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03.17.11
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New Song: Queen Mash Up Featuring Armageddon AKA Geddy from “Sucker Punch” Soundtrack

Hot off the presses…From the upcoming “Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” out March 22nd – the audio companion to the film director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) describes as “Alice In Wonderland with machine guns,” is an original mash up of Queen’s “I Want It All/We Will Rock You” featuring Armageddon Aka Geddy (Terror Squad).

“Sucker Punch is a film created with multiple levels of reality, so this same layered construct had to be considered and applied when approaching the music. The selection of songs we chose and the various ways in which they were each re-envisioned had to add depth, dimension and meaning to the sequences they exist within. Marius de Vries (Moulin Rouge!) and composer Tyler Bates (Watchmen, Californication) did an amazing job creating an intricate musical landscape to accompany the surreal imagery of the film” says Snyder.

Check out the “Sucker Punch” trailer here.

03.16.11
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Yuck Hits the Road with Tame Impala for Spring Tour

UK band Yuck just wrapped up its first ever U.S. tour, opening for Fat Possum labelmates Smith Westerns, and now they’re making their second stateside trek with like-minded Aussies, Tame Impala. The band will also make its first ever appearance at SXSW this March in Austin.

03/16 – 03/19 Austin, TX SXSW
04/13 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
04/14 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite
04/18 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore ~
04/20 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom ~
04/21 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom ~
04/22 Seattle, WA Neumo’s ~
04/25 New York, NY Webster Hall ~
04/27 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church ~
04/28 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club ~
04/30 Montreal, QC Café Campus ~
05/01 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre ~
05/03 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall ~
05/06 Washington, DC Black Cat ~

~ = w/ Tame Impala

02.22.11
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Super Wild Horses Release Video for “Fifteen”

“Fifteen,” the title track from female Aussie duo Super Wild Horses’ debut LP is out now on HoZac Records.  Filmed in Northcote and North Melbourne, the video features gang members and pals from The Twerps, School of Radiant Living, UV Race, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, and Scott + Charlie’s Wedding.  It was directed and edited by Mel Baldwin.

Watch the video for “Fifteen” here.

02.22.11
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New Music: Panda Bear’s “Last Night At The Jetty” From Forthcoming ‘Tomboy’


Panda Bear’s forthcoming album, Tomboy will be released on April 12, 2011. The highly anticipated side project of Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox  ranges from splayed but lyrical noise, florid acoustic arrangements, and guitar-centric psychedelia, he and his bandmates have covered a vast musical territory that blurs the line between pop and experimentalism.

In advance of the release, fans can download”Last Night At The Jetty” here for free.

Fans in New York can attend a free Tomboy listening party at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street) on February 16th at 6pm (rsvp ) or at 7:30 pm (rsvp closed).

02.17.11
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Joan Of Arc Releases Limited Edition Instrumental LP Featuring Zach Hill

Veteran indie rockers, Joan Of Arc, have compiled four incomplete albums into their latest LP Oh Brother. Each of the four albums are fragmented, broken up and spliced together into long, noisy, meditative, instrumental movements.

Oh Brother is a vinyl & digital-only release. Every copy of the vinyl edition includes high-quality MP3 and FLAC downloads. The hand-numbered double LP is limited to just 500 copies.

Oh Brother can be ordered & downloaded here

Download a 9 minute sample of the song “Oh Brother #2”

02.16.11
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The Soft Moon Announces West Coast Tour Dates

You should never stare directly into the sun, but get your ears as close as you can to the Soft Moon. After the release of two sensually dark 7 inches, Luis Vasquez of The Soft Moon, released his self-titled debut full-length on Captured Tracks, on November 16th, 2010. Vasquez channels his punk upbringing and Afro-Cuban heritage to sculpt decidedly dystopian soundscapes for a new generation of torn romantics. In otherwords, hell-freaking-yes. It’s a record set somewhere in the near post-apocalypse where technology enchants as much as it destroys. And you can hear some of it live if you’re at any of these spots in the next few weeks.
Tour Dates
02/25 San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord (Noise Pop Festival) *
03/03 Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones ^
03/04 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex ^
03/05 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar ^
03/06 San Diego, CA – Casbah ^
03/16 – 03/19 Austin, TX – SXSW
04/30 Austin, TX – The East Side Drive-In (Austin Psych Fest)

* = w/ Black Ryder, Tamaryn
^ = w/ Autolux
# = w/ Violet Tremors, Anika DJ Set