Even though their west coast tour opening for Zero 7 ended just before the holidays, the Saratoga Springs, NY duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, known as collectively as Phantogram, are already preparing to barnstorm the nation multiple times in 2010.
In celebration of the release of their debut LP Eyelid Movies (February 9th on Barsuk Records) the band will be hitting the east coast and Midwest.
In other Phantogram related news, Seattle / New York City based tastemaker radio station KEXP also recently released a live video of the duo playing “Mouthful of Diamonds” live on The Morning Show with John Richards. Recorded this past fall at Cutting Room Studios during the CMJ Music Festival, it gives those who haven’t had the chance to see the band yet a taste of their brilliant live show.
Watch Phantogram’s “Mouthful of Diamonds (Live on KEXP)” from Eyelid Movies [Barsuk Records]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHo5S93cEi0
VICE Records artists Pierced Arrows and Lullabye Arkestra have announced their upcoming North American tours beginning late February, extensively covering North America over a series of shows together and on their own as well. Kicking off their tour February 23rd in Fargo, ND, ex-Dead Moon tour veterans Pierced Arrows will work their way east, eventually teaming up with Toronto’s equally blistering live duo Lullabye Arkestra on March 5th in New York. Both bands will continue playing shows together throughout select East and West Coast tour dates.
Styles P dropped his third Court Dunn-directed video on the web today, this time for the exclusive “16 Bars” series on Hip Hop DX. Check it out here, and if you haven’t yet seen the first two Styles P/Court Dunn collaborations, “Legal Money” on Nah Right and “Styles vs. Notorious B.I.G.” on 2DopeBoyz, watch them now!
Watch Styles P on 16 Bars:
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/videos/id.4615
Watch Styles P’s “Legal Money” on Nah Right’s “One Shot” Series:
http://nahright.com/news/2009/12/16/video-styles-p-dj-green-lantern-legal-money-one-shot
The Dodos will be making their US television debut this Friday January 8th on The Late Show With David Letterman! Please tune in to what will prove to be one of the greatest TV performances of 2010. And Airing Monday, December 21, at 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT, and re-airing several more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase “Check 1, 2: The Dodos.” Indie rock outfit The Dodos use their unconventional approach to conjure up some beautiful, live noise. Follow the band on their journey down the Pacific Coast starting in their hometown of San Francisco. In Big Sur they present a magical set at the Henry Miller Library. Several days later they visit the legendary Casbah in San Diego. This intimate mini-documentary features songs such as “Fools” from the band’s breakout release Visiter as well as “Fables” and “This is a Business” from their most recent Frenchkiss Records offering Time To Die.
This week marks the release of DJ/producer superstar RJD2’s iPhone remix app, finally giving fans and tinkerers alike the chance to experience a bit of what it sounded like in RJ’s studio as he worked on upcoming LP The Colossus (due in stores on 1/19 via RJ’s own label, RJ’s Electrical Connections). The application, called Touch Mix, was created by Future Audio Workshop, the makers of the well-received deadmau5 remix app. RJD2 announced the news on his website Monday as part of his “Monday Madness” series, telling fans, “you can make your own mixes on the fly with 5 cuts, and also get a sneak preview of another track from The Colossus.” There are more details about how the Touch Mix app works on their site.
The Colossus may not hit stores until January 19th, but fans can pre-order several exclusive deluxe packages right now on RJ’s website. RJ also ran a Twitter contest to give fans a chance to win tickets to any show on his upcoming tour, which just ended this week. The Grand Prize winner, who gets “The Colossus Deluxe Package” and a private DJ lesson from RJ along with his/her pair of tickets, will be announced on release date. RJ’s tour kicks off this Saturday in Washington DC.
