Mission of Burma Add London Show to December European Tour

Mission of Burma will be adding a London date to their European tour in December, which includes a slot at ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas curated by Shellac at Camber Sands.  They’ll be performing at Fire Records’ Christmas Party on 6 December at Birthdays in Dalston.   MISSION OF BURMA :: EUROPE 2012 02 Dec 2012 UK ATP curated by Shellac / Camber Sands Holiday Camp w/ Wire, Shannon Wright… 03 Dec 2012 UK Bristol, The Fleece 04 Dec 2012 UK Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 05 Dec 2012 UK Glasgow, Mono 06 Dec 2012 UK London, Birthdays 08 Dec 2012 CH Zurich, Kilbi Im Exil 09 Dec 2012 IT Bologna, Locomotiv 10 Dec 2012 HR Zagreb, NKC Park 11 Dec 2012 AT Vienna, Arena 12 Dec 2012 DE Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg 14 Dec 2012 NL Den Hague, State X New Forms/Paard van Troje 15 Dec 2012 BE Diksmuide, 4AD

Mission Of Burma debut new video for "Semi-Pseudo-Sort-Of Plan" via Pitchfork TV

Mission of Burma have just released a new video for "Semi-Pseudo-Sort-Of Plan," from Unsound.  Shot and edited by Mike Gill of CircumVision in the band's rehearsal space in Allston, MA, it is the first time Roger, Pete or Clint have actually appeared in one of their videos.

Watch it now on Pitchfork.

 

MISSION OF BURMA :: LIVE 2012

The band is currently touring behind Unsound, with a run of shows in Texas that begins tomorrow in Houston and a series of dates in the Midwest at the end of the month.  In December, they will play the Shellac-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Camber Sands, UK and they have a number of UK and European dates lined up, with more to be announced soon.

US TOUR DATES 

9/13 :: Fitzgerald's, Houston TX :: w/ The Gary, Black Congress :: Tickets 9/14 :: Dan's Silverleaf, Denton, TX :: w/ The Gary :: Tickets 9/15 :: Antone's, Austin TX :: w/ The Gary :: Tickets 9/26 :: Shank Hall, Milwaukee WI :: w/ Wereworm :: Tickets 9/27 :: 400 Bar, Minneapolis MN :: w/ Porcupine :: Tickets 9/28 :: High Noon Saloon, Madison WI :: w/ Pink Mink, Bes Monde :: Tickets 9/29 :: Lincoln Hall, Chicago IL :: w/ Bearclaw :: Tickets

UK/EU TOUR DATES

12/2 :: All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands UK :: Tickets 12/3 :: The Fleece, Bristol UK :: Tickets 12/4 :: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK :: Tickets 12/8 :: Kibil Im Exil, Zurich, Switzerland :: Tickets 12/10 :: NKC Park, Zagreb, Croatia :: Tickets 12/11 :: Arena, Vienna, Austria :: Tickets 12/12 :: Festaal Kreutzberg, Berlin, Germany :: Tickets

 

UNSOUND

Available digitally on iTunes and Amazon Mp3.

Vinyl LPs and CDs available at your local record store.

The Fenway Recordings Sessions adds Frankie Rose to Fall Lineup

The Fenway Recordings Sessions have just added Frankie Rose to its fall lineup, who will be playing Brighton Music Hall on October 4th for Fenway Recordings Session #185.  Frankie Rose is a Brooklyn based musician who began her career as a member of Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, and Dum Dum Girls. Last February she released her second solo LP Interstellar, which received “Best New Music” distinction from Pitchfork. Frankie has been touring the US, Canada, and Europe in support of that record and will continue touring through the fall where she will be making a stop in Allston to play Fenway Session #185. Doors are at 8pm show at 9pm, 18+. Tickets are on sale HERE. To see all the upcoming Fenway recordings Sessions click here.

The Cribs Nominated for “Best Live Act” at the Q Awards 2012

The Cribs are nominated alongside the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Radiohead, and Blur for “Best Live Act” at this years Q Awards. Voting is open to the public so cast your ballot here. The Cribs are also touring the UK right now, so check out their tour schedule to see if you can catch one of their amazing live performances in person. If the UK is a little too far away for you, then check out the video for their new single ‘Anna’. 

Check out "Surf's Up America," a new track from Bodega Girls feat. Anthony Rossomando (prod. Isom Innis)

Bodega Girls teamed up with Anthony Rossomando and producer Isom Innis (Foster the People) on the new track, "Surf's Up America."  Recorded at Converse's Rubber Tracks Studio in Brooklyn, NY, the song is streaming now and also available as a free download.  There is also a video from the recording session, which you can check out here.  #surfsup

The Fenway Recordings Sessions Adds Charli XCX/St. Lucia, Alt-J (∆) + Hundred Waters to 2012 Lineup

Boston, MA – The Fenway Recordings Sessions has added three shows to the 2012 series lineup.  On August 1st Charli XCX and St. Lucia will co-headline at Brighton Music Hall with support from Magic Man, and then on September 17th, Alt-J (∆) will be at Great Scott, followed by Hundred Waters on September 17th, also at Great Scott.

On Wednesday, August 1st the Fenway Recordings Sessions will welcome Charli XCX and St. Lucia for a co-headlining show at Brighton Music Hall.  Boston’s Magic Man will open.  19-year-old UK-based singer Charli XCX got her start playing clubs and warehouse parties in London when she was just 14.  Her career began to explode in 2011 when she released the singles “Stay Away” and “Nuclear Seasons.”  Among other accolades, both songs earned the “Best New Track” distinction from Pitchfork, with “Stay Away” making it onto the site’s list of the top 100 songs of 2011.  In a live review of one of her recent shows in Brooklyn, The New York Times remarked that, “at times it recalled the elasticity of Robyn or the dark pomp of Zola Jesus but mostly it landed on styles that would have made for hits in 1984: the spookiness of Siouxsie Sioux, or flawless early-Madonna, a surprisingly uncommon shtick, and one she nails flawlessly.”  She is currently working on her debut album with producers Ariel Rechtshaid (Usher, Snoop Dog) and Patrick Berger (Robyn), and will be supporting Coldplay on select dates this summer.  Jean-Philip Grobler, aka electro-pop act St. Lucia, will join Charli XCX for this show.  Grobler grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa where he spent his childhood performing and traveling with the Drakensburg Boys Choir.  As a teenager, having “had is fill of classical music” Grobler discovered Radiohead’s Ok Computer, an experience he describes as a musical epiphany.  After spending 3 years in Liverpool, Groebler eventually ended up in New York City, where he began developing the shimmery, synth-laden and layered vocal sound of St. Lucia.  He released his debut album on Neon Gold Records earlier this year, and has spent much of the summer supporting Passion Pit and Young the Giant.

On September 17th, Alt-J (∆) will play Great Scott as part of Fenway Recordings Sessions.  The four-piece from Cambridgeshire, UK is made up college friends Gwil Sainsbury, Joe Newman [guitar/vocals], Gus Unger-Hamilton [keyboards] and Thom Green [drums].  Since releasing their debut ‘Bloodflood’ / ‘Tellasette” 7”in 2011 on Loud & Quiet, the group has benefitted from strong UK radio support, getting plays on BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe and Nick Grimshaw shows.  They have supported Wild Beasts, garnered comparisons to Hot Chip and in May of this year released their debut full-length album, An Awesome Wave, to critical acclaim.  In its review of the album,The Guardian observed the band’s “innovative and electrifying musicianship", their "exemplary songwriting…creatively ambitious lyrics" and "captivating blend of insatiable grooves and profound poignancy.”  An Awesome Wave in currently streaming in full on Alt-j’s Soundcloud.  Listen to what the band describes as their “precise and unique brand of alt. pop that draws on poignant folk verses, crushing synths, smart hip hop syncopations and tight vocal harmonies.”  They will be at Great Scott as part of a fall North American tour that includes dates supporting Grouplove.

Two days later, on September 19th, Great Scott will host Hundred Waters for Fenway Recordings Sessions #182. Hundred Waters is a Gainesville, FL-based sextet that plays expertly arranged lush indie rock.  Earlier this year, they released their self-titled debut album on Elestial Sound.  In it’s review of the release, Consequence of Sound’s Ryan Staskel said “true song craft and musicianship is at work within Hundred Waters, and that warrants some serious attention.”  In Pitchfork’s 8.1 review the site notes that “their debut does more than enough to stand on its own, not only ambitious in its own right, but leaving little doubt about Hundred Waters' capability of handling wherever their ambition takes them from here.”  The Orlando Weekly described their sound as “meshing complex, organic pop…music that’s as gentle as it is commanding.”  During July the band will be joining a lineup of artists that includes Grimes, Diplo, Pretty Lights, and Skrillex on the Full Flex Express tour through Canada.  After the Full Flex tour, Hundred Waters will support Julia Holter on her tour behind her record Ekstasis.

 

MGMT featured on forthcoming Fleetwood Mac tribute album

MGMT have recently contributed a cover of "Future Games" to the forthcoming Fleetwood Mac tribute album.  They have taken the original 8-minute 21-second song, written by the late Bob Welch, and have developed their own interpretation, resulting in a 9-minute 11-second track. The album, titled ‘Just Tell Me That You Want Me’, will be released on August 13 in the UK and August 14 in the US via Concord Music Group, featuring MGMT's cover as well as contributions from Best Coast, Lykke Li, Lee Ranaldo, The Kills, and more. In the meantime, you can stream MGMT's version of 'Future Games' HERE.

Mission of Burma to release split 7" with Wild Flag

Mission of Burma have just announced they will be releasing a split 7" with the Portland, Oregon-based supergroup, Wild Flag.  The two bands are co-headlining a show at Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Friday, August 3rd as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn series, and the record will feature "What They Tell Me" from Mission of Burma's Unsound and "Boom" from Wild Flag's Wild Flag.  It will be available only at the show. Read HERE for details.

Click HERE for all of Mission of Burma's tour info.

'Unsound', the new album from MISSION OF BURMA, out now.

 

Mission of Burma's new album, Unsound, is out today.

Get your copy from Amazon MP3 (at the discounted rate of $4.99 for the month of July), iTunes or eMusic now.

If physical is more your style, order a CD or 180 gram vinyl LP (UV varnish + flourescent orange) from Fire Records, or pick it up from your local record store.

The album is also streaming in full on SPOTIFY and SPINNER.

Early praise for Unsound:

"Mission of Burma continues to make some glorious noise on 'Unsound.'" - Paste "MOB sound as electrifying, as curious, and as awake as they ever have." - Mojo “‘Unsound’ is, perhaps, their finest effort since their first full-length, ’Vs.’” - Examiner

Get a FREE download of “Second Television” by Mission of Burma and Pre-order their new album “Unsound” on iTunes

  RollingStone.com has an exclusive free download of "Second Television," the next track off the band's forthcoming LP, Unsound. Get it here. You can also listen to "Second Television" streaming now on Pitchfork.

Unsound, is also available for pre-order on iTunes. Get it Here, and have the album as soon as it comes out on Fire Records on July 9 in the UK and July 10 in the US.

Join Fenway Recordings' Mark Kates on June 7 for an Interactive Online Preview of This Year's New Music Seminar

On Thursday, June 7, from 6-7pm EST, Fenway Recordings Founder Mark Kates will join other music industry experts for a live, interactive online event to preview this year's New Music Seminar, happening in New York City from June 17th-20th.  During the event, participants can talk to panelists and speakers from this year's conference about topics ranging from the future of A&R to the relationships between booking agents and developing artists, to the current music subscription service business model.  The event is free, and requires a simple registration at this link to join. Also participating will be Tom Silverman (Tommy Boy Entertainment/CEO of the New Music Seminar) Ron Fair (Ron Fair Music/Frontline Management), Jay Frank (DigSin), Tom Jackson (Tom Jackson Productions), Artist on the Verge Finalist Maren Morris, Ralph Simon (Mobilium Globul) and Jeremy Weld (Marketing for Makers Studio).  For more info on this year's NMS, check out newmusicseminar.com.

 

The Cribs' "In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull" Out Today!

The Cribs' fifth studio album, In The Belly Of the Brazen Bull, is out today on Wichita Recordings.  The album, which has been widely acclaimed, debuted in the Top 10 on the UK charts, receiving fantastic reviews in Pitchfork, Filter, Consequence of Sound and Spin to name just a few. The band will return to the US for a headline tour in support of ITBOTBB that begins June 5th at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia.  Check out their tour dates page for full details.

Get In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull:

iTunes: http://bit.ly/IWlJPH Rhapsody: http://bit.ly/JtNhjO 7digital: http://bit.ly/JtNjs1 Google Play:http://bit.ly/IVWpYG Beatport http://s.beatport.com/L6UU07)

9/10 - NME 9/10 - Drowned In Sound 85% - Filter **** - Q **** - BBC **** - The Fly 7.3 - Pitchfork