Thrice’s Beggars To Be Released Digitally on August 11th
Posted by Amy in Thrice, VagrantJul 23rd, 2009 | Comments OffThrice’s Beggars To Be Released Digitally on August 11th
July 23, 2009 – Vagrant Records announces the August 11, 2009 digital release of Beggars, the sixth studio album from Thrice. The digital album will be available exclusively through iTunes. The release date and details of the CD, with bonus material, will be announced shortly.
The digital release date was pushed up from October 13 in response to a leak that was discovered on Monday, July 20. Thrice said in a statement yesterday on their website, “We’d like to thank those of you who have resisted the urge to download this leak, those of you who have been supportive of us in online forums as this thing began to spread, and those of you who have heard the record and are sharing kind words about it. We always appreciate your support, but even more so right now.”
The California-based quartet recorded the 10-track set at producer and guitarist Teppei Teranishi’s New Grass Studios this spring. Thrice will be performing later in August on the upcoming west coast Warped Tour dates and will soon announce their US tour plans for the fall.
Thrice is Dustin Kensrue – vocals/guitar, Teppei Teranishi – guitar/piano, Edward Breckenridge – bass, and Riley Breckenridge – drums.
THRICE – live dates:
08.19 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center #
08.20 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre #
08.21 – Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre #
08.22 – San Diego, CA @ Cricket Amphitheatre #
08.23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Home Depot Center #
08.29 – Vancouver, BC @ Big Easy Festival
# – Vans Warped Tour
www.thrice.net
www.myspace.com/thrice
twitter.com/OfficialThrice
www.vagrant.com
Thrice announce Beggars release date, track listing, artwork
Posted by Amy in Dustin Kensrue, Riley Breckenridge, Thrice, Uncategorized, VagrantJul 16th, 2009 | Comments OffThrice Announce October 13 Release Date For Beggars
July 16, 2009 – THRICE announce that Beggars, their highly anticipated sixth studio album, will be released on October 13, 2009 on Vagrant Records. The California-based quartet recorded the 10-track set at producer and guitarist Teppei Teranishi’s New Grass Studios this spring. Fans can check out the new cover art for Beggars on http://www.thrice.net.
“I’m really excited about this record,” said vocalist/guitarist Dustin Kensrue. “Beggars is more visceral and more raw – both in the songwriting and in the overall sound. It moves with a different energy than any of our past records. It was born out of us playing together in a room, almost as a backlash to the giant headgame that was The Alchemy Index.”
Drummer Riley Breckenridge added, “”With The Alchemy Index, I think we broadened the scope of what we can do as a band, and while the writing and recording of the four EPs was a great learning experience, it was definitely an arduous, and at times, fragmented process. Beggars was a chance for us to apply the things we’d learned and push ourselves to create something more cohesive. At the root of that, was the four of us getting back in our studio, focusing on jamming song ideas out until they felt right, letting ‘happy accidents’ happen, and building on the energy of the four of us being in the same room together playing live.”
Immediately after finishing Beggars, Thrice performed a few high-profile shows including Bamboozle Left and the first eight dates of the Vans Warped Tour. The quartet will be rejoining the Warped tour in August to perform on the last five dates in California. While on the road, Thrice debuted two new songs from Beggars, “All The World Is Mad” and “The Weight”. “All The World Is Mad” will be available to fans exclusively on July 23 via the Vagrant Records Track Pack for Guitar Hero® World Tour.
In addition to the upcoming Warped Tour dates, Thrice is headlining the Big Easy Music Festival in Nanaimo, BC on August 29 and will also announce their US fall tour plans in the coming weeks.
Thrice is Dustin Kensrue – vocals/guitar, Teppei Teranishi – guitar/piano, Edward Breckenridge – bass, and Riley Breckenridge – drums.
Beggars track listing:
1. All The World Is Mad
2. The Weight
3. Circles
4. Doublespeak
5. In Exile
6. At The Last
7. Wood & Wire
8. Talking Through Glass
9. The Great Exchange
10. Beggars
THRICE-live dates:
08.19 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center #
08.20 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre #
08.21 – Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre #
08.22 – San Diego, CA @ Cricket Amphitheatre #
08.23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Home Depot Center #
08.29 – Vancouver, BC @ Big Easy Festival
# – Vans Warped Tour
www.thrice.net
www.myspace.com/thrice
http://twitter.com/OfficialThrice
www.vagrant.com
School of Seven Bells first headlining tour, new partnership, re-releasing Alpinisms
Posted by Amy in School of Seven Bells, Vagrant, tourJul 8th, 2009 | Comments OffSchool of Seven Bells Announce First North American Headlining Tour,
New Partnership with Vagrant Records
Alpinisms Re-released on July 14, 2009
Los Angeles, CA (July 8, 2009) – Vagrant Records is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Brooklyn, NY-based SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS and their label Ghostly International. Vagrant Records/Ghostly International will be re-releasing School of Seven Bells’ 2008 full-length debut album, Alpinisms on July 14.
Benjamin Curtis and sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza formed School of Seven Bells just over three years ago after their previous bands (Secret Machines and On!Air!Library!) toured together. The group signed to Ghostly International in early 2008 and released Alpinisms on October 28.
“When the three of us and the Ghostly guys met with Vagrant, we knew it was the right fit for all of us,” explained Curtis. “We feel really lucky that we’ve had the success we’ve had so far with our music, but it seems like there are a lot of people out there who might still have a place for this music in their lives and I hope they get the chance. “
School of Seven Bells kick off their first North American headlining tour on Friday, September 25 at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia, PA with Magic Wands providing main support on the headlining dates.
“We’re looking forward to finally presenting a SVIIB show in a context that we have more control over,” adds Curtis. “Our songs feel better when they have a little space around each other to breath and having time to transition from one mood into another is really going to set this tour above everything we’ve done before.”
The tour routes the band to Austin, Texas on Friday, October 2 for a performance at the Austin City Limits Festival. School of Seven Bells are set to end the tour with a hometown show at Webster Hall during CMJ Music Marathon on October 23.
Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, July 10, but a limited number of tickets are still available for fans through an exclusive Ducat King pre-sale.
Pitchfork described Alpinisms as “diaphanous” and Rolling Stone said the trio was “the sum of hip contradictions” and “like an evening mass with the Sixties acid-oscillator duo Silver Apples” while NPR declared Alpinisms to be one of the Top Debut Albums of 2008.
School of Seven Bells on tour:
Aug 07 – Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
Aug 08 – Mashima, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
Aug 14 – New York, NY @ Seaport Music Festival/Pier 17
Aug 28 – Paris, France @ Rock en Seine Festival
Sep 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
Sep 26 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
Sep 27 – Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Sep 28 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
Sep 29 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
Oct 01 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Oct 02 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
Oct 04 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Oct 05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
Oct 06 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
Oct 08 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Oct 09 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Oct 10 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Oct 13 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Oct 14 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Oct 15 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
Oct 16 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Nightclub
Oct 17 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
Oct 23 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall/CMJ Music Marathon
www.schoolofsevenbells.com
www.myspace.com/schoolofsevenbells
www.ghostlyinternational.com
www.vagrant.com
Placebo Announce US & Canadian Dates
Posted by Amy in Placebo, Vagrant, tourJul 8th, 2009 | Comments OffPLACEBO ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Battle For The Sun Out Now
Los Angeles, CA (July 7, 2009) – Placebo have stormed the worldwide album charts with the release of their latest record Battle for the Sun (06/09/09) and announce their highly anticipated North American tour beginning Saturday, September 12 in Portland, Oregon at Roseland Theatre.
The month-long trek includes a stop in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, September 20 as the band heads south with a Mexico City date planned for September 30. The tour wraps up in New York City with a performance scheduled for Sunday, October 11 at Terminal 5.
“We want to thank everyone who bought ‘Battle For The Sun’ and pushed us higher in the US charts than ever before,” commented the band. “It’s a buzz for us and we look forward to coming over to play for you in September.”
The band’s sixth studio album, Battle For The Sun, entered the charts at number one in nine countries – including a first ever number one in Germany – and top fives in twenty countries. Significantly though, the band have had their first ever Billboard Top 100 placing in the US at #51, selling more in their first week than the last album, Meds, sold in its first two weeks of release.
The result speaks for itself, with Battle for the Sun out-performing all previous chart positions in Placebo’s 13-year history.
The UK trio’s first single in the US, “For What It’s Worth” continues to be a Top 20 record at Modern Rock stations nationwide, with Rolling Stone calling it a “sleazy, sex-crazed disco burner.” Alternative Press said “Battle For The Sun takes the best elements of their sound and focuses it into a cohesive listening experience – there’s no filler to be found,” while Entertainment Weekly added that ‘Battle” is “stocked with hard-charging riffs.”
PLACEBO on tour:
Sep 12 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
Sep 13 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at Market
Sep 14 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Sep 16 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theatre
Sep 17 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Sep 19 – TBA
Sep 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia
Sep 21 – San Diego, CA @ Soma
Sep 23 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Sep 25 – Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
Sep 26 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Sep 27 – Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
Sep 30 – Mexico City, MX @ Palacio De Los Deportes
Oct 02 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Oct 03 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Oct 06 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
Oct 07 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Oct 09 – TBA
Oct 10 – Albany, NY @ Northern Lights
Oct 11 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
http://www.myspace.com/placebo
http://www.placeboworld.co.uk
http://www.vagrant.com
Moneen reveal tracklisting for The World I Want To Leave Behind
Posted by Amy in Moneen, VagrantJul 8th, 2009 | Comments OffMoneen Announce September 15 Release Date For
The World I Want To Leave Behind
(July 8, 2009) –MONEEN recently announced that their fourth full-length, The World I Want To Leave Behind, will be released on Vagrant Records (Dine Alone in Canada) on September 15, 2009.
The Brampton-based quartet recorded the twelve tracks in January at Rattlebox Studios in Toronto with Brian Moncarz and Grammy award-winning David Bottrill (Tool, Silverchair, Placebo, Muse) at the producer’s helm.
“We wanted to create a record that was us, but at the same time something completely different than we have done before,” says vocalist/guitarist Kenny Bridges. “We pushed ourselves harder than ever for this. We knew there was no way we could fool around with these songs. They were too important to us.”
Moneen’s EP Hold That Sound was recently released digitally and will also be released on limited edition 12” vinyl today. The EP features three tracks from the forthcoming album – two alternate versions plus a previously unreleased track.
Since Moneen’s debut release, The Theory of Harmonial Value (2001), the band has toured relentlessly, sharing stages with the likes of My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday and Alkaline Trio, earning a fiercely dedicated fan base in the process. Moneen released their sophomore album, Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now? in 2003 and The Red Tree in 2006. The group’s 2008 live CD/DVD It All Started With A Red Stripe was nominated for Music DVD of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards.
The band recently returned from a successful UK tour opening for Brand New and details on a major fall tour for Moneen will be announced in the coming weeks.
Track Listing | The World I Want To Leave Behind:
1. The World I Want To Leave Behind
2. Hold That Sound
3. Great Escape
4. Believe
5. Redefine
6. The Way
7. The Long Count
8. The Monument
9. Waterfalls
10. Red Eyes
11. Lighters
12. The Glasshouse
http://www.myspace.com/moneen
http://www.moneen.ca/
http://www.dinealonerecords.com
http://www.vagrant.com
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