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Remix: Escort – “Cabaret” (Jacques Renault Remix)

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NYC’s Escort delivers a danceable blend of disco, funk & soul that pays homage to the classics while remaining fresh and modern. The Cabaret single package, featuring remixes by Little Boots, Jacques Renault and Tippy Toes, will drop September 24 via Escort Records.

The band previously shared the “sexcapade inspired” “Cabaret” stream. Today, the band reveals the dreamy remix by fellow Brooklyn native Jacques Renault with Refinery29. Driven by thumping bass and Adeline Michèle’s powerful, soulful voice, “Cabaret” transports listeners into a gritty, underground, late-night soiree in the uninhibited heyday of NYC nightlife.

Listen: Escort – “Cabaret” (Jacques Renault Remix)

Escort tour dates:

11/10: Miami, FL @ Friends of Nature Festival
11/14: Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theatre
11/15: Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag
11/17: Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
11/18: Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre
11/21: Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
11/22: Washington, DC @ Black Cat DC
11/23: Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House

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Video: The Fratellis – “Seven Nights, Seven Days”

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The Fratellis are back with a new album We Need Medicine, slated for release on October 8 through BMG. The new single I posted a couple weeks ago, “Seven Nights Seven Days” exemplifies The Fratellis’ innate ability to write rousing anthems; fast paced, with country guitar hooks and distinctive vocals – topped off with a memorable, to-the-point catchy chorus. The video has just been released and was shot on the streets of North London and directed by Alex Williams. The slapstick dark romance mini-film stars renowned British actor and director, Nick Nevern who has starred in multiple films and TV shows, most recently he wrote, directed and starred in “The Hooligan Factory”.

The Fratellis US Tour Dates
11/1: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/2: Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
11/3: Boston, MA @ Paradise
11/4: Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live
11/6: Chicago, IL @ Metro
11/7: San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
11/8: Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
11/9: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/12: Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre

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Highly Anticipated: Cut Copy’s New Album

Cut Copy have finally announced news on their latest album. Free Your Mind will be released November 5th via Loma Vista/Modular. Cut Copy’s Dan Whitford says, “The concept of freedom is one that’s universally positive and timeless, and whatever each person’s version of that freedom is, it’s a good thing to be reminding people or even just ourselves to be ‘free.’”

Have an eargasm and enjoy listening to another new song, “Let Me Show You Love”.

Free Your Mind tracklist:

  1. (Intro)
  2. Free Your Mind
  3. We Are Explorers
  4. Let Me Show You Love
  5. (into the desert)
  6. Footsteps
  7. In Memory Capsule
  8. (above the city)
  9. Dark Corners & Mountain Tops
  10. Meet Me in a House of Love
  11. Take Me Higher
  12. (the waves)
  13. Walking in the Sky
  14. Mantra

Tour Dates:

10-30 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
10-31 Reno, NV – The Knitting Factory
11-01 Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom
11-02 Oakland, CA – The Fox Theater
11-03 Los Angeles, CA – HARD Day of the Dead
11-06 Tempe, AZ – Marquee
11-07 El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
11-08 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-09 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
11-10 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
11-11 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
11-13 Madison, WI – The Majestic
11-14 Chicago, IL – The Riviera
11-15 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
11-16 Boston, MA – House of Blues
11-23 Santiago, Chile – Primavera Festival
11-26 London, UK – Oval Space
11-28 Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Atelier
11-29 Brussels, Belgium – Beursschowburg
11-30 Paris, France – Trabendo

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Whaaaaaaaaat??? New Music From Mazzy Star!

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Mazzy Star recently announced the worldwide release of their eagerly anticipated fourth studio album, Seasons Of Your Day on September 24th. In support of the new album, Mazzy Star are taking to the road for a full North American tour of multiple cities including Los Angeles on November 7th, Toronto on November 16th, and Montreal on November 17th .

Co-written by Hope Sandoval and David Roback, Seasons Of Your Day was recorded in California and Norway.   The album features performances by all the original members of Mazzy Star along with special guests including ColmO’Ciosoig (My Bloody Valentine) and a special appearance by the late, legendary Bert Jansch. The album was produced by David Roback and Hope Sandoval and will be released on their own label, Rhymes Of An Hour Records, and distributed through INgrooves and Fontana North.

Seasons Of Your Day is Mazzy Star’s fourth studio LP, preceded by She Hangs Brightly (1990), So Tonight That I Might See (1993) and Among My Swan (1996). Seasons Of Your Day is the second release on Rhymes Of An Hour Records and follows the single “Common Burn / Lay Myself Down” (2011).

Tour Dates 

  • November 3              Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
  • November 4              Seattle, WA @ Neptune
  • November 6              San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
  • November 7              Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
  • November 10            Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
  • November 12            Minneapolis, M N @ Mill City Nights
  • November 13            Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
  • November 15            Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
  • November 16           Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
  • November 17           Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
  • November 19            Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
  • November 20            New York, NY @ Terminal 5
  • November 22            Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
  • November 23            Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

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Download: Peelander Z – “Ride On The Shooting Star”

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Check out the new song from Peelander Z, “Ride On The Shooting Star” which is described as an uplifting, coming-of-age, “get-the-girl” song. It’s from their upcoming new album Metalander-Z.

Listen/download: Peelander Z – “Ride On The Shooting Star”

The group bills itself as a “Japanese action comic punk band” and dresses like characters on a toddler TV show. (Members’ names include Peelander-Purple, Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Green and Peelander-Pink.)

During a concert, the guys are known to run around onstage, engage with the audience and do pretty much anything to pump up the crowd.

The album (the band’s eighth studio recording) is set for release on September 10th, 2013 via Austin’s Chicken Ranch Records. Some of the albums that inspired Metalander-Z include AC/DC’s High Voltage, Cinderella’s Night Songs, Def Leppard’s Pyromania, Iron Maiden’s Number of The Beast, Motley Crue’s Too Fast For Love, Van Halen’s 1984, and ZZ Top’s Eliminator.

 

09/11 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st St. Pub
09/12 Toledo, OH @ Frankie’s
09/13 Canton, OH @ The Auricle
09/14 Buckland, OH @ Buckland Community Center
09/15 Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest 1:10PM
09/15 Chicago, IL @ Emporium Arcade Bar
09/17 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs)
09/18 Sioux Falls, SD @ Billy Frog’s
09/19 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
09/20 Ames, IA @ The Maintenance Shop
09/22 Denver, CO @ Riot Fest 1:10PM
09/26 Norman, OK @ Opolis
09/27 Dallas, TX @ Three Links
09/28 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
09/29 Houston, TX @ Super Fun Happy Land
10/01 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks w/ Mudhoney
10/02 Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
10/03 Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
10/04 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
10/05 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
10/11 Boston, MA @ Church of Boston
10/12 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar
10/15 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
10/16 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
10/17 Knoxville, TN @ The Bowery
10/18 Nashville, TN @ The Mercy Lounge
10/19 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia
10/20 Orlando, FL @ Orange County Convention Center Nerdapalooza
10/22 Lake Worth, FL @ Propaganda
10/23 Gainesville, FL @ High Dive
10/24 Ybor City, FL @ The Orpheum w/ Casulties, Negative Approach
10/25 Jefferson, LA @ House of Shock Haunted House
10/31 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands

 

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Newest Love: SWF

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SWF is the dream of, and moniker for, the artist, musician, and self-described mystic, Stevie Weinstein-Foner. Stevie’s messages of love and longing roll from his debut album, Let It Be Told, like mantras blasted from the radio of a brightly re-painted VW van, cruising down a metaphysical highway of endless summer with the windows down. Let It Be Told (out October 8 via Mecca Lecca) was recorded in Memphis, and the album’s soulful proclamations are backed by a chorus of fuzzy guitars, vocal harmonies, and very singable hooks. Time Out New York describes SWF’s music as “warm, mellow, scruffy rock & roll.” A few days ago marked the release of his first music video for “Black & Golden”, which you can watch below. The video was shot over the course of an entire year, beginning with the Chinese New Year in 2012 and wrapping on New Year’s Day in 2013.

After spending the summer of 2008 in the Grand Canyon rafting down the Colorado River, Stevie moved to Brooklyn, where he began to study yoga and write the songs which would become the material for Let It Be Told. Leaving Brooklyn to live and work on farms in Central America for the winter, he ended his travels in Memphis in May 2011, recording the first half of his debut album. Upon returning to Brooklyn, Stevie began performing as SWF, gathering friends from the yoga and music communities to act as band members.

After a year of determination, detox, and deep self-study, Stevie returned to Memphis in January 2013 to record the rest of the album. On “Warrior”, he sings, “I let my darkness shine, I let the darkness out, I’ve taken the warrior’s vow”, illuminating his path of sincerity and soul discovery. The songs are odes to a deeper connection to our soul and the challenges and beauty of hoping to attain enlightenment in the 21st century.

Revealed in both the spirit of light and darkness, Let It Be Told is a work of truth, love, and a heart that beats for rock & roll. 

Upcoming SWF Tour Dates
9/02 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands (w/ Vermont Joy Parade)
10/08 – New York, NY – Pianos (Record Release Show)
10/15 – Brooklyn, NY – The Rock Shop
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Let It Be Told Tracklisting:
1. Black & Golden
2. Turtle Brain
3. Let It Be Told
4. Warrior
5. Automobile Blues
6. No More Secrets
7. Saturn Returns
8. Broken Glass
9. Only Child

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New Tour Dates and Remix From Smallpools

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Smallpools, the Los Angeles 4-piece announce two new tours today. After headlining the sold out Neon Gold’s Popshop West party on September 4th, the band will divide their time between the studio working on the full-length debut and touring with Walk The Moon in October and 21 Pilots in November.  The foursome consist of Sean (vocals/keys), Mike (guitar), Joe (bass) and Beau (drums), just finished their tour with San Cisco to a wild response.The release of their self-titled debut EP gained them critical acclaim. Neon Gold calls “Mason Jar” “a sepia splash of power-pop that crystallizes into a starscraping smash before the verse even kicks in, as stadium-sized Of Monsters And Men gang vocals ride high on the buoyant flair of Smallpools’ youthful, Two Door-esque ebullience.”

Their first single “Dreaming” was produced by Captain Cuts and instantly shot to #1 of Hype Machine within the first 3 days of its revealing. Check out where I originally posted “Dreaming” and a couple other remixes here AND check out the latest remix below.
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Smallpools live dates:
$ with Walk The Moon
* with 21 Pilots

  • 09/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (SOLD OUT)
  • 09/08 – Syracuse, NY @ Syracuse University
  • 09/16 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
  • 09/21 – Oceanside, CA @ 94.9 FM Independence Jam (w/ Cage The Elephant)
  • 09/26 – Laramie, WY @ University of Wyoming
  • 10/08 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues $
  • 10/09 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues $
  • 10/10 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom $
  • 10/15 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater $
  • 10/16 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory $
  • 10/17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom $
  • 10/18 – Hollywood, CA @ The Palladium $
  • 10/21 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater $
  • 10/22 – Vancouver, CAN @ Vogue Theater $
  • 10/23 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO $
  • 10/24 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory $
  • 10/26 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater $
  • 10/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue $
  • 10/30 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater $
  • 10/31 – Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theater $
  • 11/25 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
  • 11/29 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues *
  • 11/30 – Detroit, MI @ Fillmore (89x show) *
  • 12/01 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *

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New EP Coming From Cold War Kids

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Listen: Cold War Kids – “Pine St.”

Cold War Kids announce the release of ‘Tuxedos’, a digital EP available September 17th through Downtown Records and MapleMusic Recordings. The six-song collection includes two previously unreleased tracks,  “Romance Languages #2” and  “Pine St.”, as well as covers “Aeon” (Antony and the Johnsons) and “You Don’t Come Through” (The Band). ‘Tuxedos’ also features the self-titled original album track and an alternative version of “Bottled Affection” from their April 2nd release, Dear Miss Lonelyhearts.

“Fits and starts of brilliance on the first three records, Cold War Kids have hit their stride and locked into a very intense groove for the fourth,” says Esquire Magazine. NME adds, “(Dear Miss Lonelyhearts) has gone back to the sort of idiosyncratic weirdness that made us fall for them in the first place.”  Relix states, “There’s a natural flow to the songs on this disc … a complexly drawn collection. And that blues sensibility you always liked best about them is happily still there.”

Tuxedos

Tuxedos:

  1. Tuxedos
  2. Aeon
  3. Bottled Affected (Cathedral Version)
  4. Romance Languages #2
  5. Pine St.
  6. You Don’t Come Through

Cold War Kids Tour Dates

  • August 15 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues *
  • August 16 – Las Vegas, NV – Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas *
  • August 17 – Denver, CO – Cultivate Festival
  • August 18 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre *
  • August 19 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre *
  • August 21 – Tulsa, Oklahoma – Cain’s Ballroom *
  • August 22 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Amphitheater *
  • August 23 – Dallas, TX – South Side Music Hall *
  • August 24 – Columbus, OH – CD 102.5 Summerfest
  • August 31 – Edmonton, AB – Sonic Boom
  • September 1 – Calgary, AB – X-Fest
  • September 19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern *
  • September 21 – Flagstaff, AZ – The Orpheum Theatre *
  • September 22 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre *
  • September 26 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
  • September 27 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall *
  • September 28 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall*
  • September 29 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue *
  • October 18 – Boston, MA – House of Blues *
  • October 19 – Philadelphia, PA  – Union Transfer *
  • October 21 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
  • October 22 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 *
  • October 24 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
  • October 26 – Richmond, VA – The National *
  • October 29 – Charlottesville, VA – The Jefferson Theatre
  • October 30 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt
  • October 31 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
  • November 1 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
  • November 2 – Chicago, IL – The Vic
  • November 4 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
  • November 5 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre
  • November 6 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot

* with Papa

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Wild Belle Tour Dates

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Chicago based duo Wild Belle have announced an extensive fall headlining tour that will kick off September 5 in Madison, WI.  The band recently made their Lollapalooza debut before they headed to San Francisco to play Outside Lands.  After previously touring the states opening for Passion Pit and Toro y Moi, Wild Belle will travel across North America and back for over 25 headlining tour dates -making this their biggest headline tour to date (full list of dates below).  To catch a glimpse of Wild Belle’s life on the road, watch the band’s self-directed video POSTCARDS FROM THE ROAD Nº3.

Wild Belle’s live performances have been recognized for their catchy hooks and infectious sound.  The band took their effortlessly sunny set on the festival circuit this summer with performances at Coachella, Sasquatch, Firefly, Full Moon Festival, Lollapalooza and Outside Lands.  The musical talents of both siblings shine during the band’s live performances, with Rolling Stone noting how “Natalie (breezes) about the stage with relaxed bravado while Elliot (switches) effortlessly between keyboards and sax…creating an organic wall of sound.”

In June the band stopped by a Los Angeles bike shop to record a performance with KCRW of “Love Like This” for NPR’s Field Recordings.  Noted by the Chicago Tribune for their “breezy sounding pop music,” Wild Belle is currently featured in Glamour’s summer music issue and as Time Magazines “Band to Watch”.

Wild Belle is Natalie and Elliot Bergman. The band is joined live by Kellen Harrison (bass) as well as fellow NOMO members Erik Hall (guitar) and Quin Kirchner (drums).

Wild Belle on tour:

  • 8/17       Sterling Heights, MI                       MoPop Music Festival
  • 9/5         Madison, WI                                      High Noon Saloon
  • 9/6         Iowa City, IA                                     Gabe’s Oasis
  • 9/7         St. Louis, MO                                     LouFest
  • 9/13       Minneapolis, MN                             Triple Rock Social Club *
  • 9/14       Omaha, NE                                         The Waiting Room *
  • 9/16       Denver, CO                                         The Bluebird Theater *
  • 9/18       Salt Lake City, UT                           Urban Lounge *
  • 9/19       Boise, ID                                              Neurolux *
  • 9/21       Seattle, WA                                        Crocodile *
  • 9/22       Vancouver, BC                                 Fortune Sound Club *
  • 9/24       Portland, OR                                    Doug Fir Lounge *
  • 9/26       San Francisco, CA                          The Independent *
  • 9/28       Los Angeles, CA                              The Echoplex *
  • 9/30       Tucson, AZ                                       Club Congress *
  • 10/1       El Paso, TX                                       Lowbrow Palace
  • 10/3       Dallas, TX                                       House of Blues – Cambridge Room *
  • 10/4       Austin, TX                                        Austin City Limits
  • 10/7       Philadelphia, PA                            First Unitarian Church *
  • 10/8       New York, NY                                Bowery Ballroom*
  • 10/9       Boston, MA                                      Paradise *
  • 10/11     Austin, TX                                        Austin City Limits
  • 10/13     New Orleans, LA                            One Eyed Jacks
  • 10/15     Tallahassee, FL                               Club Downunder
  • 10/16     Birmingham, AL                             The Bottletree
  • 10/17     Atlanta, GA                                       The Earl
  • 10/19     Nashville, TN                                   12th and Porter
  • 10/20     Asheville, NC                                   Emerald Lounge
  • 10/21     Raleigh, NC                                       Kings Barcade
  • 10/22     Washington, DC                              U Street Music Hall *
  • 10/23     Pittsburgh, PA                                 The Rex Theatre *
  • 10/26     Chicago, IL                                        Metro *

*supported by Saint Rich

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Download: Gentlemen Hall – “Sail Into The Sun” (RAC Remix)

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Standing strong between the high-handed anthemic choruses of the Killers and the retro synth melodies of MGMT, Gentlemen Hall has established itself as one of the most talked about bands to emerge from Boston in recent years. The band is gearing up to release a new EP this fall, but in the meantime, they’ll be taking their live show on the road, performing several festivals around the Midwest and East Coast, interspersed with several headlining dates.

Gentlemen Hall recently released their single “Sail Into The Sun”, which has garnered radio airplay nationwide, along with huge synchs in Target and Samsung commercials. RAC also gave it the remix treatment, which is available as a free download below.

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Listen/download: Gentlemen Hall – “Sail Into The Sun” (RAC Remix)

Beginning as a group of friends hanging in college dorms in the mid 2000s, the 6 gentlemen formed the band in 2008. After winning numerous accolades such as MTV’s Best Breakout Band in 2009 and Boston Phoenix’s Best Act in 2011, the band was nominated and won Billboard’s Battle of the Bands and made history being the first independent band to perform on the Billboard Music Awards in 2011.

Upcoming US Tour Dates

  • 8/23 – Chicago, IL – The Boulevard (Logan Square Music Festival, w/ The Whigs & more)
  • 8/25 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
  • 8/26 – Columbus, OH – The Basement
  • 8/27 – Oxford, OH – Brick Street (free show)
  • 8/29 – Minneapolis, MN – Nether Bar
  • 8/31 – Indianapolis, IN – WARMfest (w/ Mayer Hawthorne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Delta Spirit & more)
  • 9/21 – Canton, MA – Life Is Good Festival (w/ The Roots, Trampled By Turtles & more)
  • 9/28 – Albany, NY – Pearlpalooza (w/ The Dirty Heads, Said The Whale, Cayucas & more)

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