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The Chemical Brothers Not Surprised That Electronic Music Didn't Break Big in America

Speaking to Timeout New York, Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers speaks about electronic music and the tepid mainstream response over the past decade:

"The idea that electronic music was going to be some really mainstream thing, and you would never hear anything else, was kind of a ridiculous idea in the first place. What was really odd for us back then, when we were doing interviews for Time and Newsweek, was having to explain that the music that ignited the spark for us in the U.K. came from America in the first place.

Hardly Art Signs Kickball Katy (Vivian Girls) and Fergus & Geronimo

Fergus & Geronimo - "Never Satisfied" b/w "Turning Blue" by hardlyartrecords

Kickball Katy from Vivian Girls has signed on the Seattle's Hardly Art Records for her Le Sera project. They'll release a 7" single this Fall and a new album next year.

Hardly Art has also signed Brooklyn's Fergus & Geronimo for a full length album in 2011, and a 7" single this Fall (I see a Hardly Art trend emerging here).

The Concretes Return this Fall, MP3 Available

The Concretes are set to return with their new album WYWH, Out on Friendly Fire Recordings on November 8. Fans of the micro-genre of Swedish indie pop can rejoice with the new track "Good Evening."

Sun Araw Gets Funky with New EP in October

Time for the daily dose of noise and chaos. Sun Araw is release a new combination 12" single / CD offering on the Woodsist label on October 12. The CD gets five songs will the vinyl release has three. Listen to a sample as noise gives way to an experimental-psychedelic-groove sound with the song "Last Chants."

Sam Prekop to Release New Album, Tour in September

Sam Prekop is set to release a new album titled Old Punch Card on September 7, and will begin a 5-week tour with Broken Social Scene a week later. Check out the new track "The Silhouettes."

SAM PREKOP TOUR DATES
09-13  Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
09-14  Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts
09-17  Boston, MA - House of Blues
09-18  New York, NY - Rumsey Playfield
09-20  New Haven, CT - Toads Place
09-21  Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre
09-22  South Burlington, VT -  Higher Ground
09-24  Ithaca, NY - Historic Ithaca State Theatre
09-25  Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
10-02   Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
10-03   Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
10-04   Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-06   Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
10-07   Saskatoon, SK - The Odeon Events Centre
10-08   Calgary, AB - Macewan Hall
10-09   Edmonton, AB - Winspear Centre
10-10  Kelowna, BC - Kelowna Community Theatre
10-12  Victoria, BC - Element Nightclub
10-13  Vancouver, BC  - Commodore Ballroom
10-14  Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
10-15  Seattle, WA - Paramount Ballroom
10-16  Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
10-17  San Francisco, CA - Treasure Islands Music Festival
10-19  Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre