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Father John Misty Shares “I’m Writing A Novel” Video

Father John Misty Shares “I’m Writing A Novel” Video With Pitchfork   Plus Updated Tour Dates Father John Misty has premiered a new video for “I’m Writing A Novel,” the 5th video from his critically acclaimed 2012 album Fear Fun.  The new visual, directed by Noel Paul (“Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”; Bat For Lashes, Austra) melds documentary-style and performance footage filmed while on the road during his mammoth tour in support of the album (see Pitchfork news story September 11th). Father John Misty will close out 2013 with a headlining solo variety tour in support of Fear Fun this fall, which begins on October 3rd in San Francisco, CA at Slims and ends on November 2nd in Los Angeles, CA at the Wiltern.  The tour will feature support from comedian Kate Berlant. Please find a full list of tour dates below. In related news, Father John Misty recently took over Magnet’s website as a guest editor. You can peruse his wonderfully witty posts, as well as his recent cover story, here. Additionally, Father John Misty has contributed to the last two issues of Filter’s Good Music Guide as their festival editor. Read those hilarious missives here. What People Have Said About Father John Misty: “A mischievously warm collection of folky-indie rock bliss.” [#2/The Must List] – Entertainment Weekly Our favorite rock album of the year-- A shaggy dog story of Cali boho hedonism. [Rock 'N' Roller of The Year 2012] GQ “A captivating listen” [8/10] – Magnet “Tillman varies things up on Fear Fun, reveals an adventurous palette, and makes what may be his best album to date.” -  Pitchfork “It is a thing of madcap, mushroom-inspired Laurel Canyon genius, all done with a 1970s soft-rock smile.” [5/5] – The Independent “It's clear from the start with the gorgeous opener, "Funtimes in Babylon", that Tillman's is a singular talent, and, thankfully, one that won't require much encouragement: "Look out Hollywood, here I come.” [8/10] – Under The Radar Tour Dates Oct. 03 - San Francisco, CA - Slims* Oct. 06 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theatre * Oct. 07 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre * Oct. 08 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore * Oct. 11 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue* Oct. 12 - Chicago, IL - The Vic * Oct. 13 - Madison, WI - Capitol Theatre * Oct. 14 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot * Oct. 15 - Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre* Oct. 16 - Montreal, QE - Corona Theatre * Oct. 20 - Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre * Oct. 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer * Oct. 23 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club * Oct. 24 - Richmond, VA - The National * Oct. 25 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat’s Cradle * Oct. 26 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre * Oct. 28 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues * Oct. 29 - Austin, TX - Emo’s * Oct. 31 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent * Nov. 01 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues * Nov. 02 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern * * w/ Kate Berlant

New Darkstar Video For "A Day's Pay For A Day's Work"

DARKSTAR ANNOUNCE VIDEO FOR THE SINGLE  “A DAY’S PAY FOR A DAY’S WORK” Watch "A Day's Pay For A Day's Work" Here: http://youtu.be/9KbSq5_FVuE “Composed with luminous synths and melodic vocal lines, the U.K. trio's latest album is an unabashed venture into warped pop music. – NPR Music “highly emotive, harmonically sound trip through digitized music that moves to a genuine human heartbeat” - SPIN “achingly pretty warmth” - FADER  Darkstar are pleased to share the video for their most recent single “A Day’s Pay For A Day’s Work” off of News From Nowhere, released earlier this year. Filmed in a community center in South London, the video captures the trio taking part in numerous trust-building exercises and activities, ranging from falling backwards into the arms of others to taking part in a conga drum ensemble. Directed by London-based writer/director Lucy Luscombe (http://lucyluscombe.com), it’s a beautifully apt visual accompaniment to a stirring single that candidly touches on the subjects of confidence, self-esteem and relationships. The band are also set to announce a series of remix EPs, that sees several News From Nowhere stand out tracks reworked by the likes of Zomby, Motor City Drum Ensemble, the band themselves and more. Expanded details to come soon!

Tera Melos debut track via SPIN from remix EP

Tera Melos debut track from forthcoming remix EP via SPIN, 

headline Sargent House tour with Zorch and Fang Island

Listen to Jason Bartell of Fang Island's remix of "Weird Circles" HERE

Watch original mix "Weird Circles" video:

"Tera Melos' most accessible work by a large margin" -- Pitchfork

"X'ed Out is chock-full of great ideas and impressive executions -- an interlocking pile of barbs and briars and jigsaw pieces that all manage to vibrate at just the right frequency." -- SPIN

Tera Melos debut the first track from the forthcoming X'ed Out Remixes EP today via SPIN.com. The song is a reworking of Tera Melos' "Weird Circles" by Jason Bartell of Sargent House label mates Fang Island. Listen/share via SPIN and Soundcloud. 

Tera Melos also launch Fall tour dates in October with Sargent House label mates Zorch on all shows and Fang Island joining the bill on the East Coast leg. This extensive U.S. trek follows shortly after Tera Melos' current run with Minus the Bear. Please see complete dates below and specific details (tickets, times, etc) HERE. 

Tera Melos also recently premiered a new video from their latest album, X'ed Out via SPIN.com. Watch the clip for "Weird Circles" HERE (YouTube HERE), directed by Behn Fannin. 

X'ed Out Remixes EP will be available on limited edition rainbow-sparkle 10" vinyl at shows in October and pre-order via the band's merch store HERE. The EP will also be available for digital download on October 8th.

X'ed Out was released April 16th, 2013 on LP, CD and download via Sargent House. 

MINUS THE BEAR // TERA MELOS // THE NEW TRUST Tour:  

Sept 11 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern  

Sept 13 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre

Sept 14 - Santa Fe, NM @ Railway  

Sept 16 - Austin, TX @ Emo's East  

Sept 17 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues  

Sept 18 - New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina's  

Sept 19 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre  

Sept 20 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre  

Sept 22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot  

Sept 24 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House

TERA MELOS // ZORCH Tour:

Oct 15 - Boise, ID @ The Crux

Oct 17 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge

Oct 19 - Columbia, MO @ MOJO

Oct 20 - St. Louis, MO @ The Demo

Oct 22 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement

Oct 23 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean

Oct 24 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig

Oct 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop

Oct 26 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf *

Oct 27 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt *

Oct 28  - Hamden, CT @ The Space * 

Oct 29 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street *

Oct 30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *

Oct 31 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *

Nov 01 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *

Nov 02 - Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel *

Nov 03 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter 

Nov 05 - Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre

Nov 06 - Asheville, NC @ Isis Music Hall

Nov 07 - Athens, GA @ New Earth Music Hall

Nov 08 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree

Nov 09 - Broussard, LA @ The Station 

Nov 13 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress

Nov 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour 

Nov 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop  

Nov 17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place

Nov 20 - Spokane, WA @ The Center

Nov 21 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown

Nov 22 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall

* w/ Fang Island

Ólafur Arnalds Returns to the US for Fall Tour

Ólafur Arnalds Returns to the US for Fall Tour 

For Now I Am Winter LP Available Now    

  

"One of the year's finest new albums." - Rolling Stone

 

"If you crave morose, impressive beauty, it's here." - Pitchfork

 

"...stunning, perfect music."-  Bob Boilen, NPR All Songs Considered

  

Stream/Embed title track 'For Now I Am Winter (feat. Arnór Dan)'

Watch the new video for 'This Place Was A Shelter'

  

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds will return to the US for a fall tour in support of his latest release, For Now I Am Winter, available now on Mercury Classics. The album, featuring arrangements from Nico Muhly and vocals from Arnór Dan, has spurred performances ranging from one of NPR's "Top 15 Essential Moments" at SXSW (watch at Baeble) to his unforgettable performance at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC this past spring bolstered by a full 28 piece orchestra (watch at NPR), followed by a summer run of tour dates including an intimate performance at Hollywood Forever in Los Angeles.

 

Arnalds continues to steadily build a reputation as one of the world's most bright and able young composers, currently scoring the music for BBC's critically acclaimed #1 hit drama Broadchurch, which debuted in the US this past August on BBC America. The New York Times aptly wrote in the review of their program, "What Broadchurch has to offer is mood: a tasty icing of gloom and foreboding that leans heavily on the music of Ólafur Arnalds."  More recent television exposure for Arnalds includes an installment of The Colbert Report, as well as his song 'Old Skin' being featured on the hit TV show 'So You Think You Can Dance' in July, causing For Now I Am Winter to return to significant standing on the US iTunes Classical Chart. The album debuted at #1 on Billboard's Classical Traditional Chart upon its release in the spring to great praise and critical accolades, including SPIN, who gave it a 7/10 saying, "Winter is easily his most straightforwardly accessible and mainstream-leaning effort to date. Which is impressive," FILTER, who added that the album, "demonstrates several key growths in Arnalds' development as a songwriter," and Interview Magazine, who said, "at 26, Icelandic multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds has already accomplished more than many musicians do in a lifetime."

Since the release of his 2007 debut, Eulogy for Evolution, the 26-year-old, has put his name to a variety of projects and collaborations ranging from Emma Watson to Peter Broderick to Nils Frahm. Since 2009 he has scored films and TV shows including Another Happy Day, the feature film Gimme Shelter (Starring Vanessa Hudgens), as well as having tracks featured on the soundtracks to Hollywood hits The Hunger Games and Looper. Purveying a neo-classical style with an array of influences which range from electronica to minimalism, Arnalds is an artist who draws from a variety of sources whilst maintaining his own unique sound.
 

Ólafur Arnalds Fall US Tour

Wed 9/25 Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club 

Fri 9/27 Seattle, WA - Nordstrom Recital Hall 

Sat 9/28 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios 

Sun 9/29 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom 

Tue 10/1 Los Angeles, CA - First Unitarian Church 

Wed 10/2 La Jolla, CA - The Loft at UCSD 

Thu 10/3 Chicago, IL - Althaneauem Theater 

Fri 10/4 Cincinnati, OH - Contemporary Arts Center 

Sat 10/5 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church 

Sun 10/6 Pittsburgh, PA - New Hazlett Theater 

Tue 10/8 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge

  

Black Lips Announce Theatrical Release

BLACK LIPS ANNOUNCE SPECIAL LIMITED PERFORMANCE & SCREENING TOUR FOR THEIR EPIC MIDDLE EAST ROCK & ROLL TOUR MOVIE: KIDS LIKE YOU & ME

WATCH THE THEATRICAL TRAILER FOR KIDS LIKE YOU & ME HERE: http://youtu.be/HdC4WKy-MqI

ATLANTA, GA (September 11th, 2013) - Seminal punk rockers and VICE Records artist the Black Lips are hitting the road this fall for a set of select dates which will include a performance as well as a special screening of their new rock and roll feature length movie Kids Like You & Me that shows the punk rockers playing where few western bands have gone before, deep into the Middle East. The band was on a humanitarian rock and roll mission to bridge cultural divides and smash stereotypes with the universal sound of punk rock. The film highlights the flower punk quartet's life changing journey through the land of the pyramids for a documentary that is both heart-wrenching and soul-churning in the midst of pure cultural chaos. Be sure to come check out a screening followed by a Black Lips wild live performance (full dates below).

Kids Like You & Me, directed by Bill Cody, documents a journey through one of the most exciting regions in the world including three groundbreaking stops in Egypt. (The last known American rock band to play Egypt being The Grateful Dead in 1978!) Get on the bus with Black Lips and their good friends, Lebanese indie rockers, Lazzy Lung. See the people of the Middle East the way they really are. Shopkeepers and restaurant owners. Skaters, graffiti artists and musicians. Revolutionaries and dreamers. Kids like you and me. You'll never look at the Middle East the same way after seeing this film.

WATCH THE THEATRICAL TRAILER FOR KIDS LIKE YOU & ME HERE: http://youtu.be/HdC4WKy-MqI


Kids Like You & Me will be available December 3rd on Tunes, Amazon and at all fine retailers.

UPCOMING BLACK LIPS SHOWS + SCREENING THEATER

11/1 - Chop Shop & TBD THEATER Charlotte, NC
11/2 - Black Cat & E Street Cinema (12 Midnight screening) - Washington, DC
11/3 - Asbury Lanes & The Showroom  (7 PM screening) - Asbury Park, NJ
11/4 - Music Hall of Williamsburg & Nitehawk Cinema (7PM screening) - Brooklyn, NY
11/5 - Bowery Ballroom & Village East (7PM screening) - New York, NY
11/7 - First Unitarian Church & Ritz 5 (11/6 @ 9PM screening) - Philadelphia, PA*
11/8 - Ottobar & Harbor East (11/7 @ 9PM screening) - Baltimore, MD*
11/9 - Lincoln Theatre & Mission Valley (12 Midnight screening)  Raleigh, NC
11/10 - Exit/In & The Stonefox (7PM screening) - Nashville, TN

*denotes screening and show happening on different days

Unknown Mortal Orchestra announces new EP

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES ACOUSTIC EP

SHARES TRACK

US TOUR LAUNCHING SOON

On the heels of a year that has seen the release of their new LP II, non-stop touring and an appearance on late-night TV, Unknown Mortal Orchestra is back today to announce Blue Record. This will be released digitally as an Expanded Version of II on blue vinyl. Some copies of the vinyl will be available ahead of release on the upcoming US tour. Speaking on the EP, Ruban said:

"I only started playing the acoustic guitar last year. I'd always preferred the idea that the guitar converts a sound into voltage and then becomes really loud. I thought the acoustic guitar was a little bit too twee for me or something. But after being offered some opportunities to play various acoustic sessions to promote the new record, in situations where it wasn't possible to record the whole band, I decided to treat it like a challenge to try and play acoustic and not have it be lame. After all I was really into Arthur Lee's ability with an acoustic and started wondering if I could make it sound convincing. Anyway, after being somewhat forced to develop some skill on the acoustic through these various radio sessions and things like that I decided to record some songs acoustically and release them since people seemed to be liking the way I was doing it. Everything was recorded straight to tape in my basement with a one mic set up."

"After recording three songs from II I started thinking about doing some other songs that I like. I thought that I'd do an old song I'd always liked even when I was a kid and a new song that I've been listening to a lot recently. The old song is 'Puttin It Down' by Beck. It's on the album Stereopathic Soulmanure and I always loved the lyrics. So funny and so sad. To me this song is super real. The new song is 'Swing Lo Magellan' from the album of the same name by Dirty Projectors. I like how this band who kind of specialize in melting brains leaned on pure melody on that album. The more I listened to it the more I realized how strong this melody was. I found myself listening to it a lot. It reminds me of Velvet Underground or Transformer era Lou Reed for some reason. When I saw them play last they opened with this song and I hadn't heard that album yet and was like 'wait what's that one?'"

Blue Record will be released on October 29th by Jagjaguwar. See below for all EP details (aside from the cover art, which features Janet Farrar, above), the cover of Dirty Projectors' 'Swing Lo Magellan' and all of the band's upcoming tour dates.

STREAM: "Swing Lo Magellan" - http://youtu.be/MI5sCbEWROw

 

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA

BLUE RECORD

(JAGJAGUWAR)

Oct 29, 2013

 

1. Swim & Sleep (Like A Shark) (Acoustic Version)

2. Faded In The Morning (Acoustic Version)

3. So Good at Being in Trouble (Acoustic Version)

4. Swing Lo Magellan

5. Puttin' It Down

 

   

TOUR DATES

  

Sep-25 Sacramento, CA - Harlowe's 

Sep-26 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

Sep-27 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour

Sep-28 San Diego, CA - Casbah

Sep-29 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom

Oct-2 Austin, TX - The Mohawk

Oct-3 Little Rock, AR - Stickyz RocknRoll Chicken Shack

Oct-4 Nashville, TN - Exit In

Oct-5 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West

Oct-6 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle

Oct-8 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel

Oct-9 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church

Oct-11 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg

Oct-14 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall 

Oct-15 Montreal, Canada - Cabaret Mile End 

Oct-16 Toronto, Canada - Lee's Palace 

Oct-17 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick Lounge 

Oct-18 Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups 

Oct-19 Pittsburgh, PA - Altar

Oct-21 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 

Oct-22 Madison, WI - The Frequency 

Nov-7 London, England - Electric Ballroom

Nov-8 Manchester, England - Academy 2

Nov-10 Poitiers, France - Le Confort Moderne 

Nov-11 Paris, France - Point Ephemere 

Nov-12 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli Oudegracht 

Nov-13 Brussels, Belgium - AB Club 

Nov-15 Prague, Czech Republic - Chapeau Rouge 

Nov-16 Vienna, Austria - B72 

Nov-18 Budapest, Hungary - A38 Ship 

Nov-20 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik 

Nov-21 Dudingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn 

Nov-22 Carpi, Italy - Mattatoio 

Nov-23 Rome, Italy - Blackout 

Nov-25 Montpellier, France - Rockstore 

Nov-26 Barcelona, Spain - La 2 

Nov-27 Madrid, Spain - El Sol

Jan-15 Shanghai, China - Yuyintang

Jan-16 Beijing, China - Mao Livehouse

Jan-18 Seoul, South Korea - Rolling Hall

Jan-19 Busan, South Korea - Vinyl Underground

Jan-21 Hong Kong - Grappas Cellar

Jan-22 Bangkok, Thailand - Sonic

Jan-23 Taipei - The Wall