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‘Interpol’ pre-order details, TV, and tour dates!
Interpol’s fourth, self-titled album is available for preorder RIGHT NOW on iTunes!
Click HERE to pre-order, and you will receive an instant download of the brand new track: “Barricade”. You’ll also get the exclusive track “Crimewaves”, that will only be available to those who purchase the album on iTunes before the September 7th street date.
You’ll be able to catch Interpol playing “Barricade” live on The Late Show with David Letterman this Thursday July 29.
And don’t forget that Interpol will be previewing the new release in concert in Montreal (August 9th – Metropolis) and Toronto (August 10th – Kool Haus). A limited number of tickets remain for both shows.
This actor will not be out of work this weekend!
Annie Clarke aka St. Vincent has been hard at work since the release of her 4AD collection Actor. This weekend she’ll be plying her trade at the Calgary Folk Music Festival.
On Saturday at 11:30am she’ll be participating in an artist workshop on Stage 4 followed by an autograph session in the Merch tent at 1:00pm. On Sunday at 7:30pm she performs on the main stage just ahead of Festival closer Roberta Flack.
For a taste of what you Calgarians are in store for, here’s a clip of her performance of ‘Actor Out Of Work’ from last weekend’s Pitchfork Music Festival.
From the iTunes Festival London 2010 to your iPhone 4!
The iTunes Festival is back in a big way for 2010.
Apple has invited 60 artists to perform 31 consecutive nights in one the UK’s most intimate venue – Camden’s Roundhouse in London.
For those of us chained to our desks, the next best thing to being there are the EPs recorded at the Festival that are now popping up on the Canadian iTunes Store.
Debuting this week are performances from The National, The XX and Stornoway
Track listings are included below. Click on the links to be re-directed to the iTunes store.
Don’t miss The National in concert July 31st at Montreal’s Osheaga Festival and September 9th and September 10th at Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl.
The XX will be performing in Toronto on September 29th and in Montreal on October 1st.
The National iTunes Festival EP 2010
Cat No: EAD 3X39S
1. Anyone’s Ghost (Live)
2. Mistaken For Strangers (Live)
3. Brainy (Live)
4. Bloodbuzz Ohio (Live)
5. Afraid Of Everyone (Live)
6. Conversation 16 (Live)
7. England (Live)
8. Available (Live)
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The XX iTunes Festival EP 2010
Cat No: YT050DLIMITED
1. Intro (Live)
2. Crystalised (Live)
3. Islands (Live)
4. Shelter (Live)
5. Do You Mind? (Live)
6. Night Time (Live)
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Stornoway iTunes Festival EP 2010
Cat No: EAD 3X35S
1. I Saw You Blink(Live)
2. The Coldharbour Road (Live)
3. Here Comes The Blackout (Live)
4. On The Rocks (Live)
5. Zorbing (Live)
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Penny Sparkle rolls into town!
Blonde Redhead have announced the North American leg of their Penny Sparkle tour.
The tour begins in mid-October and hits Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver (as below).
Opening the first half of the tour will be renowned German electronic musician and producer Pantha Du Prince, whose recent album, Black Noise, was released by Rough Trade records earlier this year.
There will be a pre-sale for many of the shows, where the password “Sparkle” should allow some to purchase tickets 48 hours prior to a given city’s general on-sale date. Go HERE
10/16 Montreal QC Metropolis*
10/17 Toronto ON Phoenix Concert Theatre*
11/21 Vancouver BC Commodore Ballroom
- denotes support from Pantha Du Prince.
Penny Sparkle is released on September 14th (13th outside the US), the band’s third for 4AD.
The disc marks another sonic twist Blonde Redhead’s already adventurous canon. It was made over the last year with the band journeying between New York and Stockholm to work with production duo Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid (Fever Ray, Glasser). As with their previous album, 23, Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) was enlisted to mix it.
Kazu Mazino from the band speaks of the record;
“I can’t say what Penny Sparkle is about just yet. I remember talking to Ed (from 4AD) one day and telling him that I had a vision that I was traveling to far away places to complete it. (Then) I landed in snowy slippery Stockholm….. and here.
I fell in love with the music like falling for someone you’ve known for a long time.
It was dreamy and sometimes was very stormy. At times I felt like a shepherd who was trying to herd five stallions into a yard (unsuccessfully). I felt like I was a link to everyone. I remained still and the others were constantly moving around it.
I am not sure what Penny Sparkle is but I hope I offered to them as much as they offered me. I know that we have never made a record this way and if I could go back in time, I would do it exactly the same way again.”
Penny Sparkle will come with beautiful packaging (including a deluxe CD format) as designed by long-time collaborators, Stefanie and David from Triboro Design.
You can download the album opener, ‘Here Sometimes’, from the band’s website now.
