GLEN HANSARD’S FIRST SOLO ALBUM RHYTHM AND REPOSE SET FOR JUNE 19 RELEASE ON ANTI- RECORDS
Over 20 years in the making, Anti- Records will release Glen Hansard’s first ever solo album, Rhythm and Repose on June 19. Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the movie Once, Rhythm and Repose is Hansard’s first album of new material since his 2009 release Strict Joy with The Swell Season. The album is available for presale at itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=517429344. Hansard will support the new record on a U.S. tour.
RIVER TO RIVER® FESTIVAL BRINGS LOWER MANHATTAN TO LIFE WITH FREE MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, FILM, VISUAL ART, FAMILY PROGRAMMING AND MORE AT SITES THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN, JUNE 17–JULY 15
(New York, NY, May 7, 2012) River To River® Festival, Lower Manhattan’s free annual summer arts festival begins its second decade with a new curatorial focus. The 2012 edition of the festival takes place seven days a week from June 17 through July 15 and presents a densely-packed month of music, dance, film, theater, visual art, ideas, experiences and family programs at locations throughout Downtown New York. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) works with Founding Partners Arts Brookfield, Battery Park City Authority and The Seaport, as well as a range of new content partners to present concerts, events and performances free to the public.
THE BLACK KEYS’ CONFIRM SECOND LEG OF U.S. TOUR, HEADLINE LOLLAPALOOZA
EL CAMINO DEBUTED AT #2, IS CERTIFIED RIAA GOLD
The Black Keys will continue their worldwide tour this spring and summer in support of El Camino.The first leg of the tour included sold-out shows at Chicago’s United Center, DC’s Verizon Center, and two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Of the live performances, the duo’s hometown paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer said, “I’ve never known them to put on a bad show. And I’ve never witnessed them put on a better one than they did on this high-stakes occasion,” while Rolling Stone calls it, “their biggest, baddest tour ever.” The second batch of dates, which includes shows at Portland’s Rose Garden and Seattle’s Key Arena, will once again feature special guest openers, Arctic Monkeys. After headlining Coachella earlier this year, the duo will also appear as the headlining act at the 2012 Lollapalooza festival (complete schedule below). Concert ticket and album packages are available at the band’s site. The Black Keys are teaming up with Tickets-for-Charity to offer fans access to some of the best seats in the house. Proceeds will benefit Community Support Services in Akron, OH and W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville, TN.  
EL GUINCHO REMIX OF BJÖRK’S “COSMOGONY” AND HUDSON MOHAWKE REMIX OF “VIRUS” OUT MAY 14 ON ONE LITTLE INDIAN

PARTS I AND II OF BIOPHILIA REMIX SERIES OUT NOW, INCLUDING REMIXES FROM CURRENT VALUE AND DEATH GRIP
May 4, 2012—On May 14, One Little Indian Records will release the El Guincho remix of “Cosmogony” and the Hudson Mohawke remix of “Virus.” The release is the third in an eight-part series of remixed tracks from Björk’s Biophilia. The first two entries in the series are out now and feature the Current Value remixes of “Crystalline” and “Solstice” and the Death Grip remixes of “Thunderbolt” and “Sacrifice.” The remixes are available on 12” vinyl as well as CD and digital download.

The series will go on to feature a new collaboration every two weeks with artists 16-bit, King Cannibal, Matthew Herbert, Alva Noto, and These New Puritans. Each entry in the series will be available on deluxe and standard 12”, CD and digital download. The deluxe formats come in limited edition packaging featuring micro textured mineral papers and embossed foil lettering designed by m/m paris. Biophilia Remix Series Part 1 is now available for pre-order at www.bjork.com and www.indian.co.uk.