Unicycle Love You & The Holidays


Looking to wrap up a year that saw the release of their sophomore album, Mirror, Mirror, Unicycle Loves You have announced plans for a holiday show at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen. The cult-film inspired surf-rock group, who hail from Chicago originally, will invade Beat Kitchen on on Thursday, December 30 with help from openers Elephant Gun and Laarks.

Doors open at 9pm, and you’ll want to arrive promptly. Because, the first 100 attendees will received a copy Unicycle Loves You’s new album, as well as a 20 page “not-so-much for kids” coloring book created by guitarist Jim Carroll and bassist Nicole Vitale.  Unicycle Love You was also kind enough to offer us their new single “There’s a Giant Walking in My Heart” for free download. Grab it down below!

 

Tokyo Police Club Premiere New Remix & Add Winter Tour Dates

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Tokyo Police Club have premiered a new remix of the Champ album track, “Favourite Colour” by Brooklyn-based DJs PUNCHES, now available for downloading on RCRDLBL.com .  PUNCHES is the Brooklyn-based disco project of twin brothers Greg and Darin Bresnitz-who can be found tearing up the dance floor as DJ duo Finger on the Pulse and nightlife pioneer Alan Astor.  After iterating the original track’s piano lick, PUNCHES takes over with heavy beats and synth, adding even more energy to TPC’s material.

Tokyo Police Club just announced additional dates to their Winter tour, kicking off January 13 in Ottawa, and taking them through their native Canada and most of the U.S. by mid-February.  Also, Champ just made Myspace.com’s “Year In Music”, landing at #31 – “In the end, this is TPC’s most “mature” effort, but the fact that they managed to create it without losing their sense of youth or spirit is what makes it such a rare, unlikely joy.”

Check out the remix, as well as the full list of tour dates below:

12/6/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
12/8/10 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
12/10/10 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
12/13/10 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
1/13/11 – Ottawa, ON @ Capital Music Hall
1/15/11 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
1/16/11 – Montreal, PQ @ Club Soda
1/17/11 – Pawtucket, RI @ The Met
1/19/11 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
1/20/11 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
1/21/11 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
1/22/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
1/23/11 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
1/25/11 – Atlanta, GA  @ The Masquerade
1/26/11 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
1/27/11 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
1/28/11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
1/29/11 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbit’s
1/31/11 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
2/1/11 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
2/2/11 – Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
2/3/11 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
2/5/11 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
2/7/11 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note

2/10/11 – Covington, KY @ The Mad Hatter

Panda Bear Appears On New Ducktails Song

Panda Bear Guests on New Ducktails Song

 

Matthew Mondanile, guitarist from Real Estate, also makes music under the moniker Ducktails. He’s set to release a new album January 10th on Woodsist called Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics. The vinyl and digital releases of the album will have a special track that features Panda Bear.

The song “Killin The Vibe” will be put out as two versions, one chock full of Panda Bear and the other Panda Bear-free. The Panda-centric track will also be featured on a 12″ “Killin The Vibe” single that will be out in February.

The tracklist looks like this:
A1 Killin the Vibe [ft. Panda Bear]
A2 Couch Surfer
B1 Sit Around With Ya
B2 Killin the Vibe [ft. Spectrals]

You can hear clips from every track of the new album on the Midheaven website.

Pretty Lights Announces New Year’s Eve Shows in Chicago


Pretty Lights (Derek Vincent Smith) has been touring the U.S. and Europe, performing at festivals and sold-out shows and has just announced a 2-night New Year’s run in Chicago at the Congress Theater. Known for his visually gorgeous live shows, Chicago is in position for a special night

Sharing the bill on the 30th is Major Lazer and Michael Menert, and Holy Fuck and Tobacco will be in the lineup on the 31st.
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Premiering his new video for “Future Blind,” which can be found on Spilling Over Every Side, get pumped for the Pretty Lights New Year’s shows.

Check out Pretty Lights web site where he recently surpassed one million album downloads, which he distributes for free. www.prettylightsmusic.com

Wolf Parade Take A Break

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Indie-Rock superband Wolf Parade are taking some time apart, co-leader Spencer Krug told a Toronto audience. “This is the last show we’ll play for a long time,” he said according to Spinner.

Other co-leader Dan Boeckner also acknowledged the split, according to Pitchfork he told Wolf Parade’s fan site that the band will be taking an “indefinite hiatus” after “a few shows” and the band’s label, Sub Pop, confirmed the hiatus.

Whether this split is a permanent one is something we’ll have to wait and see. Until we know more, enjoy the song “Yulia” off of the band’s last release EXPO 86.

Oberhofer Announces 2011 Tour Dates

Oberhofer announced that they will be playing a slew of shows beginning in January in support of their release of the single Away Frm U” / “Dead Girls Dance” on Inflated Records January 11th on 7 inch vinyl. 

They will kick off their tour on January 12th at Pennsylvania’s Larsen Student Union in Grantham before heading down to New York City for a couple of shows with The Vaccines on the 20th and 22nd.  From there, the band will travel throughout the U.S. sharing the stage with various bands like Handsome Furs, Tapes N’ Tapes and Cloud Nothings. 

You can check out their single “Away Frm U” on Pitchfork.  

US Tour Dates
1/12 – Larsen Student Union – Grantham, PA*
1/13 – Brillobox – Pittsburgh, PA*
1/14 – The Basement – Columbus, OH*
1/15 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL*#%
1/17 – The Drake Hotel – Toronto, ON*
1/18 – Casa Del Popolo – Montreal, QC*
1/19 – The Monkey House – Winooski, VT
1/20 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY^
1/22 – Glasslands Gallery – Brooklyn, NY^
1/26 – Billiken Club – St. Louis, MO
1/27 – Gardner Lounge @ Grinnell College – Grinnell, IA
1/28 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI @
1/31 – Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH @
2/1 – The Blind Pig – Ann Arbor, MI @
2/3 – Paradise – Boston, MA @
2/5 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA @
2/7 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC @
2/8 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA @
2/9 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC @
2/10 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC @
2/11 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA @
2/12 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN @
2/14 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL @
2/17 – Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX @
2/18 – Emo’s – Austin, TX @
2/19 – The Loft – Dallas, TX @
2/21 – Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack – Little Rock, AR @
2/23 – Mojo’s – Columbia, MO @
2/22 – The Opolis – Norman, OK @
2/24 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE @
2/25 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN @

* Cloud Nothings
# Handsome Furs
% Jaill
^ The Vaccines
@ Tapes N’ Tapes