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White Arrows remix Active Child

Active Child - "Johnny Belinda" (White Arrows remix)

Ooh La La artist White Arrows recently took some time out of their busy schedule to remix the track “Johnny Belinda” by their friends Active Child. The resulting dancy goodness is in the player below.

White Arrows’ most recent release “Get Gone” is available now, both on 7″ and digitally, from us here at Ooh La La. Active Child’s most recent release “You Are All I See” is available now on all formats from Vagrant Records. Expect some exciting White Arrows news in the very near future.

See White Arrows live on the West Coast:

Feb 23 @ The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA (w/ Starfucker)
Feb 25 @ Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA (w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
Feb 26 @ The Central – Santa Monica, CA (w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestera)
Feb 27 @ SLO Brewing Co – San Luis Obispo, CA (w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
Feb 28 @ The Cellar Door – Visalia, CA (w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra)

Avan Lava / “It’s Never Over”

We’ve been keeping a close eye on our friends Avan Lava for a while now and are stoked to spread the word on their new single “It’s Never Over”. The debut single off their forthcoming EP “Flex Fantasy” (coming out 2/21/12) combines elements of electro-pop-R&B with NY Dance/Disco as singer Tom Hennes (“TC”) sings his heart out reaching Mariah Carey levels of silky falsetto.

NYC band AVAN LAVA is singer TC (Tom Hennes) and Producers/Musicians Le Chev (Narcisse, Fischerspooner) and Ian Pai (Blue Man Group, Fischerspooner). Fantastical, absurd, joyous and technical live performances with the help of Musicians/Vocalists/Technicians Andrew Schneider (The Wooster Group), Drew Citron (Stop The Virgens) and Jo Lampert (Prometheus Bound, The Last Goodbye).

Catch the band playing at:

Glasslands Saturday, February 11th with Tony Castles // Bluejay
Mercury Lounge Saturday, February 25th with Chrome Canyons
(AVAN LAVA Flex Fantasy EP Release Party)

http://www.facebook.com/AVANLAVA

Portugal. The Man LIVE at Brooklyn Bowl

Friday night fans of Portugal. The Man packed Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg to enjoy a sold out show. This was our first time seeing Portugal The Man and we were definitely impressed! Though the band has been around for 5+ years now and their most recent release, American Ghetto, is actually their seventh album, it seems the hype only really started building in the last couple years. Like the The Black Keys, one can only imagine how many conversations this band has where people congratulate them on their “second album”, resulting in the band politely correcting the fan or interviewer and then informing them that they’ve actually released many more in their career. Take the hype for what it’s worth. In this case, PTM lived up to it!

The production of the show on Friday was simple, stripped down, and psychedelic. The stage consisted of the five members, each with their respective spaces to rock out in and the light show provided for a welcome trippy musical experience.

Lead singer and guitarist John Gourley stole most of the show with his endearing vocals and great guitar playing. The band paid tribute to many of their obvious 70s rock influences with a set that included covers such as The Beatles “Helter Skelter” and Mott the Hoople’s “All the Young Dudes” (penned by David Bowie in 1972). All in all it was a great show and we’re looking forward to seeing them again in the future. For additional photos, thoughts, and setlist check out According 2 G. See below for some photos we took at the show.

SETLIST


Portugal The Man

Portugal The Man Live at Brooklyn Bowl

Portugal The Man Live at Brooklyn Bowl

Portugal The Man Live at Brooklyn Bowl

Portugal The Man Live at Brooklyn Bowl

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2012

Marina Abramovic The Artist Is Present

We’re excited to announce we’ll be at Sundance this year to celebrate the premiere of Marina Abromovic The Artist Is Present. The film’s score was mixed by Ooh La La’s very own Theo Aronson at his recording studio in Brooklyn. This amazing score was composed by Nathan Halpern.

The film takes you behind the scenes, as director Matthew Akers follows Marina from concept to the creation of one of her most ambitious performance pieces, which she performed at MoMA during a lifelong retrospective.

This intriguing documentary was quickly picked up by HBO and will be available later this year, but for those of you who will be in Park City for Sundance, you can check it out! For more information on the film visit the Sundance website here: http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120052/marina_abramovi_the_artist_is_present

UPDATE: check out the trailer below:



OOH LA LA PRESENTS: NEW VILLAGER + AVAN LAVA @ MERCURY LOUNGE

We’re throwing a dance party on Thursday, January 12th at Mercury Lounge. It’s going to be insane. Seriously. Two of our favorite new bands/artists are going to make you dance until your feet bleed.

MERCURY LOUNGE
217 East Houston St.
New York, NY 10002

BUY TICKETS ($10 advance/$12 day of show): http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/85905

AVAN LAVA – 9:30pm
www.avanlava.com
www.facebook.com/avanlava

NEW VILLAGER – 10:30pm
www.newvillager.com/
www.facebook.com/BlackCrowBoy

Top 10 Albums of 2011

We’ve put together Ooh La La’s Top 10 Albums from 2011. It was tough to limit ourselves to only the Top 10 instead of the Top 50 or Top 100, but we decided less is more. Without further ado, in no particular order, here are our favorites from 2011:

1. Adele – 21

2. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Lenses Alien

3. The Naked + Famous – Passive Me, Aggresive You

4. Drake – Take Care

5. Foster the People – Torches

6. Givers – In Light

7. The Roots – Undun

8. Tyler, the Creator – Goblin

9. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light

10. Cut Copy – Zonoscope

AVAN LAVA @ MERCURY LOUNGE

Come check out AVAN LAVA playing TONIGHT (8:30PM) at Mercury Lounge (Bowery Presents) with Jump Into the Gospel and Leisure.

$8 Advance/ $10 at Door
http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/74769

AVAN LAVA @ 8:30 pm
www.avanlava.com
 www.facebook.com/AVANLAVA

JUMP INTO THE GOSPEL @ 9:30 pm
www.facebook.com/jumpintothegospel

LEISURE @ 10:30 pm
www.leisureofficial.com

Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/events/289629737723869/

 

 

AVAN LAVA SEPT 2011 REALITY SERIES from AVAN LAVA on Vimeo.

 

 

The Last Royals – Always, To Belong – Exclusive VEVO Video Premiere

We’re excited to announce the exclusive premiere of The Last Royals music video for “Always, To Belong” on VEVO and YouTube! The video was written and directed by our friend Doug Garth Williams. The song happens to be the b-side to the 7 inch single we released of “Crystal Vases”. Click on image below to head over to our eBoutique.

 


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The Last Royals Crystal Vases 7 inch

HAPPY HALLOWEEN /////// 1,2,3 Misfits EP

1,2,3 (the band) Misfits EP

Happy Halloween! It’s amazing to think it was a little over a year ago that we threw our first CMJ party, met our homies White Arrows, and drank way too much PBR. Well…we still plan to drink way too much tonight, but while we’re partying we’re also going to jam out to these new Misfits covers 1,2,3 just recorded and released on their website 123land.

Nic Snyder and Josh Sickels always emphasized their punk roots when talking about 1,2,3 or their former band, The Takeover UK, but this new EP is living proof of those early influences. Best part is this was mostly recorded live in Nic’s basement. Now THAT is punk! Check out track below or just head over to our friend at Pretty Much Amazing to get the low down.

1,2,3 – “Some Kinda Hate”

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Download the full EP of Misfits covers here: http://bit.ly/tQExhX