Alessi's Ark @ Hollywood Forever

Alessi's Ark performs at Hollywood Forever today, Sunday September 18th.

Alessi's Ark @ Hollywood Forever

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Surfer Blood @ Echoplex

SURFER BLOOD plays tonight @ The Echoplex, Sept 16th.

Surfer Blood @ Echoplex

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Peter Hook + Joy Division @ El Rey

Peter Hook and the Light @ the El Rey, tonight September 16th, 2011.

Peter Hook + Joy Division @ El Rey

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Alessi's Ark "On The Plains"

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Watch the New Video For "On The Plains"

As Alessi prepares to hit the road for her tour with Laura Marling this weekend, we are excited to bring you the all-new video for her song "On The Plains" from her upcoming album Time Travel. The video features some great live footage of Alessi performing and enjoying an evening in Durham, NC the night of her show at The Casbah during her last trip to the US. Click the player below to watch the video now and make sure to get your tickets for the upcoming tour early as some shows are close to selling out!

US Tour Dates w/ Laura Marling Start This Weekend

Having been associated with Marling for quite some time via their mutual involvement in the Sunday evening London "Communion" gigs organized by Mumford & Sons' Ben Lovett, Alessi and Marling will bring the US version of their successful European run to the United States for a string of major-market dates. Check out the full list of dates below and order tickets for any show HERE.

While Mumford's success is certainly the sun around which the artists in this particular London scene have continued to orbit, in the past several years Alessi's Ark, Marling, Noah and the Whale, Peggy Sue, The Vaccines and several other artists whose teeth were cut in the scene have blasted off successful careers of their own, spreading the inclusiveness and songwriting-centric ethos of Lovett's informal collective.

PRE-ORDER TIME TRAVEL AT THE US BELLA UNION STORE

"Oh, by now, I must have grown", Alessi Laurent-Marke croons beautifully, four songs into her stunning sophomore album Time Travel. And hasn't she just - not yet 21 but already a seasoned pro, having recorded her debut album aged just 17, with members of Bright Eyes, and touring with the likes of Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons and Brighton cult faves the Willkommen Collective. Time Travel is the first Alessi's Ark album since signing to Bella Union, where her acutely melodic and exquisitely tender folk-pop charms haven't just grown; they've blossomed into something extraordinarily mature.

The 12-track Time Travel keeps alternating between anxiety and joy, between childlike wishes and grown-up truths - how change can force us apart but also signify growth. "Run" acknowledges that you must let friends go, "to chase their dreams, even if it takes them away from you". "Wire" imagines a man who knows he hasn't chased his dreams, and time is running out. The album's one cover version, Lesley Gore's 1965 smash "Maybe I Know," is a classic from the '60s girl-group glory days of teen angst disguised as sweet and innocent pop. "On the surface, the song is very pretty but the lyrics are very sad and dark." STREET DATE: 9/27/11

"... the songs have a deftness that defies her years - 8/10" - NME

"The understated arrangements suggest you're listening to a woman with impeccable taste...4 Stars" - MOJO

Click HERE to visit the Alessi's Ark Facebook page and stream the entire Time Travel album now.

alessisark.com | us.bellaunion.com

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The Morning After Girls

the morning after girls EMBARK ON NATIONAL TOUR!

WITH THE BLACK BOX REVELATION (9/19-10/21)

PLAYING NEW MATERIAL

New York, NY –Xemu Records artist the morning after girls will embark on a national tour next week with The Black Box Revelation (Merovingian Music). The tour will hit both coasts, lasting over a month and will end with a performance at the CMJ Festival in NYC in October. Originally from Australia, now based in New York, the morning after girls will be supporting their most recent release alone on Xemu Records (Dead Meadow, Spindrift) as well as playing brand new material that is yet to be recorded.

alone drew critical acclaim from many tastemaking press outlets including Flavorwire who said the album “ditched the lo-fi psychedelia of their early EPs for lusher prospects, evoking contemporaries like Silversun Pickups and the Dandy Warhol’s while summoning the seminal swirls of Swervedriver and Ride.” Prefix Magazine summed up their thoughts of the album by saying “the morning after girls have managed to create music that blurs the line between the familiar and something quite special you haven’t heard before.”

Forming nearly a decade ago and delivering several EP’s before alone, the band have toured throughout Australia, The US, and Europe with artists including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Dandy Warhol’s, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

TOUR DATES BELOW

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/THE-MORNING-AFTER-GIRLS):

9/19 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
9/20 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
9/21 Washington DC DC9
9/22 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
9/24 Richmond, VA Strange Matter
9/25 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
9/26 Charleston, SC Tin Roof
9/27 Atlanta, GA Basement
9/28 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
9/29 Dallas, TX Double Wide
10/5 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
10/8 San Francisco, CA Kimo’s
10/11 Denver, CO Hi-Dive
10/12 Kansas City, MO Riot Room
10/14 Milwaukee, WI Club Garibaldi
10/16 Chicago, IL Double Door
10/17 Cleveland, OH Now That’s Class
10/18 Detroit, MI Small’s
10/21 New York, NY The Studio at Webster Hall (CMJ)



Black Box Revelation

The Morning After Girls

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Trentemøller us tour

Trentemøller Reveals Details For Reworked / Remixed Double CD

Returns to North America for Coast to Coast Fall Tour

"Trentemøller's expansive, moody sound seems tailor-made for soundtracks." - SPIN "5 Acts To Watch"

"Whether you like your beats to purr or roar, chances are there's something for you in Dane Anders Trentemøller..." - Pitchfork

Stream Trentemøller's Remix of "Raincoats" & Efterklang's Remix of "Tide" (Available to Post)

Danish electronic artist Anders Trentemøller has revealed the details and track listing for his forthcoming double album, Reworked / Remixed, to be released November 8th on his own label In My Room. Featuring UNKLE, I Blame Coco, Depeche Mode, Modeselektor with Thom Yorke, Efterklang, Mew, Kasper Bjørke and many more, the album celebrates some of the producer's favorite remixes he's crafted for other artists, as well as his own songs that other musicians have reworked. Following a sensational North American spring tour and a summer of European festival appearances, Trentemøller will return to North America with a full band set up this fall in continued support his acclaimed full-length Into The Great Wide Yonder.

With over 20 slick productions to choose from, Reworked / Remixed is a treat for any Trentemøller fan, or indeed a great introduction into his sound. From crisp electronic beats, to atmospheric and filmic moments, to heavy post-rock mutations and beyond. All the reworked tracks are taken from last year's Into The Great Wide Yonder album, which fused melancholic, emotional melodies with a more indie/electro-rock studio focus.

Featuring three-dimensional layers, cinematic lighting and unique special effects, Trentemøller's ever-evolving live performances were lauded at this year's SXSW, Ultra Music Festival, and Coachella, resulting in Yahoo! Music saying he was the "biggest breakout of Coachella 2011...perhaps he'll be headlining Coachella in 2012." To get an idea of what to expect on this tour, watch the incredible live video of his performance of "Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!!" in front of 50,000 fans at Roskilde Festival.

Reworked/ Remixed (Double CD) Track listing:

CD1
01. Trentemøller: Sycamore Feeling (Marie Fisker Version)
02. UNKLE: The Answer feat. Big in Japan (Baltimore) (Trentemøller Remix)
03. The Dø: Too Insistent (Trentemøller Remix)
04. Trentemøller: Tide (Efterklang Remix)
05. Trentemøller: Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go !!! (Andrew Weatherall Prinz Mix)
06. Franz Ferdinand: No You Girls (Trentemøller Remix)
07. Trentemøller: Tide (Modeselektors Last Remix Ever)
08. Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke: White Flash (Trentemøller Remix)
09. Lars and The Hands Of Light: Me Me Me (Trentemøller Remix)
10. Kasper Bjørke: Does Not Matter feat. The Pierces (Trentemøller Remix)
11. Trentemøller: Tide (Alternative Instrumental Version)

CD2
01. Trentemøller: Neverglade (Trentemøller Remix)
02. Chimes And Bells: The Mole (Trentemøller Remix)
03. Trentemøller: ... Even Though You're With Another Girl (I Blame Coco Version)
04. Efterklang: Raincoats (Trentemøller Remix)
05. Trentemøller: Neverglade (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #16)
06. Depeche Mode: Wrong (Trentemøller Club Remix)
07. Sleep Party People: The Dwarf And The Horse (Trentemøller Remix)
08. Mew: Beach (Trentemøller Remix)
09. Trentemøller: ... Even Though You're With Another Girl (Kollektiv Turmstrasse Remix)
10. Giana Factory: Dirty Snow (Trentemøller Remix)
11. Trentemøller: Neverglade (Instrumental Version)

Trentemøller w/ Full Band Live In Concert

10/12 - Boston, MA - Royale

10/13 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts

10/14 - New York, NY - Webster Hall

10/15 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis

10/16 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix

10/18 - Chicago, IL - Metro

10/19 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall

10/21 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre

10/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Complex

10/ 25 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee

10/26 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern

10/27 - Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box

10/29 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

10/31 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater

11/01 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market

11 /02- Vancouver, BA - Commodore

For more info, please visit:

http://www.anderstrentemoller.com

http://www.myspace.com/trentemoeller

http://www.facebook.com/trentemoller

http://www.hfn-music.com/inmyroom/

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The Horrors @ Detroit Bar

THE HORRORS are playing tonight with The Stepkids at Detroit Bar, Sept 13th. And on Thursday, Sept 15th, at the El Rey.

The Horrors @ Detroit Bar

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Patrick Wolf @ Hollywood Forever

Patrick Wolf plays Hollywood Forever tonight Sept 13th, and tomorrow too.

Patrick Wolf @ Hollywood Forever

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George Kuchar

THE CELLULOID SINS OF GEORGE KUCHAR (1942-2011) Thursday, Sept. 22 - Saturday, Sept. 24 + Friday, Sept. 30 “George and Mike Kuchar’s films were my first inspiration.” -- John Waters Starting at the age of twelve on their parents’ Bronx rooftop, George Kuchar and his twin brother Mike created a series of absurd, homemade epics that became underground film classics, probably to the brothers’ own surprise. Made with their cast of misfits, drag queens, and overweight women -- in other words, stars! -- the Kuchar brothers employed an original lo-fi aesthetic that joyfully transformed every flaw into a charming detail, and wallowed cheerfully in their own cheapness. George’s love of trash, camp, and melodrama, infect every second of his crazed, unique films -- more than two hundred of them at last count, before his recent passing on September 6th, 2011. Aside from John Waters, his influence can still be felt in filmmakers from Guy Maddin to David Lynch. We proudly present a three-day memorial tribute to this idiosyncratic and irrepressible titan of independent and experimental film, with programs of his short works made on both Coasts, plus the landmark ‘70s trash epic Thundercrack, and the career-spanning documentary It Came From Kuchar.

IT CAME FROM KUCHAR + GEORGE KUCHAR'S NYC SHORTS Thursday, September 22nd | 7:30pm It Came From Kuchar - 7:30pm Underground filmmaking twins George and Mike Kuchar are finally the subjects of the loving, in-depth documentary portrait they deserve -- one that serves to highlight their uniquely enchanting spirits. The definitive document on their careers, It Came From Kuchar traces George & Mike’s history from their childhood time in the 1950s spent compulsively copying Hollywood melodramas with their aunt’s 8mm home movie camera, to their time wowing the ‘60s underground film scene (and subsequently deeply influencing a young John Waters), and all the way to George’s forty-year legendary teaching/filmmaking stint at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he produced an endless ongoing array of crazed pieces with the aid of his yearly students. Alongside numerous clips from the Kuchars’ colorful filmography (including Hold Me While I’m Naked and Sins of the Fleshapoids) are revealing interviews with both filmmakers they’ve inspired, like John Waters, Buck Henry, Atom Egoyan, Todd Haynes and Wayne Wang -- and key on-screen participants, ranging from the earliest days in the Bronx through George’s SFAI films of the current day. “What emerges is a heartfelt valentine to filmmaking at any cost.” -- Nathan Rabin, AV Club Dir. Jennifer M. Kroot, 2009, digital presentation, 86 min. George Kuchar's NYC Shorts - 9:15pm Made during the heyday of the heady 1960s New York City filmmaking underground, these are the films that almost defined the term. And, they’re funny as hell; George’s Hold Me While I’m Naked is worth the price of admission alone. This fifteen-minute camp classic easily transcends the limitations that such a term as “camp classic” might impose, as it adds true poignancy and pathos into the mix amongst its garish color palate, playfully aggressive stylization, manic dialogue delivery and giggle-fit melodrama. “Described by Ken Kelman as ‘a perfect fusion of mock-Hollywood and mock-avant-garde styles’, Hold Me While I’m Naked is a virtual lexicon of camp characteristics that stands as George Kuchar’s most perfectly realised example of ‘the theatricalisation of experience’ that lies at the core of this sensibility.” (Deborah Allison, Senses of Cinema) Join us for a slate of George’s very best work from his fertile filmmaking post-adolesence! WATCH THE TRAILER FOR "IT CAME FROM KUCHAR"! Tickets - $10/free for members

IT CAME FROM KUCHAR + GEORGE KUCHAR'S SAN FRANCISCO SHORTS Friday, September 23rd | 7:30pm It Came From Kuchar - 7:30pm Underground filmmaking twins George and Mike Kuchar are finally the subjects of the loving, in-depth documentary portrait they deserve -- one that serves to highlight their uniquely enchanting spirits. The definitive document on their careers, It Came From Kuchar traces George & Mike’s history from their childhood time in the 1950s spent compulsively copying Hollywood melodramas with their aunt’s 8mm home movie camera, to their time wowing the ‘60s underground film scene (and subsequently deeply influencing a young John Waters), and all the way to George’s forty-year legendary teaching/filmmaking stint at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he produced an endless ongoing array of crazed pieces with the aid of his yearly students. Alongside numerous clips from the Kuchars’ colorful filmography (including Hold Me While I’m Naked and Sins of the Fleshapoids) are revealing interviews with both filmmakers they’ve inspired, like John Waters, Buck Henry, Atom Egoyan, Todd Haynes and Wayne Wang -- and key on-screen participants, ranging from the earliest days in the Bronx through George’s SFAI films of the current day. “What emerges is a heartfelt valentine to filmmaking at any cost.” -- Nathan Rabin, AV Club Dir. Jennifer M. Kroot, 2009, digital presentation, 86 min. George Kuchar's San Francisco Shorts - 9:15pm After George lost his job doing commercial art work in New York City, he accepted a position as an associate professor at the San Fransisco Art Instiitute. Now on the West Coast, he not only continued his own personal output, but began making films with his students, films that range from the insane to the mildly pornographic, and often both. Plus, they’re funny as hell. Included in this program is one of George’s most incredible works, and one of our favorites: I, An Actress. “A short film made as a kind of screen test for one of Kuchar's acting students during a filmmaking workshop. The student, Barbara Lapsley, is given a page from a ludicrously melodramatic script, set opposite a dummy draped in a coat with a curly wig to represent her husband, and then set loose to read her lines. The whole thing quickly degenerates, however, as Kuchar himself steps into the frame as the director, instructing his actress in how to read her lines and how to act, constantly urging her further and further over the top. The whole thing quickly becomes less a screen test...and more a demonstration of the sheer joy of moviemaking, the hands-on fun of the director in dictating what happens on a movie set.” -- Ed Howard, Only The Cinema WATCH THE TRAILER FOR "IT CAME FROM KUCHAR"! Tickets - $10/free for members

GEORGE KUCHAR'S NYC SHORTS Saturday, September 24th | 2:00pm Made during the heyday of the heady 1960s New York City filmmaking underground, these are the films that almost defined the term. And, they’re funny as hell; George’s Hold Me While I’m Naked is worth the price of admission alone. This fifteen-minute camp classic easily transcends the limitations that such a term as “camp classic” might impose, as it adds true poignancy and pathos into the mix amongst its garish color palate, playfully aggressive stylization, manic dialogue delivery and giggle-fit melodrama. “Described by Ken Kelman as ‘a perfect fusion of mock-Hollywood and mock-avant-garde styles’, Hold Me While I’m Naked is a virtual lexicon of camp characteristics that stands as George Kuchar’s most perfectly realised example of ‘the theatricalisation of experience’ that lies at the core of this sensibility.” (Deborah Allison, Senses of Cinema) Join us for a slate of George’s very best work from his fertile filmmaking post-adolesence! WATCH "HOLD ME WHILE I'M NAKED"! Tickets - $10/free for members

GEORGE KUCHAR'S SAN FRANCISCO SHORTS Saturday, September 24th | 5:00pm After George lost his job doing commercial art work in New York City, he accepted a position as an associate professor at the San Fransisco Art Instiitute. Now on the West Coast, he not only continued his own personal output, but began making films with his students, films that range from the insane to the mildly pornographic, and often both. Plus, they’re funny as hell. Included in this program is one of George’s most incredible works, and one of our favorites: I, An Actress. “A short film made as a kind of screen test for one of Kuchar's acting students during a filmmaking workshop. The student, Barbara Lapsley, is given a page from a ludicrously melodramatic script, set opposite a dummy draped in a coat with a curly wig to represent her husband, and then set loose to read her lines. The whole thing quickly degenerates, however, as Kuchar himself steps into the frame as the director, instructing his actress in how to read her lines and how to act, constantly urging her further and further over the top. The whole thing quickly becomes less a screen test...and more a demonstration of the sheer joy of moviemaking, the hands-on fun of the director in dictating what happens on a movie set.” -- Ed Howard, Only The Cinema WATCH "I, AN ACTRESS"! Tickets - $10/free for members

George Kuchar

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Liars @ Space 1520

LIARS are playing Space 1520 tomorrow, September 10th, 7pm

Liars @ Space 1520

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Jim Jones Revue @ the Echo

JIM JONES REVUE is playing the Echo tonight, September 8th, 2011.

Jim Jones Revue @ the Echo

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First Aid Kit @ Troubadour

FIRST AID KIT return to LA on November 8th, 2011, at the Troubadour for the first time.

First Aid Kit @ Troubadour

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Psychic Ills "Hazed Dream"

PSYCHIC ILLS ANNOUNCE THEIR 3RD ALBUM & SACRED BONES DEBUT HAZED DREAM HEAR "MIND DAZE" OVER AT THE FADER VIEW TEASER OF HAZED DREAM

There are seekers and there are reapers -- those who head out into the ether with an open head to whatever magic they might find, and those who would wait until the light of day to cherry-pick only the spangliest bits for future broadcast. Psychic Ills are most certainly seekers, but with their third album and Sacred Bones debut, Hazed Dream, the New York outfit discover a rare alchemy that's as thrilling for the journey as it is for what it delivers: eleven psychedelically surging platters awash in warm tones, imbued with a tangible ease, and anchored by Tres Warren's eternally unruffled voice. The man's own explanation says as much as a dozen press releases could, even if he says relatively little: "Some developments in our lives led to new approaches. The music came out the old fashioned way ... a way that had been avoided for a while. It was about putting some words to some chords and keeping it simple. Getting back to something. Feeling a feeling. Shaking out the NY brain boil. Movin' away from some old bad vibes, by creating some new good ones. Dreaming out the bad. Takin' it easy on ourselves, and those around us. This album lives in a sunny place. A half memory. A hazed dream." But Tres, bassist Elizabeth Hart and drummer Brian Tamborello have been winding their way to this beatific space for a good while. Psychic Ills was born as an experiment in home recording in 2003, and quickly evolved into an exercise in all-night full-band exploration in a neighborhood where noise wasn't a problem. Their earliest travels-on long-lost vinyl or otherwise unreleased-were eventually rounded up in Early Violence, but it was 2006's LP debut Dins (also on Social Registry) that captured the squalling guitars, tribal rhythms and molasses-thick atmosphere the group was known to summon live. The clang and chaos dissipated for 2009's Mirror Eye, which found the Ills with all hands on a synthesizer at some point. The album was a sonic palate cleanser, an oft improvised dive into deep drone and electronic buzz that earned them road time with Butthole Surfers and the Melvins, as well as shows with spiritual forebearer Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3, who the band first came in contact with when he remixed a song for one of their first releases. Over the next year, a handful of small-run releases (Astral Occurrence, Catoptric, Telesthetic Tape) displayed a band loyally free-wheeling their way toward some ineffable nugget of truth, while a FRKWYS remix EP saw the Ills reworked by the likes of legends: Gibby Haynes, Juan Atkins, and Faust's Hans-Joachim Irmler. Enter Hazed Dream, which trades the hypnotic for the happily narcotic. Recorded live to tape by Mitch Rackin (Gang Gang Dance, Black Dice) at Brooklyn's Seaside Lounge, the album shows the Ills' evolved ear for divine songcraft, from lazily ambling opener "Midnight Moon," held together by whirring organ tones and hand-smacked percussion, to the vaguely samba-like closer, "Same Old Song," which gets its groove from loping bass and fuzzed-up guitar. In between, of course, are sunburned mantras colored by Eastern melodies ("Incense Head"), blues-damaged come-ons complete with blasted harmonica solos ("Mexican Wedding"), and humid, dust-caked tributes to nomadic living ("Travelin' Man"). "I was walking down the highway in Heaven," Tres sings on the pastoral rambler, "Ring Finger," and before long he adds, "It was an easy time." We can always count on Psychic Ills to remind us that no matter what shape the destination takes, it is, truly, the trip that matters. PSYCHIC ILLS HAZED DREAM SACRED BONES STREET DATE: OCTOBER, 18th 2011 1. Midnight Moon 2. Mind Daze 3. Incense Head 4. Mexican Wedding 5. That's Alright 6. Ring Finger 7. Travelin' Man 8. Sungaze 9. Dream Repetiton 10. I'll Follow You Through the Floor 11. Same Old Song

Psychic Ills "Hazed Dream"

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CAN "Tago Mago"

CAN – TAGO MAGO

40th ANNIVERSARY 2-CD EDITION OUT NOVEMBER 15, 2011

DELUXE VINYL BOX SET & UNRELEASED LOST TAPES BOX SET DETAILS FOR 2012

PLUS HALLELUWAH! EXHIBITIONS IN GERMANY

Spoon Records and Mute announce the release of the 40th anniversary edition of the classic Can album Tago Mago on November 15, 2011.

The new edition of this genre-defying album comes packaged in the original UK artwork for the first time since 1971, and includes a bonus CD featuring 50 minutes of unreleased live material from 1972, remastered in 2011.

Tago Mago, the first album with Damo Suzuki on vocals, features the Can line up of Holger Czukay on bass, Michael Karoli on guitars, Jaki Liebezeit on drums and Irmin Schmidt on keyboards, and was recorded at Schloss Nörvenich in 1971, released later that year on United Artists.

Can’s influence is well known and far-reaching and the impact they made on music is felt today as keenly as it ever has been. They themselves have always been impossible to classify and reflecting this, the scope of artists who in recent years have cited Can as a major influence is varied. Of all the band’s oeuvre, Tago Mago has been most often cited as an influence for a host of artists including John Lydon, Radiohead, The Fall, Ariel Pink, F*CK Buttons, Sonic Youth, Factory Floor and Queens Of The Stone Age. Just last week Geoff Barrow (Portishead) mentioned Can as his favorite and most inspiring band ever (The Quietus).

Listen to ‘Bring Me Coffee Or Tea’, as featured on the OST for the 2010 film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s novel Norwegian Wood here:

http://soundcloud.com/muterecords/can-bring-me-coffee-or-tea

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Michael Karoli's death on the November 17 2011, Spoon Records will offer a Best Of Michael Karoli Edit for free download on their site www.spoonrecords.com.

Can was formed by ex-student of Stockhausen Irmin Schmidt, who, fired by the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa abandoned his career in classic music to form a group which could utilise and transcend all boundaries of ethnic, electronic experimental and modern classical music.

TAGO MAGO – 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION – TRACKLISTING

CD1

Paperhouse (07:29)

Mushroom (04:04)

Oh Yeah (07:23)

Halleluwah (18:33)

Aumgn (17:37)

Peking O (11:38)

Bring Me Coffee Or Tea (06:47)

CD2

Mushroom (Live 1972) (08:42)

Spoon (Live 1972) (29:55)

Halleluwah (Live 1972) (09:12)

www.spoonrecords.com / www.mute.com

CAN "Tago Mago"

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First Aid Kit "Dancing Barefoot"

First Aid Kit "Dancing Barefoot"

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The Horrors come to Los Angeles

THE HORRORS return to Southern California for the first time in two years. They are playing four shows in the southland. They are playing with The Stepkids. The tour dates announced are as follows:


9/10 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club

9/12 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House

9/13 – Costa Mesa, CA – The Detroit Bar

9/15 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater

9/16 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah

The Horrors come to Los Angeles

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Iggy and The Stooges @ Hollywood Palladium

Breaking news! Iggy and The Stooges have canceled and postponed the Hollywood show on September 7th and the whole west coast tour this week. Iggy has broken his foot and needs 6-8 weeks to heal. Stayed tuned for more news and new dates.

Iggy and The Stooges @ Hollywood Palladium

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Jim Jones Revue @ the Echo

JIM JONES REVUE will be playing at the ECHO on THURSDAY September 8th. They are one of the best rock and roll live bands today. In celebration of all those great shows over this year, we are giving away two pairs of tickets to you amazing LA music lovers out there. All you have to do is send your name or email address and mention JIM JONES REVUE.

To win, please do one of the following:

1) Leave a comment below with name or email.
2) Follow us on twitter, or
3) send an email to PORTINFINITE @ aol.com and we will pick a winner.

Don't just stand around. This is for real. Enter sooner than later. Good luck.

Jim Jones Revue @ the Echo

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Unknown Mortal Orchestra announces Fall headlining dates, watch their Noisey.com feature now VIDEO: Noisey.com feature - http://www.noisey.com/#!/view/meet-unknown-mortal-orchestra STREAM: "Little Blu House" - http://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/unknown-mortal-orchestra-1

Unknown Mortal Orchestra (photo by Angel Ceballos)

Unknown Mortal Orchestra already has an insane touring schedule for the rest of 2011, today the band added even more North American dates to their tour, which will find the band headlining in October.

Bio:

Unknown Mortal Orchestra first dropped into the world in late 2010 as a bandcamp account carrying a single called "Ffunny Ffrends."

"Ffunny Ffrends" was everything you imagined it might be - alien beatnik pop music that echoed 60s psychedelia and krautrock minimalism with just a hint of gentle weirdness that suggested its roots might equally lie in the verdant indie of the equally distant New Zealand scene.

Ruban Nielson is a New Zealand native who had transplanted to Portland, Oregon with his band Mint Chicks. UMO was a project conceived as Ruban's escape hatch to a new musical dimension where his vision of junkshop record collector pop could be realized in a sound that recalled Captain Beefheart, Sly Stone and RZA jamming on some kids TV theme too dark to ever be broadcast.

Out of the home studio, Ruban was joined by local Portland producer Jake Portrait on bass and teenage prodigy Julien Ehrlich on drums. They have been on the road all year, sleeping in ditches and running drunkenly from venues when need be, curling ears and turning heads with their intoxicating sound all the way.

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA

09/08 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater / MFNW %
09/09 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club #
09/10 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival $
09/11 Washington, DC Black Cat #
09/12 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church #
09/14 New York, NY Webster Hall #
09/15 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands Gallery +
09/16 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club #
09/17 Montreal, QC Cabaret Mile End #
09/18 Toronto, ON Opera House #
09/19 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre #
09/20 Bloomington, IN The Bishop #
09/21 Grinnell, IA Grinnel College Gardner Lounge
09/22 Urbana, IL Pygmalion #
09/23 Cincinnati, OH Midpoint Music Festival #
09/24 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall #
09/25 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock #
09/26 Fargo, ND The Aquarium (Dempseys Upstairs)
09/28 Seattle, WA The Crocodile #
09/29 Vancouver, BC Venue #
09/30 Portland, OR Branx #
10/01 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall #
10/02 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall #
10/03 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre #
10/04 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
10/05 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
10/06 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace #
10/07 Dallas, TX Club Dada #
10/08 Austin, TX The Mohawk #
10/09 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's #
10/10 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack's #
10/11 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder #
10/12 Mobile, AL Alabama Music Box
10/13 Birmingham, AL Bottletree #
10/14 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade #
10/15 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern #

10/16 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle

10/17 Winston-Salem, NC The Werehouse

10/18 Richmond, VA Strange Matter

10/19 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's

10/25 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place

10/28 Columbia, MO University of Missouri

10/29 St. Louis, MO Billiken Club

10/30 Kansas City, MO Recordbar

10/31 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

11/05 Santa Cruz, CA 418 Project

11/06 San Diego, CA Casbah

11/07 Oakland, CA The New Parish

* = w/ The Submarines
# = w/ Toro Y Moi
% = w/ Little Dragon
$ = w/ Times New Viking
+ = w/ Woven Bones, Blouse, Man/Miracle

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Gary Numan "Dead Son Rising"

GARY NUMAN:

LEGENDARY NEW WAVE PIONEER RETURNS WITH
‘DEAD SON RISING’
NEW ALBUM OUT OCTOBER 24

This fall, legendary new wave pioneer GARY NUMAN will return with DEAD SON RISING, out October 24 as a self-release via his website www.numan.co.uk. On DEAD SON RISING--a far more experimental and unique album than such previous releases as--Jagged, Pure and Exile--GARY teamed up with longtime collaborator ADE FENTON to co-write and produce the effort.

DEAD SON RISING originally developed out of a collection of demos GARY had from previous projects. “The original ideas behind these songs are now barely visible,” he explains. “In the last nine months, the album has grown into another animal, something more experimental and fluid. It’s ended up being something I’m really very proud of.” The new material ranges from the heavily anthemic “The Fall” to the Arabic and ghostly “We Are Lost” as well as the standout, “Dead Sun Rising.” The latter two contain elements from a science-fiction fantasy story NUMAN has been writing.

Additionally, troubled relationships are explored on “For The Rest Of My Life” and “Not The Love We Dream Of.” Elsewhere, two striking instrumentals “Resurrection” and “Into Battle” showcase some of the more cinematic, soundtrack material GARY and ADE have focused on of late. DEAD SON RISING adds up as one of NUMAN’s most atmospheric albums to date, while containing a handful of direct, streamlined electronic rock with “Big Noise Transmission,” “The Fall” and “When The Sky Bleeds, He Will Come.”

GARY NUMAN and his bandmates ADE FENTON (keyboards), DAVID BROOKS (keyboards), RICHARD BEASLEY (drums), STEVE HARRIS (guitar) and TIM MUDDIMAN (bass) will launch a U.K. tour beginning September 15 with dates into December including a performance at the “Nightmare Before Christmas” All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival curated by Battles on December 10 (see dates below).

NUMAN continues to put the finishing touches on his new album for 2012 titled SPLINTER. This summer, he collaborated with Battles for their new single “My Machines,” out now on Warp Records. No doubt the renewed vigor came partly from his critically acclaimed tour last fall celebrating the 30^th anniversary of his seminal album The Pleasure Principle. GARY and his band thrilled sold-out crowds across the U.S. late last year; see a handful of critical soundbites below and hear a stellar live performance from GARY and his band on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” (NPR Los Angeles) here:
http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb101103gary_numan.


Fans can preorder a copy of DEAD SON RISING directly here: http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/sites/garynuman.

Following is the complete track listing for DEAD SON RISING:
1) Resurrection
2) Big Noise Transmission
3) Dead Sun Rising
4) When The Sky Bleeds, He Will Come
5) For The Rest Of My Life
6) Not The Love We Dream Of
7) The Fall
8) We Are The Lost
9) For The Rest Of My Life (Reprise)
10) Into Battle
11) Not The Love We Dream Of (Piano version)

Gary Numan "Dead Son Rising"

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