November 15th, 2019
October 28th, 2019
Alexandra Savior – The Archer
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October 1st, 2019
Faux Ferocious – No Pressure
FAUX FEROCIOUS RELEASE NEW 7-INCH PRODUCED BY PATRICK CARNEY OF THE BLACK KEYS
“NO PRESSURE” PREMIERING NOW ON BILLBOARD!
“…gutsy, bracing psychedelic punk…” –Nashville Scene
“Hairy hypnotic rock ‘n’ roll that will still slap you into a pause. The best kind.” –Aquarium Drunkard
These singles are the perfect follow up to Pretty Groovy as Faux Ferocious continues to evolve their motorik post-punk sound and walk the line between experimental and reachable. The songs have a natural flow and uncluttered lyrics where nothing hides behind walls of reverb and delay. Each part of the music is good enough to stand on its own, but the totality is bizarrely exceptional.
Faux Ferocious’s new 7″ inch is out now.
September 27th, 2019
Broken Bells – Good Luck
Broken Bells (Danger Mouse and James Mercer), have released their newest song “Good Luck.”
Listen:: https://brokenbells.lnk.to/GoodLuck
Much like last year’s “as adventurous as always” (Stereogum) standalone single “Shelter,” “Good Luck” bears the unmistakable sonic signature of Broken Bells unveiled on 2010’s eponymous debut and 2014’s After The Disco—in other words, the instantly recognizable audible fingerprints of both Mercer and Burton melded into something entirely other. As with neo-classic Broken Bells tracks including “The High Road” and “Holding On For Life,” “Good Luck” is completed by deceptively apocalyptic sonic and lyrical imagery that is actually more rooted in present day reality than any dystopian future.
In other news, it can now be confirmed that Mercer and Burton have reconvened in the studio and are hard at work on a third Broken Bells album. No release date has been set for this first collection of new Broken Bells material since 2014.
“As with ‘Shelter,’ we wanted to release ‘Good Luck’ while it felt timely and reflective of specific discussions between the two of us, questioning the state of things, as we do…”
September 5th, 2019
Adam Green – Engine of Paradise
Adam Green Releases New ‘Engine of Paradise’ Video Containing Imagery From His Graphic Novel War and Paradise
NYC Release Show On Sept. 6 at Rough Trade, Brooklyn
Engine Of Paradise Out Today, Sept. 6th, Graphic Novel War And Paradise Out Today Sept. 6th
Free PDF Of Graphic Novel War and Paradise Available From AdamGreen.Info
Photo Cred: Pete Voelker
Adam Green has released his new LP ‘Engine of Paradise’ today along with a new comic book styled music video for the title track. When talking about the LP Adam says: ‘Engine of Paradise’ is some soil to plant yourself in. It’s a place to relax, like being in a movie theater, where the players are jewelers of melodic time. My graphic novel, “War of Paradise”, is a companion to the album and also out today for FREE to download from AdamGreen.info, and hard copies are available to order through PioneerWorks.Org!
Exploring the same themes as the upcoming album, Green is also releasing his first graphic novel, a psychedelic war epic called “War and Paradise” set in the colorful universe of his film “Adam Green’s Aladdin.” The graphic novel will be released concurrently with the album.
Adam Green is an artistic polymath — a songwriter, filmmaker, visual artist, and poet. As part of New York’s downtown antifolk scene at the end of the nineties, Green made up one half of The Moldy Peaches, who later enjoyed mainstream success via the 2007 Grammy-winning Juno soundtrack. As a solo artist, Green has recorded 10 albums, many of which have become cult hits. His songs have been performed by artists as diverse as The Libertines, Carla Bruni, Kelly Willis, Dean & Britta, and Will Oldham. His 2005 record Gemstones went Gold in Europe.
Green’s paintings and sculptures have been the subject of exhibitions in America, Asia and Europe, including a 2016 solo-show at the prestigious Fondation Beyeler Museum in Basel, Switzerland. Green first combined his visual aesthetic, psychedelic writings and musical compositions in the The Wrong Ferarri (2010), the first feature film shot entirely on an iPhone. The “screwball tragedy” was described by Rolling Stone magazine as “Fellini on Ketamine” and went on to feature in the curriculum of NYU’s Tisch Film School.
His second feature film, Adam Green‘s Aladdin (2016) — an immersive fantasy film starring Macaulay Culkin, Natasha Lyonne, Alia Shawkat, Jack Dishel and Francesco Clemente and shot entirely on papier-mache sets — was described by Buzzfeed.com as “the trippiest movie ever made,” while RogerEbert.com called Aladdin “a movie that belongs inside a museum.” An instant cult hit, the movie was screened theatrically in a midnight movie context, at over a hundred of Green’s concerts around the world, as well as the Andy Warhol Museum in Philadelphia.
After first publishing a bilingual volume of his poetry with Suhrkamp Verlag, Green’s newest book War and Paradise is a graphic novel that combines his lyrical and visual vocabulary. The satirical war epic is about the clash of humans with machines, the meeting of spirituality with singularity, and the bidirectional relationship between life and the afterlife. Green’s 10th solo album, Engine of Paradise, is a musical exploration of these same themes. Recorded in Brooklyn, New York, by Loren Humphrey, the forthcoming album reimagines the baroque orchestral style of his early 2000s era records and features performances by James Richardson (MGMT), Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) and Jonathan Rado (Foxygen).
TOUR DATES
All European dates with Jackie Cohen (Foxygen) opening
9/6/19 – Rough Trade – Brooklyn, NY
10/18/19 – CCA – Glasgow, UK
10/19/19 – Soup Kitchen – Manchester, UK
10/20/19 – Thekla – Bristol, UK
10/22/19 – EartH – London, UK
10/24/19 – Vooruit – Ghent, BE
10/25/19 – Gaite Lyrique – Paris, FR
10/26/19 – Melkweg (Upstairs) – Amsterdam, NL
10/28/19 – Stage Club – Hamburg, Germany
10/29/19 – BiNuu – Berlin, Germany
10/31/19 – Palace – St. Gallen, Germany
11/1/19 – Sommercasino – Basel, Switzerland
11/2/19 – La Romandie – Lausanne, Switzerland
11/3/19 – Papiersaal – Zurich, Switzerland
11/5/19 – Flex Halle – Vienna, Austria
Engine Of Paradise – Tracklisting |
August 30th, 2019
Faux Ferocious – Good Times Ahead
FAUX FEROCIOUS ANNOUNCE NEW 7-INCH PRODUCED BY PATRICK CARNEY OF THE BLACK KEYS
These singles are the perfect follow up to Pretty Groovy as Faux Ferocious continues to evolve their motorik post-punk sound and walk the line between experimental and reachable. The songs have a natural flow and uncluttered lyrics where nothing hides behind walls of reverb and delay. Each part of the music is good enough to stand on its own, but the totality is bizarrely exceptional.
Faux Ferocious is poised to bring their freaky brand of rock n’ roll to as many people as will listen, starting with a hometown show in Nashville before heading out on a European tour this September.
Faux Ferocious Fall 2019 Tour Dates
8/31 – Nashville, TN – Soft Junk
9/03 – Brooklyn, NY – Our Wicked Lady
9/06 – Asten-Heusden, Netherlands @ Misty Fields Festival
9/07 – Netherlands
9/08 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Cabron
9/09 – Lille, France @ L’Imposture
9/10 – France
9/11 – Paris, France @ L’espace B
9/12 – Lyon, France @ La Maison Mere
9/13 – Lugano, Switzerland @ Lido San Domenico
9/14 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Rothaus
9/16 – Halle, Germany @ Hühnermanhattan Klub
9/18 – Berlin, Germany @ 8mm
9/19 – Hamburg, Germany @ Kornet
9/21 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Slaktkyrkan
9/22 – Malmo, Sweden @ Plan B
9/24 – Manchester, UK @ YES
9/25 – Glasgow, UK @ Nice & Sleazy
9/26 – London, UK @ The Shacklewell Arms
9/27 – London, UK @ Studio 9294
9/28 – Brighton, UK @ The Pipeline
August 29th, 2019
St Francis Hotel – Liar Liar Liar
St Francis Hotel are an Irish duo based in London. Their new single ‘Liar, Liar, Liar’ is being released on 30th Century Records and is the first in a series of high-profile collaborations featured on the duo’s upcoming debut album.
Featuring vocals from Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes – his first new release since May 2019 –‘Liar, Liar, Liar’ epitomizes the duo’s soulful psychedelic sound. The gospel-driven track is a venomous dedication to someone who’s perception of themselves is at odds with how the world sees them.
The accompanying music video is a vivid representation of this contradiction. St Francis Hotel collaborated with animation director RUFFMERCY (Thom Yorke, Run The Jewels, Earl Sweatshirt) who has become well known for his loose hand drawn animation style and video producers James & James.
‘Liar, Liar, Liar’ is the first single to be taken from St Francis Hotel upcoming debut album, ‘We Fall Together’ (Late 2019), which features other artists including Theresa Wayman (Warpaint, TT), Max Rad, and Waterstrider, with more names to be announced.
The release follows a string of singles including ‘You’d Gotta Be Alive’ and ‘Collide’ that earned critical acclaim and were featured across UK radio (BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, KCRW), Spotify (New Music Friday, Fresh Finds, Viral 50 UK) Apple (Best Of The Week) and appeared in US TV shows (Lucifer, Shadowhunters).
As producers, St Francis Hotel’s recent production/collaborations include Arcade Fire’s Regine Chassagne, Michael Kiwanuka, and Art School Girlfriend.
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August 2nd, 2019
Babe Rainbow – Many Moons of Love
The Babe Rainbow share the starry-eyed “Many Moons of Love”
New Album ‘Today’ Out September 6th via 30th Century Records
U.S. Fall Tour Dates on Sale Now!
STREAM “MANY MOONS OF LOVE” HERE
ABOUT THE BABE RAINBOW
“The Morning Song” is the first single lifted from the upcoming third full-length from the Babe Rainbow. A generous helping of folk pop, flutes and floating harmony, acoustic guitar, late 70’s electronic fox trot, and the choir of the women of the wonderfolk. Just an optimistic announcement of a new cycle, fresh air.
The new album is more musical and ambitious than previous outings, produced by Sam Joseph from the Flightless Records / King Gizzard stable. It feels authentic to the Babe Rainbow but more diverse and sophisticated, like falling in love outwards, a perfect collection of pacific vibrations, brunch in Arcadia.
The Babe Rainbow’s new album will be available everywhere September 6th on 30th Century Records.
he Babe Rainbow: ‘Today’
30th Century Records
September 6th, 2019
1. Butter
2. Morning Song
3. Something New
4. Us and the Rainbow
5. The Faraway Nearer
6. Funky I Like it
7. Electrocuted
8. The Wedge
9. Beasty
10. Many Moons of Love
11. For Your Eyes Only
THE BABE RAINBOW “HIPPIE FOREVER” U.S. TOUR DATES
NOVEMBER 1 – Brooklyn, NY
@ Union Pool
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NOVEMBER 2 – Brooklyn, NY
@ Union Pool
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NOVEMBER 4 – Montreal, QB
@ Bar le Ritz PDB
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NOVEMBER 5 – Toronto, ON
@ Horseshoe Tavern
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NOVEMBER 7 – Vancouver, BC
@ Fox Cabaret
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NOVEMBER 8 – Portland, OR
@ Polaris Hall
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NOVEMBER 9 – Seattle, WA
@ The High Dive
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NOVEMBER 11 – San Francisco, CA
@ The Independent
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NOVEMBER 12 – Sonoma, CA
@ Gundlach Bundschu Winery
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NOVEMBER 13 – Los Angeles, CA
@ Teragram Ballroom
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NOVEMBER 15 – San Diego, CA
@ Casbah
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NOVEMBER 16 – Santa Ana, CA
@ Constellation Room
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July 30th, 2019
Husky Loops – I Think Your Wonderful
Debut album ‘I CAN’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH’ out September 6th
BBC Radio 1 Annie Mac’s Hottest Record July 30th
Rye Wax album party August 15th
UK and EU Tour announced for October 2019
Having been hailed Annie Mac’s Hottest Record In The World on her BBC Radio 1 show this evening (30th July), Husky Loops release their brand new single ‘I Think You’re Wonderful’ through 30th Century Records. It’s their catchiest track to date, but with all the unique Husky Loops flavouring we’ve come to expect. LISTEN HERE
Speaking about the new single frontman and producer Danio says “I Think You’re Wonderful” is a song about universal love, about forgiveness, about empathy, about resilience. I want people to listen to this one and feel encouraged to tell someone they care about that they’re wonderful. We have to be strong and love each other; in 2019 a lot of negative messages are being sold to us. The current political landscape worldwide is scary and our governments are promoting fear. I want our fans to listen to this song and feel empowered, happy, and full of spirit. Human beings are hard-wired to notice and remember negative news and events, but we need to have hope, we have to fight to stay happy and sane.”
‘I Think You’re Wonderful’ is taken from Husky Loops debut album ‘I CAN’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH’ which is set for release on September 6th and follows on from their most recent single ‘Everyone Is Having Fun Fun Fun But Me’.
The album was produced by the band at Eastcote Studios in Kensal Road and is mixed by Spoon’s drummer and sound man, Jim Eno. The title ‘I CAN’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH’ is a tongue-in-cheek nod to their continental roots in divisive times. Pre-order HERE.
To celebrate the album release the band will play a very special pre album release party at Rye Wax (Peckham, London) on 15th August. The band playing the record in its entirety with guest appearances from Ten Dixon, SBK, MEI plus many more. Free entry. Doors at 8.30pm.
The album’s artwork, much like everything Husky Loops do, breaks the mold. Completely customisable and the first of its kind (to our knowledge), each album (vinyl, CD and digital) will come with a pen (physical or digital) to allow fans to interpret what the title means to them and create their own bespoke album cover.
Speaking about the concept behind it frontman and producer Danio explains, “We wanted to do something that could expand the concept of album artwork. We didn’t like the idea of just sticking to a single image, as the album is so diverse, and we wanted to really find a way to make our fans interact. So we started thinking of a customisable artwork, and straight away the marker idea came up. It fits the title, and it really gives everyone an opportunity to be creative. We wanted our debut album to be something that people could fully physically experience.“
The London trio, by way of Bologna, Italy recently made their US live debut, including multiple appearances at SXSW. In support of the album release they will head out on a UK and European headline tour in October 2019, including several dates at Bermondsey Social Club in London. Tickets on sale now from HERE
See Husky Loops live in October 2019:
9th – Jimmy’s, Manchester
10th – Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
11th – Blue Arrow, Glasgow
12th – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
16th – Bermondsey Social Club, London
17th – Bermondsey Social Club, London
19th – Joiners, Southampton
23rd – Molotow, Hamburg
24th – Maze Club, Berlin
26th – Rotown, Rotterdam
27th – Paradiso, Amsterdam
29th – Supersonic, Paris
30th – Kater, Zurich
Husky Loops find it hard to put a single label on themselves, but that is part of the charm. Each song takes on a unique framework that is informed by new and diverse experiences – the DNA of this band is an ever-changing and exciting prospect. One song will utilise the basslines from modern day hip-hop or the ambitious production usually saved for electronic music, with the next incorporating beats typically found in modern-jazz or even UK Garage.
Though the band first met in Bologna while playing in punk and “weird Italian rock bands”, it was a move to London nearly seven years ago that proved the catalyst for the birth of Husky Loops. Pietro (drums, samples) arrived first to study at the city’s iconic art-school St. Martins, with Danio (vocals, guitar and production) and Tommaso (bass) soon arriving in Kilburn.
They’ve already released three perfectly formed EPs (a self-titled debut, ‘EP2’ and ‘Spool’) and a mixtape, toured with David Byrne, Sunflower Bean, The Kills, Placebo and Spoon, and had legendary photographer Rankin and equally legendary ballet dancer Sergei Polunin turn their track ‘Tempo’ into a unique visual art project.
2018 was an incredible year for the London based, Italian adventurers. They signed to super-producer Danger Mouse’s label, 30th Century Records, had their track “Every Time I Run”, featured on the FIFA 19 Soundtrack alongside the likes of Gorillaz and Childish Gambino, played a plethora of live shows from their own headline tour to festivals including; The Great Escape, Latitude, BlueDot, Y Not and Liverpool Sound City Reading & Leeds.
With over 60 plays at BBC Radio 1 including two ‘Track of the Weeks’ for ‘20 Blanks’ and ‘Girl Who Wants To Travel’, support from Annie Mac, Jack Saunders Mistajam, Huw Stephens, Abbey McCarthy, Phil Taggart and BBC Music Introducing plus a Huw Stephens Session Maida Vale, not to mention A listed at Amazing Radio and Amazing Radio Session and Radio X playlists for ‘Girl’ and ‘20 Blanks’.
Media support for Husky Loops comes by way of NME, Noisey, Nowness, The Line of Best Fit, Billboard, DIY, Dork, CLASH, Wonderland, Earmilk, Record of the day and many more.
Husky Loops debut album ‘I CAN’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH’ is out September 6th
Husky Loops are:
Danio Forni – vocals and guitar
Tommaso Medica – bass
Pietro Garrone – drums and samples
July 18th, 2019
Adam Green – Cheating on a Stanger
Adam Green Shares Haunting Medieval “Cheating on a Stranger”
Watch / Listen: Adam Green – Cheating on a Stranger
Adam Green has shared his ominous new track/video for “Cheating on a Stranger”. The medieval-style video, directed by Pete Voelker, was filmed in another universe that Adam discovered. The song contains an eerie backup vocal by Florence Welch.
“The song is about finding yourself submerged in a wasteland, some kind of second-life where there are empty replacements for everything you knew. You try to embrace this new world, but the more you squeeze it, the more the air comes out”
Exploring the same themes as the upcoming album, Green is also releasing his first graphic novel, a psychedelic war epic called “War and Paradise” set in the colorful universe of his film “Adam Green’s Aladdin.” The graphic novel will be released concurrently with the album.
Adam Green is an artistic polymath — a songwriter, filmmaker, visual artist, and poet. As part of New York’s downtown antifolk scene at the end of the nineties, Green made up one half of The Moldy Peaches, who later enjoyed mainstream success via the 2007 Grammy-winning Juno soundtrack. As a solo artist, Green has recorded 10 albums, many of which have become cult hits. His songs have been performed by artists as diverse as The Libertines, Carla Bruni, Kelly Willis, Dean & Britta, and Will Oldham. His 2005 record Gemstones went Gold in Europe.
Green’s paintings and sculptures have been the subject of exhibitions in America, Asia and Europe, including a 2016 solo-show at the prestigious Fondation Beyeler Museum in Basel, Switzerland. Green first combined his visual aesthetic, psychedelic writings and musical compositions in the The Wrong Ferarri (2010), the first feature film shot entirely on an iPhone. The “screwball tragedy” was described by Rolling Stone magazine as “Fellini on Ketamine” and went on to feature in the curriculum of NYU’s Tisch Film School.
His second feature film, Adam Green’s Aladdin (2016) — an immersive fantasy film starring Macaulay Culkin, Natasha Lyonne, Alia Shawkat, Jack Dishel and Francesco Clemente and shot entirely on papier-mache sets — was described by Buzzfeed.com as “the trippiest movie ever made,” while RogerEbert.com called Aladdin “a movie that belongs inside a museum.” An instant cult hit, the movie was screened theatrically in a midnight movie context, at over a hundred of Green’s concerts around the world, as well as the Andy Warhol Museum in Philadelphia.
After first publishing a bilingual volume of his poetry with Suhrkamp Verlag, Green’s newest book War and Paradise is a graphic novel that combines his lyrical and visual vocabulary. The satirical war epic is about the clash of humans with machines, the meeting of spirituality with singularity, and the bidirectional relationship between life and the afterlife. Green’s 10th solo album, Engine of Paradise, is a musical exploration of these same themes. Recorded in Brooklyn, New York, by Loren Humphrey, the forthcoming album reimagines the baroque orchestral style of his early 2000s era records and features performances by James Richardson (MGMT), Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) and Jonathan Rado (Foxygen).
TOUR DATES
All European dates with Jackie Cohen (Foxygen) opening
9/6/19 – Rough Trade – Brooklyn, NY
10/18/19 – CCA – Glasgow, UK
10/19/19 – Soup Kitchen – Manchester, UK
10/20/19 – Thekla – Bristol, UK
10/22/19 – EartH – London, UK
10/24/19 – Vooruit – Ghent, BE
10/25/19 – Gaite Lyrique – Paris, FR
10/26/19 – Melkweg (Upstairs) – Amsterdam, NL
10/28/19 – Stage Club – Hamburg, Germany
10/29/19 – BiNuu – Berlin, Germany
10/31/19 – Palace – St. Gallen, Germany
11/1/19 – Sommercasino – Basel, Switzerland
11/2/19 – La Romandie – Lausanne, Switzerland
11/3/19 – Papiersaal – Zurich, Switzerland
11/5/19 – Flex Halle – Vienna, Austria