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K-OS To Open For Drake

February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

K-OS WILL OPEN FOR DRAKE ON NATIONWIDE CAMPUS TOUR

K-OS

Multi-talented rapper K-OS has announced he will be one of the opening acts on Drake‘s The Away From Home Tour, which is a Campus Consciousness Tour promoting eco-friendly technology.

Set to kick off on April 6 in Charleston, IL the tour will be making stops at colleges across the U.S. K-OS also has select solo dates coming up next month at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on March 2 and The Roxy in Los Angeles on March 4. On February 22 check out K-OS co-hosting a special Black History Month episode of BET‘s The Deal.

The tour dates come on the heels of the hip hop visionary’s fourth studio album, Yes! (Last Gang Records), which releases on February 23. With its innovative, multi-genre sound, Yes! is pure magic. Following the successful Canadian release earlier this year, K-OS’ new album is already making waves in America with “4,3,2,1,” the lead single off the album, of which the video can currently be seen in rotation on MTVU and on MTV2‘s Subterranean.

In addition to the album’s first single, the release includes such standout tracks as “Burning Bridges,” “I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman,” and “Uptown Girl,” which feature special guest collaborations from Metric‘s Emily Haines and Murray Lightburn from The Dears.

K-OS Tour Dates

03/02/10 Tue Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY

03/04/10 Thu The Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA

03/11/10 Thu The Opera House Toronto, ON

04/06/10 Tue Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL*

04/09/10 Fri Penn State University State College, PA*

04/14/10 Wed Michigan State University East Lansing, MI*

04/15/10 Thu Oakland University Rochester, MI*

04/16/10 Fri West Virginia University Morgantown, WV*

04/21/10 Wed University of Central Florida Orlando, FL*

04/22/10 Thu Furman University Greenville, SC*

04/26/10 Mon University of Missouri Columbia, MO*

04/27/10 Tue University of Kentucky Lexington, KY*

04/29/10 Thu University of MA- Lowell Lowell, MA*

05/04/10 Tue Holy Cross College Worcester, MA*

05/05/10 Wed Towson University Towson, MD*

05/06/10 Thu Cheyney University Cheyney, PA*
* – opening for Drake


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Broken Social Scene: New Album

February 1st, 2010 | No Comments

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM MAY 4

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene will be releasing their new, as-yet-untitled album May 4 on Arts & Crafts.

Co-produced by the band and Tortoise‘s John McEntire at Soma Studios in Chicago, with additional recording at Giant Studio and The Schvitz Studio in Toronto, the new album is the follow up to their acclaimed self-titled record, released in 2005.

The new record was written and arranged by the Canadian collective’s current lineup, which includes Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman, Sam Goldberg and Lisa Lobsinger.

The album also features guest turns by a host of Social Scene alumni: Leslie Feist, Amy Millan and Evan Cranley of Stars, Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw of Metric, Jason Collett, Ohad Benchetrit of Do Make Say Think and Years, John Crossingham, Marty Kinack, Leon Kingstone and Julie Penner.

With their new album, the first following the acclaimed Broken Social Scene Presents… series, the band decided it was time to try something new. As a core six-piece who had spent most of 2007 and 2008 on the road, Drew, Canning, Spearin, Whiteman, Goldberg and Peroff spent early 2009 working on new material in Toronto. The pairing down of the band’s massive personnel list for the first time proved extremely fruitful; they created spacious songs written as a band by a band, resulting in more cohesive, melody-driven compositions than previous BSS outputs.

They then decamped to Chicago, recording outside of Toronto for the first time, which allowed them to fully immerse themselves in the recording process. In producer McEntire – a musical hero for many of the band’s members – they found a fresh perspective on their own sound, which continued to fuel the creative process, resulting in nearly 40 songs written in and out of the studio.

Broken Social Scene will also be playing select dates around their new album’s release.

Broken Social Scene Tour Dates

05/01/10 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

05/03/10 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre

05/07/10 New York, NY Webster Hall

05/13/10 London, UK Brixton Academy*

05/14/10 Minehead, UK All Tomorrow’s Parties

05/17/10 London, UK Heaven

05/18/10 Amsterdam, NE Melkweg

05/19/10 Cologne, GR Burgerhaus Stollwerck

05/21/10 Paris, FR La Maroquinerie

06/19/10 Toronto, ON Toronto Island*
*Supporting Pavement


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K-OS Drops New Album 11/17

November 16th, 2009 | No Comments

HIP HOP VISIONARY K-OS SET TO DIGITALLY RELEASE YES! THIS NOVEMBER
Yes! to Make U.S. Debut via iTunes On November 17

With Physical Release to Follow on February 23, 2010

K-OS

Canadian rapper and multi-instrumentalist K-OS is set to release his acclaimed third album, Yes! (Last Gang Records), online starting November 17 exclusively through iTunes, with other digital platform downloads available November 23. The physical release of Yes! will follow on February 23, 2010.

With its innovative, multi-genre sound, Yes! is pure magic. Hot on the heels of its Canadian release earlier this year, K-OS’ new album is already making waves in America with lead single “4,3,2,1,” of which the video can currently be seen in rotation on MTVU and on MTV2′s Subterranean. In addition to the album’s first single, the release includes standout tracks “Burning Bridges,” “I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman,” and “Uptown Girl,” which feature special guest collaborations from Metric‘s Emily Haines and Murray Lightburn from The Dears.

With several multi-platinum album and video awards, six Canadian Urban Music Awards, four MuchMusic Video Awards, three Junos, and a Source award already in his trophy cabinet, K-OS continues to push the boundaries as one of Canada’s most distinctive, intriguing and creative talents. First making the mark on the U.S. music scene with his Astralwerks debut Exit, the release quickly announced K-OS’ pigeonhole-defying capabilities. His subsequent albums, Joyful Rebellion and Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, have gone on to cement his position among the most intriguing and creative talents at work in Canada today.

K-OS’ full length album is slated for release February 23, 2010 and will be followed by an extensive tour of the U.S.


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