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12.06.10
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Release Exclusive iTunes Session

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On November 30th, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros released a new iTunes Session- available exclusively through the iTunes store.  A six-song collection recorded at EastWest Studio in Los Angeles, the session features reworked, unique versions of some of the band’s most memorable songs found on their debut album, “Up From Below.”  The release also includes a previously unrecorded live show favorite, “Fire & Water.”

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros will wrap up 2010 by playing a handful of US shows, including KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas in Los Angeles on December 12th.  The band will kick off 2011 with a trip to Australia and New Zealand for Big Day Out.

iTunes Session tracklist and future tour dates for the band below:

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – iTunes Session

1.  Up From Below

2.  Janglin’

3.  40 Day Dream

4.  Fire & Water

5.  Brother

6.  Desert Song

Upcoming Tour Dates

Dec 12    Gibson Amphitheater                                     Universal City, CA

Jan 21     Big Day Out: Auckland                                   Auckland, NZ

Jan 23     Big Day Out at Gold Coast Parklands       Gold Coast, AUS

Jan 26     Big Day Out: Sydney                                       Sydney, AUS

Jan 27     Big Day Out: Sydney                                       Sydney, AUS

Jan 28     The Forum Sydney                                          Moore Park, AUS

Jan 30     Big Day Out: Melbourne                                Melbourne, AUS

Feb 1       The Forum Melbourne                                   Melbourne, AUS

Feb 4       Big Day Out: Adelaide                                     Adelaide, AUS

Feb 6       Big Day Out: Perth                                            Perth, AUS

11.29.10
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California Wives Release New Single For Download


New wave indie-pop quartet California Wives have premiered a new single off their EP “Affair” for download. The track has an upbeat pop rock sound somewhere in between Phoenix, Against Me and a John Hughes movie.

Formed in 2009, California Wives is Jayson Kramer (vocals, keys, guitar), Dan Zima (vocals, bass, guitar), Joe O’Connor (drums) and Hans Michel (guitar, keys), have spent the past year working on their 5-song EP Affair. Since then, the Wives have kept busy, they just cut a Daytrotter session last week, and continue to add dates to their upcoming Winter tour.

Tour Dates

Dec 22 – Schubas – Chicago, IL

Jan 28 – Subterranean Chicago, IL

Jan 29 – Mike and Mollys – Champaign, IL

Jan 30 – Firebird – St. Louis, IL

11.29.10
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Grinderman Personally Invited Shilpa Ray to Join North American Tour Dates


Grinderman, currently in the midst of their North American Tour, were in need of an opener for their show one night in Washington, DC, and they were personally requesting Shilpa Ray be there to play the date. Without hesitation she jumped out the door, harmonium in hand, and was on her way south to the 9:30 club.

Once praised by Nick Cave as a “Band of The Day” in the canadian National Post, Shilpa Ray was honored to help warm up the audience that night. She then joined Grinderman on their next few dates in Atlanta, Memphis, and Nashville as well.

Following the release of their album “Teenage and Torture” January 18th 2011, and a CD Release party at Brooklyn Bowl January 21st with Hooray For Earth and Soft Black, Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers will embark upon a National Tour with Japanese psychedelic group Acid Mothers Temple.

Check out this track from the new album, Heaven in Stereo, a punky garage rock with a great female voice in the lead.

http://soundcloud.com/justgentile/shilpa-ray-heaven-in-stereo

Upcoming Tour Dates:
* = w/ Acid Mothers Temple
JANUARY
21 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl (Record Release w/ Hooray For Earth, Soft Black)
22 – Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place
MARCH
23 – Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland*
24 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill*
26 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge*
27 – Bellingham, WA – The Wild Buffalo*
28 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey*
29 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret*
31 – Calgary, AB – Broken City*
APRIL
01 – Missoula, MT – The Badlander*
02 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge*
03 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge*
04 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre*
05 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry*
06 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle*
07 – Kalamazoo, MI – The Strutt*
08 – Toronto, ON – El Mocambo*
09 – Montreal, QC – Il Motore*
10 – Allston, MA – Great Scott*
11 – Milford, CT – Daniel Street*
13 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas*
14 – Washington, DC – Red Palace*
15 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar*
16 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506*
17 – Knoxville, TN – Pilot Light*
18 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl*
19 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks*
20 – Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds*
21 – Dallas, TX – The Loft*
22 – Austin, TX – Red 7*
11.29.10
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The Duke Spirit Announce New Album Details


London’s The Duke Spirit, return this coming Spring with a new album, entitled Bruiser. Bursting on the scene back in 2003 with the release of a single (“Darling You’re Mean”) and mini album (“Roll, Spirit, Roll”), The Duke Spirit have showcased their scuffed, soulful guitar aesthetic across a handful of albums, relentless touring and TV appearances on all the late night talk shows. With two LP’s and a handful of EP’s under their belt, The Duke Spirit have harnessed their sound as “completely enveloped in a shroud of huge emotion – a mix of warm swirling dissonance, minor chords and a pounding minimal ‘60’s rock rhythm section.” FILTER Magazine. With Bruiser, The Duke Spirit make a conscious effort to strip down the fuzz and create space in which the drums, guitar and bass have their own sonic place.

Tracklist:

1. Cherry Tree
2. Everybody’s Under Your Spell
3. Villain
4. Don’t Wait
5. Surrender
6. Running Fire
7. De Lux
8. Procession
9. Northbound
10. Glorious
11. Victory
12. Homecoming

11.29.10
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Puppini Sisters release “Last Christmas”

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Break out your red lipstick, vintage clothes and reindeer sweaters. The Puppini sisters, famous for their 1940’s styled tracks, are releasing a cover record for all you Christmas spirit hoggers out there. The songs range from a rendition of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” to a channeling of Marilyn Monroe in “Santa Baby”, but they all have one thing in common: the mystique of the Puppini Sisters. “Christmas with the Puppini Sisters” is going to be released by Verve Records just in time to hang it in your stocking, but here’s a sneak preview of the record with a free mp3 of “Last Christmas”.

Check it out here, and catch that early Christmas spirit!