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Here it is! The first MP3 from the much anticipated Tokyo Police Club debut full length, Elephant Shell. The song is called “In A Cave”, and the album comes out April 22nd. See below for tour dates, these guys are not to be missed!!!
Tokyo Police Club - “In A Cave”
BIO:
Following on one of the most well received 16 minutes of music in recent history (2006’s A Lesson In Crime EP), Newmarket Ontario’s Tokyo Police Club will release a debut album entitled Elephant Shell, due out late April on Saddle Creek in North America and Memphis Industries in the UK.
Elephant Shell lands roughly a year and half after A Lesson In Crime (with last year’s Smith EP and “Your English Is Good” digi-single and a ton of touring also bridging the gap) and barely four years from the band’s 2005 formation. Not bad for four friends who learned to play during senior year in high school, later naming themselves for a nonsensical lyric from the song that would become track one on their first EP, which would in turn sell over 70,000 copies-probably about 69,000 more than they expected-and garner accolades from Entertainment Weekly (”We can hardly wait for the full length A-), Rolling Stone (”If only all young guitar bands were smart enough to rock out this fast, banging out seven first-rate mod-punk party starters in barely more than sixteen minutes”), Interview, Blender, Nylon and The New York Times among others.
If bassist/vocalist David Monks once described the band’s music as “wide-eyed post-punk with a tendency to get over excited-so much so that someone has to come and tell it to settle down,” Elephant Shell is the sound of four early-20-somethings now seasoned through hundreds of shows from tiny clubs to the festival throngs at Coachella and Glastonbury, maturing a bit and learning to temper and modulate their own more varied musical moods. Or maybe Canada’s socialized health care means easier access to generic Ritalin and Adderall?
Either way, Elephant Shell delivers on every bit of promise in Tokyo Police Club’s rapid-fire barrage of material to date. The opening one-two of “Centennial” and “In A Cave” barely evaporates before “Graves” and “Juno” pack innumerable hooks and “what-does-that-remind-me-of” glimmers into meager 2-minute-and-change frameworks, while “Tessellate” and “Sixties Remake” encapsulate everything great about the manic TPC live experience: soaring guitar signatures and keyboard figures, driving backbeats and irresistible singalongs abound. Elsewhere, “The Harrowing Adventures Of…” and the down tempo standout “Listen To The Math” find our young protagonists ably adapting their energy into more subdued structures before the rousing coda of “The Baskervilles” brings the record to an all-too-early halt.
LINKS:
http://tokyopoliceclub.com/
http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub
http://www.saddle-creek.com
TOUR DATES:
Sat-Mar-08, Toronto, ONT, Canadian Independent Music Awards @ Canadian Ballroom
Tue-Mar-18, London, ONT, Call The Office
Wed-Mar-19, Indianapolis, IN, Birdy’s Bar and Grill
Thu-Mar-20, Lawrence, KS, Jackpot Saloon
Fri-Mar-22, Salt Lake City, UT, Kilby Court
Mon-Mar-24, San Francisco, CA, The Independent
Tue-Mar-25, Pomona, CA, The Glass House
Wed-Mar-26, Hollywood, CA, Troubadour
2nd troub show added soon
Fri-Mar-28, San Diego, CA, Soma
Sat-Mar-29, Tempe, AZ, The Clubhouse
Mon-Mar-31, Houston, TX, Meridian Red Room
Tue-Apr-01, Dallas, TX, House of Blues
Thu-Apr-03, Tallahassee, FL, Club Downunder
Fri-Apr-04, Miami, FL, Studio A
Sat-Apr-05, Orlando, FL, Backbooth
Tue-Apr-08, Nashville, TN, Exit/In
Wed-Apr-09, Cleveland, OH, The Spot
Fri-Apr-18, Ottawa, ONT, Barrymore’s Music Hall
Sat-Apr-19, Montreal, QC, Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire
Sun-Apr-20, New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Mon-Apr-21, Brooklyn, NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tue-Apr-22, New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Thu-Apr-24, Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club
Sat-Apr-26, Northampton, MA, Pearl Street Night Club
Mon-Apr-28, Philadelphia, PA, First Unitarian Church
Tue-Apr-29, Washington, DC, Black Cat
Wed-Apr-30, Buffalo, NY, Big Orbit’s Soundlab
Sun-May-04, Detroit, MI, Magic Stick
Mon-May-05, Chicago, IL, Metro
Tue-May-06, Minneapolis, MN, Varsity Theater
Thu-May-08, Winnipeg, MB, The Garrick
Fri-May-09, Saskatoon, SK, Louis’ Pub
Sat-May-10, Calgary, AB, The Warehouse
Sun-May-11, Calgary, AB, The Warehouse
Mon-May-12, Edmonton, AB, Starlite Room
Wed-May-14, Kelowna, BC, The Habitat
Fri-May-16, Vancouver, BC, The Plaza
Sat-May-17, Victoria, BC, Sugar Nightclub
Sun-May-18, Seattle, WA, Neumos
Mon-May-19, Portland, OR, Hawthorne Theatre
Thu-May-22, Denver, CO, Bluebird
Fri-May-23, Omaha, NE, Slowdown
So what happened to all the settlement money that Napster and Kazaa were forced to pay the record labels?
That’s the question some music artists are asking, according to a story that appeared Wednesday in The New York Post.
The Post quoted two talent managers who said that artists have yet to see their cut of the Napster-Kazaa settlements. This isn’t pocket change we’re talking here. Napster paid $270 million to settle its copyright infringement case and Kazaa forked over $100 million. Some on the talent side suspect the top four record companies of foot dragging or playing “hide and seek” with the cash.
“”The labels are always going to try to hide the money or use some self-serving formula when they finally get around to paying the artists.”
–Jay Rosenthal, counsel for Recording Artists Coalition
If nothing else, the controversy illuminates the degree of distrust that exists between artists and the labels. As CD sales continue to shrink, look for more squabbling between them.
But for its part, Warner Music Group says it isn’t playing games.
Del the Funky Homosapien Announces Tour Dates
Includes SXSW Showcases with Spoon, Dizzee Rascal, El-P, and Devin the Dude
Del The Funky Homosapien – Eleventh Hour (Definitive Jux)
Release Date: 03/11/08
Just days after releasing his brand new video for “Workin’ It,” the first single off of his soon to be released album Eleventh Hour, Del the Funky Homosapien has announced a string of tour dates, including two performances at this year’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. The West Coast MC will kick things off with two sure to be high profile events on Thursday, March 13th – first opening for indie rock hotshots Spoon in a free outdoor event at Lady Bird Lake Stage and later that night taking the stage at the Def Jux showcase alongside fellow Jukies Dizzee Rascal, El-P, and more at The Scoot Inn. He’ll then hit the road for a March 20th appearance on the MySpace stage at Atlanta’s A3C Festival before a string of shows up the east coast culminating in a March 26th performance at New York’s Highline Ballroom. See below for full tour dates.
The video for “Workin It” premiered Monday, February 25th on mtvU’s THE LAB. Those who missed the show (or who just can’t get enough of “Workin It”) can check it out online now. The track is also available for download at all major digital music stores.
Eleventh Hour, Del’s long anticipated eighth studio album, hits stores on March 11th via Definitive Jux records.
Audio/Video available for posting:
Listen to Del the Funky Homosapien’s “Bubble Pop” from Eleventh Hour (Definitive Jux)
http://dev.theorchard.com/jaclyn/mp3/del_the_funky_homosapien_bubblepop.mp3
Watch a clip from Del the Funky Homosapien’s 11th Hour DVD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKIhPuLBGvo
Del the Funky Homosapien tour dates:
March 13 - Opening for SPOON, 7PM. Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake) (Riverside Dr & S 1st St) FREE SHOW!
March 13 - SCOOT INN (SXSW) 11PM
March 20 - A3C Festival - Atlanta, GA (MySpace sponsored
event)
March 21 - Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
March 22 - Toad’s Place -Richmond, VA
March 23 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
March 26 - Highline Ballroom - NYC, NY
Del The Funky Homosapien Eleventh Hour track list:
1. Raw Sewage
2. Bubble Pop
3. Back In The Chamber
4. True Endevours
5. Situations
6. Naked Fonk
7. Hold Your Hand
8. Foot Down
9. I’ll Tell You
10. Workin’ It
11. Last Hurrah
12. Str8t Up and Down
13. I Got You
14. Funkyhomosapien
Digital bonus tracks “Drop It Lower” and “Full Throttle”
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