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Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds Announce Album and Tour
Kid Congo Powers will be releasing a new album with his band Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds this spring via In The Red Records. They will also be heading on a North East tour next month.
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Tour Dates:
2-11 Lawrence, KS – Jack Pot Saloon
2-12 Kansas City, MO – Crosstown Station
2-13 St Louis, MO – Off Broadway Night Club
2-14 Cincinnati, OH – MOTR Pub
2-15 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
2-16 Pittsburgh, PA – Howler’s Coyote Cafe
2-17 Richmond, VA – Bandito’s Burrito Lounge
2-18 Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong
2-19 New York, NY – TBA
Travie McCoy Announces First Headlining North American Tour
Gym Class Heroes frontman Travie McCoy has revealed dates for his upcoming “Sgt. Schlepper’s Who Needs Hearts Club Band Tour,” his first headlining tour of North America as a solo artist. The tour begins March 17 and will include Donnis, XV, Bad Rabbits and Bad Cards as guests.
General tickets will be up for sale on January 29th. Check out the dates below.
Tour Dates:
3-17 Toronto, ON – Opera House
3-18 Montreal, QC – Le National
3-19 Philadelphia, PA – TLA
3-20 Towson, MD – Recher Theatre
3-22 Boston, MA – Paradise
3-23 New York, NY – Gramercy
3-24 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
3-25 Chicago, IL – Metro
3-26 Minneapolis, MN – Station 4
3-27 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
3-28 Denver, CO – Summit Theatre
3-30 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
3-31 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
4-01 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
4-02 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
4-03 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
Arcade Fire Confirm Hyde Park Show; Announce Support
Arcade Fire have confirmed a show at London’s Hyde Park on June 30th, the band’s largest UK headlining show so far. Mumford and Sons, Beirut, and The Vaccines have been announced as support acts.
Tickets will go on sale on January 28 at 9am (GMT).
Animal Collective Announce US Dates
Animal Collective will be playing a short tour in California this April, leading up to Coachella. The band will also be playing a European tour in May after the AFP Festival.
The band will be playing a new set at these shows. Check out the tour dates below.
Tour Dates:
04-11 Arcata, CA – Kate Buchanan Room
04-12 Redway, CA – Mateel Community Center
04-13 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
04-14 Big Sur, CA – Henry Miller Memorial Library
04-16 Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
05-14 Minehead, England – All Tomorrow’s Parties
05-16 Eastbourne, England – Winter Gardens
05-17 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
05-18 Brussels, Belgium – Les Nuit
05-19 Cologne, Germany – Electron
05-20 Berlin, Germany – Melt Wee
05-21 Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
05-22 Krakow, Poland – TBA
05-23 Vienna, Austria – Arena Vienna
05-24 Zagreb, Croatia – Pogon Jedinstvo
05-28 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
New Kanye This Summer
A few hours ago, Kanye West announced via Twitter that he will be releasing a new album this summer. The two tweets can be seen here and here.
His newest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, was recently certified platinum eight weeks after its release.
Bruce Springsteen Records 1913 Song with The Dropkick Murphys
Bruce Springsteen will be contributing guest vocals on The Dropkick Murphys upcoming album Going Out In Style, sharing vocal responsibilities with Ken Casey on “Peg O’ My Heart”.
“Peg O’ My Heart” was written by Alfred Bryan and Fred Fisher and featured in the 1913 musical Ziegfeld Follies. The song was originally performed by Max Harris and his Novelty Trio (based on a version by The Harmonicats).
Going Out In Style will be The Dropkick Murphys’ seventh studio album, scheduled for release on February 28.
Tokyo Police Club and Two Door Cinema Club Mashup
Tokyo Police Club have mashed up “Breakneck Speed” with Two Door Cinema Club‘s “Something Good Can Work”. The two bands are currently touring together. You can listen to the track on Soundcloud.
Tracklist to Panda Bear’s New Album Revealed
Spacemen 3‘s Sonic Boom has revealed the tracklisting for Panda Bear‘s new album, Tomboy. The album will be coming out April 19th on Paw Tracks, will have 11 tracks and according to the press release will be roughly 50 minutes long. Click here to check out the full post and see the tracklisting. Tomboy was recorded in Portugal by Panda Bear and mixed in New York by Sonic Boom (whose most recent work was MGMT‘s sophomore album Congratulations).
Single: Oh Land – “White Nights”
Track: “White Nights”
Artist: Oh Land
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Label: Epic Records
Track number two from Danish electro-pop artist Oh Land‘s 2010 EP, “White Nights” is a fun, energetic pop song about the singer’s struggles to find inner peace among the “white nights” and hubbub of Brooklyn, New York, where she now lives. The cheery, layered vocals combine with the frantic, jungle drumming in the background to completely capture her inspiration and thinking behind the song. The other instruments certainly are not lacking either; the rhythmic piano and synthesizers drive the song along from the start. I first discovered the track after Hoodie Allen sampled the track in his latest single, “Dreams Up”, which you can listen to here. In traditional Hoodie Allen style, the rapper chose a lesser-known act and added his verse over top, and as usual, the sampled song is also a really good listen. Be sure to check it out below, as well as a new version of the song remixed by Twin Shadow.
“White Nights” is from Oh Land – EP, out now via Epic Records.
Remix:
Rating: 8/10
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