The title of the forthcoming third LCD Soundsystem album has been confirmed: This Is Happening will be released May 18 in the U.S. on DFA/Virgin and will consist of the following songs:

Dance Yrself Clean
Drunk Girls  *
One Touch
All I Want
I Can Change *
You Wanted A Hit  *
Pow Pow
Somebody’s Calling Me *
Home

The above were recorded at The Manshun in Los Angeles and the DFA  studios in New York and mixed at DFA from April 2009 through February 2010.   This Is Happening was written and produced by James Murphy. Additional mixes were done  by Dave Sardy as indicated (*).

The confirmation of the title and completion of its artwork coincides with the leak of the track “Drunk Girls” and the announcement of LCD Soundsystem’s  shows at New York’s Terminal 5 on May 20 and 21. Tickets can be purchased at:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000044711d76935c

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000044711f4a93ae

This Is Happening is LCD Soundsystem’s  first full offering of new studio material since 2007’s Sound Of  Silver, which was named best album of the last decade by NPR, ranked #1 in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, landed at #12 and #17 respectively in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s best albums of the decade, and like its predecessor 2005’s  LCD Soundsystem received a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance  Album. Sound Of Silver also featured “All My Friends,” ranked #4 by Time in its  Best Songs of 2007 and named single of the year by Pitchfork, and Entertainment Weekly #8 song of 2007 “Someone Great.” In 2008, LCD  Soundsystem contributed the track “Big Ideas” to the soundtrack of the movie  21. The band has since released the 45:33: The Remixes EP  and a cover of Alan Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou,” issued to commemorate Record Store  Day 2009 and earning LCD its fifth NME single of the week. The album  has been preceded by the March 23 release of the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s  Greenberg, which features both composition’s from James Murphy’s  original score for the film and the new LCD Soundsystem song “Oh You  (Christmas Blues).”

The record’s release will be supported by a  world tour beginning with an April 16 penultimate slot at the Coachella  festival in Indio CA and continuing with a run  of UK/Europe headline  dates (several of which have sold out well in advance and necessitated added  dates) and further worldwide festival appearances. YACHT and Planning To Rock will support on the UK/Euro headline dates. For a full itinerary, see  below and continue to check http://lcdsoundsystem.com/ for additions going forward.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM On Tour  2010

April 16    Indio CA     Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 20     Dublin       Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 21    Dublin        Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 23     London      Brixton Academy * SOLD  OUT
April 24    London       Brixton Academy *SOLD OUT
April 26     Birmingham  Academy
April 27     Leeds   Academy * SOLD OUT
April 28     Glasgow Barrowlands
April 29     Glasgow Barrowlands * SOLD OUT
May 1    Manchester  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 2    Bristol  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 4    Amsterdam   Paradiso * SOLD OUT
May 5    Brussels    Ancienne Belgique * SOLD OUT
May 6   Berlin  WMF
May 7    Luxembourg  Den Atelier
May 8   Paris    Bataclan * SOLD OUT
May 9   Paris    Bataclan
May 20  New York    Terminal 5
May 21  New York    Terminal 5
May 30  George WA   Sasquatch  Festival
June 11 Manchester TN   Bonnaroo  Festival
June 17 La Coruna    Sonar
June 18 Barcelona   Sonar
June 19 Neuhausen ob Eck    Southside Festival
June 20 Scheesel    Hurricane Festival
June 22 Zagreb  T Mobile Inmusic Festival
June 24 Ferrara    Bands Apart Festival
June 25 St. Gallen  Open Air festival
July 1  Roskilde    Roskilde Festival
July 3  London  Wireless Festival
July 8  Novi Sad    Exit Festival
July 10 Lisbon  Alive Festival
July 17 Chicago  IL  Pitchfork Music Festival
July 15 Mariaville  Camp Bisco
July 16 Mariaville  Camp Bisco
August 12   Oslo    Oya Festival
August 13   Gotenberg   Way Out West Festival
September 12    Isle  of Wight   Bestival

New Album Out June 8
New Song “Breakneck Speed” Streaming Now at http://tokyopoliceclub.com/
Coachella, Bonnaroo, Special Guest Dates with Passion Pit Confirmed

Newmarket Ontario’s favorite sons Tokyo Police Club have confirmed the title and release date of the band’s second full length album: Champ will be released June 8 on the band’s new U.S. label home mom+pop. The band has provided a sneak peek at the new record in the form of the track “Breakneck Speed,” currently streaming at at http://tokyopoliceclub.com/

Though coincidental, the title of the new song is more than apt, given the pace with which the months leading up to Champ’s release are filling up: The band will return to its rigorous touring regimen in early April, with international appearances including  April 17 at Coachella, June 11 at Bonnaroo, and a June run supporting Passion Pit concluding with an already sold out June 29 show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell and a June 30 inaugural performance at NYC’s Governor’s Island.  In addition, Tokyo Police Club will spend late May and early June in Europe, including a headline appearance at the Immergut Festival in Germany. For further dates as they’re announced, more details and updates, check back at http://tokyopoliceclub.com/shows

Tokyo Police Club is Greg Alsop (drums), Josh Hook (guitar), David Monks (vocals, bass) and Graham Wright (keys/percussion). The band formed in 2005 and released the debut EP A Lesson In Crime the following year to instant and universal acclaim. One more EP, a digital-only single and a few world tours later, Tokyo Police Club’s first full length album, Elephant Shell was released in April 2008. Elephant Shell’s release was preceded by multiple sold out shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Toronto, and followed by appearances on The Late Show With David Letterman, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and, yes, Desperate Housewives. Critical response to the full length was even more enthusiastic and diverse, with the likes of GQ, Elle, Spin, Rolling Stone and Men’s Health all giving thumbs up. The band toured relentlessly to support Elephant Shell, finally wrapping up in the U.S. at the August 2009 All Points West Festival.

Champ is Tokyo Police Club’s second full album and first for mom+pop, the independent label formed in 2008 by Cliff Burnstein,  Peter Mensch and Michael Goldstone. Burnstein and Mensch are the owners of Qprime, management for the likes of Metallica,  Red Hot Chili Peppers,  Snow Patrol,  Muse,  Silversun Pickups,  and The Mars Volta,  among others. Goldstone is a veteran A&R exec whose most recent tenure at Sire saw him sign Regina Spektor and Tegan and Sara. Other mom+pop artists include Metric and Sleigh Bells.  As with previous Tokyo Police Club records, Champ will be released in the UK and Europe by Memphis Industries, home of such artists as The Go! team, Field Music and The Ruby Suns.

TOKYO POLICE CLUB ON TOUR 2010:

April 6, 2010   Starlight – Waterloo, ON
Apr 7, 2010    Isaacs Bar and Grill – St. Catharines, ON
Apr 8, 2010     Rokbar – Hamilton, ON
Apr 9, 2010     The Red Dog – Peterborough, ON
Apr 17, 2010    Coachella Music Festival 2010 – Indio, CA
Apr 27, 2010    Mr. Small’s Theater – Millvale, PA
May 29, 2010    Immergut Festival – Neustrelitz, Germany
May 30, 2010    Uebel und Gefaehrlich – Hamburg, Germany
May 31, 2010    Lido – Berlin, Germany
Jun 1, 2010    Luxor – Koln, Germany
Jun 2, 2010     59:1 – Munich, Germany
Jun 4, 2010     Paradiso – Amsterdam, Holland
Jun 5, 2010     Botanique/Witloof Bar – Brussels, Belgium
Jun 7, 2010     The Ruby Lounge – Manchester, UK
Jun 8, 2010     Scala – London, UK
Jun 9, 2010     The Tabernacle (with Passion Pit) – Atlanta, GA
Jun 11, 2010    Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
Jun 12, 2010    Club at Firestone (with Passion Pit) – Orlando, FL
Jun 13, 2010    The FIllmore (with Passion Pit) – Miami Beach, FL
Jun 14, 2010    The Ritz Ybor (with Passion Pit) – Tampa, FL
Jun 16, 2010    House of Blues (with Passion Pit) – New Orleans, LA
Jun 17, 2010    Warehouse Live (with Passion Pit) – Houston, TX
Jun 18, 2010    Stubb’s (with Passion Pit) – Austin, TX
Jun 19, 2010    Stubb’s (with Passion Pit) – Austin, TX
Jun 21, 2010    Palladium Ballroom (with Passion Pit) – Dallas, TX
Jun 23, 2010    The Pageant (with Passion Pit) – St. Louis, MO
Jun 25, 2010    Royal Oak Music Theater (with Passion PIt) – Royal Oak, MI
Jun 27, 2010    Mann Center (with Passion Pit) – Philadelphia, PA
Jun 29, 2010    Prospect Park Bandshell (with Passion Pit) – Brooklyn, NY
Jun 30, 2010    Governor’s Island (with Passion Pit) – New York, NY

A first full helping of the forthcoming third LCD Soundsystem album has been loosed upon the worldwide web in the form of the just-leaked first single “Drunk Girls.” The still untitled album will be released May 18 in the U.S. on DFA/Virgin.

Snippets of the new album’s “All I Want” can be heard in a new clip documenting the record’s sessions at The Manshun in L.A. at http://www.lcdsoundsystem.com/clip4/

In a bit of unplanned synergy, the “Drunk Girls” leak coincides with the announcement of LCD Soundsystem’s first New York area shows in eons. The band will play Terminal 5 on May 20 and 21. Tickets can be purchased at:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000044711d76935c

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000044711f4a93ae

In other LCD news, a few of the new album’s song titles have been updated. While the music and sequence remain unchanged, the correct track listing is now.

Dance Yrself Clean
Drunk Girls  *
One Touch
All I Want
I Can Change *
You Wanted A Hit  *
Pow Pow
Somebody’s Calling Me *
Home

The above were recorded at The Manshun in Los Angeles and the DFA  studios in New York and mixed at DFA from April 2009 through February 2010.   TBD was written and produced by James Murphy. Additional mixes were done  by Dave Sardy as indicated (*).

The new album is LCD Soundsystem’s  first full offering of new studio material since 2007’s Sound Of  Silver, which was named best album of the last decade by NPR, ranked #1 in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, landed at #12 and #17 respectively in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s best albums of the decade, and like its predecessor 2005’s  LCD Soundsystem received a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance  Album. Sound Of Silver also featured “All My Friends,” ranked #4 by Time in its  Best Songs of 2007 and named single of the year by Pitchfork, and Entertainment Weekly #8 song of 2007 “Someone Great.” In 2008, LCD  Soundsystem contributed the track “Big Ideas” to the soundtrack of the movie  21. The bandhas since released the 45:33: The Remixes EP  and a cover of Alan Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou,” issued to commemorate Record Store  Day 2009 and earning LCD its fifth NME single of the week. The album  has been preceded by the March 23 release of the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s  Greenberg, which features both composition’s from James Murphy’s  original score for the film and the new LCD Soundsystem song “Oh You  (Christmas Blues).”

The record’s release will be supported by a  world tour beginning with an April 16 penultimate slot at the Coachella  festival in Indio CA and continuing with a run  of UK/Europe headline  dates (several of which have sold out well in advance and necessitated added  dates) and further worldwide festival appearances. YACHT and Planning To Rock will support on the UK/Euro headline dates. For a full itinerary, see  below and continue to check http://lcdsoundsystem.com/ for additions going forward.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM On Tour  2010

April 16    Indio CA     Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 20     Dublin       Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 21    Dublin        Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 23     London      Brixton Academy * SOLD  OUT
April 24    London       Brixton Academy *SOLD OUT
April 26     Birmingham  Academy
April 27     Leeds   Academy * SOLD OUT
April 28     Glasgow Barrowlands
April 29     Glasgow Barrowlands * SOLD OUT
May 1    Manchester  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 2    Bristol  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 4    Amsterdam   Paradiso * SOLD OUT
May 5    Brussels    Ancienne Belgique * SOLD OUT
May 6   Berlin  WMF
May 7    Luxembourg  Den Atelier
May 8   Paris    Bataclan * SOLD OUT
May 9   Paris    Bataclan
May 20  New York    Terminal 5
May 21  New York    Terminal 5
May 30  George WA   Sasquatch  Festival
June 11 Manchester TN   Bonnaroo  Festival
June 17 La Coruna    Sonar
June 18 Barcelona   Sonar
June 19 Neuhausen ob Eck    Southside Festival
June 20 Scheesel    Hurricane Festival
June 22 Zagreb  T Mobile Inmusic Festival
June 24 Ferrara    Bands Apart Festival
June 25 St. Gallen  Open Air festival
July 1  Roskilde    Roskilde Festival
July 3  London  Wireless Festival
July 8  Novi Sad    Exit Festival
July 10 Lisbon  Alive Festival
July 17 Chicago  IL  Pitchfork Music Festival
July 15 Mariaville  Camp Bisco
July 16 Mariaville  Camp Bisco
August 12   Oslo    Oya Festival
August 13   Gotenberg   Way Out West Festival
September 12    Isle  of Wight   Bestival

RECORD STORE DAY 10″ PICTURE DISC FEATURING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED “HWY 1″
TCV’s Joshua Homme Named Official Record Store Day Ambassador

Them Crooked Vultures a/k/a Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme and John Paul Jones have announced the addition of three new dates to the band’s spring U.S. Run.

The new shows-April 14 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, May 17 at the Egyptian Room at the Old National Centre in Indianapolis and May 18 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago-expand an itinerary that includes  an April 16 appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, an April 17 show at the Joint in Las Vegas and an April 19 date at the Fillmore in Denver.

Following the Coachella and Club Nokia dates, Them Crooked Vultures will commemorate this year’s Record Store Day with the April 17 release of a 10” picture disc featuring a double A-side of “Mind Eraser, No Chaser” and the previously unreleased “Hwy 1” (recorded live by Sydney, Australia’s Triple J) and “Vulture Speak,” an exclusive interview on the B-side.

Additionally, the Vultures’ own Joshua Homme has been named official Ambassador of Record Store Day, further details of which are included in an exclusive announcement from Homme posted at http://www.recordstoreday.com/.

For further details on Them Crooked Vultures’ U.S. Tour, see below and keep checking back at themcrookedvultures.com

THEM CROOKED VULTURES LIVE U.S. 2010-NEW DATES IN BOLD

April 14 – Los Angeles CA – Club Nokia
Tickets on sale to the public 10 a.m. EST March 26

April 16 – Indio CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

April 17 – Las Vegas NV – The Joint
On Sale Now

April 19 – Denver CO – The Fillmore
On Sale Now

May 17 – Indianapolis IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
Tickets on sale 10 a.m. EST March 26

May 18 – Chicago IL – The Aragon
Tickets on sale 11 a.m. CST April 3

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE APPEARANCE CONFIRMED FOR APRIL 21
Album Out April 20 On Shanabelle/RCA

Having confirmed the April 20 release of sophomore album Red Light Fever (Shanabelle/RCA), Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders have now announced both U.S. tour dates and an April 21 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

The first salvo of roadwork to support Red Light Fever will be April 19 at the Casbah in San Diego and will include a day of release show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, as well as dates in Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia. Further dates will be announced as they are confirmed.

The upcoming tour will feature Hawkins on vocals and a variety of instruments, joined by veteran Coattail Riders Chris Chaney (bass), Gannin Arnold (guitar), Nate Wood (guitar), as well as Foo Fighters touring percussionist Drew Hester. The Coattail Riders coterie will unveil the first ever live interpretations of the brand new Red Light Fever material
lead4sure.com
as well as tracks from the band’s eponymous 2006 debut album.

The genesis of Red Light Fever can be traced back to an early 2009 break from the Foo Fighters’ grueling touring schedule that freed up time for Hawkins to begin demoing tracks for a second Coattail Riders record. However, Hawkins’ providing drums and vocals on all tracks among other instruments soon became the only thing Red Light Fever would have in common with its homespun predecessor. The record snowballed into full on sessions at the Foo Fighters’ state of the art 606 studio complex, with Hawkins was joined by Chaney, Arnold, Wood, and a stellar supporting cast including Elliot Easton of the Cars, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, and last but by no  means least, Hawkins’ bandmate Dave Grohl.

Red Light Fever could be considered a labor of love – if the sheer joy exuded in every note, influence  and nuance of every song didn’t make the entire affair seem so effortless. Hawkins’ increasingly accomplished vocals and world renowned drumming skills  recall and pay tribute to Hawkins’ vast spectrum of classic rock heroes – from the vintage 70s glam stomp of “Way Down,” the hard rock rave up “Not Bad  Luck,” a nod to Beatlesque balladry
ISC CISSP exam in the form of “Hell To Pay,” and many more. Virtually every track evokes memories of the respective heydays of the Chinn-Chapman hit factory, The Move, Sweet, and even a little 10cc for good  measure – all imbued with Hawkins’ unmistakable musical personality.

See below for a complete list of confirmed dates. On sales will begin Friday 10 a.m. EST. For further information, specific on sale info, new dates, etc., check back at:
http://www.taylorhawkins.com/
http://www.myspace.com/taylorhawkinsandthecoattailriders
http://twitter.com/taylorhawkins
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Taylor-Hawkins/194341547384

TAYLOR HAWKINS & THE COATTAIL RIDERS ON TOUR

April 19th             San Diego / Casbah
April 20th             Los Angeles / Troubadour
April 21st              Jimmy Kimmel Live
April 24th             Santa Barbara / Velvet Jones
April 25th             Las Vegas / Wasted Space @ the Hard Rock Hotel
April 26th             Salt Lake City / Urban Lounge
May 2nd               Boston / Great Scott
May 3rd                Toronto / Horseshoe Tavern
May 4th                Baltimore / Sonar Small Room
May 6th                New York / Gramercy Theatre
May 7th                Philadelphia / The Note

112,000+ SOLD, MARKING CAREER HIGH SALES WEEK AND CHART POSITION

On the heels of their current single “Stylo” setting the record for the most successful YouTube Music Tuesday premiere to date, Gorillaz have now set two more career landmarks with their brand new third album, Plastic Beach: Selling more than 112,000 copies in the seven days since its March 9 U.S. Release on EMI’s Virgin Records, Plastic Beach has entered the U.S. album chart at #2. Both career highs, the sales number and chart position best those of 2005’s double-platinum Demon Days, which sold 107,000 in its debut week, entering the chart at #6.

Reached for comment at Point Nemo, Gorillaz bassist and mouthpiece 642-832 Murdoc Niccals gloated, “I hear my Plastic Beach masterpiece has shot into the U.S. charts at No.2!! What about that? Whatever: this means you like me, you really like me!!”

Hailed as “Gorillaz’s third excellent  album in a row” (Rolling Stone), “full of hidden and unexpected treasures” (The Chicago Sun-Times), a People magazine “Critics Choice,” and “Best New Music” by Pitchfork, Plastic Beach is the first self-produced Gorillaz album and features a roster of guest stars  including Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, The Clash’s
70-480 Mick Jones  and Paul Simonon, The National Orchestra for Arabic Music and many more.

The physical and digital deluxe editions of Plastic  Beach are the most elaborate packages ever conceived by co-founders Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett: The iTunes LP  version of Plastic Beach includes the “Stylo” video and a Making of “Stylo”  documentary;  a video collection of Gorillaz animation, Plastic Beach trailers and six exclusive films set to album tracks; a still gallery featuring original Gorillaz art and images exclusive to iTunes; a Gorillaz interactive game; and an Online Extras section providing  access to Gorillaz live concert performances and additional exclusives. The iTunes deluxe edition of the record also features the bonus tracks “Pirate’s  Progress: and “Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons.”

The physical  “Experience Edition” of Plastic Beach includes such bonuses as a Making of  Plastic Beach DVD, ability to stream live Gorillaz performances, and a special  access card unlocking a world of exclusive and interactive online content to  be revealed over time.

Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs were co-created by  Albarn and Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on  the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two  million copies in the U.S. The band’s 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the  Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner “Feel Good Inc.” and sold in  excess of two million copies in America. Gorillaz will headline the April 18  final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the  first live Gorillaz experience in the States since Demon Days Live sold out five-night run at Harlem’s Apollo  Theater back in April 2006.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check  back hourly at the all new http://gorillaz.com, follow the  band’s own Murdoc Niccals at www.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz

FEATURING NEW ARTWORK AND EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS

ADDITIONAL NEW YORK SHOW ADDED AS JUNE 29 PROSPECT PARK SHOW SELLS OUT INSTANTLY

Packing further landmarks into a year that has already included three sold out nights at New York’s Terminal 5 and a triumphant UK tour, Passion Pit has confirmed an April 13 release date for the deluxe reissue of its highly acclaimed debut album, Manners (frenchkiss Columbia). The expanded edition of the record that landed the band on the Best of 2009 lists of NPR, Pitchfork, Time Out New York, The New York Post, Stereogum and more, will feature brand new artwork and three bonus tracks: vivid, bare bones “Stripped Down” versions of the original album’s “Sleepyhead” and “Moth’s Wings,” and the cover of the Cranberries’ “Dreams” that’s become a highlight of recent Passion Pit live shows.

The unstoppable force that is the Passion Pit live experience returns to North America at the end of March, for a spring/summer tour that has already sold out shows in New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Vancouver and more, necessitating additional shows and moves to larger venues in multiple markets.

Following on the instantaneous sell-out of all 6200 tickets for its June 29 show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, Passion Pit has just announced the addition of a second New York show to the current tour. The additional show will take place June 30 at Governor’s Island and will feature special guests Tokyo Police Club. For further information on tickets and directions to the inaugural music event for this 7000-capacity site, please go to http://bowerypresents.com/event/4429

Passion Pit was conceived as a solo project by Michael Angelakos, who recorded the bulk of the band’s 2008 debut EP Chunk Of Change (frenchkiss) while attending Boston’s Emerson College. The band-which currently consists of Angelakos, Ian Hultquist, Ayad Al Adhamy, Nate Donmoyer and Jeff Apruzzese–released its first full length album, Manners, in May 2009. Critical and popular reaction to Manners has been uniformly ecstatic, ranging from raves in Rolling Stone, US Weekly, New York and many more to a #51 debut on the Billboard Top 200 albums. On the strength of the irresistible hooks of tracks like “The Reeling,” “Sleepyhead,” “Moth’s Wings” and “Little Secrets,” and a rapidly burgeoning live draw, Manners has sold over 140,000 copies since its release last spring and remains on the chart at present.

PASSION PIT ON TOUR 2010

3/26 – Miami, FL – Ultra Music Festival
3/28 – Niagara Falls, NY – Rapids Theater
3/29 – York, PA – Pullo Center
3/30 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues – SOLD OUT
3/31 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion – SOLD OUT
4/2 – Chicago, IL – Congress Theatre – SOLD OUT
4/3 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
4/4 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue – SOLD OUT
4/5 – Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
4/7 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre – SOLD OUT
4/8 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
4/10 – Eugene, OR  – McDonald Theatre
4/11 – Vancouver, BC  – Commodore Ballroom – SOLD OUT
4/12 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
4/14 – Davis, CA – Freeborn Hall
4/15 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theatre
4/16 – Indio, CA – Coachella
4/22 – Chicago, IL –  Congress
4/30 – Knoxville, TN – U of Tennessee
5/31 – George, WA – Sasquatch
6/18 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
6/19 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
6/29 – Brooklyn, NY – Prospect Park – SOLD OUT
6/30 – New York, NY – Governor’s Island
8/21 – Chelmsford, UK – V Festival
8/22 – Stafford, UK – V Festival

SHAKE/SHIVER/MOAN, FIRST ALBUM WITH NEW LINEUP OUT JUNE 8 ON tbd records

“Latest Heartbreak” Studio Version Available Now for Free Download at http://the22-20s.com/
On Tour Through April Supporting Band Of Skulls & The Whigs

22-20s are a British rock band, originally formed in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, who disintegrated scarcely two years after their acclaimed 2004 self titled debut LP. In 2008, a reconstituted version of the band reformed around the founding nucleus of singer/guitarist Martin Trimble, bassist Bartup and drummer James Irving, adding Dan Hare on guitar and backing vocals.

Secretly touring the UK under the alias of one their new song titles “Bitter Pills,” 22-20s showcased a wealth of radically new material ranging from the uptempo rock of single and digital live EP namesake “Latest Heartbreak” and album title track “Shake/Shiver/Moan” to the classic morning-after bluespop of “Let It Go” and “4th Floor.” The studio version of “Latest Heartbreak” is available for free download now at http://the22-20s.com/

The new lineup and broader musical horizons of 22-20s debut this month with the digital only Latest Heartbreak EP, released March 9 through tbd records (U.S. label home to Radiohead, Underworld, White Rabbits and others), featuring four tracks record live at last year in Reading UK.

Shake/Shiver/Moan, the first 22-20s album to feature the Trimble/Bartup/Irving/Hare lineup, will be released by tbd in the U.S. on June 8, and will feature the studio versions of the tracks from the live EP and six other brand new 22-20s numbers. The album’s release will be preceded in the States by an extensive run opening for Band of Skulls and The Whigs’ co-headlining tour and will be followed by further North American touring throughout the summer.

The 22-20s with Band Of Skulls & The Whigs
31-Mar WED – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
01-Apr THU – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
02-Apr FRI – Philadelphia, PA  – North Star Bar
03-Apr SAT – Allston, MA – Harper’s Ferry
04-Apr SUN – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
06-Apr TUE – Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s
07-Apr WED – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
08-Apr THU – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
10-Apr SAT – Birmingham, AL – WorkPlay Theatre
12-Apr MON – Kansas City, MO – Riot Room
13-Apr TUE – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
15-Apr THU – Scottsdale, AZ – Martini Ranch
16-Apr FRI – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
19-Apr MON – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
20-Apr TUE – Portland, OR  – Doug Fir Lounge
22-Apr THU – Seattle, WA  – Crocodile Café

EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES GALORE ON iTUNES LP AND DELUXE EXPERIENCE EDITION
“STYLO” SETS RECORD AS MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE IN YOUTUBE HISTORY

“…some of the most forward-looking music you’ll  hear this or any other year… Plastic Beach is more than the sum of its  big-name parts”-Q

“From the Thriller-infused electro-funk of “Stylo” to  the bubbly grooves of “Superfast Jellyfish” and “Some Kind of Nature,” there’s  something for everyone, and often in the same song… Plastic Beach exudes  fun.”-NPR Music

“Gorillaz’s third excellent  album in a row”-Rolling Stone

“[Gorillaz] has returned, once again  gilding their four-character core with a delightfully random roster of guest  stars… its songs sound like dispatches from a crew of hip-kid astronauts,  unmoored in some space-dust ether… they do it with  style.”-Entertainment Weekly

“Befitting an album about an  ocean, the collection gains momentum via the song-to-song ebb and flow… It  works both as a conceptual piece and also as a collection of danceable pop…   for a bunch of cartoon characters, it does feel especially alive and  human.”-Stereogum

Gorillaz’ third album, the already globally acclaimed Plastic Beach, is released today in the U.S. on EMI’s Virgin Records.

The physical and digital deluxe editions of Plastic  Beach promise to surpass anything previously hatched from the Gorillaz  imaginarium: The iTunes LP  version of Plastic Beach includes the record-breaking “Stylo” video and a Making of “Stylo”  documentary;  a video collection of Gorillaz animation, Plastic Beach trailers and six exclusive films set to album tracks; a still gallery featuring original Gorillaz art and images exclusive to iTunes; a Gorillaz interactive game; and an Online Extras section providing  access to Gorillaz live concert performances and additional exclusives. The iTunes deluxe edition of the record also features the bonus tracks “Pirate’s  Progress: and “Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons.”

The physical  “Experience Edition” of Plastic Beach includes such bonuses as a Making of  Plastic Beach DVD, ability to stream live Gorillaz performances, and a special  access card unlocking a world of exclusive and interactive online content to  be revealed over time.

Having already been hailed with a 4-star Rolling  Stone review and an Entertainment Weekly Must List plug, Plastic Beach’s first  single, “Stylo,” was unveiled in its video incarnation Tuesday March 2 on  YouTube. The “Stylo” world premiere instantly became the most successful  official music video premiere in YouTube Music Tuesday history, generating  over 900,000 views in its first 24 hours, since breezing past the million view  mark and surpassing previous record holders U2 and Weezer. The “Stylo” video  can also be seen on VH1, MTV, MTV2, MTVU, Logo, and Fuse.

Elsewhere,  the NPR Music Exclusive First Listen for Plastic Beach was the #1 most popular  story on NPR.org in its first 24 hours.

Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album  produced entirely by Damon Albarn and features a roster of guest stars  including Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, The Clash’s Mick Jones  and Paul Simonon, The National Orchestra for Arabic Music and many more.  Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs were co-created by  Albarn and visual artist Jamie Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on  the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two  million copies in the U.S. The band’s 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the  Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner “Feel Good Inc.” and sold in  excess of two million copies in America. Gorillaz will headline the April 18  final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the  first live Gorillaz experience in the States since the Demon Days Live sold  out five-night run that took place in April 2006 at Harlem’s Apollo  Theater.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check  back hourly at the all new http://gorillaz.com, follow the  band’s own Murdoc Niccals at www.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz.

ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 18TH BY BROWN RECORDS/FAT POSSUM RECORDS/COLUMBIA RECORD

Band of Horses, the Low Country’s premier rock n’ roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled Infinite Arms ,on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records.

The album package will feature the photography of the band’s long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.

Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed by Dave Sardy,  and recorded over a 16-month period, 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 are 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. As Bridwell himself concedes, “in many ways, this is the first Band of Horses record.”

Look for the band to support Infinite Arms with tour dates across the globe in 2010. A current list of dates is below, with many more to be announced very soon. Visit www.bandofhorses.com for ticketing information.

March 15th – Boulder, CO – Fox Theater
March 16th – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
March 18th – Austin, TX – Stubbs BBQ (SXSW)
March 19th – Austin, TX Central Presbyterian Church (SXSW)
April 8th – Paris, France – La Fleche D’or
April 9th – Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
April 10th – Rotterdam, Netherlands- Motel Mozaique, Schouwburg
April 12th – London, UK – Koko
April 14th – Koln, Germany – Kulturkirche
April 16th – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
April 17th – Gothenburg, Sweden – Tradgarn
April 18th – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
April 23rd – Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 24th –  Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 27th – Gainesville, FL – Rion Ballroom
April 28th – Miami, FL – Fillmore
April 29th – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
May 1st – New Orleans, LA  – Jazzfest
May 2nd – Memphis, TN – Beale St. Music Festival
May 27th – Davis, CA – UC Davis Freeborn Hall
May 30th – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater (with She & Him)
May 31st – George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
June 5th – Bangor, IE – Ward Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 9th – London, UK – Roundhouse
June 12th – Glasgow, Scotland – Bellahouston Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 19th – Toronto, ONT – Olympic Island Concert (with Pavement and Broken Social Scene)
September 25th – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater