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Video: Miike Snow – “Pretender”

Check out NOISEY’s premiere of Miike Snow’s new video for “Pretender” which is the next chapter of our friend Jean Noel, the character from previous Happy to You videos. And how cool is it that this time he’s experiencing festival culture at LA’s HARD Summer.

Download: Miike Snow – “Pretender” (Dem Slackers Remix)

Miike Snow Tour Dates:

  • October 13: Corona Capital 2012/Mexico City, Mexico
  • October 16:  First Avenue/Minneapolis, MN *
  • October 17: Congress Theater/Chicago, IL *
  • October 19: United Palace/New York, NY *
  • October 20: State Theater/Portland, ME *
  • October 22: Orpheum Theatre/Boston, MA *
  • October 23: Wellmont Theatre/Montclair, NJ *
  • October 24: 9:30 Club/Washington, DC (2 Shows: Doors 7pm and 10:30pm)*
  • October 26: Moogfest/Asheville, NC
  • October 30: Hollywood Palladium/Los Angeles, CA *

* with Niki and the Dove

 

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Got Milkman?

Back in May, I posted about Milkman and some ‘dope dancin’ downloads’ to grab. Now, The Los Angeles-based producer has served up another summer track in anticipation of his performance at Jay Z’s Made In America Festivalon September 2nd. See below to go check out “Neon Eyes.”

Emerging from the burgeoning mash-up scene of a few years ago Milkman has become one of the premiere up and coming electro / progressive house artists in the country with his most recent EP Fragments reaching #2 on the iTunes electronic chart in it’s first week of release.

Stream: Milkman – “Neon Eyes”

Stream/Download: Best of 2012 (Thus Far) Milkman Megamix

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2012 Culture Collide Festival

FILTER Magazine’s third annual Culture Collide Festival will return to Los Angeles this October 4-7, bringing four days of incredible music, art, film and more to Echo Park. As one of the most buzzed about festivals of the fall season, Culture Collide will welcome performances by of Montreal, Junip, School of Seven Bells, Clinic, Penguin Prison, Class Actress, John Talabot, Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500, Breakestra, Tribes, American Royalty, Moss, The Standards, The Kavanaghs and Marit Larsen with many more to be announced soon.

“The Culture Collide festival has always been dedicated to bringing good music from all over the world to Los Angeles, and in our third year, we’re creating something bigger and better than ever, while still keeping it affordable to attend,” said Alan Miller, co-founder and co-publisher of FILTER Magazine. “The festival really is all about introducing people to a wide range of quality music, celebrating the cultural melting pot that this city embraces, and creating an experience like no other.”

This year’s four-day festival will celebrate the convergence of cultures upon Los Angeles by welcoming artists from across the globe. Festival attendees will experience full-band live performances as well as intimate acoustic sets, film screenings, and happy hours featuring free food and drinks from around the world at a variety of venues.

City Councilmember Eric Garcetti, who represents the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles adds, “It’s great to welcome Culture Collide back to Echo Park for another year of fantastic music and fun.”

The 2012 Culture Collide Festival will take place on ten unique Los Angeles stages and will wrap up with an all-day block party on Sunday, October 7th.

A limited number of Culture Collide festival wristbands are now available, priced at just $20 at Ticket Web. Wristbands have sold out the past two years, and with many more artists to be announced in the coming weeks, early wristband purchase is strongly recommended.

For the most updated information on FILTER Magazine’s Culture Collide, please visit culturecolide.com and follow FILTER Magazine on Facebook  and Twitter.

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Video: Blue Foundation – Broken Life

Today Noisey premieres Brooklyn-based electronic/dream pop duo Blue Foundation’s new short documentary “Broken Life.”  The film follows Pepper, a charismatic homeless man living on the streets of California for the last 30 years, and is soundtracked by the band’s music.  This past Monday, Blue Foundation and Noisey also premiered the music video for “Just a Hand” featuring a cameo from Pepper. The track is from their forthcoming album, In My Mind I Am Free, out May 22nd through their own imprint, Dead People’s Choice Records. The video is an excursion through the streets of Los Angeles and New York on skateboard. Best known for their songs “Eyes on Fire” (certified double platinum in the US) from the “Twilight Saga” and “Sweep” from Michael Mann’s “Miami Vice,” the band released their first 7″ via Moshi Moshi Records and their first, self-titled debut album was released shortly thereafter. Their songs have also appeared on the TV series “The O.C.,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” “CSI:Miami,” and “The Cleveland Show.”

In My Mind, I Am Free Comes Out May 22

 

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Download: Fatboy Slim Halloween Mix!

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Check it out! Fatboy Slim will be headlining the HARD Haunted Mansion event on October 28-29 AND he has made a DOPE hour long mix for FREE download…well, in exchange for an email address…but c’mon! FREE – AWESOME – FATBOY SLIM – MIXTAPE – HALLOWEEN! What else could you want?!!

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New Video: The Tender Box – “Crashing Down”

Originally inspired by the post punk and synth pop groups of the 1980s, The Tender Box was formed by the four childhood friends in the predominantly Mexican American neighborhood of South Gate, known in music circles as the hometown for the groundbreaking Latin rap outfit Cypress Hill. The lush and despairing decadence of Britpop appealed to their sensibilities and their own personal histories. Henceforth, The Tender Box would continue to immerse themselves in a veritable fusion of musical tastes and fine-tune their recipe for success blending alternative rock, Latin grooves and electro dance beats seamlessly together.

The band has recently shared stages with Echo & The Bunnymen, Lifehouse, Ida Maria and toured North America with She Wants Revenge & Kill Hannah. Also, with new music in hand the band embarked on a spring tour of the west coast supporting Montreal’s The Dears and made a number of appearances at this year’s SXSW.

Their second album, Reverence, comes out tomorrow.

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FILTER Magazine’s 2nd Annual CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL

FILTER Magazine is proud to announce that the second annual Culture Collide Festival will take place October 6 – 9, 2011 in Los Angeles.

The four-day international festival will once again welcome bands from all over the world for a multi-cultural musical melting pot throughout the vibrant scene of LA’s East Side, including an all-day Block Party on Sunday, October 9 in Echo Park. Festival wristbands providing access to all Culture Collide showcases will once again be priced at just $20.

“We couldn’t be more excited about what we have planned for this year,” said Alan Miller, co-owner and co-founder of FILTER Magazine. “2011 will feature more intimate venues within walking distance from each other as well as even more participating countries from all over the world.”

Last year’s inaugural Culture Collide Festival attracted 10,000 attendees and featured 54 bands from 16 countries. Performing artists included Black Lips, Klaxons, Tokyo Police Club, White Lies, Phantogram, Monotonix, Casiokids, The Boxer Rebellion, Jenny and Johnny, Fran Healy, Suuns, Sébastien Tellier, and more. Dangerbird Studios hosted several recording sessions for visiting artists, resulting in the first “Live from FILTER Magazine’s Culture Collide Festival” mix available as a free download at culturecollide.com.

Additional details including 2011 wristband sale information, participating countries and performing artists will be announced in the coming weeks. For the most updated information on FILTER Magazine’s Culture Collide, please visit culturecolide.com, and follow FILTER Magazine on Facebook and Twitter.

“Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide Festival brings some of the best and brightest indie rockers from around the world.” — LA Times

“Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide Festival is like the feisty little brother to bigger music fests like SXSW and Coachella, and by all appearances, a lot more interesting (not to mention less expensive). The extended, multi-venue tribute to independent music has a lineup that’s not just indie, but good.” — Flavorpill

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February’s New Music Seminar Held In LA

The New Music Seminar has generated huge buzz as one of the new key future of music industry events to attend. The next scheduled multi-day conference is hitting LA on February 14th through 16th, 2011 (the day after the Grammys). NMS NYC sold out this summer with a hot red carpet events and tons of talent/artists involved.  This upcoming LA event promises to be nothing less than stellar. The kickoff red carpet event, The After Grammy Jammy (the NMS Opening Night Party), will be held at The Music Box in Hollywood on Monday night, February 14th with the “Artist on the Verge Finals”, which selects one artist who will walk away with over $50K in promotion and marketing, Tuesday, February 15th at The Roxy. 

NMS founder Tom Silverman explains;

“The New Music Seminar is the epicenter of a new movement. The NMS is the creative crucible where new ideas are hatched and new collaborations formed.  The New Music Seminar is a meeting of the architects of the next music business; the creators, the investors, the technological visionaries, those for whom music is a passion that they cannot do without.”

Media partners and sponsors include: The Recording Academy, Grammy Museum, LA Weekly, Music Connection, Digital Music News, Reverbnation, KCRW, Indie 103.1, MySpace Music, Hypebot, IndiePower, Gibson, Filter Magazine, Soundexchange and a host of other new technology and traditional music and entertainment companies.

For NMS tickets please go to http://www.NewMusicSeminar.com. Register by November 26th and receive early discount price of $175.  All registered delegates prior to November 26th will have a chance to win two tickets to the Grammys on Sunday, February 13th.  NMS also is offering registered delegates a room rate of $169 plus tax at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, where all the networking will take place all day and night and will be the place to meet your next business partners.  All registrations and reservations are available by going to http://www.NewMusicSeminar.com

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Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia

Until One is the new album by Swedish House Mafia, which will be released Tuesday, Oct 26th. This album is quickly gaining HUGE momentum.  Their single ‘One (Your Name)’ feat. Pharrell is a top 3 iTunes & Billboard dance track with a video that has garnered over 20 million views on Youtube (adding over a million every week). Having recently graced the covers of DJ Times, Future Music and Mixmag, Swedish House Mafia have developed one of the most exhilirating live shows around, wowing thousands of fans at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival and LA’s Electric Daisy Carnival, where they were proclaimed one of the highlights of the weekend. This album is also a soundtrack to their forthcoming DVD “Take One,” a film by Christian Larson which is a documentary about Swedish House Mafia. Check out the trailer streaming exclusively on MTV.com by clicking here.

Spinner has the video up for Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah “Miami 2 Ibiza,” which you can check out here.

Look out for the new album next week, it includes some awesome stuff old and new. And if you’re in Miami or Vegas next weekend, definitely check out the Mafia live!

LIVE DATES:

10/30 Miami FL, Masquerade Motel

10/31 Las Vegas NV, The Joint (Halloween)

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING DATES:

10/27 LA William Morris Building – 5pm

10/29 NYC Tribeca Grand – 6pm

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