NEIL YOUNG ANNOUNCES 'AFTER THE GOLD RUSH' 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON DECEMBER 11

NEIL YOUNG ANNOUNCES AFTER THE GOLD RUSH 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON CD/DIGITAL DECEMBER 11  VINYL BOX INCLUDES A 7” SINGLE, LITHO PRINT, AND NEW ARTWORK TO FOLLOW ON MARCH 19

Neil Young and Reprise Records are pleased to announce the 50th Anniversary Edition of Young’s classic record After the Gold Rush, which will arrive on CD/Digital on December 11. The deluxe vinyl box set will follow on March 19. Originally released September 19, 1970, After the Gold Rush is cemented in the annals of music history—the album has often been rightly recognized as one of the finest ever made. The collection combined Young’s poetic lyricism and wistful melodies, driven by both dreamy folk arrangements and ferocious rock ‘n’ roll, and in the decades since has been certified double platinum in both the U.S. and the U.K.  The 50th Anniversary Edition vinyl box set features a variant of the artwork, originally created by Neil’s long-time art director Gary Burden, made in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning artist Jenice Heo. The set also includes a 7” single in a picture sleeve with two versions of album outtake “Wonderin’.” Side A, originally included in The Archives Vol. 1: 1963-1972, was recorded in Topanga, California, in March 1970, and Side B is a previously unreleased version recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood in August 1969. A litho print of the album’s front cover is exclusively included in this vinyl box set. The CD format of the 50th Anniversary Edition includes the new artwork and both versions of “Wonderin’.”  Click here to pre-order CD and here to pre-order vinyl and receive and instant download of ““Wonderin’.” The timelessness and influence of After the Gold Rush is difficult to overstate. From the iconic LP cover—a solarized image by photographer Joel Bernstein of Young walking in New York against a brick backdrop—to the long-running legacies of songs like the incendiary “Southern Man” and the melancholy “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” the album has felt vital in each of the five decades since its release. In fact, its title track, with Young’s time-traveling and apocalyptic visions of California, places it firmly in the here and now. Young’s re-working of the song’s lyrics for live performances over the years casts that fact in a chilling clarity: “Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 21st century.” This 50th Anniversary Edition is both a celebration for longtime fans, and a chance for new ears to take in its continued relevance.  After the Gold Rush 50th Anniversary Edition tracklist 1. Tell Me Why 2. After the Gold Rush 3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart 4. Southern Man 5. Till the Morning Comes 6. Oh, Lonesome me 7. Don’t Let It Bring You Down 8. Birds 9. When You Dance I Can Really Love 10. I Believe In You 11. Cripple Creek Ferry 12. [Break] 13. Wonderin’ 14. Wonderin’ (previously unreleased version)

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS TO PERFORM ON THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS TO PERFORM ON  THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN  ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5 Chris' announcement on her instagram HERE   HER LA VITA NUOVA EP AND SHORT FILM OUT NOW HERE

Photo credit: Camille Vivier,  hi-res photos, EP art, lyrics HERE

Next week, on Thursday November 5th, the French artist Christine and the Queens will perform and have a chat with James on The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS @ 12:37 EST / 11:37 CST). Chris created a brand new version of her hit “People, I’ve been sad” and filmed the performance at the prestigious, arresting Parisian Chapelle des Beaux-Arts. On 10.31, Christine and the Queens will be part of Pabllo Vittar's Halloween Club Night, a digital avatar event hosted via IMVU and streamed live on Twitch, where she'll perform a unique, rare DJ set.  Free registration is open now, the event will be raising money to support the National Independent Venue Association, NIVA.  Late in February, Christine and the Queens released the EP and short film La vita nuova, which draws strength from extreme vulnerability. Produced by Christine and the Queens and Ash Workman, the EP is available on CD and vinyl on Because Music. Besides producing and filming unique cover versions of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” HERE, Travis Scott’s “Highest In The Room” HERE and Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” HERE while in quarantine, Christine and the Queens participated in Global Citizen’s “One World: Together at Home” HERE to celebrate and support healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and performed “People, I’ve been sad” live from her window in Paris for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert HERE and “I disappear in your arms” in La Cigale, wearing custom Balmain, for The Today Show with Jimmy Fallon HERE. La vita nuova arrived with an accompanying short film of the same name, imagined by Christine and featuring the EP’s five new songs in as many sequences. The 14 minute film is an inward journey that sees the artist invest Opéra Garnier, the world famous Paris opera house, filling it with stories of ghosts and mythical creatures. Through the lens of long-time collaborator Colin Solal Cardo (Robyn, Charli XCX) and with choreography by Ryan Heffington (Sia “Chandelier” VMA Award 2014, Grammy nominated), Christine and her dancers appear in succession on the Opéra rooftop, its grand stage and most secret recesses, culminating into a feverish moment with Caroline Polachek, a collaborator on the EP’s title track. La vita nuova followed 18 months of live shows, collaborations and international distinctions, around the release of Christine and the Queens’ breathtaking second album Chris. Most recently, Christine and the Queens collaborated with Charli XCX on the acclaimed single “Gone,” released last autumn and a mainstay of 2019’s end of year lists.  Chris was written, arranged, produced and performed by Christine and the Queens, and charted at #3 in the official UK album chart; it has been certified silver in the UK. Chris is the follow up to her already-iconic debut record Chaleur Humaine, released to near-universal acclaim in France in 2014, the USA as self-titled Christine and the Queens, selling more than 1.4 million copies worldwide to date. Christine and the Queens received a GLAAD Media Awards nomination, her second nomination for International Female Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards 2019, was named Q Icon at the Q Awards 2019 and won the Artist Award at the Attitude Awards 2019. She starred in numerous artist, album and song of the decade lists. Listen / buy La vita nuova Watch La vita nuova La vita nuova tracklisting: 1. People, I’ve been sad 2. Je disparais dans tes bras 3. Mountains (we met) 4. Nada 5. La vita nuova feat. Caroline Polachek 6. I disappear in your arms (bonus) http://christineandthequeens.com http://www.instagram.com/christineandthequeens http://www.twitter.com/queenschristine http://www.because.tv

SOCCER MOMMY Shares Video For "crawling in my skin" + Announces SummerStage Anywhere Livestream Performance

SHARES “CRAWLING IN MY SKIN” MUSIC VIDEO & ANNOUNCES SUMMERSTAGE ANYWHERE LIVESTREAM PERFORMANCE Sophomore album color theory out now

Praise for Soccer Mommy + color theory: "Let me thank Soccer Mommy for the music" - Bernie Sanders "Her most fully realized work yet, the next step in her steady journey toward budding indie-rock stardom." - The New York TImes "Sophie Allison is unflinching in her depiction of depressive episodes and paranoia about looming death. She sets them against a deceptively sunny '90s pop template, staring down adolescent trauma with a tone that's both unsentimental and deeply empathetic." - NPR "Indie rock prodigy Sophie Allison delves into darkness and vulnerability while maintaining the same dreamy, melodic drive that made her 2018 debut, Clean, so memorable." - Rolling Stone "color theory feels dazzled with the endless creative possibilities of the studio...piercing and unpredictable. In contrast to its bigger and brighter sound, the mood is grimmer, the emotional truths darker." - Pitchfork Soccer Mommy released her triumphant and critically-lauded sophomore album, color theory, in February via Loma Vista Recordings, and today she shares a music video for one of the record’s stand-out tracks, “crawling in my skin.” “I’m excited to put out this video for crawling in my skin right at the end of spooky season. I hope everyone enjoys this video and their Halloween! 🎃“ Check out the Adam Kolodny-directed video now HERE.    Soccer Mommy also announces a special digital performance for Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage’s SummerStage Anywhere digital series, and it will be the first full-band Soccer Mommy performance since the release of color theory earlier this year. Filmed at Belcourt Theater in Nashville, the performance will air at 7:00pm ET on Thursday, November 19th across all SummerStage social channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube). The performance will be available to watch for two weeks on demand after its initial broadcast.   Following the release of the highly anticipated color theory, Allison earned mass acclaim, with performances opening for Bernie Sanders, numerous upcoming headline dates sold-out months in advance, confirmed festival slots at the likes of Glastonbury, and her late-night debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The album made it’s AAA Top 20 debut after release, was #1 NACC Top 200 for 4-weeks running, and debuted on the following Billboard charts: #1 Top New Artist Albums, #1 Alternative New Artist Albums, #4 Current Alternative Albums, #4 LP Vinyl Albums, #6 Current Rock Albums, #16 Top Current Albums and in the Billboard Top 200. The album is already appearing on mid-year lists, from the likes of New York Magazine’s Vulture, Rolling Stone, AV Club, Esquire, Stereogum, Paste, Billboard, UPROXX, and more.   Additionally, with touring at a halt for the entire music industry, Soccer Mommy has found remarkably inventive ways to stay busy during quarantine. Raising money for National Bail Out & Oxfam’s COVID-19 Relief Fund, Allison released a Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series featuring Jay Som, Beabadoobee, SASAMI and MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden/Gentle Dom. She also joined forces with Actress & Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who remixed two color theory tracks. Listen to “crawling in my skin (Actress Remix)” HERE + “circle the drain (UMO Remix)” HERE. She shared an interview and performance via GRAMMY Museum® which can be seen HERE. Combining her love of video games and performing, Soccer Mommy held a digital concert on the online gaming platform Club Penguin Rewritten, with 10,000+ attendees (who all had to make their own penguin avatars to attend). So many fans logged on originally that the game’s server *literally* crashed and the event had to be rescheduled. Soccer Mommy has also kicked off the NPR Tiny Desk At Home Series, performed on Pitchfork’s IG Live series, and released her very own Zoom backgrounds images. Soccer Mommy then embarked on another tour, of sorts: an 8-bit music video tour, hitting some of the cities she was meant to perform in on tour prior to lockdown.   Purchase color theory on duo-tone vinyl with exclusive poster + sticker sheet, CD, cassette, and digital download HERE.   LISTEN/WATCH: “circle the drain” | “lucy” | “yellow is the color of her eyes” | “bloodstream”   READ MORE ON COLOR THEORY HERE: The New York Times Rolling Stone Billboard Entertainment Weekly

(Album artwork)   More praise for Soccer Mommy + color theory: “At 22, Allison is sort of like the alt-rock songbook made flesh. You hear shades of the neat, autumnal sadness of early Death Cab for Cutie, the rawness of peak Lou Barlow, and the fearless adventurousness of Blur...the writing is always original, personal, and tuneful. This isn’t rock and roll revivalism; it’s proof the real thing can never die." - Vulture, "The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)" "On Color Theory, Allison...sets herself apart as one of her generation’s most interesting and affecting songwriters." - The FADER "Allison’s lilting voice and buoyant melodies give Color Theory an inviting atmosphere...In the multihued music she’s come to make as Soccer Mommy, though, Allison has found a way to articulate and expunge emotions that are more complex..." - New York Magazine’s The Cut "her biggest album yet" - Vanity Fair "...the boldest and brightest that Soccer Mommy has ever sounded, refracting the homespun indie rock of Sophie Allison’s 2018 debut Clean through the nostalgic ’90s and ’00s pop anthems of her youth and emerging with a polished new sound. This music, just like Allison herself, lives in the darkness without ever fully succumbing to it." - Stereogum, “The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)” "Allison’s unerring ear for melody makes each track feel like an open door that invites listeners in. The album is so tuneful it ingratiates itself even when the subject matter is traumatic....Allison has an eye for the kinds of details that well up during times of anguish and the musical ear to make them vivid.” - The Wall Street Journal "color theory probes even more powerful, painful territory...Allison upped the degree of difficulty for herself by making a kind of synesthesia concept record. color theory might not have as many easy foothold melodies as its predecessor, but it matches and perhaps even surpasses Clean in emotional depth." - Complex’s Pigeons & Planes ""This year she proved she’s more than her influences, as Color Theory saw her move from stripped-down coffee shop fare into expansive, full band arrangements. Buoyed by searing confessions and a punk rock kick, it’s almost scary to think that Allison’s just getting started.” - Esquire, “The 12 Best Albums of 2020” "On Sophie Allison's sophomore album "Color Theory," the singer hits new heights" - NYLON, March It Girl Feature "...known for spinning complex emotions into digestible lyrics, imbues her forthcoming album ...with both distress and joyful sounds that mask contemplative thoughts." - Entertainment Weekly "Pairing the pure-pop innocence of her vocal delivery with distorted, at times screeching guitars, her new album “Color Theory” finds a writer coming to terms with herself in real-time. Her self-evaluations turned into structured, often jarringly direct choruses that feel as natural as conversation." - Variety "her most ambitious and immediately lovable album yet, one that captures both misery and the comforts we reach for when it takes hold...Despite the gloom, Color Theory sounds alive as hell, built around Allison's open guitar chords and itinerant vocal melodies, and accented by the subtle flair of the musicians in her band...magnificent Color Theory, one of the best albums of 2020 so far..." - MTV News "The nostalgia of color theory is not a confection, nor is it full of cheeky throwback references...it is an emotional excavation of a particularly difficult period of Allison’s life..." - Vice "Especially in this current climate of fear and uncertainty, Color Theory's somber and melancholic themes are quite relatable, even comforting and hopeful in some cases." - Forbes "Color Theory finds her delving even deeper into the possibilities of understated and funereal rhythms and melodies, while exploring more cathartic moments of noise and release in the admixture, always delivering those cutting lyrics with her lovely, plainspoken drawl." - The AV Club "what Allison forged in the fire of those thoughts is self-possession and self-actualization normally found in someone much older. It shows when she talks about her ideas of authenticity and what she won't compromise to make music." - Refinery29 "Color Theory is an investigation into the self — one that spares no bleak passing thought, painful memory, or personal demon...Color Theory eschews the easy catchiness Soccer Mommy's capable of. Instead, she leans into psychedelic palettes and asymmetric structures, choosing to conceal herself at times behind tense, distorted instrumentation." - PAPER Magazine "Don’t let the studio polish fool you—color theory is still as confessional as fans have come to expect; an album by a young woman laying her innermost insecurities on wax. color theory is as emotionally raw an album as we’ve heard all year—just when we needed it most, too." - Genius "...the album maintains the nostalgic glitter of her earlier work, but it swells with ambition..." - Interview Magazine "...a highly personal collection, with Allison wrestling with the heartbreaking and difficult themes of aging and eventual mortality." - Consequence of Sound "color theory is an astounding feat of lyricism as clever as it is devastating, and Allison’s songwriting, production and voice are likewise orders of magnitude stronger than they were on Clean, recalling ’90s alt radio while pushing Soccer Mommy in galvanizing new directions. To call it an early contender for the year’s best indie rock album wouldn’t be an exaggeration" - Paste Magazine, "The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)" "...showcases a more confident and polished version of Soccer Mommy with an emphasis on the songwriting. The result is ten tracks that cement Allison as a star with a firm grasp on emotional and resonant lyricism." - UPROXX, “The Best Albums of 2020 So Far” "With color theory, her songwriting has nestled into its own bed of power pop rock, and her unguarded voice sets her apart as a cut above in confessional indie." - The Face "a stirring, indie-pop masterpiece... She's on the verge of undeniable stardom, but still wielding the glitchy, emotive nature of her homegrown genre." - Insider

MAGIC ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER OUT NOW

MAGIC ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER OUT NOW

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ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER SET TO MAKE TV DEBUT NEXT FRIDAY ON THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON 

 

 

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 LISTEN TO MAGIC ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 

Tracklist
1. Cross Talk I

2. Auto & Allo 

3. Long Road Home

4. Cross Talk II

5. I Don't Love Me Anymore

6. Bow Ecco

7. The Whether Channel 

8. No Nightmares 

9. Cross Talk III

10. Tales From The Trash Stratum

11. Answering Machine

12. Imago

13. Cross Talk IV / Radio Lonelys 

14. Lost But Never Alone

15. Shifting

16. Wave Idea

17. Nothing's Special

 

Photo Credit: David Brandon Geeting 

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