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GORILLAZ: G FOOT – A new collection of clothing and accessories from GORILLAZ

G FOOT

A new collection of clothing and accessories from GORILLAZ

Designed by Jamie Hewlett

See collection here: http://eu.gfoot.store/

Download a selection of high res images here: https://we.tl/33MChgMOS3

G FOOT POP-UP STORE

SEPTEMBER 14th & 15th From 5-10pm ONLY

560 Grand Street Brooklyn NY

In celebration of Gorillaz’ September 16th headline set at the Meadows Music & Arts Festival at New York’s Citi Field, G Foot—the new collection of clothing and accessories designed by Gorillaz co-founder Jamie Hewlett—will be setting up a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it pop-up store September 15th and 16th in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The G Foot pop-up store experience will allow fans exclusive access to clothes and accessories not available anywhere else, taking Gorillaz offline and into the streets.

Among the exclusive items on sale at the G Foot pop-up will be a limited edition Gorillaz New York T-shirt created exclusively for the store and available only as long as quantities last during the store’s two-day run.

The multi-piece G Foot capsule collection showcases the iconic style created by Hewlett to take Gorillaz band members 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs and Noodle into the real world, and encompasses classic pieces including X and Y.

G Foot Creative Director Remi Kabaka said, “G Foot is a post-skate wear collection reminiscent of class acts like  Silas, Eley Kishimoto or LaurenceAirline .  Positive vibrant brands, with no shame in their game.”

Details of the G Foot pop up store are:
Thursday 14th and Friday 15th September 2017
560 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Opening hours: 5pm – 10pm (both days)

The G Foot collection is available at an affordable price range and includes brand new,  limited edition items alongside pieces only previously available to fans at Gorillaz shows.

The Gorillaz Meadows headline performance kicks off the next leg of the Humanz tour that began its sold-out North American run July 8 in Chicago. The tour has played Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and more to the largest and most enthusiastic U.S. crowds Gorillaz has seen to date—and critical response has been equally enthusiastic:

“An overwhelming pop spectacle, with Damon Albarn’s steady presence to keep the audience focused”—ROLLING STONE

“The ultimate triumph was Albarn’s — a multiculti, multigenre musical journey that touched on hip-hop, funk, Chicago house and gospel.”—CHICAGO TRIBUNE

“Above all the cartoon shenanigans, instrumental pomp, and star-studded guest list, Damon Albarn is a goddamn brilliant performer, goddamn!”—CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

“Gorillaz’ latest parade of guest stars and animated theatrics is as intoxicating as ever.”—PASTE

Humanz was released April 28th on Warner Bros. to widespread critical acclaim, reaching #1 and #2 in the U.S. and U.K. album charts respectively, and topping the iTunes chart in 60 plus countries around the world. The 14-track album is available on standard CD, vinyl and as a digital download, as well as a 19-track 2-CD Deluxe. A limited edition Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set featuring new and previously unreleased ‘b-sides’ / alternate versions of album tracks, is available to pre-order via gorillaz.com/store now. Produced by Gorillaz, The Twilite Tone of D /\ P and Remi Kabaka and recorded in London, Paris, New York, Chicago and Jamaica, Humanz comes seven years on from the release of albums The Fall and Plastic Beach. Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (guitar), Russel Hobbs (drums) and 2D (vocals) are – as always – joined by a stellar line up of featured artists which includes Jehnny Beth (Savages), Danny Brown, Benjamin Clementine, De La Soul, D.R.A.M., Peven Everett, Anthony Hamilton, Grace Jones, Zebra Katz, Kelela, Mavis Staples, Vince Staples, Popcaan, Pusha T, Jamie Principle and Kali Uchis among others.

GORILLAZ
HUMANZ Tour 2017

9/16/17 – New York, NY – Meadows Music & Arts Festival
9/18/17 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
9/20/17 – Minneapolis, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium
9/22/17 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
9/24/17 – Las Vegas, NV – Life Is Beautiful Festival 2017
9/26/17 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
9/30/17 – Seattle, WA – KeyArena at Seattle Center
10/05/17 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
10/06/17 & 10/15/17 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
10/11/17 – Duluth, GA – Infinite Energy Center
10/13-15/17 – Miami FL – III Points Festival
11/01/17 – Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal
11/02/17 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle
11/04/17 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena
11/05/17 – Oslo, Norway – Oslo Spektrum
11/06/17 – Stockholm, Sweden – Hovet
11/08/17 – Zürich, Switzerland – Samsung Hall
11/09/17 – Geneva, Switzerland – Geneva Arena
11/11/17 – Munich, Germany – Zenith
11/13/17 – Budapest, Hungary – Arena
11/14/17 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena
11/17/17 – Berlin, Germany – Max-Schmeling-Halle
11/18/17 – Düsseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Halle
11/19/17 – Hamburg, Germany – Sporthalle Hamburg
11/21/17 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
11/22/17 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National / Vorst Nationaal
11/24/17 – Paris, France – Zénith de Paris
11/25/17 – Paris, France – Zénith de Paris
11/27/17 – Brighton, UK – Brighton Centre
11/29/17 – Glasgow, UK – The SSE Hydro
12/01/17 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Arena
12/02/17 – Birmingham, UK – Barclaycard Arena
12/04/17 – Greenwich, UK – The O2 Arena
12/05/17 – Greenwich, UK – The O2 Arena
12/13/17 – Montevideo, Uruguay – Velódromo Municipal
12/15-16/17 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – BUE 2017

FOO FIGHTERS: “THE LINE” NEW TRACK OUT NOW

FOO FIGHTERS

“THE LINE”

NEW TRACK OUT NOW

CONCRETE AND GOLD OUT SEPTEMBER 15 ON ROSWELL RECORDS / RCA RECORDS

ANIMATED TEASER LIVE AT
https://youtu.be/NKcs-pa-IzM

U.S. TOUR KICKS OFF OCTOBER 7 WITH CAL JAM 17

12 HOURS OF THE WORLD’S BEST LIVE ROCK N ROLL Including QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, LIAM GALLAGHER, THE KILLS, ROYAL BLOOD & MANY MORE

For More Information Visit Caljamfest.com

“Arguably the biggest American rock band of the past 20 years”—ROLLING STONE Cover Story, September 21 Issue

The countdown to the year’s most massive and ambitious melodic hard rock magnum opus just started ticking that much faster: “The Line,” the newest advance offering from Foo Fighters’ about to be released ninth studio album Concrete and Gold, has been made available as an instant grat with pre-ordersplaced in advance of the new record’s September 15 release on Roswell Records/RCA Records.

“The Line” pairs a signature Foo Fighters propulsive melody with an urgent heartfelt lyric and rousing chorus described by composer Dave Grohl as “a search for hope in this day and age where you feel as if you’re fighting for your life with every passing moment, and everything is on the line.”

“The Line” is the third of Concrete and Gold’s eleven songs to be unveiled ahead of the album’s impending arrival, the second being “The Sky Is A Neighborhood,” visually realized as a Grohl-directed  kaleidoscopic sci-fi mini-epic as massive as the slow burning rock anthem that gave it life—one of the most striking entries of the Foo Fighters’ video canon, and the first one to score the band coverage on SPACE.COM. The run-up to Concrete and Gold began just as auspiciously, with the June 1 surprise release of the Billboard Mainstream Rock #1 smash “Run.” With more than 2 million YouTube views in its first 24 hours, “Run” rocketed into the top 5 of the iTunes video chart and the top of the 15 iTunes singles chart—quickly amassing the highest first-day numbers of any single in the Foo Fighters’ career.

Birds. Bees. Chicken Wings. Justin Timberlake. A Beatle… Find out what these things have in common when the animated rockumentary “The Making of Concrete and Gold” arrives on September 15.

To hold you over until then, here’s a taste https://youtu.be/NKcs-pa-IzM

Concrete and Gold will naturally be supported with a grueling trek of the arena, stadium and festival stages of the world. The U.S. leg kicks off October 7 with the band’s Cal Jam 17 festival at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, CA: a non-stop 100% live 12-hour rock n roll extravaganza featuring Queens Of The Stone Age, Cage The Elephant, Liam Gallagher, The Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, Bob Mould, The Struts, Bully, Circa Waves, Babes in Toyland, Adia Victoria, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed, Pinky Pinky, Starcrawler, White Reaper… as well as camping, carnival rides, a water park, attractions, a mobile recording studio & so much more. On Fridaynight, October 6, campers will also experience the world’s best Go-Go band Big Tony & Trouble Funk, an outdoor movie theater and many other surprises.

For further information, go to Caljamfest.com.

Concrete and Gold was written and performed by Foo Fighters, produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, and mixed by Darrell Thorp. The album is available for pre-order at http://smarturl.it/FFCG and will be released September 15 worldwide on Roswell Records / RCA Records. The track listing is:

1. T-Shirt
2. Run
3. Make It Right
4. The Sky Is A Neighborhood
5. La Dee Da
6. Dirty Water
7. Arrows
8. Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)
9. Sunday Rain
10. The Line
11. Concrete and Gold

Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee.

FOO FIGHTERS
Concrete and Gold U.S. Tour 2017

OCTOBER 7 – San Bernardino, CA – CAL JAM 17 @ Glen Helen Regional Park with Queens of the Stone Age, Cage The Elephant, Liam Gallagher, The Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, Bob Mould, The Struts, Bully, Circa Waves, Babes in Toyland, Adia Victoria, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed, Pinky Pinky, Starcrawler, White Reaper, Big Tony & Trouble Funk and more

OCTOBER 12 – Washington DC – The Anthem (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 14 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Coliseum (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 15 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 17 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena

OCTOBER 18 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena

OCTOBER 20 – Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank Arena (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 21 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena

OCTOBER 23 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

OCTOBER 24 – Memphis,TN – FedExForum

OCTOBER 26 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BJCC

OCTOBER 28 – New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

NOVEMBER 7 – Madison, WI – Kohl Center (SOLD OUT)

NOVEMBER 8 – Champaign, IL – State Farm Arena

NOVEMBER 10 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena

NOVEMBER 11 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (SOLD OUT)

NOVEMBER 13 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena

NOVEMBER 15 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center

DECEMBER 1 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center

DECEMBER 2 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center (SOLD OUT)

DECEMBER 4 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena

DECEMBER 5 – Eugene, OR – Matthew Knight Arena (SOLD OUT)

DECEMBER 7 – Nampa ID – Ford Idaho Center

DECEMBER 9 – Billings MT – Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark

DECEMBER 10 – Casper WY – Casper Events Center

DECEMBER 12 – Salt Lake City UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena

EZRA KOENIG PRESENTS: NEO YOKIO – SIX EPISODE ANIME SERIES TO DEBUT ON NETFLIX SEPTEMBER 22

EZRA KOENIG PRESENTS:
NEO YOKIO
SIX EPISODE ANIME SERIES TO DEBUT ON NETFLIX SEPTEMBER 22 

Co-Executive Produced by Nick Weidenfeld and Hend Baghdady
In Collaboration with Production IG and Studio Deen, along with MOI

All Star Cast Featuring Jaden Smith, Susan Sarandon, Jude Law, Tavi Gevinson, Jason Schwartzman, Desus & Mero and Many More

View Official Trailer Here

September 7, 2017

Creator, writer and executive producer Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), along with writer/executive producer Nick Weidenfeld and his Friends Night banner and executive producer Hend Baghdady present Neo Yokio: A groundbreaking new animated series starring the voice talents of Jaden SmithSusan SarandonJude LawTavi GevinsonJason Schwartzman, and Desus & Mero, along with Richard AyoadeIke BarinholtzSteve BuscemiAlexa ChungStephen FryKaty MixonAnnet MahendruKiernan ShipkaWillow SmithAmanda StenbergDave Macklovitch (of Chromeo) and Nico Muhly.

A collaboration with Japanese anime studios Production IG and Studio Deen, along with MOI, the Seoul-based animation studio, Neo Yokio is a postmodern collage of homages to classic anime, English literature and modern New York fashion and culture. Storyboard artists for the series include Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Mobile Suit Gundam UnicornHunter x HunterRurouni Kenshin) and Junji Nishimura (Ranma 1/2Urusei YatsuraPro Golfer Saru).

The Series features music from Bach, Vivaldi and Beethoven as well as original music from Dev Hynes (of Blood Orange) and Baths.

Neo Yokio is a near-future serial set in the greatest city in the world. It’s the most populous urban agglomeration in North America, but its prestige does not merely stem from its size. Neo Yokio is a diverse labyrinth of cultural and architectural innovation at the forefront of global fashion and finance.

This is all cold comfort to the lovesick Kaz Kaan (Jaden Smith), the youngest member of a family of “magistocrats” – pink-haired demon slayers who once liberated the city. Today, his demon-slaying is barely more than a side-hustle coordinated by his Aunt Agatha (Susan Sarandon) – Kaz himself would rather concern himself with shopping, field hockey and – of course – mending his broken heart.

Neo Yokio’s supporting cast includes Kaz’s faithful mecha-butler, Charles (Jude Law), and his inseparable friends Lexy and Gottlieb (The Kid Mero and Desus Nice). Together they navigate the complexities of life in Neo Yokio and try to stay one step ahead of Kaz’s arch-rival, Neo Yokio’s number one most eligible bachelor, Arcangelo Corelli (Jason Schwartzman.)

Things take a mysterious turn when Kaz is drawn into the turbulent world of ex-fashion blogger Helena St. Tessero (Tavi Gevinson), setting in motion a sequence of events that force him to question everything he knows about Neo Yokio.

All six episodes of Neo Yokio will launch globally on Friday, September 22 exclusively on Netflix.

 

BECK: “UP ALL NIGHT” NEWEST TRACK & EPIC VIDEO FROM COLORS

BECK

“Up All Night”

NEWEST TRACK & EPIC VIDEO FROM COLORS

FOLLOW UP TO GRAMMY ALBUM OF THE YEAR MORNING PHASE OUT OCTOBER 13

Pre-Order Live Now

 

Beck has issued an anthemic call to arms–and legs–with “Up All Night,” the irresistible new single and epic video one-two salvo in advance of his imminent 13th album and “euphoric blast of experimental pop” (ROLLING STONE), Colors – due out October 13 on Capitol Records.

In keeping with the life-affirming spirit and groove of the song itself, the sweeping cinematic arc created by Director Canada, Executive Producer Oscar Romagosa and Producer Laura Serra Estorch features a narrative of triumph over hallucinogenic adversity. “Up All Night” tracks its fearless heroine (Solene Rigot) through an increasingly bizarre series of trials as she races against the sun-and at times the very rules of reality-to rescue a fallen friend (Pedro Attenborough).

Having appeared in an earlier incarnation on the EA SPORTS FIFA 17 soundtrack, the buoyant “Up All Night” is the newest advance taste of the most aptly titled work in Beck’s storied discography. Beck’s first full length offering of new material since 2014’s Morning Phase took Album of the Year top honors at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, Colors unfolds in an intoxicating rainbow of auditory tricks and treats, making it a shoo-in for the summeriest smash of the fall season. Prior to “Up All Night,” the album’s most recent single was the captivating piano-driven “Dear Life,” released August 24 and eliciting Beatles and Beach Boys comparisons from THE NEW YORK TIMES amongst a slew of generation spanning critical raves including:
“‘Dear Life’ makes good on Beck’s promise, with waltzing pianos, a killer guitar riff, and am immediately memorable chorus.”–ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

“Leave it to Beck to craft a sunny, upbeat pop song that doubles as a scream into the void… the kaleidoscopic new single from his forthcoming album, Colors, has something for partiers and wallflowers alike… when Beck asks on the buoyant chorus about the thrill being gone, the answer is: not yet-not in his career, not in this life-affirming song.”–PITCHFORK

“Fans of Beck will have even more to love in the perennial hitmaker’s latest… a dark pop-rock sound that hints at influences from everyone from The Beatles to Spoon.”–TIME 5 Songs You Need To Listen To This Week

The complete track listing for Colors is:

Colors
7th Heaven
I’m So Free
Dear Life
No Distraction
Dreams
Wow
Up All Night
Square One
Fix Me

Colors was produced by Greg Kurstin and Beck, with the exception of “Wow” produced by Beck and Cole M.G.N., and “Fix Me” produced by Beck. The album was mixed by Serban Ghenea, except “Dreams” and “Up All Night,” which were mixed by Greg Kurstin and Beck.

Beck recently accepted U2’s invitation to appear as special guest on the current leg of The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, on which he is supporting the band on stadium dates that began September 3 at Ford Field in Detroit and continue through September 22 at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. See below for a full list of upcoming Beck shows and continue to check Beck.com for updates and further information.

BECK
On Tour

9/08/17 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium *
9/09/17 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove
9/10/17 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium *
9/12/17 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium *
9/14/17 – New Orleans, LA – Mercedez-Benz Superdome*
9/16/17 – St. Louis, MO – Dome at America’s Center *
9/19/17 – Glendale, AZ – University of Phoenix Stadium*
9/22/17 – San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium *

*opening for U2’s ‘The Joshua Tree’ Tour

PHOTO: Peter Hapak

U2: SONGS OF EXPERIENCE FIRST SINGLE: “YOU’RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME,” AVAILABLE NOW

U2: SONGS OF EXPERIENCE

FIRST SINGLE: “YOU’RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME,” AVAILABLE NOW

U2 to Perform “You’re The Best Thing About Me” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tomorrow Evening 

“A Gleaming, Joyous earworm” — Rolling Stone

September 6, 2017

“You’re The Best Thing About Me,” the first single from U2’s highly anticipated 14th studio album, Songs of Experience, is released today.

Accompanied by exclusive art, the new single features a sleeve image of The Edge’s daughter Sian Evans, photographed by Anton Corbijn.

To see the band’s first-ever performance of “You’re The Best Thing About Me,” tune in tomorrow evening to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Songs Of Experience is the companion release to 2014’s Songs Of Innocence, the two titles drawing inspiration from a collection of poems, ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’,  by the 18th century English mystic and poet William Blake.  While Songs of Innocence charted the band’s earliest influences and experiences in the late 1970s and early 80s, the new album is a collection of songs in the form of intimate letters to places and people close to the Bono’s heart; family, friends, fans, himself.

“In a time of tumult and daily, almost hourly angst, U2 have done the truly unexpected. The band known for powerful message songs released a throwback, classic love song called ‘You’re the Best Thing About Me.'” — Billboard 

In an excerpt from an interview with Jon Pareles of The New York Times, “You’re putting out a song about your girlfriend when the world is on fire?,” Bono asked, anticipating one reaction. “Yes. Joy is an act of defiance.”

“U2 refuses to rush its albums, ” says Jon Pareles of the New York Times. “Ever more aware of its singular status as a rock band that has started its fifth decade with its original lineup — and is still selling out arenas and stadiums — the group constantly weighs both its past and its determination to move ahead. Its ambitions are high-minded and grandly scaled; its attitude remains earnest, patient and craftsmanlike.”

For a closer behind-the-scenes look on the making of Songs of Experience, read Pareles’ feature on the band’s upcoming album here.

The release of “You’re The Best Thing About Me” follows last week’s surprise gift to fans of “The Blackout” performance video, another track from the upcoming album that New York Magazine has declared “electrifying.”

Songs of Experience will be available on CD, vinyl and digital download, with the release date and pre-order details to be announced soon.

PHOTO: Sam Jones

The Joshua Tree tour continues across North and South America throughout the fall.

U2
THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017 

9/08/17 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium*
9/10/17 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium*
9/12/17 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium*
9/14/17 – New Orleans, LA – Mercedes Superdome*
9/16/17 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome At America’s Center*
9/19/17 – Phoenix, AZ – University of Phoenix Stadium*
9/22/17 – San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium*
10/03/17 –  Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Sol~
10/04/17 –  Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Sol~
10/07/17 – Bogota, Columbia – Estadio El Campin~
10/10/17 – Buenos Aires, Argentina -Estadio Ciudad de la Plata~
10/11/17 – Buenos Aires, Argentina -Estadio Ciudad de la Plata~
10/14/17 –  Santiago, Chile – Estadio Nacional~
10/19/17 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Morumbi Stadium~
10/21/17 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Morumbi Stadium~
10/22/17 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Morumbi Stadium~
10/25/17 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Morumbi Stadium~

~ with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
* with Beck

For more information, visit: u2.com

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: AMERICAN DREAM OUT NOW ON COLUMBIA RECORDS/DFA

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

AMERICAN DREAM OUT NOW ON COLUMBIA RECORDS/DFA

Exclusive Merch/Album Bundle Offers Available at http://smarturl.it/americandream/officialstore

“They signed off after three of this century’s finest albums… American Dream is on the same level”—ROLLING STONE

“American Dream is a gorgeous fucking record… a hell of an album”—STEREOGUM

“Exactly the album 2017 needs—urgent, angry, achingly self-aware. And catchy as hell, too”—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

“The timeless, intricate album James Murphy’s fans always wanted but never expected”—ESQUIRE

“American Dream isn’t a victory lap — it’s better than that”–THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

“James Murphy’s anxiety has aged beautifully on LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream… a beautifully produced, masterfully realized album”–AV CLUB

One Christmas single, more than a year’s worth of celebrations across the stages of the world, one double A-side single, a Saturday Night Live debut, one more single and official video, and one surprise instrumental track (“pulse (v.1)”, available now at lcdsoundsystem.com) later… the dream is reality: LCD Soundsystem’s  fourth album AMERICAN DREAM has been released on Columbia Records/DFA

AMERICAN DREAM will be featured at two pop-up locations at Oddfellows ice cream stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn—accompanied by free scoops of custom-created AMERICAN DREAM ice cream (supplies will be limited, so don’t sleep).

Additionally, independent retailers carrying AMERICAN DREAM will feature limited edition button packs with purchase of the album. Each pack contains four buttons: one of the album cover, one of James Murphy, and two randomly selected  band members. LCD Soundsystem members Pat Mahoney, Nancy Whang, Tyler Pope, Al Doyle, Gavin Russom, Matt Thornley and Kory Richey will each have their own badges so collect them all!

Available digitally, on vinyl and compact disc via Columbia Records/DFA, with a special cassette edition available exclusively through DFA, AMERICAN DREAM consists of the following songs:

oh baby
other voices
i used to
change yr mind
how do you sleep?
tonite
call the police
american dream
emotional haircut
black screen

LCD Soundsystem’s extensive world tour continues with a UK/Europe run beginning September 8 in Copenhagen. The North American leg will kick off October 17 at The Anthem in Washington DC.

Check lcdsoundsystem.com for further information.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
2017 Tour

Sep-07-17 Copenhagen, DK Vega – SOLD OUT
Sep-08-17 Copenhagen, DK Vega – SOLD OUT
Sep-09-17 Copenhagen, DK Vega  – SOLD OUT
Sep-11-17 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso – SOLD OUT
Sep-12-17 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso – SOLD OUT
Sep-13-17 Paris, FR L’Olympia – SOLD OUT
Sep-14-17 Paris, FR L’Olympia – SOLD OUT
Sep-16-17 Manchester, UK The Warehouse Project – SOLD OUT 
Sep-17-17 Manchester, UK The Warehouse Project – SOLD OUT
Sep-19-17 Glasgow, UK The Barrowland Ballroom – SOLD OUT
Sep-20-17 Glasgow, UK The Barrowland Ballroom  – SOLD OUT
Sep-22-17 London, UK Alexandra Palace  – SOLD OUT
Sep-23-17 London, UK Alexandra Palace – SOLD OUT
Oct-17-17 Washington DC  The Anthem – SOLD OUT
Oct-18-17 Washington DC  The Anthem
Oct-20-17 Nashville, TN The Municipal Auditorium
Oct-21-17 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre – SOLD OUT
Oct-22-17 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre
Oct-25-17 Miami, FL James L. Knight Center Theater
Oct-27-17 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
Oct-30-17 Dallas, TX  The Bomb Factory – SOLD OUT
Oct-31-17 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater
Nov-03-17 Detroit, MI   Masonic Temple Theatre
Nov-04-17 Detroit, MI   Masonic Temple Theatre
Nov-06-17 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Nov-07-17 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Nov-08-17 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Nov-09-17 St. Paul, MN  Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Nov-11-17 Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Center
Nov-14-17 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – SOLD OUT
Nov-15-17 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Nov-17-17 Los Angeles, CA  Hollywood Palladium – SOLD OUT
Nov-18-17 Los Angeles, CA  Hollywood Palladium – SOLD OUT
Nov-19-17 Los Angeles, CA  Hollywood Palladium – SOLD OUT
Nov-20-17 Los Angeles, CA  Hollywood Palladium – SOLD OUT 
Nov-21-17 Los Angeles, CA  Hollywood Palladium – SOLD OUT
Dec-02-17 Montreal, QC  Place Bell Arena
Dec-03-17 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Dec-05-17 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore – SOLD OUT
Dec-06-17 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore – SOLD OUT
Dec-07-17 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore – SOLD OUT
Dec-08-17 Boston, MA Agganis Arena – SOLD OUT
Dec-11-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-12-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-14-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-15-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-17-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-18-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-19-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-21-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-22-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Dec-23-17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT

BOB MOULD: CAL JAM 17 & HEADLINE DATES THROUGH OCTOBER

BOB MOULD

CAL JAM 17 & HEADLINE DATES THROUGH OCTOBER

33 1/3: WORKBOOK TO BE PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 7 BY BLOOMSBURY

The ever tireless Bob Mould has added a handful of Pacific Northwest headline dates and an appearance at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival to his October touring calendar.

That same weekend will see Bob and band heading to Golden Gate Park for an October 8 set at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2017. Bob will round out October with a trio of solo shows in the Pacific Northwest: October 20 at Doug Fir in Portland, October 21 at The Crocodile in Seattle, and October 22 at the Rickshaw Theater in Vancouver, BC.

The newly announced October dates are the last scheduled appearances on a marathon run touched off with the March 2016 release of Patch The Sky on Merge Records. Hailed upon its release as “conjuring the ecstatic rage of his earlier bands for a grim new era” in a four-star ROLLING STONE review and as “tight, sharp musings on aging, fizzled relationships and death that are melodic enough to sound like songs of victory” by THE NEW YORK TIMES, Patch The Sky completed a trilogy including its 2014 predecessor Beauty & Ruin and 2012’s Silver Age. Bob and the band commemorated Patch The Sky’s release with an April 25 debut performance on Late Show with Stephen Colbert, offering up not only a fiery rendition of “The End Of Things” but also a gratis session of backstage guitar lessons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH6-hz4WuG8

A month to the day before Cal Jam kicks off the October dates, Bob’s classic 1989 solo debut Workbook will be the subject of the latest in the prestigious 33 1/13 book series. Written by Walter Biggins and Daniel Couch, 33 1/3: Workbook will be published September 7 by Bloomsbury and will see Workbook added to the storied 33 1/13 bibliography alongside the likes of The Smiths’ Meat Is Murder, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland, The Beatles’ Let It Be, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Radiohead’s OK Computer, Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures and The Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street to name but a few. For further information, go to https://333sound.com/2017/07/27/introducing-our-33-13-on-bob-moulds-workbook/

Finally, Bob has signed on to produce the new album for Fury Things, the Minneapolis rock trio who supported Bob’s live shows in 2014 and 2016. Sessions have been slated at Tiny Telephone in Oakland and Different Fur in San Francisco in October, marking the first time Bob has served a producer for a fellow artist since his work with Vic Chesnutt and Verbow more than 20 years ago.

10/7/17 – San Bernardino, CA – Cal Jam 17
10/8/17 – San Francisco, CA – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2017
10/20/17 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
10/21/17 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
10/22/17 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Rickshaw Theatre

U2: THE BLACKOUT

U2

THE BLACKOUT

When the Lights Go Out… 

August 30, 2017

U2 have shared a performance video of new album track “The Blackout” via Facebook Live. The performance video was directed by Richie Smyth and filmed in front of a live audience of fans in Amsterdam.

Following performances of “The Little Things That Give You Away” during encores of several dates on The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 (as well as a TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live), “The Blackout” is the second advance offering from U2’s upcoming 14th album Songs of Experience.

September 6th will see the release of the first single, titled “You’re The Best Thing About Me,” from the new album.

In the meantime, The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 continues on September 3rd in Detroit, with special guest Beck.

In the darkness where we learn to see

U2
THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017 

9/03/17 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field*
9/05/17 – Buffalo, NY – New Era Field*
9/08/17 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium*
9/10/17 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium*
9/12/17 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium*
9/14/17 – New Orleans, LA – Mercedes Superdome*
9/16/17 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome At America’s Center*
9/19/17 – Phoenix, AZ – University of Phoenix Stadium*
9/22/17 – San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium*
10/03/17 –  Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Sol~
10/04/17 –  Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Sol~
10/07/17 – Bogota, Columbia – Estadio El Campin~
10/10/17 – Buenos Aires, Argentina -Estadio Ciudad de la Plata~
10/11/17 – Buenos Aires, Argentina -Estadio Ciudad de la Plata~
10/14/17 –  Santiago, Chile – Estadio Nacional~
10/19/17 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Morumbi Stadium~
10/21/17 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Morumbi Stadium~
10/22/17 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Morumbi Stadium~
10/25/17 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Morumbi Stadium~

~ with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
* with Beck

 

BECK: NEW ALBUM COLORS OUT OCTOBER 13

BECK

COLORS

FOLLOW UP TO GRAMMY ALBUM OF THE YEAR MORNING PHASE OUT OCTOBER 13

Pre-Order Live Now Including New Instant Grat Track “Dear Life”

Hailed in advance by ROLLING STONE as a “euphoric blast of experimental pop,” Beck’s 13th album Colors has been confirmed for an October 13 release on Capitol Records. Possibly the most aptly titled work in Beck’s storied discography, Colors unfolds in an intoxicating rainbow of auditory tricks and treats, making it a shoo-in for the summeriest smash of the fall season. The newest advance taste of the album is the captivating piano-driven “Dear Life,” available instantly with pre-orders placed at http://beck.to/colors and subject of a lyric video directed by Jimmy Turrell, Laura Gorun and Brook Linder and featuring animation by Drew Tyndell and Rhiannon Tyndell live now at http://beck.to/dearlifelyric.

Colors is Beck’s first full length offering of new material since 2014’s Morning Phase took Album of the Year top honors at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, as well as Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) category. In addition to the newly unveiled “Dear Life,” Colors includes both Beck singles that preceded it: a new mix of the psych-dance summer jam “Dreams” that NPR hailed as “urgently contemporary and irresistibly vintage” as it gave Beck his second #1 single at AAA radio (the first being Morning Phase’s “Blue Moon”), and the retro-futuristic earworm and USA TODAY Song of the Week “Wow” that had STEREOGUM praising its “big, sweet incandescent hook” and plainly stating “It’s a great song!” while ESQUIRE rejoiced “All hail the return of Party Beck.”

Colors is also available for pre-order at Beck.com in a limited edition deluxe vinyl format featuring two 180g 45rpm red vinyl LPs in a special die-cut gatefold package, with a customizable color transparency cover and 24-page booklet. Digitally, Colors can be pre-ordered through Apple Music, pre-saved via Spotify, and more. The complete track listing for the album is:

Colors
7th Heaven
I’m So Free
Dear Life
No Distraction
Dreams
Wow
Up All Night
Square One
Fix Me

Colors was produced by Greg Kurstin and Beck, with the exception of “Wow” produced by Beck and Cole M.G.N., and “Fix Me” produced by Beck. The album was mixed by Serban Ghenea, except “Dreams” and “Up All Night,” which were mixed by Greg Kurstin and Beck.

Beck is currently in the midst of a headlining run, as always generating yet more of the most enthusiastic notices of his live career, including:

“An electrifying Beck worth the wait at first Milwaukee concert in 20 years… at his sold-out show at the Riverside Theater Wednesday, he proved that in his case, time is irrelevant… His strongest songs are imaginatively created, impeccably executed, incredibly catchy and as alive as music can be… Beck also proved he’s still an innovative craftsman with two newer songs. ‘Dreams’ was awash in fuzzed-out synthesizers, celestial backing vocals and gentle acoustic guitar strums… And ‘Wow’ live was a wonderfully weird, and captivating, blend of hip-hop beats and dreamy pop melodies… Yet another song only Beck could pull off.”—MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL

“You wouldn’t have known nine years had passed between Beck’s last Twin Cities concert and his rascally show Thursday night at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul. At 47, the Californian hippie hip-hop rock hipster — who’s already due back Sept. 8 opening for U2 at U.S. Bank Stadium — looked as spry, slender and elfin as he did back in 2008… he and his seven-piece band walloped the audience with an almost nonstop string of funky, rowdy fan favorites…  the harmonies soared… spirited and irresistible.”—MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE

“Beck has a style and a sound that could suit any era and fit any occasion… He playfully eludes easy categorization, and remains one of the most distinctive songwriters of the modern era… On Thursday night at a sold-out Palace Theatre, all of Beck’s many creative sides were on full display, as he and his cracking seven-piece backing band delivered a lively 95-minute set that mixed his big radio hits in with tender, unguarded moments… he seemed rejuvenated, enjoying himself as much as he did during his alt-outsider early days. Beck can bring the party with the best of them, while also soothing your broken heart if you need it. He did plenty of both on his grand return to Minnesota.”—CITY PAGES

Following an August 27 headline engagement at MusicFest NW in Portland OR, Beck will join U2 as special guest on The Joshua Tree Tour 2017. Beck will support U2 on a series of stadium dates beginning September 3 at Ford Field in Detroit and winding up September 22 at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. See below for a full list of upcoming Beck shows and continue to check Beck.com for updates and further information.

BECK
On Tour

8/24/17 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum
8/25/17 – Redmond WA – Marymoor Park
8/27/17 – Portland, OR – Musicfest NW
9/03/17- Detroit, MI – Ford Field *
9/05/17 – Buffalo, NY – New Era Field *
9/08/17 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium *
9/09/17 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove
9/10/17 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium *
9/12/17 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium *
9/14/17 – New Orleans, LA – Mercedez-Benz Superdome*
9/16/17 – St. Louis, MO – Dome at America’s Center *
9/19/17 – Glendale, AZ – University of Phoenix Stadium*
9/22/17 – San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium *

* Special Guest on U2’s The Joshua Tree Tour 2017

Photo: Eliot Lee Hazel

 

FOO FIGHTERS: “THE SKY IS A NEIGHBORHOOD” NEW TRACK AND GROHL-DIRECTED VIDEO LIVE NOW

FOO FIGHTERS

“THE SKY IS A NEIGHBORHOOD”

NEW TRACK AND GROHL-DIRECTED VIDEO LIVE NOW AT http://smarturl.it/FFSKY

EXPLORE THE SKY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE FOO FIGHTERS CONSTELLATION VIEWER AT
https://sky.foofighters.com/

CONCRETE AND GOLD OUT SEPTEMBER 15 ON ROSWELL RECORDS / RCA RECORDS

U.S. TOUR KICKS OFF OCTOBER 7 WITH CAL JAM 17
12 HOURS OF THE WORLD’S BEST LIVE ROCK N ROLL Including QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, LIAM GALLAGHER, THE KILLS, ROYAL BLOOD & MANY MORE
For More Information Visit Caljamfest.com

Following the overwhelmingly massive reception to the MTV Video Music Award-nominated, Mainstream Rock #1 track “Run,” Foo Fighters have delivered a second consecutive contender for rock anthem of 2017 in the form of “The Sky Is A Neighborhood.” Described by Grohl as “the biggest thing sonically that we’ve ever done,” “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” is also the piece de resistance that effectively completed Foo Fighters’ forthcoming ninth album, Concrete and Gold.

“One night I was lying out looking up at stars,” Grohl recalls. “Just imagining all of these stars as places that have life on them as well, and I decided that the sky is a neighborhood, that we need to keep our shit together in order to survive in this universe full of life. But I had no music yet. I just had the title. So everyday I would walk around, kind of humming this thing in my head.”

The melody of the song came to Grohl without even touching a guitar,so  it follows that “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” would come just as naturally to the band: the song was recorded in a single afternoon by Grohl and fellow Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee. “And once we were finished,” Grohl says. “I thought ‘OK now we have an album. This is it and we’re done’…  as we were mixing, I realized that we’d actually done what we set out do: to make this gigantic Foo Fighters record but with Greg Kurstin’s sense of jazz and melody and arrangement, something that we’d never done before.”

Of course “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” deserved an equally ambitious visual representation, and together with director of photography Brandon Trost and with production by Therapy Studios, director Grohl, Foo Fighters—and family—have more than delivered: “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” is a kaleidoscopic sci-fi mini-epic as massive as the slow burning rock anthem that gave it life. Hypnotic swirls of color of extraterrestrial origin, glowing eyes, levitating children and more combine to create an otherworldly cinematic palette equal parts beautiful and creepy—the result being arguably the most striking video in the Foo Fighters’ multiple award-winning canon.

Simultaneously, Foo Fighters are launching a constellation viewer, enabling every FF fan to transform to their phone into a tool for exploring the sky in their neighborhood: Go to https://sky.foofighters.com/ from your phone to configure a realistic constellation map in the viewer’s 3D sphere, then let it identify the constellations in your night sky—all while tiny Foo Fighters soundtrack your explorations at the bottom of the screen.

“The Sky Is A Neighborhood” is the second song to be unveiled from Concrete and Gold, following the June 1 surprise release of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart-topping, MTV Video Music Award-nominated “Run.” With more than 2 million YouTube views in its first 24 hours, “Run” smashed into the top 5 of the iTunes video chart and the top of the 15 iTunes singles chart—quickly amassing the highest first-day numbers of any single in the Foo Fighters’ career. Both songs were performed during Foo Fighters’ epic 3.5 hour 32-song marathon Lollapalooza aftershow August 4 at Chicago’s Metro club, and are sure to be live staples of the coming Foo Fighters U.S. tour. That tour kicks off October 7 with the band’s Cal Jam 17 festival at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, CA: a non-stop 100% live 12-hour rock n roll extravaganza featuring Queens Of The Stone Age, Cage The Elephant, Liam Gallagher, The Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, Bob Mould, The Struts, Bully, Circa Waves, Babes in Toyland, Adia Victoria, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed, Pinky Pinky, Starcrawler, White Reaper… as well as camping, carnival rides, a water park, attractions, a mobile recording studio & so much more. On Fridaynight, October 6, campers will also experience the world’s best Go-Go band Big Tony & Trouble Funk, an outdoor movie theater and many other surprises.

For further information, go to Caljamfest.com.

Concrete and Gold was written and performed by Foo Fighters, produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, and mixed by Darrell Thorp. The album is available for pre-order at http://smarturl.it/FFCG and will be released September 15 worldwide on Roswell Records / RCA Records. The track listing is:

1. T-Shirt
2. Run
3. Make It Right
4. The Sky Is A Neighborhood
5. La Dee Da
6. Dirty Water
7. Arrows
8. Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)
9. Sunday Rain
10. The Line
11. Concrete and Gold

Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee.

FOO FIGHTERS
Concrete and Gold U.S. Tour 2017

OCTOBER 7 – San Bernardino, CA – CAL JAM 17 @ Glen Helen Regional Park with Queens of the Stone Age, Cage The Elephant, Liam Gallagher, The Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, Bob Mould, The Struts, Bully, Circa Waves, Babes in Toyland, Adia Victoria, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed, Pinky Pinky, Starcrawler, White Reaper, Big Tony & Trouble Funk and more

OCTOBER 12 – Washington DC – The Anthem (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 14 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Coliseum (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 15 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 17 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena

OCTOBER 18 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena

OCTOBER 20 – Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank Arena (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 21 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena

OCTOBER 23 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

OCTOBER 24 – Memphis,TN – FedExForum

OCTOBER 26 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BJCC

OCTOBER 28 – New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

NOVEMBER 7 – Madison, WI – Kohl Center (SOLD OUT)

NOVEMBER 8 – Champaign, IL – State Farm Arena

NOVEMBER 10 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena

NOVEMBER 11 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (SOLD OUT)

NOVEMBER 13 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena

NOVEMBER 15 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center

DECEMBER 1 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center

DECEMBER 2 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center (SOLD OUT)

DECEMBER 4 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena

DECEMBER 5 – Eugene, OR – Matthew Knight Arena (SOLD OUT)

DECEMBER 7 – Nampa ID – Ford Idaho Center

DECEMBER 9 – Billings MT – Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark

DECEMBER 10 – Casper WY – Casper Events Center

DECEMBER 12 – Salt Lake City UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena