BRETON KICK OFF FIRST US HEADLINING TOUR
CommentMy boys are back in town! If you missed any of the Breton US dates back in May - you now have a chance to see them again....twice in one year! What a treat! There are even a few Canadian dates thrown in there! This UK electro rock band is at the top of my most awesome ever list....which means you should really get your ass to a show!
09/04 - DC9 - Washington, DC
09/05 - North Star Barr - Philadelphia, PA
09/06 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
09/07 - The Middle East - Cambridge, MA
09/08 - Casa Del Popolo - Montreal, QC
09/09 - The Ravoli - Toronto, ON
09/11 - Magic Stick Lounge - Detroit, MI
09/12 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, CA
09/13 - The Electric Owl - Vancouver, BC
09/14 - Barboza - Seattle, WA
09/15 - Rotture - Portland, OR
09/18 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
09/19 - Brick & Mortar - San Francisco, CA
NEW VIDEO: HIGH HIGHS - ONCE AROUND THE HOUSE
CommentHigh Highs are an Australian grown folk pop ambient band based in New York. Their music is so dreamy, and Jack Milas voice is so haunting and beautiful. This duo makes ruminative, dreamlike pop, rich with falsetto harmonies and nuanced electronic glaze. This is the new video for "Once Around The House" and their first full length album will be dropping January 2013!
THE LIMOUSINES - BEST KICKSTARTER I EVER SAW!
CommentSo unless you live under a rock, you know how fucked up and brutal the music industry is these days. We are all insane to still be working in this dying industry, but when it is what we love to do, how do we just walk away. Sometimes there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and just every now and again we hear of a success story about an independent artists who are doing it on their own!
The Limousines are a electronic pop band from the San Francisco, CA bay area and they have decided to take a DIY approach for their upcoming record release Hush, tour, and all the other things that go into breaking a record such as radio and PR. What many people don't realize is that most bands are having to go this route nowadays - and hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent directly from the artists pocket in hopes of hitting that lucky moment when it all comes together and a hit record is born.
I have gone through this process with many bands that I have worked with, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it fails - but what always remains the same is the insane amount of time, energy, effort and passion these artists put into their music. The Limousines are great examples of this - I have watched their rise from the start; they have worked their butts off and Eric & Gio are awesome guys to boot!
The Limousines started a Kickstarter fund raiser 5 days ago, and were asking for the minimum to complete their record, and I am happy to see that last night they reached that goal. However, they still need so much more support to tour, pay for PR, press CD's and Vinyl, the list goes on and on - so please check out the video and go pledge a few bucks to help independent artists - it will make you fee oh-so-good!
NEW MUSIC: SHUTTLE - HALO
1 CommentWhen I saw this, I though - Oh no, Shuttle did a version of Halo? WTF!! I am so tired of hearing that song, everyone covers it...some good some bad! If you don't know what I am talking about, you are better off! But wait....it's Shuttle!! He is back - finally!! It's been three years, and we have missed him bunches! DJ/Producer & Passion Pit touring drummer Shuttle is back with a new track called "Halo" - and no it is not a cover of that other song! Download this song HERE and put it on repeat!
REMIX: SAINT MOTEL - 1997 (THE GRAMERCY FOUNDATION REMIX)
CommentI am loving this new remix of Saint Motel's track "1997" given to us today by The Gramercy Foundation. If you did not pick up Saint Motel's debut album that came out in July - what the heck are you waiting for? Voyeur is like the bast thing to happen to Los Angeles pop indie rock all year! Get it on iTunes HERE! You can also download this new remix for free! Thanks Saint Motel!
NEW VIDEO: YEASAYER - LONGEVITY
CommentYeasayer is so awesome! The new album is sick.... I can't stop listening..... You can pick it up HERE on iTunes now, and I highly suggest you do that immediately, Here is their new video for "Longevity"!
NEW VIDEO: JETHRO FOX - BLINDING LIGHT
CommentJethro Fox is at it again! Today he released a new video for single "Blinding Light" and of course I think it's great. I am just a big nerdy fan of this Liverpool, UK based talented singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist indie rocker of a Brit! I think he is the cutest thing and I love love love his music. I have been following his every move for quite some time now because I know we are going to continue to hear amazing things from him, and how lucky are we to be able to watch it all happen from the early stages. I am really really excited for him!!
Blinding Light single was released on August 20 via Tough Love Records, if you are in the UK you can download it from iTunes - otherwise order yourself the 7' HERE! I also included the B side called "Lonely Sound" for your listening pleasure!
REMIX: DIIV - FOLLOW (MEMORY TAPES REMIX)
CommentFADER.com premiered this new remix, and I like what they had to say, "Memory Tapes adds bleary but cheerful steel pan to “Follow,” the wistful track from DIIV‘s excellent summer album, Oshin. Like a party you’re hearing from two blocks down, mid-makeout, the remix keeps singer Zachary Cole Smith’s melody in tact and makes nice use of his vocals, his we’re similiar refrain sounding less like an intuitive reflection than a grinning exclamation."
You can download this remix for free - just click the download button on the soundcloud player above!
