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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">The Knocks’
<i>Magic</i> EP Debuts in Top 10 on iTunes Dance Chart</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">First Headlining Shows of 2012 Announced</span></u></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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answer to the Neptunes are kicking the living shit out of the Big Apple’s loft raves right now…they are scientists of swagger” –
<b><i>NME </i></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“...The Knocks are about to take over...a total adrenaline rush...” –<b><i> Nylon</i></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“They don't write songs so much as anthems, sort of midway between high street and hip, David Guetta and Daft Punk.” -<b><i>The
Guardian</i></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">NYC-based producers turned electro-hip-pop duo
<b>The Knocks </b>released their new<b> <i><u>Magic </u></i>EP</b> (A&M/Octone) yesterday, debuting inthe
<b>Top 10 </b>on the<b> iTunes Dance Chart </b>in the company of<b> Skrillex, Deadmau5, Kaskade and David Guetta.
</b>Now, they are announcing their first live dates of 2012. <b>The Knocks</b> will play a run of select headlining dates this January, presented by BroBible.com, before heading out on the high seas for the
<b>Weezer Cruise</b> from <b>January 19-23.</b> The duo is about to wrap up shows with
<b>DJ Shadow</b> in the UK where they have been setting off massive dance parties. They will then return to New York City for an electrifying
<b>New Year’s Eve DJ set</b> at the <b>Gansevoort Park Avenue</b>. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Since lead single<b> “Brightside”
</b>shot to<b> #1 on Hype Machine’s Twitter Chart </b>in October , <b>The Knocks</b></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1A1A1A">have debuted</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> the
<b>“Brightside” </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItMzMXCfKE">video</a> for the song on <b>Vevo,
</b>premiered the EP’s title track on<b> NylonMag.com</b> (where it became the most-streamed song ever on Nylon’s Soundcloud) and gave us all an early listen with a <a href="http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/listen_the_knocks_make_way_for_the_brightside_filter_exclusive">full
stream</a> of <b><i><u>Magic</u> </i></b>on <b>FilterMagazine.com. </b></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1A1A1A"> With a nu-disco vibe, club-friendly beats, glorious choruses and piano hooks, the duo <b>-</b> </span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Ben
“B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1A1A1A"> –</span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1A1A1A">makes
electronic music sound organic, installing a soul amongst all the ones and zeros, </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">it’s no wonder why </span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1A1A1A">The Knocks </span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1A1A1A">have
been setting the dance circuit, the blogosphere, and now the iTunes Dance Chart abuzz.
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1A1A1A"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Shortly after the <b><i>NME</i></b> declared <b>The Knocks</b> to be one of the <b>“20 hottest producers in music”</b> for their versatile production and remix work for the likes of <b>Rihanna,
Ellie Goulding, Foster The People, Chiddy Bang and Katy Perry,</b> the<b><i> NME</i></b> was once again singing The Knocks’ praises, this time for their own songs, saying that they have “stepped out from behind the desk to rebirth the Superstar DJ.” </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(Photo Credit: Alex Bittan )</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">The Knocks North American Live Dates:</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">December 31<sup>st</sup> New York, NY @ Gansevoort Park Avenue – DJ set</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">January 7<sup>th</sup> Toronto, ON @ The Hoxton</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">January 9<sup>th</sup> Burlington, VT @ Club Metronome</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">January 10<sup>th</sup> Hartford, CT @ Arch Street Tavern</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">January 12<sup>th</sup> Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">January 14<sup>th</sup> Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">January 19-23<sup>rd</sup> Weezer Cruise
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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