The Dead Weather release video for new single, "Impossible Winner"

THE DEAD WEATHER UNVEIL

STRIKING VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE "IMPOSSIBLE WINNER"

 

PREMIERING TODAY EXCLUSIVELY ON TIDAL 

 

SOPHIE MULLER & ROSS MCDOWELL-DIRECTED VIDEO DEBUTS TOMORROW ON VEVO

 

 "I FEEL LOVE (EVERY MILLION MILES)" AMONG "BEST MUSIC VIDEO" NOMINEES

FOR UPCOMING 58^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS

 

 

 

The Dead Weather have premiered their chilling and striking new video for "Impossible Winner." The second single and official music video from 2015's acclaimed DODGE AND BURN, "Impossible Winner" debuts today exclusively on the front page of global music and entertainment platform TIDAL and is available to watch in full without a subscription for 24 hours only. The video - directed by Sophie Muller and Ross McDowell - will be released worldwide via The Dead Weather's official VEVO channel tomorrow, February 5^th, at 10 am ET.

 

"I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)" - the first single/video from DODGE AND BURN - is among the "Best Music Video" nominees for the upcoming 58^th Annual GRAMMY® Awards, honoring video directors Ian Schwartz & Cooper Roberts and video producers Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, along with The Dead Weather themselves. "I Feel Love (A Million Miles)" can be viewed now HERE.

 

The Dead Weather - Jack White, Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence - returned at long last with 2015's electrifying DODGE AND BURN. The album made an explosive chart debut upon its September release, entering the Soundscan/Billboard 200 at #10 - The Dead Weather's third consecutive top 10 debut. What's more, DODGE AND BURN came in at #1 on Billboard's "independent Albums" chart and #2 on both the "Alternative Albums" and "Rock Albums" rankings.

 

Along with its worldwide popular success, DODGE AND BURN also reaped immediate critical acclaim from around the globe. ROLLING STONE awarded DODGE AND BURN its coveted lead review spot and called it the band's "most raunchiest and fun yet," while SPIN gave the album a rating of 8-out-of-10, noting The Dead Weather are "an outfit whose members are hardly content to rest on their past achievements. DODGE AND BURN is one of their greatest." "The Dead Weather's finest work to date," declared A.V.CLUB of the album's closing track, "Impossible Winner," calling it "exactly the kind of curveball that makes DODGE AND BURN so appealing." The Dead Weather "administer a thorough scrubbing to knackered old garage-rock until it gleams like the chrome fender on a Dodge," noted UNCUT, while CLASH praised DODGE AND BURN as "a sassy ball of madness coming at your ears at 120mph."

 

DODGE AND BURN was heralded with a series of live performance videos - directed by Jack White and edited by White and Brad Holland - all of which can be viewed now at the band's official  TheDeadWeatherTV.

 

The Dead Weather made but one public live performance supporting DODGE AND BURN, blowing the roof off New York City's Ed Sullivan Theater with an electrifying rendition of "I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)" on CBS' Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

 

 

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New Order Announces US Tour Dates + New Single

NEW ORDER ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE,  SINGULARITY COMPETITION + US TOUR DATES LISTEN TO “SINGULARITY (EXTENDED MIX)” HERE

"Singularity" Single Artwork

Following the huge success of Music Complete, which featured high in critics’ end of year lists, New Orderstart 2016 as they mean to carry on. The band has announced full details for the latest single to be taken from Music Complete. “Singularity” will feature a host of exclusive remixes alongside an extended rework, listen to the extended mix HERE. Alongside the new single, there is also news of an exclusive competition for fans to contribute to the Singularity website. Over the past few months, artists and other innovators who have been impacted by the band’s output have been contributing to the website gallery SINGULARITY: THE INFLUENCE OF NEW ORDER in the form of essays, artwork, cover versions, playlists and more. The site is now open for more contributions: fans the world over are invited to create something that shows how the band has influenced their life. All creative formats are welcome. The top 5 most interesting contributions received will be featured on the SINGULARITY website permanently. Artists already featured on SINGULARITY include Hot Chip, Alison Goldfrapp, John Grant, Interpol, La Roux, Trentemøller, Will Broome, Algiers, Irvine Welsh, Robert Smith from The Cure and Factory Floor. Log onto SINGULARITY here. Anyone wishing to enter should email a contribution to neworder@mute.com before the closing date on March 11, 2016. New Order also returns to the live circuit once again, having completed an overwhelmingly successful set of dates in 2015. They are pleased to announce US live dates along with a string of European festival performances. There will be more shows announced in the coming weeks. US LIVE DATES March 10 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall (on sale 2/13) March 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theater March 16 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre March 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium March 21 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan March 23 – Miami, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach FESTIVAL DATES June 18 – Spain - Sonar June 30  - Belgium - Werchter Festival July 2  - Denmark - Roskilde Festival July 7  – Spain - Bilbao BBK Live  July 9  - UK - Manchester Castlefield Bowl  August 12  - Norway - Oya Festival  New Order is Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris, Tom Chapman and Phil Cunningham.

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Transviolet Releases "New Bohemia" Video, Announces SXSW Performances

TRANSVIOLET RELEASES "NEW BOHEMIA" VIDEO VIA MTVU BAND ANNOUNCES PERFORMANCES AT SXSW, GOVERNOR's BALL AND FIREFLY ALSO SELLS OUT ITS FIRST-EVER HEADLINING LONDON SHOW SINGLE CLIMBS AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO AND CAN BE HEARD IN GOOGLE ANDROID AD CAMPAIGN

Photo credit - Mathew Mickel      LOS ANGELES, CA - February 2, 2016 - Epic Records artist Transviolet's official video for "New Bohemia," premiered yesterday on MTV and VEVO and can be seen HERE. It was directed by Welsh feature film and video director Ryan Andrews (Charli XCX, A$AP Ferg, Brooke Candy). With its mystical mood and stunning underwater photography, the clip captures the empowering theme of the track, which Pigeons & Planes praised for its inspiring "take-over-the-world attitude." Neon Goldnoted, "'New Bohemia' feels like the second coming of a new world order as sky-scraping vocals and star-slinging synths collide above." The single, which is climbing quickly at Alternative radio, can be heard in the national advertising campaign for Google Android, which will run through summer 2016. View the spot HERE.   "We are equals. We are not our gender, our race, our sexual orientation. We are not our religion, our nationality, or social class. We are equals. We will not fight the wars of our fathers. We will not inherit the hate and fear of things we do not understand. We will not continue the vicious cycle, using violence to stop violence to stop violence. We will not be told that this is just the way things are. We decide what our future looks like. We are the new bohemia," says lead singer Sarah McTaggart about the song.   Transviolet will perform at SXSW in March. The band will also play its first headlining show in London on February 10 - a sold-out evening at Hoxton Square - and perform at such festivals as The Governors Ball and Firefly. Purchase tour tickets HERE.   Transviolet was formed in New York and is now based in Los Angeles. McTaggart explains their choice of name, noting, "We were sitting around the living room with books on mythology and poetry one day, determined to pick a band name (as this had been no easy task for us). Judah came across this poem by Charles Bukowski called 'When The Violets Roar At The Sun.' It goes, 'They've got us in a cage, ruined of grace and senses, and the heart roars like a lion at what they've done to us...' It spoke to me so plainly about how we (the band) felt about the world, how our own apathy has led us to this haphazard way of existing - devoid of reason or purpose, just fumbling around the streets with our heads in our phones, passively falling into the future without any real stake in it. We want to be active in designing our future. We believe that our generation can learn to live mindfully, and peacefully and evolve, thus 'trans' as in short for 'transcendence'. To sum it up, Transviolet is transcendence into a new, violet awareness. We loved that idea, so it stuck."    The band released a self-titled EP last fall and closed out 2015 with one million Spotify listeners, who played a staggering 20 years' worth of the band's songs. Transviolet is currently recording its full-length debut album in Los Angeles, CA.   "New Bohemia" plus two other songs from the EP - "Girls Your Age" and "Bloodstream" - have all ranked in Hype Machine's Top 5 and climbed into the Top 15 (or higher) on Spotify's Global Viral charts. Hilly Dilly hailed "Girls Your Age" as "one of the best debut tracks of the year for any band across any genre" and Noisey praised it as "spaciously sexy." DJ Zane Lowe premiered "Bloodstream" on his Beats 1 show. Other Transviolet fans include Katy Perry, Harry Styles, Ellie Goulding and Twin Shadow (who did a remix of their song "Girls Your Age").   NYLON named Transviolet as its "band crush" in this feature and the UK's Wonderland Magazineprofiled the quartet in this piece. Teen Vogue singled them out as a key new artist to watch and The Guardian recently spotlighted Transviolet as its "new band of the week," observing, "Channeling their inner David Bowie, the US electropop four-piece offer up a rallying cry to the young and the renegade."   TRANSVIOLET - UPCOMING DATES 2/10 - London, UK @ Hoxton Square 2/18 - Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre 3/15-20 - Austin, TX @ SXSW 6/3-5 - New York, NY @ The Governors Ball Music Festival 6/16-19 - Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival   All pertinent links: View "New Bohemia" video HERE Hear "New Bohemia" in the Google Android ad HERE Purchase tour tickets HERE Read NYLON article HERE Read Wonderland Magazine feature HERE

Fela Kuti / Koola Lobitos Reissue Out Digitally April 8, 2016

FELA RANSOME KUTI AND HIS KOOLA LOBITOS

HIGHLIFE-JAZZ AND AFRO-SOUL (1963-1969)

OUT APRIL 8, 2016 ON KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS

SEMINAL RECORDINGS COLLECTED FOR RELEASE

FIRST TRACK "IT'S HIGHLIFE TIME" AVAILABLE NOW

  
LISTEN: "It's Highlife Time" on SoundCloud

FELA KUTI PRESS PHOTOS + BIO AVAILABLE HERE

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Fela Ransome Kuti is best known as the revolutionary pioneer of Afrobeat music. Born in 1938, Kuti spent his life as a trailblazer creating incendiary music and furthering radical politics. At the beginning of his musical career in the early '60s, Kuti formed his first band, Koola Lobitos. Koola Lobitos were the first expression of Kuti's incredible talent, the start of his musical evolution that led to the Afrobeat movement. As such, Knitting Factory Records is reissuing Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969), a collection of recordings that provide unique insight into the beginnings of Kuti's craft. This three-disc set lays bare Kuti's genius experimentation, honing his instincts while trying out new styles and combinations. 

The musical style called Highlife first started in Ghana in the early part of the 20th century and spread throughout West Africa over several decades. Highlife melds elements of traditional African music and Jazz into an upbeat, danceable genre. One could understand Kuti's attraction to the mix of Jazz structures, syncopated guitar lines and off-beat drums. 

Kuti's Koola Lobitos became a popular dance band in his native Lagos, Nigeria, recording many singles for local labels, Parlophone, Phillips and an album for EMI. The tracks on these recordings evolve from Highlife to soul to hints of what would become Afrobeat. The listener is able to witness the startling evolution of a man intent on finding his own voice and style. The collection encompasses three discs with Disc One focusing on singles, Disc Two on the album recorded for EMI and Disc Three on live and other recordings. 

The liner notes, written by Michael E. Veal, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Yale University, point out: "The release of this collection of Fela Ransome-Kuti's pre-Afrobeat music is a major event for fans of both Fela's music and African popular music in general. Many of these recordings...were thought to be lost forever and certainly, were unknown to all but the most fervent Fela enthusiasts. Even these enthusiasts had to endure low fidelity tapes that had been copied over innumerable generations, from original recordings that were not themselves of the highest quality. What little has been known of Fela's highlife period has been largely due to the efforts of Mr. Benson Idonije, Fela's early manager and long-time proponent of his highlife music. With the recordings' sound quality now much improved, this comprehensive collection gives an overview into a period when one of Africa's finest musicians was attempting to find a style of his own. Thanks to the efforts of dedicated record collectors who assembled this compilation, a crucial and fascinating chapter of Fela's career is finally available to African music enthusiasts around the world."

Knitting Factory Records will release the three-disc set on April 8, 2016. Physical pre-order smarturl.it/KoolaCD & iTunes: smarturl.it/KoolaiT

FIDLAR Shares New Music Video For "Why Generation"

FIDLAR SHARES NEW MUSIC VIDEO

FOR "WHY GENERATION"

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 1, 2016 - This morning, FIDLAR shared their new emoji inspired music video for "Why Generation." Watch the clip HERE.

 

Directed by longtime collaborator Ryan Baxley ("Cocaine", "40oz. On Repeat", "West Coast") and animated by Nolan Fabricius, the clip reimagines FIDLAR's notoriously rowdy live show in a world created entirely out of the popular social messaging characters.

 

FIDLAR's sophomore album, Too, was released in September and debuted at #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart. Shortly after the record's release, FIDLAR made their late night television debut performing "West Coast" on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Too is available now via Mom + Pop Music HERE.

 

In October, FIDLAR wrapped up a two month sold out U.S. headline tour with a two night hometown stand at the Regent Theater. During that tour, they also performed at Austin City Limits Music Festival, Boston Calling, Riot Fest and Beach Goth. In November, the band embarked on a sold out UK/European tour including a headlining date at London's historic Forum.

 

Starting today, FIDLAR will hit the road for two weeks in Australia and New Zealand, appearing on the St. Jerome's Laneway Festival along with Grimes, Vince Staples, CHVRCHES and others. This summer, FIDLAR will perform at Bonnaroo, Governor's Ball and other festivals in the US, UK and Europe to be announced soon.

 

FIDLAR is Zac Carper (guitars/vocals), Elvis Kuehn (guitars/vocals), Brandon Schwartzel (bass), and Max Kuehn (drums).  Since forming in 2009, FIDLAR quickly became one of the Los Angeles music scene's most celebrated live acts thanks to their raucous live shows, which often concluded with the majority of audience members joining the band on-stage. Since formation, the band has toured the world and played with The Pixies, The Hives, Black Lips, OFF!, Jeff The Brotherhood, The Orwells, Wavves, The Delta Spirit and more. Their debut self-titled full-length album was released in the U.S. in January of 2013 and debuted at #5 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, #2 on the Alternative News Artist Chart and was the #1 most added release at CMJ. Rolling Stone immediately called FIDLAR "a band to watch", asserting, "FIDLAR redefines the 'Golden State' skate/garage punk aesthetic for contemporary tastes" and called Too "an excellent second LP." 

"A classic of potentially generational impact." Q Magazine

 

"Thrashes with abandon and displays a remarkable leap in instrumental maturity." SPIN

 

"The group keeps it's lo-fi, distortion-tinged California odes intact on Too, while aiming a little higher."Entertainment Weekly

 

"The new record doesn't scrimp when it comes to giant hooks or appropriately buzzed-out guitars, but it does add an extra layer to finesse to the band's reliably scrappy songs." Stereogum

  

"A sweet spot between hedonism and poignancy on a multi-layered second album." NME

 

"A more interesting band than 99% of their contemporaries." Consequence of Sound

 

"The band is humming at peak power on its wild new album, Too." LA Times

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SUNFLOWER BEAN Stream Debut Album via Rolling Stone!

STREAM DEBUT ALBUM VIA ROLLINGSTONE.COM PRESS HERE to listen now! Human Ceremony Out February 5th via Fat Possum

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Early praise for Sunflower Bean + Human Ceremony: "Three and a half minutes of impossibly jangly guitar bliss and sweet-dreams vocals make ['Easier Said'] the best thing we've heard yet from the New York psychedelic-rock trio..." - Rolling Stone   "The music is both restrained and aggressive...but like a lot of great rock'n'roll, it's also catchy, compelling, and concise." - Pitchfork   "Made up of old souls in photogenic forms, this teenage psychedelic rock trio mixes metal-influenced guitar squall with Arctic New Wave vocals..." - New York Times "...this band is full of surprises and shifts. There's an exhilarating feeling seeing this band live; I got the impression that they even surprised each other during the performance." - NPR's All Songs Considered "Another killer track...one of the band's best songs to date." - The FADER "In a haze of distorted guitars and psych-rock come Sunflower Bean, the Brooklyn trio who make wonderful, reverb-soaked music about things they are too young to even romanticize...['Easier Said'] sparkles and glitters, only a fleeting glimpse of a very promising record. - Stereogum Sunflower Bean are gearing up to release one of the best debut albums of 2016, and starting today - one week ahead of release - the record is streaming exclusively via RollingStone.com. PRESS HERE to listen to Human Ceremony, Sunflower Bean's absolutely brilliant debut LP, now. PRESS HERE to pre-order Human Ceremony on CD or vinyl, and HERE on iTunes. The album is out on February 5th via Fat Possum. Sunflower Bean got their start in the DIY New York scene, but the band quickly began to accelerate into one of the foremost up-and-coming bands nationally and overseas. Since the band's inception in 2013, Sunflower Bean have toured U.S. and Europe opening for the likes of DIIV, Best Coast, Wolf Alice, The Vaccines and more, as well as wowed audiences at festivals includingCMJ, SXSW, Beach Goth, and UK's Great Escape. Human Ceremony's forthcoming release and Sunflower Bean's massive upcoming U.S. and EU tour cement the fact that Sunflower Beanhas arrived.    Drawing inspiration from a vast pool of influences such as Black Sabbath and The Cure, Sunflower Bean refine their sound and take it to the next level on Human Ceremony.  It is a crystalline, bright, sparkling record, tipping its cap to the likes of The Vaselines, The Velvet Underground, The Feelies, and more, loaded with an innate artfulness that belies the band's young age:  all three members are under 21. Written in drummer Jacob Faber's basement in Long Island - where the band got its start back in high school - and recorded in Brooklyn with producer Matt Molnar (Friends), Human Ceremony's 11 tracks came together in just seven days.   Having leapt out of the gate as a formidable live band, Sunflower Bean's incomparable stage energy settles perfectly into the grooves of its finely crafted debut album.  From the cascading guitar riffs in woozy album opener "Human Ceremony," to the surging "Come On," to Cumming's gliding, sky-high harmonies on "Easier Said" and more, on Human Ceremony, Sunflower Bean's spell is cast. Sunflower Bean are: Jacob Faber [drums], Julia Cumming [vocals/bass], and Nick Kivlen[vocals/guitars]. International Tour Dates (US Dates in BOLD) - PRESS HERE for tickets 2/2/16              Bristol, UK @ Louisiana 2/3/16              Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds 2/6/16              Paris, FR @ Le Pop Up Du Label 2/8/16              Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar 2/9/16              Berlin, GR @ Berghain Kantine 2/10/16            Hamburg, GR @ Molotov Bar 2/12/16            Brussels, BE @ Botanique 2/13/16            Lille, GR @ LA Peniche 2/15/16            Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete's 2/16/16            Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen 2/18/16            London, UK @ The Dome 2/19/16            Brighton, UK @ Bleach 2/25/16            New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom + 2/26/16            Hanover, NH @ Bones Gate Fraternity + 2/27/16            Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Club Upstairs + 2/28/16            Montreal, QC @ Divan Orange 3/1/16              Toronto, ON @ Smiling Buddha + 3/2/16              Detroit, MI @ Majestic Café + 3/3/16              Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern + 3/4/16              Lakewood, OH @ Mahall's 20 Lanes + 3/5/16              Ithaca, NY @ Ithaca College Glazer Arena 3/6/16              Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie + 3/10/16            Washington D.C. @ Black Cat * 3/11/16            Durham, NC @ The Pinhook 3/15-3/20/16    Austin, TX @ SXSW 2016 3/24/16            Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo 3/25/16            La Jolla, CA @ Che Café 3/26/16            Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place 3/27/16            San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall 3/29/16            Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project 3/30/16            Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt 3/31/16            Portland, OR @ Analog Café Lounge 4/1/16              Nampa, ID @ Flying M 4/2/16              Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court 4/3/16              Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge 4/5/16              Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry 4/6/16              Madison, WI @ The Frequency 4/7/16              Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop 4/8/16              Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café 4/9/16              Pittsburg, PA @ The Smiling Moose; Upstairs * w/ Mass Gothic + w/ Honduras https://twitter.com/Sunflower_Bean https://instagram.com/sunflowerbean https://www.facebook.com/SunflowerBean