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Liars Daytrotter Session Out Now
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Sisterworld, the band's critically acclaimed fifth album is out now on CD, 2CD deluxe version with special packaging, and vinyl. The second disc of the 2CD release sees each track on Sisterworld remixed and reinterpreted by a host of artists including Thom Yorke, Devendra Banhart, Atlas Sound, Blonde Redhead, Fol Chen and Alan Vega. On May 25th Liars released “The Overachievers”, the second single from Sisterworld, described by frontman Angus Andrews as “a hyper realistic portrayal of the young and unaffected living in LA.” The single also features two brand new tracks, “Pleasure Is Boss” and “Only Sometimes”, along with Devendra Banhart & The Grogs’s reinterpretation of the song.
Sisterworld has already met with extensive critical praise including an 8.1/Best New Music distinction from Pitchfork and reached #5 on the CMJ Top 200 Chart. New York Magazine says “With ‘Sisterworld, the band have found a balance, providing both exceptional standalone moments and a unifying theme.” High Times adds, "Sisterworld is like a Mayan maze of sonic and lyrical ambiguity that pummels and cajoles... while darting jittery glances down dank alleys
Sisterworld, Liars' boldest and most exhilarating record to date, is a dense art-pop thrill from start to finish. Sisterworld is Liars' own space, completely devoid of influence, somewhere remote from the false promises and discarded dreams amassed in LA. In it Liars explore the underground support systems created to deal with loss of self to society. Liars are Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross.
www.liarsliarsliars.com
www.thesisterworld.com
www.myspace.com/liarsliarsliars
www.facebook.com/weareliars |
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Recoil Announces Tour Dates: Fall 2010
RECOIL
SELECTED
NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED FOR FALL 2010
‘A STRANGE HOUR’ COMES TO NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA
iPHONE APP NOW AVAILABLE
After successful performances across Europe and the US, Alan Wilder, formerly of Depeche Mode and now recording as Recoil, will bring ‘A Strange Hour’ to select cities across the US, Canada, and South America. Alan & Paul Kendall are working on an updated set for the tour, so stay tuned to www.selected.recoil.co.uk for further news.
For fans to get the most up-to-date news and info, a new Recoil iPhone App is now available. The Recoil app allows you to follow Alan’s activities and fans’ thoughts & musings while Recoil is on the road or in the studio. As a hub for Recoil’s social networking, there is also access to photos, videos, audio and Alan’s concepts behind each of his albums. The app is free and available now from the iTunes store HERE.
Recoil Selected, a brand new selection of classic Recoil tracks, is out now. Alan Wilder, who chose the track listing, explains, "The collection is made up of my personal favorites, remastered and edited together into what I consider a cohesive and total listening experience.” The album features a varied selection of vocalists including Diamanda Galás, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb), Nicole Blackman, Samantha Coerbell, Toni Halliday (Curve) and Maggie Estep. Recoil Selected is available to download and as 1CD and 2CD editions. Limited edition deluxe 4-disc box set and a vinyl edition have both now sold out.
During his 14 years as a member of Depeche Mode, as well as being an accomplished solo musician, Alan really honed his skills in the studio. With his attention to detail, Wilder pushed the boundaries even within the restrictive climate of commercial pop. As an antidote to the demands of the Mode, his studio project Recoil was born in the mid-eighties. Two albums were released: ‘Hydrology’ (1988) and ‘Bloodline’ (1990) both giving an indication of his expanding horizons. After his departure from Depeche Mode in 1995, Wilder resurrected Recoil full-time and has since released ‘Unsound Methods’ (1997), ‘Liquid’ (2000) and ‘subHuman’ (2007).
Selected Events 2010:
10/18/10 – Triple Door, Seattle, WA
10/19/10 – Aladdin Theatre, Portland, OR
10/21/10 – Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
10/22/10 – El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10/27/10 – The Opera House, Toronto, Canada
10/31/10 – Bourbon Street, Baltimore, MD
11/01/10 – Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
11/03/10 – Club Amanda, Santiago, Chile
11/04/10 – Niceto Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
11/05/10 – Patio De La Madera, Rosario, Argentina
11/06/10 – Espacio Quality, Cordoba, Argentina
11/11/10 – Voce, Lima, Peru
11/12/10 – Downtown 727, Bogota, Columbia
11/13/10 – 21 CLUB, Quito, Ecuador
www.selected.recoil.co.uk
www.facebook.com/recoil | www.myspace.com/recoil | www.twitter.com/recoilofficial |
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Goldfrapp "Believer" Out 9/7
NEW SINGLE – “BELIEVER” – SEPTEMBER 7th
UK TOUR DATES – NOVEMBER 2010
“Who knew late-‘70’s/early ‘80’s synth-pop could be so perfectly compact,
so life-affirming and seemingly effortless? – Mother Jones
“A proud raison d’être…never has the group been more in the swing of things.” – NY Daily News
Goldfrapp will release their brand new single “Believer” on September 7th through Mute. “Believer” is the latest single to be taken from Head First following the fantastic singles “Rocket” and “Alive”. “Believer” comes with a fabulous remix package including mixes by Vince Clarke, Subway, Joris Voorn and Davide Rossi.
Goldfrapp recently wrapped up a set of select US live dates in June bringing Head First to both coasts, including the iconic Hollywood Bowl. Entertainment Weekly wrote, “Alison, in full sparkle mode…lost herself in a dizzying feast of outstretched arms and those ethereal wails we know and love.” The Washington Post called the sold out show at 9:30 Club, “Glamorous, and more than a little thrilling.” Goldfrapp underlined their reputation as one of the most transcendent and inventive live bands around.
In November Goldfrapp will embark on their first major UK tour in two years. In addition, the tour announcement comes as the band takes the stage at several major festivals this summer, which include headlining a night at the iTunes Festival, as well as T in the Park, Oxegen, V and LED.
Head First is Goldfrapp's most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010.
www.goldfrapp.com www.mute.com www.twitter.com/goldfrapp |
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NON/Boyd Rice in NYC July 22nd
World Premiere of "Iconoclast" Documentary
Los Angeles - August 17th, 2010
NON (Boyd Rice) will play a rare date in New York on July 22nd at Le Poisson Rouge with support from Jet Fueled Horses and DJs David Johansen (New York Dolls) and Jonathan Toubin (New York Night Train). A 20 minute world premiere teaser trailer for Iconoclast, a documentary on Boyd Rice, will also be shown at 10.30pm sharp. Tickets are $15 and are available now.
The premiere of the documentary will take place in LA on August 17th at an event hosted by glam rock legend, Michael Des Barres and featuring a Q&A with Boyd Rice, Iconoclast’s director Larry Wessel and the celebrated director Allison Anders.
Iconoclast, directed by Larry Wessel - whose feature films include Taurobolium (1994), Sugar and Spice (1995), Carny Talk (1995) and Sex, Death and the Hollywood Mystique (1999) - features interviews from, amongst others, Adam Parfrey, Kim Fowley, Rodney Bingenheimer, Coop, Gidget Gein and Bob Larson, the shock jock evangelist, and is set for release in 2010. See a little of what to expect on YouTube.
Boyd Rice is not a man to be underestimated. Operating for over three decades under the ambiguous moniker NON, Boyd Rice is an indisputable pioneer and vehement advocate of unadulterated noise in the rock milieu.
Starting in 1975 with his so-called Black Album, followed by the glitch-addled locked groove multi-axis 7" vinyl experiment of 1978's Pagan Muzak, by the mid-70s Boyd Rice had explored the spectrum of aural irritation more rigorously than any of his contemporaries. Where others dabbled (Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, The Plastic Ono Band, et al), Boyd Rice plumbed the utter depths.
No mere one-trick pony, Boyd Rice has delighted not only in bursting eardrums, but also bursting bubbles of smug complacency. Chameleon par excellence, his various paradoxical incarnations include multi-media prankster and legit actor, gnostic philosopher and camp culture aficionado, uncompromising Social Darwinist and louche martini-sipping raconteur, Satanist spokesman and the self-proclaimed descendant of the bloodline of Jesus Christ.
Boyd Rice’s recent remix of Liars’ “I Still Can See An Outside World” is featured on their album of reinterpretations of Sisterworld. For more information on the remix, visit: http://www.myspace.com/liarsliarsliars
“Boyd Rice was a black pimp” – Charles Manson
“Boyd Rice was my mentor” – Marilyn Manson
“Boyd is an Iconoclast” – Anton LaVey, Church of Satan
http://boydrice.com/
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New Grinderman single
Grinderman announce a new single, Heathen Child, to be released on 30th August.
Watch the trailer for Grinderman 2 on YouTube or at grinderman.com. |
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Pull In Emergency Debut Album Out This Fall!
PULL IN EMERGENCY
DEBUT ALBUM OUT THIS FALL
SUMMER UK DATES ANNOUNCED
‘EVERYTHING IS THE SAME’
FREE DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE NOW HERE
Pull In Emergency announce details of their self-titled debut album set for release this fall.
Produced by Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor), the album sees Pull In Emergency offer up a debut album oozing human emotion. Full of love, lust, glee and anger, the ten-track collection sees the band move from a jangly indie combo into a grittier, fuzzier proposition, though their collective ear for a catchy melody is still impeccably well tuned.
“At this stage we all agree on the direction we want to follow – it’s largely based on 1990s American indie rock but with a bit of Pullinemergency-isation. It’s a style that is probably the most fun to play - and see - live and that’s a big reason for the change,” explains Frankie.
The album is an impressive mixed bag of tricks, one that’s the product of a group who are constantly evolving and consistently hitting the nail of guitar pop greatness and giddy lovestruck rock square on the head.
Featuring ‘Everything Is The Same’, currently available HERE as a free download, (and from the band's site http://www.pullinemergency.wordpress.com) the track is already garnering airplay in the UK from Steve Lamacq, Zane Lowe and John Kennedy, and Pull In Emergency have sessions in the UK under their belt for Huw Stephens (R1) and John Kennedy (Xfm).
Pull In Emergency - Faith Barker (Lead Vocals), Alice Costelloe (Guitar / Keys / Backing Vocals), Dylan Holmes (Bass / Vocals), Frankie Bowmaker (Lead Guitar) and Suneet Chohan (Drums) – formed in 2006 at school in North London and released several singles on the Mute Irregulars label including the single ‘Follow / Why Aren’t You Dancing?’
It’s not just on record that Pull In Emergency impress, they’ve more than paid their dues on the touring circuit over the years and this summer sees a string of dates including the 1234 Festival in Shoreditch, London on July 24th.
UK LIVE DATES:
June 24, 2010 –The Windmill - Brixton
July 2, 2010 – Bangers & Mash - The Barfly Chalk Farm
July 20, 2010 – Wallop - The Macbeth
July 24, 2010 –1234 Shoreditch Festival
August 5, 2010 – Young & Lost - Lock Tavern Camden
August 23, 2010 – Album Launch Party - The Barfly Chalk Farm
http://www.pullinemergency.wordpress.com
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Liars Pitchfork 'Surveillance' Performance Out Now and Tour Dates!
LIARS
CHECK OUT LIARS ‘SURVEILLANCE’ PERFORMANCE ON PITCHFORK.TV | WATCH HERE
NEW TOUR & FESTIVAL DATES
BROOKLYN’S NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL ON JUNE 26TH
PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL ON JULY 16TH
CANADIAN DATES INCLUDING POP MONTREAL FESTIVAL ON SEPT 30TH
NEW SINGLE “THE OVERACHIEVERS” OUT NOW
INCLUDES TITLE TRACK REMIX BY DEVENDRA BANHART & THE GROGS
AND THE EXCLUSIVE B-SIDES “PLEASURE IS BOSS” AND “ONLY SOMETIMES”
“Working their way up to art rock legacy” – Rolling Stone
“If I ever manage to lose my mind entirely, I hope the voices in my head sound something like this band.” 8.1 – Pitchfork
“Bands that do what they want to do because they believe in it – and trust the intelligence of their listeners – are the future. That is the brave new world of Liars”
– Los Angeles Times
Liars recently filmed an exclusive performance for Pitchfork TV’s ‘Surveillance’ series. Watch the band rock and rattle an abandoned prison with tracks from their new album, Sisterworld, including “Scissor”, “Proud Evolution”, and “Scarecrows On A Killer Slant”. Watch it HERE.
Liars will begin a 2nd string of tour dates in July. This tour sees Liars hitting the middle states and is marked by their special appearances at Brooklyn’s Northside Festival on June 26th and the Pitchfork Festival on July 16th. At the Brooklyn Northside Festival, Liars will be performing on the MetroPCS Stage at Barge Park, marking the first ever outdoor performance on the Greenpoint Waterfront.
Watching Liars live, Pitchfork said, “It's tough to overstate Andrew's abilities as a frontman…Andrew uses every bit of his big frame to convey a constant evil insanity. But there's still a strong sense of control to what he and his band do onstage. If I ever manage to lose my mind entirely, I hope the voices in my head sound something like this band.” August Brown of the Los Angeles Times writes “Angus Andrew is a stringy-haired, gravel-voiced prophet of doom…He trawls the stage… it’s clear he’s having the time of his life up there”, while Rolling Stone proclaims they are “Working their way up to art rock legacy.”
On May 25th Liars released “The Overachievers”, the second single from their current album Sisterworld. Liars’ frontman, Angus Andrews, says the track is, “a hyper realistic portrayal of the young and unaffected living in LA.” Part parody - part homage, it’s one of the most lyrically direct tracks from an album that explores the underground support systems created to deal with loss of self to society and the false promises and discarded dreams amassed in LA. The single features two brand new tracks, “Pleasure Is Boss” and “Only Sometimes”, plus Devendra Banhart & The Grogs’s reinterpretation of the song. The video for “The Overachievers” is directed by Liars’ very own Aaron Hemphill and debuted on thesisterworld.com
Sisterworld, the band’s critically acclaimed fifth album is out now on CD, 2CD deluxe version with special packaging, and vinyl. The second disc of the 2CD release sees each track on Sisterworld remixed and reinterpreted by a host of artists including Thom Yorke, Devendra Banhart, Atlas Sound, Blonde Redhead, Fol Chen and Alan Vega while the unique packaging, designed by Brian Roettinger / Hand Held Heart (Grammy nominated and Rolling Stone award winning for his work with No Age) allows a surreal glimpse into the Sisterworld concertina.
Sisterworld has already met with extensive critical praise including an 8.1/Best New Music distinction from Pitchfork and reached #5 on the CMJ Top 200 Chart. New York Magazine says “With ‘Sisterworld, the band have found a balance, providing both exceptional standalone moments and a unifying theme.”
Sisterworld, Liars’ boldest and most exhilarating record to date, is a dense art-pop thrill from start to finish. Sisterworld is Liars’ own space, completely devoid of influence, somewhere remote from the false promises and discarded dreams amassed in LA. In it Liars explore the underground support systems created to deal with loss of self to society. Liars are Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross.
TOUR DATES:
6/26/10 – Northside Festival – Brooklyn, NY
7/13/10 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
7/14/10 – High Noon Salon – Madison, WI
7/15/10 –Turner Hall – Milwaukee, WI
7/16/10 – Pitchfork Music Festival – Chicago, IL
7/17/10 – Magic Stick – Detroit, MI
7/18/10 – The Southgate House – Newport, KY
7/20/10 – Exit/IN – Nashville, TN
7/21/10 – Rhino’s Youth Center – Bloomington, IN
7/22/10 – Firebird – St Louis, MO
7/23/10 – Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
7/24/10 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
CANADIAN TOUR DATES:
9/29/10 – Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON
9/30/10 – Le National, Pop Montreal International Music
10/1/10 – Ritual, Ottawa, ON
For further information and interview enquiries please contact Adam vanWestrienen at Mute
adam@mute.com / 212.786.8426
www.liarsliarsliars.com / www.thesisterworld.com / www.myspace.com/liarsliarsliars / www.facebook.com/weareliars
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APTBS "I Live My Life..." EP Out Now!
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
I LIVED MY LIFE TO STAND IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR HEART
NEW EP OUT JUNE 22nd
ON TOUR NOW: HEADLINE WEST COAST DATES
WED 6/23 SEATTLE, WA VERA PROJECT
FRI 6/25 SAN JOSE, CA KSJO @ BLANK CLUB
SAT 6/26 LOS ANGELES, CA SPACELAND
*SAT 9/25 CINCINNATI, OH MIDPOINT MUSIC FESTIVAL
APTBS REMIX “WINDSTORM” FOR SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
LISTEN HERE
A Place To Bury Strangers will release a new digital EP, I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart, on June 22nd. The EP features a new track, “Girlfriend”, and remixes by Secret Machines, Cereal Spiller, and Broken Spindles.
A Place To Bury Strangers, who wrapped up a tour with The Big Pink in April, are on a West coast tour with Chicago band, Light Pollution. The LA Times says APTBS live is “Fierce enough to shake bones” and The Philadelphia Inquirer says, “Ackermann's trio always kills onstage.”
The A Place To Bury Strangers remix of “Windstorm”, the new single from fellow New York band School of Seven Bells, has started to descend on the online music scene with Pitchfork and Stereogum both highlighting the track. Listen to the remix HERE.
In other news, APTBS have recently taken part in two major tribute albums. On September 6th, War Child UK – a branch of an international charity for children affected by war – will release Repetition – A Tribute to David Bowie. A Place To Bury Strangers cover Bowie’s “Suffragette City” for the worthy cause that also features the likes of Duran Duran, MGMT, Vivian Girls, Chairlift, Carla Bruni, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, and many more.
In addition, APTBS cover Roky Erickson’s “Tried to Hide” on The Psychedelic Sounds of The Sonic Cathedral: A Tribute To Roky Erickson And The 13th Floor Elevators, released June 7th. Accompanying APTBS on the album is Darker My Love, Dead Meadow, and Roky Erickson with the Black Angels.
A Place To Bury Strangers’ sophomore album “Exploding Head” was released on Mute October 6th 2009 and debuted at #1 Most Added at College Radio week of release. In their 4.5 star review of the album, Alternative Press says "Like Sonic Youth before them, the trio have perfected the fine balance of loud and quiet, the result being one of the finer melody-driven noise-rock records in recent memory." “Exploding Head” continues to rake in the praise, making year-end top-10 accolades from The Portable Infinite and a nomination for Best Band In New York from the New York Press.
I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart EP Tracklisting:
1. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Album Version)
2. Girlfriend
3. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Secret Machines Remix)
4. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Cereal Spiller Remix)
5. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Broken Spindles Remix)
Upcoming South American Tour Dates:
July 2 - Santiago, Chile
July 5 – Bogota, Columbia (Rock El Parque Festival)
Artist Assets:
Bio:
http://mute.edgeboss.net/download/mute/aplacetoburystrangers/aptbs2009bio.doc
Album Track by Track:
http://mute.edgeboss.net/download/mute/aplacetoburystrangers/aptbstrackbytrack.doc
HiRes Photo (Credit Andrew Youssef):
http://mute.edgeboss.net/download/mute/aplacetoburystrangers/aptbsnewlivephoto.jpg
http://mute.edgeboss.net/download/mute/aplacetoburystrangers/aptbsnewphotoseated.jpg
Stream Ego Death: http://soundcloud.com/muteusa/a-place-to-bury-strangers-ego-death
For more information on A Place To Bury Strangers contact Adam vanWestrienen at Mute.
212.786.8426, adam@mute.com
www.mute.com / www.aplacetoburystrangers.com / www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers |
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Yazoo - Reconnected Live
Yazoo release Reconnected Live on 2xCD, LCD and download on 27th September 2010.
Reconnected Live documents one of pop's most anticipated tours: Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet reunited for the first time in over 25 years. The Times said: "Clarke has unobtrusively retooled the band's music for the digital age, making their vintage 1980s synthesizer ditties sound crisp, fluid and timeless", while The Guardian noted, "Yazoo's first tour in 26 years finds the chemistry behind their smash hits unchanged.
Reconnected Live, from summer 2008, features classic tracks from Yazoo's albums 'Upstairs At Eric's' and 'You And Me Both', including Only You, Don't Go and Situation plus tracks from 'You And Me Both', such as Nobody's Diary, performed live for the first time ever.
The joyous, unlikely coming together of Vince Clarke, who had just left Depeche Mode, and Alison Moyet lasted for only 2 albums, saw them originally only performing only 24 concerts worldwide, but they left an indelible mark on pop. Yazoo released 'Upstairs At Eric's' in July 1982 then parted company just 12 months later on release of the second album 'You And Me Both', which reached Number 1 in the UK.
Speaking prior to the Reconnected tour, Vince Clarke said: "It's been really good going back to these songs after such a long while. Many of them have never been played live. I'm looking forward to performing them with Alison for all the fans who've enjoyed our music through the years but never had a chance to see Yazoo in concert."
And Alison Moyet said: "Playing this material live is not about revision for me, it is about finishing something we started - writing, recording, performing. Three parts of a whole. A salmon cycle. It's like going home."
Watch Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet's pre-show ritual before they play NYC on YouTube
www.yazooinfo.com
www.myspace.com/yazooofficial
www.alisonmoyet.com
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Congratulations MOJO Honours Winners!
Daniel Miller - MOJO Medal
Richard Hawley - Best Album (Truelove's Gutter)
Daniel's award was presented to him by Andy Bell and Andrew Fletcher, while
Richard's was presented by Tony Christie.
Kraftwerk were also nominated for the Catalogue award (won by The
Beatles).
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Yaz "Reconnected Live" Out 9/28!
YAZ
RECONNECTED LIVE
OUT SEPTEMBER 28th 2010
2xCD AND DOWNLOAD
"I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator, and are throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record." – “Losing My Edge,” LCD Soundsystem
“As they breathed new life into their short but immaculate back catalogue, Clarke the glacial controller, Moyet the bringer of warmth, their pioneering contribution to pop music could be heard in every song.” – Daily Telegraph (UK)
“Clarke has unobtrusively retooled the band’s music for the digital age, making their vintage 1980s synthesizer ditties sound crisp, fluid and timeless” – “Performing on a minimalist stage of high-tech steel and neon, Moyet slipped easily into turbo-throated blues-diva mode” – The Times (UK)
YAZ release RECONNECTED LIVE on 2xCD and download on September 28th 2010.
RECONNECTED LIVE documents one of pop’s most anticipated tours: Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet reunited for the first time in over 25 years. The Times (UK) said: “Clarke has unobtrusively retooled the band’s music for the digital age, making their vintage 1980s synthesizer ditties sound crisp, fluid and timeless” while The Guardian (UK) noted, “Yazoo’s first tour in 26 years finds the chemistry behind their smash hits unchanged.”
RECONNECTED LIVE, from summer 2008, features classic tracks “Only You”, “Don’t Go”, and “Situation” from the album Upstairs At Eric’s. Fans can also hear “Nobody’s Diary”, from You And Me Both, performed live for the first time ever.
The joyous, unlikely coming together of Vince Clarke, who had just left Depeche Mode, and Alison Moyet lasted for only 2 albums, and saw them originally performing only 24 concerts worldwide, but they left an indelible mark on pop. Yaz released Upstairs At Erics in July 1982 then parted company just 12 months later on the release of the second album You And Me Both.
Speaking prior to the Reconnected tour, Vince Clarke said: "It's been really good going back to these songs after such a long while. Many of them have never been played live. I'm looking forward to performing them with Alison for all the fans who've enjoyed our music through the years but never had a chance to see Yaz in concert"
And Alison Moyet said: "Playing this material live is not about revision for me, it is about finishing something we started – writing, recording, performing. Three parts of a whole. A salmon cycle. It’s like going home.”
Watch Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet’s pre-show ritual before they played NYC, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcy6jNE1j2o
“When the pair hug each other at the end, it feels as though the audience want to join in.” The Guardian (UK)
For further information please contact Adam vanWestrienen at Mute.
212.286.8426 | adam@mute.com
www.yazooinfo.com
www.myspace.com/yazooofficial www.alisonmoyet.com |
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Liars on Pitchfork TV
This week Pitchfork TV will feature three exclusive videos of Liars.
- Tuesday: Proud Evolution
- Wednesday: Scarecrows on a Killer Slant
Pitchfork: TV
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Goldfrapp "Alive" Single Out 6/8 + Video Premiere on Vevo
NEW SINGLE “ALIVE” OUT JUNE 8th 2010
“ALIVE” VIDEO PREMIERS ON VEVO.COM MAY 20TH 2010
JUNE TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
JUNE 21 WASHINGTON, DC – 9:30 CLUB
JUNE 23 NEW YORK, NY – HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
JUNE 26 OAKLAND, CA – FOX THEATER
JUNE 27 LOS ANGELES, CA – HOLLYWOOD BOWL
“The band has returned full force” - Rolling Stone
“Pitch perfect” 8/10 - Spin
“A heady delight” - People
British pop pioneers Goldfrapp release their brand new single “Alive” through Mute on June 8th 2010.
A joyous summer rush of anthemic escapism, “Alive”, written and produced by band mates Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, follows “Rocket” as the second single to be taken from the duo’s fifth album Head First, which Rolling Stone described as “Absorbing the ethereal atmosphere of Giorgio Moroder’s Cat People soundtrack and the skeletal fuzz-bluster of Suicide’s 1977 melancholy synth-punk blueprint “Cheree”, Head First has an edge that’s softer, warmer and dreamier...”
The single, with mixes by Joakim, Tensnake, Dave Audé, and Arno Cost, is accompanied by a new video directed by the creative studio, Legs. In the video Pitchfork calls “genius”, watch an enchanting Alison Goldfrapp captivate the underworld with spandex-clad sidekicks. The video for “Alive” premiered on Vevo’s homepage on May 20th 2010. Watch it HERE.
Goldfrapp will take Head First to select US cities this summer - following the massive acclaim for both the Supernature and Seventh Tree tours and festival appearances around the world, Goldfrapp have underlined their reputation as one of the most transcendent and inventive live bands around.
Head First is Goldfrapp's most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010.
The diversity, ambition and direction of the new album continues to highlight Goldfrapp as true agenda-setters and modern British musical icons. Head First follows the critically acclaimed Seventh Tree, and is the latest in a brilliantly consistent body of work - from the captivating electronic balladry of Mercury nominated debut Felt Mountain and its distorted-dancefloor follow-up, Black Cherry to the glitterball glamour of Supernature which came out in summer 2005 and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide.
“Alive” track list:
1. Alive (Album Version)
2. Alive (Joakim NRG Dub)
3. Alive (Tensnake Remix)
4. Alive (Dave Audé Club Dub)
5. Alive (Arno Cost Remix)
For further information please contact Nicole Blonder at Mute.
212.786.8407 | nicole@mute.com
goldfrapp.com | mute.com
Twitter: twitter.com/goldfrapp | Facebook: facebook.com/goldfrapp | Myspace:myspace.com/goldfrapp |
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Yeasayer live shows
Yeasayer Confirm T In The Park and 3 Summer Headline Shows
Mad Decent presents Yeasayer O.N.E. Remix Contest
Sold Out Headline KOKO Show in May
Having just performed at Coachella Festival (name checked by one, JAY-Z no less!) Yeasayer will be returning to the UK to perform on Later... with Jools Holland and a headline show at London's Koko on 26th May which sold out an impressive 3 months ahead.
The band have now also confirmed T In The Park (11th July) alongside Lovebox (London's Victoria Park, 16th-18th July), Latitude (15 – 18th July) and Reading and Leeds Festivals (27th – 29th August). As well as festival appearances Yeasayer have confirmed a handful of headline shows in Cambridge, Sheffield and Brighton.
Yeasayer will also be performing at a number of European/International festivals in the summer including Barcelona's Primavera Festival (28th May), Holland's Pinkpop (30th May), Heineken Open Air Festival In Poland (1st July), Belgium's Pukkelpop (21st Aug) and Fujirock in Japan (1st Aug).
Mad Decent / Aviary Presents Yeasayer O.N.E. Remix Contest
Until 14th May, Mad Decent and Aviary will be sponsoring a remix contest for Yeasayer's latest single "O.N.E." at http://remix.maddecent.com/Home.
Stems of "O.N.E." are available to remix using Aviary - the free online music program - as well as other software of your choice.
Winners will be determined by the public and, Mad Decent has offered up some easy widgets for creators to promote their work via Twitter, Facebook and Embeddable Code.
Remixers can upload as many different mixes as they want.
Entries can be submitted immediately (2 weeks submission) and close on 14th May (after 1 week of voting) and winners will be announced shortly after.
The winner will have their mix featured on the MAD DECENT website as well as receiving the Grand Prize Package: a Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro as well as CD and LP formats of ODD BLOOD.
UK / European and International Shows
26-May UK London Koko (Headline show) ::SOLD OUT::
28-May Spain Barcelona Primavera
29-May Switzerland Dudingen Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival
30-May Holland Landgraaf Pinkpop Festival
01-Jul Poland Gdynia Heineken Open Air
03-Jul Belgium Werchter Rock Werchter
04-Jul France Arras Main Square Festival
05-Jul UK Cambridge Junction (Headline Show) ::NEW::
06-Jul UK Sheffield Plug (Headline Show) ::NEW::
08-Jul Serbia Novi Sad, Exit Festival
11-Jul UK Scotland, Kinross T In The Park
12-Jul UK Brighton Concorde 2 Headline Show) ::NEW::
14-Jul Denmark Arhus Voxhall (Headline Show)
15-Jul Sweden Arvika Arvikafestivalen
16-Jul Germany Ferropolis Melt! Festival
17-Jul UK London Victoria Park - www.lovebox.net
18-Jul UK Suffolk Latitude - latitudefestival.co.uk
30-Jul Australia Woodford, Qld Splendour In The Grass
01-Aug Japan Niigata Fujirock
14-Aug Germany Haldern Festival
15-Aug Hungary Budapest Sziget Festival
16-Aug Czech Republic Prague Lucerna Music Bar (Headline Show)
20-Aug Austria St. Polten, Frequency Festival, Green Park
21-Aug Belgium Hasselt Pukkelpop
27-Aug UK Reading Festival - www.readingfestival.com
29-Aug UK Leeds Festival - www.leeds-festival.net
"A band whose breadth of sound and vision has the potential to be here with us for quite some time" Spinner
"ODD BLOOD comparts styles and sounds of the world into an easy duty-free package, and, in doing so, absolutely throbs with vigour" The Guardian
"The spirit of sonic adventure is real and invigorating" The Independent on Sunday
"One of the most innovative releases of the year..." The Sunday Times
"Undulating pop masterpiece… thrillingly inventive, brilliantly ambitious, a monumental return" The Fly
"Our latest musical obsession, Packed full of indie-pop gems" Grazia
"[ODD BLOOD has] already set and ingenious marker for 2010" Loud & Quiet
"Euphoria levels are cranked up further on the semi-anthemic Madder Red, with its lush harmonies and incessant tribal drums" SUNDAY TIMES
"...wonderfully heady and exhilarating" GUARDIAN
"Madder Red channels the Aboriginal Outback" METRO
"a sky-scraping Arcade Fire-styled wordless chorus" Q
"You'll be dancing with tears in your eyes before you know it" MOJO
www.yeasayer.net
www.twitter.com/OddBlood
www.myspace.com/yeasayer
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Irmin Schmidt - Ludwigsburger Schloßfestpiele
31st July 2010
The classical music festival hosted at Ludwigsburg Castle (Ludwigsburger Schloßfestpiele,
near Stuttgart, Germany) will dedicate its closing Gala performance to the music
of Irmin Schmidt, founder of the legendary German avant-garde
rock group Can, with a focus on his work for film.
The concert will be conducted by Irmin Schmidt, with a variety
of solo artists performing with the Orchestra Schloßfestpiele Ludwigsburg
including Markus Stockhausen (Trumpet), Gerd Dudek (Saxophone), Christiane Oxenfort
(flutes), Ingrid Oberkanins (percussion), Kumo (electronics) plus Greg Cohen
and Eyvind Kang who are currently transcribing a selection of Schmidt's work
for orchestra.
The laudatio will be held by Wim Wenders. Schmidt composed the score for his
film Palermo Shooting (2008).
In addition to the orchestral concert, Irmin Schmidt will
also perform a selection of his work with Kumo from their albums Masters
Of Confusion and Axolotl Eyes.
Preceding the festival, Schmidt is holding a workshop at the Ludwigsburg Film
Academy. The Filmmusikklasse der Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg will orchestrate
and arrange Can's Spoon which will be performed at the Gala
alongside a version by Cohen and Kang.
A selection of films with Schmidt's and Can's film music will also be shown
at the festival.
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele:
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info | Tickets
Starting in the autumn of 2010, Mute & Spoon will begin a series of very
special Can releases. This will comprise deluxe Vinyl editions
of the classic albums plus previously unreleased studio recordings, live shows
and soundtracks. These releases will continue throughout 2011. Excited? You
should be!
www.irminschmidt.com
www.myspace.com/irminschmidtandkumo
www.spoonrecords.com
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Liars Join Beck for Record Club 4
The Overachievers - New Single out 24th May
Liars joined Beck, Annie Clark and Daniel Hart from St Vincent, Sergio Dias from legendary Brazilian band Os Mutantes and Brian Lebarton for Beck's Record Club 4, covering the 1987 album, Kick by INXS.
Beck's Record Club is an "informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day". The results are posted, track by track at www.beck.com/recordclub.
Angus, talking about Beck's Record Club said, "Iit is a rare opportunity for completely selfless collaboration and an extremely interesting and unique project that was an absolute pleasure to participate in."
Says Beck, "It was recorded in a little over 12 hours on March 3rd, 2010. It was an intense, hilarious, daunting and completely fun undertaking. Thanks to everybody for being there and putting so much into it. Many classic moments, inspired performances and occasional anarchy."
Liars release a brand new single, The Overachievers, on 24th May, coinciding with a series of UK dates that includes Shepherd's Bush Empire on 27th May.
Backed with two brand new tracks, Pleasure Is Boss and Only Sometimes plus Devendra Banhart and The Grogs's reinterpretation of the single, The Overachievers is taken from Sisterworld, the band's critically acclaimed fifth album. NME said "...this incredible album is your passport to a better place" and Uncut described it as "impressive... focused and relevant."
Sisterworld is out now on CD, 2CD version with very special packaging and on a deluxe vinyl edition double 180gram heavy vinyl and CD with two booklets.
The second disc of the 2CD release sees each track on Sisterworld remixed and reinterpreted by a host of artists including Thom Yorke, Atlas Sound, Blonde Redhead, Fol Chen and Alan Vega while the unique packaging, designed by Brian Roettinger / Hand Held Heart (Grammy nominated and Rolling Stone award winning for his work with No Age) allows a surreal glimpse into the Sisterworld concertina.
UK DATES
7-9 May – Matt Groening’s ATP, Minehead - www.atpfestival.com
27 May - LONDON, 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire - Doors 7pm - special guests Factory Floor and Fol Chen
29 May – BRISTOL, Dot To Dot festival
30 May – NOTTINGHAM, Dot To Dot festival
31 May – MANCHESTER, Dot To Dot festival
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Rowland S. Howard 1959-2009
We are deeply saddened today by the passing of our friend Rowland S. Howard.
He leaves behind a vast musical legacy, which we are proud to have been a part of, but right now our thoughts are with his family and many friends
throughout the world.
Nick Cave said: "This is very sad news. Rowland was Australia's most unique,
gifted and uncompromising guitarist. He was also a good friend. He will be
missed by many."
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The Posters Came From The Walls
or How Basildon ended the Cold War, and other stories...
Screenings begin across the UK from Tuesday 1st December. For more information please visit www.theposterscamefromthewalls.com |
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Daniel Miller on Radio Eins
On the first Wednesday of each month, Daniel Miller is guest DJ on "Elektro Beats". Click on the link above to listen to Daniel's one hour radio show at Radio Eins in Berlin (please note you'll need Real Audio)
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NIKKI SUDDEN 1956-2006
Nikki Sudden passed away on Sunday 26 March, in his sleep, after playing his final show, at the Knitting Factory in New York. He died too soon, and will be sorely missed by those who knew him.
The inspired, incendiary and inspirational music he made as Swell Maps with his brother Epic Soundtracks would alone be a remarkable legacy to leave behind. But Nikki embarked on a prolific career, as a solo artist and with his band, The Jacobites, recording a significant body of work and playing over 100 live shows in a typical year. At the time of his death Nikki had recently completed his tenth solo album and was working on various writing projects.
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