"If we took a holiday, Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life
It would be, it would be so nice"
In the wake of the group with the retro 80's sound Capital Cities recent performance of the Madonna classic on The Queen Latifah Show I thought I would wish everyone a Merry Christmas with a fond memory of my youth, Madonna's "Holiday" hey she never specified which one, or what kind, so it works in a universal sense. When I was an impressionable 17 year old man I will never forget my first foray to Skoochie's (R.I.P.) a 16 and older club in Seattle, WA and seeing this woman with rubber bracelets and rosaries for days hanging off her bare midriff, it was really cool and an eye opener to the sheltered life I had been leading. Since Christmas is a time of fond memories, and the 80's version of Madonna is one for me. Let's take a Holiday and celebrate, below... Merry Christmas Everyone!
Capital Cities is on the move...! Hot off the heels for their MTV VMA Win, their “Safe and Sound” music video was honored with their first MTV VMA award for “Best Visual Effects,” where they bested out such fellow nominees as Duck Sauce, Flying Lotus, Skrillex (featuring The Doors), as well as The Weeknd. Well, they have gone and have gotten all George Orwell "Animal Farm" on your ass, with their latest from their CD "In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery". That's right, it's time to hop right into the "Kangaroo Court" where you will be judged in a quite Orwellian fashion. Zebra's need not apply - they are prejudged and that's just the way it is. You know the whole horse of a different color thing. Capital Cities has another VMA winner on it's hands, keep on moving guys! Hop into "Kangaroo Court" after the jump!
“SAFE AND SOUND” IS A HIT AT TOP 40, TRIPLE A AND HOT AC AND ENTERS TOP 20 OF BILLBOARD’S HOT 100
“SAFE AND SOUND” VIDEO NOMINATED FOR TWO MTV VMA’S
“KANGAROO COURT,” THE SECOND SINGLE FROM IN A TIDAL WAVE OF MYSTERY, ADDED BY KROQ AND 98/7 IN LOS ANGELES AND SF’S LIVE 105
Capital Cities is co-headlining the feel-good event of the fall concert season: “Bright Futures Tour” with Fitz and The Tantrums. The two high-energy, Los Angeles-based bands will kick off the U.S. run on October 20 at The National in Richmond, VA. Tickets are on sale now for the outing, which will include shows at Roseland Ballroom in New York City (October 23) and Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club (October 30).
Capital Cities have taken the world by storm with the break out hit “Safe and Sound,” which is approaching Platinum status in the U.S., where it’s a multi-format smash at radio. After hitting No. 1 at Modern Rock, it’s now Top 10 at Triple A, Top 15 at Top 40 and Top 15 at Hot AC. Featured on the band’s debut album, In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery, it’s in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, has over four million streams on Spotify and is the #4 most Shazam-ed track in America. “Safe and Sound” has been heard on “American Idol,” “TODAY,” “90210” and in more than a half dozen promotional campaigns, including spots for Nike, HBO and Smart Car. The track has already gone Platinum in Germany and Gold in Canada.
The official "Safe and Sound" video– directed by Grady Hall (Beck, Modest Mouse) – recently picked up two MTV Video Music Award nominations: Best Visual Effects and Best Art Direction. The clip, which has racked up over eight million views, is a mash-up of the past 100 years of dance, presided over by front men Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian at the historic Los Angeles Theatre. It was choreographed by Mandy Moore(“So You Think You Can Dance,” Silver Linings Playbook).
Capital Cities – founded by Merchant and Simonian, two L.A.-based jingle writers who met on Craigslist – recently performed “Safe and Sound” on the outdoor stage of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” You can view their appearance. The band also recently performed at the Grove Summer Concert Series where over 7,500 people were in attendance.
Modern rock stations such asKROQ and 98/7 in Los Angeles and Live105 in San Francisco have already jumped on the band’s follow up single, “Kangaroo Court,” which Billboard hailed asa “summer jam if we’ve ever heard one.”The band – which USA Today praised for its “playful fusion of pop, rock and EDM” in a recent “On the Verge” feature – continues its world tour, with dates in Japan, Korea, Europe and North America.
Capital Cities – Upcoming Tour Dates
8/10 Osaka, Japan Summersonic
8/11 Osaka, Japan Summersonic
8/14 Seoul, South Korea Supersonic
8/17 Sterling Heights, MI MoPop Music Festival – Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
8/23 Eugene, OR Kaleidoscope Music Festival
8/24 Salt Lake City, UT The Gallivan Center – X96 Big Ass Show
8/25 Monterey, CA First City Festival – Monterey County Fairgrounds
8/30 Chicago, IL North Coast Music Festival
8/31 Calgary, AB X-fest – Fort Calgary
9/3 Luxembourg Den Atelier
9/4 Amsterdam Melkweg Oude Zaal
9/5 Hamburg Docks
9/6-7 Berlin Berlin Festival 2013
9/9 Frankfurt Gibson
9/10 Munich Muffathalle
9/11 Milan Magazzini Generali
9/13 Lisbon Santiago Alquimista
9/14 Madrid DCode Fest 2013
9/16 Paris Nouveau Casino
9/17 Cologne E-Werk
9/18 Antwerp TRIX Centrum voor Muziek
9/19 London XOYO
9/20-21 Atlanta, GA Music Midtown 2013
9/21-22 Denver, CO Riot Fest 2013
10/12-13 Mexico City Festival Corona Capital 2013
10/20 Richmond, VA The National *
10/23 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom *
10/24 Boston, MA House of Blues *
10/25 Wallingford, CT The Dome at Oakdale Theater *
In case you are wondering where I'll be tonight, it's at The El Rey seeing Capital Cities....
IN A TIDAL WAVE OF MYSTERY,
CAPITAL CITIES’ DEBUT ALBUM, IS OUT !
“SAFE AND SOUND” HITS NUMBER 1 AT MODERN ROCK THIS WEEK!
BAND PERFORMS ON “CONAN” THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 6
AND “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” ON JULY 10
TOUR INCLUDES SOLD-OUT JUNE 6 & 7 SHOWS AT LA’S EL REY THEATRE & NUMEROUS FESTIVAL DATES, INCLUDING BONNAROO
In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery, Capital Cities’ debut album, was released today by Capitol Records, in partnership with Lazy Hooks. The group will make its national television debut on“Conan” this Thursday, June 6, and perform on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on July 10.
Produced by founders/frontmen Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian – two Los Angeles-based jingle writers who met on Craigslist – In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery includes the multi-format radio smash “Safe and Sound,” which is Number 1 at the Modern Rock format, Top 20 at Triple A and within the Top 40 at Top 40 radio. Praised by RollingStone.com for the way it merges “high-energy dance beats with unbridled optimism and joy,” “Safe and Sound” has already sold more than 260,000 copies and is featured on the NOW 45 compilation.
The videos that Capital Cities has made for “Safe and Sound” have more than 4 million views cumulatively. The latest – lensed by Grady Hall (Beck, Modest Mouse), a writer-director and creative director at GRAMMY®-winning Motion Theory – is being played on MTV, MTV2, Teen Nick, Fuse, Music Choice, Palladia, mtvU and MTV Hits.
The New York Times’ website premiered In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery in the week leading up to is release, which also features the tracks “Kangaroo Court”, “I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo” and “Farrah Fawcett Hair” which features Andre 3000. Capital Cities’ songs have been heard on “American Idol,” “TODAY” and the Iron Man 3 soundtrack as well as in promotional campaigns for HBO, Smart Car, Microsoft and more than half a dozen other spots.
Capital Cities brings its “Dancing With Strangers” headline tour home this week, playing two sold-out shows at L.A.’s El Rey Theatre on June 6 and 7. All proceeds from the June 7 show will go to MusiCares and A Place Called Home. The band will also perform at numerous festivals, including Bonnaroo, Firefly, Summerfest andKanrocksas.
Capital Cities – Upcoming Tour Dates
6/5 Anaheim, CA House of Blues SOLD OUT 6/6 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre SOLD OUT
CAPITAL CITIES ANNOUNCES “DANCING WITH STRANGERS” HEADLINE TOUR
L.A. DUO WILL ALSO PERFORM AT SXSW, ULTRA, EDGEFEST,
SASQUATCH! AND FIREFLY FESTIVALS
SINGLE “SAFE AND SOUND” CLOSING IN ON
TOP 10 AT MODERN ROCK RADIO
February 25, 2013 — New York, NY — Capital Cities will launch the “Dancing With Strangers” tour – its first-ever North American outing – on April 23 at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, AZ. The headline run will include a show at New York City’s Irving Plaza on May 9 and wrap up with a hometown show at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on June 6. Tickets for the “Dancing With Strangers” tour go on sale to the publicthis Friday, March 1, at 10 AM local time. The band will also perform at SXSW and at numerous festivals, including ULTRA, Edgefest, Sasquatch! and Firefly. See below for itinerary.
Dual frontmen Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian – jingle writers who met on Craigslist – have created significant buzz with “Safe and Sound,” the first single from Capital Cities’ self-titled EP. The track is fast approaching the Top 10 at Modern Rock radio with major airplay on such stations as KROQ-Los Angeles, 987-Los Angeles, Live 105-San Francisco and The End-Seattle and is also garnering adds at Triple A radio stations. “Safe and Sound” is No. 1 on Sirius XM’s Alt Nation and has already sold more than 82,000 singles. It has been heard on The CW’s 90210 and in promotional campaigns for HBO, Smart Car and more than half a dozen other spots. The band’s video for “Safe and Sound” has more than one million views.
Neon Gold hailed “Safe and Sound” as a “sonic head rush…an easy, breezy, beautiful slice of effervescent-electro-pop that absolutely kills it” while Status magazine said: "Consider yourself warned, listening to Capital Cities is habit-forming.” The EP, released by Capitol Records in mid-December 2012, is available digitally and as limited edition 12” vinyl editions. It’s title track and first single is selling upwards of 7,000 copies a week. The band is currently wrapping up work on its debut album, due out later this year, and a ‘Safe and Sound’ remix EP will be released on March 19th. A new remix off the EP, ‘Safe and Sound (Cash Cash Remix)’ will premiere on the popular dance music blog DancingAstronaut.com Wednesday, February 27th.
Capital Cities – Upcoming Tour Dates
3/13 Mission, TX Las Palmas Racetrack – Never Say Never Festival
3/15 Austin, TX W Hotel/SXSW NYLON Day Party – 2-5 pm
3/15 Austin, TX Lucille’s/Green Label House Party DJ SET**
3/16 Austin, TX Perry Brooks Building
3/16 Austin, TX The Belmont/SWSW Live Nation Labs Showcase @ 9 pm
3/16 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall/SXSW Perez Hilton Showcase
3/22 Miami, FL Bayfront Park/Ultra Music Festival (Weekend 2)
4/23 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom 4/24 Tucson, AZ Solar Culture 4/26 Austin, TX Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
4/27 Frisco, TX FC Dallas Stadium/Edgefest
4/28 Houston, TX House of Blues – Bronze Peacock 4/30 New Orleans, LA House of Blues Parish
5/4 Washington, DC RFK Stadium-Lot 9/ DC 101 Chili Cook Off 5/8 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club 5/9 New York, NY Irving Plaza 5/10 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts 5/13 Toronto, ON Virgin Mobile Mod Club 5/14 Cleveland, OH Cambridge Room @ House of Blues 5/15 Detroit, MI The Shelter 5/21 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep 5/22 Aspen, CO Belly Up
5/23 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
5/24 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
5/26 Quincy, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre/Sasquatch! Music Festival
5/29 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
5/31 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
6/1 Santa Barbara, CA Soho Restaurant & Music Club
6/5 Anaheim, CA House of Blues 6/6 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
6/23 Dover, DE Dover International Speedway/Firefly Music Festival
