The Knocks Announce March Tour, SXSW and Ultra Music Festival

[Carla Senft]

The Knocks Announce Neon Gold Tour This March
Set to Perform at SXSW and Ultra Music Festival

[TheKnocks-1-web]The Knocks have announced their upcoming Neon Gold Tour, a 6-date run of shows in early March, which will happen right before before DJ B-Roc and Jpatt head to SXSW and the already-sold-out Ultra Music Festival. Tickets for the tour go on sale January 26th. A full list of dates is below. The NYC-based producers turned electro-hip-pop duo will hit cities including New York, Boston, DC, Philadelphia and Atlanta.

The Knocks' Magic EP, out now on A&M/Octone, debuted last month in the Top 10 on the iTunes Dance Chart in the company of Skrillex, Deadmau5, Kaskade and David Guetta. With a nu-disco vibe, club-friendly beats, glorious choruses and piano hooks, the duo has been praised for making electronic music sound organic, installing a soul and some funky grooves amongst all the ones and zeros. Shortly after the NME declared The Knocks to be one of the "20 hottest producers in music" for their versatile production and remix work for the likes of Rihanna, Ellie Goulding, Foster The People, Chiddy Bang and Katy Perry, the NME was once again singing the duo's praises, this time for their own songs, saying that they have "stepped out from behind the desk to rebirth the Superstar DJ."

WATCH the "Brightside" video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItMzMXCfKE> which premiered on Vevo last month.
LISTEN to EP title track "Magic" here<http://soundcloud.com/nylonmag/magic>.
LISTEN to the Fred Falke remix of The Knocks' single "Brightside," which premiered on Beatport here<http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/catching-up-with-the-knocks>.

(Photo Credit: Alex Bittan )

The Knocks Upcoming North American Live Dates:
March 1st             New York, NY @ Santos Party House (Neon Gold Tour)
March 2nd            Boston, NY @ Middle East Downstairs (Neon Gold Tour)
March 3rd             Hartford, CT @ Trinity College - The Mill (Neon Gold Tour)
March 6th             Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall (Neon Gold Tour)
March 7th             Philadelphia, PA @ The Blockley (Neon Gold Tour)
March 9th             Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover Festival
March 11th           Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Purgatory Stage (Neon Gold Tour)
March 13-18th    Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 23rd          Miami, FL @ Ultra Music Festival


Praise for The Knocks:
"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." - NME

"[The Knocks have] stepped out from behind the desk to rebirth the Superstar DJ." - NME

"...2012 looks like the year for The Knocks to break big...[they] are at that crest of stardom." - BEATPORT

"...The Knocks are about to take over...a total adrenaline rush..." - NYLON

"...ultimate dance jams..." - FILTER

"They don't write songs so much as anthems, sort of midway between high street and hip, David Guetta and Daft Punk." - THE GUARDIAN

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