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July 29, 2013
Sweden's Like Swimming to Make US Debut at Filter's Culture Collide
Like Swimming Announce Several Festival PerformancesIncluding *First Stateside Gig Ever* at This Year's
Culture Collide Festival Tickets On Sale Now!
FILTER Magazine’s fourth annual Culture Collide Festival will return to Los Angeles this October 9th-12th, bringing four days of incredible music, art, film and more to Echo Park. Like Swimming are excited to play their first ever US show at the Culture Collide Festival. The lineup includes many great acts such as Liars, The Raveonettes, Rhye, Fuck Buttons and many more.
Like Swimming at the 2013 Live at Heart Festival in Sweden With more than 300 concerts in 23 venues over two days, Live at Heartwas the biggest music festival in Sweden last year. Located in the middle of Sweden, central to Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki, Live at Heart promises to be even bigger and better in 2013. Catch Like Swimming at the biggest festival in their home country. Tickets On Sale Now!
Like Swimming Confirmed for Karl Oska Dagarna Like Swimming are also confirmed for Karl Oskar Dagarna festival in Växjö, Sweden alongside Melody Club, The Poodles, and many others.You can learn more about the festival here: http://www.vaxjocity.se/karl-oskar-dagarna
GROUPLOVE ANNOUNCE “THE SEESAW TOUR”
GROUPLOVE ANNOUNCE “THE SEESAW TOUR”;
LA-BASED QUINTET TREATS FANS TO TWO SEPARATE NIGHTS FEATURING ELECTRIC AND STRIPPED-DOWN PERFORMANCES AT INTIMATE VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
INAUGURAL TWO-NIGHT STAND OF THE TOUR KICKS OFF IN SEATTLE AT THE CROCODILE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH AND THE TRIPLE DOOR ON SEPTEMBER 10TH;
LEAD SINGLE “WAYS TO GO” ALREADY TOP 10 AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO;
OUTDOOR STAGE PERFORMANCE ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE SET FOR SEPTEMBER 19TH;
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM “SPREADING RUMOURS” ARRIVES SEPTEMBER 17TH
[image error]Canvasback Music/Atlantic recording artists Grouplove have unveiled details for their special headlining fall tour. “The Seesaw Tour” will feature two-night stands in eleven cities across the country – the first night will be electric; the second night will be stripped down/acoustic. Performances will take place in intimate settings, including legendary clubs, historic sites, and obscure or rarely used venues. The tour kicks off with shows at The Crocodile on September 9th and The Triple Door on September 10th in Seattle, WA, and continues into October (see attached itinerary). Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning on Friday, August 2nd, with pre-sale tickets becoming available for purchase on Tuesday, July 30th. The Rubens will be main support (http://therubensmusic.com/home-1). “The Seesaw Tour” heralds the release of Grouplove’s highly anticipated new album, “SPREADING RUMOURS,” due in stores and online on September 17th. “Ways To Go,” the infectious lead single from “SPREADING RUMOURS” made its world premiere on Los Angeles’s KROQ and is already top 10 on the Alternative radio chart. The track’s companion music video – directed by Cameron Duddy – has received early adds at MTV2, mtvU, and Fuse, and already accumulated over 900K views on YouTube (http://youtu.be/VGvHnDeS12o). Grouplove will perform “Ways To Go” on the outdoor stage on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on September 19th. In other news, Grouplove has created a series of animated video shorts featuring audio snippets from each album track on “SPREADING RUMOURS.” The videos were created by NYC-based animation studio Ace & Son, and are based on original artwork by the band’s own Hannah Hooper. Starting today with the track “I’m With You” (http://youtu.be/eaFIyWbBmX0), the video shorts will premiere twice a week on the band’s official website, www.grouplovemusic.com, culminating in a single full-length video premiere on September 9th.Grouplove has also partnered with the Snaps! mobile platform to create a customized app which allows fans to add Grouplove art elements to their new or existing photos and then seamlessly share with friends on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr. Using the app, fans can add characters from the album artwork, the band members’ GROUP tattoo, and more. The band will be releasing new artwork from the “SPREADING RUMOURS” album booklet in the weeks leading up to the release. Snaps! can be downloaded for free on iOS and Android at http://bit.ly/SnapsGrouplove. Additionally, Grouplove will perform a benefit concert for the GRAMMY Foundation's GRAMMY in the Schools® music education programs at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on August 11th. The show lineup also includes Phoenix and LP. Tickets are available only at www.axs.com.
Grouplove is: Christian Zucconi (vocals, guitar), Hannah Hooper (vocals, keys), Sean Gadd (bass, vocals), Andrew Wessen (guitar, vocals), Ryan Rabin (drums).For more news and information, please visit www.grouplovemusic.com, www.facebook.com/GROUPLOVE, www.myspace.com/grouplovemusic, twitter.com/GROUPLOVE, and www.atlanticrecords.com. GROUPLOVETHE SEESAW TOUR 2013(all dates headlining expect where noted *) August3 Montreal, QC Parterre Parc Jean Drapeau (Osheaga festival)*11 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia (Grammy Foundation benefit)*
September9 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
10 Seattle, WA The Triple Door
11 Portland, OR Star Theater
12 Portland, OR Alberta Rose Theatre
14 San Francisco, CA The Independent
15 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
17 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
18 Los Angeles, CA Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever
22 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
23 Sommerville, MA Arts at the Armory
25 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
26 New York, NY McKittrick Hotel
28 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
30 Philadelphia, PA Underground ArtsOctober1 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
2 Washington, DC The Hamilton
6 Austin, TX Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)*
9 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
10 Evanston, IL Space
13 Austin, TX Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)*
LA-BASED QUINTET TREATS FANS TO TWO SEPARATE NIGHTS FEATURING ELECTRIC AND STRIPPED-DOWN PERFORMANCES AT INTIMATE VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
INAUGURAL TWO-NIGHT STAND OF THE TOUR KICKS OFF IN SEATTLE AT THE CROCODILE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH AND THE TRIPLE DOOR ON SEPTEMBER 10TH;
LEAD SINGLE “WAYS TO GO” ALREADY TOP 10 AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO;
OUTDOOR STAGE PERFORMANCE ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE SET FOR SEPTEMBER 19TH;
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM “SPREADING RUMOURS” ARRIVES SEPTEMBER 17TH
[image error]Canvasback Music/Atlantic recording artists Grouplove have unveiled details for their special headlining fall tour. “The Seesaw Tour” will feature two-night stands in eleven cities across the country – the first night will be electric; the second night will be stripped down/acoustic. Performances will take place in intimate settings, including legendary clubs, historic sites, and obscure or rarely used venues. The tour kicks off with shows at The Crocodile on September 9th and The Triple Door on September 10th in Seattle, WA, and continues into October (see attached itinerary). Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning on Friday, August 2nd, with pre-sale tickets becoming available for purchase on Tuesday, July 30th. The Rubens will be main support (http://therubensmusic.com/home-1). “The Seesaw Tour” heralds the release of Grouplove’s highly anticipated new album, “SPREADING RUMOURS,” due in stores and online on September 17th. “Ways To Go,” the infectious lead single from “SPREADING RUMOURS” made its world premiere on Los Angeles’s KROQ and is already top 10 on the Alternative radio chart. The track’s companion music video – directed by Cameron Duddy – has received early adds at MTV2, mtvU, and Fuse, and already accumulated over 900K views on YouTube (http://youtu.be/VGvHnDeS12o). Grouplove will perform “Ways To Go” on the outdoor stage on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on September 19th. In other news, Grouplove has created a series of animated video shorts featuring audio snippets from each album track on “SPREADING RUMOURS.” The videos were created by NYC-based animation studio Ace & Son, and are based on original artwork by the band’s own Hannah Hooper. Starting today with the track “I’m With You” (http://youtu.be/eaFIyWbBmX0), the video shorts will premiere twice a week on the band’s official website, www.grouplovemusic.com, culminating in a single full-length video premiere on September 9th.Grouplove has also partnered with the Snaps! mobile platform to create a customized app which allows fans to add Grouplove art elements to their new or existing photos and then seamlessly share with friends on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr. Using the app, fans can add characters from the album artwork, the band members’ GROUP tattoo, and more. The band will be releasing new artwork from the “SPREADING RUMOURS” album booklet in the weeks leading up to the release. Snaps! can be downloaded for free on iOS and Android at http://bit.ly/SnapsGrouplove. Additionally, Grouplove will perform a benefit concert for the GRAMMY Foundation's GRAMMY in the Schools® music education programs at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on August 11th. The show lineup also includes Phoenix and LP. Tickets are available only at www.axs.com.
Grouplove is: Christian Zucconi (vocals, guitar), Hannah Hooper (vocals, keys), Sean Gadd (bass, vocals), Andrew Wessen (guitar, vocals), Ryan Rabin (drums).For more news and information, please visit www.grouplovemusic.com, www.facebook.com/GROUPLOVE, www.myspace.com/grouplovemusic, twitter.com/GROUPLOVE, and www.atlanticrecords.com. GROUPLOVETHE SEESAW TOUR 2013(all dates headlining expect where noted *) August3 Montreal, QC Parterre Parc Jean Drapeau (Osheaga festival)*11 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia (Grammy Foundation benefit)*
September9 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
10 Seattle, WA The Triple Door
11 Portland, OR Star Theater
12 Portland, OR Alberta Rose Theatre
14 San Francisco, CA The Independent
15 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
17 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
18 Los Angeles, CA Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever
22 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
23 Sommerville, MA Arts at the Armory
25 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
26 New York, NY McKittrick Hotel
28 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
30 Philadelphia, PA Underground ArtsOctober1 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
2 Washington, DC The Hamilton
6 Austin, TX Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)*
9 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
10 Evanston, IL Space
13 Austin, TX Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)*
Jake Bellows's Debut Solo Album New Ocean Streaming At Spin
Jake Bellows's Debut Solo Album New Ocean Streaming At SpinNew Ocean Out August 6 On Saddle Creek 
"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
"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
Download: "All Right Now" via Paste or SoundCloudWatch: New Ocean Album Trailer via YouTube
Jake Bellows is set to release his debut solo album New Ocean on August 6 via Saddle Creek. In anticipation of the release, SPIN is running an exclusive album stream a week before the street date. New Ocean was recorded at Omaha's ARC Studios with engineer Ben Brodin (Before the Toast and Tea, Conor Oberst), Ryan Fox (The Good Life), Todd Fink (The Faint), and Heath Koontz (Neva Dinova). New Ocean is now available for pre-order on CD & LP via Saddle Creek and limited edition cassette through Majestic Litter.
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 Brodin at Brodin's 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 Fox also 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.
For more info, please visit:
http://jakebellows.com/http://saddle-creek.com/
"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 "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
Download: "All Right Now" via Paste or SoundCloudWatch: New Ocean Album Trailer via YouTube
Jake Bellows is set to release his debut solo album New Ocean on August 6 via Saddle Creek. In anticipation of the release, SPIN is running an exclusive album stream a week before the street date. New Ocean was recorded at Omaha's ARC Studios with engineer Ben Brodin (Before the Toast and Tea, Conor Oberst), Ryan Fox (The Good Life), Todd Fink (The Faint), and Heath Koontz (Neva Dinova). New Ocean is now available for pre-order on CD & LP via Saddle Creek and limited edition cassette through Majestic Litter.
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 Brodin at Brodin's 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 Fox also 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.
For more info, please visit:
http://jakebellows.com/http://saddle-creek.com/
Pandora Streaming T. Hardy Morris' Debut Album- Audition Tapes
T. HARDY MORRIS' NEW ALBUM AUDTITION TAPESOUT TOMORROW JULY 30 ON DANGERBIRD RECORDS
ADVANCED PREVIEW NOW STREAMING IN FULL AT PANDORA
ANNOUNCING FALL TOUR DATES WITH JASON ISBELL, DEER TICKSCREENING OF PLACES IN PERIL VIDEO SERIES IN ATHENS, GAAUGUST 16 AT Ciné
T. Hardy Morris and Dangerbird Records have eagerly anticipated the impending July 30th release of the Athens, GA based musician's debut solo album Audition Tapes . While Stereogum noted the "calming beauty" found on the record, Magnet Magazinepraised it as "an album of subtle shifts and minimal arrangements, an LP that can elicit tension and yearning and release in the softest of strums..." Fans looking for an early preview can stream the album in advance today on Pandora radio. For the remainder of summer and fall Morris will tour in support of Audition Tapes including upcoming gigs with Jason Isbell, Deer Tick, Roadkill Ghost Choir and Drive-By Truckers.
Stream Audition Tapes in full via Pandora premiers http://bit.ly/12YYl0d
Album pre-order at t.hardymorris.com
On August 16th T. Hardy Morris will host a special screening at Ciné in Athens, GA to showcase the "Audition Tapes From Places in Peril" video series in full. For the series Morris and filmmaker/photographer Jason Thrasher traveled to 10 historic sites throughout Georgia to film live performance "take away" videos of each song on Audition Tapes. All of these sites have been chosen for the "Places In Peril" List, published annually by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation (Learn More).
Watch videos from the series at the links below.
"OK Corral" via Ameircan Songwriter "Beauty Rest" via Stereogum "Lucky"via KCRW "Hard Stuff" via CMT Edge "Own Worst Enemy" via Aquarium Drunkard
www.t.hardymorris.com
For bio and photos visit bighassle.com/publicity/t.-hardy-morris
Upcoming Tour Dates: More Dates TBA
AUGUST01 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City w/ Drive-By Truckers09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl w/ Roadkill Ghost Choir, The Eastern Sea15 - Macon, GA - The Hummingbird Stage and Taproom w/ Roadkill Ghost Choir16 - Athens, GA - The Caledonia Lounge w/ Roadkill Ghost Choir17 - Savannah, GA - The Jinx w/ Roadkill Ghost Choir
SEPTEMBER04 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater w/ Jason Isbell05 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room w/ Jason Isbell06 - Jackson, WY - Town Square Tavern w/ Jason Isbell07 - Big Sky, MT - Music in the Mountains w/ Jason Isbell08 - Missoula, MT - Top Hat Lounge w/ Jason Isbell14 - Pawtucket, RI - The Met (Dudesmash II w/ Deer Tick, Jonny Fritz)15 - Springfield, MA - John Boyle O'Reilly Club w/ Deer Tick
ADVANCED PREVIEW NOW STREAMING IN FULL AT PANDORA
ANNOUNCING FALL TOUR DATES WITH JASON ISBELL, DEER TICKSCREENING OF PLACES IN PERIL VIDEO SERIES IN ATHENS, GAAUGUST 16 AT Ciné
T. Hardy Morris and Dangerbird Records have eagerly anticipated the impending July 30th release of the Athens, GA based musician's debut solo album Audition Tapes . While Stereogum noted the "calming beauty" found on the record, Magnet Magazinepraised it as "an album of subtle shifts and minimal arrangements, an LP that can elicit tension and yearning and release in the softest of strums..." Fans looking for an early preview can stream the album in advance today on Pandora radio. For the remainder of summer and fall Morris will tour in support of Audition Tapes including upcoming gigs with Jason Isbell, Deer Tick, Roadkill Ghost Choir and Drive-By Truckers.
Stream Audition Tapes in full via Pandora premiers http://bit.ly/12YYl0d
Album pre-order at t.hardymorris.com
On August 16th T. Hardy Morris will host a special screening at Ciné in Athens, GA to showcase the "Audition Tapes From Places in Peril" video series in full. For the series Morris and filmmaker/photographer Jason Thrasher traveled to 10 historic sites throughout Georgia to film live performance "take away" videos of each song on Audition Tapes. All of these sites have been chosen for the "Places In Peril" List, published annually by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation (Learn More).
Watch videos from the series at the links below.
"OK Corral" via Ameircan Songwriter "Beauty Rest" via Stereogum "Lucky"via KCRW "Hard Stuff" via CMT Edge "Own Worst Enemy" via Aquarium Drunkard
www.t.hardymorris.com
For bio and photos visit bighassle.com/publicity/t.-hardy-morris
Upcoming Tour Dates: More Dates TBA
AUGUST01 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City w/ Drive-By Truckers09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl w/ Roadkill Ghost Choir, The Eastern Sea15 - Macon, GA - The Hummingbird Stage and Taproom w/ Roadkill Ghost Choir16 - Athens, GA - The Caledonia Lounge w/ Roadkill Ghost Choir17 - Savannah, GA - The Jinx w/ Roadkill Ghost Choir
SEPTEMBER04 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater w/ Jason Isbell05 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room w/ Jason Isbell06 - Jackson, WY - Town Square Tavern w/ Jason Isbell07 - Big Sky, MT - Music in the Mountains w/ Jason Isbell08 - Missoula, MT - Top Hat Lounge w/ Jason Isbell14 - Pawtucket, RI - The Met (Dudesmash II w/ Deer Tick, Jonny Fritz)15 - Springfield, MA - John Boyle O'Reilly Club w/ Deer Tick
July 27, 2013
Lovely Bad Things @ Viva Pomona
(photo: Angel Ceballos)
LOVELY BAD THINGS are playing at the GLASSHOUSE
tonight Saturday July 27th, 2013. VIVA POMONA!!!
Modest Mouse @ US Open of Surfing
All photos by GERARD KENT
Cloud Control Premiere New Track on SPIN
CLOUD CONTROLPhoto Credit: Hollie FernandoCloud Control will be hitting the US early next month, their first visit stateside the promote their gorgeous new record Dream Cave,out September 17th on Votiv. The band will be playing two shows in New York before heading to the West coast for a run of dates, with all shows listed below. Catch them if you can before they head back to Europe to support Local Natives. Click Here to Listen to "Scar" on SPIN In more good news for Cloud Control fans, we've also been given another taste of their sunny, elegant, psychedelic pop sound, with new single "Scar" premiered on Spin, who write, "Cloud Control are an Australian psych-pop quartet well-versed in soaring choruses, warm electronic loops, and romantic misunderstandings, all of which can be found on "Scar," the fuzz-trippers' latest single."Cloud Control first caught our attention with their stunning debut Bliss Release, winning them fans around the world. After the success of Bliss Release and subsequent worldwide tours, the band is now back with its most accomplished and expansive album to date, Dream Cave, out September 17th in the U.S. on Votiv. Originally hailing from Australia's Blue Mountains and now residing in the UK, Cloud Control is made up of Alister Wright, Heidi Lenffer, Ulrich Lenffer and Jeremy Kelshaw. Contrasting the home recorded stylings of Bliss Release, the band escaped to the countryside for the new record to work with producer and engineer Barny Barnicott (Spiritualized, Arctic Monkeys, Temper Trap, Franz Ferdinand.) The resulting Dream Cave captures an utterly unique sound, an addictive swirl that blurs the psychedelic guitar pop and soaring West Coast harmonies of their debut with warm electronics, programmed loops and reverb-soaked percussion. Dream Caveundoubtedly marks the evolution of Cloud Control's elegant, psychedelic pop sound, a growth that is the result of three years spent living, writing and playing in the UK. As frontman Alister Wright explains, "we're all feeling pretty proud of it. I think that's all you can do, try and make something you like and put it in the world - maybe people will like it, maybe you can change a couple of perspectives." In addition to a North American tour this August, the band will be opening a full UK and European tour with Local Natives this fall.Dream Cave arrives in the U.S. September 17th, 2013 on Votiv.Links /Cloud Control Official WebsiteCloud Control FacebookCloud Control TwitterVotiv
Dream Cave Tracklisting /01. Scream Rave02. Dojo Rising
03. Promises
04. Moonrabbit
05. Island Living
06. The Smoke, The Feeling
07. Scar
08. Happy Birthday
09. Ice Age Heatwave
10. Tombstone
11. Dream Cave North American Tour Dates /08.04.13 - Glasslands - Brooklyn, NY
08.05.13 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
08.08.13 - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA
08.10.13 - Bootleg - Los Angeles, CA
08.12.13 - Bardot - Los Angeles, CA
08.14.13 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR
08.16.13 - Barboza - Seattle, WAAssets /Stream "Scar" on SPIN Stream "Dojo Rising" on Pitchfork Watch "Dojo Rising" Video on Noisey
Guards Will Join Queens Of The Stone Age and MGMT
GUARDS TO JOIN QUEENS OF THE STONE AGEAND MGMT ON TOUR THIS FALL
UPCOMING APPEARANCES AT LOLLAPALOOZAAND OSHEAGA FESTIVAL
FEATURED ON NPR "TINY DESK"
"One of the year's best albums." - Wall Street Journal Guards are excited to announce that they will be joining Queens of the Stone Age on tour this fall, kicking off September 10 in Toronto. Afterwards, Guards will head overseas for a four week trek supporting MGMT on their European run. On tour in support of their acclaimed new album
In Guards We Trust
, Guards has spent most of the year on the road, including outings with Alt-J, Palma Violets, Best Coast, and Portugal.The Man as well as show-stopping sets at Coachella, SXSW and Primavera Sound. The band is currently gearing up to perform at Lollapalooza, Osheaga Festival, and FYF Festival. See below for more details. Guards recently performed three songs from their new album on NPR.org's "Tiny Desk" series. Watch it here:
http://n.pr/1e0m6Xi
In Guards We Trust has received overwhelming acclaim since its release earlier this year. Esquire named the band one of "15 Music Artists to Watch in 2013" and Vogue selected them as "Band of the Week," with additional praise coming from Stereogum , Pitchfork , Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed , and Elle , among others. The music video for their hit single "Ready To Go" premiered a few months back across multiple channels at MTV (MTV2, MTVu, MTV Buzzworthy Blog, MTV Hive and VH1.com) and can be viewed here. Their highly-buzzed SXSW appearances earned them a spot at the top of several festival roundups, including NPR Music, who selected the band as one of " 15 Essential Moments From SXSW 2013 ," praising, "I walked across the street to the Empire Control Room, toward the sound of good, strong, guitar-laden pop...I loved what I was hearing."
Founded in New York City by singer Richie Follin, Guards also features Kaylie Church and Loren Humphrey.
GUARDS TOUR DATES(Click HERE for ticket information)
August 2 - Montreal, Canada @ Osheaga Festival 2013August 4 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza 2013August 4 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Aftershow (w/ Alt-J)August 24 - Monterey, CA @ First City FestivalAugust 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest 2013
w/ Queens of the Stone Age September 10 - Toronto, Canada @ Air Canada CentreSeptember 12 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore DetroitSeptember 13 - Cincinnati, OH @ PNC PavilionSeptember 14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AESeptember 15 - Columbus, OH @ LC PavilionSeptember 17 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Murat Theater at Old National Centre September 18 - Louisville, KY @ Louisville PalaceSeptember 19 - Charlotte, NC @ The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory September 20 - Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
w/ MGMT September 26 - Cologne, Germany @ Live Music HallSeptember 27 - Brussels, Belgium @ ABSeptember 29 - Stockholm, Sweden @ CirkusSeptember 30 - Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum SceneOctober 1 - Vesterbro/Kongens Enghavem, Denmark @ VEGA Main HallOctober 3 - Berlin, Germany @ Astra KulturhausOctober 4 - Vienna, Austria @ GasometerOctober 5 - Munich, Germany @ KesselhausOctober 6 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Komplex 457October 8 - Paris, France @ OlympiaOctober 9 - Hamburg, Germany @ DocksOctober 10 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Vredenburg LeidscheOctober 12 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABCOctober 13 - Wolverhampton, UK @ Civic HallOctober 14 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo ManchesterOctober 16 - London, UK @ ForumOctober 19 - Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia Theatre
You can pick up the new album In Guards We Trust on iTunes HERE.
UPCOMING APPEARANCES AT LOLLAPALOOZAAND OSHEAGA FESTIVAL
FEATURED ON NPR "TINY DESK"
"One of the year's best albums." - Wall Street Journal Guards are excited to announce that they will be joining Queens of the Stone Age on tour this fall, kicking off September 10 in Toronto. Afterwards, Guards will head overseas for a four week trek supporting MGMT on their European run. On tour in support of their acclaimed new album
In Guards We Trust
, Guards has spent most of the year on the road, including outings with Alt-J, Palma Violets, Best Coast, and Portugal.The Man as well as show-stopping sets at Coachella, SXSW and Primavera Sound. The band is currently gearing up to perform at Lollapalooza, Osheaga Festival, and FYF Festival. See below for more details. Guards recently performed three songs from their new album on NPR.org's "Tiny Desk" series. Watch it here:
http://n.pr/1e0m6Xi
In Guards We Trust has received overwhelming acclaim since its release earlier this year. Esquire named the band one of "15 Music Artists to Watch in 2013" and Vogue selected them as "Band of the Week," with additional praise coming from Stereogum , Pitchfork , Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed , and Elle , among others. The music video for their hit single "Ready To Go" premiered a few months back across multiple channels at MTV (MTV2, MTVu, MTV Buzzworthy Blog, MTV Hive and VH1.com) and can be viewed here. Their highly-buzzed SXSW appearances earned them a spot at the top of several festival roundups, including NPR Music, who selected the band as one of " 15 Essential Moments From SXSW 2013 ," praising, "I walked across the street to the Empire Control Room, toward the sound of good, strong, guitar-laden pop...I loved what I was hearing."
Founded in New York City by singer Richie Follin, Guards also features Kaylie Church and Loren Humphrey.
GUARDS TOUR DATES(Click HERE for ticket information)
August 2 - Montreal, Canada @ Osheaga Festival 2013August 4 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza 2013August 4 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Aftershow (w/ Alt-J)August 24 - Monterey, CA @ First City FestivalAugust 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest 2013
w/ Queens of the Stone Age September 10 - Toronto, Canada @ Air Canada CentreSeptember 12 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore DetroitSeptember 13 - Cincinnati, OH @ PNC PavilionSeptember 14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AESeptember 15 - Columbus, OH @ LC PavilionSeptember 17 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Murat Theater at Old National Centre September 18 - Louisville, KY @ Louisville PalaceSeptember 19 - Charlotte, NC @ The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory September 20 - Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
w/ MGMT September 26 - Cologne, Germany @ Live Music HallSeptember 27 - Brussels, Belgium @ ABSeptember 29 - Stockholm, Sweden @ CirkusSeptember 30 - Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum SceneOctober 1 - Vesterbro/Kongens Enghavem, Denmark @ VEGA Main HallOctober 3 - Berlin, Germany @ Astra KulturhausOctober 4 - Vienna, Austria @ GasometerOctober 5 - Munich, Germany @ KesselhausOctober 6 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Komplex 457October 8 - Paris, France @ OlympiaOctober 9 - Hamburg, Germany @ DocksOctober 10 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Vredenburg LeidscheOctober 12 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABCOctober 13 - Wolverhampton, UK @ Civic HallOctober 14 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo ManchesterOctober 16 - London, UK @ ForumOctober 19 - Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia Theatre
You can pick up the new album In Guards We Trust on iTunes HERE.
"Springsteen & I" Is A Critic's Darling, Fan-Favorite
The film reviews are in and
Springsteen and I
is a hit amongst critics and fans alike!
The response to the July 22nd screening was so overwhelming that Fathom has added extra screens for the July 30th screening. The film will be playing at the following theaters in your area:
Promenade 16 with IMAX21801 Oxnard StWoodland HillsSanta Anita with IMAX400 S Baldwin AveArcadiaBurbank 16 with IMAX and ETX125 E Palm AveBurbankCovina 17 with IMAX1414 N Azusa AveCovinaRolling Hills 202591 Airport DrTorranceCentury City 15 with IMAX10250 Santa Monica BlvdLos AngelesPuente Hills 20 with IMAX1560 S Azusa AveCity Of IndustryDel Amo 18 with IMAX3525 W Carson St Ste 73TorranceGalleria at Tyler 16 with IMAX3775 Tyler StRiversideOntario Mills 30 with ETX4549 Mills CirOntarioOrange 30 with IMAX20 City Blvd W Ste EOrangeNorwalk 20 with IMAX12300 Civic Center DrNorwalkCitywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX100 Universal City PlzUniversal CityCentury River Park2766 Seaglass WayOxnardNorth Hollywood 812827 Victory BlvdNorth HollywoodOrange Stadium Promenade 25 with XD1701 W Katella AveOrangeHuntington Beach 20 with XD7777 Edinger AveHuntington BeachIrvine Spectrum 20 with IMAX65 Fortune DrIrvineAliso Viejo 20 with IMAX26701 Aliso Creek RdAliso ViejoLong Beach 26 with IMAX7501 Carson BlvdLong BeachAlhambra Renaissance 14 with IMAX1 E Main StAlhambraLA Live1000 W Olympic BlvdLos Angeles
Says USA Today , "Not only can the faithful relate to the funny, often touching stories of their fellow Springsteen fans onscreen, but there's a plethora of unseen material even the die-hards haven't laid eyes on yet." Pitchfork agrees, saying, "It’s a refreshing angle. Shifting the focus from the performer to the audience articulates many things about Springsteen that have gone either unstated or unexamined. Such an approach might have collapsed into sheer hagiography-- one fan after another testifying blankly to his 'passion' and 'authenticity.' However, as the film progresses, it becomes not only increasingly specific but also increasingly poignant." Hitfix says, the film is not just "a love letter to Springsteen, it’s also a love letter from fans to fans," while The Wrap states that the film "captures the strange state of fandom with a grace, emotion and wit that does its subject justice."
PLEASE NOTE: July 30th is the last day that that fans can watch Springsteen and I in theaters throughout the U.S. For locations, please visit: http://www.fathomevents.com/#!springsteen-and-i
Movie website: www.SpringsteenAndI.comMovie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQUeCi9V0sFacebook: www.facebook.com/SpringsteenITwitter: www.twitter.com/SpringsteenAndI #SpringsteenAndI
The response to the July 22nd screening was so overwhelming that Fathom has added extra screens for the July 30th screening. The film will be playing at the following theaters in your area:
Promenade 16 with IMAX21801 Oxnard StWoodland HillsSanta Anita with IMAX400 S Baldwin AveArcadiaBurbank 16 with IMAX and ETX125 E Palm AveBurbankCovina 17 with IMAX1414 N Azusa AveCovinaRolling Hills 202591 Airport DrTorranceCentury City 15 with IMAX10250 Santa Monica BlvdLos AngelesPuente Hills 20 with IMAX1560 S Azusa AveCity Of IndustryDel Amo 18 with IMAX3525 W Carson St Ste 73TorranceGalleria at Tyler 16 with IMAX3775 Tyler StRiversideOntario Mills 30 with ETX4549 Mills CirOntarioOrange 30 with IMAX20 City Blvd W Ste EOrangeNorwalk 20 with IMAX12300 Civic Center DrNorwalkCitywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX100 Universal City PlzUniversal CityCentury River Park2766 Seaglass WayOxnardNorth Hollywood 812827 Victory BlvdNorth HollywoodOrange Stadium Promenade 25 with XD1701 W Katella AveOrangeHuntington Beach 20 with XD7777 Edinger AveHuntington BeachIrvine Spectrum 20 with IMAX65 Fortune DrIrvineAliso Viejo 20 with IMAX26701 Aliso Creek RdAliso ViejoLong Beach 26 with IMAX7501 Carson BlvdLong BeachAlhambra Renaissance 14 with IMAX1 E Main StAlhambraLA Live1000 W Olympic BlvdLos Angeles
Says USA Today , "Not only can the faithful relate to the funny, often touching stories of their fellow Springsteen fans onscreen, but there's a plethora of unseen material even the die-hards haven't laid eyes on yet." Pitchfork agrees, saying, "It’s a refreshing angle. Shifting the focus from the performer to the audience articulates many things about Springsteen that have gone either unstated or unexamined. Such an approach might have collapsed into sheer hagiography-- one fan after another testifying blankly to his 'passion' and 'authenticity.' However, as the film progresses, it becomes not only increasingly specific but also increasingly poignant." Hitfix says, the film is not just "a love letter to Springsteen, it’s also a love letter from fans to fans," while The Wrap states that the film "captures the strange state of fandom with a grace, emotion and wit that does its subject justice."
PLEASE NOTE: July 30th is the last day that that fans can watch Springsteen and I in theaters throughout the U.S. For locations, please visit: http://www.fathomevents.com/#!springsteen-and-i
Movie website: www.SpringsteenAndI.comMovie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQUeCi9V0sFacebook: www.facebook.com/SpringsteenITwitter: www.twitter.com/SpringsteenAndI #SpringsteenAndI
