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JACK WHITE: DEBUT ALBUM BLUNDERBUSS OUT APRIL 24 ON THIRD MAN RECORDS/COLUMBIA
“LOVE INTERRUPTION” DIGITAL SINGLE ON SALE TONIGHT, STREAMING FREE AT www.jackwhiteIII.com
“Love Interruption,” the first taste of Jack White’s forthcoming debut album, Blunderbuss, is available exclusively to Third Man Records’ Vault members to hear now, and will become available to the public as a free stream at www.jackwhiteIII.com in 30 minutes. The digital version of the track will be available to purchase tonight at 9 pm PST/12 AM EST. Want to hear it first but not a member of The Vault? Go here to join: http://modlife.com/thirdmanrecords/signup
Blunderbuss will be released April 24 on Third Man Records/ Columbia.
A vinyl version of the “Love Interruption” single featuring exclusive non-LP B-side “Machine Gun Silhouette” will be released February 7 on Third Man Records, but is available now for pre-order at www.jackwhiteIII.comand www.thirdmanrecords.com.
Produced by White and recorded at his own Third Man Studio in Nashville, Blunderbuss has been described by White as “an album I couldn’t have released until now. I’ve put off making records under my own name for a long time but these songs feel like they could only be presented under my name. These songs were written from scratch, had nothing to do with anyone or anything else but my own expression, my own colors on my own canvas.”
For further information, continue to check back at www.jackwhiteIII.com and www.thirdmanrecords.com
THIRD MAN RECORDS TEAMS UP WITH STUDENT TRAVEL EXPERTS BRIGHTSPARK TO OFFER STUDENT MUSICIANS EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME
“School Choirs & Bands at Third Man: A Vinyl Recording Experience”
Offers Students The Chance To Record Their Own Vinyl Singles
Third Man Records has partnered with Brightspark Travel to create “School Choirs & Bands at Third Man: A Vinyl Recording Experience,” a one of a kind program offering students behind-the-scenes access to Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville, TN, as well as the chance to record their own 7” 45rpm vinyl records.
“With funding for music education being cut every day, Third Man feels a duty to do its part. What better way to do so than to record the kids themselves and put ‘em on vinyl?” Commented Third Man Head of Production Ben Blackwell, who will participate in a Q&A session with students as part of the program.
Following the tour and Q&A, students will professionally record their music in the same Third Man Studio where the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Conan O’Brien, Jack White’s various bands and so many others have recorded. Students will receive 7” singles of the performances pressed in their school colors, as well as a commemorative plaque for each school.
For further information, check out http://bit.ly/wlNwbL
PAUL McCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER
This year sees 30 years since Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder first worked together on the classic smash hit Ebony and Ivory (March 1982), which was number 1 in the UK and the US. The release of Paul’s new album Kisses On The Bottom sees them reunited on the track, Only Our Hearts. Only Our Hearts is one of two original McCartney compositions included on the album, which is a collection of standards Paul grew up listening to in his childhood.
On working with Stevie Paul said, “ Stevie came along to the studio in L.A. and he listened to the track for about ten minutes and he totally got it. He just went to the mic and within 20 minutes had nailed this dynamite solo. When you listen you just think, ‘How do you come up with that?’ But it’s just because he is a genius, that’s why’.
Stevie joined Paul at L.A.’s legendary Capitol Studio’s to record the track.
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, Paul’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
Kisses On The Bottom is out February 7.
ELECTRIC GUEST: MONDO
DANGER MOUSE-PRODUCED DEBUT ALBUM OUT APRIL 24 ON DOWNTOWN RECORDS
FIRST SINGLE “THIS HEAD I HOLD” TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 24
SINGLE ART ATTACHED
“AMERICAN DAYDREAM” MTV PREMIERE JANUARY 23
Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton–collectively known as Electric Guest–have confirmed an April 24 release date for their Danger Mouse-produced Downtown Records debut album, Mondo.
The record’s release is preceded by utterly infectious first single “This Head I Hold,” available now as a free stream http://soundcloud.com/electricguest/this-head-i-hold and released digitally on January 24. Single art is included above.
Meanwhile the thoroughly unsettling video for album cut “American Daydream,” directed by Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island, Saturday Night Live), will premiere across MTV’s various platforms beginning January 23 on MTV, mtvU, MTV Hits and MTV.com.
Electric Guest will also be bringing its live experience, hailed by NYLON as “pretty much irresistible,” to Los Angeles’ Echo club for a free residency beginning Monday February 6 and continuing every Monday through the end of February. The free weekly 11 p.m. live sets represent the band giving something back to the Los Angeles homebase that has embraced it since KCRW named album track “Troubleman” a “Today’s Top Tune” (http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tu/tu111101electric_guest_troub).
Following the completion of the Echo residency, Electric Guest will head out on a series of dates in the southwestern U.S., including their first visit to South By Southwest in Austin (Deatils TBD). See itinerary below and check back at ElectricGuest.com for updates.
ELECTRIC GUEST
On Tour
3/10 -The Green Room – Flagstaff, AZ
3/11- Santa Fe Sol, Santa Fe, NM
3/13-Club Dada- Dallas, TX
3/14-3/17-Austin, SXSW
3/19-The Lowbrow Palace-El Paso, TX
3/20-Club Congress-Tucson, AZ
3/21-Sail Inn-Phoenix, AZ
Paul McCartney Live Webstream
Join Paul As He Starts Promotion For His New Album ‘Kisses On The Bottom’
Thursday 19th Jan – 4pm
Tune in live to PaulMcCartney.com tomorrow (Thursday 19th January) at 4pm (GMT) to get an exclusive live behind the scenes broadcast of Paul answering questions from some of the world’s media. Paul will be spending the afternoon in London talking with press from around the world to promote the release of his new album.
PaulMcCartney.com will stream 30 minutes of the afternoon at some point between 4 and 5pm.
In addition you have the opportunity to ask a question to Paul by simply email your question to kissesonthebottom@paulmccartney.com and one question will be chosen and given to Paul to answer.
This is an amazing chance for fans to get a fly on the wall view of what happens before an album is released.
‘Kisses On The Bottom’ is released on February 6th in the UK and Feb 7th in the US.
THE MARS VOLTA: NOCTOURNIQUET
SIXTH FULL LENGTH STUDIO ALBUM OUT MARCH 27 ON WARNER BROS. RECORDS
Known for such landmark releases as the gold-certified De-Loused In The Comatorium and Frances The Mute and 2008″s The Bedlam In Goliath which featured Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy winner “Wax Simulacra,” The Mars Volta returns in epic and unexpected fashion with its sixth album: Noctourniquet which will be released March 27 by Warner Bros. Records.
While Noctourniquet was, in typical Mars Volta fashion, written by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, the 13-track album explores musical territories previously uncharted in the duo”s 20 or so years of creating music together. The spectrum of musical and emotional textures conceived and created by Rodriguez-Lopez on Noctourniquet ranges from the opening bombast of “The Whip Hand” to the menacing crawl of “The Malkin Jewel” punctuated throughout by hypnotic melodies and borderline electro-ambient washes, most notably in the epic “In Absentia.” The bold diversity of the new material combined with Rodriguez-Lopez”s assured producer”s hand guiding The Mars Volta”s most confident and refined performances to date make Noctourniquet an early contender for this year”s most challenging and rewarding listen.
As with previous Mars Volta efforts, Bixler-Zavala”s lyrics trace a narrative journey with a defined protagonist, this time inspired by disparate elements including “80s UK alt-rockers The Godfathers, Superman comic nemesis Solomon Grundy and the Greek myth of Hyacinthus.
Noctourniquet was performed by The Mars Volta lineup of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Juan Alderete de la Pena, Marcel Rodriguez Lopez, and Deantoni Parks.
A full track listing is posted at the band”s website. For further information, tour dates, etc. please go to:
http://www.facebook.com/TheMarsVolta
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 |
THE SHINS: NEW SINGLE "SIMPLE SONG" AVAILABLE TODAY ON THESHINS.COM
PORT OF MORROW OUT MARCH 20 ON AURAL APOTHECARY/COLUMBIA
PRE-ORDERS LIVE NOW INCLUDING DOWNLOAD OF “SIMPLE SONG”,
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
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.