We excited to announce that UNIQLO has just launched the exclusive Domino Records UT men's and women's collection in all UNIQLO stores.

Artists featured in the campaign include Clinic, Palace Music, Mouse On Mars, The Kills, Archie Bronson Outfit, Franz Ferdinand, Max Tundra, Quasi, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid and lots more.

You can download a free mp3 sampler, discover more about the artists involved and hear what your t-shirt sounds like by visiting www.dominorecordco.com/uniqlo.

In celebration of the release of Villagers' Becoming A Jackal 7" on May 11th we're offering a free download of "Becoming A Jackal".

Get it here.

The song is from Villagers debut full-length which will be out on June 8th.

The record is fantastic; these people seem to agree:
“Gorgeous...Just Amazing” - NPR
“expertly crafted songs and soaring vocal range” - Death & Taxes
“With fast fingers, he plucked quickly alternating chords and ballooning, hypnotic crescendos... at times–this is high praise–he approaches the bitter romanticism of Leonard Cohen.” - New York Times

Connect with Villagers:
http://www.myspace.com/villagers
http://www.facebook.com/villagers
http://twitter.com/wearevillagers
http://www.youtube.com/user/VillagersTV

Avant road dog Owen Pallett continues his trek around the US and Canada in support of his brilliant album Heartland and the glowing reviews and aural evidence is beginning to pile up. NPR has just posted a top-notch recording of his set last week at New York's Webster Hall. You can listen to the show in it's entirety.

We're also pleased to annouce that Owen has added an in-store performance to his upcoming schedule. The in-store will take place at Fingerprints (4612 E. 2nd Street Long Beach, CA) on May 3rd at 7pm. The show is free, but RSVP is required. Call 562-433-4996 to RSVP.

Here are the remaining dates on Owen's tour:
04-29 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
04-30 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
05-03 Long Beach, CA - Fingerprints
05-05 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
05-08 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
05-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Vogue Theatre
05-10 Victoria, British Columbia - Alix Goolden Hall
05-11 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
05-13 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
05-14 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge

Also, if you haven't done so, make sure to grab this free MP3 of Dan Deacon's remix of "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt".

Finally, Ryan Weaver with The Bostonist has this to say about Owen's recent show at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art:

Musician Owen Pallett (whom we interviewed about his latest work last week) won some major points with his audience last Tuesday at the Institute of Contemporary Art by dismissing the fact that Pitchfork recently gave his newest album, Heartland, an 8.6 rating.

“They called it a slam dunk,” teased Pallett's accompanist, Thomas Gill, grinning.

“Shut up!” said Pallett, then laughed and kept playing.

If you read our previous hilarious interview with the idiosyncratic violinist, this reaction wouldn't come as much of a surprise: Pallett is a funny guy. But it did seem to be a kind of watershed moment in Pallett's admirable performance, and perhaps a watershed moment in music, as well, if only for those who were in the room.

One might imagine that Pallett, a gay man who weaves Dungeons and Dragons references into his work, has had his fair share of scrapes—and has thusly come out the other end not giving a shit what anyone else thinks. He certainly looks it: on Tuesday, he wore a black Van Halen t-shirt, black jeans, and black shoes, appearing more like a computer programmer than a rock star. But that was, ironically, what made him so rock 'n roll.

For in an age when artists are thrown into the national spotlight for the approbation of the blogerati on the strength of one twee EP, before they've had a chance to prove their chops or take many hits to the chin, this not-giving-a-shit quality has given way to a kind of quiet calculation. One gets the sense, these days, that many bands are donning their flannel and scuffed sneakers the way politicians don flag pins before re-election: because it's expected, because it's easy.

Not Owen Pallett. All available evidence points to Pallett not giving a shit. And his fans love him for it.

Pallett's fans also clearly love him because he's a musical virtuoso, perhaps even a genius. His album, a postmodern concept piece about a fictional farmer that would feel like bad poetry in the hands of a lesser artist, comes off like a 21st century Leaves of Grass or Tropic of Cancer: That is, something you pick up, attempt to understand, and fail to understand because the task is impossible—yet you leave the experience feeling invigorated, inspired, and a little more crazy and brave than you were before.

The audience at the ICA featured the usual proliferation of buffalo plaid and taciturn faces you'd expect to see at a Decemberists or Andrew Bird show, but a sense of tenderness in the room really set Pallett's show apart.

Perhaps it felt different because it's difficult to sit almost suspended over the ocean, as the sun's going down and bathing the room in poignant light, and beautiful strains of strings are raining down in sheets, enhanced by the ICA's excellent acoustics, and not feel transported.

Perhaps it was different because the openers, Snowblink, softened us up with a beautiful set that included a "really melancholy" cover of Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" that blended Daniela Gesundheit's gorgeous looped vocals with a recording of Jackson's own voice.

Perhaps it was different because Pallett himself is so uninhibited a performer, shouting his arch lyrics into his violin's microphone and playing so furiously that his hands become a blur.

Or perhaps it was different because the kind of artistically-inclined people who might find themselves moved by one of the museum's modern art exhibits, and who willingly enter a scenario where they might be moved, are the kind of people who sought out this concert experience--looking to tap into the mysterious wellspring of free-flowing emotion from which Pallett draws his daring lyrics and ambitious full-orchestra compositions.

Probably it was all of those things.

Whatever it was, it worked for us. In the parlance of Jeff Bebe in Almost Famous, Pallett found that person in the audience who wasn't getting off, and made them get off. This is what musical virtuosos are meant to do. And sometimes it seems we have forgotten this as a culture.

Of course, we can all draw distinctions between easy music and difficult music. The former is recognizable enough for its pop structure and easily audible lyrics, which invariably include a punchline that ties everything together and comforts the listener with closure. Kelly Clarkson will not hook up. Garth Brooks will take two pina coladas, one for each hand. Simple. And then there's the other stuff, songs with rambling verses and ambivalent endings. Music like Wolf Parade or Animal Collective, songs where no one's sure if anyone gets the girl in the end, or if there is a girl, or exactly what an adobe slat is. Those of us that listen to this music on the regular tend to pat ourselves on the back for it and consider ourselves cultured.

But we sometimes forget that there are more than two kinds of music. There remains plenty of music beyond the horizon of everyday indie: music that has the power to remind us that listening to good music is not simply about making aesthetic choices we perceive as more selective. Good music is, in the end, about making us feel feelings—feelings that go far beyond simple admiration or boredom.

And so the power of the virtuoso is to help us to remember. Remember that musicians are not meant to simply to wow us with their antics, make us dance, or even make us look cool. That a concert is not simply a transaction where we pay money and wait to be impressed.

The virtuoso reminds us that, at its best, a concert is a demonstration of the full range of human potential, a chance for both composer and listener to tap into the higher registers of tone and emotion, places we don’t normally go in our buffalo plaid with our arms crossed. Places for complete confusion and utter tenderness.

And this is why Pallett may not be kidding when he acts like he doesn't care about Pitchfork. Because perhaps he realizes that their 0-10 scale is not the only way to measure the meaning of what he does, and because if he is going to care about anything at all (which is not guaranteed), he will care about what you think.

So now your job is to decide: if you didn't care about what Pitchfork thought of Owen Pallett, what would you think about him?

Scary, isn't it?

Villagers' frontman Conor J. O'Brien has confirmed a 5-date East Coast solo tour starting June 17th at Brooklyn’s Union Hall supporting his Domino Records debut Becoming A Jackal (out June 8). The tour includes stops in DC, Philadelphia, Boston and a second NYC show at Joe’s Pub. O'Brien is also confirmed to perform live on WNYC's Soundcheck on June 17th and to tape an NPR Music "Tiny Desk Concert" on June 21st.

Villagers have received early UK praise for Becoming A Jackal from the BBC, Drowned in Sound and The Guardian among others. Earlier this month, The Guardian praised Villagers' "dark tales of obsession" in a Band of the Day spotlight and The Stool Pigeon zine hailed Becoming A Jackal as the "early contender for album of the year."

Frontman Conor J. O'Brien recently performed the album’s title track and "The Meaning of the Ritual" on Later with Jools Holland. Watch both performances here.

Listen to the album version of "Becoming A Jackal" in the Ferry Gouw directed video here.

Watch Villagers' "Home Sessions" video series here.

US Dates:
Thu. Jun 17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
Sat. Jun 19 - Boston, MA @ Armory Café
Mon. Jun21 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Tue. Jun 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church (side chapel)
Wed-Jun-23 - New York, NY @ Joe's Pub

Connect with Villagers:
http://www.myspace.com/villagers
http://www.facebook.com/villagers
http://twitter.com/wearevillagers
http://www.youtube.com/user/VillagersTV

Gilles Peterson recently spent an hour in the company of Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) playing and reminiscing on the music of the late Steve Reid. The results are a tribute podcast that Gilles has released. Take a listen and remember a great drummer and individual.

Download via the Dominocast

"Steve was one of my great friends and the most wonderful musician I have ever encountered. The music and adventures we shared have been some of the most happy and meaningful experiences I’ve ever had. A true inspiration. He lived a great life and gave us incredible music. I’ll miss him forever."
-Kieran Hebden

THE ALBUM

Your Future Our Clutter (May 4) is The Fall at their most rampant, most forward moving and bone shaking best. It's The Fall heading into their next decade with the same intensity with which they started and Mark E Smith and Co’s debut for Domino.

Your Future Our Clutter is avaiable from the Domino Mart

STREAM YOUR FUTURE OUR CLUTTER

PROFESSIONAL PRAISE

“lean, brute-force rockers...irrepressible vitality heard throughout Your Future Our Clutter” [8/10] - Pitchfork

“[The Fall] continue to put newer pretenders to shame...an audacious album of lyrical wit, a defiant record” [8/10] - NME

“[Mark E. Smith] shows his staying power on Your Future Our Clutter [and it’s] one of its best [records].... a useful reminder that the Fall itself has been worth paying attention to for a long, long time." - New York Times

"[The Fall’s] raucous signature sound has endured... [it] is a fun record for cultists and dabblers alike." - NPR

“Whether it’s a return to form or the last hurrah, “Your Future Our Clutter” is the best Fall album in over two decades.” [9/10] - Popmatters

"future generations will look back with considerable envy that we got to be around when an album that could so effectively eviscerate our expectations of what music is and can be was released by a band entering its fifth decade of existence." "9/10" - Drowned In Sound

"it’s a return to peak powers...an album that stands among the band’s best." - The Independent

“For the first time in a long time, here is Mark E Smith exactly where he should be" - The Wire UK
 

Villagers' Conor O’Brien performed his breathtaking UK TV debut on "Later...With Jools Holland".

Check out the great performance of "Becoming A Jackal" here:

Conor also performed "The Meaning Of The Ritual". We've posted the Home Session version, filmed in Conor's very own abode, to check out below:

Villagers's debut single "Becoming A Jackal" is available on 7" for pre-order in the Domino Mart starting today. It's the first single from Villagers same-titled full-length. The B-Side ("Twenty-Seven Strangers") also comes from the Becoming a Jackal sessions. The single will be available in stores and digitally on May 11th.

These people seem to like it:
“Gorgeous...Just Amazing” - NPR
“expertly crafted songs and soaring vocal range” - Death & Taxes
“With fast fingers, he plucked quickly alternating chords and ballooning, hypnotic crescendos... at times–this is high praise–he approaches the bitter romanticism of Leonard Cohen.” - New York Times

Domino are very sad to hear the news of the death of Steve Reid, who passed away in his sleep last night after a battle with cancer.

Steve Reid was a giant of a drummer, who began playing professionally at the age of 16.  His first recorded work was with Martha And The Vandellas, working in the Apollo Theatre House band, under the direction of Quincy Jones.  Over the years Steve recorded and played with artists such as Miles Davies, Fela Kuti, James Brown and Sun Ra, amongst other musical legends.

Domino had the pleasure of releasing The Steve Reid Ensemble’s Daxaar album in 2007 and Steve’s groundbreaking works with Kieran Hebden, the albums The Exchange Session Vol. 1, The Exchange Session Vol. 2, Tongues and most recently, NYC.  Our thoughts go out to Steve’s family, friends and ‘musical soul mate’ Kieran Hebden who had these words to say: "Steve was one of my great friends and the most wonderful musician I have ever encountered. The music and adventures we shared have been some of the most happy and meaningful experiences I’ve ever had. A true inspiration. He lived a great life and gave us incredible music. I’ll miss him forever."

Some very exciting things are happening in the world of Mr. Owen Pallett. On June 22nd the Lewis Takes Off His Shirt 12" will be released. It features the Heartland album version of "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" as well as remixes by Dan Deacon, Benoît Pioulard and CFCF.

Simon Bookish contributes a remix of "Keep The Dog Quiet" and Max Tundra remixes  "Midnight Directives".

The 12" is available for pre-order now from the Domino Mart.

To kick things off, the Dan Deacon remix is available as a free download:
"Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" (Dan Deacon Remix)

Here's the full tracklist:
Side A
01. Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (album version)
02. Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (Dan Deacon Remix)
03. Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (Benoît Pioulard Remix)
 
Side B
01. Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (CFCF Remix)
02. Keep The Dog Quiet (Simon Bookish Remix)
03. Midnight Directives (Max Tundra Remix)

Also, Owen has just kicked off his tour of the US and Canada. Here's the dates:
04-08 Toronto, Ontario - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
04-10 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04-11 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
04-12 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
04-13 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center
04-14 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
04-15 Washington DC - Black Cat
04-18 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
04-20 Boston, MA - Institute of Contemporary Art
04-22 New York, NY - Webster Hall
04-24 Baltimore, MD - Metro
04-25 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
04-26 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
04-27 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04-29 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
04-30 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
05-05 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
05-08 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
05-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Vogue Theatre
05-10 Victoria, British Columbia - Alix Goolden Hall
05-11 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
05-13 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
05-14 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge

The new video for "Attack Music" from These New Puritans is now available for your viewing pleasure. This visual stunner is from the band's new album Hidden.

Archie Bronson Outfit's new album Coconut is now available on CD, LP and digital formats. You can pick up a copy in the Domino Mart or at your local record store.

Coconut is the London based three-piece’s first LP in almost four years and their third album for Domino. Switching between full on deep-end rock and more reflective, beat-driven numbers, Coconut is a modern psychedelic testament delivering a visceral shot of pleasure.

With recording sessions in London and Benton Harbour, Michigan, and production from DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy (LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Hercules & Love Affair) Coconut is an album bursting with warped inventiveness and sonic intent.

"Shark's Tooth" is also the Single of the Week on iTunes. You can grab a free download here.

Arctic Monkeys are set to release the third single from Humbug digitally on March 23rd and on 10" and 7" on April 13th. The new single, My Propeller, is already a fan favorite around the world and the single release comes backed with three brand new tracks: "Joining The Dots", "The Afternoon’s Hat" and "Don’t Forget Whose Legs You’re On".

 My Propeller is available now for pre-order from the Arctic Monkeys' webstore and the Domino Mart.

The brilliant new video for "My Propeller" is ready for your viewing pleasure. It was directed by Thirty Two and can be viewed here.

The band has also announced an additional California date on their upcoming US tour. They’ll be performing at Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace in Pioneertown, California on Sunday April 18th 2010. Pioneertown is a stone’s throw from producer Josh Homme’s recording studio where the band brought Humbug into fruition. Expect a raucous homecoming! 

Here's the complete list of dates:
April 1 - Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
April 2 - Tampa, FL @ The Ritz
April 3 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
April 5 - Athens, GA @  40 Watt Club
April 6 - Raleigh, NC @ Disco Rodeo
April 7 - Baltimore, MD @Rams Head Live
April 9 - Covington, KY@ Madison Theatre
April 11 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
April 12 - Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
April 13 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
April 15 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
April 16 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
April 18 - Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace

If you are one of the lucky horde headed to SXSW 2010 in Austin, Texas, be sure to come out and see two of Domino's finest performing (many many times) for your pleasure...

PRESS HERE & DOMINO PUBLISHING CO. Present:

THE GARDEN PARTY
FRIGHTENED RABBIT
YACHT
SWEET APPLE feat. J Mascis
THE GHOST OF A SABER TOOTHED TIGER feat. Sean Lennon
KAREN ELSON
THE KISSAWAY TRAIL
ADMIRAL RADLEY feat. Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and Aaron Espinoza (Earlimart)
VILLAGERS
MALACHAI
LAUREL COLLECTIVE

LOCATION: The French Legation Museum, 802 San Marcos Street

TIME: Sat, March 20th / 12noon to 8pm

OPEN TO ALL. NO BADGE REQUIRED. RAIN OR SHINE.

MALACHAI
03-19 Austin, TX - 12pm - The Onion/Canvas Media SXSW Party @ The Mohawk (912 Red River Street)
03-20 Austin, TX - 12:55pm - Domino Publishing/Press Here SXSW party @ French Legation (802 San Marcos St)  
03-20 Austin, TX - 8:30pm - SXSW official showcase w/ Big Star @ Antone's (213 West 5th Street)

VILLAGERS
03-17 Austin, TX - 3pm - Urban Outfitters (2406 Guadalupe St)
03-17 Austin, TX - 6:30pm - Rare Magazine SXSW party @ Old Fort (214 East 4th St)
03-17 Austin, TX - 11pm - Music for Ireland SXSW party @ Friends (208 East 6th St)
03-18 Austin, TX - 4:45pm - Hill 16 SXSW party @ Bull McCabe's (714 Red River St)
03-19 Austin, TX - 1:30pm - Full Irish Breakfast @ BD Riley's (204 E 6th St)
03-20 Austin, TX - 1:35pm - Domino Publishing/Press Here SXSW party @ French Legation (802 San Marcos St)
03-20 Austin, TX - 4:30pm - Mojo magazine BBQ @ Mean Eyed Cat (1621 W. 5th St)
03-20 Austin, TX - 6:30pm - Kevchino.com party @ Cafe Mundi (1704 E. 5th St)

Heartland exists. The third Owen Pallett full-length and the first for Domino, it is the product of nine months of work in four countries. Heartland is a fully orchestral record, designed to exist simultaneously as an album, a 45-minute piece of orchestral music and a set of songs for looped violin and voice.

DOWNLOAD: "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" (Dan Deacon Remix) MP3

Stream Heartland in full:

Buy Heartland @ Domino Mart, iTunes, Amazon and fine retailers everywhere.

A Limited-edition "Lewis Takes Action" 7" is available exclusively on Domino Mart.

Owen Pallett On Tour!

04-08 Toronto, Ontario - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
04-10 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04-11 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
04-12 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
04-13 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center
04-14 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
04-15 Washington DC - Black Cat
04-18 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
04-20 Boston, MA - Institute of Contemporary Art
04-22 New York, NY - Webster Hall
04-24 Baltimore, MD - Metro
04-25 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
04-26 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
04-27 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04-29 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
04-30 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
05-05 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
05-08 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
05-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Vogue Theatre
05-10 Victoria, British Columbia - Alix Goolden Hall
05-11 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
05-13 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
05-14 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge

“The scope of breadth and mood of it are all grander, more assured, making ever more of a case that the guy shouldn't be viewed as a side note.” – Pitchfork [8.6/Best New Music]

“With its scope, its musicality, and its willingness to be unexpected... Heartland is a true successor to Mr. Wilson's opus, "Smile."" – Wall Street Journal

A full-album stream of Archie Bronson Outfit's Coconut is now available on Soundcloud. Coconut is the London based three-piece’s first LP in almost four years and their third album for Domino.

Switching between full on deep-end rock and more reflective, beat-driven numbers, Coconut is a modern psychedelic testament delivering a visceral shot of pleasure. With recording sessions in London and Benton Harbour, Michigan, and production from DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy (LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Hercules & Love Affair) Coconut is an album bursting with warped inventiveness and sonic intent.

It's now available for pre-order on CD and LP. It will be available digitally and in stores on March 23rd.

Listen to the stream here.

And while you're at it, grab a download of the first single "Shark's Tooth".

A full-album stream of These New Puritans Hidden is now available on Soundcloud. Hidden is now available in CD, LP and digital from the Domino Mart and outstanding retailers everywhere.

Hidden marks the next step for These New Puritans since Beat Pyramid infiltrated the minds and hearts of people yearning to find a band who would challenge, perplex and mesmerise in equal measure.

Produced by TNPS's Jack Barnett and Graham Sutton (Bark Psychosis, Boymerang) and mixed by Dave Cooley (J Dilla, MF DOOM) the album draws equally on on the rhythmic lexicons of dancehall and 20th century post-minimalism, with instrumentation redolent of both the oceanic brass of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and the plastic textures of modern U.S. pop. It is sometimes brutal, sometimes melancholy, and sounds like nothing else.

Listen to the stream here.

"Lewis Takes Off His Shirt", from Owen Pallett's latest album Heartland, is a beautiful track dense with polyphony, featuring Owen’s trademark looped violin and vocals augmented by the Czech Symphonic Orchestra. The video, directed by M. Blash, features the film and stage star Alison Pill (Milk, The Miracle Worker).

You can view it here.

A limited edition Heartland orchestral score book is now available from Owen Pallett's website. The 189 page book is bound by hand and includes the full orchestral score of the album, lyrics and diagrams for ARP 2600 patches. The score book is limited to 300 copies.

Owen also continues to add more North American tour dates including a performance at this year's Coachella Music Festival.

Live Dates
04-08 Toronto, Ontario - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
04-10 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04-11 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
04-12 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
04-13 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center
04-14 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
04-15 Washington DC - Black Cat
04-18 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
04-20 Boston, MA - Institute of Contemporary Art
04-22 New York, NY - Webster Hall
04-24 Baltimore, MD - Metro
04-25 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
04-26 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
04-27 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04-29 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
04-30 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
05-05 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
05-08 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
05-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Vogue Theatre
05-10 Victoria, British Columbia - Alix Goolden Hall
05-11 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
05-13 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
05-14 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge

Leading up to the release of their forthcoming album, Coconut on March 23rd 2010 Archie Bronson Outfit will be unveiling a series of new videos to accompany each album track. From day of release, you will be able to watch all the videos and hear the album in its entirety.

Switching between full on deep-end rock and more reflective, beat-driven numbers, Coconut is a modern psychedelic testament delivering a visceral shot of pleasure. With recording sessions in London and Benton Harbour, Michigan, with production from DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy (LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Hercules & Love Affair) - Coconut is an album bursting with warped inventiveness and sonic intent. First single, "Shark’s Tooth" is available as a free download from the band’s website.

You can watch the first video for the fantastic album opener, "Magnetic Warrior," below:

Archie Bronson Outfit are S. Windett (vocals and guitar), Arp Cleveland (drums and lyrics) and Dorian Hobday (guitar and bass).

Domino is incredibly proud to announce that it will be releasing the new album from The Fall. Recorded at various studios in the north of England over the past year, Your Future Our Clutter, is Mark E Smith and co’s debut for Domino and will be released in the US on May 4.

Your Future Our Clutter is The Fall at their most rampant, most forward moving and bone shaking best. With nine tracks that rock like raw fury, we see The Fall heading into their next decade with the same intensity with which they started.

Your Future Our Clutter is available for pre-order at the Domino Mart.

Full album tracklisting is as follows:
1 – O.F.Y.C. Showcase                      
2 – Bury Pts. 1 + 3                             
3 – Mexico Wax Solvent
4 - Cowboy George
5 – Hot Cake
6 – Y.F.O.C. / Slippy Floor
7 - Chino
8 - Funnel Of Love
9 - Weather Report 2   

The Fall are:
Peter "PP" Greenway - Guitars
Dave "The Eagle" Spurr – Bass Guitar
Eleni Poulou - Keyboards, Bass, Backing vocals
Keiron Melling - Drums, PCSN
Mark E. Smith - Lead Vocals

The video for the Wild Beasts' track "We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues" from their universally praised second album, Two Dancers, is now available. 

"We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues" is a tale of insatiable lust, full of twisted bawdiness and louche adventures, in Wild Beasts unique, inimitable style. The video was directed by Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull (Institute For Eyes).

Check out Benjy Ferree's new Daytrotter Session. He performed 'Fear' and 'The Grips' from Come Back To The Five And Dime, Bobby Dee and a previously unreleased track called 'I'm So Young'.

As Daytrotter's Sean Moeller concludes, "Ferree [is] a master of thoughtful and disgustingly hooky pop songs...that often focus on characters, long-dead actors from the stage and screen, fascinating cads and drifters/next-door-neighbors and landlords, bar patrons who have gifted him some of their twisted yet authentic life experiences. Ferree is such a people person and a collector of their eccentricities that he's one as well, an artist as interesting as they come, crafting these songs rooted in old soul and doo-wop music and acting like salty characters from the turn of the century and earlier." We couldn't agree more.

Check out the complete session here.

The Arctic Monkeys new single, "My Propeller", is now available for pre-order on the band's new webstore and Domino's webstore on 10" and 7". "My Propeller" is the third single from last year's critically acclaimed album Humbug. On April 13th, it will be available digitally and on 10" in stores everywhere.

The single features 3 brand new Arctic Monkeys’ tunes: “Joining The Dots”, “The Afternoon’s Hat” and “Don’t Forget Whose Legs You’re On”.

Here's the tracklisting:
7"
A. My Propeller
B. Joining The Dots

10"
A1. My Propeller
A2. Joining The Dots
B1. The Afternoon's Hat
B2. Don't Forget Whose Legs You're On

Also, Arctic Monkeys return to the US for eleven shows which begin April 1 in Miami and end in Las Vegas on April 16th. All dates are with special guest Sleepy Sun.

April 1 - Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
April 2 - Tampa, FL @ The Ritz
April 3 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
April 5 - Athens, GA @  40 Watt Club
April 6 - Raleigh, NC @ Disco Rodeo
April 7 - Baltimore, MD @Rams Head Live
April 9 - Covington, KY@ Madison Theatre
April 11 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
April 12 - Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
April 13 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
April 15 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
April 16 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

On February 19th in New York and February 27th in Los Angeles, Dirty Projectors will present The Getty Address in full. They will be assisted by the 15-piece contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson. In addition, they will play a set of material from their most recent album, Bitte Orca.

The New York show will take place at the Lincoln Center as part of the acclaimed American Songbook series. Since it was launched in 1998, American Songbook at Lincoln Center has been dedicated to celebrating the achievements of American popular song from the turn of the 20th century to the present.

In Los Angeles, Dirty Projectors will co-headline the Walt Disney concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The concert will be a collaborative endeavor: the first half of the program features the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing orchestral pieces chosen with David Longstreth. The Getty Address will be presented during the second half of the program.

The New York show is sold out; tickets to the Los Angeles show at Disney Hall are still available.

Broad popular acclaim notwithstanding, The Getty Address is kind of like the 36 Chambers of indie rock, or at least of Dirty Projectors' long, weird back catalog. Its unsettling mix of jokes, high concept and existential urgency plays out over heavy sequenced beats, choirs of women and orchestral arrangements that sound as if they've been sourced from a Jodorowsky film. The story it tells — roughly about a guy named Don Henley who falls in love with a girl named Sacagawea — is set in a bed of free association, arcane symbology, and hermetic self-reference. At the time of its release in 2005, it did not garner a great deal of attention, although it has acquired a small cult following in the intervening years.

You can read the letter David Longstreth wrote to Don Henley in 2005 about The Getty Address HERE.

Malachai’s origins are in Bristol, on the West Coast of England in Briston and are indicative of the kind of artists that originate from Bristol: dubstep running through their bones, hip hop in the fingers, ‘60s psychedelia in the heart.  It’s only right, then, that Portishead mastermind Geoff Barrow has a thumb in this project.  Barrow’s a kind of a mentor for Malachai and released the album on his own Invada imprint last year, before being picked up by Domino.

There’s certainly no repetition here.  At times, the album sounds like a Jamaican garage rock band. Elsewhere it sounds like Merseybeat if the beats were supplied by RZA. Or Dick Dale surfing the River Severn.  Malachai loves psychedelic music too,  “the colour,  the innocence and optimism of it all, ” but Gee’s “more of a two minute and out man.” That’s why some of it sounds like an ADHD kid flicking through the Nuggets box set.  At other times, Malachai’s music sounds like the apocalypse itself.  One track, “Fading World,” was written after watching a news report on Hurricane Katrina.  “I suppose I was taken aback by just how much at the mercy of the elements we are, but mostly at the plums who run things and where their priorities lay, ” says Gee.

Please enjoy this MP3 of “Snowflake”. Or stream it here.

Malachai's Ugly Side Of Love is out now.

Frinds of Domino, we are pleased to share with you a very fine musical work by Owen Pallett (form. Final Fantasy). His new album, Heartland is available to stream here.

It's not out until next week, but Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) has made a stream of his new album, There Is Love In You, available on the official Four Tet Website.

To celebrate the forthcoming release of his latest album, Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You Lightspeed Champion is giving away a preview in the form of 5 live MP3s recorded live at Avatar Studio, NYC. The fun began on Jan 11 with Lightspeed celebrating Elvis’ 75^th birthday, with his version of "Devil In Disguise". 

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Check out the brand new video from Animal Collective, for the Merriweather Post Pavillion track, "Brothersport"! Directed by Jack Kubizne, the vibrant video is, in short, child's play...

"Brothersport" is now available as a Domino Mart Exclusive 10".

Owen Pallett's (formerly Final Fantasy) new album 'Heartland' is out today! Stream the entire album on MySpace now. To celebrate the release, Owen is playing a handful of release week shows.

Jan 14 - San Francisco - Bottom Of The Hill
Jan 16 - Chicago - Shubas
Jan 18 - New York - Bowery Ballroom

Download a free MP3 of "Lewis Takes Action" from 'Heartland'. 

Heartland, the third album by Owen Pallett, is a panoramic and orchestral work; a song cycle of Contemporary Fiction, and Owen Pallett's finest work to date. It is a unique modern musical statement. A record comprising twelve concise songs informed by the traditions of pop, which are based on one long narrative concept, and played by an orchestra. The result is an extraordinary piece of work ringing to the sound of its distinct sense of ambition, warmth and emotion.

Buy Heartland: Domino Mart | iTunes | Emusic

Watch Owen perform live on Pitchfork TV

Dirty Projectors have released a limited edition 7" of Ascending Melody backed with Emblem Of The World exclusively through Domino Mart.

The 7", featuring two previously unreleased tracks [from the Bitte Orca sessions] is available today.

The songs are also available as free mp3 downloads from the band's site: www.dirtyprojectors.net

Dirty Projectors start 2010 off strong with very special shows at New York City’s Lincoln Center as part of the American songbook series on Feb. 19th and a co-headline performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall Feb. 27th.