posted Jan 27, 2012 3:09 PM by Vu Nguyen
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From lerpr.comNAPA VALLEY SHINES ITS BRIGHTEST AS FESTIVAL DEL SOLE RETURNS FOR A SEVENTH SEASON OF WORLD-CLASS MUSIC, DANCE, FOOD & WINE
Highlights
include performances by Joshua Bell, Danielle de Niese, Susan Graham,
Nathan Gunn, Hélène Grimaud, the Russian National Orchestra, and the
Bolshoi Ballet, plus the Napa premiere of the innovative 24 Hour Plays
Napa Valley, CA, January 2012 - Festival del Sole returns for another spectacular season, July 13-22, 2012, in California's beautiful Napa Valley.
Set among lush, rolling foothills and breathtaking vineyard landscapes, Napa Valley Festival del Sole
blends world-class artistry, gourmet cuisine, fine wines and lifestyle
programs in a unique celebration of the art of life, all during a
ten-day experience the New York Times calls a “feast for the senses.”
Among the artists appearing this season are violinist Joshua Bell, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, sopranos Danielle de Niese and Lisa Delan, baritone Nathan Gunn, cellist Nina Kotova, guitarist Angel Romero, pianist Hélène Grimaud, the Russian National Orchestra, and the Bolshoi Ballet.
Other highlights include the Napa premiere of 24 Hour Plays,
an exciting feat of extreme theater, which involves writing, rehearsing
and performing a series of plays in just 24 hours – in this case 4
plays with musical interludes from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Audiences will also enjoy the popular Bouchaine Young Artists Series, the annual Taste of Napa event featuring fine foods and wines from local purveyors, wellness programs, and an opportunity to experience yoga in the vineyards. Bringing
together the legendary hospitality of over 70 of Napa’s finest wineries
and estates over the past six seasons, as well as stunning venues
including a castle courtyard, a historic theater and concerts under the
stars, Festival del Sole is a one-of-a-kind experience.
An overview of the 2012 schedule follows (subject to change):
Friday, July 13 Napa Valley Festival del Sole’s seventh season kicks off with an Opening Night Gala at Castello di Amorosa, a castle as imposing and persuasive as any in Europe. The concert features American superstar mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, in a program of Handel arias conducted by Nicholas McGegan.
A reception atop the castle's tower overlooking Napa Valley precedes
the concert, and dinner fit for a king follows in the ornate barrel
room, hosted by Tatiana and Gerret Copeland, proprietors of Bouchaine
Vineyards.
Saturday, July 14
Guests
are invited to start the day with yoga in a vineyard, led by a
winemaker-cum-yoga instructor – only in Napa! The festival presents the
annual A Taste of Napa gastronomic showcase of artisanal food purveyors and renowned wineries, at The Westin Verasa Napa.
The event includes an installment of the festival's popular wellness
series. That evening, guests will enjoy dinner set amid the vineyards of
the iconic Robert Mondavi Winery, and a concert under the stars (program TBA). An after-party follows at Ma(i)sonry Napa Valley in nearby Yountville.
Sunday, July 15
Chimney Rock gets the day started right with a gourmet brunch paired with their fine wines. At the Napa Valley Opera House, the festival presents three choirs from the Golden Gate International Children’s Choral Festival in a free family concert. At Lincoln Theater, Festival del Sole presents the Napa premiere of 24 Hour Plays,
starring film and theater actors creating, learning and performing four
short plays in the space of a day, with musical interludes from
Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The day culminates with the annual festival gala at Meadowood Napa Valley, featuring sparkling wine, a croquet match on the property's championship lawns, a performance by jazz vocalist Antoniette Costa, pianist/violinist Tara Kamangar, and cellist/beatboxer Kevin Olusola, a live auction of unique and fabulous lifestyle lots, and gourmet dinner on the greens.
Monday, July 16
The day begins with the first concert of the popular Bouchaine Young Artists Series at the exquisite Jarvis Conservatory, followed by a Vintner’s Luncheon at Darioush, site of an elegant event each season. The festival’s first-ever beach party (Napa style!) takes place at La Herradura Ranch,
with Caribbean music on a sandy beach beside a private lake, followed
by a private concert in a historic stone winery with classical guitarist
Angel Romero, cellist Nina Kotova and the RNO String Quartet. Guests will be treated to a festive dinner following, surrounded by vineyards.
Tuesday, July 17
Tuesday’s
Bouchaine Young Artists concert at the Jarvis Conservatory is followed
by a Vintner's Luncheon at Black Coyote Chateau. The festival returns
to Castello di Amorosa for the second of four performances in the
beautiful courtyard. The concert features the Russian National Orchestra joined by opera star Danielle de Niese. The evening comes to a perfect ending with dinner at Ehlers Estate, co-hosted by Cuvée Napa Restaurant.
Wednesday, July 18 A
Vintner’s Luncheon follows a Bouchaine Young Artists concert at the
Jarvis Conservatory. At Castello di Amorosa, female audience members
will swoon to heartthrob baritone Nathan Gunn making his Napa debut, accompanied by his wife, pianist Julie Jordan Gunn. The concert also features chamber music with soprano Lisa Delan, cellist Nina Kotova, and pianists Hélène Grimaud and Kristin Pankonin. Dinner at new festival partner winery Alpha Omega closes the day’s festivities.
Thursday, July 19 Spring Mountain Vineyard kicks off another full day of Festival del Sole with a Vintner’s Luncheon. An extraordinary multidisciplinary program takes place at Castello di Amorosa -- Chopin: Seduction, Smoke and Music, performed by pianist Simon Trpceski, cellist Nina Kotova and American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky,
with actors reenacting the love affair between Frédéric Chopin and
celebrated French author Aurore Dupin, more commonly known by her
pseudonym George Sand. A gala dinner follows at Raymond Vineyards.
Friday, July 20 Following a Bouchaine Young Artists concert, a Vintner’s Luncheon takes place in the historic Cask Room at Merryvale Vineyards, co-hosted by Tra Vigne Restaurant. The festival's annual Dance Gala takes place at Lincoln Theater, a once-in-a-lifetime event with the Bolshoi Ballet, flown from Moscow to Napa for this appearance. The dancers will perform to live music played by the Russian National Orchestra in the U.S. debut of Gordon Getty's The Oath of Ushers, in addition to classics from the ballet repertoire. A dinner at HALL Napa Valley caps this historic evening.
Saturday, July 21
After starting the day with yoga in the vineyards, guests are invited to a Vintner’s Luncheon at Kristine Ashe Vineyards. A concert at Farmstead this afternoon features regional favorite Alma Desnuda performing their self-described Acoustic Soul music. In the evening, guests are treated to a magical evening at Far Niente, with dinner, fine wine, and a private concert with festival favorite Joshua Bell and dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet.
Sunday, July 22
Tamber Bey Vineyards hosts a fun and elegant Vintner’s Luncheon on the festival's closing day. At Lincoln Theater, the Russian National Orchestra is joined by Joshua Bell, pianist Hélène Grimaud making her Napa concerto debut, and composer Daniel Brewbaker. Festival del Sole's seventh season comes to a close with a gala dinner at Cardinale.
Festival Support
The
night before the official opening, major benefactors and sponsors
gather for the annual Founders Dinner, hosted this year by Anita and Ron
Wornick at their picturesque and art-filled Seven Stones Winery.
The
Russian National Orchestra’s appearance as Resident Orchestra is made
possible by a major grant from Tatiana and Gerret Copeland, proprietors
of Bouchaine Vineyards, with additional core support from Athena and
Timothy Blackburn. Annual programs established with generous gifts include the Dede Wilsey Dance Series and the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Farrow Vocal Arts Series. This support helps to bring top stars from the worlds of dance and opera to Festival del Sole stages each season. The Bouchaine Young Artist Series is
sponsored by Bouchaine Vineyards and features free performances by
talented young artists. This year, the program is expanded thanks to
generous additional underwriting from Bouchaine Vineyards, enabling the
festival to invite extraordinary young musicians from around the world
to make their U.S. debuts in Napa.
Festival
del Sole's strong network of support includes Founding Sponsors
Calistoga Ranch and Bouchaine Vineyards, 55 Degrees, and more than 70
Partner Wineries. Media sponsors are Diablo Publications and San Francisco Chronicle, and media partners include American Public Media, Capital Public Radio, KDFC, KVON and The Vine, San Francisco Magazine, and WineCountry.com.
Hotel
and Resort Partners include Calistoga Ranch, Bardessono, The Carneros
Inn and The Orchard at The Carneros Inn, Meadowood Napa Valley, Harvest
Inn, Vineyard Country Inn, Villagio Inn & Spa, Vintage Inn, The
Westin Verasa Napa, Napa River Inn, River Terrace Inn, Milliken Creek
Inn and Spa, Hilton Garden Inn Napa, and Poetry Inn. Visit
www.festivaldelsole.org to take advantage of special rates and packages.
Festival
del Sole operates under the auspices of Festival Association Napa
Valley, a not-for-profit charitable organization established to enrich
the region’s cultural vitality, to present superb artistic programming,
to nurture young talent, to build the audiences of tomorrow and to
showcase the exceptional hospitality, wine and cuisine of the Napa
Valley. The festival is produced by IMG Artists.
TICKETS: Tickets go on sale March 1. Purchase online at www.festivaldelsole.org or by calling 888-FDS-NAPA [888-337-6272] or in person at the festival office, 1556 First Street, Suite103A in Downtown Napa.
Individual ticket prices start at $39. The Bouchaine Young Artists Series and Golden Gate International Children’s Choral Festival concerts are free (tickets are required for admission). |
posted Sep 12, 2011 1:59 AM by Vu Nguyen
From sonymusic.com
STRANGE TALK
ANNOUNCE HEADLINE TOUR DATES ON THE BACK OF #1 US BILLBOARD CHART DEBUT
Australian four piece Strange Talk announces their second
headline Australian tour, which will see them play East Coast shows this
November. This tour news comes just days after Strange Talk’s first single, ‘Climbing Walls’, reached #1 on the
Billboard Uncharted Chart.
Today the track and video for
‘Climbing Walls’ will be officially
serviced to Australian radio and television respectively, having already caused
a huge buzz online. Produced by the band with additional production and mix by
Elliot James (Two Door Cinema Club, Noah and The Whale, Does It Offend You
Yeah?), 'Climbing Walls' is an energized, propelled slice of electro-pop.
Directed by Radical Friend
(Ambling Amp, Yeasayer) and shot in the Mojave desert outside of Los
Angeles, the colourful video has already exceeded 376,000 views on
Youtube, and this month was Youtube’s #1 most viewed Australian music video,
out rating even Goyte, #5 top rated and #3 top favourite Australian music
video.
On top of this ‘Climbing
Walls’ hit the #1 'most blogged' spot on Hype Machine, and has been covered by
key blogs far and wide the world over.
'Climbing Walls’ was
handpicked for a US advertising campaign for the Proctor and Gamble
brand, Cheer. In a world first, the video used hotspot
technology, giving US consumers the opportunity to win prizes through
interactive Youtube annotations embedded in the clip; this creative marketing campaign has been featured around
the world on major brand marketing websites, highlighting the use of cutting
edge, innovative marketing.
The band’s self titled debut
EP is out now and has been met to rave reviews both here and abroad, picked up
internationally by key US taste maker label Neon Gold (who were first to
unearth the likes of The Naked and Famous, Ellie Goulding, Penguin Prison and
Marina and The Diamonds). New remixes emerge this week from the likes of Van
She Tech, Draper and the band themselves.
Drawing comparisons to the likes of
Phoenix, Klaxons and Cut Copy Strange
Talk are creating a buzz for all the right reasons;
“Since Klaxons
disappeared...Strange Talk to fill the gaping void...” NME
“Like a star-crossed
marriage of Phoenix and Passion Pit.” FLAVORPILL
“Their self-titled EP
is barely two weeks old, but already the Melbourne electro-pop four piece have
been turning all the right heads.” THE
MUSIC NETWORK
No stranger to the stage having previously
played Good Vibrations, Playground Weekender and supported numerous festival
favourites (The Rapture, Art vs Science, Neon Indian, Marina & The
Diamonds); Strange Talk will join
the East Coast Parklife tour alongside an impressive bill of artists including
Katy B, Magnetic Man, Santogold and Gossip.
With their renowned electro-pop sounds and
infectious lyrics, Strange Talk’s
upcoming shows are the perfect backdrop to ring in Australian Summer.
TOUR DATES – TICKETS
ON SALE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13
Thursday November 10 Karova Lounge, Ballart –
tickets on the door
Saturday November 12 Corner Hotel, Melbourne
www.cornerhotel.com /03 9427 9198
Friday November 18 Elsewhere
Bar, Gold Coast
www.moshtix.com.au /1300 Get Tix (438 849)
Saturday November 19 Bowler Bar, Brisbane (TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY
SEPT 16)
www.moshtix.com.au /1300 Get Tix (438
849)
Friday November 25 Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
www.moshtix.com.au /1300 Get Tix (438
849)
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posted Sep 8, 2011 4:05 AM by Vu Nguyen
From umusic.comLOU REED & METALLICA LULU DUE FROM VERTIGO RECORDS ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2011
Los Angeles, CA — In what is sure to be one of the most talked-about alliances of the year, New York king of avant-rock
Lou Reed has teamed up with best-selling hard rock band Metallica to record a brand-new album, entitled
Lulu, which will be released by Vertigo Records on October 31st 2011. The album was co-produced by Reed, Metallica, Hal Willner (who has produced albums for Reed, Marianne Faithfull, and Laurie Anderson, amongst others) and Greg Fidelman.
Fidelman also mixed the record.
The idea for these two giants of modern music to work together was born after the 25th anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame concerts in New York City in October 2009.
Metallica –singer/guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Rob Trujillo — played with Reed on Velvet Underground classics “Sweet Jane” and “White Light/White Heat.” “We knew from then that we were made for each other,”
Reed says.
After that triumphant performance, Reed suggested they all make a record together. At first they planned to record an album of Reed’s
older material,
what Ulrich describes
as “some of Lou’s lost jewels – songs that he felt he’d like to give a
second spin, and we could do whatever it is we do to some of those
songs.” That
idea “hung in the air for a couple of months.” Then, a week or two
before that session was to begin, “Lou called up and said, ‘Listen, I
have this other idea.’”
That idea was to record a series of songs Reed
had written for American avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson and
German theater group the Berliner Ensemble’s production of the
Lulu Plays, which premiered in April
at the
Theatre am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin,
founded by Bertolt Brecht. The songs
are inspired by German expressionist Frank Wedekind’s early 20th century plays
Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box, and were a rewrite of Edgar Allan Poe's,
The Raven, which emerged as a graphic novel on Fantagraphics Press.
“We were very
interested in working with Lou,” says Hetfield. “I had these giant
question marks: What’s it going to be like? What’s going to happen? So
it was great when he sent us the lyrics for the
Lulu body of work. It was something we could sink our teeth into.
I could take off my singer and lyricist hat and concentrate on the
music part. These were very potent lyrics, with a soundscape behind them
for atmosphere. Lars and I sat there with an
acoustic and let this blank canvas take us where it needed to go. It
was a great gift, to be asked to stamp ‘TALLICA on it. And that’s what
we did.”
“We had to bring Lulu to life in a sophisticated way, using rock,” Reed
says. “And the hardest power rock you could come up with would have to
be Metallica. They live on that planet. We played together, and
I knew it: dream come true. This is the best thing I ever did. And I
did it with the best group I could possibly find. By definition,
everybody involved was honest. This has come into the world pure. We
pushed as far as we possibly could within the realms
of reality.”
“It’s definitely not a Metallica album, or a Lou Reed album,” adds Hammett. “It’s something else. It’s a new animal, a hybrid.”
About Lou Reed: The king of New York avant-rock, Lou Reed
made innovative, iconoclastic music with the profoundly influential The
Velvet Underground before “Walk
On The Wild Side” gave him 1972’s most unlikely pop hit. He reacted to
this development with admirable perversity; releasing a stream of
diverse and challenging solo albums, from the macabre, monumental
Berlin to the subtle, seductive Coney Island Baby, from the wallpaper-peeling
Metal Machine Music (Cash Box review: no stars) to the punk pivot
Street Hassle. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 1996.
Recent years have seen his always-present literary bent come increasingly to the fore on works like
New York, Magic And Loss, and The Raven.
About Metallica: Formed
in Los Angeles in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and
vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica have become one of the most
influential
and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 100
million albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over.
They have scored several multi-platinum albums, including 1991’s
Metallica (commonly referred to as “The Black Album”), which is
the best selling album in history of Soundscan scanning almost 15.7
million albums in the United States alone. Their latest album,
Death Magnetic, was certified platinum just six weeks after it debuted atop the
Billboard Top 200 Album chart in October 2008. Metallica have
also garnered numerous awards and accolades, including nine Grammy
Awards, two American Music Awards, and multiple MTV Video Music Awards,
and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame and Museum in 2009.
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posted Sep 8, 2011 3:49 AM by Vu Nguyen
From www.loureed.comBE THE 1ST ONE ON YOUR BLOCK. DON'T BE SHY, COME FEAST YOUR EYE ON THIS MEMORY POSTER. Each poster is hand numbered out of 500. The first 50 posters sold will be signed by Lou Reed.
GET IT NOW
Interview with the Artist
What is your name?
Jeffrey Everett / El Jefe Design (I don't go by El Jefe or Jefe - the name of the company is El Jefe Design)
Can you tell us about the brief from
Sister Ray?
There really wasn't one. Lou Reed and his management enjoy my work. They originally saw my poster for The Gaslight Anthem
and thought the themes and styles, also worked well for Lou. I think
they appreciated what I could do and how I could interpret the music, so
they let me run with it - see what I could do.
I submitted several sketches that got singled down to the three that
they loved. I suggested doing one to completion, and if needed, doing
another. I can’t work half way. I start a sketch and then it is done.
Too much of the work is done on the fly, reacting to the piece and you
have to make room for trusting that it will look good in the end.
What is the story behind the imagery?
Reed's music was the inspiration. There wasn’t one specific lyric
or song. It had to do more with the whole story, his legacy, and the
vibe about him. He has a truly dangerous aura around him but he crafts
this absolutely stunning and beautiful music. That was the mixture I
wanted - beauty, love, desire with the feeling it will all go wrong in
an instant.
How long have you been making art?
The grandiose answer is since I was a kid drawing on the walls.
The professional answer is I have been a designer for 15 years and
really focused on concert art and illustration about 6 years ago after
getting my MFA from The School of Visual Arts.
Can you explain the poster making process?
Initially, the ideas behind the posters start out as sketches in
my book. They are truly roughs, a few lines to get the direction and
composition so the client knows what is coming. I can then talk through
the concept. From there I do a more detailed sketch and that is where
the piece takes shape.
Next, I scan the sketch into the computer and work on it; adding
textures, the colors, including type. This is where it takes shape as a
poster.
Working on the computer is essential now as I can make quick edits and
revisions instead of starting from scratch. From there I work with Team 8
Press to screen print the final piece.
The Lou Reed poster was a three color screen print on off white (French
Paper Cement Green) and measures 19 x 25 inches.
How many posters were printed?
A limited edition run of 500 posters were printed and numbered.
The first 50 posters ordered will be personally signed by Lou Reed. |
posted Sep 5, 2011 8:52 PM by Vu Nguyen
From planetarygroup.com
LIGHT FM
Buzz Kill City
Moonboot records
What is Light FM? It’s that sound engrained in your head... the one that
you keep looking for but until now have yet to find. You may have heard
it while viewing your guilty pleasures ( Gossip Girl, The Hills, How I Met Your Mother, One Tree Hill, Jersey Shore and The City...to name just a few) or while sitting in the cinema ( Shrek IV).
Now it is time for you to find out what all of the music supervisors
already know, Light FM, with their cool, relentlessly catchy, indie pop
songs, needs to be the new band for the soundtrack of your life.
Light FM combines catchy hooks and disarmingly heart-felt lyrics with
guitar riffs that are distorted to precision. . . a sound that grabs you
both by the throat and gut while blowing your ears out . . . Light FM
is all encompassing and instantly familiar. Coupled with quirky
arrangements, bleepy-bloopy synths and off-kilter drums, Light FM’s
sound makes perfect sense.
Having left Chicago, where he and his band were consistent local
favorites, front-man Josiah Mazzaschi has begun to carve out a
distinctive place in LA’s Silverlake music scene. Amid the sunny
weather, the huge talent pool and myriad outlets for Light FM, Josiah
knew he had arrived where he needed to be, and he quickly found himself
working as a studio engineer and producer at some of the city’s premier
recording studios. In less than two short years, he became so sought
after that he founded his own studio, The Cave. He has worked with
artists like Built to Spill, William Reid (Jesus and Mary Chain), The
Spinto Band, Rilo Kiley, Harper Simon, and Money Mark. However, not
content to be simply behind the board, Josiah knew that he had to reform
the band he had started in the Windy City, and Light FM was reborn.
Currently, Light FM is a four-piece with Josiah on lead guitars and lead
vocals, Nicki Nevlin on bass, Jimmy Lucido on drums and Savannah
Wheeler on keyboards and backing vocals. Since the self-release of Light
FM’s, Let There Be Light FM, the group has
created enough buzz to be asked to play with The National, Ra Ra Riot,
Earlimart, Billy Corgan, Grandaddy, and many more. They also have
headlined packed residencies at Spaceland and the Silverlake Lounge.
Light FM has a new full-length album to be self released this October.
They will also be on tour opening for the Smashing Pumpkins this fall to
promote their new album titled, Buzz Kill City.
Tour Dates
9.17 San Pedro, CA @ Lobsterfest
9.26 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre
10.5 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre*
10.6 Fresno, CA @ Fulton 55 - CD Release Party^
10.7 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre*
10.8 Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas*
10.10 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre*
10.13 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre*
10.14 Chicago, EL @ Riviera Theatre*
10.15 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore*
10.17 Washington DC @ 930 Club*
10.18 New York, New York @ Terminal 5*
10.19 Providence, RI @ Lupos*
10.21 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre*
10.22 Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre*
10.23 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre*
* = with Smashing Pumpkins and The Fancy Space People
^ = with Rademacher
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posted Sep 5, 2011 10:54 AM by Vu Nguyen
From girlie.com
Danielle Duval Set To Release Her
Debut Album Of The Valley October 11th
“Sundowner" feat. Jason Collett of Broken Social Scene
Download HERE!
Montreal-based intrinsic rocker Danielle Duval is set to self-release her debut album, Of The Valley,
on October 11th. Produced by Carlin Nicholson and Mike O’Brien of
Zeus (Arts & Crafts), the album moves from harmony-driven pop to the
explosive female-fronted rock that took the world by storm in the 70s
and 80s. Delivered by a magnetically gutsy voice, the music is old
school harmony driven pop, mixed with an early rock n’ roll sensibility.
Duval will be embarking on a national tour of her native Canada, where
she’ll be supporting Royal Wood (full list of dates below).
Danielle Duval’s debut EP L’étranger included a cover of "You're The One That I Want," which aired on David Duchovny’s cult TV series Californication.
Her heart-wrenching, slow-burn blues transformation of her cover of the
bubble gum pop tune from the Grease soundtrack was featured on Californication’s official soundtrack.
After an epic road trip through the Mojave Desert, and a brief sojourn
in Joshua Tree, California, Duval began recording her debut album with
Carlin Nicholson and Mike O’Brien of Zeus at the production helm. The
recording resulted in exciting musical contributions from The Golden
Dogs, Bahamas, and a duet with Broken Social Scene’s Jason Collett.
Danielle Duval Canadian Tour Dates with Royal Wood
18 September: Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Center
19 September: Regina, SK - Artesian on 13th
20 September: Calgary, AB – Ironwood
21 September: Nelson, BC - The Royal
22 September: Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl
26 September: Kelowna, BC - Minstrel Café
27 September: Red Deer, AB - The Hideout
28 September: Edmonton, AB - The ARTery
29 September: Saskatoon, SK – Bassment
7 October: Kingston, ON - Octave Theatre
12 October: Montreal, QC - Petit Campus
20 October: Toronto, ON – The Rivoli
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posted Aug 31, 2011 10:34 PM by Vu Nguyen
From bbgunpr.com
www.loureedmetallica.com:
The musical collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, "Lulu," is
coming your way this Fall and this space will be your spot for all
things Loutallica(!). We want to start sharing with you just how the
"Lulu" project, recorded at HQ just a few short months ago, is coming
together. As you can see this site is a work in progress and the plan
is to build it before your very eyes. Please bear with us while we
piece it all together!
"Lulu" was inspired by German expressionist writer Frank
Wedekind's plays "Earth Spirit" and "Pandora's Box," which tell a story
of a young abused dancer's life and relationships and are now
collectively known as the "Lulu Plays." Since their publication in the
early 1900's, the plays have been the inspiration for a silent film
("Pandora's Box," 1929), an opera, and countless other creative
endeavors. Originally the lyrics and musical landscape were sketched out
by Lou for a theatrical production in Berlin, but after coming together
with the 'Tallica boys for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts in
New York in 2009 all guilty parties knew they wanted to make more music
together. Lou was inspired enough by that performance to recently ask
the band to join him in taking his theatrical "Lulu" piece to the next
level and so starting in early May of this year we were all camped out
recording at HQ studios in Northern California, bringing us to today and
ten complete songs.
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posted Aug 31, 2011 10:31 PM by Vu Nguyen
From reybee.com
ANNOUNCES
NORTH AMERICAN
FALL HEADLINING TOUR
Presale
Goes Live Wednesday, August 31st
Special
Presale Bundle Includes Albums, Unreleased Remixes and More!
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THE
SOUNDS
Photo Credit: Kirsti
Anna-Urpa
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New York, NY- "We
love to tour in the States. It actually feels like our second
home," says THE SOUNDS guitarist Felix
Rodriguez excited, about their upcoming headlining
national tour - their first in two years. "We can't wait
to get back!" Coming to North America in support of their
latest album Something To Die For,
these Swedish indie rock/dance gods will be kicking off their
2011 tour with support from Natalia Kills and
The Limousines. DJs Kids At the Bar
will be spinning in between the sets to add to the
celebratory party atmosphere. "Our shows are energy, just
pure energy," he continues about their live shows. "We
have the best fans and it really triggers us when we see our
crowd go nuts. That makes us play better. They make us play
better" (tour dates below).
The tour will go on presale Wednesday,
August 31 at 10am EST with a limited
amount of tickets directly from The Sounds at www.the-sounds.com
and www.facebook.com/thesounds.
For an additional $10 added to the presale ticket, fans will
be able to purchase a special “bundle” which will
include the following digital downloads:
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Something
To Die For
a lbum art //Click for hi-res |
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Crossing The
Rubicon Album with digital art
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Something To
Die For Album
with digital art
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"No One Sleeps
When I’m Awake" Video
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"Something To
Die For" Video (unreleased)
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"Dance With
The Devil" Video (Director’s Cut)
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"Something To
Die For" - Kids At The Bar Remix
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"Something To
Die For" - MFMB Remix (unreleased)
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"Something To
Die For" - Skitsnygg Remix (unreleased)
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"Better Off
Dead" - Data Romance Remix (unreleased)
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"Painted By
Numbers" - Classixx Remix" (unreleased)
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Independently produced, their latest
album Something To Die For has been garnering great
reviews. NYLON called the album, "electro
beats, thumping dance numbers, and highpowered melodies, all
meshed into one totally awesome package. It's different, it's
fun, and it's undeniably cool." The Aquarian said
the album "doesn’t have a weak track on it and all
the songs blend well with each other. Lyrically and instrumentally
they are all powerful tracks.... in a word: Wonderful!"
Blast! Magazine praises, "Something
to Die For, their fourth album and strongest to date, represents
a true evolution in The Sounds’, well, sound...
is The Sounds’ most life-affirming record to date."
From songs like the futuristic and militaristic rat-a-tat dance
beat of "Dance With the Devil" (and
its accompanying fast and exciting video) to the pure rock-pop
rave-up "The No No Song" to the staccato
strings of New Wave-esque title track "Something
to Die For", the album mostly has frenetic dance
on its mind. The more emotional tracks like the plaintive electro-fueled
thump of "Better Off Dead" and the
acoustic ballad "Wish You Were Here"
expose a vulnerable and naked side of lead vocalist Maja
Ivarsson, a side that truly showcases the band's ability
to not only write great dance tracks but also massage the tender
side as well.
"We'll probably tour for another
year on this album, and then go home to write new songs,"
Felix concludes, looking ahead. "It's on tour we collect
ideas and get inspired to write. So once this tour is done,
we'll probably start working in the studio and then... out again
on the road!"
The Sounds is
Maja Ivarsson (vocals), Felix Rodríguez
(guitar), Jesper Anderberg
(keyboards, guitar), Johan Bengtsson
(bass) and Fredrik Blond (drums).
Something To Die For was released
earlier this year on SideOneDummy.
THE
SOUNDS
2011 North America Tour
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10/12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
10/13 Orlando, FL Firestone Live
10/14 Pensacola, FL DeLuna Festival
10/16 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
10/18 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue
10/19 Denver, CO The Gothic Theater
10/21 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music
Café
10/22 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
10/23 Cincinnati, OH The Mad Hatter
10/24 Cleveland, OH The Beachland
10/26 Toronto, ON Opera House
10/27 Montreal, QC Club Soda
10/29 Quebec City, QC Imperial
10/30 Boston, MA Royale
11/1 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
11/2 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg |
11/4 New York, NY Webster Hall
11/5 Washington, DC Black Cat
11/7 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
11/9 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's
11/10 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
11/11 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
11/12 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
11/13 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
11/15 Pomona, CA Glass House
11/16 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
11/17 San Diego, CA SOMA
11/18 Ventura, CA Ventura Theater
11/19 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
11/21 Seattle, WA Neptune
11/22 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom |
the-sounds.com
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posted Aug 31, 2011 10:24 PM by Vu Nguyen
From jeremy.maciak
Los Angeles based rogue-pop producer, Doctor Rosen Rosen, releases GIRLS: VOLUME I today. The four song EP features brand new tracks fromJessie & The Toy Boys, Meg Myers, Kay and Anjulie and is available to download now, free to the public.
After
gaining attention from his highly popular remixes for Britney Spears,
Drake, Lady Gaga, Natalia Kills, Phoenix and more, the in-demand
producer decided to focus on some firsthand collaborations.
GIRLS:
VOLUME I is the first of four planned volumes to be released every
three months, with each volume of GIRLS featuring original
collaborations with the brightest up-and-coming female artists.
Click
the GIRLS Homepage link below to download, stream or share the
entire EP (or each track individually). Also, click below to download
photos, bios, and info about each track on the Media page.
GIRLS Homepage - http://doctorrosenrosen.com/girls.htmlWebsite - DoctorRosenRosen.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Doctor-Rosen-Rosen/174227532593799
Twitter - @Dr_rosen_roseN |
posted Aug 31, 2011 10:20 PM by Vu Nguyen
From sonymusic.comFRONTLINE RELEASE SCHEDULE – w/e September 2, 2011NOTE: Physical Releases = BOLD AND CAPS Digital Releases (Full track music download) = Italics CMG Priority Releases = Underlined
Date | Albums/DVDs | Single Tracks/Bundle | 901 2nd September | PETE MURRAY- BLUE SKY BLUE
| ALICE COOPER- I’LL BITE YOUR FACE OFF
BECCY COLE- SHINY THINGS
MORGAN JOANEL- DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS
| 902 9th September | RED- UNTIL WE HAVE FACES (WORLD EDITION) | AVRIL LAVIGNE- WISH YOU WERE HERE
KASABIAN – DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN (BUNDLE)
LEONA LEWIS/AVICII – COLLIDE
MR LITTLE JEANS – THE SUBURBS
SEAN GARRETT FEAT RICK ROSS – IN DA BOX
| 903 16th September
| MEATLOAF- THE ESSENTIAL MEATLOAF
PEARL JAM- TWENTY (SOUNDTRACK)
| ALTIYAN CHILDS – ORDINARY MAN
STAN WALKER FT. STATIC REVENGER- LIGHT IT UP
| 904 23rd September | ALICE COOPER- WELCOME 2 MY NIGHTMARE
GAVIN DEGRAW- SWEETER
GEORGIA FAIR – ALL THROUGH WINTER
KASABIAN- VELOCIRAPTOR
TONY BENNETT- DUETS II
VARIOUS – NICKELODEON KIDS CHOICE AWARDS 2011
VARIOUS – THE ROCK ALBUM
| NATALIE BASSINGTHWAIGHTE – ALL WE HAVE
TONIGHT ALIVE- LET IT LAND
VICTORIOUS- BEGGIN ON YOUR KNEES
ZOWIE- SMASH IT (Sept 27)
| 905 30th September | J.COLE – COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY
JOHN FARNHAM – THE ACOUSTIC CHAPEL SESSIONS
MEATLOAF – HELL IN A HANDBASKET
O’SHEA – MR AND MRS
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