January 21, 2015 · 11:32 am

Video: The Weeknd – “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”

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Today, The Weeknd premiered his music video for “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey),” the first track released from the Fifty Shades of Grey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Republic Records].

The video showcases the same seductive tone of the film, due in large part to the direction by Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson and a starring role by Johnson.  In addition to Taylor-Johnson and Johnson, the film’s cinematographer, Seamus McGarvey, also lent his talents to the shoot.

The soundtrack is available in stores and at all digital retailers beginning February 10, while the Universal Pictures and Focus Features’ film releases in theaters nationwide on February 13.

The trailer for the film, which has been viewed more than 100 million times, is now available to view on the official site.  Iconic four-time Oscar® nominee Danny Elfman provides the original score for the film, while Dana Sano serves as the music supervisor.

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January 21, 2015 · 11:21 am

New Download From Dimond Saints

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Listen/download: Dimond Saints – “Push It Down”

(Free download comes with a Facebook Like)

2014 was a huge first year for Oakland duo, Dimond Saints. Emerging as one of the most promising producers to hit the scene with several Hype Machine toppers and massive festival plays. Releasing over 24 songs to critical acclaim from the likes of Billboard and beyond. 2015 is sure to start with a uproar with their first release titled, “Push It Down”.

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January 15, 2015 · 4:21 pm

Newest Love: Talisco

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“Your Wish” opens with a hypnotic guitar loop, and is found on Talisco’s 2014 EP My Home (Spotify). On the EP, Talisco seamlessly weaves mesmerizing mid-tempos, before letting the chords, beats and the vocals explode when the city lights finally prevail. Talisco’s music brings together elements of Americana with nuances of subtle, electro-folk. Armed with a Fender Telecaster, vintage reverb and his angelic voice, the Parisian artists’ music is an amalgam of his experiences, illustrating the unavoidable urge to get away.

“Your Wish” is also the first song featured in a worldwide ad for Google Cast that went live this week, marking the first time Talisco’s music has crossed the ocean for US listeners!

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January 15, 2015 · 2:42 pm

Listen: The Avener – “Fade Out Lines”

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In order to create the entrancing “Fade Out Lines,” French artist and producer THE AVENER reinterpreted Phoebe Killdeer and The Short Straws’ song “The Fade Out Line.” It’s a delicately dark and undeniably hypnotic mix of deep house, propulsive handclaps, and alternative pop. The Avener has ghost-produced numerous club hits overseas – while his delicate, radiant style has been welcomed as a So French Touch of Elegance, a rediscovery of the missing link between harmonic emotion and the urge to dance.

*10 million views on YouTube
*12 million plays on Spotify
*#1 on iTunes in 11 countries
*Top 10 on iTunes in 20 countries

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January 15, 2015 · 11:57 am

Check ‘Em Out: Shura

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Check out Shura, she’s brand new — but she’s got a lot going on this year and will soon be on your radar anyways. She’ll be at SXSW, and she’ll be touring — all while getting her debut album out this fall. She’s also a BBC Sound of 2015 nominee in the UK. Check out “Touch” and “Indecision” below.

 

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January 13, 2015 · 12:40 pm

Tracklist for Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack

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The highly anticipated cover art and tracklisting for the Fifty Shades of Grey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Republic Records] has been revealed. The soundtrack includes 16 tracks from legends and superstars such as The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Beyoncé, and Annie Lennox as well as new and previously unreleased material from The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, Skylar Grey, Jessie Ware and more. The soundtrack album arrives prior to the Universal Pictures and Focus Features’ film, which releases in theaters February 13, 2015.

Pre-order the soundtrack now from any of the digital partners and receive an immediate download of “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” from The Weeknd and Sia’s “Salted Wound.”  Fifty Shades of Grey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be available in stores and on all digital partners on February 10th.

Pre-order the soundtrack HERE.

Fifty Shades of Grey is the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling book that has become a global phenomenon.  Since its release, the “Fifty Shades” trilogy has been translated into 51 languages worldwide and sold more than 100 million copies in e-book and print—making it one of the biggest and fastest-selling book series ever.

The trailer for the film, which has been viewed more than 100 million times, is now available to view on the movie’s official site.  Iconic four-time Oscar® nominee Danny Elfman provides the original score for the film, while Dana Sano serves as the music supervisor.

Standard Edition Tracklisting:

1 “I Put A Spell On You (Fifty Shades of Grey)” – Annie Lennox
2. “Undiscovered” – Laura Welsh
3. “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)” – The Weeknd
4. “Meet Me In The Middle” – Jessie Ware
5. “Love Me Like You Do” – Ellie Goulding
6. “Haunted (Michael Diamond Remix)” – Beyoncé
7. “Salted Wound” – Sia
8. “Beast Of Burden” – The Rolling Stones
9. “I’m On Fire” – AWOLNATION
10. “Crazy In Love (2014 Remix)” – Beyoncé
11. “Witchcraft” – Frank Sinatra
12. “One Last Night” – Vaults
13. “Where You Belong” – The Weeknd
14. “I Know You” – Skylar Grey
15. “Ana And Christian” – Danny Elfman
16. “Did That Hurt?” – Danny Elfman

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January 9, 2015 · 11:32 am

Tour Dates For Sir Sly (with Kongos)

 

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Sir Sly is hitting the road this winter with Kongos for a 2 month North American Tour commencing on January 29th in Dallas, Texas. See below for a full list of dates.

 Sir Sly is lead singer Landon Jacobs, drummer Hayden Coplen and keyboardist Jason Suwito. The band record, produce, mix and master all of their music in their recording studio.  Sir Sly’s full length debut album, You Haunt Me, out now on Cherrytree/Interscope Records features the band’s first single and title track as well as “Gold” and “Inferno” featuring Lizzy Plapinger of MS MR. The video for “You Haunt Me” can be seen HERE.

Click here to see the band performing on Conan.

Sir Sly & Kongos tour dates:

1/29/15: Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill

1/30/15: Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom

1/31/15: Houston, TX – Warehouse Live

2/03/15: Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor

2/04/15: Orlando, FL – The Beacham

2/05/15: Atlanta, GA – Center Stage

2/06/15: Myrtle Beach, SC – House Of Blues

2/07/15: Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte

2/09/15: Norfolk, VA – The NorVa

2/10/15: Washington, DC – 9:30 Club

2/12/15: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory

2/13/15: Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel

2/14/15: York, PA – Pullo Center @ Penn State York

2/15/15: New York, NY – Irving Plaza

2/17/15: Portland, ME – State Theatre

2/18/15: Boston, MA – House Of Blues

2/20/15: Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall

2/21/15: Montreal, QC – Metropolis

2/23/15: Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall

2/24/15: Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE

2/25/15: Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall

2/27/15: Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works

2/28/15: Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom

3/01/15: Milwaukee, WI – The Rave

3/02/15: Columbia, MO – The Blue Note

3/04/15: Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep

3/05/15: Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall

3/07/15: Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot

3/09/15: San Diego, CA – House Of Blues

3/10/15: San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore

3/12/15: Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium

3/13/15: Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

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January 7, 2015 · 4:20 pm

Video: Baby Alpaca – “Rollercoaster”

Baby Alpaca’s “Roller Coaster” is the first chapter of a sexnoir story in three parts, directed by Aaron Maurer and Baby Alpaca’s Zach McMillan. “Roller Coaster” is released via the JD Samson (MEN / Le Tigre) co-founded label Atlas Chair. Baby Alpaca has been on the rise since releasing their debut EP last year. The duo Chris Kittrell and Zach McMillan have teamed up with producer Filip Nikolic from Poolside / Turbotito & Ima Robot to record their first studio album in Los Angeles.

See past posts on Baby Alpaca:

Video: Baby Alpaca – “Sea of Dreams”

Baby Alpaca – “Sea of Dreams” (Turbotito Remix) + EP

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December 19, 2014 · 9:49 am

Dave Sitek Opens Record Store Pop-Up Shop For 60 Days

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Dave Sitek’s FEDERAL PRISM is pleased to announce the launch yesterday of a unique pop-up record store designed to serve music collectors and serious music fans. The store features exclusive and limited edition vinyl, downloads, apparel and creative works from a wide variety of artists and genres, including TV on the Radio, Oh Land ft. Sia, Thelonius Monk, The Germs, Johnny Cash, Chuck Inglish, Sly & The Family Stone, Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag), Mike Watt, The Julie Ruin, Chance the Rapper, and much more.

Sitek explains, “Somewhere along the line music became ‘content.’ It’s my full intention to bring it back to music again! With such potency, music should be treated with care. The sound, the feel, the presentation… everything! It is a medicine. It is a teacher!”

Feeding a growing appetite for vinyl and “specialty products” among passionate music fans, Federal Prism has partnered with Girlie Action, Acme Creative Group and Pledge Music to create a unique pop up Record Shop with an exciting mix of exclusive and limited addition titles. The store will operate for 60 days starting today.

Federal Prism’s managing partner, Jeff Bowers, discusses how the idea was conceived. “We are at a moment in music when some of the most well received artists and releases in recent memory have little to nothing in the retail space. It is my hope that we can take the lessons of Record Store Day and the resurgent popularity of vinyl, and pull these consumer models together and make a compelling experience for the fan. I am asking talented kids, the next generation, who have never sold anything in a record store to make something unique that interests them and their fan base, and we are placing that next to traditional music configurations by established artists. That doesn’t happen anywhere with any consistency. It doesn’t happen at iTunes and it certainly doesn’t happen at Best Buy.“

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Promising a steady flow of new titles popping up over the next two months, Sitek launches with dozens of titles including:
  • A limited edition pressing of Thelonius Monk’s penultimate studio album, Underground, on 180 gram color vinyl
  • The Germs’ 3-song 7″ EP, Lexicon Devil, originally released via mail-order by Slash Records in 1978, and limited to just 1,500 units on 7″ red vinyl
  • Chuck Inglish’s full-length, The Convertibles, on a 4-disc 7″ vinyl set originally released earlier this year, and which landed the album at #8 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and caused it to jumped from #53 to #24 on the Billboard Hip Hop Albums chart the week it was released.

Check out this previously unreleased track of The Julie Ruin’s “Blueberry Hill” (limited pressing available on 7″ at the store. The B-side is a YACHT remix of the Julie Ruin track “Right Home”.

Listen: The Julie Ruin’s “Blueberry Hill” (via Pitchfork)

Bowers, who started DIY label Soul Force Records in his native Tempe, AZ at the age of 15, worked for a decade as a creative marketing consultant for Warner Bros. Records and Atlantic, where he worked on classic vinyl reissues by Led Zeppelin, Metallica and Neil Young, as well as Nirvana and Sonic Youth and more contemporary Record Store Day releases by Skrillex, Fun., Portugal. The Man and Grouplove. While at Warner between 2007-2014, Bowers helped the label secure the number one marketshare in the vinyl format, moving from mid-six figures when he started to eight figures by the time he left as well as founding three record labels signed to the group.

He is also credited by the people responsible for “Record Store Day” for taking the annual event to a whole new level. “Without Jeff Bower’s enthusiasm and passion for music in general, and vinyl in specific, we would not have been able to launch Record Store Day,” RSD co-founder Michael Kurtz has said. “In doing so, Jeff helped the indie record store community take vinyl sales from a few thousand dollars the first year to millions by the seventh year.”

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