April 2012
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BEIRUT RETURN TO LATE NIGHT & PLAY THE TONIGHT...
BEIRUT RETURN TO LATE NIGHT & PLAY THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO Following two fantastic shows at Coachella, Beirut continue on their strong trajectory! Tonight, Tuesday, April 24, the band make their debut performance on one of late night’s longest running shows, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno! Last fall, just following the release of The Rip Tide, Beirut performed back-to-back on Late...
Apr 30th
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Dusted (Brian Borcherdt from Holy Fuck) To Release...
Dusted (Brian Borcherdt from Holy Fuck) To Release ‘Total Dust’ On July 10th Via Polyvinyl/Hand Drawn Dracula Listen To First Single “(Into The) Atmosphere” http://soundcloud.com/polyvinyl-records/dusted-into-the-atmosphere Polyvinyl/Hand Drawn Dracula announce the release of Dusted’s debut full-length, Total Dust, on July 10th. After six years of constant Holy Fuck...
Apr 30th
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ALUNAGEORGE ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP ‘YOU KNOW YOU LIKE...
ALUNAGEORGE ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP ‘YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT’ OUT TODAY, APRIL 23, ON TRI ANGLE RECORDS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES 12-INCH VINYL AVAILABLE JUNE 12 VIA TRI ANGLE Stream “Just A Touch” off the EP here: http://soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/alunageorge-just-a-touch/s-kypG9   Read more over at Pitchfork’s “RISING” piece: http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/8816-alunageorge/   “The UK...
Apr 30th
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Animal Collective Launch Transverse Temporal Gyrus...
Animal Collective Launch Transverse Temporal Gyrus Website Check Out http://ttg.myanimalhome.net/ In March 2010, Animal Collective and visual artist Danny Perez (director of Oddsac, and the videos: “Summertime Clothes”, “Who Could Win A Rabbit” & “You Can Count On Me”) put on a multimedia installation called ”Transverse Temporal Gyrus“ at the...
Apr 30th
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KINDNESS TO RELEASE "HOUSE" SINGLE ANNOUNCES NYC...
KINDNESS TO RELEASE “HOUSE” SINGLE ANNOUNCES NYC AND PHILADELPHIA SHOWS Listen to “House” now! http://soundcloud.com/toodamnfunky/kindness-house   Adam Bainbridge aka Kindness received critical praise in the UK with the arrival of his debut album World, You Need A Change Of Mind. The US will see its release on May 8th via Casablanca/Terrible Records. Now here’s...
Apr 30th
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Gang Gang Dance Get Decked Pro-Skater Jason Dill...
Gang Gang Dance Get Decked Pro-Skater Jason Dill Designs GGD Skateboard Graphic For Alien Workshop GGD’s Brian DeGraw Designs T-Shirt For Altamont Today sees the release of Professional Skateboarder Jason Dill’s Gang Gang Dance deck on Alien Workshop. Jason has been a long time fan of GGD and reached out to the band last summer to collaborate on a graphic for his new board.   You can...
Apr 30th
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SACRED BONES RELEASES DEBUT LP FROM WYMOND MILES...
SACRED BONES RELEASES DEBUT LP FROM WYMOND MILES (FRESH & ONLYS) ‘UNDER THE PALE MOON’ OUT JUNE 12 Listen to the first single “Pale Moon” now: http://soundcloud.com/sacredbones/wymond-miles-pale-moon/s-9fpAB  “Wymond Miles’s solo work is staunchly introverted with a dose of the mystical. It’s a densely constructed EP, and the more baroque and strange it gets, the more compelling it...
Apr 30th
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LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS Premieres Video...
LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS Premieres Video For “You’re The Kind Of Girl” First Single From New Critically-Praised Album Faithful Man Set To Appear On Last Call With Carson Daly Tonight Kicks Off U.S. Tour April 26 in Austin, TX   Lee Fields & The Expressions premiered the video for “You’re The Kind Of Girl” today via Complex Magazine. The video, directed by Jeff Bierman, is the...
Apr 30th
THE STEPKIDS Team with Pharoahe Monch & Homeboy...
THE STEPKIDS Team with Pharoahe Monch & Homeboy Sandman For New Version of “Suburban Dream,” Remixed by Union Spring Tour with Mayer Hawthorne Kicks Off April 16 in New York City THE STEPKIDS recently teamed with Pharoahe Monch and Homeboy Sandman for an update to their track “Suburban Dream.” The original can be found on their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, out now via...
Apr 30th
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MAGIC WANDS SEE RUSH OF ACTIVITY LEADING UP TO THE...
MAGIC WANDS SEE RUSH OF ACTIVITY LEADING UP TO THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT FULL-LENGTH, ALOHA MOON ON APRIL 24TH Aloha Moon Debuts At #1 And Single “Black Magic” Reaches #3 On Alternative Specialty Radio Charts “Black Magic” Will Be Prominently Featured In An Episode Of Gossip Girl On April 23rd Record Release Show Announced for April 24th @ The Satellite (formerly...
Apr 30th
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SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO “Seraphim” Video Premieres...
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO “Seraphim” Video Premieres Today; Single Available Now New Album Unpatterns Out May 15 On Wichita Recordings British electronic duo SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO released the video for current single “Seraphim,” directed by rising star Aoife McArdle, today via Stereogum. The album version of the track is currently available as a free MP3 from SMD’s Soundcloud and the full single...
Apr 30th
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DIRTY PROJECTORS TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM ...
Dirty Projectors are pleased to announce a North American tour in support of their highly anticipated sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan. Dates kick off in July and include stops at Prospect Park in Brooklyn and the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. Domino will release Swing Lo Magellan on July 10th in North America (July 9th rest of the world). Limited pre-order tickets are available today at...
Apr 30th
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U.K. Band Bring Classic Tracks to North America,...
JAMES U.K. Band Bring Classic Tracks to North America, Tour Kicks Off This Weekend Performing at Coachella Friday, April 13 & 20 JAMES has released 11 studio albums, sold more than 12 million albums worldwide, and has had almost twenty U.K. Top 40 singles. Their 1993 Brian Eno-produced album Laid resulted in the huge modern rock hit singles “Laid” and “Say Something,” resulting in a top...
Apr 30th
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TRUST ANNOUNCE HEADLINING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ...
TRUST ANNOUNCE HEADLINING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DEBUT ALBUM ‘TRST’ OUT NOW ON ARTS & CRAFTS Listen to “Sulk” off the LP now: http://soundcloud.com/arts-crafts/trust-sulk-single-edit Trust announce a string of North American tour dates this April in support of their debut LP, TRST, out now on Arts & Crafts. Trust is Robert Alfons and Maya Postepski (Austra) – a Toronto-based duo formed in...
Apr 30th
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BALAM ACAB SET TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA THIS SPRING...
BALAM ACAB SET TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA THIS SPRING WITH CO-HEADLINER ACTIVE CHILD Photo credit: Erez Avissar Listen to the single “Oh, Why” from the Wander/Wonder LP now: http://soundcloud.com/balamacab/oh-why   Balam Acab announces a co-headlining North American tour with Active Child this Spring. Balam Acab (aka Alec Koone) will tour in support of his debut LP Wander/Wonder released in 2011 on...
Apr 26th
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Red Bull Music Academy // Digital Assets From...
Today, Wednesday, March 28 Lectures Live From Red Bull Studios London Featuring NYC Music Icons JAMES MURPHY (LCD Soundsystem, DFA Records) & FRANKIE KNUCKLES   James Murphy and house-don Frankie Knuckles are set to dig deep and provide some unique insights into their journeys within music to an audience of budding musicians and producers at the Red Bull Music Academy Lecture Sessions,...
Apr 26th
Apr 26th
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LIGHT ASYLUM REVEAL NEW TRACK “IPC” OFF...
LIGHT ASYLUM REVEAL NEW TRACK “IPC” OFF SELF-TITLED DEBUT OUT MAY 1 ON MEXICAN SUMMER SET TO TOUR THIS MAY IN SUPPORT OF LP Listen to and download “IPC” here: http://www.mexicansummer.com/news/new-light-asylum-track-ipc/   Fresh from their successful SXSW performances, Light Asylum reveal a new track, “IPC”, off their self-titled debut LP out May 1 on Mexican Summer. Catch Light Asylum on...
Apr 26th
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TRI ANGLE RECORDS RELEASE HOWSE DEBUT EP ‘LAY...
TRI ANGLE RECORDS RELEASE HOWSE DEBUT EP ‘LAY HOLLOW’ OUT MAY 29 Lead track “VBS”, is available to stream and download here: http://soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/howse-vbs   With the upcoming release of his debut EP ‘Lay Hollow’, Tri Angle is extremely excited to introduce Howse.   Under the name Howse, 22 year old, Providence, Rhode Island resident, Nathaniel Oak, has crafted a chaotic,...
Apr 26th
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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CARIBOU ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES WITH RADIOHEAD
CARIBOU ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES WITH RADIOHEAD   Caribou will join Radiohead for a series of shows beginning April 17 in Mexico City and ending June 16 in Toronto. Caribou’s latest release Swim is available now via Merge Records, and new music is expected in 2013. Visit caribou.fm for the most up-to-date world tour information. Praise for Swim: “Caribou’s Swim leaps into fresh,...
Apr 25th
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ZOLA JESUS COLLABORATES WITH JG THIRLWELL AND THE...
ZOLA JESUS COLLABORATES WITH JG THIRLWELL AND THE MIVOS QUARTET   PERFORMING TOGETHER MAY 10 AT THE GUGGENHEIM IN NEW YORK Credit Amanda Hatfield   For her upcoming performance at the Guggenheim May 10, 2012, Zola Jesus has enlisted the talents of one of her most deeply admired performers, JG Thirlwell. Thirlwell is a composer/ producer/ performer based in Brooklyn, who also works under many...
Apr 25th
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New Lower Dens Track "Propagation"
Download The New Lower Dens Track Propagation http://soundcloud.com/ribbonmusic/lower-dens-propagation/   Full Album ‘Nootropics’ Due May 1, 2012 on Ribbon Music     Propagation is the second track to be made available from Lower Dens’ forthcoming album Nootropics (pronounced No-eh-tro-pics).   Where lead track ‘Brains’ with its sleek, metronomic pulse introduced us to the vast...
Apr 25th
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oOoOO ANNOUNCE NEW EP ‘ OUR LOVING IS HURTING US’...
oOoOO ANNOUNCE NEW EP ‘ OUR LOVING IS HURTING US’ OUT APRIL 30 ON TRI ANGLE RECORDS Listen to lead track “NoWayBack” off the EP here: http://soundcloud.com/ooooosounds/nowayback   Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?umwcwn1o1aczw67   Slow in the making, oOoOO’s latest release was put together over the past year in unfamiliar, starkly furnished rooms in San Francisco, Berlin, and New York,...
Apr 25th
Simian Mobile Disco @ Winter Music Conference
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO @ WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE Wed, Mar 21 @ Mamushka’s - Paris Social Club Presents Bromance with Jacques Lu Cont, Brodinksi, more Wednesday, March 21 @ Gavanna with Tensnake, Danny Daze, more Friday, March 23 @ Vagabond - Fixed with Tensnake, Tiger & Woods, Pillowtalk, more. “SERAPHIM” Stream: First single from Unpatterns out April 9 ...
Apr 25th