WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

Local Natives were in the Windy City for the Pitchfork Music Festival a few weeks ago. They found time to do a little railroad acoustic session for Pitchfork TV and even caught a robbery in the process.

IT'S FRIDAY. TIME TO DANCE.

Cosmic Love - Short Club Remix by musicbleep


I am loving this brand new remix of Florence and The Machine's "Cosmic Love" !  You totally gotta check it out and if you like, download it for FREE!!  You're welcome...!

PEGGY SUE LIVE AT PIANOS

Check out live video of Peggy Sue performing "Yo Mama" at their June show at Pianos. It was shot by the super-talented peeps over at VVUSIC.

http://www.vvusic.tv/concert/peggy-sue/yo-mama

The band also created a little tour scrapbook on their site where fans can check out the videos they made in every city they played on their NA summer tour. They also included a little blog about each video. Toronto and Seattle are two of my favorites :)

www.peggywho.com/scrapbook

COUNTDOWN TO ZERO

Beth Ditto PSA (7.20.10) from TakePart on Vimeo.

Beth Ditto is another musician that is coming forward to speak about nuclear weapons. Check out her PSA for COUNTDOWN TO ZERO.

COUNTDOWN TO ZERO traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possess nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (Devil’s Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of important international statesmen, including Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. Countdown to Zero makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever with the Obama administration working to revive this goal today. The film was produced by Academy Award® winner and 2009 nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, An Inconvenient Truth) and developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media, together with World Security Institute.
Stay tuned for more details and additional clips!

THE MAGIC TOUCH

Here We Go Magic release TRULY YOURS live video of "Casual" from Pitchfork.

Summer Tour Dates

NORTH AMERICA

7/29 - Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA *
8/01 - The Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ *
8/03 - The LOFT at the Palladium - Dallas, TX *
8/04 - Emo's Outside - Austin, TX *
8/06 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
8/07 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC *
8/08 - The Black Cat - Washington, DC *
8/09 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA
8/11 – CoCo 66 - 826NYC Benefit – Brooklyn, NY

10/16 - Phoenix - Toronto, ON #
10/18 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY #
10/19 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH #
10/20 - The Crofoot - Pontiac, MI #
10/21 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL #
10/23 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN #
10/25 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE #
10/27 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT #
10/30 - Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC #
10/31 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
11/02 - Crystal Bay Crown Club Room - Crystal Bay, NV #
11/03 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA #
11/06 - Belly Up Tavern - Solana Beach, CA #
11/08 - Orpheum Theatre - Flagstaff, AZ #
11/09 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM #
11/10 - Academy of Contemporary Music - Oklahoma City, OK #
11/11 - Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX #
11/13 - Warehouse Live Ballroom - Houston, TX #

* w/ Beach Fossils
# w/ Dr Dog

More dates to be announced shortly

Here We Go Magic is a five-piece band made up of members Luke Temple, Kristina Lieberson, Michael Bloch, Jennifer Turner, and Peter Hale. Several of them had collaborated consistently in years prior, but the five finally came together with a single unified vision in early 2009, buoyed by the release of the self-titled Here We Go Magic album (Western Vinyl).

The band's creative momentum since has been unwavering. Together they have developed a broad array of musical material and honed an explosive live sound all their own. They spent much of 2009 on successive North American and European tours with bands such Department of Eagles, Grizzly Bear, and the Walkmen, before retreating to a house near East Branch, NY to record their second full length LP.

Pigeons, out now on Secretly Canadian, was recorded to analog tape in the livingroom of a rented house in upstate New York. It represents a full-on collaborative work by a band with an uncanny musical chemistry. The album is produced by bassist Jen Turner and features thick full band arrangements by all members of Here We Go Magic. As they were immersed together in a very reactive and spontaneous creative process, most of the arrangements and textural treatments were born at the same moment as the songs themselves. Songwriter Luke Temple's evocative melodies and lyrics are thus complimented and fleshed out in completely organic ways. Taken as a whole, Pigeons is a unique and fascinating journey from start to finish, rooted in driving repetitive rhythms, swathed in a celestial haze, and maintaining a consistent and comfortable expressive breath throughout.

First and foremost a live band by nature, Here We Go Magic will be touring almost without stop through the remainder of 2010. They have been invited to play many of the world's leading festivals, including Glastonbury, Bonnaroo, Primavera Sound and Pitchfork Festival.

KCRW WELCOMES LAURA MARLING

Laura Marling was in Los Angeles last week. She performed on Morning Becomes Eclectic and had a gig at the El Rey. If you missed any of her performances, check her out now on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. She's AMAZING!

SECONDHAND SERENADE 'SOMETHING MORE'

Secondhand Serenade's new video for "Something More" debuted on MTV Hits & MTVu last week. You can watch the video HERE. "Something More" is the lead single from Secondhand Serenade's third album, Hear Me Now, which comes out Tuesday, August 3rd. Starting today, fans can get an exclusive first listen to Hear Me Now on MySpace. The entire album is streaming HERE. AOL's teen website JSKY premiered Secondhand's new song "You and I" yesterday, stream it on their site HERE and AbsolutePunk.Net debuted "Stay Away" HERE. Fans can also pre-order Hear Me Now at Secondhand Serenade's own webstore: http://secondhandserenade.hasawebstore.com/

Eight of the eleven songs on Hear Me Now were produced by Aaron Johnson (The Fray) at Swing House studios in Los Angeles. The other three, including "Something More", were produced by John Vesely himself along with Secondhand drummer Tom Breyfogle at Vesely's home studio and mixed by Mark Endert (Train, Maroon 5).

Secondhand Serenade is currently on a headlining tour across the United States with support from White Tie Affair & Runner Runner. Notable shows include a New York City play at the Gramercy Theatre on Tuesday August 10th and Anaheim at House Of Blues on Saturday, September 4th.

Headlining Tour Dates

w/The White Tie Affair & Runner Runner

07/27/10 Ft. Lauderdale FL  Culture Club
07/28/10 Orlando FL  The Social
07/29/10 St.Petersburg FL  State Theatre
07/31/10 Atlanta GA  Masquerade
08/01/10 Covington KY  Mad Hatter
08/03/10 Charlotte NC  Tremont Music Hall
08/04/10 Towson  MD  Racher Theatre
08/05/10 Lancaster PA  Chamelon Club
08/06/10 New Haven CT  Toad's Place
08/07/10 Boston MA  Royale
08/08/10 Burlington  VT  Higher Ground
08/10/10 New York  NY  Gramercy Theatre
08/11/10 Pittsburgh PA  Altar Bar
08/12/10 Pontiac MI   The Eagle Theatre
08/13/10 Lansing  MI   The Loft
08/15/10 Chicago IL  Bottom Lounge
08/17/10 Madison WI  Majestic Theatre
8/18/10 Saint Paul MN  Station 4
8/21/10 Little Rock AR  Juanita's
8/27/10 Spokane WA  Knitting Factory
09/04/10 Anaheim CA  House of Blues

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GOODBYE SUNSHINE...HELLO RAIN!

As some of you may already know, Musicbleep is leaving the bright lights of Hollywood and heading to the Pacific Northwest.  MB has been going strong in Los Angeles for 3 AMAZING years now and have had soooo many amazing experiences in this city; we truly feel blessed to be able to call L.A. our home, but we are ready for change of scenery...something new & fresh.  Musicbleep is so grateful for all of the opportunities and times that we have had, and will miss the people that we have met along the way.

Even though Seattle will be the new "home" of Muscbleep, we still plan on getting back to L.A. as much as possible.  We have awesome staff that will still be covering shows in L.A., while we get to experience the music scene in Seattle.  Us "Musicbleepers" can't wait to see where these new adventures takes us, and you, our followers and fans; we already have some cool things lined up in the next few months.

Please stay tuned for some upcoming show reviews and a few past ones (KT Tunstall) that are being worked  on.  This move has been taking a lot of time, so it's been a little slow on keeping up with the posts.  Musicbleep will be back up and running strong in just a few days.

We look forward to introducing, you, our readers to this wonderful city and adding more friends and fans on the way. 

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS

I'm loving this band and their new video for their single "Pigeons." It's off their upcoming debut release The Hundred In The Hands.  If you don't know this band, get to know them!  They are going to be opening on some of The Temper Trap dates this fall.

AIR TO PLAY ONE EXCLUSIVE U.S. DATE

Following their sold-out North American tour last March to celebrate the release of their fifth studio album Love 2, AIR are proud to announce an exclusive one-off live date this Fall. The French electronic pop duo (Nicolas Godin and JB Dunckel) will play Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, October 23, 2010. 

The March 2010 shows were the band’s first North American live dates in over three years.  For the first time on these dates, the band performed their live show as an intimate three-piece with Godin and Dunckel taking on full instrumental and vocal duties. Tour highlights included a national TV appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, an unforgettable show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the recording of AIR’s sixth studio session for KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclecticprogram.

Also in March, AIR teamed up with London-based music technology company RjDj to create an innovative App, “Love by AIR” for the iPhone, which allows fans to experience Air’s music in a unique, immersive way. Fans choose from five different “soundscapes” and then use the App’s  features to transform the musical experience in real-time by sampling and  processing ambient sounds, the fan’s own voice and more into Air’s own music. Fans can also record their own messages or performances with the application, allowing them to share their own unique productions of Air’s music with their friends, and with the world. Upon release the App spent several weeks in the iTunes Top 20 Music Apps chart.

Download link for "Love by AIR": http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/love-by-air/id354648363?mt=8

AIR’s 1998 debut album Moon Safari struck a unanimously harmonious chord with music lovers around the globe and has since become an electronic pop classic. Since then, AIR have enjoyed many career-defining moments including the now legendary sold-out show with full orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl in 2004. The bands has also garnered many accolades, both at home and abroad, and have written, produced and collaborated on a breathtaking array of music projects.

With 5.5 million worldwide album sales to their credit, the band has become de facto ambassadors of modern French pop, whose fans are drawn back to each new musical adventure by their inventive arrangements, and a playful yet unpredictable palette of sounds and songcraft.

"Ending the show with the languid opening track from “Moon Safari,” “La Femme d’Argent,” Air quickened the song's pulse, switching the emphasis from Dunckel’s jazz-dusted keyboard to Godin’s rumbling bass guitar. As the song swelled to a twisting, psychedelic conclusion complete with kaleidoscopic visuals, it was clear that Air wasn’t going to be held in place by its past, no matter how big the spotlight" - Los Angeles Times

"It's the cool of Yves Klein's "International Blue" and Jean Luc Godard's Breathless and Alain Robbe-Grillet's Djinn all rolled into an aural cone, and it elevates everyone within earshot" - SPIN.com

AIR’S SOUTH + NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:

October 09: Argentina – Buenos Aires @ Aire Festival
October 14: Brazil - Rio de Janeiro @ Circo Voador
October 15: Brazil - Belo Horizonte @ Chevrolet Hall
October 16: Brazil - Sao Paulo @ Natura Festival
October 19: Colombia - Bogota @ Teatro Gaitan
October 21: Mexico - Mexico City @ The National Auditorium
October 23: USA - Los Angeles @ Shrine Auditorium*

*Tickets for Los Angeles go on sale Friday July 30th at 10 a.m. (PST) at ticketmaster.com

Opening acts are Quadron and Juliette Commagere