See the new tour dates + upcoming music for AVAN LAVA,
Boys Noize, Caveman, Christine and the Queens, Claude Violante,
CocoRosie, Hunter Hunted, Kim Ann Foxman, MS MR, Neon Gold Records’
PopShop, Noonie Bao, Pussy Riot, Sam Dew and Tourist.
MS MR’s acoustic version of “Wrong Victory” was just revealed today.
Claude Violante’s “I Kill By Night” was premiered via Stereogum yesterday.
bottom’s NSFW video for “My Body” went live via Bullett Magazine as well.
Kim Ann Foxman’s video “Creature (a/jus/ted remix edit)” ran exclusively via Pitchfork.
AVAN LAVA
Vogue Paris just featured AVAN LAVA’s remix of Chic’s “I’ll Be There” which is feature in a video by Inez & Vinoodh - watch it HERE! Recently, the trio released their Make It Real EP via
Atlas Chair to critical acclaim. Their video for “Wanna Live,” off
their new EP, just premiered on Entertainment Weekly. The video is
directed by Alexander Hammer, whose resume includes editing Beyonce’s
“Life is But a Dream” and the Beyonce-Jay Z “On The Run Tour”
documentary. Additionally, AVAN LAVA will be playing shows in Brooklyn,
Toronto and California later this summer.
Dance pop band AVAN LAVA is a trio comprised of
producer/drummer Ian Pai, producer/musician Le Chev and lead singer TC
Milan. Their live shows are a constantly evolving spectacle involving backup dancers, custom designed light shows, and the occasional confetti cannon. In a culture seemingly obsessed with irony and self-seriousness, NYC’s dance-pop pioneers AVAN LAVA are a breath of fresh air. Or, to be more specific,
they are a big, bright, confetti-filled breath of fresh air that, upon
breathing, causes a person to dance, sweat, and smile uncontrollably.
Soundcloud HERE
Video “Wanna Live” HERE
New tour dates announced:
6/20 - Brooklyn, NY @ First Annual North Brooklyn Pride
6/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ AVAN LAVA Pride BBQ!
6/27 – Toronto, Canada @ Toronto Pride
8/08 – Palm Springs, CA @ Splash House
Boys Noize
Boys Noize (Alex Ridha) is currently
touring to celebrate 10 years of Boysnoize Records #BNR10YR. Every stop
on the world tour has special guests, some of which include the world
premiere of Handbraeks, Mr. Oizo, Salva, Spank Rock, Skrillex and Tiga.
Additionally, Boys Noize’s 9-track Strictly Raw Vol 1 EP comes
out on vinyl on 6/2 and digitally on 6/22. It includes new
collaborations with Tiga, Johnny Sack, Totally Enormous Extinct
Dinosaurs, Atom TM, SCNTST and Pilo.
Soundcloud HERE
Stream “Cerebral” by Boys Noize & Pilo HERE
Upcoming tour dates:
Sat 7/18 - New York, NY @ PS1 Warm Up
Fri 7/24 - San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
Sat 7/25 - Mexico, MX @ Sala Puebla
Thurs 7/30 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Fri 7/31 - Denver, CO @ Beta
Sat 8/1 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
Sun 8/2 – Pomona, CA @ Hard Summer
Caveman
New York City’s five-piece vibe collective Caveman will open for Blonde Redhead at Webster 6/26.
Expect to hear brand new songs!
Soundcloud HERE
Upcoming live date:
Fri 6/26 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Christine and the Queens
Recently Christine and the Queens released her debut Saint Claude EP via Neon Gold/Atlantic/Because Records. She will be playing two shows in Canada at the end of July. Christine won awards for Best Female Artist and Video of the Year at the French Grammy-equivalent Victoires de La Musique.
Soundcloud HERE
Upcoming tour dates:
7/30 - Toronto, CAN @ Mod Club Theatre
7/31 - Montreal, CAN @ Osheaga Festival
Claude Violante
“I Kill By Night” is the newest track released by young French producer Claude Violante.
Violante is set to release Your Heart is Weak on July 7th via Atlas
Chair/Tsunami-Addiction. Violante is certainly a prodigy of the French
Electronic scene. In addition to her own work, she is also part of the
French band Haussmann. They are known for their single “Boys Like Us,”
which is featured in the French film “Les Infidèles” by Jean
Dujardin. Her first self-titled EP came out in 2012. Additionally, she
is featured on Feadz’s track “Far From Home,” and has remixed “Rien” by
La Chatte, “Jenny Kissed Me” by Fiodor Dream Dog, “Cruel Sexuality” by La Roux, “England” by Kid North, “Alright Heavy Fuck” by Trésors and more.
Listen to “I Kill By Night” HERE
Listen to “No Mercy” HERE
Listen to “The Double” HERE
CocoRosie
CocoRosie announced the release of their upcoming, sixth studio album this Fall. The sisters, Bianca and Sierra Casady,
will go back out on the road touring after a small hiatus; first in
Europe were people will be able to hear the upcoming songs in a live
setting and later in the Fall CocoRosie will begin their American East
and West coast tour dates starting in California. You can hear a pieces
of new music “Hairnet Paradise” and “Big and Black” by watching the behind-the-scenes video (by Fernando Portabales) which they filmed during the recording process HERE. More details on the album and song titles, including the exact release date will be announced shortly.
Upcoming tour dates:
Tue 6/30 - Rome, Italy @ Vila Ada
Thu 7/2 - Milan, Italy @ Carroponte
Sat 7/4-France, Saint Denis de Gastines @Au Foin de la Rue Festival
Mon 7/6 - Porto, Portugal @ Casa Da Musica
Tue 7/7 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Tivoli
Fri 7/10 - Barcelona, Spain @ Cruilla Festival
Sat 7/11 - Trencin, Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
Mon 7/13 - Tel Aviv, Israel @ Gesher Theater (sold out)
Tue 7/14 - Tel Aviv, Israel @ Barby
Thu 7/16 - Paris, France @ Cabaret Sauvage
Fri 7/17 - Dour, Belgium @ Dour Festival
Sat 7/18 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord / Tolhuistuin
Thurs 9/17 Symbiosis Festival, Woodward Reservoir-Oakdale, CA
Tue 9/22 - Solano Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
Wed 9/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco Theater
Fri 9/25 - New York, CA @ Webster Hall
Hunter Hunted
Just the other month Neon Gold premiered Hunter Hunted’s new track “Blindside” off their upcoming debut album via FreeSolo/RCA. Hunter
Hunted resently finished their tour with Smallpools. Additionally, they
played Sasquatch! Festival. In July and August, they will set out on a
co-headlining tour with Young Rising Sons. Hunter Hunted is
a duo comprised of Michael Garner and Dan Chang. They write songs that
tread an easy path between the head and heart, bursting at the seems
with undeniable melodies and choruses that are custom-made to be sung
along to, preferably at peak volume while surrounded by several hundred
of your brand new very best friends. The group’s roots go back to UCLA
where they met. They’ve been included in MTV’s Artists To Watch, NYLON’s
“Bands to look out for,” Starbucks “Pick of The Week, "Teen Vogue’s
"Jam’s of the year,” Billboard Magazines “Scouting Report” and KCRW’s
“Bands we Love.”
Soundcloud HERE
Stream “Blindside” HERE
Upcoming tour dates:
Thu 7/16 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
Sat 7/18 - Portland, OR @ The Hawthorne Theater
Sun 7/19 - Seattle, OR @ the Crocodile
Tue 7/21 – Vancouver, BC @ The Media Club
Thu 7/23 – Spokane, WA @ The Pin
Fri 7/24 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Sat 7/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Sun 7/26 – Denver, CO @ The Bluebird Theater
Tue 7/28 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Wed 7/29 – Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
Thu 7/30 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Hi-Fi
Fri 7/31 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
Mon 8/03 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
Tue 8/04 – Pawtucket, RI @ The Met
Wed 8/05 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Fri 8/07 New York, NY @ The Highline Ballroom
Sat 8/08 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Kim Ann Foxman
Yesterday Kim Ann Foxman released Creature Remixes her
third 12" vinyl release, on her label Firehouse Recordings along with a
video for the track “Creature (a/jus/ted remix edit)” which premiered
on Pitchfork HERE. The vinyl also includes a raft of remixes by DJ Nick Simoncino and Richy Ahmed of Hot Creations. You can stream the Kim Ann Foxman remix of “Creature” HERE. Foxman will
also be playing at Lovebox music festival in Victoria Park, London
on July 15. Foxman, a former singer in the neo-disco collective Hercules
and Love Affair has now returned to her fundamental passions of rocking
clubs as a DJ and producing raw electronic music. She launched Firehouse, her own label established in partnership with London-based music and arts outpost The Viny Factory after being inspired by her New York residence.
Soundcloud HERE
Upcoming tour dates:
5/30 - Ibiza, Spain @ Ushauaia (w/ Maya Jane Coles)
6/6 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Gaasperpark Open Air Festival
6/18 - Barcelona, Spain @ Razzamatazz/Off Sonar (w/ Heidi)
7/15 - London, UK @ Victoria Park - Lovebox (w/ Heidi)
8/1 - Ratvik, Sweden @ Into The Valley
8/7 - Oxfordshire, UK @ Cornbury Park - Wilderness
MS MR
Last week MS MR released “Wrong Victory” the newest song off their upcoming LP How Does it Feel. HERE The
duo also released the single “Painted” off the upcoming LP the week
before. They will be touring in select cities United States cities:
Kansas City, Philadelphia and Chicago. Their tour will have them playing the Lollapalooza festival in both Chicago and Berlin.
MS MR is a New York based dark-wave duo comprised of
vocalist Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow. The duo has toured
with Marina and the Diamonds and Grouplove and played at festivals such
as Bonnaroo and Firefly. Plapinger is also known as the co-founder of
Neon Gold Records.
Soundcloud HERE
Listen to "Painted” HERE
Upcoming tour dates:
6/19 – Kansas City, MO – Boulevardia 2015
7/12 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier (Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party)
7/22 – Melbourne, Australia – Russell
7/24 – Byron Bay, Australia – Splendour In The Grass Festival
7/25 – Sydney, Australia – Metro Theatre
7/30 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (Lollapalooza after show w/ Wet)
7/31 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
8/1-8/2 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga
8/7 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field (96.3 Go Fest 2015)
9/8 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset
9/9 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Strand
9/10 – Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret
9/12-13 – Berlin, Germany – Lollapalooza
9/24 – Houston, TX – House of Blues (w/ Circa Waves, Crater)
9/25 – Austin, TX – Emo’s (w/ Circa Waves, Crater)
9/27 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues (w/ Circa Waves, Crater)
9/28 – Nashville, TN – The Cannery Ballroom (w/ Circa Waves, Crater)
9/29 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West (w/ Circa Waves, Crater)
10/1 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club (w/ Circa Waves, Crater)
10/5 – Boston, MA – Royale (w/ Jack Garratt, VÉRITÉ)
10/8 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 (w/ Jack Garratt, VÉRITÉ)
10/10 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall (w/ Jack Garratt, VÉRITÉ)
10/12 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall (w/ Jack Garratt, VÉRITÉ)
10/17 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre (w/ Jack Garratt)
10/19 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (w/ Jack Garratt, Tigertown)
10/20 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre (w/ Jack Garratt, Tigertown)
10/21 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom (w/ Jack Garratt, Tigertown)
10/23 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre (w/ Jack Garratt, Tigertown)
10/25 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues (w/ Jack Garratt, Tigertown)
10/27 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern (w/ Jack Garratt, Tigertown)
11/6 – Brighton, UK – The Arch
11/7 – Manchester, UK – Club Academy
11/8 – Glasgow – Art School
11/10 – London, UK – Electric Brixton
11/12 – Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
11/13 – Paris, France – Trabendo
11/14 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg (Old Room)
11/16 – Zurich, Switzerland – X-Tra
11/17 – Munich, Germany – Technikum
11/18 – Frankfurt, Germany – Batschkapp
11/19 – Cologne, Germany – Gloria
11/21 – Hamburg, Germany – Mojo
Neon Gold Records
Most recently, Neon Gold signed 3x platinum sensation Christine and the Queens to the label. Starting at the end of May, some of their artists will be performing in New York, DC and California. Derek Davies and Lizzy Plapinger founded
Neon Gold Records in August 2008 when they were only mid-college music
interns. In January 2014, they signed with Atlantic Records. Their
artist roster includes, but is not limited to, Charli XCX, Icona Pop,
Magic Man, Wet, Tove, St. Lucia, Passion Pit, Marina & The Diamonds
and Ellie Goulding.
Soundcloud HERE
Website HERE
Upcoming PopShop dates:
6/18 - New York, NY @ The Westway (Client Liaison + Phoebe Ryan)
6/20 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge (Cathedrals)
6/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (Client Liaison)
Noonie Bao
Swedish born Noonie Bao released her newest single “I’m in Love” on the
heels of her as a Swedish GRAMMY nomination “Best New Artist”. Earlier
Noonie wrote and featured on Avicii’s hit single “I Could Be the One”
which was followed by collaborations with chart toppers Charli XCX, Rita
Ora, Clean Bandit and Tove Styrke etc. She ended the year with a
highlight, having co-written 4 songs on Rolling Stone’s #1 Album of
2014, Charli XCX’s “Doing it” In 2015, she has songs coming up with
Alesso and Carly Rae Jepsen.
Watch “I’m In Love” HERE
Pussy Riot
On June 28, Pussy Riot will leading the 35th
installment of the Toronto Pride celebration. Others that will join the
parade are Cyndi Lauper, cult legend John Waters and gay rights activist
Chaz Bono.
Pussy Riot is a feminist protest art collectivethat has
been one of the world’s most prominent activist groups in recent years,
aiming to focus attention on both the actions of the
Russian government and on human rights violations at home and abroad.
The group stages unauthorized provocative guerrilla performances in
unusual public locations, which are edited into music videos and posted
on the Internet. Additionally, they launched the independent news outlet
MediaZona, which focuses on Russia’s courts, law enforcement and prison
system. They have also launched the NGO Zona Prava again focusing on
the need for prison reform in Russia.
Watch "I Can’t Breathe” HERE
Upcoming appearance:
6/26 UK @ Glastonbury (2 speaking events)
6/28 - Toronto, CAN @ Gay Pride
Sam Dew
Introducing Sam Dew: who collaborated with Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio) on his debut Damn Sue EP, which is out now via RCA (download HERE -
pls don’t share). Sam Dew is a singer/songwriter hailing from Chicago
with a dynamic and unforgettable vocal sound. Known best for his
features on Wale’s “Love Hate Thing” and Skrillex’s “Stranger” ft.
KillaGraham of Milo and Otis, Sam Dew is constantly evolving and
consistently creating soulful music. He has written songs for a variety
of artists including Rihanna, Estelle, Wale, Mary J. Blige, Marsha
Ambrosius, and Jessie Ware. Prior to branching out on his own, Sam was
the lead singer of the progressive/rock all male Atlanta band
Cloudeater. His influences include artists such as Marvin Gaye,
Radiohead, Bjork, Curtis Mayfield, Earth Wind & Fire, and Beck.
Upcoming tour dates:
6/17 London, UK @ The Victoria (w/ Wet)
6/18 London, UK @ XOYO (w/ Miguel)
6/22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Bootleg Bar & Theatre
6/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Bardot Hollywood - RSVP (Free Show)
7/1 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café – Starts at 10PM
7/8 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
8/23 Brooklyn, NY @ AFROPUNK Festival
Tourist
Tourist (William Phillips) reveals the video for his current single (out 7/24)“Holding On” feat. Josef Salvat and Niia. Following
a electrifying live appearances at Coachella Festival,
Disclosure’s Wild Life festival and Park Life earlier this year and
revealing new album track “Waves” early
this month, Tourist prepares to embark on an European tour. Starting
2015 with a Coachella performance and a GRAMMY “Song of The Year” win
for his part in co-writing Sam Smiths’ global smash “Stay With Me”,
Tourist is at work on his debut album which will come out via Interscope
Records while playing shows this summer including Sonar, Glastonbury
and Reading festivals.
Watch “Holding On” ft Josef Salvat & Niia” HERE
Download “Waves” for Free HERE
Upcoming tour dates:
6/20 - Barcelona, Spain @ Sonar Festival
6/26 - Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
8/23 - Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands @ Lowlands Festival
8/29 - Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
8/30 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
9/5 - Stradbally, Ireland @ Electric Picnic