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[News] Death Grips Announce Spring Tour Dates
Death Grips are set to release two albums this year on their new label Epic following up their 2011 release Exmilitary. In support of their first of the two releases, The Money Store, which is out April 24th they've announced a string of dates spanning the US and Europe. Make the jump to check them out.
Death Grips are set to release two albums this year on their new label Epic following up their 2011 release Exmilitary. In support of their first of the two releases, The Money Store, which is out April 24th they've announced a string of dates spanning the US and Europe. Make the jump to check them out.
Death Grips Tour 2012
4/12 The Glass House - Pomona, CA
4/13 Coachella - Indio, CA
4/20 Coachella - Indio, CA
5/5 Sacramento Electronic Music Festival - Sacramento, CA
5/18 The Academy - Dublin, Ireland
5/19 Stag & Dagger - Glasgow, UK
5/20 The Roadhouse - Manchester, UK
5/21 The Bodega - Nottingham, UK
5/22 Norwich Arts Center - Norfolk, UK
5/23 Green Store Door - Brighton, UK
5/25 All Tomorrow's Parties - London, UK
5/26 Grande Halle de La Villette - Paris, France
5/27 Worm - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
5/28 OT301 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5/29 Merleyn - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
6/1 Primavera Sound Festival - Barcelona, Spain
6/2 Field Day Festival - Barcelona, Spain
6/4 Magasin - Brussels, Belgium
6/5 Charlatan - Gent, Belgium
6/6 Mtc - Cologne, Germany
6/7 Gretchen - Berlin, Germany
6/8 Hafenklang - Hamburg, Germany
6/9 Primavera Sound Porto - Porto, Portugal
6/12 The Barbery - Philadelphia, PA
6/13 Music Hall of Williamsburg - New York, NY
6/14 TT The Bear's - Boston, MA
6/15 Club Lambri - Montreal, QC
6/16 Wrong Bar - Toronto, ON
6/18 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI
6/19 The Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI
6/20 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
6/21 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN
[News] Diplo Gets His Own BBC Radio Show
Mad Decent posted a blog regarding the announcement and and said the program will feature exclusive remixes along with visits from some big name friends. We'll be keeping a close eye on this show on the weekends starting this Saturday. What else have we got to do? It is a Bank Holiday weekend after all!
[News] Bon Iver Announces More Summer Tour Dates
With an already busy tour schedule this summer, Bon Iver has announced another leg of tour dates in the U.S. between Sasquatch! Music Festival and Bonnaroo Music Festival. The leg includes three shows in Florida, as well as one night stints in Oklahoma, Georgia, and Arizona. Check out their full tour itinerary after the jump with new dates in italics.
With an already busy tour schedule this summer, Bon Iver has announced another leg of tour dates in the U.S. between Sasquatch! Music Festival and Bonnaroo Music Festival. The leg includes three shows in Florida, as well as one night stints in Oklahoma, Georgia, and Arizona. Check out their full tour itinerary after the jump with new dates in italics.
Bon Iver 2012 Tour Dates:
04/12 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint *
04/14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/17 – Davis, CA @ Freeborn Hall *
04/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium *
04/21 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/22 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl *
04/23 - Tucson, AZ @ AVA Ampitheater ^
04/27 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz Festival
05/21 – Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubliee #
05/22 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall #
05/25 – Burnaby, BC @ Deer Lake Bark #
05/27 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Music Festival
05/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Ampitheater #
05/31 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Ampitheater ^
06/02 – Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theater
06/03 – Little Rock, AR @ Riverfest Ampitheatre
06/05 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
06/06 – Miami, FL @ The Fillmore
06/07 – Tampa, FL @ Carol Morsani Hall
06/08 – Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre
06/10 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
07/05 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/07 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/08 – Hamburg, DE @ Stadpark
07/09 – Cologne, DE @ Tanzbrunen
07/11 – Groningen, NL @ Kardinger Plas
07/13 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
07/14 – Dour, BE @ Dour Festival
07/15 – Paris, FR @ Olympia
07/17 – Luxembourg @ Neumunster Abbey
07/19 – Ferrara, IT @ Piazza Castello
07/22 – Bilbao, ES @ Palacia Euskalduna
07/24 – Lisbon, PT @ Lisbon Coliseum
07/25 – Porto, PT @ Porto Coliseum
07/27 – Barcelona, ES @ Poble Espanyol
07/28 – Hyeres, FR @ Midi Festival
07/30 – Lyon, FR @ Les Nuits de Fourviere
07/31 – Sttugart, DE @ Killsbergpark
08/01 – Vinna, AT @ Big Hall
08/08 - Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/10 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/11 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
* = w/ All Tiny Creatures
^ = w/ Feist
# = w/ The Staves
[News] LCD Soundsystem Documentary 'Shut Up and Play the Hits' to Arrive in Theatres this Summer
The highly anticipated LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits premiered earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival, but for those of us not lucky enough to have attended the festival, the yearning for James Murphy and co. on the big screen continues. Fortunately, though, the New York outfit's documentary will see limited screen time in theatres across the United States. According to an issued press release, the screenings will be "special one-night-only engagements," with a list of participating theatres and showtimes to be released soon. The documentary will be distributed through Beastie Boys' member MCA's production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Above, you can check out the official trailer for the documentary, and after the jump you can watch an exclusive clip from the film.
The highly anticipated LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits premiered earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival, but for those of us not lucky enough to have attended the festival, the yearning for James Murphy and co. on the big screen continues. Fortunately, though, the New York outfit's documentary will see limited screen time in theatres across the United States. According to an issued press release, the screenings will be "special one-night-only engagements," with a list of participating theatres and showtimes to be released soon. The documentary will be distributed through Beastie Boys' member MCA's production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Above, you can check out the official trailer for the documentary, and after the jump you can watch an exclusive clip from the film.
[Watch] Jack White Releases "Freedom At 21" Via Helium Balloon ONLY
In an attempt to come up with more non-traditional channels of distribution for the music at Third Man Records, Jack White and his snazzily-dressed staff launched a limited edition first ever flexi-disc single for "Freedom At 21" into the air yesterday (no foolin') via large helium balloons. Not sure how far the helium balloons will travel but I am doubtful that I will get ahold of one all the way in Brooklyn. Sigh.
The good news is so far none are on eBay (as of the time of this post), so that means either they're still traveling to their final destinations or are in the hands of actual fans. You can head over to http://thirdmanrecords.com/balloon to track where the balloons land. It looks like a few have already landed! I'm so jealous.
The countdown till we all get our hands on Blunderbuss is less than a month now as April 24th is just around the corner. Make sure you pre-order the album if you haven't already.
[Watch] Dum Dum Girls - "Coming Down" (Official Video)
A simplistic video offering today from Dum Dum Girls for their stand out track "Coming Down" from last year's Only In Dreams. Along with the video the girls announced a string of European and North American tour dates to promote their album. Dates can be checked out after the jump but first, peep the video at the top.
Only in Dreams is out now via Sub Pop
A simplistic video offering today from Dum Dum Girls for their stand out track "Coming Down" from last year's Only In Dreams. Along with the video the girls announced a string of European and North American tour dates to promote their album. Dates can be checked out after the jump but first, peep the video at the top.
Only in Dreams is out now via Sub Pop
Dum Dum Girls Tour 2012
03-28 Grenoble, France - Le Ciel
03-29 Firenze, Italy - Flog
03-30 Venice, Italy - Moon Club
03-31 Ravenna, Italy - Bronson
04-01 Rome, Italy - Traffic
04-03 Turin, Italy - Astoria Club
04-05 Barcelona, Spain - La [2] del Apolo
04-06 Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
04-07 Madrid, Spain - Ocho y Medio
04-08 Zaragoza, Spain - Arena Rock
04-09 Bordeaux, France - L'IBoat
04-11 London, England - Islington Academy
04-28 Richmond, VA - Brown's Island Park
05-15 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
05-16 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
05-17 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown
05-18 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
05-21 San Jose, CA - Blank Club
05-22 San Francisco, CA - Slims
05-25 Vancouver, Canada - Biltmore Cabaret
05-26 Gorge, WA - Sasquatch! Festival
05-27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
07-13 Lisbon, Portugal - Optimus Alive Festival
08-03 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music Festival
[News] The Flaming Lips To Use Blood From Neon Indian, Prefuse 73, Ke$ha, And Others For RSD Release Packaging
As we reported last week, The Flaming Lips are gearing up for some pretty cool releases for this year's Record Store Day. Today we have learned that the ever-eccentric band is going one step further and doing an extremely limited pressing of both head scratching and nausea-inducing proportions. NME is reporting that the band revealed that they will be using the blood of some of the contributors for The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends. Lead singer Wayne Coyne told MTV Hive, "What I'm going to try to do - and I'm collecting stuff for it as we speak - is I'm going to try to make a record that has every person's blood in the record. I don’t have everybody’s blood just yet, but I collected quite a few vials of blood and it’s actually sitting in my refrigerator as we speak..I’m going to try to take that same concept and put little bits of everybody’s blood in the middle of this record. Like a glass specimen thing.” While the band hasn't unveiled all of the contributors that he will be collecting specimen from, as Pitchfork points that Flaming Lips fan site Psych Explorations of the Future Heart are keeping tabs on possible blood donors which include Prefuse 73, Ke$ha, and Neon Indian.
If you're worried about whether or not your copy of The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends will be blood-ridden or not, according to Coyne there will probably only be five or six of the blood records made and will likely be bought by, "interested rich Flaming Lips people" as Coyne put it.
This is not the first time Coyne has used blood in the band's art. Remember the ACL posters he made with his own blood? I've gotta hand it to The Flaming Lips, while this blood vinyl deal grosses me out a bit, I'm not desensitized to the whole thing because they've done plenty of other crazy things before this.
[News] The Tallest Man on Earth Announces New Album: 'There's No Leaving Now'
Following up his fantastic 2010 album The Wild Hunt, Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, has announced his third studio album There's No Leaving Now. An issued press release states that the album will be released on June 12th via Dead Oceans, and will feature ten tracks.
After the jump, you can take a look at the album's tracklisting, as well as Matsson performing live two songs from the forthcoming effort, the first being the title track and the second being "Little Brother."
Following up his fantastic 2010 album The Wild Hunt, Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, has announced his third studio album There's No Leaving Now. An issued press release states that the album will be released on June 12th via Dead Oceans, and will feature ten tracks.
After the jump, you can take a look at the album's tracklisting, as well as Matsson performing live two songs from the forthcoming effort, the first being the title track and the second being "Little Brother."
There’s No Leaving Now Tracklist:
01. To Just Grow Away
02. Revelation Blues
03. Leading Me Now
04. 1904
05. Bright Lanterns
06. There’s No Leaving Now
07. Wind and Walls
08. Little Brother
09. Criminals
10. On Every Page