Kelli Scarr Releases Album Art & Tracklisting For Piece
Look Out For US Summer Tour Dates To Release Debut LP Piece On Silence Breaks July 27th

Kelli Scarr’s interest in music and recording started early, at the age of three with her Nana using a handheld cassette recorder to record her singing. Growing up amongst the soundtrack of her parent’s records and singing in the Lutheran church of her hometown, music quickly became an important part of Kelli Scarr’s life. After high school she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to study voice at Berklee, and she soon joined the band Moonraker.  Following college, Kelli, along with Moonraker, moved to Brooklyn, NY where they were thrown head first into the ever-expanding indie scene, opening for bands like the Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene. After several years of touring and three albums, the band dissolved in 2005 and Kelli started to shift her musical focus more towards film scoring, composing the score for Matthew Nourse’s full-length feature, “The Pacific and Eddy” and Jeremiah Zagar’s documentary, “In a Dream” (HBO).  Kelli soon found herself nominated for best original score for, “In A Dream” by the Cinema Eye Honors alongside fellow nominees Nick Cave and Danny Elfman. It was also during this time that Kelli joined Brooklyn-based alt indie group, Salt and Samovar. During an almost accidental bill sharing, Kelli was noticed by local NYC musician, Moby. After striking up a friendship, Kelli and Moby were soon working on music together with Kelli singing the title track of Moby’s haunting and introspective 2009 release, “Wait For Me” (Mute). Kelli also quickly joined Moby’s touring band for a world tour to support the critically acclaimed album. On top of singing and playing keyboards within Moby’s band, Kelli was also asked to open the shows, playing her own music in supporting slots for Moby and winning over crowds all over the world. Amidst all of the transitions and touring, Kelli had begun recording songs on her own. She began simply by recording quiet piano songs at home in between working her hospital day job and in brief moments to herself during her three year old son’s naps. From what began as a simple process Kelli quickly found herself with a collection of recordings that spanned the world, two and a half years and included a diverse cast of musicians, engineers and producers. The themes and inspiration for her music ranged from the once small gold rush town of Folsom, CA, now turned suburban sprawl, to the raising of a child and the wishes of a parent. For a majority of the record the songs acted as a therapeutic release and moment of reflection for the relationships in her life and the struggle to find peace within them. Along with these moments of self-release, her songs captured the images of her childhood and reflected everything from scenes of driving through California to the memories of her favorite childhood movies like Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. After a long and exhausting two and a half year process Kelli had a record of mainly home recordings, which she named, “Piece”; a name she adopted early on with the advice of friend and filmmaker Matthew Nourse, to help her visualize the album as a “snapshot in time” within an otherwise hectic time. In the end “Piece” reflected a large portion of Kelli’s life and those around her. From the sounds of her creaky upright piano and midnight acoustic recordings to the whimpers of her son waking up from a nap in the next room, “Piece” captured an extremely personal journey, providing a photo album’s worth of lush images. “Piece” will be released on July 27th, 2010 as the debut for indie start-up label, Silence breaks.

Tracklisting

Salt of the Sea
Driftwood
Break Up
Pure Gold
Brother
Baby Boom
Anything
So Long
The Wonder
Come Back to Me

http://www.myspace.com/kelliscarr

http://silencebreaks.com/kelliscarr/

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The Great Kat’s “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” Music Videos Now Available for Download on iTunes!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-great-kat/id368743108

The Great Kat Shred Guitar Virtuoso: “Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time”

The Great Kat Guitar Virtuoso www.greatkat.com, announced that Shred/Classical music videos from the best-selling “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” virtuoso guitar DVD are now available for download on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-great-kat/id368743108.

Great Kat Shred/Classical Music Videos available on iTunes include:

• “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee” (Kat Shreds Guitar at 300 BPM!) at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/the-flight-of-the-bumble-bee/id368743107
• Beethoven’s “5^th Symphony” at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/beethovens-5th-symphony/id368743633
• Paganini’s “Caprice #24” at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/paganinis-caprice-24/id368743262
• Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto #3” (Kat Shreds 6 Guitars!) at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/bachs-brandenburg-concerto-3/id368743861
• & More Outrageous Great Kat Music Videos!

“BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD http://greatkat.com/store/page27.html

The Great Kat Web Site: http://www.greatkat.com

KAT STORE: http://www.greatkat.com/07/index07.html

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-great-kat/id368743108

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-Kat/296984350242

Twitter: http://twitter.com/greatkatguitar

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/KthomasPR

The Great Kat Accolades:

“Top 10 Fastest Shredders Of All Time” (Guitar One Magazine)

“50 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time” (Guitar World Magazine)

“The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes” (Classic Rock Magazine)

“12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists” (Elle Magazine)

Juilliard graduate violin virtuoso/Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra

Winner of the Artists International Competition on Violin/Carnegie Recital Hall Debut on Solo Violin

Girls Music is the new label from Ninja Tune’s latest signing Toddla T and Raf Rundell, and it is set to be the source of a barrel load of fun, forward-thinking, bass-heavy music. For their first release the Girls have invited a Lady into the fold, teaming up with NW London’s Lady Chann for the anthemic ‘Sticky Situation’. The track’s produced by UK Garage super-producer Sticky.

Sticky Situation is out now on Girls Music – buy here -

http://www.ninjatune.net/ninjashop/index.php?cat=0&type=EP&by=6&code=GIRLS002#GIRLS002

Girls Music album launch tonight at Corsica Studios, feat Ms Dynamite, Toddla T and Jamie XX – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=347611713918&ref=ts

1. Sticky Situation

2. Eye Too Fast

3. Sticky Situation (Toddla T / Seiji refix)

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TORONTO, May 20, 2010 – NXNE announces this year’s Conference Village schedule of workshops, panels and keynote interviews. Bringing together leading music industry professionals, Conference events take place from June 16 to 19, 2010 at the festival hub – the Hyatt Regency Toronto. NXNE Priority Passes are available for purchase at www.nxne.com/tickets.
 
This year’s Conference Village presents the freshest ideas from the brightest minds in the business, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for artists and managers to develop new revenue streams, break into new markets, manage their brand – and do it all independently.
 
NXNE Conference Highlights:
 
The Town Hall meeting opens the Conference on Wednesday night at Second City (51 Mercer Street) where an esteemed group of managers and music agency representatives take stock of the music business in 2010 and discuss how to do more with less.
 
Thursday’s Music Meeting “FM USA” offers insight into the inner workings of America’s most influential radio programs and explains how top radio programmers put together their playlists.
 
Celebrity Interviews with X and Mudhoney take a look back at the early days of LA’s punk landscape and the rise of American Punk as well as Seattle’s Sub-pop and grunge scene, while considering the influence of both bands in the development of their genre.
 
On Friday, artist Sebastian Grainger is joined by industry experts in the SOCAN case study that examines how songwriters can earn a living in a shifting music marketplace.
 
Urban music gets the 360 review on Saturday with panel discussions that deal with issues ranging from branding to the rise of the producer. Damien Abraham from Fucked Up leads a panel about how you should disregard everything else at the NXNE Conference but listen to his session of expert advice instead.   
                                                                                                   
New this year, the Music Managers Forum presents Speed Dating – an initiative for artists to network their way to success by getting face-time with seasoned music managers. Interested artists can sign up on Friday at the walk-up kiosk in the registration area at the Hyatt Regency Toronto for a Saturday session.
 
Additional Panels include:
 
Race for the Prize: The Competitive World of Synch Placements & Publishing
Loose Change: Do We Owe You Money?
On the Good Side of the Tax Man: Understanding Income Tax from Touring
Modern Love: Winning the Online Hearts of Bloggers
 
For the complete list of panels and panellists visit www.nxne.com.
 
16 Years, 650 Bands, 50 Stages, 40 Films, 15 Conference Sessions, 7 Days.
NXNE festival experience takes over Toronto with the best new bands and international headliners, screenings of dynamic music films, compelling conference village sessions, rock n’ roll keynotes and insights from the most forward-thinking interactive media innovators, and a charity soccer match. This year’s festival runs from June 14-20, 2010. Visit NXNE online at nxne.com.

The Murkle Man returns, showing a very different side to his musical character than that displayed on “Party Animal.” Produced by Rapid (best known for his work with Tinchy Stryder) this bass-heavy, grimey, electronic production is the perfect platform for Jammer to strike back at the itty-bitty, wannabe grime stars who spend their time online giving the metaphorical middle finger to anyone more successful than them. That this is achieved with a fair amount of humour and the use of the occasional outlandish put down (“I’m a Lambo/You’re just a Z3”) is testament to a recording artist who keeps on striving to make better music rather than looking for an excuse to – metaphorically or otherwise – shank someone.

Remixes come from West Coast beatmaster Lorn (part of Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder crew) and Brighton-based d&b duo, The Prototypes. Lorn takes the original and turns it into hard, dustep-influenced hip hop. The Protoypes, meanwhile, first slow down Jammer’s vox and then speed them up for an arena-crumbling drum ‘n’ bass workout.

Jahmek Power aka Jammer is one of the true pioneers of the grime scene. A builder of bridges and peacemaker rather than a loose cannon, Jammer is one of the few people in London who can count both Dizzee Rascal and Wiley amongst his friends and who has worked with Jay Sean, Kano, Tinchy, Chipmunk, Boy Better Know and just about everyone else, underground and overground. And if none of them have a bad word to say about him, that’s because, at heart, Jammer believes more in music than he does in ego.

“Better Than” should be enough to remind people that, contrary to current trends, you don’t have to rap about selling drugs and killing folk to be real. All you have to do is let your character shine through.

“Better Than” video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP3k7vD1eaI

Also, here’s the song on Tweet for a Track: http://www.tweetforatrack.com/Jammer

Click below To Listen To “Do You Remember”

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Most bands are brought together by guitars, amps and drums. Sweet Apple formed after tragedy, out of friendship, on a miserable day in Vermont. At first glance, the rock ‘n’ roll quartet might seem like one of those “indie-rock supergroup” sideshows. Yes, J. Mascis (drums/guitar/vocals) plays in Dinosaur Jr. Tim Parnin (guitar) and John Petkovic (vocals/guitar) play in Cobra Verde. Dave Sweetapple (bass/vocals) plays in Witch. But Sweet Apple was born of a death — and a cross country drive. Totally by chance. It was rainy morning in December when John Petkovic got in his car heading eastward. He had no destination in mind, let alone plans for a band. He just wanted to  drive away. “My mother had just died after a long, horrible illness,” he says. “And I’d been totally devastated by so many things, all at once. I’d lost so much weight. I couldn’t eat or sleep. All I did was smoke cigarettes, one and after another after another.” John got in his car and went for a long smoke. Four hundred miles from his hometown of Cleveland, and out of the blue, he received a phone call from friend Dave Sweetapple. “I couldn’t believe he was driving around aimlessly,” says Sweetapple, of Brattleboro, Vt. “When I found out he was so close to Vermont I told him to come over.”  Dave also called their mutual friend J. Mascis, who lives nearby in Amherst, Ma., and told him to come over. J did, and told John to start writing a bunch of songs when he got back home – so they could start a band. John hadn’t played guitar for months. He came up with four songs on the ride home – including “I Can’t See You,” with its haunting refrain, “I drove and drove and drove and drove. And drove and drove and drove and drove.” Within three weeks, John was jamming with CV bandmate Tim Parnin – and they whittled 25 songs down to 12. “Out of the blue, we had an album full of catchy tunes,” says Parnin. “It’s one of the weirdest things I’ve experienced playing in bands.” Even weirder, many of the songs are upbeat – fun and mockingly funny, with loud, brash guitars. “Do You Remember” is a driving anthem. “I’ve Got a Feeling That Won’t Change” is wounded pop. “Flying Up a Mountain” is a nihilist singalong. Love & Desperation was recorded in Cleveland and Massachusetts. It was mixed by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, The Hold Steady) and Don Depew (Guided By Voices, Cobra Verde).  “I tell people that I saved John’s life by starting this band,” says Mascis. “But they don’t believe me.”

Sweet Apple is:

J. Mascis – Guitar god in Dinosaur Jr.; drummer in Witch. Played with Cobra Verde for a spell. Owns hundreds of guitar pedals and dozens of Adidas. Favorite color is purple. Worked in a coffee shop in India, even though he doesn’t drink coffee. Spends a lot of money at Whole Foods.

Tim Parnin – Guitarist in Cobra Verde. Plays guitar with former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosely. Former clothing designer. Cleveland Cavaliers season ticket holder. Partied with Shaq.

John Petkovic – Frontman for Cobra Verde. Still gets acting residuals from “The OC.” Former aid to the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia. Ex-guitarist in Guided by Voices. Writes about bars and movies for Cleveland’s daily newspaper. Working on underwear-themed art show. Smokes less, eats more gummy bears.

Dave Sweetapple – Bassist in Witch. Native of Newfoundland, Canada (where they beat baby seals). Prefers rock over free jazz. Grew his hair long after seeing a photo of the Alice Cooper Band. Collects rare mushrooms. Trains a best-in-breed Scottish Deerhound named Cyril.
www.myspace.com/sweetapplesongs

www.teepeerecords.com/

Tracklisting:
1. An Armada Approaches
2. Tidal Waves Uprising
3. The Open Hand Avows
4. Order Of The Golden Dawn (featuring Laura Darling)
5. The Finishing of a Thing
6. Succumbing To (featuring Kid A)
7. Stampede Me (with Amir Yaghmai)
8. Fin De Siècle

Brand new promo video here – http://www.brainfeedersite.com/2010/02/08/daedelus-righteous-fists-of-harmony/

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Brainfeeder goes global!

The Brainfeeder record label was started by Flying Lotus in 2008 drawing on LA’s underground beat scene, the early releases have established a new sound at the intersection of hip hop and electronica. Now they are going international, putting in place a distribution deal which means their records will be available to more than just a few aficionados.

Flying Lotus had a very simple reason for starting Brainfeeder. “When I first started out, I was lucky enough to have great people take me under their wing and point me in the right  direction. I’ll never forget it, and I try to do my best to do the same for people I believe in. I know that what my peers and I are doing is really important, and I feel the music we’ve created is something that speaks to a new generation, so it’s our responsibility to nurture and guide this movement we started.”

With a roster incorporating buzz names such as Lorn, Samiyam and The Gaslamp Killer and with the next release for the label being a mini-album from Daedelus, the movement is taking shape. “Daedelus was one of the first people I met in the LA scene, he hardly knew me or my sound at all and invited me into his home and shared stories and music with me when I was trying to find my way out here. He’s been such a great and inspiring friend ever since. I feel like with this album we’re close to coming full circle.”

Following that up will be albums from Lorn (“a dark and brooding electronic record that I really think will surprise people”), a label compilation, plus “Sam[iyam] is saying he’s close to finished. And I know GLK is working on his album, he’s sounding super excited to be able to get some time in the studio, if he can ever stop DJing.”

(Daedelus will be releasing his next Ninja Tune album entitled ‘Bespoke’ in late 2010 or early 2011.)

LIVE

DAEDELUS along with NOSAJ THING and JOGGER, are currently on the “Magical Properties Tour” across North America:

Feb 4th – Space 120 – Palm Springs, California
Feb 5 – Echoplex – Los Angeles, California
Feb 6 – Mighty – San Francisco, California
Feb 7 – Jambalaya – Arcata, California
Feb 8 – Rotture – Portland, Oregon
Feb 9 – Fortune Sound Club – Vancouver, British Columbia
Feb 10 – Neumos – Seattle, Washington
Feb 12 – Hodi’s Half Note – Fort Collins, Colorado
Feb 13 – Gothic Theater – Englewood, Colorado
Feb 14 – Mad Planet – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 15 – Majestic Theater – Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 16 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, Illinois
Feb 17 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 18 – Wrong Bar – Toronto, Ontario
Feb 19 – Le Belmont – Montreal, Quebec
Feb 20 – Le Poisson Rouge – New York, New York
Feb 22 – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 23 – Bourbon Street – Baltimore, Maryland
Feb 24 – Xscape Lounge – Richmond, Virginia
Feb 25 – 90 Proof- knoxville, TN
Feb 26 – Club 828 – Asheville, North Carolina
Feb 27 – New Earth Music Hall – Athens, GA

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myspace.com/brainfeeder
twitter.com/BrainFeeder
vimeo.com/brainfeeder
facebook.com/pages/BRAINFEEDER/117839439630?ref=ts

Roster
Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Ras G, The Gaslamp Killer, FLYamSAM, Mono/Poly, Teebs, Dr. Strangeloop, Lorn, Matthewdavid, Ques, Daedelus and many more.

The Infesticons – “Kick Anthem”

Single – “Kick Anthem” out 5th April on Big Dada Records

Album – “Bedford Park” – out 12th April on Big Dada Records

Listen now!
http://www.bigdada.com/infesticons

Recently relaunched Mike Ladd website – www.mikeladd.net

Mike Ladd returns with the third and final part of his epic Infesticons trilogy, a clarion call against obscurity, indifference and apathy. Some fights are worth fighting and even battles that are lost are worth remembering. In this spirit, for “Bedford Park” Ladd has put together a series of “Anthems” and the first fanfare is sounded by “Kick Anthem”.

Combining Bollywood polyrhythms with punk attitude, Ladd and his band rip through “Kick…” with the kind of abandon and energy which can’t be faked. Saul Williams takes on backing vox duties, having turned up at the studio while Mike was recording. Ladd’s lyrics, meanwhile, subvert the standard rock themes of love and betrayal, ending with him getting ready to smother his ex-lover in his favourite body oils: “Nubian Hawkwind, Egyptian Pinky Ring, Lumumba AK, Angolan Whisper, Portugese Scum, Spanish Dead Men” and so on, the most innocent listings packed with subtext.

One of the true rebel geniuses of Black music, Mike Ladd operates at the intersection of hip hop, punk, funk and spoken word, in the process making some of the most vital and intelligent music of his times. Alongside his Infesticons trilogy for Big Dada he has recorded a succession of solo albums for, amongst others, Mercury, !K7 and legendary hardcore label ROIR. His work with jazz pianist Vijay Iyer has been widely acclaimed, touring major jazz festivals and being released on classic imprint Savoy. He likes playing with toy soldiers.

Press for The Infesticons project:

“A mind- blowing collision of progressive beat-box noise and freeform lyrical splatter… brilliantly deconstructed avant-rap. Exhilarating” – The Times

“(Mike Ladd) has managed to perfectly refract… the tripped-out freakish party jams of Clinton’s funkadelia through a hip hop lens” – NME

“Of all the voices to emerge from the hip hop underground… Mike Ladd represents the scene’s creative apex… Stunning” – The Wire

http://www.myspace.com/infesticons

http://www.ninjatune.net/bigdada/

King Cannibal’s started his tour off right, murdering Boston and Pittsburgh and seducing a 5000+ crowd in -30 (celsius) weather at Igloofest in Montreal with his unique dark and resonating sound. Here are the remaining dates on his FIRST EVER tour in the US.

Feb 5th : Madison (Inferno Club)
Feb 8th : Chicago (Empty Bottle)
Feb 9th : New York (Santo’s, moved from APT)
Feb 10th : L.A (Low End Theory at The Airliner)
Feb 11th : Seattle (Contour)
Feb 12th : Calgary (Lord Nelson)

To sweeten the deal, his New York appearance at Santo’s is also the first in a quarterly Ninja Tune Presents series at the NY venue so if you’re in the tri state area, make sure to free your calendar. This event will also be a kick-off of sorts on a larger scale as the label is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with global events and limited releases running well through 2010. And did we mention the event is FREE?

Santo’s Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=262022441364&ref=ts
Myspace: myspace.com/kingcannibal
Blog: godsofwar.wordpress.com

Bonobo returns in 2010 with his new album Black Sands, out on Ninja Tune 23 March.   Please download the preview edit of “Eyesdown” here on the eflyer!  A true departure from some of his outings in the past, the skipping beat of “Eyesdown” and the way he weaves vocalist Andreya Triana’s vocals through layers of sub-bass show Green making his own moves with the influences of two-step.

www.ninjatune.net/bonobo

Also, we have the video for the first single, “The Keeper”, which shows Green and Triana coming through with their most intense, emotional outing.  He coaxes a fantastic, characterful performance from Triana and makes music which is both melancholy and effortlessly uplifting. Remixes come Redeyes, who offers the neatest d&b re-working of the original, and labelmates Grasscut, who strip things back to faintly sinister musicbox atmospherics.

The video can be seen here: http://www.vimeo.com/5638643