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new ALELA DIANE album in April! 28 Jan 2011

Alela Diane’s new album will be released on April 5th by Rough Trade

Rough Trade is pleased to announce the release of the third studio album by Alela Diane, titled Alela Diane & Wild Divine. A self-taught musician, Alela hails from northern California and currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

Alela Diane & Wild Divine will be released on April 5th, 2010. Penned on the road whilst touring in 2009, it was completed in 2010 with husband and guitarist Tom Bevitori. Wild Divine refers to Bevitori and the rest of her band – father and guitarist Tom Menig, bassist Jonas Haskins and drummer Jason Merculief.

When producer /engineer Scott Litt (Nirvana, REM, The Replacements) caught wind of the circling demos he ceased his seven-year dormancy and invited the group to his home studio in Venice, CA to make the album.

Alela Diane & Wild Divine is the follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2009 album To Be Still, and her 2006 debut The Pirate’s Gospel. Previously signed to Rough Trade in the US, Canada and Japan, she recently signed to the label for the world.

Alela has previously toured with The Decemberists and Iron and Wine. She and her band Wild Divine will be touring the US this summer.

"A skilled acoustic purveyor of dark, spare Americana awash in chilly imagery and evocative lyricism" – AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN
"what shines is her twanged-out voice, which goes from a gentle whisper into a yowl that rages like a California wildfire" -ROLLING STONE
"a soul whose musical motives are as crystal clear and refreshingly distinctive as her pretty voice" - BUST
"There is a powerful weariness to 25-year-old Alela Diane’s voice as it dips and curls its way through her second album, woozy pedal steel glinting and shimmering all about her, hollow-hooved percussion trailing in her wake" - PASTE

Tracklisting:
1. To Begin
2. Elijah
3. Long Way Down
4. Suzanne
5. The Wind
6. Of Many Colors
7. Desire
8. Heartless Highway
9. White Horse
10. Rising Greatness

THE NATIONAL ON LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN THIS TUESDAY! 27 Jan 2011




The National are excited to announce that they will be performing “Conversation 16” on Late Show With David Letterman this Tuesday, February 1.  “Conversation 16” is the next single off their latest release High Violet which has sold upwards of 220,000 to date.  This is the band’s third appearance on the show.

The National are also confirmed to support Arcade Fire on two shows at Chicago’s UIC Pavillion on April 24 and 25.  These shows sold out within minutes.  Also confirmed for The National is a slot at this year’s Coachella Festival on Sunday April 17!  The band are expected to confirm more tour dates throughout the world in 2011 in support of High Violet.

High Violet was released in May of 2010 to overwhelming critical acclaim.   The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts and the love for it has not diminished --  High Violet landed on virtually every year-end chart.  This includes (but is certainly not limited to) #2 at AOL/Spinner, #3 at NPR listener’s top 100, #4 at Time Magazine, #15 at Rolling Stone and Myspace and #26 at Spin.   NPR also included the album in their top 50 of the year.


 “’High Violet’ is a seductive collection of subtly surging anti-anthems, with evocative lyrics about the terrors and unexpected joys of adult life.”  Rolling Stone

 “Haunting, majestic, tense and melancholic atmospheres.” USA Today (3.5/4 stars)

 “The National is in a league of its own… [they have found] their way to a big new sound.” New York Times Magazine

 “Masters of widescreen, emotionally engaging rock." Pitchfork (“Best New Music”)

 “[bridges] the gap between Joy Division’s post-punk dissonance and Bruce Springsteen’s varnished heartland rock.” Billboard

 “Brooding grandeur...velvety arrangements.” Time

“A lush and primordial triumph.” GQ

WARPAINT ANNOUNCES SPRING TOUR 18 Jan 2011

For immediate release:

We are excited to announce a Spring tour by WARPAINT.  Their explosive live shows have been blowing people's minds and we're happy that they are returning to share their energy for a month-long US tour! The trek starts in San Francisco on March 16th, and continues through to mid-April. All dates are below.

Warpaint is a 4-piece, all female band from LA. In existence since 2004, The Fool is the full-length they have been threatening to make all along - and it proves that the wait - and the search for new drummer Stella Mozgawa, was well worth it. Rough Trade released The Fool late in 2010.

Their former drummer is none-other than actress Shannyn Sossamon, who directed their music video for "Undertow", currently in heavy rotation on MTV.  Watch it here:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMkqbY0oGKQ

MTV also recently filmed one of the band's New York shows for their "live in NYC" series.
Click below to select your choice of six songs, and watch an interview.
http://www.mtv.com/music/live_in_nyc/warpaint/main.jhtml

"Bass lines snake through a gauzy swirl of guitars, underpinned by surprisingly funky drumming. The singers seem to be almost conversing, finishing each other's thoughts as they seduce all who come within earshot" - CHICAGO TRIBUNE, #10 album of 2010

"While too many indie girl groups seem content to rebuild the Wall of Sound brick by brick, this Los Angeles quartet dedicate their hypnotic harmonies and guitars to a different cause: the House of Ian Curtis." - SPIN 8/10

TOUR DATES:
Wed, 3/16    San Francisco, CA            The Independent
Thu, 3/17    Eugene, OR                WOW Hall
Fri, 3/18        Portland, OR                Wonder Ballroom
Sat, 3/19        Vancouver, BC            Biltmore Cabaret
Sun, 3/20    Seattle, WA                Neumos
Wed, 3/23    Minneapolis, MI            Varsity Theater
Thu, 3/24    Chicago, IL                Lincoln Hall
Fri, 3/25        Cleveland, OH                Beachland Ballroom
Sat, 3/26        Toronto, ON                Wrongbar
Sun, 3/27    Montreal, PQ                La Sala Rossa
Tue, 3/29    Boston, MA                Paradise
Wed, 3/30    Brooklyn, NY                Brooklyn Bowl
Thu, 3/31    New York, NY                Bowery Ballroom
Fri, 4/1        Philadelphia, PA            Theater of Living Arts
Sat, 4/2        Washington, DC            Black Cat
Sun, 4/3        Raleigh, NC                Kings Barcade and Tavern
Tue, 4/5        Nashville, TN                Mercy Lounge
Thu, 4/7        New Orleans, LA            Republic
Fri, 4/8        Houston, TX                Fitzgeralds
Sat, 4/9        Austin, TX                La Zona Rosa
Mon, 4/11    Dallas, TX                The Loft

*supported by PVT and The Family Band on all tour dates.

In addition to the album, the live shows have been receiving amazing reviews....

"It’s easy to be a great drummer by being loud, but Stella Mozgawa finds all the other ways. She's dense, leaving little air in her patterns. She’s not overly forceful, sometimes sounding as if she were nudging the rhythm out. And she’s reliably in the pocket, the steady force that sets the mood and pace for the rest of the band. Thursday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg that band, Warpaint, followed Ms. Mozgawa wherever she took it, its narcotizing hum swept along by a rollicking thunderstorm" - THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Their stupendous debut full-length, The Fool, triangulates Moon Pix–era Cat Power's ghostly, morbid, gorgeous bedroom folk with the Slits' lithe, muscular post-punk, but onstage at the Webster Hall Studio Wednesday night, the latter style dominates, thanks mostly to drummer Stella Mozgawa, a dervish of brash snare cracks, liquid drum rolls, emphatic soundman-hailing gestures, and rampant giggling." - VILLAGE VOICE

Watch their super cool live session for YoursTru.ly here http://yourstru.ly/2010/11/02/warpaint-undertow-and-bees-live-video-for-yours-truly/
Listen to an MP3 for "Undertow" here http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/mp3/Warpaint_Undertow.mp3

FRIENDLY FIRES CONFIRM US TOUR !! 18 Jan 2011

AND ... NYC & LA FEBRUARY DATES SOLD OUT!!!
AND ... BAND DEFINITE FOR SXSW!!!

Hot on the heels of announcing 2 US shows in February – NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on February 7 (SOLD OUT) and at Los Angeles’ Roxy on February 9 (SOLD OUT) Friendly Fires are now excited to announce a full US tour.    The dates kick off May 24 at Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church and conclude June 10 at The Music Box At Henry Fonda Theater in LA.   The band will play Webster Hall in NYC on February 25.   The full tour is listed below.

Friendly Fires are also confirmed to play select shows at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, TX.  Exact dates / shows / times are TBA.

The band is promising a new album (working title Pala) this Spring and will be performing tracks off of it and their Mercury Prize and Brit Awards nominated self-titled debut which was released in 2009 (and has gone on to sell nearly 300k worldwide).  Pala is mainly self-produced with Paul Epworth also working on some tracks at their St Albans bunker. 

Friendly Fires are Ed Macfarlane (vocals, synths, bass), Edd Gibson (guitar) and Jack Savidge (drums). Hailing from St Albans where the trio met as teenagers, Friendly Fires’ intuitive grasp of kinetic art-funk, electronic euphoria and stadium-sized anthems has led to them becoming one of the most exciting and critically feted new bands of the past few years, playing sold out shows across the globe.  They draw their inspiration as much from the electronic music world as the guitar one, sharing a love of the likes of Liquid Liquid, My Bloody Valentine and the German techno label Kompakt Records. Since the release of Friendly Fires, they’ve further explored their electronic side; first throwing a huge rave with renowned London promoters Bugged Out at the capital’s Coronet venue, then releasing a double A-sided single with DFA’s Holy Ghost, before teaming up with Toronto house crew Azari & III for a collaboration (Stay Here) that would feature on a Friendly Fires DJ mix album for the !K7 label. Most recently, the band provided the soundtrack for the Frank Miller-directed Fall 2010 Gucci Guilty perfume commercial with their cover of Depeche Mode's "Strangelove".


Friendly Fires US Tour Dates
2/7 - New York, NY - Bowery
2/9 - Los Angeles, CA - Roxy
3/15 – 19 –Austin, TX – SXSW
5/24 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
5/25 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
5/26 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
5/27 - Boston, MA - Paradise
5/28 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
5/30 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
5/31 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
6/1 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
6/4 - Vancouver, BC - Venue
6/5 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
6/6 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
6/8 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
6/10 - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box at The Henry Fonda
photo by Dominic Storer

BRITISH SEA POWER CONFIRM SPRING U.S. TOUR DATES! 12 Jan 2011



British Sea Power's NEW album, Valhalla Dancehall, was released in the U.S. yesterday, and today marks the exciting announcement of their upcoming Spring U.S. Tour Dates!  The shows kick-off in late March and are their first on this side of the pond since 2008! 

SEE DATES BELOW.



"In a world of weekend eccentrics, British Sea Power are the real f**king deal." NME (Album of the week)

"...'Valhalla' does further the once-evasive band’s increasingly egalitarian ambitions, with an emphasis on evangelical swells, big guitar hooks, and the BSP’s most inviting vocal melodies yet."  The Onion

"Like their forebears The Kinks, British Sea Power remain resolutely iconoclastic, supremely melodic, quintessentially British, and utterly unique." Paste

"They confuse, enrapture, divide and inspire in equal parts, and Lord knows we need a band like this now more than ever." "At the very least, Valhalla Dancefloor confirms British Sea Power's status as cast iron national treasures." The Quietus

"Invigorating." The Independent

Sentimentalist feature interview
http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2011/01/10/british-sea-power-the-dance-of-a-decade-begins/

AOL Spinner feature interview
http://www.spinner.com/2010/12/22/british-sea-power-valhalla-dancehall/

MP3 for "Who's In Control?" http://promo.roughtraderecords.com/britishseapower/whosincontrol.mp3

Check out some recent live footage in this 5-minute mini-documentary about how the band played on the Isle of Eigg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14RHodvbwY

Music video for "Living Is So Easy" http://www.vevo.com/watch/british-sea-power/living-is-so-easy/GB1411000110

Tue 3/22 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thu 3/24 Toronto, ON - Lees Palace
Fri 3/25 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
Sun 3/27 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Tue 3/29 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
Fri 4/1 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore
Sat 4/2 Seattle, WA - Neumo's
Sun 4/3 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
Tue 4/5 San Francisco, CA - Independent
Wed 4/6 Brookdale, CA - Brookroom @ Historic Brookdale Lodge (Big Sur)
Thu 4/7 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
Fri 4/8 San Diego, CA - Casaba
Sat 4/9 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse
Mon  4/11 Marfa, TX - Padres
Wed 4/13 Austin, TX - Mohawk
Thu 4/14 Dallas, TX - The Loft
Sun 4/17 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Mon  4/18 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
Tue 4/19 Washington DC - Black Cat
Wed 4/20 Philadelphia PA - Johnny Brendas

Vincent Moon + Efterklang invite you to host a film screening 12 Jan 2011


Vincent Moon & Efterklang unveil plans for Private-Public Screenings of AN ISLAND

Late last year the Nordic Music Prize nominated Danish band Efterklang and renowned French filmmaker Vincent Moon announced their film project AN ISLAND, a unique musical collaboration. The film will be aired before the majority of the Efterklang live shows on their forthcoming European tour (February 17th - March 18th).
 
However Efterklang and Vincent Moon are also inviting people to host their own screenings of AN ISLAND throughout February and March. Dubbed Private-Public Screenings, the rules are very simple. In order to host a screening, each event must adhere to the following:
 
•    The screenings need to have free entrance
•    The screenings need to be public
•    The screenings need to have a minimum capacity of 5 people
•    The screenings need to be verified by Efterklang & Vincent Moon and only screenings that are featured on www.anisland.cc are official Private-Public Screenings
 
In other words as long as entrance is free and it is an open event (as capacity permits) the Private-Public Screenings can take place at a home, at a café, in a school auditorium - basically, anywhere. Those planning to host screenings in their own homes will be able to have full control over who can attend.
 
From today Efterklang and Vincent Moon will be accepting
Private-Public Screening applications of AN ISLAND.
For more information and details on how to apply visit www.anisland.cc/home   
 
We hope that a lot of people will host and attend screenings of AN ISLAND. The Private-Public Screenings are our attempt at creating a free and inspiring distribution method for our film. It is also our attempt to give something back to our many supporters around the world. We have financed this film ourselves and we hope that we can recoup some of that money through donations. However, the memory of the 4 days we spent on the island of Als in August 2010 and our joy and pride of the finished film is a huge reward in itself.
- Vincent Moon & Efterklang
 
The third teaser trailer for AN ISLAND also just aired. It can now be seen at www.anisland.cc
 
For an updated list of the current and future Official Screenings and Private-Public Screenings of AN ISLAND go to: www.anisland.cc/home/attend-a-screening
 
 
About AN ISLAND

AN ISLAND is an unconventional music performance film and an abstract documentary about a band and an island.
 
In August 2010, French filmmaker Vincent Moon and Efterklang's 8 piece-live band met up on an island off the Danish coast. The objective was to shoot a film that was the same length as an album, and full of performances, experiments and collaborations.
 
Over an intense period of four days Efterklang collaborated with more than 200 local musicians, kids and parents, creating new performances and interpretations of songs from their album Magic Chairs (4AD, 2010). It was documented by Vincent Moon who also conducted several filmic and musical experiments with Efterklang as his dedicated playmates.
 
Efterklang: "We value An Island as much as we value our albums. We are so proud to be part of this and can't wait for it to premiere."

Vincent Moon: "An Island is not similar to any other film I have done with bands or artists. This is a collaboration on a deeper level. I’m hoping this film can push the boundaries between images and sounds, resulting in a hybrid, a film in between genres."

NEW British Sea Power MP3 available for Who's In Control? 06 Jan 2011

An MP3 is now available for the song "Who's In Control?" which is the first track off of Valhalla Dancehall, the new album from British Sea Power!

A direct link to download the MP3 is here: http://promo.roughtraderecords.com/britishseapower/whosincontrol.mp3

 

Also, don't forget that Valhalla Dancehall (which comes out 1/11/11 on Rough Trade) is streaming in its entirety this week through The Onion/A.V. Club - http://www.avclub.com/articles/check-out-an-exclusive-stream-of-british-sea-power,49539/


BRITISH SEA POWER'S new album VALHALLA DANCEHALL is THE ONION/A.V. CLUB'S first-ever album stream! 04 Jan 2011


Happy New Year!

The highly anticipated, excellent new album from British Sea Power, entitled Valhalla Dancehall comes out next week (1/11/11) on Rough Trade, and in celebration, The Onion/A.V. Club are streaming the album in its entirety, which is VERY exciting since this is the first album premiere stream they've EVER DONE!

You can check it out HERE: http://www.avclub.com/articles/check-out-an-exclusive-stream-of-british-sea-power,49539/Spinner also did a lengthy piece on the band's catalogue leading up to Valhalla Dancehall's release, featuring an interview with guitarist Martin Noble, check that out here: http://www.spinner.com/2010/12/22/british-sea-power-valhalla-dancehall/

Vampire Weekend iTunes session available TODAY! 21 Dec 2010

VAMPIRE WEEKEND announces iTunes session available for purchase TODAY - Tuesday, December 21.

Available exclusively on the iTunes store, Vampire Weekend’s iTunes session will be available for $5.94.

The session contains six tracks recorded this past September at New York’s Avatar Studios. It includes a completely reworked rocksteady version of their hit “Holiday”, plus “A-Punk”, “Cousins” and “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”. The session also includes two covers: Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m Going Down” and The Honeycombs’ “Have I The Right”. Three horn players joined the band for the sessions, which add a new element to the band’s original brand of music.

Vampire Weekend’s album Contra was recently nominated for a Grammy® award, and is receiving numerous year-end accolades, including a #1 spot from New York Magazine, #4 from Jon Pareles at the The New York Times, #6 from Rolling Stone and many more.

Contra is also sale priced on iTunes from December 21 through January 4, 2011 at $7.99.

Rostam Batmanglij plays NYC on 1/9 with Calder Quartet 20 Dec 2010


CALDER QUARTET announce January 9 New York show with special guest BOYS LIKE US (Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend + Discovery)

The CALDER QUARTET continues to expand its unique array of projects by performing traditional quartet repertoire as well as partnering with innovative modern composers, emerging musicians, and performers across genres. On January 9th at Le Poisson Rouge, they will be joined by BOYS LIKE US for a portion of their set. Calder Quartet will also perform works by Tristan Perich and Christine Southworth, among others.

BOYS LIKE US is the project of Rostam Batmanglij, the multi-instrumentalist/vocalist in Vampire Weekend. He is one of the band’s songwriters, and also the band’s producer. His eclectic contribution is key to the band’s original sound. His performance with the Calder Quartet will debut new material: songs which are supported and surrounded by strings.

Deemed 'Superb' by The New York Times, The CALDER QUARTET has worked and performed with pivotal modern composers such as Terry Riley, Christopher Rouse, and Thomas Adés to indie rock bands including The Airborne Toxic Event, Vampire Weekend and party rocker Andrew W.K. Known for its strong commitment to contemporary classical music, the group has commissioned ten original works for string quartet from young and emerging composers and has been featured in television, print and radio across the country. Calder Quartet is: Benjamin Jacobson, violin, Andrew Bulbrook, violin, Jonathan Moerschel, viola and Eric Byers, cello.

Doors are at 6pm. Tickets are $20.00, and JG Thirwell’s Manorexia will open the show at 7pm. This is a LPR/ Windish Agency/The Agency Group 2011 APAP Showcase.

Ticket link: https://secure.gigmaven.com/events/3726/orders/new
Calder Quartet photo: http://www.calderquartet.com/media/press_photo/FrmlStdOutsd.jpg
Rostam Batmanglij photo: http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/artist_files/Rostam_AminSepehri.jpg

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