VIDEO // Foxygen Eat Burgers, Perform Live for THE FLY

Foxygen – ‘In The Darkness’ on MUZU.TV.

Foxygen – ‘No Destruction’ on MUZU.TV.

Guitar in hand, burger in mouth – it’s a recipe for success. Foxygen stopped by The Fly to perform two songs from their recently released album, We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (available via SC Distribution, iTunes and Amazon). Enjoy “In The Darkness” and “No Destruction” above.

You can witness all the madness in person. Foxygen are on tour now in Europe, with dates in the States starting February 13 at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. What could make this tour even better? Playing it with labelmates Unknown Mortal Orchestra (yes, you’re reading correctly). You’ll find the full schedule HERE.

P.S. For all you New Yorkers, Foxygen has just announced two headlining NYC shows, being that the date with UMO at has now SOLD OUT and all. You can see them live at the Knitting Factory in April and the Mercury Lounge on May 15

ALBUM STREAM // UMO’S ‘II’ Playing Now at Hype Machine, May EU/UK Tour Dates Revealed

Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s II is coming to stores next week, but do not wait that long to hear the new record. Hype Machine just launched their album preview and it is available for streaming on the site or below! You can also now pre-order the album at SC Distribution and download II immediately.

 
In addition to a the album stream, we have a handful of May tour dates to share with you! To satisfy many a request, UMO returns to Europe and all is right in the world; the added shows continue what’s already worked out to be a full season of touring. Dates include ATP Festival, specially curated by TV on the Radio. See all the shows below; tickets go on sale this Friday!

TOUR DATES:
May 1: Glasgow, UK – King Tuts
May 2: Dublin, IE – Academy 2
May 3: Liverpool, UK – The Garage – Liverpool Sound City
May 4: Leeds, UK – Cockpit – Live at Leeds
May 6: Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
May 7: Bristol, UK – Thekla
May 8: Birmingham, UK – Institute – Temple Room
May 10: Camber Sands, UK – ATP Festival curated by TV on the Radio
May 11: Brussels, Belgium – Rotonde – Les Nuits Botanique
May 16: London, UK – Village Underground
May 21: Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega Small Hall
May 24: Paris, France – Villette Sonique

WATCH // UMO Performs an Acoustic Session for The Fly

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – ‘So Good At Being In Trouble’ on MUZU.TV.

Ruban Nielson stopped by The Fly while in London last fall to perform some songs from his new album, II. The acoustic session (a first) includes “So Good At Being In Trouble,” which was just named Best New Track at Pitchfork. Enjoy above!

The Fly also has videos of “Faded In the Morning” and “Swim and Sleep (Like A Shark)” available for streaming. Head to their site to view those!

Like what you hear? You can pre-order II and download the entire album over a week before it’s officially released. Available now at SC Distribution.

WATCH // Bon Iver – “Beth/Rest,” New 12″ Out Today in US

Bon Iver’s “Beth/Rest” is paired with an oddly stunning visual. Directed by both Dan Huiting and Justin Vernon, the video stars band member Mike Noyce in a dream-like world. In describing his treatment, Justin said, “It’s kind of about two people who are truly meant for each other and what happens to their essence. How they connect is some other thing that we don’t know how to really talk about.” The video was filmed in the Wisconsin woods surrounding April Base. Watch above or at Huffington Post.

In addition to the video, Bon Iver’s Beth/Rest 12″ is out today and available at SC Distribution! The A-side features the studio version of “Beth/Rest” while the B-side is a full-band recording of the same song from an August 2011 session at Rare Book Room. Beth/Rest will be released on November 12 in the UK.

Sharon Van Etten Adds Biggest London Show To Date as Cargo is NOW SOLD OUT, Designs Downloadable Valentine!

For all you Londoners who missed the bus on getting tickets to see Sharon Van Etten at the now sold out Cargo concert, you’re in serious luck. The burgeoning songstress JUST ADDED A NEW LONDON SHOW AT SCALA. It is her biggest London show to date and it’s all happening on May 16th. She’s also added a handful of other UK shows; see those and links to buy tickets below.

Download Sharon’s Valentine. Made just for you on this special day.

Here’s another great video of Sharon Van Etten performing “Kevin’s.” Thanks Pop News!

05/16/12 London, UK – Scala BUY TICKETS
05/17/12 Manchester, UK – The Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS
05/18/12 Dublin, IE – Whelans BUY TICKETS
05/20/12 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club BUY TICKETS
05/21/12 Brighton, UK – Komedia BUY TICKETS