The hippest and coolest French band is taking over New York City’s Madison Square Garden on October 20th, proving to us that immense success can happen to good people too. As the show time approaches, Phoenix are now inviting EVERYONE (who has a Twitter account) to spread the message as well.
By registering HERE, you can re-tweet about the show, which will also mark the MSG debut of Dirty Projectors, and in return, you will get a free download of “Love Like A Sunset Part III” as the band unveiled, in the advent of this concert, that “Love Like A Sunset” is actually a trilogy, from their fourth LP Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
You can listen to this exclusive dance track below:
If you’ve ever dreamt of having a song written about you or have ever foolishly convinced yourself that a song you love was written about you (it’s okay), then Belle and Sebastian are now offering to make your dreams come true.
In honor of their upcoming album Write About Love, due out on October 12th, the Scottish outfit is opening up the chance for its fans to win themselves a personalized song. The contest is based on an essay and may remind you of your high school years, but it should be nothing to deter the truly determined, especially since the winner will get to see their song released as a 7″ next year.
This is how it works:
Step 1: Purchase Write About Love from your local record store or your digital store of choice.
Step 2: Type in the code you received with your purchase onto the band’s website.
Step 3: Write about love in a 300-word essay.
Once this process is completed, the band will choose its favorite submission and Stuart Murdoch will head over to the winner’s home and spend a day with him or her to get inspired and write the coveted personalized song.
You can start to get your own creative juices flowing by watching this “Write about Love” video HERE.
Gayngs are taking their 10-cc inspired tunes on the road! Since releasing their album Relayted, out on Jagjaguwar, they have been one of the top 40 new bands of 2010 by Stereogum, they will be performing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on October 4th and now they are bringing their 69-BPM songs to the masses for a short US tour. The core of the band, Minneapolis producer Ryan Olson and Solid Gold’s Zack Coulter and Adam Hurlburt, will be joined by many of the twenty-plus collaborators they had during the recording of the album, including Justin Vernon and Mike Noyce of Bon Iver, Ivan Rosebud of The Rosebuds and Mike Lewis of Andrew Bird!
For a frame of reference, this is what Gayngs sounds like live. This rendition of “Faded High” was filmed for “City of Music,” the weekly live performance series by Gimme Noise for MPLS.TV, a Minneapolis online television network. Check for their tour dates after the jump!
Watch them perform “Faded High” below:
Here are their upcoming tour dates:
10/09/10 – Official ACL Afterparty At Emo’s With Bear In Heaven
10/10/10 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
Tame Impala just released the video for their song “Lucidity,” off their debut album InnerSpeaker, out on Modular Recordings. In the song’s lyrics, lead vocalist Kevin Parker sings about reaching the sky; the video’s director Robert Hales took that idea to the extreme. Shot about 300 miles from Melbourne, the video was shot by a camera launched into space with a weather balloon packed with a GPS unit, which returned to Earth once it popped at its summit 14 miles high in the air. The effect is quite impressive with the image flipping and turning, slowly getting further and further from the ground into space. Preparation was strenuous: numerous authorizations had to be obtained from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the first cameras launched fogged up, or ran into clouds that obscured the view. But the result is beautiful and you can watch it right HERE.
Watch the video below:
If they put so much effort in their videos, imagine the dedication that could go into their live shows! They will be embarking on 10-week international tour next week that will bring them to the United States in November so definitely check them out.
Here are their upcoming tour dates:
October 7th || HQ || Adelaide, SA
October 8th || Uni Bar || Hobart, TAS
October 9th || ANU || Canberra, ACT
October 14th || The Enmore Theatre || Sydney, NSW
October 15th || The Palace || Melbourne, VIC
October 16th || The Tivoli || Brisbane, QLD
October 22nd || Astor Theatre || Perth, WA
October 23rd || Fat As Butter Festival || Newcastle, NSW
October 26th || O2 Academy 3 || Birmingham, UK
October 27th || Ruby Lounge || Manchester, UK
October 28th || Heaven || London, UK
October 30th || Le Grand Mix || Tourcoing, France
October 31st || Lieu Unique || Nantes, France
November 1st || La Marioquinerie || Paris, France
November 3rd || Botanique || Brussels, Belguim
November 4th || Gebaude 9 || Cologne, Germany
November 5th || Mascotte || Zurich, Switzerland
November 6th || Le Romandie || Lausanne, Switzerland
November 8th || B72 || Vienna, Austria
November 9th || 59 to 1 || Munich, Germany
November 11th || Beatlemania || Hamburg. Germany
November 12th || Rolling Stone Weekender Festival ||Schleswig, Germany
November 13th || London Calling at The Paradiso || Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 16th || Black Cat || Washington, DC (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 18th || Bowery Ballroom || New York, NY (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 21st || First Unitarian Church || Philadelphia, PA (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 22nd || Paradise Rock Club || Boston, MA (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 23rd || La Sala Rossa || Montreal, QC (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 24th || The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern || Toronto, ONT (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 26th || Double Door || Chicago, IL (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 27th || 7th Street Entry || Minneapolis, MN (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 29th || Jackpot Music Hall || Lawrence, KS (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
December 1st || Emo’s Alternative Lounge || Austin, TX (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)December 2nd || The Loft || Dallas, TX (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
December 4th || Bluebird Theater || Denver, CO (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 6th || Urban Lounge || Salt Lake City, UT (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 7th || Neurolux || Boise, ID (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 9th || The Biltmore Cabaret || Vancouver, BC (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 10th || Neumos || Seattle, WA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 11th || Doug Fir Lounge || Portland, OR (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 13th || The Independent || San Francisco, CA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 14th || Echoplex || Los Angeles, CA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 30th || Falls Festival Marion Bay || Hobart, TAS
December 31st || Falls Festival Lorne || Lorne, VIC
January 1st || Field Day || Sydney, NSW
January 2nd || Southbound Festival || Busselton, WA
Magic Kids’ debut album Memphis, named after their hometown, out on True Panther Sounds came out in August and has led them to be compared to E.L.O, Belle and Sebastian, all with a Beach Boys influence. The video they have just premiered for the artsy music bloggers at Yours Truly is a record of their first venture out in the Bay area, where they performed at the Oakland’s Ghost Gallery on February 15th, 2010. During this rendition of “Candy,” the band was joined by Christopher and Garrett from Girls, Max from Smith Westerns, members of a weekend flute club, a string section and more friends for a touching and laid back performance.
Watch the video below:
If this intimate live performance caught your attention, you may want to catch Magic Kids on their tour, which currently has them running around Europe but will see them back in the US of A in November!
Here are their upcoming tour dates:
10/1 – London, UK @ Barfly
10/2 – London, UK @ Camden Proud Galleries
10/3 – Bruges, Belgium @ Botanique/Witloofbar
10/5 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
10/6 – Tilburg, Holland @Tilburg 013/Batcave
10/7 – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
10/8 – Helsingar, Denmark @ Musikhuset Elvaerket
10/9 – Oslom, Norway @ Café Mono
10/10 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Pusterviksbaren
10/11 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Landet
10/12 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Lades
10/13 – Berlin, Germany @ Magnet
10/14 – Köln, Germany @ Werkstatt
10/15 – München, Germany @ Atomic Cafe
10/16 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Club Zukunft
10/17 – Milan, Italy Indierocket party @ Rocket (free entry)
10/18 – Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
10/19 – Oxford, UK @ Jercicho Tavern
10/21 – Bristolm UK @ Louisanna
10/22 – Bristol, UK @ The Social
10/23 – Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival
10/24 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
10/25 – Leeds, UK @ Nation of Shopkeepers
10/26 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
10/27 – London, UK @ TBC
10/28 – London, UK @ Lexington
11/05 – Dallas, TX @ The Cavern (with Bosco Delrey)
11/07 – Houston, TX @ Numbers (with Bosco Delrey)
11/08 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon (with Bosco Delrey)
11/10 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 (with Bosco Delrey)
11/12 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (with Bosco Delrey)
11/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn (with Bosco Delrey)
11/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern (with Bosco Delrey)
11/16 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (with Bosco Delrey)
11/17 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird (with Bosco Delrey)
11/18 – Nashville, TN @ The End (with Bosco Delrey)
Cary Ann Hearst writes in her bio on Myspace that “those who hate country music hate her especially for forcing them to like country music.” Indeed, don’t expect to hear Taylor Swift when turning on her music. This South Carolina girl has an edge and roughness seldom heard in today’s country music scene. This week, on My Old Kentucky Blog, she premiered her video for the song “Hells Bells,” off her EP Are you Ready To Die Yet, out on Filter US Recordings. She appears in a silent movie-inspired setting as a joyful bride turned into a murderous betrayed wife. This song was recently featured in HBO’s True Blood; that’s how bloody it gets.
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