Rosi Golan and Family Records Team Up To Release Lead Balloon on Sept 27– 8/24/2011

Rosi Golan and Family Records are extremely excited to announce their partnership for the upcoming release of the gorgeous full length, Lead Balloon set to hit September 27. Family Records is a small but tenacious music company based in NYC, run by artists infected with the moon-headed notion that songs can improve the world. We agree wholeheartedly, the 12 stunning tracks that make up Lead Balloon have definitely brightened our world. Catch Rosi on tour now with Jason Reeves before she heads overseas to play select shows with Joshua Radin as well as Family Records band, Wakey!Wakey!.

Over the years Rosi Golan has worked to refine and hone her sound, collecting new elements and crafting her art in the places she finds herself. The Israeli-born songstress has made many stops in her travels and Lead Balloon perfectly captures the environment where Rosi brought each song to fruition – there is the bone-damp chill of London, the constant buzz of Brooklyn and the arid wind of Los Angeles. Produced by Tony Berg (Phantom Planet, Aimee Mann), the album moves fluidly between genres, containing songs steeped in Americana, clever pop currents running throughout, and thoughtful folk. Her unique talent for rich, dark melodies showcases a voice that not only draws you in, but still haunts you the next day.

Family Records President Wesley Verhoeve states “We're beyond thrilled to welcome Rosi to the Family. She has been a friend of the Family for years, a like-minded soul and a tremendously talented song writer with a golden voice. Her new album "Lead Balloon" is one of those rare records that undulates perfectly between all those thoughts and emotions that every person experiences as part of a relationship, and we can't wait to share it with our fans and the world at large. We're also excited to welcome Rosi's fan base into our Family of passionate music fans, and to be working with Rosi's manager David Margolis who has been a friend for years as well.”

The Drifter & The Gypsy, Rosi’s 2008 debut, generated several songs that were prominently featured on numerous television shows (including One Tree Hill and Private Practice) and in film (Dear John). On the strength of Drifter, Rosi embarked on a series of tours that saw her traipsing the globe before finally laying new roots down on the west coast where she began recording Lead Balloon.

Catch Rosi On Tour This Summer & Fall!

* With Jason Reeves

** Record release party & show with Ian Axel & The Spring Standards

# With Joseph Arthur

*8/24/11 @ Slowdown – Omaha, NE

*8/25/11 @ Augustana College – Rock Island, IL

*8/27/11 @ Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI

*8/28/11 @ Space – Evanston, IL

*8/30/11 @ Fine Line Music Café – Minneapolis, MN

*8/31/11 @ The Mill – Iowa City, IA

*9/1/11 @ State Historical Bldg – Des Moines, IA

*9/2/11 @ The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS

**9/6/11 @ Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY

#9/22/11 @ Troubadour

SO and SO Announce Full Length ASAP and Premiere a Track With Us Weekly – 8/23/2011

Whether they’re conjuring dreamy pop harmonies or turning out soulful beats, Los Angeles based SO & SO is not your average troupe of ordinary indie pop musicians. With their debut album ASAP set to hit November 15th, SO & SO transcend traditional pop and undulate gracefully from trip-hop to rock and indie pop to electro-fusion. With the incredible award winning multi-platinum producers Rob Wells, Damon Sharpe and newcomer Justin Glasco on board, the California quintet comes together to exude propulsive energy that’s innovative, fresh and sonically all-their-own on this incredibly exciting upcoming release. The band has teamed up with Us Weekly & Ian in Your Ear to exclusively premiere a first listen of the incredibly catchy track, “What’s The Use”, listen to it here: http://bit.ly/rhuA7e.

SO & SO came to fruition when singer Amie Miriello (Dirtie Blonde) and guitarist Jay “Raisin” Dmuchowski (Dirtie Blonde) joined forces with producer Rob Wells at ATV in Canada to compose a songwriting trio and sell the tracks to other artists. However, after the first few tracks were cut they realized that they had stumbled onto something very special, a novel sound Amie describes as “sexy indie pop with real soul,” a sound they wanted to take on themselves. That batch of tunes would eventually become the inspiration for their upcoming full length, ASAP, but SO & SO weren’t quite complete just yet…

While playing a gig at LA’s Molly Malone’s, Amie stumbled upon Brandon Rogers a top 12 finalist on Season 6 of American Idol, and was immediately smitten by his effortless vocals. While Brandon was wholly focused on his solo career, he quickly recognized their special and electric vocal chemistry, accepting Amie’s offer to join SO & SO without hesitation. Drummer Adam Hanson and bassist Bana Haffar round out the band and fully connect the dots between pop palatability and dirty soul, a unique, one-of-a-kind dynamic heard throughout ASAP.

Their brilliant upcoming debut showcases a whirlwind of emotion juxtaposed with poignant poetic rumination. On “Heart Beats Slow” acoustic guitars growl into a powerful chorus, while “What’s the Use?” meanders from tripped-out electronic textures to a hand-clap fueled hook. At the heart of the music lies Amie’s entrancing croon, flares of Jay’s evocative guitar, and a dual backdrop of undeniable soul by drummer Adam and bassist Bana. Like icing on a cake, Brandon provides a decadent layer of rich, organic vocals.

Baaba Maal Announces Fall US Speaking Engagements Tales From The Sahel– 8/22/2011

This October, Baaba Maal will be coming to the US to headline a series of speaking dates moderated by renowned music journalist and author Chris Salewicz (The Sunday Times, the Independent, Bob Marley: The Untold Story). Baaba will discuss his personal experiences growing up in Africa and traveling the world, his views on issues facing Africa and the African diaspora, as well as other assorted issues of the day. During the course of the evening, Baaba will be playing some songs alongside multi-instrumentalist Jim Palmer and his longstanding percussionist Mamadou Sarr. This will be a unique and intimate event- an evening full of surprises.

One of the true stars to rise from the African continent, Senegalese master musician Baaba Maal has been making music for the world to enjoy for nearly two decades. Renowned for his fiery vocal performances and his musical fusion of western sounds with the traditional beats and melodies of West Africa, Baaba Maal has earned immense critical acclaim and has continually reinforced his role as a seminal artist in the world music arena. His work has also extended beyond music and into the realms of humanitarian spokesperson through his role as youth emissary for the United Nation's Development Program and his outspoken stances on HIV/AIDS in Africa, the growing role of women on the continent and his support of youth-based initiatives to help Africa move into the new millennium.

It’s been roughly one year since Baaba Maal toured the US in support of his latest album, Television, which CNN called “fearless and all-encompassing…fresh yet timeless.” This upcoming series of dates will give US audiences a different experience- the chance to hear Baaba's worldly insight and knowledge.

Announced Tales From The Sahel Dates:

Oct 5 Oakland, CA @ Yoshi’s

Oct 6 Oakland, CA @ Yoshi’s

Oct 7 Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre

Oct 8 Los Angeles, CA @ Univ of Southern California

Oct 9 San Diego, CA @ Anthology

Oct 11 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door

Oct 13 Denver, CO @ L2 Arts & Cultural Center

Oct 15 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center

Oct 16 Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music

Oct 17 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark

Oct 18 Nelsonville, OH @ Smart’s Opera House

Oct 19 Alexandria, VA @ Birchmere

Oct 21 New York, NY @ Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at PACE

Oct 22 Blue Bell, PA @ Science Center Theatre

Oct 23 Boston, MA @ ICA Theatre

MONA Annouces Fall Tour– 8/18/2011

MONA will be hitting the road this fall in support of their upcoming debut album release (ZionNoiz, Mercury). Recently dubbed the “breakthrough rock act we’ve been wishing, hoping and praying for” by the Huffington Post, the Nashville band will be performing with Funeral Party as well as opening for The Airborne Toxic Event on select dates. After kicking off at Austin City Limits Festival they will be making stops in cities across the country including performances at Atlanta’s Music Midtown, LA’s Roxy Theatre and a return to New York City for a show at Terminal 5. Tickets for dates with Funeral Party on sale now!

MONA made a splash in the UK with their first-ever single “Listen to Your Love” and have received an outpouring of praise from the likes of The New York Times, Spin and Rolling Stone. Their self-titled EP is available now on iTunes and Amazon. The band was voted MTV UK’s Brand New in 2011, included in the BBC Sounds of 2011 poll and made their US TV debut on Last Call with Carson Daly – check out their performance HERE http://theaudioperv.com/2011/04/30/mona-trouble-on-the-way-lean-into-the-fall-429-last-call/.

WATCH the official video for “Listen to Your Love” HEREhttp://www.youtube.com/monatheband#p/a/f/0/_YVY3JYgWHs

Fall Tour Dates In Full:

* co-headlining with The Funeral Party

^ opening for The Airborne Toxic Event

9/18- Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival

9/23- Huntsville, AL @ Big Spring Jam

9/24- Atlanta, GA @ Music Midtown

10/2- San Diego, CA @ The Casbah *

10/4- West Hollywood, CA @ Roxy Theatre *

10/5- San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill *

10/8- Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge *

10/9- Seattle, WA @ The Tractor *

11/9- Chicago, IL @ The Riv ^

11/10- Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave ^

11/11- Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont ^

11/12- Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue ^

11/13- Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall ^

11/15- Toronto, ON @ Phoenix ^

11/18- New York, NY @ Terminal 5 ^

11/19- Boston, MA @ Orpheum ^

11/20- Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory ^

11/22- Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^

11/23- Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore ^

11/29- Tampa, FL @ Ritz ^

11/30- Orlando, FL @ Beacham ^

SIGUR ROS announces the release of INNI– 8/17/2011

Sigur Rós will release Inni – the definitive Sigur Rós live experience – this November on XL Recordings. Inni is comprised of a double live album and seventy-five minute film of Sigur Rós’ last show before their well-documented “indefinite hiatus” at the end of 2008. Recorded and shot over two nights at London’s Alexandra Palace at the close of the world tour around their fifth full length album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, Inni sees the band at the peak of their powers, captured on film for the first time as a core four-piece since they were joined by string section amiina at the start of the century. Directed by Vincent Morisset (Arcade Fire’s Miroir Noir), the film is set to debut at this year’s Venice Film Festival on September 3rd, 2011.

Inni is Sigur Rós' second live film following 2007's hugely-celebrated tour documentary Heima. Whereas that film positioned the enigmatic group in the context of their Icelandic homeland, providing geographical, social and historical perspectives on their otherworldly music, Inni focuses purely on the band's performance, and stands as a stark counterpoint to Heima’s kaleidoscopic richness. Where Heima was lush and colorfully expansive, Inni is spare and near-monochromatic in its tunnel vision. Filmed in a manner that invites both intimacy and claustrophobia, Inni cocoons the viewer in a one-on-one relationship with the band, eschewing the audience for closeness, depicting how it feels for both band and fan to experience Sigur Rós live.

The film’s elegance and atmosphere are enhanced by Morisset’s re-filming of the original digital footage on 16mm, which was then re-filmed again, sometimes through prisms and other found objects, allowing Inni to look and feel like something recovered from the past. Interspersed with this is archival footage drawn from the band’s previous decade, dating back as far as 1998. This juxtaposition gives viewers the full scope of Sigur Rós’ origins, evolution, originality and influence.

The live album Inni – a first for the band – is comprised of the full set from Alexandra Palace, played in order with just one omission, and clocks in at one-and-three-quarter hours. Recorded by Sigur Rós’ in-house studio engineer Birgir Jón Birgisson, Inni’s live audio recording is far and away the best way of replicating the full-force effect of standing in front of one of the world’s most extraordinary bands for an evening.

When taken in together, Inni’s film and live album give us an incredible account of one of the most celebrated and influential rock bands of recent years, showing where they’ve come from, where they’ve been, and like all things Sigur Rós, where it is they will be going next.

More details of how, when and where Inni will enter the world will be made available shortly. In the meantime, the trailer is available to watch now at www.sigur-Rós.co.uk.

MIDDLE CLASS RUT Announce Headlining Fall Tour– 8/17/2011

Sacramento-based rock duo, Middle Class Rut, have announced the dates of their fall headlining tour! Fresh off the heels of a month long run with the Vans Warped Tour, MC Rut will be joined by Lite Brite and Ume as they make their way across the country. They will be hitting Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Tucson and bouncing around Texas along their routing wrapping their tour at the famed Emo’s in Austin, so be sure to mark your calendars – full list of dates is below! Before kicking off their headlining run, you can catch Middle Class Rut at such festivals as the Buzz Beach Ball and Sonic Boom 2011 on August 19 and September 4, respectively, as well as at Pointfest on September 10. With a busy fall season ahead of them, MC Rut will also be playing as part of the heavy-hitting lineup at KROQ’s Epicenter 2011 on September 24.

Middle Class Rut are touring in support of their debut album, No Name No Color, which spawned the smash radio hit “New Low” reaching No. 5 at Alternative Radio. Having being named “2011 Artist to Watch” by MTV and scoring a coveted spot in USA Today’s “On the Verge” feature, Middle Class Rut are one of the most promising acts of the year. They recently wrapped up a European arena tour with Linkin Park and just completed their month long trek with the Vans Warped Tour.

MC Rut has been eagerly embraced by rock fans and the press for their stunning debut, which artfully blurs the line between heavy and melodic with raw, energized rock and roll. This band is no overnight sensation. The duo, Zack Lopez (vocals, guitar) and Sean Stockham (drums), have been playing together since they were teenagers. The pair records every song they write together almost immediately upon coming up with the idea in their rehearsal space, capturing the instantaneous spirit of a track while still in the moment. They've toured with a range of artists, including Linkin Park, Social Distortion, Alice in Chains, Them Crooked Vultures, The Bronx and ...Trail Of Dead and their track “Lifelong Dayshift” is featured on the exclusive GameStop release of the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack.

WATCH:

Video for “Busy Bein’ Born” at Alternative Press HERE

Behind the scenes video of “Hurricane” cover HERE

BUY:

Collector’s lyric book for No Name No Color HERE

“Hurricane” 10” HERE

Check in at www.MCRut.com for additional dates and other updates!

MIDDLE CLASS RUT TOUR DATES:

^ with Lite Brite & Ume

8/19/11 Kansas City, KS @ Livestrong Sporting Park (Buzz Beach Ball)

9/2/11 Redmond, WA @ Maymoor Park (107.7 The End – Summer Camp ’11)

9/4/11 Edmonton, Alberta, CA @ Edmonton Northlands Park (Sonic Boom 2011)

9/10/11 Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Pointfest)

9/11/11 Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt ^

9/12/11 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue ^

9/13/11 Mt. Clemens, MI @ Hayloft Liquor Stand ^

9/14/11 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre ^

9/16/11 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club ^

9/17/11 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium ^

9/20/11 Spokane, WA @ The A Club ^

9/21/11 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory ^

9/22/11 Sparks, NV @ The Alley ^

9/23/11 Bakersfield, CA @ B Ryder’s ^

9/24/11 Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (KROQ Epicenter)

9/25/11 Tucson, AZ @ Tucson Electronic Park (KFMA Fall Ball)

9/26/11 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad ^

9/28/11 Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s ^

9/29/11 Dallas, TX @ Trees ^

9/30/11 Ft. Smith, AR @ Oklahoma State Fair

10/1/11 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar ^

10/2/11 Austin, TX @ Emo’s ^

DONORA Announce New Album Video Premiere Today on AOL Spinner– 8/16/2011

Jake Hanner met the future lead singer of the band Donora a few hours after she was born. He was disappointed she was a girl and cried. Eighteen years later, Jake got over it, and he and his sister Casey had their first practice as a band. Now the brother/sister team, alongside band mate Jake Churton, are releasing Boyfriends, Girlfriends, their infectious sophomore album that is poised to put the Pittsburgh trio on the musical map. Today the band has unveiled the video for first single, “The World Is Ours,” on AOL Spinner. Check out the clip here (http://www.spinner.com/2011/08/15/donora-the-world-is-ours-video/). Boyfriends, Girlfriends is set for release on September 27th on Rostrum Records.

You may recognize Casey Hanner’s soaring vocals from sync spots pulled from their 2008 self-titled debut album for multiple MTV shows or as the soundtrack to PostSecret’s Valentine’s Day viral video. With a buzzy debut album and a viral video of their own under their belts (see the awe-inspiring hoola-hoop clip for track “I Think I Like You” here) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKaFX_mQBhU, Donora returned to the family studio to write and record Boyfriends, Girlfriends. The Hanner siblings grew up in a music household, living over the recording studio that their father runs. Casey’s bedroom was directly above the control room, and she attributes her ability to sleep through anything to this fact. Jake grew up watching his father in the studio and happened to pick up a thing or two, which he lends brilliantly to the production of their sophomore album.

The band blends ‘80s slick-pop with ‘50s girl group bop, an alchemy that when layered under the band’s upbeat lyrics leads to an assured exuberance, a whimsy contained on the record that Casey likens to having a “Disney” effect. Jake Hanner plays drums, triggers samples from his octapad, and sings backup, and Casey sings and plays bar chords on an old black and white Silvertone.

Aptly named, Boyfriends, Girlfriends is threaded through with a welcome honesty, a hard stare at love and the mythology that surrounds it. First single “The World Is Ours” is a jangle-pop anthem, a point-counterpoint tune that chugs through the elation of love with Casey’s gauzy vocals, as Jake’s provide a shot of realism. “And Then The Girls” is the best song the ‘80s never produced, equal parts synth chilliness and dance-pop warmth, chronicling the predisposition that most have to wait on an idealized version of love. “Mancini’s Dance Hall” – based on the tales a local plumber has spun about his youth -- whirls open in sepia tones before turning into a full-on dance floor strut. Central to the album, and to the band’s sound, is the notion that things can be both serious and fun, upbeat and important.

Boyfriends, Girlfriends track listing:

1. The Story

2. Champion

3. The World Is Ours

4. Mancini’s Dance Hall

5. Boom Boom

6. The Untouchables

7. And Then The Girls

8. Can Can

9. If You See My Boyfriend

10. Happily Ever After

GOMEZ Announces Additional Fall Tour Dates– 8/16/2011

Gomez have added some exciting performance to their fall tour! They will be headlining KPRI’s first annual StreetBeat San Diego event on October 1 along with O.A.R. and will be making an appearance at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco on October 2. Pre-sale tickets for KPRI’s StreetBeat San Diego are available HERE http://www.gomeztheband.com/gigs/; Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is a FREE event!

After a whirlwind summer, seeing the release of their seventh studio album Whatever’s On Your Mind, and making appearances on the small screen on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Gomez will be touring in support of their latest effort throughout September and October. Along with the newly added dates, Gomez will be performing at Austin City Limits Music Festival and making stops at Denver’s Ogden Theatre, LA’s House of Blues and many more cities across the West coast. Full list of dates is below!

Serving as the follow-up to their acclaimed 2009 release, A New Tide, Whatever’s On Your Mind sees Gomez (Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul “Blackie” Blackburn, Ian Ball and Olly Peacock) pushing their limits in a way we have not yet heard. The band partnered up with longtime friend, Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet) to co-produce and sought out to feature other artist friends on the record, Luke Steele (Empire of the Sun, Sleepy Jackson) and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas, TV on the Radio, Iron and Wine). Whatever’s On Your Mind, finds Gomez driving forward on a beautifully lush and dynamic album. There is a fresh feeling of rebirth and awakening. One to raise a smile even from the naysayers. A broad grin from the rest of us.

WATCH Gomez perform their single “Options” on Letterman HERE http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/gomez-options-on-letterman-20110714

WATCH the band’s performance on Leno HERE http://theaudioperv.com/2011/07/26/gomez-options-725-leno/

WATCH the official video of “Options” HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYApHEUCs8s

Gomez Fall Tour Dates in Full:

September 18 Austin City Limits Festival

September 20 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note

September 21 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room

September 22 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre

September 23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound

September 25 Victoria, BC @ Rifflandia Festival

September 26 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

September 27 Seattle, WA @ Showbox

September 28 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

September 30 Saratoga, California @ Mountain Winery #

October 1 San Diego, CA @ KPRI’s StreetBeat San Diego

October 2 San Francisco, CA @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival

October 4 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues

October 5 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues

# with DevotchkaGomez

Vanessa Carlton Joins Matt Nathanson on Fall Tour Appearances on Conan and CBS Saturday Morning This Week– 8/16/2011

Vanessa Carlton has announced that she will be joining Matt Nathanson on a coast-to-coast U.S. tour this fall. Kicking off on September 25th in New Orleans, LA, the tour comes on the heels of the release of Vanessa’s acclaimed new album, Rabbits on the Run, out now on Razor & Tie.

Tune in this week to get a preview of Vanessa’s live show with two television performances. On Wednesday, August 17th Vanessa will perform on Conan and on Saturday, August 20th she will take the stage on CBS Saturday Morning. Vanessa recently played her first single “Carousel” on The Today Show as well as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Praise for Rabbits on the Run:

“A lovely sort of melancholy magic.” - Entertainment Weekly

“Rabbits on the Run is Vanessa Carlton's career high water mark thus far, especially on the stunning "Hear the Bells" and "Dear California", a disarming love letter to the Golden State.” KCRW’s Chris Douridas

“Vanessa Carlton again demonstrates her knack for pensive, piano-driven pop on ‘Carousel’ from Rabbits on the Run.” –People

“Singer and pianist Ms. Carlton has long aspired to a different brand of pop stardom: less navel-baring ….and more melodramatic, heavily arranged pop symphonies.” -The New York Times

“Wistful, piano-led balladry, but there's a touch of darkness and complexity on display here that wasn't as apparent on her earlier hits…. she's certainly not just another sensitive girl with a piano….” - RollingStone.com

Rabbits on the Run is the most honest and uncompromised album Vanessa Carlton has recorded to date, revealing a striking departure and an exciting snapshot in the evolution of this exquisite storyteller and inventive musician. The album was recorded in the UK at Peter Gabriel’s world-renowned Real World Studios with producer Steve Osborne (U2, B-52’s, KT Tunstall, Doves). The album finds Vanessa returning to music-making its most organic form to create ten intimate, evocative songs, recorded directly to tape with her close-knit team of collaborators including Steve Osborne, Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket, and Ari Ingber of The Upwelling (all playing on the album). Partly inspired by two books, Richard Adams' Watership Down and Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Rabbits on the Run is 10-song set of gorgeous, haunting melodies and finely-crafted stories, including the lush first single "Carousel,” the ambient and eerie “Hear the Bells” and the propulsive “London.”

Vanessa Carlton Fall 2011 Tour Dates w. Matt Nathanson:

9/25/2011 New Orleans, LA @ HOB

9/27/2011 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club

9/28/2011 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club

9/30/2011 New York, NY @ Terminal Five

10/1/2011 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

10/2/2011 Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel

10/4/2011 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

10/6/2011 Toronto, ON @ Opera House

10/8/2011 Boston, MA @ HOB

10/10/2011 Indiana, PA @ Indiana University

10/11/2011 Columbus, OH @ Newport

10/12/2011 Detroit, MI @ Clutch Cargo's

10/14/2011 Madison, WI @ Capitol Theatre

10/15/2011 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre

Parachute Announces Co Headlining Fall Tour with Kate Voegele– 8/16/2011

After recently teasing fans with the news of a handful of live dates planned for this Fall, Parachute has now announced a full co-headlining tour with Kate Voegele, which will include stops in Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Seattle and Austin. Additional dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

The announcement comes amidst Parachute’s U.S. summer tour with Goo Goo Dolls and a series of major TV performances including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno http://theaudioperv.com/2011/05/20/parachute-something-to-believe-in-519-leno/ and Jimmy Kimmel Live http://theaudioperv.com/2011/06/30/parachute-something-to-believe-in-629-kimmel/. The band’s new album The Way It Was (Mercury Records), which hit #1 on the iTunes Rock Chart and debuted in the Billboard Top 20, features the Top 15 smash hit “Something To Believe In” which was just added on Radio Disney. Follow-up single “Kiss Me Slowly,” co-written with Grammy-winners Lady Antebellum, is bound to pack just as much of a punch and has already hit the #1 spot on the iTunes Rock Songs Chart. Watch the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXqYw_II6Pc.

Prior to heading out on the road with Kate Voegele, Parachute is heading to New York City for Fashion’s Night Out on September 8th. The band will play a very special 5-song set that evening at the Kenneth Cole store in Soho (595 Broadway). The first-come-first-serve event, which will also feature an appearance from Kenneth Cole himself, is from 6-11pm EST. Cocktails and bar snacks will be served.

On September 17th, you can find Parachute in Chicago at the Chicagoland Speedway for an exclusive live performance following NASCAR’s Dollar General 300 powered by Coca-Cola. The three-day weekend, which will also feature a set from Darius Rucker, kicks off the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup – a series of NASCAR Sprint Cup races in pursuit of the 2011 Championship.

So far it has been full steam ahead this year for Parachute. Aside from incredible chart debuts for The Way It Was, produced by John Fields (Goo Goo Dolls, Switchfoot, P!nk), a run of sold out June headlining dates and late-night TV performances, the band played the ESPYs Countdown Show prior to the 2011 ESPYs on ESPN.

www.weareparachute.com

NEON TREES To Open for DURAN DURAN This Fall– 8/9/2011

Neon Trees are proud to announce they will be supporting legendary British pop masters Duran Duran on their North American fall tour. The dates, which take them from coast to coast, begin in Everett, WA on September 23rd. With their ferocious live energy that has wowed audiences around the world, Neon Trees will be the perfect complement for Duran Duran’s pop excellence. The dates are below.

Prior to this, Neon Trees will be joining Panic At The Disco for a special show at NYC’s Central Park on September 1st, in addition to playing select radio shows throughout the country this month.

Says Neon Trees front man Tyler Glenn, “One of our big loves is taking us out on the road for their big return tour in the U.S.A. I am beside myself with excitement for this amazing opportunity. Duran Duran is a massive influence on Neon Trees, and we are so grateful they have asked us on this fall adventure!”

The dates (all dates with Duran Duran except where noted with an asterisk):

8/19/11 Kansas City, M O @ KRBZ Beach Ball *

8/25/11 Mayaguez, PR @ Howard Johnson Hotel Parking Lot *

8/30/11 Jackson. NJ @ Six Flags Great Adventure*

9/1/11 New York, NY @ Rumsey Playfield (w/ Panic At The Disco)

9/2/11 Seattle, WA @ Marymoor Park *

9/3/11 Phoenix, AZ @ The Marquee*

9/11/11 Dana Point, CA @ Doheny State Park *

9/17/11 Clark, NJ @ Oak Ridge Park (w/Blondie)

9/23/11 Everett, WA @ Comcast Arena

9/24/11 Portland, OR @Theater of the Clouds at The Rose Garden

9/26/11 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s *

9/27/11 Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theater LA LIVE

9/29/11 Hayward, CA @Cal State Easy Bay *

9/30/11 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint

10/1/11 Valley Center, CA @ Harrah’s Rincon Pavilion

10/4/11 Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center

10/6/11 Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theatre

10/7/11 Baton Rouge, LA @ TBA

10/8/11 Salt Lake City, UT @ X96 Show Gallivan Center *

10/10/11 Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall

10/12/11 Hollywood, FL @ TBA

10/13/11 St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheater

10/14/11 Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheater

10/16/11 Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall

10/17/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre

10/19/11 Cleveland, OH @ Playhouse Square Theatre

10/21/11 Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theater

10/22/11 Selinsgrove, PA @ Susquehanna University *

10/23/11 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre

10/25/11 New York, NY @ TBA

10/27/11 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

10/28/11 Boston, MA @ TBA

10/29/11 Madison, WI @ State Street *

Data Romance Makes Free Tracks Available via Bluetooth During Live Show– 8/9/2011

Electronic duo Data Romance is set to kick off their run of US tour dates this Thursday, August 11th in Indianapolis, IN. Playing the main stage at Skullcandy’s acclaimed ‘IDentity Festival’, the bill features electronic music’s best names: Rusko, Kaskade, Steve Aoki, Pretty Lights, Holy Ghost, Jessie and the Toy Boys, and The Crystal Method.

Thanks to the brainchild of marketing expert Jason Hobbs, Data Romance is adding a cutting edge spin to the fest. The band and Street Quality Entertainment have partnered with a developer to bring fans at the ID Festival not just a unique experience on stage, but on their phones as well. The band will be utilizing Bluetooth technology to deliver exclusive tracks directly to smartphones during their set. No apps to download, no signups required, no strings attached. LED screens on stage will enable concertgoers to activate Bluetooth in order to receive the free songs, creating even more of a connection between the band and their fans.

In addition to free music, the band is also going to be giving away tickets to two lucky fans for each date they are on the tour. Please visit http://www.data-romance.com/idfestival to enter.

Official Tour Dates Are As Follows:

August 11th Indianapolis, IN? Verizon Music Center

August 12th Detroit, MI? DTE Energy Music Theater

August 13th Pittsburgh, PA? First Niagara Pavilion

August 14th Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

August 16th Charlotte, NC? Verizon Amphitheater

August 18th Washington, DC? Jiffy Lube Live

August 19th Philadelphia, PA? Susquehanna Bank Center

August 20th Boston, MA? Comcast Center

August 21st Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Theater?

August 23rd Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood

Neon Indian Customizes Mini Synth Unveils Track Listing and Debuts new song Polish Girl– 8/3/2011

Neon Indian wants you to hack this mini-synth! Alan has teamed up with Bleep Laps (http://bleeplabs.com/) to bring you a mini analog synthesizer. How, you ask? Alan, who had been a fan of Bleep Labs' noise makers, contacted them with the idea to come up with a new synth - the PAL198X - a version of their PicoPaso analog synthesizer with special modifications thought up by him and Dr. Bleep. Hear what it sounds like here: http://soundcloud.com/dr-bleep/pal198x

"We teamed up with our brethren homies in Austin, Bleep Labs, to proudly bring you the PAL 198X. It’s a triple triangle-wave oscillator noisemaking device with interchangeable controls for maximal sonic contortion. You can attach knobs, light-reactive photocells, and a variety of other devices for semi-modular capabilities. It can interact with a variety of objects around your house whether electronic in nature or not. It can even interact with your pet. It does not make the same sound twice. Basically, I want you to hack this fucking thing, " says Alan.

These Limited Edition synths will be made available to fans who purchase the 4th package of the newly announced pre-order bundle packs offered on www.neonindian.com.

The following packages are available:

1. CD: $12.98

2. 12" Vinyl: $18.98

3. CD + Tshirt: $28.99

4. 12" Vinyl + CD + Custom Synth + Tshirt + Autographed poster: $49.99

With the purchase of any of these packages - an instant gratification digital download of "Fallout" will be made available immediately as well as a digital download of the upcoming Neon Indian album Era Extraña (Static Tongues/Mom + Pop) on release date - 9/13.

In addition, Neon Indian has debuted a new single today “Polish Girl” exclusively on NPR today as well as the track listing for the upcoming album. “Polish Girl” will be available on iTunes August 4th. Facebook fans can also hear the stream of “Polish Girl” at http://www.facebook.com/neonindian

Track Listing:

1. Heart: Attack

2. Polish Girl

3. Blindside Kiss

4. Hex Girlfriend

5. Heart: Decay

6. Fall Out

7. Era Extraña

8. Halogen (I Could Be a Shadow)

9. Future Sick

10. Suns Irrupt

11. Heart: Release

OMD Announces North American Tour Dates– 8/2/2011

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, one of the UK’s most iconic bands, are returning to the U.S. and Canada for an extensive North American tour this fall. The 21-stop tour marks OMD’s highly anticipated return to the U.S. following their sold-out and highly praised spring run earlier this year. The Boston Globe declared “It may have been their first tour of the U.S. in 23 years, but OMD still sounded as remarkably fresh as they did at their mid-1980s peak,” and Newsday proclaimed “brilliance was on display.” Similarly, Yahoo affirms that their much-talked about SXSW performance “was truly the feel good show of the day.” In many cities, the excitement was so high that the concert had to be relocated to a larger venue to accommodate all the demand. The tour will feature the original OMD line up of Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper (keyboards) and Malcolm Holmes (drums).

Kicking off September 16 in Miami, the outing brings the band to New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Francisco and many more. In cities where they performed this spring, OMD will be playing a slightly different set of songs to keep the show fresh, but will still include all the hits and classic fan favorites.

OMD is touring in support of History of Modern, their first new album in 14 years. Released last fall via Bright Antenna/ILG, the album has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide and continues to receive overwhelming praise. Interview Magazine calls it “a forward-thinking but nostalgic visit to OMD's synth-y past….they are as influential as the band's contemporaries—Numan, Depeche Mode, even Joy Division,” and the Los Angeles Times states “their updates of Kraftwerk's and Can's analog wrangling still sound like tomorrow.” OMD frontman Andy McCluskey has called it “our best album since Architecture and Morality” – and few would disagree. The album was self-produced by OMD and mixed by one of the UK’s most in demand producers Mike Crossey (Artic Monkeys/Blood Red Shoes/Razorlight).

It's nearly thirty years since OMD first harnessed their creative and commercial powers, and 2010’s return with History of Modern proves they still have a way with a warm melody and interesting lyric. For all their love of experimental German music, the Wirral duo remains at heart, slaves to the pop song. History of Modern is a powerful, pulsating, vibrant testament to their shared pop sensibility. The 13-song collection contains classic OMD songs that invoke their pioneering and influential electronic roots. Many of today’s electro artists such as LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, Mark Ronson, The XX, MGMT and The Killers have repeatedly cited OMD as a massive inspiration. To view a selection of live performances by OMD: watch here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIeyI0JNpUw

DURAN DURAN Return To North America This Fall for Headlining Tour– 8/2/2011

Duran Duran are thrilled to announce their North American Fall tour, set to kick off September 23rd in Everett, WA at the Comcast Arena. After a brief run of intimate album release shows this past Spring, the band will return to this side of the pond for eagerly anticipated live dates behind their critically acclaimed 13th studio album ALL YOU NEED IS NOW, produced by Mark Ronson and out on S-Curve Records. With performances from coast to coast that will include the Nokia Theater in LA and Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, the band will play their biggest hits and the incredible new songs that have inspired many to declare that Duran Duran are truly having a big moment in 2011.

With a brand new production that the band members have designed specifically for the North American run, these shows follow Duran Duran’s brilliantly reviewed live shows earlier in the year. American alternative pop-rockers Neon Trees will join the band as special guests on select dates.

Back in the UK, the Duran Duran rumor mill was recently running on high until the band confirmed that indeed they had reunited supermodels Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen, and Yasmin Le Bon for their “Girl Panic !” video, which superstar director JonasAkerlund recently shot in London in collaboration with Harper’s Bazaar and Swarovski Elements. Look out for the video coming this Fall.

One of the most celebrated albums of the band’s storied three-decade career, the nine-track digital-only version of ALL YOU NEED IS NOW hit #1 on the iTunes Albums Charts in 15 countries before the release of the 14-track LP earlier this year. Around the album’s release, Duran Duran – who have sold more than 80 million albums throughout their career – graced the cover of Paper Magazine and were all over America’s television screens with performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show(twice!), Jimmy Kimmel Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. They also played a very special one-night-only show for the American Express: Unstaged series, streamed live and directed by iconic filmmakerDavid Lynch. But there’s nothing quite like experiencing a Duran Duran show for yourself, so now’s the time to grab your tickets and enjoy!

For a complete list of tour dates visit DURAN DURAN's page on our website! http://pressherenow.com/talent/artist/artist.aspx?aid=327

Feist reveals Metals album cover tour dates and a new vignette pow blammo– 8/2/2011

Another piece of the puzzle is in place.

Feist’s stunning third album Metals - the follow up to 2007’s international breakthrough The Reminder - will meet the world October 4.

Today, fans can view cover art as well as the third in a series of 12 video vignettes, which offer a glimpse into this intimate, transcendent record.

Further, tomorrow, August 3, fans can pre-order Metals as well as bundle the album in multiple formats with tickets for the first round of European and North American tour dates. All of that and more, exclusively at listentofeist.com.

TOUR DATES

OCT 15 AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND / CARRE THEATRE

OCT 17 LONDON, UK / PALLADIUM

OCT 19 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / CIRQUE ROYALE

OCT 22 BERLIN, GERMANY / TEMPODROM

OCT 29 PHILADELPHA, USA / WORLD CAFÉ LIVE 20TH ANNIVERSARY

NOV 02 BROOKLYN, USA / HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE

NOV 04 CHICAGO, USA / RIVIERA THEATRE

NOV 06 ATLANTA, USA / TABERNACLE

NOV 08 DALLAS, USA / MAJESTIC THEATRE

NOV 12 LOS ANGELES, USA / WILTERN THEATRE

NOV 14 SAN FRANCISCO, USA / WARFIELD THEATRE

NOV 16 PORTLAND, USA / ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL

NOV 17 SEATTLE, USA / MOORE THEATRE

NOV 18 VANCOUVER, CANADA / PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

NOV 20 EDMONTON, CANADA / NORTHERN ALBERTA JUBILEE

NOV 21 CALGARY, CANADA / JACK SINGER CONCERT HALL

DEC 01 TORONTO, CANADA / MASSEY HALL

DEC 03 MONTREAL, CANADA / METROPOLIS

DEC 05 OTTAWA, CANADA / NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE

DEC 06 QUEBEC CITY, CANADA / GRAND THEATRE du QUEBEC

Time for Atlantas BALKANS to get in your face on Noisey– 8/2/2011

Time for Atlanta, GA’s fresh-faced four-piece the Balkans to get in-your-face on Noisey.com.. After lighting up the blogosphere with their scruffy high-energy garage punk, Noisey followed the band to Athens, GA and scored an exclusive interview that details the wild, occasionally bloody, life of underground music in the deep South. The video also includes footage from the band's incredibly high energy set at the 40 Watt Club. Post it - we give you the embed and it’s a gift to be used lightly.

Growing up with Black Lips and Deerhunter as their elders in the vibrant Georgia punk community, the Balkans formed in 2008. Since then, they’ve released a non-stop barrage of 7” singles through local labels. Balkans first official LP, self-titled and recently released through Double Phantom, makes an unrelenting first impression with knockout tracks like “Black Swan” and “Troubled and Done.”

WATCH: http://www.noisey.com/#!/feature/meet-balkans

Introducing Hindi Zahra DEBUT Album Out October 11 NAIVE RECORDS– 8/1/2011

Moroccan-born, Parisian-bred songstress Hindi Zahra will make her American debut with Handmade (Naïve), out digitally September 26 with a physical release available on October 11. After the album’s worldwide release in 2010, Handmade captured audiences with Hindi’s sultry yet delicate melodies, ultimately taking the Prix Constantin (France’s Mercury Prize) in 2010. Her music is part blues, part jazz, and a dash of gypsy, exhibiting the myriad of colorful influences of Hindi’s past and present.

The self-taught composer produced and arranged Handmade in its entirety. Music is the story of her life- a family affair. The story of a Berber girl born in Morocco, Hindi’s father was in the army and her mother a housewife, occasional actress and singer of village repute. Her uncles were musicians in the post-psychedelic Moroccan scene of the 60’s and 70’s. She grew up to the sounds of traditional Berber music, the blues of the great Malian Ali Farka Touré and desert rock’n’roll. All of this occurred before she set out across the Mediterranean to join her father in Paris, taking her first job at the Louvre.

While the art was influencing her imagination, she started to hone her musical chops doing backing vocals on hip-hop-flavored soul albums before embarking on her solo career. “I soon got fed up with the machines and loops, but what I took away from that experience was the understanding of what I really wanted to do.”

The album’s first single “Beautiful Tango” is a smoky ballad; a whistle-along melodic tribute to love. This transfixing album pays homage to her heritage with ballads like “Imik Si Mik” (Little by Little) and “Oursoul” (Bygones) in her native Berber tongue.

A chanteuse with a vibrant flare, Hindi’s sound is stripped down and warm, revealing her authenticity. “Set Me Free” sings like a hymn with an impromptu performance by Hindi’s mother using plastic bags as percussion. Hindi effortlessly channels elements of contemporaries such as Keren Ann and Nouvelle Vague, and established women before her such as Suzanne Vega and Madeline Peyroux, while staking her claim in today’s landscape with her thoroughly original touch.

Exhibiting the patina of maturity, this formidable new talent’s storytelling will appeal to a wide array of music fans. The album is a melding of soul and folk similar to the feel of when Les Nubians or Sade burst onto the scene. This time, Hindi carves out her own path as she shifts seamlessly from American folk, to Paris tradition to Moroccan soul. A versatile multi-instrumentalist, Hindi has crafted her own soundtrack of soul-folk-jazz ballads with south Moroccan roots, on the cusp of African culture.

Hindi will be touring the US for the first time this Fall in support of Handmade, with stops in cities across the country including Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, and Chicago, culminating in performances at CMJ in NYC.

WATCH: Click here to see the video for album single, “Beautiful Tango”: http://www.youtube.com/HindiZahra

North American Fall Tour Dates:

9/30 Los Angeles, CA @ OohLaL.A. Festival

10/1 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

10/3 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir

10/4 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door

10/5 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Theater

10/6 Calgary, ALB @ Iron Wood

10/7 Edmonton, ALB @ Haven Social Club

10/9 Winnipeg, MAN @ West End Cultural Center

10/10 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center

10/11 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

10/17 Toronto, ONT @ Drake

10/18 Montreal, PQ @ Corona Theater

10/21-10/23 New York, NY @ CMJ

John Lennon Songwriting Contest Announces Song of the Year Winner on Good Day New York– 8/1/2011

The John Lennon Songwriting Contest has announced the 2011 “Song of the Year” winner today LIVE on Good Day New York. This year’s winning songwriter is Eliza Callahan, who also won the Rock category. Callahan, a native New Yorker, took the stage to perform her winning song “Bridge Song,” after which she was surprised with a $20,000 check from Brian Rothschild, Executive Director of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and Educational Tour Bus. Click here to see the Eliza’s performance as well as the surprise announcement.

The 16-year-old, who began playing the guitar at the age of 3 and is the youngest “Song of the Year” winner in the contest’s 15 year history, also won an Avid Prize Pack, a Mackie Mixer, a Pair of Mackie Studio Monitors, and a $250 Gift certificate to the Digital Media Academy. This year’s prizes distributed throughout the year total at over $250,000, the largest prize package to date. A full list of winners is below.

The John Lennon Songwriting Contest is an international songwriting contest that began in 1997. Brian Rothschild is the Executive Director and co-founder of the contest as well as the non-profit John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a mobile recording studio and HD production facility that travels the country year round providing students with hands-on multimedia experiences. The judging panel is made up of accomplished performers and industry veterans including Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, The Veronicas, Natasha Bedingfield, Jesse Harris, Lamont Dozier, Matt Pinfield, Bob Weir, Ryan Shaw, The Bacon Brothers, and Ken Komisar. The contest is open to amateur and professional songwriters who submit entries in any one of 12 categories: Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, World, Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop, Gospel/Inspirational, Latin, Electronic, Folk, and Children's.

2011 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Winners:

“Song of the Year” Grand Prize: Eliza Callahan, “Bridge Song”

Children's: Gerry Paul, "Hank The Wrestling Shark"

Country: David VonderBurg, "In A Mile"

Electronic: kontaktor, "Bocce Ball"

Folk: Mia Friedman, "Across The Water"

Gospel: Myla Smith, "Christmas Lights"

Hip-Hop: MC Psalmist, "First Love"

Jazz: Tony Lechner, "Mocha Maya"

Latin: Juan Aguirre, "Los Rios"

Pop: dbClifford, "New State Of Mind"

R&B: Brandon K. Knox, "Strange World"

Rock: Eliza Callahan, "Bridge Song"

World: Eric Hester and Lale Labuko, "Drawn From Water"

RELEASE THE SUNBIRD ZACH ROGUE Announces August Tour Dates– 8/1/2011

After releasing his stunning debut album Come Back To Us (Brushfire Records) under the moniker Release The Sunbird, Zach Rogue of Rogue Wave will be taking his new project out on tour this month. In addition to bringing the new songs to cities for the first time with Release The Sunbird, he will also be playing a very special set at this year’s Outside Lands Festival on August 12th. Release The Sunbird is a side project, but it’s not. Release The Sunbird a solo project, but it’s not. This musical departure showcases a whole new side of Rogue, and is a re-introduction to an artist you thought you already knew. Rogue, who has spent years on the road with his band Rogue Wave touring with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Feist, Spoon, Nada Surf, The Shins, Jack Johnson and many others, is one of independent music’s most reliable musical voices. Come Back To Us, which was recorded on a whim in Bloomington, Indiana, is sun-kissed, joyful and one the loveliest you will hear this year. Live, Zach and vocalist Kate Long deliver captivating performances that are magical and heart-wrenching. Their voices blend together perfectly while singing gorgeous melodies about love, loss, memory, and the deceptive simplicity of hope, as Zach strums along on his guitar. Be sure to catch these remarkable songs live. Dates are posted below!

Check out “Always Like The Son” live HERE. http://vimeo.com/25695088

Praise for Come Back To Us:

“There's not a harsh note in the music of Release the Sunbird …Come Back to Us … never feels like wallpaper: For all its summery brightness, it remains as sweet as springtime, while still revealing subtle shades of autumnal melancholy. “ – NPR

“…delivering low-key and soulful tracks that weave pleasant acoustic guitar melodies with soft percussion. It’s an album that takes Rogue away from the familiar efforts with Rogue Wave as it harbors eloquent and delicate melodies that pioneer a soft-spoken and delightful album. “ – CMJ

“Come Back to Us is an ideal record for lazy mornings, midnight drives (especially the kind with no particular destination), and maybe even a back yard barbeque. That is to say, its easy and intimate harmonies, sweet melodies, warm guitar tones, and often gently driving pace make this the perfect record for all of the moments when we’re reminded just how good life can be.” – KCRW “…showcases a particular mastery of contemplative folk through a sepia sun-soaked lens.”- Spinner

Tour Dates:

8/12/11 San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands

8/24/11 St, Paul, MN @ Turf Club

8/25/11 Madison, WI @ East Side Club

8/27/11 Chicago, IL @ Schuba's Tavern

8/29/11 Arlington, Virginia @ IOTA Club & Cafe

8/30/11 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall

Cerebral Ballzy and Vice Magazine Premiere Junky For Her Video– 8/1/2011

Cerebral Ballzy were born and raised in East New York’s grimy core but instead of crying about it, they scream their way through a sprawling mess of 80s-hardcore and punk rock on their self-titled release which hit July 26 via Adult Swim’s Williams Street Records. The band and director Vice Cooler (Peaches, Deerhoof) came together on July 4th weekend in Costa Mesa at the Volcom House to film the video for “Junky For Her” and the finished product is a gritty throwback to 70’s gore flicks complete with slumber parties, blood, vomit and some very, very, very angry girls.

Vice Cooler, excited about the video and the band said ““Cerebral Ballzy are the real deal. There isn’t much division between their music and real life. Whether they were showing up completely wasted or being distracted by everything around them—skateboards, girls, and even a gun that was in the house—they kept me on my toes the whole time. Needless to say me and the crew were not shocked when Honor actually blacked out during the last scenes of him. And those scenes were the most physical and violent.” Watch the video now at Vice Magazine!

Led by frontman Honor Titus and bassist Melvin Honore, Cerebral Ballzy works to restore something golden to New York’s punk rock history – balls. The bands self-titled debut features tracks like “Insufficient Fare” and “Don’t Tell Me What To Do,” telling the story of broken homes and broken bones while capturing the teenage punks’ experience growing up in the Big Apple’s rotten center. Already dubbed “New York’s next great band” by the NME, Cerebral Ballzy have toured the UK and Europe twice, performing with Anthrax, Fucked Up and OFF! and the band continues its never-ending tour, jumping headfirst off every monitor and vomiting into every pit.

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER OF THE FIERY FURNACES Announces Fall Tour– 7/28/2011

After releasing her solo debut album, Last Summer, and hitting the road for select North American dates this summer, Eleanor Friedberger has announced the dates for her upcoming fall tour.

Friedberger, who is known for her work with the Chicago power-pop harmonie-musik duo The Fiery Furnaces, will be playing two nights in New York this August with Deerhunter, select west coast dates this September with The Kills, east coast dates this October with Wild Flag, and several headlining shows along the way. She will be playing songs off of her magnetic solo debut, Last Summer, which has been dazzling critics and fans alike, as well as some Furnaces’ classics with her live touring band. The album, which was just released on Merge Records, is a piece of bubbly pop magic, filled with Phil Spector harmonies, 60’s girl group shimmers, head-nodding funk, and more, all done with Eleanor’s unmistakable panache. Eleanor is a dynamic performer, maintaining her signature vocal phrasing and killer rock n’ roll moves while playing the guitar and exuding an utter charm. With over 10 years of experience under her belt touring with The Fiery Furnaces, you definitely do not want to miss out on Eleanor Friedberger live. Dates are below! Click HERE to purchase album.

Tour Dates:

With Deerhunter

8/22/11 Webster Hall New York, NY

8/23/11 Webster Hall New York, NY

With The KIlls

9/5/11 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC

9/7/11 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR – For MFNW (Musicfest NW)

9/9/11 Fox Theater Oakland, CA

9/10/11 Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, CA

9/11/11 House of Blues San Diego, CA

With Wild Flag

10/14/11 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA

10/19/11 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA

10/20/11 Black Cat Washington, DC

10/21/11 Cat’s Craddle Carrboro, NC

10/22/11 40 Watt Club Athens, GA

10/24/11 Bottletree Birmingham, AL

10/26/11 Opened Eyed Jacks New Orleans, LA

Headlining:

10/27/11 Proud Larry’s Oxford, MS

10/28/11 The Luminary Center for the Arts St. Louis, MO

10/29/11 Subterranean Chicago, IL

10/30/11 Grog Shop Cleveland, OH

Rosi Golan The Wild Honey Pie Team Up To Make Video Magic Offer Free Downloads– 7/28/2011

Rosi Golan and The Wild Honey Pie got together earlier this month to make video magic with two of the stunning new tracks for Rosi’s upcoming release, Lead Balloon (Aug 30). Rosi’s incredible songs and flawless vocals paired gorgeously with the umbrella tree created just-for-her in Williamsburg’s McCarren Park by The Wild Honey Pie to offer fans a first listen of two new tracks in dazzling live videos. As an added bonus for this Buzzsession, the live version of both of the tracks she performed, “Paper Tiger” and “Flicker” are available as downloads (http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/rosigolansession/).

Rosi's stunning sophomore effort Lead Balloon perfectly showcases the Israeli singer’s penchant for incredibly rich melodies that not only draw you in, but haunt you the next day. Produced by Tony Berg (Phantom Planet, Aimee Mann), the album moves fluidly across genres, containing songs steeped in Americana, clever pop currents running throughout, and thoughtful folk. Written over the past two years during breaks from touring, Lead Balloon perfectly captures the environment where Rosi brought each song to fruition – from the bone-damp chill of London and the constant buzz of Brooklyn to the arid wind of Los Angeles.

Later this summer, Rosi will head out on the road with Jason Reeves to blow away audiences nationwide with her gorgeous live show in support of Lead Balloon.

Catch Rosi On Tour This Summer With Jason Reeves:

8/21/11 3rd & Lindsley Nashville, TN

8/22/11 Old Rock House St Louis, MO

8/24/11 Slowdown Omaha, NE

8/25/11 Augustana College Rock Island, IL

8/27/11 Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI

8/28/11 Space Evanston, IL

8/30/11 Fine Line Music Café Minneapolis, MN

8/31/11 The Mill Iowa City, IA

9/1/11 State Historical Bldg Des Moines, IA

9/2/11 The Bottleneck Lawrence, KS

TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2011 LINEUP– 7/27/2011

No one throws a birthday bash quite like the people behind the Treasure Island Music Festival: in honor of the festival’s fifth birthday, festival producers Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment are proud to announce the 2011 lineup for what is undoubtedly one of the most incredible, unique music experiences of the year. Saturday will be headlined by Empire of the Sun, while Sunday will be headlined by Death Cab For Cutie; the lineup will be rounded out by the likes of Cut Copy, Explosions in the Sky, Beach House (in one of their only live shows of 2011!), Death From Above 1979, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Chromeo, The Hold Steady, Dizzee Rascal (making a very rare Stateside appearance!) Flying Lotus, St. Vincent and many more. (See full list below)

Two Day Early Bird tickets will go on-sale with limited availability at a very special price of $99.00 on Wednesday, July 27th at 10am PST / 1pm EST via the Treasure Island website: http://www.treasureislandfestival.com. Once they are gone, Two Day Advance tickets ($115.00) will be available, followed by Two Day Regular tickets ($125.00) once the Advance tickets have sold out. Two Day VIP tickets ($219.00) will also be available on this day, in addition to Two Day Parking Passes ($50.00), which will be available a la carte for the first time.

Single Day VIP tickets ($119.50) and Single Day General Admission tickets ($69.50) will be made available on Friday, July 29th at 1pm EST / 10am PST. Single Day Parking Passes ($25.00) will also go on-sale on this day.

Selected for its stunning, picturesque views, Treasure Island lays just off the coast of Yerba Buena Island in the San Francisco Bay. When the festival of the same name began in 2007, it quickly became one of the premiere music events of the fall concert season thanks to its consistently fresh and exciting lineups – in its five years, Treasure Island Music Festival has never repeated an act, providing a completely new sonic experience each year. Last year, a sellout crowd (for the second year in a row!) descended on the decommissioned naval base to see headliners LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian; by splitting each day into genre-specific artists – the first day features dance/electronic artists, while the second features indie rock bands – the festival has previously hosted a wide range of acclaimed artists since its inception, including MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Vampire Weekend, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, The Raconteurs, Justice, Spoon, Thievery Corporation, Girl Talk, The Decemberists and many more.

In addition to providing music lovers with the coolest artists and an incredible setting, Treasure Island Music Festival ensures that attendees never miss a note of music. With two stages that alternate between bands, rather than having them play simultaneously, concert-goers have the chance to literally hear every note of every artist for the entire weekend.

For its fifth anniversary, Treasure Island Music Festival will be pulling out all the stops! Watch this space for more…

Full Confirmed Lineup

Saturday, October 15th

Empire of the Sun Cut Copy Death From Above 1979 Chromeo Dizzee Rascal Flying Lotus Buraka Som Sistema Battles The Naked & Famous YACHT Shabazz Palaces Aloe Blacc Geographer

Sunday, October 16th

Death Cab For Cutie Explosions in the Sky Beach House The Hold Steady Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Friendly Fires St. Vincent The Head and The Heart Wild Beasts Warpaint The Antlers Thee Oh Sees Weekend

DARYL HALL Releases New Solo Album Laughing Down Crying Sept 27– 7/27/2011

Legendary singer-songwriter Daryl Hall is set to release his fifth solo studio album, Laughing Down Crying, on September 27th (Verve Forecast). With his iconic soulful vocals, Hall’s newest collection feels fresh and current while still maintaining his signature style and songwriting prowess. Hall was joined in the studio by co-producers Greg Bieck (Jennifer Lopez, Destiny’s Child, Ricky Martin) and Paul Pesco on the making of this album. Powerhouse producer, the late T-Bone Wolk (Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Elvis Costello), lent his expertise on stand-out tracks “Lifetime of Love”, “Wrong Side of History” and “Problem With You.” This album serves as the last project they worked on together after a prolific 30 year relationship.

While Daryl Hall is an adored staple in America’s music scene for his work in Daryl Hall and John Oates and his already illustrious solo career, he has recently been making waves as a “tastemaker” for up and coming talent as music host and Executive Producer of his smash hit web television series, Live From Daryl’s House. He has been giving artists like Fitz and the Tantrums and Company of Thieves a chance to perform to national audiences, often for the first time. On the program, which won the 2010 WEBBY Award in the Variety category, Hall seeks out new and breaking talent and invites them to his home in Millerton, NY. One of the most unlikely collaborations that stemmed from his show was his pairing up with electro-funk duo Chromeo for a standout performance at Bonnaroo in 2010. Since its inception in late 2007, Live From Daryl’s House has since gained national distribution and will be airing in syndication beginning September 24th, 2011. www.LiveFromDarylsHouse.com

Daryl Hall is the co-founder and lead singer of the “rock and soul” duo Daryl Hall and John Oates . The pair is recognized as the “Number One Selling Duo” in music history by the Recording Industry Association of America, a title they still hold today. Hall, an inductee to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, penned six songs that reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts including such classics as “Rich Girl” and “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” and another five tunes that registered in the Top 10. Hall’s solo career began in the ‘70s and he has released a handful of critically acclaimed albums in that time; Sacred Songs in 1980, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine in 1986 which spawned the No. 5 Billboard chart hit “Dreamtime”, Soul Alone in 1993 and Can’t Stop Dreaming in 1996.

With such an incredible legacy behind him and an exciting platform from which to move forward, the future is limitless for Daryl Hall. There are many new artists, some of whom he has championed on his show, who would attribute their work to the influence of the iconic songwriting and melodies that have solidified Hall as one of the most important artists in musical history. Laughing Down Crying will surely hit home with all of his loyal fans who have been waiting over a decade for his next solo effort.

Full track listing:

1. Laughing Down Crying

2. Talking to Myself

3. Lifetime of Love

4. Eyes for You

5. Save Me

6. Message to Ya

7. Wrong Side of History

8. Get Out of the Way

9. Crash and Burn

10. Problem With You

SHABAZZ PALACES on Noisey– 7/27/2011

With the release of Black Up last month, Shabazz Palaces have made major strides in shifting the paradigms of contemporary hip-hop towards previously unimagined grounds. Noisey.com caught up with the reclusive duo to discuss their roots in the Seattle music scene, and their alignment with SubPop Records for their first full-length release: the critically lauded Black Up. The footage here not only includes the candid interview, but exclusive clips from the band's high energy set at Seattle's Neumo's venue giving fans insight into Shabazz's creative flow, but a rare glimpse at what it's like to see the band explode on stage. Let us know if you want any follow-up on what the hell this band is up to cuz it’s big big big bright bold and bombastic shit

WU LYF Announce North American Tour– 7/27/2011

Before every volcanic eruption comes a low, steady rumble. WU LYF’s trans-Atlantic buzz detonated Stateside this past week as they played three intensely energetic sold-out shows in New York City and Los Angeles. The Manchester, England 4-piece are now pleased to announce a full run of North American dates, kicking off in Philadelphia on November 5th. Audiences should expect a force-field of sound filled to the brim with WU LYF’s signature uncompromising Heavy Pop. Please visit www.WULYF.org for more info.

WU LYF’s debut album, Go Tell Fire To The Mountain, is set for physical release on September 6th on the band’s own imprint L Y F Recordings and is currently available via digital retailers. After sequestering themselves away inside a disused church WU LYF began creating the tracks which make up Go Tell Fire To The Mountain. During the recording period their self-produced videos - posted on their fledgling web site - attracted the immediate attention of British music fans and the UK media while a series of euphoric live performances quickly earned them a reputation as the most exciting new band in Britain. WU LYF are surrounded by a group of friends and like-minded souls who make videos, create art, take photos and make up the L Y F (Lucifer Youth Foundation).

Praise for WU LYF Live:

"...their stirring debut record, Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (out now digitally), which marries the chest-thumping hollering of singer-keyboardist Ellery "Elle Jaie" Roberts with post-punk guitars in an anthemic brew. It was a winning combination Friday night at a sold-out Mercury Lounge in New York City.” - Spin

“Those sweaty, inspired Mancs brought down the house once again last Friday night. The insanity of the heat wave outside brought out their beast within….It's those in the know who see that these guys have a fire in their heart and an album of songs that displays their intensity and passion.” – Music Snobbery

WU LYF on tour in November 2011:

5 – Philadelphia, PA @ Voyeur – Making Time

6 – Washington, DC@ Rock N Roll Hotel

8 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

10 – Boston, MA @ Middle East

11- Montreal, PQ @ Il Motore

12 – Toronto, ON @Horseshoe Tavern

14 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle

15 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

18 – Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl

19 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile

21 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour

ERIKA SPRING of AU REVOIR SIMONE Releases First Solo Material with Violens– 7/26/2011

Friendly Fire Recordings is proud to announce the August 2 release of a split 7" featuring good friends and NYC buzz bands Violens and Erika Spring (of Au Revoir Simone).

Erika Spring Forster began writing music as part of a multimedia project in her schooldays. After graduating and moving to New York, she soon found herself performing with local outfit Dirty On Purpose. It was then that she discovered her affinity for keyboards, collecting an assortment and putting them to use composing original material. Before long she was collaborating on songs after work with a couple of similarly synth-minded girlfriends, eventually forming officially as the band Au Revoir Simone.

Over the next seven years they would enjoy success, writing and recording three albums and touring extensively. In 2010 the group was put on hold so that members could focus on continuing education and starting a family. Erika took the opportunity to explore some more personal musical territory.

Setting out on her own, she has taken elements of her band’s sound and spun them into her own brand of bittersweet sun-bleached pop. Breathing her vocals over mesmerizing keyboard phrases, she produces an effect that approaches the supernatural, with tough, stern beats lending gravity to the otherwise hazy, delirious songs. The music conjures scenes of blustery romance amidst the dunes, of love as a mirage, of softly raising the dead.

Backed by Jorge Elbrecht of Violens on drums and Will Berman on bass, Erika fills out her sound. Under Elbrecht’s guidance as producer, she experimented with effects and instrumentation, recording a handful of tracks at his Greenpoint home studio in early 2011.v

Lead single “6 More Weeks”, her contribution to a split 7” with Violens (whose own song "It Couldn't Be Perceived" is a scorcher in its own right), features rolling toms and hovering layers of synths in a song of starless, tropical surrender.

LYKKE LI Announces Fall Tour and Tonight Show Appearance– 7/26/2011

After a sold out headlining North American tour this past May, Sweden’s Lykke Li will be returning to the States for four special shows this August, in addition to announcing the dates for her upcoming fall tour.

Lykke Li will be playing at Central Park’s SummerStage in New York on August 1st, followed by a stop at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on August 3rd, the House of Blues in Chicago on August 5th, and her only U.S. festival appearance at this year’s Lollapalooza on August 6th. She will be performing songs off of her critically-acclaimed sophomore release, Wounded Rhymes, which was released earlier this year and is already being called one of 2011’s best albums.

If you can’t catch Lykke Li live this time around, be sure to tune in to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 4th where she will be performing the organ-driven “Youth Knows No Pain.” This hazy, 60’s-inspired tune is filled with pounding voodoo drums, girl-gang vocals and features Lykke Li’s voice sounding bigger and bolder than ever before.

The 11-date fall tour will be one of Lykke Li’s biggest North American tours to date, allowing fans that missed out on her live this past spring to finally experience her incredible presence in the flesh. As she has proven many times over, her live show is absolutely not to be missed. The dates are:

8/1/11 New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage (with Timber Timbre)

8/3/11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre (with Best Coast and Fool’s Gold)

8/5/11 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues (with Foster The People)

8/6/11 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza

11/5/11 Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Festival

11/7/11 Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater *

11/9/11 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *

11/11/11 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater *

11/13/11 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *

11/14/11 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theater *

11/15/11 Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy *

11/17/11 Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theater *

11/19/11 Ashville, NC @ Orange Peel *

11/20/11 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater *

11/21/11 New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s *

*with First Aid Kit

Neon Indian Announces New Album and Fall Tour Dates– 7/20/2011

Neon Indian is the brainchild of Alan Palomo, who's 2009 debut record Psychic Chasms not only earned the 20 year-old a spot on numerous year-end lists, but assisted the forming of a genre that, though known by a few names now (hypnagogic pop, glo-fi, chillwave), summoned a very unique and specific electro-mangled sound. Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and SPIN all praised Palomo for his adventurous new sound, and he was tapped to perform at top festivals like South by Southwest, Bonnaroo, and Sasquatch and also scored opening slots for bands ranging from Massive Attack and The Flaming Lips to Phoenix and Chromeo.

After nearly two years on the road off the success of his debut, Palomo returns this fall with his proper follow-up LP, Era Extraña. This time around, we see a darker shaded sound document that tosses somewhere between an 8-bit shoegaze record and peering through the fence of a teenage apocalypse drive-in flick.

Written and recorded last winter in an efficiency apartment in Helsinki, Finland during its short solstice days, Era Extraña was ice sculpted from arpeggiated synth-scapes and scribbled journal entries made during his stint there alone in constant solitude. "It's the closest you can get to feeling like you're at the edge of the earth," he says. "And there were moments where I lost sight of what I was really there to do."

The sample-happy stylings of his previous efforts have been traded in for acid-stained commodore 64 jams (See 'Polish Girl, 'Future Sick') and bit-pulped guitar sludge ballads (see 'Hex Girlfriend', 'The Blindside Kiss'). All throughout, the undulating moods of the record are guided by a haunted three-part instrumental titled Heart: Attack, Heart: Decay, and Heart: Release. Once completed, the layers were then thawed and reassembled by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT), who mixed the album and did additional production with Palomo at his upstate Tarbox Studios. The album sessions there were briefly taken on a scenic detour by a drop-in four-song EP collaboration with The Flaming Lips which was released earlier this year. The album's Spanish title plays with the loose-hinges of the word extraña, which not only directly translates into 'strange', but also means to 'command the act of longing'. These themes of feeling an eerie absence in new strange times are explored throughout the album as a whole in his teenage ethos peppered lyrical musings in an end-days obsessed climate. Many of this is inspired by an ongoing love affair with the notion of what cyberpunk means in a year like 2011. The feeling can best be described in a recent interview where he noted, "We're now living in the era mysticized by a lot of future-geared 70s and 80s cinema, but it's definitely not quite how they imagined it."

Era Extraña is slated for a September 13th release on Palomo's own Static Tongues imprint in conjunction with Mom and Pop Records in North America, Transgressive Records in the United Kingdom and Europe, Pop Frenzy/Inertia in Australia and Big Nothing Records in Japan.

PRESS MATERIALS CAN BE ACCESSED HERE – http://ge.tt/8P8dM46

Watch!! ….HEART : DECAY :Part two of the haunted three-part instrumental which runs throughout

THE ETTES Release NEW Single Excuse– 7/18/2011

The Ettes have released lead single “Excuse” from the band’s fourth studio album Wicked Will (Krian Music Group/Fond Object), out August 2nd. Stream and embed the new song here...http://soundcloud.com/press-here-1/the-ettes-excuse, which is out now exclusively on iTunes. Combining fuzzy bass and searing guitars, a tell-it-like-it-is chorus and a 60s-girl-group flare, “Excuse” is the perfect introduction to an album oozing with sassy defiance and the Ettes’ one-of-a-kind rock ‘n’ roll mystique. “Excuse” has already grabbed the attention of radio programmers around the country ahead of the official radio impact date, with both KROQ and specialty radio giving the song early spins.

On August 2nd, Sympathy For The Record Industry will come out of a four-year retirement to release the limited edition vinyl of Wicked Will, produced by Liam Watson (The Kills, White Stripes). Additionally, there will be three limited edition 7” singles for the album’s closing track “The Worst There Is.” Each of the three 7” will feature cover art of each band member, with their b-side of choice. Coco Hames’ b-side is “Randy Scouse Git,” a Monkees cover. Poni Silver chose “Eat The Night,” the first song that The Ettes ever wrote and recorded, and Jem Cohen’s b-side is “Colours” by Donovan.

The Ettes are set to kick off their U.S. summer tour with two special NYC album release shows on August 2 at Mercury Lounge and August 3rd at Knitting Factory. If you can’t make these shows, tune in to Livestream on August 3rd to catch the show live from the Knitting Factory!

The Ettes U.S. Summer Tour Dates:

*w/Heavy Cream

+w/Hans Condor

August 2 New York, NY Mercury Lounge *+

August 3 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory *+

August 4 Boston, MA TT The Bear *+

August 5 Southampton, NY Escape To New York Festival

August 6 Philadelphia, PA M Room *+

August 9 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom *+

August 10 Chicago, IL Schubas *+

August 11 Detroit, MI Fucking Awesome Festival *+

August 12 Milwaukee, WI Club Garibaldi's *+

August 13 Lawrence, KS Replay *+

August 14 Denver, CO The Summit - Base Camp *+

August 15 Gunnison, CO Gunnison Brewery *+

August 17 Boise, ID Neurolux +

August 18 Spokane, WA A Club +

August 19 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern +

August 21 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge +

August23 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop +

August 24 Bakersfield, CA KRAB Concert Series at California State University at Bakersfield (headlining)

August25 Los Angeles, CA Echo +

August26 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet's +

August27 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar +

August28 Tuscon, AZ Club Congress +

August 30 Austin, TX Emo's +

September 1 Atlanta, GA The Earl +

September 2 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle +

September 3 Washington, DC Black Cat +

September 4 Long Beach, NY Quicksilver Pro NY Music Festival

Bright Eyes Add West Coast Dates in September!– 7/18/2011

Last week, when Bright Eyes announced new fall tour dates, folks on the west coast may have noticed the gaping hole in their territory! Fear not, Bright Eyes will go west in late September with support from Kurt Vile and The Violators and Warpaint, who are each set to join the band on select dates. The West Coast leg begins September 19th in Albuquerque, and includes a stop at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. This will be the band's first Los Angeles show since they headlined the Hollywood Bowl in 2007.

Check out the Lance Acord directed video for single “Jejune Stars” HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sni54pm08lg

Mon-Sep-19 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre

Wed-Sep-21 San Diego, CA SOMA

Fri-Sep-23 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Sat-Sep-24 Las Vegas, NV The Boulevard Pool @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Sun-Sep-25 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl

Mon-Sep-26 Reno, NV Knitting Factory

Wed-Sep-28 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre

Matt Nathanson Announces Fall Headlining Tour– 7/18/2011

Hot on the heels of his highest album chart debut to date, Matt Nathanson has announced the All Night Noise Tour, his fall headlining tour set to kick off on September 25th in New Orleans, LA. The headlining dates will immediately follow Matt’s cross country tour with Maroon 5 and Train, which starts on August 27th. Prior to his fall tour plans, Matt will be performing his hit single “Faster” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, August 1st and a live performance on Fox News’ Fox & Friends morning show on Friday, August 5th! Click here... http://mattnathanson.com/2011/06/official-music-video-for-faster/ to check out the video for “Faster”.

Matt’s latest album, Modern Love, was released on June 21st via Vanguard Records and debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, Matt’s highest chart placement to date. His first single “Faster” has spent the summer climbing the radio charts, and is currently #21 at Hot AC, # 48 at Top 40 and reached Top 5 at Triple A.

Modern Love comes on the heels of 2007’s break-out success Some Mad Hope, which catapulted the San Francisco-based Nathanson from darling of the touring circuit with a devoted cult following to a bonafide hit maker and one of the premiere songwriters on the music scene today. Known for his legendary live shows that are both wildly funny and emotionally provocative, Nathanson took a year off the road to record Modern Love – the first break he has taken from touring in his 15 year career. The success of Some Mad Hope and “Come On Get Higher” gave Nathanson a sense of accomplishment and confidence that allowed him to take a new approach to Modern Love, taking bigger risks and diving deeper into his vast array of musical influences. From the “Depeche Mode groove” in “Mercy (Less Drowning, More Land)” to the ecstatic opening track and first single “Faster,” to the soaring “Run,” which features Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, Modern Love is a luminous and bold departure that translates brilliantly to the live stage.

www.mattnathanson.com

www.twitter.com/mattnathanson

Matt Nathanson Tour Dates:

8/25 Agawam, MA @ Six Flags New England

8/26 State College, PA @ Penn State University

Fall Headlining Tour:

9/25 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues

9/27 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

9/30 New York, NY @ Terminal Five

10/1 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

10/2 Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel

10/4 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

10/6 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House

10/8 Boston, MA @ House of Blues

10/11 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

10/12 Detroit, MI @ The Crofoot

10/14 Madison, WI @ The Capitol Theatre

10/15 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre

10/18 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

10/20 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre

10/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound

10/22 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

10/23 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom

10/25 Vancouver, BC @ Venue OR Commodore

10/28 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

10/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern

10/30 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

10/31 Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee

11/2 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa

11/4 Birmingham, AL @ The Backroom @ Workplay

11/5 Nashville, TN @ The Cannery Ballroom

The Creators Project Announces New York Event Featuring Karen O Psycho Opera– 7/18/2011

The Creators Project, a global cultural and technology initiative by Vice and Intel Corporation, returns to New York this October to host a freakishly over-the-top week-long extravaganza featuring original Studio works and performances by scores of leading artists, musicians, designers and filmmakers.

Following last year’s launch in New York, The Creators Project’s return will feature a Karen 0 psycho-opera, an assault on the tragic joys of youth. Directed by Adam Rapp, the work will be produced by The Studio, a multimillion-dollar global studio launched this year by The Creators Project that produces and distributes works from artists representing a cross-section of creative disciplines.

The New York event will be anchored by a series of original Studio works from The Creators Project which have spent the last year traveling the world and will have been showcased at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and at events in Lyon, Paris, Sao Paolo, Seoul and Beijing.

Earlier this year, The Creators Project radically reinvented Coachella where it was the festival’s first-ever creative partner, collaborating with Arcade Fire, Interpol and Animal Collective, and redesigning the festival’s Main Stage.

The Creators Project launched in 2010 to support leading and emerging artists that are pushing the boundaries of creative expression through technology. Last year’s global launch in New York featured performances and works by MIA, Interpol, Mark Ronson, Die Antwoord, Spike Jonze, Nick Zinner, Radical Friend, Sleigh Bells and others.

The Creators Project kicked off its international event series this year in Paris on June 9at La Gaite Lyrique where it held a series of multimedia installations, screenings, panel discussions and live musical performances. It will move to Sao Paolo, Seoul and Beijing before traveling to New York.

INTRODUCING SO AND SO– 7/14/2011

Whether they’re conjuring dreamy pop harmonies or turning out soulful beats, Los Angeles based SO & SO is not your average troupe of ordinary indie pop musicians. With their debut self titled EP dropping July 26th and full-length album ASAP slated for release in Fall 2011, SO & SO transcend traditional pop and undulate gracefully from trip-hop to rock and indie pop to electro-fusion. With the incredible award winning multi-platinum producer Rob Wells (Mika, Cyndi Lauper, Stereos) on board, the California quintet comes together to exude propulsive energy that’s innovative, fresh and sonically all-their-own on this perfect introduction to what SO & SO are all about.

SO & SO came to fruition when singer Amie Miriello (Dirtie Blonde) and guitarist Jay “Raisin” Dmuchowski (Dirtie Blonde) joined forces with producer Rob Wells at ATV in Canada to compose a songwriting trio and sell the tracks to other artists. However, after the first few tracks were cut they realized that they had stumbled onto something very special, a novel sound Amie describes as “sexy indie pop with real soul,” a sound they wanted to take on themselves. That batch of tunes would eventually become the inspiration for their upcoming full length, ASAP (fall), but SO & SO weren’t quite complete just yet…

While playing a gig at LA’s Molly Malone’s, Amie stumbled upon Brandon Rogers a top 12 finalist on Season 6 of American Idol, and was immediately smitten by his effortless vocals. While Brandon was wholly focused on his solo career, he quickly recognized their special and electric vocal chemistry, accepting Amie’s offer to join SO & SO without hesitation. Drummer Adam Hanson and bassist Bana Haffar round out the band and fully connect the dots between pop palatability and dirty soul, a unique, one-of-a-kind dynamic heard throughout ASAP as well as SO & SO’s self-titled EP.

Their brilliant upcoming EP showcases a whirlwind of emotion juxtaposed with poignant poetic rumination. On “Heart Beats Slow” acoustic guitars growl into a powerful chorus, while “What’s the Use?” meanders from tripped-out electronic textures to a hand-clap fueled hook. At the heart of the music lies Amie’s entrancing croon, flares of Jay’s evocative guitar, and a dual backdrop of undeniable soul by drummer Adam and bassist Bana. Like icing on a cake, Brandon provides a decadent layer of rich, organic vocals.

INTRODUCING EXITMUSIC– 7/13/2011

New York City duo Exitmusic – comprised of Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church – will release their first EP on seminal independent label Secretly Canadian this fall. The four song collection, entitled From Silence, will hit stores on October 4th.

Church and Palladino started writing together several years ago, when Church, originally from Winnipeg, moved to New York following a year teaching English in Taiwan and India. Palladino, a New York native, had been writing and recording her own songs since she was in her early teens. The pair spent pretty much all of their time creating music, but things really began to take shape when they moved to Los Angeles a year later. They began recording at home, creating music that the UK’s Supersweet Magazine described as “dark, brooding and beautiful… a living nightmare.” The duo eventually moved back to New York in 2009, and have slowly but surely been taking the city by storm with their arresting, intense live shows.

From Silence immediately establishes the duo’s beautiful, chilling aesthetic. The songs evoke a sense of loss, disorientation, and vertigo, while pulsing forward on Church’s hazy winds of guitar squalor and bass-heavy beats. Anchoring the songs are Palladino’s otherworldly voice, with its spine-tingling vibrato and rich, emotional resonance (few can let out a wail quite like Aleksa). From the urgency of opener “The Sea,” which premiered this past June on Pitchfork to glorious response, to the haunting sway of “The Hours,” and the stunning depths of “The Silence,” From Silence is the perfect introduction to one of New York City’s most intriguing new bands.

The track listing for From Silence:

1. The Sea

2. The Modern Age

3. The Hours

4. The Silence

Exitmusic will be playing a special residency at NYC’s Pianos this summer, rounding out their ranks onstage to include drummer Dru Prentiss and electronic musician Nicholas Shelestak. The dates are:

7/19/11 New York, NY @ Pianos

7/26/11 New York, NY @ Pianos

8/3/11 New York, NY @ Pianos

Additionally, watch the incredible video for “The Sea” HERE. http://www.pitchfork.com/forkcast/16035-the-sea/

Cerebral Ballzy and Spinner Offer Up Dont Tell Me What To Do Download New Tour Dates Announced– 7/12/2011

Cerebral Ballzy were born and raised in East New York’s grimy core but instead of crying about it, they scream their way through a sprawling mess of 80s-hardcore and punk rock on their upcoming self-titled release set to hit July 26 via Adult Swim’s Williams Street Records. The band and Spinner are excited to offer up the download for “Don’t Tell Me What To Do” http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/12/cerebral-ballzy-dont-tell-me-what-to-do-free-mp3-download/ today. As well, check out the band’s Adult Swim page to stream 4 tracks from the upcoming release, watch the videos and pre-order the album.

Led by frontman Honor Titus and bassist Melvin Honore, Cerebral Ballzy works to restore something golden to New York’s punk rock history – balls. The band’s self-titled debut features tracks like “Insufficient Fare” and “Don’t Tell Me What To Do,” telling the story of broken homes and broken bones while capturing the teenage punks’ experience growing up in the Big Apple’s rotten center. Fans can pre-order the record now through Insound, with purchase they can download one track immediately, as well as get a limited edition poster. Exclusive limited edition vinyl is also available for pre order, the white vinyl comes with special gatefold packaging that folds out into a Ouija board and comes with an MP3 download card that doubles as the Ouija planchette.

Already dubbed “New York’s next great band” by the NME, Cerebral Ballzy have toured the UK and Europe twice, performing with Anthrax, Fucked Up and OFF! and the band continues its never-ending tour of America, jumping headfirst off every monitor and vomiting into every pit. If you didn’t already catch the band’s incendiary live show this summer with Face To Face or the Black Lips, don’t miss your chance to see them on their dates supporting H.R. as they blast their way through speakers across the country! Upcoming tour dates include:

w/H.R.

07.20.11 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex

07.21.11 Ft. Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre

07.22.11 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre

07.25.11 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck

07.26.11 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar

08.28.11 Brooklyn, NY @ Commodore Barry park – Afro Punk Festival

Bright Eyes Extend Tour Through September– 7/12/2011

Bright Eyes released their critically acclaimed 7th album The People’s Key (Saddle Creek) in February. Since then the band have been on a whirlwind tour, traversing North America and crossing the pond to play sold out shows and festivals on what has been a real greatest hits tour for the Omaha troubadours. Bright Eyes are now pleased to announce additional tour dates with newly confirmed support from Dr. Dog and First Aid Kit, who are each set to join the band on select dates (see below).

Check out the Lance Acord directed video for single “Jejune Stars” HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sni54pm08lg

Official Tour Dates:

July 27 Lewiston, NY Artpark (FREE) ^

July 28 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook Pavilion ^

July 29 Shelburne, VT Ben & Jerry's Concerts on the Green at Shelburne Museum ^

July 30 Montreal, QUE Osheaga Music Festival

July 31 Baldwinsville, NY Papermill Island Amphitheater ^

August 2 Grand Rapids, MI Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park ^

August 3 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues ^

August 4 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room at Old National Centre^

August 5 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza

August 6 Columbia, MO Blue Note ^^

August 8 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom+

August 9 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater ^^

August 11 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Music Series (FREE) %

August 14 East Hampton, NY Music To Know Festival

August 25 Detroit, MI The Majestic

August 26 London, ONT London Music Hall

August 27 Ottawa, ONT Ottawa Folk Festival

August 28 Holyoke, MA Mountain Park @

August 30 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel #

August 31 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront #

September 1 Poughkeepsie , NY Mid Hudson Civic Center #

September 3 Norfolk, VA NorVa *

September 4 Washington, DC 930 Club *

September 5 Baltimore, MD Rams Head *

September 7 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues *

September 8 Athens, GA Georgia Theater *

September 9 Birmingham, AL Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark *

September 11 Orlando, FL House Of Blues *

September 13 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues *

September 15 Dallas, TX Palladium *

September 16 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival

^ w/ The Mountain Goats

% w/ Wild Nothing

^^ w/ Conduits

@ w/ Titus Andronicus

# w/ Dr. Dog

* w/ First Aid Kit

+ w/ The Envy Corps & Conduits

KICKING DAISIES to Release New EP July 26th– 7/12/2011

Take infectious pop-rock hooks, teenage enthusiasm and jaw-dropping musical skills, add them all together and the result is Kicking Daisies. This 18-and-under four-piece band, born in a Milford, Connecticut basement, were named Disney’s “Next Big Thing” and have already appeared on national TV and played before sold out crowds across the country. Now, band members Caitlin and Carly Kalafus, Duran Visek and Ben Spremulli are releasing their self-titled EP exclusively via Walmart on July 26th.

Produced by two-time Grammy-winner Mike Mangini (The Jonas Brothers, Joss Stone) and mixed by David Bendeth (Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, Vertical Herizon) and Howie Beno (Little Jackie, We the Kings, Diane Birch), the Kicking Daisies EP is full of fresh, summer ready pop gems. From the soaring chorus of “Breathing” to the synth-heavy sing-along, “Dangerous”, their songs put a smile on your face and dare you not to dance.

EP Track Listing:

Dangerous

Shut Up

Breathing

Keeping Secrets

Big Bang Theory

With hair flying and heads banging, guitars shredding and mind blowing drum solos, the band has quickly gained a reputation for their energetic live shows. Having opened for the likes of Natasha Bedingfield, Leona Lewis and Allstar Weekend, they have played for varied audiences on diverse platforms and rocked each and every stage. Check out their profile in the New York Times for more details HERE. Kicking Daisies will be touring this summer across the country including a performance at Macy’s annual School’s Out Summer Fest in NYC on July 17, a stop at Six Flags in St. Louis, and a handful of dates on the Vans Warped Tour. Full list of tour dates below – more to come! They also appeared on The HUB this past weekend and their hit “Keeping Secrets” will be featured on Radio Disney Jams – 15th Birthday Edition, out on August 16th.

Kicking Daisies are a tour-de-force of talent made up of guitar prodigy Ben Spremulli, charismatic frontman Duran Visek, one of America’s fastest drummers Caitlin Kalafus and her sister Carly Kalafus rounding out the group as bassist and second lead vocalist.

Check in at www.KickingDaisies.com for additional dates and other updates!

Announced Kicking Daisies Tour Dates:

July 13 Norwalk, CT @ Stepping Stones Concert Benefit

July 16 St. Louis, MO @ Six Flags

July 21 LaPorte, IN @ LaPorte County Fair

July 23 Uniondale, NY @ Vans Warped Tour – Nassau Veteran Memorial Coliseum

July 24 Oceanport, NJ @ Vans Warped Tour – Monmouth Park Racetrack

July 30 Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Disney “Back to School Show” – Marion County Fairgrounds

August 27 Long Island Seafood Festival

SOMI Announces NYC Record Release Show with Special Guests Teju Cole and Morley Live at Jazz Standard Out August 2– 7/12/2011

Acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Somi will celebrate the release of her first live album, Live At Jazz Standard with a show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday, August 9th. Somi will be joined by a talented five-piece ensemble composed of Michael Olatuja (bass), Liberty Ellman (guitar), Jeff Haynes (percussion), Dave Eggar (cello/piano), and Jaleel Shaw (saxophone). Somi has not only invited this intimate jazz chamber ensemble to explore new arrangements of her original music, but she will also weave in spoken literary excerpts on living and love from acclaimed author Teju Cole (Open City). Somi will also be joined by New York based singer and composer Morley who will be opening the show. Live at Jazz Standard is set for release on August 2nd via Palmetto Records.

After a year of constant touring that has seen Somi bringing a voice that JazzTimes describes as “the earthy gutsiness of Nina Simone blended with the vocal beauty of Dianne Reeves” to a number of high-profile stages around the globe, the vocalist and 2011 Global TED Fellow settled into a two night residency at the renowned Jazz Standard in New York to record a live set that has been honed to a razor-sharp execution. The product, Live At Jazz Standard, showcases her brilliant artistry and tight song craft alongside the spontaneity and passion of her live performance, supported by the remarkable talent of her backing band.

One of the most promising voices in a new generation of emerging jazz artists, Somi’s most recent studio album, If The Rains Come First, debuted at #2 on the Billboard World Music Charts, peaked at #1 on iTunes World Chart, hit #1 on Jazz Week’s World Music Chart and landed in the Top 20 Soul/R&B albums on Amazon.com. The album was universally praised by critics, and led Somi to collaborations with a diverse group of artists and fans including John Legend, Cassandra Wilson, Mos Def, Paul Simon, Idan Raichel and most recently Hugh Masekaela. Somi is also known in her home base of New York City for her celebrated non-profit organization New Africa Live, a platform for multi-disciplinary events and performances founded with the aim of carving out a cultural space of belonging for contemporary African artists through events that entertain, educate, and create awareness of the value of African culture in a globalized world. In the past year Somi has performed at a number of esteemed venues and festivals including The Monterey Jazz Festival, Lagos Jazz Series Festival, the Black World Arts Festival in Dakar, Senegal, and a performance for Senegalese President Wade alongside nine other African heads of state Presidential Palace.

Raphael Saadiq set to perform as the house band at The ESPYS– 7/12/2011

Tune in to The ESPYS on Wednesday, July 13 on ESPN at 9pm EST to see soul man Raphael Saadiq perform throughout the night as the house band during the annual sports award event. Celebrating the year in sports, The ESPYS gather sports and entertainment celebrities to recognize the year’s greatest achievements, from special moments to great performers. Coming off his national tour, Saadiq will perform select hits from his studio release Stone Rollin’ from “Heart Attack” to “Movin' On Down the Line,” which celebrate the sounds of 60’s and 70’s soul with a futuristic twist.

Known for defying the confines of working within one genre, Saadiq has carried the torch for old school R&B and in the process has established his place as one of music’s most highly regarded recording artists and producers. Stone Rollin’, which debuted as #1 on the R&B album chart, was met with acclaim from critics across the board, with Rolling Stone, NPR Music and Billboard singing its praises. In addition to hits from his acclaimed record, Saadiq will also play songs from previous albums, such as “Love That Girl,” “Big Easy” and “Sure Hope You Mean It.” Don’t miss Raphael Saadiq at The ESPYS! For more information go to www.RaphaelSaadiq.com.

The Lennon Bus at Warped Tour 2011 - Contests, Prizes and More! – 7/11/2011

Now in its 14th year on the Vans Warped Tour, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is upping the ante with more contests and prizes than ever before. Fans attending Warped Tour as well as fans at home can get in on the action by participating in the below:

CUT THE LINE: Festival attendees can sign up to win the chance to skip the line onto the festival grounds and win the ultimate VIP experience on board the Lennon Bus. The winner and a guest will get the chance to record their own video blog that will be broadcasted to thousands of Lennon Bus followers as well as bring home a limited edition Lennon Bus and SAE VIP laminate.

WWW.LENNONBUS.ORG/WARPED: The hub of the Lennon Bus’ Warped Tour giveaways and contests is www.lennonbus.org/warped where you can enter to win tickets to the festival, backstage tours, prizes from Avid, and more.

WHOOZNXT “LENNON BUS LIVE” CONTEST: Bands across the country can enter the win the chance to record on the Lennon Bus’ state of the art mobile recording and video production studio through WHOOZNXT. There are still two West Coast recording sessions available to win. Visit http://whooznxt.com/ for more information on how to enter.

ARTIST MEET & GREETS: Festival goers who download the Lennon Bus app from Mobile Roadie will have access to win meet & greets with Warped Tour artists such as Middle Class Rut. The Lennon Bus app also provides up to the minute news from the Bus on the road, including new content and exclusive offers from Bus sponsors such as Avid. Download the Lennon Bus app here: http://road.ie/lennon-bus

For the latest content and behind-the-scenes videos from Warped Tour, visit: www.youtube.com/johnlennonbus

About the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus (www.lennonbus.org) The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit state-of-the-art mobile Pro Audio and HD video recording facility that provides hands-on experiences for students of all ages. In its 14th year of touring, the venture is proud of its fully professional bus and its studios, which boast the latest audio and video technology, gear and products. The concept began as an offshoot of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, which is dedicated to providing opportunities for both professional and amateur songwriters around the world. The Bus travels across the U.S. and Canada year-round, providing free tours and workshops at schools, retailers, festivals, on tours with headlining artists, and at major industry conferences.

The Bus, a 501(c)(3) venture, is made possible through the generosity of sponsors including Apple, Avid, Mont Blanc, NAMM, SAE Institute, Gibson, Epiphone, Neutrik, Sony, Audio-Technica, Sonicbids, Musician’s Friend, Music Player Network, Sonicbids, Litepanels, Reflecmedia, Disc Makers, Mobile Roadie, Ampeg, Roland, Boss, Mackie, Digital Media Academy, Aphex Systems, Apogee, Manfrotto Distribution, iZotope, Glyph Technologies, Harris Corporation, Applied Acoustics Systems, Antares, McDSP, IK Multimedia, Adobe, Native Instruments, Slingerland Drums, Noise Industries, and Mad Mimi.

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is made possible by an agreement with Yoko Ono Lennon.

Arctic Monkeys Announce North American Fall Tour; New Video for Hellcat Spangled Shalalala– 7/11/2011

Since the June release of their acclaimed fourth album Suck It and See (Domino), Arctic Monkeys have been touring non-stop, selling out shows left and right. They are now excited to announce the second leg of their North American tour which kicks off this fall. Before co-headlining Hollywood Bowl with TV On The Radio on September 25th, they will be joining the Brooklyn band for two newly announced shows in Las Vegas and San Diego. The band will then kick off a run of dates with Smith Westerns through October. There will be an Arctic Monkeys fan pre-sale running from 10am(CDT) on July 11th - July 13th, details are available to Arctic Monkeys Website Members only. General on sale is July 15th at 10am(CDT). Please visit www.arcticmonkeys.com for additional ticketing info.

Last week saw the debut of Arctic Monkeys video for second single “Hellcat Spangled Shalalala,” which they unveiled on their website. A visual anthem to warm weather, the Focus Creeps-directed video illustrates the perfect storyboard for a summer on the road. Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAlRXC19hmE.

Their upcoming North American tour dates in full:

8/1 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom

8/2 Austin, TX Stub’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre

8/3 Houston, TX House Of Blues

8/5 Kansas City, KS Kansas Speedway

8/6 Chicago, IL House Of Blues

8/7 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza

8/10 Seattle, WA The Showbox

8/11 Portland, OR The Crystal Ballroom

8/12 San Francisco, CA The Independent

8/13 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival

9/23 Las Vegas, NV The Pool @ The Cosmopolitan *

9/24 San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theatre *

9/25 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl %

9/28 Vancouver, BC Orpheum ^

9/29 Calgary, AB MacEwan Ballroom ^

9/30 Saskatoon, SK The Odeon ^

10/1 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre ^

10/3 Indianapolis IN Egyptian Room ^

10/4 St. Louis, MO The Pageant ^

10/5 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium ^

10/7 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live ^

10/8 Sunrise, FL Langerado Music Festival

10/9 Tampa, FL The Ritz ^

10/11 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle ^

10/12 Raleigh, NC Disco Rodeo ^

10/14 Atlantic City, NY Showboat Atlantic City ^

10/15 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live ^

10/16 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion ^

10/18 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE ^

* w/ TVOTR & Smith Westerns

% W/ TV On The Radio, Panda Bear, Smith Westerns, Warpaint

^ w/ Smith Westerns

www.arcticmonkeys.com www.dominorecordco.us Contact: Chloe Walsh or Perri Cohen at Press Here. 212 246 2640. chloe@pressherepublicity.com perri@pressherepublicity.com

KAISER CHIEFS Announce Fall US Tour Dates– 7/11/2011

Mark your calendars! Kaiser Chiefs will be hitting the road this fall in support of their fourth studio album, The Future is Medieval. The 5-piece group will be making stops in NYC at famed Roseland Ballroom, LA’s Music Box along with a number of dates across the country in September and October.

The initial launch of The Future is Medieval gained widespread media attention for allowing fans to compile their own album, create their own artwork and earn cash! The Future is Medieval is set to drop in the US this fall.

The Future Is Medieval is the follow up to 2008’s Off With Their Heads, produced by Mark Ronson, their third album in a busy three years which saw them sell over six million albums, win countless awards including three Brit Awards and tour the world non-stop. After its release, the band took time out to take stock and work out their next move. Following a well-deserved break (and inspiration gained from a holiday frontman Ricky Wilson took with friends), they regrouped and started writing. They built their own studio in the basement of their management offices in London's Shoreditch and work started on the new record. With countless songs in the bag, they worked with producers Tony Visconti (David Bowie, Iggy Pop, T. Rex), Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne, Emmylou Harris) and Owen Morris (Oasis, The Verve) as well as trying their hand at producing their own tracks with drummer/songwriter, Nick Hodgson at the controls.

Watch the video for their single “Little Shocks” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3yfldi7Zg

Announced Fall Tour Dates:

September 13 Boston, MA @ House of Blues

September 15 New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom

September 16 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

September 17 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

September 19 Houston, TX @ House of Blues

September 20 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues

September 21 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa

September 23 Mexico City, MEXICO @ Vive Cuervo Salon

September 24 Guadalajara, MEXICO @ Teatro Estudio Cavaret

September 25 Monterrey, MEXICO @ Escenica

September 27 Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box

September 29 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

September 30 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom

October 1 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

October 2 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market

MIDDLE CLASS RUT: Stream Acoustic Version of New Low + Special Edition Vinyl Details– 7/7/2011

Fast-rising Sacramento-based rock duo Middle Class Rut are non-stop these days! Having being named “2011 Artist to Watch” by MTV and scoring a coveted spot in USA Today’s “On the Verge” feature, they are one of the most promising acts of the year. Fresh off the heels of releasing the uncensored video for “Busy Bein’ Born”, the second single off their widely praised debut album, No Name No Color (check out the premiere of the video at Alternative Press http://www.altpress.com/aptv/video/premiere_middle_class_ruts_busy_bein_born_uncensored/), MC Rut are announcing the details of their limited edition vinyl. Due out on July 19, the 10” will include their resplendent cover of Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane” plus two B-side tracks: “Dead Set” live from XFM Studios in London and the first ever live, acoustic recording of their smash radio hit “New Low” from BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in London. There will only be 1,000 copies created and they will be made available exclusively online and in person at their shows. Pre-order http://shop.brightantenna.com/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=136!

Share a stream of the BBC live version of “New Low” off the 10” with your readers via the below embed code: Middle Class Rut - New Low (BBC Acoustic Version) by Bright Antenna

Middle Class Rut recently wrapped up a European run with Linkin Park and will be hitting the road for three weeks of dates with the Vans Warped Tour this summer beginning on July 21 in Camden, NJ.

In other MC Rut news, the duo has made a collector’s lyric book for No Name No Color available for fans. The limited edition companion book features a full two-page spread of lyrics and artwork for each of the album’s 12 tracks. Artwork is by longtime Middle Class Rut collaborator, Douglas Gledhill. The book is the size of a standard paperback at 8” x 6.5” and is a beautifully crafted piece to complete the experience of listening to the band’s hard hitting debut album. Order it http://shop.brightantenna.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=10&products_id=134! You can also purchase a copy signed by the band for $20 http://shop.brightantenna.com/product_info.php?cPath=48&products_id=135.

MC Rut has been eagerly embraced by rock fans and the press for their stunning debut, which artfully blurs the line between heavy and melodic with raw, energized rock and roll. This band is no overnight sensation. The duo, Zack Lopez (vocals, guitar) and Sean Stockham (drums), have been playing together since they were teenagers. The pair records every song they write together almost immediately upon coming up with the idea in their rehearsal space, capturing the instantaneous spirit of a track while still in the moment. They've toured with a range of artists, including Linkin Park, Social Distortion, Alice in Chains, Them Crooked Vultures, The Bronx and ...Trail Of Dead and their track “Lifelong Dayshift” is being featured on the exclusive GameStop release of the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack!

MIDDLE CLASS RUT on VANS WARPED TOUR– 7/7/2011

MIDDLE CLASS RUT TOUR DATES:

All dates are with the Vans Warped Tour

07/21/11 Susquehanna Bank Center (Camden, NJ)

07/22/11 First Niagara Pavilion (Burgettstown, PA)

07/23/11 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Uniondale, NY)

07/24/11 Monmouth Park Racetrack (Oceanport, NJ)

07/26/11 Merriweather Post Pavilion (Columbia, MD)

07/27/11 Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach (Virginia Beach, VA)

07/28/11 Charlotte Verizon Wireless (Charlotte, NC)

07/29/11 Firestone Amphitheatre (Orlando, FL)

07/30/11 Cruzan Amphitheatre (West Palm Beach, FL)

07/31/11 Vinoy Park (St. Petersburg, FL)

08/01/11 Lakewood Amphitheatre (Atlanta, GA)

08/02/11 Riverbend Music Center (Cincinnati, OH)

08/03/11 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Maryland Heights, MO)

08/04/11 WestFair Amphitheatre (Omaha, NE)

08/05/11 Invesco Field at Mile High (Denver, CO)

08/06/11 Utah State Fairgrounds (Salt Lake City, UT)

08/07/11 Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion (Phoenix, AZ)

08/09/11 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (Chula Vista, CA)

08/10/11 Home Depot Center (Los Angeles, CA)

08/11/10 Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Wheatland, CA)

08/12/11 Idaho Center Amphitheatre (Boise/Nampa, ID)

08/13/11 The Gorge Amphitheatre (George, WA)

08/14/11 Washington County Fairgrounds (Hillsboro, OR)

GOMEZ Announce Additional Tour Dates + New Options Video – 7/7/2011

UK five-piece, Gomez, have announced additional tour dates in support of their recent debut, Whatever’s On Your Mind. In addition to playing NYC’s Terminal 5 on July 14 and performing in the Dave Matthews Band Caravan in Chicago, the band will be hitting Austin City Limits and the House of Blues in LA as they make their way out to the West Coast playing select dates with the John Butler Trio and Devotchka. Additionally, they will be hitting the small screen with performances on The Late Show with David Letterman on July 13 and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 25.

The band also just released the brand new video for their hit single “Options” on AOL Music – a track Men’s Health called “a horn-driven power-pop cut about slackerdom that’ll make you miss the ‘90s.” Here, we see Ian Ball (literally) running through all the different paths his life could have taken. “The idea came to me whilst driving past a guy shouting in the street at nothing in particular; holding a gigantic Starbucks, he was highly agitated by something and the only thing I caught was ‘at least I've got options.’ It started me thinking about the life choices that will confront us all sooner or later” said Ball. Check out the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYApHEUCs8s!

Serving as the follow-up to their acclaimed 2009 release, A New Tide, their forthcoming Whatever’s On Your Mind sees Gomez (Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul “Blackie” Blackburn, Ian Ball and Olly Peacock) pushing their limits in a way we have not yet heard. The band partnered up with longtime friend, Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet) to co-produce and sought out to feature other artist friends on the record, Luke Steele (Empire of the Sun, Sleepy Jackson) and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas, TV on the Radio, Iron and Wine). Whatever’s On Your Mind, finds Gomez driving forward on a beautifully lush and dynamic album. There is a fresh feeling of rebirth and awakening. One to raise a smile even from the naysayers. A broad grin from the rest of us.

Whatever’s On Your Mind finds Gomez driving forward on a beautifully lush and dynamic album. There is a fresh feeling of rebirth and awakening; just what Gomez fans have been waiting for.

LISTEN: - Stream “Options” – the first single off Whatever’s On Your Mind http://soundcloud.com/ato_records/gomez-options-single

- Download “Just As Lost As You” from SPIN.com http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-gomez-debut-hot-new-jam

WATCH: “Just As Lost As You” trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIt7HR5VBFc

Data Romance Joins the Acclaimed IDentity Festival This Summer!– 7/6/2011

Electronic duo Data Romance is excited to announce a run of national tour dates this summer. Joining Skullcandy’s acclaimed ‘IDentity Festival’, the band is set to perform on the main stage, featuring a bill of electronic music’s best names including: Kascade, Steve Aoki, Pretty Lights, Holy Ghost, Jessie and the Toy Boys, and The Crystal Method. “It'll be surreal sharing the stage with artists who've been inspiring our music over the years. We can't wait to get out there to play our music, and be a part of such an amazing summer festival,” says the Amy and Ajay of Data Romance. Kicking off the tour on August 11th in Indianapolis, the band will join the festival for 10 stops which include Detroit, MI on August 12th, Washington, DC on August 18th, and Wantagh, NY on August 21st before wrapping on August 23rd in Atlanta, GA. Full routing below.

Recently, the band released their debut album, which included the dark, engulfing single “The Deep” which debuted at #20 on CMJ’s RPM chart last week. Set to release a remix for the single in the coming weeks, the band will also release their EP on collector's vinyl early next month.

Official Tour Dates Are As Follows:

August 11th Indianapolis, IN? Verizon Music Center

August 12th Detroit, MI? DTE Energy Music Theater

August 13th Pittsburgh, PA? First Niagara Pavilion

August 14th Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center ?

August 16th Charlotte, NC? Verizon Amphitheater

August 18th Washington, DC? Jiffy Lube Live

August 19th Philadelphia, PA? Susquehanna Bank Center

August 20th Boston, MA? Comcast Center

August 21st Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Theater?

August 23rd Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood

For more on the IDentity Festival please visit: http://idfestival.com/

Noisey Presents: KATY B– 7/6/2011

In the last eighteen months, Kathleen Brien—better known as Katy B—has been killing it with a classy take on British underground dance. She’s been hyped as the breakout star of the “UK funky” scene and the ‘Florence of dubstep’. Noisey follows Katy B around Portsmouth, UK as she interacts with fans, talks about her influences and gets ready for her performance at the Portsmouth Pyramid Centre. Watch the interview and exclusive performances here: http://www.noisey.com/#!/view/meet-katy-b

About Noisey.com: Noisey is crisscrossing the globe to find the most exciting emerging musicians and music scenes around the world. Transcending continents and language barriers, the site is gives music lovers the opportunity to discover great bands and connect on a powerful, state-of-the-art digital entertainment channel. Shot in over 10 countries (from Brazil to Japan), visitors to Noisey receive unprecedented access to up-and-coming bands and local music scenes from around the globe. Featuring artists like The Black Lips, Das Racist, Cults and Total Warr, Noisey brings exciting video and sound to music lovers of all genres.

Blondie Announces Fall Tour - NEW Album Out September 13th – 7/5/2011

Blondie has announced a North American Fall tour behind their 9th studio album, Panic of Girls, set for release on September 13th, 2011, via the band's own imprint. With an impressive new collection of songs and a sound more recognizable than ever, Debbie Harry, Clem Burke and Chris Stein, along with newer band members Leigh Foxx, Tommy Kessler and Matt Katz-Bohen, will kick off the tour on September 4th. The band will bring the incredible new tracks and Blondie hits to crowds from coast to coast before wrapping on October 8th. Tickets go on sale beginning July 8th.

First single "Mother," a nod to the legendary West 14th Street night club of the same name, has been instantly embraced by fans and the video for the song recently set the web abuzz. See it here. Panic of Girls, colored with inspirations from New York City's roiling melting pot and street-level pop culture, hearkens back to the core of Blondie's genius while remaining positively fresh. Collaborating with producers Jeff Saltzman (the Killers, Fischerspooner) and Kato Khandwala (Paramore, Papa Roach) for the first time, Blondie has created one of their most astounding albums in their storied 37-year career. New wave dance gems, songs sung in French and Spanish and even a reggae cover are threaded together with a timeless pop sheen giving an irresistible glisten to the album - simply perfection.

Inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, selling more than 40 million albums globally and penning such hits over the course of four decades such as “One Way Or Another,” “Heart Of Glass,” “Rapture” and “Call Me,” we’ve been inspired by, danced to, and sang along with Blondie. Don't miss your chance to do it all once again at their live shows this Fall!

Blondie North American Tour Dates:

September 4th Prior Lake, MI @ Mystic Lake Casino Hotel

September 5th Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah's Stir Cove

September 7th Chicago, IL @ House of Blues

September 9th Windsor, ON @ The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

September 10th Orillia, ON @ Casino Rama Entertainment Centre

September 12th New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom

September 13th New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom

September 14th Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre

September 16th Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Spa & Resort - Music Box

September 17th Clark, NJ @ Oak Ridge Park

September 18th Westbury, CT @ Theatre at Westbury

September 21st Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center

September 23rd Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

September 24th Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall

September 26th Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

September 28th New Orleans, LA @ Mahalia Jackson Theatre

September 29th Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theater

October 1st Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater

October 2nd Mescalero, NM @ Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino

October 4th Phoenix, AZ @ The Foundry

October 5th Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia

October 7th Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery

October 8th Las Vegas, NV @ The Beach at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

www.blondie.net

Katie Herzig Set to Unveil New Studio Album The Waking Sleep on Downtown/Mercer Records– 6/29/2011

Downtown/Mercer Street Records is proud to announce the release of Katie Herzig’s new studio album, The Waking Sleep, on September 20, 2011. Her most sophisticated work to date, The Waking Sleep, takes Herzig’s musical innovation to a new level. The album’s first track, ‘Free My Mind,’ is set for release this July.

Following her last studio record, Live in Studio: Acoustic Trio, a stripped-down version of previously released music, The Waking Sleep delivers a profound and moving landscape of sound that highlights Herzig’s undeniable talent. Katie began writing/recording the new album in February of last year, celebrating her love for combining digitally programmed sounds with organic and orchestrated instruments. The collection quickly illustrates Herzig as a hands-on artist who builds her songs in the same way she might mold a sculpture. Some of the stand out tracks on the album include magnetic ‘Make a Noise,’ exhilarating ‘Way to the Future’ and heart-rending ‘Closest I Get.’

In addition to her new album, Herzig will be touring this September with the Ten Out of Tenn Tour followed immediately by her headlining tour across the US with her band. (See routing below)

After several years of fronting Colorado-based band Newcomers Home, Katie decided to strike it solo and move to Nashville where she quickly became a fixture in the independent music scene. Since then Katie released several iTunes singles and two studio albums, Weightless and Apple Tree, containing songs that have been featured on NPR, KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, Target, Honda and Samsung commercials, Going The Distance and Sex and The City soundtracks along with many television shows including 7 songs on Grey’s Anatomy. She’s participated in Nashville’s Ten Out of Tenn tour, Hotel Café Tour and has spent the greater part of the last few years touring with her band around the US supporting artists like Brandi Carlile and The Fray and several others. Katie was featured in Billboard Magazine’s “Now Hear This” as well as one of PASTE Magazine’s 25 “Best of What’s Next” artists.

Upcoming tour dates (* = Ten Out of Tenn tour)

July 3 Bellevue, CO Mishawaka Amphitheater

July 24 Pasadena, CA Levitt Pavilion

September 3 Park City, UT Deer Valley Amphitheatre

September 14 Knoxville, TN The Square Room*

September 15 Charlottesville, VA The Southern*

September 16 Arlington, VA IOTA Club & Café*

September 17 New York, NY Highline Ballroom*

September 18 Allston, MA Brighton Music Hall*

September 19 New York, NY The Mercury Lounge (CD Release)*

September 20 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall*

September 21 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!*

Septemeber 23 Chicago, IL Park West Theater*

September 25 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House*

September 26 Oxford, MS Powerhouse

September 27 Jackons, MS Hal & Mal’s*

September 28 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay*

September 29 Nashville, TN Live on the Green*

September 30 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theatre*

October 1 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse*

October 4 Shreveport, LA Red River Rebel Arts Festival

NEW Maroon 5 Song Moves Like Jagger #1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart– 6/23/2011

Following its debut on the top NBC primetime hit "The Voice" last night, Maroon 5's brand new song "Moves Like Jagger" featuring Christina Aguilera has hit #1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart. The track, which features two of the musician coaches on NBC’s hit series “The Voice," made its world premiere on the program on Tuesday, June 21st. The studio version of the song is available to purchase and download now exclusively on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com).

“Moves Like Jagger” is a quintessential Maroon 5 power pop hit with an upbeat, funky tune and catchy lyrics. In addition to releasing their new song, Maroon 5 is co-headlining a summer North American tour with Train. Kicking off July 22 in Chula Vista, Calif., the 40-plus-city outing will feature an evening of music that will include over 20 charted hit songs from two bands that have sold over 22 million records combined worldwide.

Gavin DeGraw is confirmed as the opening act on the tour’s first leg with Matt Nathanson set to join the outing as the show opener on the second leg starting August 28. Special fan packages will also be offered by both bands via their websites. Tickets are on sale now, for more information go to www.Maroon5.com

LAURA MARLING Announces Third LP A Creature I Dont Know September 13– 6/20/2011

British singer, songwriter and guitarist Laura Marling will release her third album, A Creature I Don’t Know onRibbon Music on September 13th, 2011. Since her emergence onto the London music scene in 2007 Laura Marling has been steadily securing her position as one of the most exciting musical talents of her generation.

Recorded with producer Ethan Johns (who also helmed her acclaimed sophomore album I Speak Because I Can),A Creature I Don’t Know is a boldly accomplished and endlessly impressive album. 10 original compositions of intricate and captivating story-telling, buoyed by Marling’s rich voice, evocative lyrics and the precise, confident instrumentation on every track. Marling’s delivery is pitch perfect, her voice going from delicate whisper to brooding murmur and rousing wail, sometimes all in the very same sentence.

Johns’ production of A Creature I Don’t Know is the perfect showcase for her remarkable gifts, pulling back to give a stark spotlight to her stunning voice before surging forth with a rollicking live band feel. Fans of Marling’s previous recordings will recognize her mesmeric tales and soaring melodies in what is ultimately an incredibly intimate album.

Laura Marling’s debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim - written and recorded when she was just 17 years old - received international attention and won comparisons to folk icons like Joni Mitchell and Sandy Denny. As part of a very youthful and vibrant British folk scene she quickly rose to prominence along with friends Noah and The Whale, Johnny Flynn, Mumford and Sons and Jamie T. Alas… was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize in the UK, an award given annually for the best album from a British or Irish artist. She was 18.

Her sophomore release, I Speak Because I Can (2010), was a striking collection of literary and emotional homespun tales delivered in swirls of melody. The album’s release brought her further critical acclaim and significant success. Along with another Mercury Music Prize nomination, 2011 saw Marling winning the NME Award’s “Best Solo Artist” statuette as well as the hotly contended Brit Award (Grammy equivalent) for “Best British Female”.

Laura Marling turned 21 in February.

Pre-order your copy of A Creature I Don’t Know here: http://ribbonus.dominorecordco.com/ribbonus/albums/20-06-11/a-creature-i-dont-know/

Ribbon Music will also release Marling’s previous LP’s Alas, I Cannot Swim and I Speak Because I Can

www.ribbonmusic.com

www.lauramarling.com

POPPED! Music Festival 2011 Announces FULL Line-up!– 6/20/2011

Watch Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Announce The Line-Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w3bjkzpRdA

The POPPED! Music Festival is back with a vengeance this fall in Philadelphia, PA. To take place Friday, September 23, and Saturday, September 24, this is the first year the festival will be held outside on the lush grounds of FDR Park. The confirmed local and international artists to perform include: The Shins, Pretty Lights, Cage The Elephant, and Girl Talk, as well as Panda Bear, Elbow, The Hold Steady, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Company of Thieves, Foster The People, Rakim, Cults, Kreayshawn, Black Thought & J.Period Mixtape, Charles Bradley, Titus Andronicus, The Vaccines, The Budos Band, Patty Crash, Mates of State, Zee Avi, Black Landlord, and more!

In just its fourth year, POPPED! Music Festival 2011 is bringing something new and exciting that Philadelphia has never had before - a 2-day outdoor destination festival showcasing intriguing and diverse artists on three stages of live music, DJ’s, and stand-up comedy. Produced by Electric Factory in conjunction with Alexis Rosenzweig of POPPED! Festival, Inc., POPPED! Music Festival is a testament to showcasing Philadelphia as a prime destination for live music.

“POPPED! has come back this year bigger than ever! We have an exciting line-up, and in our new home in FDR Park, POPPED! is truly bringing the festival experience to Philadelphia,” says Alexis Rosenzweig, Executive Producer of POPPED! Music Festival, ”A festival like this has never been done in this city before.”

In addition, the festival wouldn't be complete without recognizing Philadelphia's definitive stake as one of the country's most impressive culinary destinations and home to celebrity chefs and notable restaurants. POPPED! Music Festival will feature a unique Food Bazaar curated by celebrated Philadelphia chefs, CityPaper's Mealticket & Philly Homegrown, along with local and sustainable food options from the area's restaurants, gourmet food trucks, and markets. POPPED! Music Festival also aims to bring awareness to Philadelphia’s green efforts through recycling programs, local fair, partnerships with local businesses, and strongly encouraging the use of public transportation.

"Bryan Dilworth, Alexis Rosenzweig and our team have put together an exciting festival that is just the right size in just the right place. Popped! Music Festival is bringing some amazing talent to Philadelphia, and anyone who attends is going to have an incredible experience," says Larry Magid.

Ticket info: A limited number of Early Bird 2-day passes ($90) and limited Early Bird 2-day VIP passes ($175) are on sale Monday, June 20th at 10am through Thursday, June 23rd at 10pm. Use the code: POPPED (2-day pass) and code: VIPOPPED (2-day VIP Pass) on PoppedPhiladelphia.com or Ticketmaster.com. VIP passes include a special viewing area near the stage, separate entrance & bar/food/restroom areas. Regular price 2-day passes ($110) and 2-day VIP passes ($200) go on sale Friday, June 24th at 10am at PoppedPhiladelphia.com, Ticketmaster.com, ElectricFactory.Info, charge by phone at 800-745-8000, or the Electric Factory Box Office located at 421 N. 7th Street (No service fees for cash purchases!).

EXITMUSIC Signs to Secretly Canadian– 6/16/2011

New York City duo Exitmusic – comprised of Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church – are proud to announce that they have joined forces with acclaimed independent label Secretly Canadian.

Additionally, the first recorded output from the band in the form of a chilling song called “The Sea” is debuting today on Pitchfork. Mixing dark, pulsing bass, wailing vocals and swirling washes of sound, “The Sea” is the perfect introduction to Exitmusic’s gorgeous little world.

Church and Palladino started writing together several years ago, when Church, originally from Winnipeg, moved to New York following a year teaching English in Taiwan and India. Palladino, a New York native, had been writing and recording her own songs since she was in her early teens. The pair spent pretty much all of their time creating music, but things really began to take shape when they moved to Los Angeles a year later. They began recording at home, creating music that the UK’s Supersweet Magazine described as “dark, brooding and beautiful…Radiohead meets Portishead in a living nightmare.” The duo eventually moved back to New York in 2009, and have slowly but surely been taking the city by storm with their arresting, intense live shows.

The first taste of Exitmusic’s incredible output, “The Sea,” is unlike any song you will hear in 2011 – it is equal parts driving, danceable, enigmatic, primal, urgent, cacophonous and beautiful. But enough from us: we’ll let the music speak to itself. To hear “The Sea,” go http://www.pitchfork.com/forkcast/15922-the-sea/ now.

Exitmusic will play a special show at New York City’s Mercury Lounge on June 21st.

STARS Reveal The Bedroom Demos– 6/8/2011

These are the original 12 album tracks, first realized in Montreal at Breakglass studios with Jace Lasek in 2006. In the classic manner of demos, they possess a particular beauty that would shift and evolve when thousands of miles away, months in the future, the album was recorded again in Vancouver and then released as their 2007 album IN OUR BEDROOM AFTER THE WAR.

The recording of THE BEDROOM DEMOS was not a lengthy affair; songs were tracked quickly and given working titles like Flack and Fuck U I Love You. The tapes were stored in a hallway at Breakglass for years to come.

Fast forward to the spring of 2011 and on a break from touring their newest record, THE FIVE GHOSTS, the band reached back and fondly recalled the Breakglass sessions: Barricade recorded with one microphone, an epic solo on My Favourite Book, Torq singing both his and Amy’s parts on Personal. STARS thought it fitting to now release these songs and share them with their fans.

Fans can download the previously unreleased bonus track “The Worst Thing (Whitey Jam)” from Pitchfork NOW: http://pitchfork.com/news/42720-stars-release-demos-collection/

This June also marks a return to live shows for STARS. They are confirmed to headline Yonge-Dundas Square with Land Of Talk and Diamond Rings on Friday June 17 as a part of NXNE.

www.youarestars.com

THE BEDROOM DEMO’S TRACKLISTING

1. The Night Starts Here

2. Take Me To The Riot

3. My Favourite Book

4. Midnight Coward

5. The Ghost Of Genova Heights

6. Personal (Caroline)

7. Barricade

8. Window Bird

9. Bitches In Tokyo (Fuck U I Love You)

10. Life 2: The Unhappy Ending (Film Score)

11. Today Will Be Better, I Swear!

12. In Our Bedroom After The War

13. Division (Monkees) * Bonus Track

14. The Worst Thing (Whitey Jam) * Bonus Track

TV On The Radio hitting the road hard this fall– 6/6/2011

TV On The Radio has announced a run of U.S. Fall tour dates, adding 15 more to their current lineup. The recently announced shows will include a much anticipated stop in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl on 9/25 (full routing below). Joining the band on select dates is musical collective, Broken Social Scene.

Recently, the band made an appearance on NPR’s World’s Café on 5/27, during which they performed three songs from their most recent album, Nine Types of Light, and two old favorites from previous records. Listen to the full broadcast with performances http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=136652280&m=136654116!!

Official Tour Dates Are As Follows:

7/17/11 Chicago, IL Union Park *Appearing at Pitchfork Music Festival

7/20/11 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom

7/21/11 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom

7/22/11 Portland, OR Edgefield

7/23/11 Seattle, WA The Capitol Hill Block Party

8/27/11 Kansas City, MO The Crossroads

8/28/11 St. Louis, MO Central Field @ Forest Park *Appearing at LouFest

8/30/11 Minneapolis, MN First Ave

8/31/11 Minneapolis, MN First Ave

9/01/11 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre

9/02/11 Detroit, MI St Andrews Hall

9/06/11 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion *

9/08/11 New York, NY Williamsburg Waterfront *

9/09/11 Philadelphia, PA Mann Centre *

9/12/11 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte *

9/13/11 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle *

9/14/11 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium *

9/16/11 Dallas, TX House of Blues *

9/17/11 Austin, TX Zilker Park *Appearing at "Austin City Limits Music Festival"

9/18/11 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom

9/20/11 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre *

9/21/11 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre *

9/25/11 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl +

9/27/11 Oakland, CA Fox Theatre

* w/ Broken Social Scene

+ w/ Arctic Monkeys

KAISER CHIEFS New Album Released… NOW!– 6/3/2011

Kaiser Chiefs release their fourth studio album, The Future is Medieval, TODAY via a brand new, innovative digital platform on www.kaiserchiefs.com through Fiction / B-Unique Records. Fans are hearing about the release of the new record for the first time today, the same day they are given the chance to purchase the new music.

The album is the sound of a group in prolific form as evidenced by the quality of all 20 tracks released today. The band's intention is to create a music experience that can be shared and enjoyed by all and, at the same time, revitalize and subvert the industry standard. It re-engages the excitement and spontaneity of offering new music immediately to fans, allowing them to hear the record at the same time as media and critics alike, and allows you to try your hand at being Kaiser Chiefs’ A&R department! Get the US exclusive story from the Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576359824168872148.html.

Here’s how it works: 1. Visit www.kaiserchiefs.com and listen to snippets of 20 brand new tracks 2. Select your favorite 10 songs in any order you like 3. Create your own Bespoke album artwork 4. Download your personal Kaiser Chiefs album

You are then provided with your own unique webpage and tools to promote your album with the opportunity to earn £1, converted to local currency (ie: US dollars) in your PayPal account, from every album purchased following a recommendation to a friend.

This week began with the band releasing their first single, “Little Shocks” via their website following its exclusive play on the UK’s Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show on Monday. Stream the track http://soundcloud.com/user3122226/kaiser-chiefs-little-shocks. The band have continued to surprise fans with further music and regular updates of live dates over the last few days.

The Future Is Medieval is the follow up to 2008’s Off With Their Heads, produced by Mark Ronson, their third album in a busy three years which saw them sell over six million albums, win countless awards including three Brit Awards and tour the world non-stop. After its release, the band took time out to take stock and work out their next move. Following a well-deserved break (and inspiration gained from a holiday frontman Ricky Wilson took with friends), they regrouped and started writing. They built their own studio in the basement of their management offices in London's Shoreditch and work started on the new record. With countless songs in the bag, they worked with producers Tony Visconti (David Bowie, Iggy Pop, T. Rex), Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne, Emmylou Harris) and Owen Morris (Oasis, The Verve) as well as trying their hand at producing their own tracks with drummer/songwriter, Nick Hodgson at the controls.

Watch this space for US release and touring plansKaiser Chiefs are: Ricky Wilson (vocals) / / Nick Hodgson (drums/vocals) / Andrew White (guitar) / Simon Rix (bass) / Peanut (keyboards).

Check www.kaiserchiefs.com for further announcements

WU LYF Announce US Album Plans; NYC & LA Shows– 5/31/2011

England’s WU LYF have announced their North American release plans. The debut album Go Tell Fire To The Mountain will see a physical release on the band’s own L Y F Recordings label on August 22nd 2011. It will also be made available via digital retailers timed to their UK and European release in June.

In July WU LYF will play two more shows in New York City - their first since selling out two Brooklyn shows in April- and make their west coast debut with a trip to Los Angeles.

WU LYF dates in July:

Friday 22nd – New York City, NY @ Mercury Lounge

Saturday 23rd – Brooklyn, NY @ The Knitting Factory

Tuesday 26th – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

WU LYF are four kids from Manchester, England who make unique, exciting, uncompromising Heavy Pop music. Their early self-produced videos attracted the immediate attention of British music fans and the UK media while a series of euphoric live performances quickly earned them a reputation as the most exciting new band in Britain. WU LYF are surrounded by a group of friends and like-minded souls who make videos, create art, take photos and make up the L Y F (Lucifer Youth Foundation). WU LYF will self-release Go Tell Fire To The Mountain around the globe on their L Y F Recordings label.

Go Tell Fire To The Mountain was recorded in a disused church in Manchester. The band set up there for three weeks, playing live for twelve hours a day and producing the record themselves. The album features ten intoxicating and exhilarating tracks. It was mixed by Paul Savage.

“With their epic, no-holds art rock and sense of grandeur, they defy comparison to any current band in the U.K. music scene.... Their music thrives on screwing with the complacent. Nothing is straight forward in songs like "Lucifer Calling," "Heavy Pop", "Spitting It Concrete Like The Golden Sun God" and "L Y F". The overall feeling is some sort of religious or spiritual upheaval, maybe purging of their demons. Every song has them screaming until their voices cracked.” – Music Snobbery (Live review from Glasslands, Brooklyn in April 2011)

“Mysterious, ballsy Nick Cave-loving Manchester post-rock crew WU overlap fractured guitars with fervent, tortured vocals on songs with titles like “I Got Dem Wu Wu Busted Teef Spitting It Concrete Like The Golden Sun God.” The results are weirdly mystical-feeling, religious.” – Stereogum

“…Evan Kati’s intricate guitar lines and Ellery Roberts’s gravel-gargling vocals, a mood of devotional intensity dominates…it’s clear souls are being bared throughout…Their debut is a giant first leap in the right direction.” – Q Magazine (4 Stars)

“L Y F” video: http://vimeo.com/21643462

“Splitting Blood” video: http://vimeo.com/13526073

“Dirt” video: http://vimeo.com/24232854

“To tell fire is to question, to bring fuel to the fires started by kids no longer blinded by spectacle glare. So go tell fire.” - WU LYF

www.wulyf.org

EMMY THE GREAT to release new album!!– 5/26/2011

Emmy The Great was born Emma-Lee Moss in Hong Kong, China. Moving to London at age 12 with her family, she later released her debut album First Love in February 2009. The album was received with critical acclaim, with The New York Times ranking it as #7 of their "Best Albums of the Year.”

Two years after her celebrated debut, Emmy The Great is set to release her second album Virtue on August 16th. Written and recorded under very different circumstances than her first, Virtue began as a series of stories Emmy embarked on after her engagement to an atheist took on a very different shape when he left her for the church. Sneaking off to hide away in the country, Emmy lost herself in books about saints, archetypes and folk tales, where she could create a world that made sense. Using symbols borrowed from fairy tales and mythology, it was this collection that she fitted to her music – a genre she refers to as digital medieval. She’d noticed that women only make it through the woods in big myths if they keep their virtue and she felt lost in the woods twice while writing the album. But she didn’t want the album to be about her self-reflection- she wanted it to be about everything else: the world outside. It had to save her from what had happened.

Produced by Gareth Jones (These New Puritans, Depeche Mode and Grizzly Bear), Virtue was made in London and Sussex. Euan Hinshelwood, her long-term musical collaborator, and Emmy took the reins, rather than develop the songs with their full band in the studio. Euan came up with the guitar palette - strange, ambient, twisted and atmospheric, while Emmy wrote backing vocals for different characters she voiced herself. She wanted a cast for the album: The ghosts of the Cocteau Twins and Suzanne Vega, as well as the stories of Margaret Atwood & Angela Carter, and the writing of cultural theorists like Marina Warner.

Featuring the first single, “Iris,” Virtue’s 10 tracks weave a delicate web of stories and emotions that complement and counter each other. “Dinosaur Sex” begins the album, tackling the omnipotent subject of apocalyptic occurrences, “To an extent I think there is always a young person terrified about the end of the world, whenever and wherever humans have got to,” she says. Other standout tracks include “Creation,” where Emmy confesses the reason behind the song, “All creation stories give me shivers, like trying to imagine Space. I think Genesis is beautiful. I think we should sing evolution to kids,” and “Trellick Tower” which beams with imagery of memories and independence.

Emmy broke onto the scene in 2007 performing as the vocalist for the indie folk group Lightspeed Champion (performing alongside Florence of Florence and the Machine), and has also written for The Stool Pigeon, Artrocker and Drowned in Sound.

Watch the video for “Iris” here - http://vimeo.com/24107156

Lenny Kravitz Announces New Album & Single details– 5/25/2011

Four time GRAMMY Award winning artist Lenny Kravitz is proud to announce the release of his new single, “Stand” set to impact radio on June 6th from his highly-anticipated ninth studio album, Black and White America (Atlantic Records/Roadrunner Records). The collection, set to debut on August 30th, marks Kravitz’s first release on the new label, following 8 previous albums and over 35 million units sold. In addition to his new single, Lenny Kravitz has confirmed a series of performances in conjunction with the release of Black and White America. He will perform on the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show, closing out the morning program’s highly anticipated summer shows September 2nd. Kravitz will perform songs from Black and White America along with other top charting hits. Along with the TODAY concert series, Kravitz is set to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman on August 30th and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on September 1st. In addition to the album, Lenny Kravitz, who most recently appeared in the Oscar nominated film Precious, has announced that he has been cast in the role of Cinna in the much anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ worldwide smash hit novel, The Hunger Games.

Marking his first release of new material in three years, Black and White America is a rich rock and funk-infused collection filled with Lenny’s signature guitar riffs, compelling melodies and the undeniable anthemic lyricism that has been his trademark over the course of his 20-year career.

In addition to the release of his new album, Kravitz will kick off a world tour this year in support of the new collection this summer. He will kick things off by joining U2 on tour on June 4th, as the seminal band resumes their US dates at stadiums on the west coast.

Recorded in the Bahamas and Paris, Lenny Kravitz’s vocals and guitar playing are as distinct as ever on Black and White America, showcasing the intensity with which he records and performs. Kravitz, a multi-instrumentalist, produced, wrote and arranged the 16 tracks on the record.

Regarded as one of the preeminent rock musicians of our time, Lenny Kravitz has transcended genre, style, race and class into a 20-year musical career, one which revels in the rich influences of '60s and '70s soul, rock and funk. From 1999 to 2002, he won four consecutive Grammy Awards, setting a record for the most wins in the “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” category with his single “Dig In” (previously winning for “Again,” “American Woman” and “Fly Away”).

For more information please go to www.lennykravitz.com.

MONA Announce Debut Album Details + Summer US Tour Dates!– 5/24/2011

Nashville 4-piece Mona made quite a mark on the UK when they travelled across the pond and released their first-ever single “Listen to Your Love” on their label, Zion Noiz, which sold at Rough Trade. A few short weeks later the band snagged a US record deal on Mercury Records and have just announced that their debut full-length will be released on September 6, 2011. The 11-song collection is a high octane, guitar-driven, melodic adventure which will feature two exclusive tracks and star Nick Brown, the band’s resplendent front man and chief songwriter. The album was produced by Brown and mixed by Rich Costey (Muse, Interpol, Audioslave).

In the winter of 2011, the band came stateside to perform their new material for the first time and were greeted with an outpouring of praise from the likes of The New York Times, Spin and Rolling Stone. The buzz surrounding Mona in the US quickly solidified into utter fact. In March, they performed electrifying sets at SXSW and made their US television debut on Last Call with Carson Daly with only one single to their name. The song, “Listen To Your Love” was released on February 15th on iTunes.

Named after the lead singer’s grandmother, Mona’s music is best understood when you take a look at their upbringing. Nick (lead vocals, guitar) is the visionary behind Mona and is all heart, personality and brawn. He and Vince Gard (drums) learned how to play their instruments and got their first taste of the stage at a Pentecostal church in Dayton, OH where non religious music was banned. The pair set out to Nashville to find musicians to complete their band. They met Bowling Green, KY native Zach Lindsey (bass) on the local scene, who soon introduced them to Jordan Young (guitar), another Kentucky native. The group shacked up together and wrote and recorded their music in the basement of their Nashville home. Mona’s style is a nod to the 50’s classics; with Elvis Presley swagger, Johnny Cash grit, and James Dean suave, it is impossible to deny their unbridled talent and supreme ability to write stadium bound rock songs. From their breakout single “Listen to Your Love” to the raw intensity of Nick’s vocals on early Springsteen-esque “Lines in the Sand” about the bands perseverance, and the fist pumping anthem “Teenager,” Mona’s fearless approach to their music is wildly apparent.

“Listen To Your Love,” will premiere at specialty radio on May 20 – check out the official video HERE. The track has also been secured for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority summer TV campaign, “Life is short, summer is shorter” which premiered during the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night and will run through the end of August. Check out the commercial HERE. Additionally, the band has announced a handful of US Summer shows supporting The Airborne Toxic Event plus select dates across the pond supporting Kings of Leon and Morrissey. They will also be hitting the stages at some of the summer’s biggest festivals including Summer Sonic in Japan, Glastonbury Festival, and Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK.

It’s evident Mona are bound for greatness, but they don’t forget what drives them: “at the end of the day, we’re just four dudes making some noise in a garage and just having fun.”

North American Tour Dates: *Supporting The Airborne Toxic Event

June 7 Vancouver, Canada @ Commodore Ballroom *

June 8 Seattle, WA @ Sodo *

June 9 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *

June 11 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *

June 12 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues *

June 13 Chandler, AZ @ Showroom Theatre *

June 14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

July 13 New York, NY @ Webster Studio at Webster Hall

July 14 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory

September 18 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits

www.youtube.com/monatheband *www.monatheband.com

NEON TREES Announce Headlining Dates!– 5/19/2011

What does sticky humidity, melting popsicles, and a band with a bad-ass lady drummer and the hookiest of choruses equal? The soundtrack to your summer! To kick off the lazy days, the incredibly talented Neon Trees crew have extended their tour with a slew of headlining dates that stretch nationwide. Kicking off May 17th in New Orleans, the band will play over 20 dates, including sets at KROQ Weenie Roast, Summerfest, and the acclaimed Bonnaroo festival (full routing below). So, if you mistakenly decided you had something better to do the last time they came to town, now's your chance to make nice.

Confirmed US tour dates are as follows:

May 18 Jacksonville Beach, FL Free Bird Live

May 19 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues

May 20 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore

May 21 Washington, DC RFK Stadium * Appearing at "DC 101 Chili Cookoff"

May 22 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts

May 23 Norfolk, VA The Norva

May 25 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall

May 26 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s

May 27 Cleveland, OH House of Blues

May 28 Darien Lake, NY Darien Lake Theme Park Resort

May 29 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre* Appearing at "B.O.M.B. Fest"

May 31 Burlington, VA Higher Ground

June 1 Portland, ME State Theatre

June 4 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater* Appearing at "KROQ Weenie Roast”

June 5 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre Appearing at "Live 105 BFD"

June 8 Chicago, IL House of Blues

June 12 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival

June 22 Del Mar, CA Del Mar Fairgrounds* Appearing at "San Diego County Fair"

June 30 Milwaukee, WI Henry Maier Festival Park*Appearing at "Summerfest"

July 16 Costa Mesa, CA Pacific Amphitheatre Appearing at "OC Fair"

July 19 Sacramento, CA Cal Expo* Appearing at "California State Fair"

Neon Tree’s debut album, Habits, has garnered amazing reviews and uniform praise for their energy-packed live show. Billboard said “Neon Trees bring fist pumps to the dancefloor…” and the record packs “plenty of get up and go.” Anthemic first single “Animal” blew up Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, going platinum in a matter of weeks. Tours with the likes of My Chemical Romance, blistering sets at SXSW and Coachella, and appearances all over late night television have made Neon Trees an unstoppable force this year. The band recently made a stop at The Late Show with David Letterman for free food in the green room and a stellar performance of their newest single “Your Surrender” (Check it out http://is.gd/9yUl6u).

For more information go to www.NeonTreens.com

BLONDIE Announce Release of NEW Studio Album and Video for Mother!– 5/18/2011

Blondie have announced the release of their ninth studio album, titled Panic of Girls, out in September 2011 via the bands own imprint. On Panic Of Girls, the New York City-based sextet create a sound that is more recognizable than ever, achieving a timeless pop sheen. The album was predominantly recorded in Woodstock, New York and was produced by Jeff Saltzman (the Killers, Fischerspooner) and Kato Khandwala (Paramore, Papa Roach).

The new album finds Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, and Clem Burke returning with newer band mates in tow- Leigh Fox, who’s been with the group since it reunited in ’97; new guitarist Tommy Kessler; and keyboardist Katz-Bohen. Collaborating with new producers and songwriters, Blondie have created one of the most impressive collections of songs in their storied career; the result is sheer pop perfection. First single, “Mother,” is an electro-pop gem that nods to the fabled West 14th Street nightclub of the same name which attracted the most outrageous downtown luminaries and self-made superstars in the 90’s. Watch the NEW video for “Mother,” at www.blondie.net.

On this new effort- eight years since the band’s last studio effort, The Curse Of Blondie- Blondie glances backward but resolutely moves forward, remaining keenly observant of street-level pop culture and continuing to find inspiration in the roiling musical melting pot of New York City. This ethos provides Panic Of Girls with a varied track listing including a song sung in French, “Le Bleu,” which pays homage to Brel and Gainsbourg, and another in Spanish, “Work Off My Sweat,” co-written with Cuban artist Paradise N. Efecto, featuring a guest turn on trumpet by Beirut bandleader Zach Condon. The LP also features two covers; Brooklyn’s Beirut’s wilting “Sunday Smile,” along with 1985 U.K. reggae hit, “Girlie Girlie,” which fits seamlessly with Debbie’s playful and candy coated vocals. On album standout “What I Heard,” Blondie creates another signature new wave dance triumph.

Always blurring the lines of art, fashion and music, the cover of Blondie’s Panic Of Girls features the surreal hand-painted imagery of Dutch cult artist Chris Berens, who created the piece for the album. Its depiction of a kind of warped wonderland metaphorically suits Blondie at this juncture in its remarkable, 37 year-old career.

Looking back at the band’s trajectory since Blondie reformed after a 15-year hiatus and released its chart-topping comeback CD No Exit, it’s clear with this new record that the band is a part of musical history and a strong part of its current landscape. Inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, selling more than 40 million albums globally and penning such hits over the course of four decades such as “One Way Or Another,” “Heart Of Glass,” “Rapture” and “Call Me,” we’ve been inspired by them, danced to them, and sang with them and we are thrilled to add one more record to our prized collection.

Lelia Broussard Makes The Top Two In The Rolling Stone– 5/18/2011

Hot off the heels of an incredibly successful run of West Coast shows, Lelia Broussard has claimed her spot in the top two of Rolling Stone’s So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star contest. Hand-picked as one of the sixteen best unsigned artists in the nation by the editors of Rolling Stone, she is now one step closer to gracing the cover of one of the magazine's August issues and will be performing on the main stage at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. This final round of voting will close on July 1, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. EST with the winner being announced and performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and appearing on the August 18 issue of Rolling Stone (on newsstands August 5).

Lelia was just thirteen when she picked up a guitar and hasn’t looked back since. Adamant about pursuing her passion for music, she has created a successful independent career for herself using her ingenuity and the mediums available to her. Through social networking and word of mouth, Broussard’s MySpace has received over 11 million plays and her YouTube artist page has aggregated over 5 million views. Lelia’s out of the box cover of Beyonce’s “All The Single Ladies” garnered almost two million views on YouTube. This past January, Russell Simmons selected Lelia as one of his five favorite current unsigned pop/rock artists in his “Hip-Pop Challenge.” Broussard also used the internet and her social networking skills to raise over $15,000 to record Masquerade on Kickstarter.com, her campaign was one of the most successful music projects on the popular indie fundraising site at that time.

East Coasters, Ms. Broussard will be playing a show at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City on June 3rd. Let us know if you’d like tickets!

Point your browser to http://www.leliabroussard.com for more information or give us a shout!

THE GOOD NATURED - new track and video released by UK Dark Pop trio– 5/17/2011

Watch the brand new video to “Skeleton” - http://youtu.be/hd90W09MuVU

Listen to the track here - http://snd.sc/f8lxKC

Embed codes included below (scroll down)

The Good Natured, recently signed to Regal/Parlophone Records in the UK, offer a catchy Gothic twist on Electro-Pop with their track “Skeleton.” The Skeleton EP will be released in the US in October 2011 and will coincide with the band’s appearance at CMJ. The track describes being stripped of emotional and physical coverings, leaving you with nothing to hide; metaphorically stripped down to two skeletons standing alone. Following on the March 2011 US release of the band’s Be My Animal EP and The Good Natured’s enthusiastic reception for their SxSW debut, “Skeleton” confirms the band as a force to be reckoned with. It’s an effervescent blend of raw passion and dancefloor-friendly synth-pop, with frontwoman Sarah McIntosh’s dramatic vocals propelled by a driving rhythm section. The video features the striking 20-year-old and her trio; Sarah’s shock of jet black hair, gamine-esque frame, pale skin and ease in front of the camera is proof that the young Londoner is a star in the making.

The Good Natured consists of Sarah; “George” on drums and her brother, Hamish McIntosh, on bass. In the songs featured on the Skeleton EP, Sarah displays her compellingly mature command of the nuances of serious pop music, combined with the darker, and often more sensual, emotional and lyrical content of the Gothic. The EP tracks “Skeleton” and “Wolves” were both produced by Patrik Berger, known for his work with Robyn.

The Good Natured have already been making a name for themselves with their previous EPs, Be My Animal and Your Body Is A Machine, as well as their cover of Sufjan Stevens’ “For The Widows In Paradise; For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti.” These have boosted their popularity on music blogs so much so that they were in the top 10 most searched acts on Hypemachine recently. The band have received strong support in the UK from Nick Grimshaw, Huw Stephens and Jo Whiley amongst others on BBC Radio One, plus XFM and 6 Music.

With their ability to write such catchy songs while staying true to the Dark-Pop theme, it's no surprise that The Good Natured’s fans are so loyal, or that blogs and forums and all over the web are already clamoring for more music.

Praise for THE GOOD NATURED:

“Fronted by 19-year-old Sarah McIntosh, you could say the U.K. band sounds a little like a darker, goth version of Kate Nash or even a techo-infused Lily Allen.” – Nylon

“First came La Roux, then came Florence and the Machine. So are you ready for the next ethereal-voiced UK songstress? Meet Sarah McIntosh.” – US Weekly

"A compelling new talent” – The Sunday Times

"Swirling exciting Synth pop” – The Times

"An exciting prospect indeed" – Artrocker

"This is how pop should be done" – Time Out

SoundCloud The Good Natured - "Skeleton" by EMI-Artist-Publicity

Ars Nova Announces June 20th Benefit Party for 54/10 Music Marathon– 5/17/2011

On the heels of unveiling the line-up for the 2nd Annual 54/10 Music Marathon, Ars Nova – New York City’s premier hub for emerging creative talent – has announced the 54/10 benefit party set for June 20th - An Evening with Freestyle Love Supreme. It will be held at Ars Nova and directly supports the 54/10 Music Marathon, which will offer two blissful weeks of eclectic live music from NYC’s best up-and coming bands during June 14-25th.

The captivatingly talented Freestyle Love Supreme will return to its Ars Nova roots for a live show unlike any other. Over the past decade, their one-of-a-kind interactive blend of music, comedy and hip-hop has earned them the title of "masters in the art of freestyle rhyme" from the New York Times. Helmed by the creators of the Grammy & Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights Bill Sherman and Lin Manuel Miranda, Freestyle Love Supreme’s six performers are driven by improvisation and take the crowd on a hurry-fasten-your-seatbelt ride, spinning cues from the audience into instantaneous riffs and fully realized music numbers. Their performance at Ars Nova will take a special format in which each member will take the spotlight solo before coming together for an unforgettable performance.

In addition to announcing the benefit party, Ars Nova has just added Omar Zubair, Corey TuT, Clydesdale Erotic and Basement Batman to the 54/10 Music Marathon line-up. Spanning jazz rock to piano pop to orchestral space rock to experimental pop, the 54/10 line-up consists of NYC’s most exciting and dynamic new bands. Advanced tickets for the 54/10 Music Marathon are available NOW for $5 via Ars Nova’s web site, www.arsnovanyc.com. Tickets will also be available during 54/10 for $10 online and $15 at the door. City Winery joins Brooklyn Brewery and Buffalo Trace Whiskey as one of this year’s sponsors for 54/10.

Along with these incredible live shows from the cream of NYC’s new musical crop, there will also be food trucks galore stationed outside of Ars Nova because what is a summer music marathon without delicious food? Throughout 54/10, the Joyride Ice Cream Truck, Eddie’s Pizza Truck, Go Burger, Kimchi Taco Truck and Jiannetto’s Pizza will be keeping the Ars Nova crowds well fed.

Ars Nova is a non-profit artist hub committed to cultivating and fostering a vibrant community of emerging artists in the worlds of theater, comedy and music. Founded in memory of Gabe Weiner, Ars Nova offers performance series, exceptional production values, a state-of-the-art venue, artist residencies, retreats, a commissioning program and unique workshop productions, all geared towards providing the next generation of artists with opportunities to bring their work to life from the earliest stages of development to live performances. For this reason and so many more, Ars Nova is truly a New York City treasure.

Ticket Info for An Evening with Freestyle Love Supreme: *Tickets are available now at www.arsnovanyc.com $100 Benefit Ticket: open bar, a seat at the 8pm seated performance and a pass to the 9:30pm dance party with all the artists from the 54/10 line-up. $250 Backstage Pass: pre-show cocktail party hosted by Freestyle Love Supreme, open bar, reserved seat for the performance, pass to the dance party and an all-access pass for two to the 54/10 Music Marathon. $500 VIP Ticket: pre-show cocktail party hosted by Freestyle Love Supreme, open bar, VIP seating for the performance, table service, pass to the dance party and an all-access pass for two to Ars Nova for the rest of 2011, including 54/10.

For full line-up: www.arsnovanyc.com

Excited To Introduce... Rosi Golan! – 5/17/2011

Rosi Golan’s songwriting can most closely be likened to the unpredictable weather that sweeps in during the spring, and then reaches full bloom during the summer. The sun-drenched season is filled with not just the warm air and care-free atmosphere, but with the intense, flash thunderstorms; all of which categorize Rosi's stunning sophomore effort Lead Balloon, out August 30th.

Over the years this incredible songstress has worked to refine and hone her sound, collecting new elements and crafting it in the places she finds herself. The Israeli-born singer has made many stops in her travels, including Germany, Paris, and finally, Los Angeles. Her unique talent for rich, dark melodies showcases a voice that not only draws you in, but still haunts you the next day. The Drifter & The Gypsy, Rosi’s debut, generated several songs that were prominently featured on numerous television shows (including One Tree Hill and Private Practice) and in film (Dear John). On the strength of Drifter, Rosi embarked on a series of tours that saw her traipsing the globe before finally laying new roots down on the west coast where she began recording Lead Balloon.

Written over the past two years during breaks from touring, Lead Balloon perfectly captures the environment where Rosi brought each song to fruition – there is the bone-damp chill of London, the constant buzz of Brooklyn and the arid wind of Los Angeles. Produced by Tony Berg (Phantom Planet, Aimee Mann), the album moves fluidly between genres, containing songs steeped in Americana, clever pop currents running throughout, and thoughtful folk. “Every song was its own entity. The only thing that glued the record together was my voice, and maybe the constant of an acoustic guitar,” says Rosi. The gorgeous title track “Lead Balloon” borrows from the best of country roots, with Golan harmonizing alongside a mournful lap steel, buoyed by its steady beat. If Lead Balloon serves as the album’s thematic statement, the opener and lead single “Paper Tiger” is its contrast; a honey-vocalled kiss-off that chugs along to resolution through strings, triangles and a xylophone. Other notable tracks include the quietly stirring “Everything is Brilliant” and the heart wrenching “Fly Away.”

Track Listing For Lead Balloon:

1. Paper Tiger

2. You & I

3. Flicker

4. Everything Is Brilliant

5. I Like You

6. Lead Balloon

7. Underneath A Beating Heart

8. Say It Anyway

9. Seeing Ghosts

10. Fly Away

11. Can’t Go Back

12. A Lot Of Things

Catch Rosi On Tour This Summer With Matt Duke:

June 9 @ Enoteca Wine Bar – Pilegrove, NJ

June 10 @ Burlap & Bean - Newton Sq, PA

June 11 @ 939 Club - Boston, MA

June 14 @ Jammin Java, Vienna VA

June 15 @ Rockwood Stage 2

June 16 @ Triumph Brew - New Hope, PA

June 17 @ Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA

Data Romance Releases Self-Tited EP This June– 5/13/2011

The colliding enigmatic sounds on Data Romance’s self-titled debut EP blur the lines between genres, creating a sound totally unique. Ajay Bhattacharyya and Amy Kirkpatrick, both 25, first came together two years ago in their hometown of Victoria on Canada’s Vancouver Island. A quirky community that nurtures a diverse, tight-knit music scene around Lucky Bar; where Ajay first found future partner Amy. Summoned by a friend into lending his drumming skill for her singer-songwriter talents, they immediately clicked. Each discovered artistic talent the other had that would eventually be incorporated into the music. Kirkpatrick was using her training to do lights for the city’s biggest clubs. Bhattacharyya, meanwhile, had come to the city to study sound design for film, mentored by the likes of master Craig Berkey, who has worked on movies like No Country For Old Men, True Grit, and Transformers. Kirkpatrick’s lighting experience definitely influenced Data Romance’s highly visual live show, while Bhattacharyya’s film training can be heard in the album’s most intricate tracks.

Featuring their addictive first single, “The Deep,” the EP’s electronic layers are an introduction to the band’s full spectrum. From the feminine aspect, evoking the mystical eroticism and a pop sound of a Lykke Li or Bat For Lashes, to incorporating a machine-dream feel suggestive of circuit-bending Nine Inch Nails. Out of these paradoxes, the duo forges a deeply personal sound spectacle all its own.

“I want to take the pop format, push boundaries, and fuck it up – but with a voice over it that people can relate to. I love music with real emotion, but then I force myself to see how digital and noisy I can make it. That approach just made me think of the dichotomy between Amy and me,” Bhattacharyya says.

Recorded over a 6 month period, the band spent last year getting more aggressive and cinematic with its sound. Like a mad scientist, Bhattacharyya experimented with classic synths from Moog, Doepfer, and Sequential Electronics, ambitiously layering the fat analog sounds with surprising instruments like tablas, mandolins, and his own voice, which he’d record and process allowing him to add in his own emotion. The result is intoxicating layers of eerie and addicting audio creations. Notable tracks include the EP’s opener and single “The Deep,” which uses epic synthesizers and distortion to contrast the submerged passion in Amy’s voice as she coos hypnotically, in a tale of obsession and regret. “Street Lights” and especially “Bullets” represent Data Romance’s poppier yet still unpredictable side, forging an indelible pop hook out of jagged melancholy. On “Street Lights,” an insistent house beat builds to a chorus of “Here is all I ever want”: it’s sad yet uplifting, a poignant confessional disguised as a dancefloor anthem.

Official Track Listing for the EP

1. The Deep

2. Bullets

3. Arms

4. Street Lights

The Data Romance EP, releasing June 7th on SQE, provides the first taste of what to expect from the band’s full-length album, due out in early 2012. The video for “The Deep” will be released next month.

For more information on Data Romance point your browser to: www.data-romance.com

Explosive New Band Pixikill Release Debut EP – 5/12/2011

Just one of them would be enough energy to light up Los Angeles. But even better, there’s two. Teenage sisters Jewel & Blaire Restaneo, front-women of Pixikill, will release their first EP The Luring on June 21st. The 5 song EP, which was executive produced by award winning multi-platinum songwriter/producer PJ Bianco (Jonas Brothers, Metro Station), was written entirely by Jewel and Blaire and features their explosive first single “Chameleon.” Check out the video for “Chameleon” HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grskY2IMyec, which the girls produced, directed, and edited themselves. Before being able to truly appreciate the music though, you must know the origin of their namesake which the band credits to an unlikely source. “People often mistake Pixies for Fairies… In original folklore, Pixies are actually evil creatures. In our own sort of way ‘Pixikill’ is like fighting evil; it’s the superhero in us,” says the sisters.

Pixikill is music with a message. The lead single and album opener “Chameleon” jumps at you with its fast-paced melody, boldly declaring to be your own person while the dark and tempestuous “Vampire” isn’t so obvious says the sisters, “We want to go beyond what’s typically being written about. A typical song is a love song or a party song. ‘Vampire’ is about depression, and lyrically it could be about a person suffering from depression, or it could be about the object that is pulling them into depression. We like taking it to that level, and then leaving some gray area for the listener to think for themselves.” Other notable songs include, “Your Highness” which screams of empowerment and the beat heavy “Riddle,” an anthem for being self confident.

Long before they were killing pixies, Jewel and Blaire were little country firecrackers growing up in a haunted old Stagecoach Inn outside of Pittsburgh, PA. During many days spent alternately goofing off to the Spice Girls CDs, selling their own albums and donating the money to children’s hospitals, two things became clear: they were talented, and they had heart. This made them perfect fits for the national touring company of Annie. After rocking the hard knock life, they adopted New York City as home while starring on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun and A Christmas Carol, along with making several appearances in kid roles on Saturday Night Live. After four years in New York, Jewel and Blaire headed for Los Angeles, where they started playing guitar, writing original songs, and walking the road that led them to Pixikill.

The crackling energy from the band is made up of Jewel and Blaire who handle the songwriting and arranging duties along with guitars, vocals, and synth, while Mike Kimchi plays drums and Victor Trevino and Chris Norwood multi-task with bass, guitar, keyboards, and synth. The bands collision of personality, experience, and feeling has marked Pixikill as ones to watch.

The official track listing for The Luring:

1. Chameleon

2. Riddle

3. Vampire

4. Your Highness (produced by Wizardz of Oz)

5. Scuba

Full-length album slated for release next year!

For more information point your browser to www.pixikill.com or give us a shout!

Jenny And Johnny Hit The Road For Second Leg Of Spring Tour!– 5/9/2011

For those of you who haven’t heard – Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice banded together last August and released I’m Having Fun Now (Warner Bros.). The album is rife with essential tracks for every self respecting summer mix tape. The Rilo Kiley front-woman and the solo artist troubadour have been collaborating on and off for years, each contributing to the other's solo records and live shows, but with this record they had a different intention: using their two voices in close harmony and playing practically every instrument themselves. The result is an eleven song thirty-five minute blast of whip-smart rock and roll.

Jenny And Johnny have spent the last year traversing the states, crossing the pond and heading down under in a whirlwind international tour. From Laneway to Coachella, Sasquatch to Glastonbury, from Conan to Kimmel, the two J’s are making the rounds, spreading their slew of up-beat choruses, refrains wrought with worldly cynicism and harmonious discord. The band is excited to begin the second leg of their spring 2011 tour where they will not only play headlining gigs, but lend support to comrades Bright Eyes and Death Cab For Cutie as well. See full list of dates below.

Check out their music video (directed by Autumn de Wilde) for single “Big Wave” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQAF5xLOliA

Check out their performance of "My Pet Snakes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vsmfxPrLvc and "Scissor Runner" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Bcbb5FtVc on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

…And check out this cover of Jonathan Rice’s "End Of The Affair" from last year’s CMJ Festival in NYC because magic moments like this only happen on tour! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOml55Cnd90

Full Tour Dates:

5/25 Oakland, CA @ New Parish ^

5/27 Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheatre **

5/28 George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival

5/29 Vancouver, BC @ Venue

5/31 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory *

6/1 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

6/3 Denver, CO @ Filmore Auditorium *

6/4 Council Bluffs, OM @ Westfair Amphitheatre #

6/6 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen ^

6/8 Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Brewing Company ^

6/10 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah ^^

6/11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box ^^

^ w/ Nik Freitas ** w/ Bright Eyes & Death Cab For Cutie * w/ Bright Eyes # w/ Bright Eyes, Dave Bazan & Con Dios ^^ w/ Nik Freitas & La Sera

www.jennyandjohnnymusic.com

DELUKA Joins Lollapalooza Line-Up!– 5/9/2011

Brooklyn, NY by way of Birmingham, UK four-piece Deluka are excited to announce that they are joining the 2011 Lollapalooza line-up! The band, lead by dynamic front woman Ellie Innocenti, released their irresistible debut record, You Are the Night, late last year and have been taking the US by storm with a magnetic live show that has left both fans and critics raving.

The band is currently in Brooklyn at the VEL Records studios working on new material and will be heading to Chicago with an arsenal of new songs as well as fan favorites including current single “OMFG” and first single “Cascade,” which spent 9 weeks on the alternative charts. The band has challenged their fans to unlock the release of their first new song by reaching 10,000 views of their video for “OMFG.” Visit www.deluka.com to check out the video and help to unlock a new Deluka track.

ARS NOVA Announces 2nd Annual 54/10 Music Marathon!– 5/5/2011

Ars Nova – New York City’s premier hub for emerging creative talent – is proud to announce the line-up for its 2nd Annual 54/10 Music Marathon, taking place June 13-25th, 2011. A jam-packed two-week run of live music from bands on the brink, 54/10 is guaranteed to open your eyes – and ears – to the best of the New York City’s up-and-coming artists. Advanced tickets will be available for $5 beginning May 11th via Ars Nova’s web site, www.arsnovanyc.com. Tickets will also be available during 54/10 for $10 online and $15 at the door. Doors for all shows open at 7:30pm with an 8:00pm start time. Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54th Street and 10th Avenue, New York, NY, 10019. This year, 54/10 is sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery and Buffalo Trace Whiskey , which Ars Nova is proud to serve in addition to its full bar menu.

A benefit concert will kick off the 54/10 Music Marathon on June 13th. More details on this will be announced in the coming weeks.

Showcasing and developing emerging artists is not just a passion for Ars Nova but its mission. Offering music, comedy and theater programming, Ars Nova – a rare gem in the city of New York – goes beyond providing artists with exceptional production values and a state-of-the-art venue. The not-for-profit artist hub also offers a variety of programs and performance series to help cultivate and foster a vibrant community of artists. Committed to nurturing outside-the-box thinking and innovative, genre-bending work, Ars Nova offers artist residencies, retreats, a commissioning program and unique workshop productions, all geared towards providing artists a wide variety of opportunities to bring new work to life from the earliest stages of development to live performances.

After 54/10’s successful launch last summer with featured performances from Jay Brannan, The Woes, The Defibulators and Cynthia Hopkins, this year’s line-up is once again loaded with sets from some of NYC’s most dynamic and inspiring new artists, including the one-woman experimental pop wonder Unicornicopia, indie pop-rockers Murder Mystery and composer/actor/musician Justin Levine, who served as the musical director and a performer in the Broadway rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Also gracing the Ars Nova stage is 7-piece jazz-rock band Great Caesar, orchestral space rockers Miracles of Modern Science and indie piano-pop outfit Thunder and Lightning, the new band from former Harlem Shakes drummer Brent Katz. ARMS - yet another band featuring a former Harlem Shakes member, Todd Goldstein – will bring their lo-fi and evocative songs to 54/10 after a residency at Piano’s earlier this year.

By providing a safe environment where risk-taking and collaboration are paramount, Ars Nova strives to cultivate a new generation of artists while offering affordable live entertainment to the young audiences who frequent the venue. With ten nights of eclectic, cutting-edge and affordable music from exciting new bands, 54/10 is a perfect example of Ars Nova’s programming at its best. Building on their track record of presenting brilliant new music (Semi Precious Weapons, Langhorne Slim and The Spring Standards are among the bands who have played early career shows at the venue), Ars Nova is thrilled to welcome the performers in this year’s 54/10 line-up into their artist community.

For the full line-up, tickets and band websites, please visit www.arsnovanyc.com/5410. Come join us for these incredible shows!

The Lennon Bus Premieres The Digital Wish Tree Project on IFC.com!– 5/5/2011

Filmed over three days in Miami in association with Avid, The Betsy Hotel and the SAE Institute, the short film is inspired by the installation of Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree at the Betsy Hotel from April 28 – May 1, 2011

The Lennon Bus, in association with Avid, The Betsy Hotel, and the SAE Institute, has premiered the Digital Wish Tree Project on IFC.com. Filmed over three days in Miami and produced in Avid Media Composer, the piece is inspired by Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree at the Betsy Hotel from April 28-May 1, 2011. The Wish Tree, which has been installed in museums and cultural centers around the world, invites the public to write their personal wishes for peace and tie them to a tree branch. The Lennon Bus took this idea one step further by creating a multimedia project compiling the Wish Tree contributions from the Miami community. The film was premiered on May 1st at The Betsy Hotel at the O, Miami Closing Poetry Party, and is now making its worldwide premiere on IFC.com.

Click here to view the video: http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/05/the-john-lennon-tour-bus-digit.php

The Lennon Bus is a non-profit mobile recording studio and HD production facility that travels the country year-round providing students of all ages with hands on multimedia experiences. Pulling up to conferences such as NAMM and TEDActive, music festivals such as SXSW and Hangout Festival, and touring with artists such as the Black Eyed Peas and The Warped Tour, the Bus offers the public access to the state-of-the-art technology used by the professionals. With the assistance of three on-board engineers, students learn how to write, perform, record, and produce original songs, produce and shoot music videos and documentaries and complete a broadcast quality music video – all in one day. Visit the Lennon Bus YouTube page for more of the Bus’ creations: http://www.youtube.com/user/johnlennonbus

www.lennonbus.org

SOUNDGARDEN Announces Remaining Dates of Summer 2011 Tour!! – 5/5/2011

Soundgarden reveal thirteen newly added shows to their recently announced July tour, including a performance at the Ottawa Blues Fest on July 5th - completing the Summer routing. The long awaited announcement of the band’s first tour in over 13 years was greeted with an outpouring of excitement --Rolling Stone dubbed it as one of the “Summers Hottest Tours.” Coheed and Cambria and The Mars Volta will open for Soundgarden on the first and second half of the tour respectively, and Queens of the Stone Age and Meat Puppets will join the band on the last two dates of the run.

The seventeen shows will finish up with a homecoming concert in Seattle at The Gorge on July 30th joined by very special guests Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon and Meat Puppets. This is the first Seattle concert since the intimate, surprise show held at the Showbox in 2010. See all dates below.

The pre-sale for the Soundgarden fan club begins on May 9. Public on-sales for Uncasville, CT, Newark, NJ, Wantagh, NY, Fairfax, VA, San Francisco, CA and Vancouver, BC, start on May 13, and May 14 for London, ON, Mansfield, MA, Atlantic City, NJ, Chicago, IL, Las Vegas, NV and George, WA.

Stay tuned to www.soundgardenworld.com for additional updates.

Dates Announced:

# with Coheed and Cambria * with The Mars Volta ^ with Queens of the Stone Age and Meat Puppets ^^ with Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon and Meat Puppets

7/2/11 Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre #

7/3/11 London, ON @ John Labatt Centre #

7/5/11 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Blues Fest- LeBreton Flats Park

7/6/11 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena #

7/8/11 Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center #

7/9/11 Wantagh, NY @Nikon at Jones Beach Theater #

7/10/11 Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center For The Performing Arts #

7/12/11 Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center at George Mason University *

7/13/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier at Penn's Landing *

7/14/11 Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Spa & Resort – Event Center *

7/16/11 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion *

7/18/11 Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *

7/21/11 San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Center *

7/22/11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum *

7/23/11 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint *

7/29/11 Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena ^

7/30/11 George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre ^^

MIDDLE CLASS RUT to release new single;Warped Tour and Linkin Park European dates announced! – 5/5/2011

Fast-rising Sacramento-based rock duo Middle Class Rut continues to gain momentum following the release of their widely praised debut album, No Name No Color (Bright Antenna/ Independent Label Group). No Name No Color earned them the title of “2011 Artist to Watch” by MTV, who declared it “an accomplished full-length full of Led Zeppelin-like dirges and socio-politically charged anthems.” In addition, the album’s first single, “New Low,” which reached #5 at Alternative Rock Radio, brought the band to the attention of USA Today, which profiled MC Rut in its “On the Verge” section.

View the video for “New Low” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5GYOsKLp6o

Already a word-of-mouth sensation for their incendiary, aggressive live shows and massive sound, MC Rut will be hitting the road hard this summer, including European dates with Linkin Park starting June 10 in Stockholm, Sweden and three weeks of dates on the Vans Warped Tour starting on July 21 in Camden, NJ (scroll down for complete tour dates). In addition, the duo has announced that they’ll be releasing their second single, “Busy Bein’ Born,” in mid-May as well as an accompanying video.

MC Rut has been eagerly embraced by rock fans and the press for their stunning debut, which artfully blurs the line between heavy and melodic with raw, energized rock and roll. But their success didn’t happen overnight. The duo, Zack Lopez (vocals, guitar) and Sean Stockham (drums), have been playing together since they were teenagers. The pair records every song they write together almost immediately in their rehearsal space, capturing the instantaneous spirit of a track while still in the moment. They've toured with a range of artists, including Social Distortion, Alice in Chains, Them Crooked Vultures, The Bronx and ...Trail Of Dead.

MIDDLE CLASS RUT TOUR DATES # with Linkin Park % Vans Warped Tour

05/05/11 Salt Air Pavilion (Indoor Stage) (Magna, UT)

5/21/11 RFK Stadium (Washington, DC) “DC 101 Chili Cookoff w/Weezer

5/22/11 Jillian’s (Albany, NY)

5/23/11 The Chance Entertainment Complex (Poughkeepsie, NY)

5/24/11 Water Street Music Hall @ Water Street (Rochester, NY)

5/25/11 Mohawk Place (Buffalo, NY)

5/27/11 The Loft (Lansing, MI)

5/28/11 Verizon Wireless Music Center (Noblesville, IN)

06/05/11 Shoreline Amphitheatre - LIVE105 BFD (Mountain View, CA)

07/21/11 Susquehanna Bank Center (Camden, NJ) %

07/22/11 First Niagara Pavilion (Burgettstown, PA) %

07/23/11 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) %

07/24/11 Monmouth Park Racetrack (Oceanport, NJ) %

07/26/11 Merriweather Post Pavilion (Columbia, MD) %

07/27/11 Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach (Virginia Beach, VA) %

07/28/11 Charlotte Verizon Wireless (Charlotte, NC) %

07/29/11 Firestone Amphitheatre (Orlando, FL) %

07/30/11 Cruzan Amphitheatre (West Palm Beach, FL) %

07/31/11 Vinoy Park (St. Petersburg, FL) %

08/01/11 Lakewood Amphitheatre (Atlanta, GA) %

08/02/11 Riverbend Music Center (Cincinnati, OH) %

08/03/11 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Maryland Heights, MO) %

08/04/11 WestFair Amphitheatre (Omaha, NE) %

08/05/11 Invesco Field at Mile High (Denver, CO) %

08/06/11 Utah State Fairgrounds (Salt Lake City, UT) %

08/07/11 Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion (Phoenix, AZ) %

08/09/11 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (Chula Vista, CA) %

08/10/11 Home Depot Center (Los Angeles, CA) %

08/11/10 Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Wheatland, CA) %

08/12/11 Idaho Center Amphitheatre (Boise/Nampa, ID) %

08/13/11 The Gorge Amphitheatre (George, WA) %

08/14/11 Washington County Fairgrounds (Hillsboro, OR) %

Parachute Adds June Headlining Shows to Summer Tour & Set To Performon – 5/5/2011

Parachute has added June U.S. headlining tour dates to their summer tour, which will kick off on June 4th with a very special show in their hometown of Charlottesville, VA. The band will then hit the road once again in July for a North American summer tour with the Goo Goo Dolls and Michelle Branch.

The band will perform their new radio hit “Something To Believe In” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 19th. Currently Top 20 on the Hot AC Chart and climbing, the song - called “a surefire hit” by Billboard - is the lead single from Parachute’s forthcoming sophomore album The Way It Was, due out May 17th on Mercury Records and produced by John Fields (Switchfoot, the Goo Goo Dolls, P!nk).

Additionally, Parachute has released two new songs from The Way It Was exclusively on iTunes – “Kiss Me Slowly,” co-written with Grammy winners Lady Antebellum, and the bright pop-rock track “You and Me,” which AOL Music just called a “Bonnie-and-Clyde themed tune.” The “Kiss Me Slowly” video can be seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXqYw_II6Pc. Check out the charming video for “You and Me” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzFZPEs020.

The band - magnetic frontman Will Anderson (guitars, piano, lead vocals), Kit French (saxophone, key-boards, vocals), Alex Hargrave (bass), Johnny Stubblefield (drums), and Nate McFarland (lead guitar, vocals) – are on tour now with Plain White T’s, treating audiences to a preview of several new songs from The Way It Was, including “You and Me,” “Halfway,” “What I Know,” and “White Dress.”

The Way It Was is the follow-up to the band’s 2009 debut album Losing Sleep (Mercury Records), which shot to #1 on the iTunes and Amazon digital albums charts and received praise from the likes of Billboard, People, Seventeen and Marie Claire. Since their debut, Parachute has performed on Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Early Show and their songs have been featured on MTV’s The City and the CW’s One Tree Hill, Vampire Diaries and 90210. In the live arena, the past two years have seen the band playing headlining shows and opening for the likes of Kelly Clarkson, The Script, Plain White Ts, O.A.R., 3 Doors Down and Secondhand Serenade.

www.weareparachute.com

Innerpartysystem Announces Summer Shows & Remix Contest– 5/4/2011

Innerpartysystem, whose Never Be Content EP (Red Bull Records) hit #1 on the iTunes Electronic Chart earlier this year, have announced U.S. summer shows. This run of live dates will include LIVE 105 BFD on June 5th, select shows with electronic musician/producer Skrillex and the Global Dance Festival on July 14th. Innerpartysystem is currently gearing up to hit the road for dates overseas throughout May before returning to the States to add even more heat to these summer shows. One of the most exciting live bands in the electronic world, Innerpartysystem hand-manipulates loops and effects live on stage with such technical and improvisational prowess that each show is bound to be a mind-blowing pinnacle of electronic bliss. With live drums, live mixing and a mesmerizing light show, it’s a full-on dance party that you won’t want to miss.

New single and electro gem “Not Getting Any Better,” just added to Sirius BPM, has everything you could ever ask for in an electronic song – epic beats, a melody you can’t shake and a totally entrancing groove. Five genius remixes of the song from Sander Kleinenberg, Sidney Samson, Dave Audé, Treasure Fingers and Designer Drugs will be available exclusively on Beatport on May 10th and will then be available across all digital stores on July 5th. The video for “Not Getting Any Better,” directed by Christopher Mills (Interpol, Metric) will debut at the end of May. The ambitious, 8.5 minute animated short film follows the trippy adventures of a trolley car driver in his attempt to escape the mundane life he leads.

In addition to these remixes, Innerpartysystem will also launch a remix contest for “Not Getting Any Better” on May 9th with IndabaMusic.com. The winner’s remix will be released by Red Bull Records as an official remix and will receive a prize of $1,000. Prizes will also be awarded for second and third place and honorable mentions will receive memberships to Indaba Music. Visit www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/innerpartysystem for more information on the contest.

Innerpartysystem – Patrick Nissley (vocals), Jared Piccone (drums), and Kris Barman (synth, guitar) – has been moving full throttle ahead this year, inciting a dance frenzy at SXSW, touring the U.S. with acclaimed Australian band Pendulum and selling out shows at the landmark club Madame JoJo’s and Corsica Studios in London. The video for “American Trash,” their first single from Never Be Content, is currently in rotation at MTVu and MTV2 Subterranean, while EP track “Money Makes The World Go Round” was featured on CBS’ Blue Bloods.

Innerpartysystem U.S. Live Dates: *supporting Skrillex

June 4th San Francisco, CA @ LIVE 105 BFD Pre-Party @ Club Mezzanine

June 5th Mountainview, CA @ LIVE 105 BFD @ Shoreline Amphitheatre (Subsonic Tent)

June 11th Reading, PA @ The Works (headlining show)

June 18th Dallas, TX @ Electric Daisy Carnival*

June 19th Little Rock, AR @ River Market Pavilion*

June 20th Oklahoma City @ Diamond Ballroom*

June 22nd Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater*

June 23rd Scottsdale, AZ @ The Venue Scottsdale*

June 24th Pomona, CA @ The Glass House*

July 14th Morrison, CO @ Global Dance Festival @ Red Rocks Amphitheater

www.innerpartysystem.com / www.myspace.com/innerpartysystem

THE KILLS Premiere Short Film on IFC.com TODAY– 5/3/2011

IFC.com launched the exclusive premiere of The Kills' intimate short film named after their current album, Blood Pressures, TODAY. The video is available now and can be seen HERE. Blood Pressures debuted in the Billboard Top 40 and has received some of the most glowing reviews yet in the band’s career.

The nearly eleven minute short offers a playful and close-up look at the UK duo - Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart - during the making of their recent studio album, Blood Pressures. Directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern for thirtytwo, it features Jamie and Alison performing "The Last Goodbye," "Pots and Pans" and "Baby Says" off the new album as well as interviews and other never before seen footage. With their basic sound intact – searing guitars, driving rhythms and sexually charged lyrical savvy – the 11 tracks on Blood Pressures find The Kills embracing a fuller sound and becoming more adventurous in the studio, while the lyrics are honest, heartfelt and sometimes just plain heartbreaking. With Mosshart’s commanding vocals and Hince’s bluesy guitar, this is their most compelling collection to date.

Blood Pressures is out now on Domino Records and The Kills are currently touring the US – full list of dates below. Please note their newly announced Terminal 5 date in NYC on August 8!

Praise for Blood Pressures album:

“The chemistry between Mosshart and Hince must be more intense than ever, because their fourth album is also their finest.” 4 stars – Rolling Stone

“… the new Kills record presents a more expansive sound from the London-based blues-punk duo.” – SPIN

“... Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart flesh out… their fourth album with thicker textures, big harmonies and lethal beats. A dark, seductive, primal heat pulsates within that maelstrom of feedback and guitar fury, which sets The Kills apart from its art-of-noise brethren.” – USA Today

“The Kills’ trademark fuzzy guitars, deadpan vocals and drum-machine minimalism are all there, too, but bumped up to a new level… Make no mistake, Blood Pressures is still characteristically sparse, but it’s also highly nuanced – no easy blend considering the two play everything save for the tuba.” – Los Angeles Times Magazine

The Kills Spring 2011 North American Tour Dates:

* w/ Cold Cave & The Entrance Band ** w/ Cold Cave ^ w/ Cold Cave & Black Angels

May 3 Detroit, MI @The Majestic Theatre *

May 4 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre *

May 5 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *

May 8 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *

May 9 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market *

May 10 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *

May 11 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *

May 13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box **

May 14 Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater ^

August 5-7 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza

August 8 New York, NY @ Terminal 5

RELEASE THE SUNBIRD/ZACH ROGUE Releases Debut on 7/26!– 5/3/2011

When Rogue Wave’s Zach Rogue boarded a plane for Bloomington, Indiana in the summer of 2010, he wasn’t even sure he should be going. Following years on the road with his band, Rogue Wave, Rogue was itching to do something different, but wasn’t sure what. On a whim, he booked time at a studio called Russian Recording, run by his friend Mike Bridavsky in Bloomington, and bought himself a plane ticket. Bringing a couple acoustic guitars with him, as well as the fragments of a few not-anywhere-near-finished songs, Rogue knew he was moving forward without any real sense of what he was moving forward towards.

The result of these sessions turned out to be some of the most remarkable music Rogue has made to date. He titled the project Release The Sunbird, and will be releasing his first album under that moniker – entitled Come Back to Us – on Brushfire Records on July 26th, 2011.

Release The Sunbird is a side project, but it’s not. Release The Sunbird is a solo project, but it’s not. Slapping a label on it to make it easy to categorize is tempting, but is ultimately doing a disservice to the incredible record Rogue has made. Come Back to Us is glowing from the inside out, the edges of the songs blurring in hazy focus, lifted by beautiful harmonies, meditative phrase repetition and lilting melodies. These songs are not the sort of cast-off melancholia or ambient electronic experiments in which other artists indulge when they’ve escaped from their band for a moment. Come Back to Us is sun-kissed, joyful and simply one of the most lovely albums you will hear this year.

But let’s take it a step back for a second – the time leading up to Rogue’s trip to Bloomington had helped to establish him as one of independent music’s most reliable musical voices. His records with his band Rogue Wave were critically acclaimed, allowing them to tour with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Jack Johnson, Spoon, Nada Surf, The Shins and more. Their albums – two of which were released on Sub Pop, two of which was released on Jack Johnson’s very own Brushfire Records – saw their songs scattered across the film and television worlds, appearing in Napoleon Dynamite, Heroes, Weeds, Nip/Tuck and more. Following a lengthy touring cycle for Rogue Wave’s most recent album, Permalight, Rogue simply wasn’t sure where he wanted to go next, until he decided Bloomington would be it with no plan, not very many songs and a great deal of hope.

The sense of possibility that accompanied Rogue into the recording process is evident on Come Back to Us, the recording of which ultimately became a community effort amongst the many musicians in Bloomington, IN. Drummer Pete Shreiner, bassist/vocalist Kenny Childers and vocalist Kate Long helped to bring out new sides of Rogue as a songwriter and vocalist, infusing his voice with a familiar intimacy. With lyrics that explore the vagaries of love, loss, memory, and the deceptive simplicity of hope, Rogue’s new songs are presented with an essential quality, as if every captured sound is ultimately serving the song. Sometimes these sounds are string squeaks, bent notes, or a breath here and there, and often it is the sound of the room itself, a space full of friends playing together. Whether bolstered by warm organ hums on opener “It’s All Around You” or lingering in the sparse spaces of “A New You,” whether simmering in the tension of “Paper Allies” or the delicate lightness of “Always Like the Son,” Come Back to Us is a re-introduction to an artist whose musical voice you thought you already knew.

In the tradition of artists like Lee Hazelwood, Emitt Rhodes, Levon Helm and more, Rogue has made a record that’s engaging for its fluidity and openness. This might be the best kind of musical departure a successful songwriter can hope for: a new showcase for talents he might not have known he had in the first place.

The New Regime Announces Summer Tour With Taking Back Sunday!– 4/28/2011

Rarely is so much noise generated by one individual, but Ilan Rubin has been creating, arranging and performing for years. Only 22 years old, Rubin has been involved in the music industry for most of his life, picking up the drums at 8, and in quick succession mastering the guitar, bass and piano. Armed with a veritable musical arsenal, Rubin was content to cut his teeth playing drums in numerous outfits, including stints drumming for Welsh rock act Lostprophets and industrial rock pioneers Nine Inch Nails. With The New Regime, the one-man outfit he created in 2007, Rubin has unleashed an authentic rock opus and a cheat-sheet to modern living. Through Speak Through the White Noise (available now) an album entirely written, sung and played by Rubin, The New Regime reaches the critical mass he has been moving toward the majority of his life.

Catch The New Regime’s incredible live show this summer with Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, and The Colour Revolt!

To check out the MySpace premiere point your browser here: http://www.myspace.com/video/thenewregime/the-new-regime-enjoy-the-bitterness-40-live-41/107724063

Enjoy The Bitterness is 1 of 5 previously released live videos you can watch at the bands YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/thenewregimeVIDS

Embed For Four Free Tracks From The Record!

Gruff Rhys Documentary SEPARADO! - New York Premiere @ BAMcinemaFeston June 18th– 4/28/2011

Gruff Rhys, enigmatic solo artist and singer and songwriter for celebrated Welsh space rock outfit Super Furry Animals, has spent the past five years crafting his first feature documentary, “Separado!” Directed by Dylan Goch & Gruff Rhys, “Separado!” takes us on a pan continental road trip in search of Rhys’ long lost Patagonian uncle, the poncho wearing guitarist Rene Griffiths. Dylan Goch follows Gruff Rhys on a tour that takes in the theatres, nightclubs and desert tea houses of Wales, Brazil and the Argentine Andes as he discovers what became of his family, the Welsh Diaspora and its musical legacy. In 2010 the film won The Sound and Vision category at Copenhagen’s documentary film festival CPH DOX and was an official selection for The Los Angeles Film Festival and SXSW. It is currently on a 12 city tour of Mexico as part of Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal’s Ambulante film festival.

In advance of the NYC premiere – please feel free to download “Pengwyn Pengwyn” off the films soundtrack https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=UnlBb24vcGtlM1R2Wmc9PQ

Check out the trailer for Separado! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2IfD-6iS3Y

The documentary will have its New York premiere during the BAMcinemaFest on June 18th at 9:30pm. BAMcinemaFEST launched in the summer of 2009 in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of BAMcinématek, BAM’s acclaimed repertory film program. In two short years, the young festival has hosted New York premieres of Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture, Aaron Katz’s Cold Weather, the Duplass brothers’Cyrus among many others. Tickets will go on sale on May 23rd through the BAM website.

Prior to the screening, Gruff Rhys will be playing two live shows in NYC (full tour dates, below) as part of his nationwide tour in support of his forthcoming third solo album Hotel Shampoo out NEXT WEEK via Wichita Recordings. Gruff will be supported and joined on stage by Y Niwl. The title of the record is a reference to Gruff’s unfortunate habit of hoarding mini shampoo bottles and other complimentary hotel products whilst on tour. The album is filled with shimmering slices of kaleidoscopic, cinematic pop.The Sunday Independent (UK) said “No man in Britain has a lovelier voice than Rhys, and if you're looking for meanderingly melodic psych-pop, you wouldn't turn to anyone else first.” while Pitchfork hails the album as “…expertly mastered…” Check out the videos for enticing singles "Sensations In The Dark" and "Shark Ridden Waters".

Catch Gruff Rhys On Tour **:

5/18 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory

5/19 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s

5/20 Washington, DC @Red Palace

5/21 Carrboro, NC @Local 506

5/22 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

5/24 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge

5/25 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree

5/27 Austin, TX @ Mohawk

5/28 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

5/30 Tempe, AZ @ Sail Inn / Rhythm Room

5/31 San Diego, CA @ Casbah

6/1 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

6/2 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop/ Popscene

6/3 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

6/4 Vancouver, Canada @ Biltmore

6/5 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern

6/8 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock

6/9 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s

6/10 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room

6/11 Toronto, Canada @ Horseshoe Tavern

6/14 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

6/15 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

**All dates with support from backing band Y Niwl

www.gruffrhys.com

www.separado.co.uk

www.turnstilemusic.net

Hollerado Premiere New One-Take Video for Got To Lose– 4/28/2011

Last we heard from Hollerado on the video front, the band's insane, one-take "Human 8-bit" video for "Americanarama" was burning up the Internet, going on to earn widespread praise and top year-end best of lists and closing in on one million views.

Now those most lovable Canadian tricksters are back with another low budget one-shot masterpiece, once again teaming up with director Greg Jardin, this time adding L.A. dance troupe the Atomic Cherry Bombs and 53 umbrellas for "Got To Lose," the latest single from the band's debut Record In A Bag.

Says Hollerado front man Menno Versteeg, "We love doing one take videos with Greg because they make us feel like we are in elementary school gym-class. This shoot was basically a giant obstacle course that we had to try and figure out before our day of shooting time expired.”

The video was shot on March 22nd, just five days after Jardin won SXSW's music video jury award for "Americanarama," on the Jim Hensen soundstage in Los Angles. Versteeg adds, "This explains how our drummer Jake is so effortlessly channelling the ghost of Animal."

Check out the video here (embeddable link below): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DYy0EsC8TM

Hollerado, who were nominated for Best New Group at the 2011 Juno Awards in Canada, took the U.S. by storm this year tirelessly touring the continent alongside bands such as Weezer, Fucked Up, Titus Andronicus, Gang of Four, Free Energy, and Fang Island.

Embeddable link:

www.hollerado.com

MATISYAHU Announces Summer 2011 Tour Dates!– 4/28/2011

Grammy-nominated reggae artist Matisyahu will be heading out on tour this summer in support of his latest release, Live at Stubb’s Vol. II. With a staggering 54 tour dates this summer, Matisyahu will be zig-zagging his way across the country kicking off his run of dates in Boston on June 25, making a stop at Red Rocks in Colorado opening for Blues Traveler on July 4, and playing special select dates with The Wailers. Live at Stubb’s Vol. II is Matisyahu’s first offering since his 2009 critically acclaimed studio album Light, which debuted inside the Billboard Top 20 and whose single “One Day” was chosen as the official theme song for NBC’s 2010 Winter Olympics broadcast. Relix said the new collection is “proof that Matisyahu can naturally straddle the line between pop star and jamband stalwart like few of his peers.”

Five years after creating an indelible mark on the U.S.’ musical consciousness with the release of his groundbreaking original live album, Live at Stubb’s, Matisyahu returned to the famed Austin, TX, venue last August with his band the Dub Trio for an unforgettable live music experience. Showcasing his impressive artistic evolution and incredible vibrancy on stage, this raw and inspiring musical journey was captured in the form of Live at Stubb’s Vol. II – a rare and sure-to-be-treasured time capsule for the magic that happened in Austin that night. The collection was released as a DVD/CD and the DVD was premiered at SXSW this year in the city of its origin. Now, with three critically acclaimed albums, Matisyahu has become one of the most beloved and pioneering artists in music today with Stubb’s holding a special meaning for him and his devoted fans.

Check out these video premieres from the Live at Stubb’s Vol. II DVD: “Time of Your Song” video premiere on Relix.com: http://www.relix.com/video/artist-exclusives/2011/01/21/world-premiere-matisyahu-time-of-your-song

“One Day” and “King Without A Crown” video premieres on Consequence of Sound: http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/25/watch-matisyahu-live-live-at-stubbs-vol-ii-cluster-1-premiere/

Head to www.MatisyahuWorld.com for a full list of dates; fans can purchase a limited number of tickets directly from the site and get access to free tracks, discounted merchandise and other perks.

Lelia Broussard Soars Into The Top Four in Rolling Stone– 4/27/2011

2011 is still young and already it’s been a whirlwind year for this incredibly talented 21 year old. Lelia Broussard’s gorgeous full length release Masquerade hit in April to critical acclaim and in January, Russell Simmons selected Lelia as one of his five favorite current unsigned pop/rock artists in his “Hip-Pop Challenge.” But that’s not all; Rolling Stone Magazine announced yesterday that Lelia has been voted into the top four of their So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star contest!

Handpicked by the editors of Rolling Stone and executives at Atlantic Records as one of the sixteen best unsigned artists in the nation, it’s becoming quite clear that America agrees. Out of the original sixteen artists, Lelia is one of the final four that have advanced to the third round on the strength of fan votes. This round of voting will be open till May 13, so get your votes in now! The winner of the contest will grace the cover of the August issue of Rolling Stone and perform on the main stage at the Bonnaroo Music Festival.

Lelia was just thirteen when she picked up a guitar and hasn’t looked back since. Adamant about pursuing her passion for music, she has created a successful independent career for herself using her ingenuity and the mediums available to her. Through social networking and word of mouth, Broussard’s MySpace has received over 11 million plays and her YouTube artist page has aggregated over 5 million views. Lelia’s out of the box cover of Beyonce’s “All The Single Ladies” garnered almost two million views on YouTube. Broussard also used the internet and her social networking skills to raise over $15,000 to record Masquerade on Kickstarter.com, her campaign was one of the most successful music projects on the popular indie fundraising site at that time.

If you live on the West Coast then you’re in luck! Lelia will be headed your way for a few very special shows in May, don’t miss your chance to see her charismatic set live in San Francisco at Biscuits and Blues on May 12 or in Los Angeles at Hotel Café on May 17. East Coast, stay tuned, dates to follow in the coming weeks.

Point your browser to http://www.leliabroussard.com for more information or give us a shout!

White Lies To Play Lollapalooza, Kick Off Spring Tour With Late Show Performance! – 4/26/2011

London’s White Lies will be kicking off a headlining spring run of stateside dates this May with a Late Show with David Letterman performance on May 16. The 7 city tour in support of their critically acclaimed sophomore release, Ritual, will see the band giving their fans on this side of the ocean a taste of their exciting live show! Starting May 17 in Boston at Paradise Rock Club, White Lies with guests Asobi Seksu and Sun Airway will hit major markets across the East Coast and Southern States including a stop at New York’s Terminal 5 (School of Seven Bells to support on this date only) before wrapping in Mexico City on May 26 and heading back to Europe to start a tour with Kings of Leon. The band will head back to the US later this summer for a main stage performance at Lollapalooza.

White Lies made a major splash with their incredibly enigmatic 2009 debut, To Lose My Life and their highly anticipated sophomore effort Ritual is already a smash success. With high profile appearances on the likes of The Tonight Show and sold out gigs stateside this past January, you won’t want to miss your chance to snag tickets when White Lies play a city near you this spring.

Catch The Band On Tour This Spring:

May 17 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

May 19 New York, NY Terminal 5

May 20 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

May 21 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse

May 24 Austin, TX Antone's

May 25 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's

May 26 Mexico City Vive Cuervo Salon

Raphael Saadiq Announces New Tour Dates & TV Appearances– 4/21/2011

While gearing up for the release of his new studio album Stone Rollin’ (May 10th), Raphael Saadiq has announced new dates to his US tour (see routing below). The Stone Rollin’ tour, which kicked off this spring included performances at SXSW and most recently, the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, where Saadiq wowed crowds with his soulful throwbacks. In addition to the new dates, NPR Music is set to premiere the album on May 2nd while VH1 has added “Stone Rollin’” to its playlist. Raphael Saadiq will also promote the album on television the week of its release, performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, Later With Carson Daly, The Tavis Smiley Show, BET’s 106 & Park and VH1’s “Big Morning Buzz Live.” Raphael will also be featured in an upcoming episode of Live from Abbey Road. His album track “Good Man” also just reached the Top 20 at Urban Adult radio and was just featured in the hit VH1 reality drama, Mob Wives. Another album track, “Go to Hell” will be featured on an upcoming episode.

Although not set for release until May, Stone Rollin’ has already met with acclaim from critics across the board. Billboard magazine raves, “The multifaceted artist orchestrates a skillful balance between classic influences and contemporary nuances” while NPR Music praised the album as “a fine set of polished throwback soul…a big, bright ball of energy, and it serves Saadiq’s songs well.” Rolling Stone also recently named Saadiq as the “Best Retro Soul.” On this new album, Saadiq nods to his heroes like Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, Little Walter and Sly Stone, while merging his own contemporary twist, one born out of a combination of his recent touring experiences, as well as inspiration derived from indie acts that hold regular rotation in his iPod. Opening with the stomping "Heart Attack," the album’s other standout cuts include the stunning "Go To Hell," featuring his studio squad of musicians who are melodically complimented by an angelic choir and the evocative Dixieland number "Day Dreams,” featuring Robert Randolph who plays steel guitar on the track.

NEW Raphael Saadiq tour dates are as follows:

May 18 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse

May 19 Richmond, VA Lewis Ginter Botanical

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May 21 W. Hampton Beach, NY PAC

May 24 Baltimore, MD Ramshead Live

May 25 Washington DC 9:30 Club

May 26 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

June 2 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall

June 3 Chicago, IL Park West

June 4 Minneapolis, MN Cabooze on the West Bank

June 8 Austin, TX Stubbs

Since Raphael Saadiq's early days with the groundbreaking 80's soul trio Tony! Toni! Tone! he has carried the torch for old school R&B and in the process has established his place as one of music’s most highly regarded recording artists and producers. In addition to releasing a series of critically acclaimed solo albums that have garnered multiple awards and nominations, Saadiq has also worked behind the scenes as an award winning producer, collaborator and sideman for some of music’s biggest acts including D'Angelo, John Legend, Joss Stone, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, the Bee Gees, The Isley Brothers, Mary J. Blige, TLC, Whitney Houston, Snoop Dogg, Earth, Wind and Fire and more. Now, at the peak of his creativity, Saadiq is finally ready to soak up the spotlight alone.

www.raphaelsaadiq.com

M. Ward has a 3-night headlining stint at the Crystal Ballroom inPortland!– 4/21/2011

Portland's own troubadour extraordinaire, M. Ward, has announced a 3-night headlining stint at the Crystal Ballroom in celebration of the grand opening of the newly redesigned as the Crystal Hotel. Ward has gone from local renown to international fame as a solo artist over the past few years, helped along the way by his work as 1/4 of celebrated roots quartet Monsters Of Folk and 1/2 of Californian pop duo She & Him. Ward has also collaborated with some of the most respected names in music, from Jenny Lewis and Feist to Bright Eyes, Norah Jones and Tired Pony. It's been a while since Ward performed as a solo artist. Don't miss this chance to see him perform in this beautiful ballroom !

Dates are as follows:

Tuesday, May 3: M. Ward / The Corin Tucker Band / The Lord's Own Choir

Wednesday, May 4: M. Ward / David Bazan / The Lord's Own Choir

Thursday, May 5: M. Ward / Doug Martsch / The Lord's Own Choir

GOMEZ Announces Summer Tour* New SINGLE Options on iTunes April 19– 4/21/2011

Fresh off the exciting announcement of their seventh studio album release, Whatever’s On Your Mind, Mercury Music Prize winning five-piece, Gomez, will be heading out on tour! Whatever’s On Your Mind is due on June 21, 2011 on ATO Records; pre-order the album HERE beginning on April 18th. Their first single from the new collection, “Options”, will be available on iTunes on April 19. You can stream the song for your readers with this link: http://soundcloud.com/ato_records/gomez-options-single

With a performance in the Dave Matthews Band Caravan and a stop at NYC’s Terminal 5, the band will be making their way through a multitude of cities for their July run of dates in support of the album. Gomez’ live shows are legendary – the band defies genres and labels and in doing so have quietly built a massive audience by consistently transporting listeners into a state of head-bobbing bliss. With their signature vocals and song stylings in full effect on this album, you can count on electrifying performances that show the true musicality of the band, exemplified by their time-tested, audience-approved live shows.

Serving as the follow-up to their acclaimed 2009 release, A New Tide, their forthcoming album sees Gomez (Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul “Blackie” Blackburn, Ian Ball and Olly Peacock) pushing their limits in a way we have not yet heard. The band partnered up with longtime friend, Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet) to co-produce and sought out to feature other artist friends on the record, Luke Steele (Empire of the Sun, Sleepy Jackson) and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas, TV on the Radio, Iron and Wine).

Whatever’s On Your Mind, their first self-produced offering since 2001’s In Our Gun, finds Gomez driving forward on a beautifully lush and dynamic album. There is a fresh feeling of rebirth and awakening. One to raise a smile even from the naysayers. A broad grin from the rest of us.

Full list of announced dates are below with more to be announced soon, including west coast, rocky mountain and northwest shows.

Announced Tour Dates:

July 8 Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads

July 9 Minneapolis, MN @ Basilica Block Party

July 10 Chicago, IL @ DMB Caravan

July 12 Boston, MA @ The Paradise

July 14 New York, NY @ Terminal 5

July 15 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA

July 16 Ottawa, ON (venue to be announced on 4/26)

July 17 Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix

July 18 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club

July 20 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre Outside*

July 21 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore*

July 22 Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle*

July 23 Glen Allen, VA @ Innsbruck After Dark*

* with John Butler Trio

www.GomezTheBand.com

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Announces Debut Solo LP on 7/12!– 4/21/2011

You probably think you know everything there is to know about Eleanor Friedberger. “She’s that girl from The Fiery Furnaces,” you’re thinking. “She is a great singer, I think she plays guitar….does she play guitar?” you’re asking. “She has a really great haircut,” you’re musing. And yes, you’d be right about all of these things.

But what you likely don’t know is that Eleanor Friedberger is not just the enigmatic mouthpiece of one of music’s most interesting, dynamic and constantly exciting bands. In fact, Eleanor Friedberger is an exceptional songwriter herself, playing a variety of instruments and crafting the very sorts of choruses that made you fall in love with The Fiery Furnaces in the first place. (Their song “Tropical Ice-land” supports this statement very well if you’re somewhat doubtful, which you shouldn’t be.) She’s a lover of Led Zeppelin and Jorge Ben; she’s a fearless performer, as comfortable fronting a band as she is playing alone on a stage with an acoustic guitar; she’s one of the sweetest alto voices in music. Nowhere is all of this more apparent than on her very first solo album, Last Summer, out on Merge Records on July 12th, 2011. And to give you a taste of what’s to come, the album’s first single, “My Mistakes,” can be heard http://www.mergerecords.com/audio/eleanor/MyMistakes.mp3now.

Last Summer, which was written, well, last summer, and recorded in fall 2010, was born out of Take Me Round Again, a collection of cover songs from the previous Fiery Furnaces album. Both Eleanor and Matthew did their own inspired versions of songs they’d written together for their last LP I’m Going Away. Matt’s were otherworldly affairs, while Eleanor’s were lo-fi and lovely, all recorded in her home, the sound of an artist kicking off her shoes, settling into a big comfy chair with an acoustic guitar, a glass of scotch, and a four-track. She enjoyed the experience so much she decided to move forward with recording songs she had written in her spare time, songs that hadn’t been included on any of The Fiery Furnaces’ nine incredible albums. This, of course, begs the question: does Last Summer sound like a Fiery Furnaces record? No. It sounds like Eleanor Friedberger.

And what you don’t know about Eleanor Friedberger, Last Summer is able to teach you. You learn Friedberger has an effortless ear for melody and arrangements, as evident on songs like “Scenes from Bensonhurst” with echoing piano pulses and gorgeous vocal washes that sound half-human, half-keyboard. You understand that Friedberger doesn’t shy away from that oh-so-complicated genre “pop,” wrangling Phil Spector harmonies and 60’s girl group shimmers, as seen on amazing, instantly-stuck-in-your-head first single “My Mistakes,” and the clavinet disco of “Roosevelt Island.” You know Friedberger is a surveyor of the scenes around her in her home of New York City, naming songs after Brooklyn neighborhoods and describing whirlwind New York moments within her narratives. You hear Friedberger’s more forthright emotional side, something first revealed on I’m Going Away, in the breakup rocker “I Won’t Fall Apart on You Tonight” with its plaintive chorus “I won’t fall apart on you tonight / but I don’t know what tomorrow may bring.” You get that Friedberger is a connoisseur of classic rock, peppering her songs with dashes of Donovan, Carole King, Todd Rundgren and more. You understand that she truly is a masterful wordsmith, mashing up colorful, complicated lyrical lines into beautiful refrains, one of the only people capable of singing about riding her bike through Coney Island without, well, sounding like she’s singing about riding her bike through Coney Island. It’s a testament to her passionate vocal phrasing and manipulation of melody that she can combine things like earthquakes and heart shakes without sounding trite, contrived or like she’s bitten off more than she can chew.

Miranda Cosgrove Announces Dancing Crazy Summer Tour– 4/20/2011

If you missed Miranda Cosgrove’s live show this winter, worry not! Ms. Cosgrove is heading back out on the road with her Dancing Crazy Summer Tour making stops at festivals, parks and attractions across the US. Her winter tour was a tremendous success playing from New York to LA, Detroit to Houston and everywhere in between! The first leg of announced dates are below – stay tuned to www.MirandaCosgroveOfficial.com for additional date announcements.

Cosgrove, singer, actress and star of hit Nickelodeon show iCarly, released her new High Maintenance EP (Columbia Records) in March to an outpouring of excitement. The five-track EP is Miranda’s first collection of songs since her 2010 debut album, Sparks Fly, which debuted inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Chart. The High Maintenance EP is a pop-rock whirlwind, complete with sing-along choruses, candy-coated vocals and dance floor friendly beats. The infectious hit lead single “Dancing Crazy,” written by Max Martin and Avril Lavigne, debuted on the Top 40 chart after only three weeks at radio. Title track “High Maintenance” sees Miranda trading tongue-in-cheek vocals about her carefree, fun-loving ways with Rivers Cuomo, who contributed as a songwriter and producer to the track. From the sentimental ballad “Kiss You Up” to the explosive, electronic “Sayonara” this album shows Miranda’s true versatility as an artist embracing multiple styles and influences.

With appearances on NBC’s TODAY, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as well as gracing the covers of The New York Times Magazine and Seventeen in support of the EP, Miranda’s sonic gems are becoming household favorites and have solidified the Dancing Crazy Summer Tour as a can’t-miss-show of the summer.

iCarly recently won for “Favorite TV Show” – for the third year in a row – at Nickelodeon’s 2011 Kids’ Choice Awards and Cosgrove will begin production on season four of the series in May. Additionally, fans can catch Cosgrove in the upcoming mega TV event, “iParty with Victorious,” which premieres this June on Nickelodeon.

WATCH: -Official music video for smash hit “Dancing Crazy”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiOumJEe2yQ&feature=fvwrel -Live performance of “Dancing Crazy” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show: http://ellen.warnerbros.com/videos/?autoplay=true&mediaKey=716df708-4c61-4c08-8c00-60d3d1efd7b5

Announced Dancing Crazy Summer Tour dates (more to come!):

7/16 Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Theme Park

7/17 Hershey, PA @ Hershey Park

7/25 Vienna, VA @ The Filene Center

7/27 Harrington, DE @ Delaware State Fair

7/30 Williamsburg, VA @ Busch Gardens

7/31 Williamsburg, VA @ Busch Gardens

8/3 Cohasset, MA @ South Shore Music Circus

8/4 Hyannis, MA @ Cape Cod Melody Tent

8/7 Bethlehem, PA @ Bethlehem Musikfest

8/10 Kettering, OH @ Fraze Pavilion

8/13 Denver, CO @ Elitch Gardens

8/21 Vancouver, BC @ Pacific National Exhibition

9/3 St. Petersburg, FL @ Tropicana Field - Tampa Rays

ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION Debut at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart– 4/20/2011

Last week saw the release of the hugely anticipated Paper Airplane (Rounder Records), the first album from Alison Krauss & Union Station in seven years. The band's sixth full length album was met with universal critical acclaim and a busy release week brought them to New York City where they performed the album's title track on The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS and The Today Show on NBC as well as a stunning 3-song performance on NPR affiliate station WNYC's Soundcheck.

Chart information released today confirms that Paper Airplane has entered the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at #3. This is the band's first debut in the Top 5. The album is also #1 on the Bluegrass Albums Chart and #1 on the Country Albums Chart - a rare feat for an album not in rotation at country radio. Paper Airplane also debuted at a career best of #11 in the UK's Top 40 Album Charts.

Alison Krauss & Union Station are headed to the west coast for appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 25th at 11:35/10:35 CT and The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 27th at 4p/3p CT.

The band kick off a 5 month country-wide tour on June 4th in Louisville, Kentucky. Please visit www.alisonkrauss.com for all news & tour updates.

Some critical praise for Paper Airplane:

“Otherworldly vocals and musicianship….these performances will linger in your wounded soul” (4 Stars) USA Today

“Paper Airplane rises to the impossibly high bar set by its predecessors to form what may well be the finest album Krauss has ever released.” Paste Magazine

“Few singers do plaintive as well as Alison Krauss, with the whispers, feathery quavers and reedy resignation in her voice….Union Station’s arrangements, immaculate and drumless, hint at an old-timey roots without a glimmer of purism, and they never sugarcoat the sorrow.” Jon Pareles in the New York Times

“Exactingly performed and lushly produced, Airplane exudes a bone-deep tranquility…” Entertainment Weekly

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WATCH Alison Krauss & Union Station on The Late Show with David

Letterman: “Paper Airplane”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21BhJvbysbU“

Lay My Burden Down”: http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/video/?vs=Live%20on%20Letterman

WATCH Alison Krauss & Union Station on The Today Show: “Paper Airplane”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX8MzM8J5a0

WATCH their EPK: http://alisonkrauss.com/videos/making-paper-airplane

Ms. Lauryn Hill Announces Additional Dates For Her Moving Target:Extended Intimate Playdate Series– 4/14/2011

The legendary GRAMMY Award winning MC, vocalist, producer and songwriter, Ms. Lauryn Hill has added 12 additional shows to her Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series. Hitting cities across the country, the dates will include sets at this year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival on April 15th and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 7th (full routing below). Opening for Ms. Hill on all shows are the New Orleans based Hot 8 Brass Band.

In addition, Ms. Hill will be performing a special set of encore shows featuring classic Bob Marley and The Wailers material in select cities. The first of these encore performances took place on April 5th, at Hard Rock Café in Waikiki, 2 days after her show at the Waterfront at Aloha Tower in Honolulu, HI. Two more encore shows have been confirmed to the run so far. Follow @MsHillMvgnTrgt on Twitter for updates on added encore performances. Fans who attend these encore shows will also be treated to a condensed set from Ms. Hill’s Moving Target series, which already features an innovative set list of her classic material, evolved but faithful to the rigor, soulfulness and power of the original music from the iconic and groundbreaking solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, as well as classic Fugee numbers.

Confirmed list of dates

4/15 Indio, CA Coachella Music and Arts Festival

4/18 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia

4/20 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre**Bob Marley Tribute Show

4/23 Denver, CO The Fillmore

4/24 Ft. Collins, CO Aggie Theatre**Bob Marley Tribute Show

4/27 Dallas, TX House of Blues

4/29 San Antonio (Helotes), TX Josabi’s

5/1 Austin, TX Stubb’s

5/4 Houston, TX House of Blues

5/7 New Orleans, LA Jazz and Heritage Festival

5/10 San Diego, CA Humphreys

5/13 Las Vegas, NV The Boulevard Pool

5/14 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl

5/17 Pomona, CA The Fox Theatre

5/20 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheatre

5/22 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo

For more information and newly added dates please stay tuned to @MsHillMvngTrgt

SOUNDGARDEN Announces Summer Tour 2011**– 4/14/2011

For Soundgarden fans, this is a moment they’ve been waiting for: since the band’s final show in Hawaii in 1997, fans have hoped that Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd, and Kim Thayil would once again take their exalted rock show on the road. This summer, Soundgarden will do just that.

The band has recently confirmed that they are in the studio in Seattle, and are writing and recording what will be the first new Soundgarden album in over 15 years. In the meantime, they will take a break to play a city near you. Today, four shows from their Summer tour are announced, with more to come in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to www.soundgardenworld.com for updates. Come experience the noise!

The pre-sale for the Soundgarden fan club begins on April 18. The tickets for Denver will go on sale to the public on April 22nd, and Toronto, Philadelphia and Los Angeles will go on sale to the public on April 23rd.

Dates Announced:

7/2/11 Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

7/13/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier at Penn's Landing

7/18/11 Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre

7/22/11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum

The band recently released a retrospective entitled Telephantasm (A&M/UMe) and their first-ever live album, called Live on I-5 (A&M/UMe). They can be purchased at www.soundgardenworld.com or at any digital or physical retailer.

Def Leppard: New Album Out June 7th- Release Marks the First OfficialBand Release to be Available Digitally!– 4/13/2011

Def Leppard has confirmed June 7th as the release date for their first ever live album Mirrorball (Bludgeon Riffola/Mailboat Records), which will be available exclusively at Walmart & Sam’s Club locations in the United States and Canada. The album will include a 50 minute DVD that contains live performances and intimate backstage footage of the band captured on the road. A special limited vinyl edition will also be made available. Mirrorball will also be available online, marking the first time the band’s music will officially be made available for digital purchase. Def Leppard will also be releasing their new community based website in May, which is being developed to be the ultimate Def Leppard fan experience and go- to destination for all things on the band.

Said Joe Elliott, "To be able to say at last, we have a live album out & it be a three disc package which includes a DVD makes me very happy ... it's the soundtrack of OUR lives…!"

Mirrorball was recorded across the world over the course of many of the band’s sold-out dates and features all of the classic songs that have made Def Leppard one of the most respected and beloved power rock bands in the world. The album captures the group’s legendary concert experience at its thunderous best, bringing together live versions of classic Leppard hits such as “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” “Rock of Ages,” “Foolin',” “Hysteria,” “Photograph” and an incredible rendition of “Bringing on the Heartache.” With their creative juices at full flow, the band has also added three new studio tracks: “Undefeated,” “It’s All About Believin’” and “Kings of the World,” that are undeniably Def Leppard. Mirrorball follows the band’s 2008 studio release, Live From the Sparkle Lounge, which debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top 200, marking the group’s highest chart position since 1992’s Adrenalized.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)

2. Rocket

3. Animal

4. C'Mon C'Mon

5. Make Love Like A Man

6. Too Late For Love

7. Foolin'

8. Nine Lives

9. Love Bites

10. Rock On

Disc 2

1. Two Steps Behind

2. Bringin' On The Heartbreak

3. Switch 625

4. Hysteria

5. Armageddon It

6. Photograph

7. Pour Some Sugar On Me

8. Rock Of Ages

9. Let's Get Rocked

10. Action

11. Bad Actress

12. Undefeated

13. Kings Of The World

14. It's All About Believin’

Last month, Def Leppard announced their triumphant return to US stages with a 48 city summer tour kicking off on June 15 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Tickets for the Live Nation produced tour and on sale now at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com (for a list of dates go to DefLeppard.com). Joining Def Leppard for this highly anticipated tour are Seattle rock legends Heart.

In addition to the album, Chronicle Books will be releasing Def Leppard: the Definitive Visual History, featuring photos of the band by legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin. His fully authorized visual history of the band follows them from their beginnings to their massive Pyromania and Hysteria albums to the sustained power of their records and tours today. The book will be available this June 15.

INTRODUCING: GIVERS!– 4/13/2011

GIVERS’ debut album – In Light – set for release on Glassnote Entertainment Group on June 7th – is the most rewarding and joyous album you’ll hear all year. The Lafayette, Louisiana-based five-piece are nothing short of ebullient, tying together ecstatic ribbons of melodies into songs that leave you no choice but to smile upon hearing them.

In understanding GIVERS, it’s helpful to think of a constellation, a configuration of points that, when placed in succession, led to the band’s brilliant debut. The metaphor proves particularly useful given the name of their album – In Light is a collection filled with uncontainable brightness, buoyed by constantly evolving rhythms, warmed by spangling guitars, and illuminated by the melodic altruism that is the band’s mission statement. Mixed by Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Cee-Lo) as well as Chris Coady (Beach House, Grizzly Bear) and produced by members of the band along with friend and engineer Korey Richey, In Light is as complex as it is enjoyable. It is a record that is as unique as the sounds of the state in which the band lives, and GIVERS themselves.

GIVERS first came together when lead singer/guitarist Taylor Guarisco and lead singer/percussionist Tiffany Lamson both started attending University in New Orleans. Lamson, waiting for renovations to be complete in her new apartment, ended up crashing on Guarisco’s couch. They quickly bonded over a shared love of bands, and revealed they were both musicians. Guarisco's immersion in the sounds of New Orleans as a youth led him to play in handful of different funk, Cajun, and Zydeco groups. This influence on his playing was easily complemented by Lamson's strong upbringing and appreciation for classic rock, soul, and pop.

Hurricane Katrina forced the duo back to their hometown of Lafayette, where they began to play together regularly, eventually recruiting drummer Kirby Campbell, keyboardist Will Henderson, saxophonist/keyboardist Nick Stephan and bassist Josh LeBlanc to fill out their sound. The players spent most of their waking hours creating improvised jams and molding them into powerful songs, recording in drummer Campbell’s apartment as they went. After a handful of local gigs, it was an opening slot for The Dirty Projectors that solidified GIVERS’ fate in July 2009: realizing that music was their calling, the band made a pact to focus all of their attention to getting GIVERS off the ground. The Dirty Projectors liked them so much they asked them to open the east coast leg of their fall tour; soon after, Ra Ra Riot did the same. Stereogum called them a “Band to Watch” for 2010, and blog buzz began to reach a fever pitch. GIVERS played and played, bringing their dizzying live energy from coast to coast, eventually ending up in front of Glassnote Entertainment Group’s legendary musical guru, Daniel Glass at the Austin City Limits Festival. Glass was so taken by the band’s infectious sound and jubilant live show that he signed them immediately.

Opener and first single “Up Up Up” is nothing short of anthemic, a rousing calling card for the band’s elated sound. “Ripe” is a kaleidoscope of sultry Afro-pop, while “Meantime” showcases the band’s instrumental and thematic investment in fluidity, capping off with a no-holds-barred group sing-along. “Words” fuses fist-pumping, heavy percussion with staccato vocal chants, and “In My Eyes” is lifted into the night sky by fluttering harmonies, steel drum chimes, swirling guitar solos and cricket hums. “Atlantic” laces Lamson’s textured drawl with Caribbean accents, ukulele plucks and keyboard sparkles. Refreshingly alive with melody, endless energy, and downright danceability, In Light is the perfect introduction to a band whose name you will be hearing throughout 2011 and beyond…

Jessie and the Toy Boys, Britney Spears & Nicki Minaj on tour!– 4/13/2011

How’s this for a can’t miss success story? Fresh off her first batch of shows EVAH, Jessie Malakouti a/k/a Jessie & the Toy Boys has been picked to hit the road with Pop’s own Britney Spears on her upcoming Femme Fatale Summer Tour! The North American leg of the tour kicks off June 16th in Sacramento at the Power Balance Pavilion. Tickets for select markets go on sale beginning April 30th at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

Bringing listeners to the next sonic dimension of electronic-rooted pop music Jessie stands at the cross-section of hip and pop – rubbing elbows with video-mate Yelawolf, on the brash clip for “Push It” one minute and with Brit Brit the next - Jessie can go from I Heart Comix to Madison Square Garden in one weekend!

Watch “Push It” right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGAKyZjcwq4

Jessie is most stoked of all, duh! “I'm honored to join Britney and the other femme fatales on the road this summer,” she says. “As a new artist, my biggest thrill is watching people discover my music and making new fans. I cannot wait to get everyone dancing and singing along to Jessie and The Toy Boys songs in concert!”

Jessie's vocals have both sex-kitten brash and rock-diva qualities making her a no-brainer to go out on the road with Britney and Nicki Minaj. She too is a queen bee, only 22 years old, and the primary architect of her band’s image from beats to lyrics to the look!

Stream a 4 song sampler of Jessie & The Toy Boys: http://soundcloud.com/prospectpark/sets/jessie-and-the-toy-boys/s-Q1h9E.

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nd shake your booty to the remixes: http://soundcloud.com/jessie-5/sets/push-it-ep/s-tAamn

Jessie and the Toy Boys Tour Dates!– 4/13/2011

FEMME FATALE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

*all dates with Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj & Nervo

June 16 Sacramento, CA Power Balance Pavilion

June 18 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion

June 20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

June 24 Anaheim, CA Honda Center

June 25 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena

June 28 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena

June 29 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome

July 1 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

July 4 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre

July 6 St. Paul, MN Xcel Center

July 8 Chicago, IL United Center

July 12 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center

July 13 Houston, TX Toyota Center

July 15 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena

July 17 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena

July 20 Orlando, FL Amway Center

July 22 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena

July 26 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena

July 28 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills

July 30 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

July 31 Washington, DC Verizon Center

August 2 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum

August 5 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center

August 8 Boston, MA TD Garden

August 11 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

August 13 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre

Parachute Announces US Tour Plans & New Album out May 17!– 4/12/2011

Charlottesville, VA, five-piece Parachute is set to release their sophomore album entitled The Way It Was May 17th on Mercury Records. Produced by John Fields (Switchfoot, the Goo Goo Dolls, P!nk, Paper Tongues), the album features anthemic hit single “Something To Believe In,” currently Top 25 on the Hot AC Chart and climbing. The song, an uplifting concoction of brassy saxophones, driving guitars and soaring, choir-backed vocals, received its debut last December on ESPN and has since gone on to become a staple of the network, while the video for the song has been viewed more than an astounding 1 million times. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVZ4uVHYRw.

Additionally, Parachute - magnetic frontman Will Anderson (guitars, piano, lead vocals), Kit French (saxophone, key¬boards, vocals), Alex Hargrave (bass), Johnny Stubblefield (drums), and Nate McFarland (lead guitar, vocals) – have just announced U.S. summer support dates with the Goo Goo Dolls and Michelle Branch, kicking off on July 13th in Cincinnati, OH and wrapping August 25th in Reno, NV. Parachute is currently on the road with Plain White T’s for a run of Spring U.S. tour dates, their second leg of live shows together this year. The band is treating audiences to a preview of several new songs from their forthcoming album, including “You and Me,” “Halfway,” “What I Know,” and “White Dress.” Another track, “Kiss Me Slowly,” was written with Grammy winners Lady Antebellum.

The Way It Was is the follow-up to the band’s 2009 debut album Losing Sleep (Mercury Records), which shot to #1 on the iTunes and Amazon digital albums charts and spawned the Top 15 Hot AC hit single “She Is Love.” Parachute kicked off their breakout year in 2009 with a slow-burning acoustic performance of the song at the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square before performing on Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Early Show. The video for “She Is Love” spent three months on VH1’s Top 20 Countdown. Second single “Under Control” became one of the most popular iTunes Single Of The Week features to emerge from a #1 iTunes album. Parachute’s songs have been featured on MTV’s The City and the CW’s One Tree Hill, Vampire Diaries and 90210. In the live arena, the past two years have seen the band playing headlining shows and opening for the likes of Kelly Clarkson, The Script, 3 Doors Down and Secondhand Serenade.

www.weareparachute.com

Parachute Tour Dates with Plain White T– 4/12/2011

Parachute U.S. Tour Dates:

*supporting Plain White T’s

# supporting Goo Goo Dolls and Michelle Branch

April 12th Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck*

April 13th St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant*

April 16th Lake Forest, IL @ Lake Forest College Ice Rink*

April 29th Blacksburg, VA @ Virginia Tech

May 1st Richmond, VA @ The Hat Factory*

May 2nd Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel*

May 5th Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

May 6th Erie, PA @ Mercyhurst College*

May 7th El Paso, TX @ Grace Gardens – KSII Radio Show

May 8th Virginia Beach, VA @ Diesel Rock ‘N’ Country Bar*

May 10th Raleigh, NC @Lincoln Theatre

May 11th Charleston, SC @ Music Farm*

May 12th Jacksonville, FL @ Free Bird Café*

May 13th Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theatre*

May 14th Treasure Island, FL @ Treasure Island Yacht Club*

July 13th Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend #

July 15th Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah’s Council Bluffs #

July 16th Chicago, IL @ Charter One #

July 17th Rochester, MI @Meadowbrook #

July 19th Boston, MA @ Bank of America #

July 20th Walllingford, CT @ Oakdale Theatre #

July 22nd Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center #

July 24th Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater #

July 26th Vienna, VA @ The Filene Center #

July 27th Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion Outdoor Amphitheatre #

July 29th Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center #

July 30th Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts #

July 31st Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center #

August 2nd Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE #

August 3rd Portsmouth, VA @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion #

August 5th Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphitheater #

August 7th Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park #

August 9th Charlotte, NC @ Uptown Amphitheatre #

August 10th Raleigh, NC @ Raleigh Amphitheatre #

August 12th Memphis, TN @ Live at the Garden #

August 17th Denver, CO @ 1st Bank #

August 18th Park City, UT @ Deer Valley Ski Resort #

August 20th Mammoth Lakes, CA @ Mammoth Mountain Ski Area #

August 21st Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery #

August 23rd Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater #

August 25th Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort & Casino – Summit Pavilion

Alison Krauss & Union Station stop by David Letterman & Today Show -Album out Tomorrow! – 4/11/2011

Tomorrow, Rounder Records will release the highly anticipated Alison Krauss & Union Station album, Paper Airplane. A truly breathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, Paper Airplane is Krauss’ 14th album and the band’s follow-up to 2004’s triple Grammy® winning Lonely Runs Both Ways. Alison and the band are kicking off release week in NYC with two television performances. For the night owls, catch them on The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, April 13th at 11:35pm/10:35pm CT. The morning birds can tune in to The Today Show on Thursday, April 14th at 10:50am.

Part of Alison Krauss’ incontestable talent is how effortlessly she bridges the gap between roots music and country, rock and pop. Don't miss this opportunity to catch the stunning live performances of Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas.

The music video for ‘Paper Airplane’ reached # 5 on CMT.com and was a CMT "Top Music Video" last week. Stream the video http://www.cmt.com/videos/alison-krauss-union-station/635702/paper-airplane.jhtml

Check out their EPK which premiered last week on MSN Music http://alisonkrauss.com/videos/making-paper-airplane

Full tour dates were announced last week, please visit www.alisonkrauss.com for all news & tour updates!

THE WRONG FERARRI - ADAM GREENs film available NOW!– 4/7/2011

The Wrong Ferarri is the first feature-length film starring, directed and written by singer/songwriter Adam Green. Shot entirely with the video camera in his iPhone, The Wrong Ferarri is unlike any film you’ve ever seen -- a 70 minute piece of work that boldly straddles the line between screwball tragedy, surrealist comedy, and performance art.

In addition to Green, The Wrong Ferarri features the talents of Macaulay Culkin, Devendra Banhart, Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion), Har Mar Superstar, Jack Dishel (Only Son, Moldy Peaches), BP Fallon, Cory Kennedy, Aleksa Palladino (Exitmusic, Boardwalk Empire), members of the band Spacecamp, Adam Green’s mother, vocal work from Evan Dando (The Lemonheads) and more.

The Wrong Ferarri is available to stream and download for free from The Wrong Ferarri.com.

Shot over 8 months in 2010 and 2011, The Wrong Ferarri took Green across the globe, from Brooklyn to Prague to Venice and back again. Centered around the possibly fictional character of Greenster – portrayed by Adam Green – The Wrong Ferarri is a fast-paced rumination on ketamine, romantic dysfunction, turning 30, having a pet/being a pet, and the parallel universe created by touring in a band. The film’s script, which was written on index cards and handed out to the cast each morning before filming, reads a bit like the lyrics to one of Green’s songs, quick-witted, surreal, unflinchingly honest and hilariously poetic as only Green can be.

With seven solo albums and one art show of original paintings and sculptures under his belt, Green has become one of independent culture’s most consistently original and impressive voices. As one half of New York City’s much-loved folk duo The Moldy Peaches, Green has been the recipient of widespread international acclaim; the twosome’s duet “Anyone Else But You” was not only featured prominently in the Oscar-nominated film Juno, but propelled the film’s soundtrack to platinum certification. The Wrong Ferarri is another amazing feather in Green’s considerably full creative cap; it is the next Blair Witch Project, and will be, without question, one of the most memorable films you will see in 2011 -scratch that- EVER.

Duran Duran Release Limited Vinyl Collector– 4/7/2011

Amidst a whirlwind of performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, a wildly imaginative, visually stunning live-stream of a one-time-only show directed by David Lynch and a run of sold-out U.S. record release shows, fans now have one more way to enjoy Duran Duran's most recent critically acclaimed album ALL YOU NEED IS NOW: on vinyl, as part of a stunning limited collector’s edition box set.

With only 500 copies available worldwide - each individually numbered and signed by the band – this special edition features exclusive artwork created by rising British art star Clunie Reid (Saatchi Gallery, the Tate, New Museum NY), with art direction by UK fashion magazine POP’s creative team, under the direction of fast-rising talent Rory McCartney.

The collector’s edition is available to order exclusively from The Vinyl Factory at: http://www.vfeditions.com/product/view/30 and includes:

• A hand-crafted, transparent black Perspex box with clear face on outer front, providing an artwork frame that can be individually curated by each owner.

• Five heavyweight 180-gram clear vinyl records pressed on the classic EMI 1400, each mastered for vinyl, with the new album pressed across two records, plus an LP of bonus tracks and two 12" remixes (full tracklist below), including the much sought-after David Lynch reworking of Girl Panic !

• Five beautifully treated bespoke record sleeves, featuring remarkable exclusive artwork on both sides by Clunie Reid.

• Exclusive 36-page book with lyrics silver foiled onto black pages, housed in a gorgeous silver mirrored paper cover, each hand signed and numbered by the members of Duran Duran.

• Exclusive 36-page book showcasing Clunie Reid's album artwork, with a die-cut front cover of the band's instantly recognizable D logo.

Alongside this box set, Duran Duran will also be issuing a special 7" version of “Girl Panic !” for Record Store Day on April 16. Limited to 2500 units, the record will include the David Lynch remix of “Girl Panic !,”in addition to the album version, and will be available at all participating Record Store Day retailers. "David's magnificent remix of “Girl Panic !” took us all by surprise," said lead singer Simon Le Bon, "as not only did he manage to infuse the track with the very essence of his own creative genius and signature style but he also brought a new and very filmic feeling to the song. It's unlike any other remix I've ever heard. We love what he does." Catch Roger Taylor and John Taylor of Duran Duran at Rasputin Music (2401 Telegraph Avenue) in Berkeley, CA for a very special Record Store Day in-store signing event on April 16 at 1:30pm. The following day, April 17, Duran Duran will get the Coachella crowds moving with a special set at the festival.

With no fewer than five prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards, a total of over 80 million records sold, 18 American hit singles, and 30 chart-toppers in their UK home market, Duran Duran are a certifiably unstoppable force. As their new chapter unfolds, they have nothing left to prove, but everything to play for. So for them…ALL YOU NEED IS NOW!

www.duranduran.com

David Gray Announces NEW US Tour Dates for Summer 2011– 4/6/2011

Hot off the heels of his sold out “Lost and Found” tour, David Gray is excited to continue the momentum by jumping on the road again with a fresh series of dates across the US this summer, including a stop at the prestigious Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. In addition, he will make a stop at the Dave Matthews Band Caravan Festival, in Atlantic City, NJ over the weekend of June 24th - June 26th, where he will headline the final evening of the festival. The 14 city tour will wrap in Salt Lake City, UT on July 14th (full routing below). Tickets for all dates are on sale now.

On these new dates, Gray will bring back his signature acoustic sound, but infuse that with a new energy cultivated during the “Lost and Found” series he brought fans this past winter. A very intimate set of acoustic evenings, the series centered around songs from his ninth studio album Foundling and also included reinterpretations of songs from his entire catalogue. Released last year, the album notched a #9 debut on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, marking the highest chart position of his career. Entertainment Weekly describes it as “all warm arrangements and real emotion,” while USA Today says “ ‘A Moment Changes Everything’ is his most infectious single since 2000's ‘Babylon.’ ”

Official Tour Dates Are As Follows:

June 26th Atlantic City, NJ Dave Matthews Band Caravan / Bader Field

June 28th Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre

June 30th Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry

July 1st N. Charleston, SC N. Charleston PAC

July 2nd Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium

July 3rd Durham, NC DPAC

July 5th Akron, OH Akron Civic Theatre

July 6th Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre

July 9th Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre

July 11th Omaha, NE Orpheum Theatre

July 13th Denver, CO Ellie Caukins Opera House

July 14th Salt Lake City, UT Kingsbury Hall

Bright Eyes Add Tour Dates; Perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno!– 4/6/2011

Bright Eyes’ massive world tour is well on its way with one mind blowing performance after another. The tour is in support of their critically acclaimed seventh studio album, The People’s Key (out February 15th on Saddle Creek). The celebrated Nebraskan band kicked off their U.S. tour in Miami to rave reviews. With sold out stops at Radio City Music Hall and SXSW under their belts, Bright Eyes are adding a handful of new tour dates to their summer schedule including select performances with The Mountain Goats supporting. Be sure to catch them on the small screen next Thursday, April 14th as they hit the stage on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno!

Check out videos of their surprise SXSW set for the AOL Music Pop-Up Series HERE and their two-hour set under the supermoon at the Ground Control Touring Showcase in this incredible broadcast by NPR Music HERE

Please visit www.conoroberst.com for details and ticketing info on all tour dates!

Catch Bright Eyes Live

4/8 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballro0m @ SOLD OUT

4/9 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom @ SOLD OUT

4/10 Arcata, CA Arcata Community Center +

4/12 Oakland, CA Fox Theater + SOLD OUT

4/13 Pomona, CA Fox Theater ## + SOLD OUT

4/16 Indio, CA Coachella Festival SOLD OUT

5/23 Saskatoon, SK Odeon

5/24 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Center ^^

5/25 Calgary, AB Stampede Corral ^^

5/27 Bend, OR Les Schwab Amphitheatre ^^ ##

5/28 George, WA Sasquatch Music Festival SOLD OUT

5/31 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory ##

6/1 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House ##

6/3 Denver, CO Filmore Auditorium ##

6/4 Council Bluffs, IA West Fair Amphitheater ##

6/6 St. Louis, MO The Pageant %

6/7 Louisville, KY Iroquois Amphitheater%

6/8 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion - Indoors%

6/9 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AC - Indoors%

6/10 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for Performing Arts% ***

6/11 Vienna, VA Filene Center At Wolf Trap% ***

7/27 Lewiston, NY Art Park ( Free Show) ^

7/28 Belknap, NH Meadowbrook Pavilion ^

7/29 Shelburne, VT Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green at Shelburne Museum ^

7/31 Baldwinsville, NY Paper Mill Island Amphitheater ^

8/3 Grand Rapids, MI Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park ^

8/4 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room ^

8/6 Columbia, MO The Blue Note

8/8 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom

@ w/ Titus Andronicus

+ w/ Farmer Dave Scher

^^ w/ Death Cab For Cutie

## w/ Jenny And Johnny

% w/ Dawes

*** w/ M Ward

^ w/ The Mountain Goats

GOMEZ New Studio Album Whatever's On Your Mind - Out June 21!– 3/30/2011

Deep in the woods of Virginia, Gomez have conspired to make the most compelling, direct album of their 15 year career. The members reside across two continents (in Los Angeles, Brooklyn and Brighton, England) and after several months of sharing ideas through every facet of technology available to them, they came together with their longtime friend, Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet), to create their first self-produced offering since 2001’s In Our Gun. Their seventh studio album, Whatever’s On Your Mind, will be released on ATO Records on June 21, 2011. Download the first single, “Options,” off the band’s website HERE and watch this space for North American tour dates, coming soon.

Throughout their illustrious career, Gomez have always been pioneers in their craft – they came onto the scene in England in the 90’s alongside bands like Super Furry Animals and The Beta Band and went on to win the Mercury Music Prize in 1998 for their debut album. They continue to lead the pack today: SPIN said, “Long before My Morning Jacket spiked their Southern-rock jams with early-'80s electro beats, these Bonnaroo-friendly Brits were mixing space-age electronica into their funky art-blues brew.” Known by many for their genre-blurring music, Gomez have distilled their shared love of alt-rock, glam, Nashville country, post-punk, dancehall, top 40 pop and much more onto their latest LP.

Serving as the follow-up to their acclaimed 2009 release, A New Tide, their forthcoming album sees the band pushing their limits in a way we have not yet heard. This is a record in glorious technicolor. The other musicians on the record include Luke Steele (Empire of the Sun, Sleepy Jackson) and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas, TV on the Radio, Iron and Wine). Whereas in the past you might have felt that the fact that Gomez’ (Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul “Blackie” Blackburn, Ian Ball and Olly Peacock) shared songwriting duties forced a blending of ideas, their music now sounds proprietorial. This is Gomez. "Sometimes we might have been a little trapped by our own muso-ness" says Tom Gray, "but this album is liberating. It doesn't feel at all stuffy and it's a real joy."

With Whatever’s On Your Mind, Gomez have created the perfect summer soundtrack. The album’s strummy, horn-laden, sing-along opening track, the lead single, “Options” demands to be blasted with your windows down. “Song In My Heart” infuses electronic sounds with sticking drum beats and beautiful harmonies while “Equalize” rounds out the band’s collection with a joyous, intricately grand tune complete with afro-beat drums showcasing the breadth of tracks showcased on the album.

Whatever’s On Your Mind finds Gomez driving forward on a beautifully lush and dynamic album. There is a fresh feeling of rebirth and awakening; just what Gomez fans have been waiting for.

www.GomezTheBand.com

Full tracklisting:

1. Options

2. I Will Take You There

3. Whatever’s On Your Mind

4. Just As Lost As You

5. The Place And The People

6. Our Goodbye

7. Song In My Heart

8. Equalizer

9. That Wolf

10. X-Rays

TRAMPLED BY TURTLES announce Newport Folk Festival Appearance &summer dates!– 3/28/2011

If you missed Trampled by Turtles’ incendiary sets at SxSW 2011, which showed up in best-of lists and fest recaps by NPR, Esquire.com, American Songwriter and the Boston Globe, there will be several high-profile festivals this summer where you can catch the highly regarded Duluth, MN acoustic band. Along with making their debut at Coachella this year on Saturday, April 16 as well as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival on June 16, 2011, they’ve just announced their debut at the esteemed Newport Folk Festival for July 31, 2011.

It’s been a steady climb for the band since the April 2010 release of their breakthrough record, Palomino. The album is still holding in the Top 5 on the Billboard bluegrass charts, and critical acclaim has accompanied TBT’s word-of-mouth reputation as a live band not to be missed. While it’s the band’s energy and quicksilver picking that has made them a favorite on the tour and festival scene, it’s the songwriting that seals the deal. All the band members cut their teeth in rock, punk and metal bands but their original material draws from the same well of inspiration as Townes Van Zant, Dylan, Neil Young, Del McCoury and Ralph Stanley, putting their own unique spin on this classic genre.

Trampled by Turtles have been tapped to provide music for the Adult Swim cartoon Squidbillies, and will be releasing a split vinyl/digital single with fellow Minnesota band Motion City Soundtrack in June 2011. Stay tuned for further details.

View the new video for “Victory” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT8gaiNVqOM

View their video for “Wait So Long” here (over 600k plays): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjdkc14-zwQv

03/30/11 Warren Station - Keystone, CO

03/31/11 Ullr's - Winter Park, CO

04/01/11 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO

04/02/11 Hodi's Half Note - Fort Collins, CO

04/14/11 Old Settlers Music Festival - Driftwood, TX

04/16/11 Coachella Music Fest - Indio, CA

04/22/11 Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI

04/23/11 Double Door - Chicago, IL

05/12/11 Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA

05/13/11 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR

05/14/11 The Media Club - Vancouver, BC

05/19/11 Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA

05/20/11 The Independent - San Francisco, CA

05/21/11 Moe’s Alley - Santa Cruz, CA

05/30/11 Delfest – Cumberland, MD

06/16/11 Telluride Bluegrass Fest – Telluride, CO

06/23/11 ROMP Fest – Owensboro, KY

07/09/11 Winnipeg Folk Fest – Winnipeg, MB

07/28/11 FloydFest – Floyd, VA

07/31/11 Newport Folk Festival – Newport, RI

The Wellspring Debut Tour Series w. Artist Direct! – 3/28/2011

The Wellspring have debuted the first episode of their eight-part tour series “On The Road with The Wellspring” today exclusively with Artist Direct. Starting tomorrow, the video will also be available via The Wellspring’s website, www.TheWellspringMusic.com, the filmmaker’s and producer’s website, Vimby.com. The series, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the duo’s current tour with Pete Yorn and Ben Kweller, is made possible by Last Minute Travel.com. Check out the first episode here: http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/the-wellspring-debut-first-episode-of-eight-part-tour-series-at-artistdirect-com/8771639

In addition to sponsoring the independent band’s travel on this tour, LastMinuteTravel.com is also giving away a free trip to see The Wellspring live at one of their shows. A lucky fan will win 2 round-trip flights, a hotel room, and two tickets to one of the remaining shows (tour dates below). Visit http://www.lastminutetravel.com/indie-music/sweepstakes.aspx for details on how to enter.

The Wellspring recently rereleased their self-titled debut EP with two bonus tracks. Produced by Bill Lefler (Dashboard Confessional, Ingrid Michaelson), the record’s warmth and sincerity underscore the magnetic musical chemistry between The Wellspring’s members Dov Rosenblatt and Talia Osteen. To listen, visit www.thewellspringmusic.com

Catch The Wellspring LIVE on the second leg of their tour with Pete Yorn & Ben Kweller:

4/2 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

4/3 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

4/5 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency

4/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern

4/9 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

4/10 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues

4/12 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater

4/14 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues

4/16 - Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ

4/17 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom

4/21 – Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar

4/23 – Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theater

Bronze Radio Return Announce Spring Tour! New Album Out Tomorrow!– 3/28/2011

On the eve of the release of their stunning sophomore album SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE!, Bronze Radio Return is announcing plans to bring their signature raucous live set on the road this spring. The string of dates will kick-off with a show at Mercury Lounge in NYC this Saturday, April 2. The band has also announced sets at the Festival for Humanity in Vernon, NJ and the 2011 Mountain Jam Festival in Hunter Mountain, NY.

The band, who met while students at the renowned Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT, recorded the record with producer Chad Copelin who also produced their widely adored debut album, Old Time Speaker. The debut established the band’s relentless touring schedule, including an invitation to represent the Connecticut music scene by performing for President Obama at an event in Bridgeport, CT in 2010. Fan favorites “Digital Love” and “Lo-Fi” have been picked up for advertising and television licensing and the album landed on CMJ’s Top 200 Album Chart. When it came time to record their new album, the band joined Copelin on his home turf in Norman, Oklahoma, a location that had a profound effect on the album. There, the band learned firsthand the truism of the Mid-Western friendliness. Local acquaintances would stop in daily with a kind word and a new instrument to lend. Indeed, the warmth of their environs makes its way onto the album. Lush harmonies are steeped in soulful vocals, and guitars that alternate between the blues age and the most interesting innovations of the modern. Album opener “Down There” has all the warmth and wisdom of a barroom sing-along, a slightly sepia-sounding portrait of the importance of good people. The title track, “Shake, Shake, Shake” builds from subtle handclaps and foot-stomps, and as crackling guitar lines spread out, Henderson puts forth a call for listeners to get on their feet. The achingly beautiful “Rough Town,” soars and swells as the band propels its delicate verses into a crashing refrain while the foot-stomping “Broken Ocean” is destined to be a favorite of the band’s live set.

Catch Bronze Radio Return LIVE this Spring:

April 2 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY

April 9 - Port City Music Hall - Portland, ME

April 29 - World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA

April 30 - Stonehill College - Easton, MA

May 2 - DC 9 - Washington, DC

May 3 - Iron Horse Music Hall - Northampton, MA

May 4 - TT The Bear's - Boston, MA

May 5 - World Cafe Live at The Queen - Wilmington, DE

May 6 - FTC Stage One - Fairfield, CT

May 13 - The Brickhouse - Dover, NH

May 28 - Festival for Humanity - Vernon, NJ

June 4 - Mountain Jam Festival - Hunter Mountain, NY

TV ON THE RADIO release video/announce tour openers– 3/24/2011

TV on the Radio get their virtual reality on with the first video from the upcoming album Nine Types of Light. In the emotional “Will Do,” the band tackle yearning and desire. Watch the results here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXLpXu9T7j0

In just two weeks the band hits the road, starting April 8 at the Electric Factory in Philly. Openers include Celebration, Das Racist, Glasser, Light Asylum and Lissie Trullie. Select dates appear below.

Even if you can’t make it out to see the band live, pre-orders are up and available for the ordering. The pre-order includes an instant download of “Will Do” plus the full album and will include the following deluxe material: All Falls Down Will Do (Switch Remix) Will Do (XXXchange Dancehall Mix) Troubles (iTunes Exclusive bonus track) Will Do (instrumental – iTunes pre-order only bonus track)

iTunes Pre-order link: http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=Ewg5bHnsCSQ&offerid=78941&type=3&subid=0&u1=interscope.com&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FplayListId%253D424045571&s=143441

For super-fans, special custom package pre-orders are available on the TVOTR website, www.tvontheradio.com . This will include pre-orders on vinyl, deluxe CD . plus custom deluxe fan packs that will include the following:

- Nine Types Of Light movie poster

- Limited Edition t-shirt designed by Alex Holden

- Signed still image from the movie (limited to 500 only)

- A download of the full Nine Types of Light movie in 1080p HD

TV ON THE RADIO TOUR DATES!!! OPENERS ANNOUNCED!

April

8 Electric Factory, Philadelphia PA w/Celebration and Saturn Never Sleeps.

9 Jefferson Theatre, Charlottesville VA w/Celebration.

10 Rams Head, Baltimore MD w/Celebration.

13 Radio City Music Hall, NY, NY w/Light Asylum

15 Brown University, Providence RI w/Das Racist and Lissie Trullie

16 House of Blues, Boston MA w/Lissie Trullie

17 Metropolis, Montreal Quebec w/Lissie Trullie

18 Sound Academy, Toronto w/Lissie Trullie

20 St. Andrew Halls, Detroit MI w/Lissie Trullie

22 Metro, Chicago IL w/Glasser

23 First Ave, Minneapolis MN w/Glasser

24 First Ave, Minneapolis MN w/Glasser

26 Ogden, Denver CO w/Glasser

May

2 - 4th and B, San Diego, CA w/Glasser

Depeche Mode Releases Remixes 2: 81-11 on June 7th!– 3/23/2011

On June 7, 2011, Depeche Mode will release Remixes 2: 81-11 on Mute. An inspiring collection of new and classic mixes of material covering their entire career, the album includes remixes of tracks from their 1981 debut Speak And Spell, through to 2009's Sounds Of The Universe, and is the follow-up to 2004's million-plus selling Remixes 81-04. These remixes reinforce Depeche Mode’s standing as one of the world’s most influential and innovative acts.

Depeche Mode have been at the forefront of remix culture for the best part of three decades and this new compilation includes classic mixes from M83, UNKLE, Trentemøller, François Kervorkian and Dan The Automator, alongside all-new mixes from Stargate, Eric Prydz, Karlsson & Winnberg (from Miike Snow) and Röyksopp. In addition to this, the expanded editions include exclusive remixes by former band members Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder - the first time either artist has remixed tracks for their former colleagues.

Remixes 2: 81-11 will be available in two different CD formats; Single and Triple Disc versions.

Highlights from the selection of classic mixes include reworkings of "Dream On" from 2001’s Exciter, "Suffer Well," "John the Revelator" and "A Pain That I’m Used To" from 2006’s Playing The Angel and "In Chains," "Peace" and "Wrong" from 2009’s Sounds Of The Universe, while the new mixes include "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and "Puppets" from 1981's Speak And Spell, "Never Let Me Down Again" and "Behind The Wheel" from Music For The Masses as well as "A Question Of Time" from 1986's Black Celebration. Lead single "Personal Jesus", from 1990's Violator, also features several strong remixes as part of the package.

Depeche Mode belongs to a select premier league of groups who have survived from the early 1980s with their ideals, creative vision and core members intact. Formed in 1981, Depeche Mode – Martin Gore, Dave Gahan and Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher – continue to win critical and commercial acclaim across the world both in the studio and on the road. All of the band’s 11 studio albums have reached the Top Ten in not only the UK and USA but 20 plus countries around the world including Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Belgium. All told the band has sold more than 95 million albums worldwide. For more information please go to www.depechemode.com.

Anna Calvi Announces Spring Tour Dates; Video Premiere for Blackout on MTV– 3/23/2011

Anna Calvi’s stunning self-titled debut, released on Domino Records earlier this month is an astonishingly confident and charismatic record focusing on the unique strengths of her songwriting, incredible vocals and striking mastery of the fret board. With early positioning as one of 2011’s break out stars, Calvi most recently landed in the Sunday New York Times where her music was lauded as “…cinematic, larger than life. As Ms. Calvi sings about the overpowering forces of heavenly love and demonic passion, she can go from whisper to cataclysm in four minutes, and she regularly does.”

Anna Calvi has been feted across Europe as one of the most exciting new artists in recent memory. Tours with Grinderman, Arctic Monkeys and Interpol were coupled with magazine covers in the UK, France and Italy where Calvi's smoldering passion and astonishing live shows made her an instant icon. She is now set to make her live debut stateside, with a nationwide spring tour, kicking off in Philadelphia on May 23rd.

Anna’s intimate backing band consists of Mally Harpaz on guitar, harmonium and percussion, and Daniel Maiden-Wood on drums.

Last week, MTV premiered the music video for “Blackout”, directed by Michael Baldwin. Check it out on their website here: http://www.mtvu.com/music/video-premiere/anna-calvi-blackout/ or on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo267BTLnZk

See Anna Calvi Live:

5/23 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s

5/25 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

5/27 Toronto, ON El Mocambo

5/28 Chicago, IL Schuba’s Tavern

5/29 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club

6/1 Seattle, WA The Crocodile

6/2 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret

6/5 San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord

6/7 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour

http://myspace.com/annacalvi

CITY AND COLOUR - New LP Little Hell to be released 6/7!– 3/23/2011

Dallas Green will be releasing his 3rd solo album as a singer-songwriter under the moniker CITY AND COLOUR on Vagrant Records. The album titled Little Hell is scheduled for release on June 7th, 2011 and is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2008’s Bring Me Your Love, which was certified platinum in Green’s native Canada. Alternately sparse and inviting, intense and delicate, Little Hell shows music fans another side of Green’s incredible songwriting skills, and features some of his finest songs to date. The track listing for Little Hell is listed below.

Little Hell was recorded earlier this winter at Catherine North Studios in Hamilton, ON with producer/engineer/mixer Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, Mars Volta, Death Cab For Cutie). Fans got a sneak preview of a brand new track from the upcoming album when an alternate version of the song titled “Northern Wind” recently made its debut on a special Valentine’s Day episode of the hit series One Tree Hill. Green performed on the episode as part of the show’s story line.

Little Hell – named after the album’s title track, a song that explores the little heavens and little hells that comprise a relationship – is the first of Green’s albums to be recorded and mixed to tape. This sonic move ultimately resulted in the album’s warm immediacy, allowing the songs to take on a spaciousness previously unheard in City and Colour albums. The record allows Green to highlight all of the facets of his songwriting, from Blues-tinged rockers to pedal steel-soaked acoustic gems. Songs like “Northern Wind” have a beautiful intimacy, as if Green is in the same room and singing right to you, while “Sorrowing Man” is dark and brooding, anchored by an ominous organ in the chorus. The record also highlights Green’s impressive vocal range, from driving a full band on the rousing chorus of “Natural Disaster” or sighing mellifluously on opener “We Found Each Other in the Dark.”

Green – who has won Juno’s (Canadian Grammy’s) for ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (2007), SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (2009) – has enjoyed incredible success around the globe. In addition to fronting rock band Alexisonfire and selling out theaters that hold thousands of people in North America when he tours as City and Colour, Green has a rabid fan base abroad; his City and Colour show at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall in April 2011 sold out in mere hours. He will also be playing select shows in the U.S. this spring, highly anticipated stops at this year’s Coachella and Sasquatch festivals. Watch this space for additional info.

Little Hell Track Listing:

We Found Each Other in the Dark

Natural Disaster

The Grand Optimist

Little Hell

Fragile Bird

Northern Wind

O’Sister

Weightless

Sorrowing Man

Silver and Gold

Hope for Now

Upcoming CITY AND COLOUR Shows:

03-22 Los Angeles, LA – El Rey Theatre (SOLD OUT)

03-29 Chicago, IL – Park West (SOLD OUT)

03-31 New York, NY – Webster Hall (SOLD OUT)

04.05 Sydney, AUS – Enmore (SOLD OUT)

04.06 Sydney, AUS – Enmore (SOLD OUT)

04.07 Melbourne, AUS – The Palace (SOLD OUT)

04.08 Brisbane, AUS – The Tivoli (SOLD OUT)

04.10 Adelaide, AUS – HQ (SOLD OUT)

04.11 Perth, AUS – Astor Theatre (SOLD OUT)

04.17 Indio, CA – COACHELLA

04.25 London, UK – Royal Albert Hall (SOLD OUT)

05-29 George, WA @ SASQUATCH (SOLD OUT)

07-01 Kent, UK – Hop Farm Festival

www.cityandcolour.ca

BOY & BEAR Release iTunes Live: SXSW EP TODAY!– 3/23/2011

Are you one of the unfortunate who did not make it to Austin for SXSW this year, thus missing one of this year’s most exciting international acts, Boy & Bear? Fear not, friend: iTunes Live: SXSW has come to your rescue! While in Austin, iTunes recorded the band’s performance at the Billboard Official Showcase, and have released an exclusive, five-song live recording of the showcase, available for sale in the iTunes Store NOW!

A sneak peek of the iTunes Live EP – a recording of the band’s infectious song “Mexican Mavis” - can be heard now courtesy of Nylon Magazine’s website: http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=6065.

Mixing swoon-worthy harmonies, gorgeous acoustic instrumentation and the catchiest of melodies, Australia’s Boy & Bear are primed to be the next band to be catapulted onto the international stage. Hot off the heels of charming the hell out of the Austin masses, Boy & Bear are jumping into the studio with acclaimed producer Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, My Morning Jacket) to record their debut album, set for release later into 2011.

To say the last year has been a whirlwind for Boy & Bear would not only be a cliché, but also an understatement. Since the band’s dulcet tones first hypnotized listeners via the Aussie radio waves in 2009, Boy & Bear has steadily become one of Australia’s most hotly-tipped exports. With the release of one five-song EP, entitled With Emperor Antarctica, the band quickly found themselves on Australia’s national tastemaker station, Triple J. Soon after, they were asked to tour Australia with the likes of folk rock luminaries such as Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Angus & Julia Stone. Eventually, the band made their way over to England, supporting Marling throughout the UK, and winning over audiences night after night. Following a slew of incredible shows in Austin for SXSW, they’re poised to take America by storm.

Click below to hear the brand new Alison Krauss Album Paper Airplane– 3/22/2011

Soundgardens LIVE on I-5 out Next Week* Listen NOW!– 3/15/2011

Soundgarden fans, rejoice! The day is almost here. Reuniting after a 13-year absence to a thunderous roar, Soundgarden - Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron - are releasing their first-ever collection of live tracks, Live on I-5, on March 22 through UMe. Stream the full album from Soundgarden’s Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Soundgarden?sk=app_178091127385 and pre-order the album http://www.soundgardenworld.com/shop! The band also recently announced that they are together in the studio writing and rehearsing with plans to release their first album of new material in over a decade. Get the details in Kim Thayil’s interview with RollingStone.com http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/soundgarden-prepare-live-album-plot-return-to-studio-20110218.

Titled Live on I-5 – a reference to the Interstate 5 which runs up and down the West Coast – the new collection compiles live tracks from a 1996 run by the band and captures the band at the height of their recording and touring career. This carefully selected compilation includes fan favorites like “Spoonman”, “Rusty Cage”, “Burden In My Hand,” and “Black Hole Sun” (performed by Chris Cornell solo), as well what insiders are calling the definitive live performance of “Jesus Christ Pose.” As a bonus, the disc includes two brilliantly inspired covers: The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” and The Stooges’ anarchic proto-punk classic, “Search & Destroy.” The band took out recording engineer, Adam Kasper with them on the West Coast leg of this tour- the first time they ever recorded any live shows. They rented a mobile 24 track machine/truck and recorded the gigs on 2" tape. Soundgarden had always intended to release it as a live record soon after the tour, but alas, they disbanded and the tapes were left in the closet of Studio X in Seattle (now called Bad Animals) to gather dust until now.

Live versions of “Black Hole Sun”, “Spoonman”, “Jesus Christ Pose” and “Fell On Black Days” have hit KNDD and KISW radio waves in the band’s hometown of Seattle, WA to an outpouring of excitement. Serving as just a sample of what is to come on the full album, the collection captures the rawness, spontaneity and magic that happens at live gigs between Soundgarden and their audiences. It cements the band’s place in rock history and shows why their appeal is as strong and as timeless as ever. “Most live records don’t capture the primal, poetic power that Soundgarden’s Live on I-5 does. In fact, most studio records don’t either, but that’s another story” said ArtistDirect.com.

WATCH: Amazon.com recently posted an exclusive live video of Soundgarden performing “Rusty Cage” at Lollapalooza last year http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/store/B000APWNEQ/. Pre-orders available.

DURAN DURAN Announce American Express Unstaged Concert- Directedby DAVID LYNCH– 3/14/2011

Duran Duran will kick-off the second year of “Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express” on March 23rd at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. The event (featuring all four original members: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor) comes one day after the physical release of their 14-track, critically acclaimed 13th studio album ALL YOU NEED IS NOW (S-Curve Records). Duran Duran’s performance will mark the first time an artist is playing the “Unstaged” music series from Los Angeles. Upon release, tickets for Duran Duran’s performance at the Mayan Theatre sold out in under five minutes.

The 2011 “Unstaged” kick-off performance will be live-streamed at 10:00PM ET / 7:00PM PT at www.YouTube.com/DuranDuranVEVO. American Express, in partnership with VEVO and YouTube, will provide Duran Duran fans worldwide with access to the performance. “Unstaged” coincides with anticipated sets at Ultra Music Festival and Coachella and a run of select, intimate North American April album release shows, which include newly added dates in Pomona, CA, Toronto, ON and Boston, MA. Award-winning filmmaker David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive), known for his unique cinematic style that masterfully blends imagery and sound design, has been enlisted to capture the performance, providing fans with a visually stunning home viewing experience. A sneak peak of what to expect from David Lynch and “Unstaged” is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go98Oa10QR4 .

Speaking from a rehearsal studio in London where they are preparing for the ‘Unstaged’ show, lead singer Simon Le Bon said: “We are all beyond delighted that David Lynch has agreed to direct this show for us. It’s a dream come true quite frankly. We are all such fans of his work and think he has a creative vision like no other. In talking to him about what he is planning, we all believe this live-streamed performance is going to look nothing like anyone has ever seen before. We can’t wait.”

“I am very excited about this opportunity to experiment with the band, Duran Duran, at the Mayan Theater on March 23rd,” said filmmaker David Lynch. “The idea is to try and create on the fly, layers of images permeating Duran Duran on the stage. A world of experimentation and hopefully some happy accidents.”

Bringing the in-concert and at-home viewing experiences to entirely new heights, “Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express” showcases some of the music industry’s most breakthrough artists playing at landmark venues across the country, while tapping some of today’s most influential filmmakers to direct the live-streams and using digital and social media to connect the online audience to the live shows in unexpected ways.

American Express® Cardmembers and fans can digitally interact with the live-stream both before and during the performance in the following ways: Choose Your Cam: The audience can control their viewing experience throughout the show by switching between the director’s main stream and alternate “Lynchian” artistic lenses on the night. “The Now Pulse” Crowd Visualizer: Further uniting the audiences at the show and at home, this new interactive project will create a real-time visualization of crowd excitement based on social chatter online. When the social buzz reaches a climax, a special Duran Duran memento will be unlocked for fans everywhere. “All Of Us Now” Photo Project: Audiences worldwide will collaborate with David Lynch in an on-stage and online art installation, by submitting photos. In true Lynch style, the photos will be showcased on surreal displays throughout the night. Visit www.YouTube.com/DuranDuranVEVO to find out more and submit videos. Online Pre Show: Building anticipation of the night, viewers who tune in early to the live-stream will catch an exclusive segment directed by David Lynch. Tweet The Band: Fans can Tweet questions to #amexduranduran for a chance to have them answered by the band in a series of Pre-Show vignettes.

MONA Announce North American Spring Tour!– 3/14/2011

After invading ipods, airwaves and households across the pond, Nashville 4-piece Mona have brought their infectious rock n’ roll back home and will be taking their live show on the road! They will be making their way across the Midwest and East Coast with Joy Formidable in support of their forthcoming debut album - produced by lead singer Nick Brown and mixed by Rich Costey (Muse, Interpol, Audioslave). Kicking off the run of dates at their first-ever stop at SXSW and wrapping up in NYC, U.S. fans will have a chance to see why the band was included in the BBC Sound of 2011 poll, voted MTV UK’s Brand New for 2011, and performed on Later with Jools Holland with just one single to their name. Full list of dates below!

Mona’s style is a nod to the 50’s; with Elvis Presley swagger, Johnny Cash grit, and James Dean suave, it is impossible to deny their unbridled talent and distinct sound. Mona makes arm-pumping, vein-pulsing, knee-shaking, sing-your-lungs-out music – each note is a reminder that true rock & roll is not going anywhere.

Mona’s first single “Listen to Your Love” is available now at iTunes and all digital retailers. Look for the 7” of the track made for Record Store Day (http://recordstoreday.com/CustomPage/614) on April 16. Check out the video for the single http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YVY3JYgWHs and catch their track “Brick Shoes” http://www.spin.com/articles/download-meet-hot-nashville-rockers-mona.

TOUR DATES IN FULL: *with Joy Formidable

3/16 Austin, TX @ SXSW, Official Showcase – 10:00 PM

3/17 Austin, TX @ SXSW, Rolling Stone party – 3:00 PM

3/22 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *

3/24 Durham, NC @ Duke Coffee House *

3/25 Washington, DC @ Black Cat *

3/26 Albany, NY @ Valentine’s *

3/28 Pawtucket, RI @ The Met *

3/29 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *

3/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *

3/31 Princeton, NJ @ Terrace Club at Princeton University *

4/4 Columbus, OH @ The Basement *

4/5 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *

4/6 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *

4/21 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory

youtube.com/monatheband *www.monatheband.com

Ms Lauryn Hill- Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series-New Dates Announced!– 3/11/2011

The legendary GRAMMY Award winning MC, vocalist, producer and songwriter, Ms. Lauryn Hill, has announced dates for her Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series. The series will kick off in Orlando, FL on March 16thand hit 12 cities across the country including sets at Miami’s Jazz in the Gardens Festival on March 19th, this year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival on April 15th and then wrapping at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 7th (full routing below). More dates to be announced in the coming weeks. In addition, Ms. Hill has also announced the creation of @MsHillMvngTrgt on Twitter as the definitive source for news, highlights and updates for the Moving Target Series as well as a place for her to communicate directly with her supporters.

Of these playdates Ms. Hill says, "One of the benefits of playing venues smaller than the ones I'm used to allows me the opportunity to not only reconnect with my supporters but to expose them to a portion of the musical journey I've been on which the world for the most part has not had access to. I've never shied away from being musically adventurous, nor am I known for being a lightweight when it comes to lyrical content or musical exploration. These more intimate playdates afford me the time to perform for listeners who haven't heard from me over the past several years or have been misinformed by the inaccuracies in some media coverage, many of which I might add, I find very amusing. Getting back out there to perform is a lot like resuming a strenuous sport after having been away from it for a while, but eventually the muscle-memory kicks in and each day brings progressive strength. It's an exciting and REAL process which these audiences will get to witness."

Ms. Hill recently ended a set of dates last month playing venues predominantly on the Eastern half of the country, which included performances at the Sundance Festival in Park City Utah and an exclusive party held during Fashion Week celebrating the opening of Alexander Wang's New York City Flagship store. Ms. Hill has been performing an innovative set list of classic material, evolved but faithful to the rigor, soulfulness and power of the original music from her iconic and groundbreaking solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as well as classic Fugee numbers and a few covers honoring some of the music that Ms. Hill grew up influenced by.

OFFICIAL LIST OF DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

3/16 Orlando, FL House of Blues

3/19 Miami, FL Jazz in the Gardens Festival

3/23 Tampa, FL The Ritz

3/26 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues

3/30 Atlanta, GA Center Stage

4/3 Oahu, HI Aloha Tower

4/9 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Hall

4/12 San Francisco, CA The Warfield

4/15 Indio, CA Coachella Music and Arts Festival

4/18 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia

4/23 Denver, CO The Fillmore

5/7 New Orleans, LA Jazz and Heritage Festival

For more information, please visit @MsHillMvngTrgt

TV ON THE RADIO Offer FREE Song– 3/10/2011

NEW YORK, NY…TV On The Radio are releasing Nine Types Of Light on April 12th, and in anticipation they are giving away a free song! Check out “Caffeinated Consciousness” below.

You can hear all the new songs on Nine Types of Light live soon, as TVOTR will hit the road on a world-wide tour. First up, the band that coined the term “shit-hot thrilling music” join the madness that is SXSW, headlining the SPIN party at Stubb’s Friday, March 18, then the MOG show at Mohawk the next day.

To celebrate the release of their fourth studio album, TV On The Radio play two great stages that week: They headline Radio City Music Hall on April 13, then The Ed Sullivan Theater for an April 14 appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. TV On The Radio continue down the tour road until, before you know it, it’s already summer and time to headline the Sunday, July 17, day of the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.

Nine Types of Light is the follow-up to the band's gorgeous, glorious 2008 release, Dear Science, which proved to be a kind of breakout release. It was named album of the year by Rolling Stone, Spin, Pitchfork, Entertainment Weekly, MTV and NPR; touring behind the album, the group sold out a year's worth of live shows across the world. This, however, did not prevent everyone from referring to TV On The Radio as a Brooklyn band.

On this album, the group takes an admittedly simpler approach to some of their songs, but TV On The Radio do not write traditional pop songs. Often, they change direction two or three times in one song - distorted guitars, sauntering and reverberating bass, a drum beat that is just the slightest bit off-center: these all give the impression that TVOTR tunes are just-barely containing an explosive amount of energy underneath itself – and that tension is nothing less than exhilarating. "Will Do" starts out with wind chimes before giving away to that trademark buzz, with Tunde Adebimpe singing about the yearning for his ungovernable, unrequited love of another. "I think the songs on this album, to me, maybe sound simpler," Tunde says. "But it just might be that we have gotten better at what we do."

“Caffeinated Consciousness” from Nine Types of Light

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17 Stubbs, Austin TX AOL event

18 Stubbs Austin TX Spin party

19 Mohawk, Austin TX MOG party

BRIGHT ANTENNA/ILG OFFICIAL SXSW SHOWCASE– 3/10/2011

Rising Bay Area indie label Bright Antenna will be partnering with ILG for their SxSW showcase this year. The Bright Antenna/ILG official SxSW showcase will take place Thursday, March 17 at Maggie Mae’s Rooftop from 8 pm to 2 am and will feature Bright Antenna artists Middle Class Rut, recently the MTV PUSH Artist of the Week and currently at #6 on Alternative Rock Radio, UK electro pop avatars Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Ours frontman Jimmy Gnecco (scroll down for complete listings). Additionally, Orchestral Maneouvres in the Dark, Middle Class Rut and Jimmy Gnecco all have additional SxSW appearances (listed below).

The label has also unveiled its new interactive website in time for SxSW, which can be viewed here: http://www.brightantenna.com/wordpress.

Bright Antenna’s current roster includes a hand-picked selection of US and international artists, including Middle Class Rut, The Wombats, whose highly anticipated new album, This Modern Glitch, is set for a April 26 release; Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, currently touring the US through March; Jimmy Gnecco, the Magic Wands (look for a new album in the fall), and Spring Tigers. The site will offer links for concert tickets along with vivid, eye-catching artist videos, news, exclusive artist content and a weekly advice column called Ask The CESG, where Tiffanie, the label’s “Chief Executive Super Goddess,” answers questions on a wide range of topics including love, sex, relationships, food, arts & literature. If you’re interested email AskTheCESG@brightantenna.com.

Thursday 3/17:

BRIGHT ANTENNA/ ILG OFFICIAL SHOWCASE @ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop Geographer: 8 – 8:25 pm (25 min set)

The Chain Gang of 1974: 8:40 – 9:10 pm (30 min set)

Jimmy Gnecco: 9:25 – 10:05 pm (40 min set)

The Lonely Forest: 10:20 – 11:05 pm (45 min set)

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: 11:20 – 11:50 am (30 min set)

Middle Class Rut: 12:05 – 12:50 am (45 min set)

Hours: 1:05 – 1:50 pm (45 min set)

ADDITIONAL BRIGHT ANTENNA ARTIST SHOWCASES

Friday – 3/18:

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

3:10 pm SPIN SXSW Bash day party @ Stubbs

1:00 am @ Stubbs (headlining)

Saturday – 3/19

Middle Class Rut

2:45 pm - Alternative Press Day Party @ Emo’s (Vans Stage)

Saturday March 19

Jimmy Gnecco

6:15 pm - Industry of Music Showcase @ The Ginger Man

ABOUT BRIGHT ANTENNA:

Taking their name from a phrase they’d admired in a song from a classic Canadian prog-rock band (pat yourself on the back if you know the reference), BRIGHT ANTENNA lives by the credo that “Music is a necessity, not a pastime.” From its inception 5 years ago, the label has assembled a carefully selected international roster of acts that reflects the personalities and astute musical tastes of its 5 founders: author/visionary /music fanatic and “Chief Executive Super Goddess” Tiffanie “Shine” DeBartolo; producer/engineer Sep V, managing Jedi Scott Schumaker, A&R kahuna and President Braden Merrick (former manager of The Killers and Rock and Roll Jeopardy aficionado); and financial advisor Ben Heldfond.

BRIGHT ANTENNA is also home to an incredible analog studio which features a Euphonix 2000M-96 digitally-controlled analog mixing desk, several options for multitrack formats, and a full complement of outboard gear including mic preamps, compressors, EQs, digital effects, and analog tape machines. Artists who have recorded at the studio include: Jimmy Gnecco, Magic Wands, Spring Tigers, Rogue Wave, Lauryn Hill and E-40.

BRIGHT ANTENNA firmly believes in the karma police, strawberry fields lasting forever, and that it’s okay if you still haven’t found what you’re looking for.

http://www.brightantenna.com/wordpress

http://twitter.com/brightantenna

DELUKA Anounce SXSW 2011 DATES– 3/10/2011

Deluka are heading to Texas for a whirlwind of shows, culminating with a headlining set at the Crash This Party house party on Friday, March 18th at a secret location. To RSVP and receive the location day of via text, click here: http://tiny.cc/6stvo Follow Crash This Party on Twitter for updates: http://twitter.com/SXSWHouseParty

With one of most exhilarating rock-driven electronic shows on the road today, Deluka’s SXSW sets are not to miss! Catch them here:

Wednesday, March 16th

2:30pm Flavorpill + The MuseBox + I Rock I Roll + The Bell House NY are AUSTIN BFFs (Day Party) @ Lipstick 24 (606 E 7th St. - Austin, Texas)

4-6PM Pepsi-Grooveshark Showcase @ Whitleys Warehouse (301 Brasos St Austin TX)

Thursday, March 17th

1PM Official Showcase @ Maggie Mays (323 East 6th Street, Austin, TX)

Friday, March 18th

1:30pm Billboard Showcase @ Buffalo Billiards (201 6th St. - Austin, TX)

3:50pm Texas Tornado @ Red Eyed Fly (715 Red River St. - Austin, TX)

8:00pm CRASH THIS HOUSE PARTY (w. Funeral Party/ Kids of 88/ K-Flay)

LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED DAY OF BY TEXT

RSVP LINK : http://tiny.cc/6stvo

Hailing from Brooklyn via Birmingham UK, Deluka generates a perfect storm of fluid electronic beats and hailing rock riffs, pulsating bass and breathtaking vocals. With electric and fearless front woman Ellie Innocenti at the helm, Deluka made early impressions on UK indie music bible NME and trendsetting culture magazine Dazed and Confused, who were among the first to tip the band. Their debut album You Are The Night, was released at the end of 2010 on Vel / RED Records and boasts first single “Cascade,” which spent 9 weeks on the Top 100 Alternative Chart and won the MTVu Freshman 5 which highlights the most promising of emerging new talent. Their second single, “OMFG” was released in early 2011 and has been running up the alternative chart.

Check out the new music video for “OMFG” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPDZms4jts

*To request an interview or review tickets, reach out!*

Arctic Monkeys to Release 4th Album, Suck It and See, on June 7th!– 3/10/2011

Suck It and See features 12 new Arctic Monkeys’ songs and was produced by James Ford at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. The album was engineered by James Brown and mixed by Craig Silvey.

The album will be available on CD, vinyl and via digital download. The tracklisting for Suck It and See is as follows:

1. She’s Thunderstorms

2. Black Treacle

3. Brick by Brick

4. The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala

5. Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair

6. Library Pictures

7. All My Own Stunts

8. Reckless Serenade

9. Piledriver Waltz

10. Love is a Laserquest

11. Suck It and See

12. That’s Where You’re Wrong

Arctic Monkeys are Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders. They haven’t performed in North America since criss-crossing the country in the wake of the release of Humbug, their acclaimed third album. The band posted a video preview of brand new song “Brick by Brick” on their website late last week.

Their upcoming North American tour dates in full:

5/17 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

5/18 Philadelphia, PA The Electric Factory

5/19 Boston, MA House Of Blues

5/21 Toronto, ON Kool Haus

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5/22 Montreal, QC Olympia de Montreal

5/24 New York, NY Rumsey Playfield

5/26 Detroit, MI Clutch Cargoes

5/27 Milwaukee, WI The Rave

5/28 Minneapolis, MN First Ave

5/30 Denver, CO The Ogden Theatre

5/31 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue

6/3 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium

www.arcticmonkeys.com www.dominorecordco.us

Hear The Pains of Being Pure at Heart on a Button! Wear Them, Too!– 3/10/2011

New York (NY)…The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will be releasing their upcoming album Belong (Slumberland/Collective Sounds) on CD, digitally, on vinyl, on colored vinyl, and on a motherfucking button dude!

Playbutton pairs the concept of a great album with the classic fan button, and for people who love music it’s a great way to wear your Pains Heart on your lapel. This wearable MP3 has your same basic technology sense as your iPod - with much better fashion sense. Emblazoned with the band’s album artwork, plug in some ear buds and, like an album, you can play, pause, skip and control the volume with the touch of a button; but unlike an album it is powered by a rechargeable lithium battery.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are powered by a fanatic love of music; a band who tends to spend most interviews talking about how barely-remembered underground pop bands of the 80s and 90s are far superior to their own music (never mind that Pitchfork says they "could be the most promising indie pop group around"). Recorded with the production and mixing team of Flood (Depeche Mode, U2) and Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride), Belong unleashes added power, while retaining all the sweet sweet melodies that still hit that pop spot. Spin says Flood and Moulder give Belong “a widescreen ‘I Melt With You’ swoon and remind the rhythm section that My Bloody Valentine could be a dance band,” and Pitchfork gave the single "Heart in Your Heartbreak "Best New Music,” stating "It's immediately appealing in the same way their debut was." You can get a preview of Belong, at SXSW (full dates below), or if you’re not making the trip to Austin, check them out on The Late Show with David Letterman on March 22nd.

The Playbutton version of Belong will be available on release day March 29th online at www.openingceremony.us, www.newmuseum.org or http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/

For more information, go to www.playbutton.co

“Fifteen pieces of flair are the minimum required to work here. But there is no limit to how many pieces of flair you can wear. Now Brian over there is sporting 37 pieces of flair. Each piece represents how much he cares about being an individual and being a team player. You see, you can be both at once . . . somehow. But that's not important. What's important is the flair.” --Office Space

Bright Eyes Add Tour Dates;Announce Additional Support by M Ward on Select Dates– 3/9/2011

It has been just about a month since the release of Bright Eyes’ seventh studio album, The People’s Key (out February 15th on Saddle Creek), and what a month it has been! The band has returned stateside after playing a string of sold out dates in Europe. After an explosive set on The Late Show With David Letterman, the celebrated Nebraskan band kicked off their massive U.S. tour in Miami to rave reviews. Tonight they are set to headline a sold out performance, their second night at New York City’s legendary Radio City Music Hall. They are now announcing additional dates with support by Dawes and M Ward who are each set to join them on select performances.

Since 2006 the once revolving cast of Bright Eyes players has settled around permanent members Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott with an array of talented musicians joining them in the studio and on tour.

Please visit www.conoroberst.com for full details on all tour dates!

Catch Bright Eyes Live (new dates):

4/11 Reno, NV Knitting Factory Concert House +

6/7 Louisville, KY Iroquois Amphitheater%

6/8 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion - Indoors%

6/9 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AC - Indoors%

6/10 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for Performing Arts% ***

6/11 Vienna, VA Filene Center At Wolf Trap% ***

* w/ Cursive

^ w/ Superchunk and WILD FLAG

# w/ Mynabirds

**w/ The Felice Brothers, Middle Brother and Man Man

@ w/ Titus Andonicus

^^ w/ Conduits

+ w/ Farmer Dave Scher

## w/ Jenny And Johnny

% w/ Dawes

*** w/ M Ward

Hollerado Announce NACHO HOUSE Party at SXSW!!– 3/8/2011

Hollerado are heading back to Austin, Texas this year for a triumphant return to SXSW with multiple shows including one of their now famous NACHO HOUSE parties.

NACHO HOUSE is a tradition the Ontario-bred band first established at Pop Montreal and have taken to SXSW twice before.

The idea is simple: free nachos, cheap beer and good music. And this time, they're equipped with their very own brand of hot sauce - Hollerado’s Hot & Healthy - available for sale at every show.

"Nacho House is basically just an excuse to throw a party for our friends from all over who have come to the festival," explains Hollerado singer Menno Versteeg. "Last year we had two toaster ovens making nachos all day. This year we are gonna try and make three stacks of three toaster ovens for maximum nacho output!"

New Yorkers can catch a sneak peek of Hollerado’s set this Friday, March 11th when the band plays Bowery Ballroom with Fang Island. HOLLERADO has become one of the most lovable groups on the planet thanks to insanely catchy and energetic guitar pop, boundless creativity and a relentless DIY approach. In the last year they've played with some of the hottest names in music including Weezer, Titus Andronicus, Girl Talk, Fucked Up, Black Lips, Fang Island, and Gang of Four and released a viral video for "Americanarama" that gained international attention and features from Fader, Paste, MTV and countless other outlets. The band is also nominated for a Juno Award for New Group of the Year.

HOLLERADO'S NACHO HOUSE

PRESENTED BY POP MONTREAL & BAMM.TV

MARCH 17 @ BEAUTY BAR ON 7TH STREET

12-6? TWO STAGES

INDOOR STAGE

12noon Palmbomen

1:00pm Superhumanoids

2:00pm The Moondoggies

3:00pm The Ferocious Few

4:00pm The Soft White Sixties

5:00pm Hollerado

OUTDOOR STAGE

12:30pm Malajube

1:30pm Uncle Bad Touch

2:30pm Esben & the Witch

3:30pm PS I Love Youv

4:30pm Cadence Weapon

5:30pm Mister Heavenly

HOLLERADO AT SXSW 2011

WEDNESDAY MARCH 16

The Midgetmen's Texas Jumpstart 4 party @Hole In The Wall - 3PM

Official Showcase @ Antone's - 9PM

THURSDAY MARCH 17

NACHO HOUSE @ Beauty Bar - 5PM

SATURDAY MARCH 19

Consequence of Sound / Axis of Audio party @ The Rumbler - 3:20PM

M For Montreal & CBC RADIO 3 Official SXSW Daytime Party @ Red Eye Fly - 4:30PM

Cheeseburger Announce Sophomore Release "Another Big Night Down The Drain"– 3/8/2011

Cheeseburger, the Brooklyn-based party band that has made quite the name for itself in the New York music scene with its party-popping self-title first album, announced today the release of its sophomore album, Another Big Night Down the Drain. The 11-song release from the band’s new label, Williams Street Records, will drop May 3 on both CD and digital download. Original band members Joe Bradley (vocals), Luke Crotty (Drums) and Christy Karacas (Guitar) are now joined by Jayson Green (vocals), Christian Gordy (Bass) and Eric Dufresne (Guitar) on the release, and the result is a bigger sound, but the same riff heavy garage punk vibe that fans have come to expect.

Cheeseburger’s self-titled 2006 debut was released to worldwide acclaim, as critics were awestruck by their frenzied and gritty garage punk sound garnering the band’s comparisons to the likes of the Stooges and the Dickies. As the editors of Pitchfork put it, “Rather than copy some Motley Crue Cliché and wind up sounding like Jet or Louis XIV, Cheeseburger toy with rock archetypes the way a big cat teases its prey.”

Another Big Night Down the Drain boasts all of the same brawn but adds even more bite. The record’s bigger sound transports this group of party seekers to a whole new level musically, with a thematic album telling the tale of one poor sap’s adventurous night on the town. Tracks on the album include:

1. Party Song

2. Winner

3. Big Night

4. Tight Jeans

5. Jellybean

6. Bobby’s Theme

7. Deep In The Cups

8. Gina

9. Suzy

10. Roll Like That

11. Good Time Charlie

To support the album release, Cheeseburger will bring the party to Austin and perform four live shows at this year’s South by Southwest festival from Tuesday, March 15 through Friday, March 18. Fans can catch them on Tuesday at the Panache Pre-SXSW party at the Scoot Inn, Wednesday at the AnSo Day Party at Spider House, Thursday at the Vice Showcase at Club De Ville or Friday at Lyndon James Stockbauer’s Day of the Degenerates party at The Longbranch Inn. If you’re attending South by Southwest, be sure to take Brooklyn Vegan’s advice: “If you've never experienced the mayhem that is one of their shows, now is the time.”

Additionally, music from Another Big Night Down the Drain will be featured throughout the upcoming season of Adult Swim's Superjail!, the animated comedy co-created by the band's guitarist Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick (Beavis and Butthead, Daria). The second season of the series following the chaotic characters and antics from the world's most violent prison will debut on Adult Swim this spring.

Spiritualized Sign To Fat Possum; Announce Royal Albert Hall Show;New Album Fall 2011– 3/8/2011

Currently at work on their soon-to-be-completed 7th album, Spiritualized have signed to Fat Possum Records for North America. The new album will be released in the Fall. The band have also announced plans for a show at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall on October 11th, 2011 . Tickets go on sale March 11th at 9am.

While it’s been three years since the release of acclaimed album Songs In A&E, Spiritualized have been busy in the interim. July last year saw them stage a spectacular orchestral performance of their 1997 masterpiece Ladies And Gentlemen…We Are Floating In Space at Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall. Led by enigmatic frontman Jason Spaceman, Spiritualized are widely regarded as one of the most significant British rock bands of the past 20 years.

Based in Oxford, Mississippi Fat Possum Records has produced a steady stream of formidable releases in its 19 year history, including albums from The Black Keys, R.L Burnside, Andrew Bird, Junior Kimbrough, Band Of Horses, Dinosaur Jr, Townes Van Zandt, T. Rex, WAVVES and The Walkmen.

www.spiritualized.com

For more information on Spiritualized contact Chloe Walsh at Press Here – 212 246 2640. Chloe(at)PressHerePublicity.com For more information on Fat Possum: www.fatpossum.com

Arctic Monkeys Announce North American Tour!– 3/7/2011

The Monkeys are back! It’s been well over a year since US audiences had a chance to witness the infectious energy of an Arctic Monkeys live show but music fans can delight in today’s news that the English 4-piece have announced plans to play a string of coast-to-coast shows this spring. Kicking off in our nation’s capitol on May 17th and wrapping up at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on June 3rd, the tour includes a return to New York City’s renowned Summer Stage in Central Park on May 24th. Presale and ticket information is available at ArcticMonkeys.com/ click here.

Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders - haven’t performed in North America since criss-crossing the country in the wake of the release of Humbug, their acclaimed third album. Fans can expect to hear some eagerly awaited new material – the band posted a video preview of brand new song “Brick By Brick” on their website late last week.

Their upcoming US tour dates in full:

5/17 Washington, DC 930 Club

5/18 Philadelphia, PA Knitting Factory

5/19 Boston, MA House Of Blues

5/21 Toronto, ON Kool Haus

5/22 Montreal, QC L’Olympia

5/24 New York, NY Summer Stage

5/26 Detroit, MI Clutch Cargoes

5/27 Milwaukee, WI The Rave

5/28 Minneapolis, MN First Ave

5/30 Denver, CO The Ogden Theatre

5/31 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue

6/3 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium

For more information on the Arctic Monkeys please go to www.arcticmonkeys.com.

Imagination Movers Announce Partnership with SonyCyber-shotR for Nationwide Tour!– 3/3/2011

Disney Junior's Emmy Award-winning Imagination Movers have announced they’ve partnered with Sony Cyber-shot® digital cameras for their nationwide "In a Big Warehouse" concert tour, which kicked off earlier this month. The first partnership of this kind for the Movers, the guys will incorporate an in-show integration with the Cyber-shot cameras during their song "Take a Picture," where they will take a photo of the audience. As a special keepsake, Sony will also be coordinating a fan photo program, where attendees can get their picture taken in the lobby against a special Movers branded backdrop. Photos will be printed and given away at the end of the show. In addition, the Movers will also be doing a series of in-store events at ‘Sony Style’ locations across the country (full list of dates below). Fans who attend the in-store event will receive a special discount on select Cyber-shot cameras and have a chance to both meet the Movers and have their photos taken together.

"We've worked hard to make Imagination Movers a name people associate with smart music and television for families. Now we're thrilled that our song 'Take a Picture' has allowed us to partner with Sony, one of the most iconic and trusted brands in the world of entertainment. It's an exciting opportunity for us." said Mover Rich Collins.

Sony Style In-Store Locations are as follows:

2/28 Fashion Valley San Diego, CA

3/1 Washington Square Mall Portland, OR

3/4 University Village Store Seattle, WA

3/11 Cherry Creek Shopping Center Denver, CO

4/7 Copley Place Boston, MA

4/11 Menlo Park Mall Edison, NJ

5/2 Roosevelt Field Garden City, NY

5/7 NY Flagship Store New York, NY

5/13 Tysons Corner Center Washington, DC

On SUNDAY, MARCH 6 (6:00 p.m., ET/PT), Disney Junior will present "Imagination Movers in Concert," a 45-minute primetime special featuring more than a dozen songs from the hit "Imagination Movers" television series. Premiering during Mardi Gras week on Disney Channel, the concert was filmed before a sold-out crowd at the Lakefront Arena in the Movers' hometown of New Orleans. The series is currently in its third season. Since signing with Walt Disney Records in 2008, the Imagination Movers have sold more than 100,000 albums, received multiple awards and earned critical praise from the Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly and many other media outlets. Their newest release, In a Big Warehouse, the soundtrack for the second season of the television series, hit the charts last fall, debuting at #2 on Billboard’s Top New Artist Albums chart and bowing at #3 on Billboard’s Children’s Chart. The Imagination Movers television series, which features the blue-suited band as brainstormers working hard to solve “Idea Emergencies” in their Idea Warehouse, is a hit with audiences around the world, airing in over 59 countries/territories and in 12 languages since September 2008. The Imagination Movers are Collins, a former journalist and father of five; Scott Durbin, a teacher and father of two; Dave Poche, an architect and father of two; and Scott "Smitty" Smith, a New Orleans firefighter who was part of the Hurricane Katrina search and rescue effort.

www.imaginationmovers.com

Def Leppard Announce the Release of First-Ever LIVE Album ‘MIRRORBALL’ this Summer!– 3/2/2011

Def Leppard, Great Britain’s premier arena rock band, have announced the release of their first-ever live album, Mirrorball, out this summer. The live album was recorded across the world over the course of many of the band’s sold-out dates. Mirrorball will feature all of the classic songs that have made Def Leppard one of the most respected and beloved power rock bands in the world. The release captures the group’s legendary concert experience at its thunderous best, bringing together live versions of classic Leppard hits such as “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” “Rock of Ages,” “Foolin',” “Hysteria,” “Photograph” and an incredible rendition of “Bringing on the Heartache.” With their creative juices at full flow, the band has also added three new studio tracks: “Undefeated,” “It’s All About Believin’” and “Kings of the World,” that are undeniably Def Leppard. Mirrorball follows the band’s 2008 studio release, Live From the Sparkle Lounge, which debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top 200, marking the group’s highest chart position since 1992’s Adrenalized.

In addition to the album, Chronicle Books will be releasing Def Leppard: the Definitive Visual History, featuring photos of the band by legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin. His fully authorized visual history of the band follows them from the new wave of British heavy metal to their massive Pyromania and Hysteria albums to the sustained power of their records and tours today. The book will be available this June.

Last month, Def Leppard announced their triumphant return to US stages with a summer tour kicking off on June 15 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Twenty additional shows have been confirmed for the Live Nation produced tour and are set to go on sale beginning March 11th at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com (for a list of dates please see below). Joining Def Leppard for this highly anticipated tour are Seattle rock legends Heart. Leppard's influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums -- including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria. The anthemic rock megastars have earned their stripes as one of the most enduring and successful touring acts in history. Heart showed the world that women can rock when they stormed the charts with hits like "Crazy on You," "Magic Man," "Barracuda," “Alone” and many more, a stream of hits showcasing the sisters’ enormous talents as both musicians and singers, selling more than 30 million records.

THE WOMBATS return with This Modern Glitch– 3/1/2011

Liverpool’s The Wombats return with their highly anticipated sophomore album, The Wombats proudly present … This Modern Glitch, will be released April 26, 2011 through Bright Antenna/ILG/Warners. Set to conquer the States, the band delivers 10 tracks that retain the immediacy and hook-filled sensibility of their stunning UK platinum-selling debut, 2007’s The Wombats proudly present … Guide To Love, Loss And Desperation, while introducing aggressive dance elements and a heavier, wryer lyrical bent to their infectious alt-pop. The Wombats have also unveiled the album art for This Modern Glitch (above) by legendary surrealist artist Storm Thorgerson, known for his iconic Pink Floyd album covers, as well the complete track listing for the album (see below).

The band has also released a brand new video for their compelling new single, “Anti-D,” produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M.); the track was chosen as BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe “Single of the Week.” The woozy psychedelia of the video - shot in one continuous take - addresses frontman Matthew “Murph” Murphy’s issues with depression and addiction to anti-depressants by contrasting the solemn, black-clad Murph to a colorful array of bizarre characters as he makes his way through a surreal, Technicolor world.

View the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti1W7Zu8j9k

The Wombats - “Murph” (lead guitar, lead vocals, keyboards), Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals) and Tord Øverland-Knudsen (bass, backing vocals) - will be making their US television debut on March 16 on Jimmy Kimmel Live! performing their Top 20 UK single, “Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves).” The track was a BBC Radio 1 “Single of the Week” and has already gone gold in the UK and Australia, with its witty, tongue-in-cheek. rock stars on rampage video now at over 1.4 million YouTube plays.

Recorded at NRG Recording Studios in Los Angeles, This Modern Glitch was produced with Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party) and Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, Lostprophets),with additional production prowess contributed by super-producers Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol, R.E.M.), Butch Walker (Fall Out Boy, The Donnas, Weezer).

Following the release of their debut album, The Wombats proudly present… A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation, the band’s ascendency continued unabated. The album produced a string of smash dancefloor singles – “Kill The Director,” “Let’s Dance To Joy Division” and “Backfire At The Disco – and propelled the band to become Liverpool’s biggest musical export in well over a decade.

This Modern Glitch Track Listing:

1. Our Perfect Disease

2. Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves)

3. Jump Into The Fog

4. Anti-D

5. Last Night I Dreamt…

6. Techno Fan

7. 1996

8. Walking Disasters

9. Girls/Fast Cars

10. Schumacher The Champagne

Arena Rock Legends Def Leppard Announce US Summer Tour w/ Special Guests Heart!– 2/25/2011

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 24, 2011) Def Leppard, Great Britain's premiere arena rock band, have announced that they will make their triumphant return to the US with a summer tour kicking off on June 15 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Joining Def Leppard for this highly anticipated tour are Seattle rock legends Heart. Leppard's influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums -- including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria. The anthemic rock megastars have earned their stripes as one of the most enduring and successful touring acts in history. Heart showed the world that women can rock when they stormed the charts with hits like "Crazy on You," "Magic Man," "Barracuda," “Alone” and many more, a stream of hits showcasing the sisters’ enormous talents as both musicians and singers, selling more than 30 million records. Tickets for the Live Nation produced tour will go on sale on beginning March 4th at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. Additional dates to be announced soon.

"After having had the last 18 months off, Leppard are ready to get back on the road! Add Heart to the bill and it truly makes for a special evening," says singer Joe Elliott.

" Nancy and I are really excited to be bringing Heart to the stage this summer with Def Leppard. It's going to be a powerful, monster show. The real thing. The summer of 2011 will be amazing," says singer Ann Wilson.

Citi® cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets in select cities through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

The band has partnered with I Love All Access to provide a variety of VIP ticket packages for the show, including premium seats, pre-show parties and more. For more information please visit www.defleppard.com

Def Leppard's US tour dates with Heart are as follows:

June 15 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre

June 17 Tampa, FL 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre

June 22 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte

June 24 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut

June 26 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center

June 29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion

July 2 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

July 3 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium

July 12 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

July 13 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

July 15th Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

July 20 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion

July 24 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center

August 10 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

August 21 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

August 27 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

August 31st Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre

September 14 Portland, OR Sleep Country Amphitheater

For complete ticket and tour information visit DefLeppard.com, TicketMaster.com and LiveNation.com.

Sachal Jazz: Interpretations of Jazz Standards & Bossa Nova– 2/24/2011

On April 26th, 2011 Sachal Music will proudly release Sachal Jazz: Interpretations of Jazz Standards & Bossa Nova. Recorded at Sachal Studios in Lahore, Pakistan, the album fuses some of the most famous jazz and bossa nova standards with the beauty and splendor of the Indo – Pakistan music. With interpretations of works by renowned composers such as Dave Brubeck, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Burt Bacharach, and Dave Grusin, the album creates a platform for the skilled and virtuosic music masters (‘‘Ustads’’) who would otherwise not have an outlet for their craft. The album will be distributed in the U.S. by Imagine Music.

The genesis of this unique project was the labor of love of Izzat Majeed. Establishing Sachal Studios in Lahore, Pakistan, Izzat provided the great musicians of Lahore with state-of-the art studios that created a genuine port of expression for dozens of musicians with no other outlets. In addition to offering an artistic center to a neglected community bereft of work and recognition, Sachal Studios went one step further by integrating classical south-Asian music with jazz, the most American of arts. In doing so, Sachal Jazz has created a discourse between the musical styles of the West and the East, which naturally transcends into a cultural exchange between two very different parts of the world. The project brings together some of Pakistan’s greatest musicians to form the Sachal Studios Orchestra. With initial recordings in Lahore, the album was then brought to Abbey Road Studios in London for mixing and additional instrumentation. The ensemble, led by Izzat as Executive Producer, fuses together timeless jazz with traditional classical Pakistani and Indian music, creating an elevated new sound that challenges the confines of both genres.

From the spirited opener, Brubeck’s “Take Five,” to the closing reinterpretation of “Garota de Ipanema (Raga)” (The Girl from Ipanema), Sachal Jazz is an incredible example of how re-imagined instrumentation and sonic palettes can breathe new life and a new perspective on some our most recognizable and beloved music. Izzat utilizes the track “Mountain Dance” to highlight the sheer majesty of the sitar and the incredible musicianship of sitar player Nafees Khan. On the reworked “Misty,” by Erroll Garner, Izzat portrays one of the most romantic compositions in jazz with melody lines from the sitar and the tabla with the lush rhythmic foundation of the “Ghara” or clay pot, ghungroos (ankle-bells), triangle, and tambourine. The album contains two reinterpretations of “Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema).” The first is true to the laissez-faire and feel of the original, with the Sachal Orchestra invoking a light airy feel with multiple percussive elements. The second interpretation, “Garota de Ipanema (Raga)” boldly emphasizes traditional Pakistani and Indian instrumentation and musical themes, creating an even more percussive and classically involved music.

Track listing in full:

1. Take Five (Dave Brubeck / Paul Desmond)

2. Desafinado (Antonio Carlos Jobim/Newton Mendonca)

3. Mountain Dance (Raga) (Dave Grusin)

4. Garota De Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim/ Vinicius De Moraes)

5. Misty (Errol Garner)

6. Samba De Verao (Marcos Valle Kostenbaden / Norman Gimble)

7. The Guy’s In Love With You (Burt Bacharach / Hal Davis)

8. Garota de Ipanema (Raga)

For more information on Sachal Jazz, contact: Press Here Ashley Bryan 212.246.2640 ashley@pressherepublicity.com

CITY AND COLOUR Announces New Album On Vagrant Records– 2/23/2011

Dallas Green- lead singer of acclaimed band Alexisonfire- has announced that he will be releasing his 3rd solo album as a singer-songwriter under the moniker CITY AND COLOUR on Vagrant Records. The album titled Little Hell is scheduled for release in June 2011 and is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the 2008’s Bring Me Your Love, which was certified platinum in Green’s native Canada. Billboard called the album “warm and intimate” and Alternative Press said, “picture-perfect imagery and a brutal honesty that throws back to a time when talent meant skills, not studio trickeries… an inspiring album.”

Little Hell was recorded earlier this month at Catherine North Studios in Hamilton, ON with producer/engineer/mixer Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, Mars Volta, Death Cab For Cutie). The album track listing and official release date will be confirmed in the coming weeks, however, City and Colour reveals the upcoming album artwork HERE.

Fans got a sneak preview of a brand new track from the upcoming album when an alternate version of the song titled “Northern Wind” recently made its debut on a special Valentine’s Day episode of the hit series One Tree Hill. Green performed on the episode as part of the show’s story line.

Green – who has won Juno’s (Canadian Grammy’s) for ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (2007), SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (2009), had the distinction of hosting the 2010 Juno Songwriter’s Circle.

Green will be playing select US shows and festivals this Spring, including a highly anticipated stop at this year’s SXSW, Coachella and Sasquatch festivals. Watch this space for additional info.

Upcoming CITY AND COLOUR Shows:

02-26 Halifax, NS – Celebration Square (2011 Canada Winter Games)

03-16 Austin, TX @ SXSW

03-17 Austin, TX @ St. David’s Historical Sanctuary

03-18 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s

03-19 Austin, TX @ SXSW

03-22 Los Angeles, LA – El Rey Theatre (SOLD OUT)

03-29 Chicago, IL – Park West (SOLD OUT)

03-31 New York, NY – Webster Hall (SOLD OUT)

04.05 Sydney, AUS – Enmore (SOLD OUT)

04.06 Sydney, AUS – Enmore- (SOLD OUT)

04.07 Melbourne, AUS – The Palace (SOLD OUT)

04.08 Brisbane, AUS – The Tivoli (SOLD OUT)

04.10 Adelaide, AUS – HQ (SOLD OUT)

04.11 Perth, AUS – Astor Theatre (SOLD OUT)

04.17 Indio, CA – COACHELLA

04.25 London, UK – Royal Albert Hall (SOLD OUT)

05-29 George, WA @ SASQUATCH (SOLD OUT)

www.cityandcolour.ca

White Lies Announce Nationwide Spring Tour!– 2/23/2011

London’s White Lies are thrilled to announce that they’ll be kicking off a spring run of stateside dates this May with the rescheduled New York City show happening on May 19 at Terminal 5. The 7 city run in support of their sophomore release, Ritual, will see the band giving their fans on this side of the ocean a taste of their new music in their exciting live show! From tour kick off in Boston at Paradise Rock Club on May 17 the band will hit major markets across the East Coast and Southern States before wrapping in Mexico City on May 26. White Lies made a major splash with their incredibly enigmatic 2009 debut, To Lose My Life and their highly anticipated sophomore effort Ritual is already a smash success. With high profile appearances on the likes of The Tonight Show and sold out gigs stateside this past January, you won’t want to miss your chance to snag tickets when White Lies play a city near you this spring. Nationwide summer tour to be announced shortly!

White Lies’ debut To Lose My Life launched these childhood friends (Harry McVeigh, Jack Brown, Charles Cave) from West London straight into the spotlight both on our shores as well as overseas and landed them a # 1 record in the UK as well as the honorable distinction of being MOJO’s Breakthrough Artist of 2009 and Q’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year (2009). Stateside they played to massive crowds at Coachella and Lollapalooza and found themselves performing on the Late Show with Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live. A heavy touring band, White Lies have spent the past two years on the road playing both headlining sets as well as supporting slots with artists like Coldplay and Kings of Leon. After a recent gig opening for Muse this past September at Wembley Stadium where the band launched through an incendiary set of both new and old tunes to an audience of 100,000.

White Lies' new single 'Strangers' is out on the 21st of March and the band has unveiled a brand new website for the release. www.WeAreAllStrangers.com is the place to watch the new video and connect with other White Lies fans. Just be careful... not everything is as it seems. To search for your very own perfect stranger, visit www.WeAreAllStrangers.com now.

Catch The Band On Tour This Spring!:

May 17 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

May 19 New York, NY Terminal 5

May 20 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

May 21 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse

May 24 Austin, TX Antone's

May 25 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's

May 26 Mexico City Vive Cuervo Salon

Point your browser to http://www.whitelies.com for more information or give us a shout!

Gruff Rhys Announces Full US Tour In Support Of Hotel Shampoo– 2/22/2011

Gruff Rhys has announced a full North American tour in support of his latest solo album, Hotel Shampoo. The enigmatic lead singer and songwriter for celebrated Welsh outfit Super Furry Animals, solo artist, one half of trans-Atlantic electronic duo Neon Neon and documentarian extraordinaire will release Hotel Shampoo on May 3rd via Wichita Recordings. The tour, which will see Gruff supported by and backed by North Wales surf pop band Y Niwl, kicks off in Brooklyn, New York on May 18th and winds its way around the US and Canada before a final night at Manhattan’s Mercury Lounge on June 15th. Just ahead of these dates, Gruff’s South American road trip documentary Separado! – in which our intrepid hero spends several weeks tracking down his long lost Patagonian relatives – will be shown at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Watch the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2IfD-6iS3Y.

Hotel Shampoo is Gruff’s third solo album and his most accomplished yet, filled with shimmering slices of kaleidoscopic, cinematic pop, including the enticing singles “Shark Ridden Waters” and “Sensations In The Dark” which debuted on PitchforkTV earlier this year. As a testament to the album title and inspiration, Gruff recently created an art installation at the Chapel Arts Center in Cardiff, Wales - a hotel made entirely of bathroom items garnered from various hotels throughout his touring career – and spent the night sleeping inside.

Watch the “Sensations In The Dark” video http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/music-videos/509-gruff-rhys/2278-sensations-in-the-dark/.

May

Wed 18 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory

Thu 19 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s

Fri 20 Washington, DC @Red Palace

Sat 21 Carrboro, NC @Local 506

Sun 22 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

Tue 24 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge

Wed 25 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree

Fri 27 Austin, TX @ Mohawk

Sat 28 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

Tue 31 San Diego, CA @ Casbah

June

Wed 01 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

Thu 02 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop/ Popscene

Fri 03 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

Sat 04 Vancouver, Canada @ Biltmore

Sun 05 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern

Wed 08 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock

Thu 09 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s

Fri 10 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room

Sat 11 Toronto, Canada @ Horseshoe Tavern

Tue 14 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

Wed 15 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

Hotel Shampoo was released on OVNI/Turnstile Music in the UK and Europe on February 14th.

www.gruffrhys.com

BRANDON FLOWERS to Play Select West Coast Dates This Spring!– 2/17/2011

The Killers’ Brandon Flowers will be playing select West Coast dates this spring, culminating in a set at this year’s Coachella festival. These very special dates are on sale NOW!

These shows will feature the same band that Flowers took on the road this past fall in support of his critically acclaimed solo album, Flamingo, out now on Island Records. Flamingo, produced by Stuart Price, Daniel Lanois, and Brendan O’Brien, is a stunning 10-song collection that received rapturous response upon its release last year. Live, these songs take on new dimensions, all anchored by Flowers’ show-stopping performance.

Praise for Flamingo:

“Flamingo, the Killers front man’s solo debut, perfects the haunted shimmering quality of the Vegas quartet’s 2008 international hit Day & Age.” – Vanity Fair

“...the hooks on Flamingo [are] irresistible…” – Rolling Stone

“…propulsively kinetic…” – Elle

“…a kaleidoscopic pop rocker with dramatic keys and a heart as big as Flowers' outsized, cannonball of a voice.” – Las Vegas Review Journal

Praise for Flowers’ live show:

“Flowers' performance was focused, and his singing felt emphatic as he leaned into the music as if it were a windstorm.” – New York Post

“Brandon Flowers is one of the…most exquisite people I've ever shared a room with… He's odd and rare because he seeks authentic sanctity and it participates in him, illuminating him like a live diamond.” – Huffington Post

“Overall, the show felt right for Flowers because of his stage presence...He just seemed joyful, and that bled immediately into the crowd, including yours truly.” – EW.com

The dates are:

4/10/11 Zapopan, MEX @ Teatro Estudio Cavaret

4/11/11 Mexico City, MEX @ Vive Cuervo Salon

4/14/11 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

4/15/11 Indio, CA @ Coachella

4/16/11 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

http://www.brandonflowersmusic.com

The Holidays Announce NYC & SXSW Shows!– 2/16/2011

Headed to SXSW this year? If so, be sure not to miss The Holidays! The Australian 4-piece recently won the highly coveted Best Debut Album in the Australian Music Prize's Red BullAward and are a finalist for the overall Australian Music Prize announced next month. Their much-lauded full length Post Paradise features 10 freakishly good tracks – invoking eternal summer vacation. For those east-coasters sick of frozen toes and fingers, allow The Holidays to sweep you to the steamy jungle, complete with tropical beats in their video for “Moonlight Hours” http://vimeo.com/17207828

In the past couple of years The Holidays have quickly established themselves in the Sydney music scene as an upbeat, thrilling live act. They have toured with The Wombats, Ben Kweller and Lightspeed Champion, have received regular airplay on radio stations across Australia, including the esteemed Triple J and become a festival favorites on the Australian touring circuit.

Post Paradise has been a critics’ favorite at home scoring numerous Album of the Week placements in various tastemaker print magazines and major newspapers, and was a Triple J Feature Album.Several brilliant remixes of select tracks have been composed since the album’s release - The Swiss’ remix of “The Moonlight Hours” appeared on an NME download Mixtape compiled by UK disco/electro wunder-kid Grum, and made much-loved Belgian re-mixers’ Aeroplane’s chart podcast.

The band have started 2011 with bang having just finished a stint on the famed Laneway Festival, sharing the stage with the likes of Foals, Beach House, Yeasayer, and Deerhunter, as well as supporting Sia on her headline tour. They are also thrilled to have been chosen to support Cut Copy on their May album tour in Australia, and will undertake their own sold out headline tour in April.

The Holidays are Simon Jones (vocals, guitar, keys, production), Will Magnus (lead guitar, keys), Alex Kortt (bass guitar) and Andrew Kerridge (drums, percussion).

Last year, another track off their album, “Golden Sky” was released on 7” in the UK. It has picked up spins from numerous tastemakers at BBC6 and X-FM and lead to NME coverage for the band. Today Under The Radar has premiered the Temper Trap remix of this same track along with their original music video http://undertheradarmag.com/media/premiere_golden_sky_the_temper_trap_remix_mp3/

Stream album track “Broken Bones” PLUS a *downloadable* widget of the "Broken Bones" Javelin remix http://soundcloud.com/press-here/sets/the-holidays-1

Catch The Holidays Live in NYC & SXSW:

3/13 Brooklyn, NY Public Assembly (Neon Gold Show)

3/13 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (The Aussie BBQ NYC)

3/14 Austin, TX The Speakeasy w/ Local Natives

3/16 Austin, TX The Mohawk (Laneway Party)

3/19 Austin, TX ND @ 501 Studios (Windish Showcase)

http://www.theholidaysband.com/ www.myspace.com/theholidays

Lenny Kravitz to Release 9th Studio Album Black and White America – 2/16/2011

NEW YORK, NY, February 16, 2011 - Four time GRAMMY Award winning artist Lenny Kravitz is proud to announce the release of his highly-anticipated ninth studio album, Black and White America this Summer 2011 on Atlantic Records/Roadrunner Records. This is Kravitz’s first album on the new label, following 8 previous albums and over 35 million units sold.

Marking his first release of new material in three years, Black and White America is a rich rock and funk-infused collection filled with Lenny’s signature guitar riffs, compelling melodies and the undeniable anthemic lyricism that has been his trademark over the course of his 20-year career. In addition to the release of his new album, Kravitz will kick off a world tour in support of the new collection this June.

"I am really excited for everyone to hear the music on Black and White America. Musically and lyrically, I feel it is the most diverse album of my career,” states Kravitz.

Roadrunner Records President Jonas Nachsin comments "Roadrunner is thrilled to welcome Lenny Kravitz to our family. Lenny is a consummate artist who has achieved critical and commercial success, and we plan on promoting his new music as some of the most compelling work in his illustrious career.” All parties involved wish to thank Tom Lipsky of Lipsky Music LLC for his diligence in bringing the partnership to fruition.

Recorded in Paris and the Bahamas, Lenny Kravitz’s vocals and guitar playing are as distinct as ever on Black and White America, showcasing the intensity with which he records and performs. Kravitz, a multi-instrumentalist, produced, wrote and arranged the 12 tracks on the record.

The album’s standout tracks include “Stand, You’re Gonna Run Again,” with its melodic beats and rhythms, the inspirational and soul enriching “Push,” “Super Love,” a 70’s throwback to the days of funk with a weaving modern sound and the electrifying beat-driven “Booty Pop.” Also featured on the release is “Dream,” a piano ballad showing off a robust and emotional strings section, and the funk driven title track, which lyrically takes the listener on a journey inspired by his parents’ mixed-race marriage.

In October, Lenny Kravitz announced a season-long partnership with Turner Broadcasting that will feature multiple songs from the artist throughout its NBA regular season, All-Star and playoffs coverage. The first collaboration between the two featured Kravitz in a basketball-themed original video performing “Come On Get It,” which also appears on his upcoming new album. The track is also being used as a secondary theme throughout the network’s coverage, serving as the primary musical bed to enhance the network’s broadcast elements. A long-form version of the song is currently available on NBA.com and www.lennykravitz.com. Additionally, Kravitz has been confirmed to headline the 2011 NBA All-Star Entertainment Series presented by American Express along with Rihanna. Kravitz will tip off the 60th NBA All-Star Game, which will air on Sunday, February 20th.

Regarded as one of the preeminent rock musicians of our time, Lenny Kravitz has transcended genre, style, race and class into a 20-year musical career, one which revels in the rich influences of '60s and '70s soul, rock and funk. From 1999 to 2002, he won four consecutive Grammy Awards, setting a record for the most wins in the “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” category with his single “Dig In” (previously winning for “Again,” “American Woman” and “Fly Away”).

In 2009, Kravitz appeared in a supporting role in the critically-acclaimed film Precious, for which he has received a 2010 NAACP Image Awards nomination for “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.” Kravitz and the acclaimed Precious cast also received a 2010 Screen Actors Guild nod for "Best Ensemble.”

For more information please go to www.lennykravitz.com.

Australia’s BOY & BEAR Returns to the U.S. for SXSW 2011!– 2/16/2011

Mixing swoon-worthy harmonies, gorgeous acoustic instrumentation and the catchiest of melodies, Australia’s Boy & Bear are primed to be the next band catapulted onto the international stage. Headed Stateside for an appearance at SXSW, Boy & Bear will play four very special sets in Austin that are guaranteed to make them the talk of the Texas town. Details for these shows are below.

To say the last year has been a whirlwind for Boy & Bear would not only be a cliché, but also an understatement. Since the band’s dulcet tones first hypnotized listeners via the Aussie radio waves in 2009, Boy & Bear has steadily become one of Down Under’s most hotly-tipped exports. With the release of one five-song EP, entitled With Emperor Antarctica and airplay all over Australia’s national tastemaker station, triple j, the band quickly captured the public’s attention. Soon after, they were asked to tour Australia with the likes of folk rock luminaries, such as Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Angus & Julia Stone, also accepting a personal invitation to support Marling throughout the UK. After winning over audiences night after night during sold out headline tours of Australia and the UK, Boy & Bear are poised to take America by storm.

Already named Artist to Watch by Rolling Stone Australia, Boy & Bear’s melodies – sometimes breezy, sometimes ominous – simply dazzle. Infectious first singles “Mexican Mavis” and “Rabbit Song” can be heard http://www.myspace.com/boyandbearmusic.

After SXSW, Boy & Bear will be jumping into the studio with acclaimed producer Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, My Morning Jacket, The White Stripes) to record their debut album, set for release later this year. Stay tuned to this space for more!

SXSW SHOWS:

3/16/11 @ Lamberts (C3 party) – 3:20 pm

3/17/11 @ Klub Krucial (Communion/Chess Club showcase) – time TBA

3/18/11 @ Buffalo Billiards (Billboard) – 8 pm

3/19/11 @ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop (Aussie BBQ) – 12:35 pm

WATCH: “Mexican Mavis” video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9ifwkPZO4

WATCH: “Rabbit Song” video: http://www.youtube.com/user/boyandbearVEVO#p/a/u/1/TYCDNRpyzrM

Early praise For Boy & Bear: “Despite the fact that they’re nicest guys you could hope to meet, there’s a sense of menace - danger almost - in their music: driving, urgent rhythms, snaking melodies, and harmonies that are smoke, not sugar.” – Rolling Stone Australia, Artist to Watch

“Driven by robust vocal harmonies and the layers of folk inspired guitar strums, Australian band Boy & Bear is stepping into the scene.” – Filter Magazine.com

“The union of three supremely talented front men in their own right has allowed Boy & Bear to create layered music with astonishing vocal harmonies. Crisp and exhilarating at once.” – Scenewave Magazine

“Boy & Bear’s first London show was wall to wall folk fame. As well as the likes of Marling and Mumford, the gig was filled with people intensely harmonizing with the band’s soaring vocals… Pastoral, andipodeal alt-folk perfection…” – The Fly

TRAMPLED BY TURTLES - SXSW, COACHELLA and Spring Tour datesannounced; new video out now!– 2/15/2011

Genre-busting acoustic 5-piece Trampled by Turtles are gearing up for a busy 2011 and are kicking off with a second video from their 2010 album Palomino, still holding at #2 on the Billboard bluegrass charts. The video for “Victory,” shot in Louisville, KY, finds the effortlessly talented pickers levitating through an abandoned building that’s in a state of starkly beautiful decay. The muted tones and playful use of stop-motion photography by director Justin Gustavison, who also filmed the video for TBT’s “Wait So Long” (now at 500,000 YouTube views) is a perfect fit for the cautiously hopeful lyrics and restrained tone of the song.

View the video for “Victory” here: http://www.spinner.com/2011/02/11/trampled-by-turtles-victory-video/

Trampled by Turtles have also announced tour dates throughout the summer, including their debut performances at Coachella and Telluride Bluegrass Festival and their triumphant return to Texas for appearances at both South By Southwest and the Old Settler’s Music Festival in Driftwood, TX. (See complete tour dates below.) While it’s the band’s quicksilver, high-energy playing that has made them a favorite on the tour and festival scene, where they sell out consistently, it’s TBT’s songwriting that’s the key. All the band members all cut their teeth in rock, punk and metal bands -- mandolinist Erik Berry can play Black Sabbath’s eponymous first album in its entirety – but also draw from the same well of inspiration as Townes Van Zant, Dylan, Neil Young, Del McCoury and Ralph Stanley, giving this classic genre their own unique spin.

While Trampled by Turtles are a bluegrass band in theory, they’re recognized, along with kindred acts such as the Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons and others, as true crossover artists, as likely to be found reviewed on an indie blog as on the pages of the Wall Street Journal. TBT’s “Banjo Dave” Caroll plays on Low’s new album, for example (the Duluth-based bands are longtime friends and have shared many a stage) and have a split single in the works with fellow Minnesotans Motion City Soundtrack, who will be covering TBT’s “Wait So Long.” TBT were also approached by Adult Swim’s Dave Willis (ATHF, Squidbillies) to record a music for Squidbillies; more info to come!

Call for press, interview and guest list requests, or to be serviced with Palomino.

Stay tuned to this space for tour and release updates: http://trampledbyturtles.com

Mona Release New Song “Listen To Your Love” – Available TODAY– 2/15/2011

“Listen to Your Love is monstrously huge, with a beautiful, thrusting snarl by Mr. Brown.”- The New York Times

“…a hot new band that’s quickly turning into a phenomenon abroad and is poised to do the same back home too” – Spin.com

(February 15, 2011 – New York, NY) Nashville 4-piece Mona will release their newest song to the US, “Listen To Your Love,” to iTunes, Amazon, and all other digital retailers today via ZionNoiz/Mercury Records. For America, this is the first offering from their forthcoming debut album- out this summer. Check out the video for the song HERE! The guys are also releasing a special 7” of “Listen to Your Love” for Record Store Day on ZionNoiz/Mercury Records on April 16 – more info http://recordstoreday.com/CustomPage/614. Upon the release of the song in the UK last year on their own label, Zion Noiz Recordings, via Rough Trade shops and independent stores, the accolades from critics and fans has been extraordinary. After playing a run of sold out shows, Mona won the coveted title of MTV UK’s Brand New for 2011; a fan based voting contest that sees Mona taking over where Justin Bieber reigned in 2010. This side of the Atlantic saw Mona perform a handful of raucous rock shows in January, which The New York Times called, “romantic 1950’s rock with a big appetite.” Mona also released an exclusive download of “Brick Shoes,” to SPIN.com: http://www.spin.com/articles/download-meet-hot-nashville-rockers-mona. You can embed the Soundcloud link here: http://soundcloud.com/press-here-1/mona-brick-shoes. The band played Los Angeles and San Francisco shows to audiences for the first time this month, they are making their way to SXSW in March, and then they will head to Brooklyn for an April 21st show at The Knitting Factory.

As lead singer Nick Brown puts it, “we’re rock revivalists, in the sense that we like the golden age of the United States – the James Dean, Marilyn Monroe type stuff.” This iconography and idealism, he says, informed the writing of “Listen To Your Love” and the reasons why it became their first single. They have captured the attention of major media outlets including BBC Radio, who named the band in their coveted Sound of 2011 poll, MTV, NME, Clash Magazine and Q, all of which named Mona among the top new bands to watch in 2011. Enthralled with their sound, and their devout southern church upbringing story, music critics and fans are addicted to the explosive and confident cool that Mona brings to the stage and their songs. They even nabbed a prestigious spot on the UK’s Later with Jools Holland last month- a rare task for a band who hasn’t yet released their debut LP. Watch the performance http://www.youtube.com/monatheband#p/a/f/2/82esEA-HVIM.

Mona makes arm-pumping, vein-pulsing, knee-shaking, sing-your-lungs-out music – each note is a reminder that true rock & roll is not going anywhere.

youtube.com/monatheband * www.monatheband.com

Upcoming Mona Tour Dates:

March 16-20 SXSW

April 21, 2011 Brooklyn, NY @ The Knitting Factory

DURAN DURAN Launches Music Video Competition with Genero.tv– 2/15/2011

Not only a band who can attract millions of fans to their live shows across five continents, Duran Duran is celebrated for single-handedly transforming music videos from a gimmicky marketing tool into one of the music industry’s most valued assets, taking the visual imperatives of the New Romantic movement to another level that defined the MTV generation. Now, Duran Duran has partnered with Genero.tv to give filmmakers around the world the chance to make music videos for all 9 songs on the iTunes-exclusive digital version of album.

This unique contest has a total prize pool of $45,000 ($5,000 for each of the nine songs). Once the entry period closes on February 25, five finalists will be selected for each song, chosen by Duran Duran and Genero.tv. There will then be one grand-prize winner selected by the band for each track, announced on March 22nd to coincide with ALL YOU NEED IS NOW’s physical release. A compilation of the successful entrants will be released on DVD later in the year. Seeking to revolutionize the way artists connect and engage with their fans, Genero.tv provides a platform for the global creative community to make and upload their own music videos for the world to watch. This forward-thinking initiative aligns perfectly with Duran Duran’s legacy as artistic visionaries. Visit Genero.tv/duranduran for all the competition details.

Duran Duran, a band with more era-defining songs to their name than most, have reconnected with the sounds, the textures, the melodies and the lyrical evocation that first propelled them to the top of the charts the world over. ALL YOU NEED IS NOW seems to arrive fully-formed, its impact instantaneous, its brilliance undeniable. Described by the band as a journey of rediscovery and creative liberation, their time in the studio with Mark Ronson nurtured a powerful chemistry that was sparked during the band’s rare live performance with Mark in Paris in 2008. In late Spring 2009, at Sphere Studios in London, this much-anticipated Duran/Ronson union flourished, as writing and recording began on an exciting new batch of songs, which Ronson has boldly stated is the “imaginary follow up to Rio that never was.”

From the lush, moody “A Diamond In The Mind” and “Return To Now” interludes, to the explosive “Other People’s Lives,” to the dreamy vocal harmonies and tropical saunter of “Mediterranea” and the classic Duran melody in “Too Bad You’re So Beautiful,” these newly added songs are a seamless addition to ALL YOU NEED IS NOW.

“…Duran Duran re-creates the Rio-era sound…right down to the slap bass, synthesizer arpeggios and tropical percussion…” – USA Today

WATCH the video for “All You Need Is Now”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Er5TsQrGg

www.duranduran.com

For more on Duran Duran, please contact Press Here: 212.246.2640 Linda Carbone / Gina Schulman Linda@pressherepublicity.com / Gina@pressherepublicity.com

MATISYAHU Live At Stubb's Vol. II Documentary to be Screened atSXSW Film Festival– 2/11/2011

Matisyahu’s documentary from the recently released live DVD Live at Stubb’s Vol. II will be screened at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, which kicks off March 11th in Austin, TX. Date and time for the screening will be announced in the coming days here: www.sxsw.com/film. Dubbed Run and Return and directed by Michael Thelin and Jose Louis Rios, this short documentary features Matisyahu’s thoughtful reflections on his creative philosophy, celebrated career and musical synergy with his band Dub Trio, who also share their thoughts on their unique musical partnership with Matisyahu. The behind-the-scenes footage, filmed while on tour in the summer of 2010, captures the Grammy-nominated artist as he prepares to return to the famed music venue Stubb’s in Austin, TX, to record Live at Stubb’s Vol. II. The live CD/DVD, just released February 1st , is the second installment in his signature Live at Stubb’s series.

After creating an indelible mark on the U.S. musical consciousness with his original 2005 Live at Stubb’s release, Matisyahu has once again created a raw, inspiring musical journey filled with an unmatched vibrancy and electricity on stage. With Live at Stubb’s Vol. II bringing his Stubb’s experience full circle, the rare documentary footage shows incredible moments from that live show and serves as a look inside the impressive artistic evolution of one of the most beloved and pioneering artists in music today.

Live at Stubb’s Vol. II is available now in stores and online in three formats: CD, DVD with documentary footage and a Deluxe Edition, which includes the CD/DVD and a 40-page booklet featuring an exclusive letter from Matisyahu, never-before-seen notes and song lyrics and photos chronicling the recording of Live at Stubb's Vol. II and other amazing performances from the past three years.

www.matisyahuworld.com / www.myspace.com/matisyahu

For more info on Matisyahu, please contact: Press Here 212-246-2640 Gina Schulman / gina@pressherepublicity.com * Carla Senft / carla@pressherepublicity.com

Bronze Radio Return Announce New Album! Out March 29th– 2/11/2011

There are some records that manage to span multiple eras of time and various places, in essence creating a new sonic space. New Englanders Bronze Radio Return have done just that on their sophomore album, the gorgeous and varied SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE!, to be released March 29th, 2011.

The roots of this travelogue-time capsule -- and the band that made it -- can be traced back to lead singer and guitarist Chris Henderson’s childhood. Spending hours on end in his father’s art studio, one of Henderson’s clearest, dearest memories is the large bronze radio, and the joyful noises he learned of there. “When the band started, we were looking for our direction, to see what this was going to be,” explains Henderson. “We came back to this idea of the return of the bronze radio, a return to some of those older, familiar sounds that all of us inherently grew up with.” The result is a forward-thinking retrospective of the sounds we all love, curated and created by Henderson, Rob Griffith (drums/vocals), Bob Tanen (bass/vocals), Matt Warner (keys, vocals), Craig Struble (harmonica/guitar), and Patrick Fetkowitz (guitar).

For SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE! the band, who met while students at the renowned Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT, reunited with producer Chad Copelin, who produced their widely adored debut album, Old Time Speaker. The record that established the band’s relentless touring schedule, including an invitation to represent the Connecticut music scene by performing for President Obama at an event in Bridgeport, CT in 2010. Fan favorites “Digital Love” and “Lo-Fi” have been picked up for advertising and television licensing and the album landed on CMJ’s Top 200 Album Chart. When it came time to record their new album, the band joined Copelin on his home turf in Norman, Oklahoma, a location that had a profound effect on the album. There, the band learned firsthand the truism of the Mid-Western friendliness. Local acquaintances would stop in daily with a kind word and a new instrument to lend. “Most of the instruments played on this record were lent to us from the community,” says Henderson.

Indeed, the warmth of their environs makes its way onto the album. Lush harmonies are steeped in soulful vocals, and guitars that alternate between the blues age and the most interesting innovations of the modern. Album opener “Down There” has all the warmth and wisdom of a barroom sing-along, a slightly sepia-sounding portrait of the importance of good people. The title track, “Shake, Shake, Shake” builds from subtle handclaps and foot-stomps, and as crackling guitar lines spread out, Henderson puts forth a call for listeners to get on their feet. The achingly beautiful “Rough Town,” soars and swells as the band propels its delicate verses into a crashing refrain while the foot-stomping “Broken Ocean” is destined to be a favorite of the band’s live set.

Click here for a behind-the-scenes peek SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ7N5_H-2ss

Catch Bronze Radio Return at select lives dates this winter, with a full tour to be announced.

2/19/11 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

2/25/11 New York, NY @ Crash Mansion

3/12/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Northstar Bar

SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE! Track listing in full:

1. Down There

2. Wonder No More

3. Shake, Shake, Shake

4. Warm Day, Cold War

5. Blurry-Eyed Worries

6. Rough Town

7. Curse the Ground

8. Broken Ocean

9. Everything Moves

10. What Good

11. Sell It To You

12. Sticks and Stones

www.bronzeradioreturn.com

The Kills release video for new single Satellite!– 2/10/2011

The Kills – Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart – have just released the video for their new single “Satellite.” Directed by Sophie Muller, this dark, sinister montage sees the duo on the run through the shadowy, dusty streets of Canvey Island, perched on the mouth of the Thames Estuary. The pair eventually speed off into the sunset to the rumbling, rolling beat of the haunting tune. See the new video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hniPVDz12bc.

“Satellite” is the first song the band has given to fans to hear and is the perfect introduction to the band’s new studio album, Blood Pressures, the highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed third album, Midnight Boom. Blood Pressures will be released on Domino on April 5th, 2011.

The album Blood Pressures finds The Kills with their swagger and sass intact, but with a new thoughtfulness and depth - even a tinge of wistfulness and vulnerability - to their always compelling songwriting. As one of the most vital, striking bands recording today, The Kills' vividly unique "rock" is at once effortless, edgy and timeless.

You can pre-order Blood Pressures and listen to “Satellite” here: http://www.thekills.tv/

The Kills Spring 2011 North American Tour Dates:

* w/ Cold Cave & The Entrance Band

March16 - 20 Austin, TX @ SXSW

March 29 Antwerp @ Trix

March 30 Holland @ Melkweg

March 31 London @ Heaven

April 2 Milan @ Tunnel

April 6 Paris @ Le Bataclan

April 8 Berlin @ Huxley’s

April 15 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues W/ Foals

April 19 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater*

April 20 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa *

April 22 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom *

April 23 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *

April 24 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *

April 26 Boston, MA @ Royale Boston *

April 27 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts *

April 29 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *

April 30 Montreal, QUE @ Olympia *

May 1 Toronto, ONT @ Sound Academy *

May 3 Detroit, MI @The Majestic Theatre *

May 4 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre *

May 5 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *

May 8 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *

May 9 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market*

May 10 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *

May 11 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *

May 14 Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater*

For more information contact Chloe Walsh or Gina Schulman at Press Here Publicity Chloe@pressherepublicity.com * Gina@pressherepublicity.com Tel: 212.246.2640

Wanda Jackson Announces New Tour Dates!– 2/9/2011

Monday, February 7, 2011 – On the heels of the January 25th release of the hip-shaking, rollicking collection: The Party Aint Over (via Third Man/Nonesuch), Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson gives credence to the album title by announcing that she’ll be extending her upcoming tour. After a phenomenal run of 4 sold out shows, Jackson will be bringing that trademark bone-rattling growl to 14 more dates through April.

While the upcoming tour will feature the First Lady of Rockabilly backed by her own band, if you missed out on the special release week shows with Jackson accompanied by the Third Man Band in Nashville, New York City and Los Angeles, fear not! Third Man Records are giving fans a little taste of all the excitement from those dates as they release a video clip from the premiere live show at their Music City studio. Check out the clip of Jackson and the Third Man Band, featuring Jack White on guitar, performing “Riot In Cell Block #9” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0-fNin7Wg

The Party Ain’t Over – produced by Jack White and recorded in his Nashville studio– features 11 tracks dating in origin from the early 1900’s to 2007. The result: an album that showcases Wanda, now in her seventh decade, sounding as charismatic and dynamic as ever.

See the video for “Thunder on the Mountain”: http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialTMR#p/a/u/0/BnULGVbhPcY

Wanda Jackson Tour Dates:

Feb 22 Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live

Feb 23 Boston, MA @ Royale

Feb 24 New York, New York @ The Bowery Ballroom

Feb 25 Washington DC @ 9.30 Club

Feb 26 Dallas, TX @ The Kessler

March 22 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *

March 24 Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall *

March 25 Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater *

March 26 Newport, KY @ The Southgate House *

March 27 St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill *

March 30 Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room

April 1 Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater

April 2 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen

April 3 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater

April 12 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506

April 14 Live Oak, FL @ Wanee Music Festival 2011

April 15 Atlanta, GA @ The Loft

April 16 Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre

April 17 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel

May 1 Indio, CA @ The Stagecoach Festivalv

* Dex Romweber Duo opening

For more information on Wanda Jackson, please visit: www.wandajackson.com

Press Here Publicity: 212 246 2640 chloe@pressherepublicity.com /sarah@pressherepublicity.com

Bright Eyes Announce Additional Tour Dates!– 2/8/2011

With just a week to go until the eagerly awaited release of Bright Eyes’ seventh studio album, The People’s Key (out February 15th on Saddle Creek), the celebrated Nebraskan band have added further dates to what will be their first US tour in over three years. Additional supporters have also been confirmed, Titus Andronicus, Jenny And Johnny, Farmer Dave Scher, Conduits and Dawes will each be joining the band on select dates. The band is currently overseas playing a string of sold out dates in Europe and U.S. tickets are going fast!

Last week The People’s Key was premiered in full on NPR’s ‘First Listen’ HERE as well as on YouTube in their first ever online listening party HERE. The streams have been incredibly well received. Additionally, Conor Oberst will be co-hosting Sirius XMU every afternoon this week at 5pm with Rolling Stone critic and XMU host Jenny Eliscu - yet another chance for fans to hear tracks from The People’s Key prior to release as well as old favorites from the Bright Eyes catalog and Conor's own personal selections.

Since 2006 the once revolving cast of Bright Eyes players has settled around permanent members Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott with an array of talented musicians joining them in the studio and on tour. The 7-piece band will be kicking off this tour in Miami in March before taking in the South, the East Coast, the Midwest, Texas, Canada and the West Coast.

Please visit www.conoroberst.com for full details on all tour dates!

Catch Bright Eyes Live:

3/2 Miami, FL Fillmore Miami Beach At Jackie Gleason Theater *

3/3 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues *

3/4 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle *

3/5 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium *

3/6 Richmond, VA The National *

3/8 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall ^

3/9 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall ^ SOLD OUT

3/10 Boston, MA House Of Blues # SOLD OUT

3/11 Portland, ME State Theatre#

3/13 Toronto, ON Sound Academy#

3/14 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre # SOLD OUT

3/15 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre # SOLD OUT

3/16 Champaign, IL Foellinger Auditorium #

3/17 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium #

3/19 Austin, TX SXSW Ground Control Touring Showcase Auditorium Shores**

4/2 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre ^^

4/3 Milwaukee, WI The Riverside Theater @

4/3 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue @

4/5 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue @

4/8 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom @

4/9 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom @

4/10 Arcata, CA Arcata Community Center +

4/12 Oakland, CA Fox Theater +

4/13 Pomona, CA Fox Theater ## + SOLD OUT

4/16 Indio, CA Coachella Festival SOLD OUT

4/28 George, WA Sasquatch Music Festival

6/1 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House ##

6/3 Denver, CO Filmore Theatre ##

6/4 Council Bluffs, IA WestFair Amphitheater ##

6/6 St. Louis The Pageant %

* w/ Cursive

^ w/ Superchunk and WILD FLAG

# w/ Mynabirds

**w/ The Felice Brothers, Middle Brother and Man Man

@ w/ Titus Andonicus

^^ w/ Conduits

+ w/ Farmer Dave Scher

## w/ Jenny And Johnny

% w/ Dawes

For more information contact Chloe Walsh or Perri Cohen at Press Here. 212 246 2640. chloe@pressherepublicity.com // perri@pressherepublicity.com

Miranda Cosgrove Releases NEW EP – 2/7/2011

February 7th-New York, NY-- Miranda Cosgrove, singer, actress and star of hit Nickelodeon show iCarly, will release her new EP, entitled High Maintenance, on March 15, 2011, on Columbia Records. The five-track EP is Miranda’s first collection of songs since her 2010 debut album, Sparks Fly, which debuted inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Chart. The High Maintenance EP is a pop-rock whirlwind, complete with sing-along choruses, candy-coated vocals and dance floor friendly beats. The infectious hit lead single “Dancing Crazy,” written by Max Martin and Avril Lavigne, has already debuted on the Top 40 chart after only three weeks at radio. Miranda Cosgrove is proving to be a renaissance woman at the tender age of seventeen.

On February 8th, Miranda will appear on Today on NBC to discuss her High Maintenance EP and the upcoming new episode of iCarly on February 12th. Miranda is also gracing the cover of Seventeen magazine’s March issue, which is on stands now.

Title track “High Maintenance” sees Miranda trading tongue-in-cheek vocals about her carefree, fun-loving ways with Rivers Cuomo, who contributed as a songwriter and producer to the track. From the sentimental ballad “Kiss You Up” to the explosive, electronic “Sayonara” this album shows Miranda’s true versatility as an artist embracing multiple styles and influences.

Miranda and her band are currently on the road lighting up dark winter nights in cities from coast to coast with her Dancing Crazy Tour. Greyson Chance, YouTube sensation and the first artist signed to Ellen DeGeneres' record label, eleveneleven, is opening on all dates.

Born and raised in California, Miranda Cosgrove, the chic, multi-talented 17-year-old, has been moving full throttle ahead as her Hollywood star has been quickly rising. She gave a charming performance of holiday favorite “Last Christmas” during TNT’s prestigious annual Christmas in Washington special last December. In addition to releasing Sparks Fly earlier this year, which resulted in a Teen Choice Award nomination for “Breakout Female Artist” and a riveting NBC Today Show performance on Rockefeller Plaza, Miranda’s film and TV career has been moving full throttle ahead in 2010. She contributed her voice to the Golden Globe nominated animated summer blockbuster film Despicable Me, signed on as a spokeswoman for Neutrogena, made an appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and guest starred on CBS's award winning drama The Good Wife.

Lead single “Dancing Crazy” is currently streaming here: http://soundcloud.com/press-here-1/miranda-cosgrove-dancing-crazy

High Maintenance EP tracklisting:

1. Dancing Crazy

2. High Maintenance

3. Face of Love

4. Kiss You Up

5. Sayonara

Remaining Miranda Cosgrove tour dates:

*Greyson Chance opens on all dates

February 8 Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre

February 9 Bethesda, MD @ Music Center at Strathmore

February 10 Lowell, MA @ Lowell Memorial Auditoriumv

February 12 Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre

February 13 Westbury, NY @ Theatre at Westbury

February 15 Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage

February 16 Tampa, FL @ Tampa Theatre

February 17 Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Livev

February 19 Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theatre

February 20 Houston, TX @ House of Blues

February 23 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre

February 24 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues

February 25 Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia

TV on the RADIO ALBUM COMING SPRINGTIME!– 2/7/2011

New York (NY)... Springtime! The flowers bloom, the birds sing, and TV On The Radio will drop a new album, Nine Types of Light, for all you lovers. Get your emotions strong; word is this album’s packing some heartstring heat. Hell, if the band’s last album, Dear Science, took us to a celebration on the edge of the abyss, where in good god will they take us now?

One of the first places TV On The Radio take us will be the great stage of Radio City Music Hall on April 13, 2011. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 18, at 11:00 am. The TV On The Radio on the Radio City concert will kick off a national tour, and the band plans on bringing some double thunder.

Described as boldly catchy 21st-century noise-rock doo-wop soul – and more! – and both fans and critics adore them. Dear Science was voted #1 in both the Pitchfork Media’s 2008 Reader’s Poll and the Village Voice’s Pazz and Jop poll (comprised of more than 800 critics). And since we are name-dropping accolades, Dear Science was also named best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Spin Magazine, The New York Times, MTV, Entertainment Weekly and more. An embarrassment of riches, really: How can TV on the Radio be “the most innovative band on the planet” (The Onion) and also “the most vital band in America” (Associated Press)?

Seemingly impossible, TV On The Radio always top themselves. The road to this new Spring-released album first came through the 2002 self-released OK Calculator, then the Young Liars EP, followed by their first full-length debut, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (which earned the band the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize). Later that year TV on the Radio released a second EP, New Health Rock. 2006 brought the band’s second studio album, Return to Cookie Mountain, and then the 3rd studio album, Dear Science, was released September 23, 2008.

And here we are today, with more details to be announced shortly. Yes, life’s not fair, but you do have to wait. Just for a little bit, and then all hell breaks loose, promise: titles, track-listings, tour dates, and, best of all, music-listenings and advance CD’s! Stay tuned.

www.tvontheradio.com www.twitter.com/tvontheradio

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Release new LP + single “Belong”– 2/4/2011

On the heels of their 2009 debut album, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have rightfully earned themselves a reputation as masters of the peerless pop song; crafting tender, melancholy gems which shimmered and sighed with the wistful promise of new love, casting a spell over listeners and critics alike. They released their self-titled debut in February 2009 to universal acclaim, racking up features in magazines like Spin, Rolling Stone and NME, earning Best New Music status from Pitchfork, and touring the US and Europe non-stop.

Which brings us to “Belong.” For this, their second album, The Pains of Being Pure Heart have recruited the services of what, on the surface of it, seem like two unlikely conspirators in the form of master producer Flood and renowned mixer Alan Moulder. Only a few seconds into the title track however, and it makes perfect sense. Having worked with the legendary likes of My Bloody Valentine, U2, Smashing Pumpkins and PJ Harvey (to name but a few) between them, they have opened up the band’s beautifully self-contained sound and made it vast and magnificent, banishing once and for all any associations to “lo-fi” and bringing it into heretofore unmapped widescreen dimensions. Not that they have abandoned what made them so special in the first place – quite the opposite. Everything seems more vivid, more lush and spacious now; the emotion heightened, more potent. The majestic “The Body” gallops along and goes deeper, darker than they ever have, painting a bleak portrait of human disconnect. “Too Tough” is one of the most wrenching, yearning songs they’ve written to date, while previous single “Heart In Your Heartbreak”, with its handclaps, infectious chorus and late-breaking synth stabs, sounds like the very essence of bittersweet romance.

The new single meanwhile, also the title track, and sounds positively anthemic, with buzzsawing, Smashing Pumpkins-circa-Gish guitars slicing intermittently through Pains’ beautifully jangling wall of noise. And even though it comes equipped with hooks to spare and an infectious climax of “we don’t belong”, the sweet melodies bely its acute study of restlessness and human (dis)connection (“What to do/ nothing new/ we’ve tried each other/ let’s try another”, Berman sighs at one point) and manages to lodge itself in the listener’s brain long after its short but sweet running time is over.

Taken in total, it adds up to a glorious vision of what The Pains of Being Pure at Heart sound like right now – vibrant and expansive, more muscular and complex but without losing any of the fragile beauty and inimitable charm that marked them out in the first instance.

STREAM SINGLE: "Belong" - http://soundcloud.com/slumberland-records/the-pains-belong

TPOBPAH LINKS: MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/thepainsofbeing Press Materials - http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/press/pobpah/pobpah.html

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART TOUR DATES– 2/4/2011

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART TOUR DATES

03/10 Denton, TX 35 Conferette

03/11 Austin, TX Venue 222 (SXSW Interactive)

03/12 Mexico City Polyforum Siqueiros (Indie O Fest)

03/16 - 03/19 Austin, TX SXSW

03/31 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church

04/01 Washington, DC Black Cat *

04/02 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle *

04/04 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club *

04/05 Atlanta, GA The Earl *

04/06 Birmingham, AL Bottletree Cafe *

04/07 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks *

04/08 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's *

04/09 Austin, TX Emo's *

04/10 Lubbock, TX Jake's *

04/12 Santa Fe, NM Corazon *

04/13 Tucson, AZ Club Congress !

04/15 Indio, CA Coachella

04/18 Visalia, CA The Cellar Door *&

04/19 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall *&

04/21 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *&

04/22 Seattle, WA The Crocodile *

04/25 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club *

04/26 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall *

04/27 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall *

04/28 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall *

04/29 Bloomington, IN Rhino's *

04/30 Columbus, OH The Basement *

05/02 Milford, CT Daniel Street *

05/03 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club *

05/06 New York, NY Webster Hall *

! w/ Warpaint, Twin Shadow, PVT, Catwalk

* w/ Twin Shadow

& w/ Catwalk

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT JENNIE BODDY: Jennie@pressherepublicity.com 212.246.2640

UK sensation THE GOOD NATURED - EP release and SxSW appearances– 2/3/2011

The Good Natured will be making their South by Southwest debut this March on the heels of their debut US release, the Be My Animal EP, available digitally through iTunes on March 14, 2011. The band’s first UK single, “Your Body is Machine,” included on the EP, has already received over 120,000 hits on Youtube and has garnered attention from British press and radio. The video for their current single, “Be My Animal,” is already at over 100K hits and can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fVrnu2jAD0.

The EP bristles with raw teenage sexuality – these recordings were made when songwriter/frontwoman Sarah McIntosh was just 19 years old (she turned 20 last week). The Good Natured’s realistic love songs have been praised by the likes of The Sunday Times, NME and Q magazine and championed by BBC Radio 1, Radio 6 and XFM, among others. Comparisons include La Roux, Kate Bush and Florence and the Machine.

The Good Natured’s truthful and brave songs fearlessly explore the rougher parts of intimacy. “Be My Animal” - produced by McIntosh/ John Fortis (Razorlight) and mixed by Adrian Bushby (Foo Fighters/ Muse) - zigzags across the boundaries of sexual and emotional love, as McIntosh plaintively calls out for her lover to become her animal and hunt her down. This electronic love song exhibits her already trademark hypnotic beat combined with alluringly assured vocals and an almost shocking masochism.

With “Prisoner,” McIntosh isn’t afraid to take up where Pedro Almodovar left off in his sexy and challenging films: “Tie me up, tie me down,” she sings in an effort to confront why some lovers have both emotional and physical power over us. “Prisoner” re-examines female emancipation and Stockholm Syndrome for a new generation. “I can’t really explain my bewildered heart” cries Sarah in her lyrical, arresting voice.

Call to be serviced with the EP or for more information, and stay tuned for remixes by Max Cooper, Is Tropical, Zebra and Snake, Superhumanoids and Get People.

Watch this space for additional news and SxSW appearances by The Good Natured: www.myspace.com/thegoodnatured or www.facebook.com/thegoodnatured

Listen to “Be My Animal” here: http://soundcloud.com/angiepresshere/the-good-natured-be-my-animal/s-SxURM

View the video for "Your Body is Machine" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mw5cdF4WM

For press and further info please contact Angie Carlson @ Press Here: angie@pressherepublicity.com; 212.246.2640

Klaxons Announce Nationwide Spring Tour! – 2/1/2011

It’s been 3 years since Klaxons burst onto the music scene, injecting a dazzling and much needed moment of rave hedonism into the midst of indie tedium with the truly original and enormously influential Mercury award-winning album Myths of the Near Future. The band are back with the critically acclaimed follow up, Surfing the Void released via tinyOGRE on January 18 and are thrilled to announce that they’ll be hitting our shores this spring for a national headlining tour. Their spring tour will see them performing on both of our fair coasts kicking off March 25 in Orlando at the Social and making stops at the Ultra Music Festival and Coachella.

What The Press Are Saying!

“one of the best pop albums of the year – but still one of the most individual and ambitious.” – NME

“Even at low volume, it sounds astonishingly loud and euphoric – a self consciously epic record of rampant ambition and deliberately arcane weirdness.” – Nylon

“villainous guitar rambling, dread-in-the-gut bass lines, and stentorian falsetto shrieks. But even Klaxons’ most ominously rambunctious tracks grind out plenty of bug-eyed dream pop chants.” – Spin

“it might be time to sit up and pay Klaxons some respect.” – BBC

Catch the Klaxons Stateside This Spring!

Fri/Mar-25 Orlando, FL The Social

Sat/Mar-26 Miami, FL Ultra Music Festival

Mon/Mar-28 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

Tue/Mar-29 New York, NY Webster Hall

Wed/Mar-30 Baltimore, MD Ottobar

Fri/Apr-01 Columbus, OH The Basement

Sat/Apr-02 Chicago, IL Metro

Sun/Apr-03 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon

Tue/Apr-05 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

Wed/Apr-06 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge

Fri/Apr-08 Vancouver, BC Venue

Sat/Apr-09 Seattle, WA Chop Suey

Sun/Apr-10 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge

Tue/Apr-12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Fri/Apr-15 Indio, CA Coachella Festival

More on Klaxons: www.klaxons.net www.myspace.com/klaxons www.facebook.com/klaxons www.twitter.com/klaxons

The Wellspring Announce North American Tour with Pete Yorn and Ben Kweller!– 1/31/2011

The Wellspring is excited to announce that they will be joining Pete Yorn and Ben Kweller on a North American Tour this winter and spring. Kicking off on Valentine’s Day in Phoenix, the tour will take the Los Angeles-based duo from coast to coast.

In conjunction with the tour, The Wellspring is rereleasing their self-titled debut EP that put them on the map last year as a duo to watch. Produced by Bill Lefler (Dashboard Confessional, Ingrid Michaelson), the record’s warmth and sincerity underscores the magnetic musical chemistry between The Wellspring’s members Dov Rosenblatt and Talia Osteen. The EP, a pop-nostalgic retrospective of old homes, lost loves, and new beginnings, is a joyful shot of sonic comfort. The new release will feature two bonus tracks: the folksy fan-favorite “Tug of War” as well as the sultry and rollicking break-up anthem “Let Me Go.”

The Wellspring’s Dov Rosenblatt and Talia Osteen’s meeting was kismet. Dov Rosenblatt was the lead singer and guitarist of a local New York City band that led him to meet with Talia Osteen, then VP at a film production company, about placing his music in their films. Talia fell in love with Dov’s music, and Dov discovered that Talia herself had sung in a band, prior to her career in film. Months later, mutual fans of each other, the two decided to take a stab at writing together. Talia sent Dov a torrent of poems. It was these poems that sparked him to write music fervently into the wee hours of morning. It was this music that inspired her to sing again. Within a week, the collaboration spawned over a dozen songs. Moved by this current of creativity, Talia quit her job and the duo journeyed west to record The Wellspring EP. Together, they’ve discovered a wellspring of music.

www.thewellspringmusic.com

Tour dates in full:

2/14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee

2/16 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Depot

2/17 - Denver, CO @ Ogdenv

2/19 - Omaha, NE @ Whisky Roadhouse

2/20 - Kansas City, MO @ VooDoo Lounge

2/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

2/23 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre

2/26 – Urbana, IL @ The Canpoy Club

2/27 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

3/1 - Indianapolis, IN @ Vogue Theatre

3/5 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House

3/6 – Syracuse, NY @ The Westcott

3/2 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

3/8 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues

3/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero

3/14 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

3/16 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Jefferson Theater

4/2 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

4/3 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

4/5 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency

4/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern

4/9 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

4/10 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues

4/14 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues

4/16 - Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ

DISNEYs Imagination Movers Concert Tour to Kick Off This Friday!– 1/31/2011

Disney's Emmy Award-winning Imagination Movers will kick off their "In a Big Warehouse" concert tour this Friday, February 4, 2011 in their home state of Louisiana. Joining the Movers on tour is Genevieve Goings of Disney's hit music video-style short-form series, "Choo Choo Soul." The wildly popular New Orleans-based rock band for kids of all ages will visit more than 50 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and Washington, DC playing their most popular songs and bringing the magic of the Imagination Movers television series' Idea Warehouse to life. Concert goers can expect special appearances from Nina, Warehouse Mouse and other characters from the TV series.

Radio Disney will feature the Imagination Movers throughout the week of January 31 (12:00 p.m., ET/9:00 a.m., PT) leading up to the tour kick off.

“Nothing beats the excitement of playing live rock n roll with the help of thousands of great fans,” says Rich Collins (aka Mover Rich). “We encourage our audience to be an essential part of the show by singing, clapping, shouting, dancing and generally letting the energy of a real rock concert lift their spirits. Everybody needs a nap after one of our gigs. Including the grownups – and especially us!”The third season of the hit "Imagination Movers" television series will premiere on Monday, February 14 (1:30 p.m., ET/PT) with the launch of Disney Junior on Disney Channel. The season will include the premiere of the first-ever Imagination Movers concert special.

For details on the tour dates, VIP packages and venues visit www.imaginationmovers.com.

Since signing to Walt Disney Records, the Imagination Movers have sold more than 100,000 albums, received multiple awards and earned critical praise from the Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly and many other media outlets. Their newest release, In a Big Warehouse, the soundtrack for the second season of the television series, hit the charts this fall, debuting at #2 on Billboard’s Top New Artist Albums chart and bowing at #3 on Billboard’s Children’s Chart. The Imagination Movers are Collins, a former journalist and father of five; Scott Durbin, a teacher and father of two; Dave Poche, an architect and father of two; and Scott "Smitty" Smith, a New Orleans firefighter who was part of the Hurricane Katrina search and rescue effort.

The Kills Preview 1st Single from NEW Album- Blood Pressures entitled “Satellite” – 1/31/2011

The Kills - Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart – announce their new single “Satellite”, streaming at www.thekills.tv now. Or, you can embed the song here via soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/the-kills-satellite

“Satellite” is the first song the band has given to fans to hear and is the perfect introduction to the band’s new studio album, Blood Pressures, the highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed third album, Midnight Boom. Blood Pressures will be released on Domino on April 5th, 2011.

“Satellite” features Alison’s melancholy vocals enveloping a dub influenced guitar, building to a soaring, swelling chorus with additional vocals contributed by The REV Gospel Collective.

The album Blood Pressures finds The Kills with their swagger and sass intact, but with a new thoughtfulness and depth - even a tinge of wistfulness and vulnerability - to their always compelling songwriting. As one of the most vital, striking bands recording today, The Kills' vividly unique "rock" is at once effortless, edgy and timeless.

You can pre-order Blood Pressures and listen to “Satellite” here: http://www.thekills.tv/

The Sophie Muller directed road trip inspired music video for “Satellite” will be launched in the very near future.

www.thekills.tv

DELUKA ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR! – 1/26/2011

Hot on the heels of an incredible year that saw the release of their electrifying debut album, You Are the Night, Brooklyn-by-way-of-Birmingham band Deluka have announced a co-headlining U.S. tour with Fefe Dobson. Set to kick off in Pittsburg, PA on February 14th, the string of dates at Hard Rock venues across the country will be preceded by select New York City shows in early February.

Hotly tipped by NME and Dazed and Confused in their native UK, Deluka showed the US what all the fuss is about with the release of their debut full-length album, You Are the Night (Vel/RED),in late 2010. Enthusiastically embraced stateside as one of the year’s most exciting debuts, Deluka catapulted onto dance floors with their lead single “Cascade” which spent nine weeks on the Top 100 Alternative chart. The band is preparing for the release of their second single, “OMFG” as well as a music video to debut in mid-February 2011. Lead by magnetic front woman Ellie Innocenti, Deluka is known to pack venues with their floor shaking live shows and raucous DJ sets. Stay tuned for additional tour dates and plans at SXSW 2011.

Praise for Deluka:

“Female fronted, attitude laced electro tunes.” – Filter

“Ellie Innocenti is the next balls-out sex symbol front woman, right up there with the likes of The Duke Spirit’s Liela Moss, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O, and Metric’s Emily Haines.” – Venuszine

“Girl-charged electro-skuzz punk, akin to Ladytron snacking on The Killers for brunch.” - NME

“An example of pop music at its most fun: dancy, noisy, and carried by a decent hook.” –Bust

“Disco- Electro- Indi- New Wave a la early Duran Duran.” – Women’s Wear Daily

U.S. Tour Dates:

2/3/11 Brooklyn, NY @ the Bell House (w. Does It Offend You, Yeah?)

2/5/11 New York, NY @ Rockbar

2/14/11 Pittsburg, PA @ Hard Rock

2/15/11 Columbus, OH @ CD101 Big Room

2/16/11 Chicago, IL @ Hard Rock

2/17/11 Indianapolis, IN @ Hard Rock

2/18/11 Louisville, KY @ Hard Rock

2/20/11 St. Louis, MO @ NACA

2/22/11 Nashville, TN @ Hard Rock

2/27/11 Baltimore, MD @ Hard Rock

2/28/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Hard Rock

3/2/11 Detroit, MI @ Hard Rock

3/5/11 New York, NY @ Webster Hall

www.deluka.com

The New Regime Announce Speak Through The White Noise!– 1/25/2011

Rarely is so much noise generated by one individual, but Ilan Rubin has been creating, arranging and performing for years. Only 22 years old, Rubin has been involved in the music industry for most of his life, picking up the drums at 8, and in quick succession mastering the guitar, bass and piano. Armed with a veritable musical arsenal, Rubin was content to cut his teeth playing drums in numerous outfits, including stints drumming for Welsh rock act Lostprophets and industrial rock pioneers Nine Inch Nails. With The New Regime, the one-man outfit he created in 2007, Rubin has unleashed an authentic rock opus and a cheat-sheet to modern living. Through Speak Through the White Noise (April 26, 2011) an album entirely written, sung and played by Rubin, The New Regime reaches the critical mass he has been moving toward the majority of his life.

On Speak Through the White Noise Rubin has deftly created a climate of anxiety and discomfort, examining the current state of information dissemination, and how an economy of fear and anxiety has been created with the American public as the consumer. “Live in Fear” is a call to arms, an argument for agency amidst searing guitars and hard-driving drums. At moments Rubin’s voice sounds unhinged as he questions where the madness comes from, fueling it as he tries to dismantle it. “Enjoy the Bitterness” showcases Rubin’s piano skills laced with effect-laden vocals, a pop song buoyed by melody and anchored by foreboding vocals. “What Brings Us Down” – mainly recorded in one day at home and completed in various hotel rooms on days off during 2009's NIN/JA tour – is slower-paced, imbuing it with a more pensive vibe. Acoustic guitars ramble under Rubin’s higher register singing, building to the chorus that sees sadness give way to frustration.

For more information point your browser to http://thenewregime.com or give us a shout!

Introducing… The Alumni; No Order EP to Hit February 22– 1/25/2011

Toronto darlings The Alumni have already warmed the hearts and eardrums of our northern neighbors, but, much to our excitement, the band are finally headed stateside with some highly anticipated tour dates to support the release of their incredible new EP No Order. Full length debut will see a late spring release.

No Order, set to hit February 22nd was recorded at Metalworks Studios, in Toronto and produced by Jim Wirt (Something Corporate, Incubus, Jack’s Mannequin) and is rife with soulful rock ‘n’ roll, a groove you’d expect to hear from a band born down South with melodies that feel like they’ve risen straight from the streets of Brooklyn. With early buzz from key outlets stateside and tons of early support across Canada from Much Music and radio, it’s pretty clear that the band have been catching all the right ears.

The Alumni kicked off their stateside shows with a gig in Philadelphia at Triumph and will zigzag across the country hitting Chicago and New York before wrapping in Los Angeles on March 21 at The Mint.

Upcoming Dates:

2/2/11: Chicago, IL @ Elbo Room

2/22/11: New York, NY @ Arlenes Grocery

3/10/11: Windsor, ON, Canada @ PHOG Lounge

3/21/11: Los Angeles, CA @ The Mint

Point your browser to www.wearethealumni.com & www.myspace.com/wearethealumni for more information or give us a shout!

The Roots Return with the 7th Annual Jam Session on February 12thin Los Angeles, CA– 1/24/2011

Los Angeles, CA January 24, 2011 - Every year, award season brings the usual array of star-studded parties, but rarely do any of these become a celebrated institution. The Legendary Roots Crew, named one of the greatest live bands around by both Spin and Rolling Stone, have created the ticket to one of the most coveted and exclusive experiences of the season; delivering an innovative and unforgettable mix of musicians performing under one roof. Returning on the eve of the GRAMMY Awards, the 7th annual ROOTS JAM SESSION is back on February 12th. Jimmy Fallon will act as this year’s host, following in the footsteps of Don Cheadle, John Legend, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Dave Chappelle, while Hennessy Artistry will serve as presenting partner. The announcement comes on the heels of The Roots’ 6 GRAMMY nominations, which are split between their two 2010 releases, Wake Up! (with John Legend) and How I Got Over.

“We’re extremely proud and humbled that what began as a simple night to put the focus back on the music has become an amazing opportunity to unite both major artists and new talent in an impromptu musical collaboration unlike many other experiences in the industry today, while also providing a voice to some extremely worthwhile cause campaigns” said the Grammy-Award winning groups’ co-founder turned twitter celeb, Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson

With an audience packed full of musicians and talent from every area of the entertainment industry, THE ROOTS JAM SESSION is a night where legendary mash-ups and groundbreaking music is created. It is consistently praised as a truly unique evening where artists become fans and the performances and impromptu jams turn the night into a celebration of music. Past performers and attendees reads like a “who’s who” of the entertainment world: Jay-Z, Norah Jones, Cee-Lo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Slash, Black Eyed Peas, Fall Out Boy, Mos Def, Beyoncè, Queen Latifah, Bill Maher, Snoop Dog, Matisyahu, Anita Baker, Queens of the Stone Age, K’naan, Corinne Bailey Rae, Elizabeth Banks, John Mayer, Chelsea Handler, Travis Barker and Prince.

In addition to the performances, however, THE ROOTS JAM SESSION is annually interwoven with themes of social awareness, partnering with top organizations dedicated to creating global change. The goal is to entertain but also to utilize the power of its high-profile attendees to make an impact and educate audiences outside of the Jam. The Roots Jam Session has previously partnered with organizations from Save Darfur & Green Music Group to Rock the Vote. This year’s cause partner is OpportunityNation. Launching at the 2011 Jam, the organization will focus on the revitalization of the “American Dream” - in short, a campaign, powered by the people, to kick-start a nationwide conversation about opportunity while providing forums for those voices to be heard.

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About ‘The Roots Jam Session’ The Roots Jam Session, occurring annually the night before the Grammys, has become an industry staple through the years and has become one of the most anticipated experiences of award season. Having been covered in everything from The Washington Post to People Magazine, the annual Jam is produced by Kevin Seldon of Keldof Marketing and Tina Farris of Tina Farris Tours. The Roots are Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson (drums), Kamal Gray (keyboards), Kirk “Captain Kirk” Douglas (guitar) , Owen Biddle (bass), Frank Knuckles (percussion), Damon “Tuba Gooding” Bryson (sousaphone), and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter (emcee). www.rootsjamsession.com

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SLEIGH BELLS Announce U.S. Tour, New Video for Rill Rill– 1/24/2011

Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells – comprised of guitarist/producer Derek Miller and singer Alexis Krauss – will be embarking on a two month North American tour, co-headlining first with CSS, then Neon Indian. The jaunt will kick off with a set at this year’s Coachella Festival on April 15th, and will take the band coast to coast through June. Tour dates and full details are listed below.

Sleigh Bells’ will also be premiering the video for their new single, “Rill Rill,” this week. Directed by John Watts (TV on the Radio, The Rapture), the video for “Rill Rill” – which was called one of the best songs of 2010 by the likes of Time Magazine, Pitchfork and GQ – is high school horror at its finest. A thirty second sneak preview of the “Rill Rill” video will premiere on MTV tonight following the show Skins, as well as on MTV.com. The full video will premiere on all of MTV’s channels on Thursday, January 27th. The song will also be added at Alternative Radio on February 6th.

“Rill Rill” is one of the most infectious tracks off of the band’s critically-acclaimed debut album, Treats (out now on Mom + Pop Music / N.E.E.T.). With over 100,000 copies sold to date, Treats has established Sleigh Bells as one of music’s most exciting new voices. The album received year-end praise from the likes of the New York Times, Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, Spin, Pitchfork, Alternative Press, Stereogum, NPR, New York Magazine, iTunes, NME and many many more.

Live, Sleigh Bells are a maelstrom of Derek Miller’s exploding guitars and rapid-fire beats, and singer Alexis Krauss’ sweet-as-sugar vocals and larger-than-life stage presence. Having played with the likes of LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Yeasayer, Major Lazer, Hot Chip and more, in addition to selling out their own headlining shows this past summer, the Sleigh Bells live experience is not to be missed.

Sleigh Bells Tour Dates WITH CSS:

4/21/11 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit

4/22/11 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater

4/23/11 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa

4/24/11 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live

4/26/11 Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity

4/28/11 Orlando, FL @ Firestone

4/29/11 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theater

4/30/11 Miami, FL @ Grand Central %

5/2/11 Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage

5/3/11 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom

5/4/11 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel

5/6/11 Richmond, VA @ The National

5/7/11 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *

5/9/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero *

5/11/11 New York, NY @ Webster Hall *

5/12/11 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

5/14/11 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *

5/16/11 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club

5/17/11 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club

5/18/11 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews

5/19/11 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

WITH NEON INDIAN:

5/21/11 Winnipeg, Manitoba @ Pyramid Cabaret

5/23/11 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite

5/25/11 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue

5/26/11 Portland, OR @ Roseland

5/30/11 San Francisco, CA @ Independent

5/31/11 San Francisco, CA @ Independent

6/3/11 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up

6/4/11 Denver, CO @ Ogden

% - WITHOUT CSS

* - Mr. Dream opens