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Going for Gold 11

Keepin’ it Gold, so I’ve been told.

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AU
facebook.com/auband

AU’s December single, “Solid Gold”, was released on a very limited 7” record, via Hometapes.

With a massive upcoming tour dates, we find the Oregon-based duo AU (Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka) performing “Solid Gold” for Into The Woods.

The live performance shows off a full band, including vocalist Holland Andrews, alto sax player Reed Wallsmith, trombonist Nick Sweet and guitarist Dan Duval.

Their third full-length album, Both Lights, will be out April 3rd on Hometapes. UK peeps, look to The Leaf Label.

SAVOIR ADORE
savoiradore.com

Savoir Adore is another Brooklyn band. This one is about two BFF, Paul Hammer and Deidre Muro. They have a new single, Dreamers with the B-Side “Sea of Gold”, out now. On the same EP, you’ll also find “Dreamers” remixed by Golden Pony, which you can download for free via Brooklyn Vegan.

See New York Post’s “10 Bands To Watch”, Savoir Adore, on tour:

GOLD FIELDS
www.goldfieldsmusic.com

Gold Fields is a band out of Ballarat, Australia, their self-titled debut EP will be out March 13th via Astralwerks Records.

Never heard of these guys? Triple J has; putting their song “Treehouse” into their top 10. With only a year into their career and being on my favorite dancey label, Astralwerks, you should certainly keep an eye out for these guys.

Guitarist Vin Andanar had this to add about their debut EP, “From the beginning, we made it a big point to make every song sound different. We didn’t want to be pigeonholed as part of any scene or specific sound.”

Look for the band in the USA soon:

BRIEFLY:

BROTHERTIGER
myspace.com/brothertiger

Brothertiger is the stagename for John Jago. His debut album, Golden Years, is coming out March 27th, and is described as “a chilled-out” and “lo-fi dance” experience.

Oh, it’s chillwave, you say? As long as it’s not dubstep, I’m okay with it.

TYLER LYLE
tylerlyle.com

Starting this week, if you live in the USA, Amazon is having a promotion for you to grab Tyler Lyle’s song “The Golden Age and the Silver Girl” from the album of the same name.

What’s the album about? Lyle said, “All these songs deal with a girl. One girl. Every girl. It’s a theme album. It’s a break up album.”.

SXSW 2012 Preview

SXSW 2012 Preview

I’m not in Austin this year for SXSW, but, per tradition, we are semi-covering it this year. Here are some SXSW announcements that were sent to me. Since I get over 100 emails a day, please put “SXSW” in your headline subject, otherwise your message will not be read or used for a future SXSW announcement.

IODA
www.iodasxsw.com

In their 8th annual SXSW Opening Day Bash party, IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance) announced the confirmed lineup: thirteen bands, playing all day March 14th on two stages.

What: IODA’s Opening Day Bash at SXSW
Where: Red Eyed Fly, 715 Red River Street, Austin, Texas
When: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Time: 12 - 6 PM

Too kool to admit to not knowing some of these bands? No problem, download the free Sampler

Artists on the bill: The Wedding Present, Thee Oh Sees, Oddisee, Y La Bamba, Pillow Fight (this is Dan The Automator’s latest project), Tycho, Poliça (Minneapolis’ latest buzzzzzzzzz band), Dan Mangan, Ruthie Foster, Bright Moments, Tiago Iorc, Bam Bam, and Daniel Ahearn & The Jones.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST
www.conflictparty.com

Conflict of Interest event is free with Hype Hotel RSVP or a SXSW badge. Full details below:

The Syndicate Presents Conflict Of Interest
DATE: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 
VENUE: Hype Hotel presented by Feed The Beat
ADDRESS: 504 Trinity
CITY: Austin, TX
TIME: 7pm - 2am
Free w/ RSVP or SXSW Badge

LIVE PERFORMANCES:
Delta Spirit
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Miniature Tigers
Little Hurricane
Incan Abraham
Oberhofer

w/ DJ Aaron Axelsen spinning all night

WUNDERBAR
www.initiative-musik.de/sxsw

Sounds delightful and tasty, check out Wunderbar – Finest Lunch With The Germans. Takes place on March 15th at the Parkside Restaurant from noon to 4pm. DJ sets from Apparat, Bonaparte, Coma, D E N A & Touchy Mob and food catered by Kochzeichen D

Other German artists appearing at SXSW:

Wednesday, March 14 
Bonaparte @ The Iron Bear
Apparat Band @ Haven (1:00am - 1:40am)

Friday, March 16 
Talking To Turtles @ St David’s Bethell Hall (11:00pm -11:40pm)
Fenster @ The Loft (9:20pm - 9:55pm)

Saturday, March 17 
Touchy Mob @ Karma Lounge

EMI
emimusic.com

I love EMI Records, as do many of you. I was sent their SXSW sampler, which showcase some of their artists at SXSW. Not on the list is Norah Jones, who is actually not performing – but will be previewing new music from her forthcoming album, Little Broken Hearts, a collaboration with Danger Mouse (to be released May 1st, 2012). The two previously worked on his album, Rome, which Dave reviewed.

The playlist includes hot Australian band, Gold Fields, in an upcoming Going for Gold.

1. The Little Willies – I Worship You
2. Graffiti6 - Free
3. Robert Glasper Feat. yasiin bey - Black Radio
4. Chiddy Bang - Ray Charles (Explicit)
5. Foxy Shazam - I Like It
6. Gold Fields - Treehouse
7. Morning Parade - Headlights

RIOT ACT MEDIA
riotactmedia.com

Riot Act Media’s SXSW 2012 party is at Swan Dive this year (located at 651 Red River).

Lineup:

12:00: Follow That Bird
12:35: The Pharmacy
1:10: Nick Jaina
1:45: Brass Bed
2:20: Solander
2:55: The Spinto Band
3:30: Dana Falconberry
4:05: The Ettes
4:40: Sea Of Bees
5:15: Wooden Wand

We’ve previously written about Follow that Bird, Brass Bed, Sea of Bees, and Wooden Wand.

BRIEFLY:

KRIAN MUSIC GROUP
krianmusicgroup.com

Indie record label Krian Music Group announced their SXSW 2012 showcase on Thursday, March 15. Bands on the lineup are: VHS or Beta, The Ettes, Capsula, Hands, The Strange Familiar, and Suckers.

We’ve previously covered Suckers and VHS or Beta (which Sally said “were really great.”).

POLARSETS
polarsets.com

Polarsets confirmed their SXSW dates. If you’re into Kitsune and Neon Gold, you’ll like this British band. You can read more about them on their press release.

16/03/12 – Sea Now Party, venue tbc
16/03/12 – Neon Gold party, Karma Lounge
17/03/12 – Northern Party, Latitude 30
17/03/12 – Filter Party, Bar 96

PS, Motormouth Media has not made their official SXSW schedule yet, but I’m sure I will mention them again because we like their artists: Blondes, Charles Bradley: Soul of America (documentary film), Class Actress, Girls, Kindness, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Light Asylum, Lower Dens, Magic Wands, Matthew Dear, Mess With Texas Event, Mike Wexler, New Build, Nite Jewel, OPN, The Step Kids, Thundercat, Trust, Twilight Sad, Vex Ruffin, Wymond Miles, and Zola Jesus

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KINA GRANNIS
kinagrannis.com

Kina Grannis is a Japanese/American singer/songwriter who won the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest in 2007. I mentioned her in February 2011.

Then, about three months ago, she had a massive viral hit music video for “In Your Arms”, off her debut album, Stairwells, with over 5.5 million views as of this writing. If you haven’t seen the video, get this: they used 288,000 jelly beans and took 22 months to put together. Talk about commitment.

On the strength of viral video, she’s been after selling out dates (sounds familiar, Gotye?) in the UK and S/E Asia and Australia.

Kina Grannis returns to the US this April, below are her confirmed headlining tour dates:

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PEPPER
pepperofficial.com

Not a whole lot of details given, other than that she just signed to Dirtee Stank Records. She also is based out of London.

You can preview “Happy Girl” (Acoustic) via Soundcloud.

AMANDA MAIR
facebook.com/amandamairofficial

Remember Amanda Mair? Since I last mentioned her, she finally released her debut album (out on Sweden’s Labrador Records on February 15th). She’s not quite legal, she’s 17 years old now.

I have to say, I do really like Swedish pop music, and what I’ve heard of Mair, she’s good. Check out the music video for “Sense” on Youtube .

ANGELINA LAVO
angelinalavo.com

From Russia, with love… I’ve always wanted to start with that… although in her biography , she’s been living in New York as of 2009.

She unveiled her Circus Act in late 2011, which I did look at; it sounds very hip-hoppy.

Lavo thinks her single is easily accessible: “My EP is easy-going & fun because everyone has terrible, tough situations, but my music puts all of that away. “

KITTY CLEMENTINE
kittyclementine.com

Kitty Clementine is from Sally’s town, Sydney, Australia. Her self-titled album is coming out March 6th, 2012, via Clumpty Records (New Power Media). You can download a preview track, “Blow That Horn”, at Soundcloud .

Her biography said that she comes from Sydney’s “warehouses and speakeasies” singing jazz ballads, baroque aria, and even screaming noise; all sounding very artsy and poetic… which is hard to place her music.

Erasure: Tomorrow’s World

Jaklumen wrote about Erasure’s latest and upcoming release.

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Excerpt:

Synthpop was big in my late teen and young adult years, which was about 15 to 20 years ago. Given that fashions and trends seem to make a comeback after about the same frame of time has passed, I see that today’s young generation is taking part in ‘80s nostalgia, and electronica and synthesizer genres are experiencing a resurgence. Sometimes I blink twice when I see teens wearing the same sorts of clothes that were popular when I was their age, but I smile a bit looking on the music scene and seeing names I recognize.

Vince Clarke is one of those names, and he’s been quite busy lately reprising many of his early musical collaborations. He was one of the founding members of Depeche Mode, and he recently teamed up with Martin Gore as VCMG, and the album Ssss is set to released next month. He also reunited with Alison Moyet as the duo Yazoo for a recent tour. And of course, he hasn’t stopped creating music with Andy Bell as Erasure. Tomorrow’s World is Erasure’s latest offering, released last October. The track “Fill Us With Fire” was released as a single last week, and Mute UK sent us a press release to help promote the album and the single.