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W♥M223: Rocktober to Snowvember

W♥M223: Rocktober to Snow... (64 mins) Read More Lily Allen Lily Allen is currently in the US, touring in support of her latest album, Sheezus (Regal, Parlophone), stopping by the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis last night. …

Vu and John recaps Rocktober 2014, plus news/rumors, and November show previews.

News

Macaulay Culkin is not dead. He's in a cover band The Pizza Underground (a Velvet Underground cover band... but the subject matter are all replaced by pizzas). The Pizza Underground was recently in Minneapolis, playing a show with Har Mar Superstar... currently in Texas.

Rumor: Could Liam and Noel be getting back together? With Beady Eye's break up, via twitter.com/liamgallagher, the rumors are coming fast and furious. Noel, on the other hand has a new Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds coming out early 2015 called Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash Records).

Robert Plant apparently kiboshed a Led Zeppelin reunion guaranteeing $800 mil. from Richard Branson. 35 dates in 3 cities (London, Berlin, NJ).

Artists and digital music sites: U2 uploading new album Songs of Innocence to all iTunes users, Morrissey's music is not online, Taylor Swift pulls hers from Spotify, Garth Brooks self-distributing...

Rocktober 2014

Pre-Rocktober: Lykke Li and La Roux

Rocktober Highlights: Lily Allen, Paloma Faith, Vintage Trouble, Placebo, Pixies, Augustines, and Slowdive.

Honorable mentions: of Montreal, Kooks, and Agnes Obel

Here is a list of all the shows we covered in October:

10/01 Lily Allen at Skyway 10/01 Phantogram at Myth 10/02 Paloma Faith at Triple Rock 10/02 Agent Orange at 7th St 10/04 Kooks at First Ave 10/05 Vintage Trouble at Varsity 10/06 of Montreal at Cedar 10/07 Lucius at Electric Fetus 10/07 Tennis at Fine Line 10/07 Belle & Sebastian at Theatre 10/08 Screaming Females at Triple R 10/08 Banks at First Ave 10/09 We Are Scientists at Turf Club 10/09 Allen Stone at Terminal 5 10/10 Sloan at Turf Club

10/11 Augustines at Turf Club 10/11 Pixies at State Theatre 10/14 Communion Clubnight 10/15 Kina Grannis at Varsity 10/16 Kat Edmonson at Dakota Jazz 10/17 Placebo at Mill City Nights 10/17 Iggy Azalea at TCF Stadium 10/18 Angus & Julia Stone at Cedar 10/22 Dum Dum Girls at Fine Line 10/24 Minus the Bear at Triple Rock 10/27 Ray LaMontagne at Saenger 10/29 Bear's Den at Fine Line 10/30 Agnes Obel at Dakota Jazz 10/30 Kimbra at Fine Line 10/31 Slowdive at Fine Line 10/31 Alt-J at Myth

November Shows Highlight

FKA Twigs at Fine Line (11/14)

Interpol and Hundred Waters at First Avenue (11/14)

Peter Hook and the Light at Fine Line (11/15)

Amanda Palmer at Cedar (11/16)

Suzanne Vega at the Dakota Jazz Club (11/18-11/19)

Stars at Minneapolis (11/19)

Better than Ezra at the Varsity (11/20)

Death from Above 1979 at First Avenue (11/24)

Bonus:

Song of the show is Morrissey's "November Spawned a Monster".

Synthpop Lovelife (previously Viva Brother) and their relationship to Morrissey.

Joe Perry and Steven Tyler (both from Aerosmith) and their rivalry.

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alt-J w/ Lovelife @ Myth, Maplewood, MN (31 Oct 2014)

Photo Gallery Lovelife Setlist alt-J Setlist alt-J: Thom Green alt-J: Cameron Knight Alt-J Setlist Hunger of the Pine Fitzpleasure Something Good Left Hand Free Dissolve Me Matilda Bloodflood Bloodflood Pt. 2 Interlude I: ❦ (Ripe & Ruin) Tessellate Every Other Freckle Taro Warm Foothills The Gospel of John Hurt -- Encore -- Lovely Day (Bill Withers cover) Nara Leaving Nara Breezeblocks Lovelife Setlist Tonight (We're Taking Our Own Lives) Angel Stateless Invisible Exhaler Nova The End of the World Your New Beloved Dying to Start Again Tour Dates 11/07/14 Austin, TX Auditorium Shores 11/10/14 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit 11/11/14 Toronto, ON Kool Haus 11/12/14 Montreal, QC Metropolis 11/14/14 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre 11/16/14 New York, NY Beacon Theatre 11/18/14 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre 11/19/14 Washington, DC Echostage 11/30/14 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room 12/01/14 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion 12/02/14 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom 12/03/14 St. Louis, MO The Pageant 12/05/14 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Park 12/06/14 St Petersburg, FL Vinoy Waterfront 12/12/14 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino 12/13/14 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena 12/16/14 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal 01/04/15 Busselton Sir Stewart Bovell Park 01/24/15 London The O2 - London 02/03/15 Brussels, Belgium Forest National 02/04/15 Paris, France Zenith Paris 02/05/15 Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall 02/07/15 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach 02/08/15 Cologne, Germany Palladium 02/09/15 Hamburg Sporthalle Hamburg 02/11/15 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle 02/13/15 Winterthur Eishalle Deutweg 02/14/15 Assago, Italy Mediolanum Forum 02/15/15 Milan, Italy Alcatraz 02/16/15 Vienna, Austria Gasometer 02/17/15 Munich, Germany Zenith 02/19/15 Copenhagen, Denmark Tap 1 02/20/15 Stockholm Munchenbryggeriet 02/21/15 Oslo, Oslo Spektrum Arena ANS 03/30/15 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 07/09/15 Lisbon Passeio Maritimo De Alges Read More alt-J (∆) British band Alt-J (∆) have been consistently selling out all their Minnesota appearance, and their special Halloween show at the Myth Nightclub is no less. Typically Halloween shows are amazing .… Lovelife Opening up for Alt-J on the first leg of their tour will be Lovelife, a band that we previously mentioned was iTunes Single of the Week. Lovelife's latest release is called Silk Road EP, which is out now. …

A giant watermelon slice, killer clowns, panda bears, and astronauts- alt-J sure attracts some strange looking fans…

The Myth Audience

Okay, it may have had something to do with the fact that it was Halloween night (and their first Halloween show playing in the States) at the band’s recent sold-out show at Myth, in suburban Maplewood, MN.  The people watching became that much more interesting as a result, and the band did not disappoint the 3000+ party-ready fans that packed the venue for a rollicking evening.

Lovelife

London (via Los Angeles) five-piece band Lovelife opened this fifth night of the tour, in promotion of their three EPs (self-released and on National Anthem), including last year’s Stateless, with an upcoming full-length due soon.  The band has risen out of the ashes of former group Viva Brother, who put out a distinctive debut album (ironically called Famous First Words) only to flame out just a couple years later.

Lovelife as US Presidents

Fully into the Halloween spirit, the five entered to the sounds of Ray Parker’s ‘Ghostbusters Theme’; all dressed in black pants and white dress shirts, with each wearing a different U.S. Presidents (Obama, Clinton, Nixon, etc) mask.  Lee Newell and Ally Young (he, formerly of Mirrors) lead this up-tempo R&B-laced synth pop band, who is making their most of a second musical life.

Opening number, ‘Tonight’ had the spaced-out quirkiness of early MGMT, and the band deftly conquered initial feedback issues, to get the mostly younger crowd on their good side.  Unfortunately the masks were too hot to continue in (I felt the most sorry for the keyboardist with Nixon mask) and were shelved right after the second song.

Other keyboard-based songs had the musical elegance of Keane or the just-disbanding The Knife and singer Newell slinked lithely about the stage like Suede’s Brett Anderson. Their satisfying 40 min. set included brand new single, ‘The End of the World’ with a hope that they return, once their full-length is finished.

alt-J: Gus Unger-Hamilton

Leeds, UK’s alt-J has always been a musically hard-to-pin-down band; from its experimental Radiohead-esque tempo changes, to a jazz/ jam band inventive way of constructing a song, to vocals that are sometimes indistinguishable.  This so called “folkstep” (a synthy blend of Mumford-esque folk and dubstep) has polarized many critics as a result, but the Mercury Music Prize-winning band has sold out every local appearance to date, and the capacity crowd in attendance was all in their corner, often with raised hands in the form of the band’s triangular A-shaped logo.

alt-J: Joe Newman

The four-piece [Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), Thom Green (drums), and new member Cameron Knight (bass/guitar)] is out in support of their sophomore release, This is All Yours (Atlantic Records) and opened their 72 min. set with ‘Hunger of the Pine’ (complete with its Miley Cyrus sample), from the new album.  Each of the four were dressed in dark clothing, ensconced along the front edge of the stage, and were all in Kiss-like facepaint, with singer Newman ably pulling off a Peter Criss Catman look.

Numerous Vari-Lites and a light-patterned backdrop, illuminated an otherwise dimly-lit stage and the crowd rose, with second song, ‘Fitzpleasure’ and its hypnotic vocal harmonies.  ‘Left Hand Free’, the second single from the band’s new album, began the multi-panel patterns on their lighted backdrop that would continue for the rest of the show, and there was an overall exact precision to their playing the songs.

“Good effort!”, Hamilton called out, admiring all the varied costumes in the audience before the slower ‘Matilda’, which had the crowd shouting the chorus back to the band.  Newer songs like ‘Every Other Freckle’ and ‘Warm Foothills’ fit in nicely amongst the older tracks, the band expanding its ever-experimental sound palette to go beyond any typical alternative band’s musical description.  Not much was said between songs, other than the usual pleasantries, the band instead focused on the delivery of their music, and probably not trying to sweat the Kiss face paint off.

Even the encore, which started with new album hidden track, a turned-inside out cover of Bill Withers' ‘Lovely Day’ stretched out in a most relaxed way.  An abbreviated version of the album’s “song cycle” followed, with ‘Nara’ and ‘Leaving Nara’ played back to back, in an ode to the Japanese city of the same name.  ‘Breezeblocks’ from their debut album, and a song which went Top 10 on the Indie charts in America, closed the evening.

From the nodding heads and raised hands of the costumed watermelon slice, front row astronaut, and giant panda head, everyone in the crowd (costumed or not) was won over by the end, insuring no doubt another sellout show the next time the band comes to town.

After playing a handful of holiday radio shows, alt-J heads to bigger venues in Europe in 2015, before returning to the U.S. in late March for an impressive headlining gig at New York’s fabled Madison Square Garden.

alt-J at Myth, Maplewood (31 Oct 2014)

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Rocktober: October 31, 2014

Read More Mojave 3 It's in this thin veneer of nostalgia that Mojave 3 find their sound. If I could sum up the whole of my summers past in an album, it would undoubtedly be Mojave 3's Spoon and Rafter. The band -- founded by once-Slowdive members …

Here are shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul on October 31, 2014.

What a way to end Rocktober 2014 with these Halloween shows! Unfortunately, there's still no rest for us - as November is looking to be just as busy as October ... stay tuned.

SLOWDIVE with Low
at Fine Line Music Café
Friday 10/31/14, 8pm
$25: finelinemusic.com

This January, a mysterious text read, “here she comes…”, a song from Slowdive’s second album, Souvlaki; and with that, the long-awaited reunion was in motion for this Reading, UK shoe-gaze, experimental dream pop band.

European summer festivals and a 20-date tour on the continent followed, with the band finally coming to these shores for our own 20-date set of reunion dates. The local appearance is sold out, so hope your tickets are already in hand.

Tour Dates:

10/22/14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/23/14 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
10/25/14 New York, NY Terminal 5
10/26/14 Boston, MA Royale Nightclub Boston
10/27/14 Montreal, QC Le National
10/28/14 Toronto, ON Opera House Concert
10/30/14 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
10/31/14 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
11/03/14 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
11/04/14 Seattle, WA The Neptune
11/05/14 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal
11/07/14 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
11/08/14 Los Angeles, CA Theatre At Ace Hotel
12/19/14 London, United Kingdom The Forum
12/20/14 London, United Kingdom The Forum

Read More alt-J British indie-rock quartet Alt-J (∆) wrapped up their US tour last night at the Bluebird Theater in Denver. Touring in promotion of their debut album, An Awesome Wave, these highly coveted tickets for the band’s first performance … Lovelife UK/LA-based synth-pop group Lovelife's new EP, Feel (with the track 'Your New Beloved') is currently iTunes Single of the Week! As of this writing, the song received over 120,000 downloads, and you can count me as one of those downloader. …

ALT-J with Lovelife
at Myth
Friday 10/31/14, 7pm
$35: mythlive.com

British band Alt-J (∆) have been consistently selling out all their Minnesota appearance, and their special Halloween show at the Myth Nightclub is no less. Typically Halloween shows are amazing, because everyone is dressed up ... and watching the show on stage is only half the fun.

Alt-J is on tour in support of their latest album This Is All Yours, out now on Atlantic.

Opening up for Alt-J on the first leg of their tour will be Lovelife, a band that we previously mentioned was iTunes Single of the Week. Lovelife's latest release is called Silk Road EP, which is out now.

Tour Dates:

10/24 - San Diego, CA - Soma *
10/27 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex *
10/28 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium *
10/31 - Minneapolis, MN - Myth *
11/02 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre *
11/04 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom *
11/05 - Dallas, TX - Southside Ballroom *
11/06 - Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center *
11/07-11/09 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/10 - Detroit, MI - The Filllmore
11/11 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
11/12 - Montreal, QB - Metropolis
11/14 - Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theater
11/16 - New York, NY - Beacon Theater
11/18 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theater
11/19 - Washington, DC - Echostage

* with Lovelife

Read More My Gold Mask We've written about My Gold Mask before, but I don't think that would prepare us to see how feisty singer Gretta gets on stage. You can tell they love performing on stage. …

THE HOOD INTERNET with Various
at Turf Club
Friday 10/31/14, 8pm
$15: turfclub.net

Chicago's The Hood Internet (Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell) are DJing across the country with other fellow Chicagoans: Psalm One (as Hologram Kizzie), My Gold Mask, and Fluffy (not to be confused with UK all-girls "Eight t*ts, no talents" band Fluffy).

We previously seen My Gold Mask before and I noted that singer Gretta Rochelle was quite comfortable on stage.

My Gold Mask recently showcased their "goth-pop ecstasy" song "Explode", via soundcloud.com.



Tour Dates

10/23 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme*
10/24 - St Louis, MO - 2720 Cherokee *
10/25 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck *
10/30 - Milwaukee, WI - Miramar Theatre *
10/31 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club *
11/01 - Chicago, IL - Double Door *

* w/ My Gold Mask, Hologram Kizzie & Fluffy

Read More DJ Paul Oakenfold But a few of the fortunate on Friday got to see landmark DJ, Paul Oakenfold, hit the decks in the new Rev Ultra Lounge (the downstairs of Union Restaurant)- a room with a capacity of a mere 280. …

HALLOWEEN PARTY and COSTUME CONTEST
at First Avenue
Friday 10/31/14, 8pm
$5: first-avenue.com

If you feel like dancing away in your Halloween costume, First Avenue's annual Halloween Party, billed as "The Best Halloween Party In Town", is the place to be. DJs spinning are:

DJ FooLProoF

☁ (CLOUD)

DJ Espada

Mike 2600

DJ Smitty

Roy Freedom

and more...

Hosted by Ian Rans.

Plus don't forget you can win over $1000.00 in cash prizes:

First Place: $500.00 + 5 pairs of concert tickets*
Second Place: $300.00 + 3 pairs of concert tickets*
Third Place: $200.00 + 2 pairs of concert tickets*
Ian’s Pick: $50.00
Best Bar (1st Place): $200.00
Best Bar (2nd Place): $50.00

[* = mutually agreeable shows]

Also, over at the Record Room, is the "Holla-Ween 9: The Walking Dread Volume 2" party, featuring Verb X.

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In the Name of Love

As a sad reminder of the Captain and Tennille's divorce last month and in 'celebration' of V-day coming up February 14th, we have a couple of love-themed articles. Today is for Thompson Twins' "In the Name of Love" song: "Is it true? All of those things that they say about you. So tell me, tell me, tell me what am I supposed to do in the name of love".

Read more Love Will Bring Us Together and Love Will Tear Us Apart.

Read More Bipolar Sunshine Fresh after the release of their EP Drowning Butterflies (December 10, 2013 via Priority Records), Manchester's Bipolar Sunshine, the stagename for Adio Marchan, announced a string of headlining tour dates in March/April…

BIPOLAR SUNSHINE
bipolarsunshine.com

Manchester's Bipolar Sunshine (aka Adio Marchant) has announced his new single ‘Where Did The Love Go’, which is available to download now. Hear the track on soundcloud.com.

‘Where Did The Love Go’ is described as a modernday love song with Bipolar Sunshine's trademark style of combining candid lyrics with an uplifting melody.

Check out Bipolar Sunshine on tour now:

02/10/14 Dublin Academy+
02/11/14 Manchester Academy *
02/12/14 London Brixton Academy*
02/13/14 London Brixton Academy +
02/14/14 London Brixton Academy +
02/15/14 London Brixton Academy+
02/21/14 Manchester 02 Academy +
02/22/14 Manchester 02 Academy +
02/24/14 Glasgow 02 Academy +
02/25/14 Wolverhampton Civic Hall +
03/27/14 Southampton Joiners
03/28/14 Sheffield Leadmill
03/29/14 Oxford Art Bar
03/30/14 Birmingham Institute
04/01/14 London XOYO
04/03/14 Newcastle Think Tanks
04/04/14 Glasgow King Tuts
04/05/14 Manchester Academy 2

* with Phoenix
+ with Rudimental

Highway Transmissions Hit City USA Read More Calvin Love "Missions" is the second single from Calvin Love's debut album, New Radar (out now on Autumn Tone Records). He is heading out on tour next week in support…

CALVIN LOVE
facebook.com

Calvin Love is returning to the U.S. with Montreal act TOPS following SXSW. Love's latest release is Highway Transmissions, which you can hear on soundcloud.com. I believe this is a cassette and digital release.

Tour dates:

02/15/14 - Trix - Antwerp, BE ^
02/16/14 - The Haunt - Brighton, UK ^
02/17/14 - The Fleece - Bristol, UK ^
02/18/14 - The Art School - Glasgow, UK ^
02/19/14 - Gorilla - Manchester, UK ^
02/20/14 - Oval Space - London, UK ^
02/22/14 - Ubu - Rennes, FR ^
02/23/14 - Fireworks Festival - Paris, FR ^
03/0/141 - Electric Owl - Vancouver, BC *
03/03/14 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR
03/05/14 - New Parish Music Hall - Oakland, CA
03/06/14 - Bootleg Theatre - Los Angeles, CA #
03/08/14 - Black Market - El Paso, TX
03/09/14 - Old No2 - Laredo, TX
03/14/14 - Panache SXSW Showcase -
03/18/14 - Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS #
03/20/14 - Schubas Tavern - Chicago, IL #
03/21/14 - PJ's Lager House - Detroit, MI #
03/22/14 - Sneaky Dees - Toronto, ON #
03/24/14 - Baby's All Right - Brooklyn, NY#
03/25/14 - DC 9 - Washington, DC #
03/26/14 - Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA #
03/27/14 - Signal Kitchen - Burlington, VT #
03/28/14 - Drones Club - Montreal, QC #

^ w/ Of Montreal
* w/ DJ Jonathan Toubin's Soul Clap
# w/ TOPS

LOVELIFE
lvlf.info

UK/LA-based synth-pop group Lovelife's new EP, Feel (with the track 'Your New Beloved') is currently iTunes Single of the Week! As of this writing, the song received over 120,000 downloads, and you can count me as one of those downloader.

Lovelife is Lee Newell, Ally Young, Frank Colucci and Sam Jackson. The band are currently in the studio working on their full-length debut. Expect to catch the band live on tour this late spring.

Feel Tracklisting

1. Your New Beloved
2. Dying to Start Again
3. Every Minute (previously unreleased)
4. Everybody Wants To Be Someone Else (previously unreleased)

Medallius New West

YIP DECEIVER
yipdeceiver.com

Yip Deceiver premieres their new video for "Lover"; the video is described as "slightly NSFW". The song is taken from their album Medallius, which came out September 17, 2013, via New West.

The duo explained the video, "Directed by Brett Vaughn, the clip pairs the all-smiles synth track with a horror movie-inspired visual. As Pierce coos lyrics about being in the throes of love, three crazed doctors chase terrified old people around a poorly lit hospital. There's a lot of slow-motion gore and the eating of what is most likely human organs. We hope you ate lunch already."

Yip Deceiver are currently on tour with Atlanta-based rappers Turquoise Jeep and will embark on a tour supporting Electric Six in March.

Dates below:

02/07 Athens, GA - Earth Music Hall 02/08 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle 02/11 Gainesville, FL - High Dive 02/28 Nashville, TN - The High Watt 03/01 Dayton, OH - Blind Bob's 03/02 Chicago, IL - The Hideout 03/03 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop 03/04 Columbia, MO - Mojo's 03/05 Kansas City, MO - Riot Room

03/07 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge 03/08 Salt Lake City, UT - Bar Deluxe 03/09 Boise, ID - Neurolux 03/10 Seattle, WA - Neumo's 03/11 Portland, OR - Dante's 03/12 - 03/16 Austin, TX - SXSW 03/19 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium 03/20 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 03/21 Madison, WI - The High Noon Saloon 03/22 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig

Sex + Love Republic Records

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
enriqueiglesias.com

Remember Spanish/American singer Enrique Iglesias? He recently announced that his tenth studio album is called Sex + Love, and it's coming out on March 18, 2014, on Republic Records.

Recently, the Grammy Award-winner musician unveiled the cover artwork as well as a sneak peek for the music video "I'm A Freak" (featuring Pitbull) on VEVO.

With Sex + Love coming out, Iglesias will be doing a special one-night only at Madison Square Garden on February 15th called "Enrique Iglesias & Friends" concert.

Details of the Madison Square Garden below:

Felix Cabrera Presents El Concierto de los Enamorados – Enrique Iglesias & Friends at Madison Square Garden on February 15!

Price Range: $44.00 - $184.00

Hey, Hey Lover Nusic Sounds

THE HEARTBREAKS
theheartbreaks.net

I got a note that said yesterday BBC's Steve Lamacq threatened to quit 6music if they didn't put The Heartbreaks' song "Absolved" on their playlist, "If that's a single and it doesn't get on the 6 Music playlist, I will resign from this radio station".

The Heartbreaks are Matthew Whitehouse (vocals), Joseph Kondras (Drums), Ryan Wallace (Guitar) and Deaks (Bass), and their forthcoming sophomore album We May Yet Stand A Chance will be out in May, but it will be preceded by their single Hey, Hey Lover, which is due out February 17, 2014.

Look for the Morecambe-based band to headline London's KOKO this March 21st for Club NME.

Details of the Club NME showcase:

Please note, this event is 18+.
Students - come to Club NME for £2 before 10.30pm

LIFE LEONE
lifeleone.com

Life Leone's biography is a weird bowl of soup, he's American, yet born in Laos, and lived in Vietnam? The California is currently on tour, in support of his altest album Comes Crashing.

You can hear his latest single, "Is This Love", via soundcloud.com.

Life Leone Tour Dates 2014:

02/07/14 – El Paso, TX – Low Brow
02/08/14 – San Antonio TX – The 502
02/09/14 – Austin, TX – Parish
02/11/14 – Dallas, TX – Lola’s
02/12/14 – Tulsa, OK – Downtown Lounge
02/13/14 – Denver, CO – Moon Room
02/14/14 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Garage
02/15/14 – Boise, ID – The Crux
02/17/14 – Seattle, WA – Lofi
02/18/14 – Portland, OR – Kelly’s Olympian
02/19/14 – Eugene, OR – The Boreal
02/21/14 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside

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