PRESS HERE NYC SHOWS: *Young The Giant*Wanda Jackson*Xylos*

[Carla Senft]

Hello!

 

Press Here has Young The Giant, Wanda Jackson and Xylos in town this
week! Please let us know if you would like to check out any of these
shows!

 

YOUNG THE GIANT * Thursday January 20 @ Mercury Lounge

On the heels of an electrifying national TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
last week and a performance last night on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit,
SoCal rock outfit Young The Giant will play a sold-out show at NYC's
Mercury Lounge this Thursday January 20th as part of their first
headlining tour. Their self-- titled debut is due for release January
25th on Roadrunner Records. Rousing lead single "My Body" was recently
featured as the iTunes Single of The Week and has been heating up
airwaves across the country, reaching the Top 20 on the Alternative
Radio Chart and climbing. Killer hooks, heart-pounding drum patterns and
chiming guitars invoke time and place - stories of both sun-soaked
memories, jilted lovers and everything in between - making for one of
the most memorable shows you'll see all year. Young the Giant was named
"rising stars" by Billboard, called "vivid, vibrant rock...a pop
masterpiece" by the Wall Street Journal and named the #3 Rock Album of
2010 by Amazon. Starting the New Year in strong fashion, Young the Giant
was named as one of MySpace/Fuse's "Introducing..." artists, the marquee
music program showcasing emerging artists.  (gina at pressherepublicity.com
/ carla at pressherepublicity.com) 

 

WATCH Young The Giant taking the Jimmy Kimmel Live stage by storm:

"My Body": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhNjMYbNQ-w   

"Apartment": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVvlKk1TWrM 

 

Daytrotter session:
http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/young-the-giant-concert/20054585-112008.htm
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Praise for Young The Giant:

"Young the Giant draws on its European and Middle Eastern ethnic roots
to enrich its vivid, vibrant rock...their superb self-titled debut album
that rings with unexpected arrangements and tasty vocal harmonies. It's
a pop masterpiece..." -Wall Street Journal

"The 12 tracks on Young The Giant trace a winding landscape of
influence, recalling locations visited and people met, as the band craft
amiable rock numbers that are at once sparklingly warm and cooly
removed...fresh and compelling... " - Alternative Press

 

"...just too good to be kept secret." - NylonMag.com

 

 

WANDA JACKSON* Friday, January 21st @ The Music Hall Of Williamsburg
With a remarkable career that began in 1955, Wanda Jackson, credited
with being the first woman to ever record a rock and roll song - "Let's
Have a Party" in 1958 - was convinced by her friend Elvis Presley to
cross over from country to rock and rockabilly music. This Rock and Roll
Hall of Famer is now known around the globe as "The Queen Of
Rockabilly". Jackson was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement
Award at the 2010 Americana Music Awards in Nashville. The award - in
the category of Performance - was presented to her by Jack White, friend
and producer of her new album The Party Ain't Over out NEXT WEEK on
White's label Third Man Records and Nonesuch Records. Do not miss this
once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Wanda's rip-roaring, soulful and
vibrant voice live and in-person, accompanied by The Third Man House
Band with Jack White on guitar! 

 

Check out The Party Ain't Over streaming in-full HERE
<http://www.npr.org/2011/01/16/132289971/first-listen-wanda-jackson-the-
party-aint-over> 

 

Check out the video for "Thunder On The Mountain" premiering TODAY on
AOL/Spinner HERE
<http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/18/wanda-jackson-jack-white-party-aint-o
ver/> 

 

Praise For Wanda Jackson: 

"The perfect complement to whiskey-drenched heartbreak, The Party Ain't
Over is also a boot-stompin' good time."  - Blackbook Magazine

 

"the old girl's growls are nasty, the surf-guitar lines chilling and the
New Orleans brass outro wicked. When's the album?" - Rolling Stone

"...thrilling audiences by singing as gustily as Carl Perkins and
rocking as hard as Jerry Lew Lewis, her records "Let's Have a Party,"
"Fujiyama Mama," and "Funnel of Love" are white-hot rockabilly classics"
- The New Yorker

(chloe at pressherepublicity.com <x-msg://182/chloe@pressherepublicity.com>
// sarah at pressherepublicity.com
<x-msg://182/sarah@pressherepublicity.com> )

XYLOS ~  Saturday, January 22 @ Bowery Electric @ 10 pm 

Brooklyn electro-pop quintet Xylos will be premiering songs from their
self-titled April 2011 debut album at Bowery Electric on January 22.
Over the past 2 years, the band has been gathering fans and praise for
their lush, '80s-inspired pop and Monika Heidemann's intoxicating,
otherworldly vocals.  Xylos' self-titled debut album, recorded by
Yeasayer and Chairlift producer Britt Myers in his NYC studio, will be
out April 5, 2011.  New York Press wrote that their track ""Darling
Dearest' is like a female-fronted Hot Chip song mashed up with a Field
Mice song," and they were just named one of the New York Post Popwrap
Blog's "10 Artists to Know in 2011"  for their sophisticated-yet-playful
songs, weaving together lush harmonies, electronic production, and
soaring vocal melodies that draw on influences ranging from Kate Bush,
ABBA and Steve Reich. (angie at pressherepublicity.com) 

Check out the official video to "Not Enough" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpNnFviZ-g 

 

Carla Senft

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