Category Archives: News

11.12.10
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Of Montreal Want You To Mess With Their Song

Of Montreal want to see if you you’ve got the skills to put together a better song than they could. The band is offering $500 and their entire digital discography to the winning remix of the song “Famine Affair.”

Winner will be chosen by popular vote, and you can check out all the rules and download stems of the song right here.

The band has also released a music video for the song, their latest single off of their album False Priest. The video features…well, a lot of girls. And one guy. Honestly I have no clue what’s going on in this house. Check it out and see what you think it’s about right here.

11.12.10
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Rewards, Aaron Pfenning of Chairlift Adds New Tour Dates

With main project Chairlift on the sidelines for now, co-founder Aaron Pfenning has been keeping himself busy performing solo work under his own name and as Rewards. As the latter, with his deep, breathy baritone layered in (you guessed it) “sunny reverb-drenched guitar hooks and puffy surges of synthesizer” it makes perfect sense that Mr. Pfenning recently completed a leg of his European tour opening for Brandon Flowers of The Killers. Now it looks like Rewards will be staying busy for the rest of 2010, as he’s just announced additional dates in Europe and North America, first with current tour mates We Are Scientists and culminating in a five day run with rising act Warpaint.

Check out the full list below:

 

Rewards Tour Dates

Nov 15 – Pyramids – Portsmouth, UK    #
Nov 16 – HMV Institute – Birmingham, UK  #
Nov 19 – UEA – Norwich, UK    #
Nov 20 – Academy – Manchester, UK    #
Nov 21 – Shepherds Bush Empire – London, UK  #
Nov 22 – O2 Academy – Liverpool, UK     #
Nov 24 – Metropolitan University – Leeds, UK      #
Nov 25 – ABC – Glasgow, UK   #
Nov 26 – O2 Academy – Newcastle, UK    #
Nov 27 – Rock City – Nottingham, UK   #
Nov 30 – Great Scott – Boston, MA     @
Dec 1 – The Studio at Webster Hall – NYC     @
Dec 2 – Music Hall of Williamsbug – Brooklyn, NY     @
Dec 3 – Voyeur – Philadelphia, PA     @
Dec 4 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC     @
# w/  We Are Scientists
@ w/ Warpaint
11.12.10
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Delicate Steve Reveals “Wondervisions” Cover Art + Tracklisting & Tour News!

“Delicate Steve makes music. And in today’s awful world, that’s almost all that matters. Right?” So concludes the wordy, is-it-a-joke press release from this New Jersey-based instrumental outfit comprised of five friends all in their early twenties. Such starry-eyed naivete is precious coming from the likes of band leader and multi-instrumentalist Steve Marion who is, after all, delicate. Whether the fact that Mr. Marion and his young cohorts make music is indeed all that matters is yet to be determined, however, but may be soon as the band has released the cover art and track listing from it’s debut LP, Wondervisions, set to be released February 1st on Luaka Bop records.

Tracklisting

1 Welcome-Begin
2 Sugar Splash
3 Source ((CONNECTION))
4 The Ballad of Speck and Pebble
5 Attitude/Gratitude
6 Z Expression
7 WONDERVISIONS
8 Source ((CONSTRUCTION)
9 Don’t Get Stuck (Proud Elephants)
10 Source ((BRIDGE))
11 Flyin’ High
12 Butterfly

You can catch Delicate Steve on their US Tour with Fang Island throughout November:

US Fall 2010 Tour

Fri 11/12/10 Lincoln Hall Chicago IL w/Fang Island
Sat 11/13/10 Smalls Hamtramck MI w/Fang Island
Sun 11/14/10 The Basement Columbus OH w/Fang Island
Mon 11/15/10 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights OH w/Fang Island
Tue 11/16/10 El Mocambo Toronto ON w/Fang Island
Wed 11/17/10 Il Motore Montreal QC w/Fang Island
Fri 11/19/10 The Met Cafe Pawtucket RI w/Fang Island
12/4/10 Pub on Main Allentown, PA w/ Javelin

http://www.myspace.com/delicatesteve

11.12.10
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Boy Least Likely To…Record A Christmas Album?


The Boy Least Likely To, despite having one of the most incomplete sounding names ever (seriously, likely to what?), are gearing up for the holidays.

In the spirit of…a lot of musicians…the band is releasing a very festive CD this November. The album, appropriately titled Christmas Special, will be out on November 30th on iTunes for the ‘States. The release features eight new holiday songs by the band and three traditional covers.

Additionally, the Boy Most Likely To will be on a short European tour this December to spread their festive cheer. If you happen to be overseas, you can hear their Christmas album live at…

Tour Dates:
(all days December)

Tuesday 7th    Nottingham, Bodega Social
Wednesday 8th    Glasgow, King Tuts
Thursday 9th    Manchester, Ruby Lounge
Saturday 11th    Winchester, Railway Inn
Tuesday 14th    London, Hoxton Bar & Kitche

11.12.10
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Pascal Pinon Releasing First Album on Morr Music

 

Icelanders Pascal Pinon are a group of 16-year-old girls. This is important mainly because in the music they make, they sound at least 18.

These gals play music that is delicate and beautiful. It’s subdued without being sleepy, and it’s catchy as the flu. Luckily, Morr Music agreed, and is bringing Pascal Pinion’s (self titled) debut album stateside. It will probably be Iceland’s second best import of the year.

You can hear the track “New Beginning” right here.

Told you it was catchy. You can grab Pascal Pinon’s debut album December 3rd on Morr Music (just in time for the holidays).

11.12.10
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Internet Stops For New OK Go Video

A brand new video premiered this morning from internet darlings OK Go. You’ve seen them dancercise in “A Million Ways”, show of their prized pooches in “White Knuckles” and this year alone wrack up UK Video Music Awards for “Best Rock Video” and “Best Video of the Year” with their mind boggling Rube Goldberg machine making “This Too Shall Pass”. Today they released their first ‘animated’ video for the tune “Last Leaf’.

In partnership with Samsung, the band “ expressed interest in working with Nadeem Mazen and Ali Mohammad, founders of Serious Business Design, on an animation idea they’d been dreaming up, and after some dialogue, Samsung turned OK Go loose with its latest innovation in premium camera technology, the Samsung NX100 camera. Each second of the video is a sequence of fifteen Samsung NX100 photographs, which OK Go, shot with Mazen, Mohammad and a crew of interns.” The video is premiering via Myspace and at www.okgo.net/lastleaf. The band will be appearing on ‘The Today Show’ premiering a video starring them with the Today Show’s Hosts on November 18th. The group is also wrapping up their US headlining tour November 27th in LA at the Nokia Theater. Is there anywhere the band wont be soon? And to be fair they’re only Supporting Metric because it’s in Canada.

Tour Dates:

11/8 in Fredericton, NB @St. Thomas University-Aitken Center (supporting Metric)
11/9 inPeterborough, ON @ Trent University-Memorial Center (supporting Metric)
11/13 in Victoria, BC @University of Victoria-Market Square (supporting Metric
11/19 in Santa Barbara, CA @ The Hub @ UC Santa Barbara (headlining)
11/27 in Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia (headlining)
12/3 in Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club (WBOS Radio 92.9’s Christmas in Paradise)
12/5  in Providence, RI @ Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel (WBRU’s Holiday BRU-haha with Neon Trees)
12/8  in Phoenix, AZ @ KEXX Concert Series @ Gila River Casino with Smashing Pumpkins
12/11 in Colorado Springs, CO @ Stargazers Theatre (103.9 RXP’s Xmas Ball)
12/13 inMilwaukee, WI @ Eagle’s Ballroom (WLUM’s Big Snow Show 5 w/Cake & Switchfoot)