ANDY SHAUF SHARES NEW VIDEO ANIMATED AND DIRECTED BY CHAD VANGAALEN

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE NOW THROUGH DECEMBER

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES BEGIN FEBRUARY 8

WATCH AND SHARE THE VIDEO FOR “QUITE LIKE YOU” HERE

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“one of the great triumphs—Canadian or otherwise—of the year.” The Georgia Straight

"Canadian troubadour Andy Shauf is a find." The Guardian

“The Party charms and troubles, playing like the soundtrack to a particularly devastating film noir. …simply marvellous.” 9/10 Exclaim!

“both beautiful and beautifully troubling – understated, imaginative chamber pop.” Irish Times

“The Party has placed the Regina-reared musician among the country’s top
songwriting talents.” Victoria Times Colonist

“Shauf can locate the game-changing chord that great songs pivot on, for which lesser talents fumble in vain.” The Sunday Times (UK)

“one of the single most promising voices to emerge from Canada in
recent memory.” Flood Magazine

“The Party is definitely worth celebrating.” Uncut

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Singer-songwriter Andy Shauf is sharing the new alien house party video for “Quite Like You”, animated and directed by Chad VanGaalen and premiering today via Clash. "Andy's story was really easy to get inside of and hang out for a while, so I just sat right here in my drawing chair and decided what type of fashion the party mutants would be wearing,” says VanGaalen. ”Tennis ball pedestal helmets will obviously be available soon-ish."

Shauf adds, "I'm a big fan of everything Chad makes, so I was really glad we could work with him on this video. We gave him free reign and he knocked it outta the park. I also didn't realize an alien party could be so emotional." 

WATCH AND SHARE THE VIDEO FOR “QUITE LIKE YOU” HERE

Shauf is currently on tour across North America in support of his latest album, The Party, out now viaArts & Crafts. Next year he will take his new LP to Europe for a string of tour dates beginningFebruary 8 in London, UK.

Next to receiving an overwhelming critical acclaim from music critics around the world for The Party, Andy Shauf was shortlisted for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.

ANDY SHAUF NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Oct 20 – San Francisco, CA - Swedish American Hall – SOLD OUT
Oct 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex – SOLD OUT
Nov 22 – Toronto, ON - The Mod Club %
Nov 23 – Hamilton, ON – Mill’s Hardware % - SOLD OUT
Nov 24 – Waterloo, ON – Starlight
Nov 25 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club % - SOLD OUT
Nov 26 – Peterborough, ON – Gordon Best Theatre %
Nov 29 – Chicago, IL – Schubas %
Nov 30 – Madison, WI – The Frequency %
Dec 1 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi Lounge %
Dec 2 – Nashville, TN – The Basement %
Dec 3 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight %
Dec 4 – Charleston, WV – NPR Mountain Stage – SOLD OUT
Dec 5 – Washington, DC – DC9 Nightclub %
Dec 6 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle %
Dec 7 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade % – SOLD OUT
Dec 8 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre %      
Dec 9 – Montreal, QC – Le National %     
Dec 10 – Quebec City, QC – L’Anti %   

% w/ Chris Cohen

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES 2017

Feb 8 – London, Oslo (UK)
Feb 9 – Manchester, Gullivers (UK)
Feb 10 – Leeds, Brudenell, Games Room(UK)
Feb 12 – Kootwijk, Grasnapolsky Festival (NL)
Feb 13 – Cologne, Yuca (DE)
Feb 14 – Utrecht, Ekko (NL) 
Feb 15 – Nijmegen, Merleyn (NL)
Feb 16 – Brussels, Botanique (BE)
Feb 17 – Luxembourg, Rotondes (LU)
Feb 19 – Dijon, Generiq Festival (FR)
Feb 20 – Lille, Le Grand Mix (FR)
Feb 21 – Paris, Café de la Danse (FR)
Feb 22 – Nancy, Autre Canal (FR)
Feb 23 – Lyon, Marche Gare (FR)
Feb 24 – St Gallen, Palace (CH)
Feb 25 – Carpi, Mattatoio (IT)
Feb 26 – Milan, Magnolia (IT)
Feb 27 – Munich, Mila (DE)

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AUSTRA ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, FUTURE POLITICS

AUSTRA, LED BY VOCALIST AND PRODUCER KATIE STELMANIS, ANNOUNCES UPCOMING ALBUM, FUTURE POLITICS, OUT JANUARY 20 VIA PINK FIZZ RECORDS

WATCH AND SHARE VIDEO FOR “UTOPIA” HERE

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Austra, the recording project led by vocalist and producer Katie Stelmanis, is pleased to announce Future Politics, the third full length in their discography, due out January 20 via Pink Fizz Records.

Accompanying today’s announcement is a video for first single “Utopia”. Directed by THAT GO (Chairlift, Lapsley, Father John Misty), the video stars Stelmanis, held hostage in an icy, modern apartment by an insidiously sinister device.

"Katie came into the video project with a lot of ideas about the future,” says THAT GO. “We discussed everything from food trends to Star Trek: The Next Generation. The video is more near-future than distant-future, with recognizable technology and modern protein sources.”

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Future Politics, Austra’s third and most ambitious album to date, calls for radical hope, “a commitment to replace the approaching dystopia,” says Katie Stelmanis, who leads Austra with the support of Maya Postepski (Princess Century, TR/ST), Dorian Wolf, and Ryan Wonsiak. “Not just hope in the future, but the idea that everyone is required to help write it, and the boundaries of what it can look like are both fascinating and endless. It’s not about ‘being political’, it’s about reaching beyond boundaries, in every single field.”

Future Politics is a collection of urgent, but disciplined anthems for dancefloor and headphones, asks each of us to remember that apocalypse is not an inevitability, but the product of human decision-making. It aims for a world without borders, where human compassion and curiosity drive technological innovation rather than profit, where the necessity of labor is replaced with time for creativity and personal growth, and the terror and destruction wrought by colonialism and white supremacy is recognized as a dark age in human history. The album is radicalism distilled: to galvanic beats, gorgeous, kinetic melodies, and the vulnerable majesty of Stelmanis’s voice.

Inspired by her time living in two cities – Montreal and Mexico City – and propelled by economic and philosophical texts she was reading throughout the album’s creation, Stelmanis was driven to face the world’s ailments with positivity, purpose, and engagement, rather than detachment or despair. Inspiration also came from European club culture – Objekt, Peter Van Hoesen, Lena Willikens, and ‘90s legends like Massive Attack; in all, artists who understand the dancefloor as a source of radical ideas and radical joy.

Change, Rebecca Solnit (author, activist, environmentalist and editor at Harper’s Magazine) writes, comes from “writers, scholars, public intellectuals, social activists, and participants in social media” – also “artists, club scenes, parties, teenagers, ghettos,” says Stelmanis. “Every single person’s idea about the future is valid and relevant, especially the freaks and the queers and the outsiders.”

Future Politics is available to pre-order now on limited edition deluxe coloured vinyl with exclusive signed art print, CD, and digital download.

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Album art photography by Renata Raksha at Luis Barragan’s Cuadra San Cristobal in La Ciudad de Mexico.

FUTURE POLITICS TRACKLIST
01 We Were Alive
02 Future Politics
03 Utopia
04 I’m A Monster
05 I Love You More Than You Love Yourself
06 Angel In Your Eye
07 Freepower
08 Gaia
09 Beyond A Mortal
10 Deep Thought
11 43

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MOBY & THE VOID PACIFIC CHOIR REVEAL NEW VIDEO

THESE SYSTEMS ARE FAILING OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

ANIMATOR STEVE CUTTS' LIGHTHEARTED LOOK AT THE COLLAPSE OF OUR SPECIES AND SOCIETY

WATCH “ARE YOU LOST IN THE WORLD LIKE ME?” HERE

 

Taking inspiration from Max Fleischer’s iconic animation of the 1930’s, Moby & The Void Pacific Choir (in collaboration with Steve Cutts) today released the music video for “Are You Lost in the World Like Me?”, a lighthearted look at alienation, modern dystopian living, and the collapse of our species.

The video was directed and animated by critically-acclaimed illustrator Steve Cutts who says, “For me the video is about our increasing dependence on technology and about human interaction today, or a certain lack of it. It focuses on the way tech is changing us – how we have become desensitized.”  

Moby adds, “A few years ago I saw Steve Cutts' ‘Man’ video and was amazed and blown away. I did some internet sleuthing and found his e-mail address and humbly asked him to make a video for me. And, lucky me, he agreed. The video he made for ‘Are You Lost in the World Like Me?’ is without question one of the best videos that's ever been made for one of my songs.”

WATCH “ARE YOU LOST IN THE WORLD LIKE ME?” HERE

“Are You Lost In the World Like Me” has been taken from the debut album These Systems Are Failing by Moby & the Void Pacific Choir, out now via Arts & Crafts.

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Moby’s sole live 2016 performance will be at his own curated vegan music festival – Circle V – in Los Angeles on October 23. See more details HERE.

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