Watch TOY's new video for It's Been So Long

Watch the new video for "It's Been So Long"

Dir. Douglas Hart

Fresh off their debut North American tour TOY unfurl the new video for It's Been So Long, taken from their second album Join The Dots released early this year on Heavenly Recordings and directed by Jesus And Mary Chain's Douglas Hart.

"The video for TOY's It's Been So Long features calibration charts used for everything from testing focus on microscopes and optical movie projectors to the calibration of cathode rays and the accuracy of the US Army Air Force's bomb and gun sights. The video also includes colour reference charts which instruct technicians as to the true nature of black, white and the three primary colours which combine and overlap within optical devices to create every imaginable colour and shade. Often these charts include strange symbols mapped out in mysterious lines, spirals, and solid shapes, some of which look like they belong on the pages of a New Orleans Voodoo curse, or on an Op Art canvas." - Douglas Hart 

TOY are: Tom Dougall (vocals / guitar), Dominic O'Dair (guitars), Maxim Barron (bass / vocals),Alejandra Diez (synths / modulations) & Charlie Salvidge (drums / vocals).

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Miranda Lee Richards @ The Hotel Cafe 2/5!!!

February 5th, 2014 **SPECIAL LOS ANGELES** SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE

Dearest Friends, Family and Fans, Your presence is requested for a special industry showcase performance next Wednesday, February 5th, 9pm, at The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles! For this show, we will have a FULL LINE UP, complete with keyboards, backing vocals, strings and things, and an extended set, performing fully orchestrated versions of the songs from the forthcoming album, "Echoes of the Dreamtime". If you have been wondering which show to see, or have seen other shows in the near past, this will be THE show to see! Hosting the night is the lovely Broken Arrow, who ride the same folk rock train. Reply to this message, or CLICK HERE to be taken to the facebook invite where you can RSVP and be added to the $5 discount list. If you want to secure your spot for the evening and purchase tickets ahead of time ($8 total with surcharge), please CLICK HERE for advance tickets.  Your support is paramount on this occasion. Let's make this an indelible evening not to be forgotten! Again, thank you to overseas/out of state fans. If all goes well, we will be coming to a city near YOU very soon.

DAFT PUNK WINS 5 GRAMMY AWARDS

DAFT PUNK WINS 5 GRAMMY AWARDS INCLUDING ALBUM OF THE YEAR

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES LIMITED EDITION BOX SET AVAILABLE NOW

http://www.randomaccessmemories.com/deluxe/

Daft Punk's critically acclaimed Random Access Memorieshas won 5 Grammy Awards, including the coveted top honor Album of the Year.The album won in every category for which it was nominated, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year ("Get Lucky"), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ("Get Lucky"), Best Dance/Electronica Album, and Best Engineered Album. The five awards makes for a career total of seven Grammy wins for Daft Punk, adding to their 2009 wins for Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recoding for Alive 2007. For the highly anticipated debut live performance of "Get Lucky" on the award show's telecast (their second TV performance ever and first in six years), the duo invited surprise guest Stevie Wonder

to perform alongside album collaborators Pharrell Williams and Nile Rogers, who shared in two of the five Grammy wins. 

The awards cap off an incredible year, in which album single "Get Lucky" was named #1 song of the year by Rolling Stone (after having sold over 7 million digital downloads, going 3X platinum in the US) and 1,000,000 first week album sales earned the duo their first official #1 album in several countries including the US, UK, France and many more.  Selling over 3,000,000 copies to date World Wide, the album appeared on numerous year end album lists, having already garnered universal critical acclaim, including prominent features in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Pitchfork, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, Time, Billboard, and Vogue, amongst others. 

Random Access Memories was recently issued in a deluxe box set version, strictly limited to 2500 copies worldwide. Each clothbound box contains the album on two 180 gram LPs, a totally unique 70mm film strip of five sequential frames of footage from the "Lose Yourself To Dance" video, a bonus 10" containing an extended version of the interview with electronic music visionary Giorgio Moroder that forms the backbone of album track "Giorgio by Moroder", two USB drives with high resolution audio and video of the album, and more. The set is available to order here: 

http://www.randomaccessmemories.com/deluxe/

Pharmakon announces U.S. dates with Godflesh & Cut Hands

PHARMAKON ANNOUNCES EAST COAST DATES WITH GODFLESH & CUT HANDS PLAYING JAPAN WITH VÅR & LUST FOR YOUTH

Photo courtesy of Jane Chardiet                                                              Pharmakon just recently returned home from her extensive European tour and is announcing another handful of shows coming up. Tonight she'll perform at the newly opened Trans Pecos in Ridgewood, NY for a performance on E.S.P. TV, which is a showcase of primarily NYC-based experimental music, video art and performance produced for Manhattan Neighborhood Network television. Next week she will be heading all the way to Japan for three shows with the likes of Croatian Amor, Lust For Youth and Vår, and then after one day of being back home in NYC will be playing Baby's All Right with UK based sound artist Helm, and Copenhagen's Damien Dubrovnik. Finally, April will see Chardiet heading out for three shows with the legendary Godflesh and the project of former Whitehouse member William Bennett, Cut Hands. These are all amazing shows and if you've seen Pharmakon perform live before, you know it is not a performance to be missed.    LISTEN: "Crawling On Bruised Knees" -  https://soundcloud.com/sacredbones/pharmakon-crawling-on-bruised BUY: Pharmakon - Abandon - http://sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr099/ TOUR DATES 1/29: Ridgewood, NY - Trans Pecos 2/8: Tokyo, JP - Vacant Harajuku ≈ 2/8: Tokyo, JP - Sodom ¶ 2/9: Tokyo, JP - Fish 2/18: Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right ¥ 4/10: New York, NY - Irving Plaza † 4/11: Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts † 4/13: Boston, MA - Royale † ≈ w/ Vår & Lust For Youth ¶ w/ Croatian Amor ¥ w/ Helm & Damien Dubrovnik † w/ Godflesh & Cut Hands

Marissa Nadler's New Album 'July' at NPR First Listen

Stream Marissa Nadler's New Album July at NPR First Listen

 
National Tour Kicks Off with Release Show February 8th in Brooklyn  

"...grander and more nuanced than her other records, July is Nadler at her most confident and striking." -PopMatters 'Anticipated Release of 2014'

"Nadler's blackest-ever-black album...11 phantasmagoric love songs" - NPR

"an airy and ethereal spine-tingler" - Stereogum

Stream Marissa Nadler's 'July' at NPR First Listen 

Watch the video for 'Dead City Emily' and Read an Extensive Q&A at Noisey

Boston-based singer Marissa Nadler is streaming her new full-length album, July, this week, exclusively at NPR First Listen. The album, set for release February 4th on Sacred Bones (US) and February 10th on Bella Union (ROW), will be celebrated with a special performance in Brooklyn onSaturday, February 8th at Glasslands. After being one of the first artists to perform at Rough Trade's new Brooklyn space this past November, Nadler is embarking on a national tour behind July.Dates below.

Recorded at Seattle's Avast Studio, the album pairs Nadler for the first time with producer Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn O))), Wolves in the Throne Room). Dunn matches Nadler's darkness by creating a multi-colored sonic palette that infuses new dimensions into her songs. Eyvind Kang's strings, Steve Moore's synths, and Phil Wandscher's guitar lines escalate the whole affair to a panoramic level of beautiful, eerie wonder.

July follows Nadler's critically acclaimed 2011 self-titled LP, which she released independently through a successful Kickstarter campaign, selling her own handmade albums (as well as a highly-circulated 'Covers' series) through Etsy. Following several albums on Kemado, her DIY venture earned her SPIN 'Best New Artist,' Vogue 'Artist To Watch,' KEXP, NPR 'World Cafe: Next,'and NPR 'First Listen' accolades, while Pitchfork gave it an "Albums of the Year: Honorable Mention."

Recently collaborating with Angel Olsen and Xasthur, among others, July is the kind of release that reminds you why NPR counts Nadler's songwriting as so "revered among an assortment of tastemakers." This is a singular achievement for the artist, a record she couldn't have made earlier in her career because, as every songwriter knows, she didn't just write these songs: She lived them. 

   

 

July Tracklisting  

  

1. Drive
2. 1923
3. Firecrackers
4. We Are Coming Back
5. Dead City Emily
6. Was It A Dream
7. I've Got Your Name
8. Desire
9. Anyone Else
10. Holiday In
11. Nothing In My Heart

  

Marissa Nadler Upcoming Tour Dates 

 

2/8 - Brooklyn, NY- Glasslands w/ Zachary Cale, Amen Dunes
2/15 - Seattle, WA - Fremont Abbey w/ Shana Clevelend of La Luz
2/16 - Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl
2/17 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios w/Pure Bathing Culture
2/19 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel w/ Donovan Quinn of Skygreen Leopards
2/20- Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
2/21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Church on York w/ Pink Mountaintops, Sophia Knapp
2/23 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar w/ Pink Mountaintops
3/6 - Kingston, NY- BSP Post w/ Alexander Turnquist

3/7 - Providence, RI - Columbus Theatre
3/8 - Montreal, QC - Casa del Popolo w/ TBA
3/9 - Portsmouth, NH- Book and Bar
3/15 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's with Mary Lattimore and Jeff Ziegler

3/16 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery

3/20 - Boston, MA - Red Star Union 

        

  

For more info, please visit:

https://soundcloud.com/marissanadler

OFF! Releases Track "Void You Out" From Forthcoming Album

OFF! SHARE TRACK "VOID YOU OUT"

Punk supergroup OFF! share the first track off of their forthcoming album Wasted Years

Listen to "Void You Out" on Noisey: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/off-void-you-out-premiere

NEW YORK, NY (January 23, 2014) - OFF! have shared "Void You Out," the opening track from their forthcoming album Wasted Years, slated for an April 8th release on Vice Records. At just over a minute long, the track rips fast and hard, but the chaos is cleaner than you might expect. But don't worry, OFF!'s upcoming record will have all the vile you want - and probably more. 

Listen to "Void You Out" on Noisey: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/off-void-you-out-premiere

And read more about the band's forthcoming album Wasted Years here: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/off-begin-their-wasted-years-era-this-spring

Empire Of The Sun Announce U.S. Festival Dates

EMPIRE OF THE SUN "ALIVE" LIVE VIDEO OUT TODAY Empire Of The Sun - Alive (Live)

"CELEBRATE" REMIXES: VOL. 1 OUT FEBRUARY 18, 2014 Featuring "Celebrate" Radio Edit plus remixes by Tommy Trash, Steve Aoki VOL. 2 OUT FEBRUARY 25,2014 Featuring remixes by Hook N Sling, The Dissociatives, and Styalz Fuego's Windows 95 Remix APPEARING AT ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL, COACHELLA, GOVERNOR'S BALL, & MORE Dates listed below

Following a banner 2013, Empire Of The Sun are kicking 2014 off with a bang. The past year saw the Australian duo of Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore headline major U.S. festivals including Made In America, HARD, Bonaroo and multiple sold-out dates across the country in support of its sophomore album "Ice On The Dune" (ranked Billboard's #6 Dance Album Of 2013) and perform its #1 Billboard Dance/Club and #1 HypeMachine single "Alive" (voted one of Rolling Stone's Top 100 Tracks of 2013) on both The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Today the band reveals a new live video for "Alive," announces two upcoming remix packages for the track "Celebrate," and new U.S. tour dates including Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, and Governor's Ball. Featuring footage from the bands most recent world tour including shows in New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Sydney and the Netherlands, the "Alive" live video captures the Empire Of The Sun's 2013 dream-pop festival anthem and technicolor live show in all its neon-infused glory.  WATCH IT HERE Next month sees the release of "Celebrate" Remixes Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Vol. 1 (out February 18th) will include the original radio edit of "Celebrate" and remixes from Tommy Trash and Steve Aoki. Vol 2 (out February 25th) features additional remixes from Hook N Sling, The Dissociatives, and Styalz Fuego's "Windows 95 Remix." In March Empire Of The Sun kick off a series of U.S. tour dates, listed in full below. EMPIRE OF THE SUN TOUR DATES 3/29     Ultra Music Festival                Miami, FL 4/9       Chelsea Theater                     Las Vegas, NV 4/12     Coachella Weekend 1            Indio, CA 4/14     Belly Up Aspen                       Aspen, CO 4/15     Belly Up Aspen                       Aspen, CO 4/17     Fox Theater                            Oakland, CA 4/19     Coachella Weekend 2            Indio, CA 6/7       Governor's Ball                       Randall's Island, NY EMPIREOFTHESUN.COM                                ASTRALWERKS.COM

Agnes Obel Announces North American Tour

Danish Artist Agnes Obel Announces North American Tour

"Absolutely sublime" - KCRW 

 

"Repeated listens unfurl all sorts of wonder." **** Q

"In surpassing her debut, Agnes Obel has confirmed she is in it for the long haul." **** MOJO

Watch the official video for 'The Curse' (Available To Post) 

   

Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel has announced a North American tour behind her sophomore album, Aventine, out now on Play It Again Sam/[PIAS] America. Performing as a trio, with Agnes on piano, accompanied by Anne Müller and Mika Posen (Timber Timbre) on cello and viola respectively, watch the live video for 'Dorian' to see what's in store on this tour. The video comes from a series recorded in Berlin at Hemathefen Neukölln, which also featured 'The Curse,' originally revealed by KCRW. 

Rapturously received by critics across Europe, Aventine entered the Top 5 album chart in four countries, reaching No.1 in her native Denmark and No.2 in France. Notable supporters here in the US include KCRW, Mother Jones, and long-running nationally syndicated radio program, Echoes.Aventine, which has already gone platinum in France, follows Agnes's 2010 debut, Philharmonics, which received a gold award in Holland, platinum awards in Belgium and France, and went quintuple platinum in her native state of Denmark, where Agnes won five Danish Music Awards (the Danish Brits) in 2011. Agnes was also recently invited to perform for the French President, Francois Hollande, at Radio France Inter's 50th Anniversary celebrations.

  

All of the songs on Aventine were written (music and lyrics), recorded, produced and arranged by Agnes Obel roughly from the beginning of 2012 until late spring 2013, at home in Berlin and in a rented drum studio in the Kreuzberg district.

Agnes Obel North American Tour Dates 

   

Feb 20 - Wakefield, QC - Blacksheep Inn

Feb 21 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall

Feb 22 - Burnstown, ON - Neats

Feb 25 - Montreal, QC - Gesu Centre

Feb 26 - Quebec City, QC - Palais Montcalm

Feb 27 - Montreal, QC - Gesu Centre - Montreal Winter Highlights

Mar 1 - Cambridge, MA - First Church

Mar 2 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

Mar 4 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live

Mar 6 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent

Mar 8 - Seattle, WA - St. Mark's Cathedral

Mar 9 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir

Mar 12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy 

  

 

For more info, please visit: 

http://agnesobel.com
http://facebook.com/agnesobelofficial
http://twitter.com/agnesobel ;

Baths Announces North American Headline Tour

 

                 

Following a run of sold out Japanese tour dates, Baths has announced a fresh set of Spring dates, with Scottish trio Young Fathers to open on select North America shows. The critically acclaimed 'Obsidian' LP is available now on Anticon and Young Father's debut LP 'Dead', is out February 4th on Anticon/ Big Dada. 

  

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TOUR: 

2/7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Natural History Museum 

2/15 - Tlaltizapan, MX @ Parque Natural Las Estacas 

3/14 - Wellington, NZ @ Bodega 

3/15 - Auckland, NZ @ The Kings Arms 

3/16 - Adelaide, SA @ Rocket Bar 

3/20 - Brisbane, OLD @ Alhambra Lounge

3/21 - Sydney, NSW @ Oxford Art Factory 

3/22 - Melbourne, VIC @ Corner Hotel 

3/23 - Perth, WA @ The Bakery

3/26 - Honolulu, HI @ The Republik  

3/28 - Fresno, CA @ Strummers 

3/29 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House

4/3 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium 

4/4 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brew 

4/5 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones 

 

With Support From Young Fathers:  

4/11 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom

4/12 - Flagstaff, AZ @ Green Room 

4/14 - El Paso, TX @ The Lowbrow Palace

4/16 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

4/17 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk 

4/18 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's 

4/19 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon

4/22 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall

4/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

4/24 - Hamden, CT @ The Space

4/25 - New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom

4/27 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall

4/30 - Hanover, NH @ Bones Gate Fraternity

5/1 - Montreal, OC @ S.A.T

5/2 - Ottawa, ON @ Ritual

5/3 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern 

5/4 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick 

5/5 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme 

5/8 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue 

5/9 - Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall 

5/10 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club 

5/11 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium 

5/13 - Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite 

5/14 - Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth Bar & Stage 

5/15 - Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club 

5/16 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's Crystal Ball 

5/17 - Portland, OR @Rotture 

5/18 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall 

5/21 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent 

5/22 - Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door 

5/24 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah 

Mac DeMarco announces new album + shares single

MAC DEMARCO ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM & TOUR DATES SHARES FIRST SINGLE "PASSING OUT PIECES" SALAD DAYS DUE APRIL 1 VIA CAPTURED TRACKS

"As I'm getting older, chip up on my shoulder..." is the opening line from Mac DeMarco's second full-length LP Salad Days, the follow up to 2012's lauded Mac DeMarco 2. Amongst that familiar croon and lilting guitar, that initial line from the title track sets the tone for an LP of a maturing singer/songwriter/producer. Someone strangely self-aware of the positives and negatives of their current situation at the ripe old age of 23. Written and recorded around a relentless touring schedule, Salad Days gives the listener a very personal insight into what it's all about to be Mac amidst the craziness of a rising career in a very public format. The lead single, "Passing Out Pieces," set to huge overdriven organ chords, contains lines like "...never been reluctant to share, passing out pieces of me..." Clearly, this isn't the same record that breezily gave us "Dreamin" and "Ode to Viceroy," but the result of what comes from their success. "Chamber of Reflection," a track featuring icy synth stabs and soulful crooning, wouldn't be out of place on a fantasy Shuggie Otis and Prince collaboration. Standout tracks like these show Mac's widening sound, whether insights into future directions or even just welcome one-off forays into new territory. Still, this is musically, lyrically and melodically good old Mac DeMarco, through and through. The crisp John Lennon/Phil Spector era homegrown lush production that could have come off Geoff Emerick's mixing board in 1972 with that peculiar Mac touch that's completely right now is still present. "Brother," a complete future classic, is Mac at his most soulful and easygoing but with that distinct weirdness and bite that can only come from Mr. DeMarco. "Treat Her Better" is rife with Mac-isms, heavily chorused slinky lead guitar, swooning vocal melodies, effortless chords that come along only after years of effort, and the other elements seriously lacking in independent music: sentiment and heartfelt sincerity. We're only in Part 2 1/2 (one EP and two LP's in) of Mac's career. As you read this and as you hear the album on April Fool's Day of this year, he'll probably be on tour, or preparing for one... or maybe already writing new music. A relentless work ethic is something to be admired in today's indie music scene, but when it's of the quality Mac is giving us time and time again, it starts to turn from admiration to awe.  LISTEN: "Passing Out Pieces" - https://soundcloud.com/capturedtracks/passing-out-pieces WATCH: Salad Days promo video - http://youtu.be/dIA1h9AwtfY Pre-order Salad Days: https://itunes.apple.com/album/salad-days/id799685692 Mac DeMarco Salad Days (Captured Tracks) April 1, 2014    1. Salad Days 2. Blue Boy 3. Brother 4. Let Her Go 5. Goodbye Weekend 6. Let My Baby Stay 7. Passing Out Pieces 8. Treat Her Better 9. Chamber Of Reflection 10. Go Easy 11. Jonny's Odyssey Tour Dates 01-29 Los Angeles, CA- Echo & 03-14 Santiago, Chile - Ex OZ 03-15 Buenos Aires Argentina  - Vorterix 03-19 São Paulo, Brazil - TBA 03-20 São Paulo, Brazil - TBA 03-21 Porto Alegre, Brazil -  Beco 203 03-23 Santa Ana, CA- Burgerama at The Observatory 03-31 Cleveland, OH- Beachland Ballroom * 04-01 Oberlin, OH- Dionysus Club (the 'Sco) at Oberlin # 04-02 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle + (early show) 04-02 Chicago, IL- Empty Bottle # (late show) 04-03 Detroit, MI- Magic Stick * 04-04 Wakefield, QC-Blacksheep- * 04-05 Sherbrooke, QC- Boquébierè * 04-06 Montreal, QC- Societe des Arts Technologiques * 04-07 Cambridge, MA- Middle East Downstairs * 04-09 New York, NY- Webster Hall ! 04-10 Durham, NC- Duke University Coffeehouse + 04-11 Atlanta, GA- Goat Farm Arts Center + 04-12 Baton Rouge, LA- Mud and Water + 04-13 Austin, TX- Mohawk Outside + 04-14 Fort Worth, TX - Lola's Saloon + 04-15 Oxford, MS- Proud Larry's +^ 04-16 Nashville, TN- Exit / In + 04-17 Asheville, NC- Grey Eagle Tavern + 04-18 Philadelphia, PA- Underground Arts + 04-25 New Orleans, LA- Tulane University 04-26 Bronxville, NY- Sarah Lawrence College (Solo Set) 05-15 Amsterdam, AN- Melkweg 05-16 Paris, FR- Trabendo 05-17 Nantes, FR- Stereolux 05-18 Brussels, BE- Nuits Botanique at Botanical Cultural Center 05-19 Brighton, UK- The Old Market 05-20 Glasgow, SCT- Mono 05-21 Manchester, UK- Sound Control 05-22 London, UK- Koko 05-23 Cologne, DK- Electronic Beats @ E Werks 05-24 Berlin, DK- Bi Nuu 06-20 Toronto, ON- NXNE Festival 06-21 Toronto, ON- NXNE Festival & RSVP Show w/ Puro Instinct (Red Bull Sound Select Series) * Amen Dunes & Juan Wauters ! Amen Dunes, tonstartssbandht # Amen Dunes + Juan Waters ^ Dent May

Joan As Police Woman Announces New Single 'Holy City'

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN

'HOLY CITY' 

The new single on Play It Again Sam available digitally now  

Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/pias/joan-as-police-woman-holy-city-1/s-4l6hY

Buy here : http://smarturl.it/holycityitunes

From the album THE CLASSIC out March 10th

(Play It Again Sam CD/LP/Digital PIAS685)

Itunes link here: http://smarturl.it/theclassicitunes

‘Holy City’ is the new album’s prime Motown/Hi label-influenced pop fusion, a brilliantly instinctive lead single inspired by a visit to Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall and understanding people find ecstasy in different ways, from praying to making music. The track’s atmospheric closing scat-rap is from Reggie Watts: “he’s an incredibly inspired musician as well as being a comedic genius,” ventures Joan, “he challenges you to think much deeper but in a way that’s subtle, plus he’s so comfortable, natural and sensual in his body... I contacted him through mutual friends, and a week later, he was recording on my record with the freedom to do what he wanted. It felt very magical.”

‘Holy City’ is available digitally now but is also released on 7" vinyl as a AA-side single with the album's title track, ‘The Classic’ on 17^th Feb

The Classic, the fourth album of originals by the uniquely charismatic artist known as Joan As Police Woman, builds on the creative impetus and success of its 2011 predecessor The Deep Field. As ever Joan strives to create music rooted in an intimate, elemental and uplifting brand of soul combined with her own unique serene, torch-singing temperament, but whereas melancholy was a principle feature of Joan’s earlier work, this time there’s a more liberated feel than ever before.

Famously a key member of Antony Hegarty’s Johnsons and Rufus Wainwright’s band until she began making her own records, Joan was inspired by their combined piano balladry while infusing it with her own stripped-down-soul and torch-song approach. Her 2006 album debut Real Life was followed by To Survive (2008), written in the aftermath of her mother’s death; in 2009, she released an interim covers album simply called Cover, before The Deep Field confirmed Joan had started a full recovery and was determined to beat the blues. Which takes us to The Classic, where Joan reaches even further toward the light. 

A UK tour has been confirmed for April/May, plus two low-key shows in March.  The Lexington show, announced to fans via Joan's Facebook page, sold out in a matter of minutes. Tickets for all the other shows on sale now:

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN - UK Tour Dates

March 2014

13th LONDON The Lexington - SOLD OUT

15th NORWICH Arts Centre

April 2014

15th LONDON Village Underground

17th BRIGHTON Komedia

19th LEEDS The Belgrave

20th HEBDEN BRIDGE The Trades Club

21st MANCHESTER Gorilla

23rd NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms

24th BRISTOL Thekla

25th EXETER Phoenix

27th GATESHEAD Sage 2

28th GLASGOW Oran Mor

30^th DUBLIN Button Factory

May 

1st   BELFAST The Limelight 

Listen to The Notwist's "Kong" (From 'Close To The Glass')

Listen To “Kong,” The Lead Single From The Nowtist’s Forthcoming Album, Close To The Glass Listen: “Kong”: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/subpop/the-notwist-kong/s-WeALz YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_GOLDpft7o Listen: “Close To The Glass” Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/subpop/the-notwist-close-to-the-glass YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK7QtuT31u4 You can now listen to “Kong,” the lead single from The Notwist’s forthcoming album Close To The Glass, available February 25th in North America via Sub Pop. Pitchfork premiered the track, and had this to say: "Here's the propulsive, driving "Kong", a surprisingly sparkling uptempo cut (see “Tracks” January 21st).”  The Notwist’s Close To The Glass will also be available in the following territories: in Japan from Afterhours on February 12th; in Australia via Spunk on February 21st; and in Europe via City Slang on February 24th. Close To The Glass features the aforementioned “Kong” and the previously released title track, along with highlights  “Run Run Run,” and “Casino.” Please find a full tracklisting below. Fans who pre-order Close To The Glass via iTunes will receive the album’s title track and “Kong” immediately. Both singles can be purchased individually as well. The album is also available for pre-order at Sub Pop’s Notwist page. People who pre-order Close To The Glass on LP at subpop.com will receive the limited “Loser Edition” of the album on colored vinyl, as well as the opportunity to purchase two brand new The Notwist t-shirts, that will be available as a premium bundle with CD or LP purchases (while supplies last). The Notwist have European tour dates scheduled to support Close To The Glass, beginning with two Austrian shows this weekend: January 24th in Innsbruck and January 25th in Vienna at FM4 Geburtstagsfest. The band will resume performances on February 24th in Wiesbaden, DE at Schlachthof, with a series of tour dates that currently end May 28th in Amsterdam, NL at Melkweg. There will also be a North American tour announcement shortly. Please find a full list of tour dates below. More about The Notwist: The Notwist have always been pioneering their own sound, walking a trail of songs across genres toward something definitively new and distinctly them. Yet the German born band are never running ‘from’ their previous creations rather ‘toward’ the next, and in doing so have crafted a series of personal yet impeccable records that warmly thread together the far corners of independent music. Simply speaking, the Notwist make this careful and banging, private yet pop, post-everything music, for the movie going on inside you. Their latest full length Close To The Glass is yet another courageous leap into the sky of songs. It is a catchy and unpredictable marriage of playing your heart out on an instrument and the magnetic pulse of precise programming. While the band always creates music ripe with authenticity and mood, we find them now defining their edges with no shortage of bravery or beat. As romantic as it is robotic, Close To The Glass is a bottomless collage; part pop song, part science, part band, part story telling and all Notwist. The sturdy glue between the layers of Close To The Glass is their newfound synergy as a band, no longer co-writing parts, Markus Micha and Martin have finally found their human form and in some ways, at last, have ‘become’ the Notwist. Along side Max and Andi, they write, re-write, and record songs as one, tapping into the energy they possess on stage, and naturally arriving at the band all their exploratory recorded music had cut out for them (read more at Sub Pop). Close To The Glass Tracklisting 1. Signals 2. Close To The Glass 3. Kong 4. Into Another Tune 5. Casino 6. From One Wrong Place To The Next 7. 7-Hour-Drive 8. The Fifth Quarter Of The Globe 9. Run Run Run 10. Steppin’ In 11. Lineri 12. They Follow Me Tour Dates Jan. 24 - Innsbruck, AT - Weekender Club   Jan. 25 - Vienna, AT - FM4 Geburtstagsfest     Feb. 24 - Wiesbaden, DE - Schlachthof   Feb. 25 - Bielefeld, DE - Forum   Feb. 26 - Berlin, DE - Heimathafen   Mar. 10 - Stuttgart, DE - Wagenhallen   Mar. 11 - Lyon, FR - Epicerie Moderne   Mar. 12 - Nantes, FR - Stereolux     Mar. 13 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie   Mar. 14 - Lille, FR - Le Grand Mix Mar. 15 - Manchester, UK - The Deaf Institute   Mar. 16 - Glasgow, UK - Mono   Mar. 17 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece   Mar. 18 - London, UK - Village Underground Mar. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique   Mar. 20 - Cologne, DE - E-Werk Apr. 10 - Ljubijana, SK - TBA   Apr. 11 - Zagreb, HR - Mochvara   Apr. 12 - Linz, AT - Posthof   Apr. 13 - Munich, DE - Circus Krone   May 27 - Hamburg, DE - Laeiszhalle     May 28 - Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg