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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The Knocks Announce Neon Gold Tour This March<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Set to Perform at SXSW and Ultra Music Festival<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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Knocks</b> have announced their upcoming <b>Neon Gold Tour</b>, a 6-date run of shows in early March, which will happen right before before
<b>DJ B-Roc</b> and<b> Jpatt</b> head to<b> SXSW</b> and the already-sold-out<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><b>Ultra Music Festival</b>. Tickets for the tour go on sale <b>January 26<sup>th</sup></b>. A full list of dates is below. The NYC-based producers turned electro-hip-pop duo will hit cities including
<b>New York</b>, <b>Boston</b>,<b> DC</b>, <b>Philadelphia</b> and <b>Atlanta</b>. <b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">The Knocks</span></b><span style="color:black">’
<b><i><u>Magic</u> </i>EP, </b>out now on A&M/Octone, debuted last month in the <b>
Top 10 on the iTunes Dance Chart</b> in the company of<b> Skrillex, Deadmau5, Kaskade and David Guetta.
</b></span><span style="color:#1A1A1A">With a nu-disco vibe, club-friendly beats, glorious choruses and piano hooks, the duo has been praised for</span><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:#1A1A1A">making electronic music sound organic,
installing a soul and some funky grooves amongst all the ones and zeros. </span>
<span style="color:black">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 duo’s praises, this time for their own songs, saying that they have “stepped out from behind the desk to rebirth the Superstar DJ.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WATCH </b>the “Brightside”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItMzMXCfKE">video</a> which premiered on Vevo last month.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>LISTEN </b>to EP title track “Magic” <a href="http://soundcloud.com/nylonmag/magic">
here</a>.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>LISTEN </b>to the Fred Falke remix of The Knocks’ single “Brightside,” which premiered on Beatport
<a href="http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/catching-up-with-the-knocks">here</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">(Photo Credit: Alex Bittan )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">The Knocks Upcoming North American Live Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 1<sup>st</sup> New York, NY @ Santos Party House (Neon Gold Tour)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 2<sup>nd</sup> Boston, NY @ Middle East Downstairs (Neon Gold Tour)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 3<sup>rd</sup> Hartford, CT @ Trinity College – The Mill (Neon Gold Tour)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 6<sup>th</sup> Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall (Neon Gold Tour)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 7<sup>th</sup> Philadelphia, PA @ The Blockley (Neon Gold Tour)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 9<sup>th</sup> Savannah, GA @ Savannah
</span>Stopover Festival<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 11<sup>th</sup> Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Purgatory Stage (Neon Gold Tour)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 13-18<sup>th</sup> Austin, TX @ SXSW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">March 23<sup>rd</sup> Miami, FL @ Ultra Music Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u>Praise for The Knocks:<o:p></o:p></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“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.” -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>NME</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i> </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“[The Knocks have] stepped out from behind the desk to rebirth the Superstar DJ.” -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>NME</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB">“...2012 looks like the year for The Knocks to break big...[they] are at that crest of stardom.” -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>BEATPORT</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB">“...The Knocks are about to take over...a total adrenaline rush...” -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>NYLON</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“…ultimate dance jams…” -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>FILTER</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“They don't write songs so much as anthems, sort of midway between high street and hip, David Guetta and Daft Punk.” –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>THE GUARDIAN</i></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theknocksnyc">http://www.facebook.com/theknocksnyc</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/theknocks">http://www.twitter.com/theknocks</a>
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