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Recently, Califone performed “Funeral Singers” from their album All My Friends Are Funeral Singers at San Fransico’s Great American Music Hall for Pitchfork TV. In addition to getting rave reviews for their October 09’ release, their feature film has been accepted to Sundance. The film, also titled All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, is being shown tonight in Park City, Utah. In addition the band will be performing from last year’s release. Touring since October, the band isn’t slowing down any time soon! In addition to Sundance, the band will be touring with Wilco on their Trans-Canada tour.
Pitchfork TV featured a video of K Records artist Karl Blau performing Dark Sedan, from his newest release Zebra. The video features label mates LAKE, who frequently perform with Blau.
LAKE will be performing on December 18th at The Crocodile in Seattle, Washington.
You can read Karl Blau’s blog, Karl Blaug at http://klapsdaily.blogspot.com/
via Pitchfork:
The falsetto-freaked British art-pop quartet Wild Beasts recently scored themselves a BNM for Two Dancers, their dramatic sophomore album. And in the coming months, the band will tour all over the place: the UK, mainland Europe, Australia, and then— finally— the U.S. and Canada. (It’s the band’s first North American tour.) And then back to London again. These guys will rack up some serious frequent flier miles this winter.
Check below for dates, and head on over to Pitchfork.tv ( http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2056-wild-beasts) to watch Wild Beasts rock Juan’s Basement.
Wild Beasts:
11-20 London, England – Brixton Academy ^
11-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands – London Calling
11-22 The Hague, Netherlands – Crossing Border Festival
11-23 Hamburg, Germany – Hamburg Turmzimmer
11-24 Berlin, Germany – Karrera Club
11-26 Strasbourg, France – Club Laiterie
11-27 Paris, France – Le Point Ephemere
11-28 Utrecht, Netherlands – Le Guess Who? Festival
11-29 Lille, France – Aeronef
12-01 Le Havre, France – Cabaret Electric
12-04 Lisbon, Portugal – Super Bock Em Stock Festival
12-22 Kendal, England – Brewery Arts Centre
01-29 Brisbane, Australia – Laneway Festival
01-30 Melbourne, Australia – Laneway Festival
01-31 Sydney, Australia – Laneway Festival
02-06 Perth, Australia – Laneway Festival
02-10 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour *
02-11 San Francisco, CA – Independent *
02-13 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
02-14 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey *
02-17 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry *
02-18 Chicago, IL – Schubas *
02-19 Chicago, IL – Schubas *
02-20 Detroit, MI – Pike Room *
02-22 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern *
02-24 Boston, MA – Great Scott *
02-25 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie *
02-26 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom *
02-27 Washington, DC – Black Cat *
03-04 London, England – KOKO
Bear In Heaven’s latest album, Beast Rest Forth Mouth (Hometapes), received an 8.4 and the rank of Best New Music today on Pitchfork.com.
A few excerpts:
“Take out the earbuds and let it fill a space: This is music that’s bigger than your iPod— music you’ll want to feel all around you.”
“Bear in Heaven’s greatest trick is creating music that evokes the sort of physicality and scope that could soundtrack a Hollywood film, but also works equally well at stirring up intimate bodily passion. Lush synth beds, warm electronics accenting polyrhythms, and Jon Philpot’s yearning, boyish howl coalesce into a vibe that’s muscular without being macho, and which strikes a rare balance between nuanced emotion and overwhelming sensation.”
“…first single “Lovesick Teenagers” more than meets the requirements for 2009’s Epic Song About Tortured Young Romance.”
“Sure, bands can adapt to the current musical climate by adding extras to LPs, tweaking release dates to accommodate fan interest, or even giving away their music free. A curtain call like “Teenagers”, though: now that’s generosity.”
Read the entire review here:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13618-beast-rest-forth-mouth/
The Leeds quartet Wild Beasts strike it big this week earning the coveted Best New Music this morning at Pitchfork! Check out the full review here.
The bands first single “Hooting and Howling” is simply fantastic, and the video (which we showed you a few weeks back) for the track is equally “breathtaking”…
The band was “Band of the Week” last week at earfarm.com, with a really cool interview along with it!
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