Black Dice London Show Poster

DFA 12 Year Anniversary Party This Weekend

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DFA!

Venue: Grand Prospect Hall
Time: 9:00 PM – 4:00 AM
Address: 263 Prospect Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Price: $30 (21+)

With: James Murphy, The Shit Robot Show (LIVE), Juan MacLean, The Crystal Ark (LIVE), Pat Mahoney, Nancy Whang, Tim Sweeney, YACHT (LIVE), Vito & Druzzi (The Rapture DJ Set), Factory Floor (LIVE), Prinzhorn Dance School (LIVE), Planningtorock (LIVE), Larry Gus (LIVE), Dan Bodan (LIVE), Black Dice (LIVE), Still Going (Liv Spencer), Marcus Marr.

DFA Mini Doc.

DFA Brains.

Sinkane In-store Tomorrow.

Attention all Bay Area dwellers. Sinkane will be playing a special in-store performance at Amoeba - SF tomorrow (3/2/13) at 1:30 PM. It's free and it's all ages.

Sinkane is an alias of Ahmed Gallab, a solo recording artist from Columbus, Ohio who sings and plays numerous instruments (drums, bass, guitar, and keyboards, just to mention a few). His percussion-heavy style of music draws from a wide range of influences, most noticeably free jazz (e.g., Pharoah Sanders) and shoegaze (e.g., My Bloody Valentine).

Born in Sudan, Gallab and his family fled to the United States when he was six years old. He made his debut in May of 2008 on Emergency Umbrella Records with the EP Color Voice. That same year, he toured as the drummer of Caribou and Of Montreal. A self-titled album was released in May 2009. His latest album, Mars, is out now via DFA. Audio samples and purchasing options HERE.

Additional tour dates:

3/1    San Francisco    CA    Independent    w/ Toro y Moi
3/2    San Francisco    CA    Amoeba Music    In-store, 1:30 PM
3/2    San Francisco    CA    Independent    w/ Toro y Moi
3/3    Los Angeles    CA    Fonda Theater    w/ Toro y Moi
3/4    Los Angeles    CA    School Night @ Bardot   
3/7    Denton    TX    35 Denton   
3/10    Austin    TX    BK Brewery Party   
3/11    New Orleans    LA    House Of Blues   
3/12    Houston    TX    Fitzgerald's   
3/14    Austin    TX    Clive Bar    SXSW Showcase, set time 10:00 PM - 10:40 PM
3/18    Hot Springs    AR    Low Key Arts   
3/19    Nashville    TN    Stone Fox   
3/20    Atlanta    GA    5 2 9   
3/21    Greensboro    NC    Blind Tiger   
3/22    Washington    DC    Black Cat   
3/23    New York    NY    Mercury

Crystal Ark "We Come To" Video.

  The Crystal Ark - We Came To (Official Music Video) from DFA Records on Vimeo.

The track "We Come To" is off Crystal Ark's debut Self-Titled full-length due out on January 15th via DFA. Audio samples and pre-order details for double 12" vinyl or MP3 download can be found HERE.

A Decade Of Yacht.

Press Release:

YACHT is developing a comedy TV show for Amazon called SUPPORT, plus 10th anniversary show announced 

 

Two big announcements from Team YACHT today: First of all, YACHT is turning ten years old!  To celebrate, YACHT has announced a 10th Anniversary celebration on Dec. 8 in Los Angeles at the Echoplex.  The performance will feature material from all eras and line-ups of the band, with special guests, surprises and prizes and party favors for the audience! Secondly, the members of YACHT are pleased to announce they are currently developing a comedy show for Amazon Studios, called Support.  Expect to see the pilot online early next year.

Official press release from Amazon Studios announcing Support:

Sometimes, what happens behind the scenes can be even more entertaining than what happens in the spotlight. That's the idea behind a new series added to the Amazon Studios Development Slate: Support, about a band's life on the road.

The creators of Support are all members of a band called YACHT, who are signed to LCD Soundsystem's label, DFA. And yes, they drew from their own experiences - in dozens of different kinds of bands - to create their show:

"Viewing the awkward, banal (and sometimes even degrading) realities inherent to playing in a band through the lens of comedy has helped us cope with how weird our lives consistently are."

More about Support:
Writers: Jona Bechtolt, Jeffrey Brodsky, Claire Evans, Rob Kieswetter (they are the band YACHT)

Logline: An ensemble comedy about life on the rock 'n' roll road, as seen through the eyes of its least glamorous participants: the opening band.

Why Amazon optioned it: The script is funny, has heart, and is about as authentic of a perspective as you can get on the music industry. It's a fascinating look backstage and at the lives of the bands we look up to on stage. These are characters we care about and root for and want to see succeed.

>From the writers: "For the past three years, we've imagined our lives on the road as a TV show. In many ways, a tour is a perfect analogue to an episodic series: there's a central cast of characters, recurring locations, absurd scenarios, and new conflicts to resolve every day. There are just too many stranger-than-fiction moments that we've wanted to share, but haven't had the time or outlet to do so. We've been keeping notes of every ridiculous interaction and story in a shared document and we can't wait to unearth them all through the show."

YACHT 2012 Tour Dates:
10/18    Durham, NH @ Univ. of New Hampshire
10/19    New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/20    Boston, MA @ House of Blues
10/21    Montreal, QC @ Corona Theater
10/23    Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
10/24    Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
10/25    Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/27    San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
10/28    Pomona, CA @ The Fox Theater
12/08    Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex (10th Anniversary Show)

Listen To Holy Ghost! "It Gets Dark".

A limited run of numbered edition 12” singles or MP3 download will be officially available tomorrow (10/16/12). Purchasing options can be found HERE.

Yacht "Shangri-La" Video & Tour Dates.

YACHT - Shangri-La from Jona Bechtolt on Vimeo.

New video for "Shangri-La" off the album of the same name released in August of last year via DFA. 

CD, deluxe double vinyl, single song or full album MP3 download HERE.

Catch Yacht on their North America tour happening now!

2/17 Madison, WI @ The Sett
2/18 Dekalb, IL @ The House Cafe
2/19 Columbus, OH @ The Basement
2/20 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room 

2/22 Ottawa, ON @ Ritual Nightclub
2/23 Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
2/24 Montreal, QC @ IIl Motore
2/25 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
2/26 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
2/27 Walthan, MA @ Chums Coffeehouse
2/29 Gambier, OH @ The Horn Gallery at Kenyon College
3/1 St. Louis, MO @ Plush
3/2 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon
3/3 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
3/4 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
3/5 Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theater
3/6 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
3/24 Las Vegas, NV @ Neon Reverb Festival

DFA iPhone 4 Case.

Looking sharp. DFA 10th anniversary limited edition iphone 4 snap case. More details or to order HERE.

Yacht Tours With Yo Gabba Gabba Live

It's dancey dance time! Yacht will be touring with the Yo Gabba Gabba live show this Fall.

11/15    Sacramento, CA @ Memorial Auditorium    

11/16    Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center   

11/18    Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center    

11/19    San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic Auditorium   

11/20    San Diego, CA @ San Diego Civic Theatre   
11/22    Bakersfield, CA @ Rabobank Theatre   

Yacht Shangri-La Unboxing Tutorial Video.

Shangri-La LP Unboxing Video from Jona Bechtolt on Vimeo.

Shit Robot Tour Poster.

Crystal Ark Show Poster.

Crystal Ark's third ever live performance happening this Friday June 17th in Brooklyn at The Sugarhill Supperclub.

Shit Robot's "Losing My Patience" Video.

Shit Robot - Losing My Patience from DFA Records on Vimeo.

Old Juan Maclean Tour Poster.

Shit Robot's "Take 'Em Up" Vid.

Black Van Nominated For Beatport Music Award 2010!

The world's electronic music authority, Beatport Music, kicked off their third annual Best New Music Awards yesterday. Black Van's "Yearning" has been nominated for Best Indie Dance / Nu Disco Track. Winners are determined by public votes. YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTE HERE. Voting closes on May 19th 2010, winners announced on May 27th. Please help Black Van go for the gold.

YACHT 7"

Upcoming Yacht 7" picture disc. Release date - TBA

Yacht - Best New Music.

It's old news but good news.... Yacht's latest album See Mystery Lights received a 8.5 Best New Music review by Pitchfork way way back on August 5th.

"....It's a collection of stone jams that finds the band finally as hellbent on experimenting and expanding the boundaries of its sonic scope as it is on having fun. Built on electronic foundations-- laser effects, skittering computerized beats, and spacey synth lines (or guitar riffs that have been tuned or distorted to sound like synths)-- these new songs are giddy with creative freedom while remaining tethered in service of their melodies...."

Read full review HERE.