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- The Big Pink - lots going on!!! 04 Feb 2010
- Taken By Trees NEW MP3 for Anna RARE US Tour with El Perro Del Mar starts soon! 01 Feb 2010
- Peaches is on this week's Sound Opinions 29 Jan 2010
- Serena-Maneesh New MP3 SXSW US Tour 27 Jan 2010
- Watch Holly Miranda play "Waves" 26 Jan 2010
- Gang Gang Dance - Sign to 4AD 22 Jan 2010
- Vampire Weekend and Kwame Dawes tomorrow night in NYC! 20 Jan 2010
- Peaches new video for Mommy Complex 19 Jan 2010
- Red Hot donates to Haiti with Dark Was The Night proceeds 15 Jan 2010
- Vampire Weekend on Ferguson> watch it! 15 Jan 2010
The Big Pink - lots going on!!! 04 Feb 2010
The Big Pink are #39 on the Alternative Radio chart!!!!
The Big Pink were just nominated for 2 NME Awards - "Best New Band" and "Best Single" (Domonos) Vote for them here: http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/49405
The Big Pink's "At War With The Sun" is going to be featured in a Gossip Girl episode airing March 8!!
The Big Pink's massive US tour starts the very next day, March 9, at The El Rey Theater in Los Angeles!!
Taken By Trees NEW MP3 for Anna RARE US Tour with El Perro Del Mar starts soon! 01 Feb 2010
A new MP3 for the song "Anna" from East Of Eden, the fantastic album by Taken By Trees, aka Victoria Bergsman is now available:
http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/mp3/TakenByTrees_Anna.mp3
Be sure to check out her US Tour Dates which kick off on February 13th. These are her first shows in the U.S. since the release of East Of Eden, which came out in September 2009 on Rough Trade.
Taken By Trees February US Tour Dates
Taken By Trees Headline date:
Feb. 13 : Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
Co-headline with El Perro Del Mar:
* Taken By Trees closes show
# El Perro Del Mar closes show
Feb. 14: Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe#
Feb. 16: New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge*
Feb. 17: Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory#
Feb. 19: Cambridge, MA @ Cambridge Family YMCA*
Feb 20: Montreal, QC @ Il Motore#
Feb. 21: Toronto, ON @ Mod Club*
Feb. 22: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall#
Feb. 23: Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center*
Feb. 26: Seattle, WA @ Triple Door#
Feb. 27: Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret*
Feb. 28: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir#
Mar 2: San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord*
Mar 3: Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour#
http://www.myspace.com/takenbytreesmusic
http://www.takenbytrees.com/
Peaches is on this week's Sound Opinions 29 Jan 2010
Show #218: 01.29.10
The always provocative electro-pop artist Peaches joins Jim and Greg for a conversation and live performance.Check out http://www.soundopinions.org/ for broadcast times/stations!
Serena-Maneesh New MP3 SXSW US Tour 27 Jan 2010
Following their first stateside appearances since 2006 with two blistering sets in New York at the end of last week, Serena-Maneesh have revealed further North American dates for 2010, starting with performances at this year's SXSW (more information in the coming weeks) and a full North American headline tour.
The tour will coincide with the March 23rd release of their second full-length album, S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor, and will be supported throughout the tour by Brooklyn trio The Depreciation Guild.
In order to further ingratiate yourselves with the Norwegian outfit’s new record, check out this new MP3 for "I Just Want To See Your Face".
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Photos from their sold out Friday night performance at The Mercury Lounge are available from Prefix: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/serena-maneesh-the-vandelles-mercury-lounge-pics/
Video of Serena-Maneesh performing new song "Reprobate" on Norwegian TV
http://nrk.no/p3tv/goto/?bcpid=1909243188&bctid=53316847001
Serena-Maneesh Spring U.S. Tour
http://www.myspace.com/serenamaneesh
SXSW (more info TBA)
3/22: Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
3/23: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
3/25: Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan
3/26: Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
3/27: Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
3/30: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
3/31: Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
4/1: Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
4/2: Toronto, ON @ Opera House
4/3: Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
4/4: Cambridge, MA @ TT THe Bears
4/5: Milford, CT @ Daniel Street
4/6: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
4/7: Washington, DC @ DC9
4/8: New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Watch Holly Miranda play "Waves" 26 Jan 2010
Watch HOLLY MIRANDA play an acoustic version of "Waves" for YoursTru.ly. Her album "The Magician's Private Library" is out on XL at the end of February.
Gang Gang Dance - Sign to 4AD 22 Jan 2010
4AD can reveal that the label have signed New York outfit Gang Gang Dance, with a new album - the follow-up to 2008’s Saint Dymphna - due later on in 2010.
Comprised of Lizzi Bougatsos, Brian Degraw, Josh Diamond and Jesse Lee, GGD established themselves with the release of God’s Money in 2005, following a string of underground releases having begun in the same experimental Brooklyn scene as the likes of Animal Collective, Black Dice and TV On The Radio.
Sounding like a mutant melting pot for the likes of Timbaland, The Pop Group, AR Rahman and elements the UK underground (collaborating with Tinchy Stryder for the avant-grime of 'Princes'), Saint Dymphna cement their status as one of the most essential and influential acts of their generation, garnering the following praise:
"Arranged with exquisite precision." Guardian
"These tracks are meticulously constructed to engulf and consume." Village Voice
"It turns out the band behind that curtain really is made up of wizards." Pitchfork
"Startling" (Album of the Year) FACT
Joined by live spirit guide, TAKA, GGD have the forthcoming dates:
MARCH
25 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Ottobar
26 MORGANTOWN, W. VIRGINIA 123 Pleasant St.
27 KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE Big Ears Festival
29 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA Southern
ganggangdance.com
Peaches new video for Mommy Complex 19 Jan 2010
Check out the video for "Mommy Complex" off I Feel Cream from Peaches which is out now on XL Recordings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwDt4SaYKaY
Red Hot donates to Haiti with Dark Was The Night proceeds 15 Jan 2010
In making this emergency grant Red Hot drew from the proceeds of its most recent project, a musical collaboration called Dark Was The Night conceived and produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, and Red Hot founder John Carlin. In addition to the grant, all proceeds over the next 60 days from the sale of Dark Was The Night will be awarded to Partners in Health.
The original charitable concept of Dark Was The Night was to raise awareness about the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, and to raise money to help fight the epidemic in the world’s hardest-hit nations. Because of the economic crisis in the West, that concept expanded to include organizations in the US, Canada, and Europe at risk of collapsing due to the downturn in donations and support. In order to recognize the generous contributions of the artists involved with Dark Was The Night, Red Hot asked them to recommend charitable organizations whose work they admire. Arcade Fire recommended Partners in Health.
The Red Hot Organization was founded 20 years ago to deal with the crisis surrounding the devastation of the AIDS epidemic on the creative community in downtown New York. Dark Was The Night, released last year, is the 20th Red Hot album. Red Hot founder and President John Carlin said, “although disaster relief falls outside the usual scope of our charitable work, I felt that we were fortunate to have the mechanism and resources to offer immediate assistance to the people of Haiti.”
Martin Mills, the Chairman of The Beggars Group of Labels said “It's great that part of the very substantial monies that have been raised by the release of this wonderful record are available to be applied to the relief effort after this terrible disaster, and that proceeds from further purchases of this album for the next 60 days will also go to Partners In Health”
Aaron Dessner agreed, adding, "we were deeply saddened to read of the horrific devastation brought about by the recent earthquake in Haiti. We are thankfully in a position to accelerate an emergency donation from Dark Was The Night proceeds to Partners In Health, a leading Haitian health-care organization that Arcade Fire has supported for years. We hope that you will all considering donating what you can via the PIH web site, to help their efforts to save lives and alleviate suffering. It's a race against time and PIH needs all the help they can get."
Partners In HealthPIH dedicated Haiti site
Red Hot
Vampire Weekend on Ferguson> watch it! 15 Jan 2010
Vampire Weekend played "Horchata" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night. Check it out!