Panda Bear Announces Release Date for ‘Tomboy’


The highly anticipated fourth studio release from Panda Bear (Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox)  will release in the U.S. on April 19th, 2011 on Lennox’s own label, Paw Tracks.

Several of the tracks have already been released over the last few months on other labels, and Tomboy will compile those tracks along with a slew of others.  So grab yourself a fresh stack of bamboo, sit back and listen to this NPR story on Panda Bear.


Matthew Dear Announces US, UK and Europe Tour Dates

Matthew Dear and his live band are gearing up for tour dates in support of his recent full-length critically praised album, Black City. The tour begins with dates opening for Tom Tom Club in New York, and heading off to Europe and the UK in March alongside Interpol and headlining several shows in London and Birmingham.

If you can’t make any of the shows, you might be happy checking out Sascha Dive’s spin on Dear’s “Little People (Black City),” which can be streamed HERE in it’s entirety.

TOUR DATES

01.23 Philadelphia, PA @ KUNG FU NECKTIE

01.25 Washington , DC @ U STREET MUSIC HALL

01.26 Ann Arbor, MI @ THE BLIND PIG

01.28 Chicago, IL @ THE MID

01.29 St. Louis, MO @ KOKEN ART FACTORY

01.30 Indianapolis, IN @ TALBOTT STREET

03.02 Amsterdam , NL @ 5 DAYS OFF FESTIVAL

03.03 Hamburg, DE @ DOCKS (W/ INTERPOL)

03.06 Oslo, NO @ SENTRUM SCENE (W/ INTERPOL)

03.07 Stockholm, SE @ CIRKUS (W/ INTERPOL)

03.08 Copenhagen, DK @ KB HALL (W/ INTERPOL)

03.10 Leipzeg, DE @ AUENSEE (W/ INTERPOL)

03.11 Luxenbourg, LU @ ROCKHAL (W/ INTERPOL)

03.12 Munich, DE @ KESSELHAUS (W/ INTERPOL)

03.14 Zurich, CH @ KOMPLEX (W/ INTERPOL)

03.15 Paris, FR @ ZENITH (W/ INTERPOL)

03.16 Antwerp, NL @ LOTTO ARENA (W/ INTERPOL)

03.17 Birmingham, UK @ HARE AND HOUNDS

03.18 Bournemouth, UK @ O2 ACADEMY (W/ INTERPOL)

03.19 Bristol, UK @ COLSTON HALL (W/ INTERPOL)

03.20 Cambridge, UK @ CORN EXCHANGE (W/ INTERPOL)

03.22 Leeds, UK @ O2 ACADEMY (W/ INTERPOL)
03.23 London, UK @ SCALA

*All dates with live band unless indicated otherwise

Toro Y Moi and Cloud Nothings Share 7″ and Tour


Columbia South Carolina’s Toro Y Moi and Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings are teaming up for a 7″ and tour dates this Spring. Toro Y Moi’s Underneath the Pine hits streets on February 22nd and Cloud Nothings self titled debut full length release becomes available on January 25th.

Familiarize yourself with free track downloads available for Toro Y Moi’s  “Still Sound” and Cloud Nothings  “Should Have.”

TORO Y MOI & CLOUD NOTHINGS

01/19 New York, NY Mercury Lounge (Sold Out!)
03/11 Athens, GA 40 Watt
03/12 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
03/13 New Orleans, LA Circle Bar
03/14 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds
03/15 McAllen, TX M.P.M. Fest @ Ambiente
03/16 – 03/18 Austin, TX SXSW
03/19 Dallas, TX Club Dada
03/21 Tempe, AZ Sail Inn *
03/22 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar
03/23 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
03/24 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
03/25 Portland, OR Doug Fir
03/26 Kennewick, WA The Red Room *
03/27 Seattle, WA Crocodile

* = w/ Braids

TORO Y MOI ONLY

03/28 Vancouver, BC Biltmore
03/30 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge #
03/31 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge #
04/01 Kansas City, MO Riot Room
04/02 Omaha, NE Slowdown Jr. #
04/03 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry #
04/05 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle #
04/06 Bloomington, IN The Bishop #*
04/07 Toronto, ONT Wrongbar #
04/08 Montreal, PQ La Sala Rossa #
04/09 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall #
04/10 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg #
04/11 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom #
04/12 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church #
04/13 Baltimore, MD Talking Head *
04/14 Washington, DC Rock N Roll Hotel #
04/15 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 *
04/16 Columbia, SC Indie Grits Film Festival

* = w/ Braids
# = w/ Adventure

CLOUD NOTHINGS ONLY

01/12 Grantham, PA – Messiah College @
01/13 Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox @
01/14 Columbus, OH – The Basement @
01/15 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall $@
01/16 Muncie, IL – The Silo
01/17 Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel @
01/18 Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo @
01/20 Albany, NY – Valentines

@ = w/ Oberhofer
$ = w/ Handsome Furs

Pump Up The Volume In Style

Following up on the success of their first joint venture, Seinhauser and adidas Originals have teamed up once again to bring not just one, but two sound blasting options for your listening pleasure. 

The two new headphones, the Sennheiser HD 220 headphones and the Sennheiser CX 310 by adidas Originals were certainly made with the music lover in mind.  The HD 220 headphones are perfect for every day use and provide bass-driven sound along with superior comfort with individually adjustable ear cups to create a secure fit.  The Sennheiser CX 310 headphones offer high-quality dynamic speaker systems to provide optimal sound with different-sized ear adapters included to create a personalized fit and reduction of ambient noise. 

Co-branded by adidas Originals and Sennheiser, both models are the perfect headphones for the music lover that also knows great style.  Both models run for $99.95 and can be found at Adidas stores, their website and various electronic retail outlets.

Antony and the Johnsons to Perform At TED

 

Antony and the Johnsons have announced they will be performing at the prestigious TED Conference in Long Beach on March 1st.

TED is a non-profit that is dedicated to the spread of ideas and the conference aims to bring people from the fields of technology, entertainment and design together to discuss new ideas.

Antony and the Johnsons have a new EP (and video) due out sometime this spring for Secretly Canadian. The record company released Antony and the Johnsons’ latest album Swanlights last October, including a special edition that came inside a 144-page hardcover book that featured a collection of Antony’s paintings, photography and writing.

Like many of his earlier works, Swanlights and the accompanying book were focused on exploring Antony’s connection with the natural world.

Crystal Stilts Fall In Love With Oblivion


In 2008, Brooklyn based Crystal Stilts burst onto the scene with the release of their debut album, Alight of Night. On April 12th, they will continue their foray into spooky 60s psych and 80s dream pop, when they drop their sophomore album In Love with Oblivion. Check out the album’s freshly released first single, “Shake the Shackles,” down below.

Crystal Stilts “Shake the Shackles” by Slumberland Records