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Rooney to Release New Album

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:52:58 +0100

Los Angeles quartet Rooney are very proud to announce the release of their new album, EUREKA. Produced and crafted entirely by the band, EUREKA will be released June 8th on California Dreaming Records through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The follow-up to Rooney's two critically acclaimed albums - ROONEY & CALLING THE WORLD - EUREKA sees the band not only showcasing their most inventive and original material to date, but also seeking innovative and self-motivated ways to develop in a new climate, playing a vital role in the future of the music industry.

Taking control of their music brings Rooney back to their roots. Formed in 1999, the band began self-producing and promoting EPs with endless shows on The Sunset Strip and along the way garnered a massive fan base in their hometown of Los Angeles and beyond. Among those fans was Geffen Records, who signed the band and released their first two albums.

Since the release of their debut self-titled album, Rooney's irresistible songs have continually captivated fans and critics with what Spin, Details, Entertainment Weekly, Alternative Press, Nylon, The New York Times and Rolling Stone Magazine hail as "elaborate sunny vocal harmonies crowning anthems." EUREKA continues to showcase the band's knack for creating melodic hooks, reverberating guitars and heartfelt harmonies. From the playful rhythmic groove of lead single I CAN'T GET ENOUGH to the timeless pop balladry of INTO THE BLUE, from the psychedelic sounds of STARS AND STRIPES to the blissful and breezy pop of I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU, EUREKA not only succeeds with 12 impressive and infectious tracks, but spotlights the band's gift to craft intelligent and stimulating rock songs.

An Horse Tours

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:59:26 +0100

On March 23rd, Q Prime's Mom+Pop Music Company will release An Horse's Beds Rearranged EP. The five-song collection will be available at all digital retailers. A limited edition bundle pairing their full-length 2009 album, Rearrange Beds, with the remix EP will be sold at independent record stores. After two performances at SXSW later this month, the Australian duo will launch a North American tour, which will include two shows with Dashboard Confessional and a six week run with Kaki King that kicks off at New York City's Bowery Ballroom on April 16th.

Beds Rearranged EP features remixes by Gerry "Ghosthouse" Smith (TV On The Radio), Bodega Girls, RAC Collective, MR. F (Tally Hall) and The Phenomenal Handclap Band of five tracks from An Horse's debut album. Rearrange Beds, which was produced by Magoo (Regurgitator, Midnight Oil, Skunkhour) and mixed by Howard Redekopp (The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara), was released in the States last March. Noted Pitchfork: "...the record is rife with the sort of urgent energies one might expect from a moment of creative genesis." An Horse made its U.S. television debut on "Late Show with David Letterman," and toured with Silversun Pickups last year.

Upon the release of the full length in Canada, An Horse opened for Tegan and Sara on their nationwide Canadian tour. In addition to the upcoming U.S. dates (listed below), they have two more Canadian outings planned and numerous festival appearances scheduled - including the Gurten Festival with Tegan and Sara and others in Switzerland (July 15), the Melt Festival in Germany with The XX, Massive Attack and others (July 17) and the Green Man Festival in the U.K. with The Flaming Lips, Beirut and others (August 20).

An Horse will open for The Big Pink this week in Australia, where Rearrange Beds will be released on March 19th. The album will be released on the same day in Germany, Austria and Switzerland via Grand Hotel van Cleef (former home of Death Cab For Cutie).

Guitarist/vocalist Kate Cooper and drummer Damon Cox met while working in an independent record store in Brisbane, Australia. Talk quickly turned to forming a band and, shortly after they began playing live, the duo landed an opening slot on Tegan and Sara's spring 2008 U.S. tour. While in the States, they came to the attention of Mom+Pop Music Company and became one of the label's first signings.

The track listing for Beds Rearranged EP is as follows:

1. Company (Gerry "Ghosthouse" Smith (TV On The Radio) Remix)
2. Listen (Bodega Girls Remix)
3. Camp Out (RAC Remix)
4. Horizons (MR. F (Tally Hall) Remix)
5. Shoes Watch (Phenomenal Handclap Remix)

An Horse - Spring 2010 U.S. Tour

3/19   Austin, TX           SXSW-Galaxy Room (10:00pm)
Mom+Pop/Frenchkiss show
3/20   Austin, TX           SXSW - Emo's Jr. (1:00am)
3/22   Denton, TX           Rubber Gloves
3/24   Jacksonville, FL       Jack Rabbits
3/25   Charlotte, NC           Neighborhood Theatre
3/26   Norfolk, VA           37th and Zen
3/27   Sayreville, NJ           Starland Ballroom w/ Dashboard Confessional
3/28   Hartford, CT           Webster Theatre w/ Dashboard Confessional
3/29   Buffalo, NY           Big Orbit Soundlab
3/30   Pittsburgh, PA           Thunderbird Café
4/15   Brooklyn, NY           Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Kaki King
4/16   New York, NY       Bowery Ballroom w/ Kaki King
4/17   Boston, MA           The Middle East w/ Kaki King
4/19   Northampton, MA       Iron Horse Music Hall w/ Kaki King
4/20   Portland, ME           Port City Music Hall w/ Kaki King
4/21   Burlington, VT       Higher Ground w/ Kaki King
4/28   Philadelphia, PA       Theatre Of Living Arts w/ Kaki King
4/29   Washington, DC       9:30 Club w/ Kaki King
4/30   Carrboro, NC           Cat's Cradle w/ Kaki King
5/1   Atlanta, GA           Variety Playhouse w/ Kaki King
5/4   Cleveland, OH           Beachland Ballroom w/ Kaki King
5/5   Ann Arbor, MI       The Ark w/ Kaki King
5/6   Chicago, IL           Park West w/ Kaki King
5/7   Madison, WI           High Noon Saloon w/ Kaki King
5/8   Minneapolis, MN       Varsity Theatre w/ Kaki King
5/9   Omaha, NE            The Waiting Room w/ Kaki King
5/11   Boulder, CO            The Fox Theatre w/ Kaki King
5/12   Aspen, CO           Belly Up w/ Kaki King
5/14   Seattle, WA            Neumo's w/ Kaki King
5/15   Portland, WA           Wonder Ballroom w/ Kaki King
5/16   Eugene, OR            WOW Hall w/ Kaki King
5/19   Reno, NV           Knitting Factory w/ Kaki King
5/20   Petaluma, CA           Mystic Theatre w/ Kaki King
5/21   San Francisco, CA       The Fillmore w/ Kaki King
5/22   Los Angeles, CA       El Rey Theatre w/ Kaki King
5/23   San Diego, CA       Belly Up Tavern w/ Kaki King
5/25   Pomona, CA           The Glasshouse w/ Kaki King

Woven Bones Free MP3 Download and Tour

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:55:31 +0100

MP3: "If It Feels Alright" -
http://www.forcefieldpr.com/wovenbonesalright.mp3

Woven Bones

The raw exuberance that Woven Bones seethes from its tightly-wound inner coil of turmoil isn't exactly the stuff daydreams are made of, but as their menacing presence has been culminating over the past couple of years, it's now clear as daylight that their finest efforts would come together on this, their debut LP. As they've effectively dragged the shards of their tattered souls with building ferocity on each of their previous singles and EPs, the evolutional process has honed itself to a fine edge, poised to level any contention and break into the blinding realness of now. They've finally harnessed the elusive throb and crash of their intended sonic perfection on their own terms, and this debut album will no doubt convert the middling masses into drooling slaves to their hypnotic heartbeat rhythm. What was only hinted at before is now as pure, raw, and ugly as a newborn jackal, squirming out of the wretched womb and ready to face the world, all the while, sending an evil chill down the spine and reminding you that yes, new music really can be this good.

Since the beginning, Woven Bones have primarily been the brainchild of singer/guitarist Andrew Burr from the point where their primordial ooze first seeped into our sphere of peripheral vision. After uprooting from Orlando in 2008 and settling in Austin, Texas last year, followed by touring the darkest corners of the underground stratosphere, their seedy and insidiously slithered drawl has fully come to a head, summoning the the pulse-pounding power to stand all hairs on-end. As bassist Matty and recently recruited drummer Carolyn have completed the fold, Woven Bones need no announcement to herald their arrival, but as their irresistibly iridescent hazy pop grime drills itself deeper into your soft skull, it's best to just stand back and experience them exploding out of your speakers.

Like the eardrum-shattering noise pop icons that came before them, Woven Bones blaze their own trail of lascivious loudness and controlled snarl that's just what the world needs right now, and the perfect soundtrack to your screwed-up summer. The debut album, In and Out and Back Again delivers nine heart-stabbing hits that just keep hitting back, so without further hesitation, we give you the debut album that explodes heads on contact, by your new favorite band, Woven Bones.

WOVEN BONES

03/12 - Denton, TX Hailey's (NX35 Fest)
03/14 - Austin, TX Mohawk $
03/17-03/20 - Austin, TX SXSW
03/21 - Dallas, TX Double Wide %
03/22 - Mobile, AL Alabama Music Box ^
03/23 - Tallahassee, FL The Engine Room ^
03/24 - Orlando, FL Back Booth ^
03/25 - Miami, FL Churchills ^&
03/26 - Tampa, FL The Crow Bar ^&
03/27 - Gainesville, FL The Atlantic &
03/29 - Atlanta, GA 529
03/30 - Huntsville, AL Vertical House Records
03/31 - Memphis, TN The Buccaneer
04/01 - Fayetteville, AK The Sang House
04/02 - Hot Springs, AK Maxine's
04/08 - Austin, TX Mohawk
04/23 - Nashville, TN Glenn Danzig's House
04/24 - Atlanta, GA Mess Around @ The Earl *
05/28 - Austin, TX Mohawk !

% = Brofest 2010 w/ Dum Dum Girls, Frankie Rose, The Soft Pack
$ = w/ Man, or Astro-man?
^ = w/ The Fresh and Onlys
& = w/ Jacuzzi Boys
* = w/ Reigning Sound
! = Chaos in Tejas w/ The Ponys, A Frames, Jeff The Brotherhood

Woven Bones
In and Out and Back Again
(HoZac)
Street Date: May 18, 2010

1.I'll Be Runnin
2.Guess You Allready Knew
3.7 Year Mirror
4.If It Feels Alright
5.Your Way With My Life
6.Creepy Bone
7.Half Sunk Into the Seats
8.Couldn't Help But Stare
9.Blind Conscience

WOVEN BONES LINKS:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wovenbones

Label: http://www.hozacrecords.com

Free Bonnaroo Download

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:39:59 +0100

NEW YORK - Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Jack Johnson and other top artists are donating their music to encourage Americans to speak out on climate change. Organized by the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, HeadCount and the NRDC Action Fund, this collaboration marks the first time free music has been used to prompt Americans to contact their elected officials.

Best of Bonnaroo, a compilation of 17 different live performances from the festival, is available for free at www.Musicforaction.org. Before downloading the music, visitors are asked to email their Senators, the President or their local newspapers about climate change. The music is free no matter what, but the artists hope all their fans join them in taking action on this issue.

"This generation has an opportunity to be remembered as one that confronted environmental challenges and took responsibility for the future," said Jack Johnson, whose song "Inaudible Melodies" can be heard on the compilation. "With that opportunity comes the responsibility to speak out."

The compilation also includes live tracks from Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, O.A.R. and Ani DiFranco, among others. In most cases these recordings have never before been released to the public, and were hand-picked by the musicians themselves. Other featured artists include: The Decemberists, Guster, Gov't Mule, Raphael Saadiq, Bob Weir & RatDog, Phil Lesh & Friends, moe. and The Disco Biscuits, whose bass player Marc Brownstein is the co-chair of HeadCount. All of the featured tracks are original songs, with the exception of My Morning Jacket's performance of The Velvet Underground's "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'".

America is closer than ever to passing its first federal climate change-related legislation, but many hurdles remain. The House of Representatives approved an energy bill last June that would reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases and encourage the development of green jobs. President Barack Obama then told world leaders that the U.S. will reduce carbon emissions by 17 percent over the next 10 years (compared to 2005 levels). However, there has been little movement in the Senate, leaving one crucial step incomplete. Literally the whole planet is waiting to see what the U.S. will decide, as India and China are not likely to act without the U.S. doing the same.

With climate change legislation now at a critical juncture, several organizations teamed up to use the gift of music to inspire citizens into action. HeadCount - a nonpartisan civic engagement organization best known for registering voters at concerts - conceived the idea as a way to point new voters toward being informed and active citizens. The NRDC Action Fund - an advocacy group committed to passing legislation that jump-starts the clean energy economy and reduces pollution - stepped in with resources, research, strategic guidance and a base of 250,000 supporters.

"The musicians we work with are very passionate about this topic and have great power to drive change," said HeadCount's Executive Director Andy Bernstein. "Their music will serve as a soundtrack for action."

"Forging a clean energy future means healthier kids, a safer world, and more jobs," said Heather Taylor-Miesle, director of the NRDC Action Fund. "This is our moment to demand that Congress put us on the path to a clean energy future by beginning to address climate change. We are excited about the opportunity to work with musicians and new activists throughout the country to make it happen."

Others involved include the popular music-oriented website JamBase.com, which is actively promoting the campaign to its base of more than half a million users. Music publications Paste, Relix, and Spin are also providing marketing support. The nonprofit environmental groups Oxfam America, the Energy Action Coalition, The Worldwatch Insitute, Grist.org and 350.org are supporting the initiative as coalition partners, as is the music-oriented environmental organization Reverb, which will promote the campaign through its new Green Music Group. Reverb's founder Adam Gardner can be heard on the compilation performing with his band Guster. "This is the exact sort of thing that Green Music Group was created to support, getting fans and musicians together around an environmental action," Gardner said.

"There have been so many incredible performances at Bonnaroo over the years," said Richard Goodstone, one of the founders and principals of Superfly Presents, the co-promoter of Bonnaroo. "We're very happy that we could work with our family of artists in this way and inspire people to be active citizens. Climate change is the single biggest challenge our planet has ever faced and we all need to pitch in and be part of the solution."

"The decisions made today will affect you and your children for many years to come," said former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, a member of HeadCount's board of directors who can be heard on the compilation with has band RatDog. "Whether it's voting in an election or speaking out about issues like climate change, it's critical that we all make enough noise so that politicians have no choice but to listen."

The Best of Bonnaroo track list is below:

Wilco                                    Bull Black Nova
Pearl Jam                            Animal
Jack Johnson                        Inaudible Melodies
Dave Mathews Band            Rapunzel
Death Cab for Cutie            Cath...
Ani DiFranco                        Fuel
Phish                                    Kill Devil Falls
Gov't Mule                          Banks of the Deep End
O.A.R.                                    Delicate Few
moe.                                      Not Coming Down
Raphael Saadiq                        100 Yard Dash
Bob Weir & RatDog            Throwing Stones
The Disco Biscuits              And The Ladies Were the Rest of the Night
The Decemberists              The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid
My Morning Jacket            Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
Guster                                    Happier
Phil Lesh and Friends            Box of Rain

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About Bonnaroo:
Bonnaroo was conceived in 2002 and continues to make a strong impact on the American music industry. It has served as a launching pad for such popular artists as Norah Jones, Jack Johnson, Robert Randolph, My Morning Jacket, Ray Lamontagne, Matisyahu, and many others. A creative and cultural mega-success, Bonnaroo has also featured a staggeringly diverse range of world-class acts such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Srpingsteen and the E Street Band, Metallica, Neil Young, Radiohead, Willie Nelson, The Police, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, Tool, Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Merle Haggard, The Dave Matthews Band, James Brown, The White Stripes, The Dead, Regina Spektor, Bon Iver, Snoop Dogg, David Byrne, Widespread Panic, Death Cab For Cutie, Al Green, Elvis Costello, Amadou and Mariam, Beck, Against Me!, The Black Crowes, Alison Krauss, Bright Eyes, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, Jurassic 5, Modest Mouse, The Mars Volta, Common, Burning Spear, the Flaming Lips, among so many others.

About NRDC Action Fund:
The NRDC Action Fund's mission is to achieve the passage of legislation that jump-starts the clean energy economy, reduces pollution, and sustains vibrant communities for all Americans. Now is the time for leadership and action from our elected officials - our current goal is a comprehensive clean energy policy that will repower our economy and fuel our future. To that end: ensure that candidates for office are informed about and discussing our priority issues; work to educate and mobilize voters through a range of tools including the social web; cultivate and nurture strategic political partnerships that endure.

About HeadCount:
HeadCount is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to registering voters and inspiring participation in democracy through the power of music. Since its inception in 2004, the organization has registered over 150,000 voters. It is now taking a step forward, motivating members of the music community to be involved, active citizens. HeadCount's Board of Directors includes Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, other well known musicians, and the very top managers, promoters and media publishers in the live music industry. More information can be found at www.HeadCount.org.

Free Download From KISSES

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:24:31 +0100

MP3: "Bermuda" -
http://www.forcefieldpr.com/kissesbermuda.mp3

KISSES

KISSES is a Los-Angeles based disco project featuring Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson.

Though primarily inspired by long-format, instrumental disco (Cerrone, Gino Soccio) KISSES has developed a uniquely concise songwriting style that is equal parts FM radio pop and expansive four-to-the-floor.

Early in life, Kivel developed a friendship with venerated cult disco producer Alec R. Costandinos, who rose to prominence in the late 1970s on a wave of ambitious concept albums and club singles. As Costandinos made available his knowledge and a healthy vinyl collection, the seeds for the KISSES album were sewn -- the KISSES name chosen as a nod to Costandinos' erstwhile 'Love & Kisses' project. As this creative relationship blossomed, Jesse took a day job as a travel writer to help make ends meet. His editors asked him to review hundreds of exotic hotels and resorts, many of which he had never seen or heard of before. The imagery used to write these reviews wove itself through the lyrics of songs like 'Bermuda' and 'Women of the Club', as well as the overall sound of The Heart of the Nightlife.

The modern-day resurgence of Costandinos' music, notably sampled on The Avalanches classic 2001 LP Since I Left You, allowed for an easy synthesis between current dance music trends (Lidstrom, Air France) and the panoramic ambitions of disco's commercial golden age. Nine songs were composed for the project, each exhibiting a refined pop sensibility evocative of Arthur Russell's later-period romantic works. There is a subconscious embrace of simple emotions and sentimentality on this record. It is a minimalist approach to pop music that revels in the celebratory moments of life, those fragments of time that we only remember in postcards or faint recollections. The Heart of the Nightlife takes these elusive moments and celebrates them openly, without fear of scorn.

Kisses will release their first single, Bermuda, on April 27th. It features the single and a remix by rising LA artist, Active Child. Future plans include DJ sets, SXSW parties, a full-length, and much more.

KISSES

03/08 - Los Angeles, CA - Mandrake (DJ Set)
03/15 - Los Angeles, CA - Mandrake (DJ Set)
03/18-19 - Austin, TX - SXSW (DJ Sets)
04/23 - Echo Park, CA - Echo Curio (Live Set)
04/27 - Los Angeles, CA - Origami Vinyl (7" Single Release Party)
05/16 - London, UK - TBA (DJ Set)
05/21 - Madrid, ES - TBA (DJ Set)

Kisses
Bermuda
(Surrounded By Sound)
Street Date: April 27, 2010

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Bermuda
Side B
2. Bermuda (Active Child Remix)

KISSES LINKS:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/blowkissess

Artist Page: http://blowkisses.info/

Grown Ups Gives Away EP and Tours

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:21:16 +0100

* Matt Allison-produced full-length, MORE SONGS, to be released on 05/18/10
* Band now streaming two brand new tracks
* Download 2009 EP for FREE @ If You Make It
* US Tour w/ 1994!, My Heart To Joy, more (April 07 - 18)

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Big Scary Monsters is pleased to announce that Grown Ups (Chicago, IL / Furnessville, IN) has finished recording its debut full-length, More Songs, with producer Matt Allison ( Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio, Less Than Jake, Rise Against ). The ten track effort will see May 18th US / UK release date from the transcontinental label.

Featuring six brand new songs and four re-recorded / reworked tracks from the 2009 EP, Songs, The aptly titled More Songs will be available from Big Scary Monsters on both vinyl and CD formats. The 12" pressing stats are still being sorted, but there will be 300 hand-screened CDs on three different colors, split evenly between US and UK territories and the band. Stay tuned for pre-order details in April.

Grown Ups is currently streaming two brand new songs, "Weed Science" and "Pears," at their Myspace page. Additionally, the band has teamed up with If You Make It to give away a digital copy of the previously mentioned EP, Songs. To download free of charge, go here.

Finally, as a precursor to what will be a year of heavy touring, Grown Ups has booked a 10-day East Coast tour in April with 1994! and will be playing shows with My Heart To Joy, Snowing and Algernon Cadwallader as well. Also, details regarding the band's Summer UK / European tour are forthcoming. As always, if you'd like to attend a show or speak with Grown Ups, drop me a line here.

TOUR
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APR 07 - Buffalo, NY @ The Last Stand w/ 1994!
APR 08 - Syracuse, NY @ Noumenon House w/ 1994!
APR 09 - 10 - Cambridge, MA @ Record Hospital Fest w/ 1994!, US Girls, more
APR 11 - Kingston, RI @ URI Coffee Shop w/ 1994!, My Heart To Joy
APR 12 - Amherst, MA @ Dad City w/ 1994!, My Heart To Joy
APR 13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Bushwick Music Studios w/ 1994!, My Heart To Joy
APR 14 - Philadelphia, PA @ The OX w/ 1994!
APR 15 - New Brunswick, NJ @ TBA w/ 1994!
APR 16 - Richmond, VA @ Charlie Mansion w/ 1994!, Snowing
APR 17 - Baltimore, MD @ Philly Invades Baltimore Fest @ CCAS w/ 1994!, Algernon Cadwallader, Snowing, Pyramids
APR 18 - Akron, OH @ It's A Kling Thing

Active Child at SXSW

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:53:19 +0100

Los Angeles, CA - After building considerable hype with several critically-acclaimed singles in the UK, ACTIVE CHILD- the moniker for indie pop artist Pat Grossi- releases his debut single in the US "She Was A Vision" b/w "Voice Of An Old Friend," today March 2nd on Filter US Recordings. A six-song EP, also on Filter Magazine's label, is slated for release later this year. ACTIVE CHILD will appear at this year's South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX. Dates below.

This highly-anticipated release comes on the heels of myriad press raves. In the US, ACTIVE CHILD has garnered positive reviews from Stereogum, Pitchfork Media, The Fader, and LA Weekly who called him "evidently capable of great, great things" and proclaimed that he "excel[s] at a sort of ethereal organic sprawl that's been absent from LA music." Pitchfork Media lauded ACTIVE CHILD's mixed-genre work as "a good example of the positive results to be yielded from a musician straddling two disparate styles." In the UK, tastemaker magazine the NME called his songs "divine," while The Guardian named ACTIVE CHILD Band of the Day.

ACTIVE CHILD's songs feature the skilled use of various 80s-tinged synths to create ethereal, soaring soundscapes, punctuated by crisp electronic drum samples and handclaps. All of this lays the groundwork for Grossi's exquisite vocals, which, with their unearthly sound and evocative lyrics, take on an enchanting, hymnal quality. Grossi participated in choirs throughout his childhood; the influence of chorale singing, along with the sensibility of non-secular music, is as apparent in ACTIVE CHILD's work as the influence of 80s synth pop bands like New Order, Joy Division and Tears for Fears.

ACTIVE CHILD at SXSW:

Thursday, March 18
1pm - Club Spaceland Showcase @ Beauty Bar Annex
2:40 pm - Filter Magazine -Showdown @ Cedar Street Showcase

Friday, March 19
12:00 pm - Brooklyn Vegan Party @ Club Deville
10:00 pm - NME Showcase @ Latitude 30

Saturday, March 20
Grand Life/Nylon Party - details TBA

For more information about ACTIVE CHILD:
www.myspace.com/activechild
www.ActiveChildMusic.com

Summer Cats Free Mp3 Download

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:49:14 +0100

MP3: "TV Guide" -
http://www.forcefieldpr.com/summercatstv.mp3

VIDEO: "Lonely Planet" -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w8n_UwSNczo

Summer Cats

Melbourne Australia's Summer Cats are keen students of POP in all of its flavors. From the motorik strum of Modern Lovers to the folky lilt of early Creation/Sarah label bands to the feedback-drenched noisy pop of the 00s, Summer Cats have got you covered. Their 2009 Slumberland album Songs For Tuesdays dazzled with its seemingly effortless song craft and sharp melodicism. Packed with proper tunes and confident vocals, it is one of the finest indiepop albums of recent memory.

Now Summer Cats are ready to release their first single since the album, and it's a corker. "Your Timetable" is a well-honed slice of noise-pop, full of fuzz guitar, romping organ and a chorus to die for. Augmented by new second guitarist Jeremy Cole (from excellent Melbourne band The Zebras), Summer Cats turn "Your Timetable" into a glorious racket of barely-contained guitar squall and crashing drums - a perfectly infectious two minute pop gem.

On the flip we have live favorite "TV Guide" finally given the studio treatment. Showing another facet to Summer Cats pop sound, "TV Guide" is an organ-driven bopper featuring excellent vocals from Scott Stevens, restrained guitar jangle 'n' strum, and yet another indelibly catchy melody and chorus. With its charming minimalism, "TV Guide" could fit right in on an early Flying Nun compilation -- a high compliment indeed. Jangly, fuzzy and catchy as hell, Summer Cats make brilliant pop records to dance and swoon to, and this fine single is sure to please fans of all things melodic and groovy.

SUMMER CATS

March 5 - New York, NY - Don Hills
March 6 - Philadelphia, NY - England Belongs to Twee at King Fu Necktie
March 7 - Brooklyn, NY - Bruar Falls
March 11 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
March 12 - Milwaukee, WI - Bayview Brew Haus
March 13 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
March 15 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
March 19 - Austin, TX - End of an Ear records in-store (SXSW)
March 20 - Austin, TX - Waterloo Cycles SXSW Party
March 27 - San Francisco, CA - Slumberland 20th Anniversary Show at The Rickshaw Stop
March 28 - Los Angeles, CA - Slumberland 20th Anniversary Show at The Echo

Summer Cats
Your Timetable
(Slumberland)
Street date: March 16, 2010

A. Your Timetable
B. TV Guide

Summer Cats
Songs For Tuesdays
(Slumberland)
Street date: July 14, 2009

1. Let's Go!
2. Hey You
3. Super
4. Fulton Gurls
5. In June
6. Wild Rice
7. Christopher Wren
8. Maybe Pile
9. Lonely Planet
10. Camel Cords
11. Waking Up
12. St. Tropez
13. Paperweight

SUMMER CATS LINKS:

MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/summercats

Bleeding Through Tours!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:44:23 +0100

Bleeding Through has posted a new song called “Breathing in the Wrath” on MySpace www.myspace.com/bleedingthrough.

The band will release its long-awaited self-titled Rise Records debut on April 13^th.

Pre-order the CD here: http://new.merchnow.com/catalogs/bleeding-through

Bleeding Through is one of the most important bands to take the mixture of metal and hardcore to international prominence in the last decade, touring with Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, AFI, HIM, Cradle Of Filth, Ozzfest, Vans Warped Tour and MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball: The Tour.

After wrapping up a Japan/Australian tour with Machine Head and Hatebreed, Bleeding Through will embark on a US headlining tour in support of their upcoming release. Their ominously self-titled new album, their first for Rise Records, is the perfect distillation of their past with a solid look forward to the future: dark, aggressive, full of rage and sorrow.

Catch Bleeding Through on "The Spring Breakdown Tour: 2010" with support from Born of Osiris, Sleeping Giant, Oceano and fellow Rise Records band Legend, at your favorite venue this spring!

www.myspace.com/bleedingthrough
www.riserecords.com

Headlining tour dates:

Bleeding Through, Born of Osiris, Sleeping Giant, Oceano and Legend

4/09-San Diego, CA @ Soma
4/10-Fresno, CA @ Club Retro
4/12-Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
4/13-Boise, ID @ The Venue
4/14-Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
4/15-Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
4/16-Tulsa, OK @ Marquee Theatre
4/17-St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
4/18-St. Paul, MN @ Barfly
4/19-Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
4/20-Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
4/21-Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
4/22-Dayton, OH @ The Attic
4/23-Cleveland, OH @ Peabody 's
4/24-Detroit, MI @ Harpos
4/25-Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Theatre
4/26-Toronto, ON @ Opera House
4/27-Montreal, QC @ Tulipe
4/29-Long Island , NY @ Crazy Donkey
4/30-Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
5/01-Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
5/02-Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
5/04-Orlando, FL @ Club Firestone
5/05-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
5/06-Pensacola, FL @ The Ready Room
5/07-Houston, TX @ Meridian
5/08-San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
5/09-McAllen, TX @ Incubator
5/10-Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
5/12-El Paso, TX @ Club 101
5/13-Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad
5/14-Phoenix, AZ @ The Clubhouse
5/15-Las Vegas, NV @ 702 Skatepark
5/16-Pomona, CA @ Fox Theatre ( CALIFORNIA METALFEST IV)

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Free Mp3 Downloads from Elliot Smith

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:33:02 +0100

Download “Twilight” and “Last Call” Today on KillRockStars.com

Today we are making available two Elliott Smith songs: “Last Call” from Roman Candle and “Twilight” from From A Basement On The Hill. Both albums will be reissued on Kill Rock Stars on April 6, 2010.

Roman Candle is Elliott Smith’s first solo album and was originally released on Portland’s Cavity Search Records in 1994.

Roman Candle had quite an impact on Slim Moon, Kill Rock Stars' founder: "In 1994, I had been asked to be on this five-person solo-act tour called Pop Chord with Tammy Watson, Carrie Akre, Sean Croghan and Elliott Smith. The first night at the Crocodile in Seattle, I didn't pay too much attention and people talked all thru Elliott's set. Sean Croghan got up next and said "all of you people who just talked through Elliott's set are bummed because you just missed something very very special." The next night of the tour, at The Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco, I listened very closely to Elliott's set, and it was basically one of those life-changing moments. Instead of watching the rest of the performers, I went out to the tour van and popped Roman Candle into the player, and listened to it on endless repeat for the rest of the evening and beyond. It completely blew my mind. I have never heard music as heartwrenchingly, gut-checkingly honest, intimate, and wise before or since."

Roman Candle has been remastered for the re-release by Roger Seibel and Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine and archivist for Elliott's family. Kill Rock Stars will also be releasing Roman Candle on vinyl for the first time in the U.S.

From a Basement on the Hill was released posthumously in 2004 on ANTI- records.

With the addition of these two records Kill Rock Stars is now the home for all of Elliott Smith’s independent releases: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, Either/Or, From a Basement on the Hill, and New Moon.