| ||
|
Monday, November 29, 2010
PJ Harvey returns!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Motion City Soundtrack teams with Minus the Bear, Foxy Shazam, other cool kids
Motion City Soundtrack Presents the First Ever Popsickle Festival!
Taking Over Minneapolis' Famed First Avenue on December 18th, Motion City Soundtrack Headlines and are Joined by Minus the Bear, Foxy Shazam, Gold Motel and many others!
Taking Over Minneapolis' Famed First Avenue on December 18th, Motion City Soundtrack Headlines and are Joined by Minus the Bear, Foxy Shazam, Gold Motel and many others!
Motion City Soundtrack’s Music Video for “A Lifeless Ordinary” Exclusively Premiered on SPIN.com Last Week & Currently in the Top 4 Most Popular Articles:
http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-new-motion-city-soundtrack-video
New York, NY - Motion City Soundtrack are excited to present the first ever Popsickle festival in their hometown of Minneapolis, MN on December 18th. Taking over Minneapolis' famed First Avenue and spilling over into 7th Street Entry, the all ages festival will feature headliners Motion City Soundtrack along with Minus the Bear, Foxy Shazam, Gold Motel, A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Now Now Every Children, One for the Team, Gospel Gossip, Take Cover and The Chord and the Fawn with more to be announced.
We wanted to start a festival in the vein of what Lollapalooza was to me in the early '90's -- a bunch of bands that most likely would never have toured together, but were all doing something interesting and unique in that particular point in time. Our version of that will be much smaller of course, but the idea is the same. We hope to make this an annual festival that takes place in Minnesota every winter and hopefully can continue to grow in both scope and girth. – Justin Pierre/MCS
Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 13th at noon at all Ticketmaster outlets and the First Avenue box office. The first 100 tickets purchased at the box office will be specially priced at just $12.50 (two ticket limit). All other tickets are $22.50 in advance.
www.popsicklefestival.com
www.twitter.com/popsicklefest
www.myspace.com/popsicklefestival
www.facebook.com/popsicklefestival
www.twitter.com/popsicklefest
www.myspace.com/popsicklefestival
www.facebook.com/popsicklefestival
Motion City Soundtrack is currently out on a co-headlining tour of the US with Say Anything, with Saves The Day supporting. Check out the remaining tour dates below:
Nov. 9th Nokia Theatre New York, NY
10th Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
12th Sonar Baltimore, MD
13th Amos’ Southend Music Hall Charlotte, NC
14th Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
16th Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, FL
17th House of Blues Orlando, FL
19th The Palladium Ballroom Dallas, TX
20th Warehouse Live Houston, TX
21st Stubb’s BBQ Austin, TX
Source: Stunt Company
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Google gets sued over Buzz privacy issues, is forced to apologize (kind of)
I apologize for the non-music-related post, but I found this e-mail from Google HQ this morning to be quite interesting ... funny how it doesn't mention how Google violated our privacy, just that the company did:
Important Informatio
Inbox X
Inbox
| hide details 2:30 PM (19 hours ago) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we've reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year.
Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users and recently reached a settlement in this case.
The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users' concerns. In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an independent fund, most of which will support organizations promoting privacy education and policy on the web. We will also do more to educate people about privacy controls specific to Buzz. The more people know about privacy online, the better their online experience will be.
Just to be clear, this is not a settlement in which people who use Gmail can file to receive compensation. Everyone in the U.S. who uses Gmail is included in the settlement, unless you personally decide to opt out before December 6, 2010. The Court will consider final approval of the agreement on January 31, 2011. This email is a summary of the settlement, and more detailed information and instructions approved by the court, including instructions about how to opt out, object, or comment, are available at http://www.BuzzClassAction.com
------------------------------
This mandatory announcement was sent to all Gmail users in the United States as part of a legal settlement and was authorized by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Google Inc. | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway | Mountain View, CA 94043
Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users and recently reached a settlement in this case.
The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users' concerns. In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an independent fund, most of which will support organizations promoting privacy education and policy on the web. We will also do more to educate people about privacy controls specific to Buzz. The more people know about privacy online, the better their online experience will be.
Just to be clear, this is not a settlement in which people who use Gmail can file to receive compensation. Everyone in the U.S. who uses Gmail is included in the settlement, unless you personally decide to opt out before December 6, 2010. The Court will consider final approval of the agreement on January 31, 2011. This email is a summary of the settlement, and more detailed information and instructions approved by the court, including instructions about how to opt out, object, or comment, are available at http://www.BuzzClassAction.com
------------------------------
This mandatory announcement was sent to all Gmail users in the United States as part of a legal settlement and was authorized by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Google Inc. | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway | Mountain View, CA 94043
Monday, October 25, 2010
Why is ?uestlove of the Roots calling me?
MUSICIANS SURPRISE FANS WITH ELECTION REMINDER CALLS
Fans can request election reminder phone calls from their favorite rock stars at HeadCount.org; Most calls will be recorded but a few lucky fans will get the real thing.
New York, NY – Some of the biggest names in music will be hitting the phones over the next week to help get the vote out, calling randomly-selected fans to chat about the upcoming election.
Willie Nelson, ?uestlove of the Roots, and Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips are among the dozen musicians involved with the “Pledge to Vote” campaign staged by HeadCount, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes electoral participation. Each artist recorded reminders that will be sent to fans before Election Day via automated phone calls. In addition, most artist participants will be making live calls - surprising fans who expect to only hear a pre-recorded message.
“Let’s get some folks cranked up about this,” said The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, a HeadCount board member who will also be personally calling dozens of voters. “It’s so important that people, particularly young people, are paying attention and voting so a bunch of cranky old folks don’t steal their future. Hopefully getting a call from a familiar voice will be motivation.” Weir is currently touring with his former Grateful Dead bandmate Phil Lesh under the name Furthur.
Close to 25,000 music enthusiasts have already made a “Pledge to Vote” at concerts or on HeadCount’s website, www.headcount.org, requesting a reminder phone call from one of their favorite artists and affirming that they will vote in November. The full list of artist choices include:
Fans can request election reminder phone calls from their favorite rock stars at HeadCount.org; Most calls will be recorded but a few lucky fans will get the real thing.
New York, NY – Some of the biggest names in music will be hitting the phones over the next week to help get the vote out, calling randomly-selected fans to chat about the upcoming election.
Willie Nelson, ?uestlove of the Roots, and Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips are among the dozen musicians involved with the “Pledge to Vote” campaign staged by HeadCount, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes electoral participation. Each artist recorded reminders that will be sent to fans before Election Day via automated phone calls. In addition, most artist participants will be making live calls - surprising fans who expect to only hear a pre-recorded message.
“Let’s get some folks cranked up about this,” said The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, a HeadCount board member who will also be personally calling dozens of voters. “It’s so important that people, particularly young people, are paying attention and voting so a bunch of cranky old folks don’t steal their future. Hopefully getting a call from a familiar voice will be motivation.” Weir is currently touring with his former Grateful Dead bandmate Phil Lesh under the name Furthur.
Close to 25,000 music enthusiasts have already made a “Pledge to Vote” at concerts or on HeadCount’s website, www.headcount.org, requesting a reminder phone call from one of their favorite artists and affirming that they will vote in November. The full list of artist choices include:
| ?uestlove | Adam Gardner (Guster) |
| Matt Berninger (The National) | Warren Haynes (The Allman Bros., Gov't Mule) |
| Marc Brownstein (The Disco Biscuits) | Willie Nelson |
| Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) | Grace Potter |
| Brett Dennen | Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, Furthur) |
| Jon Fishman (Phish) | Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket) |
Fans can still sign up for the calls by visiting www.HeadCount.org/pledge.
Marc Brownstein, of The Disco Biscuits, HeadCount's founder and co-chair, will personally phone dozens of fans from HeadCount's Manhattan office on Monday, Vovember 1st, the night before the election. Meanwhile, video cameras will be rolling and all the calls will be streamed live on the Web at www.HeadCount.org/Blog and www.Relix.com starting at 9 PM ET.
“This is what grassroots organizing is all about,” said Brownstein. “Talking to people one-on-one, but doing it in ways that make the conversation spread to many.”
Adam Gardner, guitarist in the band Guster and founder of the environmental music-industry nonprofit organization Reverb, said that until recently he didn’t realize that voter turnout for midterm elections is so much smaller than presidential elections. “I was surprised by it and definitely motivated to change those stats,” he said.
Reverb’s Green Music Group, a project that aims to build a community committed to environmental action, has made HeadCount’s “Pledge to Vote” its primary call to action this month.
The live phone calls follow HeadCount’s release two weeks ago of the “Vote Again 2010” public service announcement starring Jay-Z. It is airing on CBS, Fuse, Gospel Music Channel and SNY.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
INXS is back, baby ... and you'll never guess who they had over for dinner!
INXS TO RELEASE"ORIGINAL SIN" JANUARY 11, 2011 CHART-TOPPING BAND RE-IMAGINES SIGNATURE HIT TRACKS CHOSEN BY AND PERFORMED WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST OF FEATURED GUESTS INCLUDING BEN HARPER, ROB THOMAS, TRICKY, NIKKA COSTA AND MORE PETROL ELECTRIC AND RHINO ENTERTAINMENT PARTNER TO RELEASE FIRST INXS ALBUM OF NEWLY RECORDED MATERIAL ON ATCO RECORDS IN OVER 25 YEARS |
| Los Angeles, CA - October 19, 2010 - INXS has announced they will release their new album titledOriginal Sin on January 11, 2011. The first musical project between INXS and original manager CM Murphy in over a decade, the band has recorded several of their signature hits re-imagined by some of the world's finest musicians including Ben Harper, Rob Thomas, Tricky, Nikka Costa and more. A partnership between Murphy's own Petrol Electric label and Rhino Entertainment, Original Sin will mark the first INXS album release on the revived Atco Records imprint, INXS's original label home, since the band's 1984 platinum selling album The Swing. "We're thrilled to welcome INXS back to Atco. This album will reunite the band and their great music with their significant fanbase, and by way of some very special guests, to a new audience," said Kevin Gore, President & CEO of Rhino Entertainment. An ambitious project two years in the making, Original Sin teams the band with musicians from around the globe, from superstars like Ben Harper, Train's Pat Monahan, Rob Thomas, and Nikka Costa to up and comer DJ Yaleidys of Cuba, to reinterpret and revitalize their own classics for a whole new generation. An eclectic mix of music including Thomas and Yaleidys' sultry take on "Original Sin" and trip-hop superstar Tricky's electrifying version of "Mediate" to Pat Monahans' emotional "Beautiful Girl" and French pop artist Loane's take on "Mystify" with John Mayer & Kirk Pengilly on guitar, INXS boldly embrace their past and future on one album. Original Sin, the first new musical project between INXS and CM Murphy in over 15 years, is not just typical re-recordings of the band's original songs. INXS along with artists from all over the world are paying tribute to the songs themselves and to the songwriters Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence. "INXS's material, specifically INXS's songs, set the table for singers," said Ben Harper. "In my opinion, they're any singer's dream songs to sing. Covering, 'Never Tear Us Apart' is like covering 'Dock Of The Bay.' I'm not here to make grandiose overstatements; it's just a fact, that is one of the greatest soul songs ever written." To have so many of their peers want to perform INXS songs is a testament to the songwriting and something that INXS keyboardist/guitarist and main songwriter Andrew Farriss is immensely proud of. "I'm truly flattered that we have so many artists interested in working with us reimaging these songs. In a sense, it's been re-energizing for us to look at ourselves differently in the context of being in 2010 rather than, you know, 30 years ago. I feel we're very much doing something that's now and significant." Agreed lead guitarist Tim Farriss, "Original Sin is just, for me, so exciting. I know certain people might sort of perceive it as why aren't you doing new material, but the fact of the matter is we're getting to play some of our favorite songs from our history and play them the way we want them to be heard today." For drummer Jon Farriss, it's all about the music. "We wanted to celebrate the songs, they're such great songs," he says. "I think initially there was a mixed bag of emotions and feelings, which was probably a good thing because we realized how much the songs meant to us. But at the end of the day we started to realize that this is actually cathartic for us and it might be for everyone else as well." "This is the most beautiful and heart wrenching musical project I have ever had the pleasure to be involved in," said CM Murphy, INXS creative director and global business strategist. "Every track is played with emotion and conviction by the wonderful musicians within INXS. Every artist who performed on this album did so with heartfelt connection to the songs and to Michael's original vocals as well as his soul and his love for music. I had the pleasure of working with Michael for 15 dynamic years and I know for a fact he would love every performer on this album. This is a very special album." One of the most notable and successful rock bands of all time, INXS has sold over 35 million albums worldwide with the group's music remaining in constant radio rotation and in DJ sets nightly across the globe. To this day, the group's multi-platinum landmark albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X are all widely regarded as music collection staples. Huge chart-topping hit singles including "What You Need," "Need You Tonight," "Devil Inside," "Never Tear Us Apart," "New Sensation" and "Suicide Blonde" have been featured in numerous films, advertising campaigns and video games, earning the band countless accolades and awards around the world, including several Grammy nominations, and is the driving force behind selling over 15 million albums in the U.S. alone. With a career spanning three decades, first as the Farriss Brothers, then as INXS, brothers Tim, Jon, and Andrew Farriss, along with Kirk Pengilly and Garry Gary Beers have created some of the most enduring music in rock. |
For More Information, please visit the official INXS website: www.inxs.com Become a fan on Facebook www.facebook.com/inxs Follow the band on twitter www.twitter.com/INXSFor more information on Rhino, please visit www.rhino.com Source: CO5 |
Monday, October 18, 2010
What? Jay-Z wrote a book?!
JAY-Z and Bing Change the Game With “DECODED”
Multiplatform search experience and interactive game delivers one of the boldest book launches in history.
REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 17, 2010 — In his first book, “DECODED,” pop culture icon JAY-Z describes the hidden meanings behind some of his most provocative songs and provides a highly personal narrative of the culture that so powerfully shaped his life and art. But some stories are bigger than the printed page. Bing, the decision engine from Microsoft Corp., is launching a multiplatform search experience and interactive game to help people decode JAY-Z’s life and lyrics. JAY-Z’s words will be taken a step further, allowing fans to use Bing and decide how to find the very locations that inspired them.
Every single page of JAY-Z’s book will be released to the public before the book is in stores, with pages physically placed in locations related to their specific content. The immersive journey will take players from the projects in the Brooklyn neighborhood where JAY-Z grew up and the London streets where he found inspiration to the building of his empire in Manhattan and beyond. Fans physically in those locations and those playing online with Bing will be offered never-before-experienced insights into JAY-Z’s highly personal process. In addition to high-profile media placements around the world, all 300 pages of “DECODED” will be appearing in places and on objects that have never before been used as advertising. From pools and pool tables to bronze plaques and high-fashion clothing racks, a variety of unexpected surfaces will become the canvas for JAY-Z’s art.
And it will be up to fans to decide how to find these pages using Bing. Online, fans will find a one-of-a-kind search experience built on Bing technologies and will be able to walk the streets that JAY-Z walked and use Bing to search and decide how to decode his life and lyrics at every turn. The immersive online experience utilizes multiple facets of Bing, including Bing Maps and Bing Entertainment, to give fans full access to the stories behind JAY-Z’s songs. Over the course of a month, fans will come together as a community to compile “DECODED” online before it hits bookshelves.
More than 300 pages to decode, located via 600 unique traditional, nontraditional and digital advertising placements in 15 cities around the world and in Bing Maps, 200 prize winners, one grand prize winner, and the unveiling of “DECODED” — all in the next four weeks.
How It Works
Produced by creative agency Droga5, the game launches Oct. 18 and five to 10 new pages from “DECODED” will be unveiled each day, until the contest ends Nov. 20. Players of the game answer clues to find the “DECODED” pages in the online game experience at Bing.com/JAY-Z or in-person by locating the clues in New York, London and beyond. Any player who locates a page online or in-person (by texting unique game codes from the page) is entered into a drawing for a prize: the specific page they have located, signed by JAY-Z. All participants will be entered for a grand prize: two tickets to see JAY-Z and Coldplay in concert in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve.
“DECODED” is on sale Nov. 16 from Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group.
Be a part of this bold new chapter at Bing.com/JAY-Z.
Source: Sunshine, Sachs and Associates
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Mars Volta side project coming to Minneapolis, Madison
| FREE MORAL AGENTS TOUR THE US IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM CONTROL THIS ON CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES MARS VOLTA KEYBOARDIST AND FULL FMA BAND EMBARK UPON A MONTHLONG TOUR STARTING OCTOBER 6, 2010 Grammy Award winning Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, Long Beach-based keyboardist forMars Volta, has taken an extended hiatus from his main musical outlet to focus on a variety of other projects, key among them his long running group Free Moral Agents, whose new album Control This was recently released on Chocolate Industries. What started as a solo project in 2002 expanded to a full band in 2005, bringing in the talents of Mendee Ichikawa (vocals), Reid Kinnet (Rhodes), Jesse Carzello (guitar), Dennis Owens (bass), and Ryan Reiff (drums). The six-member group will be heading across the country starting this week to perform their new material for the masses. Tour Dates Wed Oct 6, Las Vegas, NV @ Las Vegas Country Saloon Thur Oct 7, Tempe, AZ @ Stray Cat Fri, Oct 8, El Paso, TX @ Republic Sat, Oct 9, Austin, TX @ Cheer Up Charlie's Sun, Oct 10, Corpus Christi, TX @ Revolution Mon, Oct 11, San Marcos, TX @ Triple Crown Tues, Oct 12, Lafayette, LA @ Grant Street Dancehall Wed, Oct 13, Montevallo, AL @ Eclipse Thur, Oct 14, Atlanta, GA @ 5 Spot Fri, Oct 15, Knoxville, TN @ Clarence Brown Theatre, Univ. of TN Sat, Oct 16, Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall Sun, Oct 17, Virginia Beach, VA @ Hangar 09 Mon, Oct 18, Raleigh, NC @ Pour House Wed, Oct 20, Cambridge, MA @ Middle East upstairs Thur, Oct 21, Newark, DE @ University of Delaware Fri, Oct 22, New York City, NY @ CMJ Sat, Oct 23, New York City, NY @ CMJ Mon, Oct 25, Providence, RI @ Met Café Tues, Oct 26, Portland, ME @ Asylum Thur, Oct 28: Chicago, IL @ Beauty Bar Fri, Oct 29: Minneapolis, MN @ TBASat, Oct 30: Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room Sun, Oct 31: Madison, WI @ FrequencyMon, Nov 1: Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar Tues, Nov 2: Denver, CO @ Casselman's Wed, Nov 3: Pueblo, CO @ Smitty's Greenlight Tavern Thur, Nov 4: Salt Lake City, UT @ Bar Deluxe Fri, Nov 5: Missoula, MT @ The Palace Sat, Nov 6: Portland, OR @ Slabtown Sun, Nov 7: Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge Wed, Nov 10: Sacramento, CA @ Sol Collective Thur, Nov 11: Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door Fri, Nov 12: Los Angeles, CA @ Airliner Sun, Nov 14: Stockton, CA @ 856 Club Source: Biz 3 |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
