Polly Scattergood "Disco Damaged Kid"

Polly Scattergood

 

LISTEN TO NEW TRACK 

"DISCO DAMAGED KID"

 

 

WATCH TRAILER FOR SOPHOMORE ALBUM

OUT SPRING 2013

 

 

 

 

Polly Scattergood – and what a name that is - is that rare talent, a musician and songwriter who can make the disturbing sound delightful. The 25 year-old musician's self-titled debut (released in 2009) was contextually dark and startling, yet coupled with her innocent, girlish vocals, delivered a finished product of jubilant experimental pop.

 

However, one would be remiss to pigeonhole her into a "singer-songwriter" or "experimental pop" category,  as the artist's view of her own work is quite different.  The greatest fear of this expressive musician is being limited limited to one singular genre.  She emphasizes, “I would be really gutted if I was put in a box marked ‘experimental pop’ and then maybe one day I decided to write a blues song or an acoustic rock song and I found it difficult because I’d been boxed up as an ‘experimental pop’ thing.”

 

With three years past since the release of her debut, Polly Scattergood has harnessed her afflication to classification and has created a more mature, yet still inately unique, Sophomore album. In anticipation and excitement for this release, due out Spring 2013, she is pleased to share with the world her track "Disco Damaged Kid" which can be streamed here as well as via her lyric video.

 

Be sure to also check out the hauntingly beautiful teaser trailer. Watch it here!

Stay tuned for more news soon!

 

 

 

Polly Scattergood: Website | Facebook | Twitter
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WATCH TRASH TALK PERFORM LIVE AT CHECKYOPONYTAIL 2

WATCH TRASH TALK PERFORM LIVE AT CHECKYOPONYTAIL 2 VIA PITCHFORK

HODGY BEATS OF MELLOWHYPE CREATES "BREAK YA NECK" DURING RUBY HORNET CLOSED SESSIONS

TRASH TALK AND MELLOWHYPE ON EAST COAST TOUR NOW; ANNOUNCES WEST COAST DATES PRESENTED BY IHC

Watch: CYP2 Presents: Trash Talk Live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Ig8AfGnKI

 

Watch: "Break Ya Neck" by Hodgy Beats and Thelonius Martin - 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qietqydbfLM&feature=youtu.be

MP3: "Break Ya Neck" by Hodgy Beats and Thelonius Martin - 

http://soundcloud.com/rubyhornet/closed-sessions-break-ya-neck

 

Trash Talk and MellowHype are currently touring together on the East Coast and are now announcing a slew of West Coast dates presented by IHeartComix (the same people that brought you the CYP2 live video of Trash Talk). If you don't know what a live Trash Talk show looks like, click here to watch the CYP2 Presents video of Trash Talk performing live at the Echoplex in Los Angeles. Additionally, Hodgy Beats of MellowHype recently jumped in the studio to create "Break Ya Neck" with producer Thelonius Martin during a Ruby Hornet Closed Session.

 

TRASH WANG TOUR DATES

 

11/14 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore*

11/15 - Toronto, ON - Annex Wreck Room*

11/16 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt*

11/17 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater* (Tickets available here)

11/18 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair*

11/19 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts*

11/20 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel*

12/13 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey*

12/14 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre

12/15 - Portland, OR - Branx*

12/17 - San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge*

12/18 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex*

12/20 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction*

12/21 - San Diego, CA - Epicentre*

* = Trash Wang Tour w/ Mellowhype

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW SHARES NEW TRACK

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW SHARES NEW TRACK VIA KCRW

CATCH THEM LIVE IN DECEMBER

 

Listen up, freaks! You've had the main course and now the dessert! Black Moth Super Rainbow is spiking your sugar high with Cobra Juicy track "Like A Sundae," which was named "Today's Top Tune" by KCRW. Get your masks on because the partying and mischief making continues next month on the East Coast. A full list of tour dates is below. 

LISTEN TO/SHARE 'LIKE A SUNDAE":

http://soundcloud.com/black-moth-super-rainbow/like-a-sundae

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW TOUR DATES:

Mon. Dec. 3 - Boston, MA @ Paradise

Wed. Dec. 5 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

Thu. Dec. 6 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Fri. Dec. 7 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

Sat. Dec. 8 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall

Sun. Mar. 10 - Denton, TX @ 35 Denton

"What's unique about Black Moth Super Rainbow is the balance achieved between the grotesque and the beautiful. This is not as easy as it sounds." - Pitchfork

"...Cobra Juicy drips with the group's trademark heady synthesizers, as well as infectious hooks and punchy electronica to craft their most melodic and accessible record to date." - FILTER

"Black Moth Super Rainbow have over the course of several albums set themselves a consistent task, with heady results: discovering what a psychedelic soundtrack for the 21st century sounds like. Their latest effort, Cobra Juicy...nails that trademark pastoral-yet-greasy groove." - BlackBook

"It's the Black Moth Super Rainbow recording we've been waiting for..." - Under The Radar

Listen to "Gangs in the Garden" - http://bit.ly/QEWDec

Listen to "Windshield Smasher" - http://bit.ly/ObB9DN

Watch the "Windshield Smasher" video - http://bit.ly/MfAcuY

Black Moth Super Rainbow online:

http://www.blackmothsuperrainbow.com/

https://twitter.com/HouseOfBMSR

https://www.facebook.com/BlackMothSuperRainbow

Tame Impala @ the El Rey

All photos taken in NYC by Daniel Murtagh.

Tame Impala will be playing at the EL REY tonight, Friday, November 16th 2012.

Laura Gibson Premieres "The Carob Trees"

Laura Gibson Premieres "The Carob Trees" Track On NPR's All Songs Considered
Releases "Down By The Riverside" Deschutes River Recordings Video On Pitchfork

The Basin And Range Tour Starts In Two Weeks

The Basin And Range Tour In November, Laura Gibson will team up with Portland fellow bands Typhoon and Lost Lander for The Basin And Range Tour. Tour Dates 11.15 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA ^ 11.16 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA # 11.17 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA # 11.18 - G Street Wunderbar - Davis, CA # 11.20 - Wow Hall - Eugene, OR # 11.23 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR # 12.13 - Capetown International Convention Center - Capetown, South Africa 12.15 - Wits Theatre - Johannesburg, South Africa # w/ Typhoon & Lost Lander ^ w/ Lost Lander & Run Luca

Click to watch "Down By The Riverside" Deschutes River Recordings video on Pitchfork Laura Gibson gathered a group of musical friends and turned Oregon's Smith Rock into a recording studio for a day, incorporating the unique acoustics of the cliffs, caves and water ways, resulting in a surprising, inspired take on the old spiritual "Down By The Riverside". The video and the song premiered on Pitchfork Monday, October 22nd. The production is the third in a series of River Song Covers sponsored by Deschutes Brewery, which also includes Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley singing "Up The Cripple Creek", and Eric D. Johnson of the Fruit Bats covering "The Ballad of Easy Rider".  All proceeds will benefit the Deschutes River Conservancy.   Click to listen to "The Carob Trees" on NPR's All Songs Considered An unreleased Laura Gibson song, "The Carob Trees," was picked today as NPR's Song Of The Day.  '"The Carob Trees" came after a visit to my friend Raul's family home in the countryside near Valencia, Spain. The house and land had been in his family for many generations. Raul told stories of trapping quail and collecting olives when he was a child, of his parents stomping grapes into wine. Raul's great grandfather collected stones to build terraces up the hillside in order to plant trees on the land. There were olive trees and almond trees, and then also a type of tree that wasn't familiar to me. Raul didn't know the English word, and didn't know the Spanish word. Finally, after he called it "poor man's chocolate" I realized they were carob trees. I was thinking of all the generations who spent time under those trees, and how we move forward in time and in relationships, both within and also outside of our own will. Thinking of will in relationships, and of trees, and of lineage, I was reminded of the story of Adam and Eve. The narrator in the song became a mix of Eve, of Raul's great great great grandparents, and of myself. Back home one day, I had been singing the refrain melody in the living room, and my boyfriend and sometimes musical collaborator Sean (Sean Ogilvie of the band Musée Mécanique) sat down at the piano and began playing and whistling the counter-melody, perfectly embodying the other character in the story. The song didn't quite fit among the songs on my La Grande record, but it is really dear to me, and I'm really happy to share it now.'   Links Official Website Facebook Twitter

The Mynabirds @ Bootleg Theater

 

The Mynabirds are playing at the Bootleg Theater tonight, Wednesday November 14th 2012.



All photos taken in New York City by Daniel Murtagh.

Beach House's intense, compelling new video for "Wild"!

Watch Beach House's intense, compelling new video for "Wild"!
Updated world tour dates!

Video premiere via 'Pitchfork'

“Frightened Eyes” European tour ends Nov. 20;
Australia, Japan, & South Korea tour Dec. 30 - Jan. 23;
London, UK shows Mar. 23-24

 

Beach House has premiered a new video for Bloom's standout second track,  "Wild"  (see Pitchfork November 14). The intense and compelling clip was directed by filmmaker Johan Renck (Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Madonna, The Knife).   You can watch the video here.

Beach House is currently in Europe on the tail end of the "Frightened Eyes" tour, with a show tonight, November 14 in Munich, DE at Feierwerk. The trek will come to a close on November 20 in Paris, FR at Le Trianon. The band will resume touring in late December and into January 2013, with a series of festival and club dates in Australia, Japan and South Korea. The trek begins on December 30 in Lorne, AU at The Falls Music & Arts Festival and ends on January 23 in Seoul, KR at Interpark Art Center.  Additionally, on March 23-24, 2013, the band will return to London, UK for two shows at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire. You can find a current tour schedule below.

In further exciting news, Beach House will grace the cover of issue 71 of The Big Takeover. You can grab a sneak peak of the cover here.

Beach House's Bloom is now available in the US and Canada on CD, double-LP, and digital formats from Sub Pop Records. The album is also available in the following territories: in Europe from Bella Union, in Mexico from Arts and Crafts, and in Australia from Mistletone. In the US, Bloom debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and spent four weeks at #1 on the CMJ Top 200 chart. Bloom, led by the singles, “Myth” and “Lazuli” was recorded in late 2011 at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, TX and mixed at Electric Lady in NYC. Bloom was co-produced by Beach House and Chris Coady.

What people are saying about Bloom:
“The two-piece dream-pop band wraps listeners in lush, expansive down comforters of sound." - Entertainment Weekly [30 Artists to Watch in 2012]  

“The music dissolves girl groups, minimalist patterns, rock anthems, drones and lullabies into a thoughtful stasis. Instead of seeking to create peaks and valleys, Beach House songs thicken without building up; they find equipoise and hold it." - New York Times [Critics’ Choice]

“The songwriting is tighter, yet the atmosphere feels more diffuse; the lyrics are more straightforward, yet they're somehow suggestive of larger things. By just about every measure, Bloom's wingspan is fuller than anything Beach House have done before." - Pitchfork [9.1 “Best New Music”]

“Bloom's songs are just as rich and meticulously crafted, and meant to be heard as a whole.” - NPR

“Bloom is a masterstroke, an utter gamechanger…Bloom should be to the year 2012 what Loveless was to 1991, or Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was to 2002, or Funeral was to 2004: a landmark release.” - PopMatters [10/10]

Tour Dates
Nov. 14 - Munich, DE - Feierwerk
Nov. 16 - Köln, DE - Gloria
Nov. 17 - Lausanne, CH - Les Docks
Nov. 18 - Brussels, BE - AB
Nov. 19 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
Nov. 20 - Paris, FR - Le Trianon
Dec. 30 - Lorne, AU - The Falls Music & Arts Festival
Dec. 31 - Marion Bay (Tasmania), AU - The Falls Music & Arts Festival
Jan. 05  - Busselton, AU - Southbound Festival
Jan. 09 - Melbourne, AU - Forum Theatre
Jan. 11 - Fortitude Valley, AU - Tivoli Theatre
Jan. 12 - Brisbane, AU - A&I Hall
Jan. 18 - Osaka, JP - Club Quattro
Jan. 20 - Tokyo, JP - Liquid Room
Jan. 23 - Seoul, KR - Interpark Art Centyer
Mar. 25 - London, UK - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Mar. 26 - London, UK - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire