Lollipop Theater Network and Universal Pictures Present a Special Screening of
Nanny McPhee Returns
With Special Guests Including Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Proceeds to benefit the Lollipop Theater Network
New York, NY – August 3, 2010 – Lollipop Theater Network and Universal Pictures are proud to present a special sneak-peek screening of Nanny McPhee Returns on August 17th at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 in New York City. Proceeds will benefit the Lollipop Theater Network, an organization that brings the magic of movies, currently in theatrical release, to children confined to hospitals nationwide due to chronic and life-threatening illnesses. The screening will be followed by a reception at Josephina’s. Guests will be joined by Nanny McPhee Returns’ starsEmma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal, director SusannaWhite, producer Lindsay Doran, as well as the host committee, Ellen & Dan Crown and Jenna Wolfe. Tickets to the screening are $50, and there will be a limited amount of tickets to both the screening and reception available for $100. Guests must RSVP by August 13th at rsvp@lollipoptheater.org or by calling 310.235.2772. The family comedy opens August 20th.
Founded in 2001, Lollipop Theater Network (LOLLIPOP) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing the magic of movies to the children who need it the most. Working in collaboration with the leading motion picture studios, LOLLIPOP brings current film releases into hospitals for group and bedside screenings. To bring these special children a feeling of having their own “premiere,” LOLLIPOP rolls out the red carpet, hands out movie tickets, offers refreshments, distributes studio promotional items and features guest appearances by the stars of the films, whenever possible.
LOLLIPOP has screened more than 200 films in 18 states, facilitates talent visits and coordinating activities, and has added a music program, Rhythm of Hope.
RECENT SCREENINGS: Despicable Me, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Karate Kid, Shrek Ever After, How to Train Your Dragon, Furry Vengeance, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Spy Next Door, Planet 51, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
PAST CELEBRITY VISITS: Jennie Garth, Chace Crawford, Taylor Lautner, Jordana Brewster,Corbin Bleu, Emma Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Steve Carell, Amanda Bynes, Ice Cube, Tim Allen, Dakota Fanning, Wanda Sykes and many more.
Kruder & Dorfmeister (live), She & Him, Miike Snow
and More!
OCTOBER 16 & 17, 2010
Two-Day and VIP Tickets on Sale July 13 @ 1pm EST / 10am PST
Single Day Tickets Available July 16 @ 1pm EST / 10am PST
San Francisco, CA - July 12, 2010– The gorgeous, panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay will serve as the backdrop for LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian when they headline The 2010Treasure Island Music Festival presented by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment.The fourth annual festival, which takes place on Treasure Island over two days - October 16th and 17th – will carry on the tradition of featuring some of the music world’s most exciting artists. This year’s stellar lineup, in addition to LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian (making their first Bay Area appearance in four years), is a who’s who of the dance/electronic and indie rock worlds, including The National, BrokenSocialScene, She&Him, Deadmau5, Kruder&Dorfmeister (live) (with one of their first U.S. performances since 2001), MiikeSnow, !!!,Superchunk, SurferBlood, DieAntwoord, LittleDragon, FourTet, RogueWave, Ra Ra Riot, Monotonix, Phantogram, The Sea & Cake, Phosphorescent, HolyFuck, Jamaica, Wallpaper, Papercuts, MausHaus and TheMumlers. (See full list below.)
Two day and VIP tickets go on sale tomorrow at 1pm EST/10am PST via the Treasure Island website: http://www.treasureislandfestival.com. Single day tickets will be made available on Friday, July 16th at 1pm EST/10am PST. A limited amount of reduced price early bird tickets will be available. Full ticketing details are as follows:
Single Day - GA $67.50
Two-Day - Early $99.99
Two-Day - GA $119.50
Single Day VIP Two Pack $249.50
Two-Day VIP Two Packs $475.00
Selected for its stunning, picturesque views, Treasure Island lays just off the coast of Yerba Buena Island in the San FranciscoBay. When the festival of the same name began in 2007, it quickly became one of the premiere music events of the fall concert season thanks to its consistently fresh and exciting lineups (the festival has never repeated an act) and its intimate feel. A sellout crowd of just over 12,000 music fans per day descended on the decommissioned naval base last year to see headliners MGMT and The Flaming Lips. By splitting each day into genre-specific artists – the first day features dance/electronic artists, while the second features indie rock bands – the festival has previously hosted a wide range of acclaimed artists since its inception, including M.I.A., Modest Mouse, The Raconteurs, Justice, Spoon, Thievery Corporation, Vampire Weekend, Girl Talk, MSTRKRFT, The Decemberists and many more.
In addition to providing music lovers with the coolest artists and an incredible setting, Treasure Island Music Festival ensures that attendees never miss a note of music. With two stages that alternate between bands, rather than having them play simultaneously, concert-goers have the chance to literally hear every note of every artist for the entire weekend. When not watching bands, festival attendees can hop over to the Treasure Chest, the festival’s interactive village full of games, a live mural wall, a photo booth, local craft vendors and more. This,combined with a 60 ft. Ferris Wheel, gourmet food vendors from local San Francisco businesses, a refillable water program, and buses to and from the festival loaded with Wi-Fi make the Treasure Island Music Festival one of the most amazing and unique music experiences of the year.
This year’s logo for the Treasure Island Music Festival was designed by local San Franciscan Jeff Canham (http://www.jeffcanham.com/). Previous years logos have been supplied by Shepard Fairey, Jason Munn (of Small Stakes) and Josh Cochran.
Established in San Francisco in 1993, Noise Pop is the leading independent music festival in the Bay Area. Over the last 18 years Noise Pop has provided exposure to some of the top emerging artists, many of whom have gone on to widespread acclaim, including the White Stripes, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes, Magnetic Fields and Wolfmother. In 2006 Noise Pop began expanding the scope and presence of its established brand into year-round events (including the Treasure Island Music Festival) in the Bay Area and beyond that celebrate all forms of independent culture, music, film, art and merchandise to an ever expanding community.
Since its inception in 2003, Another Planet Entertainment has produced and promoted over 1,000 events with artists as diverse as Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, Daft Punk, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Metallica and Kanye West. A Bay Area staple, Another Planet is the exclusive promoter for the Greek Theatre (Berkeley), Fox Theater (Oakland), The Independent (San Francisco) and Harvey’s Outdoor Amphitheatre (Lake Tahoe.) Another Planet also produces two major yearly festivals in San Francisco – Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival and Treasure Island Music Festival. In its first year of operation, Another Planet was selected by a vote of its concert industry peers as “Promoter of the Year” in the United States by Pollstar Magazine. In 2004 and 2005, Another Planet was pleased to be named “Independent Promoter of the Year.” In 2009 Another Planet Entertainment was named “Best Cultural Improvement” by the East Bay Express, and the Fox Theater as “Best Venue.” http://www.apeconcerts.com/
Follow this link to UK’s The Guardian to check out this teaser from Gruff Rhys’ documentary “Separado!,” an account of his quest through South America to locate his ‘long-lost, poncho-wearing, guitar-playing Patagonian uncle.’ It premieres at the LA Film Festival June 24/26.
“The Debt Rattle” to run for 3 nights at Henry Street Settlement
Show: The Debt Rattle Dates: Thurs Oct 22nd, Fri Oct 23rd, Sat Oct 24th (8 pm each night)
Location: AbronsArtsCenter on Grand Street, b/w Pitt and Clinton St.
The Citizens Band, the sexy, ribald musical troupe renowned for their dazzling song and dance performances, will bring their eighth original show, “The Debt Rattle,” to the Henry Street Settlement this October. “The Debt Rattle” is the troupe’s first show since the new political administration took office.
Performers for “The Debt Rattle” include Chelsea Bacon, Ian Buchanan, Michael Cavadias, Adam Crystal, Karen Elson, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Rachelle Garniez, Mike Jackson, Greg Jarrett, Zoe Kravitz, Dave Lebleu, Mark McAdam, Amy Miles, Jon Natchez, Nina Persson, Rain Phoenix and Ronin, with musical direction by Spring Awakening’s Kimberly Grigsby, and special guest performer Mr. Blue. “The Debt Rattle” also reunites the troupe with acclaimed director Gordon Greenberg (Jacques Brel is Alive and Well; Assisted Loving) who worked with the troupe on their incredible 2008 show, “The Panic is On.”Set designers Dino Siampos and Sam Wheeler round out the production, which will be nothing short of amazing.
Spurred into creative action by the outcome of the 2004 Presidential election The Citizens Band’s primary goal is to entertain, but always with a sharp jab of the elbow to remind the audience of the state of the world. Infusing politics with humor, The Citizens Band take their cues from the great European tradition of musical theater. Hailing from a fantastic Neverland set somewhere between 1918 and 1943, they’re an artistic collective with a revolving line-up and boundless creativity.
Set in the desperate world of marathon dancing, “The Debt Rattle,” finds our Citizens struggling to make sense of the post-crash social order. Fallen from grace, a disparate group of bankers, dust bowl nomads, Hooverville residents, down on their luck showgirls, and American sweethearts take shelter from the economic storm in a marathon dance hall promising food, warmth and prize money if they can outlast their competitors. Through their struggles, disappointments and victories, they reacquaint themselves with basic human values. Filled with classic and original songs from jug band, to Depression-era ballads, agit-prop to swing and aerial arts, dance and a sprinkling of Citizens Band magic, “The Debt Rattle” looks to the past to understand the present and the promise of a better future.
The Henry Street Settlement was founded in 1893 by social work pioneer Lillian Wald and based on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.Delivering a wide range of social service and arts programming to more than 100,000 New Yorkers each year, Henry Street challenges the effects of urban poverty by helping families achieve better lives for themselves and their children.More information can be found here:http://www.henrystreet.org
Fox 17 Morning News recently covered the Rock The Vote Road Trip ‘08 as it passed through Nashville, TN. The event included a performance by Melinda Doolittle. Check it out here.
MySpace announces that one of the most critically acclaimed bands Spiritualized will be playing a club show at The Echo in Los Angeles on September 19 as part of MySpace’s Secret Show series. Two days prior the band will be playing the massive Hollywood Bowl, and The Echo is by far the most intimate show the band is playing this year. The Secret Show is a free, exclusive performance for the MySpace community.Spiritualized released their long awaited sixth album, Songs in A & E this past Spring. Serious illness struck Spiritualized frontman and songwriter Jason Pierce - aka J. Spaceman in 2005, and his time spent in intensive care interrupted the completion of the recording, but inevitably perhaps, the setback turned into an inspiration as critics and fans alike have recognized the album not only to be one of the band’s best work, but its most personal too.Pitchfork said of the new album that it was “Spiritualized’s best work in ten years.”
Pierce recently wrote and recorded the soundtrack to the new film, Mr. Lonely, directed by Harmony Korine (Julian Donkey-Boy and Gummo).
Spirtualized is recognized as one of the most original bands in the world. The band’s 1997 album “Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” was bestowed “Album Of The Year” honors by NME in 1997, beating out Radiohead’s “Ok Computer” and The Verve’s “Urban Hymns.”
MySpace Music has organized more than 150 Secret Shows since the franchise launched in February 2006 with artists like Gnarls Barkley, The Offspring, Neil Diamond, Slayer, Fran Ferdinand, and the Yeah Yeah > Yeahs performing in cities around the world.
Already it’s a historic year for Rock the Vote. 1.5 million people and counting have registered to vote through Rock The Vote, making this the largest youth voter registration drive in history. In the last two weeks alone 231,371 people have downloaded voter registration forms from Rock The Vote’s website. Additionally in 2008, Rock the Vote has engaged more than 2.5 million members and over 100,000 mobile phone activists, plus innovative online programs are attracting the attention of millions more.
Register to vote now and encourage your friends to do the same!
Rock The Vote Road Trip 2008 events listed below:
Saturday, September 13 - Nashville, TN
Monday, September 15 – Blacksburg, VA
Tuesday, September 16 – Richmond, VA
Wednesday, September 17 – Annandale, VA
Thursday, September 18 & 19 - Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, September 20 – State College, PA
Sunday, September 21 - Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, September 23 – Youngstown, OH
Wednesday, September 24 - Akron, OH
Thursday, September 25 - Cleveland, OH
Friday, September 26 - Kent, OH
Saturday, September 27 - Columbus, OH
Sunday, September 28 - Cincinnati, OH
Tuesday, September 29 - Bloomington, IN
Thursday, October 2 - St. Louis, MO
Saturday, October 4 – Iowa City, IA
Monday, October 6 - Minneapolis, MN
Join the Official Facebook Rock The Vote Road Trip 2008 group here.
Join the Official Myspace Rock The Vote Road Trip 2008 group here.
Anyone at a loose end tomorrow lunch time should pop into Other Music on East 4th Street, NYC for a special in-store performance by Conor Oberst. He’s playing at Bowery Ballroom too, but it’s been sold out for weeks.
Well….Times Square to be more precise. Never one to let an opportunity to be subversive and mess with the minds of middle-American tourists pass him by, the Sex Pistols brainchild has set his sights on MTV’s 40+ foot screen in the heart of one New York’s busiest attractions for his “Shallow” installation.
As part of the installation, McLaren will show heavily edited, old stag flicks set to music. Press Here is particularly intrigued by the portion of “Shallow” that’s set to the music of the Captain and Tenielle’s Love Will Keep Us Together and Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Check out the full story here and get along to the installation until August 14th.
What better intro to Vampire Weekend playing the Summer Stage that to follow Friday the 13th? Get it? Vampires? Friday the 13th? Anyhoo…
Press Here is not particularly superstitious but we can feel it in our waters that this is going to be one hell of a (FREE!) show. Other highlights in the coming weeks will include Santogold, Taj Mahal, Roy Hargrove Big Band and The National/ Yeasayer.
Check out the Vampire lads in all their preppy splendour on Later with Jools Holland:
What do Black Keys, Blue Velvet, MGMT, Rushmore, The Liars, The Black Kids and The Virgin Suicides have in common? Well, you’ve read the title already so don’t play coy. They’re all being presented at this year’s McCarren Park Pool concerts.
Here’s a previous highlight of ours featuring the Yeah Yeah Yeahs:
If you like your blues-rock dark and murky. If you like your leather worn in. If you like BRMC, this one’s for you mon amis…
Via The Tripwire we’ve learned that BRMC, having just been on tour with The Duke Spirit, are giving a little bit back by playing a couple of free gigs in Dallas (05.18) and Houston (05.20).
Having seen BRMC’s electrifying shows over the years we recommend getting in quickly: snoozers are losers as they say. Email brmc_tickets@hotmail.com for your chance.
If you’ve had your ear to the floor, you’ll have heard there’s a new kid in town by way of Browstoner’s Brooklyn Flea, a new flea market that’s opened in Fort Greene.
If you, like Press Here have been monitoring the progress of these new upstarts in the well-trodden ‘Trash and Treasure’ circuit, you’ll have enjoyed the breath of fresh air that visiting Brooklyn Flea on a Sunday (despite poor weather!) brings.
Heavy on hipsters and not-so heavy on content, Brooklyn Flea is a mere pup who is yet to truly cut its teeth. There’s a small amount of furniture but really nothing too special. Some vintage clothes, but again nothing that we haven’t seen in greater abundance and collected with greater panache at other New York markets. And what about the junk? There’s very little in the way of old photographs, 60 year old lamps, ephemera, vintage paintings etc.
Fortunately those at Brownstoner have taken into account the many fickle shoppers that frequent a New York flea market and they’re actively seeking out feedback so that the market continues to evolve and develop into something rewarding.
It may never attract the high caliber of freakazoid that the Chelsea Antiques Garage attracts (have you seen the dealer there who paints her skin and hair silver?) nor may it possess such an eclectic array of beautiful oddities but perhaps this is a new beast altogether and somewhat safer for the untrained flea market-shopper who doesn’t mind spending $3.50 on a danish…..y’wot?
Brooklyn Flea is not a contender for the title (yet) but they’re making the right moves. With the news earlier this year that the Chelsea Antiques Garage will close its roller doors in November to make way for, you guessed it….another condo, we’re backing anyone and everyone with the moxie to start up a new flea market.
Watch this space…………………………..before a developer comes in and builds on it.
Press Here adore Brian Wilson. Let’s face it without him…..well let’s not get into it here but let’s just say, “Beatles” in summary and move on.
Kindly, Brian Wilson has elected to perform at a Stand Up For A Cure (who seek to raise funds to end lung cancer once and for all) charity event in NYC at Hammerstein Ballroom on May 8th.
Press Here had the pleasure of seeing Brian Wilson during his Pet Sounds tour and though his 10-piece band carried him through the performance, if you closed your eyes, it was as though the Beach Boys were right there…
What better way to enjoy the live delights of Band of Horses, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion, The Panics, Sigur Ros, Devo, The Vines, The Presets, Cold War Kids (and many more) than to see them performing at Australia’s (and one of the world’s) great music festivals, Splendour In The Grass. The festival is located on the outskirts of Byron Bay, long-renowned for its incredible weather, great food, startlingly beautiful beaches and….er, dope. Stay tuned as the line-up additions will only get better and better.
Austin City Limits have announced the line up for this year’s festival - taking place in September. We love Austin, and we’re pretty sure it’s the best darn place in the whole of Texas (sorry Marfa, we haven’t been out your way yet!).
Of their “3 days, 8 stages, 150 bands” we’re particular excited about Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Raconteurs, Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band*, N.E.R.D, Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Band Of Horses, Gillian Welch,Against Me!, Okkervil River, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend, Duffy, Roky Erickson, Spiritualized, Jenny Lewis, Mgmt, M.Ward, Adele, The Kills and Man Man . And that’s just a tiny taster. Get your tickets here.
* More on this later. Check back next week for details.
While we can’t quite picture Jay-Zin a pair of wellies, it seems he’ll be one of the headliners at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival. The past 4 years of perilous mud has filled some music fans with so much dread that when tickets went on sale it didn’t automatically sell out in 3.2 minutes. The way these things work, it’ll probably be blissful sunshine this year. Don’t say we didn’t warn you….! And with 14 years of experience on this subject, we can safely say Glastonbury is still the king of festivals, rain or shine. Other headliners confirmed are The Verve and Kings Of Leon.
Perhaps it’s coincidental that many of our favorite people and things are Welsh…? The Green Man Festival is another Welsh thing we’ve come to admire greatly, a summer camping music festival started by the band It’s Jo And Danny. In the past few years it’s become one of the most popular festivals in Britain, especially for the folk-inclined. That would include us, then.
Oh, Festival Season. You’re not far from us now that we are in the month of April. Starting with Coachella at the end of April, the next few months are filled with bands from all over the world happening upon our fine nation with one goal only: the perfect Festival performance/set list. Last year, I personally only made it to Lollapalooza; and now that the 08 line-up has been announced, I may very well go back….
Here are some suggestions for bands that are guaranteed to be awesome at some of the festivals this summer.
COACHELLA:
Portishead * The Verve * The Raconteurs * Death Cab for Cutie * My Morning Jacket * The Breeders * Spiritualized * Goldfrapp * Rilo Kiley * MIA * Metric * Cold War Kids * Animal Collective * Simian Mobile Disco * Flogging Molly * Mark Ronson * Autolux * Sons and Daughters * Black Kids * Annuals * Vampire Weekend * St. Vincent
LOLLAPALOOZA:
Radiohead * Kanye West * Wilco * The Raconteurs * Bloc Party * Broken Social Scene * Flogging Molly * Mark Ronson * Cat Power * Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (Janet Weiss on drums!) * CSS * Mates of State * Chromeo * The Kills * The Go! Team * Yeasayer * Black Kids * Kid Sister * Noah and the Whale
PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL:
Animal Collective * Jarvis Cocker * !!! * Vampire Weekend * Fleet Foxes * The Ruby Suns * Dinosaur Jr. * M. Ward * Dirty Projectors * Spiritualized
BONNAROO:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss featuring T Bone Burnett * My Morning Jacket * The Raconteurs * Sigur Ros * Ben Folds * Cat Power * MIA * Iron & Wine * Stephen Marley * Broken Social Scene * Rilo Kiley * Against Me! * Aimee Mann * The Fiery Furnaces *
ALL POINTS WEST:
Radiohead * The Go! Team * CSS * Juana Molina * Andrew Bird * Grizzly Bear * Animal Collective * Metric * The Virgins * The Secret Machines
We just got in a few more photos from our party that we felt like sharing….
Kimya Dawson performing (the flash on my camera sucks)
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J. Mascis strums his guitar for the crowd. Thurston Moore is a once-and-always rock crush of mine (and Garden Party performer two years in a row!).
People of all ages had fun at our party. (Is that little girl playing with an iPhone?)
Ah, Texas, now that we’re back in the cold overcast climate of New York City, we sorta miss you….scroll down to see some more lovely photos from our party and relive the fantastic weather….
The Garden Party,The Press Here party at the French Legation Museum conjunction with Harp magazine and Ground Control Touring,was a huge success and we would like to thank all of the artists who played: the aforementioned mentioned Emmy The Great, Lightspeed Champion, Sons and Daughters, Laura Marling, J Mascis and She & Him, along with Noah And The Whale, Thurston Moore, Okkervil Riverand Kimya Dawson. It was a great party, a huge crowd, glorious sunshine, beautiful music and a lovely end to the week. We are so appreciative of all the artists who braved the heat of the tent to give us some of the best performances of the entire convention. Thanks guys, you were all wonderful!
We were completely thrilled to have such a great bill and so delighted by the success of the party that we immediately forgave Noah And The Whale for breaking the bass drum so early in the day!
Thanks to everyone who showed up and made the day a mammoth success. And cheers to our sponsors without whom none of this would have been possible: PRS Guitars, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Glaceau, JamBase, The Austinist andThe Ice Cream Man. We’ll see y’all next year!
(Above is Emmy The Great, Noah And The Whale, Lightspeed Champion, She & Him and J Mascis performing at The Garden Party)
We’re finally able to announce the line-up of our 2008 SXSW party! We’ve been beavering away for the past few months with our friends at Ground Control Touring and Harp Magazine to put together our best ever SXSW party. The Garden Party takes place in the grounds of the French Legation Museum – a quick hop, skip and a jump across the I-35 from the main drag of 6th street – on Saturday March 15th, noon – 8pm. Get there early, grab some food, an ice cold beer, and kick back for a day of great new music.
Not only are The Last Shadow Puppets playing a secret NYC show, they’re playing their first show ever. Ever! TONIGHT! That’s right, Alex Turner and Miles Kaneof The Last Shadow Puppets are in New York City preparing for the May release of their debut album The Age Of The Understatement and they’ll be performing a shortish set at 10pm in the back of Sound Fix Recordson Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Sound Fix has a great coffee shop/bar back there, tucked away behind the store. We’ve seen fellow Domino Records talents Lightspeed Champion and Sons & Daughters rock that spot in the past few weeks and it’s the perfect place for a secret acoustic shin dig. We’ll see you there!
Our old mate Alex Wagner (ex of Fader, now busy making the world a better place) has started a “monthly musical series” called “Get Weird” at the New Museum on the Bowery on the third Thursday of every month. We missed the first one which featured Hisham Bharoocha (aka Soft Circle) and the magical group Telepathe, not just because it clashed with the Barack vs Hillary Texas debate on the TV, but also because we were already promised to someone else that evening. We won’t make that mistake again and we’re giving you plenty of notice for the next one. It’s March 20th and features South Africa’s BLK JKS who some observant types might recognize from the cover of the current Fader magazine.
