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Read More Twin Shadow Warner Bros. Records is pleased to announce that it has signed George Lewis, Jr., AKA Twin Shadow, to its roster, and will release the Los Angeles-based …

TWIN SHADOW
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Los Angeles-based George Lewis Jr., or better known by his stage name Twin Shadow, has been around since 2010 with his debut album Forget.

Warner Bros. Records recently announced that they've signed Twin Shadow to their roster, and will be releasing his third album in 2015.

George Lewis Jr. wrote about the WBR news, "Towards the end of the recording of the third Twin Shadow album I came into a strong feeling, a place of creative change from which I'd like to give you an uncompromised experience at every turn. In order to push in the right direction I had to put the brakes on the tour, the planned album release, and reconsider where Twin Shadow was headed. With a bit of perspective I came to realize that I was going to need help to pull off the vision for this next album.

I'm excited to announce that I've found a group of like minded people at Warner Bros. Records to help me accomplish this goal. In the interest of progress and adventure I look forward to the new relationship (and hopefully a coffee with Prince)."

Prince... you know what that means? What are the chances he'll be around on April 13th at First Avenue in Minneapolis?

Twin Shadow Eclipse Tour Dates:

03/12/15 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern 03/16/15 El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls 03/17/15 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater 03/18/15 - 03/21/15 SXSW 03/23/15 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's 03/24/15 New Orleans, LA - Republic 03/26/15 Jacksonville Beach, FL - Freebird 03/27/15 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West 03/28/15 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle 03/30/15 Washington DC - Black Cat 04/01/15 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall 04/03/15 Boston, MA - Paradise 04/04/15 Montreal, QC - Café Campus 04/06/15 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert 04/08/15 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick

04/09/15 Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar 04/10/15 Chicago, IL - Metro 04/11/15 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall 04/13/15 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 04/14/15 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre 04/15/15 St. Louis, MO - Ready Room 04/16/15 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre 04/17/15 Denver, CO - The Bluebird Theater 04/19/15 Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen 04/21/15 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge 04/23/15 Seattle, WA - Neumos 04/24/15 Vancouver, BC - Imperial 04/25/15 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge 04/27/15 Reno, NV - The Knitting Factory 04/29/15 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom 04/30/15 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre

Read More Twin Peaks Anyway, this band called Twin Peaks is from Chicago. They're currently tour in support of their debut album Sunken, which hipsters can get on cassette tape. …

TWIN PEAKS (Chicago)
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This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016?

Twin Peaks, the band, is currently on tour in support of their latest album Wild Onion, out now on Grand Jury Music.

Tour dates:

11/06 - Dallas, TX @ City Tavern
11/07 - Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun NITES
11/08 - Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/10 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock Live
11/11 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
11/12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
11/13 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
11/14 - Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
11/15 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
11/17 - Portland, OR @ Slabtown
11/18 - Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl
11/19 - Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
11/20 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
11/21 - Boise, ID @ The Crux
11/22- Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
11/24 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge
11/25 - Omaha, NE @ Midtown Art Supply

Read More Twin Peaks So a little information about Julee Cruise's involvement with Twin Peaks: she was working for Angelo Badalamenti as a talent scout in the mid 80s. Badalamenti was already working with David Lynch on his film Blue Velvet and they needed a song …

KID MOXIE
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Greek born Elena Charbila, or otherwise known as Kid Moxie, recently updated the haunting love theme from David Lynch's film Blue Velvet entitled "Mysteries of Love," along with Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti. The track was originally a Badalamenti co-written song with David Lynch, and was originally recorded with Julee Cruise.

"Mysteries of Love" is available on Moxie's 1888 EP, available on Digital/CD/Vinyl on December 2nd, 2014 via Undo/EMI.

Tracklist:

1. Lacuna
2. 1888 (feat. The Gaslamp Killer)
3. Jacqueline the Ripper
4. The Bailor
5. Mysteries of Love (Angelo Badalamenti with Kid Moxie)
6. Ghost Town
7. Shadow Heart
8. Museum Motel (feat. The Gaslamp Killer)
9. Blackberry Fields

MYSTERY TWINS mysterytwins.com Nashville's guitar/drum duo Mystery Twins (Doug Lehmann and Stephanie Brush) recently released their cassette-only EP I'm Not Like Everybody Else. They will be supporting powerpop Paul Collins Beat on December 13th at the 5 Spot in Nashville.

TWIN RIVER facebook.com/TwinRiverVan Vancouver's Twin River will be releasing their debut full-length Should the Light Go Out on February 17, 2015, via Light Organ Records. The album was recorded with producer Darcy Hancock, of Ladyhawk, and Colin Stewart (Dan Mangan, the New Pornographers, Black Mountain).

TWIN WAVE facebook.com/TwinWave Brooklyn-based Twin Wave are Nick Williams [vocals], Sarik Kumar [guitar], Maxx Berkowitz [guitar], Andrew Ockenden [bass] and Vishnu Anatha [drums]. Their debut single "Relapse"and subsequent self-titled EP out last December, was recorded at Sound Machine Studios in New York City.

TWIN HIDDEN facebook.com/twinhidden These Manchester childhood friends (Matthew Shribman & Sam Lea) have been making music since they were ten, currently operating under the name Twin Hidden. Stereogum compared the British duo as "like Django Django or Super Furry Animals as filtered through Sigur Rós". Their latest single is called "Join Hands".

TWIN GRAVES facebook.com/twingraves NME called Twin Graves as hailing "from the brighter side of the ‘80s", this duo (Jeremy Aris Polychronopoulos and Zarah Lawless) debut their EP Walk In Circles earlier this year. Be on the lookout for new music in 2015, as well as further UK live dates.

LES TWINS lestwinsworld.com Identical twin brothers Laurent and Larry Bourgeois are Les Twins. The French brothers recently danced acrossed the world to "Bang It To the Curb" by Far East Movement. The official video for "Bang It To The Curb" will be released along with the KTown Riot EP.

LOST TWIN (Boston) losttwinusa.bandcamp.com Boston's Lost Twin are Supriya Gunda, Cynthia Koch, Nick Murray, and Will Harris. The Massachusetts band just released Whirlpool in September... or as their cover artwork is called "First Attempt at Processing Overwhelming Data".

LOST TWIN (Spain) facebook.com/lost.twin They list Lost Twin (aka Carlos R. Pinto) as 'beatmaker' from Seville, Spain. He recently released The Mist, his first record to be issued on vinyl via Andalusian label Squaring the Circle.

PFEIFFER TWINS thepfeiffertwins.com Carrie and Lindsay Pfeiffer are The Pfeiffer Twins. The New Jersey sisters' album Nobody's Puppet was produced by Anthony Krizan (Lenny Kravitz), and reflects the vast musical diversity they have been honing since childhood.

BLOOD SISTER facebook.com/BL00DSISTER San Francisco's Blood Sister are singer/guitarist Ezana Edwards, bassist Vanessa Robinson, guitar/synth Syam Zapalowski, and drummer K. Dylan Edrich. On their new self-titled EP for Bloodmoss Records, they highlighted "Ghost Twin"... for Halloween.

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Asian Invasion II: Japan

Please also check out the first Asian Invasion article.

Just to let you know, W♥M Radio is available on iTunes. You can find it by searching for "we heart music" on its podcast section. In an upcoming show (to be posted on next week?), Sally and I did talk a little about Guitar Wolf.

Also, in anticipation and excitement for Guitar Wolf to come to Minneapolis, for their "Alien Action Tour 2012", I've put up a screen print from the movie, "Wild Zero".

Check out the tour trailer below, check with guitarwolf.net for the latest updates. You can grab the strictly limited US pressing of the 10" EP "Jet Satisfaction" only available on tour. I may pick up an extra copy for my brother.

US TOUR 2012 "Alien Action Tour 2012" 03/27@Nashville, TN 12th & Porter 03/28@Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 03/29@Richmond, VA Kingdom 03/30@Baltimore, MD Ottobar 03/31@Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory 04/01@Philadelphia, PA JB's 04/03@Fort Wayne, IN Brass Rail 04/04@Columbia, MO Mojo's 04/05@St Louis, MO Firebird 04/06@Lawrence, KS Bottleneck 04/07@Des Moines, IA Gas Lamp 04/08@Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry 04/09@Fargo, ND Aquarium

04/10@Rapid City, SD Budd Uglys 04/11@Missoula, MT The Top Hat 04/13@Bellingham, WA The Shakedown 04/14@Seattle, WA El Corazon 04/15@Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre 04/17@San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill 04/18@Los Angeles, CA The Satellite 04/19@Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room 04/20@San Diego, CA Casbah 04/21@Phoenix, AZ Martini Ranch 04/22@Albuquerque, NM Launchpad 04/24@San Antonio, TX White Rabbit 04/25@Dallas, TX Trees 04/26@Memphis, TN Hi-Tone

In other "Asian Invasion" news, briefly:

FAR EAST MOMENT fareastmovement.com My brother thinks these guys are cool. They are a really successful "asian" high energy dance/hip hop band that opened up for Lady Gaga about two years ago. They also have the misfortunate acronym of "FEM", which they have been using "FM" (for frequency modulation) instead. I read that their single, "Live My Life" is enjoying radio airplay. Also, check it out, you can hear FM's theme song for the anime "Monsuno" every Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. (ET) on Nicktoons.

SIGH (サイ) candlelightrecordsusa.com Sigh is described as "extreme black metal", but throwing in everything from jazz to traditional Indian music. Their new studio album, In Somniphobia, came out March 13th via Candlelight Records. For a band that's been around since 1990 Tokyo, the band doesn't actually have a website… but I don't think they care (or know about the internet). Pitchfork is streaming their album now.

TAFFY taffy8.com You know that Sally and I love Britpop, so I couldn't ignore this Japanese band that, according to the Guardian, sounds like bis, Echobelly, Sleeper and Salad! Far out. I did end up listening to Haah, it's very guitar noisy with sweet vocals. I don't really see those Britpop bands in that song. Then again, it's just one song that I heard. Their debut UK single, So Long, will be out on Record Store Day, April 21st, 2012.

AVEC AVEC soundcloud.com Speaking of the Guardian, the newspaper called Avec Avec's music "one of the most joyous sounds to come out of Japan" (link). Osaka's Avec Avec, whose real name is Takuma Hosokawa, his latest release is Plastic Soul Redux (released January 24th, 2012). I did to the 4-track EP, which sounds like a mashup of interesting warpy twitchy sounds. The most accessible song on the EP is "Jimmys". If you like that sort of thing, you can pick up the record at mushrecords.com.

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