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KINGS GO FORTH
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I've seen these guys before, they're a very large lively group. Lots of funk & soul, and more importantly, they're a lot of fun live, as Nicole wrote:

They brought down the house with their funkadelic, soulful sound and fluid energy. This ten-piece band put in work, and there wasn’t a dry forehead in the joint from start to finish.

Before Kings Go Forth sail for a UK tour dates, they're going back to a few US dates - see dates below for more details. Hopefully, they'll be playing some new material from an untitled forthcoming album, otherwise, expect to hear loads of songs from The Outsiders Are Back.

08.20 Cockeysville, MD - Hot August Blues & Roots Fest 08.27 St. Louis, MO - LouFest 09.16 Chicago, IL - Double Door 09.17 Milwaukee, WI - Discovery World Museum 09.23 Portland, OR - Doug Fir 09.24 Seattle, WA - Crocodile 09.26 San Francisco, CA - The Independent 09.27 Los Angeles, CA - Echo 09.28 Las Vegas, NV - Cosmopolitan 09.29 Las Vegas, NV - Cosmopolitan 09.30 Las Vegas, NV - Cosmopolitan 10.01 Las Vegas, NV - Cosmopolitan		10.07 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center 10.14 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre 10.31 Ghent, Belgium - Vooruit 11.02 Rennes, France - UBU club 11.04 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Gazz 11.05 Lille, France - Bal à Fives 11.06 Ris Orangis, France - Le Plan 11.08 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique 11.09 Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik 11.10 Basel, Switzerland - Kaserne (w/Charles Bradley) 11.11 Arles, France - Cargo de Nuit 11.12 Montpellier, France - Cosmic Groove

KINGS OF CONVENIENCE www.kingsofconvenience.com We've mentioned these guys a few times. It looks like that this Norwegian duo (Erlend Øye and Eirik Gambek Boe) are back in the US for two confirmed dates in California. Kings Of Convenience Tour Dates: 10/26 Los Angeles The Music Box 10/28 San Francisco The Fillmore		KINGS OF LEON kingsofleon.com Guess who's not on tour? It's Kings of Leon. Citing vocal issues and exhaustion for lead singer Caleb Followill, the band decided to cancel their entire US our dates, which leaves Canada in September and Australia in November. It should be noted that they've only played four US dates before this unexpected cancellation. Perhaps things are not going well between band members, who knows.
THE STEAMBOAT KINGS thesteamboatkings.com The Steamboat Kings are a new Minneapolis band, although they've been around for at least two years. They're self-described as "folksy" and "neo-ragtime". Their self-titled debut album came out in early 2011, and they are planning on a regional tour this or next year. It looked like I missed their big show with Grace Weber earlier last month.		THE KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR wolfgangsvault.com I'll sum up the announcement, you can listen to "The King Biscuit Flower Hour" at 4pm ET live from East Village Radio for free. The show that aired on July 27th featured an hour of Roxy Music at City Hall in Newcastle, England on October 28th, 1974 and there will be three new King Biscuit Flower Hour this summer. This is in partnership with Wolfgang's Vault, you can access some archived shows at wolfgangsvault.com.
WE THE KINGS wethekingsmusic.com We the Kings (with The Summer Set, Hot Chelle Rae, and The Downtown Fiction) are currently on tour. Australian dates features different support acts. Aug 02 Crofoot - Pontiac, MI Aug 03 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL Aug 04 Rave - Milwaukee, WI Aug 05 Durty Nellies - Palatine, IL Aug 06 Station 4 - St Paul, MN Aug 07 Blue Moose - Iowa City, IA Aug 09 Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO Aug 10 Club Sound - Salt Lake City, UT Aug 12 Regency Ballroom - SF, CA Aug 13 House of Blues - Anaheim, CA Aug 14 The Nile - Mesa, AZ Aug 15 The Rock - Tucson, AZ		PROPHETS & KINGS prophetsandkings.net Tennessee's Prophets & Kings (P&K) is about to release their self-titled debut album next week, August 9, 2011. Based on a picture of the band, they look really young/green that it's a turn off. I'm not asking people to wear suits and ties, but standing around in your undies with AK automatic guns doesn't exactly scream mature. I'm sure they are really fun guys who don't take themselves too seriously (especially when their twitter handle is "peekings"). Since I didn't listen to their music because of their cover artwork, but according to P&K, their music is described as a cross between "danceable pop and experimental electro". Think Yeasayer, Dan Deacon and Cut Copy-type.
KING POST KITSCH www.kingpostkitsch.co.uk The Party's Over is the debut album by King Post Kitsch. It was released last week via Avalanche Records. Free download of: King Post Kitsch: Walking on Eggshells		KATO facebook.com Based in Los Angeles, Ijhman Wycoff is better known for his rap alias, Kato. His upcoming EP, Plastic Dreams & Paper Nightmares will be available soon. You can preview one of his track, "The Plastic King", featuring some samples of Lil Wayne's "Dear Anne".
KING LOUIE'S MISSING MONUMENTS facebook.com/MissingMonuments I honestly could not understand their written biography, which reads: "With the Missing Monuments, King Louie Bankston leaves behind the wrecking-ball o’ grease that propelled his One Man Band and gets back to his power pop roots that were sharpened during his time in the seminal Exploding Hearts." Seriously, I don't understand it. All I know is that their album, Painted White, is out now.		KING CREOSOTE & JON HOPKINS kingcreosote.com The news announced today is that King Creosote & Jon Hopkin's next EP is called Honest Words and will feature a reworking of their track "Bats in the Attic", from their Mercury-nominated album Diamond Mine. The EP comes out 20th September 2011 on 12” vinyl and digital download. Full track listing and additional details at Domino Records (we love this label!).

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