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CULTS
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Not to be confused with the British band The Cult, Cults is an indie pop duo of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, from New York (although when they play live, it's a full band).
You may remember that I accidentally saw them at NXNE and noted that loads of bloggers loved them.
The band recently unveiled their video for their song "You Know What I Meant" over at NPR's All Songs Considered, plus just made their US television debut with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in January.
Cults on tour:
GRAFFITI6
graffiti6.com
If you watch any music videos on YouTube, chances are, they are through VEVO. Well VEVO selected the British duo Graffiti6 as their new LIFT artist. You can see the interviews and live performances on vevo.com/lift.
Graffiti6's debut album Colours came out January 24th, and their first single "Free" reached top 5 at AAA radio and climbing the airplay charts at the HOT AC format. The “Free” video has over 1.5 million views on VEVO and is currently in rotation on VH1, MTVU, Music Choice and MUN2.
Graffiti6 is following up the popular single with a new single, "Stare Into The Sun", which is slated to appear on April 9th. Check them out on tour:
IRENE JACOB AND FRANCIS JACOB
irenejacob.net
Krzysztof Kieślowski is one of my favorite director, I recently picked up his Three Colors boxset from Criterion Collection and I previously already own the Criterion DVD of "The Double Life of Véronique". So yes, I like his work. If you've ever seen his movies, you might know the beautiful Irène Jacob from "Veronique" and "Red".
Irène Jacob is releasing her album, Je Sais Nager (I Know How to Swim) via Sunnyside Records on May 8, 2012. Her collaborator on the record is her brother, Francis Jacob.
I got the impression that the record is pretty mellow, so expect a mellow lounge evening when the siblings to appear at Joe’s Pub in New York City on May 3, 2012.
ALICE AND MICHI
aliceandmichi.com
Alice and Michi are two young Asian ladies who went into winter hibernation and came out with an album called Strange Bloom. The album is set to be released on May 15th, 2012 via Kenji Records (although their album was released on V-Day in the UK).
I thought their preview song for "Fighters" had a weird mix of pots & pans, video game beeps and classical.
ED SCHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT
thehundredinthehands.com
Ed Schrader's Music Beat is a duo consisting of Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice.
Currently on tour:
2:54
twofiftyfour.net
If you were wondering WTF is with 2:54? It's taken from "the bit where it gets good" in a Melvins' song. This real life sisters, Colette and Hannah Thurlow, are from the UK and recently signed to U.S. label Fat Possum.
Hear their song, "You're Early" on Soundcloud.
FOSSIL COLLECTIVE
www.fossilcollective.com/
Fossil Collective, will be releasing their EP, Let It Go on 11th June 2012 via Dirty Hit.
The Leeds duo (Jonny Hooker and David Fendick) will be on tour, supporting soul singer Ren Harvieu, in April and early May, before headlining in late May to June:
BRIEFLY:
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CULTS
cultscultscults.com
Not to be confused with the British band The Cult, Cults is an indie pop duo of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, from New York (although when they play live, it's a full band).
You may remember that I accidentally saw them at NXNE and noted that loads of bloggers loved them.
The band recently unveiled their video for their song "You Know What I Meant" over at NPR's All Songs Considered, plus just made their US television debut with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in January.
Cults on tour:
4/5 San Francisco, CA Slims
4/6 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom 4/7 Seattle, WA Neptune 4/9 Vancouver, BC The Rickshaw Theatre 4/11 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge 4/12 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater 4/13 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre 4/14 Lawrence, KS The Granada Theatre 4/16 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café 4/17 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre |
4/18 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom 4/20 Chicago, IL Metro 4/21 Bloomington, IN Rhinos 4/22 Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag 4/23 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place 4/25 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre 4/26 Montreal, Quebec Corona Theatre 4/27 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground 4/29 Northampton, MA Pearl Street Nightclub |
graffiti6.com
If you watch any music videos on YouTube, chances are, they are through VEVO. Well VEVO selected the British duo Graffiti6 as their new LIFT artist. You can see the interviews and live performances on vevo.com/lift.
Graffiti6's debut album Colours came out January 24th, and their first single "Free" reached top 5 at AAA radio and climbing the airplay charts at the HOT AC format. The “Free” video has over 1.5 million views on VEVO and is currently in rotation on VH1, MTVU, Music Choice and MUN2.
Graffiti6 is following up the popular single with a new single, "Stare Into The Sun", which is slated to appear on April 9th. Check them out on tour:
04/17 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater*
04/18 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room* 04/19 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s* 04/28 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom* 04/30 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE* 05/01 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club* 05/02 New York, NY Highline Ballroom* 05/04 Danbury, CT Heirloom Arts Theatre* 05/05 Washington, DC 9:30 Club* 05/06 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live* 05/08 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre* 05/09 Charleston, SC The Charleston Pour House* 05/10 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre* 05/11 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley* 05/12 Birmingham, AL Zydeco* 05/14 Dallas, TX House of Blues-Cambridge Room* 05/15 Austin, TX Stubb’s Bar-B-Q* |
05/17 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom* 05/18 San Jaun Capistrano The Coach House* 05/19 W. Hollywood, CA Troubadour* 05/20 San Francisco, CA Slim’s* 05/23 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre* 05/27 Quincy, WA Sasquatch Festival 05/29 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe 05/31 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall 06/01 Chicago, IL Schubas 06/07 NYC, NY Le Possion Rouge 06/09 Charlottesville, VA The Southern 06/11 Atlanta, GA Vinyl 06/13 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill 06/24 San Diego, CA 5th Ave Side Stage 06/25 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour * with Eric Hutchinson |
irenejacob.net
Krzysztof Kieślowski is one of my favorite director, I recently picked up his Three Colors boxset from Criterion Collection and I previously already own the Criterion DVD of "The Double Life of Véronique". So yes, I like his work. If you've ever seen his movies, you might know the beautiful Irène Jacob from "Veronique" and "Red".
Irène Jacob is releasing her album, Je Sais Nager (I Know How to Swim) via Sunnyside Records on May 8, 2012. Her collaborator on the record is her brother, Francis Jacob.
I got the impression that the record is pretty mellow, so expect a mellow lounge evening when the siblings to appear at Joe’s Pub in New York City on May 3, 2012.
aliceandmichi.com
Alice and Michi are two young Asian ladies who went into winter hibernation and came out with an album called Strange Bloom. The album is set to be released on May 15th, 2012 via Kenji Records (although their album was released on V-Day in the UK).
I thought their preview song for "Fighters" had a weird mix of pots & pans, video game beeps and classical.
thehundredinthehands.com
Ed Schrader's Music Beat is a duo consisting of Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice.
Currently on tour:
04/05 New York, NY @ 285 Kent
04/14 Baltimore, MD @ Floristree (album release party)
04/25 York, PA @ The Depot *
04/26 Middletown, CT @ Eclectic House (Wesleyan) *
04/27 Providence, RI @ AS220 *
04/28 Boston, MA @ Paradise*
04/29 Portland, ME @ Space *
04/30 Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle *
05/01 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore *
05/02 Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks *
05/03 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern *
05/04 Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar *
05/05 Albany, NY @ Valentine's *
05/06 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
* w/ Future Islands
04/14 Baltimore, MD @ Floristree (album release party)
04/25 York, PA @ The Depot *
04/26 Middletown, CT @ Eclectic House (Wesleyan) *
04/27 Providence, RI @ AS220 *
04/28 Boston, MA @ Paradise*
04/29 Portland, ME @ Space *
04/30 Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle *
05/01 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore *
05/02 Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks *
05/03 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern *
05/04 Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar *
05/05 Albany, NY @ Valentine's *
05/06 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
* w/ Future Islands
2:54
twofiftyfour.net
If you were wondering WTF is with 2:54? It's taken from "the bit where it gets good" in a Melvins' song. This real life sisters, Colette and Hannah Thurlow, are from the UK and recently signed to U.S. label Fat Possum.
Hear their song, "You're Early" on Soundcloud.
4/05 - Glasgow, UK - Captain's Rest Glasgow $
4/10 - Bristol, UK - Thekla # 4/11 - Brighton, UK - The Green Door Store # 4/12 Tumbridge Wells, UK - Forum * 4/13 Liverpool, UK The Shipping Forecast * 4/14 Leeds, UK - Cockpit * 6/07 London, UK - Scala 6/9 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory ! 6/10 Washington, DC - Rocknroll Hotel ! 6/11 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge ! 6/13 Boston, MA - TT The Bears ! 6/14 Montreal, QUE - Divan Orange ! |
6/15 Toronto, ONT - NXNE/Lee's Palace ! 6/16 Columbus, OH - TBD 6/17 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle ! 6/18 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock ! 6/21 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ! 6/22 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge ! 6/23 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore ! 6/25 San Francisco, CA - Independent ! 6/26 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour ! 6/27 San Diego, CA - Casbah ! $ = w/ Palma Violets , # = w/ Chelsea Wolfe, * = w/ Deaf Club, ! = Widowspeak |
FOSSIL COLLECTIVE
www.fossilcollective.com/
Fossil Collective, will be releasing their EP, Let It Go on 11th June 2012 via Dirty Hit.
The Leeds duo (Jonny Hooker and David Fendick) will be on tour, supporting soul singer Ren Harvieu, in April and early May, before headlining in late May to June:
11 Apr Bush Hall, London*
5 May Live At Leeds, Leeds* 9 May London Borderline* 10 May The Great Escape, Brighton* 11 May The Great Escape, Brighton* 17 May - Liverpool Sound City Festival* 25 May Middlesbrough Westgarth Social Club 28 May Edinburgh Sneaky Pete's 29 May Glasgow King Tut's |
30 May Hull Adelphi 31 May Manchester Night & Day 04 Jun Leicester Musician 05 Jun Southampton Cellar 06 Jun Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach 07 Jun London Ballyhoo 08 Jun Chelmsford Hooga 09 Jun Leeds Cockpit 3 * with Ren Harvieu |
BRIEFLY:
ARIEL PINK AND R STEVIE MOORE
arielpink.com Ariel Pink and R. Stevie Moore teamed up to bring you Ku Klux Glam, available on limited 100 tape (yes, cassettes) on April 30th via Stroll On Records. You can hear "No Zipper" on Soundcloud. |
CITY RAIN
facebook.com Watch out for the Watch Out EP on May 17th from this Philadelphia's electro surf pop duo City Rain. They are playing some dates: Apr 2 - Tigerbeats @ Barbary (Philadelphia, PA) Apr 13 - Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) Apr 27 - HMAC (Harrisburg, PA) Apr. 28 - Arlene's Grocery (New York, NY) |
THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS
thehundredinthehands.com The Hundred In The Hands are Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman, and their album, RED NIGHT, will be out June 12th via Warp Records. Check out their lead song "Faded" on youtube.com |
PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL
prinzhorn-dance-school.com Prinzhorn Dance School is basically Tobin Prinz and Suzi Horn. Their DFA sophomore album, Clay Class, came out January 31st, and will be releasing a new single, "I Want You", next week, April 10th. You can see and hear the new single at Vimeo. |