Every time I look into your eyes I see the future
TIGA’s first single since a long time, MIND DIMENSION - think sleazy acid and filthy techy beats - is met by great love all round and lives up to the expectations.
TIGA’s new album will be released in the springtime of 2009. Tiga wrote the new songs with long time collaborators Jesper Dahlback and of course Soulwax but also with Gonzales and James Murphy this time round. Soulwax are currently mixing the album with Tiga in Ghent, Belgium. Exciting times, stay close…
posted by Sam on the 2008-11-14 10:09:30
THE ANSWER : AC/DC’S ‘BLACK ICE WORLD’ TOUR
IRISH ROCK BAND THE ANSWER TO OPEN FOR AC/DC’S ‘BLACK ICE WORLD’ TOUR – STARTING OCTOBER 28TH
ALSO - THE ANSWER’S ‘NEVER TOO LATE’ WILL BE FEATURED ON THE NEW ‘GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR’ RELEASE
The explosive Northern Irish 4 piece THE ANSWER are proud to announce they will be the opening act for the imminent North American leg of AC/DC’s ‘Black Ice World Tour’. The tour runs between the 28th October to the 31st January, with highlights including dates at New York’s Madison Square Garden on November 12-13 and The Forum in Los Angeles on December 6 and 8th. Prior to the AC/DC shows, THE ANSWER will also be performing their NYC live debut just before at a unique US club headline show at as part of the CMJ music festival at The Crash Mansion, New York on October 25th.
Lead singer Cormac Neeson said “It is an honour and privilege for THE ANSWER to be offered the opportunity to support probably the greatest rock ‘n’ roll act on the planet. We are incredibly humbled.”
Following on from UK and European shows with the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Who and Aerosmith, the ‘Black Ice World’ Tour represents THE ANSWER’S debut tour of America, and AC/DC’s first outing since 2001. Coinciding with the tour, THE ANSWER will be featured on Activision’s forthcoming release of the hotly anticipated game Guitar Hero®: World Tour (due 10/26).
For FULL USA AC/DC live dates and any more information on THE ANSWER, visit:
www.theanswer.ie / www.myspace.com/theanswerrock
posted by Sam on the 2008-10-13 16:28:48
EVERLAST releases new album in 4 years and announces European tour.
Love, War and the ghost of Whitey Ford is Everlast’s first album since White Trash Beautiful four years ago. Love, War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford [co-produced with his long-time partner Keefus Ciancia] is the logical sequel to Everlast's breakthrough album, Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, an eclectic mix of rock, blues, country, pop and hip-hop; and includes the single 'Folsom Prison Blues' which is a Johnny Cash cover laid over Cypress Hill's 'Insane In The Brain' beats.
Check out the video for ‘Folsom Prison Blues’
Album digitally available from iTunes, the [PIAS] Shops and much more…
Everlast’s European Tour in November and December includes the following dates:
DATE COUNTRY / CITY VENUE
NOV SAT 29 SWI, LAUSANNE LES DOCKS
SUN 30 SWI, ZURICH SCHUTZENHAUS ALBISGUETLI
DEC MON 1 BEL, BRUSSELS BOTANIQUE CIRQUE ROYAL
WED 3 UK, LONDON ISLINGTON ACADEMY
THU 4 UK, LIVERPOOL ACADEMY
SAT 6 UK, BIRMINGHAM BARFLY
MON 8 FRA, PARIS TRABENDO
TUE 9 HOL, AMSTERDAM MELKWEG
THU 11 GER, HANNOVER CAPITOL
FRI 12 GER, BERLIN COLUMBIA CLUB
SAT 13 GER, COLOGNE LMH
SUN 14 GER, HAMBURG FABRIK
MON 15 GER, DARMSTADT CENTRALSTATION
WED 17 GER, NURENBERG HIRSCH
THU 18 GER, STUTTGART LKA
FRI 19 GER, HEIDELBERG KARLSTORBAHNHOF
SAT 20 GER, MUNICH BACKSTAGE
SUN 21 AUS, VIENNA ARENA
posted by Sam on the 2008-09-29 11:13:09
Straight into the Charts
The much talked about SOULWAX documentary « Part Of The Weekend Never Dies » is now finally out in stores and we are delighted to announce the film entered the official UK music video charts at nr 8 and went straight into the same chart in Belgium at nr 1. The DVD package contains not only the documentary but also a live film called Nite Versions Live at Fabric & 120 Other Places plus lots of behind the scenes footage, a hilarious commentary by Tiga and a live audio CD of Soulwax Nite Versions. Not to be missed.
Q Magazine – UK September 2008
****Q RECOMMENDS
«(…) the beautifully edited Part Of The Weekend Never Dies”.
NME – UK September, 9 2008
9/10
« The Beastie Boys famously used 50 cameras for their recent live DVD. AC/DC employed a helicopter. This film saw cult director Saam Farahmand record 120 shows on one camera, and it looks so much better.”
(…)
“A work of incredible art.”
Time Out – UK
****
(…) this is a testament to Soulwax’ never-ending dedication dedication to giving their fans the most worthy ‘morning afters’ of their lives.”
Mag – Australia September, 9 2008
(…) The film pulses with kinetic live footage, schizophrenic montages and reflective interview segments, capturing the Radio Soulwax experience in all its explosive glory;”
dB Magazine – Australia September, 3 2008
“Soulwax have revolutionized pop music… and they almost did it by accident.”
Rolling Stone – Italy September 2008
"A history of a unique and winning transformation. Their evolution is the evolution of a big worldwide scene. One of the best live bands I've seen in the last 5 years. The perfect mix of Prince, Queens Of The Stone Age and Kraftwerk. Part of the weekend REALLY never dies."
Revue –Holland August, 28 2008
****
De Morgen – Belgium September, 1 2008
****
« Most original rockumentary since Meeting People Is Easy by Radiohead…”
Les Inrocks.com – France September, 16 2008-09-16
(…) proves that the Belgian band Soulwax is largely responsable for the electro rock crazy phenomenon of the years 2000 that is visualized here so appealing.”
posted by Sam on the 2008-09-17 10:07:36
Hollywood, Mon Amour release party Paris
First show ever of Hollywood, Mon Amour, the new project by Marc Collin from Nouvelle Vague featuring Nadeah and special guest Skye!
Monday September 15 – Le Divan Du Monde, Paris, FRANCE.
The Hollywood, Mon Amour album will be released at the end of September, and finds Marc COLLIN reinventing famous film songs from 80’s movies featuring Skye, Yael Naim, Cibelle, Juliette Lewis and many more….
http://www.hollywoodmonamour.com
www. facebook.com
posted by Sam on the 2008-09-05 15:29:40
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN New Single ‘Holiday’ and b side 'No Question' will be released on September 22
‘Holiday’ is the new single to be released from ‘To Survive’, the second album from Joan As Police Woman. Number One in the Independent Album Charts in the UK on its release in June, ‘To Survive’ is set to eclipse the brilliant success of Joan's debut (Real Life) album both critically and commercially. In Europe, “To Survive” entered the album charts in Holland, Belgium, Italy, Denmark (top 10), Switzerland and Greece.
'Real Life' brought Joan Wasser out of the shadows and established her as that rare thing, a truly unique and original voice. Songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist, Joan has bewitched fans across Europe, Japan, Australia and the US over the last two years and has built on that success with the release of new album, 'To Survive'.
Following a sold out European tour in June, JAPW will play a few more European festivals in August, before touring the USA and Australia in September and October, returning to the UK and Europe for a full tour in November/ December.
exact dates and venues to be announced soon – watch this space…
posted by Sam on the 2008-08-13 15:25:35
Le Peuple De L'Herbe - Live (CD+DVD)
A live album, driven by the “Radio Blood Money” tour, a DVD of the concert recorded at La Vapeur (France), an interview / documentary about the history of the band and the spirit behind it, lots of bonus material (almost 2h30 of content)…. a project like this is often considered a testimony of a band – this is evidence LE PEUPLE DE L’HERBE have still got a lot to say !
Instead of just riding on the success of “Radio Blood Money”,, LE PEUPLE DE L’HERBE delivers a cd+dvd concept that shows this image of a fun live band is the result of a lot of dedicated hard work. It also gives you a unique opportunity to discover - or re-discover - one of the most intriguing and innovative bands around.
posted by Sam on the 2008-07-28 11:36:40
New Signing SOAP&SKIN
Under your skin she will get instantly, like a shot to the heart. With her voice, her piano compositions and the dark electronic surges, SOAP&SKIN will reach through space to affect. Deeply.
Serious and sublime are the songs SOAP&SKIN composes. At the same time there’s a fragility to them, luring them close to the abyss created in the tension between the frailness and the majestic. The lightness so easily attributed to the biological period called youth, has got nothing to do with this music. They’re dark and sceptic hymns, which SOAP&SKIN writes. Her arrangements of piano, strings, acoustic and electronic sounds are reminders of what Gabriel Garcia Lorca or Nick Cave called “duende”- songs evoking melancholies inexplicable force.
After her release of the song Mr. Gaunt PT 1000 SOAP&SKIN is working on her debut album. Already her first release, along with her vastly spreading profile on myspace, helped her to prominent shows and massive radio air-play in Austria, Germany and the USA.
Beside her musical projects SOAP&SKIN is studying at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and works as an actress.
posted by Sam on the 2008-07-11 10:44:28
New Signing - BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE
[PIAS ] Recordings just signed the German band “Bohren & Der Club Of Gore” for the World excluding North America.
Bohren & der Club of Gore is a band founded in 1992 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany by Thorsten Benning, Morten Gass, Robin Rodenberg and Reiner Henseleit.
Originally, members of Bohren started out playing in various hardcore bands such as 7 Inch Boots and Chronical Diarrhoea.
In 1992 they produced a crossover of jazz, hardcore, and ambient, which they self described as an "unholy ambient mixture of slow jazz ballads, Black Sabbath doom and down tuned Autopsy sounds".
Henseleit was replaced by Christoph Clöser in 1997, replacing the guitar with a saxophone at the same time.
Journalists have described them as the “slowest band on earth” (which in fact they are) and “the missing link between Sade and Metallica”.
Their new album is called “Dolores” and will be released early October.
Check out their tour dates; the band has been handpicked by The Melvins for their All Tomorrow’s Parties line up in November.
posted by Sam on the 2008-07-04 12:05:12
EDITORS : New Single, ‘Bones’, 2nd June 2008
Already a firm live favourite and a stand out track from their huge selling second album, ‘An End Has A Start’, ‘Bones’ is released as a single on digital download by Editors on June 2nd.
Following global success with their debut album, ‘The Back Room’, Editors returned in 2007 with ‘An End Has A Start’, spawning hit singles in the form of ‘Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors’, ‘The Racing Rats’ and the album title track. The band toured across Europe in support of an album that scored the band a debut Number One in the UK, Number Two in Holland and a combined European peak chart placing of Number 9. Now platinum in the UK and close to gold in Holland and Belgium, ‘An End Has A Start’ also saw the band make great strides in Japan and the US.
2008 also saw Editors tour relentlessly throughout the world. Mainland European shows in Holland saw the band sell out Amsterdam’s Heineken Music Hall, take the roof off London’s Alexandra Palace on two successive sold out nights, play their largest ever show in their adopted home town of Birmingham at a totally sold out 12,500 capacity National Indoor Arena and cross the world selling out shows and thrilling crowds from Melbourne to Malmo and all points in between.
The video for ‘Bones’ gives an insight into the world of Editors on tour. In addition to live footage from shows across Europe which demonstrate the visceral excitement of the band live and the incredible response of crowds across the continent, the film also goes behind the scenes to show Editors off stage. Shot by bassist Russell Leetch, the footage from the dressing rooms and promo moments repudiates the cliché of Editors as a stern group of artists and is a reminder that, since 2003, the four members of Editors have been together as a constantly touring group of friends.
This summer sees the band continue their prolific touring with a run of festival dates across Europe and support slots with long time influences REM
Check out the date section
posted by Sam on the 2008-06-13 16:20:21
THE WHIP
The Whip is one of this year’s most exciting indie-rock-dance crossover acts. Whatever may have been before, this band are here and now and have their finger right on the pulse of what makes a great British band in 2008: ladies and Gentlemen, we give you The Whip.
Bourne out of a dank rehearsal room in the basement of a pub in Manchester, Bruce and Danny worked non-stop perfecting their combined musical magic. They then craned their necks towards the sun and brought what they’d created out from the underground. Raising the game even further their partners in crime, Fee and Nathan joined the force to take The whip on tour. And boy have they been on tour.The Whip have spent the past two years distinguishing themselves as one of the most forward thinking (and hardest gigging) bands in Manchester…no mean feat considering the calibre of music hailing from this city, but The Whip contain so many diverse musical elements it’s hardly surprising. Whether it’s dub influenced bass lines, Aphex Twin-esqu glitches or Bruce’s belting grunge-rasp vocals The Whip are truly an every-man’s party band.
With Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Editors) on production duties for this debut long player, The Whip have created a wealth of dance floor ruptures and neon explosions all wrapped up in good old fashioned pop songs. And bloody good ones at that.
“Trash” is simply a killer song – watch their video HERE!
posted by Sam on the 2008-05-23 08:11:26
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN – To Survive new album
The new JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN album "To Survive" will be released on June, 9. An album of unashamedly heartfelt songs, in Joan’s words, “I am always trying to dig deeper into the emotional experience. I want to access the most honest place I can, distill it and present it in a way that makes sense musically.” The first press quotes are dripping in and if these don’t warm your heart, nothing will….
Q – June ’08 ---****
Sparse, thoughtful and staggeringly beautiful.
(…)a poignant soundtrack to loss and survival that comes straight from the heart.To Survive is a remarkable exploration of Wasser’s talent as a songwriter.
Joan As Police Woman is simply irresistible.
At times painful in its honesty, To Survive is a deeply moving album that deserves to be embraced by all.
UNCUT – June ’08
“To Survive” is an enormously involving and impressive record; a slow and emotional set that builds and builds until it struts out with the Broadway horns and inevitable Rufus Wainwright cameo of America.
This is breathtakingly good music.
OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY – May 18 ‘08
"Maybe this is what Chopin would have sounded like had he been a modern-day multi-instrumentalist with a passion for Al Green and a voice like Roberta Flack"
WORD – June ‘08
“Carole King in a little black dress, Burt Bacharach with balls and Lou Reed without the mean streak, all rolled into one.”
“At its best, its combination of effortless musicality and raw emotion takes it into Nina Simone territory –yes, it’s that enormous.”
posted by Sam on the 2008-05-23 07:46:01
STEREO MC's new album
The Brixton Boys are back! Stereo MCs are all set to unleash their latest genre surfing opus, ‘Double Bubble’, onto an unsuspecting world this summer. Often labeled as one of the UK’s most iconic bands, and with Mercury nominations, Brit awards and million selling albums behind them, the Stereo MCs are here once again to prove that they’re as innovative and relevant as ever.
The past two years have been spent DJing, soaking up the here and now of clubland, or holed up in their ‘Frontline Studio’ in the heart of Brixton, working on their latest pigeon-hole defying record. Always at the root of the band, Brixton is a fertile breeding ground that has been central to Stereo MCs development over the years and Double Bubble is no exception. A chance meeting in a Brixton pub between Rob and 19 year old local beat-meister Tic-Toc led to a burgeoning friendship and a prolifically creative musical collaboration that has infused Double Bubble’s fresh and vital approach.
Unquestionably a Stereo MCs record, it’s clear that this isn’t a band resting on the laurels of a successful past. Peppered with Rob’s lean lyrical vignettes, musically ‘Double Bubble’ is right on the money. The album’s first fruit ‘Gringo’ (recently unleashed as a peak-time club weapon) is already an online viral sensation thanks to it’s surreal virtual reality inspired video click here, whilst the electronic stomp of ‘The Here & Now’, the urban chronicles of ‘City Lights’, the darkly reflective ‘Pictures’ and epic ‘Black Gold’, clearly signal a band that is very comfortable in its own skin and uniquely Stereo MCs.
‘Double Bubble’ will be release July 21st on CD and Download.
posted by Sam on the 2008-05-19 12:31:04
THE YOUNG GODS' first acoustic album
A first "acoustic" album for The Young Gods, what a surprise for a band whose fame came 20 years ago from their use of digital samplers.
After the recording of their studio album "Super Ready Fragmenté” in 2006, the Swiss trio was invited to play some special concerts and to perform their own repertoire in an acoustic set-up for the very first time.
The approach combined a kind of psychedelic blues folk with electronic minimalism, and the band was so delighted that they decided to record these acoustic versions in studio.
The result, this album “Knock On Wood”, is sublime and surprising.
Not only do The Young Gods revisit their own classics (like "Gasoline Man" or "Skinflowers") but they have also recorded a cover of Richie Havens’ "Freedom" (from the Woodstock days…). A few other covers (« Ghost Rider » by Suicide, Everything In Its Right Place » by Radiohead, « If Six Was Nine » by Hendrix) are only available on the bonus live DVD from a show filmed in Zurich in Dec 2006. And there is even more for the real collectors with three other songs recorded and filmed while the band was walking and playing in the streets of Paris.
An acoustic studio album + a live acoustic dvd, or how about reinventing yourself with more than a vintage flavor. “Knock On Wood” is a fantastic journey into the Young Gods magnificent style and repertoire.
Next acoustic live dates : May 28th in Paris (La Boule Noire”) and June 10th in London (Borderline)
posted by Sam on the 2008-05-16 14:33:50
SOULWAX - Part Of The Weekend Never Dies
SOULWAX's hotly anticipated film / documentary "Part of the Weekend Never Dies" had its premiere at the Ether Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 24 April in front of 2500 extatic fans and media. Radio Soulwax will be touring venues across Europe until the summer and these dates will include a limited chance for some fans to come to a preview of the film in each city where there is a show. Check http://www.myspace.com/soulwax for more info .
Director Saam Farahmand filmed Soulwax on their recent international dates, capturing all the excitement, chaos and humor of the world tour .Where the Beastie Boys filmed one gig with 50 cameras, Soulwax filmed 120 shows with one camera in Europe, Japan, US, Latin America and Australia. This resulted in 2 films; a live music film and a documentary which includes 2manydj's, Soulwax Nite Versions and features James Murphy, Nancy Whang, Erol Alkan, Tiga, Justice, Busy P, So-Me, Peaches, Kitsune, Klaxons and many more in behind the scenes footage, interviews and LOTS of music.
See the official trailer HERE.
The documentary will be released, together with a Live DVD and a live CD on August 25 on [PIAS] Recordings.
http://www.partoftheweekendneverdies.com
posted by Sam on the 2008-05-06 17:01:33
Spring 2008. A busy period for LAURENT GARNIER
For its 25th anniversary issue, Mixmag asked Laurent to mix their covermount CD; this exclusive issue is out since mid-April.
Laurent is also hosting two “Wordwide shows” on Radio 1 this month sitting in for Gilles Peterson.
Surprise, Laurent will release a new 12'' vinyl, the “Back to my roots” EP, on the highly-respected “Innervision” (Âme) label. These two tracks will be released on 12” and digital on May 17th (the digital rights will be returned to PIAS Digital after 6 months). This is a release that will reinforce Laurent’s profile on the dance floor/techno scene.
Other hot news is that an excellent cover version of “Man with the red face” by Mark Night & Funk Agenda is set to have a pre-summer release on UK label Tool Room Records.
Laurent is in the studio at the moment recording his new album due for release early 2009, with a first single from the album expected this autumn.
The release will be supported by a new live tour early 2009.
posted by Sam on the 2008-04-30 13:17:32
CRYSTAL CASTLES' debut album will be released in Europe on 28 April on Different.
Crystal Castles is a Toronto-based duo comprising Ethan Kath and Alice Glass, formed in 2004. They got themselves a cult following with the release of their limited edition singles and word of mouth has ensured them packed shows.
The band has toured extensively across the UK and Europe supporting artists like Klaxons and Metric, and have also remixed Bloc Party and Klaxons, amongst others.
Although Crystal Castles have attracted a lot of attention from those trying to pigeonhole the band as leaders for such media-hyped sub-genres as “8-bit” and “nu-rave”, their nihilist aesthetic and diverse body of work suggests their intentions and potential are worth much more.
Their myspace page attracted more than 4 millions visitors and over 5 millions plays. Their self-titled debut album will be released on 28 April.
What the UK press thinks:
- Front cover of the NME on April 22nd
- Dance act with punk ethics (Artrocker)
- Their forthcoming album hints at a niche beside Klaxons and Justice (Guardian)
- Dark, sweaty, noisy and perfect. Crystal Castles are brilliant songwriters with tunes and melodies any straighter band would die for (NME)
- One of the ten bands to watch (Observer)
posted by Sam on the 2008-04-10 13:16:46
