I got word that one of my favorite DJ, Kid Koala (read more on W♥M) is back with a band called The Slew and a "tour only album" 100%.
The story behind The Slew, was Eric Sans (Kid Koala) and Dylan Frombach (Dynomite D) were approached to work on a film soundtrack. The film was never released, but their collaboration lives on as they take perform that soundtrack live on their "The Slew Tour":
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WED 9/23 VANCOUVER, BC Commodore
THUR 9/24 SEATTLE, WA Nectar
FRI 9/25 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Independent
SUN 9/27 LOS ANGELES, CA Key Club
WED 9/30 BROOKLYN, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
THUR 10/1 BOSTON, MA Great Scott
FRI 10/2 MONTREAL, QC La Tulipe
SAT 10/3 TORONTO, ON Lee's Palace
SUN 10/4 CHICAGO, IL Abbey
More dates will follow, but the two confirmed headline dates I am given are:
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November 9th Joe's Pub, New York City
November 23rd Hotel Café, Los Angeles
Since we don't have new songs to listen to, here's a song from her previous album, From the Valley to the Stars.Shortly after having finished touring with my second album 'From the Valley to the Stars' I started writing new songs. For some reason all the songs were about love and in particular that of the doomed kind. Unconsciously I think I knew what I was trying to tell myself. I'd spent some bad times in New York and some good times in Paris and both these cities have made a great imprint on this album and my current outlook on love. I've decided to call it 'Love Is Not Pop' - the songs on the album are all pop songs and they are all about love. But naturally, it is not all as simple as that. As much as pop can be love and vice versa - I'd like to believe that love goes so much deeper than a pop song. The title is of course also a play with words as well as a play with my persona up until this point. This album is also very much a way for me to look further into ways of writing and expressing myself - it definitely is a conscious step away from what I did on my last album. The mindset is darker and the soundscape mysteriously groovy thus it is not by chance I've chosen to work together with Rasmus Hägg, the other half of the acclaimed Swedish duo Studio, as a co-producer. His input and source of inspiration has been no other than apure revelation to me. Working so closely together with someone has been a new experience for me and I feel excited about having come to the point where I've been wanting to let someone into the very much abstract and intimate process of song writing. I'm glad it was Rasmus I let in.
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