Alice Merton Announces Debut LP, Shares "Why So Serious" Track/Video

Mint ​LP Out Jan. 18th Via Mom + Pop Music 

U.S. Tour Starts Next Month

LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Alice Merton - "Why So Serious" 

Platinum-selling, singer-songwriter Alice Merton releases her most exciting single to date with “Why So Serious”. The single will be featured on her upcoming and much-anticipated debut album Mint, out Jan. 18 2019 via Mom + Pop Music (Pre-Order Sept. 21st). 

After rising to fame two years ago in 2016 with her explosive debut single “No Roots” (Mom + Pop), written about her constant moving homes as a child becoming such as huge debut, it’s safe to say it’s been a whirlwind for Alice Merton with 124 Million YouTube hits to date. With an early mission statement to perform and write music she has a passion for, to be an artist she’s proud of, and to keep an independent way of thinking, she took things into her own hands and started Paper Plane Records Int. with her best friend and manager Paul Grauwinkel and together formed some huge plans. 

Written by Alice and longtime co-writer/producer Nicolas Rebscher, the “Why So Serious” single is a song that brings positive light into this sometimes too serious world we live in.

With Alice’s positive outlook on life she sings ​‘why so serious, why we so serious, can someone please tell me’ and is about trying to write her next hit and realizing she just has to have fun with it. ​‘I was a little upset that everyone would ask if the next song would be as successful as 'No Roots'. And then I thought, screw this! I'm happy, I have the time of my life, so: Why so serious?’ Although sticking to Alice’s electric guitar riff-laden sound she’s come to form, this song brings a more pop filled positioning with a well-honed production and strong melody and chorus leading into a well-written Bridge of ​‘I want to live with no regrets, I don’t want to care of what if’s, cos what if those things don’t last’. 

Alice's recent hit song "Lash Out" broke into the AAA Top-10 coming in at #9 and worked its way up the alt-radio charts officially debuting in the top 15. Her debut single "No Roots" held #1 for 2 consecutive weeks at alternative radio, held it for 8 weeks in Canada, and reached #1 on the AAA charts 5 weeks in a row. She also cracked the Top 30 on the pop charts (#26), the Top 15 on Hot AC (#13), and entered The Billboard Hot 100, 

Alice Merton toured the US supporting the brilliant Vance Joy, has been championed by Billboard Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, performed on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show, James Corden's Late Late Show and Live With Kelly and Ryan. 

The last 2 years have also brought some impressive stats, She has gone platinum in 6 countries, Top 10 in 10 countries, 261 million + global streams #1 Spotify Global Viral Charts, 8.9 million Shazams, and even received a recent 2018 Teen Choice Awards Nomination in 'Best Rock'. 

Knowing her journey and what’s to come including her stats so far, it’s hard to think that the young Alice Merton is only just getting started.

TR/ST Announces New LP, Shares New Single "Gone"
On Billboard

The Destroyer - 1 LP Out 4/19 On Grouch Via House Arrest,

The Destroyer - 2 LP Out This November

WATCH & SHARE: TR/ST -"GONE"

"TR/ST, is another one of those breaking Canadian acts that seems to have appeared fully-formed with a heap of brilliant, deviant, electronically infused tracks"
-- NOISEY

TR/ST has announced the new LP entitled TheDestroyer on Billboard. Along with the LP announcement, he shared a new single "Gone". Releasing in two parts, Destroyer - 1 will be out 4/19, with another eight-song installment, Destroyer - 2,  coming in November 2019 — both on Grouch via House Arrest. Together, The Destroyer LPs are one piece but will be distributed as two stand-alone albums—different sides of the same coin. The Destroyer will be TR/ST's much anticipated third album. It follows the two previous records, 2012's self-titled release and 2014's Joyland. TR/ST will also be embarking on U.S. and EU tours. 

CIGARETTES AFTER SEX RETURN THIS FALL WITH GLOBAL TOUR

SELF-TITLED LP HAS SOLD OVER 550K RECORDS TO DATE, AMASSED OVER 500 MILLION STREAMS ON DSPS

LISTEN & SHARE: Cigarettes After Sex - "Apocalypse"

Cigarettes After Sex will return this fall for a global headline tour. The new dates include stops at The Wiltern (Oct 3) in LA, and Brooklyn Steel (Oct 24) + Webster Hall (Oct 23) in NYC. Full routing below, new dates in bold. All new dates will be available via pre-sale at 9 AM local time tomorrow June 19 through June 20 at 10 PM local time. General on-sale Friday, June 21 at 9 AM local time.

In a message on social media yesterday, frontman Greg Gonzalez also teased the band’s highly anticipated second studio LP. More info on that coming shortly.

Cigarettes After Sex’s 2017 self-titled debut has sold over 550k records to date (streaming equivalent), amassing over 360 million Spotify streams, 2.2 million monthly listeners, and 350 million YouTube streams. The band’s list of on-the-record fans includes everyone from Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner, Lana Del Rey, Françoise Hardy, Lily Allen, Busy Philipps + more. They’ve been featured in Vice Noisey, V Magazine, Interview, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and their music has appeared in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Killing Eve,’ and Ralph Lauren ads.

OH SEES ANNOUNCE NEW DOUBLE LP, SHARE "HENCHLOCK" TRACK

AUCTIONING OFF COCKPIT FROM "ANTHEMIC AGGRESSOR" VIDEO FOR ELIZABETH HOUSE

FACE STABBER 2LP OUT 8/16 ON CASTLE FACE

LISTEN & SHARE: OH SEES - "HENCHLOCK"

Oh Sees have announced a new double LP titled Face Stabber. Along with the LP announcement, the band has shared the new 20+ minute track "Henchlock". Face Stabber is out 8/16 via Castle Face Records. The band will also go on a lengthy North American tour this fall. 

Up for auction to benefit Elizabeth House in Pasadena:

The cockpit set from the Oh Sees’ alien video "Anthemic Aggressor" — built by John Dwyer. 

Includes both alien marionettes and all blinky lights.

*Beagle not included

D&B delivers optimal acoustics at Singapore’s hippest new music venue.

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In early March, Singapore’s Tin Box: The Live House — a music venue that focuses on up-and-coming local talent — opened to the public. Tin Box, with help from prestigious concert and event management company IMC Live Global, offers a performance space to some of the region’s best artists.

Sitting below Singapore’s historic Chijmes building complex, the space is compact, but equipped with tour-standard staging, lighting, and audio. In order to give audiences and performers the best possible sound quality, the venue installed d&b audiotechnik A-Series augmented arrays to fit comfortably in the intimate 250-person room, providing the listener with a state-of-the-art audio experience.

IMC Captasia group director of artist management and development, Joy Yong, spoke on why the A-Series was the obvious choice to power the venue.

d&b is our trusted, go-to brand for our live shows and concerts. “The A-Series is more suited to smaller venues such as this live house in comparison to the other models used in large arenas. IMC Captasia group director of artist management and development

Being a basement venue, Tin Box has low ceilings and is only about 240 square meters in size. Yong admitted that one of the challenges they initially had was the low ceiling height, making it difficult to provide even and complete sound coverage. However, the installation challenges were not so much technical as they were aesthetic, with a main concern being that the sound system would block views to the stage. Once the installation was complete, Yong was delighted to confirm that the requirements were fulfilled and there was no obstruction and the audience has a very good view of the stage no matter where they are in the club.

The A-Series has cemented itself as a sought-after d&b product. Combining variable splay angles and acoustic optimization in a compact format, the A-Series addresses a broad range of applications where coverage flexibility is paramount. Together, the A-Series cabinets form a d&b system that can scale from a single loudspeaker cabinet to a horizontal or vertical array of up to four A-Series loudspeakers which can be adapted precisely to venue shapes in fine increments using variable splay angles.

The response has been hugely positive. Yong had praise for the results:

The entire show experience is of top-notch quality, not just for the audience off-stage, but for the performers on-stage. Musicians and singers are able to enjoy a high standard of performance, and the audience, from right upfront to the back of the room, enjoys an equal richness of sound.Joy Yong

Lauded for being effective at larger venues such as concert halls and arenas, d&b products are demonstrating excellence in smaller boutique venues like the Tin Box too.

While reflecting on her experience with d&b, Yong had plenty of positive feedback, “Their support was great! We will without a doubt continue to use their products for future endeavors.”