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LOS ANGELES, CA, May 29, 2012 - A rousing and infectious collection of dirty synthesized disco jams, sleek synth-pop and dancey post-punk, LA-based Coco Morier’s debut EP, Strangers May Kiss, will be released June 19 on Ingrid, the new artist collective formed by herself, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn & John, Lykke Li, The Teddybears and others. The five-song introductory EP features production by Miike Snow’s Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg as well as producer Magnus Lidehall. The album has already been getting some great attention. Her track “Explosions” premiered on KCRW last month as “Today’s Top Tune” and the video for “Ambulance,” a song co-written and produced by Karlsson and Winnberg (two-thirds of Miike Snow), debuted on Nylon.

Strangers May Kiss marks Morier’s first album as Coco Morier but she’s no stranger to the world of performing or songwriting. The New Mexico native made her way to Los Angeles via Berlin after playing in garage-punk bands as a teen to start her raucous electro-trash pop girl duo Electrocute. The band released albums on Emperor Norton and Ryko and toured the world including a tour with kindred spirit Peaches. After getting caught in a bad label deal which prevented her from releasing her own material, Morier began writing for others. She quickly became a go-to songwriter for both indie-leaning acts and pop stars alike. Her resume boasts collaborations with a diverse group of artists and producers including Bloodshy and Avant, Aeroplane, Wynter Gordon, Selena Gomez, Junkie XL, and legendary crooner Tom Jones. Additionally, she has written and performed on Britney Spears’ last three albums giving the pop star the fan favorite tracks “Heaven on Earth” and “How I Roll,”which Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield named his favorite song of 2011. In 2010, Morier toured with Charlotte Gainsbourg as her lead guitarist on the Beck-led world tour. 

Strangers May Kiss represents a natural evolution for the talented artist and songwriter who has refined her sound and approach over the last few years. “I’ve been learning, growing, have had more adventures and more heartaches,” Morier says. “This was the first time I really had the courage to kind of expose myself this way and be very personal with my own recordings. I only felt okay to do that at first when I wrote for other people; the songs that came from real experience were always my most successful.” She adds: “I had a lot of ups and downs, especially in the relationship department, the last couple years so a few of the songs reflect that. I thought, ‘Oh well, I’m feeling a lot of shit right now so I may as well get a great song out of it.’”

Recorded in Sweden and Los Angeles, Strangers May Kiss, showcases a songwriter who is not afraid of pop or her admittedly anti-mainstream influences. The result is sultry, sophisticated electro-pop wrapped in interesting and unpredictable production suffused with sugary melodies and celestial imagery. Morier is not just a highly capable songwriter, but as LA Weekly exclaimed, her “tunes are inescapably catchy.” The album demonstrates that in spades. 

Blasting off with “Explosions,” a dance floor delight filled with a bouncy, fuzzed-out bassline, clattering percussion, layers of synths and Morier’s yearning and playful vocals, the EP moves to “Ambulance,” a wistful, slinky indie pop number with a grinding ’60s organ sound, before being followed by “Shameless,” a kiss-off anthem featuring Morier singing about a deceptive lover over warped synthesizers and drum machine beats. “Satellite” launches with a dose of high-energy electro-pop that sounds like what kids in outer space might dance to at the club. It’s capped off by “Hallucination,” which ends the album on a simple yet effective note. “I’ve been chasing rainbows all my life/Comical delusions by my side/But I never thought I’d have such a perfect dream,” Morier breathily sings over a quietly thumping beat and a steady, hypnotic piano riff. As the song progresses, bass, drums and keys creep in and carry the record to a beautiful, understated climax. 

Morier was recently featured on Ingrid’s first release, Ingrid Volume 1, a compilation that includes contributions from all of the collective’s members, including Lykke Li, Peter Bjorn & John, Miike Snow, Smile and Hortlax Cobra. Morier’s track “Afterlife” can be heard over at Ingrd.com or here: http://soundcloud.com/ingrd/coco-morier-afterlife

Coco Morier
Strangers May Kiss (Ingrid) 
Release Date: June 19, 2012

1. Explosions
2. Ambulance
3. Shameless
4. Satellite
5. Hallucination

For more info, please visit: 
cocomorier.com
facebook.com/cocomorier
soundcloud.com/coco-morier
twitter.com/cocomorier

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LOS ANGELES, CA, May 17, 2012 - Following their much-talked about NY debut, a packed-out headline show at Glasslands earlier this month, NY-based outfit Black Light Dinner Party will be bringing their summery synth-pop to Piano’s in NYC onJune 15. The foursome, who over the last year have released a steady stream of hook-laden pop gems for free online to rapturous response, are now compiling the four songs together for their first release, a 12-inch vinyl EP, that will be ready just in time for the show. As a token of appreciation to their supportive fans, BLDP will give away a free copy to the first 40 people who arrive at the venue and say they are there for Black Light Dinner Party. The exclusive release is limited to 300 copies and won’t be available for purchase anywhere ever; this show will be the only place to snag a copy. 

“There’s been such a positive response from everyone and we want to return that support,” offers Jack, Zach, Dan and Joel of Black Light Dinner Party. “These songs were written for Jack’s mom originally and despite her no longer being with us, we’re happy that we can share them now with our fans. We hope that you enjoy them as much as we intended them to be enjoyed.”

The vinyl will include “Older Together,” “Gold Chain,” Small Boxes” and the band’s most recent song “Leave It All,” which was released last month as a free stream and amassed more than 10,000 plays in 24 hours. As of today, the infectious track, replete with swirling synths, a trampolining bass line, skittering drums, vintage electronics, glowing harmonics and confident, heart-filled vocals, can be downloaded for free on their Soundcloud along with the other three songs. 

Black Light Dinner Party’s sun-bleached electro-pop seemingly came out of nowhere last year but quickly made an impression. Their first track, “Older Together,” immediately won plaudits both at home and internationally with The London Times calling it “a blissful, insistent hook-laden piece of synth-pop” and NME declaring the song an “immaculate first offering.” Subsequent tracks, “Small Boxes” and “Gold Chain,” garnered them comparisons to Miike Snow, Phoenix, MGMT and Foster The People and helped them acquire an impressive following before they ever played a show. The band’s music and mystique recently caught the attention of Interview Magazine who sat down with the previously anonymous guys for their first interview. In the illuminating Q&A, available here, the band opens up about their bittersweet beginnings, their music making process and the very personal reason why they didn’t feel comfortable revealing themselves from the onset. 

Black Light Dinner Party are currently putting the finishing touches on their debut full-length album. More details will be announced soon.  

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LOS ANGELES, CA, April 26, 2012 - Black Light Dinner Party set the Internet ablaze last year with an impressive trio of slick electro-pop jams; their first offering for 2012 is no exception and picks up right where they left off. “Leave It All,” available on the band’s Soundcloud, ignited immediately upon release last Wednesday, April 18 and amassed more than 10,000 plays in 24 hours and 20,000 by the weekend. The track will be pressed on 12-inch vinyl with their previous offerings “Older Together,” “Gold Chain” and “Small Boxes,” for a special release that will only be available at shows. Fans will have their first chance to get their hands on a copy of the EP when the New York-based band kicks of a Northeast run this summer. First up, the quartet will play their first-ever hometown show at Glasslands in Brooklyn on Thursday, May 3.

“Leave It All” is a meticulously produced piece of summery synth-laden pop that showcases Black Light Dinner Party’s keen ear for melody and knack for a great hook. The infectious track is replete with swirling synths, a trampolining bass line, skittering drums, vintage electronics, glowing harmonics and is propelled by confident, heart-filled vocals. 

Black Light Dinner Party first burst onto the scene last year with their track “Older Together” which won immediate plaudits both at home and internationally. The London Times called it “a blissful, insistent hook-laden piece of synth-pop” while NME declared it an “immaculate first offering.” The mysterious collective followed it up with the one-two punch of “Small Boxes” and “Gold Chain” which garnered comparisons to Miike Snow, MGMT, Phoenix and Foster The People while further establishing them as a group to keep an eye on. Without ever playing a show the foursome quickly amassed a large following through word of mouth and immense blog love. “Older Together” recently hit 100,000 plays on Soundcloud while its beautifully shot video is nearing 97,000 views. The clever video for “Gold Chain,” which depicts the day in the life of a gold chain, has more than 125,000 views. 

Black Light Dinner Party are readying another track and video for release next month in addition to finishing up their debut LP. With their already stellar four-song output and a full-length album chock full of synth-pop gems on the horizon, their future is looking incredibly bright. 

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LOS ANGELES, CA, April 19, 2012 - Gospel Music, the musical alias of Jacksonville-based singer/multi-instrumentalist Owen Holmes, is gearing up to spread its jangly indie pop story-songs of dive bar romances, binge drinking, long-distance running, sharks, and gamophobia on its first-ever coast-to-coast tour. The extensive 33-date run will kick off May 1 in Atlanta and hit New York, Boston and Philadelphia before heading west for the band’s debut performances in Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, and Portland among many other cities. The six-week tour will then snake its way back across the U.S. and make its way to Athens, GA where it will wind down on June 16. Holmes and his full band are touring in support of his debut LP, How To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville, FL released last fall on Kill Rock Stars and called “quite possibly the year’s most underrated album” by MTV.com in their 2011 year-end round-up. 

In conjunction with the tour, Gospel Music has released How To Get To Heaven… stand out ”This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars For Both Of Us” as a three-song digital single on iTunes and Bandcamp. The track is backed with remixes by Toronto disco revivalists The Cansecos and Brooklyn synth duo Decades who both transform the jaunty indie pop duet about running into your ex at your favorite watering hole by injecting it with beats and synthesizers. Decades offer up a new wave-inspired makeover fitting for the dark dance floor as Holmes’ talky baritone weaves in and out alongside Madeline Long’s girlish coo. The Cansecos remix slows the tempo down, adds a skittering electronic beat and makes Long’s soothing vocals the focus point, both as a cut-and-paste sample through out the song and as the lead vocal. The song is available for free download at Gospel Music’s Bandcamp: 

http://gospelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/this-town-doesnt-have-enough-bars-for-both-of-us-the-cansecos-remix

How To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville, FL is the debut full-length album from Holmes who also plays bass in Black Kids. Released in October on Kill Rock Stars, the album is a charming 11-song collection of wry, literate lo-fi indie pop about unrequited love, dive bars and failed romance set over toy piano, banjo, acoustic guitar, organ ukulele, bass and drums. Called “a lo-fi indie delight” by Magnet, Gospel Music, whose name is a tongue-in-cheek nod to his bible belt upbringing, has garnered comparisons to The Magnetic Fields, The Moldy Peaches, Jonathan Richman and other purveyors of entertaining, heartbreaking and poetic narratives. “Gospel Music spins lyrical witticisms, knowing naiveté and basic, pure melodies into deadpan candy,” exclaimed Orlando Weekly while Under the Radar described the album as a “jangly cross between Lou Reed and ’80s Athens, GA college rock.” The LP picks up where Holmes left off with his acclaimed 2010 EP duettes, a five-song collection of charming duets with members of Camera Obscura, Vivian Girls, The Magnetic Fields, Hefner and French singer-songwriter SoKo that Pitchfork described as “long on infectious melodies but short on arty pretension…Fans of lo-fi pop would be hard-pressed not to be won over by his lyrical specificity, melodic infectiousness, and vocal collaborators.”

GOSPEL MUSIC ON TOUR

May 1 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn

May 2 - Durham, NC @ The Garage

May 3 - Washington, DC @ IOTA

May 4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rock Shop

May 5 - New York, NY @ Cake Shop

May 7 - Boston, MA @ Middle East

May 8 - New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine

May 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ M Room

May 10 - Greensboro, NC @ Green Bean

May 11 - Asheville, NC @ Emerald Lounge

May 12 - Jacksonville, FL @ Burro Bar

May 23 - New Orleans, LA @ All-Ways Lounge

May 24 - Houston, TX @ Mango’s

May 25 - Austin, TX @ Frank

May 26 - San Antonio, TX @ The Ten Eleven

May 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room

May 29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe

May 30 - San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah

May 31 - Portland, OR @ Ella Street Social Club

June 1 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project

June 2 - Bremerton, WA @ Hi Fidelity

June 4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court

June 5 - Denver, CO @ Hi Dive

June 6 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot

June 7 - St. Louis, MO @ Foam

June 8 - Champaign, IL  @ Mike N’ Molly’s

June 9 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews

June 11 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas

June 12 - Indianapolis, IN @ Birdy’s

June 13 - Cincinnati, OH @ Mayday

June 14 - Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern

June 15 - Nashville, TN @ The End

HEAR SILFRA IN ITS ENTIRETY

STUNNING STOP-MOTION ANIMATION VIDEO FOR “BOUNCE BOUNCE” PREMIERES AT IFC.COM

TOUR KICKS OFF IN LOS ANGELES ON MAY 28

Hahn and Hauschka named the album Silfra for the breathtaking locale where they met to create the album, the geographic feature near Reykjavik, Iceland, where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet. It was here that Hahn, considered ”one of the greatest violinists in the world today” (Washington Post) and acclaimed prepared-pianist Hauschka, known for his unconventional  combined their singular talents.The album ranges from the exotic to the serene and from the atmospheric to the playful. 

Earlier this month the fantastical stop-motion animation video for “Bounce Bounce”premiered on IFC.com. Created by director and animator Hayley Morris, the video features a technicolor undersea world meticulously handcrafted out of wood, yarn, foam, paper, fabric, shells and other craft store staples. “When Hauschka performs he takes different recognizable objects and places them in his piano to alter the sound. I wanted to take the same approach as the music’s creation and have the materials themselves create a narrative and look,” Morris told IFC. The end result is a stunning underwater dance featuring a bird made of driftwood, crocheted doilies as coral creatures, fabric and yarn crabs and stuffed starfish dueling over food, hand painted sea snails, paper seaweed and much more. 

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Hauschka, the musical alias of Düsseldorf, Germany-based Volker Bertelmann, is predominantly known throughout both the classical and experimental music worlds for his seven albums since 2004 that explore the possibilities of the prepared piano. By modifying the piano’s innards with an assortment of odds and ends such as gaffer tape, aluminum foil, bottle tops, bells and ping pong balls he transforms the pure tuned instrument into mini rhythm sections. Inspired by prepared piano forefathers Eric Satie and John Cage to contemporary performers like Max Richter and Yann Tiersen, Bertelmann is a prolific musician whose work has continually developed from his early solo improvisations to include electronic elements. No stranger to collaboration, he has worked with more formal outfits such as Music A.M. (where he paired up with fellow German, Stefan Schneider, and novelist and former Long Fin Killie frontman, Luke Sutherland), San Francisco’s Magik*Magik Orchestra and has recorded with members of acclaimed bands Calexico and múm, both of whom contributed to his last solo release,Salon Des Amateurs, his piano and percussion homage to electronic dance music. Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork described it as “Curious, constantly in motion, full of puzzle-like counterpoints and arresting chord changes…a joy to listen to, and one of the brightest, most invigorating records I’ve heard all year.” In addition to his albums, Bertelmann scored the feature film “Glueck”, produced by Constantin Film and directed by Doris Doerrie. His videos have been twice nominated for the UK Music Video Award and in 2010 he composed music for two major theater pieces at the Frankfurt and Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus. His evocative compositions have also been used in the world of dance: “Red Pencil” was used by Ballet Austin in 2011 and Stephen Shropshire used his music in his piece “Dance Work Orange.”

hauschka-net.de

Two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn has gained international recognition for her probing interpretations, compelling stage presence, and commitment to a wide range of repertoire as well as newly commissioned music. Hahn appears regularly with the world’s top orchestras and on popular recital series in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. In the fifteen years since she began recording, Hahn has released thirteen solo albums on the Deutsche Grammophon and Sony labels, in addition to three live performance DVDs, an Oscar-nominated movie soundtrack, and various compilations. In 2009, she released an album of Tchaikovsky and Higdon concertos; the Higdon concerto, which Hahn commissioned, won the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent album is a recording of Charles Ives’s violin sonatas. Hahn celebrated that release with a concert at John Zorn’s The Stone in New York City. Outside the classical world, Hahn has collaborated with Tom Brosseau, …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Josh Ritter, and Chris Thile. She keeps a collection of her writings at hilaryhahn.com. 

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Two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn has gained international recognition for her probing interpretations, compelling stage presence, and commitment to a wide range of repertoire as well as newly commissioned music. Hahn appears regularly with the world’s top orchestras and on popular recital series in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. In the fifteen years since she began recording, Hahn has released thirteen solo albums on the Deutsche Grammophon and Sony labels, in addition to three live performance DVDs, an Oscar-nominated movie soundtrack, and various compilations. In 2009, she released an album of Tchaikovsky and Higdon concertos; the Higdon concerto, which Hahn commissioned, won the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent album is a recording of Charles Ives’s violin sonatas. Hahn celebrated that release with a concert at John Zorn’s The Stone in New York City. Outside the classical world, Hahn has collaborated with Tom Brosseau, …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Josh Ritter, and Chris Thile. She keeps a collection of her writings athilaryhahn.com. Her violin case Tweets from the road at @violincase. 

Hauschka, the musical alias of Düsseldorf, Germany-based Volker Bertelmann, is predominantly known throughout both the classical and experimental music worlds for his seven albums since 2004 that explore the possibilities of the prepared piano. By modifying the piano’s innards with an assortment of odds and ends such as gaffer tape, aluminum foil, bottle tops, bells and ping pong balls he transforms the pure tuned instrument into mini rhythm sections. Inspired by prepared piano forefathers Eric Satie and John Cage to contemporary performers like Max Richter and Yann Tiersen, Bertelmann is a prolific musician whose work has continually developed from his early solo improvisations to include electronic elements. No stranger to collaboration, he has worked with more formal outfits such as Music A.M. (where he paired up with fellow German, Stefan Schneider, and novelist and former Long Fin Killie frontman, Luke Sutherland), San Francisco’s Magik*Magik Orchestra and has recorded with members of acclaimed bands Calexico and múm, both of whom contributed to his last solo release,Salon Des Amateurs, his piano and percussion homage to electronic dance music. Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork described it as “Curious, constantly in motion, full of puzzle-like counterpoints and arresting chord changes…a joy to listen to, and one of the brightest, most invigorating records I’ve heard all year.” In addition to his albums, Bertelmann scored the feature film “Glueck”, produced by Constantin Film and directed by Doris Doerrie. His videos have been twice nominated for the UK Music Video Award and in 2010 he composed music for two major theater pieces at the Frankfurt and Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus. His evocative compositions have also been used in the world of dance: “Red Pencil” was used by Ballet Austin in 2011 and Stephen Shropshire used his music in his piece “Dance Work Orange.”

hauschka-net.de

Tracks:

1. Stillness
2. Bounce Bounce
3. Clock Winder
4. Adash
5. Godot
6. Krakow
7. North Atlantic
8. Draw a Map
9. Ashes
10. Sink
11. Halo of Honey
12. Rift

TOUR WITH WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS CONFIRMED FOR APRIL + HEADLINE SHOWS IN NYC, LA AND SF

XLR8R.COM PREMIERES “PLASTIC BOXES”

AUSTIN, TX, March 14, 2012 - Riding a tidal wave of critical acclaim in the UK on the strength of their debut LP, Other People’s Problems (due April 3 on FatCat Records), London-based sonic and visual experimentalists Breton have touched down at SXSW ready to make their much anticipated live American debut. The multimedia collective, who have developed a reputation as a gripping live act back home as well as one of Britain’s most exciting new bands, will play four shows throughout the week, kicking off tonight at 12:30 am at the KVRXplosion at Spiderhouse Cafe (full schedule below). Following SXSW, the quintet will head to NYC for a headline performance at Mercury Lounge on March 21. 

Breton will return to the States in April fora previously announced tour with We Were Promised Jetpacks and Fort Lean. Headline shows on May 9 at The Echo in Los Angeles and May 10 at Popscene at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco have also just been confirmed. 

Breton’s massive sound is the equivalent of your iTunes gone hyper shuffle. Elements of electro, post-punk, dub-step, trip-hop, indie rock, hip-hop and dance punk collide and coalesce into incredibly melodic patchworks that borrow from the past and present while looking to the future. Testament to the band’s far-reaching appeal to both the electronic and rock worlds, Breton were handpicked by Alternative Press for their annual “100 Bands You Need to Know” issue, while electronic music bible XLR8R just premiered the band’s track “Plastic Boxes” calling it a “a booming slice of neck-slapping electronics.” The song is available for free download at:http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/03/plastic-boxes 

“Plastic Boxes” is the flipside to Breton’s popular single “Interference,” which is currently garnering impressive airplay across the UK from the likes of BBC Radio 1, NME Radio and XFM. The propulsive track, due for digital release on March 20, is a mix of a chopped up samples, field recordings, urgent vocals, hard-hitting beats, squelchy synths, tropical guitars, and brass and strings from German modernist composer Hauschka. The accompanying video is the latest from BretonLABS,Breton’s video arm responsible for videos for the likes of Penguin Prison, ’80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Flats, and most recently Sinead O’Connor’s latest video “The Wolf Is Getting Married.” Directed by the band of filmmakers, the unsettling video follows the day in the life of a British gangster as he gets his kids ready for school, carries on with mundane tasks and then heads to work where his dark secrets are revealed. Watch below: 

BRETON Interference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm4sy4DHJio&feature=player_embedded

With less than a month until the release of Other People’s Problems, glowing reviews are flooding in. BBC Music exclaimed: “This debut album deserves to take them to a new height of recognition: it’s a superbly mainstream-accessible set, and distinctive of design too…Other People’s Problems possesses mass appeal on an own-terms level.” Q bestowed the album with four stars while Uncut declared: “Breton are distinctly maximal, all corrosive guitars, callow vocals and beats jutting at awkward angles.” NME continues to champion the band, describing them as being like  “the weird bastard sons of Crystal Castles and Steve Jobs.”

For this collective of filmmakers and musicians the two mediums of visual and audio are utterly integrated and of equal importance. Breton live is an intense, hypnotic experience as the band perform to a backdrop of their self shot films and graphics - mixed in real time by their VJ in a synergy of sound, timing, rhythm and visuals. They are not to be missed. 

BRETON @ SXSW
March 14 - KVRXplosion @ Spiderhouse Cafe - 12:30 am
March 15 - Clash Magazine/Ben Sherman Showcase @ Latitude 30 - 3:50 pm
March 16 - Sea Now! + Popantipop Party @ Brew Exchange - 2 pm
March 17 - FatCat Records/Flower Booking Showcase @ Red 7 - 10 pm

BRETON ON TOUR WITH WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS AND FORT LEAN

March 21 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
April 24 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
April 25 - Portland, ME @ Space
April 26 - Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
April 27 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
April 28 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
April 29 - Columbus, OH @ Outland Live
April 30 - Akron, OH @ Musica
May 2 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
May 5 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer 
May 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo*
May 10 - San Francisco, CA @ Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop*

*Headline show without We Were Promised Jetpacks 

If you are in Austin for SXSW, here’s what Shaker Maker PR has going down. Hit me up if you want to meet up or catch one of our shows. 
Tim: 323-219-2056
tim@shakermakerpr.com

TUESDAY, MARCH 13
UME - Campfire Trails @ Bat Bar | 218 E. 6th - 10 PM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
EL TEN ELEVEN - KVRXplosion @ Spiderhouse Cafe | 2908 Fruth St. - 3:15 pm
UME - Sea Now! + Popantipop Party @ Brew Exchange | 706 W. 6th - 5 pm
UME - Purveyors of Rock Audioperv Party @ Peckerheads | 402 E. 6th - 6:50 pm
EL TEN ELEVEN - Second House Slip and Slide Party @ 1102 E. 2nd St. - 8 pm
THE CALM BLUE SEA - Modern Outside Showcase @ Trinity Hall | 401 E. 6th - 9:40 pm 
GLISS - Modern Outsider Official Showcase @ Trinity Hall | 401 E. 6th - 10:35 pm
THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS - Modern Outsider Showcase @ Trinity Hall | 401 E. 6th - 12:25 am 
BRETON - KVRXplosion @ Spiderhouse Cafe | 2908 Fruth St. - 12:30 am
UME - Modern Outsider Official Showcase @ Trinity Hall | 401 E. 6th - 1 am

THURSDAY, MARCH 15
BRETON - Clash Magazine/Ben Sherman Party @ Latitude 30 | 512 San Jacinto  - 3:50 pm
GLISS - Sea Now! + Popantipop Party @ Brew Exchange | 706 W. 6th - 4 pm
UME - Brooklyn Vegan Party @ Hotel Vegas/Volstead Lounge | 1500 E. 6th - 5 pm
EL TEN ELEVEN - Sea Now! + Popantipop Party @ Brew Exchange | 706 W. 6th - 6:30 pm  

FRIDAY, MARCH 16
BRETON - Sea Now! + Popantipop Party @ Brew Exchange | 706 W 6th - 2 pm
UME - Berklee College of Music Showcase @ Friends | 208 E. 6th -4:25 pm
GLISS - Slacker Magazine/Boxing Lesson Party @ Gueros | 1412 S. Congress - 5 pm
UME - Exploding in Sound Party @ Grackle | 1700 E. 6th -6:15 pm 
EL TEN ELEVEN -  Stouh by Shout Smes 2 @ 21ST ST OC-PO | Ask for Address - 9 pm

SATURDAY, MARCH 17
EL TEN ELEVEN - Live Nation Party @  MI Annex | 6th & Red River -2:20 pm
UME - Thrillcall Party @ Whole Foods Rooftop | 601 N. Lamar Blvd. -2:45 pm
EL TEN ELEVEN - MidCoast Takeover @ Shangri-LA | 1016 E. 6th - 4:30 pm
UME - Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Show @ Casa Chapala | 101 San Jacinto Blvd. - 5:40 pm
BRETON - FatCat Records/Flower Booking Showcase @ Red 7 | 611 E. 7th - 10 pm
EL TEN ELEVEN - Flower Booking Showcase @ Red 7 | 611 E. 7th  - 11:45 pm
THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS - NXNE Showcase @ Club DeVille | 900 Red River - 1 am

SUNDAY, MARCH 18
UME - Thrasher Magazine’s Death Match @ Scoot Inn |1308 E. 4th - TBD

Lixiviation, a fascinating collection of electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani’s early synth compositions and advertising work is available now on B-Music/Finders Keepers Records. The compilation of unearthed gems spanning 1969-1985 recontextualizes and showcases Ciani’s innovative synth experiments alongside her cutting edge commercial work for such companies as Atari, PBS, Ballys and Coca-Cola.

The disc documenting Ciani’s trailblazing achievements that merged art and technology has received high praise from Pitchfork, Vice, Uncut and many others. This past weekend NPR “All Things Considered” sat down with Ciani to discuss the album and look back on what it was like to explore the musical frontiers of electronic music and synthesizers in the 1970s-80s. Ciani was also recently profiled by the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Wire.

PRESS FOR SUZANNE CIANI’S LIXIVIATION:

 “The album captures a fascinating moment when computer-generated music was 
easing its way into America’s subconscious one corporate tag, pop-fizz and orgasmic missile at a time.” 
- Los Angeles Times

“It’s a perfect introduction to the far-reaching nature of her talents.”
- Pitchfork 

“Corporate audio tags and commercial themes blip, bloop and fizz alongside her more serious work: compositions that explored the possibilities of electronic sound with playfulness and warmth.”
- Washington Post

“Maximum bliss-out vibes, cascading synth notes, techno-spiritual drones, and unusually comforting commercial voice overs all blended together to create the sonic equivalent of the world’s most beautiful screensaver.” 
- Vice, Album of the Month for January 2012

“Ciani’s arc is epic and organic; and her ability to succeed in both esoteric experimental circles as well as the world of big money, high stakes advertising speaks volumes about the breadth of her talent and the fluidity of her inspirations…The drugged, echo-heavy fantasy Ambience of ‘Princess With Orange Feet’ has been imitated (if accidentally) by legions of cassette-collecting bedroom synth stoners.”
- Wire