BETTER THAN EZRA Premieres New Track "Gonna Get Better"

“…the group's second single off the album, the high-flying "Gonna Get Better," a guitar-driven mashup of signature BTE and fresh touches. It's concise, it's quick, and you'll find yourself singing along by the chorus.” – Nylon “Better Than Ezra recaptures magic with ‘All Together Now.’” – CBS News Online

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY (August 5, 2014) -  Better Than Ezrapremieres their new song “Gonna Get Better” off their upcoming album on Nylon today,CLICK HERE to listen. The track is the latest off their eighth studio album All Together Nowout September 9, 2014 via The End Records. You can pre-order the album now on iTunes and receive an instant download of “Gonna Get Better,” CLICK HERE. “Sometimes you find yourself in a place where it’s hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” says singer / songwriter Kevin Griffin. “’Gonna Get Better’ is about letting someone know that things will change and get better. It comes to pass, but doesn’t come to stay.” The catchy first single “Crazy Lucky” hit No. #37 on the Top 40 Hot AC charts. CLICK HERE to listen to the track on USA Today. The highly anticipated eighth studio album, All Together Now, was produced by Grammy nominated mixer/producer Tony Hoffer (Fitz and the Tantrums, M83, Beck, Silversun Pickups). In addition to the iTunes pre-order, you can pre-order the physical album now available in three bundle configurations, CLICK HERE. The band will also partner up with Live Nation and Yahoo to live-stream their September 21, 2014 concert live from House of Blues, Anaheim. They are one of the bands scheduled to perform on the Live Nation Channel on Yahoo Screen -  streaming 365 concerts over a 12-month period -  including acts such as OneRepublic, Justin Timberlake, Panic! At The Disco, and more. Better Than Ezra quickly became a staple in the ‘90s pop/rock scene following their debut album Deluxe in 1995 via Elektra and immediately releasing two new albums within three years of being signed. Friction, Baby, released in 1996, and How Does Your Garden Grow? In 2001, Better Than Ezra released the critically acclaimed Closer, followed by Before the Robots in 2005. The latter featured the hit “Juicy,” licensed by several commercials and brands, was also featured in the promotional advertisements for the popular ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The band is currently on tour in support of the upcoming release. For updated tour dates or to purchase tickets, please visit www.betterthanezra.com. All Together Now Track Listing: 1. Crazy Lucky 2. Gonna Get Better 3. Undeniable 4. Insane 5. Sunflowers 6. The Great Unknown 7. Before you 8. Dollar Sign 9. One Heart Beating 10. Diamond In My Pocket 11.  I Fly Away Upcoming 2014 Tour Dates 8/29       Houston, TX @ House of Blues 9/19       San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's 365 Club 9/20       West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues Sunset Strip 9/21       Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues Anaheim 9/22       Solano Beach, CA @ Belly Up 9/25       Austin, TX @ Emo's 9/26       Dallas, TX @ House of Blues 9/27       Houma, LA @ Best of the Bayou 10/18     Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall 10/24     Baton Rouge, LA @ the Event Center at L’Auberge Baton Rouge Casino & Hotel (on-sale 8/29) 11/13     St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant 11/14     Sioux City, IA @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City - Anthem 11/20     Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater 11/21     Chicago, IL @ House of Blues 11/22     Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom 11/23     Birmingham, AL @ Iron City www.betterthanezra.com www.Facebook.com/betterthanezra  Twitter - @BetterThanEzra Instagram - @WeAreBetterThanEzra

Chuck Inglish premieres new video for "KEITH SWEAT" (feat. Sulaiman & DJ Izzo) via Pigeons and Planes, directed by ELEVATOR

Chuck Inglish premieres new video for "KEITH SWEAT" (feat. Sulaiman & DJ Izzo) via Pigeons and Planes, directed by ELEVATOR VIDEO: "KEITH SWEAT" - YouTube  / Pigeons & Planes

As one half of the world-famous Cool Kids, Chuck Inglish was the architect of "The Bake Sale," "Gone Fishing," "Tacklebox," and "When Fish Ride Bicycles." In addition to The Cool Kids, and his production work for Mac Miller, Rick Ross, Maroon 5, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Asher Roth, Chance The Rapper, Travis Barker, Curren$y, Dom Kennedy, King Chip, and Pac Div (to name a few), Chuck is also exploding as a solo artist. May 23rd, 2013 marked the release of Droptops, Inglish's first solo mixtape project. And, with his new Sounds Like Fun imprint through Federal Prism Records, Chuck just released his debut solo album, Convertibles. The album was Executive Produced by Incubus' Mike Einziger (Avicii, Frank Ocean, The Internet), and contains features from Mac Miller, Action Bronson, Chance The Rapper, Sir Michael Rocks, Vic Mensa, BJ The Chicago Kid, Buddy, and more. Buy links: EASILY EP = http://bit.ly/ChuckEasilyEP CONVERTIBLES LP =  http://smarturl.it/CI-Convertibles CHUCK INGLISH 8/09 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In 8/18 - Los Angeles, LA @ Bardot  8/22 - Charleville, France @ Cabaret Vert Festival 8/23 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ KB3  8/25 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla 8/26 - London,UK @ Scala  8/27 - Paris, France @ Nouveau Casino 8/30 - Warsaw, Poland @ Cud Nad Wisla 9/12 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall    CHUCK INGLISH LINKS: FACEBOOK TWITTER TUMBLR

Impose Premiered The Wild Reeds' "Blind and Brave" Video & It's Perfect.

"Bringing songs of the Pacific sea and from the city are LA’s The Wild Reeds, with the premiere of their video for “Blind and Brave," directed by Ryan Maxey. The video for the title track from their upcoming album celebrates the dreamers and believers in Los Angeles, as Kinsey, Mack, Sharon, Nick, and Jones sing and strum their instruments out of the shadows and into busy street bustle of real life. Maxey’s video connects the earthy minstrel ballads from The Wild Reeds music to the hot concrete pavement scenes of day-to-day happenings amid the multicultural landscapes that make up the communities of LA."

Read the rest and watch the video for "Blind and Brave" over at IMPOSE.

The Wild Reeds’ album Blind and Brave will be available August 9th, and isavailable for pre-order via Bandcamp. Their release party will also take place on August 9th at LA’s The Troubadour with Brother Grand, and Kera & The Lesbians. Please let us know if you'd like a spot on the list for coverage.

Bass Drum of Death announces new LP + shares first single

LISTEN: "Left For Dead" - 

https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/bass-drum-of-death-left-for-dead

When Bass Drum of Death started touring the rock club circuit outside Oxford, Mississippi several years ago, there was a legitimate concern that the band's appeal might be limited to fans of the garage scene. With a seemingly never-ending series of tour dates, BDoD nonetheless transformed rooms full of normally too-cool-to-rock indie crowds into a mob of sweaty, stage-diving maniacs. Meanwhile, Madison Avenue, eager to cash in on hip cachet, took notice. Since the release of 2011's GB City, "Get Found" has been featured in FOX promos for the NASCAR season. Rockstar Games' mega seller Grand Theft Auto V helped to promote last year's self-titled album. Gamers terrorized the freeways of Los Santos, living out their cops-and-robbers fantasies, as "Crawling After You" blasted through their car stereo speakers. Bass Drum of Death are teetering on the brink of reaching a mainstream audience, and Rip This is their attempt to record an unapologetic rock album for people outside their normal fan base.

In the past, BDoD brainchild John Barrett wrote and recorded all the material and toured with a revolving lineup of hired guns on drums and guitar. This time around, drummer Len Clark joins Barrett as a full-time member and collaborator. The duo began discussing plans for a new record when touring with Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2013. Barrett and Clark then convinced UMO bassist Jacob Portrait to take on the role of producer when the band booked a session in March at Prairie Sun Studios in Sonoma County, California. With a few rough demos, Barrett, Clark, and Portrait hunkered down for two weeks and cranked out the band's first proper studio album. Rip This retains BDoD's trademark sorry-for-partyin' swagger while scrapping the crackling hiss and lo-fi fuzz. The result is a record that still relies on an obliterating attack of heavy guitars, danceable hooks, and kinetic drumming, but will appeal as much to KISS fans as the music freaks and geeks who worship Nuggets. Both a challenge to music critics and a rock call-to-arms, the title says it all. You're not going to hear many records this year that rip like this, so shotgun a beer, tune in, and turn up. Check out the first single "Left For Dead" above and see all upcoming BDoD tour dates and Rip Thisalbum details below.

 

    

Bass Drum of Death

Rip This

(Innovative Leisure)

10/07/14

1. Electric

2. Left For Dead

3. For Blood

4. Everything's The Same

5. Sin Is In 10

6. Black Don't Glow

7. Burns My Eye

8. Lose My Mind

9. Better Days

10. Route 69 (Yeah)

The Chainsmokers Unveil New Single "Kanye"

The Chainsmokers Unveil New Single "Kanye" Available Today on Dim Mak / Republic Records Buy on iTunes Stream on Soundcloud

THE CHAINSMOKERS have revealed their brand new single “Kanye” featuring Siren, an LA based indie-pop duo. The song was exclusively premiered on BuzzFeedyesterday. Take a listen here! Available on iTunes and through all digital outlets today, the track follows up one of the year’s biggest songs and cultural phenomena, “#SELFIE.” However, it’s quite a departure from the cheeky, crossover club anthem that put Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall on the map. Provocative in both its name and stirringly gorgeous sense of melody, "Kanye" fuses Siren's divine delivery and uplifting lyrics with THE CHAINSMOKERS entrancing and enigmatic production. Moreover, there's a very special and ultimately inspiring message at the heart of this anthem. The word "Kanye" insinuates that only you can define what makes you individually happy. What other people think doesn't matter, and do not let anyone take that happiness away from you. If you believe in yourself, anything is possible and no judging allowed! Pall elaborates, “We look at the word ‘Kanye’ as an adjective. The song is about what it means to be like Kanye. It’s about just owning it no matter what you’re doing. Whether you’re on top of the world partying in a penthouse or you’re driving an old car playing your favorite song, it’s about enjoying the moment you’re in and feeling like you’re the king. You embrace that confidence. We didn’t want to do something to left field after ‘#SELFIE,’ but we wanted to show another side of ourselves. What Siren does is just beautiful, and we built the production around that. It gets the message across. Own your shit, be self-assured, and remain confident in everything you do.” In addition, the boys have launched an Instagram and Facebook campaign with the hashtag #BeLike. They’ve included a fun quiz that you can take here! After returning from a packed European tour where they hit stages at both Tomorrowland and Ultra, the guys are also gearing up to launch a live radio show on SiriusXM August 18. It's called "Nice Hair with THE CHAINSMOKERS", and it will air on Electric Area. The show is unlike anything else on the air. The guys will speak candidly on the lifestyle of touring international EDM superstars, allowing listeners a vignette behind the curtain. Nothing will be held back, and their wild antics and unpredictable personalities will be on full display! Things just keep heating up for THE CHAINSMOKERS after MTV recently crowned the group an “Artist to Watch.” “#SELFIE” was officially certified platinum by the RIAA for digital sales in excess of 1,000,000. The song also soared to #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart within merely five weeks and reached the Top 5 on iTunes in over 43 countries. “#SELFIE” is the #6 video on YouTube's "Top Music Videos of 2014". Furthermore, it garnered a nomination for "Choice EDM Song" at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards and the guys have been receiving tremendous support for DJ Mag's "Top 100 DJs" [vote here!] THE CHAINSMOKERS puff out a distinct hybrid of indie, progressive house, and pop music that proves utterly infectious and intoxicating. It's unlike anything out there, and the world is taking notice in a big way. Already, the pair has been supported by Nicky Romero, Steve Aoki, Pete Tong, Afrojack, Tiësto, W&W, and more, as well as receiving shout outs from the likes of Rolling Stone. In addition, they've been tapped for remixes by everybody from Phoenix, Ellie Goulding, and The Wanted to The Killers and Icona Pop. Their remixes continually shoot to #1 on the HypeM—with 22 in total topping the chart. In addition, their original songs always land on Beatport's top charts, solidifying their status as contenders in the genre. The duo is represented by 4AM. Dim Mak/Republic Records is excited for what's to come from this American dream team.

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Boogarins share enthralling live video, US tour starts next week

Boogarins share enthralling live video of "Doce," start US tour next week "Doce" live at Festival Bananada: YouTube / Brooklyn Vegan  As Plantas Que Curam out now on Other Music Recording Co.

Photo by Juiz Campos Jr. Young Brazilian pop-psych phenomenon Boogarins begin the final leg of an epic world tour supporting their debut LP, As Plantas Que Curam, out now on Other Music Recording Co./Fat Possum. As Plantas Que Curam was recorded in their parents' basements when Fernando Almeida and Benke Ferraz were still in high school, yet the album has drawn comparisons to everyone from Os Mutantes to Tame Impala and White Denim. As a live band, the four-piece has brought these songs to a new level, destroying clubs and festival stages around the world on a tour that began in March at SXSW and has taken them all across the US, UK and Europe, including stops at Austin Psych Fest, Burgerama, and Primavera. After close to five months on the road, tonight's Paris show begins a string of headlining club dates across Europe, as well as three shows opening for Neutral Milk Hotel, and winds down with a string of US dates across the East Coast, Midwest and South, interrupted by opening slots with the Clean and Guided By Voices. The band is available for press opportunities and is fluent in both English and Portuguese. As Plantas Que Curam is available now on vinyl, CD, and digitally through Other Music Recording Co. and on cassette through Burger Records.       "Fortunately, you don't need to speak the native tongue to be transported by all the burnished guitar textures and deftly chiseled melodies." - The FADER        "Rich, heavy, and sonorous, the guitar tones sensually warm and the vocals and drums sent through several treatments to blur them and lift them off the ground...Their ear for melody is much stronger and more sophisticated than most bands their age." - Pitchfork   "This is psychedelic rock-and-roll played with the necessary cosmic abandon, yet tempered with a sweet and intimate warmth." - The Washington Post      "Brazil's Boogarins have created an excellent psychedelic pop record." - KCRW       Boogarins As Plantas Que Curam Other Music / Burger Records Street Date: September 30, 2013 Digital / Vinyl / CD / Cassette 1. Lucifernandis 2. Erre 3. Infinu 4. Despreocupar 5. Hoje Aprendi de Verdade 6. Fim 7. Doce 8. Eu Vou 9. Cancao Perdida 10. Paul TOUR DATES: 08/05 - Berlin, DE - Postbahnhof # 08/09 - Oslo, NO - The Crossroad Club - Aftershow Oya Fest 08/13 - New Haven, CT - BAR % 08/14 - Boston, MA - The Church of Boston 08/15 - New York, NY - Seaport Music Festival ^ 08/16 - Washington, DC - Summer Concert Series @ The Pinch % 08/18 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall $ 08/19 - Detroit, MI - Trinosophes $ 08/20 - Pittsburgh, PA - Cattivo 08/21 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle 08/22 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount * 08/23 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Stone Pony * 08/25 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle - Back Room $ 08/26 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl $ 08/27 - Birmingham, LA - The Bottletree Cafe $ 08/28 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone $ 08/29 - Nashville, TN - The Stone Fox $ 09/12 - Goiânia - Festival Vaca Amarela  10/11 - Rio de Janeiro - Teatro Oi Futuro Ipanema 10/12 - Rio de Janeiro - Teatro Oi Futuro Ipanema 10/17 - Uberlândia - Groovie Pub  10/18 - Goiânia - Teatro CCUFG 10/25 - Sorocaba - Asteroid 11/08 - Natal - Festival DoSol 11/15 - Porto Alegre - Festival El Mapa de Todos 11/16 - Caxias do Sul - Vagão  11/22 - Santiago, CHILE - Festival Primavera Fauna 11/28 - São Paulo - Popload Festival   # = w/ Neutral Milk Hotel  % = w/ Wild Ones  ^ = w/ Jacco Gardner  * = w/ Guided By Voices  $ = w/ The Clean LINKS:   Official Site  Twitter  Facebook  Bandcamp  YouTube

OMMADON: Fifth Full-Length From UK Drone Duo Out Today Via Domestic Genocide; New Track Streaming At Cvlt Nation

UK drone/doom duo, OMMADON, today drops their sonically devastating new full-length, V, stateside via Domestic Genocide Records.

OMMADON aims to achieve sonic annihilation of the self in their perpetual quest for heaviness. The fifth effort from the pair, both ex-members of Snowblood, continues their quest. Boasting two monolithic tracks of primal, sonic oppression, V clocks in at nearly ninety chest-caving minutes, its rawness creating a truly unsettling and downright claustrophobic atmosphere, enough to drain you of your spirit and tarnish your soul. V was executed and recorded live by OMMADON on The Hill Of Maud in the Scottish Highlands over the Winter of 2012/2013. Split across four sides of vinyl, the 180 gram double LP was mastered by Billy Anderson (Sleep, Eyehategod, High On Fire etc.) and worships at the altar of Teeth Of The Lions Rule The Divine,  Sunn O))), early Earth, and all things decibel-challenging. David Tobin (guitars) and Ewan Mackenzie (drums, keyboards) are adept at cultivating colossal stockades of noise, as their thick, crushing sound makes full use of impossibly weighty drones and riffs that feel almost infinite. The pace is impressively slow, the dynamics building from the shifting harmonics in the distortion. Riffs are clawed down from the moon and ooze through the amp at a glacial rate. Huge, almost dub-like chasms loom out of the haze, while the drums dash to and hither, perilously close to collapse into the abyss, but then taking off at tangents to the edge.

In celebration of its release, Cvlt Nation spews forth "V2" in its soul-rupturing, near-forty-minute entirety noting, "The stars sing when they burn, and the earth hums when it moves - but their voices are unimaginably massive and crushing, drones that would wash your puny flesh from bone if you could actually hear them. If you want a taste of this universe music in the human hearing range, check out the UK's OMMADON who create music to lull you into a trance and then crush your skull."

Get crushed, courtesy of Cvlt Nation, at THIS LOCATION.

And if you missed it, sample "V1," still streaming at Terrorizer Magazine HERE.

V is out today in North America via Domestic Genocide Records. Order your copy at THIS LOCATION. Additionally, V is available in the UK via Dry Cough Records HERE, and in the Netherlands via Burning World Records HERE.

"You can bet your favorite Sunn O))) picture disc on this thing sounding heavier than a dying planet..." -Terrorizer

"...if you can zone out and daydream your way into the music, worming your way between the frequencies, there is something very primal to latch on to here." - Blog Of Putrefaction

"...like trying to imagine your own burial under the Himalayas." - Echoes And Dust

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Little Dragon announce tour dates + share Mikky Ekko remix

LITTLE DRAGON ANNOUNCES MORE FALL US TOUR DATES SHARES MIKKY EKKO REMIX OF "PRETTY GIRLS" VIAPITCHFORK NABUMA RUBBERBAND   OUT NOW VIA LOMA VISTA

photo by: Jordn Weissman   Little Dragon is excited to announce new fall North American tour dates. Following their appearance at FYF Fest in Los Angeles and Northcoast Festival in Chicago, the band will be hitting 10 different cities including stops in Mexico City, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. To coincide with this tour date announcement, Little Dragon is sharing a remix of their single "Pretty Girls" by singer/producer Mikky Ekko. Check out the new tour dates, and stream the remix below.  LISTEN: Little Dragon - "Pretty Girls" (Mikky Ekko Remix) -  https://soundcloud.com/littledragon/pretty-girls-mikky-ekko-remix/ TOUR DATES:     8/7/14 - Flow Festival - Finland 8/8/14 - Oya Festival - Norway 8/9/14 - Way Out West - Sweden 8/16/14 - Summersonic - Tokyo 8/19/14 - Oxford Art Factory - Sydney, AUS 8/20/14 - Corner Hotel - Melbourne AUS 8/22/14 - Fox Theatre - Oakland, CA * 8/23/14 - FYF Fest - Los Angeles, CA 8/27/14 - Vogue - Vancouver, BC  * 8/28/14 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA * 8/30/14 - Northcoast Festival - Chicago, IL 8/31/14 - Moody Theatre (ACL Live) - Austin, TX + 10/8/14 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ  10/11/14 - Corona Capital Festival - Mexico City, MX  10/13/14 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA  # 10/15/14 - Echostage - Washington, DC # 10/16/14 - Mercury Ballroom - Louisville, KY # 10/17/14 - Newport - Columbus, OH # 10/19/14 - The Ready Room - St. Louis, MO # 10/21/14 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO # 10/22/14 - The Complex - Salt Lake CIty, UT # 10/24/14 - Fox Theatre - Oakland, CA # 10/26/14 - Life is Beautiful Festival - Las Vegas, NV 11/17/14 - Corn Exchange - Brighton, UK 11/18/14 - The Institute - Birmingham, UK 11/19/14 - O2 Academy - Bristol, UK 11/21/14 - Met - Leeds, UK 11/22/14 - Albert Hall - Manchester, UK 11/23/14 - O2 ABC - Glasgow, UK 11/27/14 - O2 Academy Brixton - London, UK 11/29/14 - O2 Academy - Oxford, UK    * w/ Dâm-Funk # w/ Shy Girls + Octopus Project      Little Dragon Nabuma Rubberband Out Now Loma Vista Recordings Buy: http://smarturl.it/LDNR_iTunes    1. Mirror 2. Klapp Klapp  3. Pretty Girls 4. Underbart 5. Cat Rider 6. Paris 7. Lurad 8. Nabuma Rubberband 9. Only One 10. Killing Me 11. Pink Cloud 12. Let Go      More about Little Dragon: Gothenburg's Little Dragon has steadily grown from being the biggest underground secret to international acclaim after four successful albums and touring all over the world. Their energetic live set and unique recording process has made fans out of some of the biggest names in music including Pharrell Williams, Questlove, and OutKast. Gaining popularity among such tastemakers led to collaborations with artists like Big Boi, The Gorillaz, Future, and SBTRKT. The release of Little Dragon's fourth album, Nabuma Rubberband, is the culminating moment in their career after years of building a grassroots fan-base. Musically inspired by the more experimental pockets of Prince's back catalogue, club culture and the vintage Janet Jackson slow jams Yukimi used to listen to wandering around Gothenburg during the unrelenting winter, Nabuma Rubberband has a different feel to previous Little Dragon albums. "When you put some of Janet's really slow stuff on you feel like you're floating," Yukimi explains. "That feeling really influenced me and maybe that's why there are quite a lot of slow jams on the record. In the past we've been a bit self-conscious about making slow jams after 'Twice'. Then we wanted to make dance music which we did with Machine Dreams and then Ritual Union still had a dance vibe, but with this album it wasn't about that. The intention was about whatever we felt strongly about." Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin, Fred Wallin and Håkan Wirenstrand make up Little Dragon, the zeitgeist band that blend strands of R&B, electronic and indie into beautifully and meaningfully crafted songs. Over the course of three critically-lauded albums, Little Dragon have established themselves as a band keen to never rest on their laurels - constantly prodding and playing with the boundaries of their sound. Nabuma Rubberband, the band's most dynamic album yet was released on 5/13/14 via Loma Vista Recordings.

FREAK KITCHEN Premiere New Song From Cooking With Pagans on Decibel Magazine's "Deciblog"

Available September 16th on Lasers Edge

Swedish trio FREAK KITCHEN are back with Cooking with Pagans, their eighth and most frantic album to date. The album is set for release on September 16th via Laser's Edge.  The album is available for pre-order onAmazon. The first single from Cooking With Pagans is being premiered exclusively by Decibel Magazine's "Deciblog".  The song "Mathematics of Defeat" is available for streaming HERE. FREAK KITCHEN has always been a tremendously respected live act and for the first time the energetic live vibe of FREAK KITCHEN has been captured in the studio. With influences stretching from AC/DC to classical South Indian music the three Norsemen, lead by guitar virtuoso Mattias IA Eklundh, truly have a sound of their own. Cooking with Pagans offers eleven intense original songs plus a sophisticated punk pop version of the 1936 hit "Goody Goody" like you've never heard it before. Cooking with Pagans is solid, inspired song writing (not to say playing) from start to finish. Thanks to a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, bringing in almost $150,000, a very ambitious animated video, directed by legendary artist (and author of Blacksad) Juanjo Guarnido to the track "Freak of the Week" is in pain staking production by a world-class team of animators. The video will premiere at Comic Con in New York in October. Guitarist Mattias IA Eklundh on what people can expect from Cooking With Pagans: "You can expect a beefy rock album, freak style. I think thatCooking With Pagans finally has the sound and energy of FREAK KITCHEN live; the energy and rawness. It is anything but overproduced, stripped down, drums, bass and guitar. To the point." FREAK KITCHEN will tour the world from November and the better part of 2015 to support their new release. Cooking With Pagans Track Listing: 1. Professional Help 2. Freak of the Week 3. Sloppy 4. Goody Goody 5. (Saving Up For An) Anal Bleach 6. Private Property 7. Mathematics of Defeat 8. I Don't Want to Golf 9. Hide 10. Come Back to Comeback 11. Ranks of the Terrified 12. Once Upon a Time in Scandanaviastan Band Lineup: Mattias IA Eklundh: Vocals, Guitar Christer Ortefors: Bass, Vocals Bjorn Fryklund: Drums For More Info Visit: http://www.freakkitchen.com https://www.facebook.com/freakkitchen

GRiZ debuts new song "A Fine Way To Die" On KCRW'S 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' Show

GRIZ MAKES RADIO DEBUT AND DROPS NEW TRACK "A FINE WAY TO DIE" ON KCRW'S 'MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC' SHOW

WATCH HIS FULL IN-STUDIO APPEARANCE BELOW


WATCH/LISTEN HERE

This past weekend, Detroit native GRiZ was pretty busy in LA. Before his main stage set at Hard Summer on Saturday, he woke up early Friday morning to go into KCRW's studio and lay down an incredible funky set with a live band behind him on the 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' show. This performance was his radio debut, and he brought along a big ole bag full of funky surprises. During this set, he premiered a brand new track, "A Fine Way To Die," and the addition of more live musicians on top of his own sax playing really brought his style to life, so definitely check it out below.

LISTEN TO AND WATCH GRIZ'S KCRW SET HERE

Following his performance on KCRW, his song "Hard Times" will be featured as the download of the day on KCRW Monday, August 11th.

GRIZ IS HOT ON THE HEELS OF HIS FESTIVAL RUN, DON'T MISS HIM IN YOUR CITY!
 

Photo by Shoot People

The New York Times called GRiZ "the most crowd pleasing DJ" at Hudson Project a few weeks ago, and he will surely bring the same energy to his upcoming shows, as he travels across Canada and then makes his way back to the US for several festivals, including Electric Zoo in New York, where BlackBook included him as one of their '3 Acts Not To Miss at Electric Zoo 2014.' Clearly, GRiZ is an artist to pay attention to this summer, so be sure to catch him when he comes through your area.
 

GRiZ Upcoming North American Tour Dates:

8/6 - Salmo River Ranch - Nelson, Canada
8/9 - Shambhala Music Festival - Salmo, Canada
8/17 - MEME @ The Cube - Winnipeg, Canada
8/22 - Mad Decent Block Party - Denver, CO

8/23 - Mad Decent Block Party - Nashville, TN

8/30 - Electric Zoo - New York, NY
8/31 - North Coast - Chicago, IL
9/19-21 - Great North - Norridgewock, ME
9/20 - Mad Decent Block Party - Eugene, OR
9/26 - Tomorrow World - Atlanta, GA
10/31-11/2 - Voodoo Fest - New Orleans, LA
11/1 - Freaknight - Seattle, WA
** special performance as Grizmatik
11/8 - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - San Francisco, CA

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