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Glassnote Records [Phoenix’s US label] has signed Two Door Cinema Club, a rock band from Northern Ireland. American release date expected soon. For fans of Bloc Party & Death Cab.
www.myspace.com/twodoorcinemaclub
From the press release:
New York, NY – GLASSNOTE RECORDS is proud to announce the newest band to join the independent label’s roster, Northern Ireland’s TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB. Releasing their debut overseas in February via Kitsuné/Co-Op, a North American release date for the album will be announced shortly.
On the cusp of releasing a 7” single of the song “I Can Talk” overseas, anticipation of the band’s debut is building and the press is already raving. Of the song, NME gushes “It’s herky, it’s jerky, it’s a mile-a-minute, it’s everything we love about guitars and boys. Bloc Party might not want to stay on hiatus too long with them around,” while AOL’s Spinner UK adds “the fresh-faced trio's energetic indie pop adds flashes of African-styled guitar to the template, alongside jangly touch stones such as Death Cab For Cutie and Broken Social Scene.” Stateside the band can be heard on the Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Remix Collection, where they covered US label-mate PHOENIX’s song “Lasso.”
“Two Door Cinema Club is one of the most exciting young bands in the world,” says Glassnote President Daniel Glass. “We cannot wait for their tour and record in 2010.”
Prior to recording the album, Two Door Cinema Club were at a life-altering crossroad early in their career – go to university or lay it all on the line and follow their dreams. The trio, comprised of vocalist/guitarist Alex Trimble, bassist Kevin Baird and guitarist Sam Halliday, decided on the latter and took to Eastcote Studios in London to record with Elliott James (Bloc Party, Noah and The Whale). Phillipe Zdar (Phoenix, Justice, Cassius) mixed a number of tracks on the 10-song debut, and the result is an infectious and sparkling rock record sprinkled with elements of indie-rock, pop, electro and Afro-beats.
1/01 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
1/03 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
2/24 Athens, OH Ohio University
2/26 Ithaca, NY State Theatre
2/27 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
2/28 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room @ Murat Centre
3/02 Columbia, MO Missouri Theatre
3/03 Midwest City, OK Rose State PAC
3/05 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
3/06 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
3/07 Chicago, IL House of Blues
3/09 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
4/17 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
4/18 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Theatre
4/20 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
4/21 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
4/23 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
4/24 Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center/Ikeda Theater
4/25 Indio, CA Stagecoach Festival
4/27 Sacramento, CA Crest Theatre
4/28 Santa Barbara, CA Arlington Theatre
4/29 San Diego, CA House of Blues
5/02 Wilkesboro, NC MerleFest
5/28 Cumberland, MD Del Fest: Allegany County Fairgrounds
MUTEMATH is one of my favorite bands from New Orleans. This is the new video for “Backfire”.
The indiePulse song of the day features favorite new songs from emerging and established artists. Today’s featured selection is “TVA” by the Athens,GA rock band Drive-By Truckers from the album The Fine Print [New West].
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Moby recently debuted a new video for “One Time We Lived” was directed by Mark Pellington.
http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/23/moby-one-time-we-lived-video/
Moby releases "Wait For Me Deluxe," a limited edition deluxe version of his critically acclaimed 2009 album ‘Wait For Me’ on November 24th, 2009.
For more on Moby visit:
@thelittleidiot
www.facebook.com/mobymusic
www.moby.com
www.mute.com
Portland, Oregon-based rock band The Thermals are heading back into the studio to record their next album with Chris Walla.
From the KRS release:
Death Cab For Cutie guitarist/Producer Extraordinaire Chris Walla will record The Thermals' 5th LP in December 2009, at Jackpot Recording
Studio in Portland, Oregon. Walla will mix the record at his personal studio in Portland in January 2010. The LP is slated for release on Kill Rock Stars,
September 7th, 2010.
Walla and The Thermals have a long history together. Chris mixed The
Thermals 1st LP More Parts Per Million (Sub Pop, 2003) and produced
their 2nd LP, Fuckin' A (Sub Pop, 2004). The Thermals also supported
Death Cab For Cutie on a few tours in 2003 and 2004.
Thermals LP5 (Title TBA) will see The Thermals recording as a full
band for the first time since Fuckin' A, when original drummer Jordan
Hudson still played in the band. Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster have
recorded the last two Thermals records - The Body, The Blood, The
Machine (Sub Pop, 2006) and Now We Can See (Kill Rock Stars, 2009) as
a duo, with Foster performing all bass and drum tracks. New-ish
Thermals drummer Westin Glass will join Foster and Harris for a record
The Thermals promise will be dark, sparse, and melodic, with lyrical
themes of love and lies.
