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WHITE RABBITS: MILK FAMOUS OUT NOW, APPEARING TONIGHT ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!

White Rabbits will appear tonight (March 28) on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!

The band’s current tour–which stops tonight at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles–and the March 6 release of new album Milk Famous (tbd Records) were preceded by a March 1 performance of single “Temporary” on THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN–and followed by a wave of critical acclaim:

“The lyrics are full of foreboding… that’s only escalated by the music as it keeps ratcheting up its precise, percussive tension”–THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Very talented musicians… they have their own sound, very inventive moments in all their songs, and you’ll hear that right off the bat…” — Bob Boilen, NPR

“Milk Famous is consistent in the one way White Rabbits needs to be: At all times, it’s adventurous (A-)”–THE ONION AV CLUB

“Few bands put more thought into constructing their rhythm beds than White Rabbits. They dont rock so much as seduce…” — DRUM!

“Fusing a variety of intriguing textures to a tight ever-shifting grooves that emphasizes a thick, post-punk bass line”–ROLLING STONE

The Milk Famous tour kicked off the same day as the record’s release in Philadelphia, with a sold out DC show following the next day. White Rabbits will continue on, making stops at some of the largest venues the band has headlined to date including the Metro in Chicago, and Webster Hall in New York, before concluding April 14 in Boston.

White Rabbits are Stephen Patterson, Alex Even, Gregory Roberts, Jamie Levinson and Matthew Clark.

03/28/12 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
03/29/12 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
03/30/12 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
03/31/12 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
04/03/12 – Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Music Hall
04/04/12 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
04/05/12 – St. Louis, MO – Plush
04/06/12 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
04/07/12 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
04/08/12 – Chicago, IL – Metro
04/11/12 – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s
04/12/12 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
04/13/12 – Northampton, MA – Pearl Street Downtown
04/14/12 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club

Press Releases

EASTBOUND & DOWN SOUNDTRACK, FEATURING ROCKIN’ TUNES FROM THE HBO ORIGINAL SERIES, OUT APRIL 24 ON FAT POSSUM RECORDS

INCLUDES DIALOGUE FROM KENNY POWERS & OTHER FAVORITE CHARACTERS

PLUS LINER NOTES BY SIDEKICK STEVIE JANOWSKI

“When my ass was 19 years old, I changed the face of professional baseball. Everyone wanted a piece of my s#*t. Just a man with a mind for victory and an arm like a f@^%*ing cannon. But sometimes when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm.”– Kenny Powers

“Each track is hand-picked by The Man himself.  That’s right.  This is the music that Kenny Powers rocks out to when he’s getting ready in the morning.  This is the music Kenny Powers listens to in the late hours, when the night terrors come and we are all children again.” – Stevie Janowski

Anyone who was wondering when the ultimate mix tape of the new millennium would finally show up need wonder no longer: It’s here.

Or it will be, on April 24 when Fat Possum Records scores big with the two-disc release of the Eastbound & Down Soundtrack, a collection of straight up classics – old and new alike – handpicked by the man, the myth, and legend in his own mind Kenny Powers, who drops over-the-top nuggets of wisdom that will be prized as much as the music on this high-energy compilation. And that’s saying loads since the soundtrack, which includes music and dialogue from the show’s three seasons, features primo jams from top shelfers like The Black Keys, Too $hort, The Stooges,   MC5, R.L. Burnside, Kenny Rogers and Lee Hazlewood. On top of all that, the record’s liner notes are written by Kenny’s own personal boy wonder and sidekick, Stevie Janowski.

HBO’s raucous comedy Eastbound & Down is the story of the rise and fall (and fall, and fall…) of former pitcher Kenny Powers as he navigates life after the Big Leagues as a washed up baseball star who hasn’t come to grips with the “washed up” part yet. With an insufferable ego, self-destructive behavior and penchant for profanity, Powers (played to perfection by Danny McBride), is often unlovable, but always entertaining.  From the twisted comedic minds of executive producers Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay, Jody Hill and McBride, the show’s popularity has created a loyal and enthusiastic following that surged over its first two seasons.  Eastbound & Down is back for more innings, with the third season currently airing Sunday nights at 10:00p.m. ET/PT, exclusively on HBO.

The Eastbound & Down Soundtrack will be available via digital download and in retail stores, including the HBO Shop (42nd Street & 6th Avenue NY, NY / www.store.hbo.com), for the suggested retail price of $14.98.

The complete Eastbound & Down Soundtrack track listing is:

Disc One:

[1]   Freddie King [Going Down]
[2]   Make Her Cum [Dialogue]
[3]   The Black Keys [Your Touch]
[4]   Strangeloves [Night Time]
[5]   Brenton Wood [Oogum Boogum Song]
[6]   I Sell Kias [Dialogue]
[7]   Too Short [Blow The Whistle]
[8]   Two Hard Rules [Dialogue]
[9]   The Stooges [Down On The Street]
[10] Sucking Your Dream’s Dick [Dialogue]
[11] The Animals [Sky Pilot]
[12] Ram Jam [Black Betty]
[13] Undaunted [Dialogue]

Disc Two:

[1]   Lil Wyte [Fu*ked Up]
[2]   Los Monstruos [El Monstros, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut]
[3]   Fuck You Mr. Schaeffer [Dialogue]
[4]   R.L. Burnside [Goin’ Down South]
[5]   Whore With A Regular Heart [Dialogue]
[6]   Kenny Rogers [Love Will Turn You Around]
[7]   Neil, Not Toby [Dialogue]
[8]   MC5 [Miss X]
[9]   Panochas [Dialogue]
[10] Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra Featuring Nino Moschella [Kiss The Sky]
[11] Child Molesters At Chuck E. Cheese [Dialogue]
[12] Lee Hazlewood [Think I’m Coming Down]
[13] Make A Change [Dialogue]
[14] The Slits [I Heard It Through the Grapevine]
[15] Big Ups/The End [Dialogue]

About Fat Possum

Had a bump and a vodka drink and this happened.

About HBO Global Licensing

HBO Global Licensing officially licenses the HBO® brand for the development and merchandising of innovative product lines inspired by the network’s award-winning programming.  With products created around classic series like the The Sopranos® and Sex and the City® to current hits like True Blood® and Entourage®, items include fashion apparel, jewelry, digital and CD soundtracks, games, books as well as exclusive, premium collections in partnership with upscale, designer brands.  Merchandise can be purchased in retail stores nationwide, at http://store.hbo.com, and at the groundbreaking HBO retail hub, the HBO Shop®, located at 42nd and 6th Avenue in New York City.  HBO Licensing & Retail products are also sold internationally across Europe, Asia and Australia.

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

Paul and Linda McCartney’s Legendary Album RAM Set for Deluxe Reissue

UK Release: 21st May 2012

US Release: 22nd May 2012

Paul and Linda McCartney’s 1971 album will be released across a variety of formats with new and exclusive content including a beautifully packaged Deluxe Edition Box Set– the ultimate collectable

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is an album from a long, long time ago, when the world was different.  This is an album that is part of my history – it goes back to the wee hills of Scotland where it was formed.  It’s an album called RAM. It reminds me of my hippie days and the free attitude with which was created.  I hope you’re going to like it, because I do!”
Paul McCartney, 2012

Following the successful recent reissues of McCartney, McCartney II, and this year’s Grammy winner for Best Historical Album Band on the Run, RAM is the latest album from Paul’s iconic back catalogue to get the deluxe Paul McCartney Archive Collection treatment.  As with the previous releases in the series, Paul has personally overseen every aspect of the project and the result is spectacular.  In keeping with the reissue campaign to date, the Deluxe Edition Box Set is the ultimate collectable for any fan of this album.  Its stunningly presented 112-page book, photo prints, handwritten lyrics and notes, four CDs and a bonus film DVD, tells the full story of a classic album that has gone down in music history as one of the most revered in McCartney’s catalogue.

RAM, originally released in May of 1971, is the only album to be credited to both Paul and Linda McCartney and was Paul’s second post-Beatles LP.  It was overshadowed at the time by the drama of the dissolution of The Beatles, as played out in the world’s media. The album topped the charts hitting  #1 in the UK and #2 in the US. While RAM polarized critics upon its release, music fans and critics alike since have overwhelmingly embraced it, with Rolling Stone, for example, revising their original review up to 4 stars.  Recently RAM has enjoyed even further re-appraisal and acknowledgement including a number of tribute albums.

RAM was written by Paul and Linda, mostly at their Scottish farm on the Mull of Kintyre.  In the autumn of 1970 they flew to New York to start the recording process.  Without a band in place they auditioned and drafted musicians, who included future Wings drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarists David Spinozza and Hugh McCracken.

The band completed the album in early 1971 along with non-album tracks ‘Another Day’ and ‘Oh Woman, Oh Why’ which were released together as Paul’s first post-Beatles single ahead of the release of RAM and became a Top 5 global hit.  The multi-disc editions of the RAM reissue include both songs as bonus tracks.  The album also gave Paul his first solo US number 1 single with ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’ and a Grammy win for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists.

RAM was also issued in mono with alternate mixes, which were only made available to radio stations at the time.  This version has gone on to become one of the most sought after McCartney collectables.  It will now be commercially available for the first time ever on CD as part of the Deluxe Edition as well as a limited run on vinyl.

1977 saw the release of Thrillington, an instrumental interpretation of RAM, which was originally recorded in 1971 at London’s Abbey Road Studios and was arranged by Richard Hewson.  It was released under the pseudonym Percy ‘Thrills’ Thrillington, an unknown eccentric socialite who often cropped up in mysterious newspaper classifieds.  In reality Percy was a character devised by Paul and Linda.  The idea behind it was simply to have some fun and the concept of doing a full orchestral album was an ambition long held by Paul.

The additional film content features previously unreleased and exclusive content including the brand-new documentary, “Ramming” narrated by Paul, as well as the original music videos for “Heart Of The Country” and “3 Legs”.

The remastering work was done at Abbey Road using the same team who recently remastered the complete Beatles’ catalogue.

RAM will be available across a variety of different formats:

Standard Edition: 1 CD digipak
Single disc, digitally remastered 12- track standard edition

Special Edition: 2 CD digipak
Remastered album and 8-track bonus audio CD including rarities, b-sides and the hit single, “Another Day”.

Deluxe Edition Box Set: 4 CD/1 DVD box set & download
Remastered album, bonus audio CD, remastered Mono album, Thrillington CD, bonus film DVD, 112 page book, 5 prints in vintage style photographic wallet, 8 full size facsimiles of Paul’s original handwritten lyric sheets and mini photographic book of outtakes from the original album cover photo shoot.

Hi-Res: 24bit 96kHz files of the remastered and bonus audio CD, accessed via a download code inserted on a card within the deluxe edition package

Vinyl: 2LP 180gm, gatefold vinyl with download
Remastered album, bonus audio disc plus digital download of all 20 tracks

Limited Edition Mono Vinyl: 1LP
Remastered mono album

Digital: RAM will be available for download across a variation of digital configurations

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE BLUNDERBUSS PRE-ORDER NOW AVAILABLE ON THE iTUNES STORE

FANS THAT PRE-ORDER ALBUM ON iTUNES INSTANTLY RECEIVE “SIXTEEN SALTINES” TRACK

U.S., UK, EUROPE TOUR DATES ADDED

Jack White’s debut album Blunderbuss is available now as a digital pre-order at the iTunes Store (smarturl.it/jwiiiblunderbuss) and jackwhiteIII.com. Fans who pre-order the album on iTunes will instantly receive a download of “Sixteen Saltines” which is also available today in stores and at  jackwhite.thirdmanrecordsstore.com as a vinyl single with a non-LP B-side of Jack’s cover of U2’s “Love Is Blindness.”

Blunderbuss will be released April 24 on Third Man Records/Columbia.

Jack has also added a series of headline dates to an itinerary including already announced appearances at major festivals the world over. The newly announced shows begin with two nights at the Ryman Auditorium in Jack and Third Man Records’ home base of Nashville, TN and include stops in several major US, UK and European cities.

Tomorrow, March 21 a limited amount of tickets for all dates will be available for pre-sale to Vault members starting at 9 am local time and if stock permits, pre-sale tickets for European dates only will then be available to the general public starting at 1 pm local time at  http://jackwhiteiii.com/tour-dates/.  Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, March 23rd at 9 am local time in Europe and 10 am PT/12 pm CT/1 pm ET for the US dates. For further dates and on sale information, visit jackwhiteIII.com.

May 15 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
May 16 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
May 18-20 Gulf Shores, AL – The Hangout Music Fest
May 19 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
May 21 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom
May 22 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom
May 24 Detroit, MI – Scottish Rite Theater
May 26 Quincy, WA – Sasquatch!
May 27 Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
May 28 Eugene, OR – Hult Center for the Performing Arts (Silva Concert Hall)
May 30 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
May 31 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
June 22 London, UK – Hammersmith Apollo
June 23-24 Hackney Marshes, UK – Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend
June 25 Amsterdam, NL – Heineken Music Hall
June 26 Berlin, GER – Tempodrom
June 27 Cologne, GER – E-Werk
June 29 Werchter, BEL – Rock Werchter
July 1 Belfort, FR – Les Eurockeennes
July 2 Paris, FR – L’Olympia
July 5 Hamburg, GER – Docks
July 27-29 Niigata, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE: “SIXTEEN SALTINES” STREAMING NOW AT jackwhiteIII.com

PRE-ORDER FOR 7″ VINYL SINGLE LIVE NOW AT http://jackwhite.thirdmanrecordsstore.com

Having unveiled the song for the first time ever during his March 3 appearance on Saturday Night Live, Jack White has now made “Sixteen Saltines” available to stream at jackwhiteIII.com. Pre-orders for a 7″ vinyl single featuring non-LP B-side “Love Is Blindness” (Jack’s cover of the U2 classic) are currently being taken at http://jackwhite.thirdmanrecordsstore.comand www.thirdmanrecords.com. The vinyl single will hit stores March 20.

“Sixteen Saltines” is the second single from Jack White’s forthcoming debut album Blunderbuss, out April 24 on Third Man Records/Columbia.

Jack is currently playing select headline and festival dates leading up to Blunderbuss’ release, including a headlining set at theThird Man Records Texas Stand-Off,  the label’s first ever official South By Southwest showcase, on Friday, March 16 at The Stage on Sixth in Austin, TX. See below for a full list of dates.

JACK WHITE
On Tour

03/13/12  – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre +

03/15/12 –  Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom +

03/16/12 – Austin, TX – The Stage on Sixth (Third Man Records Texas Stand-Off with Karen Elson, John Reilly & Friends, White Rabbits, Reggie Watts, Pujol, Lanie Lane, The Black Belles, Electric Guest, Natural Child, Purling Hiss)

05/18-20/12 – Gulf Shores, AL – The Hangout Music Fest

05/26/12 – Quincy, WA – The Gorge Amphitheater – Sasquatch!

06/23-24/12 – Hackney Marshes, London, UK – Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend

06/29/12 -Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter

07/01/12 – Belfort, France – Les Eurockeennes

07/27-29/12 – Niigata, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival

+ sold out

Bob Mould, Press Releases

BOB MOULD SIGNS TO MERGE RECORDS

NEW ALBUM OUT THIS FALL

Bob Mould has signed to Merge Records and will release his first album for the label this fall. The new record, recorded with Mould’s live band of drummer Jon Wurster (Superchunk) and bassist Jason Narducy (Telekinesis, ex-Verbow), is his first collection of all new studio material since 2009’s Life And Times.

Mould will close Merge’s SXSW showcase Friday, March 16 at Frank in Austin TX.  He will will also play Sugar’s  Copper Bluefront to back March 17 at MOG’s free unofficial SXSW party at The Mohawk.

Mould recently began a series of shows in which he’ll commemorate the 20th anniversary of Copper Blue by playing the record in its entirety. The first of these shows took place at last month’s Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco and will continue with a series of European dates this summer with more to be announced.

BOB MOULD AT SXSW:

Friday 3/16
Merge Records Showcase
Frank
407 Colorado St. Austin, TX 78701
Bob Mould: 12:30am

Saturday 3/17
Bob Mould plays ‘Copper Blue’
Mog.com Party
Mohawk
912 Red River St. Austin, TX 78701
Bob Mould: 3:30pm

Press Releases

JOSHUA HOMME & SCOTT REEDER FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT VS. KYUSS LIVES!

Kyuss members Scott Reeder and Joshua Homme have been forced to file a federal lawsuit against John Garcia and Brant Bjork a/k/a Kyuss Lives! The suit alleges trademark infringement and consumer fraud by Kyuss Lives!

Quote from Reeder and Homme is below.

“It sucks. To think we went to a meeting in January solely to help them with their request to continue Kyuss Lives!  With open arms, we made every attempt to help them continue Kyuss Lives! respectfully.  Only to discover while they looked us in the eye, Kyuss Lives! management and band had filed federal documents in 2011 in an attempt to steal the name Kyuss.

This is desperately what we were trying to avoid. It’s a sad day for us and for John  – but  most of all for the fans. What a needless mess.”

Press Releases

DAMON ALBARN: Dr Dee

New Album Out May 8

Dr Dee, a new studio album by Damon Albarn, will be released May 8 by Virgin Records on CD and vinyl or as a digital download.

Dr Dee is an 18 track work inspired by the life of John Dee (1527–1608), mathematician, alchemist, philosopher and advisor to Elizabeth I.  Dee is a singular enigma: an Englishman so influential that he defined how we measure years, so quintessential that he lives on in Shakespeare’s words; yet so shrouded in mystery that he’s fallen from the very pages of history itself.

Described by Albarn as “strange pastoral folk,” the music of Dr Dee is a fitting companion to the end of another Elizabethan age. The album combines Albarn’s voice with early English choral and instrumentation alongside modern, West African and Renaissance sounds. Dr Dee was recorded late last year in Albarn’s West London studio and also in Salford with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The album was mixed by Valgeir Sigursson in Reykjavik.

The full track listing is:

1. The Golden Dawn
2. Apple Carts
3. Oh Spirit Animate Us
4. The Moon Exalted
5. A Man of England
6. Saturn
7. Coronation
8. The Marvelous Dream
9. A Prayer
10. Edward Kelley
11. Preparation
12. 9 Point Star
13. Temptation Comes In The Afternoon
14. Watching the Fire That Waltzed Away
15. Moon (Interlude)
16. Cathedrals
17. Tree Of Life
18. The Dancing King

View trailer here: http://youtu.be/Zskz5TCaxLE

Damon Albarn will perform songs from the album Dr Dee at OneFest in the UK on April 14th alongside singers and musicians featured on the album, including Madou Diabate. www.onefestuk.com

A stage production created by Albarn and Rufus Norris, depicting Dee’s fall from prominence to poverty and isolation, which showcased to critical acclaim at the Manchester International Festival last year, will play at English National Opera this summer as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Performance dates for Dr Dee at the London Coliseum are: 25th, 26th, 28th and 29th June and 4th, 6th and 7th July 2012.

Press Releases

THIRD MAN RECORDS TEXAS SHOWDOWN

JACK WHITE, KAREN ELSON, JOHN REILLY & FRIENDS, THE BLACK BELLES & SPECIAL GUESTS WHITE RABBITS, ELECTRIC GUEST & MORE

FRIDAY, MARCH 16TH AT THE STAGE ON 6TH IN AUSTIN

Friday, March 16 will go down in history as the date of The Third Man Records Texas Show Down at The Stage on 6th in Austin, TX. The first ever Third Man SXSW showcase–arranged in cooperation with From The Basement and Nasty Little Man–and featuring TMR artists Jack White, Karen Elson, John Reilly & Friends (featuring Becky Stark & Tom Brosseau), The Black Belles, Pujol and Lanie Lane, and special guests including White Rabbits and Electric Guest. The show will start at 7:30. See the poster below for the full lineup.

The Third Man Rolling Record Store will also return to Austin this year beginning Wednesday March 14; dealing out records, exclusive goods and some brand new SXSW-only Rolling Record Store merchandise, and of course pulling up to the TMR gala on the 16th. Check the Rolling Record Store twitter account ( https://twitter.com/#!/ThirdManRRS) for its whereabouts throughout the festival.

Press Releases, The Mars Volta

THE MARS VOLTA: NEW TRACK “ZED AND TWO NAUGHTS” GOING OUT NOW TO ALL themarsvolta.com PRE-ORDERS

NOCTOURNIQUET IN STORES MARCH 27

The Mars Volta is currently sending out a second advance track from its forthcoming sixth album Noctourniquet (out March 27 on Warner Bros. Records) to those who have pre-ordered the record from themarsvolta.com.

All Noctourniquet pre-orders, past and future, will now receive album closer “Zed and Two Naughts” in addition to the already delivered first single “The Malkin Jewel.”

“Zed and Two Naughts” will also be available as an a la carte download on iTunes beginning March 6, along with the previously available “The Malkin Jewel.”

“Zed and Two Naughts” and “The Malkin Jewel” showcase dramatically varied and contrasting extremes of a 13-track album that explores territories previously uncharted in The Mars Volta’s acclaimed and uncompromising discography. The spectrum of musical and emotional textures on Noctourniquet  ranges from the opening bombast of “The Whip Hand” to “Zed and Two Naughts” grand finale, punctuated throughout by hypnotic melodies and borderline electro-ambient washes, most notably in the epic “In Absentia.” The bold diversity of the new material combined with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s assured producer’s hand guiding The Mars Volta’s most confident and refined performances to date make Noctourniquet an early contender for this year’s most challenging and rewarding listen.

As with previous Mars Volta albums, including the gold-certified De-Loused In The Comatorium and Frances The Muteand The Bedlam In Goliath (which featured Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy winner “Wax Simulacra”), Noctourniquet was written by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez.

Noctourniquet was performed by The Mars Volta lineup of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Juan Alderete de la Pena, Marcel Rodriguez Lopez, and Deantoni Parks.

For further information, tour dates, etc. please go to:

http://www.themarsvolta.com/

http://www.facebook.com/TheMarsVolta

http://twitter.com/themarsvolta

http://www.myspace.com/themarsvolta