Thursday, March 4, 2010
COURTNEY LOVE RETURNS WITH NOBODY’S DAUGHTER, FIRST NEW HOLE ALBUM IN 10 YEARS, OUT APRIL 27th ON MERCURY
“SKINNY LITTLE BITCH” NEW SINGLE – GOES TO RADIO TODAY, IMPACTS MARCH 8th AT ALL ROCK RADIO FORMATS, UP FOR DIGITAL SALE ON MARCH 16th
Candid cover story in current (March) issue of SPIN magazine
Hole to perform at SPIN party at SXSW – further dates to be announced
(March 3, 2010 – New York, NY) “Courtney Love has found a home,” proclaimed www.SPIN.com, the magazine’s website, referring to NOBODY’S DAUGHTER, the brand new album by Hole – which will be released April 27th on Mercury Records.
The first single pick from NOBODY’S DAUGHTER is “Skinny Little Bitch,” which goes to radio today, in advance of the March 8th impact date at all Rock Radio formats. In addition, the song is now available to download on the bands website www.NobodysDaughter.com for 24 hours. “Skinny Little Bitch” will be available at all digital platforms on March 16th.
Along with Courtney, the new line-up of Hole includes 23-year-old British guitarist Micko Larkin (formerly of London indie rockers Larrikin Love), bassist Shawn Dailey (of Rock Kills Kid), and drummer Stuart Fisher. (Jack Irons, formerly of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam, played drums on the album.) Hole recently played a brief series of dates in February at Shepherds Bush Empire in London, then in Milan and Amsterdam. Hole is scheduled to perform at the SPIN party at the SXSW (South By Southwest) Music Conference in March, with further tour dates TBA.
In the devastatingly candid cover story in SPIN’s March issue (on newsstands now), “The Nine Lives Of Courtney Love,” writer Phoebe Reilly and photographer Daniel Jackson spent a day and night at home in TriBeCa and its environs with the legendary singer, songwriter, producer, and actress. During their conversations and encounters, Courtney speaks freely of the odyssey that led to the completion of NOBODY’S DAUGHTER and her hopes for the album’s success. Her tumultuous associations with various collaborators along the way (“the kindness of strangers,” she says) – producer Michael Beinhorn, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, co-writer Linda Perry.
NOBODY’S DAUGHTER is the first album by Hole in more than a decade (since 1998’s three-time Grammy-nominated Celebrity Skin). It also marks Courtney’s first record since her solo album America's Sweetheart of 2004 (with “Mono” and “Hold On To Me,” both songs co-written with Linda Perry, who co-wrote the bulk of that album’s songs with Courtney). For more information go to www.NobodysDaughter.com
Monday, February 22, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
KEVIN LEE & THE KINGS RELEASE DUSK TILL DAWN ON SIGUS RECORDS
Midwestern guitar pop aficionado Kevin Lee and his band The Kings will release a six-song EP entitled Dusk Till Dawn to an eager worldwide following. Fans of powerful, hook-filled rock and roll will be familiar with Lee from his major-label years with his former band, The Lonesome City Kings, on the MCA imprint. Since then, Lee has put out a series of well-received albums chock full of Lee’s trademark songwriting approach, which is all about big hooks, chunky guitars, and melodies that can’t be forgotten. Dusk Till Dawn continues on this path, with six brand-new tunes that are certain to keep Lee fans clamoring for more. Rockers like “The Other Side” and the radio-ready ballad “Invisible” show that Lee hasn’t lost a step in the songwriting game and, if anything, demonstrate that he has improved his craft in recent years.
Not everything on Dusk Till Dawn is business as usual, however, with the biggest departure from past records is Lee’s use of his road band (bassist Dann Morr, drummer Erik Strommer, and keyboardist Peter Spero) to back him up in the studio rather than the cadre of Chicago session all-stars who Lee has chosen in the past. This gives the songs here a more live feel, the kind that can only come from musicians who have lived with the songs they are recording. Produced by Rick Barnes, whose client list includes The Smashing Pumpkins, George Clinton, and Lucky Boys Confusion, the EP is less about studio magic and more about gutsy, catchy rock songs that capture and keep listeners. The music here will draw the inevitable comparisons to Lenny Kravitz and Cheap Trick, but Lee found his own sound early on and is always much more than the sum of his influences. Lee fans will also want to be on the lookout for a video for “The Other Side” sometime in 2010.
To purchase Dusk Till Dawn, visit www.cdbaby.com/cd/KevinLeeTheKings.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2009 PHARMACY OF LOVE, THE NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM BETTIE SERVEERT, SET FOR MARCH 23rd RELEASE Lead Single/EP, "Deny All," Will Be Available Beginning January 26th On The iTunes Music Store |
| Bettie Serveert's new album, Pharmacy of Love, will be released on March 23rd by Second Motion Records in the U.S. and by Sound of Pop in Canada. But fans will get a preview of the new material with the acclaimed Dutch indie rock band's digital EP, Deny All, which will be available beginning January 26th on the iTunes Music Store. In addition to lead single "Deny All," the EP will include a long version of "Calling (XL)" and a small version of "Souls Travel (small)" plus "Waiting for Control," a bonus track that won't appear on Pharmacy of Love. You can check out the video for "Deny All" at: http://www.bettieserveert.com/media/vc_denyall.html With the band employing a "back to basics" approach, Pharmacy of Love captures the kind of raw, contagious energy that has long characterized Bettie Serveert's live shows. Recorded earlier this year in a Belgian recording studio, founding members Carol van Dyk (vocals/guitar), Peter Visser (guitar) and Herman Bunskoeke (bass) were joined on the new album by special guest Joppe Molenaar (of the Dutch band Voicst) on drums. "It's the blow upon a bruise," sings van Dyk on "Love Lee," and the phrase perfectly describes Bettie Serveert's proclivity for cloaking the starkest emotions with verve and aplomb. From the urgent "Deny All" to the anguished album closer, "What They Call Love," Pharmacy of Love is a masterful collection of songs that are by turns raucous, shimmering and shiver-inducing as they examine the vagaries of life and love. Bettie Serveert released its debut album, Palomine, in 1992. Signed to Matador Records in the States, the band was championed by critics and quickly became a favorite at college radio with singles "Tom Boy" and "Kid's Allright" getting substantial airplay. Lamprey, which Melody Makerpraised for having the most tangled, desolate, real life guitar sound of the year, was released in 1995, followed by 1997's Dust Bunnies, which the band recorded in Woodstock, NY with producer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Lemonheads). The band toured extensively, opening for bands such as Belly, Dinosaur Jr, Buffalo Tom, Superchunk, Jeff Buckley, Wilco and Counting Crows. After its 1998 live album of Velvet Underground covers, Bettie Serveert Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs, the band released a string of studio albums - Private Suit, Log 22 and Attagirl - on its own label, Palomine Records. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Bettie Serveert released Bare Stripped Naked in 2006. A semi-acoustic CD/DVD package of primarily new material, it was hailed byallmusic.com as "a rousing and heroic reminder of what a great band they were and continue to be." The track listing for Pharmacy of Love is as follows: 1. Deny All 2. Semaphore 3. Love Lee 4. Mossie 5. The Pharmacy 6. Souls Travel 7. Calling 8. Change4Me 9. What They Call Love |
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Remarkably focused and mature, it's eclectic mixture of real strings, treated piano and all manner of electronic keyboards create a surprisingly coherent and comfortable musical vision. Home/Hidden continues Charlie's association with Sean O'Hagan and Dominic Murcott of the High Llamas (string arrangements and vibraphone respectively) and also features the talents of Andy Ramsay of Stereolabon drums, Jo Apps on vocals and Gabriel from Metronomy playing bass guitar.
After two acclaimed EPs, one of which led David Bowie to comment, "it's a beautiful glockenspiel and string-led instrumental that gently comes and goes in under three minutes. Delightful," Charlie is now ready to unfurl his musical banner and let the world know that it's okay to love melody, it's okay to relax, to fall in love, to feel good about yourself.
Like a soft collision between Aphex Twin at his most melodic, Nick Drake at his string-soaked finest, or some hybrid of Steve Reich and Syd Barrett scoring a Tim Burton movie, the music of Charlie March has a lingering, delicate beauty that will be around for a long time.
It can be a grim world full of terror and horror but although sometimes hidden, there is always a place deep within that you can call home and where the golden light of love shines on.
Right on.
"Like Aphex Twin having lunch with Vaughn Williams or Delia Deryshire out for a trot with Michael Nyman." - Vice
01/ Plan 9
02/ Francisca's Theme
03/ Mao
04/ Cortot No 7
05/ Melodie
06/ Snow Feet
07/ Clouds Over You Again
08/ Telephone Song
09/ Cortot No 6
10/ Kyoko's Broken Piano
11/ The Lost Levels
12/ Son of a Joe
For more info, please visit:
http://www.lorecordings.com
http://www.myspace.com/charliealexmarch
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
HOT CHIP
NEW ALBUM ‘ONE LIFE STAND’ TO BE RELEASED ON
FEBRUARY 9, 2010 ON ASTRALWERKS
(November 10,
One Life Stand is a full-blooded leap into the unknown, an album that is awash with Hot Chip’s trademark creative bravery and a searing emotional intensity from first track to last. Indeed, One Life Stand is by far Hot Chip’s most complete body of work to date, an album that is more cohesive and more soulful than 2007’s ambidextrous Made In The Dark and more ambitious than 2005’s Mercury nominated and GRAMMY® award winning The Warning. One Life Stand is an album that establishes Hot Chip as one of the most relevant and creative bands of our era.
With Joe Goddard, Alexis Taylor, Felix Martin, Al Doyle and Owen Clarke at the helm it is no surprise that they borrow, create and take inspiration from a plethora of influences. One Life Stand sees a proliferation of influences as diverse as the burgeoning UK funky scene to soul music, modern R&B, Northern Soul, Gospel, Golden Age Electronica, House, the sounds of Arthur Russell, Prince and Theo Parish- and they all sit effortlessly alongside the band’s signature pop aesthetics, wild electronics, off kilter beats and intoxicating musical experimentation in a way that only Hot Chip can execute.
Fans will have the chance to pre-buy the album on amazon.com starting this week. Check out the Hot Chip artist store at amazon.com in the coming weeks for exclusive streams and webisodes.
Look for further announcements including a new single and US tour dates soon.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALEC OUNSWORTH SOLO ALBUM, MO BEAUTY, OUT TODAY! OUNSWORTH TO DEBUT SONGS LIVE AT NEW YORK'S CMJ FESTIVAL THIS WEEK |
| Alec Ounsworth, charismatic frontman for celebrated rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, releases his much anticipated solo album, Mo Beauty, today on Anti-Records. Recorded deep in the heart of musical New Orleans with an ensemble of local heavyweights including George Porter Jr. of the Meters and drummer Stanton Moore of Galactic, and guided by veteran producer Steve Berlin (Los Lobos, Replacements), Mo Beauty is a stunning union of powerful rhythms and imaginative arrangements in the service of evocative literary songwriting. Ounsworth will be debuting songs from Mo Beauty live as part of New York's annual CMJ Festival with a performance at the Mercury Lounge on October 22nd. Praise for Alec Ounsworth's Mo Beauty is already in: "This sound is voluptuous and muscular, and it suits him well."- Pitchfork "Ounsworth has crafted an album that transitions seamlessly from ballads to more frenetic tracks with a straightforward sound that lets the songwriting and hooks resonate without being over-produced." - Filter "Strikingly compelling" - Relix |
October 20, 2009
FEATURING MUSIC AND VIRTUAL MERCH,
PLUS A FREE DOWNLOAD OF "HELP I'M ALIVE"
VIRTUAL MEET AND GREET WITH BAND AVATARS TO BE HELD OCTOBER 25TH
IN THE IMVU VIRTUAL WORLD
BRAND-NEW ACOUSTIC EP, "PLUG IN PLUG OUT," TO BE SOLD EXCLUSIVELY
ON AMAZON.COM BEGINNING OCTOBER 27TH
Metric and virtual world IMVU are joining forces to offer Metric fans from all over the world a new way to experience the band. The official Metric storefront launches today in one of IMVU's interactive 3D rooms. IMVU members can go to http://www.imvu.com/shop/metric to buy Metric music that they can play in their own virtual rooms, as well as 3D Metric virtual merch for their avatars. In addition to offering links to purchase and listen to Metric's latest album Fantasies, the store offers a variety of products that speak to Metric's unique fashion sense, including the flapper-style dress worn by lead singer Emily Haines in the music video for "Sick Muse," her signature sunglasses, '80s-style tank tops and more. Groups of IMVU users can listen to, dance to, and talk about Metric's music and style together in these rooms, and wear and share the virtual products that capture the essence of Metric's unique style.
In conjunction with the launch of the merch store, IMVU will give away a free unrestricted download of Metric's single "Help I'm Alive" to all IMVU members.
On October 25th, IMVU will host a Metric virtual Meet and Greet in a customized animated environment. There, IMVU users can chat with the band members via their avatars and ask them questions.
Beginning on October 27th, a brand-new Metric acoustic EP will be available exclusively onAmazon.com for one month (wider distribution to follow). The EP, titled "Plug In Plug Out," features never-before-heard acoustic recordings of "Gold Guns Girls," "Satellite Mind" and "Twilight Galaxy", among others.
Metric's latest album Fantasies was self-released to critical acclaim. The band saw significant success with debut single "Help I'mAlive," which officially cracked the Top 20 Alternative charts on US commercial radio- an historical feat for a band operating without a record label. The single got an organic start after it was accidentally leaked online, picked up by The Hype Machine blog and then put on air by Seattle's KNDD last February.
In continued support of Fantasies, Metric will play shows in select North American cities this fall. Tour dates for Metric can be found below.
You can preview the acoustic EP, listen to Fantasies in its entirety and download the acoustic version of current single "Gold Guns Girls" at http://ilovemetric.com, as part of an imbeddable viral widget featuring audio and video content.
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