Nowhere, on September 24thvia Caroline Records. The album, recorded at West London's British Grove Studios, is the band's fourth record in five years, and follows 2011's platinum-selling Last Night On Earth
The band will be touring this Fall in support of the release. Beginning on September 27th in Seattle, WA the run will takes in major markets on both the west and east coasts, including an October 3rd show at the Avalon of Los Angeles and an October 22nd show at Irving Plaza in New York City. For the band's full itinerary, please see below.
Noah And The Whale On TourSep 27 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune TheatreSep 28 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue TheatreSep 29 - Portland, OR @ Wonder BallroomOct 01 - San Francisco, CA @ The FillmoreOct 02 - Anaheim, CA @ House of BluesOct 03 - Los Angeles, CA @ AvalonOct 06 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits FestivalOct 08 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity TheatreOct 09 - Chicago, IL @ House of BluesOct 10 - St. Louis, MO @ The PageantOct 12 - Austin, TX @ ACL Official After ShowOct 13 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits FestivalOct 15 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety PlayhouseOct 16 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 ClubOct 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living ArtsOct 19 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix TheatreOct 21 - Boston, MA @ House of BluesOct 22 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
DIEGO GARCIA ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
DIEGO GARCIA ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM 'PARADISE' TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 8th ON CONCORD RECORDS
Tour Kicks Off September 5th in Baltimore, MD Download First Single "Sunnier Days" Free HERE
Los Angeles, CA - August 22, 2013 - Singer/songwriter Diego Garcia announced a 16-city North American tour today in support of his new album "Paradise," to be released October 8th on Concord Records. Garcia's tour will kick off in Baltimore, MD on September 5th and will visit such major cities as New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco, among others. For a full list of dates and cites, see below. The album's first single "Sunnier Days", which Entertainment Weekly premiered, has been embraced by tastemaker radio stations across the country. Los Angeles' KCRW listed "Sunnier Days" in their new music feature Three Songs You Should Be Listening To Right Now, calling it, "pure positivity." New York's WFUV named the song one of this week's best new releases saying: "Diego Garcia's "Sunnier Days" is exactly like it sounds: a playful, summery tune that combines his Latin roots (he was raised by Argentinian parents) and wide-ranging influences like Serge Gainsbourg." On October 11th Philadelphia's WXPN radio will present a Diego Garcia Free At Noon concert simulcast live on 88.5FM and WXPN.ORG. The live concert and interview will be also taped for later broadcast on NPR's syndicated national radio program World Café. With its lush string arrangements, intricate Spanish guitars, and distinct Latin flavor, "Paradise" is a departure from Elefant, Garcia's former band that toured alongside such acts as The National, Interpol and Morrissey. The timeless romanticism within Garcia's modern sound however, (largely inspired by Sandro, Roberto Carlos and Julio Iglesias, pioneers of the classic Latin troubadour movement) remains a consistent thread. On "Paradise" Garcia deftly pools his love of the dramatic Latin vocalists along with a deep affinity for the darker poetry of David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Bryan Ferry, into a truly special artistic achievement.
To purchase tickets, visit: www.diegogarcianyc.com
TOUR DATES:
DATECITYVENUESept. 5Baltimore, MDWTMD First Thursdays at West Mt. Vernon Park Sept. 27Pittsburgh, PAWYEP Final Fridays at Schenley PlazaOct. 17Washington, D.C.Sixth & I Historic SynagogueOct. 22New York, NYHighline BallroomOct. 23Philadelphia, PAWorld Café LiveOct. 24Boston, MAChurchNov. 4Los Angeles, CATroubadour*Nov. 6San Francisco, CACafé Du Nord*Nov. 9Portland, ORWhite Eagle Saloon*Nov. 11Seattle, WABarboza*Nov. 15Albany, NYThe LindaDec. 3Louisville, KYZanzabarDec. 4Bloomington, INThe BishopDec. 5Grand Rapids, MICalvin CollegeDec. 6Chicago, ILSchuba'sDec. 7Minneapolis, MN7th St. Entry *Kan Wakan supports
For more information on Diego Garcia, please visit:www.diegogarcianyc.comwww.facebook.com/diegogarciamusicwww.twitter.com/diegogarcianycwww.instagram.com/diegogarcianyc
Tour Kicks Off September 5th in Baltimore, MD Download First Single "Sunnier Days" Free HERE
Los Angeles, CA - August 22, 2013 - Singer/songwriter Diego Garcia announced a 16-city North American tour today in support of his new album "Paradise," to be released October 8th on Concord Records. Garcia's tour will kick off in Baltimore, MD on September 5th and will visit such major cities as New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco, among others. For a full list of dates and cites, see below. The album's first single "Sunnier Days", which Entertainment Weekly premiered, has been embraced by tastemaker radio stations across the country. Los Angeles' KCRW listed "Sunnier Days" in their new music feature Three Songs You Should Be Listening To Right Now, calling it, "pure positivity." New York's WFUV named the song one of this week's best new releases saying: "Diego Garcia's "Sunnier Days" is exactly like it sounds: a playful, summery tune that combines his Latin roots (he was raised by Argentinian parents) and wide-ranging influences like Serge Gainsbourg." On October 11th Philadelphia's WXPN radio will present a Diego Garcia Free At Noon concert simulcast live on 88.5FM and WXPN.ORG. The live concert and interview will be also taped for later broadcast on NPR's syndicated national radio program World Café. With its lush string arrangements, intricate Spanish guitars, and distinct Latin flavor, "Paradise" is a departure from Elefant, Garcia's former band that toured alongside such acts as The National, Interpol and Morrissey. The timeless romanticism within Garcia's modern sound however, (largely inspired by Sandro, Roberto Carlos and Julio Iglesias, pioneers of the classic Latin troubadour movement) remains a consistent thread. On "Paradise" Garcia deftly pools his love of the dramatic Latin vocalists along with a deep affinity for the darker poetry of David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Bryan Ferry, into a truly special artistic achievement.
To purchase tickets, visit: www.diegogarcianyc.com
TOUR DATES:
DATECITYVENUESept. 5Baltimore, MDWTMD First Thursdays at West Mt. Vernon Park Sept. 27Pittsburgh, PAWYEP Final Fridays at Schenley PlazaOct. 17Washington, D.C.Sixth & I Historic SynagogueOct. 22New York, NYHighline BallroomOct. 23Philadelphia, PAWorld Café LiveOct. 24Boston, MAChurchNov. 4Los Angeles, CATroubadour*Nov. 6San Francisco, CACafé Du Nord*Nov. 9Portland, ORWhite Eagle Saloon*Nov. 11Seattle, WABarboza*Nov. 15Albany, NYThe LindaDec. 3Louisville, KYZanzabarDec. 4Bloomington, INThe BishopDec. 5Grand Rapids, MICalvin CollegeDec. 6Chicago, ILSchuba'sDec. 7Minneapolis, MN7th St. Entry *Kan Wakan supports
For more information on Diego Garcia, please visit:www.diegogarcianyc.comwww.facebook.com/diegogarciamusicwww.twitter.com/diegogarcianycwww.instagram.com/diegogarcianyc
August 21, 2013
Cults announce fall headline tour in support of Static
CULTS ANNOUNCE FALL HEADLINE TOUR IN SUPPORT OF STATIC
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Album out October 15 on Columbia Records
(Columbia Records; New York, NY – August 21, 2013) – Cults have announced they’ll hit the road this fall, shortly after the October 15 release of their sophomore album Static . Starting in Boston, MA on October 22 the band will travel across North America for headline dates in Washington, D.C., Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA and many more (full list of dates below). Cults will also make appearances at Launched Festival in Sacramento on September 7, Untapped Festival in Dallas on September 8, Life Is Beautiful Festival in Las Vegas on October 26/27 and Voodoo Fest in New Orleans on November 2.
Earlier this year Cults opened for Passion Pit on a handful of east coast dates leading into their performance at Bonnaroo. The band also made festival appearances at Boston Calling, Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party and Denver’s Underground Music Showcase earlier this summer. In the beginning of 2012 Cults played an extensive headlining tour before they retreated to NYC to record Static. The Washington Post noted that "less than two years later the mystique has disappeared, but a standout pop band has emerged."
In anticipation of the release of Static , Cults premiered “I Can Hardly Make You Mine” on NPR’s All Songs Considered last week. Vulture exclaimed of the critically received track: “Cults are the best of the indie-pop girl group revivalists… and this song shows why.” Static was written and recorded over the course of 2012 in the band’s home base of New York City. The album was produced by Cults with support from Shane Stoneback (Sleigh Bells, Vampire Weekend) and Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Washed Out). The band shared a self-directed album teaser which features tracks from Static including: “We’ve Got It” and “So Far,” view here: http://cultscultscults.com Cults on tour: 10/22 Boston, MA The Sinclair10/23 Philadelphia, PA TLA10/26 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful Festival10/27 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful Festival10/29 Washington, D.C. Black Cat10/30 Durham, NC Motorco10/31 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre11/1 Atlanta, GA The Loft11/2 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Fest11/4 Austin, TX Emo’s11/5 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds11/6 Dallas, TX Tree’s11/8 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad11/9 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom11/10 San Diego, CA The Irenic11/12 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre11/13 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore11/15 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom11/16 Vancouver, BC Rio Theatre11/17 Seattle, WA Neumo’s11/20 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre11/22 Minneapolis, MN First Ave11/23 Chicago, IL Metro11/24 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop11/25 Toronto, ON Lee’s Place11/26 New York, NY Webster Hall
http://cultscultscults.com http://www.columbiarecords.com
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Album out October 15 on Columbia Records
(Columbia Records; New York, NY – August 21, 2013) – Cults have announced they’ll hit the road this fall, shortly after the October 15 release of their sophomore album Static . Starting in Boston, MA on October 22 the band will travel across North America for headline dates in Washington, D.C., Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA and many more (full list of dates below). Cults will also make appearances at Launched Festival in Sacramento on September 7, Untapped Festival in Dallas on September 8, Life Is Beautiful Festival in Las Vegas on October 26/27 and Voodoo Fest in New Orleans on November 2.
Earlier this year Cults opened for Passion Pit on a handful of east coast dates leading into their performance at Bonnaroo. The band also made festival appearances at Boston Calling, Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party and Denver’s Underground Music Showcase earlier this summer. In the beginning of 2012 Cults played an extensive headlining tour before they retreated to NYC to record Static. The Washington Post noted that "less than two years later the mystique has disappeared, but a standout pop band has emerged."
In anticipation of the release of Static , Cults premiered “I Can Hardly Make You Mine” on NPR’s All Songs Considered last week. Vulture exclaimed of the critically received track: “Cults are the best of the indie-pop girl group revivalists… and this song shows why.” Static was written and recorded over the course of 2012 in the band’s home base of New York City. The album was produced by Cults with support from Shane Stoneback (Sleigh Bells, Vampire Weekend) and Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Washed Out). The band shared a self-directed album teaser which features tracks from Static including: “We’ve Got It” and “So Far,” view here: http://cultscultscults.com Cults on tour: 10/22 Boston, MA The Sinclair10/23 Philadelphia, PA TLA10/26 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful Festival10/27 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful Festival10/29 Washington, D.C. Black Cat10/30 Durham, NC Motorco10/31 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre11/1 Atlanta, GA The Loft11/2 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Fest11/4 Austin, TX Emo’s11/5 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds11/6 Dallas, TX Tree’s11/8 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad11/9 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom11/10 San Diego, CA The Irenic11/12 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre11/13 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore11/15 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom11/16 Vancouver, BC Rio Theatre11/17 Seattle, WA Neumo’s11/20 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre11/22 Minneapolis, MN First Ave11/23 Chicago, IL Metro11/24 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop11/25 Toronto, ON Lee’s Place11/26 New York, NY Webster Hall
http://cultscultscults.com http://www.columbiarecords.com
STRFKR shares new video + announces fall tour dates
STRFKR SHARES VIDEO FOR "WHILE I'M ALIVE" VIA NOISEY
ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR
PLAYING FYF FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES THIS WEEKENDSTRFKR photographed by Tyler Kolhoff Following a brief West Coast run earlier this summer, Portland's STRFKR are back today to share a brand new video for "While I'm Alive" and announce a full US tour this fall. "While I'm Alive" is the opener and first single from the band's 3rd album Miracle Mile, released earlier this year by Polyvinyl Records, and its video perfectly reflects the track's sound - quirky, slightly haunting and undeniably catchy. Check it out below, along with all of the band's upcoming tour dates (which kick off with a set at FYF Festival this weekend in LA), below.
VIDEO: "While I'm Alive" - http://youtu.be/VoX9WIM6OoY
TOUR DATES 08/24/13 @FYF Fest - Los Angeles, CA09/03/13 @ Altar - Pittsburgh, PA09/04/13 @ 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.09/06/13 @ Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA09/07/13 @ Terminal 5 - New York, NY09/08/13 @ Toad's Place - New Haven, CT09/09/13 @ Royale Nightclub - Boston, MA09/10/13 @ Port City Music Hall - Portland, ME09/12/13 @ Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT09/13/13 @ Corona Theatre - Montreal, QBC09/14/13 @ Opera House - Toronto, ONT09/15/13 @ Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, MI09/17/13 @ Metro - Chicago, IL09/18/13 @ The Bluebird - Bloomington, IN09/19/13 @ Off Broadway - St. Louis, MO09/20/13 @ Exit In - Nashville, TN09/21/13 @ 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA09/22/13 @ Music Farm - Charleston, SC09/24/13 @ Grand Central - Miami, FL09/25/13 @ The Social - Orlando, FL09/26/13 @ Jack Rabbits - Jacksonville, FL09/27/13 @ Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC09/28/13 @ Jefferson Theater - Charlottesville, VA10/11/13 @ Emo's - Austin, TX10/12/13 @ Tree's - Dallas, TX10/14/13 @ Gothic Theater - Denver, CO10/16/13 @ Knitting Factory - Boise, ID10/17/13 @ Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR10/18/13 @ Wow Hall - Eugene, OR10/20/13 @ Treasure Island Music Festival - San Francisco, CA
ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR
PLAYING FYF FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES THIS WEEKENDSTRFKR photographed by Tyler Kolhoff Following a brief West Coast run earlier this summer, Portland's STRFKR are back today to share a brand new video for "While I'm Alive" and announce a full US tour this fall. "While I'm Alive" is the opener and first single from the band's 3rd album Miracle Mile, released earlier this year by Polyvinyl Records, and its video perfectly reflects the track's sound - quirky, slightly haunting and undeniably catchy. Check it out below, along with all of the band's upcoming tour dates (which kick off with a set at FYF Festival this weekend in LA), below.
VIDEO: "While I'm Alive" - http://youtu.be/VoX9WIM6OoY
TOUR DATES 08/24/13 @FYF Fest - Los Angeles, CA09/03/13 @ Altar - Pittsburgh, PA09/04/13 @ 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.09/06/13 @ Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA09/07/13 @ Terminal 5 - New York, NY09/08/13 @ Toad's Place - New Haven, CT09/09/13 @ Royale Nightclub - Boston, MA09/10/13 @ Port City Music Hall - Portland, ME09/12/13 @ Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT09/13/13 @ Corona Theatre - Montreal, QBC09/14/13 @ Opera House - Toronto, ONT09/15/13 @ Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, MI09/17/13 @ Metro - Chicago, IL09/18/13 @ The Bluebird - Bloomington, IN09/19/13 @ Off Broadway - St. Louis, MO09/20/13 @ Exit In - Nashville, TN09/21/13 @ 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA09/22/13 @ Music Farm - Charleston, SC09/24/13 @ Grand Central - Miami, FL09/25/13 @ The Social - Orlando, FL09/26/13 @ Jack Rabbits - Jacksonville, FL09/27/13 @ Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC09/28/13 @ Jefferson Theater - Charlottesville, VA10/11/13 @ Emo's - Austin, TX10/12/13 @ Tree's - Dallas, TX10/14/13 @ Gothic Theater - Denver, CO10/16/13 @ Knitting Factory - Boise, ID10/17/13 @ Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR10/18/13 @ Wow Hall - Eugene, OR10/20/13 @ Treasure Island Music Festival - San Francisco, CA
London Grammar share Interlude via Gorilla vs Bear
LONDON GRAMMAR TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM
IF YOU WAIT
SEPTEMBER 10 VIA COLUMBIA RECORDS
(album available on request)
New album track "Interlude" revealed via Gorilla vs Bear HERE
and Soundcloud HERE (free to share)
BAND ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER USA TOUR
“Their songs are haunting to the point they rattle the nerves”
- Pitchfork
UK-based trio London Grammar - Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman - has announced the release of its highly anticipated debut album. If You Wait will be available digitally in the US on September 10 via Columbia Records. The album features 11 tracks (see tracklisting below) including the recently released Strong, which is gaining strong radio support in the UK and lighting up the blogosphere. Pitchfork praised the song, noting “Reid’s voice washes over you, clean and perfectly,” while London’s Sunday Times commended its “killer melodies magicked into greatness by Reid’s soulful, yearning vocals.”
The album is a result of 18 painstaking months spent writing and recording. Heavily involved in every decision made on If You Wait , the band handpicked their team, co-producing the album with Tim Bran (The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, La Roux) and Roy Kerr AKA The Freelance Hellraiser. Roc Nation’s KD (Outkast, Beyoncé, Jay-Z) was drafted to mix the album, with Grammy-winning Tom Coyne (Adele’s 21) joining them to master.
London Grammar will spend the summer touring internationally before heading to the US and Canada for a number of dates in September and October. Kicking off September 25 at Los Angeles’ Troubadour, the tour will see London Grammar crossing North America with stops in cities including San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto and New York before ending in Boston on October 10 (see full itinerary below). Tickets will go on sale beginning Friday, August 9. For additional information on the tour please visit http://www.londongrammar.com/live .
Since introducing itself with near anonymous posts of two songs (Hey Now and Metal & Dust) late last year, London Grammar quickly captured the interest and, more importantly, the imagination of music fans across the UK and beyond. The tracks catapulted the band straight into the spotlight, with music critics and fans eager to see what they did next. The trio released the acclaimed Metal & Dust EP in June, sold out two London dates, played with The xx at their Night + Day festival and secured slots at nearly all of the UK’s major summer festivals - including Glastonbury, Bestival and Festival Number 6 - before confirming their own UK headline tour set for this October, which has already sold out the first London date with a second now announced.
London Grammar is Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman.
If You Wait Tracklisting:
1. Hey Now
2. Stay Awake
3. Shyer
4. Wasting My Young Years
5. Sights
6. Strong
7. Nightcall
8. Metal & Dust
9. Interlude (Live)
10. Flickers
11. If You Wait
See London Grammar live:
http://www.londongrammar.com/live
Aug 25 - Leeds @ Leeds Festival
Sept 6 - Newport, Isle of Wight @ Bestival
Sept 13- Portmeirion @ Festival Number 6
Sept 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour (tickets HERE)
Sept 27 - San Francisco, CA @ Popscene @ Rickshaw
Sept 28 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
Sept 30 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile (tickets HERE)
Oct 1- Vancouver, BC @ Fortune (tickets HERE)
Oct 3 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas (tickets HERE)
Oct 4 - Toronto, ON @ Black Box
Oct 6 - Washington, DC @ U Street
Oct 7 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Oct 8 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre (tickets HERE)
Oct 10 - Boston, MA @ Brighton (tickets HERE)
Oct 15 - Norwich @ Open
Oct 16 - Brighton @ Concorde
Oct 18 - London @ Electric Brixton SOLD OUT
Oct 19 - Oxford @ Gathering
Oct 20 - Bristol @ Anson Rooms
Oct 22 - Nottingham @ Rescue Rooms
Oct 23 - Birmingham @ Academy 2
Oct 24 - Leeds @ Cockpit
Oct 26 - Manchester @ Sound Control
Oct 27 - Glasgow @ Oran Mor
Oct 28 - Newcastle @ Northumbria University
Nov 2 - Amsterdam, Holland @ London Calling
Nov 3 - Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
Nov 5 - Berlin, Germany @ Gruner Salon
Nov 6 - Munich, Germany @ Atomic Café
Nov 8 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Rote Fabrik (Clubraum)
Nov 9 - Paris, France @ La Cigale
Nov 10 - Nantes, France @ Stereolux
Nov 12 - Nancy, France @ L’Autre Canal Club
Nov 13 - Lille, France @ Aeronef
Nov 15 - Lyon, France @ Le Sucre
Nov 18 - Toulouse, France @ La Dynamo
Nov 20 - Bordeaux, France @ Iboat
Nov 22 - Luxembourg @ Sonic Visions Showcase Festival
Nov 28 - London @ Brixton Electric
For additional information please visit:
http://www.londongrammar.com/
www.columbiarecords.com
http://www.twitter.com/londongrammar
SEPTEMBER 10 VIA COLUMBIA RECORDS
(album available on request)
New album track "Interlude" revealed via Gorilla vs Bear HERE
and Soundcloud HERE (free to share)
BAND ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER USA TOUR
“Their songs are haunting to the point they rattle the nerves”
- Pitchfork
UK-based trio London Grammar - Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman - has announced the release of its highly anticipated debut album. If You Wait will be available digitally in the US on September 10 via Columbia Records. The album features 11 tracks (see tracklisting below) including the recently released Strong, which is gaining strong radio support in the UK and lighting up the blogosphere. Pitchfork praised the song, noting “Reid’s voice washes over you, clean and perfectly,” while London’s Sunday Times commended its “killer melodies magicked into greatness by Reid’s soulful, yearning vocals.”
The album is a result of 18 painstaking months spent writing and recording. Heavily involved in every decision made on If You Wait , the band handpicked their team, co-producing the album with Tim Bran (The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, La Roux) and Roy Kerr AKA The Freelance Hellraiser. Roc Nation’s KD (Outkast, Beyoncé, Jay-Z) was drafted to mix the album, with Grammy-winning Tom Coyne (Adele’s 21) joining them to master.
London Grammar will spend the summer touring internationally before heading to the US and Canada for a number of dates in September and October. Kicking off September 25 at Los Angeles’ Troubadour, the tour will see London Grammar crossing North America with stops in cities including San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto and New York before ending in Boston on October 10 (see full itinerary below). Tickets will go on sale beginning Friday, August 9. For additional information on the tour please visit http://www.londongrammar.com/live .
Since introducing itself with near anonymous posts of two songs (Hey Now and Metal & Dust) late last year, London Grammar quickly captured the interest and, more importantly, the imagination of music fans across the UK and beyond. The tracks catapulted the band straight into the spotlight, with music critics and fans eager to see what they did next. The trio released the acclaimed Metal & Dust EP in June, sold out two London dates, played with The xx at their Night + Day festival and secured slots at nearly all of the UK’s major summer festivals - including Glastonbury, Bestival and Festival Number 6 - before confirming their own UK headline tour set for this October, which has already sold out the first London date with a second now announced.
London Grammar is Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman.
If You Wait Tracklisting:
1. Hey Now
2. Stay Awake
3. Shyer
4. Wasting My Young Years
5. Sights
6. Strong
7. Nightcall
8. Metal & Dust
9. Interlude (Live)
10. Flickers
11. If You Wait
See London Grammar live:
http://www.londongrammar.com/live
Aug 25 - Leeds @ Leeds Festival
Sept 6 - Newport, Isle of Wight @ Bestival
Sept 13- Portmeirion @ Festival Number 6
Sept 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour (tickets HERE)
Sept 27 - San Francisco, CA @ Popscene @ Rickshaw
Sept 28 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
Sept 30 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile (tickets HERE)
Oct 1- Vancouver, BC @ Fortune (tickets HERE)
Oct 3 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas (tickets HERE)
Oct 4 - Toronto, ON @ Black Box
Oct 6 - Washington, DC @ U Street
Oct 7 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Oct 8 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre (tickets HERE)
Oct 10 - Boston, MA @ Brighton (tickets HERE)
Oct 15 - Norwich @ Open
Oct 16 - Brighton @ Concorde
Oct 18 - London @ Electric Brixton SOLD OUT
Oct 19 - Oxford @ Gathering
Oct 20 - Bristol @ Anson Rooms
Oct 22 - Nottingham @ Rescue Rooms
Oct 23 - Birmingham @ Academy 2
Oct 24 - Leeds @ Cockpit
Oct 26 - Manchester @ Sound Control
Oct 27 - Glasgow @ Oran Mor
Oct 28 - Newcastle @ Northumbria University
Nov 2 - Amsterdam, Holland @ London Calling
Nov 3 - Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
Nov 5 - Berlin, Germany @ Gruner Salon
Nov 6 - Munich, Germany @ Atomic Café
Nov 8 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Rote Fabrik (Clubraum)
Nov 9 - Paris, France @ La Cigale
Nov 10 - Nantes, France @ Stereolux
Nov 12 - Nancy, France @ L’Autre Canal Club
Nov 13 - Lille, France @ Aeronef
Nov 15 - Lyon, France @ Le Sucre
Nov 18 - Toulouse, France @ La Dynamo
Nov 20 - Bordeaux, France @ Iboat
Nov 22 - Luxembourg @ Sonic Visions Showcase Festival
Nov 28 - London @ Brixton Electric
For additional information please visit:
http://www.londongrammar.com/
www.columbiarecords.com
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Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit Finalizes 2013 Lineup
MOUNTAIN OASIS ELECTRONIC MUSIC SUMMIT ROUNDS OUT 2013 LINEUP. ADDITIONS INCLUDE:DELTRON 3030, THE U.S. PREMIERE OF KING BRITT PRESENTS FHLOSTON PARADIGM, DARKSIDE, XXYYXX, BATHS, PANTyRAiD, RUDIMENTAL, CLAUDE VONSTROKE, THE ORB, HOW TO DRESS WELL, ALAN HOWARTH, LAUREL HALO & MANY MORE
OCTOBER 25-27 IN ASHEVILLE, NC
August 21, 2013 - Asheville, NC - With just over two months to go until the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit makes its mark on Asheville, AC Entertainment has finalized this year's lineup! Additions include a wide range of performers: Deltron 3030 (aka the collboration between Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Kid Koala),the US premiere of King Britt Presents Fhloston Paradigm featuring Pia Ercole (more on that below), XXYYXX, PANTyRAiD, Rudimental, Darkside (aka Nicholas Jarr and Dave Harrington), Baths, Claude VonStroke, The Orb, Raime, How To Dress Well, Laurel Halo, William Basinksi making a rare US appearance, Tourist, Nostalghia, Big Black Delta, Jherek Bischoff, I Speak Machine (Tara Busch), and Alan Howarth, best known for scoring the films of John Carpenter, including "Halloween II" and "Halloween III," amongst others. These performers and more, plus and an exciting group of already announced acts (full lineup is below) will descend upon downtown Asheville, Friday, October 25-Sunday, October 27, for what is certain to be an unforgettable weekend of live music and other activities.
Mountain Oasis is pleased to present the US premiere of King Britt Presents Fhloston Paradigm featuring Pia Ercole. This was created by King Britt in an experimental attempt to go back to a semi primitive process of CV triggers and analog sequences. Within this experiment lies the connection between old world ideas and new world technology, with the result remaining otherwordly and the outcome being somewhere between "Blade Runner" and "808 State."
Woven around the twin threads of contemporary electronic music and the creative use of technology - old and new - Mountain Oasis features world-class musical performances by many of the greatest artists in contemporary music, along with talks, seminars, and panels by artists and others; interactive experiences for audiences; art installations and exhibitions, and more. The events all take place indoors, within easy walking distance of one another, in the heart of downtown Asheville. The mountain oasis that is Asheville provides extraordinary inspiration as a stunningly beautiful and unique setting for the festival. Both its rich cultural history and its current innovative vitality are inseparable from the Mountain Oasis experience.
VIP Weekend passes are now sold out, but GA Weekend passes and daily tickets are still available at www.mountainoasisfestival.com.
Please visit www.mountainoasisfestival.com and follow Mountain Oasis @Mtn_Oasis for updates and additional information about Mountain Oasis 2013.
