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Brian Jonestown Massacre tour Australia

An interview with Anton Newcombe. Here it is: INTERVIEW

The Brian Jonestown Massacre tour Australia 2013 , supported by the KVB

Tue Dec 10 Play Perth Astor Theatre
Wed Dec 11 Play Adelaide The Gov. Hindmarsh Hotel
Fri Dec 13 Play Melbourne The Meredith Festival...
Sat Dec 14 Play Hobart The Brisbane Hotel
Sun Dec 15 Play Brisbane The Hi Fi Bar
Wed Dec 18 Play Byron Bay The Great Northern Hotel
Thu Dec 19 Play Sydney The Hi Fi Bar
Fri Dec 20 Play Melbourne The Palace

CHVDS announce debut LP + share full album stream

CHVDS ANNOUNCE DEBUT LP ON POUR LE CORPS RECORDS
SHARE FULL ALBUM STREAM VIA AD HOC
NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MOON OUT 8/20 CHVDS is now, as it always has been, about the way things sound - and those things sound full of despair. The songs are dark and droning, defined by cold, repetitive and crushing noises accompanied by tortured screams and the menace of distant, incoherent chants.  Plodding and pounding, the drums help round out the CHVDS sound and make it all their own.  While CHVDS finds its origins in Black Metal, Doom, and, well, Enya, the CHVDS sound is not easily defined.     CHVDS  Night of the Blood Moon Pour Le Corps Records8/20/13
1. Ling Chi2. Ludus3. Night of the Blood Moon4. Babysmasher5. The Plague Filled the Skies6. Waves of Dread

Parquet Courts Share New Song, Announce New EP

PARQUET COURTS ANNOUNCE NEW EP, "TALLY ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU BROKE," OUT 10/8 ON WHAT'S YOUR RUPTURE?
BAND SHARES NEW TRACK,"YOU'VE GOT ME WONDERIN' NOW,"
SENDS MIXTAPES TO FANS WITH SECRET TRACK & PARQUET COURTS HOTLINE NUMBER
 
Unless you've caught Parquet Courtslive in the past 5 months (which, let's face it, considering the ferocity of their recent tour schedule, wouldn't have been that difficult a task), it's been a while since they've shared new tunes. Aside from the brief B-side burst of "Smart Aleck Kid," people haven't heard new "properly recorded" songs from the boys since their critically acclaimed album, Light Up Gold , a surefire year-end best-of list staple. That's because, in between touring, they've been busy writing and recording more music for the nice people, and we're pleased to announce the first taste, an EP they are calling "Tally All The Things That You Broke," which will be released October 8 on What's Your Rupture?.
Parquet Courts have always tried to find unique ways to truly connect with fans (all while eschewing conventional means like Twitter and Facebook), whether viscerally at shows or via their wordpress site's occasional mixtapes. Well, the band has a new mixtape, and this one's of the brick & mortar variety. They mailed out 250 mixtape cassettes to fans and supporters, and the astute and patient ear will notice two very curious things about it. The first is the phone number overdubbed at the beginning. "NINE-ONE-SEVEN-FOUR-SEVEN-ONE-TWO-EIGHT-FIVE-FIVE, CALL NOW!" shouts a voice at the top of the tape. The second is the (not-so) secret track at the end of Side B. Well, well, well, if it ain't a new Parquet Courts track! "You've Got Me Wonderin' Now" is the first salvo off the new EP. "Tally" is far more than a stopgap in between full-lengths; it's the sound of Parquet Courts stretching out.
Parquet Courts remain Austin Brown, A. Savage, Sean Yeaton and M. Savage. They sound like all the bands you think they sound like. They've toured everywhere this year and will continue to do so.
LISTEN TO "YOU'VE GOT ME WONDERIN' NOW" HERE: http://snd.sc/14k32yS
Pre-Order New EP here (available at 12 PM EST): http://bit.ly/14OgfWRDownload hi-res images and album art here: http://pitchperfectpr.com/a_pc.html
LISTEN TO LIGHT UP GOLD HERE: http://dulltools.bandcamp.com/album/light-up-gold
"TALLY ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU BROKE" EP TRACK LISTING1. You've Got Me Wonderin' Now2. Descend (The Way)3. The More It Works4. Fall On Yr Face5. He's Seein' Paths
PARQUET COURTS TOUR DATES:Fri. Sep. 20 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ PixiesWed. Oct. 2 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (EP RELEASE SHOW)Sat. Oct. 5 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival (Barton Springs Stage)Sat. Oct. 12 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival (Barton Springs Stage)
Parquet Courts Online:http://parquetcourts.wordpress.com/http://dulltools.bandcamp.com/album/light-up-goldhttp://pitchperfectpr.com/a_pc.html

"PermaWar" - New Ministry Music Video

MINISTRY'S "PERMAWAR" MUSIC VIDEO: A PSYCHEDELIC STATEMENT ON AMERICA'S LITANY OF WAR"You live to die another day, we send you off with a gunWe're making money hand over fist, that's why we're never done"
LOS ANGELES, CA -- "PermaWar," the first music video from Ministry's upcoming studio album From Beer To Eternity, is making its premiere today on Loudwire and Noisecreep simultaneously.  The digital single is currently available exclusively in the iTunes store.
The "PermaWar" video is a amalgamation of provocative news images culled from World War Two, Viet Nam, Afghanistan and Iraq, and a bad acid trip.  Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen is featured in the video portraying three different personalities, representing three different points of view on America's repetition and persistence of war:  the corrupt political leader, the predatory business man, and possibly most dangerous of all, the passive observer.    The video was shot in July at Jourgensen's 13th Planet compound in El Paso, TX, produced by Angelina Lukacin-Jourgensen and directed by filmmaker/animator Zach Passero whose credits include Ministry's "Lieslieslies," "GhoulDiggers," and "99 Percenters," RevCo's "Fire Engine," and the feature film "Wicked Lake."
Ministry's From Beer To Eternityis set for a September 10 release (AFM/13th Planet Records), and features the final studio recordings by long-time Ministry collaborator guitarist Mike Scaccia who died in December from a heart attack suffered three days after rough tracks for the album had been completed.
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Prefuse 73 @ Yellow Year Records

Prefuse 73 just did a great interview with SPIN about his Yellow Year label and forthcoming collaboration with Teebs, Sons of the Morning, including a video with some of the new music.

http://www.spin.com/articles/prefuse-73-teebs-sons-of-the-morning-yellow-year-video-interview/

http://youtu.be/V8ksIUWdF6A

Boards of Canada Reissue Catalogue On Vinyl

BOARDS OF CANADA
VINYL REISSUES 2013  
 Responding to popular demand, Warp Records is repressing its seminal Boards of Canada catalogue on vinyl for the first time in over five years.

On October 21st the albums Music Has The Right To Children (originally released in 1998), Geogaddi (2002) and The Campfire Headphase (2006) will be reissued.  These will be followed on November 18th by the mini-album Twoism (1995) and EPs In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country (2000) and Trans Canada Highway (2006).  Also, look out for a vinyl reissue of Hi Scores EP (1996) through Skam later this year.

Each Warp reissue comes with a download code and an original BOC sticker design from the era.

More about the formatting of each item: http://boardsofcanada.com

In June this year, Boards of Canada released their 4th studio album, Tomorrow’s Harvest to considerable and widespread acclaim.

Order the reissues and Album and Mini-Album + EP bundles at Bleep

King Tuff Premieres New M. Wartella-Directed Video

KING TUFF PREMIERES NEW M. WARTELLA-DIRECTED VIDEO FOR "SUN MEDALLION"
TOUR BEGINS SEPT. 25 IN DENVER


King Tuff's banner 2013 just keeps on movin', without a stop in sight, as though there was nothing to it! Kyle and company kick off their fall tour in Denver on September 25, after which they join up with buddies Wavves and Jacuzzi Boys. But first, behold! The magic of the Kyle's legendary Sun Medallion is captured as only madman M. Wartella is capable of. Premiered yesterday on Rolling Stone and VEVO, Kyle gets into the dirty details:
"'Sun Medallion' is a song that came out of my dreams and it's about this little charm I picked up years ago. I worked at a hospice clothing store and that's where the actual sun medallion fell into my hands. It had power. I wanted to film the video in my hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, where the song loosely takes place, so early this summer my friend and director/cartoonist/Magic Man Mike Wartella took the train up from New York City with his homemade teleidoscope and we shot the whole thing in a day. My favorite part is when I turn into a witch, played by my BFF Ruthie."
WATCH THE "SUN MEDALLION" VIDEO HERE: http://vevo.ly/uffONN
Stream King Tuff Was Dead here: http://snd.sc/10Y1YPfDownload jpgs and album art here: http://pitchperfectpr.com/a_tuff.htmlPurchase King Tuff Was Dead on LP or CD.   

KING TUFF TOUR DATES:Wed. Sep. 25 - Denver, CO @ Moe'sFri. Sep. 27 - St. Louis, MO @ Off BroadwaySat. Sep. 28 - Chicago, IL @ Park West*Sun. Sep. 29 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House*Tue. Oct. 1 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair * Wed. Oct. 2 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church*Thu. Oct. 3 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza*Sat. Oct. 5 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat*Mon. Oct. 7 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle*Tue. Oct. 8 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade*Fri. Oct. 11 - Dallas, TX @ Prophet Bar*Sun. Oct. 13 - Scottsdale, AZ @ The Martini Ranch * Mon. Oct. 14 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory*Tue. Oct. 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex*Wed. Oct. 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's * Fri. Oct. 18 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *Sat. Oct. 19 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater *Sun. Oct. 20 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
* with Wavves, Jacuzzi Boys

New Music From White Poppy

WHITE POPPYPhoto Credit: Georgia Love
White Poppy is the solo project of British Columbian Crystal Dorval, who is excited to announce her debut self-titled full-length record, out September 3rd on Not Not Fun.
Stream "Wear Me Away" on SPIN

SPIN has the premiere of first single "Wear Me Away," a track that stands for a record full of "dreamy, washed out, lovesick stunners...with its faded-fuzz veneer and angelic vocals, the song makes for a prime introduction. Enjoy."The record is a gorgeous, experimental exploration of washed out psychedelic melodies and floating vocals with the warmest of tones and blurry harmonies, at times a blend of fuzzy guitars and shoegaze-laced melodies, and others a mix of kaleidoscopic dream-gaze. A work in progress for more than a year and initially recorded onto a four-track cassette recorder, White Poppy is a conclusive record and one that bears a quality of therapeutic pop, building on the themes and sounds of the artist's past releases.
In addition to the release of the record, White Poppy will also be embarking on a West coast tour this September, with all dates below and more to come.Fall Tour Dates 2013 /09.13.13 - Cairo - Seattle, WA
09.14.13 - Pals - Portland, OR #
09.16.13 - Mex 'N' Wow - Arcata, CA !
09.17.13 - Lowbrau (Le Twist Tuesdays) - Sacramento, CA
09.18.13 - Stranded - Oakland, CA
09.19.13 - Life Changing Ministries - Oakland, CA *
09.20.13 - The Void - San Diego, CA
09.21.13 - Boy Manor - Los Angeles, CA
09.22.13 - Crossroads - San Luis Obispo, CA# with Talkative
! with Tabloid
* with High Wolf British Columbian inner-peacenik Crystal Dorval's "experimental therapeutic pop" project White Poppyhas been evolving and percolating into fresh forms the past couple years, but last winter she ventured out from her bedroom haven, packing a satchel full of 4-track tapes and boarding a boat across the Strait Of Georgia to the town of Ladysmith on Vancouver Island. She made it to The Noise Floor Recording Studio to mastermind and mix the ten deluxe, delirious, dream-gaze gems comprising her self-titled full-length debut. The trek was a triumph. Fusing the warm, washed tonalities of her earliest cassette-blurred lotus meditations within a richer range of glittering guitar gestures, sky-way keyboard cascades, and neon-violet vocal refractions, the collection captures the catchy, dizzy fuzz and textured, opiated heights of Dorval's deceptively vulnerable songcraft. The see-sawing balance of faded, forlorn freefalling ("Emotional Intelligence," "Existential Angst") with buoyant, blissed independence-pop ("Wear Me Away," "Without Answers") conjures a real rainbow mood ring three-dimensionality, a kaleidoscope of intimate drifter soul. True-gaze for a newer age. On tour in low lit cultural buildings up and down the West coast this fall. White Poppywill be out September 3rd, 2013 on Not Not Fun Records in the form of black vinyl LPs in Parthenon-portraiture jackets designed by Ms. Dorval, herself. White Poppy Tracklisting /01. Darkness Turns To Light
02. Wear Me Away
03. Joyride
04. Today Tomorrow
05. Dead Night
06. Emotional Intelligence
07. Without Answers
08. Dizzy
09. Skygaze
10. Existential Angst Links / White Poppy Official WebsiteWhite Poppy on Facebook White Poppy on TumblrWhite Poppy on Twitter
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Not Not Fun

Pygmalion Music Festival Announces Official Schedule for 2013

PYGMALION MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL SCHEDULE FOR 2013MAJOR LAZER to perform alongside THE BREEDERS, THE HEAD AND THE HEART, KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS and DAWES |  Festival Passes Almost Gone;  PYGMALION LIT FEST andTHE MADE FEST announce more details. 

 With Major Lazer, The Breeders, The Head and The Heart, Kurt Vile and The Violators,and Dawes headlining this year's Pygmalion Music Festival, taking place September 26-28, 2013 in Champaign-Urbana, Ill, the official schedule has been released for 2013.  
The tastemaking festival, now in its ninth year, has recently added Chicago MC Rockie Fresh along with Polyvinyl Records artists, Stagnant Pools. Also featured for 2013 is Foxygen, Youth Lagoon, Daughter, METZ, Damien Jurado, Warpaint, Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons, Dessa, Bleached, Kishi Bashi, Murder By Death, Jenny Hval, Jonathan Rice, Little Green Cars, Young Empires, San Fermin, Larry and His Flask, Caveman,  On An On, Psychic Twin and more. 
A PDF version of the schedule can be found here: http://www.pygmalionmusicfestival.com/PMF2013_Schedule.pdf

As happens every year like clockwork, festival passes are just about gone. The festival, which is held on and near the land grant campus on the University of Illinois, tends to move through the final batch of passes almost immediately once students return to school and learn about the vast array of artists performing in their college town for the last weekend of September.

More information below:

In 2013, Pygmalion Music Festival returns to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Opening Night, after a two year hiatus from the world renown, acoustically perfect venue. On Thursday September 26, 2013, The Head and The Heart will perform with Daughter and Damien Jurado in the early evening at Krannert Center, before making way for a late night headlining performance at The Canopy Club with Warpaint, Murder By Death, Larry and His Flask, and local psych rock luminaries, The Dirty Feathers.

In addition, the festival will continue its tradition of incorporating outdoor shows into its already established history of presenting artists in the best venues around Champaign and Urbana. Pygmalion will be presenting two major outdoor concerts, one on Friday night in Downtown Urbana and a two-stage all day show on Saturday in Downtown Champaign.

On Friday evening, in historic Downtown Urbana, Kurt Vile and The Violators will co-headline the Outdoor Stage with Dawes, before two late night performances. One will feature Toronto punks METZ at The Independent Media Center, and the other will see The Breeders performingLast Splash in its entirety at The Canopy Club, with support from Foxygen, and locals Common Loon.

Saturday, the festival moves completely to bustling Downtown Champaign, where a two-stage all day Outdoor Concert behind The Highdive will be headlined by Major Lazer, with support from artists such as Youth Lagoon, Dessa, Cavemen, Bleached, Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons, Psychic Twin, Kishi Bashi, and more.
Late night shows include performances at various venues and clubs in the Downtown area featuring Saturday Looks Good To Me, Jenny Hval, Stagnant Pools, Rockie Fresh and many more.

For festival passes and single show tickets, please visit: http://www.pygmalionmusicfestival.com/tickets

Beyond that, Pygmalion Music Festival is proud to announce its first ever expansion beyond presenting live music. The inaugural Pygmalion Lit Fest will take place on September 27-28, 2013 in partnership with the Department of English at the University of Illinois, Ninth Letter, its esteemed literary journal, and Hobart: another literary magazine. Confirmed authors so far include PEN/Faulkner Nominee Amelia Gray, Dan Chaon, and James Greer, whose band Detective, will also be performing at the festival.  Additional authors reading will be Matt Bell, Aaron Burch, Jensen Beach, Elizabeth Ellen, Lindsay Hunter, Lania Knight, Kyle Minor, Bayo Ojikutu, Andre Perry, Kathleen Rooney, and Chad Simpson. This event will be free and open to the public. 
For more information, please visit: http://www.pygmalionlitfest.com   Pygmalion Music Festival is also proud to announce another new aspect of the festival: an arts and crafts fair called The Made Fest, which will introduce the first ever outdoor vintage and handmade market to the streets of Champaign in conjunction with the music festival and the lit fest. Taking cues from events like Renegade Craft Fair and Flatstock, this expertly curated and juried event will be taking place just outside of the walls of Pygmalion at the corner of Market St. and Main St. on Saturday September 28, with free admission.

For more information, please visit: http://www.themadefest.com 
Festival passes are currently on sale for $85. The festival pass guarantees admission into every theater and outdoor show at the festival. Club shows are subject to capacity limitations. Single show tickets are on sale now.

Obits New Single “Spun Out” from 'Bed & Bugs'

  Listen to the New Obits Single “Spun Out” from Bed & Bugs Now Track Premiere Courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan http://soundcloud.com/subpop/obits-spun-out-1/s-4K9hQ
 

Today we offer you the driving new Obits single, “Spun Out,” presented in an entirely free MP3 format, for your downloading delight. The track is from the band’s forthcoming third album, Bed & Bugs, which Brooklyn Vegan calls their “most varied album to date...still a rager -- and maybe the best thing they've done yet" (see Brooklyn Vegan August 15th)   As previously announced, Obits will support Bed & Bugswith a North American tour, that begins with a hometown record release show September 21 in Brooklyn, NY and ends November 22 in San Diego. See below for a full list of shows.   Sub Pop will release Bed & BugsSeptember 10th on CD/LP/DL. The 13-track album,  featuring  “Taste the Diff” and the aforementioned “Spun Out,” along with highlights “It’s Sick” and “Receptor,”  was recorded and mixed in an undisclosed location in Arlington, VA by Nikhil Ranade with additional mixing by Eli Janney and Geoff Sanoff.   Pre-orders of Obits’ Bed & Bugs are now available at Sub Pop.com. While supplies last, orders of the CD and LP will receive a free, limited-edition 7” single featuring live versions of “Refund” (from the late 2012 7" single on La Castanya) and “Talking to the Dog” (from I Blame You) on the A-side, backed with “New August” (from Moody, Standard and Poor) on the B-side. The tracks were recorded while on tour in August 2012 at Red 7 in Austin, Texas. Three brand-new and also handsome Obits t-shirts are available now as well.   Bed & Bugswill also be available as a limited Loser Edition colored vinyl LP from SubPop.com, select independent record retailers (call your local record store for availability) and at Obits' shows.   More on Obits here.   What people are saying about Obits Bed & Bugs: “It's another stellar fist-pumper.” [Track Review, “Taste the Diff”] - Exclaim!   “If you're looking for a life coach, you could do worse.” [Track Review, “Taste the Diff”] - Pitchfork   “Screamy Mick Jagger-esque vocals and crunchy, antique punk guitar sounds give the track a bluesy punch; the lyrics raise questions about aging and the power of money. It’s really fun (and pretty whiny, but in a kind of great way).” [Track Review, “Taste the Diff”] - Stereogum   “May God preserve veteran garage rockers Obits, one of the living proofs that NYC still rules when it comes to rock'n'roll.”  - The Deli Magazine   Tour Dates: Sept. 21 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House (Album release show) Oct. 02 - Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears Oct. 03 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore Oct. 04 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern Oct. 05 - Ferndale, MI - The Loving Touch Oct. 06 - Milwaukee, WI - The Cactus Club Oct. 07 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club Oct. 08 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle Oct. 09 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups Oct. 10 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel Oct. 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s Oct. 22 & 23 - Halifax, NS - Halifax Pop Explosion Oct. 30 - Tampa, FL - The Fest Oct. 31 - Gainesville, FL - The Fest Nov. 14 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret Nov. 15 - Seattle, WA - Neumo’s Crystal Ball Nov. 16 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios Nov. 17 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall Nov. 19 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill Nov. 20 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door Nov. 21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo Nov. 22 - San Diego, CA - Casbah Nov. 23 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar