Category Archives: Press Releases

PAUL McCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER

01/26/2012 nastysite

This year sees 30 years since Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder first worked together on the classic smash hit Ebony and Ivory (March 1982), which was number 1 in the UK and the US. The release of Paul’s new album Kisses On The Bottom sees them reunited on the track, Only Our Hearts. Only Our Hearts is one of two original McCartney compositions included on the album, which is a collection of standards Paul grew up listening to in his childhood.

On working with Stevie Paul said, “ Stevie came along to the studio in L.A. and he listened to the track for about ten minutes and he totally got it. He just went to the mic and within 20 minutes had nailed this dynamite solo. When you listen you just think, ‘How do you come up with that?’ But it’s just because he is a genius, that’s why’.

Stevie joined Paul at L.A.’s legendary Capitol Studio’s to record the track.

Kisses On The Bottom is a collection of standards Paul grew up listening to in his childhood as well as the two new McCartney compositions My Valentine and Only Our Hearts. With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band, Paul’s new album is a deeply personal journey through classic American compositions that, in some cases, a young Paul first heard his father perform on piano at home

Kisses On The Bottom is out February 7.

Press Releases

WHITE RABBITS: NPR PREMIERE OF “HEAVY METAL” VIDEO LIVE NOW AT NPR.org

01/25/2012 nastysite

THIRD ALBUM MILK FAMOUS OUT MARCH 6 ON tbd RECORDS

PRE-ORDER LIVE NOW AT http://whiterabbitsmusic.com/milkfamous

“White Rabbits has been a band whose straightforward rock hides a lot underneath the surface. Heavy Metal is no exception.” —NPR

White Rabbits have teamed up with NPR for the premiere of the beautiful and unsettling video for “Heavy Metal,” the recently unveiled opening track from the band’s upcoming third album, Milk Famous. Directed by Andrew Droz Palermo, the “Heavy Metal” video can be viewed at http://whiterabbitsmusic.com/blog/ (embed code below)

The “Heavy Metal” clip is a marked departure from Palermo’s previous work with White Rabbits, the performance-centric “Percussion Gun” video. “Heavy Metal” instead creates a surreal otherworld where three anonymous characters echo the song’s hypnotic loops with oddly mesmerizing minimalist body language. “I wanted to highlight the reverse and looping piano work in the track,” says the director. “So the idea of animated .GIFs came to mind, which the band loved. Listening to the track over and over, I began imagining these repetitive domestic tasks that I could freeze, extend, and repeat. By the end of the shoot the three actors were amazing at only moving small portions of their bodies.”

White Rabbits’ own Stephen Patterson was more than pleased with the result, adding, “Andrew is a longtime friend who has always understood our aesthetic and been able to visualize it in a way that really enhances the song, going back to when he directed the ‘Percussion Gun’ video. But unlike that video, we weren’t really involved in this one. It’s purely his own visual interpretation of the song. So it was a thrill to see how perfectly he picked up on the looping piano and the suspicious tone of the lyrics… as well as our profound appreciation for smoke bomb baseball. Andrew’s a gem.”

Preceded by first single “Temporary,” Milk Famous will be released March 6 on the tbd label (with a vinyl release March 13 on White Iris) and can be pre-ordered at http://whiterabbitsmusic.com/milkfamous

For more information, click HERE for bio.

White Rabbits’ 2012 tour begins the same date as the new record’s release. They will be joined by The War On Drugs and Tennis on select dates.

March 6: Philadelphia, PA / Union Transfer *
March 7: Washington D.C. / Black Cat *
March 8: Charlottesville, VA / Jefferson Theater ^
March 9: Raleigh, NC / Lincoln Theatre ^
March 11: Atlanta, GA / Variety Playhouse ^
March 12: Birmingham, AL / The Bottletree ^
March 13: New Orleans, LA / One Eyed Jacks ^
March 14: Houston, TX / Fitzgeralds ^
March 19: Denver, CO / Bluebird Theater
March 20: Salt Lake City, UT / Urban Lounge
March 22: Portland, OR / Doug Fir Lounge
March 23: Vancouver, BC / Biltmore Cabaret
March 24: Seattle, WA / Crocodile Cafe
March 26: San Francisco, CA / The Independent
March 28: Los Angeles, CA / El Rey Theatre
March 29: San Diego, CA / The Casbah
March 30: Phoenix, AZ / Crescent Ballroom
March 31: Tucson, AZ / Club Congress
April 3: Lawrence, KS / Jackpot Music Hall
April 4: Columbia, MO / The Blue Note
April 5: St. Louis, MO / Plush
April 6: Madison, WI / High Noon Saloon
April 7: Minneapolis, MN / Triple Rock Social Club
April 8: Chicago, IL / Metro
April 12: New York, NY / Webster Hall
April 13: Northampton, MA / Pearl Street Downtown
April 14: Boston, MA / Paradise Rock Club

* with Tennis
^ with The War On Drugs

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Electric Guest, Press Releases

ELECTRIC GUEST: MONDO

01/19/2012 nastysite

DANGER MOUSE-PRODUCED DEBUT ALBUM OUT APRIL 24 ON DOWNTOWN RECORDS

FIRST SINGLE “THIS HEAD I HOLD” TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 24

SINGLE ART ATTACHED

“AMERICAN DAYDREAM” MTV PREMIERE JANUARY 23

Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton–collectively known as Electric Guest–have confirmed an April 24 release date for their Danger Mouse-produced Downtown Records debut album, Mondo.

The record’s release is preceded by utterly infectious first single “This Head I Hold,” available now as a free stream http://soundcloud.com/electricguest/this-head-i-hold and released digitally on January 24. Single art is included above.

Meanwhile the thoroughly unsettling video for album cut “American Daydream,” directed by Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island, Saturday Night Live), will premiere across MTV’s various platforms beginning January 23 on MTV, mtvU, MTV Hits and MTV.com.

Electric Guest will also be bringing its live experience, hailed by NYLON as “pretty much irresistible,” to Los Angeles’ Echo club for a free residency beginning Monday February 6 and continuing every Monday through the end of February. The free weekly 11 p.m. live sets represent the band giving something back to the Los Angeles homebase that has embraced it since KCRW named album track “Troubleman” a “Today’s Top Tune” (http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tu/tu111101electric_guest_troub).

Following the completion of the Echo residency, Electric Guest will head out on a series of dates in the southwestern U.S., including their first visit to South By Southwest in Austin (Deatils TBD). See itinerary below and check back at ElectricGuest.com for updates.

ELECTRIC GUEST

On Tour

3/10 -The Green Room – Flagstaff, AZ
3/11- Santa Fe Sol, Santa Fe, NM
3/13-Club Dada- Dallas, TX
3/14-3/17-Austin, SXSW
3/19-The Lowbrow Palace-El Paso, TX
3/20-Club Congress-Tucson, AZ
3/21-Sail Inn-Phoenix, AZ

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

Paul McCartney Live Webstream

01/18/2012 nastysite

Join Paul As He Starts Promotion For His New Album ‘Kisses On The Bottom’

Thursday 19th Jan – 4pm

Tune in live to PaulMcCartney.com tomorrow (Thursday 19th January) at 4pm (GMT) to get an exclusive live behind the scenes broadcast of Paul answering questions from some of the world’s media. Paul will be spending the afternoon in London talking with press from around the world to promote the release of his new album.

PaulMcCartney.com will stream 30 minutes of the afternoon at some point between 4 and 5pm.

In addition you have the opportunity to ask a question to Paul by simply email your question to kissesonthebottom@paulmccartney.com and one question will be chosen and given to Paul to answer.

This is an amazing chance for fans to get a fly on the wall view of what happens before an album is released.

‘Kisses On The Bottom’ is released on February 6th in the UK and Feb 7th in the US.

www.paulmccartney.com

Press Releases, The Mars Volta

THE MARS VOLTA: NOCTOURNIQUET

01/17/2012 nastysite

SIXTH FULL LENGTH STUDIO ALBUM OUT MARCH 27 ON WARNER BROS. RECORDS

Known for such landmark releases as the gold-certified De-Loused In The Comatorium and Frances The Mute and 2008″s The Bedlam In Goliath which featured Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy winner “Wax Simulacra,” The Mars Volta returns in epic and unexpected fashion with its sixth album: Noctourniquet which will be released March 27 by Warner Bros. Records.

While Noctourniquet was, in typical Mars Volta fashion, written by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, the 13-track album explores musical territories previously uncharted in the duo”s 20 or so years of creating music together. The spectrum of musical and emotional textures conceived and created by Rodriguez-Lopez on Noctourniquet ranges from the opening bombast of “The Whip Hand” to the menacing crawl of “The Malkin Jewel” 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 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 efforts, Bixler-Zavala”s lyrics trace a narrative journey with a defined protagonist, this time inspired by disparate elements including “80s UK alt-rockers The Godfathers, Superman comic nemesis Solomon Grundy and the Greek myth of Hyacinthus.

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.

A full track listing is posted at the band”s website. 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

Press Releases

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS

01/11/2012 nastysite

TRAILER LIVE AT

On April 2nd 2011 LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with NEW YORK magazine calling the event “a marvel of pure craft” and TIME magazine lamenting “we may never dance again.” SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS is both a narrative film documenting this once in a lifetime performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.

SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS was directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace and produced by Lucas Ochoa and Thomas Benski of Pulse Films (the same team that directed and produced the Grammy-nominated Blur documentary, NO DISTANCE LEFT TO RUN) and James Murphy. The film”s executive producer is Christine Vachon (I”M NOT THERE, FAR FROM HEAVEN, BOYS DON”T CRY, ONE HOUR PHOTO, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, etc.), with former LCD manager Keith Wood and The Creators Project.

SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS will receive its debut screening at this year”s Sundance film festival. For additional information and screening times, please visit .

Press Releases, Radiohead

RADIOHEAD CONFIRM COACHELLA, ADDITIONAL U.S. DATES

01/10/2012 nastysite

Radiohead has confirmed as a headline slot on this year’s two-weekend Coachella lineup as well as three additional dates on its 2012 U.S. tour.

The band will play Coachella April 14 and 21, prior to which it will headline the Key Arena in Seattle on April 9, the HP Pavillion in San Jose CA on April 11, and the Santa Barbara Bowl on April 12.

Radiohead’s U.S. tour begins February 27 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL, with dates currently running through the second Coachella weekend of April 21. Other Lives will support on the headline dates.

Seattle and San Jose tickets go on sale 10 a.m. January 14. Santa Barbara tickets go on sale 11 a.m. January 21.

For further information, go to http://www.radiohead.com/tourdates/

RADIOHEAD U.S. TOUR 2012

02/27/12 – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena (SOLD OUT)
02/29/12 – Tampa, FL – St. Pete Times (SOLD OUT)
03/01/12 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Areba (SOLD OUT)
03/03/12 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center (SOLD OUT)
03/05/12 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center (SOLD OUT)
03/07/12 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center (SOLD OUT)
03/09/12 – St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center (SOLD OUT)
03/11/12 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center (SOLD OUT)
03/13/12 – Broomfield, CO – 1stBank Center (SOLD OUT)
03/15/12 – Glendale, AZ – Jobing.com Arena (SOLD OUT)
04/09/12 – Seattle, WA – Key Arena
04/11/12 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavillion
04/12/12 – Santa Barbera, CA – Santa Barbera Bowl
04/14/12 – Indio, CA – Coachella Music Festival
04/21/12 – Indio, CA – Coachella Music Festival

Press Releases, The Shins

THE SHINS: NEW SINGLE "SIMPLE SONG" AVAILABLE TODAY ON THESHINS.COM

01/09/2012 nastysite

LISTEN NOW

PORT OF MORROW OUT MARCH 20 ON AURAL APOTHECARY/COLUMBIA

PRE-ORDERS LIVE NOW INCLUDING DOWNLOAD OF “SIMPLE SONG”,

AND MULTIPLE MERCH BUNDLES

Beginning 3:00 p.m. EST Monday, January 9, 2012, The Shins will offer up a free stream of “Simple Song,” the first single from their eagerly anticipated fourth album Port Of Morrow, at TheShins.com To listen now click on simplesong.theshins.com

The long awaited follow-up to 2007″s Grammy-nominated gold-certified Wincing The Night Away, Port Of Morrow will be released March 20 via James Mercer’s own Aural Apothecary label and Columbia Records.

Digital pre-orders of Port Of Morrow will receive first single “Simple Song” beginning January 10. iTunes pre-orders will also include the non-LP B-side “Pariah King” upon release.

In addition, pre-sales will include a – all of which include the “Simple Song” download. Merchandise bundles featuring extras ranging from concert tickets to exclusive T-Shirts and totes will also be available.

Port of Morrow was recorded in Los Angeles and Portland over the course of 2011 with Mercer customarily handling all songwriting duties, lead vocals, guitar, lap steel, percussion and glockenspiel. The record was produced by Greg Kurstin, who also contributes keys, guitar and bass on various tracks, and mixed by Rich Costey. Other musicians featured on the album include Joe Plummer, Janet Weiss, Dave Hernandez, Marty Crandall, Eric D. Johnson, Ron Lewis and Nik Freitas. The album”s cover art was created by Jacob Escobedo.

The first set of tour dates in support of the new album are listed below, more tour dates to be announced in the coming weeks. As with the band”s 2011 dates, the upcoming tour will see James Mercer leading a Shins lineup of Yuuki Matthews (bass), Jessica Dobson (guitar), Richard Swift (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums).

For more information continue to visit theShins.com

TOUR DATES

Tickets on sale Wednesday 1/11 at http://theshins.cinderblock.com/

4/13/12 Las Vegas, NV Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Pool
4/22/12 Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
4/23/12 Davis, CA Robert Mondavi Center
4/25/12 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino

Press Releases

WHITE RABBITS: MILK FAMOUS

01/09/2012 nastysite

THIRD ALBUM OUT MARCH 6, 2012 ON tbd RECORDS

VINYL AVAILABLE MARCH 13 via WHITE IRIS

OPENING TRACK “HEAVY METAL” AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT WHITERABBITSMUSIC.COM

SPRING 2012 DATES CONFIRMED

“Drumbeats, not guitars or keyboards, come first for White Rabbits… That choice puts a spring, even a swagger, in the step of songs that could otherwise slip into indie-rock alienation”–THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brooklyn-based, Missouri-bred White Rabbits have unveiled “Heavy Metal” (see below for embed code), the opening track of the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2009’s critically acclaimed It’s Frightening (hailed by Jon Pareles of THE NEW YORK TIMES as “an American sound that fortifies its brains with muscle”). The band’s third album, Milk Famous, will be released March 6 on the tbd label (with a vinyl release March 13 on White Iris) and will consist of the following songs:

Heavy Metal
I’m Not Me
Hold It To The Fire
Everyone Can’t Be Confused
Temporary
Are You Free
It’s Frightening
Danny Come Inside
Back For More
The Day You Won The War
I Had It Coming

The bulk of Milk Famous was recorded over the course of 2011 in Austin TX, and produced by Mike McCarthy with the exception “Back For More,” which was produced by the band’s own Stephen Patterson and Alex Even and recorded last November at Meth Beach in Philadelphia.

Milk Famous’ release will also be preceded by first single “Temporary.”

With a live performance described by ESQUIRE as one of “9 Shows A Man Should See,” White Rabbits have confirmed their first dates of 2012. They will be joined by The War On Drugs and Tennis on select dates.

* with Tennis
^ with The War On Drugs

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

PAUL MCCARTNEY: KISSES ON THE BOTTOM OUT FEB. 7 ON HEAR MUSIC/CONCORD

01/09/2012 nastysite

Paul McCartney confirms brand new album title and reveals full tracklisting and artwork

‘Kisses On The Bottom’

Paul’s tribute to personal favorites & two new self penned compositions out February 7th

On December 19th 2011 Paul announced that February 2012 would see the release of his brand new studio album. Scores of fans then streamed the new original track ‘My Valentine,’ many assuming it would be the new record’s title track. While a few Twitter hints have been dropped and rumors have run rampant, Paul puts an end to speculation today, confirming that the album will indeed be titled ‘Kisses On The Bottom’.

Paul has apparently had some fun with his choice of album title—while causing some confusion amongst those who have historically subjected his every move to microscopic scrutiny (with many fixating on an anatomical interpretation!). The phrase ‘Kisses On The Bottom,’ however, actually comes from the album’s opener ‘I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter’. Originally made a big hit by Fats Waller in 1935, the song opens with the lines ‘I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter and make believe it came from you. I’m gonna write words oh so sweet. They’re gonna knock me off of my feet. A lot of kisses on the bottom, I’ll be glad I got ‘em’.

‘Kisses On The Bottom’ is a collection of standards Paul grew up listening to in his childhood as well as the two new McCartney compositions ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’. With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band—as well as guest appearances from Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, McCartney’s new album is a deeply personal journey through classic American compositions that, in some cases, a young Paul first heard his father perform on piano at home. The full tracklisting reveals that Paul has been both reverent and adventurous in his song choices.

Kisses On The Bottom – Full Tracklisting

Standard CD – 14 tracks

01. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter – 02:36
02. Home (When Shadows Fall) – 04:04
03. It’s Only A Paper Moon – 02:35
04. More I Cannot Wish You – 03:04
05. The Glory Of Love – 03:46
06. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) – 03:22
07. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive – 02:32
08. My Valentine – 03:14
09. Always – 03:50
10. My Very Good Friend The Milkman – 03:04
11. Bye Bye Blackbird – 04:26
12. Get Yourself Another Fool – 04:42
13. The Inch Worm – 03:43
14. Only Our Hearts – 04:21

Deluxe CD Album will feature two bonus tracks plus access to a download of the Capitol Studios show (available from Tuesday 14th February via paulmccartney.com), plus longer liner notes and expanded packaging featuring three postcards)

15. Baby’s Request – 03:30
16. My One And Only Love – 03:50

The album will also be available digitally.

The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011. It also features guest musicians Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, respectively, on the original compositions ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’. Eric also appears on the track ‘Get Yourself Another Fool’.

The album artwork concept was conceived by Jonathan Schofield (Visual Director at Stella McCartney) and designed by Matthew Cooper (who has worked with artists such as Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand). Paul was photographed by his daughter Mary McCartney for the album sleeve.

Stay tuned to Paul’s website for more exclusive album news in the coming weeks.