When Animals Attack: Nina Persson, Gabby Young, Skeletonwitch, and Martin Garrix

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NINA PERSSON

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The Cardigans’ First Band on the Moon rocketed the band to international fame, special thanks to that super catchy single, “Lovefool.” In 1996, it was hard to go anywhere without hearing that song on the radio, in movies, in advertisements, etc. Unfortunately, American thought this band was more or less a one-hit-wonder band, and they never really follow up with another hit. That lead to the band’s breakup, or rather took a long break, but they eventually reformed in 2012 to do a series of reunion tour dates. That’s really the last we heard from them.



The good news for Cardigans fans is that singer/songwriter Nina Persson will be releasing her brand new album Animal Heart, out next week, February 11th, for the North American audience via The End Records.



Persson commented on the struggles of going solo, “The most difficult, yet perhaps the most positive aspect of going solo are all the decisions you have to make alone.
Somewhere inside, I have a very clear clock, a gut feeling that says what I think. I have forced myself to just keep going and follow my instincts with this album. I have simply no time to dwell on things anymore which I did a lot before.”



That tells me that Persson’s new songs, perhaps for the better, will be a break from what we’re used to hearing from the Cardigans. Expect some ‘disco’ and ‘soul’ influences on Animal Heart.



Expect Nina Persson to support the album with some US tour dates later this year. In the meantime, only these European dates are scheduled:

Feb 05 Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden Feb 06 Cirkus Stockholm, Sweden Feb 08 Restaurang Trädgårn Gothenburg, Sweden Feb 09 Rockefeller Oslo, Norway Feb 11 Amager Bio Copenhagen, Denmark Feb 19 Mercury Lounge New York, NY Feb 22 Mojo Club Hamburg, Germany

Feb 23 Heimathafen Berlin, Germany Feb 25 Gloria Cologne, Germany Feb 26 Bitterzoet Amsterdam, Netherlands Feb 28 KULTURFABRIK Luxembourg City Mar 01 Arenbergschouwburg Antwerpen Mar 03 La Maronquinerie Paris, France Mar 05 Scala London, United Kingdom Mar 06 Button Factory Dublin, Ireland

GABBY YOUNG & OTHER ANIMALS

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We previously mentioned Bath’s Gabby Young before, for her debut album We’re All In This Together. Well the Vaudevillian troupe are back, announcing that they will be playing a number of live dates (including SXSW).



The band will also be releasing a new single, “I’ve Improved”, out February 24th. The single is the preceding song from their upcoming album One Foot In Front Of The Other, set for release on April 28th, 2014.



Gabby Young & Other Animals Live Dates:

Supporting Al Stewart:

SKELETONWITCH

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Proceeds from Skeletonwitch’s recent release of their hand-screened, 180-gram limited edition of Serpents Unleashed, will all go to two animal shelters in the band’s home state of Ohio – The Athens County Humane Society and Columbus’ Pets Without Parents. As you know, many of these “animal shelters” are forced to put animals to sleep because they simply do not have the space to house all the animals they receive. As Moby recently puts it, adopt a pet now and you will have a friend for life.



Fans of the heavy metal group will feel good about supporting two no-kill organizations in their region.



Catch Skeletonwich on tour this year:

MARTIN GARRIX

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Martin Garrix has a hit on his hands with “Animals”. It’s gone gold, when the song climbed to #32 on Top 40 radio (last year it charted on iTunes’ Dance Single at #1). What’s interesting to note, according to the press release, that the song is the highest-charting instrumental song since “Children” by Robert Miles in 1966.



Catch this 17-year-old dutch EDM artist on his current “We Are Animals” tour:

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