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Kings of Convenience

Save for their breakout single, “I’d Rather Dance With You,” Kings of Convenience’s music is typically the kind of fare that lulls you into a dreamy sleep or provides an ideal soundtrack to a rainy afternoon.



KINGS OF CONVENIENCE

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Norway’s Kings of Convenience (Eirik Glambeck Boe and Erlend Øye) is releasing their first album in 12 years called Peace or Love on IMPERIAL Records.



What’s weird is that we recently did a Flashback to their Bowery Ballroom show in 2009. The show was special because Feist showed up to this show to help them sing out “Know How”.



Apparently, the band is close friends with Feist, who co-wrote a few songs, including “Love Is A Lonely Thing” and “Catholic Country” (both appearing on the new album).



You can see the duo live at London’s Royal Festival Hall on September 26, 2021 (afternoon matinee and an evening show.)



Peace or Love Tracklist


01. Rumours

02. Rocky Trail

03. Comb My Hair

04. Angel

05. Love Is A Lonely Thing

06. Fever

07. Killers

08. Ask for Help

09. Catholic Country

10. Song About It

11. Washing Machine










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Acid House Kings

Our favorite Swedish record label, Labrador, announced that they are reissuing three Acid House Kings albums on extended digital format and limited edition deluxe 180g vinyl on August 28th, 2012. The vinyl are limited


ACID HOUSE KINGS

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To be perfectly honest, I thought the band broke up ten years ago… so wow this was unexpected.



Swedish pop group Acid House Kings released their first new music in ten years. The “A Little Dancing” song was a result of a COVID world, as they mentioned, “After 14 months of pandemic-induced boredom, recording a set of bittersweet timeless pop songs, almost seemed an act of rebellion. Refusing to succumb to the tedium of the present, instead indulging in dreams of summers and parties to come, and in the memories of summers that have passed. The first release, A little dancing, is the softest war cry, you’ll ever hear.
The Kings hope that you’ll enjoy it; it made Julia whistle out loud in the studio, a whistle that made it on to the final version.”



The song is described as having “Explicit lyrics”, which you can barely hear in the line “There’s a time to tell them to f*** off”.



I think the chorus goes like this:


Do you feel like a little dancing?

Some more romancing?

There’s a time and place for everything that’s new

Do you feel like a little more drinking?

So what were you thinking?

There’s a time and place for everything that’s new









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King Gizzard

One of the most ridiculous band names, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are wrapping up their UK tour in support of their latest LP I’m In Your Mind Fuzz (released November



KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD

Butterfly 3000 is the new album from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The album is said to be the typical synthesisers and sequencers, loops and weird noises that makes a Gizzard record.



But that’s not the exciting news… most fans are interested in seeing how these songs would translate to a live concert. We caught the band at Desert Daze in Oct 2017 and wrote, “Saturday the highlights were definitely Frankie and the Witch Fingers, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Iggy Pop.”



With that said, the group is back touring in 2022:



King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 2022 Tour Dates


10/02/2022 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre

10/04/2022 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

10/05/2022 – Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum

10/06/2022 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre

10/10/2022 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre

10/11/2022 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre

10/14/2022 – St Paul, MN @ The Palace Theatre

10/15/2022 – Chicago, IL @ RADIUS

10/16/2022 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple

10/18/2022 – Toronto, ON @ TBA

10/19/2022 – Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia

10/22/2022 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall

10/23/2022 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem at The Wharf

10/24/2022 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit

10/26/2022 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern

10/31/2022 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion



all dates supported by Leah Senior







CASSIDY KING
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Chardon, Ohio’s singer-songwriter Cassidy King recently released her new single “Four in the Morning.”
The single marks the first new music from King since her debut EP, Not So Picture Perfect, in October.



The self described proud, queer singer, admitted the song to be happy and upbeat, and wants to “continue to be a voice for people.”


ARTHUR KING
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Los Angeles based studio Arthur King teamed up Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle with to produce experimental art/music project called Changing Landscapes.



The art installation started in the Isle of Eigg in Scotland features members doing an improvised performance. The improvised performance was recorded and used as the recording session for the full-length album, Changing Landscapes, via AKP Recordings.


KING SOLOMAN
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Brooklyn-born and Miami native, King Soloman released his new single called “Take Out the Trash”.



This song is about “taking out the trash”, and what it is like to release all those toxic people in our lives, as King Soloman explains, “It all started when my friend, 40, called me up… and he was felt bad about some fake individuals who were causing problems. … and then 40 said- “you gotta take out the trash”. Then it all just clicked.”


SULLIVAN KING
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Keaton Prescott, aka Sullivan King released his his highly anticipated and genre-bending album called LOUD via via Hopeless Records.



The album features a few collaboration, including Jason Aalon (of Fever 333) for “Loud”, Aaron Gillespie for “Dark Love”, and Spencer Charnas for “Venomous”. Those three singles all previously hit #1 on Sirius XM Octane.


KINGS

Nashville-based artist and songwriter Kings (stylized as KINGS) released a brand new single called “Thank Me Later”, via Snafu Records.



The song comes after her previous single “ur a good bye”, which has a similar theme. In fact, Kings wrote “thank me later” to “dedicate to our ex’s rebounds.”


LITTLE KING
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Tuscon, Arizona’s Little King will be releasing a new record called Amuse De Q on September 3, 2021.



The trio (guitarist and singer Ryan Rosoff, bassist Manny Tejeda, and drummer Eddy Garcia) described the forthcoming album as Latin-inspired hard rock with aspects of metail epics and proggressive rock.


KINGS WINTER
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Germany melodic heavy metal band Kings Winter released their new album Edge Of Existence last May 2021.



This is normally a duo, featuring Jule Dahs on vocals with Tobias Dahs on guitars or bass. However, when recording in session, they bring on
Marco Vanga on drums.


RAT KING

Doom metal outfit Rat King is releasing Omen this July 9, 2021.



The Indiana band (lead guitarist Andrei Stirbu, singer and drummer Kyle Wilcher, guitarist Jason Wilcher, and bassist Nick Graman) said they drew their inspiration from their metal forefathers Black Sabbath, Windhand, and others…



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