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Nice words about last night’s show with The Cab, The Summer Set at The Beacham.

Concert Review: The Cab & The Summer Set at The Beacham

Entertainment, Music, News — By Ian Roth on January 21, 2012 at 9:59 am

As the Everything’s Fine Symphony Soldier tour made its way through Orlando on it’s 9th stop of the tour, I could feel the energy building in The Beacham venue. The Orlando stop was originally scheduled to be at The Social, but sold out that venue and was moved to The Beacham. The five-band tour includes headliners The Cab and The Summer Set, as well as He Is We, Days Difference, and Paradise Fears.

Paradise Fears at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida on January 20, 2012 (Ian Roth/KnightNews.com)

Days Difference at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida on January 20, 2012 (Ian Roth/KnightNews.com)

The opening acts (Paradise Fears, Days Difference, and He Is We) immediately felt the love of the crowd. The energy and applause grew louder with every song from every band. Out of the three bands that kicked off the show, He Is We stuck out the most to me. He Is We, an indie pop band signed to Universal Motown Records, had a large crowd show for their performance and seemingly every person in the venue knew the words to their songs. The high-energy guitarists and smooth vocals of Rachel Taylor really made this band stick out. Towards the end of their set, Brian Dales, the lead singer of The Summer Set, joined the band to perform a song along side Taylor.

Rachel Taylor of He Is We at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida on January 20, 2012 (Ian Roth/KnightNews.com)

The opening acts were through and it was on to the headliners. The Summer Set came to the stage with a very fast-paced set, filled with great music. The band played the majority of the songs off their new album Everything’s Fine. Following The Summer Set was The Cab, and the building was packed. When lead singer Alexander DeLeon walked onto the stage, fans erupted with excitement. The Cab opened up with “Angel With A Shotgun” which is the first song on their newest album Symphony Soldier, released in August of last year. Mid way through their performance, the band left the stage, except for DeLeon and keyboard/guitarist/vocalist Alex Marshall, and the duo played a short acoustic set including their popular song off their first album Whisper War, titled “Vegas Skies”. When all was said and done, the band made sure they stuck around after their performance to say hi to all of their fans and show their appreciation for the support.

Brian Dales of The Summer Set and Alexander DeLeon of The Cab at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida on January 20, 2012 (Ian Roth/KnightNews.com)

Overall, every band had a fantastic performance, and I thoroughly enjoyed covering this event. Everybody be sure to check out all of these great bands, and tell your friends about the Everything’s Fine Symphony Soldier Tour.

The Cab at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida on January 20, 2012 (Ian Roth/KnightNews.com)

Alexander DeLeon of The Cab at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida on January 20, 2012 (Ian Roth/KnightNews.com)

Joey Thunder of The Cab at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida on January 20, 2012 (Ian Roth/KnightNews.com)

Brian Dales and John Gomez of The Summer Set at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida on January 20, 2012 (Ian Roth/KnightNews.com)

The Cab interview with LX-GOODS.com | LX-GOODS.com.

The Cab play with The Summer Set, Friday, January 20th at The Beacham.

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Luxury Goods had just a few minutes to catch up with pop punk indie rock group The Cab. These Las Vegas guys have been on the ups since their first album came out in 2008 and we wanted to find out what drives them.

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m83 will perform with guests Active Child, Wednesday, November 3rd at The Beacham.

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October 10th, 2011

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URBAN OUTFITTERS HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING

FULL ALBUM STREAM STARTING TODAY

ACTIVE CHILD TO SUPPORT M83 ON N.AMERICAN TOUR DATES

NEW DOUBLE ALBUM – HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING – OUT OCT. 18TH

“That pervasive dedication to heart-swelling drama is M83′s gift: No one is better, or more single-minded, when it comes to evoking dream-pop awe.” – SPIN

“An admirable paean to fuzzy memories, nostalgia, melancholic rumination and pop experimentation, imploring the listener to become the stories and places that populate dreams. 92%  – FILTER

In anticipation for M83’s new double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming – releasing next week October 18th – Urban Outfitters is streaming the full double-album on their website starting today, October 10th and on Saturday October 15, will play the full album in each of their 165 stores across the country starting at 3pm local time. To stream Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming through Urban Outfitters visit http://www.blog.urbanoutfitters.com/features/m83# Additionally, Urban Outfitters will carry an exclusive colored vinyl format of Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.

M83 is excited to announce that Active Child will support the band throughout the fall US tour dates which start in Washington D.C on October 28th. Expected to be a sold out US tour, a late show has been added to Seattle and the venue in Orlando has changed to The Beacham Theatre.  The fall tour dates will be M83’s first live shows in over two years.  M83 last toured in support of the widely adored Saturdays=Youth, which saw the band on the road with The Killers in the US, Kings of Leon in the UK, and Depeche Mode in Europe. Check below for a full list of dates or visit www.ilovem83.com

“Midnight City” is out now and included on the Midnight City Remix EP, which features remixes by Trentemoller, Big Black Delta, Man Without Country, and Team Ghost. Rolling Stone calls it “Gorgeous and highly danceable”, Pitchfork says it’s “The fine-tuning of a master craftsman only challenged by himself”, labeling it ‘Best New Music’, and SPIN says it’s “the soothing sound of all the creeps in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City rolling on E and hugging it out instead of murdering each other.”

Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, NIN, The Mars Volta, Goldfrapp), mixed by Tony Hoffer (Air, The Kooks), and including contributions from Brad Laner (from 90’s band Medicine), Saturdays=Youth vocalist Morgan Kibby,and guest vocalist Zola Jesus, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is a double-album journey that takes us to the horizon and introduces us to new landscapes. About awakening, craving, and conquering, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming pushes into new vocal territory for M83. Here we see Gonzalez test out different ways of singing, ranging from a spectral breathy whisper to a howling scream.  “I think it is a reflection of my 30 years of being a human being. It’s a compilation of all my previous music together. It’s a retrospective of myself”, says Gonzalez.

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is the follow up to the John Hughes inspired and critics’ favorite Saturdays=Youth.  Pitchfork called it, “An unaccountably alive, complete album”, giving it an 8.5 rating while, The New York Times, said “The music recalls the pumping beats and keyboard hooks of the 1980’s as if through a haze of time, floating in lush echoes that round off the edges.”

M83 is Los Angeles based French artist Anthony Gonzalez.

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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Oct. 15 – Mexico City – Corona Capital Festival

Oct. 28 – Washington DC – Black Cat (early show) (Sold Out)

Oct. 28 – Washington DC – Black Cat (late show) (Sold Out)

Oct. 29 – Raleigh, NC – Kings Barcade (Sold Out)

Oct. 30 – Asheville, NC – Moog Fest

Oct. 31 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

Nov. 1 – Tallahassee, FL – Engine Room

Nov. 2 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theatre(venue change)

Nov. 4 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live

Nov. 5 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest

Nov. 7 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom

Nov. 9 – Los Angeles, CA – Music Box (Sold Out)

Nov. 10 – San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine (Sold Out)

Nov. 11 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom

Nov. 12 – Vancouver, BC – Venue (Sold Out)

Nov. 13 – Seattle, WA – Neumos (early show) (Sold Out)

Nov. 13 – Seattle, WA – Neumos (late show)

Nov. 16 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

Nov. 17 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (early show) (Sold Out)

Nov. 17 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (late show) (Sold Out)

Nov. 18 – Toronto, ON – Lees Palace (Sold Out)

Nov. 19 – Montreal, QC – Le S.A.T.

Nov. 20 – Boston, MA – House of Blues

Nov. 22 – New York, NY – Webster Hall (Sold Out)

Nov. 23 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg (Sold Out)

TheDailyCity.com: Friendly Fires at the Social.

Friendly Fires perform at The Social, Saturday, October 8th.

Friendly Fires at the Social

By Samir Mathur
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FRIENDLY FIRES and THEOPHILUS LONDON play The Social on Saturday, October 8th.

It’s not a surprise that my favourite album of 2011 thus far is by a group of skinny white dudes from the suburbs of North London. That is pretty much a cert, any given year. But what IS unusual is that these skinny white dudes have made an incredibly danceable, lush, tropical sounding album. That is not a sound that you’d expect from looking at them. The album is ‘Pala’, by St. Albans’ Friendly Fires, and it’s a monster. NME called it “the perfect pool party soundtrack” and that sounds about right. I’m planning on dancing at this thing like a maniac. Highly recommend that you do the same.

Opening is Brooklyn rapper Theophilus London, whose recent debut album ‘Timez are Weird These Days’ was pretty good. He deserves props, if nothing else, for having a chorus that goes “Last name London, first name Theophilus.” Should make for an interesting contrast with Friendly Fires.

Theophilus London Announces Tours with Big Boi, Friendly Fires.

Theophilus London opens for Friendly Fires, Oct 8.

Theophilus London Announces Tours with Big Boi, Friendly Fires

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Theophilus London has announced a tour in support of his much-hyped full-length debut Timez Are Weird These Days, which is out now (click to buy on iTunes and Amazon.) The tour kicks off August 11th with a SummerStage show in Central Park with Nas and Damien Marley, and also includes a string of dates with Big Boi, an appearance at Austin City Limits, and a 3-week tour with Friendly Fires. A full list of tour dates is below.

On August 20th in Austin, TX, Theophilus London will play the inaugural performance of the Special Engagements Concert Series, presented by Intel and Dell, which is a new live concert series debuting on Noisey.com. The monthly series is grounded in a technology-driven audience experience, which gives fans the power to collaborate with the performing artist before and during the show. Together, they will produce a once-in-a-lifetime event that is streamed live across the world. The series kicks off August 20 in Austin, Texas at the famed Lustre Pearl with Brooklyn-based sensation Theophilus London and host Telli from Ninjasonik. For this first Engagement, fans will determine which exclusive remix Theophilus London debuts during his set, send in visual interpretations of his album to accompany the performance, submit shout-outs and even decide the shirt he wears on stage. Leading up to the debut event in Austin, they will determine factors of the performance via polling widgets, Twitter and Facebook. Fans can watch Theophilus London’s video announcement and learn how to attend and call the shots by visiting http://noisey.com/specialengagements.

Timez Are Weird These Days is Theophilus London’s full-length debut. Critical praise has been pouring in from publications across the spectrum, including features in Interview Magazine, Details, XXL, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and video and song premieres on Mashable, Wired.com and NY Magazine’s Vulture blog. He has performed on the Late Show with David Letterman (w/Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara) and Jimmy Kimmel Live! Theophilus will perform on the season premiere of 90210 on September 13th.

“Timez Are Weird These Days feels like a welcome cool breeze in sweltering mid summer.”
-Entertainment Weekly

“With eclectic taste and ready pop instincts, London creates an ideal mix of indie and hip-hop tailor made for rocking stages.” -XXL

“[Theophilus London is] pioneering a new path for music.” -Newsweek

Theophilus London 2011 Tour Dates
08/11 – New York, NY @ Rumsey Playfield (Central Park Summer Stage) w/Nas and Damien Marley
08/11 – New York, NY @ Beanpole x Kim Jones x Opening Ceremony Block Party
08/20 – Austin, TX @ Lustre Pearl, Noisey.com x Dell and Intel
08/26 – Brisbane, AU @ The Trivoli Theatre ^
08/27 – Newtown, AU @ The Enmore ^
08/31 – Sydney, AU @ Oxford Arts Factory ^
09/01 – Northcote, AU @ Northcote Social Club
09/02 – Melbourne, AU @ Palace ^
09/03 – Northbridge, WA @ Metro City ^
09/16 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
09/16 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Outside w/Twin Shadow
09/21 – Johannesburg, RSA @ Alex Theatre
09/24 – Johannesburg, RSA @ The Gearbox
09/30 – Marseille, FRA @ Festival Marsatac
10/04 – Carrborro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
10/05 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel *
10/07 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft *
10/08 – Orlando, FL @ The Social *
10/11 – Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa *
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia *
10/18 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *
10/19 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune *
10/22 – Chicago, IL @ Metro *
10/23 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre *
10/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
10/26 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
10/27 – Boston, MA @ Paradise *

^ w/Big Boi
* w/Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires, Cults & The Naked & Famous played Central Park Summerstage (pics, video & setlist).

Friendly Fires perform at The Social, Saturday, Oct 8th.

Cults open for Foster The People at The Beacham, Tuesday, Sept 20th.

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Friendly Fires – “Lovesick” at Summerstage 8/7/11

Friendly Fires – “Skeleton Boy” at Summerstage 8/7/11

Cults

The Naked & The Famous

Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires Setlist (via Francesca)

M83 perform at The Social, November 2.

TheDailyCity.com: Just announced: Odd Future coming in November.

Just announced: Odd Future coming in November

Odd Future will play the Beacham Theater on November 3rd

Odd Future – or Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, if you’re not into brevity – are, by far, the most-talked about new band of 2011. I think I’ve only heard three of their songs, but I still feel like I know a whole lot about them. Let’s see: L.A. based gang of teenagers, all of whom do their own thing as well as perform with the group; not fans of Bruno Mars; one guy was sent to a juvenile facility in Samoa against his will; the main dude is called Tyler the Creator and he recently broke his leg; oh, and there’s some business about their lyrics being completely homophobic and sexist. Read this article about how GLAAD has spoken out against the band. Apparently you have to either love them or despise them: there is no middle way.

Anyway, they just announced a tour this morning, and it involves a stop in Orlando on November 3rd. It certainly promises to be interesting, as their live shows have a reputation for insanity. Oh, you don’t believe me? Check out the video above. That was just in a TV studio. It’s scary to think about what they’ll do to downtown’s newest venue.