Astralwerks

Hot Chip are here, featured on Astralwerks' RSD compilation w/ Air, Diamond Rings, Kraftwerk & more (updated dates)

Hot Chip at Prospect Park in 2012 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Astralwerks Records was founded in NYC in 1993 as a primarily electronic arm of Caronline Reco…

Diamond Rings now on Astralwerks, playing w/ Porcelain Raft who plays w/ Here We Go Magic who are on tour (dates)

Diamond Rings backstage at Radio City Music Hall (more by Chris La Putt) Speaking of Toronto artists with ties to Fucked Up, congrats to Diamond Rings, who signed to Astralwerks worldwide last month (except for Canada, where he’ll stay at Secret City Records)…

Astralwerks-signed Dom playing shows, including that now-announced Neon Indian CMJ one w/ Wild Nothing

Dom @ Governors Island (more by Chris La Putt) If you haven’t heard, Dom, the ginger-fronted guys from Worcester, Mass., recently signed a deal to release an EP on Virgin/EMI label Astralwerks (release date TBA)…

Hot Chip - new album, song & 2010 tour dates w/ The xx

Hot Chip have announced the existense of their fourth studio album. “One Life Stand” will be released by Astralwerks on February 9, 2010…

Pet Shop Boys - 2009 North American Tour Dates (2 nights at Hammerstein Ballroom) - presale now

Pet Shop Boys will tour North America at the end of August into September. Those shows include two night at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom on September 1st and 2nd…

Midnight Juggernauts & Shy Child - Tour Dates, albums

Midnight Juggernauts @ Terminal 5, NYC – Oct 22, 2007 (tixgirl) Midnight Juggernauts make great dance music. I don’t know about their live show though…

What else happened?

Craig Wedren & Nicole Atkins @ Bowery Ballroom, Jan 25, 2008 (music snob) * Supergrass signs to Astralwerks * U2’s manager says take away your Internet * Led Zeppelin may tour, but not yet * Robert Plant talked/stuttered about MSG, at MSG * Rap mogul “Suge” Knight named in gang crackdown * Lil Wayne Addresses Drug Charges * Arctic Monkeys get record seven NME nominations * Imeem Buys Social Music Service Anywhere…

The Little Ones - new album, drummer, tour

The Little Ones used to give away a lot of their songs as MP3’s on their website. Now that they are signed to Astralwerks, not only don’t they give away even one, they just deal in streaming formats – like the video for their new song “Ordinary Song” (REAL and WINDOWS)…

The B-52's played Roseland, releasing new album

The B-52’s @ Roseland Ballrooom, NYC – Oct 31, 2007 (CRED) File under “REALLY?” — “THE B-52’S TO RELEASE FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN 16 YEARS ON ASTRALWERKS FEBRUARY 26, 2008″…

Cafe Tacuba - 2007 Tour Dates ++ S.O.B's is 25

Cafe Tacuba @ Central Park Summerstage, NYC – July 14, 2007 (CRED) “Café Tacuba (often spelled Café Tacvba) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning musical group from Naucalpan, Mexico…