Paul McCartney’s Kisses On The Bottom (Concord/Hear Music) has won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 55th annual GRAMMY Awards.
Tonight’s win brings McCartney’s career GRAMMY tally to 16.
Additionally, McCartney & Wings’ Band On The Run (Concord/Hear Music), a previous winner both as last year’s Best Historical Album and for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus in 1974, has been inducted this year into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame.
LONDON-BERLIN-NEW YORK
LONDON & NEW YORK EVENTS SOLD OUT
To mark the release of the debut album ‘Amok’, Atoms For Peace will throw a series of special launch events over the coming weeks. The nights will take place in London (Oval Space, 22nd February), Berlin (Berghain, 8th March) and New York (Le Poisson Rouge, 14th March).
Each event will feature a performance from Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich, lightheartedly described by Thom as “two turntables & a microphone” on Twitter earlier this week. The nights will also feature full line ups of very special guests.
NEW YORK & LONDON have already SOLD OUT. Berlin tickets are on sale right now, with full details below.
Amok’ is released on 26th February in the U.S. on XL Recordings. An exclusive interview with Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich and Joey Waronker can be heard at http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/01/29/170581164/listen-thom-yorke-and-friends-talk-atoms-for-peace
FRIDAY 22ND FEBRUARY: LONDON–SOLD OUT
Oval Space, 29-32 The Oval, London E2 9DT
10pm-4am
with very special guests ACTRESS and THROWING SNOW
visuals by TARIK BARRI
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/phl2202
http://www.seetickets.com/event/atoms-for-peace/oval-space/693863/
FRIDAY 8TH MARCH: BERLIN
Berghain, Am Wriezener Bahnhof//10243 Berlin
From 9pm
with very special guests SHED and ANSTAM
visuals by TARIK BARRI
http://www.meltbooking.com/atomsforpeace
THURSDAY 14TH MARCH: NEW YORK–SOLD OUT
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street//10012 NY NY
with very special guests – announcement to follow
10pm-4pm
http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/atoms-for-peace-dj-set-march-14th-2013
DEBUT ALBUM OUT THIS SPRING ON SARGENT HOUSE / RLP
“infectious”–NPR
In the wake of NME debuting the track “Torn Maps” and NPR’s alt.latino hailing it as “infectious” in a January 31 piece titled “Strange Trip: 5 Songs That Transport You,” Bosnian Rainbows further unveils itself to the world with its first series of east coast dates.
Having been on the road since August, touring extensively in Europe, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and on the west coast and making a US festival debut at last September’s Fun Fun Fun Fest, Bosnian Rainbows now embark on a headlining run beginning February 15 in Atlanta.
The band is comprised of Teri Gender Bender (vocals), Nicci Kasper (keys, bass synth), Deantoni Parks (drums, keys) and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (guitar, keys, backing vocals).
“It was all recorded live, analog to 2″ tape” says Rodriguez-Lopez of Bosnian Rainbows, ”No playback. No laptops. Just four musicians creating the sound being heard. Minimal and elemental. …Funny how that works, experimenting with everything under the sun just to end up stripping everything down.”
“Torn Maps” will appear on Bosnian Rainbows’ self titled debut album out later this year on Sargent House / RLP. Listen to “Torn Maps” at:https://soundcloud.com/sargent-house/bosnian-rainbows-torn-maps
Bosnian Rainbows — 2013 Tour Dates
Feb 15, 2013 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West *
Feb 16, 2013 – Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall *
Feb 17, 2013 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar *
Feb 18, 2013 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
Feb 19, 2013 – New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom *
Feb 20, 2013 – Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
Feb 22, 2013 – Montréal, QC @ Cabaret du Mile-end *
Feb 23, 2013 – Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club (Early Show) *
Feb 24, 2013 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall *
Feb 25, 2013 – Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop *
Feb 26, 2013 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge *
Feb 27, 2013 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater *
Feb 28, 2013 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe *
Mar 15, 2013 – Mexico City @ Vive Latino Festival
* – w/ Marriages
THE SOUND CITY PLAYERS WITH STEVIE NICKS ON THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN FEBRUARY 14
SOUND CITY THE FILM SHOOTS TO #1 ON iTunes DOCUMENTARY CHARTS WITHIN HOURS OF WORLDWIDE RELEASE
“Straight out of a roof-raising debut at Sundance 2013 comes Dave Grohl’s exhilarating documentary about what makes life worth living… Grohl has made an intimate epic about music. But the film’s genius is the way it applies the lessons of SOUND CITY to any job.. In his directing debut, Grohl shows the instincts of a real filmmaker. SOUND CITY hits you like a shot in the heart.”–Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
“High-spirited, emotional and funny, SOUND CITY is, of all things, a mash note to a machine… one that helped change the face of rock ‘n’ roll.”–Kenneth Turan, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
“a celebration of just how unbelievably awesome it is to make rock music for a living”–NPR
“terrifically entertaining… The Nirvana and Foo Fighters star brings elements that can’t be faked–passion and heart–to this account of what it feels like to make real handcrafted rock music… a sincere tribute but also and infectiously honest one”–THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“SOUND CITY… will be candy to several generations’ worth of rock fans… It’s not an antidigital argument so much as an anti-blandness argument”–THE NEW YORK TIMES
“(FOUR STARS) this geeked-out documentary beats with more heart than could be imagined”–TIME OUT NEW YORK
“(FOUR STARS) SOUND CITY has something for everyone. Whether you’re a music gearhead, a fan of the bands and albums recorded at Sound City, someone who appreciates the creative process behind writing and recording songs or even just someone who digs well-made documentaries, the film has it all. We know Dave Grohl is a great drummer and an incredible frontman; now we know he’s a great documentary filmmaker too.”–FILM THREAT
“Talk about ambition… this may be the most positive music documentary you’ll ever see… Grohl’s aim is to explore the aura of a place, but what he winds up proving is that people make the magic”–THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
“A must-see film for anyone who cares about recording techniques… ultimately SOUND CITY celebrates the human element in recording…”–BILLBOARD
Dave Grohl’s SOUND CITY PLAYERS’ February 13 extravaganza at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom has sold out. All tickets for the one-time-only NYC all-star team-up of Dave Grohl and his extended Foo Fighters and Nirvana families with Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Lee Ving of Fear, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine are now gone.
While in New York, Grohl will drop by THE COLBERT REPORT February 13 to discuss his critically and commercially successful directorial debut, and on February 14 THE SOUND CITY PLAYERS with special guest Stevie Nicks will make their network TV debut on THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN.
Having so far played two historic shows to date–one at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah and one in Los Angeles to commemorate SOUND CITY’s January 31 Hollywood premiere–THE SOUND CITY PLAYERS bring to life the music created for the documentary and its accompanying SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL album, out March 12 on Roswell/RCA. SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL is currently available for pre-order at http://bit.ly/SoundCityiTunes, with all pre-orders immediately receiving first single “Cut Me Some Slack”–performed by Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear.
As with the two previous shows, NYC configuration of the SOUND CITY PLAYERS will also perform numerous classics from the catalogues of Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Fear, Cheap Trick and more, as they join Grohl and a cast of his current and former bandmates including Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Krist Novoselic, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and other familiar faces for a once in a lifetime evening.
SOUND CITY’s grassroots distribution strategy to release day and date globally as theatrical, VOD and Direct to Consumer has netted the film an impressive $1 million in just 4 days. It is available for purchase DRM-free direct from the filmmaker athttp://soundcitymovie.com and through iTunes–where it shot to #1 on the Documentary charts within hours of its worldwide release on Friday–athttp://bit.ly/SoundCityiTunes. The film is also available worldwide on demand with more than 100 operators including: Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Amazon VOD, Google Play, Vudu, and Sony PlayStation. One night only screenings were held January 31 across the USA, Australia and New Zealand, with theatrical runs beginning February 1. Seehttp://soundcitymovie.com for more information on how to see the film.
Embed code for the official SOUND CITY trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/HQoOfiLz1G4
http://soundcitymovie.com
www.facebook.com/soundcitymovie
@soundcitymovie
Featuring Ray Winstone
Push The Sky Away Out Feb 19th
“Seven minutes of craggy and lecherous slow-burning decadence, and it’s every bit as stickily badass as that description implies.”–STEREOGUM
“Classic Bad Seeds—morose lyrics that seemed ripped from a Victorian-era man’s shameful diary entries, a sinister string section and Cave’s intense, tormented delivery.”–PASTE
“If the rest of the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds record sounds like… the previously shared ‘We No Who U R‘ and the freshly uploaded ‘Jubilee Street’—it’s bound to become one of the band’s most sinister quiet storms.”–SELF-TITLED
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds reveal the video to “Jubilee Street”, the first single from the band’s fifteenth studio album Push The Sky Away to be released on February 19th on Bad Seed Ltd.
The video is directed by long time Bad Seeds collaborator John Hillcoat, and features Ray Winstone who stared in Nick Cave’s and John Hillcoat’s award winning kangaroo western The Proposition (2005). The video was shot on location in the East End of London in December 2012.
“It was a real pleasure hanging around the set and watching Ray do his thing. He is a master. What a great actor. And of course, working with my friend and collaborator John Hillcoat is always a blast”–Nick Cave
View the video now at http://bzz.is/8mh
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will be presenting their new album live with the accompaniment of strings and choir at a series of one-off launch event shows in London, Paris, Berlin and Los Angeles. Film-makers Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard will also be screening a new short film about the making of ‘Push the Sky Away’. The film features unprecedented access to the working process of The Bad Seeds and unique insights from Nick, the band and producer Nick Launay.
Push The Sky Away – Launch shows:
Feb 10th – London – Her Majesty’s Theatre – SOLD OUT
Feb 11th – Paris – Trianon – SOLD OUT
Feb 13th – Berlin – Admiralspalast – SOLD OUT
Feb 21st – Los Angeles – Fonda Theatre – SOLD OUT
Tickets for these exclusive events are now sold out. For further dates please check the bands website:nickcave.com
Pre-order the album on iTunes / Amazon now.
For further information, please contact Steve Martin at nasty little man
steve@nastylittleman.com or Tel: 212 343 0740
nickcave.com
www.facebook.com/nickcaveofficial
http://facebook.com/nickcaveandthebadseeds
https://twitter.com/ncandtbs
THREE SONG 7-INCH OUT FEBRUARY 14
LIMITED EDITION RUN OF 100 “FLEX-RAY” COPIES AVAILABLE FROM THE THIRD MAN ROLLING RECORD STORE AT SXSW
Butthole Surfers legend Gibby Haynes, Jack White and Third Man’s Ben Swank want to be your valentine. So instead of something lame and predictable as flowers or chocolate, they’re comin’ a-callin’ with the latest installment in Third Man’s Blue Series (TMR 179), a three-song single featuring the two originals “You Don’t Have To Be Smart” and “Horse Named George,” and a cover of Adrenalin OD’s “Paul’s Not Home,” a lost classic (cough cough… ahem) that originally appeared on the 1982 New York Thrash compilation alongside the first ever recorded material by Beastie Boys and some of the earliest known recordings by Bad Brains, Kraut and others.
The limited edition component of this single will be another first for Third Man Records: a FLEX-RAY. A very limited number of copies of this single pressed on old medical x-rays will be sold exclusively from the Third Man Records Rolling Record Store at next month’s South By Southwest free for all in the Butthole Surfers’ old stomping ground of Austin.
April U.S. Dates, May UK/Europe Shows & June 14 Barclays Center Confirmed
Tickets On Sale Now at http://bit.ly/PstlSrvc
Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition Featuring Two Never Before Released Songs Out April 9 on Sub Pop
Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello a/k/a The Postal Service have added nine worldwide headline dates to what now appears to be a full-on reunion tour–five that take place leading up to and around their previously announced April 13 and 20 Coachella appearances, two UK shows and one in Paris leading up to their performance at Barcelona’s Primavera Soundwave festival, and a long awaited return to New York where they’ll headline Brooklyn’s Barclay Center June 14.
Tickets for the newly announced dates are in sale now at http://bit.ly/PstlSrvc.
Gibbard and Tamborello will be reuniting on the road with a band fleshed out by Jenny Lewis (Jenny & Johnny, Rilo Kiley) and Laura Burhenn (Mynabirds, Bright Eyes) to celebrate the 10th anniversary and deluxe edition reissue of The Postal Service’s universally acclaimed release, Give Up. The Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition out April 9 on Sub Pop includes the original 10-track album along with 15 bonus tracks–including the brand new songs “Turn Around” and “A Tattered Line of String,” a previously unreleased live recording, and every other official recording the band has ever released–as well as cover versions of Postal Service classics by The Shins and Iron & Wine.
Both the tour and Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition find Lewis reuniting with The Postal Service: She appeared on the original album and played with the band on its handful of 2003 tour dates. Lewis also sings on the two new songs on the Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition.
Additional dates on this first Postal Service tour in a decade will be announced as they are confirmed. Check http://www.postalservicemusic.net/ for further details as they become available.
Give Up was certified platinum last year just shy of 10 years from its original February 9, 2003 release. Led by the single “Such Great Heights,” the landmark album is the second-biggest selling album in Sub Pop’s nearly 25-year history after Nirvana’s Bleach.
THE POSTAL SERVICE
Live 2013
04/09/13 Tue – Reno NV @ Grand Sierra Theatre
04/10/13 Wed – Davis CA @ Mondavi Center
04/13/13 Sat – Indio CA @ Coachella
04/12/13 Fri – San Luis Obispo CA @ Madonna Expo Center
04/18/13 Thu – Phoenix AZ @ Comerica Theatre
04/19/13 Fri – Las Vegas NV @ Chelsea Ballroom at the Cosmopolitan
04/20/13 Sat – Indio CA @ Coachella
05/18/13 Sat – Manchester UK @ Academy 2
05/20/13 Mon – London UK @ Brixton Academy
05/21/13 Tues – Paris FR @ Trianon
05/23/13 Thu – Barcelona SP @ Primavera Soundwave
06/14/13 Fri – New York NY @ Barclays Center
Dave Grohl and Extended Foo Fighters and Nirvana Family to be Joined by Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Lee Ving of Fear, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine and More For One Historic Night
Tickets On Sale February 5 at 4PM EST at http://bit.ly/14v6M29
SOUND CITY IN THEATERS NOW AND AVAILABLE NOW DRM-FREE DIRECT FROM THE FILMMAKER AT http://soundcitymovie.com AND VIA iTunes AT http://bit.ly/SoundCityiTunes
Fresh off the January 18 Park City, Utah debut that moved MTV to ask “Did Dave Grohl Put On The Greatest Sundance Show Ever?” and this week’s L.A. show celebrating the Hollywood premiere of their namesake… Dave Grohl’s SOUND CITY PLAYERS will play their first and only New York show February 13 at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
Assembled to play the music created for the Grohl-directed SOUND CITY documentary and its accompanying SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL album–as well as classics spanning their storied careers–the NYC configuration of the SOUND CITY PLAYERS will feature Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Lee Ving of Fear, Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Alain Johannes, Chris Goss and more joining Grohl and a cast of his current and former bandmates including Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Krist Novoselic, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and other familiar faces for this historic evening.
Tickets to this one time only assemblage of musical legends will go on sale Tuesday, February 5 at 4PM EST at http://bit.ly/14v6M29. There is a four ticket limit per order.
Tickets to this one time only assemblage of musical legends will go on sale Tuesday, February 5 at 4PM EST at http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004A36B3F0BFF3. There is a four ticket limit per order.
SOUND CITY is now available for purchase DRM-free direct from the filmmaker athttp://soundcitymovie.com<http://soundcitymovie.com/> and through iTunes at http://bit.ly/SoundCityiTunes. The film is also available worldwide on demand with more than 100 operators including: Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Amazon VOD, Google Play, Vudu, and Sony PlayStation. One night only screenings were held January 31 across the USA, Australia and New Zealand, with theatrical runs beginning in select markets today, February 1. See http://soundcitymovie.com for more information on how to see the film.
The film’s soundtrack, SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL, will be released March 12 on Roswell/RCA and is currently available for pre-order at http://bit.ly/SoundCityiTunes, with all pre-orders instantly receiving first single “Cut Me Some Slack”–performed by Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear.
Embed code for the official SOUND CITY trailer: http://www.youtube.com/embed/HQoOfiLz1G4
http://soundcitymovie.com
www.facebook.com/soundcitymovie
@soundcitymovie
BOB TO MAKE LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON DEBUT FEBRUARY 28
APRIL 17-21 U.S. DATES ADDED
With Best of 2012 accolades for his Silver Age album propelling it to #42 in the annual VILLAGE VOICE PAZZ & JOP national critics poll, Bob Mould has teamed up with his friends at LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON to unveil the video for second single, “Star Machine,” which is live now at http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/
Directed by Jon Glaser, the “Star Machine” video sets the excoriating “Silver Age” lead-off track to a darkly humorous narrative with stellar thespian turns from Bob and drummer Jon Wurster (Superchunk, The Mountain Goats) and bassist Jason Narducy (Spl:t S:ngle, Verbow). Bob commented on the experience: “Working with Jon was a real pleasure. He knows his rock history, wrote a very funny yet touching video treatment, and was a great troop leader for for this amateur comic.”
Of this first run at interpreting another artist’s material, Glaser said, “This was my first time directing something that wasn’t my own project, and Bob was the reason I wanted to do it. It was a genuine thrill and honor to get to work with and for him.”
Bob and the band will give “Star Machine” its first network TV airing on their LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON debut February 28. Following the FALLON appearance, the tour will resume in Toronto and continue as follows–with four new dates added in April (check http://bobmould.com/ for on sale/ticket info):
February 26 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
February 27 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
March 1 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe
March 2 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
March 8 – Brisbane – The Zoo
March 9 – Sydney – Factory Theatre
March 10 – Sydney – Factory Theatre
March 12 – Adelaide – Fowlers Live
March 13 – Melbourne – Corner Hotel
March 15 – Melbourne – Corner Hotel
March 16 – Perth – Rosemount
April 17 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
April 18 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
April 20 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
April 21 – Denver, CO – Bluebird
* NEW DATES in BOLD
With Best of 2012 accolades for his Silver Age album propelling it to #42 in the annual VILLAGE VOICE PAZZ & JOP national critics poll, Bob Mould will make his debut appearance on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, airing this Saturday, January 26 on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings)
The charged ACL TV performance features Bob with his stalwart band of bassist Jason Narducy and drummer Jon Wurster charting a journey through three decades of classic Mould, with highlights from the critically-acclaimed Silver Age holding their own alongside gems from his Hüsker Dü, Sugar, and solo catalogues. The blistering performance is a high-octane primer in Mould’s mastery of melody, power and passion.
In other news, the Kickstarter campaign started in 2012 with the goal of bringing the now legendary See A Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould all-star tribute concert to an audience beyond those who witnessed it at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall on November 21, 2011 has proven a rousing success. On sale now at http://seealittlelight.bobmould.com/ the film by Justin Mitchell documents in high quality audio and video once in a lifetime interpretations of Bob’s decades-spanning catalogue of Hüsker Dü, Sugar, and solo classics by the likes of Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Britt Daniel (Spoon), Ryan Adams, No Age, Craig Finn and Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady), Margaret Cho with Grant Lee Phillips, and Jessica Dobson (The Shins, Deep Sea Diver)–as well as the rehearsals, preparations, interactions and lead-up to this unforgettable night. Excerpts can be seen in the film’s trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6UX57vjbDw).
Finally, Bob’s ongoing Silver Age tour starts up again next month in NYC:
February 26 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
February 27 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
March 1 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe
March 2 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
March 8 – Brisbane – The Zoo
March 9 – Sydney – Factory Theatre
March 10 – Sydney – Factory Theatre
March 12 – Adelaide – Fowlers Live
March 13 – Melbourne – Corner Hotel
March 14 – Melbourne – Corner Hotel
March 16 – Perth – Rosemount