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R.E.M. achieved global success with the 1988 release of GREEN, the Athens, Georgia quartet’s sixth studio album and first for Warner Bros. Records, which would be the band’s label home for the rest of their recording career. While R.E.M. was fast becoming one of the most acclaimed and revered acts in the U.S., GREEN was their first album to gain the attention of a worldwide audience. Packed with tracks destined to be definitive additions to the band’s canon, including “Orange Crush,” “Pop Song 89,” and “Stand,” GREEN was certified double platinum by the RIAA and doubled the domestic sales of the band’s previous release. GREEN continued R.E.M.’s dedication to the message of social consciousness, as evidenced by the album’s title, which would go on to became a ubiquitous buzzword for environmentally friendly initiatives.
To celebrate the landmark album’s 25-year anniversary, Rhino is releasing a two-disc deluxe edition that features the remastered original album accompanied by a disc of live performances taken from the penultimate show of R.E.M.’s 130-date Green World Tour. All 21 songs were recorded in Greensboro, North Carolina on November 10, 1989, just miles from where Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry had their very first recording session at Mitch Easter’s Drive In Studio in Winston-Salem.
The anniversary set is packaged in a hard clamshell box (similar to previous R.E.M. reissues) and comes with four postcards and a foldout poster, plus insightful liner notes by Uncut editor, Allan Jones. GREEN: 25TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available on May 14 as a 2-disc set and digitally. The same day, the remastered album with original art and packaging will also be available on 180-gram vinyl.
In anticipation of the anniversary set, Rhino will release a limited edition, five-track EP as part of Record Store Day. This exclusive CD features a handful of performances from the Greensboro show that, due to space constraints, are not found on the Deluxe Edition, including the Green track “I Remember California” and classics like “So. Central Rain” and “Feeling Gravitys Pull.” Limited to just 2,500 copies, the disc comes with an original (non-reproduction) patch from the Green Tour. These patches were recently uncovered in the band’s vault. The LIVE IN GREENSBORO EP will be available for Record Store Day on April 20 for $7.98.
The concert spread across the anniversary set and the Record Store Day EP captures a fiery set from R.E.M., which had been forged in the crucible of nearly one year of shows. R.E.M. performed most of GREEN (“Get Up” “World Leader Pretend” and “You Are The Everything”), while mixing in early favorites like “Fall On Me,” “Finest Worksong,” “The One I Love” and “Perfect Circle” from the band’s 1983 debut Murmur. The show also finds the band testing out new songs (“Low” and “Belong”) that would appear two years later on GREEN’s follow-up, Out Of Time.
GREEN: 25TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION
Track Listing
Disc One – Original Album
1. “Pop Song 89”
2. “Get Up”
3. “You Are The Everything”
4. “Stand”
5. “World Leader Pretend”
6. “The Wrong Child”
7. “Orange Crush”
8. “Turn You Inside Out”
9. “Hairshirt”
10. “I Remember California”
11. “Untitled”
Disc Two – Live In Greensboro 1989
1. “Stand”
2. “The One I Love”
3. “Turn You Inside Out”
4. “Belong”
5. “Exhuming McCarthy”
6. “Good Advices”
7. “Orange Crush”
8. “Cuyahoga”
9. “These Days”
10. “World Leader Pretend”
11. “I Believe”
12. “Get Up”
13. “Life And How To Live It”
14. “Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”
15. “Pop Song 89”
16. “Fall On Me”
17. “You Are The Everything”
18. “Begin The Begin”
19. “Low”
20. “Finest Worksong”
21. “Perfect Circle”
LIVE IN GREENSBORO EP
1. “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)”
2. “Feeling Gravitys Pull”
3. “Strange”
4. “King of Birds”
5. “I Remember California”
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Tickets go on-sale today for NYC rockers SKATERS upcoming tour with their Warner Music Group label-mates Portugal. The Man, which kicks off June 7th in Philadelphia. All U.S. dates and ticket on-sale links are listed below. The band has just launched an extensive tour in the U.K. where they continue to amass a loyal following.
SKATERS have just released theirWBR 7" single debut "I Wanna Dance" (But I Don't Know How)" b/w "Armed." A video for the track "Armed" can be viewed here on Vice/Noisey.com.
Michael Ian Cummings and Noah Rubin formed SKATERS in 2012, and spent a year trading demos between Los Angeles and London with guitarist Joshua Hubbard. The three met up in NYC's Chinatown to create their own art zine, YONKS, (expect future issues soon !) and record their debut EP,Schemers, which was given away for free on the band's website.
SKATERS are currently putting the finishing touches on their full-length album with producer John Hill (Santigold, M.I.A., Wavves) and currently being mixed by Cenzo Townshend (U2, The Horrors, Crystal Castles).
More details to be announced soon. In the meantime, feel free to download and post "I Wanna Dance" (But I Don't Know How)" b/w "Armed."
U.K. Tour Dates:
01-May-13 UK Hull Adelphi
02-May-13 UK Liverpool Liverpool Sound City
03-May-13 UK Wakefield The Hop
04-May-13 UK Leeds Live At Leeds
05-May-13 UK Stockton KU
06-May-13 UK York The Duchess
07-May-13 UK Oxford Jericho
09-May-13 UK Bath Moles
10-May-13 UK Truro B-side at Bunters
11-May-13 UK Exeter Cavern
12-May-13 UK Southampton Joiners
13-May-13 UK London Sebright Arms
15-May-13 UK Glasgow King Tuts
16-May-13 UK Stoke on Trent Sugarmill
17-May-13 UK Brighton The Great Escape
18-May-13 UK Tunbridge Wells The Forum
19-May-13 UK Birmingham The Rainbow
20-May-13 UK Norwich Waterfront (Studio)
22-May-13 UK Milton Keynes The Craufurd Arms
23-May-13 UK Sheffield Great Gatsby
24-May-13 UK Manchester Dot to Dot
25-May-13 UK Bristol Dot to Dot
26-May-13 UK Nottingham Dot to Dot
U.S. Tour Dates:
6/07 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
6/08 Washington DC 9:30 Club
6/11 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
6/12 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
6/13 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
6/14 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
6/18 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
6/19 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall
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Jimmy Eat World have embarked on a tour of their homestate of Arizona and launched a new site, called "In The Van," which will be a live-updating social stream documenting the 5-show tour, using Vine videos, Q&As and behind-the-scenes photos and video.
Check it out at: InTheVan.JimmyEatWorld.Com.
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Frontiers Records can proudly announce to be the label behind the yet unnamed new band project featuring Stryper's Michael Sweet, former Dokken and Lynch Mob axeman George Lynch, former White Lion bass player James Lomenzo and ex-Whitesnake and Foreigner drummer Brian Tichy.
The debut album will be recorded in early 2014 with Sweet overseeing production duties, for a release pencilled right after the summer of 2014.
This is the first of a number of new exciting band projects put together personally by Serafino Perugino, President and Head of A&RofFrontiers Records, whichwill see the light of day during 2014. Stay tuned as more exciting news will be unfolding soon !
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To celebrate the release of his new album Beautiful Pain, Keaton Simons performed two songs on AXS TV on Tuesday (April 30th). Keaton performed his current single "Beautiful Pain" as well as album track "The Medicine," both versions being with his full band.
Beautiful Pain was co-produced by Mikal Blue (Colbie Caillat, One Republic) and mastered by Gavin Lurssen of Lurssen Mastering. The album features co-writes with friends and peers Jason Mraz, Jason Reeves, and Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) amongst others. Fans can purchase the album on Amazon and iTunes, and can stream the album in full here.
Earlier this month Keaton premiered the visually gorgeous video for current single "Beautiful Pain." The video was directed by Nick Spanos and executive produced by long time friend, and star of the Showtime series Californication, David Duchovny. The video can be seen here.
Keaton also sat down this week with longtime friend, actor David Duchovny, to talk about their shared love of music and the new album release. Fans can watch the clip here.
Keaton recently announced a string of record release shows in Los Angeles, NYC, and the Washington DC area. Show details are as follows:
Saturday May 4th @ The Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles CA
10:30-11:45PM; $10 / 21+
Wednesday May 15th @ The Bitter End, NYC NY
9:00-10:00PM; $10 / 18+
Sunday, June 2nd at Jammin’ Java
227 Maple Ave E | Vienna, VA 22180
7:30pm, all ages, $10 advance/$15 day of
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Today, we are extremely excited to announce that we have one of Australia's finest bands around - The Griswolds (yep, named after the Chevy Chase / National Lampoon movies) si signed to Wind-Up. A five-piece alt-pop band from Sydney, their infectious melodies and catchy tunes arrive just in time for Summer.
The Griswolds full album will be out early 2014 but beginning today, The Griswolds will give away a free track, “Mississippi”. The band has already achieved adoration status from many of our favorite blogs and was also featured in an Original Skateboard video at the end of last year, which garnered close to 200,000 views.
The Griswolds are gearing up to take America by storm next week when they play in LA at The Viper Room on May 9th, then on to New York where they will play Brooklyn Bowl as part of Popshop on May 11th and the Mercury Lounge on May 13th before heading to the UK where they will be playing some international festivals including Great Escape and London Calling. Last year they played Parklife, Homebake, Peats Ridge and have toured in support of Django Django and San Cisco among others.
Stay tuned for more on The Griswolds soon, and in the meantime, get to know the band online at http://wearethegriswolds.tumblrcom!
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Thirty Seconds To Mars have released a lyric video for their new track "Conquistador." The track is the second single to be taken from the band's forthcoming album "Love, Lust, Faith + Dreams," which is released May 21st.
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Just two years after contracting a rare skin-tissue disease, Slayer guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hanneman died on Thursday from liver failure at a hospital near his home in Southern California.
Slayer made the news public on Thursday afternoon, announcing that the band "is devastated" and calling Hanneman, who was 49, their bandmate and brother. Twitter quickly filled with messages from fans and fellow musicians, many of whom were in Los Angeles for the 5th Annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards show at Club Nokia. Disturbed/Device frontman David Draiman was among the very first, posting "RIP TO A TITAN OF METAL," while drummer Mike Portnoy wrote, "WOW...I'm in shock...RIP Jeff Hanneman."
Hanneman has been off the road since early 2011, when he contracted necrotizing fasciitis -- most likely from a spider bite -- a quick-progressing disease that literally eats away at the flesh from deep layers of skin and tissue. Exodus' Gary Holt stood in for Hanneman starting in February of 2011, while Pat O'Brien joined the band when Holt returned to Exodus during 2011.
It's not known what role the disease played in Hanneman's liver failure.
Throughout the ordeal, Hanneman's bandmates expressed optimism that he would one day return to the group full-time. Bassist-singer Tom Araya told Billboard during last year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour that Hanneman was "free of the disease" and was "working on his playing ability...He's working on strengthening his arm and his ability to play." He predicted that Slayer would "probably get together and start writing together and start making a new album," the group's first since 2009's "World Painted Blood," with Hanneman contributing material.
But in February guitarist Kerry King told Australian press that "we don't know when Jeff's gonna be able to play guitar. Jeff's kind of like a wait-and-see thing."
Born in Oakland, Calif., and a devoted Raiders fan, Hanneman was raised primarily in Long Beach and became fascinated with wars and military campaigns -- themes he'd bring to Slayer's music -- via his father, a World War II veteran, and brothers who served in Vietnam. He met King in 1981 and decided to form their own band, mixing heavy metal and punk influences and signing with Metal Blade Records for Slayer's first two albums, "Show No Mercy" in 1983 and "Hell Awaits" in 1985. The group made an eyebrow-raising move to the hip-hop label Def Jam in 1986 for the covers album "Undisputed Attitude and the classic "Reign in Blood."
Slayer has released seven more studio albums and two live albums, as well as a pair of EPs. They've sold 4.9 million albums in the SoundScan era (1991-present), with the classics "Reign in Blood" (1986), "South of Heaven" (1988) and "Seasons of the Abyss" (1990) accounting for over 2 million of that tally. Ten of their albums have charted on the Billboard 200, with 2006's "Christ Illusion" being the highest debut at No. 5.
Hanneman, an ardent collector of World War II memorabilia, was at the center of the controversy over Slayer's supposed Nazi sympathies, stemming from the resemblance of the group's eagle logo to a Third Reich image and the shape of the S in the group's typography, and from songs such as "Reign in Blood's" "Angel of Death," about German doctor Josef Mengele and his horrific "experiments" at the Auschwitz death camp. But Hanneman frequently explained that the song was in no way intended to glorify Mengele. "I know why people misrepresent it," he told one radio interviewer. "It's because they get a knee-jerk reaction to it. There's nothing I put in the lyrics that says necessarily he was a bad man because to me -- well, isn't it obvious? I shouldn't have to tell you that."
Hanneman's songs have been recorded by groups such as Hatebreed, Children of Bodom, Hellsongs, Cradle of Filth and others, and sampled by rapper Styles-P. He's survived by Kathy, his wife of 16 years, sister Kathy and two brothers, Michael and Larry. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Influential '90s New York City-based indie rock band Texas Is The Reason have announced their final shows ever. Beginning on Friday, July 26 in Aurich, Germany, the week-long tour will take in four evenings and performances in Germany, one in Spain and three in the United Kingdom, culminating in a final performance at the Electric Ballroom in London on Sunday, August 4. The upcoming week of shows follows Texas Is The Reason's recent appearance at this past weekend's Groezrock Festival in Belgium and its final, successful North American set of performances that saw the band performing in markets such as Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Tickets for all of the upcoming shows will go on sale on Thursday, May 2. The band will be performing these shows in support of its latest release, the 16-track Do You Know Who You Are?: The Complete Collection.
Released on February 12, 2013 though Revelation Records, the album is a comprehensive collection of every recorded piece of music in the band's history, featuring the original Do You Know Who You Are? full-length album, the self-titled EP, as well as two B-sides never before on CD/digital, and two previously unreleased tracks written in 1997 and recorded in 2012 with J. Robbins titled "Every Little Girl's Dream" and "When Rock 'N' Roll Was Just A Baby." The album package also includes never-before-published photos, a comprehensive concert history for the band from 1995-2012, and complete lyrics.
They came from some of the most popular, if not polarizing hardcore bands of the early '90s (Shelter, 108, Ressurection), but by the time Texas Is The Reason formed in 1994, a new aesthetic crystallized almost instantly and reduced its members' previous efforts to history. Indeed, it was only a year later when Revelation Records released the band's self-titled EP, their name derived from a lyric in the Misfits song "Bullet," that Texas Is The Reason were already headlining their own tours in America and well on their way to defining a new moment in post-punk.
In April of 1996, the band reinforced that initial success with their first and only album, produced by Jawbox's J. Robbins and named after the last words that John Lennon was alleged to have heard: "Do You Know Who You Are?" In the years since, SPIN, Alternative Press, and Paste would all go on to call Do You Know Who You Are? an essential '90s album. Unfortunately, after a year of heavy promotion and touring for the record, inner-band tension came to a head and the band officially split in 1997. Its members would go on to form Jets To Brazil, New End Original and Solea.
Since then the band had only reunited once - for two sold-out New York City shows in 2006 - but their presence has barely waned: Newer generations of bands like Spitalfield, Into It. Over It., and Transit have covered Texas Is The Reason songs over the years, and even vets such as Thursday, Taking Back Sunday, and Armor For Sleep have all publicly cited their influence. So after agreeing to headline the opening night of Revelation Records' 25th Anniversary festival in New York City earlier this year (and once again promptly selling it out), the band decided it was time to tie up the longest of loose ends by releasing a remastered discography collection in 2013 featuring its entire recorded output, as well as two freshly recorded, never-before-released songs - their final songs ever.
Texas Is The Reason will be performing their final shows in Europe and UK during July and August. Tour dates below.
JULY
26 - Aurich, Germany - Omas Teich Festival
27 - Berlin, Germany - Greenville Festival
29 - Cologne, Germany - Stollwerck
30 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
31 - Barcelona, Spain - Estraperlo Club
AUGUST
02 - Glasgow, UK - Classic Grand
03 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy 3
04 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom - FINAL SHOW EVER
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London-based indie-rock quartet The Boxer Rebellion's forthcoming album, Promises, is now available to stream in its entirety exclusively on the iTunes Store (http://www.itunes.com/theboxerrebellion). The album stream begins now and will remain available until release day on May 14. The new album, produced in conjunction with notable producer Billy Bush, is the uplifting and cinematic follow-up to the band's critically-acclaimed The Cold Still. Fans who pre-order Promises will instantly receive a download of the album's first single, "Diamonds," a song The Boxer Rebellion will perform live on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Friday, June 14
In addition to the release of the new album, the Promises North American tour will see the band's immense live show re-worked from the ground-up, starting in Montreal on May 21 and hitting numerous cities for the first time ever, including Edmonton, Calgary, and Pittsburgh. The band will also play Neptune, Seattle (6/2); Fillmore, San Francisco (6/5); Avalon, Los Angeles (6/7); Metro, Chicago (6/15); and Webster Hall, NYC (6/20). A complete list of tour dates is below. The Boxer Rebellion has also announced its largest UK headline show to date, a performance at the legendary venue The Forum on October 11. Tickets for the upcoming tour are now on sale.
The Boxer Rebellion took to their London rehearsal space and transformed it into a recording studio where the songs for Promises would eventually come together over the last 18 months. Moving away from the more analog and darker soundscapes that enveloped the band's previous album, Promises is a significant step in a different direction for the London four-piece - a hi-fi, soaring piece of work that truly delivers on the band's epic, signature sound, and individual skill as musicians. From the retro-glossiness of the album's opener, "Diamonds," to the wall-of-sound that is "Fragile," to the towering beauty of "Low," "New York," and "Dream," Promises presents itself as an evolution in aesthetic - diverse in soundscapes but singular in grand ambition - for a band that continues to push and explore its creative ability with each new release.
The Boxer Rebellion will be making the following North American appearances throughout May and June. Tour dates below.
MAY
23 - Montreal, QC - Café Campus *
24 - Toronto, ON - Opera House *
28 - Edmonton, ON - Starlite Room *
29 - Calgary AB - Republik *
31 - Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl *
JUNE
01 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
02 - Seattle, WA - Neptune *
05 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
07 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
10 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom *
12 - Denver, CO - Bluebird *
15 - Chicago, IL - Metro *
17 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr Smalls *
18 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer (co-headline w/ Rogue Wave) *
20 - New York, NY - Webster Hall *
22 - Boston, MA - Sinclair *
OCTOBER
11 - London, England - The Forum
* = Fossil Collective supporting
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Saliva is ready to drop their first album with new frontman Bobby Amaru . The band says they'll release their eighth studio effort, In It to Win It, sometime this summer.
To give you an idea of what you can expect from the upcoming release, the album’s title track is now available for purchase oniTunes.
Saliva’s previous album, 2011’sUnder Your Skin, debuted at #86 on theBillboard200 album chart its first week out. It was the last album with original frontman Josey Scott , who left the band in 2012.
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NEW YEARS DAY will further their quest to unite the living, dead and undead with the release of their new album VICTIM TO VILLIAN on Century Media Records. Led by the dynamic Ash Costello, these Orange County alt-rockers will haunt your stereo and warm your heart, their tongue-in-cheek macabre and molten mischief sure to become mainstay in summer soundtracks nationwide. Produced by Erik Ron [Panic At The Disco, Saosin], the album features a guest appearance by Motionless In White frontman Chris Motionless on the track "Angel Eyes." See below for the album cover and track listing.
"When we hit the studio with Erik Ron to start writing last summer, the theme and idea for this album came almost immediately," says Costello. "I was dealing with so much at that point in my life and I felt like I had to make a choice to wake up in the morning and stop being the victim to it all and start owning my power and let my inner villain come out. The album follows that story, the transformation, and the satisfying vengeance that comes along with it. The direction is heavier and darker but still has that hauntingly weird and fun vibe that we have become known for. We have so much in store visually to go along with the record, especially between now and the Warped Tour - this tour is going to become known as the 'death of the party'!"
Catch NEW YEARS DAY on tour all summer, bringing the new material to life and rocking the VANS WARPED TOUR everyday on the Tillys stage.
VICTIM TO VILLAIN pre-sales bundles will be announced next week.
Tracklist:
Do Your Worst I'm No Good Bloody Mary Victim Hello Darkness Death of the Party The Arsonist Angel Eyes (feat. Chris Motionless) Any Last Words? Tombstone Last Great Story |
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Big Black Delta's debut full length album is out today via Masters of Bates. The self-titled release streamed exclusively via SPIN for the past week and is now available for purchase via iTunesand streaming via Spotify. To order the vinyl and CD, clickHERE. Incelebration of the release, last night (April 29th) Big Black Delta performed an explosive live set at Los Angeles' Bardot for a packed house as part of KCRW'sSchool Night concert series.
The self-titled offering features a collection of tracks fusing ambient electronic rock with uplifting melodies to create a sound that refuses to be denied. The album's first single "Side of the Road" was declared a "Best New Track" byPitchfork, who also premiered the music video for the song (see below), directed by Warren Kommers."Side of the Road" quickly garnered the attention of remix masters Emperor Machine and Dinamo Azari, who each added their unique style to the track. Check out Emperor Machine's remix, premiered onBlah Blah Blah Scienceand Dinamo Azari's remix, premiered onThe Guardian.
Today Big Black Delta announced additional live dates in North America. After a one-off performance at Brick & Mortar in San Francisco scheduled for May 1st, the band will kick off June dates at the Echo in Los Angeles and wrap up on June 22nd at Grasslands in Brooklyn. Following these dates, Big Black Delta will head overseas for UK festival appearances, including stops at Reading and Leeds. See below for a complete list of dates.
The brainchild of Los Angeles native Jonathan Bates, Big Black Delta's explosive live show features dueling drummers and an orchestrated light show using visual elements of the bespoke album artwork, which was created by Bates himself and creative director Caspar Newbolt. No stranger to pushing boundaries, LA based Bates was, until recently, the driving force behind alt rock favorites Mellowdrone, has been heavily involved in M83's live and studio sound and has also worked with the likes of White Sea, among others.
Big Black Delta spent most of 2012 on tour with Jane's Addiction, The Joy Formidable, M83 and releasing the first tracks off the new album, including 'IFUCKINGLOVEYOU' and 'Betamax' much to the delight of bloggers everywhere. The band also collected some heavyweight fans with Jay-Z and Dave Navarro taking to their online outlets to heap praise on the band. Big Black Delta has also been in demand for remixes for Daft Punk, Rob Zombie, M83, Dhani Harrison's Thenewno2's and most recently Maynard from Tool's new project Puscifer.
BIG BLACK DELTA -- LIVE DATES
5/1 - Brick & Mortar, San Francisco, CA
6/4 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA
6/6 - Constellation Room, Santa Ana, CA
6/7 - Cellar Door, Visaslia, CA
6/8- Casbah, San Diego, CA
6/10 - Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
6/12 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
6/13 - Schubas Tavern, Chicago, II
6/14 - NXNE, Toronto, ON
6/15 - NXNE, Toronto, ON
6/16 - Le Belmont, Montreal, Canada
6/18 - Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
6/19 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
6/21 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
6/22 - Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY
7/26 - Capitol Hill Block Party,Seattle, WA
7/27 - Bunk Bar, Portland, OR
9/6 - Hopscotch Festival, Raleigh, NC
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On July 15th, Pet Shop Boys return in triumphant form with their new studio album 'Electric', the first to appear on their own label x2 (via Kobalt Label Services).
The album is the first Pet Shop Boys studio album to be produced by Stuart Price. Visit Stereogum for an extensive "Progress Report" interview with the duo -- along with the debut of the new track 'Axis' HERE.
In March this year, a teaser video for 'Electric' appeared online. The accompanying music, 'Axis', which is the album's opening track, is now available in full online and is here accompanied by a video.
'Electric' features nine tracks in total - eight brand new Pet Shop Boys' songs plus a cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'The Last To Die'. The result is as uncompromising a collection of dance anthems as Pet Shop Boys have ever made.
Pet Shop Boys said: "'Electric' is very much set on the dance floor. Our latest album often evolves as a response to our previous album and, whereas 'Elysium' had a reflective mood, 'Electric' is pretty banging! And working with Stuart Price on a studio album is something we have wanted to do for a very long time".
Stuart Price said: "Making 'Electric' was an exciting experience. We recorded it between Berlin, London and Los Angeles using various techniques between old school synth and drum machine programming and new school computer mangling. For me it was a chance to work with two people who shaped so much of my musical taste, yet who keep on pushing farther in both a natural and unexpected fashion. 'Disco' (from 1986) was an album that always spoke to me because it blended song arrangements with dance floor mixes, and that is what 'Electric' felt like to make. Allowing songs to be full length without considering the pop rules, disregarding classic structures and instead just working instinctively on what was fun and danceable."
Singer/rapper Example, who won a BRIT award last year for Best British Single, appears as a guest vocalist on the track 'Thursday'.
The track listing for 'Electric' is:
1. Axis
2. Bolshy
3. Love is a bourgeois construct
4. Fluorescent
5. Inside a dream
6. The last to die
7. Shouting in the evening
8. Thursday (featuring Example)
9. Vocal
As previously announced, Pet Shop Boys will embark on the 'Electric' tour in May this year. The tour is created in collaboration with Es Devlin (creative director/designer) and Lynne Page (stage director/choreographer), and has already received rave reviews when it debuted in Mexico in March. Tour dates, including the newly announced North American dates, are as follows:
13 May - Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
16 May - Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
18 May - Conmebol Bourbon Convention Center, Asunción, Paraguay
22 May - Credicard Hall, São Paulo, Brazil
25 May - Centro de Eventos Bima, Bogota, Colombia
3 June - Oktiaborski Concert Hall, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
5 June - Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russian Federation
9 June - Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark
11 June - Grand Rex, Paris, France
15 June - Sónar Festival, Barcelona, Spain
18 June - O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
20 June - Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
23 June - Nokia Hall, Tel Aviv, Israel
26 June - Life Park, Istanbul, Turkey
29 June - Peace & Love Festival, Borlänge, Sweden
1 July - Dortmunder Music Week, Dortmund, Germany
3 July - KV Arena, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
5 July - Õllesummer 20, Song Festival Grounds, Tallinn, Estonia
7 July - Ruisrock Festival, Turku, Finland
9 July - ZMF, Freiburg, Germany
10 July - Tollwood Festival - Musik Arena, Munich, Germany
16 July - Ejekt Festival, Athens, Greece
9 August - SonicMania, Tokyo Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
11 August - Summer Sonic festival, Tokyo, Japan
17 August - Skeeno Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia
24 August - Impact Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand
6 Sept - Berlin Festival, Berlin, Germany
12 Sept - The Jackie Gleason Theatre, Miami Beach, USA
13 Sept - Mahaffey Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
14 Sept - Symphony Hall, Atlanda, Georgia, USA
16 Sept - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY USA
17 Sept - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY USA
19 Sept - Music Centre at Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
21 Sept - House of Blues, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
22 Sept - Mann Centre for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Sept - Olympia Theatre, Montreal, Canada
25 Sept - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
27 Sept - Caesars Windsor - The Colosseum, Windsor, Canada
28 Sept - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Illinois, USA
2 Oct - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA
3 Oct - Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
4 Oct - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon, USA
5 Oct - Fox Theatre, Oakland, California, USA
8 Oct - Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California, USA
11 Oct - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
12 Oct - Shrine Auditorium, LA, California, USA
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Hype Machine just premiered the new Fitz and the Tantrums albumMore Than Just A Dream(out May 7th)here.
The band will be performing on the outside stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live on May 8th - if you are in LA and would like to come to the show, clickhere.
Watch/Share/Embed the video for the band's first single, "Out of My League," HERE.
Upcoming tour dates here.
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Selfhood, the new album from the UK'sSharksis out today via Rise Records.Selfhood, which Alternative Press called "another great brit-punk catch"is the follow up to their striking 2012 offeringNo Gods. To purchase the album on iTunes, click HERE.
Selfhood was recorded in just two weeks in Southampton, UK at The Ranch Studio and produced by Lewis Johns (Gnarwolves, Bastions). The album channels influences from the likes of The Smiths, Richard Hawley and The Cribs. This new release expands on the explosive punk-meets-Brit-pop anthems on No Gods, and showcases a more mature and solid live band - a result of endless international touring in support of past releases.
"I wrote most of the lyrics in a room above a morgue in which I lived with my fiancée for about five months," said Mattock. "The place was an old Victorian building with no heat, running water, or bathroom. It wasn't even legally residential. A lot of what I was going through around this period is channeled in the lyrics. These are the most intimate and personal songs I've written - thus Selfhood is the most fitting title."
Born in 2007, Sharks is James Mattock (vocals), Andrew Bayliss (guitar), Sam Lister (drums), and Carl Murrihy (bass). They released their first independent EP, Shallow Waters, in 2008 and drummed up a serious buzz while playing with the likes of Gallows, The Wedding Present, Social Distortion, Hot Water Music, The Gaslight Anthem, Baby Shambles and more. In 2011 they released The Joys of Living 2008-2010, which BBC's Zane Lowe praised as "the sound of a band reaching that moment when they are absolutely ready." Their 2012 release No Gods introduced the band to U.S. audiences, with Alternative Press declaring that their music "bristles with a wonderful sense of rock and roll heritage that serves as a tribute to fallen heroes... something refreshing and contemporary."
Stay tuned for announcements on U.S. touring plans.
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Award-winning sibling-trio, The Band Perry will take the television airwaves by storm this week with performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, tonight, and a performance and chat on The Talk on Wednesday May 1st in support of their heralded Number One Country album, Pioneer, which was released by Republic Nashville on April 2, 2013. The Dann Huff produced album debuted at Number Two on the Billboard Top 200 chart the week after its release, marking the highest debut for The Band Perry to date.
Leading up to the release of Pioneer, The Band Perry graced the covers Billboard Magazine, Country Weekly, and the Tennessean's Portfolio section. Their explosive performance on the Academy of Country Music Awards had the audience in the MGM Grand up on their feet and was also called one of the best performances by several publications including Entertainment Weekly. The Band Perry also performed on The Late Show with David Letterman and Letterman Sessions, Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Dancing With The Stars. Next up will be the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 19, 2012 on ABC with more appearances to be announced in the coming weeks.
In the last two years, The Band Perry has been on the road for well over 600 days. They recently performed a headline show at Bradley University in Peoria, IL and shattered the attendance record at the campus' Renaissance Coliseum. The Activities Council for Bradley University sold over 3150 tickets, making this the largest concert ever held in the three-year-old venue. The band will continue to tour throughout the year and well into 2014. For a complete list of dates, click HERE.
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Jimmy Eat World announce U.S. tour dates to support their forthcoming album, Damage (out June 11th). The band had previously announced their Arizona "Home State" Tour which kicks off this Friday in Yuma.
The new dates are set to kick off June 30th in Pittsburgh, with more dates to be announced in the near future.
JIMMY EAT WORLD
Damage
Live 2013
Just Announced:
6/30 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Zoo
7/02 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blue
7/03 - Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
7/06 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
7/08 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
7/10 - Missoula, MT @ The Wilma Theatre
7/15 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
7/16 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
7/17 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
7/18 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
7/20 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
8/04 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre
8/05 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues
8/07 - New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage
8/10 - Richmond, VA @ The National
8/11 - Washington, DC @ 930 Club
8/13 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
8/14 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
8/16 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
8/17 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
8/18 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
For a complete list of tour dates go to http://jimmyeatworld.com/tour/
All pre-orders of the CD will immediately receive the first single, "I Will Steal You Back," which can be heard at:http://www.jimmyeatworld.com
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Did you know that?
Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) has Bonzo´s (Led Zeppelin´s drummer) symbol, three intersecting symbols tattooed on his forearm.
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