‘”‘Rocking’ or ‘booty-poppin’ don’t do much justice to describe Asher’s set. Let’s try ‘face-melting.'” – CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND
“…those who attended [BOOTS’] evening set were very lucky, because they had a chance to witness a real creative mind at work. His energy is electric, his voice is powerful, and his music goes deeper when you can feel the drums changing the pulse in your veins.” – CLASH
Fresh off his two brilliantly intense live performances at this year’s Austin City Limits Festival, BOOTS has premiered “C.U.R.E.” from his forthcoming debut album, AQUΛRIA. “C.U.R.E.” churns with an abundance of swagger as BOOTS explores a surveillance state of corruption and paranoia when he asks, “who’s watching your family, kid?” Listen here.
AQUΛRIA out November 13 on Columbia, is currently available for preorder viaiTunes. All preorders receive instant downloads of all previously released tracks including “AQUΛRIA”, “I Run Roulette”, “Only”, “Bombs Away” and “C.U.R.E.”.
Word of BOOTS’ blinding live shows is clearly spreading as his Brooklyn album release show is sold out well in advance. Tickets are still available for the November 19 headline performance at The Echo in Los Angeles. Those in attendance for his performances during Landmark, ACL and Run the Jewels’ Jewel Runner Tour have come away knowing they witnessed something special.
10/15/15 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre *
10/16/15 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater Pomona *
10/20/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre *
10/21/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre *
10/22/15 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre *
10/23/15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
10/24/15 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre *
11/13/15 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
11/19/15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
12/05/15 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
12/06/15 – Jacksonville, FL – Metropolitan Park
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY JOHN LEGEND AND KAMASI WASHINGTON AS WELL AS A SPECIAL ACOUSTIC SET FROM RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
SILENT AUCTION TO FEATURE DONATED ORIGINAL WORKS FROM DAMIEN HIRST, JEFF KOONS, RICHARD PRINCE, SHEPARD FAIREY AND MANY MORE
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea and Anthony Kiedis are excited to announce an exclusive dinner gala and auction on Saturday, October 17 to benefit the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. The event will be hosted in an un-disclosed Frog Town warehouse where 300 guests will enjoy a night filled with music and art. John Legend will headline the night’s festivities with additional music provided by jazz legend Kamasi Washington. Guests will also be treated to a special acoustic performance by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The SCM benefit will also include a lavish silent auction curated by Dana Louise Kirkpatrick, Flea and Deborah McCleod (Director, Gagosian Gallery). Confirmed artists who have generously donated original works to the auction include Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Raymond Pettibon, Kenny Scharf, Thomas Houseago, Retna, Shepard Fairey, Gus Van Sant, Piero Golia, Richard Serra, Sterling Ruby, Charming Baker, Urs Fischer, Wes Lang, Dana Louise Kirkpatrick, Bernie Taupin, Erik Brunetti, Judith Supine, Dennis Hopper, Herbie Fletcher and many more. Boutique items include donations from The Elder Statesman, Deborah Pagani, Libertine, Sonia Kashuk and ORIBE.
Limited individual tickets and tables still available, contact events.scm@outlook.com for further information. For inquiries regarding art and sponsorship, contact DLK.assistant@gmail.com.
Silverlake Conservatory Mission Statement
The mission of Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is to facilitate basic music education. Our primary focus is on the youth of the community but all are welcome and encouraged to participate. The Conservatory offers private music lessons at a reasonable cost and grants scholarships to children in need, providing free lessons and instruments. The study of music enriches not only the life of the student but the community and society as well.
Silverlake Conservatory Scholarship Statement
One of the primary missions of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music is to provide scholarships to children whose families would otherwise be unable to afford lessons. Through a variety of sources including – personal contributions, corporate contributions, musical instrument donation, and in-house fundraising activities – the Conservatory has maintained a strong roster of talented and committed future musicians. We strive to address the decrease in arts education in schools while providing cultural enrichment to our community at large.
“…a chugging baseline, ominous percussions, and Asher, laying down smooth rap lyrics between a desperate and rawly sung chorus.” – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“…beautifully creepy, like an amalgamation of an R&B-influenced Aphex Twin and The King of Limbs-era Radiohead.” – PIGEONS AND PLANES
“With its dark tones and industrial sounds, ‘Bombs Away’ has BOOTS gearing up for an imminent war as the drums march in beat and the guitar’s distortion light up the night sky giving the feel of nu-age destruction.” – 2DOPEBOYZ
After offering up “Bombs Away” from his highly anticipated debut album, AQUΛRIA, BOOTS is now premiering the official music video for the track. The “Bombs Away” video syncs up perfectly with the song’s murky and foreboding aesthetic as it portrays BOOTS navigating a seedy underworld reminiscent of 1980s neo-noir films. As was the case in his debut short film, Motorcycle Jesus, BOOTS both stars in his newest visual creation and assumes the directorial helm. Watch here.
AQUΛRIA is currently available for preorder via iTunes. All preorders receive instant downloads of all previously released tracks including “AQUΛRIA”, “I Run Roulette”, “Only” and “Bombs Away”.
After his performance during Washington, DC’s Landmark Festival in September, Consequence of Sound called BOOTS’ “face-melting” set one of the best of the weekend. Catch BOOTS on tour in North America this fall as he supports Run the Jewels and when he plays Austin City Limits’ Austin Ventures Stage at 7:30pm this Saturday.
10/07/15 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom +
10/10/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/12/15 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues +
10/13/15 – Houston, TX – House of Blues +
10/15/15 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre +
10/16/15 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater Pomona +
10/20/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/21/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/24/15 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre +
11/13/15 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
11/19/15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
12/05/15 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
12/06/15 – Jacksonville, FL – Metropolitan Park
New video launched today, Tuesday October 6th, exclusively on Paul McCartney’s Facebook page celebrates special revamped track featuring previously unheard vocals by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
Voices of Paul and Michael swap positions in remix by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent
New dance video created by Sia and Lady Gaga collaborator Ryan Heffington to accompany “Say Say Say” 2015 remix
Taken from the re-issue of Paul McCartney’s Pipes of Peace album, out now
“Say Say Say” is without doubt one of the all-time greatest musical collaborations in popular music. It is one of three tracks on which Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson worked together and was their biggest commercial success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks upon release in 1983 and going on to become one of the highest selling singles of all time.
The groundbreaking partnership of two of the biggest stars in the music world began with a phone call which Paul received out of the blue after Michael got hold of his personal number and called, suggesting they should collaborate.
Paul remembers: “He (Michael) rang me up, and I didn’t believe it was him, so I said “who’s this?” He said ‘Michael’. ‘Are you sure… Michael who?!’. Anyway, we had a joke about that kind of thing, and he said, ‘yeah, I’d like to come over and write with you’, so I said great. So he came over to England and we just sat down. I thought, well, it’s not easy to just sit down with anyone you don’t know and just write, start songwriting because you’ve got to get the chemistry right. But I thought, it is Michael – you know, I’ll just try! If it doesn’t work, we’ll just throw it away …”
Clearly, the magic worked between them and “Say Say Say” resonated around the world. Indeed, such was the excitement about the duo that even the TV premiere of the video – in which they play a pair of travelling con merchants in the Wild West – was an appointment-to-view event in many countries. And now, 32 years after the original release, fans will have a fresh rush of excitement with a completely new mix of the track, prominently featuring alternative vocals from Paul and the late Michael which have never before seen the light of day.
This version came about as Paul worked on the next stage of his extensive reissue collection – the Grammy Award-winning Paul McCartney Archive Series – earlier this year. While working on the remasters for 1983’s Pipes Of Peace album and accompanying bonus material at Abbey Road Studios in January 2015, Paul was listening to an instrumental remix of “Say Say Say” by DJ John ‘Jellybean’ Benitez when he recalled there were unused vocals.
The original multi-track masters were located and Paul’s Chief Engineer at his studio in Sussex, Steve Orchard, along with Paul fused the unheard recordings to the Jellybean mix. The extended track – which stretches to seven minutes compared to the original single’s 3 minutes 56 seconds – was then given a further polish with a remix by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, whose extensive resume’ includes working with Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Coldplay.
Orchard says: “Paul remembered that there were two unused lead vocal performances by Michael and himself. He said we should try putting the unused lead vocals onto the Jellybean mix. The Jellybean mix is a 12″ and is much longer than the original version. It was originally made by making edit sections of the song with different instruments being muted to make up new sections and then spliced together.
“I needed to edit and arrange the alternative lead vocals to fit the 12″ format. We then rearranged the vocal sequence and inverted the original performance so that Michael opened the first verse instead of Paul, to give the song a different take to the original version. Then we added additional backing vocal parts from the original multi-track to further enhance the instrumental mix. Paul then said it would be great to get Spike Stent to mix the new version of the track to give the song a new vibe.”
And to celebrate the remix of “Say Say Say,” a new upbeat dance video has been created and was launched exclusively on Facebook today (Tuesday October 6th). Directed by the choreographer and performance artist Ryan Heffington – recently noted for his choreography work on Sia’s “Chandelier” promo – and filmed in LA, the video follows a teenage boy on a journey through his neighborhood. The boy’s sense of optimism is infectious as he brings joy and stunning dance sequences to those he encounters on his travels.
The track is part of the Pipes Of Peace 2-CD Special Edition, which is made up of the original album plus a nine-track bonus disc including outtakes, demos and other gems. The Deluxe Edition also includes a further DVD which features single promos and unreleased clips from Paul’s film archives. In addition there is a 2-LP vinyl edition as well as standard and hi-res digital versions. All formats are out now.
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Sky Atlantic has today unveiled the opening credits for major new crime drama The Last Panthers, featuring “★,” a brand new original song written and performed by David Bowie.
The first look of the title sequence comes just five weeks before the show launches simultaneously across Europe on Sky Atlantic at 9pm, 12 November 2015.
The track is the result of a meeting of minds between David Bowie and the director of the series Johan Renck who met during the filming of the show.
Johan Renck, director of The Last Panthers, commented: “I showed Mr. Bowie the two first episodes in the rough state they were at the time, and he liked what he saw very much. We discussed the various aspects of the show; naturally the plot line, but also the underlying currents of guilt and personality flaws. We talked about the dark heart of Europe. We talked about the biblical aspects of human nature. He asked if there was anything else to see, so I showed him the first concept board i had just made for the title sequence – images from the show laced with chimaeras and demons from the worlds of Bosch and Grunewald. That’s when he said go – it all fits. Then he played me his new song ‘★’.”
The six part series, jointly pan-European commission from Sky and CANAL + in France, stars Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Samantha Morton alongside double Cesar award winner Tahar Rahim, Croatian star Goran Bogdan and two time Academy Award Nominee, three-time BAFTA winner and Golden Globe winner John Hurt.
The series is produced by France’s Haut et Court TV (The Returned) and the UK’s Warp Films (This is England) and directed by the acclaimed Johan Renck (Bloodline, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead as well as videos by Madonna, New Order, Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey) and was filmed in Marseille, Belgrade, Montenegro and London.
The Last Panthers will screen on CANAL + in France and on Sky Atlantic in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria from 12 November.
LIVE CONCERT FILM PREMIERES SEPTEMBER 26th AT 9/8c ON PALLADIA
LISTEN TO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK “IT’S THAT TALK AGAIN” NOW
“a generous helping of sophisticated pop and post-modern folk-rock, rooted in the traditional with one foot deep into the sounds of the future.” – ROLLING STONE
“James Mercer and Brian ‘Danger Mouse’ Burton continue to make beautiful music together in a set that is breathtakingly perfect.” —THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“Six-member harmonies (which included the band’s two touring musicians) joining forces with more than a thousand fans belting out every word – that spells success.” – OC REGISTER
Following a lengthy 2014 world tour that hopscotched the Atlantic and entertained thousands on the globe’s most prestigious stages, Broken Bells will bring their acclaimed live show to living rooms across the country. “Broken Bells: Live at the Orpheum Theater” showcases James Mercer and Brian Burton’s beautiful live performance that was shot during an October 24, 2014 show at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles before the conclusion of their tour. The live concert film will premiere on the Palladia television network on September 26th at 9/8c.
“Broken Bells: Live at the Orpheum Theater” features live renditions of songs selected from Broken Bells’ Grammy-nominated, self-titled debut album as well as its celebrated follow-up, After the Disco. Accompanying the performance are stunning visual motifs – such as imagery from their After the Discomini film and the familiar pink orb fans will immediately recognize – that weave story lines throughout the set. A full listing of songs performed during the concert film is available below.
Broken Bells have also unveiled “It’s That Talk Again”, a previously unreleased track from the After the Disco recording sessions. Listen to “It’s That Talk Again” here.
“Broken Bells: Live at the Orpheum Theater”
1. Perfect World
2. The Ghost Inside
3. After the Disco
4. The Mall & Misery
5. The Angel & The Fool
6. October
7. Vaporize
8. The Changing Lights
9. Leave It Alone
10. The High Road
11. Trap Doors
12. Holding On For Life
Additional airings of “Broken Bells: Live at the Orpheum Theater” will be available during the times listed below. All encore airings are listed as Eastern Standard Time. For airings in other time zones, please consult your local listings.
Saturday, 9/26 at 9pm (premiere)
Sunday, 9/27 at 12am
Sunday, 9/27 at 2pm
Tuesday, 9/29 at 7pm
Thursday, 10/1 at 11pm
Friday, 10/2 at 4pm
In the wake of Ryan Adams’ full album cover of Taylor Swift’s 1989 rising to #2 on the iTunes chart, it has been confirmed that Ryan will be the first ever musical guest on Trevor Noah’s premiere week hosting The Daily Show. Ryan will be the sole guest on the October 1 broadcast, as announced today by Comedy Central.
Popular and critical reaction to Ryan’s take on 1989 has been equally over the top since its digital release September 21 on PAX-AM/Blue Note, with early raves multiplying by the hour, including:
“What you can’t question about this 1989 is the effort and care that Adams put into conceiving these covers… this is not 1989 unplugged. It is 1989 reimagined, with often startling results… you’ll stop wondering why Ryan Adams felt the need to redo 1989. You’ll just be glad he did.”—AMERICAN SONGWRITER
“Ryan Adams transforms Taylor Swift’s 1989 into a melancholy masterpiece… decidedly free of irony or shtick, and, perhaps more important for a covers album, transforms the source material… In a sense, Adams has created the soundtrack to a fictional ’80s teen movie.”—AV CLUB
“There’s nothing ironic or tossed off about Adams’ interpretations. By stripping all 13 tracks of their pony-stomp synths and high-gloss studio sheen, he reveals the bones of what are essentially timeless, genre-less songs… If turning the biggest, shiniest pop record of the past year into a survey course in classic rock economy sounds like a novelty, it is. But it’s also the best kind—one that brings two divergent artists together in smart, unexpected ways, and somehow manages to reveal the best of both of them.”—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“What elevates Adams’s 1989 beyond a mere meme and to an actually great record is how fully he inhabits Swift’s eminently durable songs. His 1989 fits thematically with his best work.”—GRANTLAND
“Adams has done Swift a major favor, by showing her core fans that, beneath all the pop, there’s a sturdy country heart beating in her music.”—WALL STREET JOURNAL
For further news, updates and details on 1989’s upcoming release on CD and vinyl, stay tuned to http://paxamrecords.com.
“…a heady brew of electronic grooves and dark melodies…” – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“the most interesting artist I’ve heard in 2015” – Bob Boilen, ALL SONGS CONSIDERED
BOOTS has now unleashed “Bombs Away”, a powerful new song from his hotly anticipated debut full length album, AQUΛRIA. “Bombs Away” is a percussive and grinding beast of a track that resurrects the industrial genre with a revamped edge and an abundance of much-needed swagger. Listen to “Bombs Away” now.
AQUΛRIA – out Friday, November 13th on Columbia Records – is already being called one of the year’s most exciting releases and is being praised by the likes of THE NEW YORK TIMES, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND among others. During an exclusive ALL SONGS CONSIDERED episode, NPR’s Bob Boilen deemed AQUΛRIA his “most anticipated release” of the year. Listen to the full ALL SONGS CONSIDERED episode here.
AQUΛRIA is now available for preorder via iTunes. All preorders come with instant downloads of previously released tracks “AQUΛRIA“, “Only” and “I Run Roulette” in addition to “Bombs Away“.
BOOTS will be on tour this fall supporting Run the Jewels and will also headline two shows on each coast at Los Angeles’ Echo and New York’s Rough Trade. A complete itinerary is available below. For further information, visit bootsonboots.com, facebook.com/BOOTS and twitter.com/bootsonboots.
BOOTS 2015 TOUR
09/12/15 – Buffalo, NY – Edgefest
09/27/15 – Washington, DC – Landmark Music Fest
09/29/15 – Tuscon, AZ – Rialto Theatre +
09/30/15 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls +
10/02/15 – Austin, TX – Emo’s *
10/03/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/05/15 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works +
10/06/15 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall +
10/07/15 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom +
10/10/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/12/15 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues +
10/13/15 – Houston, TX – House of Blues +
10/15/15 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre +
10/16/15 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater Pomona +
10/20/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/21/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/22/15 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre +
10/23/15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue +
10/24/15 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre +
11/13/15 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
11/19/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
12/05/15 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
12/06/15 – Jacksonville, FL – Metropolitan Park
“Get Right” b/w “Crucified Again” SINGLE STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY AT TIDAL THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24
REFLEKTOR TAPES CASSETTE TAPE AND “GET RIGHT” 7″ NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT arcadefire.com
The Reflektor Tapes
In conjunction with the September 23 U.S. theatrical release of their feature film The Reflektor Tapes, Arcade Fire has confirmed the September 25 digital release of a deluxe edition of the band’s critically acclaimed, international #1 double album Reflektor.
The Reflektor Deluxe Edition features another LP side’s worth of material not included on the original album: Five never-before-released Arcade Fire songs and a remix of “Flashbulb Eyes.” Several of the tracks exclusive to the deluxe edition—such as “Crucified Again,” “Get Right” and “Soft Power”–will be familiar to Arcade Fire fans who have either witnessed rare live performances or seen or heard the previously unreleased material as featured in the The Reflektor Tapes.
A 7-inch vinyl single of “Get Right” b/w “Crucified Again” will be released on Merge/Sonovox the same day as the Reflektor Deluxe digital release. The two tracks on the single began streaming via TIDAL as of 9:00 a.m. ET and will be available exclusively to TIDAL subscribers through September 24.
Additionally, The Reflektor Tapes, a cassette-only release of the unreleased tracks has been confirmed for October 16. The Reflektor Tapes track listing is as follows:
1. “Apocrypha”
2. “Women of a Certain Age”
3. “Flashbulb Eyes (Dennis Bovell remix ft. Linton Kwesi Johnson)”
4. “Soft Power”
5. “Get Right”
6. “Crucified Again”
Pre-orders for The Reflektor Tapes cassette and the “Get Right” 7-inch can be placed now at arcadefire.com.
Directed by 2013 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Short Films winner Kahlil Joseph, The Reflektor Tapes is a fascinating insight into the making of Arcade Fire’s critically acclaimed, international #1 albumReflektor. The film charts the band’s creative journey as they lay foundations for the album in Jamaica, commence recording sessions in Montreal and play an impromptu gig at a Haitian hotel on the first night of Carnival—ultimately bringing their breathtaking live show to packed arenas in Los Angeles and London on the globe-spanning 2013-2104 Reflektor Tour.
iTUNES PRE-ORDER LIVE NOW WITH “BAD BLOOD” INSTANT GRAT DIGITAL RELEASE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21
“Can Ryan Adams’ Taylor Swift 1989 cover album just get here already?”—BILLBOARD
“Could be the album of the year.”—DETAILS
“Not only does Ryan Adams’s 1989 appear to actually exist, but judging by what’s been shared, it could be pretty wonderful.”—GRANTLAND
“Yes, please… Part of the fun of any cover is getting a glimpse into the person, not just the performer. Getting to see what they geek out over, just as we’re geeking out over them. That Adams is a mega-fan of Swift, who also got started as a teenager on the alt-country circuit, albeit in a slightly more wholesome manner, is no surprise but is still perfect.”—VANITY FAIR
“Ryan Adams’ cover of Taylor Swift’s 1989 is almost here… we were starting to fret… Adams posted… that he’ll have a final ‘mix and master’ of the cover album done this week, which means get ready for the most turned down Taylor Swift listening experience of your life. We might be OK, but we’re not fine at all.”—WIRED
The wait is over and the internet’s current favorite urban legend is now a reality: Ryan Adams’ full album cover of Taylor Swift’s 1989 is now available for digital pre-order at iTunes and will be released Monday, September 21 on PAX-AM/Blue Note.
iTunes pre-orders will immediately receive the instant grat track “Bad Blood,” which is also available atSpotify and can be purchased individually at all finer digital retailers. For details on 1989’s impending release on CD and vinyl, stay tuned to http://paxamrecords.com.
Produced by Adams, the first news of this reinterpretation of 1989 was revealed last month on the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter’s Instagram (@misterryanadams) with the post “Taylor Swift1989 full album cover night 1. As played by the Smiths.” Several subsequent posts of song snippets revealed much more range than that—including a take on “Bad Blood” that VANITY FAIR called “a lovelyHeartbreaker-era style version” referencing Adams’ classic debut, a string quartet-enhanced version of “Blank Space,” what Adams promised to be the “guaranteed saddest version of ‘Welcome to New York’ ever – or your tears back,” and more.
Every bit of 1989 music Adams has let out has built excitement and anticipation—not least with Swift herself who tweeted in response to Adams’ informing her that he’d “just finished ‘Style’” August 6: “@TheRyanAdams Cool I’m not gonna be able to sleep tonight or ever again and I’m going to celebrate today every year as a holiday. I’M CALM”
