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Atoms For Peace, Press Releases

ATOMS FOR PEACE RECONVENES FOR REHEARSALS AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL ADDED TO U.S. DATES

FINAL QUANTITIES OF AMOK LIMITED EDITION VINYL AVAILABLE AT http://smarturl.it/amokdoubleltdedition

Having completed a limited series of events commemorating the February 26 release of Atoms For Peace’s AMOK (XL Recordings) featuring Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich, the full Atoms For Peace lineup of Yorke, Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco will soon begin rehearsals for its first full-band tour since the one concluding at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival nearly three years ago.

Since then, Atoms For Peace live output has consisted of  the aforementioned AMOK events, which featured Thom and Nigel spontaneously manipulating tracks from AMOK and Thom’s 2006 solo effort The Eraser, and augmenting them with live guitar and vocals, as well as the visuals of Tarik Barri–and more recently, Thom’s solo appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show in the UK, which featured a solo rendition of AMOK’s “Ingenue”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZl6BRY9IYQ

In a message released today, Thom said:

So far this year, Atoms For Peace has been about me + Nigel doing stuff like this in clubs in some of our favourite capital cities. But next week, Joey, Mauro and Flea all become free from their other projects and we start rehearsals together as a full band.  Touring proper starts in July –  the last time we did live shows together was at Fuji Rock nearly 3 years ago…

In other news, a fixed quantity of AMOK Special Edition Vinyl has once again been made available.

The demand for the double album, designed by long-time aritstic collaborator Stanley Donwood, hugely outstripped supply on AMOK’s album  launch, and so a limited supply have been re-released for sale: http://smarturl.it/amokdoubleltdedition

The Atoms For Peace tour kicks off  July 6 in Paris, with a U.S. run beginning September 24 in Philadelphia and including headlines at New York’s Barclay Center and the Hollywood Bowl as well as stops in Washington DC and Chicago before concluding October 17 at the Santa Barbara Bowl. The tour then resumes for a series of Japanese dates spanning November 18-23.

http://atomsforpeace.info

http://www.youtube.com/atomsforpeacetv

http://www.facebook.com/atomsforpeace

http://xlrecordings.com

ATOMS FOR PEACE

On Tour 2013

6th Jul 2013 – Zenith Paris FRANCE

7th Jul 2013 – Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam NETHERLANDS

9th Jul 2013 Lotto Arena Antwerp BELGIUM

10th Jul 2013 – Zenith Munich GERMANY

12th July 2013 – Pohoda Festival SLOVAKIA

13th July 2013 – Exit Festival SERBIA

16th July 2013 – Ippodromo delle Capannelle Rome ITALY

17th July 2013 – Ippodromo del Galoppo Milan ITALY

20th July 2013 – Malta Festival Poznan POLAND

21st July 2013 – Melt Festival Germany

24th Jul 2013 – Roundhouse London UK

25th Jul 201 – Roundhouse London UK

26th Jul 2013 – Roundhouse London UK

24th Sept 2013 – Liacouras Center Philadelphia PA USA

27th Sept 2013 – Barclays Center New York NY USA

30th Sept 2013 – Patriot Center Fairfax VA. USA

2nd Oct 2013 – UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL USA

4th-6th Oct 2013 – AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL, TX USA

9th Oct 2013 – Pepsi Center WTC Mexico City MEXICO

11th-13th Oct 2013 – AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL, TX USA

16th Oct 2013 – Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles CA. USA

17th Oct 2013 – Santa Barbara Bowl, CA USA

18th Nov 2013 – Zepp Osaka JAPAN

19th Nov 2013 – Zepp Osaka JAPAN

21st Nov 2013 – Studio Coast Tokyo JAPAN

22nd Nov 2013 – Studio Coast Tokyo JAPAN

23rd Nov 2013 – Studio Coast Tokyo JAPAN

Bosnian Rainbows, Press Releases

BOSNIAN RAINBOWS CONFIRM ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES

East Coast & Midwest Shows Announced Including Chicago, Washington DC and NYC Dates

Full-Length Debut Out June 25th On Sargent House–Pre-Order NOW at iTunes and http://bosnianrainbows.hellomerch.com

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Bosnian Rainbows have added more dates to their touring schedule in support of the June 25 release of their self-titled debut, now adding more shows across the east coast and midwest. The band has also just been announced on the stellar line up this year at Mountain Oasis Festival in October.

The group just released a video for their song “Turtle Neck”, which is made up of photos from Bosnian Rainbows’ extensive worldwide touring that started this past August 2012 through their last shows in Mexico City. You can watch the video for “Turtle Neck” here:

http://youtu.be/L7olyzye4S4

See below for all confirmed dates, and be sure not to miss the band recently hailed by Time Out New York as one of the best live acts on the current circuit:

“Bosnian Rainbows is certainly more democratic, but the group’s music crackles with just as much unpredictable intensity… At its rhythmic heart are drummer Deantoni Parks and keyboardist Nicci Kasper… Teri Gender Bender harnesses a wide-ranging energy with her style and delivery that recalls Kate Bush, Damo Suzuki and even a young Geddy Lee… It’s a lineup that only a creative intellect as feverish as Rodriguez-Lopez could hope to wrangle… primed for mind-bending twists galore.”–TIME OUT NEW YORK

Bosnian Rainbows drops June 25th, but fans can grab their pre-order NOW from iTunes (which includes an instant download of “Torn Maps”). Pre-orders for a physical copy of the album can be made here:

http://bosnianrainbows.hellomerch.com


BOSNIAN RAINBOWS  2013

May 25, 2013 – El Paso, TX @  Neon Desert Music Festival

May 28, 2013 – Dallas, TX @ Trees w/ Zorch

May 29, 2013 – Austin, TX @ Red 7 w/ Zorch

May 30, 2013 – Houston, TX  @ HOB – Bronze Peacock w/ Zorch

June 24, 2013 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah

June 25, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA @ First Unitarian Church

June 26, 2013 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory

June 27, 2013 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

July 01, 2013 – Bogota, Columbia @ Rock Al Parque Festival

July 10, 2013 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West

July 12, 2013 – Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall

July 13, 2013 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts

July 14, 2013 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

July 16, 2013 – Hamden, CT @ The Spaceland Ballroom

July 18, 2013 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair

July 19, 2013 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s

July 20, 2013 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar

July 21, 2013 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement

July 23, 2013 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre

July 24, 2013 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge

Aug 02, 2013 – Cork, Ireland @ Indiependence Festival

Aug 16, 2013 – Groningen, Holland @ Noorderzon Festival

Aug 17, 2013 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival

Aug 31, 2013 – Copenhagen, DE @ Vega w/ Tomahawk

Sept 01, 2013 – Oslo, Norway @Rockefeller Music Hall w/ Tomahawk

Sept 02,2013 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Media w/ Tomahawk

Sept 04, 2013 – Helsinki, Finland @ Circus w/ Tomahawk

Sept 06, 2013 – Berlin, Germany @ Berlin Festival

Oct 26, 2013  – Asheville, NC @ Mountain Oasis Festival

Press Releases, Third Man Records

THIRD MAN RECORDS PRESENTS: THE GREAT GATSBY GOLD & PLATINUM LIMTED EDITION METALIZED RECORD SET

FEATURING FIRST EVER COMMERCIALLY RELEASED GOLD AND PLATINUM METALLIC LPs, LASER-CUT WOODEN JACKET WITH ALUMINUM SPINES

PRE-SALES FOR JUNE 11th RELEASE DATE OF STANDARD EDITION LP AVAILABLE FRIDAY MAY 10th.

See Video at  http://youtu.be/BWOtFqcg7vg

Third Man Records is humbled to be a part of such a stellar confluence of literature, art and music in handling the vinyl release of the soundtrack to Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby.

In an effort to present an object that integrates all the inter-connected components of this release, Third Man Records has gone the extra mile with their limited-edition version of the soundtrack in pioneering a never-before released method for vinyl records.

Both LPs in the set are blindingly reflective metalized discs. Disc one is platinum and disc two is gold. These are the first-ever commercially available records made using these precious metals via this process.

Not stopping there, the records come housed in a entirely unique laser-cut wooden LP jacket riveted to aluminum spines.  All of these elements (gold, platinum, aluminum, wood and brass) showcase the Art Deco-meets-modern style, classic meets cutting edge, which is the essence of The Great Gatsby film and Third Man Records.

Mere words pale in comparison to the actual physical presence of this piece, so please do check out the video here to get the full experience of the release.

These unique hand made sets will retail for $250 and Pre-Sales will be available in a limited number through the Third Man website (US only) from 9am on Friday May 10th in order to coincide with the Great Gatsby cinema release. Also on Friday the 10th, the first 100 physical copies of the set will be available in the Third Man retail store in Nashville from 10am.

In addition to the limited edition, Third Man is also announcing the release date of June 11th for the standard edition double album. The soundtrack will be on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a Gold Foil stamped gatefold sleeve. Pre-sales for this standard edition of the soundtrack will also be available on the Third Man website on Friday May 10th.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Press Releases

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS “MERMAIDS” LIVE AT THE FONDA THEATER

VIDEO PREMIERE LIVE NOW AT ROLLINGSTONE.COM

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have partnered with Rollingstone.com to premiere a new video of a stunning and uncensored rendition of “Mermaids,” captured live in dramatic black and white by directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard  on February 21 at Los Angeles’ Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater. Augmented by a children’s choir from the local Silverlake Conservatory of Music as well as a full string section, this once in a lifetime version of “Mermaids” was recorded during one of a series of very special events staged around the release of the Bad Seeds’ widely acclaimed 15th studio album, Push the Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd.). The original February 21 performance was webcast globally by Lovelive in partnership with Rockfeedback and YouTube and was viewed by more than 100,000 people.

In addition to Push The Sky Away having marked Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ highest ever U.S. chart debut, entering the BIllboard 200 at #29, the record hit #1 in six countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Holland, New Zealand, Portugal), top 3 in seven more (UK, Germany, Greece, Norway,

Finland, Poland, Ireland), and top 20 in Canada. This was followed by a rapturously received standing room only theater and festival tour of North America that recently wrapped with last month’s Bad

Seeds/Grinderman doubleheaders at the two-weekend Coachella festival in Indio, CA. The tour was the most extensive North American outing for the Bad Seeds in several years, and has generated possibly the best critical and audience response of the band’s storied career, including:

“In his black suit, jet-black hair and white shirt, he was a dapper gentleman preacher who raved as if the Old Testament were also a scandal sheet, rife with betrayal, temptation, blood and lust… he was, as promised, transforming, vibrating, glowing, flying.” — CHICAGO TRIBUNE

“Right up there amongst the best frontmen of this or any generation. No one on the circuit can both command and terrify a crowd quite like Nick Cave.” –DALLAS OBSERVER

“Thanks, Nick Cave, for ruining pretty much every other show we’re going to see for the rest of the month. Or year. Or ever. There’s no way anybody is going to top what we saw on Saturday night… it was a mind-blowing evening of rock ‘n’ roll.” — NASHVILLE SCENE

“Towering over everyone else, however, were… the Bad Seeds, whose merciless performance, delivered with the fury of hellhounds unleashed, easily stole Sunday from any up-and-comers…” — OC REGISTER

“Fans were out of their seats from first note to last, either in rapture or because the shock-friendly performer gave ¹em the willies and they were too afraid to sit down.” — WASHINGTON POST

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will resume the Push The Sky Away tour May 25 at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. The current itinerary takes Nick and Warren Ellis (Violin, Mandolin & Samples), Martyn Casey (Bass), Conway Savage (Piano, Organ), Jim Sclavunos (Drums & Percussion), Barry Adamson (Drums, Keys, & Percussion) and Ed Kuepper (Guitar) through the May-August festival season. The tour will resume October 26 with a three-night stand at the Hammersmith Apollo in London and will hit theaters and arenas throughout the UK and Europe until concluding November 29 in Bologna.

Further touring details and other information will be released as it is confirmed.

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Press Releases, Queens Of The Stone Age

CALLING ALL COMAS…

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: “I APPEAR MISSING” ANIMATED VIDEO REVEALED

http://www.likeclockwork.tv/

Following the cryptic surfacing of the http://www.likeclockwork.tv/ and its hazy semi-clues and last night”s Adult Swim ad, Queens Of The Stone Age have unveiled a trailer scored by three minutes of the never-before-heard “I Appear Missing,” which appears in its entirety on the band”s upcoming … Like Clockwork, out June 4 on Matador Records.

Showcasing disturbingly beautiful (or beautifully disturbing?) images from the boundless imagination of … Like Clockwork visual visionary, enigmatic UK artist Boneface (brought to life by animator Liam Brazier), “I Appear Missing” is a hypnotic journey into a nightmare-scape that adds illustrative dimension to another audio glimpse of the coming storm that is … Like Clockwork. Keep Your Eyes peeled on http://www.likeclockwork.tv/ to see what happens next…

Described by Queens principal Joshua Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” … Like Clockwork is the band¹s first full length collection of all new material since 2007″s Era Vulgaris, as well as its debut release on new label partner Matador. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now from  and from iTunes at http://smarturl.it/QOTSAlikeclockwork. iTunes pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun,” which has been generating some early heat at:

“(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 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 and check back at the following for updates:

http://www.qotsa.com/

https://twitter.com/qotsa

https://www.facebook.com/QOTSA

http://www.likeclockwork.tv/


QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Like Clockwork

Live 2013

06/13/13 ­ Interlaken, Swizerland ­ 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 ­ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

08/09/13 ­ Squamish, BC ­ Squamish Valley Music Festival

08/31/13 ­ Philadelphia, PA ­ Budweiser Made in America Festival

Press Releases, SID: Superman Is Dead

LISTEN TO BRAND NEW VAMPIRE WEEKEND TRACK “YA HEY”

Official Lyrics Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-BznQE6B8U


As Vampire Weekend gear up for the release of their highly anticipated third studio album Modern Vampires of the City, the band have unveiled a lyrical video for brand new track “Ya Hey,” directed by Greg Brunkalla.

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-BznQE6B8U

Already hailed in a 4.5 star Rolling Stone lead review raving “dark but beautiful… Vampire Weekend have gotten better at just about everything they do… pushing into awesome new directions,” Modern Vampires of the City is scheduled for release May 14 on XL Recordings. The new album is the band’s first full length collection of new material since its gold-certified sophomore album Contra, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart upon its 2010 release.

Vampire Weekend has also confirmed its return to Saturday Night Live: The band will play NBC’s hallowed Studio 8H for the third time on May 11, with host Kristen Wiig.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

On Tour

May 2nd, 2013 – The Troxy, London

May 15th, 2013 – Agganis Arena, Boston

May 16th, 2013 – Sony Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto

May 17th, 2013 – The Fillmore, Detroit

May 20th, 2013 – Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison

May 21st, 2013 – Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City

May 23rd, 2013 – Keller Auditorium, Portland

May 24th, 2013 – Sasquatch Music Festival, George

May 29th, 2013 – Casino De Paris, Paris

June 23rd, 2013 – Firefly Festival, Dover

June 26th – 30th – Glastonbury Festival, Pilton

June 28th, 2013 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth

June 29th, 2013 – O2 Academy Bournemouth, Bournemouth

July 4th – 7th – Rock Werchter, Werchter

July 6th, 2013 – Olympic Park, London

July 7th, 2013 – De Werald Draait Buiten, Amsterdam

July 9th, 2013 – Poupet Festival, Cholet

July 12th, 2013 – Optimus Alive, Lisbon

July 13th, 2013 – BBK Live, Bilbao

July 14th, 2013 – Musalic Festival, Aix-les-Bains

July 19th, 2013 – Gentlemen of the Road Lewes Stopover, Lewes

July 20th, 2013 – Longitude Festival, Dublin

August 4th, 2013 – Lollapalooza, Chicago

August 9th, 2013 – Squamish Music Festival, Squamish

August 11th, 2013 -Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco

September 20th, 2013 – Barclays Center, Brooklyn

September 28th, 2013 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

October 8th, 2013 – Midland Theater, Kansas City

Beastie Boys, Press Releases

PALMETTO PLAYGROUND TO BE RENAMED ADAM YAUCH PARK IN HONOR OF MUSICIAN AND NATIVE BROOKLYNITE ADAM YAUCH

DATE: Friday, May 3, 2013

TIME: 11:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Palmetto Playground Atlantic Ave., Columbia Pl., State St, BROOKLYN

EVENT & PHOTO-OP: Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey will join Borough President Marty Markowitz; State Senator Daniel Squadron; Council Member Stephen Levin; Member of the Beastie Boys, Adam Horovitz; parents of Adam Yauch, Noel and Frances Yauch, and members of the Yauch family; and John Silva of Silva Artist Management, to rename Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights in honor of musician and Brooklyn native, Adam Yauch.

DETAILS: Adam Yauch grew up in Brooklyn Heights, on State Street, and learned to ride a bicycle in the park that will now bear his name.A pioneer in the worlds of music, social activism and film, Adam Yauch was not only a founding member of the Beastie Boys, but also established the Milarepa Fund that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and created the film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Adam Yauch Park (formerly Palmetto Playground) is located in the southernmost portion of the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights.  The playground includes full and half basketball courts, a community garden, a greenhouse, a small fitness area, an open play space, drinking fountains, and a dog run.

Beck, Press Releases

BECK CONFIRMS SUMMER HEADLINE & FESTIVAL DATES

SELECT SPECIAL ACOUSTIC & FULL BAND ELECTRIC SHOWS CONFIRMED FOR JULY & AUGUST

May 19 Santa Cruz & May 20 Song Reader Event in San Francisco SOLD OUT

Beck has confirmed a return to the touring circuit this summer for three very special acoustic-only dates featuring a pared down lineup followed by two fully electric big band blow-outs.

July 2 at the Days Off Festival in Paris, July 27 for one night only of the Americanarama traveling festival at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh NY, and July 28 at the Newport Folk Festival, Beck will be playing special acoustic sets with minimal accompaniment. In addition to acoustic renditions of some of Beck’s best loved classics, these very special performances will feature never before heard material from an upcoming acoustic record. The record can best be described as a self-contained work, one that came in the form of a burst of inspiration following the completion of last year’s groundbreaking Song Reader sheet music album.

Beck will continue his east coast run a few days later with an expanded band in tow for a pair of full-on large scale electric blow-outs taking place August 2 at Bank of America Pavilion in Boston and August 4 at the Prospect Park in Brooklyn. For these shows, fans can expect more of the fare that Beck and his veteran band delivered at show-stealing stops along last year’s festival circuit, including the set lauded by The New York Times as Beck “switched easily between two guises: the deadpan dispenser of brilliant semi-sequiturs and encyclopedic musical allusions — fuzz-toned garage-rock, synth-pop, slide-guitar blues, floating psychedelia — and the sustained, heartsick ballad singer of Sea Change. Though the band was live, the music embraced D.J. culture. Beck could, and often did, suddenly switch styles within a song as easily as dropping a needle.

Prior to the July/August dates, Beck is teaming up with McSweeney’s and Pop-Up Magazine to present a night of live music and stories about music, inspired by his Song Reader, at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall on May 20. Featuring writers, filmmakers, photographers, radio producers, artists, and special musical guests, the show was announced last week, and tickets sold out instantly.

Beck Hansen’s Song Reader can purchased at http://store.beck.com/products/beck-hansens-song-reader-1.

The night prior, Beck will play a sold out one-off show at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz.

Further performances, recordings, etc. will be announced if and when they are ready to be…

BECK

Live 2013

May 19 Santa Cruz, CA — Rio Theater (SOLD OUT)

May 20 San Francisco, CA — Song Reader event at Davies Symphony Hall (SOLD OUT)

July 2 Paris, France – Days Off Festival at Cité de la Musique (special acoustic set) – on sale Tuesday, April 30

July 27 Wantagh, NY – Americanarama at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater (special acoustic set) – on sale Saturday, May 4

July 28 Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival (special acoustic set) – on sale now

August 2 Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion (full band/electric show) – on sale Friday, May 3

August 4 Brooklyn, NY – Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park (full band/electric show) – on sale Friday, May 10

Iggy & The Stooges, Press Releases

IGGY AND THE STOOGES ON THE COLBERT REPORT TONIGHT; READY TO DIE OUT TOMORROW

Available For Pre-Order At

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ready-to-die/id637018136

New Video Live at

http://youtu.be/n3vbymBA6ag

“fast, loud, aggressive… their live gig was the surprise hit of SXSW last month”–NEW YORK

“Iggy is, as you can tell, in blunt fuck-you and just-try-to-kill-me form”–ROLLING STONE

Having just slayed a live and online audience with a Sunday matinee NPR First Listen Live from New York City (http://n.pr/17dKrYc), Iggy and the Stooges will make their debut appearance on The Colbert Report tonight, April 29.

The new Iggy and the Stooges album, Ready To Die, is officially out tomorrow, April 30, on Fat Possum. For an exclusive behind the scenes look at some of the juju that surrounded into its creation, check out http://youtu.be/n3vbymBA6ag.

The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo–the immortal 1973 proto-punk masterpiece Raw Power–Ready To Die finds Iggy Pop, guitarist James Williamson and drummer Scott “Rock Action” Asheton reunited for a full album of all-new material for the first time in 40 years, with Mike Watt filling in for the late Ron Asheton on bass. “Burn,” previously unveiled at http://bit.ly/Z86ZXE, opens the record recalling  those halcyon opening salvo of “Search & Destroy,” while the still-unreleased-until-tomorrow “Job” has already become a singalong anthem of the band’s live set, with “Sex and Money” and “Gun” becoming staples as well. The record also finds Iggy and the Stooges in reflective mode, with its closing ballad “The Departed,” a somber tribute to late founding Stooge Ron Asheton.

For further news, tour dates, etc., stay tuned to http://www.iggyandthestoogesmusic.com/us/news

Press Releases, SID: Superman Is Dead

VAMPIRE WEEKEND TO HEADLINE BARCLAYS CENTER SEPTEMBER 20 APPEARING ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MAY 11

Modern Vampires Of The City Out May 14 On XL Recordings

VAMPIRE WEEKEND has confirmed a September 20 headline show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn NY. Tickets to the band’s first ever engagement at Barclays will be on sale beginning Saturday, May 4–the same day its September 28 return to the Hollywood Bowl goes on sale.

Vampire Weekend has also confirmed its return to Saturday Night Live: The band will play NBC’s hallowed Studio 8H for the third time on May 11, with host Kristen Wiig.

The SNL and Barclays confirmations come in the wake of the recent announcement of Vampire Weekend’s highly anticipated third album, Modern Vampires of the City. Already hailed in a 4.5 star Rolling Stone lead review raving “dark but beautiful… Vampire Weekend have gotten better at just about everything they do… pushing into awesome new directions,” Modern Vampires of the City is scheduled for release May 14 on XL Recordings. The new album is the band’s first full length collection of new material since its gold-certified sophomore album Contra, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart upon its 2010 release.

Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij worked more closely than ever on Modern Vampires of the City.  Most songs began one of two ways: either with Rostam creating musical beds over which Ezra would lay lyrics and melodies, or with Ezra providing lyrics and melodies around which the instrumental setting for the track would be sculpted. In the summer of 2012, the two traveled to Los Angeles to collaborate with Rostam’s longtime friend Ariel Rechtshaid, who shares  production credits on Modern Vampires… marking the first time Rostam has had a co-producer on one of the band’s albums. Bringing along the results of sessions from New York and Martha’s Vineyard, the three began to stride towards realizing the finished album and were later joined by drummer Chris Tomson and bassist Chris Baio. A recently released double A-side single “Diane Young”/”Step”-which can be heard at http://www.vampireweekend.com/-provides  a first glimpse into an album flush with grandeur and romanticism evocative of the city where it was conceived. Church organs, deep synth bass, booming drums, choirs chanting in Latin are combined combined with classic Vampire Weekend joyfulness and spry humor, resulting in an album that expands the band’s sonic and intellectual palette into surprising new realms.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

On Tour

May 2nd, 2013 – The Troxy, London

May 15th, 2013 – Agganis Arena, Boston

May 16th, 2013 – Sony Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto

May 17th, 2013 – The Fillmore, Detroit

May 20th, 2013 – Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison

May 21st, 2013 – Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City

May 23rd, 2013 – Keller Auditorium, Portland

May 24th, 2013 – Sasquatch Music Festival, George

May 29th, 2013 – Casino De Paris, Paris

June 23rd, 2013 – Firefly Festival, Dover

June 26th – 30th – Glastonbury Festival, Pilton

June 28th, 2013 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth

June 29th, 2013 – O2 Academy Bournemouth, Bournemouth

July 4th – 7th – Rock Werchter, Werchter

July 6th, 2013 – Olympic Park, London

July 7th, 2013 – De Werald Draait Buiten, Amsterdam

July 9th, 2013 – Poupet Festival, Cholet

July 12th, 2013 – Optimus Alive, Lisbon

July 13th, 2013 – BBK Live, Bilbao

July 14th, 2013 – Musalic Festival, Aix-les-Bains

July 19th, 2013 – Gentlemen of the Road Lewes Stopover, Lewes

July 20th, 2013 – Longitude Festival, Dublin

August 4th, 2013 – Lollapalooza, Chicago

August 9th, 2013 – Squamish Music Festival, Squamish

August 11th, 2013 -Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco

September 20th, 2013 – Barclays Center, Brooklyn

September 28th, 2013 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

October 8th, 2013 – Midland Theater, Kansas City