MOVEMENT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL 2023 LINEUP

DETROIT’S MOVEMENT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2023 FULL LINEUP  BASEMENT JAXX (DJ SET) ADDED AS HEADLINER JOINING PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED HEADLINERS UNDERWORLD & CHARLOTTE DE WITTE  LINEUP BOASTS OVER 115 ACTS, INCLUDING SKRILLEX, BONOBO (DJ SET), CYBOTRON, THREE 6 MAFIA, ADAM PORT, ZEDS DEAD (ALTERED STATES), FISHER, SPECIAL REQUEST, SPFDJ, KASH DOLL, MULTIPLES (SURGEON & SPEEDY J) HARDWARE (LIVE), & MANY MORE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MAY 27–29 AT HART PLAZA, DETROIT   3-Day and 1-Day Passes for both GA and VIP are Now On Sale at www.movementfestival.com 

Movement 2023 Full Lineup Poster & Daily Lineup graphics can be found here. Movement Music Festival has announced the full lineup of its 2023 edition, featuring over 115 acts, including a headlining set from the legendary UK dance duo Basement Jaxx (DJ Set), joining previously announced headliners Underworld and Charlotte de Witte. Today’s announcement also includes dance music titan Skrillex (off the back of his recently sold out Madison Square Garden show and back-to-back album releases Don’t Get Too Close and Quest For Fire); Techno pioneer Cybotron; acclaimed electronic music producer Bonobo (DJ Set); legendary Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia; Detroit Techno stalwarts Carl Craig ft. Jon Dixon (live); electronic music heavyweight Kaskade playing under his underground alias Kaskade Redux; Swedish-born Techno producer, DJ and Drumcode recording artist Ida Engberg; UK house and breakbeat veteran Paul Woolford performing under his coveted alias Special Request; legendary German Techno producer Stephan Bodzin (live); Keinemusik member Adam Port; minimal techno pioneer Ricardo Villalobos; iconic dubstep duo Zeds Dead performing as Zeds Dead (Altered States) (Altered States is the duo’s new label focused on exploring a diverse range of electronic music); rising Jersey club DJ and producer Uniiqu3 and many others. These artists join the previously announced headlining electronic music legends Underworld and Belgian techno star Charlotte de Witte, as well as the enigmatic House legend and Detroit favorite Moodymann returning for his first performance at the festival in 10 years (last performance was in 2013), plus Caribou, DJ Seinfeld, Masters At Work, Robert Hood (live), Green Velvet, DJ Minx, Dom Dolla b2b John Summit, TSHA, LSDXOXO, Ela Minus, SPFDJ and many more. “It's been 24 years since we last danced together in Detroit. We’re obviously a million light years past excited to be back with you in May at Movement Festival,” said Underworld.  In keeping with the festival's tradition of celebrating Detroit's music culture, this year's lineup features some of the city's most prominent DJs, producers, and rising stars in dance music and beyond, including Detroit Techno pioneer Eddie Fowlkes; Underground Resistance member James Pennington as Suburban Knight; legendary electro group Aux88 (live); underground Techno duo Scan 7 (live); House music mainstays Stacey Hotwaxx Hale, DJ Holographic, and Al Ester; Ghostly recording artist Shigeto performing a live set with Dez Andrés, plus Stacey Pullen, Kyle Hall b2b Byron the Aquarius, Ladymonix, AMX, Huey Mnemonic, Henry Brooks, Beige, Father Dukes, Soundmurderer, Audia and many more. Music fans will once again descend upon Detroit, the mecca of Techno music, and be treated to three days of diverse curation on Memorial Day Weekend (May 27-29, 2023) inside Hart Plaza at downtown Detroit’s riverfront. Since its inception, Movement has been dedicated to bringing music fans a completely original experience to Detroit, with a focus on showcasing authentic and diverse lineups that are purely about the music and culture. The 2023 lineup continues to showcase the festival’s wide-range in programming, featuring an inspired selection of dance music’s most in-demand artists, underground mainstays, and notable first-time performers; a potent cross section of seasoned vets and future generations of electronic music.   The full lineup, in alphabetical order by day, is as follows: SATURDAY, MAY 27 2LANES AK AKUA AL ESTER AUX88 (LIVE) BASEMENT JAXX (DJ SET) BMG CARL CRAIG FT. JON DIXON (LIVE) DERRICK CARTER B2B MARK FARINA DJ GODFATHER DJ HOLOGRAPHIC DJ MINX ERIKA FUSEGRADE IDA ENGBERG J HOUSE & MÁSQUENADA (HOUSEPARTY) KASH DOLL KYLE HALL B2B BYRON THE AQUARIUS LADYLIKE MACEO PLEX MAGDA B2B MIKE SERVITO MARK BROOM MASTERS AT WORK MILAN ATKINS MISTER JOSHOOA MJ NEBREDA MOODYMANN NIKS OCTAVE ONE (LIVE) ONYVAA SHAUN J. WRIGHT SHEEFY MCFLY SHIGETO FT. DEZ ANDRÈS (LIVE) SILLYGIRLCARMEN SOUL CLAP STACEY HOTWAXX HALE STACEY PULLEN SURGEON THREE 6 MAFIA TSHA UNIIQU3 ZEDS DEAD (ALTERED STATES) SUNDAY, MAY 28 ADAM PORT AMX ASH LAURYN ASHER PERKINS BEN KLOCK BEN SIMS BUZZ GOREE CARIBOU CASSY CHARLOTTE DE WITTE CHRIS LIEBING CRAIG GONZALEZ CYBOTRON DECODER B2B JAY YORK DJ CENT DJ NOBU DJ SEOUL DRU RUIZ EDDIE FOWLKES ELA MINUS GREEN VELVET HUEY MNEMONIC JOE HIX KEVIN REYNOLDS (LIVE) KEVIN SAUNDERSON B2B DANTIEZ KiNK (LIVE) LINDSEY HERBERT MATHEW JONSON (LIVE) MELÉ PARANOID LONDON (LIVE) REBECCA GOLDBERG (313 ACID QUEEN SET) RICARDO VILLALOBOS RIMARKABLE ROBERT HOOD (LIVE) RYAN CROSSON B2B SHAUN REEVES SAM DIVINE SANTONIO ECHOLS SCAN 7 (LIVE) SETH TROXLER SPECIAL REQUEST SUBURBAN KNIGHT T.LINDER ZIP MONDAY, MAY 29 AUDIA AUDION (LIVE) BEATNOK BEIGE BEN SCOTT BONOBO (DJ SET) BRIAN KAGE DJ SEINFELD DOM DOLLA B2B JOHN SUMMIT FATHER DUKES FISHER FJAAK GIORGIA ANGIULI (LIVE) HEIDI HENRY BROOKS JAVONNTTE & ISAAC (HYBRID SET) KASKADE REDUX KLANGKUENSTLER LADYMONIX LAUREN FLAX LEE FOSS LOGIC1000 LSDXOXO LUKE HESS MIJA MULTIPLES (SURGEON & SPEEDY J) HARDWARE (LIVE) REBŪKE SARA LANDRY SINISTARR SKRILLEX SOUNDMURDERER SPFDJ STEPHAN BODZIN (LIVE) UNDERWORLD WHODAT   Movement 2023 3-Day and 1-Day Passes for both GA and VIP are on sale now at www.movementfestival.com. Payment Plan options are also available.

FOO FIGHTERS CONFIRM THREE HEADLINE SHOWS

FOO FIGHTERS CONFIRM THREE HEADLINE SHOWS

General On-Sale March 3
Pre-Sales Begin TODAY at Noon

Further making good on their New Year’s Eve promise that they’d see you all soon, Foo Fighters have announced three new headline shows. The newly confirmed dates, which add to a 2023 touring regimen of festivals including Bonnaroo, Boston Calling, Harley-Davidson Homecoming and more, are: 

May 24 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion 
June 14 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
June 16 – Pelham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 

Tickets for all three shows will be on sale to the public beginning Friday, March 3 at 10am local time. Foofighters.com and Citi pre-sales begin today — Tuesday, February 28 — at 12pm Eastern. For further information, go to Foofighters.com. Citi is the official card of the above Foo Fighters shows. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, February 28 at 12pm ET until Thursday, March 2 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

Draag Announces Electro-Shoegaze Debut Album Dark Fire Heresy Out April 28

Draag Announces Electro-Shoegaze Debut Album Dark Fire Heresy Out April 28

Explores Religious Trauma In “Mitsuwa”

Cryogeyser Tour Begins April 8

“Enticing slate of experimental shoegaze” - Los Angeles Times

"Murky grunge-gaze compositions and gut-twisting songwriting" - Noisey

"Hallucinatory blur of shoegaze and grunge that immediately ingratiates itself even as it unmoors your senses" - Stereogum

"They sound out of a different era—maybe even a different planet" - Paste

"Dark Fire Heresy, a crushing shoegaze venture interwoven with eerily warped tape samples and a fantasy aesthetic recalling the weirdo charm of The Garden or the hyperpop canon." - FLOOD

 

Today, LA electro-shoegaze quintet Draag announces their debut album Dark Fire Heresy, out April 28. Dark and dreamy first single “Mitsuwa” is accompanied by a cinematic narrative video premiered on FLOOD, merging the band’s lush synths & guitars with a cathartic portrayal and release of religious trauma. Draag’s Jessica Huang visited the Mitsuwa Japanese market in LA with her grandparents right before Covid, writing the song during lockdown and solitude when she was finally able to reflect on the spiritual abuse of her past. 

“The process of making the music video was a way for me to indulge in what used to be forbidden, but that I inherently loved as a child - the goth aesthetic, Buddhist altars and traditions that the video touches on,” Draag’s Jessica Huang explains.“As I discussed the concept with friends, strangers, and collaborators, I was so unaware of how many still struggle with religious trauma and how similar our experiences are." 

Watch / Share: “Mitsuwa”

Pre-Order: Dark Fire Heresy

It was through therapy and processing her upbringing in a religious cult that Huang along with members of Draag were able to create the sonic world, story and visual elements of Dark Fire Heresy. Some songs act as vessels of healing and forgiveness and others became a revenge fantasy. Full of lush guitar, Nintendo-era synths and warped tape samples in reverse, the album holds space for what you wish you could have said, done or knew, while acknowledging a bittersweet nostalgia.

What began as a solo project turned into much more when LA musician Adrian Acosta, trained as a mariachi singer by his established norteño musician father, recruited other members from disparate upbringings in the worlds of underground punk, no wave, experimental jazz, and classical music training, from Craigslist and the local DIY music scene - Jessica Huang, Ray Montes, Nick Kelley & Eric Fabbro. 

From revived songs Acosta recorded on his karaoke tape deck when he was 10 years old, Draag released two critically acclaimed EPs, Clara Luz (co-produced by Jon Nuñez of Torche) and Nontoxic Process ahead of this debut LP. Draag began to gain a reputation for their sonically immersive live shows in Los Angeles largely by word of mouth, transforming any range of DIY to high production stage into a wall of sound described as a storm in slow motion. They have opened for Wednesday, Reggie Watts, They Are Gutting a Body of Water, Film School, Milly, Mint Field and Vinyl Williams. 

Following a hometown show with Airiel and Deserta at Lodge Room on March 16, Draag will begin a US tour with Cryogeyser on April 8, before the band’s album release show at The Echo on June 17 - full tour dates below & tickets here.

 

Tour Dates:

March 16: Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room w/ Airiel and Deserta

April 8: Joshua Tree, CA @ TBD*

April 9: Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge*

April 12: Fort Collins, CO @ The Coast*

April 15: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle*

April 18: Toronto, ON @ The Drake*

April 19: Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz*

April 22: Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (Zone One)*

April 23: Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy*

April 24: Washington, D.C. @ Pie Shop*

April 25: Durham, NC @ The Pinhook*

June 17: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (Album Release Show)

*with Cryogeyser

 

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Sir Chloe confirms extensive tour, debut album I Am The Dog out May 19, "Hooves" out now

SIR CHLOE CONFIRMS EXTENSIVE NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR I AM THE DOG OUT MAY 19 VIA ATLANTIC RECORDS NEW SINGLE “HOOVES” OUT NOW   Press photo; credit: Grant Spanier February 28, 2023—Today, Sir Chloe—the project of vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Dana Foote—confirms I Am The Tour, a run of headline dates in North America and Europe later this year. General onsale for the European dates begins Friday, March 3 at 1am PT, followed by American dates at 9am PT—get tickets here. The new dates follow previously confirmed support for a coheadline tour with Phoenix and Beck, which will also feature support from Japanese Breakfast, Weyes Blood and Jenny Lewis—see full routing below. Sir Chloe’s debut album, I Am The Dog, is slated for release May 19 via Atlantic Records— pre-order/pre-save it here. They recently shared a new song, the album’s lead single, “Hooves”—listen here. Made with Grammy-winning producer John Congleton (Lana Del Rey, St. Vincent, Angel Olsen) with songwriting contributions from Teddy Geiger (Caroline Polachek, Sylvan Esso, Lizzo) and Sarah Tudzin (Weyes Blood, Amen Dunes, Slowdive), I Am The Dog encapsulates the thrilling paradoxical nature of Sir Chloe. Thematically, the album grapples with finding control in the innate chaos of life, highlighting and interrogating this tension, only to destabilize it and opt for chaos once again. Anchored by Foote’s emotional and dynamic voice, the album toes the line between expression and concealment, making a fetish of the unsaid with lyrics that are simultaneously frank and ambiguous. With this constant push and pull propelling the album forward, Foote’s aim isn’t to be at rest but rather to ask why she cannot be. Foote put Sir Chloe together in college to serve as her senior thesis, going on to write the band’s first major hits “Michelle”—which has accumulated more than 180 million streams on Spotify—and “Animal” on the floor of her dorm room. The rest of the songs on Sir Chloe’s 2020 EP Party Favors were recorded in a warehouse that the band transformed into a recording space with just $100 and sheer will. Following the success of the EP and two additional singles in 2022, the band—which consists of Foote, Teddy O'Mara, Palmer Foote, and Austin Holmes—toured arenas with Portugal. The Man and alt-J, opened for the Pixies and headlined two tours of their own in the United States and Europe, with sold out stops in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Amsterdam and more. SIR CHLOE—I AM THE DOG Album art; credit: Grant Spanier 1. Should I 2. Salivate 3. Center 4. Know Better 5. Leash 6. Hooves 7. Obsession 8. Daddy’s Car 9. Cake 10. I Am The Dog 11. Feel Again SIR CHLOE LIVE May 18—New York, NY—Racket May 24—Dublin, IR— The Academy, Green Room May 25—Belfast, UK—Limelight 2 May 27—Leeds, UK—Live At Leeds Festival May 30—Nottingham, UK—Rescue Rooms June 1—Manchester, UK—Band On The Wall June 2—London, UK—Heaven June 3—Brighton, UK—Patterns June 5—Bristol, UK—Thekla June 6—Birmingham, UK—O2 Institute 2 June 7—Glasgow, UK—SGW Galvanizers June 9—Antwerp, BE—Trix June 10—Hilvarenbeek, NL—Best Kept Secret Festival June 13—Paris, FR— Le Trabendo June 14—Frankfurt, DE—Brotfabrik June 15—Cologne, DE—Luxor June 16—Berlin, DE—Frannz  June 17—Linz, AT—Lido Sounds Festival June 20—Stockholm, SE—Hus 7 June 21— Oslo, NO—Parkteateret June 22—Copenhagen, DK—Lille Vega June 24—Prague, CZ— Metronome June 25—Warsaw, PL—Niebo June 26—Budapest, HU—Akvarium Klub June 28—Lucerne, CH— Schuur Lucerne June 29—Milan, IT—Legends July 2—Arras, FR—Main Square Festival July 30—Vancouver, BC—Cobalt August 1—Seattle, WA—Seattle Climate Pledge Arena* August 2—Portland, OR—Hawthorne Theater August 3—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater* August 5—Concord, CA—Concord Pavilion* August 7 —Los Angeles, CA—Kia Forum* August 8—San Diego, CA—Viejas* August 10—Santa Fe, NM—Meow Wolf August 11—Phoenix, AZ—Footprint Center* August 12—Las Vegas, NV—Michelob Ultra Arena* August 14—Salt Lake City, UT—Soundwell August 15—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks* August 18—Rogers, AR—Walmart Amp* August 19—Oklahoma City, OK—Beer City Music Hall August 20—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Pavilion* August 21—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion* August 22—Austin, TX—Moody Center* August 24—Des Moines, IA—Wooly’s August 25—Lawrence, KS—Bottleneck August 26—Minneapolis, MN—7th St Entry August 29—Indianapolis, IN—HIFI August 30—Columbus, OH—The Basement August 31—Chicago, IL—Huntington Bank Pavilion* September 2—Detroit, MI—Pine Knob Music Theater* September 3—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage* September 4—Montreal, QC—L’Escogiffe Bar September 5—Boston, MA—MGM Music Hall* September 6—Boston, MA—MGM Music Hall* September 7—Albany, NY—Empire Underground September 8—Philadelphia, PA—Mann Music Center* September 9—Pittsburgh, PA—Thunderbird Cafe September 10—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion* Bold = new date * with Phoenix & Beck

Hayden "On A Beach" ft. Feist, Steve Buscemi + The National’s Matt Berninger | Announces First LP in 8 Years out 4/5 via Arts & Crafts

HAYDEN Announces First New Studio Album in 8 Years Are We Good – Out April 5 via Arts & Crafts Are We Good pre-order here Unveils Hypnotic Single “On A Beach (feat. Feist)” w/ Video ft. Feist, Steve Buscemi + The National’s Matt Berninger Available across platforms here

Credit: Christie Greyerbiehl  Hayden – the legendary Toronto indie-folk rock fixture whose heartrending songs are a soundtrack to coming of age – today announces Are We Good, his first full-length studio album since 2015, due out April 5 via Arts & Crafts. The news arrives alongside lead single "On A Beach (feat Feist)" and its cinematic, star-studded official video, also featuring the inimitable Leslie Feist with cameos by Matt Berninger of The National and beloved actor Steve Buscemi (who Hayden last worked with on the music for Trees Lounge, Buscemi’s 1997 directorial debut). Spearheaded by “On A Beach” – a song unmatched in his canon for its immediate catchiness and clear blue sky production – Are We Good posits Hayden Desser, peppered and grizzled (by the pandemic or parenting), in an attic studio stand-off with writer’s block during early lockdown. A couple’s duet about turning to hypnosis in search of the spark of their youth, the song’s ambling bass line and sparse hand claps blossom into Feist and Hayden’s indelible chorus of “We’re on a beach, oh yeah, we’re on a beach/ We’re drinking income taxes and you’re fond of me” with swirling synths adding to the ambience. Accompanied by a transportive music video directed by Yael Staav, who has directed most of Hayden’s videos for the last 25 years, “On A Beach” brings an all-star cast together into a timeless artist’s singular realm.

WATCH VIDEO FOR “ON A BEACH” FT. FEIST, BUSCEMI + BERNINGER HERE While Hayden acknowledges that this collection of eleven songs took him the longest to complete, “On A Beach” proved to him that “after all these years, a song can still appear nearly fully formed in one quick inspired moment.” On Are We Good – an evolutionary album that is “the sound of an artist who’s been learning how to challenge an aesthetic they’ve been exploring for 30 years” (sometimes past the point of perfection) – Hayden opened up to new creative approaches to awakening his singular storytelling voice, including collaboration in different forms. Hayden sets the stage: “One afternoon February 2021 I was asleep at my piano when I received a text from my friend Leslie (Feist), inviting me to be a part of a songwriting workshop with several other musicians of note. I was terrified, but joined in as an attempt to jolt myself out of submission. The idea was to write a song a day for seven consecutive days, sharing them later each evening with the other writers. A great combination of pure feet to the fire expression and accountability. ‘On A Beach’ was my “day four” submission. I continued tinkering with the song and recording in the following weeks, adding a bridge, tracking several synth lines to try to create what I thought hypnosis may sound like. A few weeks later, Leslie was in town and I invited her to sing on a newer verse I’d written to make the song more of a conversation. Who better than the best, and the one who basically made the song happen in the first place.” Six years in the making with sixty plus songs in the running, Are We Good was written, produced, and mixed predominantly by Hayden at Skyscraper National Park, the studio at the top of his Toronto home. A perfect combination of complex family life – he and his wife are parents to a child with developmental disabilities – coupled with the grinding halt of creative inertia, Hayden found himself trying to balance the album on an unachievable ledge of perfection. By breaking his confines, Hayden – who has defined his perennial 30-year career with a staunchly DIY approach – made an album richly inspired by relationships, from first crushes to family, and music in between. Trading ideas back and forth over time with Berninger, Hayden put trust in a lyrical voice not his own for the first time across his eight achingly beautiful solo albums. The collaboration led to Berninger’s verses unfurling beneath Hayden’s repeated mantra of “Are we good” on the title track, just one defining moment of the album. The National frontman also co-writes on album tracks “It’s Just Me” and “Can’t Happen Now,” furthering a collaboration which began on “Take Me Out Of Town” off Berninger’s Serpentine Prison and will continue. Hayden also worked with another member of The National on this record. After listening to an early version of “Are We Good,” Aaron Dessner came on board to lend his immense talents as co-producer. They worked on several songs at his storied Long Pond studio in Hudson NY, enlisting Dessner heavyweights like engineer Jonathan Low (Taylor Swift, Big Red Machine) and drummer James Krivchenia (Big Thief). Although just two of these co-productions appear on Are We Good – the stunning “We Danced” in dedication to Leonard Cohen, and “It’s Just Me” – the others are sure to show up in the near future. Introduced by the raw and gravely “East Coast” and the raucous but plaintive “Miss Fort Erie,” Hayden‘s ninth studio album is a crowning achievement in his well-deep catalog of carefully hewn indie rock dating back to his debut album Everything I Long For in 1996. Often likened to north stars like Neil Young and Leonard Cohen in the same breath as sonic outliers like Pavement and Sebadoh, Hayden's career began with a cult following in his native Canada, leading to a bidding war that saw him sign with Geffen offshoot Outpost records. A visual storyteller who has always used music videos as a lyrical tool, with “On The Beach” Hayden and his longstanding cast of friends prove again that reinvention is the greatest reminder of the essence of who you are. Are We Good is currently available for preorder on vinyl, CD and digital formats ahead of its April 5 release on Arts & Crafts. PREORDER ARE WE GOOD HERE

Are We Good tracklisting 1. East Coast 2. We Danced 3. On A Beach (ft. Feist) 4. Terry Cloth Blue (Every Single Thing) 5. Nothing Wrong 6. Are We Good 7. Window Washer Blues 8. Miss Fort Erie 9. It’s Just Me 10. Lay This In Mind 11. Can’t Happen Now Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Website | Spotify | Bandcamp | Apple Music