Extremely proud to be supporting Ad Hoc, the new music and culture venture from all around good folks Emilie Friedlander and Ric Leichtung.  For their Kickstarter efforts, we’re offering a vinyl bundle, consisting of the following goodness:

Twin Sister – Vampires with Dreaming Kids + Alternates (so good!)

Distractions – Dark Green Sea (so underrated!)

Ava Luna – Ice Level (so new!)

and a very precious Twin Sister – Color Your Life test pressing (so rare!)

We can only offer one bundle, so hurry the hell up!

This Friday, the Silent Barn re-emerges after their tragic robbery // inspiring comeback to present the record release party for Ice Level, Ava Luna’s unbelievable new LP.  Twin Sister will be on hand as well.  Details over at party central (Facebook), should be one heck of a riot.

From the gang:

“We finished a new album, “Ice Level,” and now it’s time to show it to everyone we know. Every time we’ve finished a record, we’ve held a release show at the Silent Barn… so for Ice Level, we’re proud to celebrate at the first Public Meeting. I’m imagining everyone I know and love and respect gathered together, just like on Wyckoff — this isn’t a permanent space but it’s a beautiful step in that direction. and I wouldn’t dream of showing our album to our friends for the first time in any other setting.

We just finished a month of touring with Twin Sister and are extremely excited that they’re playing with us… and believe it or not, ACLU Benefit played with us at our very first record release show, in the basement of Silent Barn in 2009. This all makes so much sense!” – Ava Luna

Chris Weingarten wrote a brilliant summation of Ava Luna’s silky new LP over at SPIN, to go along with a full album stream.  Check it HERE.

The band has been working on this release for a long, long time, and it’s finally for sale up over in the store.  The LP comes with mp3s and a fancy printed inner-sleeve, while the CD is a crisp white digipack, the perfect candidate to be one of the last CDs you ever buy.  You can also grab it digitally over at their Bandcamp.

Check out the new Ava Luna song “Wrenning Day”, the lead single off the upcoming Ice Level LP, and grab it on sweet sweet vinyl from Inflated Records here (thats the cover image up above).  The gang will have these on tour with them when they hit the road with Twin Sister later this month!

  Wrenning Day 7″ by Infinite Best Recordings

The Deez made it over to Rock Island, IL to record this wonderful set of songs old and new.  Make a move.

Ava Luna will be melting faces at the following places. Rhymes!

Related show

• Artist: Ava Luna
• Date: Friday, October 21st 2011
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Ava Luna in Brooklyn
• Venue: Glasslands Gallery
• Address: 289 Kent Ave
• Country: United States
• Admission: FREE
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: YOURS TRULY CMJ SHOWCASE FT: AVA LUNA INC CAVEMAN MEMORYHOUSE ACTIVE CHILD THE STEPKIDS BORN GOLD
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• Artist: Ava Luna
• Date: Saturday, October 22nd 2011
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Ava Luna in Manhattan
• Venue: Pianos
• Address: 158 Ludlow St
• Country: United States
• Admission: $10
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The circus comes to these here towns:

September:

14th    NEW YORK, NY @ Webster Hall
16th    BOSTON, MA @ Paradise
17th    MONTREAL, PQ @ Cabaret Du Mile End
18th    TORONTO, ON @ Opera House
19th    DETROIT, MI @ Magic Stick
20th    BLOOMINGTON, IN @ The Bishop
22th    CHAMPAIGN, IL @ Pygmalion Music Fest
23th    CINCINNATI, OH @ Midpoint Music Fest
24th    CHICAGO, IL @ Lincoln Hall
25th    MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ Triple Rock

In Heaven will be out on September 27 through Domino Records. The ten track full-length will include the band’s new single “Bad Street.” You can download the track for free by clicking on the link below. Check for the rest of the track list below, as well.

Also, don’t forget to catch the band on one of their summer tour dates. For those going to Pitchfork Music Festival, you can also see Twin Sister in Union Park on July 17. Be sure to mark your calendars for shows near you!

Tour Dates

06-09 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
06-10 New Orleans, LA – Republic New Orleans *
06-11 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree Cafe
06-13 Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor #
06-14 Washington, DC – Black Cat * – SOLD OUT
06-18 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg [Northside Festival]
07-11 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s ^
07-12 Baltimore, MD – The Ottobar ^
07-13 Pittsburgh, PA – Club AE ^
07-14 Columbus, OH – The Basement ^
07-17 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
07-18 Pontiac, MI – The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom $
07-19 Toronto, ONT – El Mocambo $
07-20 Montreal, QC – II Motore $
07-21 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall $
07-22 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall $
07-23 Winooski, VT – Monkey House $

* w/ Beirut,
@ w/ Holiday Shores,
# w/ Holiday Shores, Yardwork
^ w/ Wild Nothing
& w/ Dignan
$ w/ Lost Boy?

Carlos Hernandez is the son of a ’70s New York soul DJ. After a detour playing in punk and noise projects, he returned to his soul roots and formed Ava Luna, a band of three girls and three guys, to explore a sound that combines all those ideas.

Their debut release, these sessions are the product of years of writing and re-writing, and show a level of songcraft not often seen in bands so young and so numerous in members.  It was recorded in a church basement on Coney Island, a sanctuary apart from, yet influenced by, the surrounding circus just above.  Accordingly, the songs will make you swoon, then strut (in that order), each with a satisfying dose of left field weird.  New York natives seven strong, their Spector-esque girl-group harmonies are interwoven with funk, noise, and pop to create an aural headrush that will travel directly down to your feet, which should begin dancing.  Effortless in their compositions and unforgettable in their live performances, Ava Luna is at the very vanguard of modern pop itself, bending it to their own uncompromising will.

Just to give you some idea:

AVA LUNA “Cement Lunch” @ Transmusicales from Ludo on Vimeo.