4AD News

Reveal video for 'Helicopter'

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:21:00 GMT

Announced exclusively on www.halcyondigest.com today, Deerhunter have revealed the official video for 'Helicopter'. The band's first ever foray into the audio-visual world, 'Helicopter' was conceived and created by frontman Bradford Cox.

Watch the video for 'Helicopter' by clicking the image above or follow this link: www.halcyondigest.com/helicopter

The Atlanta-based quartet will also play six UK and Irish shows in March 2011 culminating at London's Shepherds Bush Empire on March 31st, their biggest British headline show to date.

DEERHUNTER TOUR DATES
March 2011
25th - The Button Factory, Dublin (TICKETS)
26th - The Stiff Kitten, Belfast (TICKETS)
28th - Oran Mor, Glasgow (TICKETS)
29th - The Irish Centre, Leeds (TICKETS)
30th - Sound Control, Manchester (TICKETS)
31st - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London (TICKETS)

Halcyon Digest will be released worldwide on September 28th. Download 'Revival' from www.halcyondigest.com/tour (bottom of the page)

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Vinyl releases out now

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:10:00 GMT

Both Blonde Redhead's 'Here Sometimes' 12" (from Rough Trade here and Beggars USA store here) and Deerhunter's 'Revival' 7" (from Rough Trade here and Beggars USA store here) are available now.

The first material to be released from Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest album, the 'Revivial' 7" (BAD3X40) - limited to 350 copies and produced by Ben H. Allen - comes backed by 'Primitive 3D'.

Meanwhile, the Blonde Redhead 12" (BAD3X36) comes with the sublime 'Here Sometimes' (taken from the forthcoming Penny Sparkle on September 15) backed with a remix of album track 'Love Or Prison' from Kastellet production guru Drew Brown (Beck, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Radiohead) exclusively available on the vinyl.

For more information on Deerhunter and Halcyon Digest head here.

For more information on Blonde Redhead and Penny Sparkle head here.

4AD Session Taster

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:10:38 GMT

VEVO premiered the first song from Blonde Redhead's upcoming 4AD Session on their homepage yesterday and you can now view the session video for 'Here Sometimes' in the player above or by clicking here.

The session features the band performing with their good friend Van Rivers, who also helped produce the new album Penny Sparkle (with production partner Subliminal Kid). The album comes out September 14th - more details here.

The video was directed by Anthony Mathile and Robert Semmer and the lighting was designed by Jonah Strauss. The rest of the session will debut soon on www.4ad.com/sessions.

Also don't forget that you can now hear the second track to be aired from the album - 'Not Getting There' - on the widget below and that the band will be touring both Europe and North America upon the album's release (see below).

DOWNLOAD 'NOT GETTING THERE' BY CLICKING HERE

As well as all being able to view here, Blonde Redhead's dates are all available below:

SEPTEMBER
11th ITALY Milan, Magazzini Generali (TICKETS)
12th ITALY Rome, Auditorium Parco Della Musica (TICKETS)
13th ITALY Bologna, Estragon (TICKETS)
15th SWITZERLAND Geneva, La Batie (TICKETS)
16th FRANCE Paris, Bataclan (TICKETS)
18th BELGIUM Brussels, AB (TICKETS)
19th HOLLAND Amsterdam, Melkweg (Oude Zal) (TICKETS)
21st DENMARK Copenhagen, VEGA (TICKETS)
22nd NORWAY Oslo, Rockefeller (TICKETS)
23rd SWEDEN Stockholm, Debaser (TICKETS)
24th FINLAND Helsinki, Virgin Oil Co. (TICKETS)
26th GERMANY Berlin, Festaal Kreuzberg (TICKETS)
29th UNITED KINGDOM London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire (TICKETS)

The band then continue with a tour of North America from October 3, taking in the following climbs:

OCTOBER
15th Philadelphia PA Electric Factory*
16th Montreal QC Metropolis*
17th Toronto ON Phoenix Concert Theatre*
18th Detroit MI Magic Stick*
20th Newport KY Southgate House*
22th Chicago IL Vic Theatre* (on sale 7/24)
23th Milwaukee WI Turner Hall Ballroom*
24th Minneapolis MN First Avenue*
25th St Louis MO The Pageant*
27th Nashville TN Mercy Lounge*
29th Atlanta GA Variety Playhouse
30th Carrboro NC Cat's Cradle
31th Washington DC 9:30 Club*

NOVEMBER
1st Boston MA Paradise Rock Club*
3th New York NY Webster Hall*
14th San Diego CA House of Blues
15th Pomona CA Glass House
16th Los Angeles CA The Music Box
19th San Francisco CA Warfield
20th Portland OR Roseland Theatre
21th Vancouver BC Commodore Ballroom
26th Salt Lake City UT The Depot
29th Houston TX Warehouse Live Studio
30th Dallas TX Granada Theater

DECEMBER
1st Austin TX La Zona Rosa

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Download 'Raincoats' today

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:58:00 GMT

Copenhagen's Efterklang release their third single 'Raincoats' from Magic Chairs today. The digital-only single is backed with a version of album track 'Harmonics' covered by Efterklang live member Peter Broderick and improv solo pianist Nils Frahm and, as ever, features cover artwork by acclaimed design duo Hvass&Hannibal.

'Raincoats' can be purchased from iTunes.

In a couple of weeks' time, Efterklang will begin a lengthy Fall tour, beginning in September in North America and ending in continental Europe in late November. A full list of dates can be found HERE.

Announce new album, free MP3 and live shows

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:15:00 GMT

October 25th 2010 will see the UK and European release of Let Me Come Home, the new studio album by Scotland's Broken Records.

The follow-up to 2009's debut Until The Earth Begins To Part, Let Me Come Home started out as a series of sketches and song fragments in frontman Jamie Sutherland's kitchen, later taking form in demo sessions at an old distillery grain store in the Highlands. Recorded and produced by Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Delgados, Belle & Sebastian) at his COD Studio in Glasgow with artwork conceived by Vaughan Oliver at v23, Let Me Come Home will be released on CD, LP and digital formats.

Speaking about the inspiration behind their second album, Jamie Sutherland says:

"An idea started to form about the direction of the new record based on several films and albums that I became gradually obsessed with at that time. Watching the widescreen emptiness of films Badlands, Rumble Fish and East of Eden, as well as records such as Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, Calexico's Feast of Wire and REM's early back catalogue all became a strong influence on the direction of the new songs. It was also during this time that the lyrical theme of the record started to take shape, thinking about what was going on around me in the form of fears and concerns over making relationships work, and a need for security."

From today, opening track 'A Leaving Song' is available as a free MP3 download.

'A Darkness Rises Up' will be released as a single on October 18th.

The new album also heralds a change in line-up for Broken Records as Craig Ross joins the band on bass guitar. Ross stood in on recent shows opening for The National and will replace the departing Gill (Dave Fothergill) who is leaving for pastures new, along with Arne Kolb who returns to Germany. Gill and Arne will be playing their last show with the band at Edinburgh's Liquid Room on 28th August.

The six-piece will be previewing songs from Let Me Come Home at the following shows:

Saturday 28th August - Edge Festival @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh (TICKET INFO)
Thursday 23rd September - Arthur's Day, Dublin (venue TBC, TICKET INFO)
Tuesday 28th September - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London (TICKET INFO)

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Band photo by Chris Park