Very happy to hear new music from Class Actress. It’s been four (long) years since Rapprocher was released. Can’t wait to hear more.
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[on the road] Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells are finishing up their tour supporting Red Hot Chili Peppers, but once they’re done with that, the duo will hit the road on their own summer tour this July. The headlining shows kick off July 2nd in Burlington, VT, and wrap at DC’s Merriweather Post Pavillion on July 22nd, where they’ll hit the stage with Hot Chip and James Murphy! Throughout the tour, Sleigh Bells will be joined by Class Actress and Jel for a handful of stops. They’ll also be making some festival stops, including Forecastle and Pitchfork. As of right now, there are no west coast stops are set, but hopefully that will change as tour gets closer.
07-02 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground (w/ Class Actress and Jel)
07-03 Boston, MA – House of Blues (w/ Class Actress and Jel)
07-05 Montreal, Quebec – Corona (w/ Jel)
07-06 Ottawa, Ontario – Lebreton Flats Park (Ottawa Blues Festival)
07-07 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom (w/ Class Actress and Jel)
07-09 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues (w/ Class Actress and Jel)
07-10 Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection (w/ Class Actress and Jel)
07-12 Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club (w/ Jel)
07-13 Louisville, KY – Forecastle Fest
07-14 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Festival
07-16 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage (w/ Jel)
07-17 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater (w/ Class Actress and Jel)
07-18 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls (w/ Class Actress and Jel)
07-19 Philadelphia, PA – Making Time 12th Anniversary HYPER-RAGER (w/ Dave P & Sammy Slice, Making Time DJs)
07-22 Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion (w/ Hot Chip and James Murphy)
[watch] Class Actress//Bienvenue
Brooklyn synth-poppers Class Actress just released the beautiful new video for “Bienvenue”. The second clip from the critically praised debut album Rapprocher (out now via Carpark Records) was shot on location in Paris this past December and was directed by Clement Gino and Gregory Faure. Class Actress will return to Europe in late March following select North American dates between now and SXSW.
Elle Magazine chatted with Class Actress creative voice and frontwoman Elizabeth Harper about the video, Parisian style, men and more. She notes: “Part of what Class Actress is about, to me, is the golden age of travel and what that time invokes: love letters, elegance, adventure, letting loose, loving life, feeling things rather than avoiding them. Paris is a city of senses and sensuality.” Read the full interview here.
[source: motormouthmedia]
♪ Class Actress – Weekend (from Rapproacher)
Tour Dates
Jan 27 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Jan 28 Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
Feb 03 Brooklyn, NY – 285 Kent Ave (with Pictureplane)
Feb 09 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Feb 10 San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Feb 11 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar
Feb 14 Calgary, AB – Hifi Club
Feb 16 San Francisco, CA – Noise Pop Festival
Mar 09 Denton, TX – Hailey’s Club
Mar 10 Norman, OK – Oklahoma Memorial Union
Mar 14 McAllen, TX – Sofie’s (with Of Montreal)
Mar 15 Austin, TX – 512 Upstairs (Carpark/Paw Tracks Showcase)
Mar 29 La Roche-sur-Yon, FR – Fuzz’Yon (Les Femmes s’en Melent Festival)
Mar 30 Paris, FR – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
Mar 31 Ajaccio, Corsica – Aghja
(31) Days of Good: Day 10
I never gave Drake the listen he probably deserved, I couldn’t get used to the rapper/singer thing. But I finally gave his latest album a shot and was very impressed with his second effort, Take Care. Drake definitely avoided the sophomore slump on this one. I love the production, with tracks produced by The Weeknd and Jamie xx.
♪ Drake – Headlines (from Take Care) [stream only]
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This next track features one at the top of my playlist for the last six months, many thanks 85decibels for turning me on to this one. Synths, dance beats, and a sultry voice are never a bad combination.
♪ Class Actress – Keep You (from Rapproacher)
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This next track is from the Drive Soundtrack, which is one of my favorite films of the year and my favorite soundtrack by far (Check out the trailer here). This record is on par with the TRON Legacy Soundtrack last year and includes the Lovefoxx (aka Luísa Hanae Matsushita, lead singer of CSS) and Kavinsky collaboration better known as “Nightcall”.
♪ Kavinsky and Lovefoxxx – Nightcall (from Drive OST)
[new music roundup] 10.18.11
Some of my favorite new releases this week, including the highly anticipated new 2-disc LP from M83. Enjoy.
For fans of: Austra, Phantogram, Summer Camp, Discovery
Key tracks: Keep You, Weekend, Love Me Like You Used To, Missed
For fans of: Dunes, Dominant Legs, Sleep ∞ Over, Les Sins
Key tracks: Top Bunk, Keep Time, Mop It Up, Lights Out
Library Voices//Summer of Lust
For fans of: Rah Rah, The Wooden Sky, Hannah Georgas, Two Hours Traffic
Key tracks: Generation Handclap, If Raymond Carver Was Born In The 90s, Que Sera Sarah, Anthem for a New Canadia
For fans of: Washed Out, Active Child, Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky
Key tracks: Intro (feat. Zola Jesus), Midnight City, Wait, My Tears Are Becoming a Sea, Raconte-Moi Une Histoire
Niki & The Dove//The Drummer EP
For fans of: Those Dancing Days, Kite, Little Marbles, Young Galaxy
Key tracks: Last Night, Mother Project, Manon, Sundog
Penguin Prison//Penguin Prison
For fans of: Feldberg, Human Life, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Holy Ghost!
Key tracks: Don’t Fuck With My Money, The Worse It Gets, Golden Train, A Funny Thing
For fans of: Cave, Oneida, Jackie O Motherfucker, Bardo Pond
Key tracks: Mind Daze, Midnight Moon, That’s Alright, Incense Head
For fans of: Beach Fossils, Kurt Vile, Woods, Atlas Sound
Key tracks: Green Aisles, Easy, It’s Real, Out of Tune
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin//Tape Club
For fans of: Voxtrot, Headlights, Mates of State, Telekinesis
Key tracks: Yellow Missing Signs, Coming Through, Let’s Get Tired, The Clod and the Pebble
Other notable new releases:
Body Language//Social Studies
The Deep Dark Woods//The Place I Left Behind
Four Tet//Fabriclive 59
Forest Fire//Staring At the X
Gigamesh//Gigamesh EP
Kimya Dawson//Thunder Thighs
Kissing Party//Wasters Wall
The Reminding Ideas//House of Weather
States//Room to Run