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Father John Misty Announces Solo Headline Variety Show

Father John Misty Announces Solo Headline Variety Show with Comedian Kate Berlant October 6-November 2
Updated Tour Schedule for 2013Watch “Funtimes In Babylon”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bvCnyMpXUI
Father John Misty will close out 2013 with a headlining solo variety tour in support of Fear Fun this fall, beginning on October 6th in Seattle, WA at The Moore Theatre and ending on November 2nd in Los Angeles, CA at the Wiltern.  This is in addition to the previously announced summer tour schedule, which resumes on July 6th in Quebec City, QE at Festival D’Ete and currently ends on August 24th in Monterey, CA at First City Festival. Highlights for the summer tour include: July 12th in Minneapolis for Basilica Block Party;  July 13th in Seattle, WA at Sub Pop’s Silver Jubilee; July 24th in New York, NY at Terminal 5; July 27th in Newport, RI for Newport Folk; August 2nd in Chicago, IL at Lollapalooza; August 4th in Montreal, QC at Osheaga. Please find a complete list of tour dates below.
The fall variety tour will feature support from Brooklyn-based comedian Kate Berlant.  She performs across the country and was recently named as one of Comedy Central’s Top Ten Comics to Watch. She has performed in festivals such as the New York Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, and the LA Riot Festival. She was just named by Splitsider as one of the Top 10 Up-And-Coming Comedians, has opened for Reggie Watts, and was named by Time Out New York as one of the “Three Comics to Watch” in 2012. Kate has recently been commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles to make work for their online channel and she runs a free weekly show at the Cake Shop in Manhattan.
In other news, Father John Misty recently delivered a post-apocalyptic, VHS-style (and humorous) new video for “Funtimes in Babylon”, the opening track from Fear Fun. The video was co-directed by FJM leader Josh Tillman with Grant James (“This Is Sally Hatchet”). Father John Misty also unveiled the new “Innocence” by Misty fragrance in collaboration with Sanae Intoxicants. Additionally, Father John Misty is on the cover of MAGNET’s June 2013 issue. You can read an excerpt of the article here (and order the issue here).

FJM Updated Tour DatesJul. 06 -  Quebec City, QE - Festival D’EteJul. 12 - Minneapolis, MN - Basilica Block PartyJul. 24 - New York, NY - Terminal 5**Jul. 25 - Boston, MA - House of Blues**Jul. 26 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall^Jul. 27 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk FestivalJul. 28 – Montauk, NY – Surf LodgeJul. 30 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls^Jul. 31 – Cleveland, OH – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame^Aug.01 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall (Official Lollapalooza After Show) ^Aug.02 - Chicago, IL - LollapaloozaAug.03 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall^Aug.04 - Montreal, QE - Osheaga Music FestivalAug.24 – Monterey, CA – First City FestivalOct. 06 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theatre *Oct. 07 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre *Oct. 08 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore *Oct. 12 - Chicago, IL - The Vic *Oct. 13 - Madison, WI - Capitol Theatre *Oct. 14 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot *Oct. 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *Oct. 23 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *Oct. 24 - Richmond, VA - The National *Oct. 25 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat’s Cradle *Oct. 26 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre *Oct. 28 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues *Oct. 29 - Austin, TX - Emo’s *Oct. 31 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent *Nov. 01 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues *Nov. 02 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern ** w/ Kate Berlant** w/ Wild Nothing^ W/ Night Moves

View HAERTS’ “All The Days” video

View HAERTS’ “All The Days” Featured in
Aritzia Magazine-produced vignette on VEVO (free to share)

“Wings” out digitally HERE and on vinyl HERE on Neon Gold / Columbia Records

Live with Fitz And The Tantrums in Boston and New York (all tour dates below)



Aritzia Magazine (the editorial offshoot of fashion retailer Aritzia) has just released their self-produced vignette featuring HAERTS’ latest song “All The Days.” Shot in Los Angeles, the clip recreates a typical southern California salsa dancehall and explores the partnerships and shared histories of the dancing couples. The choreography by Khalia Frazier and cinematography by Todd Banhazl enrich the lush, deliberate movements and seamlessly interconnect the music to create emotional visuals.  The clip was directed byBridget Palardy and features clothing and styling by Aritzia. You can see it here http://bit.ly/haertsallthedays.

HAERTS is a band based in New York hailing from Germany, England, and the United States. The group consists of Nini Fabi, Ben Gebert, Garrett Ienner, Derek McWilliams, and Jonathan Schmidt. The band's first single, “Wings,” was produced in collaboration with Jean-Philip Grobler (aka St. Lucia). HAERTS' debut album is due in 2013.

Late last year, the band revealed their first song “Wings” and an unofficial video for the track HERE. In April, they collaborated with Emily Kai Bock for the gorgeous official“Wings” video.  The band has shared their upcoming album live on tours with Shout Out Louds and Atlas Genius and will join Fitz And The Tantrums later this month.

HAERTS live:
& = w/ Fitz and The Tantrums
Fri 6/28: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club &
Sun 6/30: New York, NY @ Irving Plaza &
Sat 7/6: Edgartown, MA @ Stars + Stripes Festival
Sat 9/14: Rochester, MI @ Laneway Festival Detroit

Recent praise for HAERTS:

“‘All The Days,’ produced by St. Lucia, roars and surges and twinkles, with lead singer Nini Fabi’s haunting vocal floating in and out under waves of ’80s instrumentation. You just have to hear it.” – Idolator

“[‘All The Days’ is] another soaring, thoroughly rousing anthem from HAERTS. As good as their other song [‘Wings’], which officially makes them 2 for 2.” – Gorilla Vs. Bear

“[‘All The Days’ is] ripe for a top-down cruise to, well, anywhere. Your summer playlist just got a headliner.”  —Elle  

“‘Wings’ is about as flawless as pop tunes come.” – KEXP

Free to share:
HAERTS “All The Days” (Aritzia vignette) HERE
HAERTS "Wings" video (dir: Emily Kai Bock) HERE
HAERTS "Wings" HERE
HAERTS “Wings” (Wildcat! Wildcat! Remix) HERE
iTunes http://smarturl.it/haerts-wings
Amazon http://smarturl.it/haerts-wings-amz

DISAPPEARS fall tour dates

DISAPPEARS
Photo Credit: Zoran Orlic 
Five years into their existence as a band Disappears have finally exhaled – following a steady run of singles, EPs and three full lengths, the band retreated to their studio at the end of 2012 to take stock of where they had been and where they wanted to go.
Disappears returned fully stretched out into the void with 2013’s KONE EP. Abstract and experimental, it erased any expectation’s people had about what Disappears sounded like or were capable of, as well as introduced new drummer Noah Leger - a pivotal force in what was to follow.
Era, Disappears fourth album in as many years, was birthed during the bleakness of the Chicago winter 2013 at Electrical Audio by now regular foil John Congleton. Insular and dark, Era sees the band refining their love of dub, minimalism and repetition into their most original and stark set yet. Decision and consequence weigh heavy on the album – both lyrically and through the bands decision to let the studio direct the final forms of the songs. Click Here To Listen To New Single, "Power"
The band today released first single "Power" on their site, and have also announced a full co-headlining tour this fall with San Francisco-based shoegaze band Weekend. Era is Disappears at their most abrasive, contemplative and paranoid - it's the sound of the void looking back, and it arrives August 27th on Kranky Records.

Fall 2013 Tour Dates /09.06.13 - Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI #
09.07.13 - 7th St. Entry - Minneapolis, MN #
09.09.13 - Hi Dive - Denver, CO #
09.14.13 - The Void - San Diego, CA #
09.18.13 - Red 7 - Austin, TX #
09.19.13 - Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS #
09.20.13 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL #
10.18.13 - Double Happiness - Columbus, OH
10.19.13 - The Ottobar - Baltimore, MD #
10.20.13 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA #
10.23.13 - Church - Boston, MA #
10.24.13 - Il Motore - Montreal, QC #
10.25.13 - The Garrison - Toronto, ON ## with Weekend
Previous Press /
"With tensions at its core, Pre Language fuses white light with the darkness of anxiety.” MOJO"A more advanced take on the muscular post-punk Disappears introduced on Lux, and overall there's an emphasis on clarity and precision instead of sheer volume. Disappears' interplay is seamless.” All Music Guide “Frontman Brian Case's vocals play out as echoed howls over a circular, sparse post-punk core, one which feels like it's barely keeping a torrent of motorik fury at bay. As the track closes, the dissonant noise rears up again, only this time its a controlled feedback-storm, eventually coming into its own as the other instruments fall out, leaving it hanging there, a quivering, metallic spectre. It's an incantatory, long-form cut, and one that promises big things.” The Quietus
Era  Tracklisting /
01. Girl
02. Power
03. Ultra
04. Era
05. Weird House
06. Elite Typical
07. New House
Links /Disappears Official Site

Disappears On Twitter

Disappears On Facebook

Moderat release NEW VIDEO FOR “Bad Kingdom”

Moderat release NEW VIDEO FOR “Bad Kingdom” (Directed by PFADFINDEREI)
WATCH IT HERE NEW ALBUM II Out August 6th North American Tour Dates Announced Watch an interview with the band HERE Moderat are Apparat (Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary) . Both acts represent the best of the Berlin electronic music scene---embracing the groundbreaking sounds being cultivated by this raw melting pot of artists and sounds. Moderat is a shared vision and their new album, II is the joyful creation of what happens when you let three visionaries do their thing and learn from each other.Modeselektor are grand masters of subterranean bass and electrifying breakbeats. Apparat is the purveyor of sophisticated electronic pop music. The refusal to be satisfied with what is available forms the bond of an artistic friendship that has lasted more then a decade. The fact that their individual projects are so absorbing precluded the possibility of a continuous collaboration.As a result, in all this time, the trio has come together merely three times – but in decisive phases of their careers. The first time was at the beginning of 2003 when they created the “Auf Kosten der Gesundheit” EP. Then, in 2008 after garnering international acclaim for their own respective albums, they returned to the studio for their first album and defined the Moderat sound. Throbbing bass and tricky beats on the one hand, Apparat’s delicate vocals on the other.Five years have passed and all three find themselves in a new situation: they assume new responsibilities as bandleader (Apparat) and as label makers and dads (Modeselektor). The spectrum is an emotional one, and one that has increased stylistically. There is no longer a prevailing tone.In the space of eleven tracks, Moderat presents a very varied but nonetheless compact and epic tale with II . Its first single, “Bad Kingdom,” will be released digitally and as a 10” through http://moderat.fm.category/store on July 9th, It is perhaps the most universal song that Apparat and Modeselektor have ever produced: a pop song full of passion and energy, lacking contradiction and speaking a universal language.Watch its video, directed by Pfadfinderei, below. It is set in and around London in the year 1966 and features a descendant of the English aristocracy who turns from being an ambitious young man into a ruthless power broker.WATCH MODERAT’S “BAD KINGDOM” VIDEO  (Directed by PFADFINDEREI) The creative process for two stylistically-varying yet harmonious acts is not a science; rather than entering the studio with a master plan, the trio have set sail and combined ingredients with a true pursuit to develop and create something completely by chance. To represent their freedom to morph and mutate, Moderat shares visualized analogies in a series of small Dadaistic experiments. Those experiments will be realized with the help of skilled scientists, specialists and DDB Tribal Berlin and will be publicly displayed at Platoon Kunsthalle in Berlin. Check out what happens when bacteria from Moderat is sampled, compounded, and grown, plus other curious experiments, bridging the wait time until August 6th 2013 , when II is released on Mute, and August 28th .VISIT WWW.MODERAT.FM TO SEE THE FIRST EXPERIMENT. Moderat’s North American Tour: 8/28/13– Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater8/29/13– Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia8/31/13-- New York, NY @ Electric Zoo9/1/13– Montreal, QC @ Société Des Arts TechnologiesPre-order - Download Hi-Res JPGS of Moderat and album art here.Moderat: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Interview | ExperimentMute: Website | Facebook | Twitter  

Echo Park Rising

ChVrches @ Webster Hall

All photos taken in NYC by Daniel Murtagh

GLASVEGAS - NEW ALBUM

 
GLASVEGAS - NEW ALBUM'LATER...WHEN THE TV TURNS TO STATIC'IN-STORES IN THE U.S. SEPTEMBER 3rd
June 26, 2013 - New York, NY - Glasvegas is back with  'Later...When The TV Turns To Static' , due out in the U.S. on September 3rd via their own Go Wow Records in partnership with BMG.
'Later...When The TV Turns To Static' is the third studio album by Glasvegas and is the next stunning chapter from one of the UK's most unique bands.  Written and self-produced by lead vocalist and songwriter James Allan, this ten track, 45 minute sojourn of heartfelt melancholia and broken relationships is set against a backdrop of scorching soundscapes that lift the soul into heights of abandoned euphoria.  There is no doubt!  Glasvegas have come home; turned their eyes from the blinding light back into the shadows, where reality lies. 
James Allan, Glasvegas song-writer, guitarist, vocalist, frontman, beloved people's poet (and profound Glaswegian), produced 'Later...When The TV Turns To Static' in Glasgow's state-of-the-art Gorbals Studio using a vintage sound desk once owned by Decca Records (and the actual desk Pavarotti's definitive Nessun Dorma was recorded on).
The first single from the album is "If," a pealing, poetic discourse on life's cruel dichotomies. ('If not for fear, hope is nowhere near.') "If" will be released digitally in the U.S. on July 9th. James Allan states "My idea for the song came about during a phone call a while back with my good friend Alan McGee. He was talking to me about something quite difficult that was going on at the time and I said to him, 'Alan, if we didn't go through the bad stuff, we wouldn't recognize the good stuff; it would be invisible to you."
Click  here  for a first listen to the radio edit of "If" and see below for the embed code. The album will be available for pre-order via the band's website.  www.glasvegas.net
Glasvegas is: James Allan (Vocals, Guitar), Rab Allan (Guitar), Paul Donoghue (Bass), Jonna Löffgren (Drums)
Stay tuned for U.S. touring info.


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Glasvegas - Photo Credit: Danny North
 

MARK LANEGAN SIGNS TO VAGRANT NEW ALBUM IMITATIONS

MARK LANEGAN SIGNS TO VAGRANT
NEW ALBUM IMITATIONS DUE OUT SEPTEMBER 17
 
“I’m Not The Loving Kind” Debuts Today 
(June 26, 2013) – Vagrant Records is proud to announce that MARK LANEGAN will be releasing his new covers album,  IMITATIONS , on September 17, 2013 on the label. Lanegan made the following comments on the new album:
 
“When I was a kid in the late sixties and early seventies, my parents and their friends would play the records of Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como, music with string arrangements and men singing songs that sounded sad whether they were or not. At home my folks were also listening to country music, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, George Jones and Vern Gosdin were some of our favorites. For a long time I’ve wanted to make a record that gave me the same feeling those old records did, using some of the same tunes I loved as a kid and some that I’ve loved as I have gotten older. This record is it. Imitations.”
 
Today fans can listen to the first track off the album, Mark’s take on “I’m Not The Loving Kind” at  http://soundcloud.com/marklanegan/im-not-the-loving-kind . The twelve-track album was recorded earlier this year and follows his 2012 release, Blues Funeral.  Pre-order details for Imitations will be announced shortly.
 
IMITATIONS  track listing:FlatlandsShe’s GoneDeepest ShadeYou Only Live TwicePretty ColorsBrompton OratorySolitaireMack The KnifeI’m Not The Loving KindLonely StreetElégie FunèbreAutumn Leaves 
The Mark Lanegan Band will be performing at several festivals throughout the UK and Europe this summer and U.S. tour dates are being planned for later in the year.
 
MARK LANEGAN BAND on tour: 
07/12 – Spain @ BBK Festival
07/13 – France @ Musilac Festival
07/14 – Rome @ Rock In Roma
07/15 – Milan @ Villa Arconati Festival
07/16 – Montreaux @ Montreaux Jazz Festival
07/17 – Lugano @ Longlake Festival at Palco Ciani
07/19 – Belgium @ Dour Festival
07/20 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
07/21 – Ireland @ Longitude Festival
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http://marklanegan.com/
http://www.facebook.com/marklanegan
http://twitter.com/marklanegan
http://www.vagrant.com

TAME IMPALA ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR

TAME IMPALA ANNOUNCE FALL TOURINCLUDES CO-HEADLINE DATES WITH THE FLAMING LIPS AND THE NATIONAL 
Tame Impala are excited to announce a run of co-headline dates with long-time friends and co-conspirators The Flaming Lips, as part of an upcoming US tour taking place in the fall. In addition, Tame Impala will play 2 co-headline shows with The National, headline a handful of their own shows, and take the stage at Austin City Limits – taking place over two weekends for the first time this year.   Recently added into rotation at KROQ, 91x, and Live 105, the band’s hit single ‘Elephant’ is making an impact at US radio.  Catch them play it, alongside cuts from Lonerism and Innerspeaker, on their upcoming Fall tour. Dates are below. All shows go on sale this Friday, June 28th.   TAME IMPALA FALL US TOUR DATES 9/30: Agganis Arena, Boston - w/ the Flaming Lips10/1: Terminal 5, NYC - w/ the Flaming Lips10/2: Terminal 5, NYC - w/ the Flaming Lips10/3: Festival Pier @ Penn's Landing, Philadelphia - w/ the Flaming Lips10/4: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD - w/ the Flaming Lips10/6: ACL Festival, Austin10/8: The Pageant,  St Louis - headline show10/9: Orpheum Theater, Madison - headline show10/10: Riviera Theater, Chicago - headline show10/11: Starlight Theater, Kansas City - w/ The National10/12: South Side Ballroom, Dallas - w/ The National10/13: ACL Festival, Austin10/26: Boulder Theater, Boulder - headline show10/27: Ogden Theater, Denver - headline show
Lonerism is out now worldwide via Modular Recordings.

MGMT SET TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED ALBUM ON SEPTEMBER 17

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MGMT SET TO RELEASESELF-TITLED ALBUM ON SEPTEMBER 17
MGMT are back with their self-titled third studio album -  MGMT   - set to be released on September 17.  The successor to 2008’s Oracular Spectacular and 2010’sCongratulations,  MGMT  finds Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser continuing to push themselves to expand the boundaries of modern pop music. Returning to Tarbox Road Studios to work with longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann (Co-producer and mixer of Oracular Spectacular and Congratulations, The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala), Andrew and Ben experimented with various in-studio writing processes, allowing the music to tell them where it wanted to go. The result is a diverse and powerful collection of 10 songs (including a cover of "Introspection" by 1960’s psych band Faine Jade) that directly mirrors the duo's encompassing surrealist view of the everyday (see below for full track listing).The world was given a taste of MGMT in April with the Record Store Day release (on limited edition cassette single) of album opener "Alien Days", hailed as an instant MGMT classic by fans and described by  Rolling Stone  as a “shimmering, psychedelic soundscape” and  Spin  as “a sumptuously detailed, exquisitely zonked-out space-rock construction.”
In preparation for the highly anticipated release of  MGMT , the band have begun assembling a variety of unique visual elements to accompany and illuminate the new music via "the Optimizer".  Produced by MGMT live show video instrumentalist Alejandro Crawford, "the Optimizer" provides listeners of the album with a simultaneously aural & optical listening experience featuring video & CGI work by Andrew Benson, Emilio Gomariz, Geoffrey Lillemon, and Chris Timms.  "the Optimizer" is part of an enhanced album package available on all commercial formats.
“Your Life Is A Lie” will be the first music video released and finds MGMT again working with Tom Kuntz, director of the band's 2010 mini-epic “Congratulations” who has also received wide acclaim for his groundbreaking commercial and short film work. Up-and-coming indie director Sam Fleischner will be creating a clip for "Alien Days", and a video for the serpentine "Cool Song No. 2" is also in the works, both to be shot this summer.
MGMT are currently on tour, recently performing to their largest headline audience in the U.S. with over 10,000 people in attendance at Artpark in Lewiston, NY.  MGMT are set to play select North American festivals and club dates including headlining the Bunbury Festival in Cincinnati (July 13), First City Festival in Monterey, CA (August 24), FYF Festival in Los Angeles (August 25) and Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle (Sept. 2).  In the fall MGMT will commence a tour of Europe with stops in Glasgow, Cologne, Berlin, Paris and more.  The band's first show at the Forum in London sold out immediately - see below for full list of tour dates.  US Tour Dates for November-December will be announced next month.
The full track listing for  MGMT  is as follows:Alien DaysCool Song No. 2Mystery DiseaseIntrospectionYour Life Is a LieA Good SadnessAstro-MancyI Love You Too, DeathPlenty Of Girls In the SeaAn Orphan Of Fortune
North American Tour Dates:July 3              Milwaukee, WI           Summerfest/BMO Harris BankJuly 5-7           Kelowna, CA              Keloha Music & Arts FestivalJuly 9              Quebec, ON               Festival D’Ete International De QuebecJuly 12            Lansing, MI                Common Ground Music FestivalJuly 13            Cincinnati, OH            Bunbury Music FestivalAugust 24       Monterey, CA             Monterey County FairgroundsAugust 25       Los Angeles, CA        FYF FestivalAugust 26       Las Vegas, NV           The Pool at The CosmopolitanAugust 29       Davis, CA                   Mondavi CenterAugust 31       Bend, OR                    Les Schwab AmphitheatreSeptember 1   Troutdale, OR             Edgefield AmphitheatreSeptember 2    Seattle, WA                Bumbershoot FestivalSeptember 4    Boise, ID                     Knitting FactorySeptember 5    Salt Lake City, UT      Twilight Concert SeriesSeptember 6    Denver, CO                    Fillmore Auditorium
European Tour Dates (Guards supporting):September 26  Cologne, Germany          Live Music HallSeptember 27  Brussels, Belgium            ABSeptember 29  Stockholm, Sweden        CirkusSeptember 30  Oslo, Norway        SentrumSceneOctober 1        Copenhagen, 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                     02 ABCOctober 13      Wolverhampton, UK       Civic HallOctober 14      Manchester, UK               O2 Apollo ManchesterOctober 16      London, UK                      ForumOctober 19      Dublin, Ireland                 Olympia Theatre
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