The Portable-Infinite: 11/2020

11/30/2020

NEW NOISE 2020 show 23: Interview with SE Gontarski on Grove Press

Coming this FRIDAY December 4th / 3pm PST

NEW NOISE w/ Alexander Laurence (The Portable Infinite)

ONE HOUR ALL NEW MUSIC SHOW

Coming this Friday: SE Gontarski on New Noise 2020, show 23:

Interview on Barney Rosset, Grove Press issue of "RCF" and the death of John O’Brien of Dalkey Archive Press. Streaming on Dec 4th, 5th and 6th, 2020 at 3pm PST / 6pm EST

This coming Friday at 3pm Pacific Time, Alexander Laurence’s cutting edge 1-hour radio show, New Noise will broadcast on RadioKAJW on Live365.

December 4th, Friday at 3pm PST. All new music and some old favorites for a great electronic disco party.

The story continues. The music returns.

Live Streaming: https://live365. com/station/RadioKAJW-a51134

Listen to previous shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/infinitealexander/

PORTABLE INFINITE LINKS:

Website: http://portable- infinite.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ portinfinite

Instagram: https://www. instagram.com/portable_ infinite/

RADIO KAJW Twitter: https://twitter.com/ radiokajw

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Primus Announce Virtual Concert "Alive From Pachyderm Station"

PRIMUS

Announce Alive From Pachyderm Station

A Virtual Concert Streaming Friday, December 11

Early Bird Tickets Available NOW

Watch the Trailer HERE

On December 11, Primus will stream the one-of-a-kind virtual concert Alive From Pachyderm Station. Like so many other touring bands, Primus was forced to reschedule their 2020 touring plans; Alive From Pachyderm Station offers fans their first chance this year to see the band in concert. The show was filmed at Les Claypool’s Sebastopol, California winery Claypool Cellars, marking the band’s first time playing at the location.

“Strange, eclectically wonderful things tend to happen when the three of us get in a room together with our instruments,” says Claypool. “This will be an intimate and casual performance between three longtime friends as opposed to an elaborate ‘show.’ Primus in the raw.”

The virtual show will air on Friday, December 11 at 6pm PT. Ticket holders can then stream the show for the next 72 hours. Early bird tickets are available December 1 through December 4 at the discounted rate of $15; prices increase to $20 on December 5. Tickets and exclusive event merch are available HERE.

WATCH THE ALIVE FROM PACHYDERM STATION TRAILER:

PRIMUS: Alive at Pachyderm Station [Official Trailer]

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Björk collaborates with Hamrahlíð Choir on new track "Sonnets" from album Come and be Joyful – out this Friday

BJÖRK COLLABORATES WITH THE HAMRAHLÍÐ CHOIR ON NEW TRACK “SONNETS”

NEW ALBUM
COME AND BE JOYFUL
OUT DECEMBER 4

THE HAMRAHLÍÐ CHOIR unveil their new single “Sonnets” today from their upcoming album Come and be Joyful, out December 4; check it out HERE. Composed by Björk and set to a poem by e e cummings, “Sonnets” is an entirely acapella work which was first performed by the Hamrahlíð Choir at the premiere performance of Björk’s critically acclaimed Cornucopia show at The Shed, New York, last year. The Choir shared the album’s lead single “Cosmogony” earlier this month. DAZED called the track a “choral masterpiece”; check it out HERE and pre-order the album HERE.

Björk herself was a member of the choir as a teenager, and as a result has been a long-time collaborator. As such a fan of the choir’s work and completely unique sound, Björk featured them on both the Utopia album and had all 52 choristers accompany her around the world to perform at every live show during the Cornucopia tour.

Come and be Joyful features Icelandic folk songs along with two collaborative Björk covers – “Cosmogony” & “Sonnets”, based on Björk’s own arrangements. The album is built out from the choir’s phenomenal support set at the Cornucopia live shows, with additional tracks added following the end of the tour.

Björk began her collaboration with The Hamrahlíð Choir in 2017, singing on her album Utopia, and this collaboration continued with concerts including those at The Shed, New York City, in May and June 2019 and northern Europe in November and December the same year.

Follow Björk here.

Visit The Hamrahlíð Choir website here.

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MELANIE MARTINEZ ANNOUNCES GLOBAL STREAMING CONCERT EVENT

MELANIE MARTINEZ ANNOUNCES GLOBAL STREAMING CONCERT EVENT

CAN’T WAIT TILL I’M OUT OF K-12 TO STREAM WORLDWIDE

IN FOUR TIME ZONES

NEWLY CONCEIVED ONE-OF-A-KIND THEATRICAL PRESENTATION, POWERED BY HEADLINER,

MARKS LAST CHANCE FOR FANS TO EXPERIENCE K-12 IN CONCERT

TICKETS GO ONSALE STARTING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2^ND

CAN’T WAIT TILL I’M OUT OF K-12 PREMIERES AROUND THE WORLD

ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17^TH

DOWNLOAD PRESS PHOTOS HERE

Multi-platinum pop phenomenon Melanie Martinez has announced plans for a major global streaming concert event. CAN'T WAIT TILL I'M OUT OF K-12 will stream worldwide in four time zones beginning on Thursday, December 17^th, airing at 8:00 PM in GMT, EST, and PST, and Friday, December 18^th at 8:00 PM AEDT. Tickets go on sale starting Wednesday, December 2^nd at 7:00 AM PST (3:00 PM GMT, 10:00 AM EST, and Thursday, December 3^rd at 2:00 AM AEDT). In addition, a range of ticket bundles and exclusive CAN'T WAIT TILL I'M OUT OF K-12 merchandise will also be available. Tickets and complete information can be found now at www.melaniemartinezmusic.com.

CAN'T WAIT TILL I'M OUT OF K-12 – powered by the innovative live streaming platform Headliner – will see Martinez celebrating her internationally acclaimed album and accompanying full-length film “K-12” with a spectacular concert production, featuring a full band, dancers, and all of the one-of-a-kind theatricality fans have come to expect from this visionary, multi-talented artist. Martinez had been poised to launch the biggest world tour of her career earlier this year, but the run was cancelled due to the Coronavirus shutdown. CAN'T WAIT TILL I'M OUT OF K-12 is a newly conceived concert experience that marks the last opportunity for fans everywhere to experience an extraordinary K-12 concert production, giving songs from the K-12 tour a new spin in addition to performing tracks from her recent AFTER SCHOOL EP.

CAN'T WAIT TILL I'M OUT OF K-12 follows the recent release of Martinez’s “AFTER SCHOOL” EP, available now via Atlantic Records at all DSPs and streaming services HERE. The EP is also being joined to “K-12” as the “K-12 (AFTER SCHOOL – DELUXE EDITION),” available now at all DSPs and streaming services HERE. “AFTER SCHOOL” includes seven brand new songs, including “The Bakery,” produced by Blake Slatkin and accompanied by an equally engaging companion video directed and costume designed by Melanie herself, now boasting more than 23 million views at the official Melanie Martinez YouTube channel HERE after spending nearly a week in the #1 trending spot on YouTube.

Both “AFTER SCHOOL” and “The Bakery” were met with widespread applause, with Variety declaring the latter to be “the best straight-up pop song of the week by far.” “Get set for something special,” raved American Songwriter. “Martinez has proven herself to be a detail-propelled creator who doesn’t draw the line of her creativity at loose Easter eggs and macro thematics.”

Recently nominated as “Top Soundtrack” at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, “K-12” proved a sensation upon its September 2019 release, entering the SoundScan/Billboard 200 at #3 – Martinez’s highest chart placement thus far. Furthermore, the album debuted at #1 on the “Alternative Albums,” “Soundtracks,” and “Vinyl Albums” charts, as well as #2 on “Pop Albums” and #3 on “Top Albums.” Internationally, “K-12” made top 10 debuts in Canada, Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, UK, New Zealand, and Spain.

Produced by Michael Keenan with the exception of one song produced by Kinetics & One Love, “K-12” also serves as a soundtrack companion to an eerily enchanting musical film, written, directed, and starring Martinez. K-12 is streaming now at DSPs and Martinez’s hugely popular YouTube channel, with its nearly 70 million views to date contributing to her career 6.9 billion global streams, more than 2.8 billion total YouTube views, and close to 12 million YouTube subscribers. Praised by Billboard as “a visual dream world of the 24-year-old’s own making… a whimsical, highly dramatized version of school life, filled with pastels, magic, oversized hair bows and babydoll dresses,” K-12 was the 6^th highest grossing film in US cinemas on release day, September 3, 2019, with screenings in over 400 cinemas in 32 countries.

Named by both SPIN and Idolator as one of 2015’s top pop albums, Martinez’s RIAA platinum certified debut album, “CRY BABY,“ spent more than 100 consecutive weeks on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 after making a #6 chart debut upon its initial August 2015 release. In addition to the album’s own platinum certification for sales equivalents exceeding 1 million, each individual track has now been certified gold and/or platinum, including the longtime fan favorite, “Play Date.” Originally found on the deluxe digital edition of “CRY BABY,” “Play Date” recently proved a true pop sensation, earning RIAA gold certification and more than 580 million global streams, propelling the album back onto the upper half of the SoundScan/Billboard 200 more than five years after its initial release.

A worldwide TikTok favorite, “Play Date” has been featured in millions of user-generated videos using the hashtag #playdate. Martinez – who created her own TikTok video for “Play Date,” streaming HERE – marked the surprise success of “Play Date” with a new official lyric video, now boasting close to 36 million views via YouTube HERE having drawn close to 1.5 million views in its first day alone. In addition, the original YouTube audio stream of “Play Date” has now earned over 119 million streams HERE.