NEW ALBUM & FIRST LISTEN!

Album Announcement!

Due to an abundance of great songs bursting to get out 2010 will see Robyn release not one, not two, but three albums. The first, Body Talk PT 1, will be released on June 14th with the single Dancing On My Own released the same day (add to Facebook).

"I got all these great songs so why not? It’s been 5 years since "Robyn" and I didn’t want to wait with a release until they are all recorded, so I decided to start putting them out right away. I also can’t wait to play live again and this enables me to tour and record at the same time. I just want to keep making music!" Robyn

See the full tracklisting and listen to Fembot and None Of Dem on the website!

First Listen: Robyn - None Of Dem (feat. Röyksopp) >>

Head to Robyn.com now to listen to the second track to surface from Body Talk Pt. 1 - the Röyksopp collaboration None Of Dem!! Let everyone know what you think of it by posting your reaction video to the Gallery, then share it on Facebook and Twitter!

"I´m so curious to see what people will do to "None of dem" on the video recorder function that now is up on my site together with the song! Please go as bananas or pretentious as you like, if you like. You can also choose to just listen to the song and not let us record your reaction. But I would love it if you did!!! Thank you." Robyn

Robyn's video is live right now - here! Get recording here!

AQUALUNG RELEASING NEW ALBUM

Aqualung’s Matt Hales thought he had it all figured out. In 2007, the British singer/songwriter told a London audience that he was retiring. “I’d had enough of it at that point and thought I might just be a teacher or do something else.”

However, the stellar batch of tunes that make up his new Verve album, Magnetic North, came calling and they wouldn’t take no for an answer. “The songs were like ‘Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, C’mon dad, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go,’ Hales laughs. “I’m still ever so slightly reluctant, but I don’t have any choice. I’m like the guy in the park with 12 giant puppies being pulled along; I didn’t want to come out. Well, I made these puppies so I guess I must have secretly wanted to get out there.”

Magnetic North's songs range from the impossibly upbeat and joyous Beck-like opening track “New Friend” and the exuberant “Fingertip” to the bleak sorrow of “Sundowning.”

“The common theme is mature relationships in various degrees of difficulty,” says Hales of the Verve release. “The thing that is common to all these relationships, whether they last or not, is there was a point when the other person was everything.”

Magnetic North includes many guests including Sara Bareilles on the haunting “Remember Us” and “New Friend,” as well as A Fine Frenzy’s Alison Sudol on “Time Moves Slow,” and Kelly Sweet on “Fingertip” and “Sundowning.”


Aqualung Tour Dates
Apr 26*Bootleg Theatre*Los Angeles, California
Apr 27*Swedish American Music Hall*San Francisco, California
Apr 29*Biltmore Cabaret*Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr 30*Doug Fir Lounge*Portland, Oregon
May 1*Triple Door*Seattle, Washington
May 4*Varsity Theatre*Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 5*Schubas Tavern*Chicago, Illinois
May 6*Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room*St. Louis, Missouri
May 7*The Basement*Columbus, Ohio
May 8*World Cafe Live*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 9*Jammin’ Java Music Club and Cafe*Vienna, Virginia
May 10*City Winery*New York, New York
May 11*The Red Room at Cafe 939*Boston, Massachusetts

THE MIDDLE EAST CD GIVEAWAY!

Woo hoooo...we finally made it to COACHELLA week!! In honor of one of my new favorite bands out of Australia, we are giving away their CD. The Middle East will play Coachella this weekend and I'm gonna give one lucky winner a copy of their CD.

All you have to do is shoot me an email. I will draw TWO winners at Random. Enter @ musicbleep@gmail.com. Contest will end Wednesday! You can also leave a comment and tell me how much you love the band, one of their songs, an experience at one of their shows, etc...

And don't forget to check the band out on the road!

http://www.myspace.com/visitthemiddleeast

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - MACY GRAY

Where ya been, girl? Check out Macy Gray gettin' funky with cheerleaders and skater boys in this Adria Petty directed music video. This is the first single from Macy's forthcoming album 'The Sellout'.

Macy Gray will be headlining a FREE concert at NYC's Webster Hall on 4/19/10. Visit http://www.origins.com/macygray to find out how you can win free tickets.

COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!

As most of you already know, I'm a huge fan of music that comes out of Australia. I don't know why, but my obsession with Australia grows daily. I honestly think I'm supposed to live there. Anyway, here is another band that I'm really digging right now. They are called The Middle East and they are coming to a town near you! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!

Check out all the latest tour dates below:

4/14--University of California--Davis, CA (w/ Passion Pit & Mayer Hawthorne)
4/15--Fox Theater--Pomona, CA (w/ Pavement)
4/16--Soho Restaurant and Music Club--Santa Barbara, CA (w/ Beach House)
4/18--Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival--Indio, CA
4/19--The Clubhouse--Tempe, AZ (w/ Frightened Rabbit)~
4/21--Walter’s on Washington--Houston, TX (w/ Frightened Rabbit)~
4/22--The Loft--Dallas, TX (w/ Frightened Rabbit)~
4/23--Revolution--Little Rock, AR (w/ Frightened Rabbit)~
4/24--Masquerade Music Park--Atlanta, GA (w/ Frightened Rabbit)~
5/5--Horseshoe--Toronto, ON
5/6--The Ladies Literary Club at Calvin College--Grand Rapids, MI (w/ Laura Marling)%
5/7--Magic Stick--Detroit, MI (w/ Laura Marling)%
5/8--Andy Warhol Museum--Pittsburgh, PA (w/ Laura Marling)%
5/9--Big Orbit’s Soundlab--Buffalo, NY (w/ Laura Marling)%
5/11--Space--Portland, ME (w/ Laura Marling)%
5/13--Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire--Montreal, QC (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/14--The Middle East Downstairs--Cambridge, MA (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/16--The Fillmore at TLA--Philadelphia, PA (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/17--Music Hall of Williamsburg--Brooklyn, NY (w/ Mumford & Sons)
**SOLD OUT** ^
5/18--Webster Hall--New York, NY (w/ Mumford & Sons)
**SOLD OUT** ^
5/19--Mercury Lounge--New York, NY ^
5/20--930 Club--Washington, DC (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/21--Beachland Ballroom--Cleveland, OH (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/22--Wexner Center--Columbus, OH (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/24--Lincoln Hall--Chicago, IL (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/25--Varsity Theater--Minneapolis, MN (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/29--Sasquatch Music Festival--Quincy, WA
5/30--560 Club--Vancouver, BC (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
5/31--Aladdin Theater--Portland, OR (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
6/2--Slim’s--San Francisco, CA (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
6/4--The Music Box--Los Angeles, CA (w/ Mumford & Sons)
**SOLD OUT** ^
6/6--Belly Up Tavern--Solana Beach, CA (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
6/7--Rhythm Room--Phoenix, AZ (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
6/9--Antone’s--Austin, TX (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
6/10--House Of Blues Cambridge Room--Dallas, TX (w/ Mumford & Sons) ^
6/12--Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival--Manchester, TN
~Dates with Frightened Rabbit
%Dates with Laura Marling
^Dates with Mumford and Sons

OUT OF HER MIND

Melissa Auf der Maur's second solo record and multimedia project, Out of Our Minds (OOOM), is finally out! Check out the AOL Spinner Listening Party (http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/3) and don't forget to pick up your copy today!

Consisting of 12 powerful tracks produced and mixed by top-flight collaborators including Chris Goss (QOTSA, UNKLE), Alan Molder (Depeche Mode, Smashing Pumpkins) and Mike Frazer (Franz Ferdinand, AC/DC), the multimedia project album also extends into a 28-minute, HD film starring and conceived by MAdM, as well as a limited edition comic book and matching picture disc vinyl illustrated by Jack Forbes.

IN CASE YOU MISSED EM...

She & Him hit Jimmy Kimmel to perform a couple hits off their latest SMASH, Volume 2.

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS

"Tiny Light" is the latest vid from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. The song is also featured in the ad for the new ABC Family original movie Beauty & the Briefcase premiering Sunday, April 18 at 8pm/7c on ABC Family!

LOLLAPALOOZA 2010 LINEUP ANNOUNCED!

Check out the Lolla lineup! http://2010.lollapalooza.com/

SoundgardenGreen Day Lady Gaga Arcade Fire The Strokes Phoenix Social Distortion MGMT Jimmy Cliff Hot Chip The Black Keys The National Spoon Devo Cypress Hill Cut Copy The New Pornographers Erykah Badu Slightly Stoopid Grizzly Bear Gogol Bordello Chromeo Wolfmother Yeasayer X Japan MUTEMATH Metric Dirty Projectors AFI Mavis Staples Matt & Kim The xx Drive-By Truckers Blues Traveler Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros The Temper Trap Jamie Lidell Frightened Rabbit F**k Buttons Deer Tick Blitzen Trapper Stars Raphael Saadiq The Cribs Minus the Bear Switchfoot The Walkmen Mumford & Sons Wild Beasts Rogue Wave Los Amigos Invisibles The Big Pink The Dodos Hockey Cymbals Eat Guitars B.o.B Dawes Warpaint The Antlers The Soft Pack Rebelution Balkan Beat Box Wavves American Bang The Ike Reilly Assassination Company of Thieves Nneka Harlem The Constellations Miniature Tigers Mimicking Birds The Kissaway Trail HEALTH Javelin The Morning Benders Foxy Shazam Violent Soho Royal Bangs Freelance Whales Semi Precious Weapons Dan Black The Band of Heathens Dragonette My Dear Disco Shawn Fisher Neon Hitch Skybox The Ettes Jukebox the Ghost These United States MyNameIsJohnMichael

RECORD STORE DAY

The Beastie Boys, Phoenix, Sonic Youth, Drive-By Truckers and Fela Kuti are included among the wealth of exclusive pieces that will be available on Record Store Day at select participating independent record stores. In support of indie record stores and the annual occasion, many labels have created special cds, records, box sets, and more for some of their most celebrated artists that will only be available on April 17, 2010 until they sell out. There are hundreds of these special collectibles, all of which can be found at RecordStoreDay.com .

Exclusive pieces will be available from the following artists:

Beastie Boys – Super surprise content white label 12” vinyl (1,000 available)

Drive-By Truckers – “Your Woman is a Living Thing”/”Just Maybe” 7” vinyl single (both tracks RSD exclusives)

Fela Kuti – 4 songs recorded in LA in 1969 10” EP with replica cover artwork of first Nigerian Fela Kuti record (1,000 available)

Sonic Youth – Hits Are For Squares, 15 tracks selected by other artists with exclusive new Sonic Youth track “Slow Revolution” on individually numbered Double LP [Confusion is Sex and EVOL reissues on 12” white and pink vinyl respectively available early for RSD as well]

Phoenix – “Fences” album track plus remix 12” single on pink vinyl (first vinyl from Phoenix; 3,500 available)

These are only a sample of the amazing items that will be in stores on Record Store Day. More will be announced in the next two weeks leading up to Record Store Day and you can also head to RecordStoreDay.com to see them all now.

About Record Store Day:
Record Store Day, organized by the Music Monitor Network, the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), and the Alliance of Independent Music Stores (AIMS) celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale. It takes place on Saturday, April 17, 2010.