Category Archives: News

10.28.10
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Warpaint Release CD, Add Tour Dates

One of Los Angeles’ hottest new bands, Warpaint have released their debut album The Fool this week. The band has already received raves from the New York Times, Rolling Stone and the Chicago Times, among others, for their ethereal melodies and beautiful vocals.

On top of their first ever full-length, the critical darlings have announced that they will be touring the states starting in November!

If you haven’t had the pleasure of hearing Warpaint, that’s okay. You can check out their video for the song “Undertow” right here.

Now you can see one of the most talked-about bands soon! Well…if you live in or around…

TUE 11/30 BOSTON, MA Great Scott
WED 12/1 NEW YORK, NY The Studio @ Webster Hall
THU 12/2 BROOKLYN, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
FRI 12/3 PHILADELPHIA, PA Voyeur (Making Time Party)
SAT 12/4 WASHINGTON, DC Rock N Roll Hotel
SUN 12/12 LOS ANGELES, CA @ Troubadour

10.28.10
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Hopewell Announce Live Album

Hopewell have been rocking eardrums for the better part of a decade with their fuzz-pop sound, so it’s a bit odd that they’re just deciding to release their first live album now.

Luckily for us, the live album , Hopewell Live has been split into two volumes. Volume I features the band as they are today, a gigantic creature with two drummers and multiple instrumentalists. The band used recordings from their three-night Truck Festival America performance from earlier this year.

On the contrary, Volume II set to be released early next year, hearkens back to a youthful Hopewell. It features more of the band’s earlier material and was recorded by the band’s original lineup.

Coincidentally, the band has also announced that they’re going on tour with The Dandy Warhols this fall. You can check them out live here.

***Tour Dates***

11/06 Webster Hall – New York, NY
11/07 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
11/09 Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD
11/10 The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
11/11 Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
11/13 Granada Theatre – Dallas, TX
11/14 End Of An Ear Records – Austin, TX
11/14 La Zona Rosa – Austin, TX

10.28.10
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Blue Water White Death Unveil New Video


Blue Water White Death, the collaboration between Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart and Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg, has already been named one of the most anticipated albums of the year by Flavorpil. And now, on the heels of the album’s release, the duo has released a music video for their track “Grunt Tube.” Check out the video below.

 

10.27.10
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Cut Copy Release New Track And Short Documentary


Australian electro-pop duo Cut Copy has spent the tail end of summer in the studio finishing up their forthcoming full-length. At this point, we haven’t been given a name for the album nor a release date. What we have been given, however, is a documentary of its recording process and a limited edition, etched 7″ single of new track “Where I’m Going.”

The short documentary was shot in vocalist’s, Dan Whitford’s ,home recording studio by film directing duo Krozm. It is set to be released in installments, the first of which is up now on YouTube . This five and a half minute video is a black and white window into a brainstorming session replete with a journey through Whitford’s record collection for inspiration.

The one-sided, limited edition 7″ for “Where I’m Going,” has been divvied up between Australia and the U.S. and is available for your collection now. The track is weighty with shimmering guitars and spirited percussion, and features a Beatles-inspired breakdown for good measure. For those without a record player or the means, “Where I’m Going” is also available in digital format for free HERE. The duo’s third full-length is due out in 2011 on Modular.

10.27.10
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Crystal Castles To Record New Single With Robert Smith

As if having a sold-out international tour and a critically lauded new album (II) wasn’t enough Crystal Castles have announced that they will be recording a single with The Cure’s frontman and symphonic guru, Robert Smith.

Not In Love will be released in early December on Fiction Records. The single will also feature a couple B-sides. Early acoustic demos of “Celestica” and “Suffocation” will also be included, which is awesome, even though it kind of defeats the purpose of a “single.”

Check out their video for their newest song off of II , “Baptism.”

As of now, Crystal Castles are over in Europe finishing a sold-out tour. They will be stateside soon enough, and if you want to see them you should go here!

*** Tour Dates***
March 2 San Diego CA House of Blues
March 3 Pomona CA Fox Theatre
March 4 San Francisco CA Warfield Theatre
March 6 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
March 7 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
March 8 Seattle, WA Showbox at the MArket
March 11 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
March 12 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
March 13 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Hall
March 15 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
March 16 Washington DC 9:30 Club
March 18 New York, NY Terminal 5
March 19 Boston, MA House of Blues
March 26 Miami, FL Ultra Music Festival
April 2 Toronto, ON Sound Academy

10.27.10
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The Lost Cavalry Release New Single


On November 15th, The Lost Cavalry will release their new single “The Elephant of Castlebar Hill.” Taken from the band’s acclaimed debut EP Waves Freeze to Rolling Hills, “The Elephant of Castlebar Hill” tells the story of a giant circus elephant that collapsed and died in Ealing, London in the summer of 1889. To this day, the elephant is still buried beneath the hill that it collapsed on.

The Lost Cavalry are a London-based alternative folk band formed in 2009 by vocalist Mark West, formerly the guitarist of Fanfarlo. Mark sings and plays the ukulele and concertina, Nick plays guitar, Toby plays the glock and melodica, Oliver plays bass and Dave drums.