alt-J Announces a Headlining Tour of North America

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LOS ANGELES – alt-J announces a headlining tour of North America starting on April 7 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO. The tour includes festival stops at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly and Mountain Jam. A show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY will mark the largest venue the band has headlined in North America. That show will

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alt-J Releases New Video For “Deadcrush”

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Los Angeles – alt-J have released a new video for their track “Deadcrush” off of their new album RELAXER. The video, premiering today via WeTransfer, was directed by visual artist Young Replicant and choreographed by Darcy Wallace. “We are *very* proud to present the video for our new single Deadcrush, a collaboration between choreographer Darcy Wallace

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alt-J Announce More Tour Dates -Share New Video

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New York – Leeds based band, alt-J, is proud to announce their largest North American show to date, at the Hollywood Bowl on October 15, 2015. The band will also play Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on October 13, 2015. Artist pre-sale tickets for both shows are available tomorrow, May 12, 2015, at 10AM

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Alt-J Have Added New Tour Dates!

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New York – The Leeds based foursome that are alt-J, have just announced a fresh batch of performance dates to the tour announced back in February, planned for this summer throughout North America –the first of which happens tonight in Cleveland, OH. Past that, there are also listings for brand new dates scheduled to take place in the fall. Just

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Best New Bands Announces 2014 Newbie Awards Winners

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New York – BestNewBands.com, a top destination for reviews, interviews and news about the world’s best emerging recording artists, has announced the winners of its 2014 Newbie Awards honoring the year’s best new Band, Male artist, Female artist, Album and Breakthrough Artist. Best New Album: The War On Drugs, Lost In The Dream Best New

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Best New Bands Announces 2014 Newbie Awards Nominees

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New York – BestNewBands.com, a top destination for reviews, interviews and news about the world’s best emerging recording artists, has announced the nominees of its 2014 Newbie Awards honoring the year’s best new band, male artist, female artist and album—plus one new category (Breakthrough Artist), as determined by a poll of the site’s editorial staff.

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Alt-J Live: Letting The Music Speak For Itself

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Chicago – English experimental rock band alt-J has come along way since its formation in 2007 in a Leeds University dorm room. With a new member and new album, the band has been selling out show after show, including two sold-out dates at Chicago’s Riviera. Joe Newman (singer & guitarist), Thom Green (drummer), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboardist), and

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Alt-J Album Preview – This Is All Yours

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San Francisco – Back in 2012, the UK’s Alt-J put forth their eerily fascinating debut LP, An Awesome Wave, and quickly made a name for themselves in the realm of rock music.  Their debut is wrought with homemade time signatures and viscous modulation, all pulsing gracefully under the canopy of singer/guitarist Joe Newman’s mysterious and

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alt-J Release Video for ‘Left Hand Free’

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Los Angeles – Today alt-J release the video for “Left Hand Free,” directed by Ryan Staake (Diplo, Major Lazer) and shot on the Guadalupe River just outside of Austin, Texas.  This is the second song and first single lifted from their forthcoming album, This Is All Yours, and the song is available to download and stream

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