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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="color:black">Press Here has some not-to-be-missed NYC shows coming up – please drop us a line if you would like to come!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">SPIRITUALIZED * Monday May 7th @ Terminal 5 . 8pm</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="color:black">Spiritualized</span></b><span style="color:black"> are making an eagerly awaited stop at Manhattan's Terminal 5 TONIGHT in support of their acclaimed seventh
studio album, <b><i>Sweet Heart Sweet Light</i></b>. Coming four years after release of their previous album <b><i>Songs In A&E</i></b><i>, </i>the new album is Spiritualized at their most vibrant, full voiced and utterly sublime. <b>The New Yorker</b> called
it <i>“...remarkable for being one of (the band's) best.” </i>In <b>Jason Spaceman’s</b> orbit rock and roll is the salve and listeners will hear all of the epic grandiosity and brain worming melodies for which they’re renowned. Spiritualized live are always
a thrilling, exhilarating and emotional experience. Spiritualized will be performing the album's lead single "<b>Hey Jane</b>" TONIGHT on <i>Late Show with David</i> <i>Letterman</i> on CBS. Watch the NSFW video for "<b>Hey Jane</b>"
<a href="http://youtu.be/9U_EqgBWnmc">here</a>. (<a href="mailto:chloe@pressherepublicity.com">chloe@pressherepublicity.com</a>) / (<a href="mailto:carina@pressherepublicity.com">carina@pressherepublicity.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">WE ARE SERENADES *</span><span style="color:black">
</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Wednesday, May 9<sup>th</sup> @ Mercury Lounge & Friday, May 11<sup>th</sup> @ Knitting Factory<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sweden’s <b>We Are Serenades</b> –featuring <b>Adam Olenius</b> of Shout Out Louds and <b>Markus Krunegard </b>of Laasko- who released their stunning debut album <b><i>Criminal Heaven</i></b> via <b>Cherrytree
Records/Interscope </b>last month,<b> </b>will be performing at<b> Mercury Lounge
</b>on<b> May 9<sup>th</sup> </b>and the <b>Knitting Factory </b>on<b> May 11<sup>th</sup></b>. Adam and Markus sing together at all times to create a seamless, singular "third voice", while delivering sunny harmonies that are nearly irresistible to not bop-along
to and catchy as hell. </span>WATCH <b>“Birds”</b> Live at the Cherrytree House –<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><a href="http://youtu.be/8lk_gZTU-GI">http://youtu.be/8lk_gZTU-GI</a> <span style="color:#1F497D">
( </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=0fcbfd79fa2b40f1b9e399112516711b&URL=mailto%3aJen%40pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank">Jen@pressherepublicity.com</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"> / </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=0fcbfd79fa2b40f1b9e399112516711b&URL=mailto%3aJoey%40pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank">Joey@pressherepublicity.com</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"> )</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="color:black">Praise for We Are Serenades:</span></u></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"> </span>“…’Criminal Heaven’ is an infectious, off-kilter, damn near perfect indie-pop album that manages to effortlessly cover a bizarrely large plot of musical territory… without ever losing momentum or dissipating
the band’s enchanting primal identity.” – <b>Magnet </b></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“…Criminal Heaven… is chock-full of sparkling pop that seems aimed directly at the charts. It's slicker than Shout Out Louds … but still maintains that sharp melodic sense and shaggy, sad-eyed lyrical bent.” – <b>BrooklynVegan.com</b><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">M. WARD * Friday May 11<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>@ Webster Hall – Doors 7pm – SOLD OUT</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="color:black">This Friday, Portland, OR-based troubadour <b>M. Ward</b> will be playing to a *sold out* crowd at Manhattan's <b>Webster Hall</b>. This will be his first performance
in New York City since the release of his critically lauded seventh solo album, <b><i>A Wasteland Companion</i></b><i>. </i> In the three years since M. Ward released his last solo album, <b><i>Hold Time</i></b><i>,<b> </b></i> he’s toured the globe, released
two albums as one half of Grammy-nominated duo <b>She & Him </b>as well as one with the talented group of friends collectively known as <b>Monsters Of Folk</b>. Ward’s honey-soaked vocals, deft finger-picking, innate sense of melody and beguiling lyrics have
already cemented his reputation as one of America’s true musical treasures and <b><i>A Wasteland Companion</i> </b>features some of the finest songwriting and most striking delivery of his career. M. Ward will be performing on <b><i>Late Show with David</i> <i>Letterman</i> </b>Friday
on CBS. Watch M. Ward performing on <b><i>L</i></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">ate Late Show With Craig Ferguson</span></i></b></span><span style="color:black">:
<a href="http://youtu.be/vt7-CoP4zSQ">http://youtu.be/vt7-CoP4zSQ</a>. (<a href="mailto:chloe@pressherepublicity.com">chloe@pressherepublicity.com</a>) / (<a href="mailto:carina@pressherepublicity.com">carina@pressherepublicity.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Imaginary Cities</b> are kicking off their tour with mewithoutYou with a special headlining show in NYC at Mercury Lounge. The critically acclaimed indie pop-meets- soul outfit are one of the fastest-rising bands in Canada. Their debut
album <b><i>Temporary Resident </i></b>just came out on Votiv Music and the praise has been pouring in from the likes of
<b><i>Glamour, BlackBook, Nylon</i></b> and <b><i>Paste </i></b>with<b> <i>InterviewMagazine.com</i></b> calling the album “mystical, magical, and nomadic…an effortlessly soulful pop project…” and
<b><i>AOL Spinner</i></b> praising the band for their “beautifully realized songwriting.”Principle songwriters
<b>Rusty Matyas</b> and <b>Marti Sarbit</b> (whose voice has been heralded as a “Motown-treated Nina Simone”) are at the helm of this five-piece band. Among their many accolades, they were nominated for the prestigious
<b>2011 Polaris Prize</b> and won the <b>Western Canadian Music Award</b> for best pop album.
<b>Imaginary Cities</b> have opened for the likes of <b>The Pixies, Ra Ra Riot</b> and<b> Rural Alberta Advantage</b> and they are paying
<b>Lollapalooza</b> this August. Watch the “Temporary Resident” here <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2PZHXul3s">
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2PZHXul3s</a> (<a href="mailto:carla@pressherepublicity.com">carla@pressherepublicity.com</a> /
<a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a>) <o:p>
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