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Justice Announce World Tour and Cover Contest
Justice has just announced a world tour in support of their new sophomore album, Audio, Video, Disco. The tour starts on New Year’s Day in Sydney and will end in Sydney. You can check out the tour dates after the break. The French duo has also announced a cover contest where the winners can win tickets to the first show at Sydney. Contestants are meant to upload a video of them covering a song from the new album. You can check out a video with the band explaining the details of the contest below.
01-01 Sydney, Australia – Field Day Festival
01-02 Queensland, Australia – Field Day Festival (Gold Coast)
01-03 Perth, Australia – Summadayze Festival
01-06 Melbourne, Australia – Festival Hall
01-10 Osaka, Japan – Namba-Hatch
01-11-12 Tokyo, Japan – Zepp
01-27 Cermont-Ferrand, France – La Coopé
01-28 Toulouse, France – Le Bikini
01-31 Lille, France – L’Aéronef
02-01 Lille, France – Stereolux
02-02 Caen, France – Le Cargo
02-04 Paris, France – L’Olympia
02-09 Bristol, England – O2 Academy
02-10 London, England – O2 Academy
02-11 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy
02-12 Glasgow, Scotland – O2 Academy
02-13 Manchester, England – Manchester Academy
03-16 New York, NY – Terminal 5
03-17 New York, NY – Terminal 5
03-19 Boston, MA – House of Blues
03-20 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
03-21 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
03-22 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
04-17 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
04-19 Las Vegas, NV – The Pool at the Cosmopolitan
04-24 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
04-25 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
04-26 Vancouver, British Columbia – Forum
The Wonder Years Release New Music Video
The Wonder Years have just released their music video for “Came Out Swinging”, the opening track ofSuburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing. You can check out the video below, which features a lot of The Wonder Years references like Hank the Pigeon. The Wonder Years released Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing earlier this year to critical acclaim and huge adoration from their fans. You can check out Frank’s review of the album here.
MiaoMix Monday #6 [Actor-Rappers]
With Childish Gambino and Drake releasing their new albums today, I thought it would be fun to make a playlist composed of actor-rappers. Interestingly enough, both of these artists began their careers as fairly well-known actors: Gambino currently acts on NBC’s Community, writes for 30 Rock, and more, while Aubrey Drake Graham famously got his start as a child actor on Degrassi. The following playlist contains some rapper-turned-actors such as Mark Wahlberg and Will Smith as well as other actor-turned-rappers like Method Man. You can listen to the full MiaoMix below. Some popular movies or TV shows that the rappers acted in are in brackets. Also, if you enjoyed Method Man’s “World Gone Sour (Lost Kids)”, you should check out the music video after the break.
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (Three Kings, The Departed) – Good Vibrations
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, I Am Legend) – Summertime
Snoop Dogg (Starsky & Hutch, Down For Life) – Gin and Juice
Ice Cube (Boyz n the Hood, Friday) – It Was A Good Day
Mos Def (Be Kind Rewind, The Italian Job) – Mathematics
Drake (Degrassi: The Next Generation) – Club Paradise
Childish Gambino (Community, Mystery Team) – Heartbeat
Method Man (The Wire, How High) – World Gone Sour (Lost Kids)
Watch New Cee-Lo Lyric Video
Cee-Lo Green has just released a lyric video for his new single, “Anyway”. This song’s sure to be another hit, which was also co-written by Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo and produced by Wallpaper. The song will be digitally released on December 12th. You can watch the video below.
Listen: Garvy J. – “Celebrate”
Previously the guitarist for Boston-based band The Elevator Drops, Garvy J. has started working on releasing his debut solo effort. Using a mixture of ambient, experimental pop, and alternative rock, Garvy J. released the anthemic jam and his new single, “Celebrate”. Listen to the song below.
You can go support him over at his Bandcamp here.
Mylo Xyloto Debuts at #1
Last week, Coldplay released their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto. It has sold 458,000 copies in its first week, debuting the album at #1. The album has had some mixed reviews, but overall it’s a great pop album from one of the biggest bands in the world. You can check out Pitchfork’s interview with Chris Martin, frontman of Coldplay, here.
MiaoMix Monday #5 [Halloween]
Today is Halloween and today’s the perfect day to celebrate. I put together a mix of songs that in my opinion would be great to listen to during Halloween. None of them are actually directly related to Halloween in any way, but I think they have a very suitable vibe. The playlist this week isn’t really focused on any specific genre, but the first half of the playlist is rap and the 2nd half is a mix of dubstep, folk, and R&B music. The last song is “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” by Sufjan Stevens and if you’re at all familiar with the song, you’d think it wouldn’t fit in this playlist, but I think that it’s a perfect ending to this week’s mix.
Kid CuDi – “Maniac (feat. Cage & St. Vincent)”
Das Racist – “Sit Down, Man (feat. El-P) (Produced by Scoop Deville)”
Tyler, The Creator – “Tron Cat”
GZA/Genius – “Shadowboxin'”
The Weeknd – “Wicked Games”
Massive Attack – “Paradise Circus (Zeds Dead Remix)”
Burial – “Archangel”
Sufjan Stevens – “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.”
Listen: Childish Gambino vs Chiddy Bang – “Put It In Your Manners (DJ 21azy Mashup)”
This mashup came out a couple of days ago, but I thought it should be posted here so more people could listen to it. It’s a mashup of Childish Gambino‘s “Put It In My Video” and Chiddy Bang‘s “Mind Your Manners”. You can listen to the feel-good track below.
DJ 21azy has already done some pretty good mashups, so if you like this mashup make sure to check out his Soundcloud page here.
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