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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Good afternoon!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Press Here has some exciting shows hitting the Big Apple this month – let us know if you’d like to check them out!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CAGE THE ELEPHANT * TOMORROW Wednesday, May 11 @ Terminal 5 – 8:15<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cage the Elephant</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> will be performing <b>TOMORROW NIGHT </b>(5/11) at <b>Terminal 5 </b>with Manchester Orchestra. The band is touring in support of their newest offering, <b><i>Thank You Happy Birthday</i></b>,<b><i> </i></b>which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and whose first single <b>“Shake Me Down” </b>hung in at #1 at Alternative Rock radio for over seven weeks. They blew the roof off Coachella last month (frontman <b>Matt Shultz</b> performed in a little red polka dot dress… <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/photos-the-hottest-live-performances-from-coachella-2011-20110416/cage-the-elephant-0260304" target="_blank">in case you missed it</a>) and are taking their show on the road through the summer with stops at some of the season’s most talked about festivals including <b>Lollapalooza </b>and <b>Summer Sonic Festival </b>in Japan. Come see what all the noise is about!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(<a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:jamie@pressherepublicity.com">jamie@pressherepublicity.com</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"It was one of those shows that people will be talking about five years from now, saying, 'Back in 2011, I saw Cage the Elephant at a small venue before they were huge… It was like I was watching a young Pearl Jam or Nirvana. The energy, both onstage and in the crowd, was simply undeniable.” – <b><i>SPIN.com</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CEREBRAL BALLZY * Wednesday, May 18 @ Best Buy Theatre</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NYC’s grimiest, scream-iest, rocking-ist hardcore band – <b>Cerebral Ballzy</b> – is taking the stage at <b>Best Buy Theatre </b>on <b>Wednesday, May 18 </b>with <b>Face to Face.</b> Their debut self titled album is set to hit Adult Swim’s Williams Street Records on <b>July 26</b> <span style='color:black'>featuring tracks like their first single “Insufficient Fare” and “Don’t Tell Me What To Do” telling the story of broken homes and broken bones while capturing the teenage punks’ experience growing up in the Big Apple’s rotten center. </span>Already dubbed “<i>New York’s next great band</i>” by the <b>NME</b>, <b>Cerebral Ballzy</b> have toured the UK and Europe twice, performing with <b>Anthrax</b>, <b>Fucked Up</b> and <b>OFF!</b> and the band continues its never-ending tour of America, jumping headfirst off every monitor and surfing through every pit. <b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(<a href="mailto:cara@pressherepublicity.com">cara@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:jamie@pressherepublicity.com">jamie@pressherepublicity.com</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GRUFF RHYS * Wednesday, May 18 @ The Knitting Factory<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gruff Rhys, singer, songwriter and leader of Welsh band <b>Super Furry Animals</b> as well as one half of celebrated electro duo <b>Neon Neon</b> <i>and </i>documentarian extraordinaire is a veritable national treasure in his native UK. Last week saw the US release of his fantastic new solo album, <b><i>Hotel Shampoo</i></b> on <b>Wichita Recordings</b>. He is now bringing his live show to NYC, kicking off his US tour on Wednesday, May 18<sup>th</sup> at The Knitting Factory.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>He will be joined and supported by his backing band <b>Y Niwl</b>. The title of the record is a reference to Gruff’s unfortunate habit of hoarding mini shampoo bottles and other complimentary hotel products whilst on tour. <b>Hotel Shampoo</b> has already been met with a whirlwind of rave reviews -<u> Spin</u><i> </i>praises it as <i>“<span style='color:#3A3A3B'>…</span>whimsically rewarding…. Super Furry Animals' frontman makes the gimmicky sublime.”</i> <u>Pitchfork</u> found that <b>Hotel Shampoo</b> <i>“manages to strike the right balance between Rhys' desire to indulge odd whims, lyrical humor, outright pop, and heartfelt sentiment. More importantly, he always makes it sound effortless.”</i> The album is full shimmering slices of kaleidoscopic, cinematic pop, including the enticing singles <b>"Sensations In The Dark" <<a href="http://youtu.be/IBg_h9kmRhk">http://youtu.be/IBg_h9kmRhk</a>> </b>and <b>"Shark Ridden Waters" <<a href="http://youtu.be/usGdERPWoPU">http://youtu.be/usGdERPWoPU</a>> </b>which debuted on <i>PitchforkTV</i> earlier this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(<a href="mailto:chloe@pressherepublicity.com">chloe@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:perri@pressherepublicity.com">perri@pressherepublicity.com</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHITE LIES * Thursday, May 19 @ Terminal 5<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>London’s <b>White Lies</b> are thrilled kick off a spring run of stateside dates this May with the rescheduled <b>New York City</b> show happening on <b>May 19 </b>at <b>Terminal 5 </b>(School of Seven Bells to support on this date only). In support of their sophomore release, <b>Ritual,</b> the band will be giving their fans on this side of the ocean a taste of their new music in their exciting live show! <b>Ritual</b> teems with dark distorted anthems for the modern age. British critics have given White Lies accolades as successors to the likes of Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, Depeche Mode, The Psychedelic Furs and Magazine and have called lyricist Charles Cave a “ <i>classic doom-rock dreamweaver; Nick Cave meeting Edgar Allen Poe.</i>” The band will be performing on <b><i>The Late Show With David Letterman </i></b>on May 16<sup>th</sup>, tune in for a sneak peek at their epic live set! After their spring tour wraps they will head back to Europe to start a tour with <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Kings of Leon</span></strong>, but fear not, the band will head back to the US later this summer for a main stage performance at <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lollapalooza</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Check out their video for “Bigger Than Us” here</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0yynlDmqQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0yynlDmqQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(<a href="mailto:cara@pressherepublicity.com">cara@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:chloe@pressherepublicity.com">chloe@pressherepublicity.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CHEESEBURGER * Sunday, May 22 @ Brooklyn Bowl – 8pm EST (Viewing of new episode of Adult Swim’s <i>Superjail!</i> to follow)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fans of <b>Cheeseburger</b>, Brooklyn, beer, bowling, live music, free shows and Adult Swim are invited to join <b>Brooklyn Bowl and Brooklyn Brewery</b> as they serve up the NYC-based rock band <b>Cheeseburger</b> as part of its upcoming Local x Local event series at the Williamsburg bowling alley and concert venue. The band will serve up tracks from its sophomore album, <b><i>Another Big Night Down the Drain, </i></b>which was released May 3 on Williams Street Records. <b><i>Another Big Night Down the Drain</i></b> has just as much brawn and even more bite than the frenzied, gritty punk garage punk from their 2006 debut. The record’s bigger sound transports this group of party seekers to a whole new level musically, with a thematic album telling the tale of one poor sap’s adventurous night on the town. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fans of Cheeseburger can also catch songs from the new album peppered throughout the current season of Adult Swim’s <em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Superjail!</span></b></em><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,</span></em> the animated comedy co-created by the band's guitarist Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick. After the show, stick around to watch an all-new episode of <i>Superjail!</i> live with the series creators and members of the cast and crew. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(<a href="mailto:cara@pressherepublicity.com">cara@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:carla@pressherepublicity.com">carla@pressherepublicity.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>