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Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan on Marc Maron's "WTF"



Perhaps having tired of interviewing such nobodies as Lorne Michaels, CM Punk, Steve Albini, Tom Arnold, Matt Sweeney, The Amazing Jonathan and Barack Obama (sadly, not on the same episode), Marc Maron today welcomes Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan to the garage . Bob Odenkirk and David Cross stop by as well, though perhaps they were taped on different days. I have no idea how Marc feels about people hanging out in his driveway waiting to talk, but I don't think I'd like it one bit.

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EMA - SHARES "AMNESIA HAZE," DETAILS OF #HORROR SCORE

"Amnesia Haze" is the first track shared EMA's original score for the movie #Horror. The film is out today and the full score will be released December 11th. It is directed by Tara Subkoff. Trailer shown after the break.



Track List:
1. Hashtag Horror Theme
2. Visions Of Blood
3. Amnesia Haze
4. Surrender, Michael
5. Whispers
6. Harshmallow World
7. Locust Strings
8. Danger Theme
9. Cat In The Woods
10. Running Danger
11. Dr White In The Woods
12. Dr White In The House
13. Foreshadowing Pain
14. The Girls Were Really Mean
15. Soul Cycle
16. Horror #2
17. Spooky Fingers
18. #Exit Music



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Kurt Vile - La Blogothéque Session, New North American Dates



Kurt Vile's recent session for La Blogotheque's Take Away Shows (shot at Le Square Gardette - restaurant gastronomique / directed by Hugo Jouxtel) is available for viewing today (above). In addition to previously announced dates in Europe, Australian and New Zealand, Kurt's next round of tour in support of 'b'lieve I'm going down' kicks off February 17 in New Haven, CT.



(photo by Rachel Juarez-Carr)

Updated tour schedule (new U.S. dates in italics)

Wednesday, November 18 Manchester, UK – The Ritz *
Friday, November 20 Lucerne, CH – Sudpol *
Saturday, November 21 Lyon, France – Epicerie Moderne *
Sunday, November 22 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo *
Monday, November 23 Madrid, Spain – Penelope *
Tuesday, November 24 Lisbon, Portugal – Armazem F *
Wednesday, December 2 - New York - Webster Hall
Monday, December 28 – Friday January 1 – The Falls Music & Arts Festival – Lorne, Marion Bay + New South Wales, Bryon Bay
Friday, January 8 – Sunday January 10 Busselton, Western Australia - Southbound Festival
Sunday, January 10 – Tuesday January 12 – Tauranga, New Zealand – McLaren Falls Park, Echo Music & Arts Festival
Wednesday, January 13 - Wellington, San Fran, New Zealand
Thursday, January 14 - Sherwood Hotel, Queenstown, New Zealand
Friday, January 15 - Dunedin, New Zealand, Chicks Hotel
Wednesday, February 17 - College Street, New Haven CT
Thursday, February 18 - Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Friday, February 19 - Higher Ground, Burlington VT
Saturday, February 20 - Corona Theatre, Montreal, QUE
Sunday, February 21 - The Haunt, Ithaca NY
Monday, February 22 - Mr. Smalls, Pittsburgh PA
Wednesday, February 24 - Headliners, Louisville TN
Thursday, February 25 - Exit In, Nashville TN
Friday, February 26 - Orange Peel, Asheville NC
Saturday, February 27 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA
Sunday, February 28 - Saturn, Birmingham AL
Monday, February 29 - Proud Larry's, Oxford MS
Wednesday, March 2 - Bijou Theatre, Knoxville TN
Thursday, March 3 - Cats Cradle, Carrboro NC
Friday, March 4 - Ottobar, Baltimore MD

Tuesday, March 8 Paris, France - Alhambra
Wednesday, March 9 Ghent, Belgium - Handelsbeurs
Thursday, March 10 London, UK - Roundhouse
Friday, March 11 Brighton, UK - All Saint’s Church
Saturday, March 12 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli
Sunday, March 13 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
Friday, May 20 - Sunday May 22 - Hangout Music Festival, Gulf Shores

* – with Lushes

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Savages - "T.I.W.Y.G" Premiere, New Dates In Berlin, London



(photo by William Lacalmontie)



Savages - "T.I.W.Y.G"

(if you're in Germany, please click here instead)

After October's announcement of the January 22 release of Savages' 'Adore Life', here's the 2nd song from the band's eagerly awaited 2nd album, "T.I.W.Y.G.". While the band's global dates are again, listed below, there's a pair of shows in Berlin and London that have just been confirmed (ticket links below) :

Monday, November, 30 - Berghain Kantine, Berlin, Germany
Thursday, December, 3 - The Dome, London, UK

2016 tour :

February, 18 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, UK
February, 19 - Junction, Cambridge, UK
February, 21 - Art School, Glasgow, UK
February, 22 - Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
February, 23 - Irish Centre, Leeds, UK
February, 27 - Epicerie Moderne, Lyon, France
February, 28 - Rockschool Barbey, Bordeaux, France
March, 2 - Botanique Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium
March, 5 - Babel, Malmö, Sweden
March, 6 - Kagelbanan, Stockholm, Sweden
March, 7 - Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
March, 13 - Magazzini Generali, Milan, Italy
March, 15 - Dynamo, Zurich, Switzerland
March, 16 - Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
March, 17 - Roundhouse, London, UK
March, 27 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
March, 28 - Irving Plaza, New York NY
March, 29 - Warsaw, Brooklyn NY
March, 31 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
April, 1 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA
April, 2 - Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre, Montreal, Canada
April, 4 - Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada
April, 5 - St. Andrews Hall, Detroit MI
April, 7 - Metro, Chicago IL
April, 8 - The Ready Room, St. Louis MO
April, 9 - Granada Theatre, Lawrence KS
April, 11 - Trees, Dallas TX
April, 12 - Emo's, Austin TX



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HÆLOS US Dates





(photo by Dave Ma)

In addition to their previously announced appearance at South By Southwest this coming March, London trio HÆLOS have confirmed 3 U.S. dates for early 2016, with a January 22 North American debut at San Francisco's Rickshaw Stop. Ticket links can be found below. News regarding HÆLOS' hotly anticipated full-length debut will be unveiled very soon, and we're (not so quietly) confident that Arthur, Dom and Lottie have delivered a deep, super-crafted knockout album that far surpasses the material you've heard to date.

01/22 San Francisco CA Popscene at Rickshaw Stop
01/26 Los Angeles CA The Roxy
03/29 New York NY Mercury Lounge

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Yo La Tengo, New U.S. Dates Announced, Appearing On NBC's "Last Call With Carson Daly"



(photograph by Francisco Michel)

After kicking off the latest leg of domestic touring support of 'Stuff Like That There', Yo La Tengo have confirmed a bunch of winter/spring 2016 show (tickets on sale this Friday), the majority of 'em with the time-tested trio of Ira, Georgia and James, though the Ann Arbor and Austin shows will feature the additional guitar stylings of Dave Schramm. If you're not already satiated by Yo La Tengo's recent appearance on WGN's Morning News (and I'm pretty sure you're not), catch YLT this Tuesday night / Wednesday morning on NBC's "Last Call With Carson Daly" (1:35 am eastern, 12:35 am central). We'll post a clip when/if network censors have approved the footage, promise.



updated tour schedule :

Monday, November 9 - Boulder CO - Boulder Theater*
Thursday, November 12 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Music Thing @ Observatory North Park
Friday, November 13 - Los Angeles CA - The Theatre at Ace Hotel
Sunday, November 15 - Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre
Saturday, November 14 - San Francisco CA - The Masonic
Tuesday, November 17 - Eugene OR - WOW Hall
Wednesday, November 18 - Portland OR - Revolution Hall
Friday, November 20 - Seattle WA- Neptune Theatre
Saturday, November 21 - Vancouver BC - Vogue Theatre*

the new dates :
Wednesday, January 28 - Cleveland OH - Beachland Ballroom
Thursday, January 29 - Ann Arbor, MI - Ann Arbor Folk Festival*&
Saturday, January 30 - Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts
Sunday, January 31 - St. Louis, MO - The Ready Room
Thursday, February 4 - Oklahoma City, OK - ACM@UCO Performance Lab
Friday, February, 5 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
Saturday, February, 6 - Austin, TX - Hogg Auditorium*&
Saturday, March, 26 - Hudson, NY - Club Helsinki
Sunday, March, 27 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater
Tuesday, March, 29 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In
Friday, April, 1 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival (a special collaboration with Lambchop)
Saturday, April, 2 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
Sunday, April, 3 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
Tuesday, April, 5 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Sound Stage
Thursday ,April, 7 - Northampton, MA - Academy of Music
Friday, April, 8 - Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall
Saturday, April, 9 - Jersey City, NJ - Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre

& w/ Dave Schramm
*denotes acoustic set-up

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Cat Power - Australian Tour Dates, 2016




Tickets for the following Cat Power solo shows go on sale this Friday, November 9 :

Friday, February 5 - City Recital Hall, Sydney
Saturday, February 6 - Space Theatre, Adelaide
Monday, February 8 - Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Tuesday, February 9 - Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Wednesday, February 10 - Capital Theatre, Bendigo
Friday, February, 12 - Brisbane Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane
Saturday, February, 13 - Star Court Theatre, Lismore

Kurt Vile - Spotify Session Available Now



Kurt Vile's exclusive session for Spotify is up today and features artwork designed by contest winner Travis Millard, the not-lucky-at-all-he-totally-earned-it victor of our contest that we're just about done telling you about. Follow Travis on Instagram at @theotherfudge . Or don't! He deserves privacy, too, as do all of you (Matador's data-mining efforts aside).

Brandi Reeves is the winner of the Kurt Vile Fall Spotify Playlist contest, but if you ask me, you're all winners.

updated tour schedule :

Friday November 6 Stockholm, Sweden - Munchenbryggeriet *
Saturday November 7 Copenhangen, Demark - Amerbio *
Monday November 9 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof *
Tuesday November 10 Koln, Germany - Gebaeude 9 *
Wednesday November 11 Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 *
Thursday November 12 London, UK - Electric Ballroom
Friday November 13 Bristol, UK - Motion *
Sunday November 15 Dublin, EIR - Vicar Street *
Monday November 16 Glasgow, UK - ABC1 *
Tuesday November 17 Leeds, UK - Leeds Uni Stylus *
Wednesday November 18 Manchester, UK - The Ritz *
Friday November 20 Lucerne, CH - Sudpol *
Saturday November 21 Lyon, France - Epicerie Moderne *
Sunday November 22 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo *
Monday November 23 Madrid, Spain - Penelope *
Tuesday November 24 Lisbon, Portugal - Armazem F *
Monday, December 28 – Friday January 1 – The Falls Music & Arts Festival – Lorne, Marion Bay + New South Wales, Bryon Bay
Friday, January 8 – Sunday January 10 Busselton, Western Australia - Southbound Festival
Sunday, January 10 – Tuesday January 12 – Tauranga, New Zealand – McLaren Falls Park Music & Arts Festival



Wednesday, January 13 - Wellington, San Fran, New Zealand
Thursday, January 14 - Sherwood Hotel, Queenstown, New Zealand
Friday, January 15 - Dunedin, New Zealand, Chicks Hotel
Tuesday March 8 Paris, France - Alhambra #
Wednesday March 9 Ghent, Belgium - Handelsbeurs #
Thursday March 10 London, UK - Roundhouse #
Friday March 11 Brighton, UK - All Saint’s Church #
Saturday March 12 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli #
Sunday March 13 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje #

* – with Lushes
# – with Imarhan

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FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/kurtvileofphilly
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/therealkurtvile
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KURT VILE 2016 EU TOUR DATES


Photo courtesy of Pitchfork Festival Paris


Kurt Vile returns overseas in 2016 with some more European tour dates! See below.

Tuesday March 8 Paris, France - Alhambra
Wednesday March 9 Ghent, Belgium - Handelsbeurs
Thursday March 10 London, UK - Roundhouse
Friday March 11 Brighton, UK - All Saint’s Church
Saturday March 12 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli
Sunday March 13 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje

And also a huge thank you to everyone who submitted art work for the Kurt Vile Spotify Art Contest last month. There were so many incredible submissions. These below are dubbed honorable mention. The winning work will be announced on Friday.


Sasha Taran


Jason Green



Tomke Berning



Andreas Geier


 


Kurt Vile is currently touring across Europe. All upcoming dates below. b'lieve i'm goin down... is out now.


Wednesday November 4 Aarhus, Denmark – Voxhall
Thursday November 5 Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
Friday November 6 Stockholm, Sweden – Munchenbryggeriet *
Saturday November 7 Copenhangen, Demark – Amerbio *
Monday November 9 Berlin, Germany – Postbahnhof *
Tuesday November 10 Koln, Germany – Gebaeude 9 *
Wednesday November 11 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2 *
Thursday November 12 London, UK – Electric Ballroom*
Friday November 13 Bristol, UK – Motion *
Sunday November 15 Dublin, EIR – Vicar Street *
Monday November 16 Glasgow, UK – ABC1 *
Tuesday November 17 Leeds, UK – Leeds Uni Stylus *
Wednesday November 18 Manchester, UK – The Ritz *
Friday November 20 Lucerne, CH – Sudpol *
Saturday November 21 Lyon, France – Epicerie Moderne *
Sunday November 22 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo *
Monday November 23 Madrid, Spain –
Penelope *
Tuesday November 24 Lisbon, Portugal – Armazem F *
Monday December 28 – Friday January 1 – The Falls Music & Arts Festival – Lorne, Marion Bay + New South Wales, Bryon Bay
Friday January 8 – Sunday January 10 Busselton, Western Australia - Southbound Festival
Sunday January 10 – Tuesday January 12 – Tauranga, New Zealand – McLaren Falls Park Music & Arts Festival
Tuesday March 8 Paris, France - Alhambra #
Wednesday March 9 Ghent, Belgium - Handelsbeurs #
Thursday March 10 London, UK - Roundhouse #
Friday March 11 Brighton, UK - All Saint’s Church #
Saturday March 12 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli #
Sunday March 13 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje #

* – with Lushes
# – with Imarhan

 

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Coming Soon : the deluxe edition of Spoon's 'Gimme Fiction'



News flash for our friends beyond North America : Spoon's classic 'Gimme Fiction' celebrates its 10th anniversary with a deluxe limited-edition version on 180g double-LP, double-CD, released on Matador in early 2016 (Merge's domestic version will be available on December 11, as will Matador's digital download version). The reissue (released by Merge in 2005 and licensed/simultaneously released by Matador for territories outside of North America) contains the original album newly-remastered by Howie Weinberg from the original tapes, a second disc with 12 previously unreleased demos from the era, a digital download of nine additional bonus tracks, and a full-color book containing photos and an extensive oral history of the making of the album by The A.V. Club's Sean O'Neal. The deluxe LP package will also include a 24" x 36" poster and a digital download of all songs.



(photo by Tom Hines)

'Gimme Fiction' dragged the sonic pointillism of Kill the Moonlight further into dub-influenced weirdness as the increasingly confident Spoon went crazy in the studio, experimenting with everything from warped hip-hop samples to horse whinnies. Whatever digging or strange alchemy had to go into it, they only produced more gold.

'Gimme Fiction' deserves special recognition as the album where Spoon took creative and stylistic quantum leaps that resulted in classics "I Turn My Camera On," "The Beast And Dragon Adored," "My Mathematical Mind," "I Summon You" and so many more. 10 years later, 'Gimme Fiction' gets the deluxe vinyl release it so richly deserves.



Listen to and share the demo version of "Was It You?" and experience the oral history of 'Gimme Fiction' via the band's Tumblr, which includes videos, excerpts, and images from the album's creation and campaign.


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