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_________________________________________________________________________________________ Native Instruments today released a free library add-on with three artist The "Dracula Eastwood" kit by Gorillaz producer Curtis Lynch provides The kit designed by legendary avantgarde rockers Einstuerzende Neubauten Berlin-based dancefloor veterans Turntablerocker contributed a special All three artist kits are now available as a free download for registered For more information, please see _________________________________________________________________________________________ THE SUPER SWINGIN' SOUNDS In celebration of Twigger's Holiday being released on DVD on August 7th (Slow January Records), I'm pleased to offer downloads of every audacious musical track from Rob Schrab's hit Internet film series. Part Pee Wee's Playhouse part Adult Swim (every show), RetroLowFi.com says "The songs? They’re just flat-out adorable. I shouldn’t condone a song called 'I Hate Reading,' but I do, and it’s hilarious, not to mention the theme song, whose lyrics are essentially 'Everything’s stupid, everything’s dumb, everything’s retarded, nothing’s ever fun.'" If you're not familiar with Schrab, then you might want to run out and rent the Academy Award-nominated Monster House (co-writer) or The Sarah Silverman Program (co-creator/writer/director). Or if you're really underground and old school, check out Heat Vision & Jack, the would-be series that Rob co-created which starred Jack Black and Owen Wilson and was directed by Ben Stiller. Be one of the almost 600,000 people to see the pilot on YouTube. Or, if you dig comic books, then pick up Scud: The Disposable Assassin, which Rob created. Back from the UK and on Tour with Maximo Park In support of their debut album ‘Fascination’, Monsters Are Waiting have spent that last year crisscrossing the country on tours with Editors, stellastarr*, She Wants Revenge, and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Last month, Monsters Are Waiting hit London for a few shows and NME called them “majestic, Metric-style haunt-rock – monster munching our stereo in the process.” Now they are jumping on a US tour as the main support for Maximo Park. Stay tuned for info on a brand new Monsters Are Waiting EP... Also, A Couple of Headlining Shows in CA: Maximo Park Support Tour Dates:
“Annalee Fery’s high, breathy voice and slyly gawky moves put an innocent façade on songs ... with succinct guitar and bass lines that grew imperceptibly and then unmistakably more frenetic” - New York Times “The band’s moody musical parfait is layered with shoegazer drift-offs, indie-style scruff, Cure-esque love pangs and synth pop’s gloomy allure” - San Francisco Chronicle “Well-constructed songs with hummable hooks” - LA Times “it’s so good, it’s scary” - Flaunt “Incendiary live shows” - Playboy “Majestic, Metric-stlye haunt-rock – monster munching our stereo in the “Angelic, sultry vocals float over the hypnotic guitar licks” - Spin.com “Elegant without being polished” - LA Weekly “The musicianship flawless, the production perfect, and the lyrics alternately haunting and anthemic” - All Music Guide Monsters Are Waiting’s debut album ‘Fascination’ is out now on Retone Records. Check out the video for “Ha Ha” at www.myspace.com/monstersarewaiting Esteemed Chicago instru-metalists Pelican head out on the road this summer in support of their recent release, City of Echoes, out now on Hydra Head Records (tour dates below). Highly regarded for their dynamic live shows, fans across the US and Canada will have the chance to experience the mind-blowing rhythmic journey and superior technical prowess for which Pelican has become known. City of Echoes showcases Pelican's growth as a band with a sharper focus and shorter, tighter songs that are being praised by the likes of Decibel (cover story), Alternative Press, Spin, Billboard, XLR8R, All Music, Filter, Magnet, Planet, and Harp. PRESS ON CITY OF ECHOES: True believers, get ready to be born again. City Of Echoes has a broader palette than its three predecessors- but mostly, it puts the metal back in instrumetal. - ALTERNATIVE PRESS The craft and care put into City of Echoes is a breath of fresh air and puts them back into a musically territorial space all their own. - ALL MUSIC There is epic music and there is epic music. Chicago instrumental quartet Pelican is proudly guilty of producing the latter, penning tunes so ambitious and triumphant that your everyday life seems insignificant in comparison. - XLR8R Pelican is a new musical breed, an instrumental-only band that connects the dots between indie rock, punk, and metal.- PLANET TOUR DATES: 7/19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop **APPEARING WITH CLOUDS, PRIESTBIRD, NADJA, EARTH, GARGANTULA, YOUR BLACK STAR, UNEARTHLY TRANCE, JAKOB, FATAL FLYING GUILLOTEENS, IT'S CASUAL, AND MORE ON SELECT DATES Mute North America is proud to announce that Moby has joined the label's esteemed roster. Moby – who is currently in the studio working on a new album - will now be signed to Mute exclusively throughout the world. "I've been on Mute everywhere in the world except for North America for the last 14 years, now I'm finally on Mute for North America," says Moby. "I'm happy, because Mute has been my favorite label for most of the last 25 years, and it's nice to finally be on Mute in the country where I actually live." Since signing to Mute UK in 1993, Moby has sold more than 20-million albums worldwide. His career has been a story of extremes and paradoxes. This intense, driven individual has been a hip underground New York DJ and a punk rock drummer, a determinedly ascetic maker of euphoric dance music, a highly aware environmentalist and social commentator who jumps around stage like a dervish and, finally, a sharply astute advocate of alternative lifestyles who is also one of the biggest music stars in the world. In addition to working on material for the new album (release date TBD), Moby has launched a redesign of his website. Moby will also be playing a series of DJ dates this summer including: June 15th NYC, USA Nublu UNKLE has announced details for their first video for the first single “Burn My Shadow” off of the new album War Stories (Surrender All), due out July 24. Directed by newcomer Miguel Sapochnik, a storyboard artist and director whose credits include Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary and The Dreamer, the video was shot as a short five-minute film and features actor Goran Visjnic (the television show “ER” and the film Welcome To Sarajevo) in the starring role. Already causing a stir, the video has been banned by some TV and video channels upon its initial release overseas due to the controversial storyline. View the video for “Burn My Shadow” at: www.unkle.com/Burn_My_Shadow_Video.mov “Burn My Shadow”--which features the vocals of The Cult front man Ian Astbury--is the first single from UNKLE’s third album War Stories. UNKLE is currently in preparation for their first live performances this summer appearing at a series of shows and festivals around the world including: Date Event/Venue City July 5 Islington Academy London, U.K. July 10 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, SWITZERLAND July 14 Melt Festival Graifenhainichen, GERMANY July 20 Glade Festival Reading, U.K. July 22 FIB 2007 Benacissim, SPAIN August 8 Sziget Festival Budapest, HUNGARY August 11 Summer Sonic Osaka, JAPAN August 12 Summer Sonic Tokyo, JAPAN August 17 Pukkelpop Festival Hasselt, BELGIUM August 19 Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen, HOLLAND August 24 Rock En Seine Paris, FRANCE August 25 Reading Festival Reading, U.K. August 26 Leeds Festival Leeds, U.K. September 2 Electric Picnic Ballyross, IRELAND www.unkle.com www.myspace.com/unkle “A wax statue at Madame Tussaud’s. A memorabilia case at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Playing for a crowd of 200,000 on “DJ. For most people, the name conjures images of a mysterious figure hidden away in a booth high above the dance floor, Coachella Photo Credit: Jen Maler On July 19th and 20th, the world’s most recognized and widely successful DJ, Tiësto, will perform 2 nights in a row at “In this post-post rave world, how does a Dutch DJ demand such adoration that his fans drown out The Cure’s encore at the In true Tiësto form, the quality and quantity of equipment used in his live show will be transcendent of everyone’s “Trance DJ Tiësto dominated from his main stage position. All hands were in the air as he put his own stamp on Imogen Heap’s “Tiësto in arena mode is like prog rock in its stadium days – not to be missed” LA City Beat, Coachella 2007 Coachella ’07 kicked off the North American leg of this tour, and the second stop is none other
Tiësto ‘Elements of Life’ N. American Tour Dates: Out October 2007 Tour info: www.underworldlive.com When Underworld released their last album "A Hundred Days off " no one thought it would be nearly 2000 days until During all of this action Rick and Karl, with the aid of trusty laptops, a couple of home studios, Abbey Roads’ legendary True to form Underworld tread their own path through modern electronic music tipping a nod to current sounds, styles and "Oblivion with Bells" draws heavily on Rick and Karls’ vast array of musical influences (Nick Drake, Def Mix, Ricardo The Summer of 2007 sees Underworld playing a handful of European festival dates (where you can expect new material to be June: July: September: October: November: Astralwerks is proud to announce the release of Mood Swings, the sophomore album from Toronto's Small Sins and the follow up to last year's eponymous debut album Small Sins. Small Sins was a masterpiece of wistful electro chamber-pop, with hushed stories of love lost and found. The critics agreed, with Blender calling it a “…lovely piece of campfire synth-pop”, and Spin opining- “Imagine if Jack White had a crush on Kraftwerk.” The band toured the US relentlessly, with dates supporting Scissor Sisters, The Kooks, Radio 4, The Little Ones, and Sloan. Mood Swings fuses the power of their live show with their knack for penning addictive hook-laden gems. Small Sins was originally conceived by Thomas D’Arcy as a self-contained solo unit, with D'Arcy not only singing and playing every instrument on his debut album, but also writing, producing, and recording it entirely on his own. As D'Arcy began to perform live with four exceptional musicians: Steve Krecklo (guitar, banjo, keyboards) Todor Kobakov (keyboards), Brent Follett (drums), and Kevin Hilliard (percussion, handclaps), they found themselves occasionally writing together and talking about future recording plans. It was inevitable that D'Arcy would involve them in the making of Mood Swings. The album was recorded mostly at D'Arcy's home in Toronto, although not in the traditional sense. D'Arcy wanted to strike a balance between recording on his own and with the rest of the band- thus retaining the intimacy found on Small Sins, while capturing the energy of the live band. The result is an album that one can mellow out at to home, as well as turn up to feel the power and vitality of the live show. This new vigor is most notably heard on the explosive tale of retribution "On The Line" and the driving "We Will Break Our Own Hearts". Elsewhere on Mood Swings D'Arcy's recurring themes of longing and revenge are evident on "On The Run" and "What Your Baby's Been Doing"- both songs juxtaposing pensive lyrics with buoyant up-beats. And then there are the guns- references to guns and other weapons are used throughout the entire album as metaphors for power and conflict. All of these contrasting sentiments can be summed up in two words we can all relate to- Mood Swings. TRACKLISTING: 1. I Need A Friend Some groups do it for money, some groups do it when solo careers don't pan out, and some do it because they can finally sit in the same room again. Other groups do it for a great cause. In this case original Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) members Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Ryuichi Sakamoto have re-formed to help the Live Earth cause with a special performance from Kyoto, Japan on 7.7.07. Live Earth Founder and Producer Kevin Wall joined with Tatsu Kitagawa, the principal of the Live Earth Japan office, at a press conference to announce the special Yellow Magic Orchestra reunion and complete artist lineup and ticketing information for Live Earth Japan. Wall announced that Japan is the only country hosting two events as part of the 24-hour, 7-continent Live Earth concert series to combat global warming. Makuhari Messe in Tokyo will host a daylong Live Earth Tokyo concert. A special broadcast event will be held at the To-ji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto later in the day. Live Earth will begin in Sydney, Australia on July 7, 2007 and continue across all 7 continents with official concerts in Japan; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, United Kingdom; Hamburg, Germany; Istanbul, Turkey; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before concluding in New Jersey, United States. Live Earth Tokyo will feature the following acts live on stage: AI, Ai Otsuka, Ayaka Cocco, Genki Rockets, Kumi Koda, Linkin Park, Rihanna Rize, and others to be announced at a later date. In addition to Yellow Magic Orchestra, the special Kyoto event will also feature Michael Nyman, Rip Slyme, and others to be announced at a later date. Ticket prices for the special music event in Kyoto are: SS/JPY15,000, S/JPY9,000, A (standing) /JPY7, 000. Kyoto tickets are available exclusively via eplus internet access: http://eee.eplus.co.jp The information service of the Kyoto event is: 0570-06-9985 "Live Earth is about engaging an unprecedented audience with solutions to the climate crisis, said Wall. "This blockbuster lineup of chart-topping Japanese and international music acts will help Live Earth reach its goal by attracting a huge audience in Japan, Asia and the rest of the world." Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance for Climate Protection and other international non-governmental organizations to move individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve global warming. Former Vice President of the United States Al Gore is the Chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection and a Partner of Live Earth. "Live Earth is taking place across all seven continents because the climate crisis affects us all, and all of us must be a part of the solution," Gore said. "Live Earth will engage individuals, corporations and governments to take action against the climate crisis." Live Earth Japan will be broadcast on NHK and Fuji Television Broadcast Company, and to more than 100 countries worldwide as part of the global television feed. For more information, visit www.liveearth.msn.com and www.liveearth.org The first few dates of Arcade Fire's next leg of North American shows have been announced: Sept. 17 at Red Rocks in Denver CO (on sale June 23) and Sept. 20 at the Hollywood Bowl (on sale June 30). LCD Soundsystem will support on all dates. The band is currently in the midst of a UK/Europe festival tour that concludes with the Reading and Leeds Festivals on Aug. 25 & 26. Prior to the U.S. headline dates, they will appear at the Austin City Limits festival on Sept. 15, and will tape an appearance that weekend for an episode of Austin City Limits to air in December (exact date TBD). The tour is scheduled to run through early October. More dates will be announced shortly. In order to make the headline shows more accessible and to keep service charges low, Arcade Fire will make a limited number of tickets available for purchase directly through www.arcadefire.com prior to tickets going on sale to the general public. Ticket pre-sales will start on Wednesday, June 20 at 10am Mountain via http://www.arcadefire.tickets.musictoday.com and end Friday, June 22 at 3PM Mountain. |
