Papercranes (featuring Rain Phoenix) Stream "Long Way" b/w "Pale Blue Eyes" On PASTE || Limited Edition 7 Inch Out Today On Manimal Records

Click Here To Download "Long Way" b/w "Pale Blue Eyes" (Velvet Underground Cover) From Paste

Click Here To View Video For "Sea Red", Directed by Amanda Demme

Papercranes "Bands That Rock" Feature On Full Frontal Fashion


"Dark, moody arrangements that reflect subtle jazz and African influences" AOL SPINNER

"Her music is unpolished and confessional, with a '90s tinge of driving guitars and gently menacing female vocals."
INTERVIEW MAGAZINE

"This enchanting set of tunes blends ambient, anthemic melodies evocative of early Frames." BLURT

"A morphing psychedelic-alt-folk ensemble fronted by the beautifully transfixing and thermally cool Rain Phoenix-a band seemingly bent on dishing a kind of fevered oxygen to the needy limbs of its audience community." FLAUNT




Papercranes is the musical home of Rain Phoenix. Born as a studio project in LA, Papercranes quickly grew into a band splitting time between Gainesville, Florida and New York City. After a self-released EP in 2003 and debut album Vidalia in 2006, Papercranes played frequently, touring the US with their folk-tinged psychedelic sound. In late 2008, with the help of some of Rain's longtime friends, musicians, and writers she began work on Papercranes' sophomore album, Let's Make Babies in the Woods. The recording sessions were experimental, allowing no rest or retakes as an exercise in 'stream of consciousness' writing - a recurring theme for Papercranes. Due to the intensity of the sessions and the non linear production style she favored, there's a rawness to this record untapped in Papercranes earlier works. Recorded in a garage studio in Los Angeles, the resulting nine-song collection delves into much darker themes. This is evident in songs like "Shell", "Synapses" and "Dust Season" where desolate imagery meet rebellious melody and angry rhythms. Whereas tracks like "Warrior", "Headphones" and "Long Way" seem almost biographical with observances that are poetic yet accessible. Papercranes will be releasing a limited edition 7 inch featuring a new version of the single "Long Way", b/w a stunning cover of Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes". This will be available on June 28th on Manimal Records.


Upcoming Shows
6/28 - Residency @ Harvard & Stone - Los Angeles, CA

www.papercranesmusic.com

The Rapture Unveil Cover Art & Add US Show (Album Out 9/6 on DFA)

THE RAPTURE
In The Grace of Your Love
September 6, 2011 via DFA Records

The Rapture’s third album to date, In The Grace Of Your Love, will be released on September 6th and marks a celebrated return to DFA Records, the label whose first single was the band’s landmark "House of Jealous Lovers" 12”. The labels’ co-founders James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy produced their debut album Echoes which spawned a whole genre, paving the way for countless acts that have since come after.

DFA recently debuted the album track “How Deep Is Your Love?” via their White Out Session series which set the internet ablaze. Quickly named Best New Music by Pitchfork, and described by Rolling Stone Magazine as a“piano-sax-and-cowbell-powered disco epic that’s just like heaven,” the song was available as a limited edition 12”. It is currently sold-out and will be reissued in July with a remix from The Emperor Machine.

The band have set the bar high with the first track, but this is just the beginning. The writing and recording process for In The Grace of Your Love connected the band back to why they started playing music in the first place. Drummer Vito Roccoforte explains that they “focused on the process more than the results. We approached the album in a fearless manner, with nothing to lose.” By rediscovering the love for the recording process via each other and the new dynamic of producer Philippe Zdar (Phoenix, Beastie Boys, Chromeo) and his studio in Paris, the band worked in a far more focused period of time, unlike on albums past. The results on In The Grace Of Your Love can only be described as glorious.

Below is a list of current tour dates, with more to come:

08.20.2011 • Brooklyn, New York • Music Hall of Williamsburg
08.27.2011 • Charlesville Meziere, France • Cabaret Vert Festival
08.28.2011 • Vevey, Switzerland • Rocking Chair
08.30.2011 • Amsterdam, Holland • Melkweg
08.31.2011 • Antwerp, Belgium • Trix
09.02.2011 • Stradbelly, Ireland • Electric Picnic Festival
09.04.2011 • Trinity, Jersey • Jersey Live Festival
09.05.2011 • Paris, France • Maroquinerie
09.07.2011 • Manchester, UK • Club Academy
09.08.2011 • London, UK • XOYO
09.09.2011 • Berlin, Germany • Berlin Festival
10.15.2011 • Curva 4 race track @ Foro Sol • Corona Capital

http://www.therapturemusic.com/

The Rapture’s Official Facebook


The Rapture are Gabriel Andruzzi, Luke Jenner & Vito Roccoforte

In The Grace Of Your Love
1) Sail Away
2) Miss You
3) Blue Bird
4) Come Back to Me
5) In the Grace of Your Love
6) Never Die Again
7) Roller Coaster
8) Children
9) Can You Find a Way?
10) How Deep Is Your Love?
11) It Takes Time to Be a Man

LINKIN PARK "Iridescent"

Watch LINKIN PARK perform "Iridescent" live from Moscow's Red Square from Transformers: Dark Of The Moon!

JIMMY EAT WORLD ANNOUNCE LOS ANGELES SHOW - "BLEED AMERICAN' IN ITS ENTIRETY

JIMMY EAT WORLD ANNOUNCE LOS ANGELES SHOW - "BLEED AMERICAN" IN ITS ENTIRETY
Pre-Sale to begin June 28th

To commemorate 10 years since the release of their acclaimed record, Jimmy Eat World will perform "Bleed American" in its entirety, Thursday, September 29th at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Pre-sale to begin June 28th @ 10am (PDT) with the general public on-sale this Thursday, June 30th @ 10am (PDT).

This news comes on the heels of two sold-out shows at London's famed Forum, where the band performed both Bleed American and their lauded 1999 album Clarity, back-to-back. The band will be in Europe through the middle of July, wrapping up the run with a gig at this year's iTunes Festival, supporting Foo Fighters on Monday, July 11th @ London's Roundhouse. The band have also added some other west coast shows to the schedule including, Nike US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA on Friday, August 5th, Del Mar Summer Concert Series in Del Mar, CA on Friday, August 12th and Tempe Beach Park with Blink 182 and Matt + Kim in September. See below for additional dates.


Tour Dates:
June 28th / Hove Festival / Arendal, Norway
June 29th / Peace + Love Festival / Borlange, Sweden
July 1st / Rock Werchter Festival / Werchter, Belgium
July 2nd / Main Square Festival / Arras, France
July 3rd / Milton Keynes Bowl / Milton Keynes, UK (supporting Foo Fighters)
July 5th / Rock For People Festival / Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
July 7th / Optimus Alive Festival / Lisbon, Portugal
July 9th / T In The Park Festival / Kinross, Scotland
July 10th / Oxegen Music Festival / Naas, Ireland
July 11th / iTunes Music Festival @ Roundhouse / London, UK (supporting Foo Fighters)
July 29th / Fuji Festival / Naeba, Japan
July 31st / Jisan Valley Rock Festival / Jisan Valley, Korea

August 5th / Nike US Open of Surfing / Huntington Beach, CA
August 12th / Del Mar Summer Concert Series / Del Mar, CA

September 29th / Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
September 30th / Tempe Beach Park, Tempe, AZ (with Blink 182 and Matt & Kim)

For further information, updates, tickets, etc go to: http://www.jimmyeatworld.com/ or http://www.jimmyeatworld.com/events/

UK DUBSTEP DUO NERO ANNOUNCE US DEBUT LP & SUMMER TOUR DATES

THE DEBUT ALBUM ‘WELCOME REALITY’
RELEASED AUGUST 15 WORLDWIDE
MTA/MERCURY RECORDS
NERO TOURS THE US THIS SUMMER
INCLUDING IDENTITY TOUR AND OTHER DATES ANNOUNCED


.. "Nero seem to be ecstatically horsewhipping Justice with their own ironic leather jackets". Charles Aaron, Spin

"Glorious, splinter-thin moments when a sound is both free to do whatever it wants and still functioning as a new power source…"
– Sasha Frere-Jones, New Yorker



Nero; Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray, the remixers du jour, and now one of the biggest names in both dubstep and drum and bass, are set to release their highly anticipated debut album Welcome Reality on August 15th worldwide through Chase and Status' label MTA /Mercury. Welcome Reality will feature the global smash ‘Me and You’, Nero's most recent hit single ‘Guilt’ and forthcoming single ‘Promises’.

In anticipation of the US release Nero have officially announced summer U.S. Tour dates which takes them through the fall. Highlights include plays at Camp Bisco, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and a highly anticipated stint with Identity Festival alongside Pretty Lights, DJ Shadow, The Crystal Method and Skrillex (who’s remix of Promises hit #1 on the Hype Machine last week.

Skrillex Remix of Nero's "Promises" LISTEN HERE


Tour dates are below.

‘Guilt’, recently featured on NPR’s All Things Considered charted at number 8 last month while ‘Me and You’ charted at number 15 and was the most played record on Radio 1 for three weeks in a row. Nero have been featured on the BBC's Sound of 2011 music poll and various other influential tips for 2011 lists.

Nero are booked for an intensive run of all major UK music festivals including Glastonbury and Wireless and have also been invited by the man himself Tinie Tempah to support him on his Autumn arena tour.

Nero have recently teamed up with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Joe Duddell (the composer behind Elbow & the Halle for 2009 Manchester International Festival) to perform a new commissioned piece titled ‘Dubstep Symphony’. The unprecedented collaboration received a record-breaking simulcast live from 7pm across BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra and co-hosted by Zane Lowe and MistaJam.

2010 found Nero winnning Beatport Awards for Best Dubstep Act and Best Dubstep track for “Act Like you Know,” and receiving nominations for BBC’s Sound of 2011, XFM’s Sound of 2011, and Music Week’s Top 15. All signs point to the fact that 2011 is shaping up to be just as exciting, with their debut album Welcome Reality.

NERO US TOUR DATES:

7/8/2011 - Revolution - Fort Lauderdale, FL
7/9/2011 - Indian Lookout Country Club - Mariaville, NY
7/15/2011 - Red Rocks Amphitheater - Morrison, CO
7/16/2011 - Flames Central - Calgary, AB
7/20/2011 - Spirit Bar - Nelson, BC
7/21/2011 - Bank Ultra Lounge – Grand Prix Tent - Edmonton, AB
7/22/2011 - Flashback's Nite Club - Kelowna, BC
7/23/2011 - The Phoenix Nightclub - Toronto, ON
8/6/2011 - HARD Summer Festival - Los Angeles, CA
8/11/2011 - Verizon Wireless Music Center - Noblesville, IN
8/12/2011 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Clarkston, MI
8/13/2011 - First Niagara Pavilion - Burgettstown, PA
8/14/2011 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
8/16/2011 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, NC
8/18/2011 - Jiffy Lube Live - Bristow, VA
8/19/2011 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
8/20/2011 - Comcast Center For the Performing Arts - Mansfield, MA
8/21/2011 - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, NY
8/23/2011 - Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA
8/30/2011 - The Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM
9/2/2011 - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre - Chula Vista, CA
9/3/201 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
9/5/2011 - Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV
9/10/2011 - The Gorge Amphitheater - Quincy, WA

You can pre-order the album here -
http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/v-v/110609104237

www.thisisnero.com

SO HIDEOUS, MY LOVE... : New Track Streaming Via Decibel Magazine

SO HIDEOUS, MY LOVE... : New Track Streaming Via Decibel Magazine;
Post-Black Metallers To Debut New Lineup Next Month

Today Decibel Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of "To Clasp A Fallen Wish With Broken Fingers," the title track from SO HIDEOUS, MY LOVE...'s recently unleashed EP. SO HIDEOUS, MY LOVE... fuse post-rock leanings (Envy, Mono, Godspeed You! Black Emperor) and adventurous black metal (Wolves In The Throne Room, Celeste) with classical beauty (Arvo Part, Beethoven). Released via Play The Assassin on June 21 in a limited run of 250 copies (on snow white and blood red 10" vinyl), To Clasp A Fallen Wish With Broken Fingers serves as the companion piece to 2008's self-released epic, I Balance A Daydream On An Edge Of A Knife.

To check out the track, point your browser HERE.


In related news SO HIDEOUS, MY LOVE... are pleased to announce the addition of Kevorikian drummer Danny Moncada and bassist Dan Galante to their official lineup. Moncada formerly played for NY death metal outfit Regain The Heart Condemned while Galante comes from Long Island grindcore thwarts, Lobster Apocalypse. The new lineup -- Moncada and Galante, alongside composer/guitarists Brandon Cruz and Jack Marshall -- will play the first of many upcoming shows next month:

7/25/2011 The Charleston - Brooklyn, NY w/ Welkin Dusk

More dates to be announced soon.


"...blackened classical for people who love the idea of blood dripping cellos played with inverted crosses." -- Decibel

"Emotion pours out of every note as furious tremolo picking and string instruments paint somber bursts of melody under throaty and passionate screams and blasts." -- Heavyblogisheavy.com

http://www.playtheassassin.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/So-Hideous-My-Love/107653002634281

Native Instruments Introduces DISCOVERY SERIES: WEST AFRICA

Berlin, June 20th, 2011 – Native Instruments has just introduced DISCOVERY SERIES: WEST AFRICA, a new instrument that centers on the infectious polyrhythmic grooves of traditional African music. For use in KONTAKT 4 and in the free KONTAKT PLAYER, the instrument provides the full sonic spectrum of a West-African percussion ensemble, and represents a unique and highly versatile resource for film scoring as well as contemporary pop and club music styles.

Recognising the substantial influence of traditional African grooves on contemporary Western music, WEST AFRICA provides the typical percussion and melody instruments of the region, combined with a versatile array of authentic and instantly usable polyrhythmic patterns. The instrument faithfully recreates a typical six-person percussion ensemble centered around multiple types of Djembe and Dunun drums. This setup is complemented by Calabash and Krin, as well as unique melodic instruments like the Kora and Bolon harp, various Balafons, the distinctive Ngoni, and the Fula flute. All instruments were recorded with painstaking precision in Native Instruments' studios in Berlin, resulting in 3 GB of studio-quality sample material.

WEST AFRICA features a specifically designed sequencer that provides over 70 pre-programmed ensemble patterns with complex West-African grooves, complete with solos, fills and single hits that can be intuitively triggered via the keyboard. Patterns automatically sync to the tempo of a host sequencer, and can be easily edited or created from scratch using an intuitive visual interface. With advanced options to modify the feel and intensity of the groove, a choice between heptatonic and chromatic instrument scales, and a wide range of ensemble configuration options, WEST AFRICA provides all necessary means to recreate the profound sonic impact of traditional West-African music with all its intricacies and universal appeal.

DISCOVERY SERIES: WEST AFRICA is available as a download in the NI Online Shop for $119 / 99 EUR.

A video explaining the concept and workflow of the instrument is available on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY06WJEj1Us

Additional information on DISCOVERY SERIES: WEST AFRICA is available at
www.native-instruments.com/westafrica

MASTODON

MASTODON REVEAL ALBUM TITLE ALONG WITH SIX NEW SONG TITLES FROM NEW FULL-LENGTH TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR

NEW DIGITAL SINGLE AND VIDEO AVAILABLE ONLY FROM THE 2011 ADULT SWIM SINGLES PROGRAM STARTING JUNE 28TH

NEW T-SHIRT DESIGN AVAILABLE THROUGH MASTODON STORE NOW

June 27, 2011 - (Burbank, CA.) - Heavy rock innovators Mastodon have revealed the title of their new album plus six new song titles that will appear on their next full-length studio album to be released on Reprise Records later this year. The new LP, THE HUNTER, will include the tracks: "Curl Of The Burl," "Dry Bone Valley," "Blasteroids," "The Octopus Has No Friends," "All The Heavy Lifting," and "Stargasm." Complete details to be announced soon.

The follow-up to 2009's critically embraced CRACK THE SKYE was recorded in the band's hometown of Atlanta as well as in Los Angeles with producer Mike Elizondo. As with all of their albums, Mastodon, which is bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Keliher, and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor, decided to take a completely different tack and musical approach to the music on this album. The band feels confident that fans will be excited and fulfilled by what they will hear.

Beginning tomorrow June 28th, fans can log on to www.adultswim.com/singles to download a rare and previously unreleased song from the CRACK THE SKYE sessions, titled "Deathbound," as part of the ten week 2011 Adult Swim Singles Program. The same destination will also offer an amazing exclusive video for the song. This is the only place to see and hear this Mastodon rarity.

In addition, Mastodon has a brand new T-shirt design available in their official store at www.mastodonrocks.com now. The "In The Teeth" shirt can be seen by clicking the hyperlink.

At present, Mastodon is in Europe and Russia for a summer-long tour that includes the Roskilde Festival and several dates on this year's Sonisphere Festival. The band will also play a one-off show at The Gorge in Seattle on July 30th with Soundgarden, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Meat Puppets. Mastodon's upcoming tour dates are as follows:

06/17 Sonisphere Festival Athens, GRE
06/19 Sonisphere Festival Istanbul, TUR
06/21 Sonisphere Festival Sofia, BUL
06/22 INmusic Festival Zagreb, CRO
06/24 Sonisphere Festival Basel, SWI
06/25 Sonisphere Festival San Marino, ITA
06/26 Graspop Dessel, BEL
06/28 Patronaat Haarlem, HOL
06/29 Metropol Hengelo, HOL
07/01 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, DEN
07/02 Sonisphere Festival Helsinki, FIN
*07/03 Glav Club St. Petersburg, RUS
*07/04 Arena Moscow Moscow, RUS
*07/06 Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg, GER
07/08 Sonisphere Festival Amneville, FRA
07/09 Sonisphere Festival Stockholm, SWE
07/10 Sonisphere Festival Knebworth, UK
*07/12 C-Club Berlin, GER
07/13 Metalcamp Festival Tolmin, SLO
07/14 Hegyalja Festival Tokaj, HUN
07/16 Sonisphere Festival Madrid, SPN
07/24 Heavy TO Toronto, CAN
07/30 The Gorge Seattle, WA

(w/ Soundgarden, Queens of The Stone Age and Meat Puppets)

*denotes headlining show

MODEST MOUSE’S ISAAC BROCK COMPOSING QUEENS OF COUNTRY SCORE

Lizzy Caplan as Jolene Gillis on the set of Queens of Country

LOS ANGELES, June 27 – Isaac Brock, Modest Mouse front man and songwriter, will compose the score for the upcoming feature film Queens of Country.

Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke, the writing and directing team behind the film, are best known for their music documentaries including Blood Into Wine, The Heart Is A Drum Machine and Moog. The pair have placed an equal amount of importance on the scores to their films with both The Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd (The Heart Is A Drum Machine) and Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer (Blood Into Wine) having contributed to their films.

Queens of Country stars Lizzy Caplan (Party Down, Mean Girls) and Ron Livingston (Band of Brothers, Office Space) with supporting actors Joe Lo Truglio (Superbad, Pineapple Express) and Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle). The film centers on Caplan’s character Jolene and a lost iPod, which the obsessed country music fan is convinced belongs to her soul mate. Jolene quickly finds herself in a hilarious adventure of mistaken identities, line dancing competitions, time machines and doppelgangers.

Post-production recently wrapped on the film with an eye towards a 2012 release for both the film and score.

www.twinklecashcompany.com

Puscifer set Oct. 18 release date for Conditions of My Parole

A NEW COLLECTION OF COURT ORDERED SALTY DANCE HITS.


Left to right: Matt McJunkins, Carina Round, Mat Mitchell, Jeff Freidl, Maynard James Keenan, Josh Eustis. Photo credit: Meats Meier

JEROME, ARIZ., -- Puscifer, the project ringleader Maynard James Keenan describes as "Twin Peaks in the desert," will release Conditions of My Parole on Oct. 18 via Puscifer Entertainment.

"Man Overboard," the first single from the album, will be available via iTunes and other digital service providers on July 19.

"The Verde Valley is an intrinsic part of what Puscifer is," explains Keenan. “It’s equal parts Twilight Zone, Mayberry and Road Warrior. The ghosts and aliens, Republicans and Democrats, cowboys and artists living side by side with hostile creatures such as scorpions, spiders, rattlesnakes, javelina and hippies are just a few of the spicy ingredients that give Conditions of My Parole its unique flavor."

Conditions of My Parole was recorded in Jerome, Ariz. this spring with tracking done amidst the wine barrels from Keenan's Caduceus Cellars. The album was produced by Keenan, Mat Mitchell, and Josh Eustis. Contributing musicians for the new album include the aforementioned Keenan, Mitchell, and Eustis as well as Carina Round, Juliette Commagere, Matt McJunkins, Jeff Freidl, Gil and Rani Sharone, Jonny Polonsky, Tim Alexander, Devo Keenan, Alessandro Cortini, Sarah Jones, and Jon Theodore.

Puscifer's debut album, the infamously censored V is for V***** (2007), charted on both the rock and dance singles charts simultaneously (the full album at #9 on the Billboard Rock Album and "C*ntry Boner" at #1 on Billboard's Dance Singles Chart). V is for V***** entered the Billboard Top 200 at #25. The band turned multimedia troupe carried out Keenan's vision of an evening that seamlessly combined music, recorded skits and live character sketches over two U.S. tours which were described as an "X-rated episode of Hee-Haw" (Spin) and "a performance art spectacle equal parts comedy cabaret show and guerilla theater" (Las Vegas Review Journal). Keenan has often stated in interviews that his concept for Puscifer required nearly two decades to pass before the technology was available to create the live performance.

A North American tour kicks off in early November with more information to come.

www.puscifer.com
facebook.com/puscifermusic
twitter.com/puscifer