Alessi's Ark US Tour part two

HANNI EL KHATIB SHARES "PENNY" VIDEO

HANNI EL KHATIB SHARES "PENNY" VIDEO VIA ESQUIRE PERFORMANCE OF "PENNY" FOR KCRW HIGHLIGHTED BY NPR HEAD IN THE DIRT (PRODUCED BY DAN AUERBACH) OUT NOW VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE Photo by Nick Walker VIDEO: "Penny" - http://youtu.be/2PpemU7cpaM VIDEO: Morning Becomes Eclectic session at NPR -  http://www.npr.org/event/music/182014019/kcrw-presents-hanni-el-khatib   After sharing its trailer that found the video's actors directing their own comedic short, Hanni El Khatib is back to share the official video for "Penny." Directed by Simon Cahn (who recently co-directed short film 'Mourir Auprès de Toi' with Spike Jonze), the video finds a group of inmates empathizing with the sentiments Hanni expresses in the song. About Hanni El Khatib: When Hanni El Khatib started out, he was just a skater kid playing the world's worst guitar and singing by himself.  Inspired by a long line of determined do-it-for-themselves musicians winding back through punk and psychedelia to rock 'n' roll and early r&b and finally the first scratchy years of the blues, he'd record song after bare-bones song-in between day jobs and night life-just because he had things he wanted to sing about. Then in 2010 from a chance meeting, up-and-coming indie label Innovative Leisure recognized that there was something huge hiding in those little songs. And so El Khatib made his official full-power soul 'n' rock 'n' roll debut (on vinyl too) in 2010. Soon his music would overtake him completely. By the time his first album Will The Guns Come Outwas released in 2011, he clawed out a space of his own musically and left his job as creative director at streetwear label HUF as well as his hometown of San Francisco to become part-owner of (and in-house Art Director) Innovative Leisure in Los Angeles, California. It had been the kind of year where anything that could happen would happen. In 2012, however, Hanni El Khatib showed up to record his second album with just the clothes on his back-no guitar, no fancy almost-finished demos, and only about three weeks time to get from start to finish. While on tour, he'd met Dan Auerbach in a bar in Paris and after some whiskey got involved, they decided to partner up in Auerbach's studio in Nashville. The idea was to erase everything he'd become comfortable with and to make an album out of only raw instinct and inspiration. The result is Head In The Dirt, produced by Auerbach, in which El Khatib takes a lucky eleven songs and makes the entire history of rebel music something all his own. He's got cut-to-the-bone rhythm 'n' blues ("Save Me") and overcranked Stooges-style stompers ("Family"). He's got bottomless Black Sabbath riff-outs (the back half of "Pay No Mind") and dub-a-delic garageland rockers ("Nobody Move") that call up the spirits of the Clash and the Equals both. His "Low" is just one Andre 3000 remix away from a club anthem, "Penny" is his stuck-in-your-head pop hit and "Sinking In The Sand" is his smash-your-head freak-out. The plan that first day in Nashville might have been to make something out of nothing-but by the end of Head In The Dirt, you'll realize that Hanni El Khatib actually made something out of everything.     HANNI EL KHATIB HEAD IN THE DIRT (INNOVATIVE LEISURE) APRIL 30, 2013

THUNDERCAT Stream New Track “Lotus & The Jondy”

THUNDERCAT

Stream New Track “Lotus & The Jondy”

https://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder/thundercat-lotus-and-the-jondy

Featured In Trailer for New Web Series “Off Main St”

http://vimeo.com/67578388

New Album Apocalypse Out Now On Brainfeeder Records

The analogue explorations of “Lotus & The Jondy,” the latest track from Thundercat’s new album Apocalypse, can be streamed now via Brainfeeder’s Soundcloud page. Thundercat is also featured in the trailer for the debut episode of the new music show “Off Main St.” The groundbreaking long-format show, produced by Dilly Gent (Nigel Godrich’s “From The Basement”), sees Thundercat taking the stage at an epic live show at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, and visiting some of his favorite hometown spots including Amoeba Records, Meltdown Comics and hatmaker Gunnar Fox. Look for the full episode to premiere later this month.  

Forever a wildcat and wild card, Los Angeles’ Thundercat is impossible to tame artistically. His 2011 solo debut The Golden Age of Apocalypse, co-produced by Flying Lotus, created a genre-blurring enigma of indie rock and jazz, with a touch of electronica. OnApocalypse—out now digitally on Brainfeeder Records and via CD/LP on July 9—Thundercat brings a fusion of pop, soul, electronica, prog rock and funk into an unexplored dimension. He again pairs up with executive producer Flying Lotus to pull the veil back and reveal the simple truths of the cycle of life, for all its beauty and destruction. It’s an album about loss and rebuilding, trying to gain something back, and capturing that moment of clarity where one finally finds feet back on the ground again.

Apocalypse Press Quotes

“with Apocalypse, Thundercat has made an emotionally complex record, while still finding time to party.” – NPR Music, First Listen

“’Oh Sheit It’s X’... is an early candidate for 2013’s greatest summer jam.” – Rolling Stone

“Los Angeles ‘Bass god’ Thundercat just dropped the best album of the year. A shimmering collection of celestial funk, Apocalypse features production from beat savant Flying Lotus and oscillates between good-natured jazz-pop and plaintive soul.” – Complex

“a groundbreaking solo artist... who weaves soulful melodies and funky beats around his virtuosic bass playing.” Interview Magazine

“Thundercat's Apocalypse... takes its name from the end of days but sounds more like a new start. Miles Davis might have put it more simply: That motherf*cker can play.” – LA Weekly

“everything on Apocalypse is about taking stock, figuring yourself out, and making sure that the people that mean something to you know that they do. That it arrives through the conduit of somebody who has an elaborate means to express this, but knows when and how to keep things simple? That's how you translate virtuosity into something that hits you right in the heart.” – Pitchfork, 8.2 review

Alessi's Ark tour west coast

GG Allin "My Prison Walls" Hardcover Collector's Book

 GG Allin "My Prison Walls" Hardcover Collector's Book

Limited to 2500 Numbered Copies

Pre-order HERE  -  Ships early August 2013

 

Check out the VICE Magazine story with exclusive images HERE (NSFW)

 

FREE SHIPPING ON PRE-ORDERS (DOMESTIC US ONLY) 

 

2013 marks the 20^th anniversary of the death of GG Allin, the most notorious Rock N Roll artist of all time. For the first time ever, Allin's prison-era memoirs have been compiled in "My Prison Walls", a 208 page hardcover numbered limited edition collector's book that contains letters, illustrations, prose, and Allin's own personal accounts of his time spent in prison. It is limited to 2500 numbered copies.

 

The book begins with Allin's "30 Days In The Hole" his journal, in his own handwriting, detailing his first days in lock up. This comprises the first 50 pages of the book and gives the reader a first-hand account of Allin's mindset at the time. In addition, there are over 40 pieces of art and prose by Allin, plus correspondence with his family members, convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Jeff Clayton of ANTiSEEN, and many others.

  

This book cover is wrapped in black saifu cloth and decorated / titled in red foil blood stamping. Each book is individually numbered and shrink-wrapped for protection and preservation. After the 2500 copies have been sold, the book will not be re-printed. In this sense, it is a true collector's item for any fan of GG Allin or the history of Rock N Roll music.

  

Pre-order here:
http://aggronautix.com/products.cfm?productid=82

WIRE on tour this summer

WIRE HIT THE ROAD

Alongside previously announced dates in North America, Wire are now announcing a series of shows in the UK and continental Europe. These include a few festivals and special events such as The MIV Festival in Pordenone, Italy (free entry), Open East Festival in London (the official re-opening of the Olympic Park), boutique festivals Beacons in Skipton, and No.6 in Portmerion (where the iconic ’60s TV series "The Prisoner" was filmed) as well as a very special show in the Amerikaans Theatre in Brussels. Here is the list of everything that is announced at this point.

JUNE

29th - ITALY - Pordenone - MIV Festival

JULY

9th - USA - Detroit, Mi - Museum of Contemporary Art

10th - CANADA - Toronto - Lee's Palace

12th - USA - Cambridge, Mass - The Sinclair

13th - USA - Phiadephia, PA - Union Transfer

14th - USA - Washington, DC - Black Cat

16th - USA - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

17th - USA - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom

19th - USA - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Festival

28th - UK - London - Open East Festival

AUGUST

17th - UK - Skipton - Beacons Festival

23rd - Switzerland - Lausanne - For Noise Festival

SEPTEMBER

14th - UK - Leicester - Musician

15th - UK - Portmerion - Festival No. 6

17th - UK - Glasgow - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

18th - UK - Newcastle - Cluny

19th - UK - Leeds - Brudenell Social Club

20th - UK - Norwich - Arts Centre

21st - Belgium - Brussels - Amerikaans Theatre

23rd - UK - Brighton - Komedia

24th - UK - Wolverhampton - Civic Hall

25th - UK - Bristol - Fleece

26th - UK - Manchester - Gorilla

27th - Eire - Dublin - Workingman's Club

OCTOBER

05th - France - Paris - Trabendo

06th - Germany - Koln - Luxor

07th - Germany - Hamburg - Knust

08th - Germany - Berlin - Postbahnhof

09th - Germany - Dresden - Beatpol

10th - Austria - Vienna - WuK

12th - Switzerland - St Gallen - Palace

14th - Germany - Stuttgart - Universum

15th - Germany - Osnabruck - Kleine Freiheit

16th - Netherlands - Utrecht - Tivoli

NOVEMBER

07th - Finland - Helsinki - Tavastia
09th - Poland - Wroclaw - Wroclaw Industrial Festival

There are additional dates both within this period and outside it which we cannot announce yet. Please keep an eye on the front page of pinkflag.com for further announcements.

Miranda Lee Richards @ Bootleg Bar

June 7, 2013 I will be playing at The Bootleg Theater this Friday, June 7th, previewing material from my forthcoming record, in support of Alessi's Ark and Sam Amidon! This has been a very long time coming, but I am very pleased to announce the completion of my third full length album,Echoes of the Dreamtime!! We are looking at a release date in the fall of this year (official date TBA), but in the meantime, I have my first show in a while at The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, this Friday, June 7th, 9pm. I will be performing all new songs from the forthcoming record, so please, come and join us for a special folk night acoustic set preview of the new material. Also on the bill are the lovelyALESSI'S ARK from the UK, and SAM AMIDON. PleaseCLICK HERE to purchase tickets in advance.   Follow me on Twitter Friend me on Facebook Forward this to a Friend Copyright © 2013 Miranda Lee Richards All rights reserved. Somewhere along the line you signed up for the mailing list.