3/31/2012

Lovely Bad Things @ Origami Vinyl



LOVELY BAD THINGS play a show at Origami Vinyl tonight at 7pm.
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The Wedding Present tonight


photo: Angel Ceballos

The Wedding Present is playing the Troubadour TONIGHT, Saturday, March 31st.
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3/30/2012

The Wedding Present @ the Troubadour


photo: Angel Ceballos

The Wedding Present is playing the Troubadour tomorrow, Saturday, March 31st.
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Electric Flower Group @ Origami Vinyl


If you're in Los Angeles tonight, head over to Origami Vinyl in Echo Park to see Electric Flower Group play a special in-store performance at 7pm!




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3/29/2012

Ty Segall & White Fence "Hair"

Ty Segall & White Fence - Hair

Street Date, April 24th, 2012, Drag City




Here's a note from Ty Segall about the project:

Hair is the new collaboration from the two minds of Ty Segall and Tim Presley (White Fence), co-written, with shared and solo penned tunes dripping from each side. Presley plays the organ, guitar, percussion, voice, bass, harmony, vibes and faders and so does Ty. A complete collaboration. A new project. This is not the follow up to either members solo releases... it is the first LP of many in the Ty Segall and White Fence (AKA THE HAIR) roster.... so, Let it grow MAAAAANNN....

More about Hair:

Whether you’re walking, rolling and tumbling, flying, driving your car, or sitting still and meditating, wherever you go, Hair you are. You don’t always see the wild mystery that comes with everyday life on this rock, but your connection to the Eternal is always present. You just can’t see it. Today, you’re in luck - up to your frontal eye-lobes in luck. Ty Segall & White Fence have thrown their X-ray vision upon you and see the blood rocking through your veins and all the blood vessels in your brain. They can see them…

Hair it is - to stuff the cracks in your mental chrome dome. Hair for you to stare for awhile. Hair grows like grass beneath your feet, opens up your mind and reflects you in the fun house mirror - spreading past your borderlines, bouncing like rubber, growing and grooving towards the sky (with diamonds). Was it yesterday or yesteryear or is it happening now, on five-second synaptic delay? You were tall, you were high…you went farther than you’ve ever been.

Chanting to and from the dome is your living soundtrack and providing the Hairdressing for your psychic salad are Ty Segall and White Fence sitter Tim Presley with Sean Presley and Mikael Cronin along on the carpet ride. It unrolls from within them and in between them, and electricity takes many forms, from poppy lunges to acoustic strolls to freak-downs at end of the side. Hair gets tangled deep in clouds of guitars and drums and counter-riffs and percussion, then pressed flat with harmony vocals and compression. Whatever got them through the night, it launches the ship into the stratosphere. And Hair you are again.

Coming April 24th, 2012 from Ty Segall and White Fence: Hair.

Track List:

1 Time
2 I Am Not a Game
3 Easy Ryder
4 The Black Glove/Rag
5 Crybaby
6 (I Can’t) Get Around You
7 Scissor People
8 Tongues

Tour Dates:

TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE

5-2 San Francisco - Independent *
5-3 Portland, OR - Star Theater
5-4 Vancouver, BC - Waldorf Hotel
5-5 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
5-6 Missoula, MT - The Palace
5-8 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
5-9 Madison, WI - High Horse Saloon
5-10 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall !
5-11 Detroit, MI - Lager House !
5-12 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern !
5-13 Montreal, QC - Il Motore !
5-14 Portland, ME - Space Gallery !
5-16 New York, NY - Webster Hall $!
5-18 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
5-19 Raleigh, NC - King's Barcade
5-20 Atlanta, GA - Earl
5-21 Nashville, TN - The End
5-22 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
5-23 Little Rock, AR - Whitewater Tavern
5-24 Houston, TX - Walter's
5-25 Austin, TX - Mohawk (outside)

* = w/ Shannon and the Clams, The Mallard
! = w/ The Strange Boys
$ = w/ The Men

WHITE FENCE ONLY

4-22 Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium +
8-4 Big Sur, CA Woodsist Fest / Henry Miller Library

+ = w/ The Shins

TY SEGALL ONLY

4-13 Gambier, OH- Kenyon College [solo set]
4-15 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College


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CAN "The Lost Tapes"

CAN

THE LOST TAPES

RELEASED JUNE 19th 2012


3CD BOX SET OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL


AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR UNRELEASED MATERIAL – BRAND NEW TRACKS

AS IF YOU WERE THERE – HALCYON DAYS, NOT OUTTAKES

LISTEN TO “Millionenspiel”

The original track that opens the forthcoming Can album The Lost Tapes



SPECIAL NYC EVENT – APRIL 17TH – LE POISSON ROUGE

THE MUSIC OF CAN

An Evening of Unreleased Music and Discussion

by Irmin Schmidt + Jono Podmore


Spoon Records and Mute are delighted to announce the release of Can - The Lost Tapes; the long awaited box set of unreleased studio, soundtrack and live material.


The Lost Tapes, out on June 19th 2012, was curated by Irmin Schmidt and Daniel Miller, compiled by Irmin Schmidt and Jono Podmore, and edited by Jono Podmore.

When the legendary Can studio in Weilerswist was sold to the German Rock N Pop Museum, they bought everything, including the army mattresses that covered the walls for sound protection, and relocated it to Gronau.


Whilst dismantling the studio, master tapes were found and stored in the Spoon archive. With barely legible labeling, no one was sure what was on these until Irmin Schmidt and long time collaborator Jono Podmore started to go through over 30 hours of music.


What they found was years of archived material, not outtakes, but rather tracks which had been shelved for a variety of reasons – soundtracks to films that were never released and tracks that didn’t make it onto the final versions of albums due to space.


Irmin Schmidt explains “Obviously the tapes weren't really lost, but were left in the cupboards of the studio archives for so long everybody just forgot about them. Everybody except Hildegard, who watches over Can and its work like the dragon over the gold of the Nibelungen and doesn't allow forgetting.


The final cut of tracks, dating from 1968-1977, features studio material recorded at Schloss Nörvenich and Can Studio, Weilerswist with the Can line up of Holger Czukay on bass, Michael Karoli on guitars, Jaki Liebezeit on drums and Irmin Schmidt on keyboards, and on most tracks, vocals from Malcolm Mooney or Damo Suzuki.


On April 17th at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City, Irmin Schmdit and Jono Podmore will present “The Music Of Can: An Evening of Unreleased Music and Discussion.” The two will debut unreleased music from the forthcoming release The Lost Tapes, discussing the music with each other and answering audience questions about The Lost Tapes, CAN and their incredible history and story. For tickets, purchase online here:

http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/3250


Can was formed by ex-student of Stockhausen Irmin Schmidt, who, fired by the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa abandoned his career in classic music to form a group which could utilise and transcend all boundaries of ethnic, electronic experimental and modern classical music.


Can’s influence is well known and far-reaching and the impact they made on music is felt today as keenly as it ever has been. They themselves have always been impossible to classify and reflecting this, the scope of artists who in recent years have cited Can as a major influence is varied from John Lydon to Radiohead, The Fall to Portishead.


With a phenomenal cannon of work that includes Tago Mago, which celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2011, The Lost Tapesis an opportunity to hear unreleased material from this iconic band – whoever thought that would be possible?

www.spoonrecords.com / www.mute.com


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Caveman "Thankful"


New York Magazine’s Vulture Premieres Caveman’s Music Video “Thankful” Directed by Austin Peters HERE


photo: Angel Ceballos


Click video: Caveman - Thankful


National Headlining Spring Tour

Debut Album CoCo Beware Wide Release Out Now on Fat Possum


New York Magazine's Vulture exclusively premiered Caveman's music video for "Thankful", a song with a message that encompasses the story of the couple Stockade and Nikki Styxx who live in Long Island, NY and are engaged to be married. They are amateur pro wrestlers that participate in a variety of leagues. The video is directed in a documentary style by Austin Peters. You can see the video on New York Magazine's Vulture, Caveman's YouTube channel and on the director's Vimeo page.

Caveman's debut CoCo Beware received a wide release on March 27th via Fat Possum Records after the self-release on the band’s Magic Man! label in the fall. The band continues their Spring North American tour through the Midwest, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where they’ll return to the Echo -- home to their first-ever, sold-out LA show last December. The tour ends with a homecoming show with Beirut and Atlas Sound at the prestigious Brooklyn Academy of Music theater, a fitting venue for the band whose front man Matt Iwanusa used to sing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera for about 6 years.

Caveman is made up of five proud New York natives: lead singer/songwriter Matt Iwanusa, who also adds percussion and drums to the band on record and live on stage. Guitarist JimmyCobraCarbonetti, who designs his hand-made Cobra Guitars from scratch, drummer and native Manhattanite Stefan Marolachakis, bassist Jeff Berrall, and Sam Hopkins on synths. Caveman's 10 song debut CoCo Beware is produced by Nick Stumpf (French Kicks) and shows front man Matt Iwanusa’s ability to craft melodies and lyrics which tackle topics of life and love, reflections on hope and joy, and moody observations, all sung in grandiose four-part harmonies, wrapped in timeless melodies.

Caveman Tour Dates:
3/29: Syracuse, NY @ Syracuse University
3/30: Bethlehem, PA @ Nowadays Festival
4/9: Washington, D.C. @ Red Palace
4/10: Columbus, OH @ The Basement
4/11: Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
4/12: Chicago, IL @ Schubas
4/13: Madison, WI @ UW Madison
4/14: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
4/16: Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
4/17: Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
4/18: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
4/20: Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
4/21: Seattle, WA @ Barboza (Neumos)
4/22: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
4/24: San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar
4/25: Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
4/27: San Diego, CA @ Casbah
4/28: Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
5/1: Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
5/2: Columbia, MO @ Mojos
5/3: Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
5/4: Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy
5/5: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) w/ Beirut
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Chairlift interview + tour

EXCLUSIVELY ON NOISEY's YOUTUBE CHANNEL: CHAIRLIFT HAS WONDERFUL AWKWARD CONVERSATION WITH HEEMS OF DAS RACIST WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE WASTED

Caroline and Patrick discuss Karate jackets, their love of London, and their new big sound as their friend Heems meanders through his own colorful style of interviewing.


photo: Angel Ceballos

Today Chairlift releases a video of Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly being interviewed by Das Racist's Heems premiering exclusively on Noisey's Youtube channel.The Brooklyn friends and collaborators (Wimberly produced tracks on Das Racist's Shut Up, Dude and Relax, and the two groups collaborated on the track "Fashion Party") discuss their critically acclaimed new album Something, out now, and an assortment of other fun things that may make you uncomfortable. The interview includes live footage of their song "Sidewalk Safari", which you see in person on their current tour with Nite Jewel in the US. See all tour dates below.

Watch the best interview between friends Chairlift and Das Racist on Noisey's Youtube channel: http://youtu.be/jEP5lySnF68

Chairlift on tour:
3/29 -- Detroit, MI -- Magic Stick *
3/30 -- Chicago, IL -- Empty Bottle *
3/31 -- Minneapolis, MN -- Triple Rock Social Club *
4/3 -- Denver, CO -- Larimer Lounge *
4/4 -- Salt Lake City, UT -- Urban Lounge *
4/6 -- Vancouver, BC -- Electric Owl *
4/7 -- Seattle, WA -- The Crocodile *
4/8 -- Portland, OR -- Doug Fir *
4/10 -- San Francisco, CA -- The Independent *
4/11 -- Los Angeles, CA -- Troubadour *
4/12 -- San Diego, CA -- Casbah *
4/14 -- Phoenix, AZ -- The Crescent Ballroom *
4/16 -- Dallas, TX -- Club Dada *
4/17 -- Austin, TX -- The Mohawk *
4/18 -- New Orleans, LA -- One Eyed Jacks *
4/19 -- Atlanta, GA -- The Earl *
4/20 -- Chapel Hill, NC -- Local 506 *
4/21 -- Washington, DC -- U Street Music Hall *
4/22 -- Philadelphia, PA -- Johnny Brenda's *
4/25-- London, UK-- Scala (with Outfit)
5/08-- New York, NY--Webster Hall
* with Nite Jewel
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3/27/2012

CHAIRLIFT "Met Before" (Illum Sphere Remix)

Chairlift – ‘Met Before’ (Illum Sphere remix)



"Met Before" (Illum Sphere Remix)


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Electric Flower Group "Eclipsed"

ELECTRIC FLOWER GROUP'S EP II OUT TODAY

ON NARNACK RECORDS

"ECLIPSED" MUSIC VIDEO CURRENTLY PREMIERING AT CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND


March 27, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA - Electric Flower Group, the visceral realist duo consisting of guitarist/singer Imaad Wasif and drummer Josh Garza, today released their sophomore EP, entitled EP II, via Narnack Records. The offering showcases the band expanding their sound beyond the rawness of their first EP to explore the dimensions of depth and width. In celebration of the release, the group will be performing an intimate in-store set at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park, CA on Friday, March 30th at 7:00p. The show is free and will be the band's first performance since their return from the SXSW Music Festival.


Today the duo also premiered the music video for the the EP's leading track, "Eclipsed", via Consequence of Sound. Click here to watch: http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/03/video-electric-flower-group-eclipsed-cos-premiere/


EFG
Electric Flower Group "Eclipsed" Official Music Video - Premier


In Electric Flower Group, rock is not dead but realized. The chemistry between Wasif and Garza is undeniable. These are two true modern rockers that can and will break sound barriers. They create the kind of loudness that makes you glad, with songs that have an immediate and tangible impact on the contemporary pop musical landscape. Artifice is devalued; pure emotion is king.

"Eclipsed" is a standout single, part loose metaphor, part nod to Dylan's 'Don't Think Twice' and Big Star's 'September Gurls,' yet carving a space of its own. "Cocoon" is a markedly weirder track; the repetition of the mantra-like lyric "To see your love come shining" gives way by sudden schism into an unexpected extraterrestrial soundscape, veering between CAN-esque Mesmer beats and a guitar angularity akin to This Heat, all the while carrying the current of a song unlike either.


EP II is proof that music today can be cinematic and conceptual without the complications of over-instrumentation as demonstrated within the modern overarching epic. Conversely, it moves against the wake of new-fangled blues stomp rock and the limits of its obligatory two-piece bands. Side two of the EP is dedicated to a cover of Scott Walker's dark symphonic ode to S&M, "The Electrician," done to such effect that it cuts to the core of the original, its primitive brightness reaching far out into other corners.


If the world ever catches up to them, we can then be sure that times really have changed, that the end is nigh, that "the circle" is unbroken. Electric Flower Group are on a journey through a modern kaleidoscope of rock 'n' roll, transcending mainstream influence and incorporating strong minimalist elements into their modern psychedelic music. In Garza's pummeling beats and Wasif's vocal and guitar exorcisms, we are not listening to just two men, but to an orchestra of the damned. Electric Flower Group wakes the ghosts of rock's most daring days, while never following them.


Electric Flower Group will be performing at the Moon Block Party at the Desert Daze Festival on Friday, April 20th. For more details on the show, click HERE.


ELECTRIC FLOWER EP II

1. Eclipsed

2. Cocoon

3. The Electrician

"Crispy psych-pop beauty"



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The Dø "Both Ways Open Jaws"



Are you familiar with The Dø? They’re an incredible French/Finnish duo (Olivia Merilahti & Dan Levy) that conjure up an unlikely blend of indie rock, folk, dance, and mid-20th century pop. Their second album, Both Ways Open Jaws is out now.

Having had a lot of love from the likes of Pitchfork, Uncut, BBC, Both Ways Open Jaws will strike you as both new sounding and classic, as both fresh and rooted in tradition. Most importantly, it will strike you as a treasure, and probably, as the best album you have heard in a long time.

Check out this breathtaking video for their latest single, “Gonna Be Sick!” It is a stunning piece both visually and musically in which Olivia (the heartbroken heroine) sets sail on a stormy sea of silk to create an epic look that takes its cues from Fellini’s Casanova, Shakespeare’s Tempest – and also homages the silent era. Feel free to post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipn69VfII4&feature=youtu.be

There is also this amazing Behind the Scenes video of The Dø recording the 'Live Sessions at Studio Pigalle' in Paris, June 2011. Here is “Gonna Be Sick!”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdcHC2Ubl7M

The Dø have already captured a global audience with their acclaimed second album and its unique approach to beautiful "avant pop" sounds. Now some of the most interesting electronic producers from around the world have put their own unique sonic stamp on the Dø's music. The Both Ways Open Jaws Remix EP which is out NOW features fascinating new mixes from Trentemoller, Vitalic, Mylo, Sei A, and Fever Ray's C-Berg.


“Genre-hopscotching musicality... Both Ways Open Jaws has teeth like a shark.”
-PITCHFORK

"Paris based pair dazzle with deluxe Europop manifesto...a classy musical ancestry including Bjork, Fever Ray and The Cardigans."
-UNCUT

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3/26/2012

White Fence "It Will Never Be"


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3/25/2012

Madonna @ Ultra Music Festival

MADONNA
MAKES SURPRISE GUEST APPEARANCE
AT ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL

GLOBAL POP ICON INTRODUCES
AVICII AND HIS REMIX OF “GIRL GONE WILD” AT THE
WORLD’S PREMIER ELECTRONIC MUSIC EVENT


Madonna and Avicii. Photo Credit: Seth Browarnik/Worldredeye.com

Last night, Saturday, March 24, Miami’s ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL (ULTRA), the world’s premier electronic music event, took the genre to the next level. For the first time ever at ULTRA, global pop icon MADONNA appeared as a special surprise guest—the festival’s gift to their fans—to introduce the main stage final headlining artist AVICII. After her introduction, she joined the Swedish producer and DJ behind the decks and together they premiered his remix of her new single “Girl Gone Wild” from her upcoming album MDNA.

“I’ve been here in spirit for many years, but it’s good to finally be standing on the stage, looking at all you people who have come here from all around the world,” said MADONNA as she took ULTRA’s Main Stage. “In my world the words ‘music’ and ‘dance’ are not separated. Electronic music has been a part of my life since the beginning of my career. I can honestly say that a DJ saved my life.”

Beyond the weekend’s 165,000 fans in attendance of the sold-out festival in downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park, the event was captured on a world-wide scale over UMF TV’s free HD live stream, happening now via Google Play on YouTube at www.youtube.com/umtv.

View MADONNA’s intro now on www.youtube.com/user/MDNADNA.

Follow ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL at:

www.ultramusicfestival.com

www.facebook.com/ultrafanpage

@ultramusic

#ULTRA2012

Avicii and Madonna. Photo Credit: Seth Browarnik/Worldredeye.com

Xavier de Rosnay (Justice), Madonna, David Guetta and Avicii. Photo Credit: Seth Browarnik/Worldredeye.com



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The Entrance Band @ LA Psych Fest



THE ENTRANCE BAND will be performing at LA Psych Fest today, Sunday, March 25th 2012.
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3/23/2012

The Magnetic Fields @ The Orpheum






The Magnetic Fields perform tonight at the Orpheum, Friday, March 23rd 2012.
All photos by Angel Ceballos.
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3/22/2012

Perfume Genius + Parenthetical Girls @ Bootleg



PERFUME GENIUS



PARENTHETICAL GIRLS

PERFUME GENIUS and Parenthetical Girls are playing the Bootleg Theater tonight, Thursday, March 22nd 2012. All photos by ANGEL CEBALLOS.
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3/21/2012

The Black Ryder @ The Echo






all photos by Angel Ceballos

THE BLACK RYDER play at the Echo tonight Wednesday March 21st 2012 with Young Prisms. Happy birthday to Aimee Nash!
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Val Kilmer as CITIZEN TWAIN

IMPORTANT UPDATE! DATE CHANGES FOR:

Citizen Twain Flyer Final

Val Kilmer will present his one man play, Citizen Twain,

which he wrote, directed and stars in

for a limited two weekend run

at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery


*** All performances will be followed by a Q&A with the artist! ***


Hollywood Forever Cemetery

6000 Santa Monica Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90038


Tickets are $60 and can be purchased from:

hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com

Free, onsite parking is available



Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, the opening weekend workshop performances of Citizen Twain have been rescheduled to alternate dates. New dates below:


The updated confirmed dates for all the performances are as follows:

Friday, March 30th, 2012 - doors 7pm - show 8pm

Saturday, March 31st, 2012 - doors 7pm - show 8pm

Sunday, April 1st, 2012 - Matinee - doors 2pm - show 3pm

Sunday, April 1st, 2012 - doors 7pm - show 8pm

Saturday, April 7th, 2012 - doors 7pm - show 8pm

Sunday, April 8th, 2012 - Matinee - doors 2pm - show 3pm

Sunday, April 8th, 2012 - doors 7pm - show 8pm

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 - doors 7pm - show 8pm



ABOUT CITIZEN TWAIN

Val Kilmer will present his one man play, Citizen Twain, in a limited run at The Historic Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery over just two weekends this March.

"The recent news of my death has been greatly exaggerated." - Mark Twain


Created and performed by acclaimed actor Val Kilmer, and seen recently in development by sold out audiences in venues in Los Angeles such as Disney Concert Hall, Tim Robbins' The Actors' Gang, and The United States Veterans Artists' Alliance Hall, Mr. Kilmer's production delves into the heart and soul of Samuel Clemens and conjures forth the great spirit of Mark Twain, America's greatest storyteller.


Deeply entertaining, with great wit, song and prose, the play weaves Twain's biographical themes into a play that proclaims and takes joy in the marvel of words, which, as Twain says in the play, "Form the ladder to my heaven." Storytelling was a lifeline for Twain, and in Kilmer's Citizen Twain, this lifeline continues into and after Twain's death, making it an appropriate choice to perform the show in The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.


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3/20/2012

Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Americana"



NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE RELEASE AMERICANA ON JUNE 5TH


March 20, 2012 - (Burbank, CA) - NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE will release a very special album titled AMERICANA on June 5, 2012. AMERICANA is the first album from Neil Young & Crazy Horse in nearly nine years. Crazy Horse is: Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Poncho Sampedro, and Neil Young.


As you'll see from the track-listing, AMERICANA is collection of classic, American folk songs. In their day, some of these may have been referred to as "protest songs," "murder ballads," or campfire-type songs passed down with universal, relatable tales for everyman.


Some of these compositions which, like "Tom Dooley" and "Oh Susannah," were written in the 1800s, while others, like "This Land Is Your Land" (utilizing the original, widely misinterpreted "deleted verses") and "Get A Job," are mid-20th-century folk classics. It's also interesting to note that "God Save The Queen," Britain's national anthem, also became the de facto national anthem of sorts before the establishment of The Union as we know it until we came to adopt our very own "The Star Spangled Banner," which has been recognized for use as early as 1889 and made our official national anthem in 1931. Each of these compositions is very much part of the fabric of our American heritage; the roots of what we think of as "Americana" in cultural terms, using songs as a way of passing along information and documenting our past.


What ties these songs together is the fact that while they may represent an America that may no longer exist, the emotions and scenarios behind these songs still resonate with what's going on in the country today with equal, if not greater impact nearly 200 years later. The lyrics reflect the same concerns and are still remarkably meaningful to a society going through economic and cultural upheaval, especially during an election year. They are just as poignant and powerful today as the day they were written.


Neil has penned brief historical details about each of the songs on AMERICANA that can be found here.


AMERICANA was produced by Neil and John Hanlon along with Mark Humphreys, and engineered by John Hanlon with John Hausmann and Jeff Pinn. It was recorded at Audio Casa Blanca by John Hanlon.


The track-listing is as follows:

Oh Susannah

Clementine

Tom Dooley

Gallows Pole

Get A Job

Travel On

High Flyin' Bird

She'll Be Comin 'Round The Mountain

This Land Is Your Land

Wayfarin' Stranger

God Save The Queen


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Sub Pop Record Store Day 2012





Sub Pop Makes Record Store Day 2012 Worth Living with Releases from Beach House, Blitzen Trapper, and Shabazz Palaces

Terminal Sales Vol. 5: Mixed Nuts, Sub Pop’s Free 16-Track 2012 Label Sampler Will Also Be Available On Record Store Day

Pre-orders for the new Beach House Album Bloom Start March 20th!

We here at Sub Pop Records love few things more than Record Store Day. We’ll be demonstrating and celebrating this love on April 21, 2012 with array of exclusive and limited-edition releases featuring new, rare and unreleased tracks from Beach House, Blitzen Trapper, and Shabazz Palaces. On this same day, we will also release our FREE 2012 label sampler, Terminal Sales Vol. 5: Mixed Nuts, a 16-track collection of new, rare and, in some cases, previously released tracks from Beachwood Sparks, Jaill, Shearwater, THEESatisfaction, Spoek Mathambo, Debo Band, King Tuff, and 9 more. All Sub Pop Record Store releases come with exclusive and ridiculously handsome artwork. Full track lists and release details are below.

In further Beach House news: fans can now pre-order the band’s May 15, 2012 release Bloom from iTunes, Amazon, Insound, and Sub Pop. Fans who pre-order the vinyl LP
format of the new record directly from Sub Pop [link: http://www.subpop.com/releases/beach_house/full_lengths/bloom] will receive the limited, white vinyl Loser Edition. And all pre-orders (CD and LP) will receive a bonus poster. A new Bloom t-shirt design is also available for pre-order at subpop.com. Please find and enjoy the cover art for Bloom included here as well.

Beach House
“Lazuli” b/w “Equal Mind” 7” single
(Limited-edition of 2,400 copies on blue vinyl)
1.Lazuli
2. Equal Mind

Beach House
Bloom Album Artwork
Pre-order: iTunes/ Amazon
/Insound / Sub Pop.com

Blitzen Trapper
“Hey Joe” b/w “Skirts on Fire” 7” single
(Limited-edition of 1800 on yellow vinyl)
1. Hey Joe
2. Skirts on Fire

Shabazz Palaces
Live at KEXP12” EP
(From the band’s spectacular 2011 live session on KEXP, one of the station’s most popular live sessions, limited-edition of 2,000 copies on purple vinyl)
1. bop hard
2. An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum
3. a mess, the booth that soaks in palacian musk
4. free press and curl


Various Artists
Terminal Sales Vol. 5: Mixed Nuts
1. Shearwater – “You as You Were” (demo version)
2. Memoryhouse – “Walk With Me”
3. feedtime – “rock n roll”
4. Spoek Mathambo – “Kites”
5. THEESatisfaction – “QueenS”
6. Poor Moon – “People in Her Mind”
7. Retribution Gospel Choir – “The Stone (Revolution!)”
8. Shabazz Palaces – “bop hard” (From the Live at KEXP 12” EP)
9. Father John Misty – “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”
10. Beach House – “Myth”
11. King Tuff – “Bad Thing”
12. Jaill – “Waste a Lot of Things”
13. Beachwood Sparks – “Forget the Song”
14. Debo Band – "Asha Gedawo"
15. Husky – “History’s Door”
16. Niki & The Dove – “DJ, Ease My Mind”

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3/17/2012

Chairlift "Amanaemonesia"


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3/16/2012

Hugh Cornwell + Glen Matlock @ Echoplex










HUGH CORNWELL and GLEN MATLOCK play at the Echoplex on Saturday March 17th. They will be joined by Clem Burke, James Stevenson and Fish. They will be playing a collection of new songs and classics by the Sex Pistols and Starnglers. All photos by Rachel Robinson.
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Slow Club "The Dog"

SLOW CLUB UNVEIL NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR "THE DOG"
DIGITAL SINGLE OUT MARCH 27TH WITH BONUS TOM VEK REMIX

WRAPPING UP FIRST NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR WITH SXSW

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SOPHOMORE ALBUM PARADISE
OUT NOW ON MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS

Slow Club have been having an amazing time touring North American in support of their critically acclaimed sophomore album Paradise this past month. As they close out those dates with shows at SXSW (Schedule Below), the band have released a new music video for their next digital single "The Dog" which will be available via online retail outlets March 27th. The single features a remix of the track by Tom Vek. Watch the video and listen to the remix below.

Slow Club - The Dog
Slow Club - The Dog

Stream "The Dog" on Soundcloud
Stream "The Dog (Tom Vek's Yes Mix)" on Soundcloud


If you find yourself in Austin this week come out to one of the bands remaining shows.

SXSW 2012 Schedule
Friday 3/16
02:45 pm - Slow Club @ Red Eye Fly (Noise Pop Showcase)
Address: 715 Red River Street
Saturday 3/17
05:45 pm - Slow Club @ Firehouse Hostel (The Burning Ear Party)
Address: 605 Brazos St. (off 6th)
Midnight - Slow Club @ Latitude 30 (British Music Embassy Showcase)
Address: 512 San Jacinto Blvd.

With the conclusion of SXSW, Slow Club will have completed their most extensive North American tour yet. Their sophomore album Paradise has received nods from Under The Radar (8 of 10) who featured the band in their year end issue, The New York Times, Rolling Stone who labeled them a "Band To Watch", and Pitchfork who write that "the duo has evolved from being among the best of an indie pop field overcrowded with cutesy duos to carving out a distinct niche for itself that opens up further opportunities for creative growth."

Paradise at iTunes, Insound

Watch videos for the singles "Where I'm Waking" and "Two Cousins"

www.slowclubband.com
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3/15/2012

Mia Doi Todd @ Del Monte Speakeasy


photo: Angel Ceballos

MIA DIA TODD plays at Del Monte Speakeasy tonight Thursday March 15th, 2012.
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3/14/2012

A Place To Bury Strangers @ The Mayan



APTBS playing tonight with The Joy Formidable at the Mayan, Wednesday March 14th.
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3/13/2012

Lightning in a Bottle Festival 2012

LIB 2012


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40 Must See Bands @ SXSW 2012



ZOLA JESUS



KOOL KEITH



SCREAMING FEMALES



NEON INDIAN



UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA



MAGIC WANDS



WHITE DENIM



BEACH FOSSILS



THE OCTOPUS PROJECT



ETERNAL SUMMERS



GEOGRAPHER



HEARTLESS BASTARDS



EXITMUSIC



MAPS & ATLASES



CROCODILES



LOWER DENS



MAGNETIC FIELDS



THE HOUNDS BELOW



EMILY JANE WHITE



THE GROWLERS



MIIKE SNOW



CHAIRLIFT



THE FRESH & ONLYS



SEAPONY



LIVING THINGS



THE LOVE LANGUAGE



BAND OF SKULLS



GLISS



CLOUD NOTHINGS



CAVEMAN



PRINCE RAMA



CRAFT SPELLS



RINGO DEATHSTARR



THE BLACK ANGELS



SEA OF BEES



THE BLACK RYDER



THE WEDDING PRESENT



PSYCHIC ILLS



TRAIL OF THE DEAD



DANIEL JOHNSTON


All photos by Angel Ceballos
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