Whoa! Not only do we have ONE new video from AiH, but TWO!
Check out the 2nd and 3rd tracks from the band’s new album, Moment Bends.
Check ‘Em Out: Strange Talk
The Australian band Strange Talk has been climbing the Hype Machine charts lately with “Climbing Walls”. They now released a video for their other signature track “Eskimo Boy” of their Strange Talk EP, which was released on Neon Gold on May 2nd.
The video for “Eskimo Boy” was first premiered by UK’s Dazed & Confused.
Download: “Eskimo Boy” (Lightwaves Remix)
Download: “Eskimo Boy” (Vanguard Remix)
The last few months have seen Strange Talk flex their musical muscle as a live act, honing their show opening for the likes of The Rapture, Neon Indian and Marina and The Diamonds. Coming off like the perfect hybrid of Friendly Fires and Phoenix with a bit of that Down Under electro touch thrown in for good measure, Strange Talk are one of the most polished and exciting new acts to emerge. Fully equipped with an arsenal of stadium-ready anthems, “Climbing Walls” is all shimmering synths, cascading bass surges and expert delay pedal use, while next single “Eskimo Boy” shines as the bands flagship anthem, churning synths and heavy basslines slowly building up to the kind of dancefloor-swallowing breakdown Neon Gold dreams are made of.
The Strange Talk EP is available for HERE from the Neon Gold website.
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- Newest Love: Strange Talk (+ free download!) (musicallyamusing.com)
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New Video: Digitalism “2 Hearts” (+ downloads)
Check out the video for the first single off Digitalism’s upcoming album. “2 Hearts” follows the two around a kaleidoscopic space station, playing futuristic instruments and battling aliens.
The full-length I Love You, Dude will see a release on July 5th and the band will be heading stateside two months later to headline the much anticipated Hard Festival Tour.
Download: “2 Hearts” Amazona Boys Remix
And in case you missed the post in April with a free download of “2 Hearts,” you can still get it HERE.
Tour Dates
8/3 – SEATTLE, WA – Showbox
8/4 – PORTLAND, OR – Roseland
8/5 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Fox Theater
8/6 – LOS ANGELES, CA – Hard Fest
8/9 – DALLAS, TX – Granada
8/10 – AUSTIN, TX – Stubb’s
8/12 – CHICAGO, IL – Congress Theater
8/13 – TORONTO, ON – World Electronic Music Festival
8/14 – MONTREAL, PQ – Metropolis
8/16 – BOSTON, MA – House of Blues
8/17 – BALTIMORE, MD – Bourbon Street
8/18 – WASHINGTON, DC – Fur Nightclub
8/19 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – Electric Factory
8/20 – NEW YORK, NY – Terminal 5
Heineken Ad: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour (+ free download)
Check out this Heineken Ad featuring The Asteroids Galaxy Tour with their song “The Golden Age.”
The band’s long version of the video can be seen HERE and has reached over 700,000 hits!
Also, their cover of Men Without Hats “Safety Dance” was featured on Gossip Girl just last month.
Newest Love: Ki:Theory (+ free download)
Click image to listen to "Holiday Heart"
Ki:Theory (a.k.a. Joel Burleson) is a recording artist and producer who walks the tightrope between electronic and indie/alternative rock. Ki:Theory has also lent his adventurous sound to remixes for Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age, Ladytron, and Brazilian Girls among others. Having already rocked Bonnaroo and dj-ing for Betsey Johnson’s during NYC fashion week, Ki:Theory has returned to the studio to work on new material. Yesterday, he released the single for “Holiday Heart.” For the B-side, he teamed up with Holy Fuck for a remix of
UNKLE’s track “Natural Selection” which features The Black Angels.
Check out the “Holiday Heart” MP3 where it premiered on PopMatters or HERE!
“Holiday Heart” has a bright vocal melody, skittering beat, and an instantly memorable hook with something a little darker brewing beneath the surface. “(Holiday Heart) is actually a medical condition you get when you’ve been hitting the whiskey and summer sausage a little too hard (commonly around the holidays). I’ve always thought it makes a great metaphor for ‘to much of a good thing.”, explains Burleson. The b-side is an Olympian collaboration between Ki:Theory, UNKLE, Holy Fuck, and The Black Angels. “Natural Selection” is such a great song to start. I’m a huge fan of UNKLE, The Black Angels, and Holy Fuck. I did a remix for UNKLE once before [2007’s “Hold My Hand”], so getting asked to contribute to something all these great artists had collaborated on was just phenomenal. Holy Fuck had already laid some really nice textures and ambient soundscapes for the remix so getting in there with big drums and some leads seemed like a cool direction.”, says Burleson.
Ki:Theory has also recently contributed a remix of Daft Punk’s “The Son of Flynn” to Daft Punk/Tron: Legacy remix album “Reconfigured”. His song “Arms for Legs” is also featured alongside Sleigh Bells and Silversun Pickups in the trailer for John Singleton’s new film “Abduction”. This month, his remix of the song “Angelica” is also featured on the “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” soundtrack by Rodrigo y Gabriela with Hans Zimmer.
Related articles
- Ki:Theory – “Holiday Heart” MP3 (PopMatters Premiere) (Mixed Media) (popmatters.com)
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Pacific Festival:OC
Steve Aoki and Pacific Festival Entertainment are pleased to present the 2nd annual Pacific Festival: OC, which will be held on August 13 (11 a.m.–12 a.m.). The star-studded event will be held at Oak Canyon Ranch near Irvine Lake in Orange County, CA. Early-bird presale tickets are on sale now at www.pacificfestival.com
Pacific Festival Entertainment is the vision of two groups of longtime friends with a combined 40 years of experience in music and event production. Steve Aoki, world-renowned DJ and founder of Dim Mak Records, and Mike Tunney, founder of Collaborative Media, have been friends for over 25 years, growing up together in Newport Beach. As their first business venture, Aoki and Tunney wanted to create a new music and arts festival for the Orange County community. With a keen vision to produce first-class live entertainment experiences, the two friends joined
forces to create Pacific Festival Entertainment alongside Kelson Berkus and Orange County-native Justin Ruiz.
“The idea was to produce an event that connects culture with community; art with music; and entertainment with philanthropy in our backyard of Orange County,” says Steve Aoki, one of the festival’s founding partners. “We wanted to establish a premium music and arts festival, and have organized a large collective of seasoned event producers, artists, friends and musicians.”
Last year, Governor Schwarzenegger endorsed DEEJAY DC’s successful Guinness Book of World Records attempt at Pacific Festival: OC for the world longest DJ set—spanning 121 consecutive hours. “This is a quite an endeavor you’re about to undertake, one that could not happen without your determined efforts and skills. As a former professional athlete, I know the tremendous amount of preparation it takes to become a winner, and I applaud your dedication to making your goals a reality,” wrote Governor Schwarzenegger in a letter of support written to Deejay DC.
Pacific Festival: OC will showcase over 30 of independent music’s most talented live acts and DJs from around the world across four premium soundstages at an incredible, picturesque lakeside venue within the heart of Orange County. Pacific Festival: OC is pleased to announce the first round of performers which include: CUT COPY, STEVE AOKI, CALVIN HARRIS, GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY, !!! (CHK CHK CHK), PHANTOGRAM, TORO Y MOI, CLASSIXX, AFROMAN, ZOOT WOMAN, THE TWELVES, FRED FALKE, THE GROWLERS, HANNI EL KHATIB, SUPERHUMANOIDS, AMERICAN ROYALTY, JUSTIN MILLER, THE C90S and KEDD COOK (more artists to be announced each week). “The festival has a good mix of genres, not covering just dance music or just indie rock like so many new festivals,” states Golden Bloggen about last year’s launch.
New Download: French Horn Rebellion “What I Want” (Golden Pony Remix)
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Highly Anticipated: New Album From The Rapture
The Rapture have announced the release details for their long awaited third album In The Grace Of Your Love on September 6th through DFA Records.
The release of In The Grace Of Your Love marks the dawn of a new chapter in the bands history and a welcome return to DFA Records, having re-signed with the label that released some of their most acclaimed early singles, and whose founders James Murphy & Tim Goldsworthy produced their debut album Echoes. This an exciting release for the DFA familiy who will also be celebrating that same month the iconic label’s 10th Anniversary.
Together with French producer Philippe Zdar (Phoenix, Beastie Boys, Chromeo) they have crafted and shaped a bold & euphoric album that sounds definitively & distinctly like The Rapture and no one else. Through the course of its eleven tracks, you can immerse yourself as waves of lyrical optimism & introspection crash between angular guitars & pulsing synthesizers, pounding drums & into sweet rhythmical lullabies. This is the sound of The Rapture re-engaged and revitalized with a voice as clear as they ever had.
The full tracklisting is as follows:
In The Grace Of Your Love
1) Sail Away
2) Miss You
3) Blue Bird
4) Come Back to Me
5) In the Grace of Your Love
6) Never Gonna Die Again
7) Roller Coaster
8) Children
9) Can You Find a Way?
10) How Deep Is Your Love?
11) It Takes Time to Be a Man
The Rapture are Gabriel Andruzzi, Luke Jenner & Vito Roccoforte
Stay tuned for US tour dates!
Related articles
- The Rapture Return to DFA for New Album (pitchfork.com)
- The Rapture’s New Album Will Be Out In September (Yes, Really) (blogs.villagevoice.com)
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The Vaccines Release Debut May 31
Buzz-worthy Britons, The Vaccines, are set to release their highly anticipated debut, What Do You Expect From The Vaccines? via Columbia Records on May 31. Coming off the heels of their highly praised UK release, The Vaccines will be bringing their guitar anthems to the stage beginning May 17th in Washington, DC supporting the Arctic Monkeys.
From a cover feature with NME to entering the UK charts at #4 with What Do You Expect From The Vaccines?, the band is positioning themselves to be one of the most watched bands this year.
Check them out on their American network television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday, June 7th.
Tour Schedule:
May 17 – Washington DC, 9.30 Club
May 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
May 19 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
May 21 – Toronto, ON – Kool Haus
May 22 – Montreal, ON – Olympia de Montreal
May 24 – New York, NY – Central Park Summer Stage
May 26 – Detroit, MI – Clutch Cargoes
May 27 – Milwuakee, WI – The Rave
May 28 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
May 30 – Denver, CO -The Ogden Theatre
May 31 – Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
June 02 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theatre
June 03 – Los Angeles, CA – The Hollywood Palladium
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New Video: Tahiti 80 “Easy”
“So why don’t you erase my name, cuz I will never feel the same.”
Check out this happy little ditty from Tahiti 80.
Tahiti 80 specialize in a danceable mix of carefree melodies and intoxicating grooves. The band’s debut album, Puzzle, was released by Minty Fresh in the U.S. in 1999, and was critically acclaimed as a refreshingly upbeat nod to late 60s West Coast pop (particularly the Beach Boys). The album also placed Tahiti 80 squarely in the center of the “French Pop Invasion” that was hitting the U.S., along with fellow French bands Phoenix and Air (most notably). The band has been relentlessly productive ever since, having released an astounding ten EP’s and The Past, The Present & The Possible marking their sixth full-length album (which is available now).
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