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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Check out what’s hitting stores this week. Let us know if you’d like a copy of either for review!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">THE KNOCKS * <i>Magic EP</i> (A&M/Octone)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<img width="148" height="118" align="left" hspace="12" alt="TheKnocks-1-web.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_0" id="2a2a994c-75b1-498e-a943-e7be4192d412" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCB409.C8B56C20"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Just
last week, <b>The Knocks</b><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "> debuted</span> a new <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItMzMXCfKE" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">video</a> for single<b> “Brightside” </b>on <b>Vevo</b> and gave
us all an <a href="http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/listen_the_knocks_make_way_for_the_brightside_filter_exclusive" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">early listen</a> to their 6-song<b><i><u>Magic</u> EP</i></b> on <b><a href="http://FilterMagazine.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">FilterMagazine.com</a>. </b>Today<b> </b>brings
the<b> </b>EP’s digital release on <b>A&M/Octone</b>. <span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">With a nu-disco vibe, club-friendly beats, glorious choruses and piano hooks, the duo <b>-</b> </span><b>Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson</b><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "> –</span><b> </b><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">makes
electronic music sound organic, installing a soul amongst all the ones and zeros. </span>Featuring production by <b><span style="color: black; ">Victor Van Vugt</span></b><span style="color: black; "> (Fischerspooner, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave), <b>Fab Dupont</b> (Shakira,
Mark Ronson, Jennifer Lopez), and <b>Gary Go </b>(Benny Benassi), the songs dive into that magic hour – hence the EP title – that unmistakable mix of energy and anticipation that is about to lead to an unforgettable night on the town. </span>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.” <b><i><u><span style="color: black; ">Magic</span></u></i></b><span style="color: black; "> makes it
no wonder why </span><b><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">The Knocks </span></b><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">have been setting the dance circuit and the blogosphere abuzz. (<a href="mailto:carla@pressherepublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">carla@pressherepublicity.com</a> / <a href="mailto:carleen@pressherepublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">carleen@pressherepublicity.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">“Cred-pop’s answer to the Neptunes are kicking the living shit out of the Big Apple’s loft raves right now…they are scientists of swagger”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">NME<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">“...The Knocks are about to take over...a total adrenaline rush...”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> Nylon</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">“They don't write songs so much as anthems, sort of midway between high street and hip, David Guetta and Daft Punk.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> <b>The Guardian<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">The Roots * undun (Island Def Jam)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<img width="209" height="188" align="left" hspace="12" alt="the-roots-undun-press-release" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" id="e3a79bee-b2cc-4efe-a626-6cfcab0d83b6" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CCB409.C8B56C20"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">The
legendary <b>Roots</b> crew’s new studio album <b><u>undun</u></b> is out today through <b>Island Def Jam</b>. This release marks their first conceptually-based album and is based on a complex youth who struggles to define himself within a troubled inner
city milieu and dies in the process. The album’s first single “<b>Make My</b>” featuring <b>Big K.R.I.T</b> was released <b>November 1<sup>st</sup></b> on<b>iTunes</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">undun</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999).
Through the use of emotives and Redford’s internal dialogues the album seeks to illustrate the intersection of free will and prescribed destiny as it plays out ‘on the corner’. Utilizing a reverse narrative arc, the album begins as the listener finds Redford
disoriented--postmortem--and attempting to make sense of his former life. As he moves through its pivotal moments he begins to deconstruct all that has led to his (and our own) coming <i>undun</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">(<a href="mailto:Carleen@pressherepublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">carleen@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:natalie@pressherepublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">natalie@pressherepublicity.com</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">“</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The musicality of the veteran group shines bright”<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Billboard<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">“</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Roots have always been at their best expressing quiet desperation and spinning old-school tales of struggling upward…(A-)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Entertainment Weekly<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">“<u>undun</u>… is like to be added to a long list of Roots classics”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Filter<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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