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Gasoline Rainbows Benefit Album Available TODAY (11/30)!
Vagrant Records is very excited to announce that Gasoline Rainbows, the compilation benefit album which will donate 100% of its proceeds toward Global Green's Gulf Clean Up Effort, comes out TODAY! Get your copy on iTunes, HERE! The album includes music by Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Passion Pit, and many more, and features exclusive new songs from Amy Kuney, City and Colour, and Damien Rice!
You can click HERE to enter your email or tweet to receive a free download of "Gasoline Rainbows" by Amy Kuney, her exclusive track for the benefit album!
PJ Harvey Debut: "Written On The Forehead"
DEBUT: "Written On The Forehead" by PJ Harvey. Check out the first track from PJ Harvey's upcoming release "Let England Shake," available February 15th. Read more about PJ Harvey and the new track on Pitchfork.com.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Exclusive iTunes Session with New Song “Fire & Water”
Available now exclusively on iTunes, the new six-song session features unique versions of some of the band’s most popular songs from their debut album “Up From Below”, as well as the previously unrecorded live show favorite, “Fire & Water”.
Click HERE to purchase now! And if you haven't already, click HERE to get the deluxe edition of "Up From Below" on iTunes for only $7.99!
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – iTunes Session Track Listing:
1. Up From Below
2. Janglin'
3. 40 Day Dream
4. Fire & Water
5. Brother
6. Desert Song
PJ Harvey's new album Let England Shake coming February 15th on Vagrant Records!
PJ Harvey's eighth studio album Let England Shake is set to be released on the February 15, 2011 on Vagrant Records in the U.S.
Let England Shake was recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset with long time collaborator Flood who co-produced the album with PJ Harvey, John Parish and Mick Harvey. The record was also mixed by Flood.
The new album will be supported by a run of sold out live shows early next year, with dates in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and London's Troxy on February 27th and 28th. 2011 will also see Harvey return to the festival stage, with more details to be announced. PJ Harvey will perform with a live band which includes Mick Harvey, John Parish and Jean-Marc Butty.
A new album track will be previewed at the official website www.pjharvey.net beginning Tuesday November 30. The completed tracklisting for 'Let England Shake' is as follows:
1. Let England Shake
2. The Last Living Rose
3. The Glorious Land
4. The Words That Maketh Murder
5. All And Everyone
6. On Battleship Hill
7. England
8. In The Dark Places
9. Bitter Branches
10. Hanging In The Wire
11. Written On The Forehead
12. The Colour of The Earth
Get $3 off at AmazonMP3!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We just found out about this promo code for AmazonMP3 to get $3 off any purchase. Click below to get some of that sweet Vagrant tunage for cheap!
City and Colour Debut Exclusive New Track For Gasoline Rainbows Benefit Album!
City and Colour have just released their new track, exclusively for the Gasoline Rainbows benefit album, "At the Bird's Foot!" Click HERE to check out the track and find out more about the Gasoline Rainbows compilation album, which will donate 100% of its proceeds toward Global Green’s BP oil spill response!
Listen to Stars' session from World Cafe on NPR.org
Did you catch Stars on NPR's World Cafe on Friday? In case you missed it, the session is now available to stream on NPR.org. Click HERE to listen to the special performance and interview!
School of Seven Bells premiere new video for "I L U", announce winter tour with Interpol
School of Seven Bells announce they will be joining Interpol on a North American tour in early 2010 that begins on January 27 in Vancouver, British Columbia and wraps in Boston, Massachusetts on February 19. See current dates below.
Today the band also debuted their brand new video for "I L U". The video was directed by David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks and is from their sophomore release, Disconnect from Desire.
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS, “whose dense thicket of guitar drones, shimmering keyboards, silky vocals and opaque lyrics draw the listener into an obscure dream world” (NPR), will make one more appearance in 2010 with a hometown show at Terminal 5 in support of The Walkmen on December 2nd.
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS tour dates:
Dec 02 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 supporting The Walkmen
Jan 27 – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre
Jan 28 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox SoDo
Jan 29 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Jan 31 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
Feb 02 – La Jolla, CA @ RIMAC Arena
Feb 04 – Santa Barbara, CA @ UCSB Events Center
Feb 05 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Feb 07 – Salt Lake City, AZ @ In The Venue
Feb 08 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre
Feb 11 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Feb 12 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
Feb 15 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
Feb 16 – Montreal, QU @ Metropolis
Feb 19 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
New Alexander track "Truth" premieres on RollingStone!
Alexander from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has just premiered his new song "Truth" from his solo album coming next year! Click HERE to give it a listen on RollingStone.com!
Rolling Stone premieres Damien Rice's new track, found exclusively on Gasoline Rainbows!
We here at Vagrant are very excited to be partnering with Roark Records to release Gasoline Rainbows, a benefit compilation for the oil spill victims of the Gulf Coast. The album comes out Novermber 30th, and includes music by Phoenix, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend and more, with exclusive new songs from City and Colour, Damien Rice and Amy Kuney.
Click HERE to hear the new Damien Rice track entitled "Connoisseur of Great Excuse" exclusively on RollingStone.com, and check out the full track list below:
1. “Gasoline Rainbows” - Amy Kuney*
2. “Armistice” - Phoenix
3. “40 Day Dream” - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
4. “There's No Secret's This Year” - Silversun Pickups
5. “At The Birds Foot” - City and Colour*
6. “The Connoisseur of Great Excuse” - Damien Rice*
7. “Bloodbuzz Ohio” - The National
8. “Tighten Up” - The Black Keys
9. “Let The Time Roll By” - Onward, Soldiers
10. “Moth's Wings” - Passion Pit
11. “Floating Vibes” - Surfer Blood
12. “Mama Taught Me Better” - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
13. “I Can Change” - LCD Soundsystem
14. “Cousins” - Vampire Weekend
*Brand new material
