Bonnaroo Announces 2010 Lineup

BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL
ANNOUNCES 2010 LINEUP
FEATURING
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, KINGS OF LEON, STEVIE WONDER, JAY-Z, WEEZER, FLAMING LIPS PERFORMING DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, THE DEAD WEATHER, PHOENIX, JOHN FOGERTY, JIMMY CLIFF, TENACIOUS D, ZAC BROWN BAND, AVETT BROTHERS, NORAH JONES,
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, TORI AMOS, THE NATIONAL,
SHE & HIM, THE BLACK KEYS, STEVE MARTIN,
JEFF BECK, MICHAEL FRANTI
DAN DEACON, AGAINST ME!, LES CLAYPOOL,
THIEVERY CORP AND MORE

TICKETS ON SALE NOW EXCLUSIVELY AT BONNAROO.COM!
February 9, 2009, New York, NY -- Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The ninth annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 10 - 13 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. A full list of confirmed acts follows, and more will be announced in the coming weeks. The final Bonnaroo 2010 lineup will total over 125 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages over four days.Tickets are on sale now exclusively at bonnaroo.com!

Perhaps bringing you the most diverse and ambitious lineup to date, the 2010 event draws world-class acts from a staggering range of musical worlds. This year the festival features the Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Weezer, Flaming Lips performing Dark Side Of The Moon, The Dead Weather, Phoenix, John Fogerty, Jimmy Cliff, Tenacious D, Zac Brown Band, Avett Brothers, Norah Jones, LCD Soundsystem, Tori Amos, The National, Jeff Beck, Michael Franti, Against Me!, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Baaba Maal, The Melvins, Thievery Corporation to name but a small portion of the deep lineup. Wonder's Bonnaroo performance marks a rare festival appearance for the legend, whose illustrious songbook continues to be as influential and significant today as ever. Bonnaroo veterans Kings of Leon are the first band in the history of the festival to start on a tent stage and work their way up to the coveted headlining slot. They were first booked to play a tent stage early in the day in 2004. They have gone on to perform at Bonnaroo several times, each appearance bigger than the last. This will be one of the very few appearances the band will make in 2010.

The largest and most revered music and camping event in the country, Bonnaroo has elevated the American rock festival to an unprecedented level. As the only round-the-clock major U.S. music festival, Bonnaroo packs an unparalleled amount of entertainment options into its four days. The event has offered its attendees the amenities and community spirit of a small city, with 24 hours of activities including a comedy theater, cinema festival, jazz club, silent disco, arcade, Internet cafés, restaurants, yoga classes and hundreds of high quality craft vendors. Since its inception, Bonnaroo swiftly earned its status as the country's premier music and arts event. The Wall Street Journal called Bonnaroo "one of rock's best festivals," continuing to hail that the 2009 lineup "fairly bursts with some of the most gifted acts in rock and pop." Entertainment Weekly called it "the best of all sonic worlds," while the New York Times said, "Bonnaroo's very loose mandate - and a wise one for any festival - is to choose performers who deliver in a live performance, with current hits and studio expertise as lower priorities. One of the pleasures of the festival is that it defies narrowcasting: It's not an Americana festival, an indie-rock festival, a gathering of 2008-9 hitmakers or anything but what its producers and, presumably, ticket-buyers are happy to hear." Rolling Stone called Bonnaroo "one of the 50 moments to change the history of rock and roll."

Once again, Bonnaroo has created a couple of unique ticketing options for its fans. The festival is offering a special payment plan in whichtickets will be available for five (5) payments of $50.00 plus applicable fees. In addition, fans will have the option to purchase a Bonnaroo Green Ticket that will help to support the development and implementation of sustainable improvements at the festival for years to come. Festival organizers are constantly looking for ways to be aggressive with mitigating the event's environmental impact and raising awareness about green issues.

As part of Fuse's three-year deal with Bonnaroo, the network will be back as the exclusive television partner of the festival. Fuse will be reporting live from Bonnaroo throughout the weekend and will air a special, featuring interviews with the hottest bands and performances from this year's star-studded lineup. www.fuse.tv

Official festival website is www.bonnaroo.com

2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Confirmed Artists:

Dave Matthews Band
Kings of Leon
Stevie Wonder
Jay-Z
Tenacious D
Weezer
The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform "Dark Side of the Moon"
The Dead Weather
Damian Marley & Nas
Phoenix
Norah Jones
Michael Franti & Spearhead
John Fogerty
Regina Spektor
Jimmy Cliff
LCD Soundsystem
The Avett Brothers
Thievery Corporation
Rise Against
Tori Amos
The National
Zac Brown Band
Les Claypool
John Prine
The Black Keys
Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers
Jeff Beck
Dropkick Murphys
She & Him
Against Me!
The Disco Biscuits
Daryl Hall & Chromeo
Jamey Johnson
Clutch
Bassnectar
Kid Cudi
Baaba Maal
Kris Kristofferson
Medeski Martin & Wood
The xx
GWAR
Dan Deacon Ensemble
Tinariwen
Wale
Deadmau5
The Melvins
Gaslight Anthem
Miike Snow
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Dr. Dog
They Might Be Giants
Punch Brothers
Isis
Blitzen Trapper
Blues Traveler
Miranda Lambert
Calexico
OK Go
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Martin Sexton
Lotus
Baroness
Dave Rawlings Machine
Mayer Hawthorne and the County
Japandroids
Jay Electronica
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Ingrid Michaelson
The Dodos
Manchester Orchestra
The Temper Trap
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Tokyo Police Club
The Entrance Band
Local Natives
Brandi Carlile
Mumford & Sons
Rebelution
Diane Birch
Monte Montgomery
Julia Nunes
The Postelles
Lucero
Here We Go Magic
Hot Rize
Neon Indian
B.O.B
Needtobreathe

About Bonnaroo:
Bonnaroo was conceived in 2002 and continues to make a strong impact on the American music industry. It has served as a launching pad for such popular artists as Norah Jones, Jack Johnson, Robert Randolph, My Morning Jacket, Ray Lamontagne, Matisyahu, and many others. A creative and cultural mega-success, Bonnaroo has also featured a staggeringly diverse range of world-class acts such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Srpingsteen and the E Street Band, Metallica, Neil Young, Radiohead, Willie Nelson, The Police, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, Tool, Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Merle Haggard, The Dave Matthews Band, James Brown, The White Stripes, The Dead, Regina Spektor, Bon Iver, Snoop Dogg, David Byrne, Widespread Panic, Death Cab For Cutie, Al Green, Elvis Costello, Amadou and Mariam, Beck, Against Me!, The Black Crowes, Alison Krauss, Bright Eyes, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, Jurassic 5, Modest Mouse, The Mars Volta, Common, Burning Spear, the Flaming Lips, among so many others.

The festival is also starting to make quite an impact on the comedy industry as well, as it has featured some of today's best comedians working today. From

Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon, Lewis Black, Aziz Ansari, John Oliver, Flight of the Concords, David Cross and Fred Armisen to Jim Norton, Patton Oswalt, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Zach Galifianakis, Janeane Garofalo and Brian Posehn, Bonnaroo is considered to be an essential play in any comedian's touring plans.

More acts will be announced in the coming weeks.

AM's New LP Out Today, "It's Been So Long" Today's Top Tune on KCRW

"AM has an uncanny knack for crafting pop songs shaken and stirred
with Philly R&B, Motown soul, '60s rock and folk, and Brazilian rhythms that
get in your head and swirl around for a spell."
- Creative Loafing (Atlanta)

AM's impressive new album, Future Sons & Daughters, is out TODAY on Filter US Recordings and to celebrate KCRW has handpicked "It's Been So Long" as Today's Top Tune, offering it for free download and exclaiming: "LA-based AM may not be an easy artist to Google but his music is contagious." LISTEN HERE.

The multi-instrumentalist's sophomore LP was produced by Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields) and has been receiving glowing reviews with American Songwriter calling the album "a truly spectacular musical mosaic."

AM will take to the road with French electro-poppers AIR next month and will stop by KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" for a live session Wednesday, March 3 before leaving for the two-week tour.

www.amsounds.com | www.myspace.com/amsounds

Schooner releases "Duck Kee Sessions" EP today, with all proceeds going to brain cancer research.

Schooner releases Duck Kee Sessions EP today on Cytunes.org, a music downloading site with all proceeds going to brain cancer research.

Free MP3: Schooner -- "Feel Better"

"From their most recent songs to their always impressive live shows, this is a band you need in your life." – Ear Farm

Duck Kee Sessions, the new EP by Carrboro, North Carolina quartet, Schooner, is available today exclusively through Cytunes.org. Named after Cy Rawls, a NC music scene staple and friend of the band that lost his struggle with brain cancer, Cytunes is a website where musicians can upload music (Superchunk, The Rosebuds, Polvo, and many more artists have exclusive material on the site), and fans can purchase music with 100% of the proceeds going to brain cancer research.

Schooner recognized Cytunes as the most meaningful place for it's newest songs, Duck Kee Sessions, recorded at the legendary Jerry Kee's Duck Kee Studios (Superchunk, Kingsbury Manx, Polvo). A variety of album covers for Duck Kee Sessions are available with numerous North Carolina-based artists contributing unique works for the project. Contributing artists’ artwork will be featured at the Duck Kee Sessions EP release party.

Duck Kee Sessions EP release party:
February 19, 2010 at The Pinhook - Durham, North Carolina



This version of Duck Kee Sessions artwork by Ron Liberti (of Merge artists Pipe)

Hailing from Carrboro, North Carolina, Schooner is a four-member band currently comprised of Reid Johnson (whose sister, Kathryn, played and recorded on all of the band's material until recently), Billy Alphin (The Ashley Stove, The Rosebuds), Maria Albani (Organos, Pleasant), and Chris Badger (Hotel Lights). Together they create an understated, disheveled pop sound that ranges from narcotic sad-eyed tunes to erratic rock numbers highlighted by boy-girl harmonies and impressionist lyrics.

Schooner has released two full-length albums, You Forget About Your Heart (Pox World Empire Records) and Hold on Too Tight (54, 40 or Fight Records), along with a few limited edition EP's. The band's latest EP release, Duck Kee Sessions, recorded at the legendary Jerry Kee's Duck Kee Studios (Superchunk, Kingsbury Manx, Polvo) will be released exclusively on Cytunes.org, a music downloading site that donates all proceeds to brain cancer research.

Soon after Cy Rawls, a music scene staple in NC and friend of the band, began his struggle with brain cancer, Cytunes was conceived of by Chris Rossi (Spacelab Studio) to help with mounting hospital bills. After Rawls passed away in October 2008, the concept of Cytunes changed; it became a site where musicians can upload music (Superchunk, The Rosebuds, Polvo, and many more artists have exclusive material on the site), and fans can purchase music with 100% of the proceeds going to brain cancer research.

Johnson has released music on the site via The Flute Flies, a studio band which consists of him and Ivan Howard (The Rosebuds), and Zeno Gill (Pox World Empire), and realized that Cytunes was the most meaningful place for Schooner's newest recordings. The band began talking with Chris Rossi about selling download codes at their shows for Duck Kee Sessions and incorporating friends' artwork to buy via codes as well.

Contributing artists’ artwork will be featured at the Duck Kee Sessions EP release party. The artwork will be available February 19, 2010 at The Pinhook in Durham with Erie Choir, Veelee, and The Popular Kids, a comedy troupe that counts Cy Rawls and Johnson as former members. Some of the artists include: Ron Liberti (Pipe), Chris Williams (Plastic Flame Press), Will Hackney (Trekky Records, Lost in the Trees), and Catherine Edgerton (Midtown Dickens).

Schooner will be recording another full-length album in the Spring of 2010.

Artist - Schooner
Album - Duck Kee Sessions
Label - Cytunes.org
Release Date - February 9, 2010

Track List for Duck Kee Sessions:
1. Feel Better
2. Fortuition
3. Lose Yourself
4. Maybe We Lose
5. Duck Kee Nights
6. In All Probability

CLASS ACTRESS RELEASES DEBUT TODAY, TOURS WITH LITTLE BOOTS

Brooklyn synth-pop outfit Class Actress releases their debut EP, Journal of Ardency, today on Chris Taylor from Grizzly Bear and Ethan Silverman's Terrible Records. Class Actress started out of songwriter Elizabeth Harper's bedroom in Greenpoint. Now joined by producer Mark Richardson and some choice vintage synths, Journal of Ardency has come to fruition. It also features the production work of live drummer/collaborator Scott Rosenthal and Jorge Elbrecht of Lansing-Dreiden/Violens.

Class Actress will be heading out on a west coast tour with UK's Little Boots in support of Journal of Ardency, and will be performing several shows and parties at this year's SXSW.

Class Actress On Tour:
Tue. 2/09 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg [Release Show!] w/ Yeasayer, Javelin
Sun. 2/13 New York, NY Death By Audio w/ Nite Jewel
Wed. 2/17 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl w/ ArpLine
Fri. 3/05 Vancouver, BC Venue w/ Little Boots
Sat. 3/06 Seattle, WA Neumo's w/ Little Boots
Sun. 3/07 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre w/ Little Boots
Tue. 3/09 San Francisco, CA Fillmore Auditorium w/ Little Boots
Wed. 3/10 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre w/ Little Boots
Fri. 3/12 Pomona, CA The Glass House w/ Little Boots
Sat. 3/13 San Diego, CA Casbah w/ Little Boots
Wed. 3/17 Austin, TX [SXSW] Creekside Lounge w/ Casiokids, Shout Out Out Out Out
Fri. 3/19 Austin, TX [SXSW] The Hideout Café w/ Eisley
Fri. 3/19 Austin, TX [SXSW] Lose Control - Vice w/ French Horn Rebellion, Toro Y Moi, Delorean
Sat. 3/20 Austin, TX [SXSW] Rob Da Bank Showcase - The Phoenix
Mon. 3/22 Houston, TX Walter's On Washington
Fri. 3/26 Lexington, KY Buster's

"Brooklyn's very own Madonna." - New York Press

"Unabashedly slick electro-pop beats juxtaposed with coy, romantically depressed vocals courtesy of star-in-the-making Elizabeth Harper." - New York Magazine (Cover Story) Brooklyn's Sonic Boom - The 40 Songs That Define the Sound

"[Harper's] passion proves to be the same kind of compelling counterweight to frosty sonics that helped make the music of her influences so memorable." - Pitchfork ("Rising Artist")

"sweetly spectral vocals over lush '80s synths and beats." - NYLON

"New York is no stranger to disco-influenced electro-pop, but there's always room for another addition to the party....cool and collected vocal hooks from [Elizabeth] Harper's sultry croon floating atop a straightforward dance beat rife with shimmering synths and bouncing basslines." - XLR8R

"Any band that cites Madonna's first album as a major influence is gonna get a listen from me...their super 80s vibe made the scene feel like the climax of a John Hughes movie, aka awesome. At the end of their short set, I had hearts in my eyes."- BUST

http://www.myspace.com/elizabethharper

FEAR FACTORY's Mechanize In Stores Today!

(People care about this, right?)

FEAR FACTORY's long-anticipated new album Mechanize is on sale TODAY! Mechanize is the band's seventh studio album and features original FEAR FACTORY members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (credited on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with Strapping Young Lad and Zimmers Hole) and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (Death, Dark Angel, Strapping Young Lad, Testament). The CD was co-produced by the band with Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly, Paradise Lost) and mixed by Greg Reely (Front Line Assembly, Paradise Lost, Skinny Puppy).

Coinciding with the release of the record, FEAR FACTORY are featured on the cover of Decibel Magazine's March 2010 issue. Don't miss it! Check it out here:
http://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/back-issues/products/march-2010-065.

In addition, Cazares and Bell recently hosted Headbangers Ball. A clip of the show can be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/yzzxwtn.

Testimonials:

"Most aggressive FEAR FACTORY album in over a decade." -- About.com

"Combining just the right elements of their own past, present and future, with Mechanize, FEAR FACTORY has achieved instant excitement and an immediate adrenaline boost. In a word: essential." -- 9.5/10 Bravewords.com

"...we're not sure whether to be glad FF are back and beyond intact, or pissed they didn't make this fucker a double." -- 8/10 Decibel

"...a rampaging mix of Soul Of A New Machine industrial strength heaviness and aggression and Obsolete-era anthemics..." -- KNAC

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http://www.myspace.com/fearfactory

Dark pop group Southerly goes Negativist with new EP, plots International tour

Portland, OR is widely known for its wealth of dark-pop songwriters, and Southerly is one of its very best. The nom-de-tune of Krist Krueger, Southerly has announced the release of a lush, layered new work titled Champion Of The Noisy Negativists on February 19th, 2010. The digital/CD/vinyl EP via the Self Group imprint follows the artist's celebrated 2007 album, Storyteller And The Gossip Columnist (Greyday Records).

To kick off the EP release, Southerly launches a tour throughout Europe with Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band beginning February 18th. A hometown sendoff is slated for Tuesday, February 16th at Kelly's Olympian in Portland with four bands sharing various Southerly members. See below for complete dates.

Picking up where the latest full-length, Storyteller And The Gossip Columnist left off, listeners can hear the natural progression toward what ultimately became Champion: a swooning, eerie, beautiful, morose and uplifting soundscape that serves as an undeniable reminder of the tension, release, intensity and intrinsic harmony that all of us experience and celebrate in life. Unlike the previous disc, Champion is a largely instrumental affair, using vocals as additional layers, rather than the music's guide.

Champion Of The Noisy Negativists is a continuation in the evolution of songwriter/producer Krist Krueger, whose work has often been compared to fellow moody pop artists The National, Brendan Benson, Richard Ashcroft and Tindersticks. Predominantly recorded at Krueger’s own Sonic Sandbox (Portland, OR) and completed at Haywire Studios (Portland, OR), Champion was engineered by both Krueger and Robert Bartleson and produced by Krueger.

Are you a champion of the noisy negativists?

The EP is dedicated to and in memory of Jeff Hanson, please visit
www.myspace.com/jeffhanson to learn more about him and his beautiful music.



Southerly On Tour:
02/16 - Portland, OR @ Kelly's Olympian (Self Group & tour launch party)
02/18 - Amsterdam (NL) @ Nieuwe Anita
02/19 - Münster (GER) @ Amp
02/20 - Bochum (GER) @ Untergrund
02/21 - Giessen (GER) @ MuK
02/22 - Stuttgart (GER) @ Schocken
02/23 - Wiesbaden (GER) @ Schlachthof
02/24 - Hamburg (GER) @ Uebel & Gefährlich
02/25 - Osnabrück (GER) @ Kleine Freiheit
02/26 - Erfurt (GER) @ Engelsburg
02/27 - Magdeburg (GER) @ Projekt 7
03/01 - Zürich (CH) @ Hafenkneipe
03/02 - Freiburg (GER) @ White Rabbit
03/03 - Luxembuorg (LUX) @ Dqliq
03/04 - Weinheim (GER) @ Cafe Central
03/05 - Erlangen (GER) @ E-Werk
03/06 - Cologne (GER) @ Werkstatt
03/07 - Berlin (GER) @ Bang Bang Club
03/08 - Würzburg (GER) @ Posthalle
03/09 - Munich (GER) @ Orangehouse
03/10 - Vienna (A) @ B72

http://southerlysongs.com
http://myspace.com/southerly

FUTURE ISLANDS Announce NEW Album "In Evening Air"!

Release set for May 4th on Thrill Jockey Records!

Future Islands are back with a brand new album and Thrill Jockey full-length debut entitled "In Evening Air".

Comprised of J. Gerrit Welmers (synthesizers and programming), William Cashion (bass), and Samuel T. Herring (vocals), Future Islands has continued to make passionate music through an electronic medium for the past four years. [Although, the three have been working and performing since the spring of 2003.] They call their music "Post-Wave," taking in part from the emotional fragility of New Wave and coupling it with the power and drive of Post-Punk.

Their music is spearheaded by Welmers, whose layers of synths and drums create the landscape for Cashion's punching-strum style, that pulses and fights--the two--creating noise and bliss. Herring, who has been called "one of the most magnetic frontmen in indie rock," finds his space in between. Carving through the music, at times, with a whispering croon, and at others, with a deathly wail.
"In Evening Air" marks the first full-length release from Future Islands since moving to Baltimore, and also their first full-length release as a focused three piece. However, there's no lack of spirit in this paring down. More so, there's a greater intensity and eye to detail than we have yet witnessed from the group. These changes are felt and heard. "In Evening Air" takes us and swirls us around those feelings of growing outside of one's city and one's self. It moves through gripping loss and the search for peace from a heavy head, with an ease and understanding where there was none.

With production by Chester Endersby Gwazda, Future Islands fuses together their poetry with a dynamic musical range. Traveling from the slow burn to the highly ecstatic while holding on to the quill and not letting go. These songs are answers. They are born from fire and pain, yet are filled with light, acting as breathless testaments to love and it's consequences. But this isn't just a group of songs. This is a book of stories. From darkly quiescent and imaginative tales, to the passionate burnings of a searching heart. From the fear of being misunderstood and coming to terms with the loss of love. Future Islands speaks a language of forever and always, with an honesty that falls but never touches the ground.

Track List:

1. Walking Through That Door
2. Long Flight
3. Tin Man
4. An Apology
5. In Evening Air
6. Swept Inside
7. Inch of Dust
8. Vireo's Eye
9. As I Fall

GRIEVES SIGNS TO RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT, REISSUES 2008 ALBUM 88 KEYS AND COUNTING

NYC-BASED RAPPER AND PRODUCER DROPS CD REISSUE MARCH 2nd, NEW STUDIO ALBUM DUE FALL 2010

US TOUR DATES SUPPORTING P.O.S. BEGIN 2/4 IN COLORADO SPRINGS, SXSW APPEARANCES TBA



The New York City-based rapper, producer, and multi-faceted performer Grieves has announced the reissue of his breakout sophomore album, 2008's 88 Keys and Counting, coming March 2nd on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Since his birth in Chicago, IL, Benjamin Laub (bka Grieves) enjoyed a diverse musical upbringing, exposed at an early age to the city's local jazz and blues clubs by his father. After relocating to Fort Collins, CO and eventually Seattle at age 19, Grieves had broadened his array of musical influences to include punk rock and eventually became completely immersed in Hip Hop as an art form.

Following his debut album Irreversible in 2007, Grieves began collaborating with local Seattle-based producer Budo, a talented multi-instrumentalist that helped complete the organic-yet-intense sound of 15 melodic, sample-free tracks that became 88 Keys & Counting. Following rave reviews of the album's mainly digital release, Grieves and Budo hit the road once again to set up shop in New York City, where they are currently at work on the follow-up to 88 Keys, due for a Fall release this year on Rhymesayers. Untethered to common restraints of the hip-hop genre, the combination of Grieves' singing and rapping with the refreshing horn, guitar, and keyboard driven production by Budo presents Grieves strongest work to date.


* supporting P.O.S
** supporting Brother Ali
*** festival date

*2/04/10 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO BLACK SHEEP
*2/05/10 DENVER, CO THE MARQUIS THEATRE
*2/06/10 SALT LAKE CITY, UT KILBY COURT
*2/07/10 SALT LAKE CITY, UT URBAN LOUNGE
*2/08/10 BOISE, ID NEUROLUX
*2/09/10 MISSOULA, MT BADLANDER
*2/11/20 VANCOUVER, BC THE BILTMORE CABARET
*2/12/10 SEATTLE, WA NECTAR LOUNGE
*2/13/10 PORTLAND, OR BERBATI'S PAN
*2/14/10 EUGENE, OR WOW HALL
*2/16/10 RENO, NV TONIC LOUNGE
*2/18/10 SAN FRANCISCO, CA BOTTOM OF THE HILL
*2/19/10 LOS ANGELES, CA TROUBADOUR
*2/20/10 SAN DIEGO, CA THE LOFT
*2/21/10 POMONA, CA GLASS HOUSE
*2/22/10 SCOTTSDALE, AZ CHASERS NIGHTCLUB
*2/23/10 TUCSON, AZ CLUB CONGRESS
*2/24/10 ALBUQUERQUE, NM THE LAUNCHPAD

**3/02/10 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK RUST
**3/03/10 LUND, SWEDEN MEJERIET
**3/04/10 GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN PUSTERVIKSBAREN
**3/05/10 OSLO, NORWAY LIVING ROOM
**3/06/10 STAVANGER, NORWAY NYTORGET

***5/02/10 NEW RUTHERFORD, NJ BAMBOOZLE EAST

http://www.myspace.com/grieves
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grieves/44855729139
http://www.twitter.com/grievesmusic
http://www.rhymesayers.com/

TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 now available in stores worldwide!

Berlin, February 1st, 2010 - Native Instruments today announced that TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is now available in stores worldwide.

TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is a highly functional performance controller that gives DJs immediate hands-on control over vital aspects of their performance. Designed by the team behind the groundbreaking TRAKTOR DJ platform, the compact KONTROL X1 offers an unprecedented level of integration with the latest TRAKTOR generation, and can also efficiently control any other MIDI-compatible DJ software on the market. TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 provides DJs of all styles and genres with a highly intuitive way to control loop, cue, effect, track selection and transport functions of their setup.

TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is available for a suggested price of $229 / 199 EUR from authorized dealers. In the NI Online Shop, the KONTROL X1 is currently sold out due to high demand, and only available for pre-order until further notice.

The introduction of TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is accompanied by a four-part effects tutorial series by Ean Golden, as well as an interview video featuring high-profile early adopters like Craze & Klever, Kenny Larkin, Loco Dice, Martinez Brothers, DJ Rafik, Treasure Fingers, and others. All videos can be found on the official NI Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/nativeinstruments

Additional information on TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is available at
www.native-instruments.com/traktorkontrolx1.info