mxmtoon Announces Debut Album 'the masquerade' + New Song "high & dry," Half of North American Tour SOLD OUT!

mxmtoon  ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM the masquerade OUT SEPTEMBER 13th  RELEASES NEW SONG “high & dry” HALF OF NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SOLD OUT

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Click here to listen to “high & dry”  Pre-Order the masquerade here. The debut album from 18-year-old singer/songwriter mxmtoon, the masquerade delivers what she calls “rhyming diary entries”: an off-the-cuff account of her most private thoughts and feelings, usually dashed off very late at night, straight from her brightly lit brain. In her deliberate refusal to hide behind metaphor, the Oakland-based artist otherwise known asMaia achieves a quiet bravery, an unrestrained honesty that gives voice to those who often go unheard. “When I first started making music it felt like an escape from my day-to-day life, where I’d have to put on a mask to hide what I was really feeling,” says Maia in reflecting on the title to the masquerade. “Writing songs was a way to express all the things I couldn’t talk about in face-to-face interactions, and share them with a community of people who maybe also needed to put up a façade to get through the day.” Maia has built a remarkable bond with her audience entirely on the strength of her resonant songwriting and unaffected presence. Her debut EP plum blossom which was released in 2018 clocked more than 100 million spotify streams alone, not bad for songs recorded alone in her parents’ guest room. In less than a year she is now amassingmillions of followers and subscribers across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram aloneand Maia has made a point of using her ever-growing platform to speak out on issues close to her heart. “As a young bisexual woman of color from a family of immigrants, a lot of current events directly affect who I am,” says Maia, who’s mixed Chinese-American. “I firmly believe it’s my obligation and opportunity to speak on issues that affect us all.” Today she released a new song for fans titled “high & dry” another excellent track showing depth and vulnerability all at once. It’s the second single from the masqueradeand comes off the heels of the instant classic “prom dress” where we see her as a songwriter skillfully offer a layered meditation on expectation and disappointment, blithely showcasing her self-effacing sense of humor. “I wrote that after I ate a Double-Double from In-N-Out and then couldn’t fit in my prom dress and started having a panic attack,” Maia explains. “I think it’s so funny and stupid how when you cry you’re supposed to shut yourself off from the world, so I posted a tweet that said ‘crying in my prom dress,’ and then I made it into a song.” mxmtoon will be hitting the road this fall with most dates already sold out or close to, another remarkable achievement for someone yet to release their debut album. All dates are listed below.

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the masquerade Album Art the masquerade Tracklisting: unspoken words prom dress suffice blame game high & dry my ted talk seasonal depression untitled  dream of you  late nights unspoken words (acoustic) prom dress (acoustic) suffice (acoustic)  blame game (acoustic) high & dry (acoustic) my ted talk (acoustic) seasonal depression (acoustic) untitled (acoustic) dream of you (acoustic) late nights (acoustic) Tour Dates: 9/19 - Portland, OR @ Holocene SOLD OUT 9/20 - Vancouver, BC @ Rio 9/21 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile SOLD OUT 9/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy SOLD OUT 9/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy 10/1 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar 10/2 - San Diego, CA @ Voodoo Room @ House of Blues SOLD OUT 10/4 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room SOLD OUT 10/5 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room 10/12 - Washington, DC @ All Things Go Festival 10/19 - 10/20 - Las Vegas, NV @ Metarama Circus Gaming Festival 10/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court 10/23 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge 10/25 - Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Hall 10/26 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall 10/27- Detroit, MI @ Shelter 10/31 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall 11/6 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground 11/8 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair SOLD OUT 11/9 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry 11/11 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade SOLD OUT 11/15 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre SOLD OUT 12/1 - Southampton, UK @ Engine Room* 12/2 - Birmingham, UK @ Academy 2* SOLD OUT 12/3 - Norwich, UK @ Epic* 12/5 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club* SOLD OUT 12/6 - Glasgow, UK @ The Garage* SOLD OUT 12/7 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 2* SOLD OUT 12/8 - Dublin, Ireland @ Dublin Academy Green Room* SOLD OUT 12/10 - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece* SOLD OUT 12/12 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom* *Supporting Cavetown

UK post-punks Drahla announce North American tour dates! 'Useless Coordinates' out now on Captured Tracks

DRAHLA ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES STARTING SEPTEMBER 2019 USELESS COORDINATES LP OUT NOW ON CAPTURED TRACKS

"frantic and densley packed, full of ideas and angst"  - The FADER "effortlessly cool" - Treble "unavoidably sharp, both musically and lyrically" - The 405   Leeds-based post-punk outfit Drahla are announcing a U.S. tour hot on the heels of their recently acclaimedUseless Coordinates LP on Captured Tracks. The tour starts in late September and will span two short weeks, so make sure to catch them if they are playing your city. Revisit the album singles Serenity, Stimulus for Living, and Pyramid Estate, & find all the tour dates and album info below!    Tour Dates 9/24/19: Washington, DC @ DC9 9/25/19: Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle 9/27/19: Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade 9/28/19: Montreal, QC @ Quai des Brumes (Pop Montreal) 9/29/19: Toronto, ON @ Baby G 9/30/19: Detroit, MI @ Third Man Records 10/2/19: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle 10/4/19: Seattle, WA @ Timbre Room 10/5/19: Vancouver, BC @ Static Jupiter 10/6/19: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir 10/8/19: San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop 10/10/19: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo   About Useless Coordinates: “Go inwards and be bold.” This was Harmony Korine’s advice to aspiring creatives, during a Q&A at the British Film Institute back in early 2016. For the recently-formed Drahla, his words served as something of a directive, encouraging the trio to trust their own instincts, however far removed they might be from those of their peers. Three years on, the Leeds-formed band have defined their own vital subset of art-rock withUseless Coordinates, a debut album that’s as fearless as it is enthralling. Speaking from her current base in south-east London with bassist Rob Riggs, singer/guitarist Luciel Brown recounts the record’s somewhat chaotic gestation. “Most of last year was spent touring, so we were squeezing writing and recording in from the beginning of 2018 until end of August.” In-between a headline tour, support slots with Ought and METZ, and multiple festival appearances - including at Meltdown at the request of The Cure’s Robert Smith - Brown, Riggs and Wakefield-based drummer Mike Ainsley managed 10 days in the studio in total. It was the unsettled nature of the period that part-inspired the album’s title. “[Useless Coordinates] summarised all of our situations,” Brown explains. “We had all these shows coming up and we knew we needed to leave our jobs and change our living situations to make all this stuff happen. So we had all these fixed points and timelines, but at the same time we felt quite lost within all of that.” Though they felt adrift in their personal lives, artistically Drahla thrived amongst confusion. Experimentation was integral to the creative process, with Brown and Riggs continuing to swap instruments as per their live shows, while collectively they were open to relinquishing traditional song structures in favour of adopting a more instinctive approach. Another integral development proved to be the involvement Chris Duffin of XAM Duo, who played saxophone on large swathes of the record and whose esoteric musical tastes were influential. Via Duffin, they discovered the work of Japanese synth pioneers Mariah and saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu. These cult figures figure amongst an eclectic array of musical touch points, from Glenn Miller and Swell Maps, to L.A.-band Behavior. As per their earliest releases, No Wave and post-punk remain integral to Drahla’s musical universe, evident in Brown’s brilliantly deadpan drawl, in the Gang Of Four-esque guitars on Gilded Cloud, and in Duffin’s skronking saxophone on React/Revolt, which draws parallels with the work ofJames Chance and the Contortions. The set’s sharp angles, stark tones and claustrophobic textures are reflected in the album’s artwork. Designed by Brown and Riggs - as per all previous record sleeves and promotional videos - the minimalist, mixed media creation takes inspiration from Talking Heads and Gang Of Four album art, the work of American artist Cy Twombly, and the economical, regimented aesthetic of the Bauhaus movement. “Drahla came about off the back of needing an outlet for creative expression,” Brown explains. “So the whole aesthetic is hugely important. As important as the music.” Whatever the medium, Brown’s interests lie in looking beyond the immediate to the abstract and indefinable. Her lyrics are developed from observations, notes and poems, and the fragmented imagery is spliced together to disorientating effect. On Gilded Cloud elegant snapshots from the golden age of Hollywood are juxtaposed with abrasive guitar textures, Pyramid Estate draws parallels between Ancient Egypt and the present day, and Serenity evokes the violent energy of a Francis Bacon painting. Beneath the abstraction are a diverse array of themes, including gender fluidity (Invisible Sex), city living (Primitive Rhythm) and artistic expression (Unwound). The result is an uncompromising but deeply rewarding debut where the internal and external, cerebral and visceral coalesce to quite startling effect. Drahla Useless Coordinates Captured Tracks out now! 1. Gilded Cloud 2. Serenity 3. Pyramid Estate 4. Stimulus for Living 5. React/Revolt 6. Primitive Rhythm 7. Serotonin Level 8. Twelve Divisions of the Day 9. Unwound 10. Invisible Sex Drahla: Website Facebook Bandcamp Instagram Spotify

DIDO @ Wiltern Tuesday June 25th 2019

Jenny Lewis Returns To New York & Celebrates Pride | Performing "Wasted Youth" Tomorrow on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert!

JENNY LEWIS RETURNS TO NEW YORK, THE LATE SHOW & CELEBRATES PRIDE  FOUR NEW HEADLINE DATES ADDED: Oct. 24th - Brooklyn, NY - Kings Theatre Oct. 28th - Albany, NY - Upstate Concert Hall Oct. 31st - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall Nov. 2nd - Portland, ME - State Theatre  TICKETS ON SALE JUNE 28TH  PERFORMING NEW SINGLE “WASTED YOUTH” TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT —TUNE IN!

Currently dominating Best of 2019 So Far lists for On The Line (Warner Records)— including Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, Billboard, USA Today, Esquire and Paste, just to name a few— and selling out shows in both the U.S. and U.K. (and completing a triumphant run as special guest of Death Cab For Cutie), Jenny Lewis has added four additional headline shows to her globe-spanning tour.  Following her stunning performance at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens earlier this month, the new dates include Jenny's highly anticipated return to New York: She headlines Brooklyn’s historic Kings Theatre on Oct. 24th and Upstate Concert Hall in Albany, NY on Oct. 28th, in addition to Danforth Music Hall in Toronto (Oct. 31st), and the State Theatre in Portland, Maine (Nov. 2nd).  Pre-sales for these shows begin Wednesday, June 26th at 10am local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 28th at 10am local time.  Additionally, Jenny recently announced she will be performing at Mexico City’s El Plaza Condesa on October 17th. Tickets are available now: https://www.ticketmaster.com.mx/event/140056CBE2842BD6.  For a full run of dates, please see below and grab tickets while they last:https://www.jennylewis.com/tour/.  Need even more Jenny Lewis? Tune in TOMORROW night to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as she stops by for a special performance of her new single “Wasted Youth”—the follow up to her Top Ten single “Red Bull & Hennessy.”  Last but certainly not least, you can catch Jenny this Sunday (June 30th) at the San Francisco Pride Parade as a special guest of PAX, joining in their mission to be a force for good in supporting LGBTQI+ rights and to destigmatize cannabis use. For more info on PAX Labs, please visit https://www.pax.com/.  On The Line is out now on Warner Records.  Follow Jenny Lewis: https://www.jennylewis.com/ Instagram  Twitter  Facebook  Youtube  JENNY LEWIS ON THE LINE TOUR 2019 (New dates in bold)  07/10/19 — Aspen, CO — The Belly Up 07/11/19 — Park City, UT — Deer Valley Resort 07/12/19 — Jackson, WY — Pink Garter Theatre 07/14/19 — Whitefish, MT — Under The Big Sky Festival 07/18/19 — Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms 07/18/19 – Leeuwarden, NE – Welcome to The Village Festival 07/19/19 – Henham Park, Suffolk, UK — Latitude Festival 07/23/19 – Bristol, UK – SWX 07/24/19 — Brighton, UK — Concorde 2 07/25/19 — London, UK — O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 07/27/19 — Edinburgh, UK — Queens Hall 07/28/19 — Manchester, UK — RNCM Concert Hall 07/29/19 — Dublin, IE — The Academy 08/09/19 – Eau Claire, WI – OXBEAUX III 08/16/19 – Omaha, NE – Maha Festival 08/17/19 — St. Louis, MO — The Paegent 08/18/19 – Columbus, OH – Wonderbus Music & Arts Festival 09/05/19 — Washington, DC — The Anthem 09/06/19 – Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Festival 09/07/19 — Wilmington, NC — Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 09/08/19 — St. Augustine, FL — Sing Out Loud Festival 09/10/19 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution Live 09/11/19 — Orlando, FL — The Beacham 09/13/19 — New Orleans, LA — The Civic 09/14/19 — Birmingham, AL — Saturn 09/15/19 — Springfield, MO — Gillioz Theatre 09/17/19 — Cleveland, OH — Agora Theatre 09/18/19 — Ann Arbor, MI — Michigan Theatre 09/21/19 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond Festival 09/22/19 — Franklin, TN — Pilgrimage Festival 09/28/19 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater 09/29/19 — Dana Point. CA — Ohana Fest 09/30/19 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren 10/02/19 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf 10/04/19 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits 10/07/19 – Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen 10/08/19 – Oxford, MS – The Lyric Oxford 10/09/19 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom 10/11/19 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits 10/17/19 — Mexico City, MX — El Plaza Condesa 10/18/19 – Guadalajara, MX – Tecate Coordenada 10/19/19 – Monterrey, MX – Live Out Festival 10/24/19 — Brooklyn, NY — Kings Theatre 10/25/19 — Boston, MA — House of Blues 10/26/19 — Philadelphia, PA — The Met Philadelphia 10/28/19 — Albany, NY — Upstate Concert Hall 10/29/19 — Ithaca, NY — State Theatre 10/31/19 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall 11/01/19 — Montreal, QC — L’Astral 11/02/19 — Portland, ME — State Theatre 11/03/19 — Providence, RI — Columbus Theatre

The Drums Share New Track "Try", Listen Now; Summer Tour Dates Begin July 25

THE DRUMS REVEAL NEW SINGLE “TRY”, LISTEN HERE


NEW ALBUM ‘BRUTALISM’ OUT NOW

SUMMER TOUR DATES BEGIN JULY 25


“With 'Brutalism', The Drums' sound feels bigger than it's ever been.” - NPR Music

"Featuring a healthy mix of The Drums’ much-loved indie-pop spunk and bright new textures, The Drums sound as musically confident and lyrically woeful as ever." – Paste

An unnervingly reliable source of manic pop thrills … The Drums are more stupidly contagious than ever.” – Uncut


Today The Drums have released the wistful new single “Try” – listen to it HERE.

“This song was originally going to be released back in 2014, but I didn’t feel the version I had was good enough to release,” The Drums’ Jonny Pierce explained. “It was only after we re-recorded it with bending, haunting strings did the song feel good enough to let into the world. It’s a song about loving someone at peak level only to get little to nothing in return.”

This past April The Drums released their critically acclaimed fifth album Brutalism, the follow-up to 2017’s Abysmal Thoughts, which marked the band’s first release as a solo project from front man Jonny Pierce. On Brutalism, a lot is different. The album is defined by growth, transformation and questions, but it doesn't provide all the answers. It’s rooted in an emotional rawness, but its layers are soft, intricate and warm, full of exquisitely crafted pop songs that blast sunlight and high energy in the face of anxiety, solitude and crippling self-doubt.

Pierce was more open than ever, keeping his control freakery at bay while working with others to produce and record the album. He brought in Chris Coady (Beach House, Future Islands, Amen Dunes) to mix it. If there was a guitar part he wanted to write but couldn't play, he brought in a guitarist. It's also the first Drums record with a live drummer. Delegating freed up Pierce's time to produce a more specific vision. “I used to think our songs sounded like they were held together by scotch tape,” Pierce said. “These are more bulletproof.”

This summer The Drums will continue to tour in support of Brutalism with a run of West coast dates that will hit San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and more. All upcoming dates are listed below.


TOUR DATES
7/25 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
7/26 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
7/27 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
7/30 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
7/31 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
8/1 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
8/2 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
8/3 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
8/6 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
8/7 – Vancouver, Canada – Imperial Vancouver
8/8 – Seattle, WA – Showbox

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Cabaret Voltaire Announce Two Archive Releases; "Chance Versus Causality" And "1974-76" Available August 30

CABARET VOLTAIRE ANNOUNCE TWO ARCHIVE RELEASES CHANCE VERSUS CAUSALITY AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME 1974-76 REMASTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON VINYL OUT AUGUST 30 VIA MUTE

CABARET VOLTAIRE have announced the release of their 1979 soundtrack, Chance Versus Causality, which will be available officially for the first time since the film’s release. Chance Versus Causality will be out on limited edition transparent green vinyl, CD and digital formats on August 30 via Mute. Listen to a taste of what to expect here. On the same day, 1974-76 will get its first vinyl release. The album, originally released on cassette via Industrial Records in 1980, was reissued on CD by The Grey Area of Mute (a division of Mute dedicated to reissues) in 1992 and will be available on limited edition transparent orange double vinyl and digital formats. 1974-76 is a selection of material recorded by Cabaret Voltaire in their formative years. Recorded in Chris Watson’s attic on a domestic reel-to-reel tape recorder, a number of the recordings were included in the now legendary limited edition cassette released by the band in 1976. Pre-order Chance Versus Causality 1974-76 here. Chance Versus Causality was recorded in 1979 as the soundtrack for director Babeth Mondini’s film of the same name. The band originally met Mondini at the infamous Brussels Plan K show which saw Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire and William Burroughs share a bill, and soon after, Mondini asked them to create the soundtrack for her film. Chance Versus Causality was improvised in a similar vein to what the band refer to as their live “ambient sets” which are described as having “less rhythm, more tape.” The soundtrack was recorded live by the original Cabaret Voltaire line up – Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson – at the band’s Western Works studio with no prior knowledge of the film or instruction from the director. Only one copy of the soundtrack existed on two reels of tape that were sent to Holland for inclusion in the split-screen 16mm film which was given a limited release and never even seen by the band. Previously, only a section of the soundtrack was released via the B-side to the “Silent Command” 7” (RoughTrade004). Around 15 years ago, the tapes were returned to Cabaret Voltaire and this lost classic from the archive was placed to one side, only recently resurfacing during discussions with Mute. The artwork, which was created with archival and found montage imagery from that period, includes images projected at performances from that time. Chance Versus Causality was mixed digitally by Richard H. Kirk and Phil Wolstenholme. Live and improvised but coherent with a touch of mischief and warmth, this single piece of music is an evocative snapshot of this era of Cabaret Voltaire just after the release of Nag, Nag, Nag and ahead of the Voice of America album, which has strong ties with this release through the vocal samples and overall sound. Cabaret Voltaire have been performing select festivals in recent years, and Richard H. Kirk is currently working on a new Cabaret Voltaire album.            Chance Versus Causality Tracklisting 1. Part 1 2. Part 2 3. Part 3 4. Part 4 5. Part 5 6. Part 6 7. Part 7 1974-76 Tracklisting 1. The Dada Man 2. Ooraseal 3. A Sunday Night in Biot 4. In Quest of the Unusual 5. Do The Snake 6. Fade Crisis 7. Doubled Delivery 8. Venusian Animals 9. The Outer Limits 10. She Loved You

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LANY - House of Blues Anaheim - 06-25-2019

                                            All photos taken in Anaheim CA by Bradley Dupray