NEWS

The wait is over as today is the release of the much anticipated new album from Ulrich Schnauss. A Long Way to Fall is available to order now on CD and deluxe gatefold double LP from the Domino Mart. All orders will receive a digital download of the album and the bonus I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance remix EP featuring remixes from Arovane, ASC, and Tycho. Stream the Tycho remix alongside the original version below: 

The nice folks at SPIN.com are streaming the album alongside a great interview with the electronic producer himself. Ulrich also recently contributed an exclusive drum and bass mix for XLR8R's podcast series.

Watch the most recent video for album track 'A Ritual in Time and Death' filmed by Anastasija Nikitina & Nat Urazmetova and featuring dancer Denisas Kolomyckis below: 

 Animal Collective is pleased to announce the premiere of their new music video for “Applesauce” via Pitchfork x YouTube. Directed by filmmaker Gaspar Noé (“Enter The Void,” “Irreversible”), the video stars Lindsey Wixson and features elements from Paul Sharits' 1968 short film “N:O:T:H:I:N:G”. It is intended to be viewed in complete darkness for maximum effect.

 “Applesauce” is the latest single from the band’s 10th album, Centipede Hz. The band’s first record since 2007’s Strawberry Jam to feature all four original band members, Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist and Deakin, Centipede Hz was hailed by critics as a return to the band’s experimental roots. The album can be ordered via the Animal Collective webstore here.

 Animal Collective is also heading back on the road this spring for their first North American tour of 2013. Joined by labelmate Dan Deacon, the band kicks off the tour in Boston on March 7th and finds Animal Collective traveling through Montreal, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, and more. Animal Collective is also making a very special appearance at the Treefort Music Festival in Boise, ID on March 24th to conclude their tour. The band will once again bring their impressive stage show on tour, which was aptly described by Pitchfork as “giant, gap-toothed Nickelodeon dentures on either side, a curved inflatable structure that resembled scorpion tails dipped in PAAS dye, a centralized TV running constant, blaring images. Basically, the cover of Centipede Hz gone widescreen.” Tickets for the shows can be purchased at: http://bit.ly/animaltix.

Animal Collective Tour Dates

(Ticket Links: http://bit.ly/animaltix)

3/7: Boston, MA @ House of Blues*
3/8: Montreal, QC @ Metropolis*
3/9: Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall*
3/11: Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues*
3/12: Covington, KY @ The Madison Theater*
3/13: Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works*
3/15: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall*
3/16: Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre*
3/17: Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre*
3/18: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue*
3/20: St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant*
3/21: Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater*
3/22: Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre*
3/23: Salt Lake City, UT @ Depot*
3/24: Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest
5/23: Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound
5/25: London, UK @ Field Day Festival
6/7-9:  New York, NY @ Governor’s Ball Music Festival
7/2: Helsinki, Finland @ The Circus
7/4: Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
7/6: Gdynia, Poland @ Heineken Open'er Festival 

* w/Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon is to tour North America and Europe yet again in support of his most recent album America.

Shot over a three month tour this past autumn, the time-lapse based 'Guilford Avenue Bridge' video captures not only the American landscapes that inspired Deacon's songwriting for America but also gives a glimpse into his shows renowned spectacle of hundreds, even thousands, of jubilant people dancing about in coordinated movement. With the addition of his groundbreaking smartphone app which the band recently used on their network television debut performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Deacon has taken the concert experience to a whole new level. 

Watch the 'Guilford Avenue Bridge' video directed by Alan Resnick below:  

The 'Guilford Avenue Bridge' digital single comes backed with a live full band version recorded at influential non-commercial station the Current in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. Listen to the entire session here and buy the single here.   

Deacon will be joined on his February headlining European dates with his streamlined ensemble of two drummers -- Jeremy Hyman of Boredoms, Ponytail; Kevin O'Meara of Videohippos -- with America producer Chester Endersby Gwazda on electronics. His ensemble of two drummers will join him on their support dates with fellow Domino artists Animal Collective on their March North American tour.    

Dan Deacon tour dates:

02-08 Bristol, UK - The Fleece
02-09 Dublin, IE - Whelans
02-10 Belfast, IE - The Black Box
02-11 Glasgow, UK - Stereo
02-12 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
02-13 London, UK - Village Underground
02-15 Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie
02-16 Nantes, FR - Stereolux
02-18 Metz, FR - Les Trinitaires
02-19 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
02-20 Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun
02-21 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
02-22 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
02-23 Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
02-24 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall Atlas
02-26 Oslo, Norway - Revolver
02-27 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Slussen
02-28 Cophenhagen, Denmark - Copenhagen Jazzhouse
03-07 Boston, MA - House of Blues*
03-08 Montreal, QC - Metropolis*
03-09 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall*
03-11 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues*
03-12 Covington, KY - The Madison Theater*
03-13 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works*
03-15 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Hall*
03-16 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre*
03-17 Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre*03-18 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue*
03-20 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant*
03-21 Kansas City, MO - Midland Theater*
03-22 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre*
03-23 Salt Lake City, UT - Depot*
03-24 Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
04-20 North Adams, MA - Mass MoCA
04-27 New York, NY - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 * w/Animal Collective

Animal Collective is heading back out on the road for their first North American tour of 2013. Joined by fellow labelmate Dan Deacon, the band kicks off the tour in Boston on March 7th and finds the band traveling through Montreal, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, and more.

The band also making a very special appearance at the Treefort Music Festival in Boise, ID on March 24th to cap off the tour. The band will once again bring their impressive stage show on tour, which was aptly described by Pitchfork as “giant, gap-toothed Nickelodeon dentures on either side, a curved inflatable structure that resembled scorpion tails dipped in PAAS dye, a centralized TV running constant, blaring images. Basically, the cover of Centipede Hz gone widescreen.” 

A pre-sale for non-festival dates will begin on Wednesday, January 16th at 10 a.m. local venue time. For early access to tickets and all the latest Animal Collective news, head here.

01-17 Newtown, NSW - Enmore Theatre

01-18 Sydney, NSW - Big Day Out #

01-20 Gold Coast, QLD - Big Day Out

01-23 Melbourne, VIC - Palace Theatre #

01-25 Adelaide, SA - Big Day Out

01-26 Melbourne, VIC - Big Day Out

01-28 Perth, WA - Big Day Out

03-07 Boston, MA - House of Blues*

03-08 Montreal, QC - Metropolis*

03-09 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall*

03-11 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues*

03-12 Covington, KY - The Madison Theater*

03-13 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works*

03-15 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Hall*

03-16 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre*

03-17 Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre*

03-18 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue*

03-20 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant*

03-21 Kansas City, MO - Midland Theater*

03-22 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre*

03-23 Salt Lake City, UT - Depot*

03-24 Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest

07-02 Helsinki, Finland - The Circus

07-04 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival 

# w/Africa Hitech

* w/Dan Deacon

Photo credit by David Lictherman

Dirty Projectors debuted their latest video today for “Offspring are Blank” on Pitchfork x Youtube. Directed by Dirty Projectors frontman David Longstreth, the video is part of the "HI CUSTODIAN" short film series and will feature additional videos for “The Socialites” and “Swing Lo Magellan” to be released on Thursday and Fridayrespectively, as well as the previously released “About to Die” video. All videos can be found at Pitchfork’s YouTube channel.

The band is also happy to announce a special Los Angeles show on Feb. 5th at The Troubadour in Hollywood. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. The band will also play a previously announced Carnegie Hall date on January 11th. To commemorate Dirty Projectors' prestigious performance, the band is pressing a special “Offspring Are Blank” white label 7" single backed with the brand new song “There's A Fire.” Only 250 hand-numbered copies of the 7” will be pressed and will be exclusively sold at the New York performance.

 These special dates come as Dirty Projectors’ critically acclaimed Swing Lo Magellan continues to receive praise from across the critical spectrum, earning spots on year end lists from NPR, Spin, Rolling Stone, Time, Filter, Stereogum, and more.  Dirty Projectors frontman David Longstreth also received a Grammy nomination for “Best Recording Package” as the Art Director for the album. The package was designed in conjunction with long time collaborator Rob Carmichael at Seen Studio. Swing Lo Magellan is currently available for purchase on the Domino Records online store, including the last remaining copies of the DLX LP edition. 

Today, Ducktails is sharing The Flower Lane "Letter of Intent", which features vocals from Jessa Farkas and Ian Drennan of Big Troubles, today via Vogue. The song's release comes in conjunction with the annoucement of the album's record release show and European tour, the former of which will take place at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York City on January 23rd and feature all of The Flower Lane's guest musicians performing the album in full. The European dates will see Ducktails touring as a full band, rather than Matt performing solo. "Letter of Intent" and pre-order the record below.

And you can listen to it in all its multi-layered loveliness right now here:

 There will also be an album release show at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York City, USA on January 23^rd which will feature all of The Flower Lane's guest musicians performing the album in full.

The Flower Lane's large cast of guests include Daniel Lopatin (of Oneohtrix Point Never), Joel Ford (of Ford & Lopatin), Madeline Follin (of Cults), Sam Mehran (of Outer Limitz) and Jessa Farkas (of Future Shuttle), along with members of Mondanile's other band, Real Estate, and members of Big Troubles, who also serve as Mondanile's live band for performances. 

The Flower Lane is now available for pre-order on CD, LP + deluxe edition. It will feature an old-fashioned hand made sleeve AND 180 gram heavyweight vinyl. The deluxe pre-order edition is limited to a pressing of 300 copies. A non-letterpressed, 150GM standard edition LP will also be available. All immediately receive free downloads of "The Flower Lane" and "Letter of Intent"

All pre-orders immediately receive free downloads of The Flower Lane and Letter of Intent. Pre-order the record HERE.

We're honored to announce that this week Cass McCombs will be supporting John Cale on the west coast. See the dates below and listen to 'Empty Promises' below, previously only available on the Bradley Manning 7".

12-04 - Portland, OR - Mission Theatre *
12-06 - Seattle, WA - Showbox *
12-09 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom *
12-11 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey *

* w/ John Cale

All of us at Domino are super-excited to announce details of Villagers’ new album {Awayland}, which will be released on April 9th 2013 (North America) / January 14th 2013 (Rest of the world). 

{Awayland} is the follow up to the Mercury-nominated and Ivor Novello Award winning debut, Becoming a Jackal. Engineered, produced and mixed at Attica Audio in Donegal by Conor J. O’Brien and Villagers’ guitarist Tommy McLaughlin, the album will be released on CD, LP and digitally.

"Nothing Arrived" is a song of epic proportions and of much beauty, showcasing another side to the band's multifaceted, highly anticipated forthcoming album.  The accompanying video, directed by Alden Volney, documents a day in the life of one Terrence Bliss - a lonely office worker whose repetitive existence is momentarily disturbed. Watch it below or here.

While every instrument on Becoming a Jackal was performed almost entirely by songwriter Conor J. O'Brien on his own, {Awayland} is an entirely different beast, with O'Brien inviting his fellow touring partners to perform his songs as a group, allowing a certain level of collaborative inventiveness to inform the arrangements.

After initially beginning to write material for {Awayland} on his acoustic guitar, O'Brien felt he needed to take a new and different approach, "flip on its head the idea of what music is for myself," and began creating musical landscapes, listening to widescreen instrumental music like Lalo Schifrin and David Axelrod. There is a different kind of movement on {Awayland}, an exploration of what O'Brien felt was most important, yet not immediately obvious. Trees, birds, the sea - all recurring images in O'Brien's work that provide a kind of metaphor for living and dying, and the sense of soaring otherness. The record is possessed with playful joy as it is with devastation, a filtering of disparate influences - the quiet elegance of Nick Drake, and the sensuality of Curtis Mayfield. It is, as Kurt Vonnegut might have put it "intricate and voluptuous and enchanted and absurd" (Slaughterhouse-Five, Chapter 6)- life, in other words.

Villagers are Conor O'Brien (vocals/guitar), Cormac Curran (keys), Danny Snow (bass), James Byrne (drums), and Tommy McLaughlin (guitar).

{Awayland} tracklisting

1. My Lighthouse
2. Earthly Pleasure
3. The Waves
4. Judgement Call
5. Nothing Arrived
6. The Bell
7. {Awayland}
8. Passing a Message
9. Grateful Song
10. In a Newfound Land You Are Free
11. Rhythm Composer

Here's the brand new video for 'Country Queen' from Night Moves' highly praised debut album Colored Emotions, out now. The track is today's free daily download over at eMusic. The band also announced a string of mid-west tour dates, kicking off this month on November 29 in Milwaukee. 

“Country Queen” video directed by Isaac Gale and David Jensen (Bon Iver, Colin Stetson, Polica):  

Night Moves is John Pelant (guitars/vocals), Micky Alfano (bass) and Mark Ritsema (multi-instrumentalist) and will be joined by drummer Jared Isabella for the tour.

Tour Dates

11-29 Milwaukee, WI - Stonefly           
11-30 Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups           
12-01 Indianapolis, IN - RadioRadio          
12-03 Columbia, MO - Mojo's           
12-04 St Louis, MO - Off Broadway           
12-05 Omaha, NE  - Slowdown           
12-06 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews (EARLY SHOW)           
12-07 Sioux Falls, SD - Latitude 44           
01-16 Chicago, IL - Tomorrow Never Knows Fest           

Stream Animal Collective's unreleased b-side 'Crimson' below from the new 'Applesauce' single out Nov. 13th. 'Applesauce' is the second single from the band's kinetic new album Centipede Hz and is available to pre-order on 10inch vinyl now on the Domino webstore. 

David Longstreth unveiled a new Dirty Projectors song via Twitter this morning titled 'While You're Here', a tribute to the late Gerard Smith of TV On The Radio. The song is featured on the band's new About To Die EP, out Nov. 6th. 

"Hey, here's a song I wrote on the day of Gerard Smith's wake in BK 2 summers ago. This song is for him. Miss u Gerry!" - Dave

Listen to the gorgeous track below and pre-order the 12" HERE. The EP features the Swing Lo Magellan standout single 'About To Die' plus 3 new songs. The 12inch comes with an MP3 downlaod of the EP plus two bonus tracks. 

We're happy to announce that Night Moves' debut album Colored Emotions is out today! Pick it up from the Domino Mart, your local indie record store, any fine digital retailer, or from the band's merch table!

The band are currently on the road with Lord Huron and will play a sold out hometown release show tonight at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. Full dates below.

Listen to 'Country Queen' below:

Here's what some fine folks have had to say about the album:

“The five-piece plays countrified rock with a freak-folk vocal style, and their organ and string arrangements spin their songs into mini-epics.” New Yorker

"cosmically expansive and yet twangily intimate" Spin

"The album's poppier tracks are woven together with songs that explore the band's capacity for atmosphere and mood, and the entire record sets one remarkably cohesive, hallucinatory tone." MPR's the Current

"has a psychedelic twist and controlled exuberance that shows off why Night Moves is an interesting band to keep on your radar. Guitars and synth soar to cosmic heights, but the vocals somehow remain down to earth" Magnet

Tour dates
10-16 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
10-18 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *
10-19 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
10-20 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
10-21 Seattle, WA - Barboza *
10-22 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
10-24 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
10-25 Los Angeles, CA - The Satellite
10-26 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10-27 Phoenix, AZ - Sail Inn
10-30 Lawrence, KS- Replay Lounge ^

* supporting Lord Huron
^ Young Prisms

Ducktails, the increasingly less "solo" endeavour of Real Estate's Matt Mondanile, is set to release The Flower Lane, which is the project's fourth album and his first for Domino. Recorded and mixed over the summer of 2012 with Al Carlson (Peaking Lights, Oneohtrix Point Never), as Mondanile's hectic schedule as a concurrent member of Real Estate began to wind down after a year in support of their Domino debut album, Days, the ten track album will hit the streets on January 29th to be preceded by the single release of effervescent pop gem, ‘Letter of Intent’.

You can hear the title track, 'The Flower Lane' right now:

Taking a tangential turn away from solo home-recording of past releases toward the more collaborative environment of the studio, Ducktails' Matt Mondanile roped in close friends and colleagues to make something more adventurous yet easy-going. The ten songs on The Flower Lane move across a range of expressive pop songs that are bright and expansive, but venture even further with forays into saxophone leads, synth lines and piano accompaniment that would have been at home on the early records of sophisticated guitar pop icons such as Aztec Camera and Prefab Sprout.

With brooding seducers ‘Under Cover’, ‘The Flower Lane’ and ‘Sedan Magic’ along with a stunning cover of founding Clean/Chills member Peter Gutteridge's ‘Planet Phrom’, the ambient pop of The Flower Lane is, from start to finish, as spirited as the time these folks had recording it. Support came in many forms, from the backing of the New Jersey band Big Troubles to contributions from Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Joel Ford (Ford + Lopatin), Madeline Follin (Cults) and Sam Mehran (Outer Limitz), to name a few, The Flower Lane defies the cliché of "embracing the big studio" by successfully making the songs feel immediate on an emotional level after they've passed through the dozen other wizardly minds of the studio collaboration while still conveying the fun they had working together.

One of the standouts on The Flower Lane is the duet between Future Shuttle's Jessa Farkas and Big Trouble's Ian Drennan on ‘Letter of Intent’. As with Felt's ‘Primitive Painters’, where the contrasting voices of Lawrence Hayward and Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Fraser exchange pained verses or with Tom Petty's seductively plodding collaboration with former Eurythmic Dave Stewart on his synth-driven hit ‘Don't Come Around Here No More’, ‘Letter Of Intent’ is proof of the expanding range of Ducktails' song craft.

Welcome to The Flower Lane:

1. Ivy Covered House
2. The Flower Lane 
3. Under Cover
4. Timothy Shy 
5. Planet Phrom 
6. Assistant Director 
7. Sedan Magic 
8. International Date Line 
9. Letter Of Intent 
10. Academy Avenue

German-born electronic artist Ulrich Schnauss is set to release his long-awaited new album, A Long Way To Fall, on Domino in North America and his own Scripted Realities imprint in the rest of the world in early 2013. His fourth album, A Long Way To Fall returns to the punchier rhythms and pronounced lead work of his landmark album, A Strangely Isolated Place, while incorporating some new textures and sounds from his earlier sonic explorations.

Schnauss explains:

Throughout the last decade, I recorded three albums that were trying to translate the early 90's shoegaze aesthetic into an electronic context.  After finishing the last album, Goodbye, I felt a need for a change of direction.  At the same time, my music taste was changing drastically.  While I had spent a couple of years mainly listening to songwriting based music (a lot of 'indie'/band-type stuff), I was now rediscovering my love for electronic music based on more open structures.  This provided the main inspiration of trying to record an album that would celebrate the synthesizer as the very capable musical instrument that it is, but without the need to disguise it behind a wall of echo and reverb.  What satisfies me the most about this album is that I think I've managed to create a record that has a coherent, cohesive narrative.

Download to the title track 'A Long Way To Fall' here.

'A Long Way To Fall' tracklisting:

1. Her And The Sea
2. Broken Homes
3. Like A Ghost In Your Own Life
4. A Long Way To Fall
5. I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance
6. A Forgotten Birthday
7. The Weight Of Darkening Skies
8. Borrowed Time
9. Ten Years
10. A Ritual In Time And Death

"Applesauce" is the second single from Animal Collective's kinetic new album Centipede Hz. The single, backed with non-album live favorite "Crimson", will be available on 10inch vinyl and digital on November 13th. Pre-order the 10inch today on the Domino webstore. Stream Applesauce HERE.
 
The band kicked off their NA tour in Seattle last week with a stunning sight-to-be-scene stage production and remain on tour through Oct 5th in New York. For ticket information visit: http://myanimalhome.net/tickets/. 

Animal Collective are also set to bring their powerful live performance into your living room via late night television. Tune in to TBS's Conan TONIGHT and NBC's Late Night W/ Jimmy Fallon on October 4th to watch the band perform songs from the new album.
 


Applesauce 10"
A) Applesauce
B) Crimson

LINKS
"Crimson" live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic: http://soundcloud.com/kcrw/animal-collective-crimson-live
"Wide Eyed" & "Pulleys" live acoustic on KEXP: http://soundcloud.com/kexp/animal-collective-live-on-kexp
"Father Time" & "Today's Supernatural" live video from Celebrate Brooklyn! Prospect Park 2011: MyAnimalHome.net

NA Tour Dates 
 
09-25 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues  *
09-27 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *
09-28 Austin, TX - The Backyard *
09-29 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
09-30 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle *
10-02 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion *
10-03 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
10-05 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Park *
* w/ Micachu and the Shapes

We're happy to announce the #DanDeaconAmerica flag photo contest with our friends at Aperture Magazine is underway. See the gallery of submissions here and find out how to enter to win a free flag from Aperture here!  To receive a 24" x 36" all-weather fabric flag featuring the America artwork purchase the album now or on its own from the Domino Mart or pick one up from the merch table at any of his upcoming shows.

However you get it, once your flag is in hand you have until the end of October to submit as many photos as you like in the #dandeaconamerica flag photo contest! There are a number of prizes including the grand prize of your image on the cover of a forthcoming Dan Deacon 'America' single among many others. Click here for more info.

Get in the game by uploading photos (with the flag!) to Instagram with the hashtag #dandeaconamerica!

While you're at his newly unveiled site, sign up for his email newsletter (on his site or below) to receive the latest Dan Deacon news.

HI CUSTODIAN, a Dirty Projectors short film featuring music from the band's critically acclaimed new album Swing Lo Magellan, premiered last night at New York City's prestigious Landmark Sunshine Cinema. The film, directed by Dave Longstreth himself and produced in collaboration with Pitchfork, is now available to view exclusively on Pitchfork.TV x YouTube. Watch it now:

Songwriter-director Longstreth described the film as "made out of a dream," adding, "it was so fun getting into these alternate personas, inhabiting them, and I think we came up with some amazing images."

HI CUSTODIAN stars band members David Longstreth, Amber Coffman, Haley Dekle, Nat Baldwin, and Mike Johnson. It was filmed over the course of five days in late April in several locations in Southern California. Inspired by music films like Kanye West's Runaway and Prince's Purple Rain, it follows band members as they inhabit a variety of characters in a surreal narrative about spiritual death and rebirth. Amber plays a lost and lonely searcher. David plays a yōkai, a shapeshifting undead spirit from Japanese folklore. Nat plays a truck driver as well as a newborn child. Amber and Haley also feature as girls from the British Midlands, as well as sister Fates in an unindividuated dyad.

The film features several recordings and alternate versions of songs from Swing Lo Magellan including "Offspring Are Blank", "About to Die", "Gun Has No Trigger", "See What She Seeing", "The Socialites" and "Just From Chevron" in addition to other new and unreleased music from the album sessions.

Happy Animal Collective Centipede Hz release week! In celebration of the new album the band has recorded a handful of radio sessions which will air all week on different stations. First up is KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Electric", which airs tomorrow (Sept 5) at 11:00AM PST LISTEN LIVE HERE. Check out the rest of the schedule below including SiriusXM U, World Cafe and KEXP.

WED Sept 5
KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' session 
TIME: 11AM PST - LISTEN LIVE

SiriusXM U Session (subscribers only)
PREMIERE TIME: 9PM EST 
REPLAYS:
9/6 at 4PM EST
9/7 at 9AM EST
9/8 at 3PM EST
9/9 at noon EST
MORE INFO

FRI Sept 7 
WXPN / NPR World Cafe Session
TIME: Nationally synidicated, check HERE for your local broadcast schedule. 
MORE INFO

MON Sept 10
KEXP Seattle session
TIME: 1PM PST - LISTEN LIVE

Centipede Hz is available in stores now on CD, 2xLP and DELUXE 2xLP. Run to your local participating indie store this week to get a FREE 12" x 18" silver foil Centipede Hz poster while supplies last. Click HERE for a list of participating stores.

ORDER ONLINE FROM:
iTUNES | DOMINO | AMAZON 

With Dan Deacon's new album America out now, Dan is set to hit the road today for a series of live US dates.

Dan Deacon shows are renowned for the spectacle of hundreds, even thousands, of jubilant people doing coordinated movement. It's a sight to behold, but it's even more amazing to participate. Dan has taken it to a whole new level with a groundbreaking smartphone application (available now on the iTunes App Store and Google Play) that will be used during his tour beginning tonight!

Download the free Dan Deacon app now from the iTunes App Store or from Google Play

Inspired by audience-based cell phone interactive pieces Deacon performed over the past several years in various settings from Baltimore to Carnegie Hall, this groundbreaking app truly makes the audience part of every show.

Dan developed an application with the help of the folks at Wham City Lights, without the use of WiFi or cellular data, turns each phone into a source of synchronized light and sound depending on your location within each venue. A device once thought of as a distraction now turns each show into an ecstatic act of empowerment by turning every concert into a collective one-of-a-kind immersive concert experience.

See it is in use on the upcoming US dates that start tonight. See the full list of tour dates here.

Attention patrons of N.A. independent records stores, Animal Collective's new album Centipede Hz hits stores NEXT WEEK (Sept 4th) on CD, 2xLP & Deluxe 2xLP. Run to your local record store during release week to get a FREE Centipede Hz 12" x 18" silver foil poster with purchase of the new album (any format). Supplies will be limited, so get to your local store asap. A list of particpating stores is below. Please note that the Limited Edition Deluxe 2xLP is SOLD OUT from the Domino and Animal Collective webstores. The good news is that indie stores will be fully stocked for release week. 

Stream Centipede Hz in FULL for a limited time on Animal Collective Radio.
WATCH VIDEO: Today's Supernatural

Catch the band on tour this fall, full dates and ticket info HERE.

FREE POSTER w/ PURCHASE PARTICPATING INDIE STORES

UNITED STATES

ALABAMA
Anniston
- CD Cellar
Tuscaloosa
- Oz Music

ARIZONA
Phoenix
- Stinkweeds
- Zia Records
Tucson
- Zia Records

CALIFORNIA
Berkeley
- Amoeba Music
- Rasputin Music
Campbell
- Rasputin Music
Claremont
- Rhino
Concord
- Rasputin Music
Encinitas
- Lou's Records
Fresno
- Rasputin Music
Los Angeles
- Amoeba Music
- High Fidelity
- Origami
Long Beach
- Fingerprints
Mountain View
- Rasputin Music
Riverside
- Mad Platter
Sacramento
- Dimple Records
San Diego
- M-Theory Music
San Francisco
- Amoeba Music
- Rasputin Music
- Streetlight
San Jose
- Streetlight
San Lorenzo
- Rasputin Music
San Louis Obispo
- Boo Boo Records
Santa Cruz
- Streetlight
Stockton
- Rasputin Music
Vallejo
- Rasputin Music
Ventura
- Salzer's

COLORADO
Colorado Springs
- Independent Records
Denver
- Independent Records
- Twist and Shout
- Wax Trax
Fountain
- Independent Records
Puebla
- Independent Records

CONNECTICUT
Branford
- Exile on Main St.

DELAWARE
Newark
- Rainbow Books and Music

FLORIDA
Ft Lauderdale
- Radio-Active Records
Miami Beach
- Uncle Sam's
Orlando
- Park Avenue CD
Santa Rosa Beach
- Central Square
St. Petersburg
- Daddy Kool Records

GEORGIA
Athens
- Wuxtry
Atlanta
- Criminal Records
- Wax n Facts
Decatur
- Decatur CD 

IDAHO
Boise
- Record Exchange
Coeur d'Alene
- The Long Ear

ILLINOIS
Batavia
- Kiss The Sky
Champaign
- Exile on Main St
Chicago
- Laurie's Planet Of Sound
Forest Park
- Cyklopx
Normal
- Waiting Room Records

INDIANA
Bloomington
- Landlocked Music
Indianapolis
- Indy CD & Vinyl
- Luna Music

IOWA
Des Moines
- ZZZ Records

KANSAS
Kansas City
- Vinyl Renaissance
Lawrence
- Kief's
- Love Garden
Lexington
- CD Central

MARYLAND
Baltimore
- Sound Garden

MAINE
Bangor
- Bull Moose Music
Brunswick
- Bull Moose Music
Lewiston
- Bull Moose Music
North Windham
- Bull Moose Music
Portland
- Bull Moose Music
Sanford
- Bull Moose Music
Scarborough
- Bull Moose Music
Waterville
- Bull Moose Music

MICHIGAN
Dearborn
- Dearborn Music
East Lansing
- Flat Black & Circular
Grand Rapids
- Vertigo
Kalamazoo
- Green Light

MINNESOTA
Duluth
- Electric Fetus
Minneapolis
- Electric Fetus
St. Cloud
- Electric Fetus

MISSOURI
St. Louis
- Euclid Records
- Vintage Vinyl
- Slacker's 

MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg
- T-Bones Records

MONTANA
Missoula
- Rockin' Rudy's

NEVADA
Las Vegas
- Zia Records

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth
- Bull Moose Music
Salem
- Bull Moose Music

NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville
- Harvest Records
Charlotte
- Lunchbox Records
- Manifest Disc
Raleigh
- Schoolkids

Winston-Salem
- Earshot

NEBRASKA
Omaha
- Homer's

NEW JERSEY
Fords
- Vintage Vinyl

NEW YORK
Brooklyn 
- Soundfix
- Permanent
- Halcyon 
New York City
- Other Music 
- J&R Music World

Rochester
- Lakeshore Record Exchange
- Record Archive
Syracuse
- Sound Garden
West Babylon
- Looney Tunes

OHIO
Bowling Green
- Finders Records
Cleveland
- MusicSaves
Cincinnati
- Shake It
Colombus
- Magnolia Thunderpussy
- Lost Weekend
Pleasant Ridge
- Everybody's Records
Toledo
- Culture Clash

OKLAHOMA
Norman
- Guestroom Records
Oklahoma City
- Guestroom Records

OREGON
Eugene
- CD World
Portland
- Jackpot Records
- Music Millennium

PENNSYLVANIA
Dickson City
- Gallery of Sound
Hazelton
- Gallery of Sound
Wilkes-Barre
- Gallery of Sound

SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
- Earshot
- Monster
Greenville
- Earshot

TENNESSEE
Knoxville
- Disc Exchange
Nashville
- Grimey's
- The Groove 
Memphis
- Spin Street 

TEXAS
Austin
- Cheapo
- End of an Ear
- Waterloo Records and Video
Dallas
- Good Records
Corpus Christi
- Disc Go Round
Grand Praire, TX
- Forever Young
Houston
- Cactus
- Vinal Edge

UTAH
Bountiful
- Gray Whale
Ogden
- Gray Whale
Salt Lake City
- Gray Whale
Sandy
- Gray Whale
Taylorsville
- Gray Whale
West Jordan
- Gray Whale

VIRGINIA
Charlottesville
- Plan 9
Richmond
- BK Music
- Plan 9
Virginia Beach
- Birdland Music

VERMONT
Burlington
- Pure Pop

WASHINGTON
Seattle
- Easy Street
- Sonic Boom
- Silver Platters
Walla Walla
- Hot Poop
Yakima
- Off the Record

WISCONSIN
Appleton
- The Exclusive Company
Green Bay
- The Exclusive Company
Greenfield
- The Exclusive Company
Janesville
- The Exclusive Company
Madison
- Strictly Discs
Milwaukee
- The Exclusive Company
Oshkosh
- The Exclusive Company
West Bend
- The Exclusive Company

CANADA

CALGARY, AB
- Sloth Records

EDMONTON, AB
- Blackbyrd Myoozik
- Listen Records

FREDERICTON, NB
- Backstreet Records

HALIFAX, NS
- Obsolete Records
- Taz Records

HAMILTON, ON
- Dr Disc

MONTREAL, PQ
- Atom Heart
- Phonopolis

OTTWAWA, ON
- Compact Music
- CDWarehouse
- Vertigo Records

SASKATOON, SK
- Vinyl Diner

ST. JOHN'S, NL
- Fred's

STE-HYACINTHE, PQ
- Frequences Le Disquaire

TORONTO, ON
- Soundscapes
- Sonic Boom

VANCOUVER, BC 
- Red Cat Records 

VICTORIA, BC
- Ditch Records

We're happy to announce that America, the new album from Dan Deacon, is available today! If that wasn't reason enough to celebrate, well, it's also Dan's birthday!

Purchase it on CD, LP, mp3, cassette and - as a flag - directly from the Domino Mart. While supplies last, receive a free flag with a purchase of America from one of the fine indie record shops listed at the bottom of the page. Also find copies at Dan Deacon's merch table when he gets underway with a series of midwestern US dates this week before the two month long America tour commences in October. See the full list of tour dates here.

Participating list of indie record stores:
Akron, OH - Square Records
Atlanta, GA - Criminal Records
Ausin, TX - End of An Ear
Austin, TX - Waterloo
Baltimore, MD - Sound Garden
Boise, ID - The Record Exchange
Boston, MA - Newbury Comics
Brooklyn, NY - Earwax
Burlington, VT - Pure Pop
Charleston, SC - Monster Music
Cleveland OH - Music Saves
Dallas, TX - Good Records
Dearborn MI - Dearborn
Denver, CO - Twist and Shout
Des Moines, IA - ZZZ Records
East Lansing, MI - Flat Black & Circ
Forest Park, IL - Cyklopx
Greenville, SC - Earshot
Hattiesburg, MS - T-Bones
Hollywood, CA - Amoeba
Hollywood, CA - Origami
Houston, TX - Cactus Music
Indianapolis, IN - Luna
Knoxville, TN - Disc Exchange
Madison, WI - Mad City
Miami Beach, FL - Uncle Sam's
Nashville, TN - Grimey's
New York, NY - Sound Fix
New York, NY - J&R
Normal, IL - Waiting Room Records
Omaha, NE - Homers
Orlando, FL - Park Ave CDs
Philadelphia, PA - Repo Records
Phoenix, AX - Zia Records  
Portland, ME - Bull Moose
Portland, OR - Music Millennium
Princeton, NJ - Princeton Record Exchange
Raleigh, NC    - School Kids
Riverside, CA - Mad- Rhino Records
Sacramento, CA - Dimple
Salt Lake City, UT - Graywhale
San Francisco, CA - Rasputin
Seattle, WA - Silver Platters
Seattle, WA - Easy Street
Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom
St. Louis, MO - Euclid
Tuscaloosa, AL - Oz Music
Wisconsin - Exclusive Co

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Animal Collective's new album Centipede Hz is streaming now on Animal Collective Radio with song by song visuals by Abby Portner. Stream the full album here radio.myanimalhome.net.

Animal Collective Radio, a partnership with The Creators Project, has broadcast live over the last four weeks featuring transmissions hosted by band members Panda Bear, Avey Tare, Deakin and Geologist. The transmissions also featured a variety of guest DJs sets including Atlas Sound, Haunted Graffiti, Black Dice, Pantha Du Prince as well as brand new solo music by Panda Bear and Avey Tare. Listen back to all the shows via the band's archive on MixCloud: mixcloud.com/animalcollectiveradio.

Animal Collective's new album Centipede Hz is out September 4th on CD, 2xLP & Deluxe 2xLP. Pre-order on Domino Mart NOW.

Live Dates

09-18 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre *
09-19 Vancouver, BC - Malkin Bowl *
09-20 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
09-21 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *
09-22 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *
09-23 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl #
09-25 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues  *
09-27 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *
09-28 Austin, TX - The Backyard *
09-29 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
09-30 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle *
10/02 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion *
10/03 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
10/05 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Park *
* w/ Micachu and the Shapes
# w/ Huun Huur Tu

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Night Moves have announced a month-long tour with Lord Huron which includes a record release show at the 7th St Entry in their hometown of Minneapolis in addition to headlining dates. Full dates are below.

Listen to another track “Country Queen,” from their debut album Colored Emotions, out October 9, which is now available to pre-order on CD and LP through the Domino Mart.

Tour dates:
09-29 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre $
10-02 Denton, TX - Dan's Silverleaf *
10-03 Austin, TX - Stubbs Jr *
10-05 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *
10-06 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
10-07 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
10-08 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie *
10-09 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
10-11 Allston, MA - Great Scott *
10-12 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands *
10-13 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place *
10-15 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern *
10-16 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *
10-18 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *
10-19 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
10-20 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
10-21 Seattle, WA - Barboza *
10-22 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
10-24 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
10-25 Los Angeles, LA - The Satellite
10-26 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10-27 Phoenix, AZ - Sail Inn

$ w/ Dirty Projectors
* w/ Lord Huron

Good news everyone! The wonderful Clinic are set to release their seventh album Free Reign on November 13th. Produced by the band themselves in their hometown of Liverpool and mixed with the assistance of Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Free Reign is an extremely apt title for a particularly bold and assured new transmission from planet Clinic.

In the fifteen years since the release of the irrepressible band's debut EP, Ade Blackburn and co. have essentially delivered an exquisite masterclass in fearless singularity. The junkshop-trawling analogue fetishism of the warm, smoky instrumentation that gives their songs such a vividly placeable sense of mood and atmosphere; the surrealist bent of Blackburn's lyrics - so steeped in their own personal mythology - and the band's over-riding commitment to never straying into the realm of the obvious or complacent are all long-standing elements of Clinic's work that are furthered, perfected even, on Free Reign.

Free Reign neither turns its back on the direction of its predecessor, Bubblegum, nor seeks to revisit it verbatim, instead incorporating the simple, childlike melodies and spacious nature of the former whilst being at the same time as powerful, visceral and rhythmically charged as anything the band have ever recorded.

Free Reign will not only be available on the usual formats - CD, LP and digital download - but also on limited edition UFO format, in the form of an exclusive, glow-in-the-dark, cosmic flying disc which comes with the album download code (ie, a pretty nifty Frisbee). PRE ORDER THE ALBUM HERE!

The tracklisting for Free Reign is as follows:

1. Misty 
2. See Saw 
3. Seamless Boogie Woogie BBC2 10pm (rpt) 
4. Cosmic Radiation 
5. Miss You
6. For the Season
7. King Kong
8. You
9. Sun and the Moon

Stay tuned for details of the first single and live dates - they're on the way soon!

In the meantime, listen to an album sampler below:

Hot on the heels of the news that Animal Collective will be streaming their brand new album Centipede Hz in full on Animal Collective Radio at 9PM EST Sunday night is the release of the video for the first single, "Today's Supernatural".

Directed by longtime Animal Collective collaborator Danny Perez (ODDSAC, Summertime Clothes, Who Could Win A Rabbit), the video was filmed on location at the salt flats of El Mirage, CA and stars band member Avey Tare alongside a giant piñata head.

Why not watch it now?

And don't forget to tune in to Animal Collective radio on Sunday night, which will feature Geologist's radio show followed immediately by the album premiere. Geologist describes his mix as follows:

"My show is actually a version of a mix I made for Ben Allen (Centipede Hz Producer) before we went into the studio. He asked us for a list of songs that we might reference in terms of sound and vibe so he could understand how we wanted the album to sound. We put together a list of songs that either encompassed the overall sound and vibe, or just had specific things we liked, such as drums sounds, or vocal effects. Rather than just send him each song, I thought it'd be fun to make transitions in between each track and sequence it out into 4 separate continuous hypothetical LP sides, which is what we were thinking for the sequencing of our album. For the final show of AC Radio we thought it'd be cool to play this inspirational mix and the album back to back."

Animal Collective Radio, a partnership with The Creators Project, has broadcast live over the last three weeks featuring shows hosted by Panda Bear, Avey Tare and Deakin. The transmissions also featured a variety of guest DJs sets including Atlas Sound, Haunted Graffiti, Black Dice, Pantha Du Prince as well as brand new solo music by Panda Bear and Avey Tare. Listen back to all the transmissions via the band's archive on MixCloud: mixcloud.com/animalcollectiveradio

Visit The Creators Project website for exclusive band interviews and detailed Animal Collective Radio information and don't forget to PRE ORDER CENTIPEDE HZ NOW!

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Animal Collective Radio - transmitting to you Sunday nights/Monday mornings live at 9pm EST/2am GMT on Centipede Hz through until August 19th/20th.

Tune in to radio.myanimalhome.net at 2am GMT on Monday the 30^th of July to hear the first show, hosted by Panda Bear. It features his own mix plus guest DJ sets by Black Dice, Haunted Graffiti and Sublime Frequencies.

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We're really excited to share the 'True Thrush' video from Dan Deacon's forthcoming album, America, out Aug 28th, 2012.

The video co-directed by Ben O’Brien and Dan Deacon (making his directorial debut) is based on a drawing game popular in the Baltimore art collective Wham City, which is in turn based on the game “telephone.”

Deacon’s concept for the video is loosely related to the lyrics, and mirrors his use of asymmetrical repetition and evolving patterns. For the video, Dan and Ben filmed a simple 13-second scene. That scene was then shown to the next team. After seeing the video that team had 1 hour to recreate it -- characters, props, set, costumes, and actions -- as close to exactly as possible from only their memory.

With each new team the scene evolves. The energy begins to amplify and the chaos increases due to the distorting tendency of memory. The beauty of the video is in the completed arc, an arc that only exists because each team was blind to it. More details on the video are listed below.

Deacon has also announced additional shows as part of the America tour in Baltimore, New York City, Athens, and Florida. See the entire list of tour dates at Dan Deacon's site.

The cast is made up of members of  Wham City, Dan Deacon Ensemble, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Future Islands, Red Room Collective, Copycat Theater, Effervescent Dance Collective, Showbeast, Annex Theater, Nuclear Power Pants, FlucT, BXDC, Bloody Panda, Foot Talk, Important Comics, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and various icons of the legendary Baltimore Arts Community.

TEAM 1: Dan Deacon and Ben O’Brien
TEAM 2: Mason Ross and Emma Alves
TEAM 3: Stefani Levin and Rachel London
TEAM 4: Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice
TEAM 5: Doreen Bolger and Gary Kachadourian
TEAM 6: Jimmy Joe Roche and Robby Rackleff
TEAM 7: Jordan Kasey and Martin Kasey
TEAM 8: Greg St. Pierre and Lily Susskind
TEAM 9: Sam Herring and Kim Tabara
TEAM 10:Stew Mostofsky and Seth Mostofksy
TEAM 11: R.M. O’Brien and Chester Gwazda
TEAM 12: Pilar Diaz and Hosey Corona
TEAM 13: Evan Moritz and Kaitlin Murphy
TEAM 14: William Cashion and Elena Johnston
TEAM 15: Person Ablach and Sam Shea
TEAM 16: Katie Truhn and Jesse Unterhalter
TEAM 17: Gerry Mak and Sophia Mak
TEAM 18: Monica Mirabile and Sigrid Lauren
TEAM 19: Dina Kelberman and Keith Lea

We're gearing up for the release of the new Dirty Projectors album, Swing Lo Magellan, out next week. Stream the album now on NYTimes.com

David Longstreth has written and directed a short film, HI CUSTODIAN featuring music from Swing Lo Magellan and is slated for a summer release. The film stars members of the band and was shot over the course of five days in late April 2012 in several locations in Southern California.  Watch the new trailer exclusively on Pitchfork.TV YouTube's channel:

On July 9th, the band will perform a very special show at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg that will be streamed live worldwide, in its entirety, exclusively on The Bowery Presents Live channel on YouTube. Tune in at 10 PM sharp EDT via http://youtube.com/thebowerypresents, where fans can join a conversation about the show, in real time (#DPsLive).

The morning after the show, four full songs from the Music Hall live stream will be available on-demand, at the same URL.

Catch the band on tour this summer.

Dirty Projectors Tour Dates

07-05 Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Bluesfest
07-06 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall ^
07-07 Montreal, QC - Société Des Arts Technologiques (SAT), Montreal Jazz Fest ^
07-09 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
07-10 Brooklyn, NY - Celebrate Brooklyn &^
07-11 Millvale, PA - Mr.Smalls Theatre ^
07-12 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center For The Arts
07-13 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
07-15 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue &
07-17 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant &
07-18 Lawrence, KS - The Granada Theatre &
07-20 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre &
07-21 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue &
07-23 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market &
07-24 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom &
07-25 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom &
07-27 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre &
07-28 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern &
07-29 San Diego, CA - HOB San Diego &
07-31 Marfa, TX - The Crowley Theatre &
08-02 Austin, TX - Emo's East &
08-03 Dallas, TX - The Kessler Theatre &
08-04 New Orleans, LA - HOB New Orleans &
08-06 Orlando, FL - The Beacham Theatre %
08-07 Fort. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room %
08-09 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse %
08-10 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel %
08-11 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre %
08-13 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom %
08-14 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall %
08-15 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom %
08-17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club &
08-18 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club &
08-19 Boston, MA - Paradise
09-01 Philadelphia, PA - Made in America Festival
09-27 Cincinnati, OH - Midpoint Music Festival
09-28 Urbana IL - Pygmalion Music Festival
09-30 Milwaukee WI - Pabst Theatre

^ w/ Purity Ring
& w/Wye Oak
* w/ Dustin Wong
% w/ POP ETC

Following the news of the Minneapolis' band signing to Domino, we're happy to announce the release of their debut album Colored Emotions out October 9.

The band has quickly made their way to the head of the Twin Cities music scene, landing the cover story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune describing them as a “slow-grooving, neo-twangy, cosmically-baked band”, as well as being named the area’s “Best New Band” by Minneapolis City Pages.

Night Moves--John Pelant (guitars/vocals), Micky Alfano (bass) and Mark Ritsema (multi-instrumentalist)--grew up together in the Twin Cities and spent their younger years rotating in and out of one another's musical orbits. The trio reconvened in 2009 to form Night Moves and began recording and building a fervent local following of fans and media alike.

The band joined producer/mixer Thom Monahan (Vetiver, Beachwood Sparks, Devendra Banhart) in Los Angeles by way of their first appearances at South By Southwest to tighten and brighten the ten-track album, which the band had begun on their own before signing to Domino earlier this year.  The first taste of the collaboration with Monahan comes in the form of the single “Headlights.”  Stream and download it below.

The band also has a number of tour dates set for this summer, leading up to the release of Colored Emotions.

07-07 Des Moines, IA - 80/35 Festival
07-13 Madison, WI - The Terrace at UW-Madison (w/ Wild Nothing)
07-14 Chicago, IL - Schubas (w/ Father John Misty)
07-17 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's Oasis (w/ Cloud Nothings)
07-21 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave (w/ Jeremy Messersmith and Greycoats)
07-30 Minneapolis, MN - Loring Park Music and Movies
08-11 Stillwater, MN - Square Lake Film & Music Festival