The Kills

The Kill announce tour dates

The Kills have announced a tour to support their upcoming record Ash & Ice, which is due out this June on Domino. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince will go on the three continent tour this fall, with L.A. Witch with them on the first leg of the tour in North America. Find a full itinerary of their dates below, along with a new video for Ash & Ice’s “Heart of a Dog.”

The Kills:

05-03 Paris, France – La Cigale
05-04 London, England – Village Underground
05-13 Atlanta, GA –  Shaky Knees Festival
05-14 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
05-15 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club*
05-17 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
05-19 Boston, MA –  Paradise Rock Club *
05-21 Toronto, Ontario –  Danforth Music Hall *
05-22 Detroit, MI –  St Andrew’s Hall *
05-23 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *
05-25 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
05-26 Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre *
05-27 Denver, CO –  Ogden Theatre *
05-28 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot *
05-31 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom *
06-01 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo *
06-02 Portland, OR –  Roseland Theater *
06-04 San Francisco, CA – Fox Theater *
06-11 Newport, England – Isle of Wright Festival
06-14 Clermont-Ferrand, France – La Cooperative de Mai
06-16 Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool Festival
06-29 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal
07-01 Coulau, France – Garorock Festival
07-02 Herouville-St-Clair, France – Festival Beauregard
07-03 Beflort, France- Eurokeenes
07-06 Kiev, Ukraine – U-Park Festival
07-09 Moscow, Russia – Park Live Festival
07-14 Carhaix, France- Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
07-15 Biarritz, France – Big Festival
07-16- Benicassim, Spain – Benicassim
07-22 Byron Bay, Australia – Forum Theatre
07-23 Melbourne, Australia – Forum Theatre
07-26 Newtown, Australia – Enmore Theatre
08-06 Katowice, Poland – Off Festival
08-07 Prague, Czech Repbulic – Roxy
08-08 Leipzig, Germany – Täubchenthal
08-09 Vesterbro, Denmark – Vega
08-11 Oslo, Norway – Øya Festival
08-12 Goteborg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
08-13 Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop
08-20 St. Pölten, Austria – FM4 Frequency Festival
09-02 Pomona, CA – Fox Theater
09-03 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
09-04 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
09-07 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
09-08 Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
09-09 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
09-12 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
09-13 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theater
09-14 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
09-17 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
09-18 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
09-20 Portland, ME – State Theatre
09-21 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
09-23 New York, NY – Terminal 5
09-29 Manchester, England – Albert Hall
09-30 Glasgow, Scotland – Glasgow O2 ABC
10-01 Leeds, England – Leeds Beckett Students’ Union
10-02 Nottingham, England – Nottingham Rock City
10-04 Oxford, England – Oxford O2 Academy
10-05 Avon, England – Bristol Anson Rooms
10-06 Birmingham, England – Birmingham O2 Institute
10-07 London, England – London Roundhouse
10-18-19 Paris, France – Olympia
10-22 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
10-23  Hamburg, Germany – Grosse Freiheit 36
10-25 Cologne, Germany – E-Werk
10-26 Munich, Germany – Tonhalle
10-27 Zurich, Switzerland – Volkhaus
10-29 Milan, Italy- Fabrique
10-31 Lyon, France- Le Radient
11-03 Lisbon, Portugal – Lisbon Coliseum
11-08 Nantes, France – Stereolux
11-09 Antwerp, Belgium – Arenbergschouwburg

* with L.A. Witch

Osheaga Music festival announces 2015 lineup through mobile driving game

Montreal’s Osheaga Music Festival released its 3015 lineup in a immensely creative way today by releasing a mobile driving game called The Road to Osheaga which gives the users the ability to find out the names of the artists through collecting musical notes.

Some of the lineup includes The Black Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Florence and the Machine, St. Vincent, Alt-J, The Decemberists, Hot Chip, Weezer, Nas, Tyler the Creator, Interpol, The Kills, Caribou, Run the Jewels, Future Islands, The War on Drugs, and Father John Misty.

Also on the lineup is Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, The Avett Brothers, Of Monsters and Men, Brand New, Tove Lo, Charli XCX, Gary Clark Jr., Action Bronson, ScHoolboy Q, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Young the Giant, Patrick Watson, Twin Shadow, First Aid Kit, Toro y Moi, Philip Selway, MS MR, Viet Cong, Alvvays, Slyvan Esso, Milky Chance, Marina and the Diamonds, Raury, Strand of Oaks, Glass Animals, San Fermin, and Young Fathers. 

The music festival will take place the weekend of July 31st – August 2nd at the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal. The full lineup will be released on March 24th which is the same day that tickets go on sale. 

Parquet Courts to release Live at Third Man Records

The indie rock band Parquet Courts played a set at Hack White’s Third Man Records in June. The recording of the performance will be released on March 3rd.

Named Parquet Courts: Live at Third Man Records, the band played 11 tracks from their discography including Sunbathing Animal “Black & White,” “Always Back In Town,” and “Dear Ramona” from Sunbathing Animal.

Listen to the clips of live versions of “Vienna II” and “Sunbathing Animal” here and see the tracklist below.

Parquet Courts: Live at Third Man Records Tracklist:
01. Duckin & Dodgin
02. Bodies
03. Black & White
04. Vienna II
05. Always Back In Town
06. Dear Ramona
07. Descend
08. Instant Disassembly
09. Raw Milk
10. Into the Garden
11. Sunbathing Animal

The live album is the latest of the installment in the label’s direct-to-acetate live album series. Previous bands and artists that have performed were The Shins, King Tuff, Divine Fits, and The Kills.