French duo Cassius made their return last week with surprise single "Action" featuring Cat Power and Mike D, out now via Interscope / Polydor Records. "Action" marks the group's first new song in years and stays true the classic Cassius sound that helped shape the future of electronic music, while bringing a forward-thinking production attitude honed on recent albums for some of the biggest global artists of our time. The video, directed by the TOILET PAPER crew, follows the band to a playfully-retro tropical dance party that rapidly gets out of hand.
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THE DANDY WARHOLS SHARE "STYGGO" - Press Release /
1 - Search Party
2 - Semper Fidelis
3 - Pope Reverend Jim
4 - Catcher In The Rye
5 - STYGGO
6 - Give
7 - You Are Killing Me
8 - All The Girls In London
9 - Doves
10 - The Grow Up Song
Courtney Taylor-Taylor on "STYGGO": "The world is full of corporate billionaire scumbags who pollute the earth, kill wildlife, cause cancer, secretly running nations into the ground, and the moronic masses who just agree with their mindless slogans and will never fight the good fight to help to stop them until finally the last blistered blind three armed mutant dregs of humanity eat each other's putrid flesh in mankind's final nauseating death throws..."
The Dandy Warhols return with the second single "STYGGO" from Distortland which is due April 8th via Dine Alone Records. On April 1 they kick off a worldwide tour in support of Distortland. The dates include two nights at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City (April 12 and 13), DC, Boston and more. More dates are to be confirmed and the full tour is listed below.
Formed in Portland, Oregon, The Dandy Warhols consist of members Courtney Taylor (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboards), Peter Holmstrom (guitar), and Brent DeBoer (drums). Distortland was first recorded in Taylor's basement on an 80s cassette recorder with the band putting on the finishing touches in a studio. Jim Lowe - best known for his work with Taylor Swift and Beyonce - mixed the album. Courtney notes that the end result is an album that is "organized like a pop record but still has the sonic garbage still in there."
The Dandy Warhols Live Dates:
April 1: Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
April 2: Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
April 3: Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
April 5: Ferndale, MI - Magic Bag
April 6: Akron, OH - Musica
April 8: Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
April 9: Ottawa, ON - Ritual
April 10: Montreal QC - L'Astral
April 12: New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
April 13: New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
April 15: Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair (SOLD OUT)
April 17: Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
April 18: Millvale, PA - Mr. Small's Theatre
April 19: Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom
HÆLOS release 'Separate Lives' Video - Press Release /
UK trio HÆLOS has premiered their video for "Separate Lives". The new single is taken from their darkly shaded and radiant debut album, Full Circle, out March 18th via Matador / Remote Control.
Made entirely by the band and filmed during their first west coast tour, the "Separate Lives" video gives insight into HÆLOS’ Lotti Benardout, Arthur Delaney and Dom Goldsmith’s lives on the road.
As described by the band, “’Separate Lives’ was one of the last songs we wrote for the record. We wanted it to be a nod towards some of our more gospel and Delta blues influences. It’s a reflection on the moment when you are choosing between staying or leaving and the underlying love that keeps you there. We liked that, it was simple and human and something we could all share experience in.”
HÆLOS - Full Circle
- Intro / Spectrum
- Pray
- Dust
- Full Circle
- Earth Not Above
- Oracle
- Alone
- Separate Lives
- Sacred
- Cloud Nine
- Pale
James Bay - Best Fake Smile - Press Release /
James Bay releases hisvideo for “Best Fake Smile.”
GRAMMY® Award-nominated gold-certified UK troubadour James Bay received the award for “Best British Male Solo Artist” at the 2016 BRIT Awards in London. In addition, he stunned the crowd and received a standing ovation with an unforgettable performance of his RIAA gold-certified single “Hold Back The River” from last year’s chart-dominating Chaos And The Calm [Republic Records]. Check out the performance here! Earlier in the night, he also took the stage with pop superstar Justin Bieber for a surprise acoustic rendition of the smash hits “Love Yourself.” Check out the surprise performance here.
This marks his second consecutive win at the prestigious annual ceremony. During his acceptance speech for “Best British Male Solo Artist,” Bay noted “Thank you to everyone at Republic Records for believing in me…this is insane!” See the acceptance speech here.
Bay returns stateside for a sold out spring headline tour including his Coachella debut. The full itinerary is below.
TOUR DATES:
- 4/16 Indio, CA Coachella
- 4/17 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay
- 4/19 Los Angeles, CA United Artists Theatre At The Ace Hotel
- 4/22 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
- 4/23 Indio, CA Coachella
- 4/27 Vancouver, Canada Orpheum Theatre
- 4/28 Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo
- 4/29 Portland, OR Roseland Theater