Category: Music

  • BRMC & The Black Ryder DJ set in Denver

    BRMC & The Black Ryder DJ set in Denver

    Twist & Shout Records and PBR present:

    The LIPGLOSS 13th Anniversary | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (DJ Set) X The Black Ryder (DJ Set) feat. Leah Shapiro & Scott Von Ryper | Hollow & DJ Tower 

    Pre-sale is highly recommended for this event and is available at www.denver3.com.

    Established in 2001, Lipgloss is the country’s longest-running indie dance party, featuring only the finest in indie, rock, soul & retro.

    To celebrate our 13th anniversary, we’re excited to bring you a first: Leah Shapiro of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Official Page) & tour-drummer for The Raveonettes and Scott Von Ryper of Autralia’s psych-rock The Black Ryder will commandeer the Lipgloss DJ booth for a joint DJ set!

    This kind of pairing doesn’t happen at just any dance party. In fact, this particular one has never happened before. So come be a part of history as two of our favorite rockstars take over your Lipgloss dance experience. It’s going to be a gritty, rock-infused dance party.

    Lipgloss founder Hollow aka boyhollow & resident DJ Tower will also attend the DJ booth to round out all your dancing needs.

    Music by Leah Shapiro of BRMC & Scott Von Ryper of The Black Ryder, Hollow & DJ Tower
    Photos by Sam Nguyen
    Video by Caleb
    Door by Aimee
    The love of music by you

    To RSVP and purchase tickets, check out the event page on Facebook.

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  • Rebuild Cobb Studio & Nicgorski home.

    Rebuild Cobb Studio & Nicgorski home.

    “Our long time friends in The Cobbs need a little help and support. Last month their home studio in Philly was destroyed by fire and water damage.
    This home served as a shelter from the storm for many bands over the years, including ourselves, recording much of the ‘Howl’ & ‘Beat The Devils Tattoo’ album in their tiny basement studio. The Nicgorski’s took us in, gave us a place to hide out and record, and never asked for anything in return (except for us to take their daughters 
    Please help in anyway you can, thank you-
    -BRMC”

    Visit Billy Nicgorski’s GoFundMe campaign and help add to the fundraiser and to receive updates on the studio. Here is a little more about what happened:

    “On Tuesday April 29th in the middle of the night we had a catastrophe at the studio. On the second floor of the house we had a major water overflow that spread down into the basement studio causing an electrical fire and massive water damage. It was a complete loss. We are covered by insurance but as you would expect it is only covering a small portion of the damage.

    We really need your help to bring back the studio and to rebuild our lives. If you know me you know it’s really hard for me to ask for help. A friend suggested that I put this together.

    Thanks for all of your support. It means everything to me to get the studio back and to fix my home.

    Thanks
    Billy -Paul -Maria Nicgorski Ryan Bernstein”

  • BRMC Graffiti Guerrilla

    BRMC Graffiti Guerrilla

    This video was posted a couple weeks ago and it’s great to see a full article (in French) on the artists! Excerpt of the article through Google Translate:

    “This beautiful graffiti is the result of a collaboration between Diskaerosol , graffiti artist Charly and Aurélie Compain a Berruyère that after working in the music industry, is involved in the creation of music and video. What inspired this project? The American rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC dubbed) .

    …

    The duo decided to imagine and realize a graffiti referring to BRMC, visual novel. He had to act fast, “so that it fits with the French group tour ( from February 5 to 24, note ).  “On January 17, the duo moved under the bridge bypass: Diskaerosol going all day spray paint in hand, then Aurelie Compain filmed the whole execution of the work. “We arrived at 10 am and did not stop until the last ray of sunshine! “She recalls.

    She shot a video edited in fast motion where you can see, about 4 minutes, the fresco rise gradually. Music by BRMC, obviously.”

    BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Graffiti Guerrilla from ian ottaway on Vimeo.

    (French Tour, 2014) by Aurélie Compain

  • “Some Kind of Ghost” Music Video + 2 free B-sides!

    “Some Kind of Ghost” Music Video + 2 free B-sides!

    It is Peter Hayes’s birthday and us fans are getting the presents! A brand new music video for “Some Kind of Ghost”, directed by Daniel Mancini, is posted HERE and embedded below:

    Also, they’ve posted 2 new B-sides to download!

    ‘Download “Gods Gonna Cut You Down” as featured on the HBO drama series ‘True Detective’ and an acoustic version of “Some Kind of Ghost” by clicking HERE.’

    One more thing, if you have a photo with Peter and have a Facebook profile – join the fun of changing your profile picture to it! Thanks to Arsianty Andhany for the screen caps!

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  • Congrats to Sound City Soundtrack on the Grammys!

    Congrats to Sound City Soundtrack on the Grammys!

    It’s a great day for good soundtracks! Sound City: Real to Reel, which features a track called “Heaven and All” that was written and performed by Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl, and Peter Hayes, won the 2014 Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Here’s Butch Vig’s award acceptance speech from Loudwire.com:

    “Woo! I’ve got to dedicate this to Dave Grohl,” said Vig. “It was really Dave’s vision, enthusiasm and energy that made Sound City come to life. It’s an absolute pleasure working with him everyday. I love you hombre.”

    “A big shout to Sam and everyone at Studio 606, our technical crew and the lovely James Brown who made it sound kind of sweet,” added Vig. “Also a shout out to all the incredible musicians we collaborated with on ‘Sound City.’ It was truly a unique and once-in-a-lifetime experience. Sound City! Thank you.”

    Read More: Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City’ Wins Best Soundtrack 2014 Grammy

    From the Grammy website:

    57. BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

    WINNER

    Sound City: Real To Reel

    Butch Vig, compilation producer

    Label: RCA Records/Roswell Records

    Django Unchained

    Quentin Tarantino, compilation producer

    Label: Loma Vista/Universal Republic

    The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)

    Baz Luhrman, compilation producer

    Label: WaterTower Music/ Interscope

    Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition)

    Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephan Metcalfe, compilation producers

    Label: Universal Republic

    Muscle Shoals

    Stephan Badger & Greg Camalier, compilation producers

    Label: Universal Republic
    UPDATE: Another congrats on winning Best Rock Song: “Cut Me Some Slack” from ‘Sound City: Real To Reel’
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  • Harvard & Stone NYE 2014 Bash with Robert Levon Been of BRMC & H&S Burlesque

    Harvard & Stone NYE 2014 Bash with Robert Levon Been of BRMC & H&S Burlesque

    If you don’t have any plans for New Year’s Eve yet and are in or near LA, Harvard & Stone’s third annual New Year’s Eve party is coming up and Robert will be one of the DJ’s!

    “This year our friends at Pernod Ricard are helping us ring in the new year with special performances by the H&S dancers, Lil’ Jenny & Charlotte Chau-Peche, accompanied by the legendary H&S band & Kiwi genius deejays, Phoebe Falconer & Dan DJ Ladypils Mancini & Penny Dreadful as well as very special guest, Robert Levon Been of BRMC leading the band for the midnight set, counting us down and crooning a welcome to the New Year while you all drink a champagne toast on us & Pernod Ricard USA. Deejays spin from 8pm until closing time, band and burlesque dancers will play a show every hour starting at 10:30. Entry will be $25 in advance and $30 night of subject to availability & includes a sparkling toast at midnight.

    Entry will be $25 in advance and $30 night of subject to availability & includes a sparkling toast at midnight.

    ticket link:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harvard-stone-nye-bash-tickets-5036708932 or reservations@harvardandstone.com for tables.”

    Here’s a link to the Facebook event page to RSVP (and check if your friends are going).

  • BRMC featured in trailers for The Counselor and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

    BRMC featured in trailers for The Counselor and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

    Last month, there was some excitement because BRMC’s song “Sell It” is in a trailer for the film The Counselor, which comes out this week. Here’s the trailer and a short synopsis:

    Movie: The Counselor
    Genres: Crime, Drama And Thriller
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Stars: Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem
    Writer: Cormac McCarthy,
    Runtime: 111 min
    Release Date: 25 October 2013.

    Synopsis:
    This is a David and Goliath story of one veterinarian’s battle to protect her patients (tigers, lions and even house cats) from big corporations, with their big corporate money, that will shamelessly do anything to animals to increase their bottom line. She starts a grassroots movement that is fueled by passion, but appears to be losing the battle. Then, unexpectedly, she realizes that the corporations accidentally left her a giant loophole. In a scramble to take advantage of this unforeseen gift, she leads the crusade passing legislation protecting animals from de-clawing in seven cities in just six weeks.

    A little bit earlier in September, PC Gamer and Tech 2 posted about BRMC’s song “Hate The Taste” playing in Ubisoft’s trailer for multiplayer in the new Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag game (release date 10.29.2013 on XBOX 360/Ps3/Wii U and Day 1 for whenever PS4 and XBox One). Phil Savage of PC Gamer writes “This multiplayer trailer is packed full of violence. And also the band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, for some inexplicable reason.”  Shunal Doke of Tech 2 writes: “The trailer is comprised entirely of gameplay footage taken from cinematic angles with the song I Hate the Taste by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club playing in the background.” Well, close enough. This Assassin’s Creed game is very pirate-themed, so appropriate for BRMC’s music.