Ghosts VIII

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Read More Madonna Our favorite Material Girl has done things the old-fashioned way to get attention, but is showing some movement in the digital direction. First, she posed provocatively in the Art Issue of the Dec/Jan .…

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We previously talked about the Material Girl Madonna's 13th studio album Rebel Heart in January 2015.

Now that the album is out now, we're seeing incredible numbers from her, including debuting at #1 album on the Soundscan album sales chart. The first single from Rebel Heart, "Living for Love" went to No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Charts, etc... all that will lead up to Madonna's "Rebel Heart World Tour", kicking off August 29th in Miami, FL.

Madonna's latest single "Ghosttown" was recently shown on Meerkat (which I've read did not work out due to the popularity of the music video). The new music video was directed by Jonas Ã…kerlund and co-stared Empire's Terrence Howard. You can watch it on YouTube.

North American Tour Dates:

08/29/15 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
08/30/15 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
09/02/15 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
09/05/15 San Juan, PR Coliseo de Puerto Rico
09/09/15 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
09/10/15 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
09/12/15 Washington, DC Verizon Center
09/16/15 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
09/17/15 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
09/19/15 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
09/24/15 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
09/26/15 Boston, MA TD Garden
09/28/15 Chicago, IL United Center
10/01/15 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
10/03/15 Atlantic City, NJ Atlantic City Boardwalk
10/05/15 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
10/06/15 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
10/08/15 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
10/11/15 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
10/12/15 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
10/14/15 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
10/17/15 Portland, OR Moda Center
10/19/15 San Jose, CA SAP Center At San Jose
10/22/15 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena
10/24/15 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden
10/27/15 Inglewood, CA Forum

Read More Geographer Tokyo Police Club will be stopping by the Varsity Theater with Geographer and Said The Whale this Friday, as part of their tour …

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San Francisco's Geographer is back with their fourth "proper" album Ghost Modern. Jess, who discovered their album Myth a year after its release, wrote " I only recently discovered them, first hearing a live version of “The Boulder”. This band may be the most precious I've discovered in the last year, and reviewing their albums in reverse order is as delightfully satisfying as it gets."

We previously saw Geographer with GRMLN in 2013.

To support Ghost Modern, Geographer will be heading out on tour:

5/06: Portland, OR - Doug Fir
5/07: Spokane, WA - The Big Dipper
5/08: Billings, MT - The Pub Station
5/10: Fargo, ND - Aquarium
5/11: Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
5/12: Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
5/13: Columbus, OH - Rumba
5/15: Detroit, MI - Blind Pig
5/16: Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dees
5/17: Montreal, QC - Fairmount Theatre
5/19: Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
5/21: Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
5/22: Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
5/23: Washington, DC - U St Music Hall
5/24: Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
5/26: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
5/27: New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
5/28: Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds
5/29: Dallas, TX - Trees
5/30: Austin, TX - Mohawk

Read More Ghost Towns of the West Earlier this year, I did manage to catch this band, Ghost Towns of the West, at their debut EP release party. Well, they are back with a gorgeous 7", "Robust" …

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Shadows in Light

Our friends Ghost Towns of the West (not to be confused with Melbourne's Ghost Towns of the Midwest or Los Angeles' Ghost Town) recently released their debut LP Shadows in Light on Tuesday, April 7th. The album was produced by Timothe Catlin and engineered by Ed Ackerson (Polara and BLNX) at Flowers Studio.... and it is the band's first material in four years (we last talked about Ghost Towns of the West's "Robust" b/w "Mr. Loewe" 7" in 2011).

To celebrate the 2015 album release, the band will be playing at the Cabooze in Minneapolis on April 10th, and Livewire Lounge in Chicago on April 11th, 2015.

Details:

Cabooze, Minneapolis (10 April 2015)
● Ghost Towns of the West
● Red Daughters
● Little Man
● Chiefs of the North

Livewire Lounge, Chicago (11 April 2015)
● Ghost Towns of the West
● Stoop Goodnoise
● Bellum Boca
● Kodakrome

BRIEFLY:

PASTEL GHOST pastelghost.com California-based artist Pastel Ghost (Oakland-native Vivian Moon) recently released her album ABYSS, out now on Chicago-based outfit, 80’s Ladies Records. According to Moon, the album's theme is centered around emotions of darkness and loneliness. Looking over her website, she seems to really like Anime... perhaps she's a big fan of Masamune Shirow's "Ghost in the Shell"?

GHOST LOFT ghostloft.com Los Angeles' Ghost Loft (Danny Choi) will be releasing his EP Chocolate Haze in May 2015, but in the meantime, he's releasing some singles... including "Overflow", which came out a few weeks ago (March 25, 2015) via Kintsugi. They say that Ghost Loft's music are pulled directly from British bands like The Beatles and Blur.

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