The Last Royals play the Lennon Bus at SXSW

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While in TX for SXSW, The Last Royals spent some time on the Lennon Bus on Saturday afternoon before playing their official showcase at the VEVO Control Room.  Check out the performance below!

Ace Reporter – Untouched and Arrived Video!

We are really excited to present the video for Ace Reporter‘s ‘Untouched and Arrived’! Shot by director Elliot Sellers, the video beautifully captures the nostalgia of exploration and innocence that is mirrored in the track from Ace Reporter’s debut album, Yearling. Check it out below and get your paper planes ready…

 

 

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The Last Royals Baeble / Sofar Performance

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Before taking off on tour with The Hush Sound, The Last Royals dropped by Baeble headquarters for a Sofar Sounds performance.  You can watch the rare, stripped down performance HERE.

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Ace Reporter’s Yearling Available Now!

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The moment we’ve all been waiting for!  Ace Reporter‘s Yearling is finally available at all digital outlets where music is sold.  Pick up your digital copy on iTunes and get your phsyical copies in the Ooh La La webstore.

What people are saying:

“The tunes gracefully vary from pop to soul to more of an electronic feel, while all carrying a tone of freshness and simplicity.” –The Wild Honey Pie

“Full of touching indie rock songs marked with undeniable pop sensibilities”
The Music Ninja

“Snyder’s melodic baritone brings Matt Berniger’s to mind and Ace Reporter’s detailed, vignette-based songwriting flashes glimpses of the National” –PopMatters

 

Ace Reporter’s Yearling Streaming NOW!

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The fine folks at The Wild Honey Pie have been kind enough to stream Yearling for you a day early! For the first time, you can hear the entire record from start to finish HERE.

Yearling will be available everywhere digitally tomorrow (Feb 26) and in record stores across the country starting next week (details of every store that will be carrying it coming soon).  The band will be at SXSW in March and back in NYC after they get back from TX.

Mar 15 [SXSW] Free Day Party @ Big Bang (415 E 6th St) – 2:15pm
Mar 15 [SXSW] Audible Treats & Vinyl District Official Showcase @ Parish Undgerground (214 E 6th St) – 7:30pm
Mar 16 [SXSW] Ooh La La Day Party @ Bourbon Girl (212 E 6th St) – 3:00pm
Mar 23 @ Rockwood Music Hall (NYC) – 8:00pm

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The Last Royals announce Firefly Festival

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The Last Royals have announced that they are playing this year’s Firefly Festival in Dover, Delaware in June.  They will share the stage with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty, Vampire Weekend and Foster The People amongst many many others (seen above).  This show will come hot off the heels of their tour with The Hush Sound and multiple performances at this years SXSW festival.  If you can’t make it to Delaware for this, well, first of all you’ll be missing out, but you’ll probably also get your chance to see them when they come to your town at some point in 2013.  More details about the festival can be found at www.fireflyfestival.com

And don’t forget about their upcoming tour dates:

Feb 23 @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 – New York, NY (free / 9pm)
Mar 03 @ Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA* (tickets)
Mar 05 @ El Corazon – Seattle, WA* (tickets)
Mar 06 @ Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR* (tickets)
Mar 08 @ Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA* (tickets)
Mar 09 @ The Glass House – Pomona, CA* (tickets)
Mar 11 @ Casbah – San Diego, CA* (tickets)
Mar 12 @ The Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ* (tickets)
Mar 13-17 @ SXSW – Austin, TX
Mar 18 @ Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO* (tickets)
Mar 19 @ Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT* (tickets)
Mar 23 @ Webster Hall Studio – New York, NY+(tickets)
June 21-23 @ Firefly Festival – Dover, DE

* with The Hush Sound & Sydney Wayser
+ with Sucre

The Last Royals’ debut album Twistification is available on iTunes and all other digital retailers.

The Last Royals VEVO Premiere!

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Have you seen the video for The Last Royals‘ ‘Crystal Vases’ yet? VEVO premiered the brand new video today in all its party-girl glory. Click here to check it out and join in on the action!

Like what you hear? Head on over to iTunes to grab the debut album, Twistification and take in all The Last Royals have to offer.

The band will also be hitting the road soon in support of the new album, peep the dates below:

Mar 03 @ Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA* (tickets)
Mar 05 @ El Corazon – Seattle, WA*
Mar 06 @ Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR*
Mar 08 @ Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA* (tickets)
Mar 09 @ The Glass House – Pomona, CA* (tickets)
Mar 11 @ Casbah – San Diego, CA* (tickets)
Mar 12 @ The Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ* (tickets)
Mar 13 – Mar 17 @ SXSW – Austin, TX
Mar 18 @ Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO* (tickets)
Mar 19 @ Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT* (tickets)

* with The Hush Sound & Sydney Wayser

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The Last Royals announce west coast tour & SXSW

Hush Sound Tour

The Last Royals are very excited to announce that they’ll be hitting the road with The Hush Sound in March to support their new album Twistifcation (available NOW)!  The tour will take them from Los Angeles, CA to Austin, TX for the SXSW music conference / festival and then back up to Portland, OR.  The Last Royals will be going on stage just before The Hush Sound, and special guest Sydney Wayser will be opening each night.

Mar 03 @ Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA* (tickets)
Mar 05 @ El Corazon – Seattle, WA*
Mar 06 @ Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR*
Mar 08 @ Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA* (tickets)
Mar 09 @ The Glass House – Pomona, CA* (tickets)
Mar 11 @ Casbah – San Diego, CA* (tickets)
Mar 12 @ The Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ* (tickets)
Mar 13 – Mar 17 @ SXSW – Austin, TX
Mar 18 @ Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO* (tickets)
Mar 19 @ Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT* (tickets)

* with The Hush Sound & Sydney Wayser

Ace Reporter announce release show!

Release Show

We are very excited to announce that Ace Reporter will be celebrating the release of their debut album Yearling a couple weeks before its out officially.  On February 9th, they’ll be playing a release party at Glasslands in Williamsburg Brooklyn.  Joywave will be supporting.  There will also be very limited edition merch items only available at this show (pictured below).  Each item will come with a free download card for the album.  Can’t beat that!  See you there!

Saturday, Feb 9 @ Glasslands / Brooklyn, NY (Facebook Event)

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Two NYC Residency Shows Left For The Last Royals

NYC Residency

If you missed the show last week, well, let’s just say you missed out.  The Last Royals played their new album Twistification top to bottom and really brought it to life.  But the good news is you have two more chances to catch the band this month at their Rockwood 2 residency.  The band has a few tricks up their sleeve and you can bet that every show will be different and special in its own way.  We’ll be posting pictures and video from the performances on here soon, so keep an eye out.  Until then, see you on Friday!

Friday, Jan 18 @ Rockwood 2 / New York, NY (9:00pm) – FREE
Friday, Jan 25 @ Rockwood 2 / New York, NY (9:00pm) – FREE

The Last RoyalsTwistification is available now on iTunes and all other digitial outlets, and has been getting a lot of great press since its release last week, including love from Spotify, iTunes, Paste, Hype Machine, Interview Magazine, Variance, Indie Shuffle, Sharpen The Mind, Sputnik Music, Music Is Alright, New Rhapsody, Music That’s Nu 2 Me and the list goes on and on…