KALLE MATTSON SHARES NEW REMIX, ANNOUNCES SPRING TOUR

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KALLE MATTSON + JIM BRYSON ROAD TO RIVERFEST TOUR BEGINS APR 25

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Today, Kalle Mattson shares the remix of “Strangers”, from his latest LP Youth., by DJ duo Rainer + Grimm (The Weeknd, Allan Rayman, Drake). "This one is for anyone who’s thought: 'I wish this DJ would play something upbeat AND SAD.’”, says Mattson. “Seriously though, it’s pretty surreal to hear your own song remixed for the first time, the Rainer + Grimm guys did a great job. Catch you in the club.”

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Beginning April 25, Mattson will join longtime cohort Jim Bryson on the Road To Riverfest tour, with stops throughout Ontario on the way to Riverfest where both songwriters will perform this summer. Full tour dates can be found below.

“Strangers” Rainer + Grimm remix is available to streaming on all platform tomorrow, March 29, and Rainer + Grimm’s latest single “Different Love” is available now.

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JIM BRYSON + KALLE MATTSON ROAD TO RIVERFEST
Apr 25 - Kingston, ON - SideDoor House Show
Apr 26 - Uxbridge, ON - Springtide Festival - Tin Mill Restaurant
Apr 27 - Elora, ON - Elora Brewing Co.*
Apr 28 - Merrickville, ON - SideDoor House Show
May 2 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre (Kalle Mattson Solo)
May 3 - Guelph, ON @ Silence*
May 9 - Toronto, ON - CMW - The Rivoli*
May 10 - Hamilton, ON - Mill's Hardware*
May 11 - St. Catharine's, ON - Warehouse*

With Natalie Lynn*

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RICH AUCOIN SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “THE MIND”

RICH AUCOIN SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “THE MIND

NEW LP, RELEASE, DUE OUT MAY 17 VIA HAVEN SOUNDS

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 PERFORMANCES AT EAST COAST MUSIC WEEK, THE GREAT ESCAPE, FOCUS WALES

 "’The Middle’ is an extremely earnest, charming-as-hell reflection on the self at the midpoint of life and death." - Noisey

 "This is an anthemic collection of head nodding and foot tapping electro-pop" - PopMatters

 "Easily one of the most mesmerizing tracks we've heard so far this year." - CBC Music (2018)

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Recently, Rich Aucoin shared the first single, “The Mind”, from his upcoming LP, Release, due out May 17 via Haven Sounds. Today, the acclaimed musician is sharing the video for the track directed by Meghan Tansey Whitton.

Aucoin tells Paste Magazine, “The song is a reflection on the mind. The video is a reflection, as well. The less articulated, the better. Meghan Tansey Whitton is a strong photographer and was experimenting with these reflections in the beautiful part of the world in which we both live, Nova Scotia. She shot this video over two years along with our faceless star, Mimi Audellyn.”

THE MIND DIRECTED BY MEGHAN TANSEY WHITTON STARRING MIMI AUDELLYNN EDITED BY DAVE HUNG WRITTEN BY RICH AUCOIN PRODUCED BY RICH AUCOIN JOEL WADDELL VOCALS RICH AUCOIN JENN GRANT INSTRUMENTS YAMAHA B1 PIANO ROLAND JD-XI PERFORMED BY RICH AUCOIN GRETCH ROUND BADGE DRUMKIT SEQUENCIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET 8 PERFORMED BY JEREMY

Speaking about the instrumental track “The Mind”, Aucoin explains, “This track is about the mind and therefore has no lyrics. Musically, this song has two drum sets on it. The main kit is played by Jeremy Malvin (aka Chrome Sparks) and the second is carried over from the Release session by Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff. Ben Talmi played the very rare Therevox slide theremin on the track down at his Virtue & Vice studio in Brooklyn. While Jenn Grant was recorded by Daniel Ledwell at his Echo Lake studio in Nova Scotia. The vocal melody seamlessly switches from male to female vocals with Jenn and my voices being the samples.”

Produced by Aucoin and drummer Joel Waddell, Release was inspired by a wide range of music such as David Bowie, Holly Herndon, Fatboy Slim, Björk, John Lennon, Future Islands, Caribou and Chic just to name a few. These influences are evident in his music, as his diverse sound could be compared to a mix of MGMT, Beck, Arcade Fire, Spoon, and M83 all the while still maintaining his own unique blend of organic and synthetic instrumentation. His third album, Release, sees Aucoin grapple with the concept of mortality by using Alice in Wonderland (1951) as a metaphor for the journey. Release can be played as alternate soundtrack along to the film similar to Aucoin’s earlier LP Ephemeral and The Little Prince.

Aucoin’s music has seen acclaim across the board with previous releases, We’re All Dying To Live and Ephemeral, long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize. The music video for “Brian Wilson is A.L.I.V.E.” won the Prism Prize, which he’s also been shortlisted for this year for “The Middle”.

WATCH AND SHARE “THE MIDDLE” HERE

Nominated for ten East Coast Music Awards including Album, Song, and Fan Choice Entertainer of the Year, with more than 2 million streams, Rich Aucoin has built a reputation for his energetic live shows performing his music written in sync to old movies in the same manner as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon with The Wizard of Oz. Using projections to these films, he has brought his interactive performance to stages at Osheaga, The Great Escape, Les Eurockéennes, Les Vielles Charrues, Berlin Music Festival, Montreal International Jazz Festival, Hangout Music Festival, Art Basel Miami, Luminato Art Festival, Iceland Airwaves, SXSW, Pop Montreal and more.

Born, raised, and currently based in Halifax, Rich Aucoin has been fully immersed in music ever since he can remember, learning how to play almost any instrument he could get his hands on while also teaching himself production and home-recording. A philanthropist at heart, Aucoin has raised money for several charities with his music. He has cycled coast to coast twice for both Childhood Cancer Canada and The Canadian Mental Health Association/Mental Health America; cycling to each show. He has also crossed Canada for the Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation running a series of half-marathons.

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RELEASE TRACKLIST
1. The Base
2. The Dream
3. The Middle
4. The Other
5. The Change
6. The Self
7. The Past
8. The Fear
9. The Mind
10. The Time
11. Release

LIVE PERFORMANCES
May 1-5 - Halifax, NS - East Coast Music Week
May 9-11 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape
May 17-19 - Wales, UK - Focus Festival

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“DOSE YOUR DREAMS” WITH FUCKED UP’S NEW VIDEO

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DOSE YOUR DREAMS DOUBLE LP OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BEGIN APRIL 21

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Throughout Fucked Up’s double-album epic Dose Your Dreams, the politics and aesthetics of hardcore are married to an “open format” approach to genre: elements of doo-wop, krautrock, groove, digital hardcore, and so much more. Perhaps no better song exemplifies this marriage than the album’s title track, which has been given the music video treatment courtesy of the band’s Mike Haliechuk and is debuting today.

WATCH AND SHARE “DOSE YOUR DREAMS” HERE

From the album Dose Your Dreams, out now on Merge Records. http://smarturl.it/DoseYourDreams

Fucked Up embark on a run of dates this spring, stopping Montreal and Toronto with the Black Lips before they forge onward to Primavera in Spain and Portugal. A full list of dates can be found below.

Dose Your Dreams today, and pick up your copy of the record on 2-CD, 2-LP, and limited-edition yellow-in-clear “creamfruit” double Peak Vinyl via Arts & Crafts in Canada and Merge Records rest of world.

PRAISE FOR DOSE YOUR DREAMS

“Fucked Up have proven themselves to be one of the most malleable and unusual bands working today.” —Stereogum

“…a kind of visionary matrix through which beautiful music, in many forms—blistering punk rock, stadium alienation, twinkling club-thump, ecstatic pop shiver—comes swimming into our world.” —The Atlantic

“[Dose Your Dreams] confirms that Fucked Up are bigger than the confines of punk purism, yet driven by the spirit” —Spin

“It’s the most ambitious record yet by a band that’s been marked by unyielding ambition” —Treble

FUCKED UP ON TOUR
Apr 21 - Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (performing Hidden World)
Apr 22 - Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall*
Apr 23 - Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall*
Apr 24 - Montreal, QC – Fourfounes Electriques*
Apr 25 - Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre*
Apr 26 - Ferndale, MI – Ferndale Spring Fever*Apr 27 - Chicago, IL – Metro*
Apr 28 - Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Hall*
May 26 - Las Vegas, NV – Punk Rock Bowling
May 29 - Barcelona, ES – Primavera a la Ciutat
May 30 - Madrid, ES – Joy Eslava
May 31 - Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Festival
Jun 07 - Porto, PT – NOS Primavera Sound
Jul 25 - Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle (MRG30 festival)
* w/ Black Lips

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