WWW.KANPE.ORG

(July 13–Quebec City) At their first ever show in Quebec City,  Arcade Fire announced last night that they will match donations made to the newly founded KANPE up to one million dollars.

Singer Win Butler told 45,000 fans on to the historic Plains of Abraham that “everyone who donates to KANPE, our band will match it up to $1 million,” adding “Please take our money from us!”

The band was then joined by members of the Haitian ensemble Ram, who came from Port-Au-Prince especially to play this show, for an emotionally charged rendition of “Haiti” from its 2004 debut Funeral.

Earlier the same day Arcade Fire’s Regine Chassagne, joined KANPE director Dominique Anglade at a press conference launching the KANPE initiative in Quebec.

To make a $5 donation text STAND to 30333.

For further information on KANPE, visit Kanpe.org.

Paul McCartney – The Live Experience
The Up and Coming Tour Takes Paul And His Band To Their 200th Performance

Salt Lake City – Tuesday 13th July 2010

Paul and his band started their ‘Up and Coming’ Tour in March of this year in Phoenix, USA.  The tour quickly established itself as THE live experience of 2010.  Playing massive sell-out stadium shows across the US, Mexico, Ireland and the UK, the show has been picking up amazing reviews from music fans and critics alike.  The tour has broken sales records, taken in a show at the White House in front of President Barack Obama and his family and been this summer’s hottest ticket with audience members including a superstar line-up; Chris Martin, Jack Nicholson, Kanye West, Neil Young, Dave Grohl, The Jonas Brothers, Kings Of Leon, John Paul Jones, Willie Nelson, Samuel L Jackson, David Walliams, Stephen Merchant and many more.  The tour also found time for a performance at The Old Vic theatre’s fundraiser at Battersea Power Station, which included a stage invasion from ultra fan Kevin Spacey! A big chunk of the funds raised went to the McCartney family’s Meat Free Monday campaign.

This tour takes the band to a new benchmark.  Paul McCartney’s concert in Salt Lake City today, Tuesday 13th July will mark this band’s 200th show together.

Paul McCartney, Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (guitar/bass guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums) have been touring together since 2002’s ‘Back In The World’ Tour.  Over the last 8 years the band has travelled the world and played some groundbreaking and headline-making shows together. Stand-out moments have included 2003’s performance to over 500,000 people outside the Coliseum in Rome and Paul’s first show in Red Square, Moscow.  In 2004 the band gave the Glastonbury Festival its most legendary moment to date when Paul and the band showed festival-goers how it’s really done.  2005 saw Paul and the band making history again as he performed live to the International Space Station waking up the NASA astronauts.  In 2008 Paul and the band did a series of special one-off concerts, headlining the Liverpool Sound concert at Anfield; the largest ever outdoor music event in Kiev, Ukraine, with over 500,000 people lining the streets to watch the show, a show in Quebec city’s national park, The Plains Of Abraham, to 300,000 people to celebrate Quebec’s 400th anniversary. September took them to Tel Aviv for Paul’s first ever concert in Israel where the Beatles were banned from performing at the height of Beatlemania in the 60s.  In 2009 Paul and the band toured the US throughout the summer and Europe in the winter. The tour commenced with the inaugural run of shows at New York’s Citi Field Stadium, which was the site of the former Shea Stadium where The Beatles made history in 1965 playing a concert that set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show.  Critics hailed the Citi Field performances (watched by over 100,000 people) as the concert experience of a lifetime.  2009 ended with an epic sell-out show at London’s O2 Arena.

Speaking about the band Paul said: ‘The great thing is that we have grown into a band.  It’s funny because I always felt we were a bunch of guys playing together and were very lucky because we made a good noise that we found ourselves excited to be in the middle of.  Last year I just suddenly said to myself, “Wait a minute, you have been playing with these guys for, like, nine years now.”  Whether you like it or not that makes you a band and that is the great thing.  That is what happened to us, we have become a band almost without noticing.’

As for how many live shows Paul himself has played, records indicate it’s well in excess of 3,000.  In a lifetime of performing, Paul has played an impressive range of venues and locations.  From pub gigs to huge outdoor parks and stadiums – from unannounced stripped-back university shows with Wings to performing at Buckingham Palace, Moscow’s Red Square and the White House. Paul’s live shows have reached a new legendary status in recent years, garnering unprecedented reviews from fans and critics alike wherever he goes.  He’s pushed boundaries, performed to millions and made global news with countless monumental shows.

For further information:

Paul McCartney Press Office
UK – Stuart Bell – stuart.bell@dawbell.com
+ 44 207 484 5012

US – Steve Martin – steve@nastlylittleman.com
+ 1 917 257 6362

About The Band:
Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens – Keyboards
Wix has worked with Paul McCartney since 1989 and played in the band of the 1989-90, 1993 and world tours since 2002. Wix has played on more than 60 top 40 records, including six No.1s. Wix also produced Tasmin Archer’s No1. Hit ‘Sleeping Satellite’. Wix has also worked with: The Pretenders, Céline Dion, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi, The The, Bob Dylan, George Michael, Ry Cooder, Status Quo, Prefab Sprout, Dave Stewart, Mike and the Mechanics, The Chieftains, Alicia’s Attic, Seal, Texas, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt.

Brian Ray – Guitar/Bass Guitar
Brian wrote Smokey Robinson’s hit ‘One Heartbeat’ and has also written and played for Rita Coolidge and Leonard Cohen’s son Adam. With Abe Laboriel Jr., he also toured extensively in France with Johnny Hallyday and Mylène Farmer and has also played with Shakira.
Brian joined Paul McCartney at the Super Bowl performance in 2002 and has toured with Paul ever since.

Rusty Anderson – Guitar
For the past 20 years Rusty has been one of LA’s principal session guitarists, working with producers including David Kahne, Patrick Leonard, Rick Nowles and Matt Serletic. Rusty first joined Paul McCartney on the ‘Driving Rain’ album in 2001 and has been in his band ever since.
Rusty has also worked with: Elton John, New Radicals, Santana, Sinead O’Connor, Ronan Keating, Enrique Iglesias, Little Richard, Neil Diamond, Avril Lavigne, Courtney Love, Stewart Copeland, Willie Nelson and Jewel.

Abe Laboriel Jr. – Drums
Abe joined Paul McCartney on the 2001 album ‘Driving Rain’ and has performed with Paul and the band live since 2002.  Abe has worked with Steve Vai, Seal, k.d. lang, Sting, Hanson, Fishbone, Scritti Politti, Melissa Etheridge and Chris Isaak.

Donate To the ASPCA and Receive Tokyo Police Club’s ‘Wait Up (Boots of Danger)’ Video + Exclusive Songs Including a Remix by RAC

Today, Tokyo Police Club reveals their brand new video for ‘Wait Up (Boots of Danger)’ at Stereogum.com and TokyoPoliceClub.com.

The video features neighborhood dogs taking off and crashing a neighbor’s yard for a pool party. The members of the band are all animal lovers, and came up with the idea for the video, together with director Mike Juneau.  The video was shot in the suburbs of Toronto. The dogs were trained and supervised by Jennifer Segal from “Dog Training That Works” http://www.dogtrainingthatworks.com/

Donate to the ASPCA via the widgets on Stereogum.com and TokyoPoliceClub.com to receive the video, an mp3 of the Dom remix of ‘Wait Up (Boots of Danger)’ as well as a never-before-heard RAC remix of the song (also currently streaming at Stereogum.com).

100% of each sale will be donated to the ASPCA®.  Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is the first humane organization established in the Americas and serves as the nation’s leading voice for animal welfare.

‘Wait Up (Boots of Danger)’ is featured on the recently released Champ, out now from Mom + Pop.  Pick it up at TokyoPoliceClub.com, ITunes, Amazon, and EMusic.

“A compelling, joyous listen” – The Onion

“A winner from start to finish” – Access Hollywood
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Headlining Dates
(With Support From Freelance Whales)
July 23 Nod Experiment Festival – Jackson, MI
July 24 Grog – Cleveland, OH
July 25 Town Ball Room – Buffalo, NY
July 27 Black Cat – Washington, DC
July 28The Basement – Columbus, OH
July 29 The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
July 31 Record Bar – Kansas City, KS
Aug 1 Slowdown – Omaha, NE
Aug 3 Bluebird – Denver, CO
Aug 4 In The Venue – Salt Lake City
Aug 5 Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV
Aug 7 Plush – Tuscan, AZ
Aug 8 Casbah – San Diego, CA
Aug 12 El Rey – Los Angeles, CA
Aug 14 Outside Lands – San Francisco, CA
Aug 15 Aladdin – Portland, OR
Aug 16 Neumos – Seattle, WA
Aug 19 Varsity – Minneapolis, MN
Aug 20 Metro – Chicago, IL

More info at tokyopoliceclub.com

Following historic headline performances last month including a sold-out inaugural date at Brooklyn, NY’s Williamsburg Waterfront and the first ever AOL Pop Up show at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall, Band of Horses has filled in the blanks in its fall 2010 North American itinerary. The newly confirmed dates will follow highly anticipated September headlines at Los Angeles and Berkeley’s Greek Theaters as well as previously announced September dates in Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Denver. The new dates will commence October 1 in Des Moines and stretch to October 30 in Atlanta, sandwiching the band’s October 10 main stage appearance at the Austin City Limits festival.

Pre-sales for all the newly announced shows will commence Thursday, July 8.

Additionally, July 13 will mark the iTunes premiere of the video for “Laredo,” the first official single from Band of Horses’ third album Infinite Arms, which was released May 18 by Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia, moving in excess of 45,000 units in its debut week and entering the U.S. chart at a career high #7. The “Laredo” video was shot on location in Pioneertown, CA, and features footage from an impromptu set the band played at local haunt Pappy & Harriet’s. The clip was edited by Duncan Shepherd and produced by Merge @ Crossroads Films.

Infinite Arms was produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek and mixed by Dave Sardy, its songs projecting the essence of the different locales across America that became the setting for its recording and songwriting process. The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group’s most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band’s native Carolinas inspired the songwriting, lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity.

Band of Horses is Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds. Infinite Arms marks the recorded debut of long time touring members Ramsey and Reynolds, while Barrett and Monroe graced the last album, Cease to Begin. Through touring together in support of Cease to Begin and during breaks in the Infinite Arms recording process, the band have become a cohesive force with all members making invaluable contributions to the unmistakable sound that founder Bridwell has crafted since the band’s inception.

The latest addition to Band of Horses’ acclaimed discography arrived recently in the form of “Life On Earth” available exclusively on the new Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack, joining Infinite Arms and its predecessors 2007’s Cease To Begin, the band’s 2006 debut album Everything All The Time, and a self-titled, self-released EP in 2005.

Band of Horses is currently playing a handful of U.S. dates before spending the remainder of the summer abroad, where they will traverse Australia, Japan, the European continent and the UK before returning to North America in September. For a full list of upcoming North American dates, see below and continue to check back at bandofhorses.com.

BAND OF HORSES
NORTH AMERICA 2010
(New Dates in BOLD)

July 12th – Nashville, TN – War Memorial – ON SALE NOW
July 13th – Cincinnati, OH – Inner Circle – ON SALE NOW
July 14th – Columbia, MO – Blue Note – ON SALE NOW
July 16th – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club – ON SALE NOW
July 17th – Minneapolis, MN – State Theater – ON SALE NOW

September 24th – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theater – ON SALE NOW
September 25th – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater – ON SALE NOW
September 27th – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint – ON SALE NOW
September 28th – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue – ON SALE NOW
September 29th – Denver, CO – Fillmore – ON SALE NOW
October 1st – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
October 4th – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
October 5th – Columbus, OH – LC Amphitheater
October 6th – Louisville, KY – Brown Theater
October 10th – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival – ON SALE NOW
October 12th – Tulsa, OK -Cain’s Ballroom
October 13th – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
October 14th – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
October 17th – Indianapolis, IN -Egyptian Room
October 21st – Toronto, ON – Koolhaus
October 22nd – Detroit, MI – Fillmore
October 30th – Atlanta, GA – The Fox Theater

50 Original David Lynch Photographs To Be Exhibited With DNOTS As Musical Accompaniment

www.DNOTS.com

The July 13 release of the Dark Night Of The Soul, the highly lauded album by audio auteur Danger Mouse and the dearly departed Sparklehorse, will be commemorated by an exhibit of photography created for the project by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and DNOTS contributor David Lynch. The exhibit, opening July 13 at the Morrison Hotel Gallery at Bowery and Bleecker in New York City, will consist of some 50 original images displayed with DNOTS playing as accompaniment. Seven limited edition prints of each photo will be available for purchase.

The album release and gallery show are preceded by an IFC.com virtual gallery that went live July 1 at http://www.ifc.com/blogs/indie-ear/2010/07/dark-night-of-the-soul.php. The IFC.com experience includes a trailer combining footage captured during Lynch’s original shoot for DNOTS. Additionally it pairs each song with images inspired by the original music Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse created, in turn inspiring the lyrics written and contributed by its many guest vocalists.

Additionally, Danger Mouse and Lynch will make week of release appearances on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic and NPR’s World Café, in a pair of rare and exclusive interviews airing, respectively, July 13 and 14.

Dark Night Of The Soul, features Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse joined by a remarkable roll call of guests including Lynch himself, the Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys, Jason Lytle, Julian Casablancas, Black Francis, Iggy Pop, James Mercer, Nina Persson, Suzanne Vega and the late Vic Chesnutt, in whose memory the record is also dedicated.

Rumors of this mysterious collaborative project began to circulate in early 2009 sparking widespread anticipation and excitement.  However, while DNOTS successfully manifested itself as both a limited edition art book with enclosed blank CD-R and an audio-visual gallery installation,  July’s worldwide release via EMI will mark the first time this music has officially been made available.

While this beautiful, haunting record being made widely and legitimately available is undoubtedly a cause for celebration, the news is shadowed by sadness following the recent passing of Mark Linkous, who released and performed under the Sparklehorse pseudonym.  Dark Night Of The Soul will now stand as a de facto tribute to this well-loved, stunningly talented yet often-overlooked artist and has received the blessing of Mark’s family who have issued the following statement:  “Mark felt that it was an honor to be able to collaborate with so many of the artists on this record.  His time and dedication to this project was immense and his hopes for its release are finally being realized.  We are glad that people will now be able to hear these songs and know the beautiful gift that Mark shared with all of us through his music.”

Danger Mouse adds: “I told Mark that we’d worked things out with EMI back in January and he was very happy that the album was finally going to be released this year.  Mark meant a great deal to a lot of people and I’m grateful to have made music with him and to be a part of his legacy.”In addition to featuring on two songs, David Lynch has created a series of original photographs for Dark Night Of The Soul adding a spectacular visual dimension that will be incorporated in to the artwork for this already unparalleled project.

Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s Dark Night Of The Soul will be released on 12th July in the UK through Parlophone/EMI and on 13th July in the US via EMI’s Capitol Records

THE ORCHARD OUT AUGUST 24 ON  BARSUK
“Keep It Quiet” Preview Up Now at RaRaRiot.com

Ra Ra Riot  has announced an extensive North American tour in support of its upcoming  sophomore album, The Orchard, out August 24 on Barsuk. Preceded by appearances at the Osheaga and Bumbershoot festivals and  a support slot for Devo at  this year’s Columbus Ohio State Fair, the tour kicks off with a September 21-24  four-night stand  in New York, with coast to coast headlining dates running through to late November.

Meanwhile, “Keep It Quiet,” a two-minute preview on the making of The Orchard recently premiered at RaRaRiot.com. Directed by Taryn Gould and Emily Kowalczyk, “Keep It Quiet” provides a brief glimpse into the idyllic setting in which the new album was written, including exclusive performance footage shot in the orchard that inspired the record’s title.

Produced by Ra Ra Riot  and Andrew Maury and mixed by Chris Walla (with the exception of “Do You Remember,” which was mixed by Vampire  Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij), The Orchard’s full track listing is:

1.  The Orchard
2. Boy
3. Too Dramatic
4. Foolish
5.  Massachusetts
6. You and I Know
7. Shadowcasting
8. Do You  Remember
9. Kansai
10. Keep It Quiet

The Orchard follows up Ra  Ra Riot’s debut album, The Rhumb Line, released two years earlier, almost to  the day. The Rhumb Line debuted at #109 on the U.S. album chart and went on  to sell in excess of 60,000 copies.

Ra Ra Riot is vocalist Wes Miles,  bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, violinist Rebecca Zeller and  cellist Alexandra Lawn. The Orchard marks the first time the band has  been joined in the studio by drummer Gabriel Duquette, who has toured with  the band since the release of The Rhumb Line.

RA RA RIOT ON  TOUR

Sun-Aug-01 Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival
Wed-Aug-04 Columbus, OH Columbus State Fair w/Devo
Sat-Aug-28 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheater
Sun-Sep-05 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot
Thu-Sep-09 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom/MFNW
Sun-Sep-12 North Dorset, UK End of the Road Festival
Sat-Sep-18 Geneva, NY Three Stories Benefit @ Cracker Factory
Tue-Sep-21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Wed-Sep-22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Thu-Sep-23 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
Fri-Sep-24 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
Mon-Sep-27 Northampton, MA Pearl St.
Tue-Sep-28 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
Wed-Sep-29 Providence, RI The Met
Fri-Oct-01 Boston, MA Royale
Sat-Oct-02 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Sun-Oct-03 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
Mon-Oct-04 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
Tue-Oct-05 Chicago, IL Metro
Thu-Oct-07 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
Fri-Oct-08 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
Mon-Oct-11 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
Tue-Oct-12 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue
Wed-Oct-13 Crystal Bay, NV Crystal Bay Club
Tue-Oct-19 Pomona, CA Glass House
Wed-Oct-20 Los Angeles, CA The Music Box @ Henry Fonda
Thu-Oct-21 San Diego, CA Belly Up Tavern
Fri-Oct-22 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
Sun-Oct-24 San Antonio, TX White Rabbits
Tue-Oct-26 Austin, TX Emo’s
Wed-Oct-27 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Thu-Oct-28 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
Fri-Oct-29 Little Rock, AR Rev Room
Sat-Oct-30 Nashville, TN Exit/In
Mon-Nov-01 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theatre
Tue-Nov-02 Atlanta, GA Masquerade-Hell Room
Wed-Nov-03 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Thu-Nov-04 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Fri-Nov-05 Washington, DC 930 Club
Sat-Nov-13 Vancouver, BC The Commodore
Wed-Nov-17 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
Fri-Nov-19 Saskatoon, SK Louis’ Pub
Sat-Nov-20 Winnipeg, MB The Garric

Tokyo Police Club will appear tonight on The Late Show With David Letterman, performing “Wait Up (Boots of Danger)” from their recently released sophomore effort Champ on Mom Pop.

The second full length offering from the Newmarket Ontario quartet whose previous releases include 2008″s Elephant Shell album and the 2006 debut EP, A Lesson In Crime, Champ has generated some of the most enthusiastic critical reactions of the band”s career to date. Pitchfork noted that “as other 2006 indie upstarts like Annuals, Be Your Own Pet, and Voxtrot have blown up or faded away, Tokyo Police Club endure. This is not a coincidence,” while The New York Post commented “it”s nice to hear a group smart enough to recognize they have a good thing going,” adding that David Monks” vocal growth “makes him sound like he”s living the experiences of each song as he sings them,” and The Dallas Morning News hailed Champ”s ability to “stealthily slip underneath your skin.”

The band will wind down its run of dates with Passion Pit thus week, with two New York area shows that will see them play before a combined crowd of over 12,000. Following those shows, Tokyo Police Club will immediately embark on a headlining tour taking them across North America and through the summer, with Freelance Whales supporting (full dates below).

TOKYO POLICE CLUB ON TOUR:

With Passion Pit:
06/29/10    Prospect Park Bandshell – Brooklyn, NY *
06/30/10    Governor”s Island – New York, NY *
07/01/10 – Boston, MA – Royale
07/08/10 – Toronto, Canada – Molson Amphitheatre ^
07/10/10 – Lebreton Flats, Canada- Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
07/15/10 – London, UK – Scala
07/16/10 – Suffolk, UK – Latitude Festival
07/17/10 – Herk-de-Stad, Belgium – Rock Herk Festival
07/18/10 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Valkhof Affaire
07/23/10 – Jackson, MI – Land of Nod Festival %
07/24/10 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop %
07/25/10 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom %
07/27/10 – Washington, DC – Black Cat %
07/28/10 – Columbus, OH – The Basement %
07/29/10 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue %
07/31/10 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar %
08/01/10 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown %
08/03/10 – Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater %
08/04/10 – Salt Lake City, UT – casino In The Venue %
08/05/10 – Las Vegas, NV – The Beauty Bar %
08/07/10 – Tuscon, AZ – Plush %
08/08/10 – San Diego, CA – Casbah %
08/12/10 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre %
08/14/10 – San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Park
08/15/10 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater %
08/16/10 – Seattle, WA – Neumos %
08/19/10 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater %
08/20/10 – Chicago, IL – Metro %
09/04/10 – Edmonton, Canada – Sonic Boom Festival
09/05/10 – Squamish, BC – Squmish Music Festival
09/21/10 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
09/22/10 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
09/25/10 – Thunder Bay, ON – Crocks
09/26/10 – Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre
09/27/10 – Saskatoon, SK – Louis’ Pub
09/29/10 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Ballroom
10/02/10 – Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom
10/03/10 – Victoria, BC – Element
11/17/10 – Birmingham, UK – Birmingham Academy
11/18/10 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
11/19/10 – Newcastle, UK – Newcastle Academy
11/20/10 – Edinburgh, UK – Picture House
11/21/10 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Academy
11/23/10 – London, UK – Hammersmith Apollo
11/24/10 – Dublin, IE – Dublin Academy
11/26/10 – Tilburg, NL – O13
11/27/10 – Paris, FR – La Cigale
11/29/10 – Hamburg, DE – The Docks
11/30/10 – Berlin, DE – Huxley’s
12/01/10 – Munich, DE – TheaterFrabrik
12/03/10 – Vienna, AT – Gasometer
12/04/10 – Zurich, CH – Harterei Club
12/05/10 – Milan, IT – Magazzini Gernerali

* w/ Passion Pit
^ w/ Flaming Lips & Spoon
% w/ Freelance Whales

http://tokyopoliceclub.com
www.momandpopmusic.com

MATES OF STATE SUMMER CRUSHES TOUR UNDERWAY FEATURING FREE ENERGY, TODD BARRY, NICK THUNE PLUS VARIETY & SIDESHOW ACTS

MATES OF STATE CRUSHES (THE COVERS MIXTAPE) OUT NOW

LIMITED EDITION PHYSICAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLY AT SUMMER CRUSHES TOUR DATES

Mates of State’s brand new video for their interpretation of Daniel Johnston’s “True Love Will Find You In The End” will make its broadcast debut today at 2:35 p.m. EST during an ABC News Now “Amplified” segment, which can be seen on RCN and Verizon FiOS as well as at abcnews.com/amplified , and will also feature an exclusive segment documenting the making of the clip.

The “True Love Will Find You In The End” video, which will also be viewable separately at MatesofState.com, features Mates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardener roaming the subways and streets of New York making mischief with mobile video projectors. The video began as  concept hatched over beers by Hammel and ABC reporter Dan Harris and was ultimately realized as a unique collaboration between Mates of State and ABC.

Mates of State’s Crushes (The Covers Mixtape), currently available at matesofstate.com for a more than reasonable $5, was self-released June 15 to all finer digital music retailers. A limited edition physical CD version of Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) will be sold only at dates on the band’s current Summer Crushes tour.

Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) consists of versions of some of the Mates’ personal favorite songs by artists including Nick Cave, whose “Love Letter” is also interpreted visually in a video directed by Daniel Garcia, also up at matesofstate.com, The Mars Volta, Belle and Sebastian, Fleetwood Mac and Girls, whose “Laura” is also available in its Mates incarnation as a free download at matesofstate.com

Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) is the first full album recorded and produced by Mates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner themselves, with a mixing assist from longtime collaborator Peter Katis (The National, Swell Season, Interpol, etc.).

Finally, Mates of State’s Summer Crushes tour kicked off on the record’s June 15 release date and will run through July.  This one time only multimedia excursion features guests ranging from the unpretentious rock of Free Energy to the wit of comedians Todd Barry (Flight of the Conchords, Lucky Louie, Bored to Death) and Nick Thune (Comedy Central Presents, Knocked Up). The unique Summer Crushes roadshow is transforming venues previously headlined by the Mates into theaters hosting virtual traveling variety shows featuring magicians, illusionists, Bubble Man, sideshow acts (Beds of Nails, Straitjacket escapists, sword swallowing, human blockheads), acts of gravity defiance, jugglers, and more–while Mates’ own Jason Hammel is serving as the tour’s resident DJ.

For further information, see the itinerary below and/or contact Amy Grote at nasty little man t 212 343 0740 e amy@nastylittleman.com

Mates of State
SUMMER CRUSHES TOUR

6/21 Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century * #
6/22 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall * #
6/23 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar *
6/24 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar *
6/25 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
6/26 Denver, CO @ Bluebird *
6/28 Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue *
6/30 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall * ^
7/1 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall * ^
7/2 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo * ^
7/3 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo * ^
7/4 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress *
7/6 Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s *
7/7 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre *
7/8 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live *
7/9 Baton Rouge @ Spanish Moon *
7/10 Birmingham @ Workplay *
7/12 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt * ^
7/13 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel * ^
7/14 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar  * ^
7/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall ^
7/16 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom ^
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* w/ Free Energy
# w/ Todd Barry
^ w/ Nick Thune

The Suburbs In Stores August 3

ARCADE FIRE has added a second date at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The new show has been confirmed for August 5.

Pre-sales for the new date will begin Wednesday, June 23. Tickets will go on sale to the public 9 a.m. EST Saturday, June 26. Check www.arcadefire.com for further details.

SPOON is confirmed as special guest on both the August 4 and 5 New York shows, as well as the Philadelphia, DC and Atlanta dates, which bookend the ARCADE FIRE’s  previously announced August 8 Lollapalooza appearance and the release of the band’s third full-length studio album, The Suburbs, out August 3rd on Merge.

Written, arranged, performed and produced by the ARCADE FIRE and co-produced by Markus Dravs, The Suburbs was recorded around Montreal and New York over the past two years. A double A side, limited edition 12″ was released to record stores May 27th 2010, featuring the title track and “Month of May,” both of which are available for immediate download with album pre-orders placed at www.arcadefire.com.

More recently, first single “Ready To Start” and the track “We Used To Wait” have also surfaced on the internet.

The Suburbs’ complete track listing is:

1. The Suburbs
2. Ready to Start
3. Modern Man
4. Rococo
5. Empty Room
6. City With No Children
7. Half Light I
8. Half Light II (No Celebration)
9. Suburban War
10. Month of May
11. Wasted Hours
12. Deep Blue
13. We Used to Wait
14. Sprawl I (Flatland)
15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
16. The Suburbs (continued)

Formed in Montreal, the ARCADE FIRE is Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara.

ARCADE FIRE will donate $1 from every ticket sold to Partners In Health, an organization helping impoverished communities around the world combat disease and poverty. Please visit www.pih.org for more information.

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ARCADE FIRE
LIVE 2010

28-June Helsinki, Finland — Sentae Square
30-June Rättvik, Sweden – Dalhalla
2-July  Tromøy, Norway – Hove Festival
4-July  Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
5-July  Paris, France — Le Casino de Paris
9-July  County Kildare, Ireland – Oxegen Festival
12-July Quebec, Canada – Quebec City Summer Festival
13-July Ottawa, Canada – Ottawa Bluesfest
31-July    Montreal – Osheaga
1-Aug    Boston – Bank of America Pavillion
2-Aug    Philadelphia – Mann Centre for the Performing arts
4-Aug    New York – Madison Square Garden
5-Aug    New York – Madison Square Garden
6-Aug    Washington DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion
8-Aug    Chicago – Lollapalooza
9-Aug    Nashville – Ryman Auditorium
11-Aug    Atlanta – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
14-Aug    Toronto – Olympic Island
27-Aug  Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
28-Aug  Reading, UK – Reading Festival
29-Aug  Saint Cloud, France – Rock En Seine
31-Aug  Berlin, Germany — Tempodrom
2-Sept   Bologna, Italy – Arena Parco Nord

Band of Horses will play a free show 6:30 p.m. this Friday, June 18 at New York’s historic landmark Grand Central Terminal, in Vanderbilt Hall. The show is the latest in the AOL Pop Up Series and the first ever Pop Up show in New York City. For details on obtaining tickets, Follow Band of Horses or @AOL on Twitter or check Band of Horses or AOL’s Facebook pages.

Band of Horses is currently in the midst of a tour supporting its third full length LP and first for Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia, Infinite Arms, which debuted at #7 on the U.S. album chart, selling over 45,000 records in the week following its May 18 release. The AOL Spinner Pop Up show will precede a sold out June 20 headline date at Brooklyn’s Williamsburg Waterfront, after which Band of Horses’ globe-spanning tour will resume, including a recently added leg of July U.S. dates through to September headline stands at the Greek Theaters of Los Angeles and Berkeley.

Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek and mixed by Dave Sardy, the songs on Infinite Arms project the essence of the different locales across America that became the setting for the recording and songwriting process behind the album. The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group’s most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band’s native Carolinas inspired the songwriting, lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity.

Band of Horses is Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds. Long time touring members of the group, Infinite Arms marks the recording debut of Ramsey and Reynolds, while Barrett and Monroe graced the last album, Cease to Begin. Through touring together in support of Cease to Begin and during breaks in the Infinite Arms recording process, the band have become a cohesive force with all members making invaluable contributions to the unmistakable sound that founder Bridwell has crafted since the band’s inception.

The latest addition to Band of Horses’ acclaimed discography arrived recently in the form of “Life On Earth” available exclusively on the new Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack, joining Infinite Arms and its predecessors 2007’s Cease To Begin, the band’s 2006 debut album Everything All The Time, and a self-titled, self-released EP in 2005.