Press Release - Death Cab For Cutie - Live Event

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE SET TO MAKE HISTORY

WITH “YOU ARE A TOURIST” VIDEO EVENT;

COMPANION CLIP TO EAGERLY AWAITED NEW

SINGLE WILL BE FIRST-EVER SCRIPTED,

SINGLE-TAKE VIDEO TO BE AIRED LIVE AS IT 

IS FILMED;

PRODUCTION TO BE BROADCAST LIVE

TUESDAY, APRIL 5^TH;   7PM EST/4PM PST

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ATLANTIC RECORDS, 

BING AND REDLASER

“YOU ARE A TOURIST” HITS ALL DSPS TODAY MARCH 29^TH;

Long known for their ingenious and imaginative videos, Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie are poised to make history with the companion clip for their hugely anticipated new single, “You Are A Tourist.”  Directed by award-winning filmmaker Tim Nackashi (TV On The Radio, OK Go, Elvis Costello, Radiohead), and conceptualized by frequent collaborator Aaron Stewart-Ahn,  “You Are A Tourist” will be the first-ever live, scripted, single-take music video to be broadcast as it is filmed.   Presented by Atlantic Records, Bing and RedLaser, viewers are invited to watch the production unfold before their eyes, Tuesday, April 5^th at 7pm EST/4pm PST via www.youareatourist.com

Fans can quickly add the “You Are A Tourist” video event to their calendars using leading mobile barcode scanning application RedLaser and a QR Code featured on Death Cab for Cutie’s website and official Twitter feed (@dcfc). Fans simply download RedLaser to their iPhone or Android, scan the QR Code and hit edit to add the video event to their calendar.

Bing, the decision engine from Microsoft, will offer exclusive behind-the-scenes photos of the band prepping for the video as well as from the live production itself at www.facebook.com/bing beginning on April 5.   In addition, a special embed code will be available allowing users to air the video event on their own blog or website.

“You Are A Tourist” is the first single from Death Cab for Cutie’s eagerly awaited new album, “CODES AND KEYS.”  The track hit multi-format radio outlets nationwide on Monday, March 28^th and is available at all DSPs beginning today Tuesday, March 29^th.   You can hear the full stream of “You Are a Tourist here: http://atlr.ec/youareatourist

In the meantime, “CODES AND KEYS”, which is out May 31^st, is available now for pre-order at www.deathcabforcutie.com/codesandkeys.  An array of unique bundles are on offer, featuring such exciting exclusives as the “LIVE AT THE MT. BAKER THEATRE” DVD, a “CODES AND KEYS” t-shirt , a “CODES AND KEYS” tote bag, a full album stream 72 hours before street date, and one-year membership in the band’s official fan club, DCFC Union Local #1138 (or one-year renewal for current members).  All pre-orders will receive a digital download of “You Are A Tourist” on Tuesday, March 29^th.

Death Cab for Cutie is:  Ben Gibbard: guitars, keyboards, vocals * Chris Walla: guitars, keyboards * Nick Harmer: bass * Jason McGerr: drums.

For up-to-the-minute news and tour information, please visit www.deathcabforcutie.com.

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Top Albums for the Week

Here are the top selling albums for the week ending 03/27/2011.

THIS WEEK RANK	ARTIST	TITLE	THIS WEEK SALES
1	Chris Brown	F.A.M.E.	270,381
2	Jennifer Hudson	I Remember Me	164,786
3	Adele	21	95,991
4	The Strokes	Angles	88,570
5	Kirk Franklin	Hello Fear	87,211
6	Various	Songs For Japan	67,974
7	Panic! At The Disco	Vices & Virtues	55,906
8	Mumford & Sons	Sigh No More	39,054
9	Bobby V	Fly On The Wall	37,633
10	Lupe Fiasco	Lasers	28,929

New Music For Monday: White Snake - "Forevermore"

Whitesnake is back with their 11th studio album, and while they’re sans Tawney Kitaen and the big hair they pretty much sound the same.   

The big question of the week, can a bunch of old men out sell another Britney Spears comeback attempt.

The track listing for “Forevermore” is below:

1	Steal Your Heart Away	5:18
2	All Out of Luck	5:28
3	Love Will Set You Free	3:52
4	Easier Said Than Done	5:13
5	Tell Me How	4:41
6	I Need You (Shine a Light)	3:49
7	One of These Days	4:53
8	Love and Treat Me Right	4:14
9	Dogs in the Street	3:48
10	Fare Thee Well	5:18
11	Whipping Boy Blues	5:02
12	My Evil Ways	4:33
13	Forevermore	7:22

The new album “Forevermore” releases March 29^th but you can listen to it now on AOL by clicking here or by pasting the link: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/21 into your web browser. 

Or if Britney is more your style you can check it out here as well or by pasting the link: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/1 into your web browser.

Top Albums for the Week

Here are the top selling albums for the week ending 03/20/2011.

THIS WEEK RANK	ARTIST	TITLE	THIS WEEK SALES
1	Adele	21	98,076
2	Rise Against	Endgame	84,518
3	Lupe Fiasco	Lasers	46,662
4	Glee Cast	Vol. 5-Glee: The Music	43,467
5	Mumford & Sons	Sigh No More	41,416
6	Justin Bieber	Never Say Never-Remix	33,806
7	Avril Lavigne	Goodbye Lullaby	31,696
8	Various	Now 37	30,227
9	Travis Barker	Give The Drummer Some	28,427
10	Marsha Ambrosius	Late Nights & Early Mornings	27,507

Pinetop Perkins, Last of the Great Mississippi Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins, the last of the great Mississippi Bluesmen, passed away Monday at his home in Austin, Texas at the age of 97.  

 Playing music right up until the end, Perkins is the oldest winner of a Grammy award having earned one this last February for best traditional blues album "Joined at the Hip: Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith." 

Perkins lived his life in the tradition of many bluesmen, rambling from place to place, watching most of his contemporaries pass on. Perkins, whose real first name was Willie, was born in 1913 in Belzoni, Mississippi and gave himself the name “Pinetop” because he liked the music of another musician named Pinetop Smith.  He spent his childhood picking cotton and plowing fields with a mule, very rarely going to school.

Well known for his piano blues, Pinetop was originally a guitar player but switched to piano after an encounter with a woman left him with tendon damage from stab wound to his arm.   In the late 1940’s Perkins played on the King Biscuit Time radio show broadcast and by the next decade he was touring with Ike Turner and playing with the likes of Sonny Boy Williamson and slide guitarist Robert Nighthawk.

Pinetop’s big break came while he was in his 50’s.  Muddy Waters was looking new piano player when Perkins showed off his aggressive keyboarding during a jam session. "He liked what he heard. The rest is history," said Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, who was a drummer in Waters' band back in 1969.

Perkins' first solo album, "Boogie Woogie King" was released in 1976.  Beginning in 1992 with "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie," he released 15 albums in 15 many years.  He received a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2005 and won a 2007 Grammy for best traditional blues album for his collaboration on the "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas."

His manager, Patricia Morgan, said funeral arrangements were pending in Austin and a graveside service would be held near Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he wanted to be buried.  "We knew he lived a good life. What can you say about the man? He left here in his sleep. That's the way I want to go."

New Music For Monday – Tommy Shaw “The Great Divide”

Tommy Shaw, the guitarist and occasional vocalist from Styx, contributing member of The Damn Yankees and solo rocker is back with a new solo album of Bluegrass music.   

Says Shaw, “The Great Divide is a story of love and life; of happiness and hope; of loss and discovery. It’s the story of a journey that spans generations, and is ultimately about trying to find your way home. And I’m as proud of this story as any I’ve ever told.”

Shaw, a Montgomery, Alabama native, establishes himself as an authentic addition to the Bluegrass community, and with the help of Alison Krauss, Dwight Yoakam and Jerry Douglas, The Great Divide proves itself worthy of the genre. 

THE GREAT DIVIDE Tracklist:

1. The Next Right Thing

2. Back In Your Kitchen

3. Sawmill

4. The Great Divide

5. Shadows In the Moonlight

6. Get On the One

7. Umpteen Miles

8. Cavalry

9. Afraid to Love

10. Give `em Hell Harry

11. I'll Be Comin' Home

Listening to the album I can’t help but think back to my high school days with Styx on the turntable and singing along with Tommy on “Renegade.”  This album seems like a logical progression for the acclaimed musician and every Styx fan should at least give it a preview.  

THE GREAT DIVIDE releases on March 22^nd, but you can listen to it for a limited time on AOL by clicking here or copy and paste the web address: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/14 into your browser.

Top Albums for the Week

Here are the album sales for the week ending 03/13/2011.

THIS WEEK RANK	ARTIST	TITLE	THIS WEEK SALES
1	Lupe Fiasco	Lasers	204,168
2	Adele	21	132,719
3	Glee Cast	Vol. 5-Glee: The Music	89,854
4	Avril Lavigne	Goodbye Lullaby	87,089
5	R.E.M.	Collapse Into Now	57,427
6	Sara Evans	Stronger	55,193
7	Mumford & Sons	Sigh No More	45,837
8	Marsha Ambrosius	Late Nights & Early	40,971
9	Justin Bieber	Never Say Never-Remixes	39,947
10	Various	Now 37	32,563