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Download: Eyes Lips Eyes – “Tickle”

Last month I posted about my newest love, Eyes Lips Eyes. Now, they’ve partnered with music aggregation site We Are Hunted to launch a free download of their hit-song “Tickle.” The song is the lead track from their forthcoming EP What You Want (If You Want) due out August 21 via Roll Call Records/ILG. The newcomers have already earned praise from MTV, who declares it “A wild indie rock dance party…It’s kinda nice to hear an indie act that trades in too-cool-for-school seriousness for hand claps and a sick bass line.”

This Fall, Eyes Lips Eyes will crisscross the nation on an extensive tour that includes stops in Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, Atlanta, New York and Boston. See below for details!

EYES LIPS EYES TOUR DATES:

  • 08/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Bar
  • 08/14 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
  • 09/06 – Provo, UT @ Velour
  • 09/08 – Logan, UT @ The Big Agg: Utah State University
  • 10/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Bar
  • 10/04 – San Diego, CA @ The Griffin
  • 10/09 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
  • 10/10 – Austin, TX @ Gypsy Lounge
  • 10/11 – Denton, TX @ Dan’s Silver Leaf
  • 10/12 – Houston, TX @ Walter’s
  • 10/13 – New Orleans, LA @ Howlin’ Wolf
  • 10/14 – Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
  • 10/16 – Tallahassee, FL @ Retrofit Records
  • 10/17 – Jacksonville, FL @ Burro Bar
  • 10/18 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectable Street
  • 10/19 – Miami, FL @ Bardot
  • 10/20 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
  • 10/21 – Tampa, FL @ New World Brewery
  • 10/23 – Greensville, SC @ Radio Room
  • 10/24 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre Rooftop
  • 10/25 – Atlanta, GA @ The EARL (with Poor Moon)
  • 10/27 – Pawley’s Island, SC @ Islander
  • 10/28 – Wilmington, NC @ The Whiskey
  • 10/29 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Box
  • 10/31 – Annapolis, MD @ Metropolitan
  • 11/01 – New York, NY @ Pianos
  • 11/02 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall 11/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Cameo Gallery

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Free Download: The Royal Concepts – “Naked & Dumb”

Swedish band The Royal Concept, released their self-titled EP in June via Lava/Universal Republic (the full-length album due out in October). The band’s video for their breakout hit “Gimme Twice” has come out recently. With shimmering guitars and keyboards, and an immediately memorable hooks, the band swells with indie rock attitude and dance floor energy.  They’ll also be touring extensively throughout the fall, first with The Wombats, then another leg with Wolf Gang.

Free download: The Royal Concepts – “Naked & Dumb”

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Newest Love: BAKER

BAKER has taken Manhattan’s Lower East Side by storm with his energetic, up-beat electro-pop music (and not to mention he is total eye candy!!!) His career is already on the rise – he has built a solid fan base, garnered over 1,000,000 views on his Youtube page, and just recently wrapped up three performances at SXSW Music Festival.  BAKER is currently in LA, working on his second album with Eric Sanicola, a member of famed Lady Gaga producer RedOne’s production team.  In the past, BAKER has worked with Kylie Minogue and J.Lo producers Cutfather and Damon Sharpe.
BAKER’s music video for his new single, “Not Gonna Wait” was released just a couple weeks ago, and he will be playing a number of shows in both New York and LA this summer.

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Newest Love: Icky Blossoms

Check out this trailer teaser for Icky Blossoms self titled debut album, out July 17th.

Stream: Entire Icky Blossoms album

Download: Icky Blossoms – “Perfect Vision”

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Newest Love: Oceanics

Rock-pop four-piece, Oceanics have a brand new video for their single Jukebox. Simply put, the video is a video about making a video, directed by Genki Yamasaki and starring actress Cleo Massey of television show H20: Just Add Water. The single is the first from their recent EP, Bright People, recorded with Aria award winning engineer Wayne Connolly (Josh Pyke, The Vines, The Living End). Bright People has seen success in the US and was featured on MTV, MSN and AOL music, and even had a Glee moment, receiving acclaim on the blog, You, Me & Charlie (Dianna Agron of Glee’s blog).

Oceanics are on tour in July with shows along the east-coast of Australia with Hey Geronimo, Velociraptor, and Rockets.

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Must Listen: The M Machine’s Remix of Passion Pit’s “Take a Walk”

Go listen to it now!

Go here for a download of Passion Pit – “Take a Walk” (The M Machine Remix)

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Newest Love: Gemini Club

“They have a synth-pop sound that just makes you want to dance, whether you’re at a dance party, in you car, or in your office cubicle and bursts with energy.” – CBS Chicago

“If you like to, you know…dance, we think it’s a pretty safe bet, since this three-piece electro-indie dance band is on a mission to make you move.” – Refinery 29

Gemini Club, consisting of Dan Brunelle, Tom Gavin and Gordon Bramli, is a three-piece indie-electronic dance band hailing from Chicago, Illinois. Their unique live shows have been tearing up the scene for the last two years, and commencing dizzying dance parties in every city they go! Far from the conventional live performance, Gemini Club have a specially designed rig that allows for on-the-fly remixing of their own songs meaning each Gemini Club show is different from the last. As a result, Gemini Club has been asked to the support the likes of Chromeo, A-Trak, Two Door Cinema Club, Who-Made-Who, DJ Falcon and Chateau Marmont.

Their first single, “Ghost” came out hot in the blogosphere, resulting in remixes from Hey Champ, Barretso, Golden Bug and Only Children. The track has since been picked up for airplay from BBC Radio 1’s tastemaker show “In New DJs We Trust.”

From the mid-west to the Orient, Gemini Club’s own remix chops are in demand online and across the globe. Their remix for Australian band The Vanish went straight into the top ten of Hype Machine’s charts. The band’s spin on Hey Champ’s “Cold Dust Girl” entered the same top ten charts on five different occasions within a month – and their remix for Shinichi Osawa has been a mainstay on the iTunes dance charts in Japan. Most recently, the gents of GC’s remix of Chilly Gonzales song “You Can Dance” premiered on the RCRD LBL blog as the most downloaded track of the week.

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Video: The Griswolds – “Heart of a Lion”

Check out this fun video for the second single from The Griswolds, “Heart of a Lion.” The video was filmed over one day in a film studio, and took 5 days to clean up. The Griswolds are now banned from that studio.

The band have had a fast start to 2012, with support shows around Australia with Last Dinosaurs, Millions, San Cisco, Hey Geronimo, and Kids of 88. Their first single, “Mississippi” has also received high acclaim, featured on over 100 blogs worldwide, and charting on college radio in the USA. Both songs are from an upcoming EP due for release in August 2012.

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Newest Love: Flagship

North Carolina’s Flagship is poised to break out with the release of their debut EP blackbush. The 5-song EP is out now via Bright Antenna/ILG, and can be heard at Baeble Music, who declare the band “matches the emotional and nearly spiritual alternative rock of U2 circa Achtung Baby, with the deep-throated baritone delivery of lead singer Drake Margolnick ala Ian Curtis from Joy Division and some of the seething anger and rawness of We Are Augustines.” The release comes in advance of an anticipated full-length debut expected this fall.

Helmed by the talented singer/song writer/guitarist Drake Margolnick, Flagship just wrapped a cross-country tour supporting label mates The Wombats, where they performed in front of sold out crowds in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Salt Lake City and more. With Drake on lead vocals, his lyrics come to life with the help of lead guitarist Matt Padgett, keyboardist Grant Harding, drummer Michael Finster, and bassist Preston Hayden.  The 5-piece band is the newest addition to Bright Antenna, home to such artists as OMD, The Wombats, Magic Wands, Middle Class Rut, Beware of Darkness and more.

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Newest Love: Tesla Boy – “Fantasy”

Click to go buy the track at iTunes!

Check out this new single “Fantasy” from Tesla Boy’s upcoming EP.

Listen: Tesla Boy – “Fantasy”

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