Available Digitally Monday December 15th at www.Miroir-Noir.com
DVD Formats Available for 2009 Delivery
Arcade Fire will release the documentary film Miroir Noir online this Monday, December 15th.

The film follows Arcade Fire through the making and touring of their 2007 album Neon Bible, documenting the band at their Montreal studio, the making of promotional films and videos, along with live footage and a few short films made on the road.

Miroir Noir is directed by Arcade Fire friend and collaborator Vincent Morisset. Vincent was responsible for the interactive video for the song “Neon Bible” and for the Arcade Fire web design. The film was shot by Vincent Moon.

The digital download and standard edition DVD feature the 70 minute film Miroir Noir. The deluxe edition DVD contains bonus material including Arcade Fire’s live performances on Jonathon Ross, Saturday Night Live and at Maida Vale.
The 70 minute film will be available globally at www.Miroir-Noir.com on December 15th as a one-off download in two sizes to suit preferred players. The physical standard and deluxe DVDs are planned for 2009 delivery (with digital versions delivered instantly).

Opening Reception Thursday, January 8, 2009 7-10 p.m.

Beginning with a January 8 opening reception and running through January 29, Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles will present UNDER THE INFLUENCE: An Official Tribute To BEASTIE BOYS.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE is an all-original collection or works inspired by the music of Beastie Boys, with participating artists from all over the country, including Alex Pardee (SF), Axis (L.A.), Dave Flores (Santa Barbara), Jason D’Aquino (NY), Plush artist Jen Rarey (KC), Le Merde (Portland), Mark Brown (Idaho), Matt Dangler (NJ), Mear One (L.A.), Scott Schiedly (FL), Tristan Eaton (NY) and literally dozens more. A complete listing of participating artists can be found at www.88Beasties.Blogspot.com.
A portion of this show’s proceeds will benefit Gramercy Housing Group (www.gramercyhousinggroup.org)

Gallery 1988 is located at 7020 Melrose Ave Los Angeles CA 90038
http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/entry/future.html

For further information re: Gallery 1988 contact Jensen gallery1988@aol.com 323 937 7088
For further information re: Beastie Boys contact Steve Martin or Laura Eldeiry at nasty little man 212 343 0740 or laura@nastylittleman.com

Three-time Grammy winner Beck stands to add two more awards to his career tally at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on February 8.

Beck’s Modern Guilt, released earlier this year to universal rave reviews, has now received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album as well as a citation in co-producer Danger Mouse’s nomination in the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category.

Beck has three previous Grammy wins to his credit: Two Best Alternative Music Performance award for the albums Mutations and Odelay and one Best Male Rock Vocal Performance award for the song “Where It’s At.”

Nods In Six Other Categories

Radiohead’s In Rainbows has been nominated for the highest honor at the 51st annual Grammy Awards: The Album of the Year category.

Additionally, In Rainbows has been nominated for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Boxed or special Limited Edition Package , the track “House Of Cards” has received nods in the Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals and Best Short Form Music Video divisions, while producer Nigel Godrich is up for for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for his work on the album, bringing the tally to a total of seven nominations.

Additionally, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood’s There Will Be Blood has been nominated for Best Score Soundtrack Album.

For further information, contact Steve Martin or Laura Eldeiry at nasty little man. 212-343-0740 / laura@nastylittleman.com

Album Of The Year
*In Rainbows
Radiohead

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
* House Of Cards
Radiohead

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
*That Was Me
Paul McCartney

Best Solo Rock Vocal Perfomance
*I Saw Her Standing There
Paul McCartney

Best Hard Rock Performance
* Wax Simulacra
The Mars Volta

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
*34 Ghosts I-IV
Nine Inch Nails

Best Rock Song
* House Of Cards
Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway &
Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)

Best Alternative Music Album
* Modern Guilt
Beck

* In Rainbows
Radiohead

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other
Visual Media

* There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood, composer

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
* Ghosts I-IV
Trent Reznor & Rob Sheridan, art directors (Nine Inch Nails)

* In Rainbows
Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell & Xian Munro, art directors
(Radiohead)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
* Danger Mouse
o Modern Guilt (Beck)

* Nigel Godrich
o In Rainbows (Radiohead) (A)

Best Short Form Music Video
* House Of Cards
Radiohead
James Frost, video director; Dawn Fanning, video producer

LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON DEBUT APPEARANCE DEC. 10

Having just completed an extensive North American tour supporting Weezer and currently staring down a Dec. 12-23 tour of their native Canada, the four young men of Tokyo Police Club continue to laugh in the face of road fatigue: The band has announced one more run of U.S. dates beginning  February 24, 2009 in Providence RI.

In other news, Tokyo Police Club will make its return to the small screen next week, following up a recent DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES cameo with a Dec. 10 late night (or early Dec. 11 for those who feel the need to be technical) performance on the LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON.

Following the completion of the dates below, Tokyo Police Club plans to begin work on the follow up to its acclaimed debut full length Elephant Shell, which was released April 22 of this year on Saddle Creek.

For further information, please contact Steve Martin or Amy grote at nasty little man t 212 343 0740 e amy@nastylittleman.com

02/24/09 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s – Support: Harlem Shakes
02/25/09 – New York, NY – Webster Hall – Support: Born Ruffians
02/26/09 – Washington, DC – Black Cat – Support: Born Ruffians
02/28/09 – Pittsburgh, PA / TBD – Mr. Smalls – Support: Harlem Shakes
03/01/09 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop – Support: Harlem Shakes
03/02/09 – Columbus, OH – The Basement – Support: Harlem Shakes
03/03/09 – Cincinnati, OH – Mad Hatter – Support: Harlem Shakes
03/05/09 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl – Support: Harlem Shakes
03/06/09 – Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder – Support: Harlem Shakes
03/07/09 – Orlando, FL – The Social – Support: Harlem Shakes
03/10/09 – New Orleans, LA – The Parish @ House of Blues – Support: Ra Ra Riot
03/11/09 – Houston, TX – Walters on Washington – Support: Ra Ra Riot
03/12/09 – McAllen, TX – Cine El Ray – Support: Ra Ra Riot
03/13/09 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit – Support: Ra Ra Riot
03/14/09 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre – Support: Ra Ra Riot
03/16/09 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown – Support: Ra Ra Riot
03/18/09 – Chicago, IL – The Metro – Support: Born Ruffians
03/19/09 – Pontiac, MI – Crofoot – Support: Born Ruffians

LIMITED DELUXE EDITION TO FEATURE USELESS CREATURES INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Andrew Bird has confirmed that his new studio album Noble Beast will now be released January 20, 2009 on Fat Possum Records. Noble Beast is the follow up to Bird’s critically acclaimed 2007 set Armchair Apocrypha which has sold over 100,000 copies to date.

Noble Beast will also be available in a very limited deluxe 2-CD edition that will also include Useless Creatures, a bonus disc of original instrumental works featuring collaborations with Glenn Kotche and Todd Sickafoose. The deluxe edition, which will be available exclusively to physical retailers, will feature a stunning custom package including extra photos, a fold-out poster, and a 24-page lyric booklet illustrated by Diana Sudyka.

The track listings for Noble Beast and Useless Creatures are as follows:

Noble Beast:
1.) Oh No
2.) Masterswarm
3.) Fitz and the Dizzyspells
4.) Effigy
5.) Tenuousness
6.) Nomenclature
7.) ouo
8.) Not a Robot, But a Ghost
9.) Unfolding Fans
10.) Anonanimal
11.) Natural Disaster
12.) The Privateers
13.) Souverian
14.) On Ho

Useless Creatures
1.) Master Sigh
2.) You Woke Me Up!
3.) Nyatiti
4.) The Barn Tapes
5.) Carrion Suite
6.) Spinney
7.) Dissent
8.) Hot Math
9.) Sigh Master

As previously confirmed, tickets are now on sale for the first leg of a North American tour in support of Noble Beast, beginning with Bird’s first ever headline engagement at Carnegie Hall on January 28. This run of theater headlines will be opened by LONEY DEAR with the exception of Carnegie Hall, which will feature DOSH as support.

For a full listen of tour dates and on sale information, see http://www.andrewbird.net/. For further information, contact Steve Martin or Laura Eldeiry at nasty little man t 212 343 0740 e laura@nastylittleman.com.

DATES KICK OFF JANUARY 28 AT CARNEGIE HALL

ANDREW BIRD has confirmed dates for the first leg of a North American tour in support of his forthcoming new album Noble Beast. The tour will begin just after Noble Beast’s release with Bird’s first ever headline engagement at Carnegie Hall on January 28.
This run of theater headlines will be opened by LONEY DEAR with the exception of Carnegie Hall, which will feature DOSH as support.
Presales with low-fee surcharges for most shows are already underway at http://www.andrewbird.net/. General on sales will be this weekend.
For a full list of dates see below. For further information, contact Steve Martin or Laura Eldeiry at nasty little man t 212 343 0740 e laura@nastylittleman.com.

28-Jan
CARNEGIE HALL
NEW YORK, NY

30-Jan
THE ORPHEUM THEATRE
BOSTON, MA

3-Feb
CLUB 9:30
WASHINGTON, DC

4-Feb
THE VARIETY PLAYHOUSE
ATLANTA, GA

6-Feb
THE PLAZA THEATRE
ORLANDO, FL

7-Feb
HOUSE OF BLUES
NEW ORLEANS, LA

12-Feb
THE PARAMOUNT THEATER
AUSTIN, TX

13-Feb
THE EL REY THEATRE
ALBUQUERQUE, NM

14-Feb
THE RIALTO THEATER
TUCSON, AZ

18-Feb
THE ORPHEUM THEATRE
LOS ANGELES, CA

19-Feb
THE FILLMORE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA

20-Feb
THE FILLMORE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA

21-Feb
THE ROSELAND THEATER
PORTLAND, OR

23-Feb
THE MOORE THEATER
SEATTLE, WA

24-Feb
THE KNITTING FACTORY
BOISE, ID

25-Feb
THE MURRAY THEATER
MURRAY, UT

26-Feb
THE OGDEN THEATER
DENVER, CO

27-Feb
SLOWDOWN
OMAHA, NE

LONEY DEAR will open all shows except Carnegie Hall, where DOSH will be playing the opening set.

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Phil Selway will once again back Neil Finn for a follow up to the acclaimed Seven Worlds Collide, a project supporting international development organization Oxfam.

Seven years ago OBrien and Selway were invited by Finn to participate in a special series of concerts in New Zealand under the banner Seven Worlds Collide. Also returning from that original Seven Worlds Collide lineup will be founder of the Smiths and member of Modest Mouse Johnny Marr, Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg, songwriter and violinist Lisa Germano, and Liam Finn. Artists newly joining the project include Jeff Tweedy, John Stirrat, Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone from Wilco, and New Zealand songwriters Bic Runga and Don McGlashan. Behind the mixing desk will be master recording engineer Jim Scott. More names will be added to the lineup in the coming weeks.

The album will be recorded over the next few months in Auckland’s Roundhead Studios and is due for release in 2009. Like its predecessor, the project will also see a series of concerts featuring many of the artists included in the lineup. The shows will take place in Auckland early in the New Year. Details will be announced soon.

Seven Worlds Collide
Seven Worlds Collide is a live album released in 2001 by New Zealand singer/songwriter, Neil Finn. This is a live recording culled from a series of five shows from April 2, 2001 to April 6, 2001 featuring Neil Finn & Friends recorded at the St James theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. Notable guests in Finn’s band included Eddie Vedder, Johnny Marr, Ed O’Brien, Tim Finn, Sebastian Steinberg, Phil Selway, Lisa Germano and Betchadupa. The title of this album is derived from the line “Seven worlds will collide / whenever I am by your side” from Crowded House’s 1993 single Distant Sun.

Oxfam International
Oxfam is an international development organisation working to end poverty and injustice to bring real and lasting change to the lives of people living in poverty and to create a safer, fairer and more sustainable world.
Oxfam believes that poverty is not inevitable. Instead, poverty results from unjust policies, and the denial of basic rights and opportunities. There are 13 Oxfam affiliates working with communities on the ground in over 100 countries. We put all our effort and expertise into saving lives, developing programmes that empower people, and campaigning for lasting change.

Radiohead
Radiohead is Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke. Radiohead’s recordings have included 1993’s Pablo Honey, 1995’s The Bends, 1997’s OK Computer (the tour for which was documented by the 1998 film Meeting People Is Easy), 2000’s Kid A, 2001’s Amnesiac, 2003’s Hail To The Thief and In Rainbows, which was self-released via Radiohead.com in October 2007. In Rainbows was released to traditional retail by TBD Records/ATO in January 2008 and entered the U.S. chart at #1.

AFI have begun pre-production on their eighth studio album. The follow-
up to 2006’s platinum DECEMBERUNDERGROUND will be recorded in Los
Angeles and in the band’s native Bay Area with producer Dave Bottrill (Tool, King Crimson, David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, Muse, Placebo). No release date has been set as yet.