Dressy Bessy

Elephant Six Originators, Dressy Bessy, Return To Classic Form This Fall With Their Fabulous Fourth LP! Holler And Stomp Out September 30th 2008 On Transdreamer Records! Look Out For Fall Tour!

NPR : “I think that Dressy Bessy is a far more efficient pleasure-machine than Coldplay. If Chris Martin's voice is earnest and thoughtful, Tammy Ealom's tone is every bit as knowledgable about the vagaries of love and lost and so much more varied and witty in its expression."


Rolling Stone : “Denver's Dressy Bessy are devo-tees of the same kind of retropop sound as Apples in Stereo and the New Pornographers, a hook-y, Sixties-derived jangle filtered through a knowing indie-rock sensibility.”

New York, NY – June 30, 2008 – After their critically acclaimed last album, Electrified, Dressy Bessy will release its highly anticipated new album, Holler And Stomp, on September 30th, 2008 via Transdreamer Records. Combining uber-indie sensibilities mixed with bombastic style, the band remains inspirational, hook-laden and upbeat. 13 songs will have you dancing and singing in seconds.

“Personal, as well as impersonal experiences over the past few years have helped inspire my urge to HOLLER and STOMP!” – Tammy Ealom

Driven by vocalist Tammy Ealom and guitarist John Hill (who also moonlights in Apples In Stereo), along with groove-meisters Rob Greene on bass and Craig Gilbert on drums – Dressy Bessy bring a sense of style and uniqueness to the rock world. A full tour will commence in September.

Holler And Stomp Tracklisting
1. Automatic
2. Do You Whisper
3. Dressed The part
4. Ease Me Down
5. Simple Girlz
6. In Your Headphones
7. Left To The Right
8. Anyone Can See
9. Pretty Pleaze
10. Ten Million Stars
11. Shoot, I Love You
12. Roundabout
13. Sindy Says

Biography
Tammy Ealom – Vocals/Guitars
John Hill -- Guitars
Rob Greene – Bass
Craig Gilbert -- Drums

Dressy Bessy are about power-pop chords, a dancing rhythm section and the compelling vocals of Tammy Ealom. Her witty lyrics hug the addictive melodies with true style. Backed by guitarist John Hill, whose guitar work helped propel Apples In Stereo to the forefront of the indie rock world and the thundering rhythm section of bassist Rob Greene and drummer Craig Gilbert -- Dressy Bessy have the true spirit of underground rock.

Following extensive touring behind their last album, Electrified, Dressy Bessy needed some well deserved time off. For Tammy this meant getting down to writing a new batch of songs. Tammy's always been a self-proclaimed “melody first” sort of gal and wanted to try her hand at a “beats first” approach, sitting down at a drum kit knocking out groovy beats one drum at a time.

Tammy demoed the songs for HOLLERandSTOMP at home. After about a year of recording she and the band realized that the songs had taken on the organic grass roots sound that Dressy Bessy was originally built upon and decided that these recordings, with proper mixing, additional guitars, bass, drums & lead vocals, would be the actual album tracks.

The band first met Trent Bell (The Flaming Lips) in 2003 while touring with the Starlight Mints, and had talked briefly about having him mix a record. Once they decided to go with the home recordings for this album, it was obvious that Trent should mix it ... and the rest is history!

The results are obvious with infectious and danceable grooves that dominate the album. Every song leads into the next with a driving authority – it’s almost impossible not to move and shake it to these songs.

"Lyrically this album defines MY world. Personal, as well as impersonal experiences over the past few years have helped inspire my urge to HOLLERandSTOMP! all over yo' ass!
Listen up high!" ~ !Tammy Ealom


The Live Experience…
Dressy Bessy are no ordinary band, nor are their fans ordinary. The atmosphere is a non-stop party and the music is relentless. Their compelling live show has left them with loyal and fanatical fans around the world. This band refuses to compromise and continues to push the envelope towards blissful entertainment.

“We rock our hearts out! We try to inspire as much dancing as possible,” comments Ealom.

During their shows, with the lights flashing and the music pounding, people lose themselves in the Dressy Bessy experience. All this is standard fare for a band whose unscripted performances make for an unpredictable and euphoric atmosphere. “We’ll rock the socks off anyone with an hour to spare. Both the band and the fans walk away sweaty and happy,” says Tammy.

History...
Dressy Bessy have enjoyed great success in their hometown of Denver, where the band lives and plays.

"I decided to pick up the guitar in '96 when John Hill loaned me his four track while he was out touring with The Apples In Stereo, and soon I discovered I had a knack for writing songs and the rest is history," says Ealom.

In 1999, Dressy Bessy released Pink Heart, Yellow Moons, which was highly acclaimed and hailed as "virtually perfect and by far, the catchiest indie-pop record of 1999," by The Stranger. Continuing their run of indie-pop ecstacy, 2002's Sound Go Round, saw the band continue to develop its sound. In the spring of 2003, the band released a collection of rarities called Little Music. Later that year, their self-titled release, Dressy Bessy, expanded the band's base into bona fide indie rockstar status. Dressy Bessy has had numerous songs on soundtracks such as The Powerpuff Girls on the Cartoon Network and But I’m A Cheerleader. In 2005, Electrified shed some serious groove-tunes and caught people’s attention when the album was highly praised by NPR.

“We live in a world where upbeat pop, groove, and rock & roll reign supreme. We are just determined to never let anything slow our momentum. We’re always pushing forward, what else is there to do...hopefully in the end, the world will be better place. But you can always find us, just follow the trail of smiles.” says Ealom.

Fans will be all smiles as Dressy Bessy release their most accomplished and infectious effort, HOLLERandSTOMP.

Discography
Albums
Pink Hearts Yellow Moons (Kindercore; CD; 1999)
SoundGoRound (Kindercore; CD; 2002)
Little Music (Kindercore; CD; 2003)
Dressy Bessy (Kindercore;CD; 2003)

Electrified (Transdreamer Records; CD/LP; 2005)

Holler And Stomp (Transdreamer Records; CD/LP; 2008)

EPs and Singles
Ultra Vivid Color (Little Dipper; 7"; 1997)
You Stand Here (Drug Racer; CD; 1998)
Sunny (100 Guitar Mania; 7"; 1999)
California EP (Kindercore; CD; 2000)
Split w/ Saloon (Track & Field Organisation; 7"; 2002)

NEW BECK TRACKS AVAILABLE FOR STREAM

NEW BECK TRACKS AVAILABLE FOR STREAM! MODERN GUILT WEBSITE AND PRESALE SITES ARE LIVE! VIDEO TRAILER FOR MODERN GUILT UP AT AMAZON.COM/MUSIC!

With the July 8 release of Modern Guilt rapidly approaching, Beck has made two additional tracks from the album available online. In addition to the previously released "Chemtrails", the new songs "Orphans" and "Gamma Ray" are now streaming at iLike and MySpace. "Orphans" and "Gamma Ray" are among the songs featured in a special video trailer for Modern Guilt available exclusively at Amazon.com/Music.

In addition, presales for Modern Guilt are now running at Amazon.com, iTunes, Insound.com, and Best Buy. Itunes presales include an instant download of "Chemtrails," a video for "Gamma Ray," and access to preferred seating concert tickets via Ticketmaster.

Finally, Beck has created a website for the new album at ModernGuilt.com. This site includes information on the new album, tour dates, and the latest Beck news. Be sure to check out the Tags section for new buddy icons and desktop images as well as links to tell your MySpace and Facebook friends about Modern Guilt. Beck will be adding clips of each track so check back daily!

The Walkmen Stream First Single “In The New Year”

The Walkmen Stream First Single “In The New Year”! Fantastic Fourth LP You & Me Out Sept 16th On Gigantic Music! Play Outside Lands Festival August 23rd With Tom Petty, Wilco & Radiohead! August Tour, Rifflandia & Bumbershoot Festivals!

Pitchfork Media : "In the New Year", the first available track from the New York band's forthcoming fourth album, You and Me, is more giving and direct than most Walkmen songs, sending familiar themes-- romance, the new year-- billowing out to grander proportions through the force of the performance. The push-pull between drumless verses and loud, swaying, barstool singalong choruses helps make for one of the best Walkmen tracks since Bows and Arrows' "The Rat".

Click Here To Listen To “In The New Year”

Click Here To View Entire Line Up For Outside Lands Festival

The music that inspired the Walkmen to compose You and Me follows in a tradition of song writing that goes back to early rock 'n' roll: the intimacy and energy of Elvis Presley's and Buddy Holly's early recordings, and the massive voice and orchestration of Roy Orbison. And it carries on through people like Bob Marley and Randy Newman and on to bands like The Pogues and The Modern Lovers - the sort of songs that are very much a product of their time and place while firmly rooted in tradition. The vocals were performed live right in the room with the full band, and sometimes a horn section too.

With some romance and drama, You and Me harnesses a sense of classic live-band production into meticulously constructed, unique-sounding rock songs. The sound would definitely not be mistaken for old, but it would be impossible to ignore the most timeless influences. You and Me offers a distinctive twist to the“Walkmen” sound of their first three records. Each song shows focus, and an up-beat enthusiasm apparent in all lyrics, music, and performances. It is a long record, clocking in at just under an hour, and it presents a wide range of ideas. The pacing is very important, as the band felt it was essential to set the right tone, and show each song in its proper light.

Writing and recording of You and Me happened over a vibrant and rigorous 2-year period, during which the members of The Walkmen were split between Philadelphia and New York. The band rode China Town busses five days a week to work in two small rehearsal spaces (an old nightclub in Chelsea, New York and a warehouse in Fish Town, Philadelphia) to freeze by the kerosene heater in the winter, and sweat it out in the summer. By the time of the record’s pressing there were over four hundred cast-off 8-track tapes littering both spaces.

The song I Lost You was the first major breakthrough, and inspired many songs to follow. Maroon was teaching himself the viola and trumpet at the time, and the song was the culmination of many 8-track experiments. The new warmth and romance in the music seemed to beg for the same from the lyrics, so the cold and stand-offish tone that had run a-ground in recent years was abandoned for a more personal and real approach. I Lost You’ s strange pacing, and the way in which both the music and the lyrics together pushed towards an Orbison-like crescendo, was the new direction everyone had hoped for. Songs like Red Moon, On the Water, If Only it Were True, and In the New Year were soon to follow.

The album was recorded in two installments - the first at Sweet Tea studios in Oxford, Mississippi (where they had worked on Bows and Arrows) with engineer John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Hold Steady, Sonic Youth) and in a couple of sessions in New York's Gigantic Studios (built by Phillip Glass) with engineer Chris Zane (who the boys consider "the best f@#king engineer in the world" and a "f@#king god-send").

You and Me is a solid and complex showcase of inspired songwriting. Romantic and celebratory, this is the sound of The Walkmen returning to classic form.

The Walkmen You & Me

1. Dónde está la Playa
2. Flamingos (for Colbert)
3. On the Water
4. In the New Year
5. Seven Years of Holidays (for Stretch)
6. Postcards from Tiny Islands
7. Red Moon
8. Canadian Girl
9. Four Provinces
10. Long Time Ahead of Us
11. The Blue Route
12. New Country
13. I Lost You
14. If Only It Were True

August Tour
8/18: Bowery Ballroom, New York
8/19: Bowery Ballroom, New York
8/21: Troubadour, Los Angeles
8/22: Troubadour, Los Angeles
8/23 : San Francisco, CA (Outside Lands Festival)
8/27: Doug Fir, Portland
8/28: Richards on Richard, Vancouver (co-bill w/ Man Man)
8/29: Rifflandia Festival, Victoria (Black Mountain, Destroyer, etc.)
8/30: Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle

Gus Black Releases His 5th Full Length Record “Today Is Not The Day...To Fuck With Gus Black” via iTunes Exclusive On Cheap Lullaby Records

In the last century Gus Black has released two records under just the name GUS, so, we don’t want you to get all confused. Maybe you know Gus (Black).

Some things you should know about Gus Black:

May 2008 - Gus was kicked off Fab TV in Berlin for refusing to lip synch seriously...i.e. lip synch with more feeling!!!

April 2008 - Black embarked on a sold out tour of Germany

March 2008 - “Today Is Not The Day…” was released in Europe to much love –Germany’s INTRO magazine called it “one of the most engaging folk/pop records of the year”

Gus has songs in movies and and on TV including his cover of “Don’t Fear the Reaper” was featured in the original "Scream". There are several videos on youtube created by confused fans of his cover of “Don’t Fear The Reaper” that credit his version of the song as being performed by H.I.M. (The faux goth rockstar). When I asked Black about this he laughed” it’s amazing…thank god for retarded H.I.M. fans…they have helped spread my music to more people than I could have done on my own.”

Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U51sr7Icoa4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unXIRoOpHgM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSyXjgDZlDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz1qpWka6y0


Gus’s songs have been picked up everywhere from shows like Brothers and Sisters, Californication, Alias, Smallville, One Tree Hill.

He likes animals, food, water, and most of all good music.

Speaking of videos...Gus will be making a video for each song on the album...himself. We’ll keep you posted and send some visuals.

Check out...
http://www.myspace.com/gusblack

Rose Hill Drive - Moon Is The New Earth On Imeem

Rose Hill Drive “Moon Is The New Earth” Streaming On Imeem

Check Out The Video For “Sneak Out”

There’s been a lot going on with Rose Hill Drive since their debut release. Brothers Jake (Vox/Bass) and Daniel Sproul (Guitars/Vox) and Nate Barnes (drums) have toured the world and have been honored to play with some of their idols. The boys did a string of dates opening for The Who in 2007 and they were even joined on stage in Chicago by none other than Pete Townshend, who jammed on the Who classic “Young Man Blues” and Rose hill Drive's very own “Raise Your Hands.” Then, Rolling Stone named them "One of the Top 10 Artists to Watch" in 2007. Not only that, Rose Hill Drive has had the honor to share stages with everyone from Wilco to Queens Of The Stone Age -- even Van Halen requested Rose Hill Drive to open for them. The band also performed at a slew of summer festivals including Bonnaroo, Red Rocks, Austin City Limits, the Warped Tour, and London's Hyde Park Calling.

Summer Tour
7.20- Mile High Festival, Commerce City, CO
7.22- Soma, San Diego, CA w/ State Radio
7.23- House Of Blues, West Hollywood, CA w/ State Radio
7.24- Slim's, San Francisco, CA w/ Gov't Mule
7.25- House Of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ w/ Gov't Mule
7.26- Ives Concert Park, Danbury, CT w/ Gov't Mule
7.27- Spring House Hotel, Block Island, RI w/ Gov't Mule
7.31- House Of Blues, Cleveland, OH w/ Gov't Mule
8.01- Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA w/ Gov't Mule
8.02- The Norva, Norfolk, VA w/ Gov't Mule

NINE INCH NAILS - THE SLIP FREE DOWNLOAD AND TOUR!

NINE INCH NAILS - THE SLIP LIMITED EDITION CD WITH BONUS DVD OUT JULY 22! GATEFOLD VINYL OUT AUGUST 5!

Nine Inch Nails' The Slip, currently available only as a free download at NIN.com, will be issued July 22 as a limited edition physical CD/DVD through the band's own Null Corporation label.

The CD version of The Slip will be limited to 250,000 copies worldwide, each in an individually numbered six-panel digipak that includes a bonus DVD of performances filmed during rehearsals for NIN's upcoming Lights In The Sky tour, as well as a 24-page booklet and exclusive sticker pack.

The gatefold vinyl contains one 180-gram vinyl LP and a 24-page booklet, and is neither limited nor numbered.

The Slip is 10 new songs written and performed by Trent Reznor with Josh Freese, Robin Finck and Alessandro Cortini. Justin Meldal-Johnsen will round out this NIN lineup for the upcoming tour, dates of which are as follows:

07/25/08 - Pemberton, BC - Pemberton Festival
07/26/08 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena at Seattle Center
07/28/08 - Edmonton, ALB - Rexall Place
07/29/08 - Calgary, ALB - Pengrowth Saddledome
07/31/08 - Winnipeg, MAN - MTS Centre
08/02/08 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
08/05/08 - Toronto, ONT - Air Canada Centre
08/07/08 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
08/08/08 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
08/12/08 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum
08/13/08 - Duluth, GA - Gwinnett Arena
08/15/08 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
08/16/08 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
08/18/08 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
08/20/08 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
08/22/08 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
08/23/08 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
08/25/08 - Toledo, OH - Seagate Convention Center
08/27/08 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
08/29/08 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
08/31/08 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena
09/02/08 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater
09/03/08 - Salt Lake City, UT - The E Center of West Valley
09/05/08 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
09/06/08 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum

RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS FROM THE BASEMENT (Exclusive Live Videos Set Available on iTunes)

Radiohead has released ten live performance videos recorded at The Hospital studio in Covent Garden with the team from the band's longtime producer Nigel Godrich's 'From the Basement' TV show (http://www.fromthebasement.tv/).

The collection is now available exclusively through iTunes. The videos feature live renditions of songs from 'In Rainbows' and the bonus CD included in its deluxe discbox edition.

The full track listing of video performances is:

Bodysnatchers
House of Cards
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
15 Step
Reckoner
Go Slowly
Videotape
Bangers & Mash
All I Need

Captured in a day, with direction by David Barnard and sound by Nigel Godrich, the videos represent the best recorded representation of Radiohead's live performance to date.

Mugison Debuts Video For “Jesus Is A Good Name To Moan”

NPR Second Stage Features New Song "George Harrison" This Week. The Magical Fourth LP, Mugiboogie, Is Out July 22nd On Ipecac Recordings.

Click Here To View Video For Jesus Is a Good Name To Moan”

Click Here To View NPR Second Stage

Click Here To Listen To “To The Bone” (Acoustic Version)

Click Here To View Mugison’s Video Blog Of His Recent Canadian Tour

The Legend Of Mugison…

When Tom Waits astutely pointed out that “no dog ever pissed on a moving car” Mugison must have been nodding in bemused agreement.

Impulsively nomadic, creatively restless, Mugi is the kind of post-modern dude that flows with the flux - one of those ants-in-the-pants artists that naturally negates stagnation and actively seeks out new challenges.

His two key albums to date - 2003’s “Lonely Mountain” and 2005’s “Mugimama: Is This Monkey Music?” (released on Matthew Herbert’s Life? and Accidental & IPECAC labels, respectively) are significant snapshots of the Icelander’s maverick style. Delightfully shambolic, they both evince a passion for provocative sonic mischief as well as good old-fashioned songwriting.

Mugi’s endearing DIY ethic (he taught himself everything he knows) allows him to haphazardly hurl everything from glitchy electronica and avant-noise to Bonnie Prince Billy-esque ballads and soaring choruses into his sorcerer’s saucepan. Somehow it all fits together, for he is the Mugician.

In the three years since touring “Mugimama…” he settled in Sudavik, a miniscule fishing village in the remote Westfjords, raised a family, traded his laptop for a flesh-and-blood rock & roll band and set about reinventing himself and his sound. The result? One of the great rock & roll albums of the century.

“I listened to hundreds of CDs,” says the maestro. “I became aware that artists like John Lee Hooker, Hendrix, Screaming Jay, Bowie, Dylan, The Beatles, Aphex Twin, Björk, Sepultura, the Pixies and Tom Waits all had one thing in common: they were all expressing true feelings and there were no compromises.”

“Mugiboogie,” his third official solo release, was recorded in his home studio, which offers views out onto silent, ancient fjords. Mugi put everything he had into the project. He worked 16 hours a day, started drinking and smoking again, and didn’t just flirt with a nervous breakdown but got into bed with one and spent quite a bit of time fighting to get back out.

But the aim - to achieve something classic, something visceral and “beyond the norm” – was ultimately achieved. Click-tracks were foresworn to get that old school standards feel. Songs were played over and over again until they were perfected, exorcised of any superficiality.

“There was to be no time reference, no time frame,” says Mugi. “The lyrics had to be straight to the point and all the songs played with eyes closed and always in a state of emergency. I had to ensure that all pretentiousness was deleted from the songs. All nearly’s, all maybe´s. Every song had to sound like it was the last song I’d play if the world was going down.”

Brimming with emotion and freighted with recognizable musical references, “Mugibogie” is a mind-trip back to yesteryear when music was free from categorization, when gothic guitars towered and scintillated and when you could hear guts being spilled out all over the record.

From opener “Mugiboogie”, with its swirling Hammond, wailing guitar and loping drum rhythms to the foot-tapping blues of “The Pathetic Album” and the grindingly sensual “Jesus Is A Good Name To Moan,” plus a couple of seriously heartfelt ballads, Mugi has crafted a modern classic.

The record has already sold over 10,000 copies in Iceland alone. When it’s released internationally next month, you’ll feel the earth move too.

The Kooks Announce Fall 2008 US Tour, Pre-sale Starts This Week

Fresh off wrapping up their Sold-Out May/June US tour, we are very pleased to announce The Kooks will return to the States in September for an extensive Fall 2008 tour, their biggest US tour to date. The tour will include cities the band has never played before, giving fans all over the country a chance to see The Kooks live for the first time.

The Ticketmaster internet pre-sale begins 10am EST tomorrow, Wednesday June 25th, and the password is kooksfalltour. Amazon customers who were past Kooks buyers will get a special email letting them know that they have their own presale code for tickets. Tickets are available to the general public beginning this Friday, June 27th.

Fall 2008 US Tour Dates
September 4th – Clinton, NY – The Annex at Hamilton College – private show, students only
September 5th – Montreal, QC – Club Soda – all ages - TIX
September 6th – Toronto, ON – Virgin Festival – all ages - TIX
September 8th – Washington, DC – 9.30 Club – all ages - TIX
*September 10th – New York, NY – Rumsey Playfield Central Park Summerstage - TIX
*September 12th – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony – all ages - TIX
*September 15th – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory – all ages - TIX
September 30th – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre – 18+ - TIX
*October 2nd – Dallas, TX – House of Blues – all ages - TIX
*October 3rd – Houston, TX – Meridian – all ages - TIX
October 4th – Austin, TX – Antone’s – all ages - TIX
October 5th – Tulsa, OK – Cains Ballroom – all ages - TIX
*October 7th – St Louis, MO – The Pageant – all ages - TIX
October 8th – Des Moines, IA – People’s Court – all ages - TIX
*October 9th – Madison, WI – Barrymore Theatre – all ages - TIX
*October 11th – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre – all ages - TIX
*October 12th – Cincinatti, OH – Bogarts – all ages - TIX
*October 14th – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall – all ages - TIX
*October 21st – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo – all ages - TIX
*October 22nd – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom – all ages - TIX
October 24th – Sacramento, CA – Empire – all ages - TIX
*October 25th – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre – all ages - TIX
*October 27th – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues – all ages - TIX
*October 28th – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Palladium – all ages - TIX
*indicates Ticketmaster venues.

Stay tuned for more dates to be announced shortly…

‘KONK’, the Kooks’ sophomore album, was released April 15th in the US, debuting at #41 on the Billboard charts, and in the top 10 on the iTunes charts. ‘Always Where I Need To Be’, the first single off ‘KONK’, continues to climb the Alternative radio charts and is currently at #21. Their success at radio so far led to a coveted slot on Live 105’s BFD Festival in San Francisco earlier this month.

The video for ‘Always Where I Need To Be’ has been added to rotation at VH1, MTV2, MTVU and Fuse, has been getting great buzz online and has been viewed over 2.6 million times on YouTube. The Kooks will be co-hosting Subterranean on MTV2 next Wednesday July 2nd, tune in at 10pm EST to check it out.

Death Cab For Cutie Does Morrissey

Yes, Death Cab covers Morrissey and it is beautiful.

Death Cab For Cutie - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (MP3)

ONO’s “GIVE PEACE A CHANCE” (Part 1, THE REMIXES) STREAM FOR THIS WEEK ONLY

ONO To Appear On The BEATPORT Float This Sunday June 29th At NYC Gay Pride Parade! The Remixes Enter Top 20 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart At #16 With A Bullet!

Available Now As A Digital Release From MINDTRAIN/TWISTED Records Exclusively Through Beatport! The 39th Anniversary Of The Historic Original Recording.

Featuring Remixes By TOMMIE SUNSHINE, ERIC KUPPER, JOHNNY VICIOUS, DAVE AUDE, MOREL, MIKE CRUZ and DOUBLE B

The highly sought-after and previously unreleased mixes of ONO’s #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charting single “NO, NO, NO” (THE REMIXES) and the #2 charting smash / #6 dance track of 2007 “YOU’RE THE ONE” (THE REMIXES) also set for digital release June 1st 2008

Click To Stream” Give Peace A Chance” (Part 1, The Remixes)

Click Here For More Info On This Sunday’s Gay Pride Parade

New York – Following the massive critical and commercial success of Yoko Ono’s ambitious remix collections – YES, I’M A WITCH and OPEN YOUR BOX (MINDTRAIN/Astralwerks) which paired the seminal performer with the 21st century underground -- ONO readies for the digital release of “GIVE PEACE A CHANCE” (THE REMIXES). The new release (available June 1 at Beatport.com and July 1 at the iTunes Music Store) commemorates the 39th anniversary of the world peace anthem's historic June 1, 1969 recording. The song was recorded during John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s infamous week-long “Bed-In For Peace” in Room 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada.

The enduring, landmark song has been re-recorded by ONO as an uplifting, poetic narrative resonating with a contemporary sense of urgency and optimism. The timely release speaks to today’s tumultuous political, social and environmental climate. And with it, Ono --the tireless humanitarian-- offers a poignant and evocative mantra that is a song of hope, inspiration and limitless possibilities in a time of change.

For this important milestone release, MINDTRAIN Records again partners with legendary dance label TWISTED Records. Together they issued ONO’s #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart-toppers “WALKING ON THIN ICE” (The Remixes) and “EVERYMAN / EVERYWOMAN”.

Concurrent with the release of "Give Peace a Chance," MINDTRAIN/TWISTED will also digitally issue the highly sought-after and previously unreleased mixes of ONO’s #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charting single “NO, NO, NO” (THE REMIXES) and #2 charting “YOU’RE THE ONE” (THE REMIXES). “No, No, No” includes superlative reconstructions from international superstars Linus Loves, Tom Novy, Eric Kupper, Friscia and Lamboy, Peter Bailey and more. “You’re The One” (which was the #6 Billboard Dance track of 2007) includes vibrant re-workings by Bimbo Jones, Richard Morel (aka Morel), Friscia and Lamboy, and Claude Le Gache.

Already the Hot Shot Debut and #1 Breakout, The remixes now enter Top 20 (#16 with a bullet) on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart, “GIVE PEACE A CHANCE” (THE REMIXES) will be released as a series of three digital-only, environmentally-friendly “green” singles, the third of which will feature a diverse assemblage of international dance/electronic music innovators, galvanizing the familiar and timeless rallying cry: “All we are saying is GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!”

New York Dolls Celebrate 35 Years Of Infamy With “Live At Fillmore East”

New York Dolls Celebrate 35 Years Of Infamy With “Live At Fillmore East” Out This Week On Sony BMG! European Summer Tour/ UK Dates, Wireless & Heatwave Festivals With Morrissey!

PunkNews.com : "I think I can safely say that I owe Morrissey thanks for getting the Dolls to regroup, as this show was incredible, and deserves no less than a 10/10."

New York Dolls announce the release of their brand new unabashed live album. Recorded in December of last year at NYC's Fillmore East, this disc captures ten prime tracks from the reunited Dolls: "Babylon," "Trash," "Jet Boy," "Personality Crisis," "Rainbow Store," "Looking for a Kiss," "Puss 'N' Boots," "Dance Like a Monkey," "Pills," and "Lonely Planet Boy." Its everything you have come love about the Dolls over their giant spanning career, yet still keeps you on your toes and wanting more.

Morrissey recently exclaimed this with a fervor that somehow made his chronologically impossible claims seem plausible. Watching footage of the 'Dolls onstage two years ago at the behest of one of their biggest fans (who was curating the prestigious Meltdown Festival in London) one realized just how vast - and heretofore unsung - their influence truly was. Everyone knows the famous logo: chrome lipstick, scrawling that name across an unseen mirror, but it's more than the great brand. It's not about the androgyny either. Skinny boys were wearing make up long before them. Little Richard. Elvis. It's not even about the music, as the Dolls themselves were always quick to credit 50's R&B numbers or early 60's girl group productions as their own influences. Really, what makes the Dolls so eternal is the attitude - it got into rock's water supply and never left. Kiss, Aerosmith, The Ramones, Blondie, The Sex Pistols, The Damned, Motley Crue, Guns N' Roses, Hanoi Rocks, The Strokes, The Libertines and just about any gang of strutting rockers who are convinced that their band could take your band and possibly your whole town in a pretty for pretty, ugly for ugly throwdown. The Dolls, and their disciples win, not just with brawn but with what guitarist Sylvain Sylvain calls "plenty of intellect and plenty of sex."

Thirty five years into their existence (thirty one since they disbanded down in Florida in a haze of smack withdrawal and managerial anarchy), with three men down, they can still take your band, pretty for pretty, ugly for ugly, onstage, and now, with the long (long) awaited follow up to 1974's awesome Too Much, Too Soon, on CD too. "You know how England is," David Johansen quips in his Staten Island drawl, thick as South Ferry sludge, "We made a big noise over there, and we were having so much fun, we decided to keep going." "The phone didn't stop ringing," Sylvain adds, "The kids wanted this. Kids of all ages." An album's worth of brand new New York Dolls compositions, as unlikely as it may have seemed in 2003, was a foregone conclusion after wildly successful festival and live dates that spanned the past two years. They were a reunion when they re-started. Now, with replacement members feeling comfortable stepping into the stack heels of departed legends like Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, and most recently Arthur "Killer" Kane, they're a gang once more. "It won't be very long that we'll be together longer than the original band was," Johansen laughs.

European Summer Tour
June 26 - Cork Ireland - Live at the Marquee w/ Morrissey
June 28 - Dubin, Ireland - Irish Museum of Modern Art w/ Morrissey
June 29 - Glasgow, Scotland - The Garage - Headline
July 1 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms - Headline
July 2 - Bristol, UK - KLA - Headline
July 3 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3 - Headline
July 4 - London, UK - Wireless Festival - Headline Tuborg Stage
July 12 - Kent, UK - Down on the Farm Festival
July 13 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Club Vega - Headline
July 16 - Athens, Greece - Fly Beeyond Festival
July 18 - Benicassim, Spain - FIB Festival
July 24 - Stezanno, Italy - Druso Under the Sky Festival
July 25 - Pinarella Di Cervia, Italy - Rock Planet Club - Headline
July 29 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Heatwave Festival w/ Morrissey
Aug 2 - Lokeren, Belgium - Lokerse Festeen Festival

More Dates To Be Added...

Beck Pre-Releases New Album Modern Guilt

Beck Pre-Releases New Album Modern Guilt
to TouchTunes Network

TouchTunes & LocaModa Enable Beck Fans to Send a Text Message to Find the Nearest Participating TouchTunes Location

TouchTunes Corporation, the largest out-of-home interactive entertainment network, has announced a special preview of Beck's hotly anticipated new album, Modern Guilt, via 10,000 digital jukeboxes at locations nationwide.

Produced by Danger Mouse and Beck, Modern Guilt goes on sale July 8th, but will be playing on TouchTunes digital jukeboxes beginning July 1st. While the song "Chemtrails" is currently streaming on Beck.com and imeem, TouchTunes jukeboxes will be one of the first platforms--and the first jukebox platform--to feature the album in full.

Starting today, Beck fans can text message BECK to 40411 to find the nearest participating TouchTunes digital jukebox location. Beck fans will learn about the promotion through strategically placed ads on Beck's profile pages on select social sites like Facebook, iLike, and MySpace. The text messaging capability is powered by LocaModa, a technology company providing a mobile social platform that connects consumers online and out-of-home.

"The 'Modern Guilt' sound is an homage to 1960s British pop, along with Beck's signature futuristic flair," said Ted Mico, executive vice president, digital, Interscope A&M Geffen. "The TouchTunes interactive network offered us an innovative and exciting way to release Beck's music to a very savvy group of fans. We were especially excited that TouchTunes, along with LocaModa, were able to connect Beck's most committed fans through a viral mobile platform, giving them the opportunity to listen to the album before anyone else."

TouchTunes will further support the promotion through banners and full-screen billboards that will appear during the time a user touches the screen. A custom survey will ask users about their favorite Beck song and which Beck album they love the most. Beck fans will have the option to enter their email address onscreen at any of the 10,000 participating jukebox locations to be added to Beck's mailing list and receive information about ordering the new album.

"Beck fans have been talking for months about his new album, and now, finally, it's available -- on the TouchTunes network," said Ron Greenberg, TouchTunes CMO and senior vice president of digital media. "For Beck especially, we needed to do something both a little different and sophisticated at the same time. By combining interactivity, social networks, and texting from LocaModa for this pre-release on our digital network, we're defining more integrated ways to bring great music to fans."

"An integrated media campaign like this is rapidly becoming essential, particularly in the music industry, where new dynamic approaches are cutting through," commented Steve King, VP sales for LocaModa. "The TouchTunes network reaches millions of fans where they already hang out in the real world, and now TouchTunes and LocaModa together reach them both online and on location. Together we're offering them valuable benefits for being socially active and connected. It's easy to see how both brands and consumers reap the rewards from a program like this."

For more information, please visit Beck.com. Modern Guilt is available July 8 on DGC/Interscope Records.


About TouchTunes Corporation
TouchTunes Corporation is the largest out-of-home interactive entertainment network, providing innovative solutions to over 30,000 bars, restaurants, retailers and other businesses in North America - three times larger than the nearest competitor. TouchTunes introduced the world's first digital-downloading, pay-per-play commercial jukebox in 1998 and now operates the largest network of interactive entertainment systems, playing about 1.5 million songs per day. TouchTunes maintains a digital music library covering more than two million licensed tracks from every major record label, plus independent music distributors and a host of independent labels. TouchTunes offers leading games and music solutions for independent and national restaurants, bars, and retailers.

A privately held U.S. corporation, TouchTunes Corporation's principal offices are in New York City, Montreal, and Lake Zurich, IL.

About LocaModa
LocaModa connects people and places. The company's social platform enables people to access and control media in their favorite places, bringing location experiences to the web and web experiences to locations. LocaModa connects people in bars, cafes, colleges, public spaces and conferences. The company is privately held, headquartered in Massachusetts and founded by Stephen Randall, a former EVP/Founder of Symbian. True to its global vision, LocaModa is internationally backed by Dace Ventures in USA, Mahindra Group in India and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, via its US-based strategic investing arm, PresidioSTX.

JELLYNYC Pool Parties

Week One: JELLYNYC Pool Parties This Sunday, June 29th 2008! Featuring The Hold Steady, The Loved Ones, J. Roddy & The Business! Free Summer Community Concert Series Kicks Off At McCarren Park Brooklyn!

In Partnership with My Space And Sponspored By: Sixpoint Lager, Hoegaarden, Budlight, Dewar's, Redbull, TopShop, TopMan, Saucony, Scion, Fuze Beverages, Gibson, Spin Two Boots Brooklyn, KEXP, Sesac and New York Magazine.

Brooklyn, NY – June 23, 2008 –Developed by JELLYNYC, the inter-media collaborative specializing in creating one of a kind experiences for audiences and partners, the Pool Parties made a huge splash in New York for the last two years drawing an incomparable music lineup and energetic crowd. This year’s final lineup tops them all with very special performances by The Breeders, Ronnie Spector, The Hold Steady, Liars, Deerhunter, The Black Lips, MGMT and many other great artists.

The Pool Parties kick off at the historic McCarren Park Pool this Sunday, June 29 at 2 PM with indie rock favorites, The Hold Steady, and run every Sunday throughout the Summer until August 24th. Formerly a dilapidated, drained pool in Brooklyn, JELLYNYC transformed the space two Summers ago to create the first annual year of Pool Parties. After receiving tremendous community support from a wide cross-section, the team brought local supporters, such as media sponsor Sixpoint Lager, Hoegaarden, Budlight, Dewar's, Redbull, TopShop, TopMan, Two Boots Brooklyn, Gibson, Spin, Scion, New York Magazine, KEXP, Fuze Beverages, Saucony, and Sesac on board to build on the momentum of the first two years and make the final year its best and brightest.

Over two years, JELLYNYC has hosted over 100,000 people for the free Sunday concerts in McCarren Park Brooklyn, and have had bands such as TV on the Radio, Blonde Redhead, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Band of Horses and more. We have also worked with such brands as Helio, Brooklyn Brewery, RedBull, Dewars, Coke, New York Magazine, Yaris and SPIN.com for this ground-breaking series. JELLYNYC also produced the legendary Boredoms 7.7.07 event at the Tobacco Warehouse for Nike and Vice Records. Beyond these marquee events, they have produced hundreds of shows for both our own brand and such companies as Heavy.com, Flavorpill, New York Magazine, Imeem.com, and The Tripwire.com. JELLYNYC's name is synonymous with style, creativity and uniqueness. We welcome all challenges and love the chance to showcase our particular brand of idea integration.

JELLYNYC was founded on true creativity and the integration of many talents and ideas. They seek to create and support projects of the highest artistic quality that resonate across the lines. JELLYNYC focuses on out of the box strategies and forming long lasting business relationships. They constantly push through barriers, seeking out new ways to bring people closer together on many different levels whether that is through great music or authentic brands.

JELLYNYC is recognized nationally and internationally, however the company never loses sight of the importance of the ripple affect of localized experience.

2008 POOL PARTIES Line Up

JUNE 29
The Hold Steady
The Loved Ones
J Roddy & The Business
DJ TODD O-PHONIC TODD


JULY 6
Ronnie Spector
The Rabbit Factory Soul Revue, Featuring:
Roscoe Robinson
Ralph ‘Soul’ Jackson
Hermon Hitson
and Wiley & The Checkmates

JULY 13
The Breeders
Matt + Kim
The Whip
DJ FRANKI CHAN

JULY 20
Liars
Fuck Buttons
Team Robespierre
DJ ANDREW WK

JULY 27
MGMT
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Ting Tings

AUGUST 3
Black Lips
Deerhunter
King Khan + His Shrines
Tall Firs

AUGUST 10
TBA

AUGUST 17
Aesop Rock
Chin Chin
Panther

AUGUST 24
TBA

BECK EXCLUSIVE VIDEO TRAILER UP NOW AT AMAZON.COM/MUSIC

BECK EXCLUSIVE VIDEO TRAILER UP NOW AT AMAZON.COM/MUSIC

MODERN GUILT OUT JULY 8

An exclusive custom-created video trailer for Beck's Modern Guilt is
up now at Amazon.com/Music.

Conceived, created and even edited with 100% creative input from Beck
every step of the way, the Modern Guilt trailer is equal parts video
mixtape and black and white montage that recalls classic film works
from Warhol to Klein to Truffaut, all imbued with Beck's own unique
visual identity--not to mention exclusive advance snippets of the
record.

Modern Guilt will be released July 8 on DGC.

THE PHARCYDE 12’ VINYL RMXXS OUT JULY 29TH AND DIGITALLY NOW AT BEATPORT.COM

NEW SINGLE FROM DELICIOUS RMXXOLOGY REVISITS CLASSIC TRACKS BY THE PHARCYDE
Release Coincides With The Pharcyde Reuniting For This Summer's Rock The Bells Touring Festival!

Delicious Vinyl RMXXOLOGY Out August 19th

Click Here To Stream RUNNIN' (PHILIPPIANS RMX)

NME: "Today's boldest club music running riot atop suave vintage rap!! Meldtoday's most explosive club music with the eternally fresh lyrical styles of golden age rap stars and whaddya get? A stunning high point in the continuumof hip-hop history... a must-have for DJs and art collectors worldwide."

Sometimes the spheres align. This summer, Delicious Vinyl revisits two classic songs from legendary alternative rap collective The Pharcyde on The Pharcyde RMXXS, the new single from their lauded Delicious RMXXOLOGY album. Meanwhile, all original members of the Pharcyde — Imani, Bootie Brown, Fatlip & Slimkid3 — reunite throughout June, July, and August as special guests of the Rock The Bells traveling hip-hop festival.

The Pharcyde RMXXS leads off with "Runnin' (Philippians RMX)", a tech-soul treatment by prodigal producer Cory Nitta (aka Philippians) of the smash hit from The Pharcyde's sophomore album Labcabincalifornia. Then there's "4 Better or 4 Worse (DJ Nu-Mark RMXX)", with DJ Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5) laying all-new brushed snare boom-bap beneath the wickedly humorous jam from the group's debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.

Just as fans old and new flock will thrill to see all original members of The Pharcyde on tour this summer, so will they go nuts for THE PHARCYDE RMXXS.

THE PHARCYDE RMXXS, available on 12-inch vinyl, environment-friendly cardboard slipcase CD, and digital download. All formats come with RMX, RMX instrumental, and acappella versions of both songs.

ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. ANNOUNCES LOS ANGELES SHOW

NEW ALBUM ¿CÓMO TE LLAMA? IN STORES JULY 8 ON BLACK SEAL RECORDS!

Albert Hammond, Jr. has confirmed his first show in support of his forthcoming album ¿Cómo Te Llama?, which will be released July 8th on Black Seal Records. Albert and his band will play Spaceland in Los Angeles on July 11.

¿Cómo Te Llama? is Albert's second album with bandmates Matt Romano, Marc Eskenazi and Josh Lattanzi, and features the single "GfC", which Rolling Stone calls "a garage tune out for a spin on the 101." The video for "GfC" is being directed by Laurent Briet and will be on air soon. Albert's first solo album Yours To Keep won widespread critical acclaim, with Spin calling it "top-shelf indie pop", and Esquire awarding Albert their Esky Award for Best Solo Debut.

Albert will be confirming more tour dates as the summer progresses, so keep an eye on AlbertHammondJr.com and MySpace.com/AlbertHammondJr for further announcements.

Ex-Chanteuse From The Anniversary Breaks Away And Delivers Her Divine Debut

DRI Introduces Smoke Rings Deluxe Edition, Featuring Smoke Rings LP + Bonus Remix EP (Part 1) Deluxe Version Will Be Released This October On Range Life Records! Debut Daytrotter Session Out Today and Summer Tour Dates With Conor Oberst & Modest Mouse!

Click Here for Bonus 4 Track Remix EP

Alternative Press Magazine : “Her irony-free delivery and the legimately funky backdrops allow her to pull off her newfound urban attitude better than any white indie-scene lifer should...this stylistic nomad will likely yield the crown by her next release.”

"Adrianne Verhoeven" has spent her music career lending her vocal and keyboard chops to bands like The Anniversary, Art In Manila and Fourth Of July but "Dri", as Adrianne is known to her friends, has spent her 20's seeing the world, falling in and out of love, getting lost in the hazy days and buzzed nights of Lawrence, Kansas and dreaming all the while of stepping out and rocking the mic on her own. Her debut record, "Smoke Rings", is just that - a collection of kisses (and kiss-offs) blown to past and present loves; a swirl of stoned immediacy, of feelings and melodies coming to life in loose perfection.

With a background in everything from opera to emo, from vibes to horns, Dri's record could have gone anywhere. That she found joy in crafted beats and soulful samples is due largely to the talents of a few local Lawrence, Kansas producers who plied her with tracks that she could turn in to treasures. Those producers are rare soul/funk deejay Josh Powers ("Don't Wait", "What's Real"), protools-stylist SayMyName ("Two Are One", "Indria", "Inspiration", "Hot As Hades"), hip hop producer and emcee Nezbeat ("You Know I Tried", "Free Tonight") and electronic composer 1,000,000 Light Years ("Meet Me Out").

For a female musician in the mix since she was 18, Dri has seen and done it all and these songs work through what mattered ("Don't Wait"), what matters ("Two Are One"), what a girl wants ("Indria", "Hot As Hades"), what a girl needs ("Inspiration"). What makes her happy is connecting with the music and as a distillation of her talents and influences, "Smoke Rings" is all Adrianne.

As a sense of her seductiveness, however, "Smoke Rings" is pure Dri.

"Smoke Rings" was recorded in Lawrence, Kansas by Jim Vollentine and mixed in Austin, Texas by Jim Vollentine. Mastered by Howie Weinberg.

US Summer Tour
June 27 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
June 30 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
July 1 St. Louis, MO The Pageant (With Modest Mouse)

Conor Oberst West Coast Dates:
July 29 Vancouver B.C. Richard's on Richards
July 30 Seattle, WA Nuemos
July 31 Bend, OR Midtown Ballroom
Aug 1 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
Aug 2 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
Aug 3 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre
Aug 5 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour


Tracklisting
1. Two Are One
2. Don't Wait
3. Indria
4. You Know I Tried
5. Inspiration
6. Free Tonight
7. Meet Me Out
8. Hot As Hades
9. What's Real
10. Goodnight, Baby
11. Smoke Rings

Bonus 4-Track Remix EP (Part 1):
1. Two Are One (One Are Two remix by Homeowner)
2. Goodnight, Baby (Coke Week X remix)
3. Meet Me Out (1,000,000 Light Years remix)
4. What's Real (Say My Name remix)

The Rabbit Factory Summer Soul Revue Returns To NYC and Chicago To Celebrate Their Two Newest Releases

Fred Mills, HARP (Now Blurt Magazine): “Oxford’s Wiley & the Checkmates, Atlanta’s Herman Hitson and Birmingham’s Ralph Soul Jackson serve up three sets’ worth of the finest and most low-to-the-ground authentic funk and soul I’ve witnessed in ages.”

After two sold out summer soul revue-style shows in 2007, Chicago-based southern music label The Rabbit Factory, Inc. returns with a bigger and better line-up. Not since Atlantic Records foray into the American south or the golden age of soul music at the Apollo Theatre and Chicago’s Regal Theatre has the gritty sound of southern soul appeared up north with such force as with the Rabbit Factory Soul Revue. The two-city vintage “chitlin circuit”-styled bill features classic southern soul artists performing with an eight-piece dance band, Wiley & the Checkmates, from Oxford, MS. These shows are a godsend for many fans of American music.

The Rabbit Factory is record label forged by Chicago DJ and record collector, John Ciba, and NYC industry veteran, Derek Evers, with the intention of preserving archival as well as new, relevant southern music. These upcoming events will celebrate the release of two long-awaited new releases from the label: The Birmingham Sound: The Soul of Neal Hemphill Vol. 2 as well as the new album by Wiley & the Checkmates We Call it Soul. Songs from both albums will be performed live.

The July 6th New York City show will feature the core Rabbit Factory Soul Revue of The Checkmates performing with Herbert Wiley, the Legendary Roscoe Robinson (Blind Boys of Alabama), Ralph ‘Soul’ Jackson (Spooner Oldham/Muscle Shoals) and Hermon Hitson (Jimi Hendrix/Isley Brothers/Joe Tex). This line-up has been receiving rave reviews from its high profile performances at SXSW and the Ponderosa Stomp. The show itself is part of the popular JellyNYC McCarren Park Pool Party series, opening for Ronnie Spector.

he July 12th Chicago date will be outdoors at the Hideout, home to all of the Rabbit Factory’s local events, and features the core Revue as well as Laura Lee (70s woman’s rights soul icon/Al Green’s girlfriend), Harvey Scales (‘Disco Lady’/Milwaukee’s godfather of soul) and other guest appearances by Chicago soul greats. Local support slots are filled by the Adam Fitz Band and up and coming instrumental soul group the Stacks, who were both apart of the sold out Syl Johnson Rabbit Factory show in February 2008. In keeping with the chitlin circuit aesthetic the outdoor stage will be a tractor-trailer and Wallace’s Catfish Corner, West Side institution, will be offering classic soul food.

The Rabbit Factory has pulled out all the stops to create something very special – something you won’t find at your summer blues fest or over-hyped rock festival. It is something refreshing but faintly classic and rooted in a bygone piece of American culture creating an atmosphere beneficial as much to the artists as to the audience.

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TOKYO POLICE CLUB ANNOUNCE NEW SHOWS

TOKYO POLICE CLUB ANNOUNCES FALL SHOWS IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES! COVER OF RENTALS SONG "FRIENDS OF P" MADE AVAILABLE IN SUPPORT OF LUPUS RESEARCH!

Although Tokyo Police Club is already embarked on a summer itinerary that includes Denmark, Japan, and Australia, the band has begun plotting a fall return to the US. In addition to previously announced appearances at the Monolith and Treasure Island Festivals in September, the band will headline the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on September 18th, and New York's Webster Hall on October 18th.

The band's incessant touring is in support of their debut full length album Elephant Shell, which was released earlier this year by Saddle Creek Records. Elle called the album "a smart, furiously played, sugar-rush debut that sounds like it was inspired by Red Bull benders and unrequited love." The Los Angeles Times seconded that emotion, describing the album as "like being in love for the first time, in musical form - that kind of rush." Men's Health also weighed in, calling Elephant Shell "an aural adrenaline rush, all the way."

Finally, the band is teaming with the Lupus Foundation Of America to raise money for continued research of lupus, an incurable disease that affects over 1.5 million Americans. Tokyo Police Club's cover of The Rentals' song "Friends Of P" is streaming (and available for download if you're clever) at FriendsOfP.org, where visitors can make donations and possibly receive a limited-edition Friends Of P tote bag.

Confirmed US tour dates are below, stay tuned to TokyoPoliceClub.com for further tour announcements.

Dates:
7/24/08 - Los Angeles, CA - Hammer Museum (Indie 103 show)
9/14/08 - Morrison, CO - Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks
9/18/08 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
9/20/08 - San Diego, CA - Street Scene Festival
9/21/08 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
10/18/08 - New York, NY - Webster Hall

The Boys From Boston Are Back Again With A Searing Summer Soundtrack

Wasting No Time At All, Following Hot On The Heels Of Last Year's Much Loved Gem Pulling Out Just Enough To Win, The Boys Of TAB Headed Back To Their Home Studio To Craft Another Of Their Rough And Tumble Rock Records!

Power Trio TAB The Band Release Their Second Album, The Self-Produced Long Weekend, On August 12th From North Street Records!

Just Announced Are Opening Dates With Stone Temple Pilots And Black Rebel Motorcycle Club! Tour Dates Below!

These Guys Have Also Proven Their Love For Vinyl And Their R&R Predecessors In A Blindfolded Vinyl vs CD Test.
Read About It In The Boston Herald

They will be releasing their first single, “Where She was On Monday,” on July 1st and it will be available everywhere digital music is sold. For that first week, the track will be a featured free download from Amazon.com.

Another first, a TAB the Band video for their single. The trio are working with the directing duo directing duo Michael & Miguel. Music fans may know them from their latest TRL fave video for Tokyo Police Club's Tessellate, or from their score for the video game Super Mario Bros.

It sounds like a real band using real instruments recorded in an organic way. On this second release, the guys stretched the spectrum, some songs heavier and some more poppy.

The album's theme is about a girl living in the ritzy outskirts of a big city, messing around with her absentee parents' rich friends, taking trips to the city on her own and living dangerously. The songs take on the perspectives of her, her middle-aged wealthy suitors, and the 'good guy' at her school who laments over her dalliances. Ultimately, it doesn't work out and she finds herself, once again, in the hands of another ne'er-do-well mid-life crisis fellow.

Recorded at the Boneyard in Duxbury, MA, Long Weekend was written, recorded, produced and engineered by brothers Adrian and Tony Perry. The boys also helped mix the album with Kevin Ennis (who also mixed "Pulling Out Just Enough To Win").

Listen to “Where She Was on Monday”

Tour Dates:
August 17th- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Opening for Stone Temple Pilots and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) - Charlotte, North Carolina
August 19th- UCF Arena (Opening for Stone Temple Pilots and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)- Orlando, Florida
August 22nd- Ford Amphitheatre (Opening for Stone Temple Pilots and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) - Tampa, Florida
August 23rd- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Opening for Stone Temple Pilots and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) - Alpharetta, Georgia
Sept 13th- Great Scott (RECORD RELEASE SHOW!!!!) - Boston, Massachusetts