3/31/2011

Ringo Deathstarr

RINGO DEATHSTARR
POST NEW VIDEO FOR “TWO GIRLS”
& “KALEIDOSCOPE”
NPR, WIRED, CNN, BK VEGAN PICK BAND AS HIGHLIGHT OF SXSW
Wired "Must Hear Band at SXSW"
NPR "SXSW Preview On ALL SONGS CONSIDERED"
CNN "What's Next" Profile
BROOKLYN VEGAN “SXSW Live Review”
Colour Trip is one of my favorites of 2011”-Brooklyn Vegan
Austin, TX trio, Ringo Deathstarr released TWO new videos for the songs Two Girls and Kaleidoscope today. The self made videos encompass everything the band is, loud, fuzzy and dream-like, as evidenced on their new full-length album Colour Trip. The band have just delivered a whopping twelve plus shows at SXSW which was championed by such outlets as NPR who included the band in their SXSW preview as a band they can’t wait to see. Wired Magazine proclaimed Ringo a “Must Hear Band” in their SXSW preview.
On the press front, the band is also getting attention including top web outlets like Pop Matters giving the band an 8 out of 10 and saying the band has “expanded its musical palette to the point where they shift gears between varying styles so effortlessly that it’s enough to convince listeners they’ve been doing this for the past 20 years.” Chrome Waves called the album “Loud, fuzzy and fun,” CMJ called it “an interesting indie-pop/lo-fi contrast that’s addressed in every distortion-soaked, echoing track.” Local tastemaker The Austinist gave it’s seal of approval saying “Ringo Deathstarr’s debut LP is a well-made, effects-laden enfilade of melody and noise.” My Old Kentucky Blog who proclaimed “At heart, Ringo Deathstarr is a tremendous pop band, perhaps ready to rival Belle and Sebastien.” Street Boners said Is it possible to wear out your YouTube player to the point that it starts skipping, because that’s how many times I’ve spun this video for “So High.” UK tastemaker NME proclaimed “It’s a shame we do not live in a world in which Ringo Deathstarr is the name of Liam Gallagher’s new band.” Finally MOG.com sums it up by saying “I can only state that this is an amazing record.”
Ringo Deathstarr head to Japan in April and will announce a national U.S. tour shortly.

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3/30/2011

WIRE american tour 2011


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Upcoming Wire gigs

  • Apr 01: Lee's Palace, Toronto, Canada Book tickets
  • Apr 02: Le Cabaret du Mile End, Montreal, Canada Book tickets
  • Apr 03: Middle East Downstairs, Boston, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 05: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 06: Bowery Ballroom, NYC, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 07: Black Cat, Washington DC, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 08: Mohawk, Austin, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 09: Metro, Chicago, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 10: First Avenue, Minneapolis, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 12: Dante's, Portland, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 13: Neumos, Seattle, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 14: Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, Canada Book tickets
  • Apr 16: Coachella Festival, Indio, CA, USA Book tickets
  • Apr 17: Slim's, San Francisco, USA Book tickets

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Keren Ann "101"


KEREN ANN ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR FOR JUNE
AOL SPINNER PREMIERES VIDEO FOR LEAD SINGLE
“MY NAME IS TROUBLE” FROM HER FORTHCOMING ALBUM “101”
TO BE RELEASED MARCH 22 ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS



The track listing for 101 is as follows:
1. My Name Is Trouble
2. Run With You
3. All The Beautiful Girls
4. Sugar Mama
5. She Won't Trade It For Nothing
6. You Were On Fire
7. Blood On My Hands
8. Song From A Tour Bus
9. Strange Weather
10. 101


KEREN ANN TOUR DATES:
April 17 – Kimmel Center – Philadelphia, PA
June 7 – Bell House – Brooklyn, NY
June 8 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
June 9 – ICA – Boston, MA
June 11 – The Warhol – Pittsburgh, PA
June 13 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
June 14 – Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
June 17 – Triple Door – Seattle, WA
June 18 – Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
June 19 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
June 21 – Yoshi’s – San Francisco, CA
June 23 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
June 24 – McCabes – Santa Monica, CA
June 25 – Luckman Fine Arts Complex – Los Angeles, CA
June 28 – Drake Hotel – Toronto, ONT



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3/27/2011

Hugh Cornwell @ Alex's Bar



Tonight at Alex's Bar, Hugh Cornwell performs, March 27th, 2011
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3/23/2011

Alessi's Ark "The Robot" at SXSW 2011


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Toro Y Moi @ KCRW



Listen to Toro Y Moi on KCRW

TORO Y MOI also playing at the TROUBADOUR tonight!!!
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3/22/2011

Toro Y Moi tonight



Toro Y Moi, Cloud Nothings, and Braids @ Detroit Bar tonight, and the Troubadour tomorrow. See you there!
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3/21/2011

Little Dragon @ Jimmy Fallon tonight



Little Dragon make an appearance on late night TV.
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3/20/2011

Alessi's Ark in NY TIMES



NY TIMES @ SXSW article

NPR article
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3/19/2011

WIRE "Adapt"



New WIRE song from RED BARKED TREE. @wirehq @pinkflag
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3/18/2011

Esben and The Witch @ SXSW


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Alessi's Ark @ SXSW



Alessi's Ark @ Central Presbyterian Church today March 18th 730pm.
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3/16/2011

DEVO @ Club Nokia March 19th









DEVO is playing in LA on March 19th at Club Nokia! See you there!
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Olof Arnalds @ SXSW


Ólöf Arnalds Tours U.S., Plays SXSW

“a rich and musically complex experience.”—8.0 Pitchfork

“fragile and beautiful.”—KCRW

“While Arnalds’ voice is certainly quirky, it’s also heartwarming and beautiful. With her gently plucked guitar lines and loving melodies, her songs emit an almost magical glow.”— NPR Music

“It compels us to dream a little, to drive a little and to feel abnormally lost and faint.”
—Daytrotter

Ólöf Arnalds returns to the states for her first run of dates in 2011 performing a series of shows at SXSW including the Brooklyn Vegan, Paste and Other Music Parties. Additionally, she will perform a string of shows on the west coast before performing at City Winery for the Anthology of Film Archives Honors on April 27. (See dates below).

Ólöf continues to support her 2010 One Little Indian sophomore release Innundir skinni. She recently won a Kumar award for the Album of the Year in Iceland, was nominated for four Icelandic Music Awards, where she took home "Songwriter of the Year" and was nominated for a Nordic Prize in their inaugural year. Innundir skinni was one of Uncut Magazine’s "Top 50 albums of 2010 and her song “Madrid” was last years’ iTunes UK "Song of the Year." Ólöf recently returned from an Australian tour where she opened solo, acoustic for Grinderman in Tasmania and received a five- star live review from the Sydney Morning Herald for her Sydney Festival show at the Spiegeltent."

Recorded throughout 2009, Innundir skinni reunited Ólöf with producing partner by Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur Rós. The duo sought to make a less minimalist album than her direct to tape debut Við Og Við. Classically educated on the violin and self-taught on the viola, guitar and charango, Ólöf most distinctive instrument is her voice. Fellow countryman Björk said “it’s somewhere between a child and an old woman," and also duetted Ólöf on the track “Surrender.” The album includes both Ólöf’s first recorded songs in English as well as a duet with Ragnar Kjartansson on “Crazy Car.

Ólöf released her U.S. debut Við Og Við in 2009. The album caught notice of international press including The New York Times, Vanity Fair, NME and SPIN. Time Out New York described her having “… the kind of voice that can silence a room, such is its sweetness," while Rolling Stone described her songs being “fragile as tiny china swans.” Meanwhile, Paste magazine dubbed Við Og Við “impossibly lovely” and voted it #38 in its "Top 100 Albums" list. eMusic named it among the "100 Best Albums of the Decade,"while at home the album accrued a host of accolades including, "Best Alternative Album" at the Iceland Music Awards and a "Record of the Year" nod from Iceland’s principal daily newspaper, Morgunblaðið.

Ólöf Arnalds Tour Dates

March 16 Brooklyn Vegan Showcase Austin, TX

March 17 Paste Party at The Stage on Sixth Austin, TX

March 17 Other Music & Dig For Fires Party at French Legation Austin, TX

March 18 BMI Stage at Music Lounge Austin, TX

April 12 Café Du Nord San Francisco, CA

April 13 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA

April 14 The Woods Portland, OR

April 15 Waldorf Cabaret Vancouver, BC

April 27 City Winery- Anthology of Film Archives Honors New York, NY


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3/15/2011

The Octopus Project @ Club Nokia







The Octopus Project @ Club Nokia, March 19th with DEVO
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3/13/2011

Alessi's Ark @ SXSW



Alessi's Ark will be playing at Central Prebyterian Church, March 18th at 730pm.
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The Cave Singers - "Dancing On Our Graves"



Tonight at the AUTRY
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3/11/2011

Peaches @ Mondrian Sessions March 12th



Peaches @ Mondrian Sessions with Chilly Gonzales and Feist.
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Jim Jones Revue @ El Rey



THE JIM JONES REVUE PLAY THE EL REY TOMORROW NIGHT
BEFORE HEADING TO AUSTIN
SXSW SHOWS:

Thu Mar 17 - 4:45pm
Live4Ever UK Party
Antone’s, 213 W5th (at Lavaca)
Thu Mar 17 – 8.00pm
PIAS/Top Spin Party
Belmont, 306 W6th St (at Lavaca)
Fri Mar 18 – 1.00am
Leafy Green/Thrill Jockey Showcase
Emo’s Inside Room, 603 Red River t (at 6th St)
Sat Mar 19 – 1.45pm
MOJO Magazine Party
Mean Eyed Cat, 1621 W5th St (at Campbell)
Sun Mar 20 - 9.00pm
Soul Clap Party
Emo’s, 603 Red River St (at 6th St)

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3/09/2011

The Black Ryder @ Ace Gallery 3/10




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Asobi Seksu @ Troubadour tonight



Asobi Seksu plays at the Troubadour tonight, March 9th, and Detroit Bar tomorrow!
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3/04/2011

The Black Ryder @ Echo

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3/03/2011

More bands to see at SXSW


The Answering Machine


Pains of Being Pure at Heart


A Place To Bury Strangers


Screaming Females


Semi Precious Weapons


Smith Westerns


The Soundtrack Of Our Lives


Surfer Blood


White Denim


Toro Y Moi

All Photos: Angel Ceballos
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