Coachella 2012 is sold out!!!

Occupy Skid Row @ Jan 15th

Occupy Skid Row - Downtown LA on January 15th

2012 was the longest year ever in music

A Place To Bury Strangers - US TOUR

A Place To Bury Strangers Announce Tour with The Joy Formidable Premiere New Video for "So Far Away"
A Place To Bury Strangers have just premiered the new video for their song "So Far Away" with SPIN Magazine as well as announced their upcoming Spring tour with The Joy Formidable. The video for "So Far Away" was created by band member Oliver Ackermann using a collage of his own photos. Using the iPhone application Hipstamatic, Ackermann got the idea after importing some photos from his phone to his computer & watching them flash in quick succession across the screen: "The pictures are all take with Ina's 1969 Film with the iPhone application Hipstamatic. I did this because it is one of the most common ways photos are taken and shared at this moment in time. The photos were all taken since our van was stolen in Italy. Once I started importing photos and assembling them then I realized with a couple of the cool driving sequences that I shot I should shoot some things in an animation style. The story in the video is personal and reflective of our lives over the past year or so." Watch "So Far Away" A Place To Bury Strangers have also announced they will tour with The Joy Formidable across the US this Spring. The bands will start on the west coast with dates in San Francisco and LA before heading across the Midwest through to the East Coast & wrapping it up with dates in Montreal and Toronto. A full list with details is below. The dates will follow the release of their Onwards To The Wall EP, which is out on February 7 on Dead Oceans. The EP contains 5 brand new, face-melting tracks that explore the limits of loud.
	RECENT PRAISE FOR APTBS "A wall of sound does not even begin to describe the effect on the ears when the New York band A Place to Bury Strangers performs. From the pulsing floor, through your toes, and up your spinal column, everything in your body starts to tremble…a must-see. More than just a shock to the system, the trio’s music is completely solid." - NYTIMES T MAGAZINE "There's a '60s paisley pop structure to this, to which layers of doomy sonics and volume are added in typical APTBS style…Theirs is a sound you need to feel in your chest, even if you (wisely) wear earplugs." - BROOKLYN VEGAN "There's no coy nerdery here. A Place To Bury Strangers are as upfront and as lurid as they always are when they're simultaneously torpedoing one's notions of the melodic and the blaring." - RCRD LBL
TOUR DATES: 03/12/12 - San Francisco, CA - Independent* 03/13/12 - San Francisco, CA - Independent* 03/14/12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box* 03/17/12 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre* 03/19/12 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe* 03/20/12 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre* 03/22/12 - Bloomington, IN - The Bluebird* 03/23/12 - Cincinnati, OH - 20th Century Theatre* 03/24/12 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade* 03/25/12 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel* 03/26/12 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club* 03/28/12 - New York, NY - Terminal 5* 03/29/12 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer* 03/30/12 - Boston, MA - Paradise* 03/31/12 - Montreal, QC - Cabaret Mile-End* 04/02/12 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace* * = w/The Joy Formidable

Slow Club US Tour

SLOW CLUB ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

PERFORMING AT SXSW 2012

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM PARADISE IN STORES NOW

Moshi Moshi records proudly announces UK duo Slow Club's 2012 North American spring tour. The dates kick off in Washington DC on February 14th and see the band traversing the continent from east to west (and north to Canada) and back as they finish their run with an appearance at SXSW 2012.

The band are completing their most extensive North American tour yet in support of their critically acclaimed sophomore album Paradise, which received nods from Under The Radar (8 of 10) who featured the band in their year end issue, The New York Times, Rolling Stone who labeled them a "Band To Watch", and Pitchfork who write that "the duo has evolved from being among the best of an indie pop field overcrowded with cutesy duos to carving out a distinct niche for itself that opens up further opportunities for creative growth."

Paradise at iTunes, Insound

Watch videos for the singles "Where I'm Waking" and "Two Cousins"

Slow Club - If We're Still Alive

www.slowclubband.com


Upcoming North American Tour Dates:

FEBRUARY
14 - Washington, DC - DC9
15 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
16 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House
17 - Boston, MA - TT The Bears
18 - Montreal, QC - Casa Del Popolo
19 - Toronto, ON - Rivoli
21 - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room
22 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle

MARCH
06 - Vancouver, BC - Media Club
07 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
08 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
10 - San Francisco, CA - Brick & Mortar Music Hall
11 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
12 - San Diego, CA - Casbah

SXSW 2012 dates TBA

Le Butcherettes "Tiny Desk Concert"

Le Butcherettes record NPR Tiny Desk Concert, announce Coachella performances

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"Watch singer Teri Gender Bender transform from a soft-spoken musician into a rock 'n' roll beast." -- NPR

Beloved garage-punk trio Le Butcherettes are currently at work on a followup to last year's breakout debut, Sin Sin Sin. However, that hasn't kept Teri Gender Bender out of the public eye. The group's charismatic singer/guitarist/keyboardist recently recorded a captivating live acoustic set for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series. Watch the video HERE.

Le Butcherettes also announce today they will perform at this year's Coachella festival on both Sundays, April 15th and 22nd in Indio, CA. Omar Rodriguez Lopez -- who is also reprising his role as producer and bass player for the band's sophomore album -- will be playing bass for these shows.

Le Butcherettes' critically-praised debut album Sin Sin Sin is available to STREAM HERE. Check out MP3s for other album tracks, "Henry Don't Got Love" HERE and "New York" HERE.

Le Butcherettes' full length debut, Sin Sin Sin was produced by Omar Rodriguez Lopez and issued on May 10th, 2011 on Rodriguez Lopez Productions via Sargent House.

The return of THE REFUSED

Ten years ago I did an interview with Dennis Lyxzen of The Refused and International Noise Conspiracy. He assured me that there would never be any reunion. Here's what he said:

AL: What is the situation with your old band The Refused? This is a really popular band in the punk world in USA. Are there any plans to reform? Many people who like Noise Conspiracy are people who are also fans of The Refused. They still play videos on cable channels here as if The Refused were a new band. The band has been defunct for a while?

Dennis: Yeah it has for over three years. It's so much part of the past. When that video of The Refused came out in the States, the band had already been broken up. Many people didn't know that. I think that if people enjoy Noise Conspiracy because they liked The Refused, that they are off-base there. This is how I feel: If you like the politics of The Refused, I can see you liking The Noise Conspiracy. But if you like the music of The Refused, and base that on liking The Noise Conspiracy, that's fucked up. The two have nothing to do with each other. There will never be a reunion show. There will never be anything else coming out by The Refused. People get into the band now, but it doesn't exist. The last record was done over four years ago. For me, I don't even think about it, ever.

The Refused will be appearing at Coachella on April 13th & 20th. Probably some more US dates too.