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06/09/08 UPDATES:

4AD will be releasing the new album from Stereolab in August and the band will be touring the US the following month. Chemical Chords is the first proper album from Stereolab since 2004’s Margerine Eclipse. It features 13 tracks and is a collection of “purposefully short, dense, fast pop songs,” according to Tim Gane, brimming with Motown-like drums, Sean O’Hagan’s finest baroque-pop brass and string arrangements and etched with some of Laetitia Sadier’s most eloquent, mellifluous vocal performances to date, it is, nonetheless, classic Stereolab; like all their best work, a perfect equipoise between an implausibly cool past and a shamelessly exotic future.

06/06/08 UPDATES:

XL Recordings is going to be releasing the new album from Ratatat, LP3, on July 8. LP3 is the third studio album from the band, the follow-up to 2006's Classics and 2004's self-titled debut. Since the release of Classics, Ratatat have toured relentlessly, headlining shows around the world. They were asked to open for Daft Punk at Los Angeles Sports Arena back in June 2007, before they jetted off to play shows in Hawaii and Japan. LP3 has a much broader palette of sounds than the band's previous albums. It's more dynamic with a leaning towards keyboards as opposed to guitars, and live percussion rather than programmed beats. It sounds like the album Ratatat has wanted to make for some time; equally stripped back and fuller sounding. LP3 is overflowing with ideas and with more pop and dancefloor moments mixed in with their unique take on atmospheric, instrumental rock. Ratatat, as per usual, will be touring and touring and touring this year and probably into next.

LA's favorite tropical punks Abe Vigoda will release the much anticipated Skeleton on PostPresentMedium Records on July 8. The band will support the record with a July tour with buddies No Age, but first the boys will play some warm up shows at their home away from home, The Smell. Check out our tour page for a complete list of dates.

The Swayback recently released its newest effort Long Gone Lads on the band's own label of the same name. The band was asked to curate the live stage at The Electric Daisy Carnival that will be held in Colorado on June 14th. The Swayback was also asked to write about Colorado for the German publication Indie Travel Guide which will also feature entries by Albert Hammond Jr, and members of Hot Hot Heat and Trail of Dead among others. The Denver trio recently blew through some California dates and currently has several shows lined up including a hometown festival with Gnarls Barkley and Blonde Redhead.

05/7/08 UPDATES:

Le Grand Magistry is happy to announce the July 2008 release of PAS/CAL’s long awaited and overdue debut LP, I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Laura. The band's sound is a mixture of sinister and sweet, perversity and prudence - dressed up in deceptively catchy and meticulously arranged tunes with hooks that would make Johnny Marr jealous and turn Serge Gainsbourg's head. Accompany this with a penchant for colorful outfits and unique stage performances known to include actors, props and special effects and you are getting close to the complete PAS/CAL picture. A unique experience not to be missed!

04/23/08 UPDATES:

If you are heading to the California desert this weekend for Coachella be sure to check out Holy Fuck (and check out our tour dates pages for the rest of their tour) and The Teenagers who are also touring the USA (again, check the tour dates page for details!)

Basia Bulat continues to make the road her home and is currently out with DeVotchKa. Make sure to check them out!

Hot on the heels of releasing their sophomore album Get Awkward (Ecstatic Peace / Universal) Be Your Own Pet are confirmed to join She Wants Revenge on the first-ever Nylon Magazine Tour produced jointly by Nylon Magazine and Live Nation. The tour kicks off at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA on May 8. Also on the tour are the Virgins and Swtiches. Urban Outfitters and Havaianas will be sponsoring the tour.

In another chapter of "our bands can't stop touring!" Jeffrey Lewis is heading out with British Sea Power in May.

Birds of Avalon are currently killing it on the road with the Raconteurs. No rest for the band, as they head straight to Europe followed by East Coast dates with the likes of Mudhoney, Polvo and the Hold Steady. Their reputation as a "band's band" proceeds them due to these amazing bands hand picking Birds of Avalon to support them. The band's new computer-free analog EP, Outer Upper Inner is receiving praise everywhere!

John Reis fans rejoice, the Night Marchers are taking their debut See You In Magic on the road this spring and has tour plans brewing for beyond! See You In Magic proves once again that John "Speedo" Reis can do no wrong in the eyes of his legion of fans.

The Heavenly States, famed for being the first band to tour Libya, will be hittting the road on their home turf again. Look for the Heavenly States to roll through your town this May in support of their brilliant new album, Delayer.

Camphor has unveiled the video for "Castaway." The video was produced through the collaboration between Camphor Singer/Songwriter, Max Avery Lichtenstein, and his wife, Regan Avery and is a retelling of the classic siren myth as performed by a cast of PLAYMOBIL® characters.

We are stoked to welcome Brooklyn by way of Connecticut art-damaged slide blues duo, Bottle Up & Go to the 230 Roster. Look for their debut EP this summer and for plenty of touring!

04/18/08 UPDATES:

ADRON BRINGS THE SOUNDS OF BRAZIL TO BROOKLYN WITH HER SELF-TITLED DEBUT
ADRON is the eponymous debut of twenty year-old Adrienne McCann. Inspired by the vintage textures of Brazilian Tropicàlia, Adron plucks her nylon strings with the casual flourish of a maestro twice her age, and compliments the guitar with an array of quirky whistles and mouth-clicks. Her lyrics are precocious and whimsical. They speak to a double-awareness that eludes many songwriters; a sense of self- identity and astute observation that allows her to combine the earnest yearnings of a teenage American girl with the classic melodies and rhythms of another era. Her youthful exuberance and adroit musicianship are distinctive and soothing, and her ability to meld epochs and geography reveals a talent of surprising breadth and maturity. ADRON is a debut that promises a great musical journey to come. (July 1, New Street Records)

DIRTY SOUTH DANCE DUO JUDI CHICAGO TO RELEASE JUDI CHICAGO X 1,000,000 THROUGH ALJERA MUSIC
Judi Chicago is at the forefront of a scene where Bacardi Breezer beats and Knight Rider electro are the hottest jams on the block. Indeed Travis Thatcher is the Michael Knight to Ben Coleman's ultra-sleek Kitt; cruising along Sunset Strip, fighting crimes and saving lives one electro dance party at a time. The group's debut release Judi Chicago x 1,000,000 (Aljera Music, June 24) is a ragged and righteous dance floor manifesto that's bursting at the seams with big drum and bass, big dada and non sequitur poetics that come together under the guise of explosive house music.

MARK SULTAN AKA BBQ TO TOUR EAST COAST WITH CLINIC IN MAY
Mark Sultan... Have you heard this name before? One half of the King Khan & BBQ Show and the infamous BBQ one man band. Singer/guitarist of Mind Controls. Drummer/singer of Les Sexareenos. Singer of The Spaceshits. Collaborator with The Deadly Snakes, Jack Oblivian and The Demon's Claws. Treasurer of the Death Cult (along with Khan, the Demon's Claws, The Black Lips, The Spits and The Gris Gris). Owner of Sultan Records. He's toured the world several times over as a musical vagabond of missionary proportions. Ring a bell? He's been called everything from 'our generation's Gerry Roslie' to 'a visionary with the voice of an angel' and 'a true rock'n'roll hero'. The Sultanic Verses, his first album as 'Mark Sultan', saw him live up to these heady statements and beyond. Proving his reputation as one of the world's finest rock'n'roll singers and songwriters, but also expanding his repertoire by throwing experimental, psychedelic and punk rock into his trademark mix of RnB, garage, soul and REAL rock'n'roll. Nobody does it like Mark Sultan. AN ABSOLUTE KILLER. Now Mark...er...BBQ is hitting the road behind this stellar release as support act to Clinic. Be sure to show up early and catch Mark's magic.

THEE OH SEES TO RELEASE THEE HOUNDS OF FOGGY NOTION CD/DVD COMBO
San Francisco pysch-rockers Thee Oh Sees are fresh off a tour that included multiple SXSW performances where John Dwyer, Brigid Dawson, Petey Dammit! and Mike Shoun proved to the live music capital that they were a force to be reckoned with. If you missed them, you can catch two songs from their Emo's performance here and here. The tour also included a stop in Vancouver where the band narrowly escaped the Canadian border police and managed to melt the faces off of some unsuspecting show-goers. View the evidence here and here. In addition to Thee Oh Sees' forthcoming album, The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night in (April 8), Tomlab will be releasing Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion in August, a CD/DVD combo which will be familiar to fans of The Coachwhips' Double Death release. However, where Double Death reveals John Dwyer's inner madman, Thee Hounds... shows a softer, more candid side of Dwyer as he and his bandmates play stripped down sets by the roadside, on the beach, at home and in the woods. Thee Hounds'... tracklisting includes songs from previous releases, some from The Master's Bedroom... and will also feature new recordings such as the title track.

03/31/08 UPDATES:

Holy Fuck have just been confirmed to join MIA on 8 dates on her forthcoming tour with more yet to be scheduled. In addition they will be playing in Indio, CA on April 27 as part of the Coachella Festival. These dates follow months of touring the band has done in support of their debut album for XL Recordings entitled LP which was released last fall. On tour they have supported Super Fury Animals and most recently headlined a string of dates with A Place To Bury Strangers. Unexpected people have become fans - Rachel Ray for instance, who invited the band to play her party at SXSW. Austin is also where Lou Reed gave the band a shout-out during a talk he was giving. Both before and following the MIA tour the band will be touring in Europe and then no doubt back stateside criss-crossing the US winning over more fans at each stop.

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xo The 2:30 Publicity Staff