Category: News

Into the Valley – PMR Records: Ft. Jessie Ware, Disclosure and Julio Bashmore

“Into the Valley” is an in-depth look at the meteoric rise of London’s PMR Records. The independent label, who’s roster includes Disclosure, Jessie Ware, and Julio Bashmore, recently traveled to California for their first PMR Party in Los Angeles as well as both weekends of Coachella Music Festival. Incredibly fun candid footage as well as a detailed history of it’s path to success combine for an entertaining and informative glimpse into the world of PMR.

Here’s to the success of the indie label!

Ace Reporter Northeast Tour 11/8 – 11/16

Ace Reporter is on the road this November! The band just posted a string of Midwest and Northeast dates. Check ’em out:

11/8 – Canton, OH – Muggswiggz (acoustic)
11/9 – Brooklyn, NY – Ange Noir (acoustic)
11/10 – Providence, RI – The Parlour
11/11 – Hamden, CT – The Space
11/12 – Boston, MA – Midway Cafe
11/13 – Portland, ME – Flask Lounge
11/14 – New York, NY – The Studio @ Webster Hall
11/15 – Canton, OH – Buzzbin Art & Music Shop
11/16 – South Bend, IN – LangLab

GET TICKETS HERE: http://www.acereportermusic.com/shows

If your city isn’t on the list, stay tuned! They’ll be touring frequently in 2014.

Rest In Peace, Lou Reed

A legend passed away this weekend.

That the man behind such songs as “Waiting for the Man” and “Heroin” continued to produce work to the ripe age of 71 is almost as surprising as his abrupt passing. We’re big fans at Ooh La La and we’ve been both celebrating his life and mourning his death since we heard the news.

Unlike many of the young rock n’ roll legends who died young, Lou met his full potential and yet never ceased to experiment with new ideas, collaborations and mediums.

To say that his work with The Velvet Underground was influential would be a massive understatement. Lou was one of the pillars of what underground music has become, a veritable master of rock & roll.

You’ll be missed, Mr. Lou Reed.

Read Jon Dolan’s eulogy in Rolling Stone here.

What We’re Listening To: Cut Copy

We here at Ooh La La not only love bringing you the newest and best that the music world has to offer, but we also love it when other great labels do the same.  The fine people over at Loma Vista and Modular posted a new Cut Copy song yesterday, off their new album Free Your Mind, which comes out on November 5th, and we’re pretty excited.  This song is great, the video for the first single is great, and the rest of the album is just awesome.  Check both out for yourself:

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I could try to describe the record, but maybe our friends at Flea Marketing said it best:

“You could call Cut Copy an electronica (even indietronica) band, and you’d be right. But you’d also be right if you called them Synth-pop (think Human League), new-wave (think Simple Minds) or even a neo-disco-downbeat-dance-explosion (think…well, nothing, because I just made that up). But you get the idea. It’s a blissfully catchy dance-making album full of enormous hooks and rabbit holes to fall down and get lost in. All-over-the-place can go horribly wrong. It didn’t here. It went fantastically right.”

We’ll be sure to keep you posted on all of the other great music that we stumbled upon too late to sign, but are happy to enjoy regardless!

Check out the Latest Wild Honey Pie Buzzsession

The Wild Honey Pie posted a new installment of their Buzzsession series yesterday, this time featuring legendary Glasgow indie poppers Camera Obscura.

The Wild Honey Pie is one of our favorite blogs not only because they have introduced us to some great new music but also because they continuously give back to the musical conversation by creating interesting original content. Eric and his team have gone above and beyond the role of new music critic, into the land of active participant in the current musical conversation.

Our very own Last Royals did a session a while back. Check out a clip from that here:

If you’re looking for a more sincere, down-to-earth to the likes of Pitchfork, consider The Wild Honey Pie your new go-to blog.

Twin Shadow X GTA V

What could be more fun than hijacking your favorite sports car and making mischief in the streets of Los Angeles?

Doing it while listening to Twin Shadow, of course.

The latest installment of Grand Theft Auto drops today, featuring many of our favorite up-and-coming artists on the radio in the cars you steal. In addition to DJing an entire station in-game, Twin Shadow contributed a brand new song to the GTA V soundtrack entitled “Old Love / New Love”. Check it out here!

Tyler the Creator, Flying Lotus Wavves and more are also featured in game. Awesome!

Ooh La La Artist Video Series #11

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For the eleventh installment of our Artist Video Series, director Maia Stern pulls from the archives of her childhood to give us this nostalgiac vignette, set to Ace Reporter’s “Untouched and Arrived”.

 

 

Here’s what Maia had to say about the video:

I grew up with two older brothers and a dad who documented almost everything we did. This is some of my favorite footage my dad filmed one summer in Malibu, California. My eldest brother was surfing with a friend while I was digging in the sand and finding seaweed with a friend. I never understood why this footage came out with such a green tone, so I wanted to experiment with color filters for this video, to see what it would look like in other shades. I wanted to see the moon as blue and me in black an white rather than green. You can’t really change your memories if you have them documented in film, but you can change their colors.

 

View more videos from our Artist Series here: http://www.youtube.com/oohlalarecordings

Ace Reporter Hits The Road

Attention Philly, New York, DC and Chicago!

What better way to ride out the dog days of summer than to throw back a cold one and dance to some Ace Reporter? Well, now’s your chance! Ace Reporter will be appearing live and in the flesh in your city this August!

Here’s what frontman Chris Snyder had to say about the upcoming shows in their monthly newsletter:

Hey there,

It’s that time again — everyone’s either on vacation or really wishing they were. (I’m kind of perennially in that second category, but whatever. Plenty of time to vacation when I’m too old to play rock shows.)

On that note, it’s time to play some shows! As I may have mentioned in a previous missive, Ace Reporter has shifted its residence to the shores of Lake Michigan, and this is going to be the first few shows featuring a brand-new Chicago-based lineup. So come out and help us get our sea legs underneath us…

Thursday, Aug 22 | Philadelphia, PA | The Grape Room | info & tickets
Friday, Aug 23 | Brooklyn, NY | Glasslands w/ Motive, NO | info & tickets
Saturday, Aug 24 | Washington, DC | Tree House Lounge | info & tickets
Tuesday, Aug 27 | Chicago, IL | Subt w/ Lamp | info & tickets
Wednesday, Aug 28 | Chicago, IL | solo acoustic show @ Wise Fools Pub | info & tickets

Can’t wait to see you guys out there!

Can’t make it to the show? Keep up on future Ace Reporter shows and information by subscribing to their newsletter here.

Ooh La La Summer Sale!

It’s summer and we’re in a good mood. Such a good mood, in fact, that we decided to throw a massive summer sale on all of our merch! From now until September 1st you can pick up swag, music, street cred and much more for 25% off from the Ooh La La store. Click here to start your bargain bonanza. Supplies limited!

White Arrows Premiere “Little Birds” Video on AV Club

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White Arrows recently dropped their new video for ‘Little Birds’ via the AV Club. Directed by Evan Koga, the video features a stride down a pier, some dead fish, spiritual ascension….and a 75-foot pier jump by the band. We know you want to start watching right away – peep the video below:

 

For more info, check out the band’s website here.