M83 and Urban Outfitters team for 16-market giveaway!
M83′s hitting the road, and to celebrate Mute Records and Urban Outfitters have teamed up to give away a pair of tickets and a $25 dollar Urban Outfitters gift certificate to one lucky winner in each tour market!
a) visit M83′s widget at http://widget.nabbr.com/m83.html
b) embed M83′s widget in your Myspace, Facebook, or any other personal website. Click on the “embed” link at the bottom right hand side of the widget (above the “Nabbr” button) and use the auto-embed function or copy and paste the code provided into your website.
c) email mute@mute.com with a link to your page where the widget is embedded, your full name, age, the market you’d like to attend M83′s concert in, and address where you’d like to receive your gift card (including street, city, state, and zip code).
d) you’re entered! all entries must be received 24 hours before the show date and entrant must be 21 years of age or older in the US and 19 years of age or older in Canada. For complete rules and regulations please visit: http://mute.edgeboss.net/download/mute/m83/m83_uocontestlegal.pdf
This is one tour you don’t want to miss! Catch them at the stops below.
M83 tour dates:
Tues 11/11 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Wed 11/12 – Charlotte, NC@ Tremont Music Hall
Thu 11/13 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Fri 11/14 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Sat 11/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Starlite Ballroom
Sun 11/16 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Nightclub
Tue 11/18 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
Wed 11/19 – Montreal, QC @ Studio Juste Pour Rire
Thu 11/20 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Fri 11/21 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Sat 11/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
Tue 11/25 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
Wed 11/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Richards On Richards
Thu 11/27 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Fri 11/28 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
Sat 11/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater
All 5 M83 albums get released on Vinyl in November
Mute Records will issue all five of M83s albums on November 25th. Each of these releases will include a bonus CD, and are all double LP’s with the exception of Digital Shades (previously a digital only release, issued on CD for the first time October 28, 2008).
M83 has also confirmed a headlining US tour throughout November. The tour kicks off in Atlanta, GA, on November 11th and wraps up in Los Angeles, CA, on November 29th. Following those dates, M83 will head across the pond to the UK to open for Kings of Leon.
All five albums will be released on vinyl on November 25th
-Saturdays=Youth – originally released 2008
-Digital Shades Vol. 1 – originally released 2007 on digital format only
-Before the Dawn Heals Us – originally released 2005
-Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts – originally released 2004
-M83 – originally released 2002
M83 Tour Dates:
11/11 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
11/12 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
11/13 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11/14 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/15 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlite Ballroom
11/16 Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Nightclub
11/18 Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11/19 Montreal, QC @ Studio Juste Pour Rire
11/20 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
11/21 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
11/22 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
11/25 Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
11/26 Vancouver, BC @ Richards On Richards
11/27 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
11/28 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
11/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater
Dates with Kings of Leon:
12/1 Brighton, UK @ Brighton Centre
12/2 Nottingham, UK @ Trent FM Arena
12/4 Newcastle, UK @ Metro Arena
12/5 Sheffield, UK @ Sheffield Arena
12/7 Glasgow, UK @ SECC
12/8 Liverpool, UK @ Echo Arena
12/10 Birmingham, UK @ NIA
12/11 London @ The O2 Arena
12/14 Bournemouth, UK @ BIC
12/16 Manchester, UK @ Evenings News Arena,
12/17 Cardiff, UK @ International Arena
12/19 Dublin, IRELAND @ O2
12/20 Belfast @ Odyssey Arena
12/22 London, UK @ Wembley
M83 – Saturdays=Youth
This is the second record Anthony Gonzalez has made as the sole genius behind the M83 name. Anthony did not do this alone. He got production assistance on Saturdays=Youth came from Ewan Pearson and Ken Thomas. They have produced such works as Sigur Ros and The Rapture. There has been some buzz about these songs as Anthony has gone for a traditional structure for his songs. While, there is moments on the record that follow a certain rigger just look at the first single “Graveyard Girl.” That does not take anything away from this sweet record. In some cases it even enhances the record.
The record does shy away from the digital arena and turns to a sythn based 80s sound in a lot of the songs. The sound has already turned away a few fans. But, this new shift in the sound makes each song really pop out at you.
“You, Appearing” starts off the album with a stretched out and atmospheric sound. A young falsetto vocal in the background of this complex backdrop is an interesting introduction for the album because ever so quickly the sound shifts away from that. “Kim & Jessie” hits your right out of the gates with some pounding drums and hooky sythn line. As the build up to the chorus is going you might thing a bigger payoff would ensue but sadly its still just picks up slightly. “Skin of the Night” takes things back a bit with a quietly and eerie tune with a great vocal to compliment. “Graveyard Girl” just keeps growing on me and it is a song that I have been going back to a lot. The song deals with a young girl as show in the breakdown with that frighting aside about how she feels it all to late for her. “Couleurs” is a feast of sounds being blasted in your ears lead by a charging sythn line. “We Own The Sky” is another beautiful piece of ambient magic. The song takes on a journey for fives minutes slowly building and make a lot of quick movements. “Too Late” is a really minimal and sparse but portrays this odd level of elegance and beauty in the notes. “Midnight Souls Still Remain” carries out the album with a massive eleven minute ambient piece with not a lot of movements or changes.
The album might turn a few people off as there is a lot of variety and things you might not expect from an M83 record. “Saturdays=Youth” is one of the finest albums of this half of the year as it gives you everything you could want: songs to fall asleep to, songs to lift you and songs for…well I can go on and on.
By John Siwicki
M83 – Graveyard Girl
M83 has dipped back into the 80′s for the bands latest album “Saturdays and Youths.” For anyone who heard M83′s last album the ambient “Digital Shades Volume 1” the sound is quiet the departure. The first single from the album “Graveyard Girl” is an explosion of Shoegazing meets New Order like sounds. The song starts off with a few drum patter patters and a huge riff that could of opened any New Order since 93. Then the quiet and shy vocal starts up and then when you get hit with the chorus you feel like you are being lifted to the new land. The feeling of being lost and taken away is the best part of listening to the a M83 record. They always seem to get those emotions across on the records.. Then at half-way you get a young girl pouring her heart out with an incredibly depressing soliloquy about here depression. Then after her speech this small piece of keyboard is one of the most beautiful things you will hear in ages. M83 went in another direction for the new record and it is paying off big as this track is really a gorgeous and remarkable piece of music.
By John Siwicki