Shout Out Louds @ El Rey Theater

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LIARS Announce MoMa PS1 Warm Up Show

LIARS

Announce MoMa PS1 Warm Up Show

August 31st

With Cajmere, Lil Silva, IO ECHO, Jon Hopkins & Miles 

Play Primavera This Saturday

Following their two incredible shows in New York City - a special performance in The Temple of Dendur at The MET and a more traditional set at Le Poisson Rouge - Liars are pleased to announce that they will be playing at MoMa PS1 on August 31st as a part of the Summer Warm Up series. Also playing on that day is the stacked lineup of Cajmere, Lil Silva, IO ECHO, Jon Hopkins and Miles. 

Be sure you grab your tickets for what promises to be an epic close to your summer! 

Click here to purchase and more info

Last night the trio kicked off their European tour, which includes a performance at Primavera Sound this Saturday, as well at performances at Sonar and Parklife Festivals.

European Tour Dates:

5/23--La Cartonerrie-Reims, France

5/24--Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival-Dudingen, Switzerland

5/25--Primavera Sound-Barcelona, Spain

5/27–Circolo Artisti—Rome, Italy

5/28—Interzona-Verona, Italy

5/29--Musica 90 Molodiciotto-Torino, Italy

5/30-- Cabaret Aleatoire-Marseille, France

6/1--Optimus Primavera-Porto, Portugal

6/5—Sterelux-Nantes, France

6/6--Trabendo-Paris, France

6/9--Parklife Festival-Manchester, England

6/13--Sonar Festival-Barcelona, Spain

6/15—Barby-Tel Aviv, Israel

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Seftel - Seftel new album

OUT ON MONDAY!

Seftel - Seftel

Debut album released May 27th 2013 on Lo Recordings

Featured on Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service, BBC 6music (12/05/13): http://bbc.in/YYfPKf

Soundcloud preview - http://snd.sc/ZGh26C

 

 

Stream the video for 'Architects' via the Lo Recordings website: http://bit.ly/12PvSat

Seftel announces eponymous debut album, to be released next Monday (27th May) on Lo Recordings, written by Larry Seftel with production from Panos Ghikas and Johannes Von Wieseker of The Chap.

Influenced as much by literature as music, Hackney-based Larry Seftel weaves emotive and poetic lyrics over abstract sound palettes resulting in an array of trajectories: sometimes intimate and warm, frequently obscure and disturbing, but always a tad discomforting. This is due in no small part to Seftel's deadpan vocal delivery juxtaposed with the often-nightmarish scenes that his songs describe.

He cites influences such as Lenny Tristano, Robert Wyatt and Boulez & Lygetti during the writing of the album, but Seftel is more personal than a collection of stylistic tick-boxes; meticulous art-pop production with a post-techno edge rubs with unflinching, sometimes numbingly cold lyrics to reveal the unique mind of Seftel, a space that brims with detachment, surrealism and yearning, all with an almost disquieting serenity.

In anticipation of the album release, Lo Recordings have recently unveiled the video for lead single 'Architects'. Directed by Larry Seftel, the video is the perfect compliment to his music, occupying a unique space where the boundaries between words, rhythm and art are blurred in an entrancing and surreal fashion. From the opening flicker of a word processor cursor, the video develops as the once empty document fills with text at an ever-increasing rate. Efforts to follow what is being written are quickly rendered futile as pop-ups and windows begin to crowd the screen, leaving us with no option but to sit back and enjoy a ride that only Seftel himself could have engineered.

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Thee Oh Sees "Floating Coffin" LP

Thee Oh Sees "Floating Coffin" LP Tops CMJ Charts, Stays At Number #1 For Two Weeks

On European Tour Now
LP Out Now On Castle Face Records

Click Here To Watch "Toe Cutter Thumb Buster" On Pitchfork Tour Dates 5/24 – Marche Gare – Lyon, France 5/25 – Primavera Sound Festival – Barcelona, Spain 5/26 – Vilette Sonique Festival – Paris, France 5/28 – An Club – Athens, Greece 6/8 – The San Francisco Eagle – San Francisco, CA 6/21-6/23 – Sled Island Festival – Calgary, Alberta Press Quotes “Floating Coffin is another resounding success...an album stuffed with great melodies, smooth transitions, shredding guitar solos, and stellar percussion work.” - Pitchfork “A step toward the sinister but with ample amounts of flower-power charm.” - CMJ “Free-flowing and cataclysmic.” - Impose Magazine “Floating Coffin’s warmed garage slashers will satisfy a noise-addled listener.” - Consequence of Sound "Some tunes race down psychedelic superhighways, while others come throbbing like jock jams from some alien stadium. At this point, calling it “garage rock” feels like a disservice." - Washington Post “Floating Coffin demonstrates the group at their most refreshed, inspired and accomplished.” - Exclaim

BIO We all know the type:  Prolific bands who commit every loose thought, stray idea and 90-second song fragment to tape. Bands who pay no attention to little inconveniences like "release cycles" or "self-editing," and instead decide that quantity equals quality, creating a discography more labyrinthine, imposing and – ultimately – exhausting than the cast of creatures in a sci-fi novel. Here is why none of that applies to Thee Oh Sees. Because each of the dozen-plus albums they've released since 2004 are possess a distinct personality and represents a different point along the path of John Dwyer's slow transformation from auteur of woozy bare-bones four-track psychedelia to goggle-eyed garage rock marauder backed at long last by a band that both shares and stokes his singular vision. Because drop a needle on any record and – to their great credit – it takes several songs before you're convinced it's Thee Oh Sees. The seasick hundred-bottles-of-rum shanty "What the Driven Drink," from 2007's delirious Sucks Blood exists in a different galaxy than the rollercoastering "Chem-Farmer" from last year's Carrion Crawler/The Dream; the doomy doo-wop of "Blood on the Deck" hardly seems like the product of the same band who delivered the yelping "Ruby Go Home" in 2009. And the band who made last year's engrossing Putrifiers II seems like a distant cousin to the band delivering Floating Coffin -- arguably the most varied and textured Oh Sees record to date. "These songs occur in the mindset of a world that's perpetually war-ridden," Dwyer explains.  "Overall, it's pretty dark, and much heavier than our other albums." You can hear that sense of foreboding in "Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster," which churns and sloshes like an ocean of ink, Dwyer's ghostly falsetto an eerie contrast with the song's sub-basement groove. "That one's a song about war," Dwyer explains, "It's like people take less notice of those horrors anymore. Dark goings-on are so ever present that they can just wash over you every day." Chalk some of the band's cunning chameleonic ability to Dwyer's 20-year resume.  The driving force behind such beloved and sonically disparate bands as Coachwhips and Pink and Brown, Dwyer's increased fidelity to Thee Oh Sees and only Thee Oh Sees is evidence of a newfound sense of purpose and focus. Where once Dwyer used to funnel his divergent artistic ideas through a host of different channels, lately he's been finding ways to make all of those impulses function within the framework of Thee Oh Sees -- who have in turn grown closer and tighter and sharper with each eye-popping, jaw-dropping live show. As Dwyer puts it: "The family that plays together stays together." That sense of unity is palpable throughout Floating Coffin. "Strawberries 1 + 2" is a blinding flash of sound, the band first locking tight into a frenetic, palpitating rhythm then downshifting suddenly into a loose, hypnotic drone. "I could have made the second half of this song last for hours," Dwyer says. "This is another song that's wary of the outside world, about humans staring down technology." "Tunnel Time" opens with a short-circuiting synth sound before diving into haywire blast-furnace punk rock made more manic by Dwyer's split-second hollers and howls. The skeleton waltz of "Minotaur," which opens with Dwyer sighing, "Oil slick in my dinner," gradually gives way to a distinct sense of optimism. "That one's relatively less ominous," Dwyer explains. "It's about dream-hunting – being the person you feel you were meant to be." That sense of release is summed up in a single lyric, which shows up just after a squad of swooping strings provides an impromptu serenade: "Stay home today – go to the beach instead." It's moments like those that underscore just how unique this band is – each new layer of their persona that's revealed only hints at the thousands that still remain. Floating Coffin is the next chapter in the story of Thee Oh Sees, the one where they fix their fury against the onrushing night. It's another blistering demonstration of Thee Oh Sees greatest trick: they're the only prolific band who doesn't put out records often enough. Links Website Facebook Twitter

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BOYS NOIZE Announces New -GO HARD- EP

BOYS NOIZE Announces New -GO HARD- EP Out in June via Boysnoize Records



New BOYS NOIZE DJ, Live Skull and Dog Blood Dates Announced, including Bonnaroo, EDC, Camp Bisco, Lollapalooza, HARD Summer, Electric Zoo (see below for full dates)

Today, BOYS NOIZE (Alex Ridha) announces his brand new -GO HARD- EP, which includes a range from classic rave, techno, rap to disco/house and acid. In better words by Alex:

“I made one Acid/Hardcore/Rave/Break track,
one very analogue Techno track with no melody and no bass line just really intense Robot voices,
one 909 Acid/Disco-House track with summer vibes,
one Acid (T)Rap track that goes Hard !! (yes no one has brought the Acid sound into Rap/HipHop yet hehe)
plus another sick Rave beat.

The -GO HARD- EP comes right when BOYS NOIZE starts his new world tour.
BOYS NOIZE is scheduled to play at Bonnaroo, Spring Awakening, Electric Daisy Carnival (Las Vegas), Camp Bisco, Forcastle, Electric Zoo, and Alex Ridha/Boys Noize will also play at Ottawa Blues Fest, HARD Summer, Lollapalooza and Electric Zoo as Dog Blood, his group with Skrillex.

Last March, Boysnoize Records released their iconic 100^th release: a double A side single w/ “XTC” (The Chemical Brothers Remix) and “Ich R U” (Justice Remix) which is available digitally HERE and as a limited 12” vinyl HERE. Both Justice and The Chemical Brothers tracks are remixes of original tracks from the Out Of The Black full length that BOYS NOIZE self-released last year to wide success. The album also featured the Snoop Dogg collaboration “Got It”, they performed the track live for the first time this year at Ultra Music Festival – you can see the live video HERE.

Boysnoize Records (BNR) was founded by BOYS NOIZE aka Alexander Ridha in 2005 in order to retain his full artistic freedom while releasing his own music under Boys Noize as well as under different monikers. BNR became a home for multidirectional quality electronic music. The Berlin-based anarchist collective are celebrating their 100th deafeningly successful release incl. albums from high-ranked artists Spank Rock, Siriusmo, Housemeister, Strip Steve, EPs from Djedjotronic, Boody & Le1f, Peaches and UZ. - and of course BOYS NOIZE's debut "Oi Oi Oi" (2007), "POWER" (2009) and “Out of The Black” (2012).

GO HARD SUMMER TOUR 2013
hi res flyer here
*LIVE SKULL
# DJ SET
$$ DOG BLOOD

Fri 5/31 - SWITZERLAND - NEUCHATEL @ FESTINEUCH FESTIVAL*
Sat 6/1 – AUSTRIA -ST. POLTEN @ BEATPATROL *
Fri 6/7 – GERMANY - NÜRBURG RING @ ROCK AM RING *
Fri 6/8 – GERMANY – NÜRNBERG @ ROCK IM PARK *
Sun 6/9 – UK – MANCHESTER @ PARKLIFE #
Thu 6/13 – CAN – TORONTO @ THE HOXTON #
Fri 6/14 – USA – MINNEAPOLIS @ MILL CITY NIGHTS #
Sat 6/15 – USA – MANCHESTER @ BONNAROO #
Sun 6/16 – USA – CHICAGO @ SPRING AWAKENING  #
Sun 6/16 – USA – CHICAGO @ SPY BAR #
Mon 6/17 – USA – WASHINGTON @ U STREET MUSIC HALL #
Thu 6/20 – USA - SAN FRANCISCO @ MEZZANINE #
Fri 6/21 – USA @ LAS VEGAS @ EDC @ HARD STAGE #
Sat 6/22- USA - LAS VEGAS @ EDC @ HARD STAGE $$
Fri 6/28 – UK – GLASTONBURY @ SILVER HAYES STAGE $$
Sat 6/29 – UK – GLASTONBURY @ SPIRIT OF 71` STAGE #
Thu 7/4 – FRANCE – BELFORT @ EUROCKENNES *
Fri  7/5 – BELGIUM – WERCHTER @ ROCK WERCHTER *
Sat 7/6 – GERMANY – VÖLKLINGEN @ MAGNETIC FESTIVAL #
Thu 7/11 – USA – MARIAVILLE @ CAMP BISCO #
Fri 7/12 – USA – LOUISVILLE @ FORECASTLE FESTIVAL #
Sun 7/14 – CAN – OTTAWA @ OTTAWA BLUES FEST $$
Sat 7/27 – JAPAN – NIIGATA @ FUJI ROCK *
Sat 8/3 – USA – LOS ANGELES @ HARD SUMMER $$
Sun 8/4 – USA – CHICAGO @ LOLLAPALOOZA $$
Fri 8/9 – GERMANY – SAALBERG @ SONNEMONDSTERNE *
Sun 8/11 – HUNGARY – BUDAPEST @ SZIGET FESTIVAL *
Thu 8/15 – PORTUGAL – OFIR @ PACHA BNR NIGHT #
Fri 8/15 – BELGIUM – HASSELT @ PUKKELPOP FESTIVAL #
Sat 8/17 – GERMANY – HOCKENHEIMRING @ ROCK´M HEIM #
Tue 8/20 – SPAIN – IBIZA @ TOGETHER @ AMNESIA  #
Fri 8/23 – FRANCE – CHARLEVILLE @ CABARET VERT FESTIVAL*
Sat 8/24 – UK – GLASGOW @ SLAM #
Sun 8/25 – UK @ SOUTH WEST FOUR *
Thu 8/29 - SWITZERLAND  - ZURICH @ ZURICH OPEN AIR #
Fri 8/30 – USA – NEW YORK @ ELECTRIC ZOO $$
Sat 8/31 – USA – NEW YORK @ ELECTRIC ZOO *

FREE TO SHARE:
“Ich R U” music video HERE
“Stop” interactive music video HERE
Snoop Dogg and Boys Noize “Got It” LIVE AT ULTRA HERE
“Ich R U” Justice remix HERE
“What You Want” music video HERE
“Got It” feat. Snoop Dogg HERE

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ADULT. "Idle (Second Thoughts)" on XLR8R

 

ADULT.

This month, Detroit-based synth duo ADULT. released The Way Things Fall, their exceptional fifth record on Ghostly International. They just released a video for "Idle (Second Thoughts)," directed by ADULT.'s own Nicola Kuperus and featuring costume designs by Detroit-based designer / performance artist Levon Millross. Up now on XLR8R, they write, "as a tune, 'Idle (Second Thoughts)' sounds much more sparse, mature, and darker than anything the already-sombre outfit had released before going on hiatus in 2007, and the accompanying clip takes the 'dark' theme in the most literal direction it can."

Click Here To Watch "Idle (Second Thoughts)" on XLR8R

On the new record, FADER write, "what's surprising about the wonky synth lines and smiting, deadpan vocals on their excellent return to the studio, The Way Things Fall, is very fresh and how of-the-moment they sound, like something you might hear at a fog-machine-filled cold wave party today, only with an emphasis on clarity of form, instead of hazy subterfuge." XLR8R recently covered their history as artists with a vast, exploratory interview feature on their previous records, describing it as "a body of work that's unconventional in the way it consistently defies expectation." 

The duo will play a series of dates this summer, beginning with a set at Detroit's Movement Festival this weekend, with all dates listed below. 

Upcoming Tour Dates / 05.26.13 - Movement Electronic Music Festival - Detroit, MI05.31.13 - Assembly / Sacramento Electronic Music Festival - Sacramento, CA 06.02.13 - Echo - Los Angeles, CA *06.08.13 - 285 Kent - Brooklyn, NY #06.22.13 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL 09.05.13 - Hopscotch Festival - Raleigh, NC  * with Frank Alpine and Von Haze # with Black Marble, ERAAS and YOU  Press Quotes / "Grim, stripped-bare techno, razor-sharp synth-pop, and snarling electro-punk...It's terrifically conceived and even more terrifically crafted, the sort of record so perfect in its own aims that parsing out influences or agendas seems a fool's game. These tracks, this duo, this entity that is Adult.: they're a great and interesting thing, this nation's best inducers of head-banging, high-speed driving, amazed chuckles, and giddy bedroom shout." Pitchfork "Stripped of ratty bass panic attacks and atonal splatter, consonant arrangements and blanched analogue melodies manifest in wraithlike contortions." Electronic Musician "What's surprising about the wonky synth lines and smiting, deadpan vocals on their excellent return to the studio, The Way Things Fall, is very fresh and how of-the-moment they sound, like something you might hear at a fog-machine-filled cold wave party today, only with an emphasis on clarity of form, instead of hazy subterfuge." FADER "Electronic elements with a sharper punk edge...it’s a living, breathing concoction of analog instrumentation and electronic aesthetic, with a minimal diffidence that pushes and pulls." BULLETT

The Way Things Fall Tracklisting / 01. Heartbreak 02. Idle (Second Thoughts) 03. Tonight, We Fall 04. New Frustration 05. Love Lies 06. At The End Of It All 07. Nothing Lasts 08. A Day Like Forever 09. We Will Rest 10. Rise & Fall Assets /  ADULT. Stream "Idle (Second Thoughts)" ADULT. Stream "Tonight, We Fall" ADULT. Video for "Idle (Second Thoughts)" ADULT.'s Public Service Announcement Video Links / ADULT. Facebook ADULT. Twitter ADULT. Official Website

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The Damned @ HOB Anaheim

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The Damned @ HOB Anaheim

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SHOUT OUT LOUDS @ Jay Leno

Tune in to... SHOUT OUT LOUDS  on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on NBC Tonight, Thursday, May 23 The band will be performing their song "Walking in Your Footsteps" from their recently released, critically-acclaimed album Optica on Merge Records. Watch the music video for "Walking in Your Footsteps"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaLfFSwAIq0 ********** "Particularly in its first half, Optica plays like a marvelous '80s mixtape, albeit one with modern production values and a good deal of subtlety. The references aren't all pop, either - the album-opening "Sugar" sounds like 's Robert Smith stepping in to lead The Smiths - but the results, in all their sweet and sunny glory, invariably chime and shine." - NPR Music"Optica is a testament to the songwriting acumen of frontman Adam Olenius and the band's ability to translate the core sound of their favorite Cure and Smiths songs into something grand and modern." - The Onion AV Club    "Bigger, richer, and more fun than its predecessor, Optica drips with hyperactive lyrics, icy synths, and string arrangements..." - Under The Radar

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Beach Day "Stay"

SPIN Premieres Beach Day song

Debut Album Trip Trap Attack Out June 18 On Kanine Records
Summer Tour Dates Announced

 

Listen: "Stay" via SPIN or SoundCloud 

SPIN has premiered "Stay" from Beach Day's debut album, Trip Trap Attack due June 18th on Kanine Records. SPIN said, "Beach Day follow in the hazy power-pop tradition of fellow oceanside revisionists like Best Coast and Dum Dum Girls. "Stay," the latest track to wash up from the Florida trio's upcoming debut, Trip Trap Attack, marries tight, ragged riffs with swoon-worthy vocals that would make Joey Ramone weak in the knees." "Stay" is available for limited time as a download via SoundCloud. Trip Trap Attack was recorded in South Florida and mixed in Detroit by Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, The Dirtbombs). Beach Day will be this summer in support of the forthcoming album. The tour includes a stop at Toronto's NXNE Music Festival as well as shows in major cities including Chicago, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Atlanta and more.   

Beach Day hails from Hollywood, Florida. Their sound is heavily influenced by their surroundings. They make new music, but it is definitely old at heart. And it's definitely sunny, but not without some murkiness.

Kimmy, Natalie and Skyler met at a local show and quickly bonded over their love of 60's Girl Groups, their dissatisfaction with their current musical endeavors and a common desire to be in a band that was purely about fun and making music without pretense.

Skyler was living in Asheville but missing the beach culture, so he moved back. Natalie was planning a move to the west coast but already had song ideas, so she decided to stay. The two moved into a house with Kimmy and all acquired jobs at the local Smoothie Shack. Moving in is somewhat of a big commitment for a band that just wants to have fun, but the first song they wrote together came easy. It is called Beach Day and was their first 7" release. "Beach Day" was praised by Filter, Elle, Nylon, Foam Magazine and many more.   

An embodiment of their surroundings and love of 60's girl groups, Beach Day sounds as you might expect. Think of a female fronted Beach Boys, throw in some The Shangri-La's, The Ventures, The Sonics, Phil Spector, The Ronettes, add in contemporaries Cults, Jacuzzi Boys, Dum Dum Girls and The Black Lips and you have a soundtrack for your perfect Beach Day.

Beach Day Tour Dates

06.06 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's

06.07 - Tulsa, OK @ Vanguard 

06.08 - Dallas, TX @ Bryan Street Tavern

06.09 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk

06.11 - Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room

06.12 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas

06.13 - Detroit, MI @ Garden Bowl

06.14 - Toronto, ON @ NXNE

06.15- Toronto, ON @ UrbanOutfitters (in-store performance at 2pm)

06.15 - Toronto, ON @ Handle Bar -

06.19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands (Trip Trap Attack Release Show)
06.20 - Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar

06.21 - Washington, DC @ IOTA

06.22- Raleigh, NC @ Pour House -

06.23 - Asheville, NC @ Double Crown

06.25 - Atlanta, GA @ Earl

06.26 - Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly

06.27 - Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub

06.29 - Hollywood, FL @ Hollywood Beach Theatre  

For more info, please visit:

http://kaninerecords.com/

http://beachdayband.tumblr.com/

Beach Day "Stay"

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The Damned "Love Song" video

The Damned "Love Song" video

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FIRST MUSIC: “REACH FOR THE DEAD”



WATCH ‘REACH FOR THE DEAD’ FILM NOW, AT:
WWW.BOARDSOFCANADA.COM
(YOUTUBE LINK: http://youtu.be/2jTg-q6Drt0)

THE ALBUM ‘TOMORROW’S HARVEST’ OUT JUNE 11, 2013
First broadcasted at midnight in Tokyo’s Shibuya district to a crowd of several hundred, you can now listen to Boards of Canada’s first new music in seven years online.  “Reach for the Dead” is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ and is accompanied by a film by Neil Krug.
 
‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ is available to preorder.  ‘Reach For The Dead’ is also available to buy individually from download stores now.
 

Download hi-res artwork and photos:
https://warp.box.com/shared/static/93ob01vgw1g7co2cvmis.zip
 
“REACH FOR THE DEAD” BUY LINKS -
Bleep - http://bit.ly/16QoSzm
iTunes - http://bit.ly/13Nm3w1
 
ALBUM PREORDER LINKS -
Bleep - http://bit.ly/10P7zL0
iTunes - http://bit.ly/11XLVr6
Amazon - http://bit.ly/167FWl7
 
WEBSITES -
http://boardsofcanada.com/
http://cosecha-transmisiones.com/
http://warp.net/records/boards-of-canada
https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada
https://twitter.com/boctransmission

TRACKLIST -
01. Gemini
02. Reach For The Dead
03. White Cyclosa
04. Jacquard Causeway
05. Telepath
06. Cold Earth
07. Transmisiones Ferox
08. Sick Times
09. Collapse
10. Palace Posy
11. Split Your Infinities
12. Uritual
13. Nothing Is Real
14. Sundown
15. New Seeds
16. Come To Dust
17. Semena Mertvykh

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The Damned @ House of Blues Anaheim

THE DAMNED will be playing tonight at HOB Anaheim Thursday May 23rd 2013.

The Damned @ House of Blues Anaheim

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Washed Out "Paracosm" new album and tour

Sub Pop To Release Washed Out’s Paracosm In

North America on August 13th

Late Summer Live Appearances Include First City,

Bumbershoot, FYF, and Laneway Festival-Detroit

Watch Album Trailer Now

http://washedout.net/

We are pleased to announce the release of Washed Out’s Paracosm, the follow up to his critically-acclaimed debut album, Within and Without. The album will be available on CD, LP and digitally on August 12th in UK & Europe via Weird World and in North America on August 13th via Sub Pop. Paracosm, led by the single “It All Feels Right,”  was recorded by Ernest Greene with returning producer Ben Allen in Athens and Atlanta, Georgia.

The music recorded by Ernest Greene as Washed Out has been nothing if not dreamy, but for his second full-length, he’s taken the idea of letting your mind wander to another state a huge leap further. On Paracosm, the Georgia-based musician explores the album’s namesake phenomenon, where people create detailed imaginary worlds. The concept has been used to describe fantasy lands like Tolkien’s Middle Earth and C.S. Lewis’ Narnia, and it’s at the heart of the 2004 documentary In The Realms Of The Unreal about outsider artist Henry Darger.

The idea of escaping is all over Paracosm’s lyrics, and it’s also the main thrust behind the music, which finds Greene distancing himself from the modes and methods that informed Washed Out’s previous recordings. No, he hasn’t thrown away his computer or synths, but Greene made a conscious decision to expand his sonic palette, which resulted in the employment of more than 50 different instruments, the most significant of which turned out to be old keyboards like the Mellotron, Chamberlin, Novatron, and Optigan. Designed during the middle of last century and made up of prerecorded sounds with individual notes sampled for each key of the chromatic scale (the flute sound in The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” is a well-known example of the Mellotron in action), these relics allowed Greene to use his sampling expertise while also offering the flexibility to explore new creative avenues (read more at Sub Pop).

Washed Out has some festival appearances scheduled in support of Paracosm to mention at this time: August 24th in Monterey, CA for First City Festival; August 25th in Los Angeles, CA for FYF Fest; August 31st in Seattle, WA for Bumbershoot; and September 14th in Detroit, MI for Laneway Festival.  There will be additional live dates announced shortly.

Tour Dates:

Aug. 24 - Monterey, CA - First City Festival

Aug. 25 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest

Aug. 31 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival

Sep. 14 - Detroit, MI - Laneway Festival

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CAVEMAN Music Video “In The City”

CAVEMAN Premiere Official Music Video “In The City”
Featuring Julia Stiles, Fran Kranz and Michael Cavadias via VEVO HERE 

Live at Sasquatch Festival this Saturday 5/25
Tour With Rogue Wave Starts in June
(see full dates below)


 “In The City” on YouTube HERE and VEVO HERE

CAVEMAN Out Now via Fat Possum Records
Caveman SoundCloud HERE

Today, Caveman reveals their first music video off their sophomore album for the track “In The City”. Director Philip Di Fiore made a thrilling portrait of a tourist couple visiting New York City for the first time. Head over to VEVO to see what happens when the couple, played by Julia Stiles and Fran Kranz, discover what lies underneath the surface of the playground of the city…

Recent praise about Caveman’s Caveman:
"...dreamily rendered, deftly executed pop-rock is the stuff of painstaking craftsmanship and creative relentlessness." - NPR
“...their command of pace results in a climax that feels natural and earned. But the real star of "In the City" is lead singer Matthew Iwanusa, whose voice has an unexpected, striking richness. He demands attention, even in the midst of a weighty arrangement; if Caveman continues to embrace a more expansive sound, he'll continue to shine.” –Pitchfork
"New Wave daydreamers...Caveman's earth-toned synth tunnel for "Where's the Time." Dusty chamber-folk rarely sways so effortlessly." - SPIN
“a rich, art-rock lullaby.” - Fader

Caveman—a five-man vibe collective from NYC—released their first album in 2011. As first albums go, CoCo Beware was something akin to a moody statement of intent, a blueprint for a band quickly learning how to create horizon-wide rock songs that were equal parts intimate and expansive. Initially self-released and later snatched up by Fat Possum for re-release in early 2012, the record brims over with four-part harmonies, crystalline guitar lines, and tracks that see-sawed between echoey lullaby (“A Country’s King of Dreams”) to shoegaze-by-way-of classic-FM-radio sprawl (“Old Friend”). The album quickly elevated Caveman from local band to watch to a sizable touring draw and formidable live act, as evidenced by stints on the road with the likes of The War on Drugs, White Rabbits and Built to Spill. Despite being the work of a brand new band, CoCo Beware displayed a kind of Zen-like ease. It was the sound a five friends settling into a nice groove; the music that happens when, for whatever reason, a lot of seemingly disparate elements finally fall into place.

The guys holed up in Brooklyn’s Rumpus Room to start recording in earnest with Nick Stumpf (who produced the band’s debut album) and Albert Di Fiore behind the controls. The album is a kind of sonic microcosm—a series of emotional yet tough mini-narratives operating within the same quixotic musical universe.

The guitars on Caveman are bigger and more expansive, the rhythm section is tighter and more adventurous, the keyboards more opaque and pronounced. Like a marriage between Tangerine Dream, late period Slowdive, and Lindsey Buckingham, tracks like their new single “In the City” and “Ankles” boast synth lines that sound simultaneously retro and futuristic, while “Pricey” and “Never Want to Know” overflow with guitar sounds that could have miraculously floated off an old Cure album. It should be noted that James Carbonetti, the band’s primary guitar player, also happens to be one of the most highly regarded guitar makers in New York City.

And while Caveman’s music could certainly operate on the level of dreamy soundscape and still be excellent, the depth of feeling in front man Matthew Iwanusa’s lyrics helps weave the songs deeply into your memory. When Iwanusa sings Where’s the time to waste on someone else’s life? on “Where’s the Time,” it’s hard not to read between the lines. Wonder and regret seem to fuel the record in almost equal measure.

Caveman tour dates (more to be announced):
* w/ Rogue Wave
# co-headline w/ Night Beds

5/25 – George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival (on stage 5:15pm-6pm)
6/13 – Akron, OH @ Musica
6/14 – Champaign, IL @ Highdive
6/15 - St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House *
6/16 - Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio *
6/18 – Charlotte, VA @ The Southern #
6/19 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
6/20 - Cambridge, MA @ the Sinclair *
6/21 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg *
6/22 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
6/23 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre *
6/25 - Toronto, ON @ the Mod Club *
6/26 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre *
6/27 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
6/28 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
6/29 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe *
7/01 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
7/02 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
9/27 – Cincinnati, OH @ Midpoint Music Festival
9/28 – Champaign, IL @ Pygmalion Music Festival

“In The City” Music video credits:
Directed by Philip Di Fiore
DP Christopher J. Lytwyn

Featuring:
Julia Stiles (girlfriend)
Fran Kranz (boyfriend)
Michael Cavadias (bellhop)

Produced by Ben Altarescu
Associate Producer Ari Ingber
Colorist Ron Sudul
Wardrobe Sheyna Imm
Hair Stylist Avian King
Makeup Artist Michelle Coursey
Special Effects Makeup Laura Stiassni
Gaffer James Herron
Props Stewart Gerard
Assistant Camera  Alfredo Alcantara
PA  Marcus Castillo
PA  Isa Alcantara

Special Thanks:  Austin Peters, Michael Kliegman, Rain Phoenix, The Jane Hotel
Production Company:  The Rumpus Room (Brooklyn, New York)

CAVEMAN is:
Jeff Berrall - bass, backing vocals
James Carbonetti - guitar
Sam Hopkins - keys, backing vocals
Matthew Iwanusa - vocals, guitar, percussion
Stefan Marolachakis - drums, backing vocals
 

CAVEMAN Music Video “In The City”

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