OMD have released the first video from their upcoming album, English Electric which is scheduled for release on April 9. The clip is forthe single"Metroland". It was created by animator Garan Rushton and directed by David O'Byrne. Check out the clip at the bottom of the post.
They are hitting the road and will be taking the stage at Terminal 5 on July, 17. More details on that show as well as a listing of tour dates are below.
English Electric was written, recorded, produced and mixed by OMD - McCluskey and Paul Humphreys. The record is a 12-track letter to technology, space, love and a grand return to form for a band whose 1980 hit "Enola Gay" occupied the world's stage at last year's Olympics Opening Ceremony.
The album is being released on standard CD format, as a deluxe edition - with media book and bonus DVD - vinyl format - ltd edition die cut sleeve on heavyweight vinyl, as a limited edition deluxe tin boxset, as well as digitally.
The original four-piece - Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper - will be reunited once again this spring for a string of must-see shows, which commemorate the band's 35th anniversary.
“When you go to a carnival, you go into a sideshow tent, and on every stage you find a different person with a different story,” says Nora Jane Struthers. “That’s why I’m trying to do with this album – craft vignettes, and in some cases more developed narratives, about imaginary people’s lives.” Struthers’ album Carnival, which will be issued on the singer-songwriter’s own label on April 16th, is an ambitious and literate follow-up to the Nashville performer’s much-praised 2010 solo debut.
Produced by Brent Truitt (Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Dixie Chicks), who also helmed Struthers’ self-titled bow, Carnival comprises 14 fresh original compositions in her “Classic Americana” vein that richly show off her skills as a sensitive and intelligent tune-weaver and a warm and persuasive vocalist. Recorded at Truitt’s East Nashville studio, the album marks the recording debut of Struthers’ touring band the Party Line. The gifted group of instrumentalists includes Struthers’ longtime collaborator P. J. George, Joe Overton, Aaron Jonah Lewis and Drew Lawhorn.
Clementine &The Galaxy will release their self-titled debut EP on April 9. Check out the video of the first single, "Robot", and grab the download using the handy widget when you're done.
PYYRAMIDS will release their album Brightest Darkest Day on April 9 via Paracadute.
PYYRAMIDS (Tim Nordwind from OK Go and Drea Smith from He Say, She Say) will be playing The Mercury Lounge in New York, NY on Wednesday, April 10. On April 9, OK Go's label Paracadute will release the band’s full-length debut, Brightest Darkest Day.
Tim and Drea first bonded over dark British pop from the early '80s like The Smiths and Joy Division, as well as stranger more modern fare like Micachu and the Shapes…
The Knife released a video for their track "A Tooth For An Eye" last week. The track, available today, is from their upcoming album Shaking The Habitual which is scheduled for release on April 9. The video was directed by Roxy Farhat and Kakan Hermansson. Check it out below.
“A Tooth For An Eye” deconstructs images of maleness, power and leadership, Who are the people we trust as our leaders and why? What do we have to learn from those we consider inferior?
In a sport setting where one would traditionally consider a group of men as powerful and in charge, an unexpected leader emerges. A child enters and allows the men to let go of their hierarchies, machismo and fear of intimacy, as they follow her into a dance. Their lack of expertise and vulnerability shines through as they perform the choreography.
Amateurs and skilled dancers alike express joy and a sense of freedom; there is no prestige in their performance.
Swedish trio Junip have announced North American tour dates. The tour is in support of their upcoming album Junip which is scheduled to be released on April 23 via Mute. They'll be taking the stage in New York at Highline Ballroom on Thursday, June 13. See below for show details and additional tour dates.
Norwegian band Highasakite, whose EP, In and out of weeks, came out last week here in the US, will be making their New York debut with a pair of shows. First, they will be on the LES at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday, March 20 at 8PM and it will cost you $10. The following night, Thursday, March 21 they will be over in Brooklyn at Glasslands. It happens at 10PM and will cost you $10. See below for full details.
Highasakite inhabits their own rare musical landscape, a place of long dark shadows, sudden flashes of glittering light, brooding silences and unexpected explosions of fierce percussion. Ingrid Håvik’s surrealistic lyrics and ardent vocals float out of another time and place, drawing you down into the breathless maelstrom created by her band mates. Progressive rock, Norwegian folk music, jazzy tribal drumming, spaced out synthesizers, zither and autoharp come together to create a deep, mysterious resonance, echoing the sounds your hear in the midnight dreams that often seem more real than anything you experience during your waking hours. Imagine Phil Spector producing Cluster, with a dash of Radiohead on the side, and you’ll have the general idea, but Highasakite brings their own singular vision to the party.
The band took flight when Håvik and drummer Trond Bersu met while studying jazz at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory. They started as a duo, with Bersu on drums and Håvik singing and playing zither. After a few gigs, they enlisted producer Thomas Dahl (Krøyt) to help them capture the sounds they were hearing in their heads. “We wanted to combine the rhythm patterns I was composing with 60s American pop, Norwegian folk music and synthesizers,” Bersu says. With Dahl producing and playing bass and guitar, and their friend Øystein Skar contributing his synthesizer wizardry, they worked for six months to produce a collection of songs cryptically titled All that floats will rain. This was an immediate success and Highasakite was named the best new act of 2012 by many Norwegian magazines and newspapers.
With their reputation in Norway secure, Highasakite is setting their sights on the American market with In and out of weeks. The five-song mini-album will introduce America to the band’s highly emotional music and their distinctive approach to songwriting and arranging. Tribal drums and throbbing, euphoric synthesizer open “Son of a Bitch,” a mid tempo rocker that alternates between Håvik’s propulsive, tongue twisting verses and wordless trills, underscored by Dahl’s swooping bass. “In and out of weeks” is a tense, moody ballad full of long sustained guitar notes, vast washes of spacey keyboards and dense layers of skittering percussion. Håvik’s somnambulant vocals capture the muzzy feeling of a sleepless night.
Aimee Mann is hitting the road. She'll be taking the stage at Webster Hall on Saturday, April 20. Doors are at 7PM and it will cost you $35. Also on the bill is, Ted Leo. We can only assume they will play some of the songs they've written together under the moniker #BOTH. See below for full details and additional tour dates.
They will play two shows in the area, both on the LES. Friday, March 15, they'll be down at Fontana's. It all happens at 8PM and it will cost you $8. Then, they'll be down at Parkside Lounge on Sunday, March 17 at 8PM. See below for full details, tour datesand some tunes.
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