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Press Releases, Queens Of The Stone Age

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: …LIKE CLOCKWORK STREAMING IN FULL

OUT JUNE 4 ON MATADOR

New USA Dates To Be Announced Shortly At http://qotsa.com/live

Queens Of The Stone Age has unveiled the new …Like Clockwork, now streaming in its entirety at http://itunes.com/qotsa

Presaged by the just-revealed 15-minute film by Boneface (with animator Liam Brazier) featuring the full animated “My God Is The Sun” video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f49yRhJ0NjI),  …Like Clockwork will be released June 4 on Matador Records. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now from http://smarturl.it/QOTSAamazon and from iTunes at http://smarturl.it/QOTSAlikeclockwork. iTunes pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun.”

…Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Alain Johannes and Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.

QOTSA mainman Joshua Homme and his cohorts  Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore will be touring extensively in support of …Like Clockwork. See below for tour dates and check back at http://qotsa.com/live and the following for updates:

http://www.qotsa.com/
https://www.facebook.com/QOTSA
http://www.likeclockwork.tv/

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Live 2013

06/13/13 ­ Interlaken, Switzerland ­ Greenfield Festival
06/14/13 ­ Landgraaf, Netherlands ­ Pinkpop
06/15/13 ­ Donington, UK ­ Download Festival
06/17/13 Brussels, BE – Cirque Royale
06/19/13 Paris, FR – Trianon
06/21/13 ­ Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany ­ Southside Festival
06/22/13 ­ Berlin, Germany ­ Zitadelle Spandau
06/23/13 ­ Scheesel, Germany ­ Hurricane Festival
06/26/13 ­ Helsinki, Finland ­ Rock The Beach Festival
06/29/13 – 07/07/13 Roskilde, DK – Roskilde Festival
06/30/13 ­ Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg ­ Rock a Field Festival
07/02/13 ­ Vienna, Austria ­ Wiener Stadthalle D
07/03/13 ­ Budapest, Hungary ­ Volt Festival
07/04/13  Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic ­ Rock For People Festival
07/05/13 ­ Gdansk, Poland Heineken Open¹er Festival
07/18/13 Benicassim, SP – Benicassim Music Festival
07/20/13 Sesimbra, PT – Super Bock Super Rock Festival
08/02/13 ­ Chicago, IL ­ Lollapalooza
08/03/13 ­ Bonner Springs, KS ­ Buzz Under The Stars at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
08/04/13 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino & Hotel
08/05/13  Sturgis, SD  Broken Spoke Saloon and Campground
08/07/13 Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Center
08/08/13 Calgary, AB – Stampede Corral
08/9-10/13  Squamish, BC Squamish Valley Music Festival
08/15/13 Morrison, CO  Red Rocks Amphitheater
08/31-09/01/13 Philadelphia, PA  Budweiser Made In America Festival
10/04-06/13 Austin, TX  Austin City Limits Festival
10/11-13/13 Austin, TX  Austin City Limits Festival
Press Releases, SID: Superman Is Dead

VAMPIRE WEEKEND: MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY DEBUTS AT #1

First-Ever Back To Back #1 Albums For An Independent Rock Band

Vampire Weekend”s Modern Vampires Of The City has entered the U.S. album chart at #1, selling nearly 135,000 copies since its May 14 release on XL Recordings.

This is the second time Vampire Weekend has achieved such an historic feat: Its sophomore album Contra also debuted at #1 in 2010, online pokies making this the first time an independent rock band has entered at #1 with two consecutive releases.

Modern Vampires Of The City also shatters the previous record for first week vinyl sales, moving nearly 10,000 units on vinyl alone and debuting at #1 on the Soundscan Vinyl Charts.  Additionally, the band charted #1 at Indie, Alternative, Digital and of course the top 200.

Press Releases, Queens Of The Stone Age

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: NPR MUSIC "FIRST LISTEN LIVE" MAY 23 FROM LOS ANGELES

…LIKE CLOCKWORK OUT JUNE 4 ON MATADOR

www.npr.org/event/music/185557912/first-listen-live-queens-of-the-stone-age-like-clockwork

Queens Of The Stone Age will unveil the never before heard bulk of …Like Clockwork on May 23, with a very special NPR Music “First Listen Live” from QOTSA”s sold-out show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles.

Presaged by the just-revealed 15-minute film by Boneface (with animator Liam Brazier) featuring partial songs and the full animated “My God Is The Sun” video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f49yRhJ0NjI), the May 23 “First Listen Live” will be the first chance to hear the newest Queens material in its full length, girth and glory. QOTSA mainman Joshua Homme and his cohorts  Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore will hit the stage and your screen 8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET at www.npr.org/event/music/185557912/first-listen-live-queens-of-the-stone-age-like-clockwork to walk you through …Like Clockwork and then some.

Described by Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” …Like Clockwork is the first all new Queens album since 2007’s Era Vulgaris, as well as the band”s debut release on Matador. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now fromhttp://smarturl.it/QOTSAamazon and from iTunes at http://smarturl.it/QOTSAlikeclockwork. iTunes pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun.”

… Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Alain Johannes and Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.

See below for tour dates and check back at the following for updates:

http://www.qotsa.com/

https://www.facebook.com/QOTSA

http://www.likeclockwork.tv/

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Live 2013

05/23/13  Los Angeles CA  The Wiltern Theater (SOLD OUT)
06/13/13 ­ Interlaken, Switzerland ­ Greenfield Festival
06/14/13 ­ Landgraaf, Netherlands ­ Pinkpop
06/15/13 ­ Donington, UK ­ Download Festival
06/21/13 ­ Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany ­ Southside Festival
06/22/13 ­ Berlin, Germany ­ Zitadelle Spandau
06/23/13 ­ Scheesel, Germany ­ Hurricane Festival
06/26/13 ­ Helsinki, Finland ­ Rock The Beach Festival
06/28/13 ­ Borlange, Sweden ­ Peace & Love Festival
06/30/13 ­ Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg ­ Rock a Field Festival07/02/13 ­ Vienna, Austria ­ Wiener Stadthalle D
07/03/13 ­ Budapest, Hungary ­ Volt Festival
07/02-05/13 ­ Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic ­ Rock For People Festival
07/05/13 ­ Gdansk, Poland Heineken Open¹er Festival
08/02/13 ­ Chicago, IL ­ Lollapalooza
08/03/13 ­ Bonner Springs, KS ­ Buzz Under The Stars at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
08/04/13 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino & Hotel
08/05/13  Sturgis, SD  Broken Spoke Saloon and Campground
08/07/13 Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Center
08/08/13 Calgary, AB – Stampede Corral
08/9-10/13  Squamish, BC Squamish Valley Music Festival
08/15/13 Morrison, CO  Red Rocks Amphitheater
08/31-09/01/13 Philadelphia, PA  Budweiser Made In America Festival
10/04-06/13 Austin, TX  Austin City Limits Festival
10/11-13/13 Austin, TX  Austin City Limits Festival

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Press Releases, Queens Of The Stone Age

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE …LIKE CLOCKWORK ANIMATED FILM REVEALED

FEATURING FULL “MY GOD IS THE SUN” ANIMATED VIDEO

MAY 23 LOS ANGELES SHOW SOLD OUT

…LIKE CLOCKWORK RELEASED JUNE 4 ON MATADOR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f49yRhJ0NjI

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Queens Of The Stone Age have released the full 15-minute film based on music from the band”s upcoming album … Like Clockwork, out June 4 on Matador Records (click HERE to watch). The visual interpretations of these various passages–including the full-length video for “My God Is The Sun”–come from the depths of the imagination of  … Like Clockwork cover creator and all-around QOTSA collaborator, the enigmatic UK artist Boneface (and were brought to life by animator Liam Brazier). Assembled into the …Like Clockwork narrative, they flow seamlessly in accordance with the laws of their own nightmarish logic.

Described by Queens principal Joshua Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” …Like Clockwork is the first full serving of all new Queens material since 2007″s Era Vulgaris, as well as its debut release on Matador. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now from http://smarturl.it/QOTSAamazonand from iTunes at http://smarturl.it/QOTSAlikeclockwork. iTunes pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun,” which has led the charge, as early acclaim continues to spread across the globe:

“Margaret Thatcher”s death?… small fry in the face of  the new Queens of the Stone Age album… This is another of Josh Homme”s dramatic rock growls, with riffs that are quite frankly, bigger than the sun.”–NME

“Churning bass, thunderous percussion and the ominous wail of frontman Josh Homme signal a glorious return from a six year hiatus.”–THE SUN (UK): SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND Single Of The Week

“(10 “most hotly anticipated warm-weather long-players”) … woozy desert-rock crooning over heavy swirls of guitar… the band”s upcoming sixth studio album, …Like Clockwork, reminds us, (Josh Homme) does it better than just about anybody else.”–ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

“a kaleidoscopic air, swirling with FM radio”s various colors… Over it all, Homme croons like a hard rock mystic, timeless and omniscient”–BUST

“(FOUR STARS) the band”s most gloriously motorik chug since those earlydays… takes off like a trip to the Mushroom Planet as Homme croons about desert roads to nowhere and praises the sun like he never gets tired of staring at it… Breathe deep”-ROLLING STONE

“an appropriately gnarly 4/4 monster, recalling their hardest hitting early material. As Homme gazes in awe at the sun”s omnipresent embrace, rock die-hards have ample time to hail the Queens” revival”-BILLBOARD

…Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Alain Johannes and Justin Smith, at Josh”s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.

Queens of the Stone Age are: Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita and Michael Shuman. Jon Theodore plays drums live (and on the new record”s title track). See below for tour dates, which include an instantly sold out May 23 underplay at Los Angeles” Wiltern Theater and a handful of new shows. Check back at the following for updates:

http://www.qotsa.com/

https://www.facebook.com/QOTSA

http://www.likeclockwork.tv/


QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Live 2013

05/23/13  Los Angeles CA  The Wiltern Theater (SOLD OUT)

06/13/13 ­ Interlaken, Switzerland ­ Greenfield Festival

06/14/13 ­ Landgraaf, Netherlands ­ Pinkpop

06/15/13 ­ Donington, UK ­ Download Festival

06/21/13 ­ Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany ­ Southside Festival

06/22/13 ­ Berlin, Germany ­ Zitadelle Spandau

06/23/13 ­ Scheesel, Germany ­ Hurricane Festival

06/26/13 ­ Helsinki, Finland ­ Rock The Beach Festival

06/28/13 ­ Borlange, Sweden ­ Peace & Love Festival

06/30/13 ­ Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg ­ Rock a Field Festival

07/02/13 ­ Vienna, Austria ­ Wiener Stadthalle D

07/03/13 ­ Budapest, Hungary ­ Volt Festival

07/02-05/13 ­ Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic ­ Rock For People Festival

07/05/13 ­ Gdansk, Poland Heineken Open¹er Festival

08/02/13 ­ Chicago, IL ­ Lollapalooza

08/03/13 ­ Bonner Springs, KS ­ Buzz Under The Stars at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

08/04/13 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah”s Casino & Hotel

08/05/13  Sturgis, SD  Broken Spoke Saloon and Campground

08/9-10/13  Squamish, BC Squamish Valley Music Festival

08/15/13 Morrison, CO  Red Rocks Amphitheater

08/31-09/01/13 Philadelphia, PA  Budweiser Made In America Festival

10/04-06/13 Austin, TX  Austin City Limits Festival

10/11-13/13 Austin, TX  Austin City Limits Festival

Explosions In The Sky, Press Releases

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY & DAVID WINGO: PRINCE AVALANCHE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

OUT AUGUST 6 ON TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTD

PRINCE AVALANCHE IN THEATERS, AVAILABLE VIA iTUNES, ONDEMAND EVERYWHERE AUGUST 9


Hailed by everyone from The New Yorker and Rolling Stone to Judd Apatow to their hundreds of thousands of fans for the cinematic scale and sweep of its instrumental epics, Explosions In The Sky & David Wingo release their original score to the feature film Prince Avalanche August 6 on Temporary Residence Ltd.

Explosions In The Sky first came into contact with Prince Avalanche writer-director and fellow Texan David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Snow Angels) approached them a decade ago for permission to use a song for his sophomore film All The Real Girls. The result was both Explosions In The Sky’s first-ever film license and the ideal complement to the film’s elegiac score by Texas compose David Wingo.

Many years later, Explosions In The Sky & David Wingo’s collaborative Prince Avalanche is as enthralling as it is intimate. Recorded entirely at the homes of its composers, Prince Avalanche, the record, is the perfect aural accompaniment to the darkly comic, sparely staged yet emotionally complex Beckett-ian tale featuring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch as two workers on an isolated stretch of Texas road–shot against the backdrop of Texas’ scorched Bastrop State Park, a location suggested to Green by Explosions In The Sky’s Chris Hrasky.

Hrasky, Michael James, Munaf Rayani, Mark Smith a/k/a Explosions In The Sky are no strangers to the crossroads of music and cinema. Figuratively and literally: Shortly after first crossing the 100,000+ sales mark with its 2003 album The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place, the band would wind up scoring the 2004 Universal feature Friday Night Lights, and naturally continued the relationship, lending its music to the much loved TV series spun off from the movie. Since then, Explosions In The Sky’s music has been featured in the likes of Academy Award nominee The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, while the band commissioned three short films scored by tracks from its 2011 album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care: the vintage Polaroid love letter to a lost era “Postcard From 1952,” the touching romantic monster fable “Be Comfortable, Creature” and the animated sci-fi fantasy trip “Last Known Surroundings.”

Explosions In The Sky will soon be taking its live show–described by The New Yorker as “one of the most ecstatic displays of loud rock I’ve ever seen”–on a limited run of summer dates in Brazil, Portugal and Canada. The shows conclude with an August 3 appearance at the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, just days before the August 9 release of Prince Avalanche.

The complete track listing to Explosions In The Sky & David Wingo’s original motion picture soundtrack to Prince Avalanche is as follows:

1. Fires

2. Theme From Prince Avalanche

3. Dear Madison

4. Passing Time

5. Rain

6. Alone Time

7. Hello, Is This Your House?

8. Can’t We Just Listen To The Silence

9. Wading

10. Dear Alvin

11. The Lines On The Road That Lead You Back Home

12. An Old Peasant Like Me

13. Join Me On My Avalanche

14. The Adventures Of Alvin and Lance

15. Send Off

Press Releases, Queens Of The Stone Age

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: “MY GOD IS THE SUN”

“The crack of doom”

“My God Is The Sun” brings epic week of likeclockwork.tv to a close with the first single off the new album translated visually its entirety via the always twisted, always enthralling work of UK artist Boneface (brought to life by animator Liam Brazier).

Check in with some old friends at:

http://youtu.be/iFca32_7YUU

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AND …LIKE CLOCKWORK IS STILL COMING OUT JUNE 4 ON MATADOR!

http://www.qotsa.com/

https://twitter.com/qotsa

https://www.facebook.com/QOTSA

http://www.likeclockwork.tv/

Press Releases, Third Man Records

THIRD MAN RECORDS ENTERS INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEGENDARY SUN RECORDS


In 1952 a record label started in a bustling Tennessee town. They were fond of acoustic tile, storefronts, the color yellow, the owner producing recording sessions and music that generally moved people. Their output couldn’t be pigeonholed to any one genre. They released everything….country, rock and roll, gospel, bluegrass, rockabilly, blues. If there’s an American musical form that came to fruition in the early 20th century, bet your bottom dollar that some outstanding examples of it were recorded and released by Sun Records.

Sixty-one years later, Third Man Records, in a similarly-bustling Tennessee town and believing in many of the same ideas mentioned above, has entered into partnership with the legendary Sun Records to reissue titles from their catalog on the format they were best known…45rpm 7″ singles.

The initial three releases highlight three disparate, yet engaging releases from the Sun catalog.

Originally released in 1953,  “Bear Cat” by Rufus Thomas is as certifiable a primitive R’n’B smoker that’s ever existed. Complete with the inimitable Joe Hill Louis on guitar, the future “Funky Chicken” Thomas gives his male-perspective answer record to Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog.” In the process, the legal powers behind “Hound Dog” writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller won a lawsuit claiming “Bear Cat” infringed on the duo’s copyright. Ever since the writing credits have been Leiber/Stoller, but what has not changed is the unbeatable groove that moves the song. “Bear Cat” is as fresh today as it was when it was originally released sixty years ago.

Also released in 1953, “Just Walking in the Rain” by the Prisonaires was Sun’s first certifiable hit. Penned Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley, both inmates at Tennessee State Prison, the solemn, haunting doo wop vibes were enough to garner the group, all incarcerated inmates, frequent day passes out of prison walls to perform across the state…including numerous engagements at the governor’s mansion. The vocal prowess and good behavior on day trips would be enough for most group members to be pardoned by the governor. Elvis Presley often said the Prisonaires were his favorite vocal group and even covered “Just Walking in the Rain” on occasion. The proof is in the pudding on this one.

Released in 1956, “Get Rhythm” is an upbeat number by Johnny Cash with positive lyrics speaking of a happy shoe-shine boy. While the song is classic, inimitable Cash, it would quickly become overshadowed by its b-side, “I Walk the Line.” A peculiar song that changes key between each verse and has no chorus, “I Walk the Line” would become the song Cash is best known for, a tale of pledged fidelity with lyrical undertones implying even deeper meaning. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at #30 in their 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

Each release remains faithful to its original issue on Sun, replicating the classic logo and label design coupled with a striking Sun company sleeve that dutifully employs the rooster Sam Philips lamented losing as labels switched from 78’s to 45’s.

This will be an ongoing partnership between Sun and Third Man and future releases are already in the works. Pre-orders for all three initial release (available for purchase individually or as part of a bundle) begin today, with an official release date of May 21st.

The limited edition versions of these singles will be an eye-catching yellow and black configuration we’re lovingly calling sun-ray vinyl. They will be limited to 150 copies per title. 100 copies of each of the limited versions will be sold from the Rolling Record store on May 28, 29, and 30th. The 28th we will sell the lmtd Johnny Cash single at Sun Records in Memphis TN, 29th will be Rufus Thomas in Louisville KY at Please & Thank You, and on the 30th we will sell The Prisonaires Sun Ray vinyl at Luna Records in Indianapolis. As always 50 copies of each limited edition record will go in random mail orders for the standard edition vinyl through the Third Man website. Please stay tuned to the Rolling Record Store twitter account for updates on these sales.