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Press Releases, Radiohead

RADIOHEAD CONFIRM COACHELLA, ADDITIONAL U.S. DATES

Radiohead has confirmed as a headline slot on this year’s two-weekend Coachella lineup as well as three additional dates on its 2012 U.S. tour.

The band will play Coachella April 14 and 21, prior to which it will headline the Key Arena in Seattle on April 9, the HP Pavillion in San Jose CA on April 11, and the Santa Barbara Bowl on April 12.

Radiohead’s U.S. tour begins February 27 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL, with dates currently running through the second Coachella weekend of April 21. Other Lives will support on the headline dates.

Seattle and San Jose tickets go on sale 10 a.m. January 14. Santa Barbara tickets go on sale 11 a.m. January 21.

For further information, go to http://www.radiohead.com/tourdates/

RADIOHEAD U.S. TOUR 2012

02/27/12 – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena (SOLD OUT)
02/29/12 – Tampa, FL – St. Pete Times (SOLD OUT)
03/01/12 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Areba (SOLD OUT)
03/03/12 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center (SOLD OUT)
03/05/12 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center (SOLD OUT)
03/07/12 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center (SOLD OUT)
03/09/12 – St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center (SOLD OUT)
03/11/12 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center (SOLD OUT)
03/13/12 – Broomfield, CO – 1stBank Center (SOLD OUT)
03/15/12 – Glendale, AZ – Jobing.com Arena (SOLD OUT)
04/09/12 – Seattle, WA – Key Arena
04/11/12 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavillion
04/12/12 – Santa Barbera, CA – Santa Barbera Bowl
04/14/12 – Indio, CA – Coachella Music Festival
04/21/12 – Indio, CA – Coachella Music Festival
Press Releases, The Shins

THE SHINS: NEW SINGLE "SIMPLE SONG" AVAILABLE TODAY ON THESHINS.COM

LISTEN NOW

PORT OF MORROW OUT MARCH 20 ON AURAL APOTHECARY/COLUMBIA

PRE-ORDERS LIVE NOW INCLUDING DOWNLOAD OF “SIMPLE SONG”,

AND MULTIPLE MERCH BUNDLES

Beginning 3:00 p.m. EST Monday, January 9, 2012, The Shins will offer up a free stream of “Simple Song,” the first single from their eagerly anticipated fourth album Port Of Morrow, at TheShins.com To listen now click on simplesong.theshins.com

The long awaited follow-up to 2007″s Grammy-nominated gold-certified Wincing The Night Away, Port Of Morrow will be released March 20 via James Mercer’s own Aural Apothecary label and Columbia Records.

Digital pre-orders of Port Of Morrow will receive first single “Simple Song” beginning January 10. iTunes pre-orders will also include the non-LP B-side “Pariah King” upon release.

In addition, pre-sales will include a  – all of which include the “Simple Song” download.  Merchandise bundles featuring extras ranging from concert tickets to exclusive T-Shirts and totes will also be available.

Port of Morrow was recorded in Los Angeles and Portland over the course of 2011 with Mercer customarily handling all songwriting duties, lead vocals, guitar, lap steel, percussion and glockenspiel. The record was produced by Greg Kurstin, who also contributes keys, guitar and bass on various tracks, and mixed by Rich Costey. Other musicians featured on the album include Joe Plummer, Janet Weiss, Dave Hernandez, Marty Crandall, Eric D. Johnson, Ron Lewis and Nik Freitas.  The album”s cover art was created  by Jacob Escobedo.

The first set of tour dates in support of the new album are listed below, more tour dates to be announced in the coming weeks. As with the band”s 2011 dates, the upcoming tour will see James Mercer leading a Shins lineup of Yuuki Matthews (bass), Jessica Dobson (guitar), Richard Swift (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums).

For more information continue to visit theShins.com

TOUR DATES

Tickets on sale Wednesday 1/11 at http://theshins.cinderblock.com/

4/13/12 Las Vegas, NV Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Pool
4/22/12 Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
4/23/12 Davis, CA Robert Mondavi Center
4/25/12 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino

Press Releases

WHITE RABBITS: MILK FAMOUS

THIRD ALBUM OUT MARCH 6, 2012 ON tbd RECORDS

VINYL AVAILABLE MARCH 13 via WHITE IRIS

OPENING TRACK “HEAVY METAL” AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT WHITERABBITSMUSIC.COM

SPRING 2012 DATES CONFIRMED

“Drumbeats, not guitars or keyboards, come first for White Rabbits… That choice puts a spring, even a swagger, in the step of songs that could otherwise slip into indie-rock alienation”–THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brooklyn-based, Missouri-bred White Rabbits have unveiled “Heavy Metal” (see below for embed code), the opening track of the eagerly anticipated  follow-up to 2009’s critically acclaimed It’s Frightening (hailed by Jon Pareles of THE NEW YORK TIMES as “an American sound that fortifies its brains with muscle”). The band’s third album, Milk Famous, will be released March 6 on the tbd label (with a vinyl release March 13 on White Iris) and will consist of the following songs:

Heavy Metal
I’m Not Me
Hold It To The Fire
Everyone Can’t Be Confused
Temporary
Are You Free
It’s Frightening
Danny Come Inside
Back For More
The Day You Won The War
I Had It Coming

The bulk of Milk Famous was recorded over the course of 2011 in Austin TX, and produced by Mike McCarthy with the exception “Back For More,” which was produced by the band’s own Stephen Patterson and Alex Even and recorded last November at Meth Beach in Philadelphia.

Milk Famous’ release will also be preceded by first single “Temporary.”

With a live performance described by ESQUIRE as one of “9 Shows A Man Should See,” White Rabbits have confirmed their first dates of 2012. They will be joined by The War On Drugs and Tennis on select dates.

March 6: Philadelphia, PA / Union Transfer *
March 7: Washington D.C. / Black Cat *
March 8: Charlottesville, VA / Jefferson Theater ^
March 9: Raleigh, NC / Lincoln Theatre ^
March 11: Atlanta, GA / Variety Playhouse ^
March 12: Birmingham, AL / The Bottletree ^
March 13: New Orleans, LA / One Eyed Jacks ^
March 14: Houston, TX / Fitzgeralds ^
March 19: Denver, CO / Bluebird Theater
March 20: Salt Lake City, UT / Urban Lounge
March 22: Portland, OR / Doug Fir Lounge
March 23: Vancouver, BC / Biltmore Cabaret
March 24: Seattle, WA / Crocodile Cafe
March 26: San Francisco, CA / The Independent
March 28: Los Angeles, CA / El Rey Theatre
March 29: San Diego, CA / The Casbah
March 30: Phoenix, AZ / Crescent Ballroom
March 31: Tucson, AZ / Club Congress
April 3: Lawrence, KS / Jackpot Music Hall
April 4: Columbia, MO / The Blue Note
April 5: St. Louis, MO / Plush
April 6: Madison, WI / High Noon Saloon
April 7: Minneapolis, MN / Triple Rock Social Club
April 8: Chicago, IL / Metro
April 12: New York, NY / Webster Hall
April 13: Northampton, MA / Pearl Street Downtown
April 14: Boston, MA / Paradise Rock Club

* with Tennis
^ with The War On Drugs

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Paul McCartney, Press Releases

PAUL MCCARTNEY: KISSES ON THE BOTTOM OUT FEB. 7 ON HEAR MUSIC/CONCORD

Paul McCartney confirms brand new album title and reveals full tracklisting and artwork

‘Kisses On The Bottom’

Paul’s tribute to personal favorites & two new self penned compositions out February 7th

On December 19th 2011 Paul announced that February 2012 would see the release of his brand new studio album. Scores of fans then streamed the new original track ‘My Valentine,’ many assuming it would be the new record’s title track.  While a few Twitter hints have been dropped and rumors have run rampant, Paul puts an end to speculation today, confirming that the album will indeed be titled ‘Kisses On The Bottom’.

Paul has apparently had some fun with his choice of album title—while causing some confusion amongst those who have historically subjected his every move to microscopic scrutiny (with many fixating on an anatomical interpretation!). The phrase ‘Kisses On The Bottom,’ however, actually comes from the album’s opener ‘I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter’. Originally made a big hit by Fats Waller in 1935, the song opens with the lines ‘I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter and make believe it came from you.  I’m gonna write words oh so sweet.  They’re gonna knock me off of my feet.  A lot of kisses on the bottom, I’ll be glad I got ‘em’.

‘Kisses On The Bottom’ is a collection of standards Paul grew up listening to in his childhood as well as the two new McCartney compositions ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’.  With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band—as well as guest appearances from Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, McCartney’s new album is a deeply personal journey through classic American compositions that, in some cases, a young Paul first heard his father perform on piano at home.  The full tracklisting reveals that Paul has been both reverent and adventurous in his song choices.

Kisses On The Bottom – Full Tracklisting

Standard CD – 14 tracks

01. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter – 02:36
02. Home (When Shadows Fall) – 04:04
03.  It’s Only A Paper Moon – 02:35
04. More I Cannot Wish You – 03:04
05. The Glory Of Love – 03:46
06. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) – 03:22
07. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive – 02:32
08. My Valentine – 03:14
09. Always – 03:50
10. My Very Good Friend The Milkman – 03:04
11. Bye Bye Blackbird – 04:26
12. Get Yourself Another Fool – 04:42
13. The Inch Worm – 03:43
14. Only Our Hearts – 04:21

Deluxe CD Album will feature two bonus tracks plus access to a download of the Capitol Studios show (available from Tuesday 14th February via paulmccartney.com), plus longer liner notes and expanded packaging featuring three postcards)

15.  Baby’s Request – 03:30
16.  My One And Only Love – 03:50

The album will also be available digitally.

The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011.  It also features guest musicians Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, respectively, on the original compositions  ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’.  Eric also appears on the track ‘Get Yourself Another Fool’.

The album artwork concept was conceived by Jonathan Schofield (Visual Director at Stella McCartney) and designed by Matthew Cooper (who has worked with artists such as Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand).  Paul was photographed by his daughter Mary McCartney for the album sleeve.

Stay tuned to Paul’s website for more exclusive album news in the coming weeks.

www.paulmccartney.com

Press Releases, Third Man Records

WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT? TOM JONES’ THIRD MAN BLUE SERIES SINGLE, THAT’S WHAT!

Jones’ Take On Howlin’ Wolf’s “Evil” c/w Frankie Lane’s “Jezebel” (TMR 106) Out March 5th

Duane The Teenage Weirdo Blue Series 7″ (TMR 125) Out January 24th

Vault Package #11 Available For Subscribers Signing Up Before January 31st

http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/

Third Man Records is proud to announce the most virile entry in the history of its Blue Series singles: The man, the legend himself Mr. Tom Jones laying his unmistakable voice over Howlin’ Wolf’s “Evil” and the Frankie Lane classic “Jezebel” (as covered over the years by the likes of Edith Piaf and Anna Calvi). Both tracks were produced by Jack White at Third Man studios and will be available on 7” and iTunes March 5th.

Right around the corner and straight outta Detroit is a new Blue Series 7” from high flying DIY electro genius and self-described weirdo, Duane The Teenage Weirdo. Pop music in Depression-era 2012 doesn’t come any more legit then in Duane’s capable hands. Both tracks, “Postcard From Hell” and “Bubblegum Encore,” are the sound of Detroit pared down to a hard beat, feral vocals, synth stabs and real dance intent which all makes Duane our second favorite Detroiter to call himself a streetwalking cheetah. The single will be available as a Blue Series 7” and via iTunes January 24th.

And lastly, the latest Third Man Records subscription-only Vault package…  #11:

2012 starts off with the label’s third and FINAL singles compilation, on three LPs pressed in Third Man’s standard three colors of vinyl: black, yellow and white–as well as the third in an annual series of fold-out posters depicting the covers of all the previous years’ TMR singles.

This quarter’s 7” is something literally from the vault: Recorded during the 1999 sessions for their self-titled debut, the White Stripes “Dead Leaves” and “Let’s Build a Home” are versions markedly different from the ones that would eventually be recorded and released on White Blood Cells and De Stijl. This piece is truly one for the fans and getting songs like these into their hands was this main reason the Vault was created.

The wild card item this quarter is a solar-reactive, color-changing Third Man Records logo t-shirt: yes, when exposed to sunlight, the color of the print switches from yellow to white, again reinforcing the THREE color scheme and complementing the triple LP set above. Finally… a reason for record collectors to venture outdoors!

The 3-LP set (TMR 133),  “Dead Leaves”/“Let’s Build a Home” 7″ (TMR 134) and three-color Third Man shirt are available ONLY to Vault subscribers–so sign up now if you want ’em as the cut-off date of January 31st is fast approaching!

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE AND THIRD MAN RECORDS TO APPEAR ON AMERICAN PICKERS JANUARY 9

Jack White welcomes the crew from The History Channel’s American Pickers for a rare visit to his Nashville-based Third Man Records this Monday, January 9th at 9 pm / 8pm Central (Check local listings).

Jack drives a hard bargain with the American Pickers guys, offering personal artifacts including the actual photo booth used in The Dead Weather “Hang You From The Heavens” video in exchange for one of the most “memorable” treasures ever to appear on the show.

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

Paul McCartney Announces Brand New As Yet Untitled Album

Paul’s Tribute To Personal Favorites & Two New Self Penned Compositions Out February 7th

WHILE many a musician is often asked about the tunes that have influenced their songwriting, it is not a question Paul McCartney ordinarily gets to answer – until now. Paul is about to offer a glimpse into “the songs which inspired the songs” with the upcoming release of a brand new album of those standards he grew up listening to in his childhood—plus two brand new McCartney compositions:  the album, which is currently untitled, will be released on Hear Music/Concord Records on February 7th 2012.

With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band—as well as guest appearances from Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, McCartney’s new album is a deeply personal journey through classic American compositions that, in some cases, a young Paul first heard his father perform on piano at home. As authentic and daring a musical statement as he could make, this is the album Paul has been thinking about making for more than 20 years – and probably the last thing his fans are expecting. “In the end it was ‘Look, if I don’t do it now, I’ll never do it,” he says.

In short, Paul believes it is about time “the songs me and John based quite a few of our things on” received the recognition they deserve. Moreover, the record also features a couple of new original McCartney compositions in the spirit of those classics.

“When I kind of got into songwriting, I realized how well structured these songs were and I think I took a lot of my lessons from them,” Paul explains. “I always thought artists like Fred Astaire were very cool. Writers like Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, all of those guys – I just thought the songs were magical.  And then, as I got to be a songwriter I thought it’s beautiful, the way they made those song’.”

Determined to approach the record in a new and unique manner, Paul enlisted the help of LiPuma and Krall and her band—who delivered ultra-high quality musicianship and were completely in tune with Paul’s restraint and feel for the music. In the studio, the recording of this album was also a new challenge for Paul who, for the first time ever, performed exclusively in the vocal booth without no instrument – no guitar, no bass, no piano – which led to a vocal performance like no other in his career.

He adds, “It was very spontaneous, kind of organic, which then reminded me of the way we’d work with The Beatles. We’d bring a song in, kick it around, when we found a way to do it we’d say ‘Okay, let’s do a take now’ and by the time everyone kind of had an idea of what they were doing, we’d learnt the song. So that’s what we did, we did the take live in the studio.”

“It was important for me to keep away from the more obvious song choices so, many of the classic standards will be unfamiliar to some people.  I hope they are in for a pleasant surprise.”

The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011.  It also features guest musicians Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, respectively, on the original compositions  ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’.

The track ‘My Valentine’ will be exclusively streamed on www.paulmccartney.com to premium members for 24 hours only, from 1400hrs (GMT) today (Monday 19th December).

Full tracklisting to be announced soon.

www.paulmccartney.com

For more information contact:

Stuart Bell@ DawBell PR – Stuart.bell@dawbell.com 0207 484 5291


Foo Fighters, Press Releases

FOO FIGHTERS ROCK NEW ZEALAND–LITERALLY

THREE HOURS OF SUSTAINED TREMORS CAUSED BY AUCKLAND CROWD OF 50,000

Anyone who’s witnessed one of Foo Fighters near-three-hour tour dates in support of their worldwide #1, Album of the Year Grammy-nominated Wasting Light knows: They’re the hardest rocking band on the current stadium and arena circuit.

But now there’s geoscientific evidence to prove it: the capacity crowd of 50,000 at the Foos’ December 13 gig at Auckland, New Zealand’s Western Springs Stadium generated actual detectable geological tremors.

New Zealand media reported that nearby monitoring stations in Herne Bay and Eden Park picked up tremors consistent with those generated by a volcanic event–except that the shaking coincided precisely with the Foo Fighters performance, even including “lulls in the signal between the songs and peaks in signal intensity during the songs” according to the GeoNet blog http://geonet-shakennotstirred.blogspot.com/2011/12/rock-n-roll.html

The Western Springs Stadium show was the conclusion of a record-breaking run of Australia/New Zealand stadium shows, as well as the last date of the Wasting Light tour until 2012. Foo Fighters will resume moving the earth with their music at the 2011 Grammy Awards February 12 in Los Angeles.

Press Releases, Ryan Adams

RYAN ADAMS ADDS SECOND DATE AT WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

Saturday, February 18, 2012 Show Added By Popular Demand

Due to overwhelming popular demand for tickets to Ryan Adams’ Friday, February 17 2012 headline show at Walt Disney Concert Hall, a second show has been confirmed for Saturday, February 18, at 8 p.m.

The L.A. shows are the latest in a series of 2012 tour dates extending his completely sold out tour, which the New York Times recently lauded as a “gorgeously hushed communion” in which “a lone chord can arrive like a thunderclap.”

Generating some of the best reviews of his career, Adams’ “superb new album” (the New York Times again), Ashes & Fire (PAX-AM/Capitol), is eleven succinct and beautiful songs that “will leave you speechless” according toPeople, and hailed by Esquire as “too good not to write about” and by USA Today as a record that “restores faith in the increasingly saggy singer/songwriter genre.” Ashes & Fire was produced by 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Glyn Johns, renowned for his work with the likes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Clash and The Rolling Stones, and whose son Ethan produced previous Adams solo landmarks including Heartbreaker and Gold. The record also features guest turns from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and Norah Jones, who contributes piano and backing vocals to several tracks.

For more information, please call 323.850.2000.

RYAN ADAMS NORTH AMERICAN DATES

1/24/12 – Bethesda, MD – Strathmore
1/25/12 – Cleveland, OH – Ohio Theater at Playhouse Square
1/27/12 – Ann Arbor, MI – Hill Auditorium
1/28/12 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theater
1/30/12 – Louisville, KY – The Louisville Palace
1/31/12 – St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House
2/1/12 – Kansas City, MO – Music Hall
2/3/12 – Denver, CO – Temple Hoyne Buell Theater
2/17/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall (SOLD OUT)
2/18/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall

Press Releases

JOHN MULANEY: “NEW IN TOWN”

COMEDY CENTRAL TV SPECIAL PREMIERES JANUARY 28 ALBUM OUT JANUARY 31

“It would be painful to watch John Mulaney relive his childhood humiliations, if it weren’t so hilarious.”–ROLLING STONE

Vaguely familiar to the millions who watch SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, CONAN, Vh1’s BEST WEEK EVER and more, John Mulaney is poised to become somewhat more recognizable with Comedy Central’s January 28 premiere of his new stand-up special NEW IN TOWN and accompanying album/DVD release on January 31.

A wizened comedy veteran at 29 years of age, highlights of the Chicago-born Mulaney’s approximately half a decade in showbiz have included being named one of VARIETY’S 10 COMICS TO WATCH, one of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S COMEDIANS ON THE RISE, and most recently one of ROLLING STONE’s COMEDY’S NEW WAVE: EIGHT RISING STARS GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU LAUGHING FOR YEARS. Mulaney is a writer/producer at SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE where he has appeared as a WEEKEND UPDATE correspondent and co-created Stefon with Bill Hader.

NEW IN TOWN is Mulaney’s first one-hour Comedy Central original stand-up special and his second album.  Previously, Mulaney had his own half-hour “Comedy Central Presents” special.  His first album, THE TOP PART, was released in 2009 by Comedy Central Records and  was recently hailed as “criminally overlooked” and ” “a finely-crafted piece of work” by THE HUFFINGTON POST.

NEW IN TOWN’s broadcast premiere will take place Saturday, January 28 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.  The album/DVD will be released Tuesday, January 31.