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Shonen Knife
Announce Dates For 30th Anniversary Fall North American Tour Launching October 2011
In Support Of Osaka Ramones, Tribute To The Ramones
Out July 19 on Good Charamel Records

Shonen Knife have been the most internationally recognized name in Japanese Rock music since their entrance onto the alternative rock scene in the early 90s when them became the indie darlings of hipsters and rock stars alike. Since their inception in Osaka in 1981 (featuring Naoko’s sister Atsuko and their friend, bassist/vocalist Michie), to their current lineup featuring members Ritsuko (bass, vocals) and Emi (drums,vocals), Shonen Knife have maintained their rightful place in the ever changing indie rock scene.

2011 marks thirty years since Naoko and the band began releasing albums featuring their joyous mixture of pop, punk, food and fantasy for the world to enjoy, and to commemorate this major milestone, the ladies will be launching a fall tour in support of their latest release, Osaka Ramones, a 13-track tribute to NYC’s legendary punk band, The Ramones. Offering support on the trek will be Oakland, CA garage rockers, Shannon and the Clams.

“Ramones were my all-time idols since I first heard their music from a radio and rushed to a record shop. This year is the 30th anniversary of Shonen Knife. For celebration, we decided to record a cover album of our favorite band the Ramones. The title is Osaka Ramones with our respect. I’m very happy to release an Osaka Ramones project and to recognize their contribution to the evolution of Shonen Knife,“ explains Naoko.

To stream snippets of Shonen Knife’s Osaka Ramones go to: www.goodcharamel.com.

Shonen Knife Tour Dates
with opener, Shannon and the Clams

October
20- Toronto, ONT- Horseshoe Tavern
21- Montreal- QC- II Motore
22- Brooklyn, NY-  Public Assembly (CMJ)
24- Baltimore, MD- Otto Bar
25- Durham, NC-  The Pinhook
26- Atlanta, GA- Masquerade
27- Mobile, AL- Alabama Music Box
28- Houston, TX-  GroundHall
29- Austin, TX- Red 7
November
1- Los Angeles, CA- TBA
2- San Diego, CA – Casbah
3- Long Beach, CA – Alex’s Bar
4- San Francisco, CA- Bottom of the Hill
5- Portland, OR- Dante’s
7- Vancouver, BC- Biltmore Cabaret
8- Seattle, WA- Tractor Tavern
11- Minneapolis, MN- First Ave.
12- Chicago, IL- Empty Bottle
13- Kalamazoo, MI- The Strutt
14- Indianpolis, IN- Radio, Radio
17- Pittsburgh, PA- 31st Pub
18- Brooklyn, NY-  The Bellhouse
19- Buffalo, NY- Mohawk Palace

Additional dates to be added.

Legendary rock trio Meat Puppets announce spring and summer tour dates supporting the relese of their 13th LP, Lollipop – out April 12, 2011 on Megaforce Records – including a run of dates with Slightly Stoopid!

Check out album art and download the first track off the upcoming LP, “Damn Thing.”
Produced by band leader Curt Kirwood, and recorded at Spoon’s HiFi Studio in Austin
Lollipop features the indelible Kirkwood brothers back at work and back at play
on 12 powerful new original cuts.

Lollipop Track Listing
1. Incomplete
2. Orange
3. Shave It
4. Baby Don’t
5. Hour Of The Idiot
6. Lantern
7. Town
8. Damn Thing
9. Amazing
10. Way That It Are
11. Vile
12. The Spider And The Spaceship

Meat Puppets Tour Dates
Apr 27 – Busters – Lexington, KY *
Apr 28 – The Valarium – Knoxville, TN *
Apr 30 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK *
May 1 – Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS *
May 3 – Simon Estes Amphitheater – Des Moines, IA *
May 5 – The Venus – Fargo, ND *
May 6 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN *
May 7 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO *
June 8 – The Blue Light – Lubbock, TX
June 9 – Santa Fe Brewing Co. – Santa Fe, NM
June 10 – Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
June 11 – The Clubhouse – Phoenix, AZ
June 14 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
June 15 – Detroit Bar – Costa Mesa, CA
June 16 – Echo – Los Angeles, CA
June 17 – Independent – San Francisco, CA
June 18 – Humboldt Brews – Arcata, CA
June 20 – Wild Buffalo – Bellingham, WA
June 21 – Crocodile – Seattle, WA
June 22 – Doug Fir – Portland, OR
June 23 – Neurolux – Boise, ID
June 25 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
June 26 – Abbey Theater – Durango, CA
June 29 – Bluebird – Denver, CO
June 30 – Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
July 1 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE
July 9 – Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI
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w/ Slightly Stoopid *

Funeral Party is on a roll. The LA trio is picking up steam in the UK. Q Magazzine gave Golden Age of Knowhere 4 stars. Mojo Magazine says: “each track spills out with fist-in-the-air energy.” They are also getting rave reviews here in the US. the Los Angeles Times calls Funeral Party: “a ravenously physical, technically precise and impossibly fun live act”; and NME named Funeral Party one of the top 50 Best New Bands of 2010.

Their new BBC EP comes out Tuesday.  Here is their single, Finale.

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Funeral Party – Finale by RCA Music Group

mp3:“That’s How Strong My Love Is

http://www.myspace.com/bottleupandgoband

Officially now a three piece, Bottle Up & Go has tightened up and grown new muscle.  BU&G continue to pursue innovation through destruction, their raw performances leaving guttered candles and blood in their wake. After a brief hiatus and a productive writing season in the foothills of rural Oregon, the band is back and better than ever.

Comprised of Keenan Mitchell on Guitar, Fareed Sajan on Drums,  and Andrew Carrico on Baritone Saxophone, BU&G brings their serious dose of psychedelic garage blues to Glasslands on Wednesday August 18th for the NAG Benefit (http://www.nag-brooklyn.org/). All proceeds will benefit the local community planning and environmental justice organization.. BU&G will be showcasing new material from a forthcoming release they are finishing up in the studio this month.   Headlining the show is Titus Andronicus; having just performed on the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” show (http://pitchfork.com/news/39673-watch-titus-andronicus-crash-fallon/), and gearing up for a tour with Free Energy, this intimate performance is sure to sell out and not to be missed.

Teaming up again with producer Jake Aron (Jamie Lidell, Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer) BU&G are offering a free unreleased B-side, a cover of O. V. Wright’s “That’s How Strong My Love Is.”  Recorded spontaneously in the middle of a rainstorm, it features just Keenan and Andrew. While a departure from their usual percussive tales of murder, morning tremors, and jail time, it doesn’t sacrifice the band’s trademark ragged intensity. It is an intimate look at the inner workings of a band whose live show is characterized by raucous, livewire ferocity.

Tour Dates:
08/18 – Brooklyn. NY – Glasslands w/ Titus Andronicus
09/29 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands w/ The Sundelles, Shark?

Les Savy Fav’s new single, Let’s Get Out of Here, is available as a free download. Their new release, Root For Ruin, is available August 3rd on Frenchkiss Records. It was originally scheduled for a Sept 14 release but the album was leaked. Les Savy Fav responded by setting up a Paypal account to accept guilt-free donations for the album. They also promise that fans who pay extra will be “forgiven for sex sins and stuff AND we’ll tell Jesus to send you cookies.”  Sounds like a pretty sweet deal.

Watch for them on tour this fall.

Tracklisting :

01 “Appetites”
02 “Dirty Knails”
03 “Sleepless in Silverlake”
04 “Let”s Get Out of Here”
05 “Lips n” Stuff”
06 “Poltergeist”
07 “High and Unhinged”
08 “Excess Engergies”
09 “Dear Crutches”
10 “Calm Down”
11 “Clear Spirits”

Since their emergence from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996, Les Savy Fav have been building a passionate following among musicians, fans, and critics the old fashioned way: by earning it.  In a world where technologies speed new music to listeners and enable young bands instant access to limitless audience, Les Savy Fav is among an increasingly rare breed of band who built their audience city by city and fan by fan. The approach has yielded something even more rare: a fully seasoned band at the peak of their skill that has not been blown out by hype and overexposure. The band’s 2007 release, Let’s Stay Friends, was their first to achieve substantial press response and found it’s place in many lists of top albums for the year.  With their new release, Root For Ruin, Les Savy Fav seems poised for the kind of widespread acclaim many have felt they have long deserved.

The new album is called Root For Ruin for several reasons. Here’s one: it sifts through 15 years of musical experience to arrive at a diamond-edged sound that’s as upfront and direct as the quintet’s legendary live shows. That goes for everything from the gut-punching percussion and drunken punk subtleties of “Clear Spirits” to the moonlit melodies and restless, groove of “Sleepless in Silverlake”. “Poltergeist”, cut in one take at the band’s rehearsal space, features a downward spiral vibe that’s both delirious and delightful.  Root For Ruin keeps you on your toes through 11 tracks.

The band approached their previous release Let’s Stay Friends, after over ten years working together, the way a married couple looking to spice things up might. Like the hosts of a wild swingers party, they opened their arms to embrace new players from such indie rock institutions as the Fiery Furnaces, Broken Social Scene, Enon and Modest Mouse to join them. They even went so far as to invite fans to sing on their tracks over the phone. Root For Ruin finds frontman Tim Harrington, bassist Syd Butler, drummer Harrison Haynes, and guitarists Seth Jabour and Andrew Reuland enjoying a less “open” relationship. The album features only the five Favs. “With our last album, we wanted to cavort around the world and try some freaky stuff.” says Harrington. “With this one(Root For Ruin), it turns out we enjoy making love with one another more than with a group of strangers” adds Jabour.

Weird sex metaphors aside, the tightness of the band is undeniable on Root For Ruin. For some it will signal a return to the rawer energy evidenced on their early recordings. It’s clear by the tracks on the album that the guys are enjoying their own legacy.  Many songs carry the torch for some of the band’s first influences.  Still, it’s not nostalgic.  Root For Ruin is not stylistic pose or aesthetic conceit- it’s the real deal. Les Savy Fav’s commitment to it’s work and fans might explain why one of Brooklyn’s ballsiest bands has maintained such a cult following for more than a decade. With Root For Ruin, they’ve succeeded in distilling their interests and experiences into an album which will continue to influence the independent music scene they’ve helped build while broadening their sound towards a new world of fans.

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Unleash the stems! Local Natives, current darlings of the summer festival circuit and the proud parents of the critically-acclaimed Gorilla Manor,have launched a microsite where artists and fans can snag stems of songs from the band’s Frenchkiss Records debut. In exchange for a few personal details (name, email, postal – voilà!), prospective remixers can download stems for Manor standouts “Wide Eyes,” “World News,” “Camera Talk,” and “Who Knows Who Cares.” And that’s just the first batch – more will be uploaded later this summer. Artists and fans can submit their re-envisioned track and the best will show up on the player for the world to listen to. Labelmates and recent touring partners Suckers have donated their remix of “Wide Eyes” as the inaugural submission.

Download Stems and Remix Local Natives:
http://thelocalnatives.com/stems/

inally, the band has announced a spate of Fall tour dates. They’ll be joined by Merge Records indie throwbacks The Love Language, New Zealand indie posters The Ruby Suns, and shaggy folk quintet The Union Line. Full list of dates below.
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