Ben Folds, Damian Kulash, Amanda Palmer, and Neil Gaiman Rethink How Music Is Made

Ben Folds, Damian Kulash of OK Go, Amanda Palmer and author Neil Gaiman will be performing a music production superstunt on April 25th at Berklee College of Music. From 4 pm to midnight, a mere eight hours, they will write and records eight songs, and release them 10 hours later at the Rethink Music conference in Boston. Their goal is to show how record companies are becoming less essential to music distribution.

This event will be broadcast live from the recording studio at rethink-music.com and the album will be released through Bandcamp.com. Proceeds from the first week of downloads will go to Berklee City Music, which provides free music education to underserved teens.

The next day, April 26th, Folds, Kulash, Palmer, and Gaiman will give a presentation on the recording project at 10:40 a.m. at Rethink Music, and perform a private concert for the lucky people registered for the conference. at the Berklee Performance Center accompanied by Basia Bulat and Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears.

Empires in Rolling Stone Magazine Cover Competition

Chicago, IL rock band Empires is still in the race to be on the cover of Rolling Stone!  There are currently 8 bands still fighting it out over the clutch prize of being the first unsigned band to land the cover of the prestigious music magazine.  The fourpiece made it through the first round by traveling to NYC to record two new songs and perform in front of Rolling Stone editors and Atlantic Records A&R executives.  You can listen to two singles right here: http://www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover/artists/empires

And if you like what you hear, please vote them through the second round by clicking here and rating them!  www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover/artists/empires

Cut Copy Announce Remix Series, Tour Schedule

Cut Copy just released the first of a series of re-interpretations from their latest album Zonoscope.

The song “Need You Now” was retooled by Architecture in Helsinki and premiered on Huffington Post. You can grab a copy of the song here.

The band also played the first talk-show post-Zonoscope, stopping by Jimmy Fallon’s last Friday. The band has started its North American leg of the Zonoscope World Tour. You can check out Cut Copy here:

Apr 12 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo*

Apr 15 – Indio, CA – Coachella – SOLD OUT

Apr 16 – San Francisco, CA – The Grand Ballroom @ Regency – SOLD OUT *

Apr 16 – San Francisco, CA – The Sutter Room (DJ SET)

Apr 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Grand Ballroom @ Regency*

Apr 20 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater – SOLD OUT *

Apr 21 – Austin, TX – Stubbs BBQ*

Apr 22 – Austin, TX – Stubbs BBQ – SOLD OUT *

Apr 23 – New Orleans, LA – Republic*

June 5 – Houston, TX – Free Press Summer Fest @ Elanor Tinsiley Park

July 7 – Mariaville, NY – Camp Bisco @ Indian Lookout Country club

July 17 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park

August 12 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre

*with Holy Ghost! as support

Savoir Adore Release New Single

Savoir Adore began as a 48-hour challenge between two friends. The band has since evolved into one of the most unique bands in Brooklyn.

The band has recently released the single “Sparrow” on Neon Gold Records and released a live video of the song “Loveliest Creature” which you can see below.

Savoir Adore – Loveliest Creature from Haus + Longhitano on Vimeo.

The group will be playing a show in their hometown Brooklyn. If you happen to live nearby, you can check them out here:

May 13

Audiophile @ Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway

7:30 PM

w/ MEN

 

Gang Gang Dance Release Single and Video

Gang Gang Dance have released a single AND a video from their upcoming album, Eye Contact, to be released May 9th.  The single is called “Mindkilla” and can be heard and seen below:

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13106642Gang Gang Dance – Mindkilla by Leemari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7k1_kOqvk