The Pierces Share A Conversation With Albert Hammond, Jr.


New York based sister act, The Pierces, recently caught up with their good friend Albert Hammond, Jr. of Strokes fame and the cameras were rolling the whole time giving fans and listeners a peek into their upcoming album and what life is like for the ladies. 

Catherine and Allison Pierce’s soon to be released album, You & I, features a variety of well known names in the music world playing drums like  Will Champion of Coldplay, Glenn Moule of Howling Bells and Matt Romano of Little Joy.  The album also features guitar work from their dear friend, Albert Hammond Jr. 

The video provides snippets into the lives of the Pierce sisters as they record shop in New York City and reminisce about their days as ballerinas, their emotionally grounded lyrics and their musical influences. 

You & I, produced by Coldplay’s Guy Berryman and Grammy winning producer Rik Simpson, will be released on May 23rd on Polydor Records.

Check out clips of the interview here.

Jessica 6 Releases Video and Announces Tour Dates

Trio Jessica 6 just got a huge boost today – their video for “White Horse” premiered on Perez Hilton’s highly popular blog.  The New York group will release their debut album, See the Light, on May 24th.  Meanwhile, here’s the video for “White Horse:”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmasc87IdPs

If the video piques your interest, go ahead and see them tour at the following spots:

3/10: Chicago, IL @ Double Door
3/11: Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall

Lucas/Lukas Unveil Music Video, “Made For You”

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Lukas Haas has been acting for over 20 years, first starring alongside Harrison Ford in “Witness” when he was just 8 years old. Since then, Haas has appeared in dozens of films, including “Inception,” Woody Allen’s “Everyone Says I Love You,” Tim Burton’s “Mars Attacks!” and the upcoming “Red Riding Hood.” Lukas also plays drums and piano for The Rogues, and appears in music videos for My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Black Parade,” OutKast’s “Roses,” UGK’s “International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You),” Death Cab For Cutie’s “Cath…” and Jet’s “She’s a Genius.”

Australian actress Isabel Lucas recently starred in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” HBO’s eight-time Emmy winning series “The Pacific,” as well as “The Cove,” an Academy Award-winning documentary exposing the brutal business of dolphin harvesting in Japan.

Together, Lucas and Haas are Lucas/Lukas, purveyors of dreamy indie pop. Their first video collaboration, “Made For You” was filmed and recorded in Lukas’ studio in Los Angeles, directed by Carleton Ranney, with editing done by Real Sprague and Destin Douglas.


 

New Collisions Cancel Tour

Unfortunately, New Collisions were forced to cancel the remainder of their spring tour because of an illness in the family.

The band pledges to make it up to fans on their next tour, sometime later this year in support of a new (upcoming) single and album. The affected shows are below. Anxiously scan over to see if your city was affected.

Thurs, 3/3: The Fire – Philadelphia, PA

Fri, 3/4: Union Hall w/Fast Romantics – Brooklyn, NY

Sat 3/5: Studio@Webster Hall w/Deluka – New York, NY

Wed 3/9: Cafe Nine – New Haven, CT

Fri 3/11: Vinyl Music Hall – Pensacola, FL

Sat 3/12: Respectable Street – West Palm Beach, FL

Sun 3/13: Brewsters – Jacksonville, FL

Mon 3/14: WorkPlay Theater – Birmingham, Alabama, w/Marcy Playground

Wed 3/16 – Sun 3/20: SXSW – Austin, TX

Mon 3/21: Cicero’s – St. Louis, MO

Tues 3/22: Highlands Taproom – Louisville, KY

Wed 3/23: The Whistler – Chicago, IL

Thurs 3/24: The Crofoot – Pontiac, MI

Fri 3/25: Melody Inn – Indianapolis, IN

Sat 3/26: Frankie’s Inner City – Toledo, OH

Sun 3/27: Bernie’s Distillery – Columbus, OH

Mon 3/28: The Bug Jar – Rochester, NY

Fri 4/1: Valentine’s – Albany, NY

Sat 4/2: Dover Brick House – Dover, NH