Vote for The Big Pink for the NME Awards 2010
Ahead of their embarking on the NME Tour this Thursday, starting the nationwide jaunt with a performance in Newcastle (full itinerary HERE), the band have been nominated for two fan-voted accolades at this year’s NME Awards.
The band have been put for forward for:
BEST NEW BAND – THE BIG PINK
BEST SINGLE – THE BIG PINK “DOMINOS”
Vote for the band by clicking HERE.
Read: The National's Matt Berninger talks to Pitchfork.
Read The National frontman Matt Berninger talking to Pitchfork regarding their forthcoming record HERE.
Tickets have now gone on sale (and largely sold out) for the following dates:
MARCH
26-28 Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee (tickets)
APRIL
22 The National Theatre, Richmond Virginia (pre-order ticket link)
23 The National Theatre, Richmond Virginia (pre-order ticket link)
MAY
6 Royal Albert Hall, London (pre-order ticket link)
7 Zenith, Paris (w. Pavement) (pre-order ticket link)
9 Astra, Berlin (pre-order ticket link)
22 Wiltern, Los Angeles (pre-order ticket link)
23 Spreckels Theater, San Diego (pre-order ticket link)
27 Fox Theater, Oakland (pre-order ticket link)
JUNE
2 House of Blues, Boston (pre-order ticket link)
5 Electric Factory, Philadelphia (pre-order ticket link)
6 DAR Constitution Hall, Washington DC (pre-order ticket link)
8 Massey Hall, Toronto (pre-order ticket link)
16 Radio City Music Hall, New York (pre-order ticket link)
For more information head over to The National’s official website americanmary.com.
Bid on 4AD rarities in support of Oxfam's Haiti Earthquake Appeal
Currently on eBay and available alongside various other collectables in support of Oxfam raising funds for supporting the victims and development following the Haiti earthquake is the “4AD Bundle”, containing signed Vaughan Oliver album artwork, rare Deerhunter cassette, every 4AD release on CD from 2009 and other collectibles and rarities.
Bid for the item by clicking HERE.
The full list of items runs as follows:
Classic 4AD album artwork prints signed by artist Vaughan Oliver, featuring:
– Pixies Trompe Le Monde
– Pixies “Gigantic”
– Pixies “Here Comes Your Man”
– Pixies Bossanova
– Cocteau Twins double-sided artwork poster
– Breeders Pod
– Ultra Vivid Scene Joy 1967-1990
– Ultra Vivid Scene “Staring At The Sun”
Every 4AD release from 2009 on CD, featuring:
– Anni Rossi Rockwell
– Atlas Sound Logos
– The Big Pink A Brief History of Love
– Broken Records Until The Earth Begins To Part
– Camera Obscura My Maudlin Career
– Deerhunter Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP
– Future of The Left Curses
– M Ward Hold Time
– The Mountain Goats The Life Of The World To Come
– St Vincent Actor
– Tune-Yards Bird-Brains
– Dark was the Night (Red Hot compilation)
– Atlas Sound limited 6-track ‘Rough Trade’ EP
Two rare and out of print Deerhunter cassettes:
– Rainwater Cassette Exchange (750 copies)
– Extremely collectible pink cassette version of the Platts Eyott session (100 copies): http://4ad.com/features/deerhunter/
Hand screen-printed ltd copy of Tune-Yards Bird-Brains on CD
5 x limited edition 4AD pencils
1 x limited edition 4AD silver badge
4AD (classic logo design) tee-shirt (M)
A bundle of recent release promotional posters
Due to the immediate need in Haiti, we were only able to publish limited item information on eBay before the auction started. We will add more information as it comes in at oxfam.org.uk/haitiauction.
Vote for Efterklang's 'Modern Drift' on Radio 2
Vote for Efterklang’s ‘Modern Drift’ (available to download HERE) as Maconie and Radcliffe’s Pick ‘n’ Mix Track of the Week on Radio 2 by voting HERE. Voting closes at noon, Monday 25 January.
‘Modern Drift’ is taken from the forthcoming Magic Chairs, released on February 22, and available to pre-order HERE.
For more information on Efterklang, head over to 4ad.com/efterklang.
Watch: Camera Obscura live in Brooklyn
To watch the full concert head over to
baeblemusic.com.
Ahead of their date their on April 21 as part of their tour of North America and Mexico here is footage of Camera Obscura performing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg from late last year.
The band are also about to embark on a tour of Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Furthermore, they are playing two shows in Indonesia this March and a one-off show in Portugal in late-February. More details can be found here.
Camera Obscura US & Mexico Tour April 2010
APRIL
Saturday 3 – Iowa City, IA. Mission Creek
Festival at Blue Moose Tap House (TICKETS)
Sunday 4 – Madison, WI. High Noon Saloon (TICKETS)
Monday 5 – Chicago, IL. Lincoln Hall (HERE)
Wednesday 7 – Lawrence, KS. The Bottleneck (TICKETS)
Thursday 4 – Norman, OK. Meacham Auditorium at University of Oklahoma
Friday 9 – Austin, TX Emo’s, Outside (TICKETS)
Saturday 10 – Denton, TX. Hailey’s (TICKETS)
Sunday 11 – Houston, TX. Warehouse Live Studio (TICKETS
Tuesday 13 – Mexico City, MX. Lunario (on sale soon)
Wednesday 14 – Guadalajara, MX. Lydo’s Show Center (on sale soon)
Friday 16 Las Vegas, NV. Club Aruba at Aruba Hotel (on sale at door for now)
Tuesday 20 – Visalia, CA. Cellar Door (TICKETS)
Wednesday 21 – San Francisco, CA. Great American Music Hall (TICKETS)
Friday 23 – Eugene, OR. WOW Hall (TICKETS
Saturday 24 – Bellingham, WA. Nightlight Lounge (TICKETS)
Sunday 25 – Portland, OR. Berbati’s Pan (TICKETS)