LOS ANGELES At Troubadour On 10/19

With Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Why There Are Mountains Out 9/22 On Sister’s Den Records

“In Her Gentle Jaws” Deluxe Vinyl & Digital Edition This Fall

Cymbals Eat Guitars

Click Here To Listen To “Plain Clothes On Woxy.com

Click Here To View Pitchfork ‘Don’t Look Down’ Live Rooftop Performance

Click Here To Watch ABC News “Amplified” Feature

Pitchfork Premieres New Single

Click Here To Download Tunguska

“You could blame it on so many bands being from autophobic NYC, or that the Pacific Northwest gods of indie are still going too strong to already be a primary influence, but neither would explain New York’s Cymbals Eat Guitars’ Why There Are Mountains. While there’s plenty of geographical signifiers on their debut, it’s almost topographic in its approach, without hooks and choruses so much as map-like layouts of mountains and sloping valleys.” — Pitchfork [Best New Music]

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White Denim Announce US Tour
Sophomore LP Fits To Be Released October 20th On Downtown Music

photo courtesy of: paulheartfield.com

Pitchfork:
“Fits locks in and finds a groove strong enough to hang a hook on”

Rolling Stone:
“Like Ike and Tina Turner….. White Denim never do anything nice and easy. The bands chopped up punk delirium
is effortless sorcery, evoking Talking Heads’ dancing-bones rock, the dervish thrash of the Minutemen and the Strokes’
pneumatic-guitar pop…White Denim is not simple work, buteverything you get is nice and rough.”- David Fricke

NY Times:
“The Austin trio that can sound like the Ventures transplanted to Texas, psychedelic catapulted toward math-rock, ZZ Top
on a caffeinebinge or the early Talking Heads with a chip on their shoulder. White Denim should be the proverbial hard act
to follow.”

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Joe Gideon & The Shark Unveil Cover Art For “Harum Scarum”
Debut LP On Bronzerat/Redeye Out October 27th
Look Out For US Tour / Touring EU Festivals NOW

“One of the best live acts we’ve seen all year” – Time Out

“it’s rough, ragged, blues in its veins. It’s dark, atmospheric, oddball and surreal; it’s on your doorstep and in your airspace, alien yet talking the same language about the same ol’ trials and tribulations of a life lived” – Drowned in Sound

” By turns ethereal and fleshly, this album showcases an inspired new band with fire at their fingertips.” – NME

“It’s raw, it’s bold, it’s bluesy, it’s drenched in reverb and it’s brilliant. This real homegrown family partnership could give Jack and Meg a run for their money” – The Sun 4.5/5
London thoroughbred brother and sister duo Joe Gideon & The Shark are a sight and sound to behold. Joe Gideon pounds bass and guitar whilst narrating his autobiographical tales of misadventure, and little sister Viva (The Shark) drives the whole thing along with glorious drums and piano and 8-track (often, incomprehensibly, all at the same time). Read the rest of this entry »

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After touring the world with everyone from The Gossip to the Kills to Brian Jonestown Massacre,
reaching #1 on KEXP, garnering Top 10 album of 07 on iTunes and performing at US festivals from Lollapalooza to Bumpershoot to Sasquatch
Seattle faves The Blakes take it coast to coast this fall kicking off their fall tour on Sept 25th in the Northwest and winding their way to CMJ
The band has been hitting the Rumble Parties this summer along with Capitol Hill Block Party
The Blakes release full length Souvenir on October 13th—
the long awaited follow up to the Streets EP & the recent reissue The Blakes LP.

Check out Basket from the forthcoming release HERE!

Spend some time with The Blakes on their new You Tube Channel
Check out Charmed…YOU MUST!

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Fitz & The Tantrums Release New EP Player & Free Download Widget
US Tour With Flogging Molly
Release “Winds Of Change” Video
Debut EP Songs For A Break-Up Vol.1 Out NOW
On Future Sounds Records

Click Here To View “Winds Of Change” Video

Click Here to Download & Share “Breakin’ The Chains Of Love” On RCRDLBL

“I like this a lot for very obvious reasons…it’s Dope! It might be song of the

week, actually.” Mark Ronson

5 Acts Blog

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APSE Reveal Cover Art For Sophomore LP “Climb Up”
Out November 10th On ATP Records / US Tour To Come

Critical Praise From Their Debut LP, Spirit:

“Spirit is the deathnail for the labored beast that is “post-rock,” revealing the much more alluring potential that always lurked around its sinister corners.” – SPIN

“Robert Toher’s reverb-cloaked ethereal wail could nestle easily into a latter-day Radiohead or Sigur Ros track, but that grimly apocalyptic rhythm section suggests Drum’s Not Dead just as much as In Rainbows” – Pitchfork

“Spirit is an unrelenting dark Pandora’s Box of Delights” – NME

“Lo-fi, tense and occasionally terrifying…an enviable sense of dramatic narrative” – Uncut

“Thought provoking, challenging and at times horribly beautiful, ‘Spirit’ is recommended without reservation. 8/10″ – RockSound

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With a piano-centered aesthetic and a cache of tunes that are a synthesis of 1920s ragtime pop,

Beatles-like melodies and nods to Tom Waits, Aaron Beaumont
is ready to bring his cleverly daring songs to you live!

Full tour dates are below, check out when he’s coming to you!

For a taste of what you’ll get on the road,
For a taste of what you’ll get on the road, check out this captivating live version of “Those Were The Days” HERE!

Kicking off with shows in his newly adopted home state of California,
Aaron has a series of dates to showcase the melodic songcraft from
his debut album Nothing’s Forever (Not Even Goodbye).

Check out a live video of the charming, rollicking video for “Julia” here.

Live, from the John Jones Song Salon, here is the lovely “Traffic.”

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The Walkmen Premiere “On The Water” Video On Pitchfork
Exclusive Live Session On iTunes Out Now
Announce Austin City Limits After-show With Blitzen Trapper
US Tour With Here We Go Magic
You & Me OUT NOW On Gigantic Music

Click HERE For Pitchfork’s Premiere Of “On The Water”

Click Here to View NPR World Café Top 10 List

Click Here To View The Walkmen on Juan’s Basement Top 10 Pitchfork Media Performance

Pitchfork Media (Best New Music/8.5) : “This is the sound they’ve reached for since the very beginning, and they’ve never played it as gracefully or confidently as they do here”

NPR All Songs Considered Previews “If Only It Were True”

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We Have Band Release Exclusive “You Came Out” Remix On RCRD LBL
North American Tour + CMJ Dates Coming Soon
Self-Titled EP Out Sept 15th On Itunes
Look Out For Debut LP Produced By Gareth Jones (Grizzly Bear, Mogwai, Depeche Mode & Liars)

Photo Credit: Olly Hearsey

Click Here To Download “You Came Out” Remix On RCRD LBL

Click Here To View “You Came Out” On Pitchfork TV

We Have Band Remix Bloc Party On Intimacy Remixed LP

Click Here To View We Have Band Live At The Fader Fort 2009

The Fader TV Releases WHB Acoustic Session
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The Dodos Play LOS ANGELES At El Rey Theater On 9.27
With The Ruby Suns
Perform “Acorn Factory” Live At KEXP’s Concerts At The Mural
Time To Die #1 On Amazon Digital Download
Exclusive Vinyl Version Of Time To Die Due Out 9.15 On Frenchkiss Records

Click HERE To Watch The Dodos Perform Live At KEXP’s Concerts At The Mural Series

Click HERE To Read Paste’s Review Of “Time To Die”

Click HERE For Under The Radar’s Live Photos From The Getty Center

“The Dodos created a sound driven by polyrhythmic tribal beats and acoustic guitar, as well as sincere lyrics.” -NPR’s World Cafe

“…displaying an uncanny sense of melody and showing off the best attributes of each musician.” -Examiner

“…the Dodos have four fingers on the pulse of überculture; they’re on the cusp of contemporary greatness.” -SF Bay Bridged

“Time To Die expands their repertoire, but doesn’t overdo it.” -Prefix

Check it out! The Dodos new album, Time To Die, won’t be physically available until September 15th (With One Extra Track On The Vinyl Version That Comes With A Digital Download Card). However, the album went on sale digitally on Amazon MP3 and has currently reached #1.

Click Here To Stream Time To Die : www.TimeToDie.net

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