11/30/2011

Still Corners "Into The Trees"



STILL CORNERS SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR "INTO THE TREES"

On Oct 11thStill Corners released their Sub Pop debut, Creatures of an Hour. In support of this release, the band has a new video for their song, “Into the Trees” which was directed by Ollie Murray who recently worked with The Horror’s on a video for “Still Life."

Click
here to watch "Into the Trees."

MP3- Into the Trees
MP3- Cuckoo
Video- Cuckoo
Video- Creatures Of An Hour (Album Trailer Video)


London quintet Still Corners usually spend their time perfecting gorgeous, shimmering pop songs, watching subtitled movies and being glacial heartbreakers. (Feature 2010)- Fader

...part '60s soundtrack music, part psych pop, and a big dose of motorik Kraut, as heard in a very Neu!-esque instrumental...Still Corners know exactly what they're aiming for and have pretty much hit the bullseye. (Show Review 2011) –Brooklyn Vegan

...the band displays its knack for the aforementioned atmospherics and for succinct indie-pop songwriting, but they’re unafraid to mix in other elements, evidenced by the utterly spooky waltz of ‘Velveteen’ and the krautrock-style propulsion of ‘Submarine’. – Paste Magazine



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11/29/2011

Slow Club "If We're Still Alive"

SLOW CLUB RELEASE VIDEO FOR "IF WE'RE STILL ALIVE"
FROM THEIR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM PARADISE
CHRISTMAS, THANKS FOR NOTHING EP
THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR HOLIDAYS

British duo Slow Club were thrilled to visit the United States in early November to support their sophomore album Paradise (iTunes), released this past September via Moshi Moshi Records to wide spread praise ranging from the New York Times and Rolling Stone, to Pitchfork and the Under The Radar.

Their latest video for the song "If We're Still Alive" takes footage from this trip as well as travels in the UK to give an intimate look at life in a touring band, capturing live gigs, long drives, late nights, and days off at the beach.
Slow Club - If We're Still Alive
Slow Club - If We're Still Alive
With the approach of the winter holidays, Slow Club are gearing up for their annual Christmas show at Union Chapel. Even if you can't be there in person you can still enjoy a little Slow Club Christmas cheer with their much loved Christmas, Thanks For Nothing EP. Available on iTunes

Stream "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home"
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11/28/2011

Foxygen EP 2011



Download the new FOXYGEN EP.

Three new songs:

1. Something Changing
2. With All My Friends
3. Where's The Money?

Foxygen EP 2011: http://foxygen.bandcamp.com/album/ep-2011
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11/25/2011

Best shows of 2011





1. PORTISHEAD @ Shrine Auditorium Oct 18th & 19th



2. BRYAN FERRY @ The Greek Oct 15th



3. CUT COPY @ Regency Ballroom April 16th



4. WIRE @ Slim's SF April 17th

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5. CRYSTAL CASTLES @ Fox Pomona March 3rd (Photo: Alexander)



6. SWANS + DEVENDRA BANHART @ El Rey March 2nd



7. GLASVEGAS + GLISS @ Great American June 7th






8. THE KILLS + THE BLACK ANGELS @ Fox Pomona May 14th



9. LAURA MARLING + ALESSI'S ARK @ the Troubadour September 20th





10. SMITH WESTERNS + YUCK @ Detroit Bar February 3rd




All photos by Angel Ceballos (Unless noted).
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11/21/2011

Noah and The Whale








All photos by Rachel Robinson. Noah and the Whale are playing at the Anaheim House of Blues tomorrow Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
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11/18/2011

School of Seven Bells: Ghostory




SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS TO RELEASE GHOSTORY
OUT FEBRUARY 28 ON VAGRANT RECORDS/GHOSTLY
INTERNATIONAL

New York, NY – School Of Seven Bells are back with their third release,
Ghostory, out February 28 on Vagrant Records/Ghostly International. The
highly-anticipated album finds the band’s lineup has evolved along with
the music; formerly a trio, they are now a duo: guitarist/producer Benjamin
Curtis and vocalist Alejandra Deheza.

Recorded in-between tours, Ghostory exemplifies a fervent progression of
School of Seven Bells (SVIIB) growth as artists, preserving the common
themes found on their last two releases but exposing them in different
fashions. The familiar ethereal and enigmatic tones are omnipresent,
surrounded by layers of influences from ‘80s pop, shoegaze and ambient
electronic sounds. However, Ghostory comes with a story in mind; the tale
of a young girl named Lafaye and the ghosts that surround her life.

“Everyone has ghosts”, says Alejandra Deheza; “They're every love you've
ever had, every hurt, every betrayal, every heartbreak. They follow you,
stay with you.” This detailed storytelling is evident from start to finish
on the record, weaving a tale that moves between a fervent synthesized
adventure and spacious lyrical euphoria. Tracks like “Love Play” and “Show
Me Love” create a hauntingly indelible atmosphere that grab attention
with the ambitious wordplay in the center of it all. Surrounding tracks
like “Lafaye” and “Scavenger” entice the vibe of previous School of Seven
Bells releases with their steadily dance-centric tempo and uplifting melodic
progressions. Ghostory flows seamlessly and effortlessly, a result of the
shared songwriting process.

“Ghostory is our most collaborative music to date,” describes Benjamin
Curtis, “Alley (Alejandra) and I have always written our music together,
but always independently and on our own time. We knew we wanted to do
something that was more sensual and spontaneous than anything we had
ever done before, and that meant writing together in a room, coming up with
ideas quickly and immediately reacting to what the other person was doing.”
Within Ghostory, the story of both Lafaye’s and the band’s journey will be
told.

School Of Seven Bells formed in 2006 as a trio (including Claudia Deheza)
and released their debut full-length, Alpinisms, on Ghostly International in
2008. The group’s appeal grew exponentially, with their signature sounds
stemming from pieces of electronic subgenres and shoegaze bands before
them. By 2010, the group released the critically acclaimed Disconnect From
Desire on Ghostly International and Vagrant. Ghostory is truly their defining
work, beautifully crafted and haunting, with the story of Lafaye permeating
the psyche long after the music stops.


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11/15/2011

Angel Ceballos: best photos of 2011



ZOLA JESUS



WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS



YUCK



WIRE



HUGH CORNWELL



THE BLACK ANGELS



SMITH WESTERNS



SPECTRUM



GREENHORNES



FOXYGEN
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11/14/2011

Toro Y Moi @ Symmetry Live



W Hotels Symmetry Live presents an exclusive performance by TORO Y MOI, hosted by W Hotels' Global Music Director, Michelangelo L'Acqua. This spectacular event kicks off at W Los Angeles - Westwood on Thursday, November 17, 2011.

Following Symmetry Live, celebrate the opening of CHILL, W Los Angeles' award-winning ice skating experience. For the third year in a row, the WET pool will be transformed into a 1,600 square foot custom shaped hybrid-ice rink, styled by Chad Hudson Events and outfitted with an elegant mix of modern décor from Z Gallerie. From November 18 - January 1, guests are invited to enjoy signature food and cocktails from The Ice Bar as they ice skate amidst a backdrop of bright lights, fanciful candlelit votives and snowfall every hour.

  • Symmetry Live is Thursday, November 17, 2011
  • 7:00-9:00PM - Opening of CHILL
  • 8:00PM - VIP & Celebrity Arrivals
  • 8:00-11:00PM - Symmetry LIVE in Whiskey Blue

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11/12/2011

Trentemøller "Sycamore Feeling"

Trentemøller Debuts Video For "Sycamore Feeling (Marie Fisker Version)" From Reworked / Remixed Double LP, Out This Week

Makes Late Night TV Debut On '
Last Call with Carson Daly'
Wednesday, Nov. 16th

"Reworked/Remixed remains a compelling cross-section - and introduction to - Trentemøller's

catalog. " - ALARM 'This Week's Best Albums'

"It was a thrilling, all encompassing performance, where Goths, rave fans, and indie kids all elated.

A master class in leaving it all onthe stage." - Under the Radar

"The album's wide range of instrumentation... truly explains why Trentemøller is one of the most talked about producers working in electronic music." -Zink

Watch "Sycamore Feeling (Marie Fisker Version)" at the Stereogum premiere or YouTube

JT

Download Trentemøller's Remix of "Neverglade"

Danish electronic artist Anders Trentemøller has debuted a brand new video with Stereogum for the opening track "Sycamore Feeling (Marie Fisker Version)" on his recently released double CD, Reworked / Remixed. The video features the Danish singer stoically sifting in and out of people's apartment's and thoughts. After an incredible spring tour including performances at this year's SXSW, Ultra Music Festival, and Coachella, resulting in Yahoo! Music saying he was the "biggest breakout of Coachella 2011...perhaps he'll be headlining Coachella in 2012," Trentemøller just wrapped up his second exhilarating full-band run through North America this year including an amazing NYC set with expert theremin player Dorit Chrysler and Coco Sumner (I Blame Coco). The producer and his lauded band will make their late night television debut next week on Last Call with Carson Daly. Tune in Wednesday night Nov. 16th/ Thursday morning at 1:35am EST.

Reworked / Remixed is out now on Trentemøller's own label In My Room and celebrates some of the producer's favorite remixes he's crafted for other artists, as well as his own songs that other musicians have reworked. Featuring UNKLE, I Blame Coco, Depeche Mode, Modeselektor with Thom Yorke, Efterklang, Mew, Kasper Bjørke and many more, CMJ says, the "beats are crisp and instruments are perfectly mixed, mastered and balanced, fitting together like pieces in a very exact glass puzzle."
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11/09/2011

WIRE "Black Session" live album


Black Session, Paris - 10th MAY 2011 (pf19)

As Wire nears the final leg of this extraordinary year of activity, pinkflag is announcing the next release. Recorded back in May in Radio France's Paris studios in front of an invited (and enthusiastic) audience this live album captures the band razor sharp from 4 months of touring distilling the set and featuring many of the songs that made it special for many.
Black Session
WIRE - Black Session, Paris - 10th MAY 2011 (pf19)
01. Adapt
02. Comet
03. Smash
04. Please Take
05. KIdney Bingos
06. Clay
07. Map Ref 41°N 93°W
08. Moreover
09. Two People in a Room
10. Down To This
11. Drill
12. Red Barked Tree
13. Pink Flag
Although not available in shops or even via mail order until next year this live album WILL be exclusively available on CD during the upcoming UK tour (alongside new t-shirts & tote bags)
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A Place To Bury Strangers EP

A Place To Bury Strangers Announce EP Onwards To The Wall
New Release Due on Dead Oceans February 7
A Place To Bury Strangers is pleased to announce their Dead Oceans debut release, Onwards To The Wall. The EP contains 5 brand new, pummeling tracks that will melt the smile off a listener's face. The band has also released their first MP3 from the EP, "So Far Away," to the public via Pitchfork. "So Far Away" takes all the pure pop perfection of The Box Tops' "The Letter" and shoots it through with a barely-harnessed dark energy and snarling propulsion.
Onwards To The Wall packs every bit of the searing sonic maelstrom listeners have come to expect from APTBS. Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by APTBS themselves, this is the sound of a band in control of making out of control music. Now joined by bassist Dion Lunadon, formerly of The D4, lead singer and guitarist Oliver Ackerman has found a crucial companion in pulling timeless melodies from their jet engine textures. The adroit songcraft that's always been there is brought to the fore, with familiar pop hooks repurposed for maximum carnage. A handful of contemporary bands are currently exploring the new limits of loud. Here, APTBS proves that they have not only been leading that charge, but that they are also evolving and maturing on those front lines.


Onwards To The Wall is a fresh, complete artistic statement from APTBS. It’s a new chapter, a prelude for what awaits us on the horizon. It is a taste of greatness to come.


Tracklisting:
1. I Lost You
2. So Far Away
3. Onwards To The Wall
4. Nothing Will Surprise Me
5. Drill It Up

PRAISE FOR APTBS

"A Place to Bury Strangers can pull beauty out of eardrum-puncturing bleakness…"
-PITCHFORK

"...straight-to-the-head industrial rock, bull-rushing into a two-minute coda of pure squall and feedback that's not unlike having hot club soda poured in your ears." -SPIN
"Drawing inspiration from shoegaze, classic indie rock, and atmospheric and dark sounds of all stripes...[APTBS have] honed their songcraft as well as their committment to beautiful noise."
-ALL MUSIC GUIDE
"...now in their eighth year of making cochlea-assaulting rock music in the most classic vein, which somehow achieves the decibel level of a jet engine with the crisp fidelity of a Bose commercial."
-CAPITAL NEW YORK






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Tennis SINGLE 'ORIGINS' TO BE RELEASED AS 7" ON FOREST FAMILY RECORDS


TENNIS TO RELEASE YOUNG AND OLD FEBURARY 14th ON FAT POSSUM




SINGLE 'ORIGINS' TO BE RELEASED AS 7" ON FOREST FAMILY RECORDS
“I am really proud to say I worked on the new Tennis album. I think they are a really talented
band, and it's exciting to work with a band who is trying to move forward. Patrick, Alaina and
James have great ideas -- everything really comes together on this record.”Patrick Carney
The much anticipated second album from Denver-based Tennis, Young and Old, is set for releaseFebruary 14th, 2012 on Fat Possum Records. Their widely praised debut Cape Dory, which The WallStreet Journal called “a winsome set of breezy pop songs,” was released earlier this year. For theirforthcoming album guitarist Patrick Riley, vocalist Aliana Moore and drummer James Barone headedto Nashville to work with The Black Keys’ Patri ck Carney. The first single from these sessions,Origins,” will be released on limited edition blue 7” vinyl on December 6 via Forest Family Records.The session was a truly sublime collaboration between producer and artists, and the richness of the
output
is a great indicator of the chemistry the band shared wi th Carney. On the Origins 7" double
A-Side "Deep In The Woods" you will find the title track's perfect counterpart. The self-produced
"Deep In The Woods," displays vintage warmth and intimacy while still being ripe with the ban d'screative progress. You can currently pre-order the Origins 7" from Forest Family Records.
After the success of their first album and touring for the better part of a year that included shows as
far away
as Moscow, Riley and Moore returned home and realized what was initially a bedroom-
recording project had quickly evolved into a band. The challenge of a second record was upon
them, but songwriting came quickly and in three months the duo had most of the material for
their new album. The goal this time was to mature and vary their sound. Riley describes the new
direction as “Stevie Nicks going through a Motown phase.”
By the time they hooked up with Carney,
they had fleshed out most of the songs that w ould comprise Young and Old. With their friend and
mentor at the producer helm, the recording progressed naturally and within
3 weeks the album
was done. While their debut was written with a third touring member in mind, the new album is
written and recorded with the addition of a fourth.
Over the last few months, Tennis has also released a series of covers as free downloads
including
“Is It True” by Brenda Lee and their take of “Tell Her No” by The Zombies. To
support the new 7” and road rehearse
new songs, the band will embark on a December
run of west coast dates with The Miniature Tigers
supporting. See below for dates.

Tour Dates
12/6 - The Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ - Buy Tickets
12/7 - The Satellite - Los Angeles, CA - Buy Tickets
12/8 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA - Buy Tickets
12/9 - Velvet Jones - Santa Barbara, CA
12/10 - Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco - Buy Tickets
12/12 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR - Buy Tickets
12/13 - The Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC
12/14 - Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, WA - Buy Tickets
12/17 - Hi-Dive - Denver, CO - Buy Tickets

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11/08/2011

First Aid Kit @ KCRW



FIRST AID KIT is playing Morning Becomes Eclectic KCRW today, November 8th at 11:15am. Also playing tonight at the Troubadour with Slow Club.
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11/07/2011

Portishead live in Seattle











All photos by Angel Ceballos
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Alessi's Ark: live stream tonight




Follow Alessi's Ark Online:
Stream live video of tonight's concert.
After helping to re-launch the new-folk collective Communion Club in New York City on Sunday, Alessi's Ark continues her latest round of U.S. tour dates in Boston tonight. Not on the east coast? Her show at Club Passim will be live-streamed online tonight, starting at 8 p.m. ET. Wherever you are in the world, you can tune in! You can purchase online tickets for $3 today HERE. The show will not be taped, but you can watch it live in HD. Learn more on the Concert Window website.
Get tickets to any of the remaining US tour dates.
Alessi has a few more tour dates remaining on her current US run. Click HERE to purchase tickets for any of the remaining shows listed below.

Tonight, Nov. 7: Club Passim in Cambridge, MA
Sunday, Nov. 13: The Dunes in Washington, D.C.
Monday, Nov. 14: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, Nov. 16: Mercury Lounge in New York City
Time Travel available now on CD, LP and digital.

"Oh, by now, I must have grown", Alessi Laurent-Marke croons beautifully, four songs into her stunning sophomore album Time Travel. And hasn't she just - not yet 21 but already a seasoned pro, having recorded her debut album aged just 17, with members of Bright Eyes, and touring with the likes of Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons and Brighton cult faves the Willkommen Collective. Time Travel is the first Alessi's Ark album since signing to Bella Union, where her acutely melodic and exquisitely tender folk-pop charms haven't just grown; they've blossomed into something extraordinarily mature.

The 12-track Time Travel keeps alternating between anxiety and joy, between childlike wishes and grown-up truths - how change can force us apart but also signify growth. "Run" acknowledges that you must let friends go, "to chase their dreams, even if it takes them away from you". "Wire" imagines a man who knows he hasn't chased his dreams, and time is running out. The album's one cover version, Lesley Gore's 1965 smash "Maybe I Know," is a classic from the '60s girl-group glory days of teen angst disguised as sweet and innocent pop. "On the surface, the song is very pretty but the lyrics are very sad and dark."
"... the songs have a deftness that defies her years - 8/10" - NME

"The understated arrangements suggest you're listening to a woman with impeccable taste...4 Stars" - MOJO
CLICK ON ANY OF THE ICONS BELOW TO ORDER TIME TRAVEL NOW.

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