As if you didn't already know, Thursday is the new Friday, and this Thursday we've got another All Things Gold in our nation's capital. POP ETC blew the roof off our Popshop Bk stage this past Saturday and now they're back in fighting form for our DC constituency. Opening things up, we have Philly's finest, Cold Fronts, in the live support slot and the amazing Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. in the DJ slot. It's all going down at U Street Music Hall, with doors at 10pm, and advance tickets available HERE. Let's get Fall started right.
STREAM: "YoYo" - POP ETC
DOWNLOAD: "Strange Architecture" - Cold Fronts
STREAM: "Reunion (Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Remix)" - M83
Hot on the heels of Popshop NYC, the first weekend in September also brings with it the next Popshop Brooklyn, as the sun and the moon and the stars align to bring us both of our signature New York club nights on the same weekend as our fourth birthday. And if you know us, birthdays and purpose-driven raging are a serious business. So this time around, we've got the magnificent genre-bending POP ETC and astrological sensations Gemini Club doing it large live, and LA's rapidly ascending DJ sensation Goldroom - fresh off a sold out Glasslands headline last week - taking us into the early hours on the ones and twos.
It's a double your pleasure, double your fun kind of weekend and it's only once in a baby blue moon that the calendar even makes this possible, so it's a very special one indeed. It's all going down September 8th at Brooklyn Bowl, with advance tickets available HERE. Trust us, you really don't want to miss this one.
With our next Popshop on the horizon, we've got another installment of Popshop Radio for y'all. In addition to a preview of tomorrow's star-studded cast, we also have the newest wave of talent literally in the mix. Featured, we have a Savoir Adore classic, our latest release from POP ETC, and the HAIM anthem of our summer. Also featured is a heavy new banger from The Knocks, Heavy Roc's latest addition to the fam, Alison Valentine, and that new new from our first loves, Passion Pit. So pop this in the tapedeck before you join us tomorrow night at Santos, tickets are still available HERE. It's actually our biggest. one. yet.
1. "Belispeak" - Purity Ring 2. "Peanut Butter" - Alison Valentine 3. "Bodies" - Savoir Adore 4. "Forever" - HAIM 5. "Reptile" - Citizens! 6. "Carried Away" - Passion Pit 7. "Geronimo (Original Mix)" - The Knocks and Fred Falke 8. "Geronimo (Louis La Roche Remix)" - The Knocks and Fred Falke 9. "Memory (Le Crayon Remix)" - Peter & The Magician 10. "YoYo" - POP ETC
Hard to believe it's been a year since we first brought our party favors to the nation's capital for the first installment of All Things Gold, but hey, time flies when you're raging your face off. This Friday, we're celebrating our one year anniversary the only way we know how, with a supersized version of our monthly DC club night featuring some of our favorite bands in the game.
Getting things started early, we've got superstar electro types French Horn Rebellion alongside new wave hula sensations Vacationer, before POP ETC take things to another level as they make their international live debut proper with us. Late night, the headliners read like an All Things Gold Greatest Hits, as our resident partystarters The Knocks and the inimitable DJ force of RAC close things out in style. And as both The Knocks (twice) and RAC (once) have already sold out U Hall on their own a few times now, we're going bigger than ever before and taking things to the wide open spaces of 930 Club, for a very special (and very rare) ALL AGES extravaganza. All this and more for the bargain basement price of $20, so get your tickets HERE before it's too late. Basically, this is the show your dreams have been dreaming of, and the only thing missing is you. Consider this your cordial invitation.
Get the party started early with this exclusive All Things Gold megamix The Knocks have put together featuring the stars of Friday's show below.
DOWNLOAD: All Things Gold Megamix - The Knocks
1. "Everything Is Gone" - POP ETC 2. "Good As New" - Vacationer 3. "Between Dreams" - Poolside 4. "One Out Of Two (Oliver Remix)" - Breakbot 5. "Hollywood" - RAC x Penguin Prison 6. "The Keepers (The Knocks Remix)" - Santigold 7. "This Moment" - French Horn Rebellion 8. "Tuxedo" - Christoph Anderson 9. "Geronimo" - The Knocks x Fred Falke
After a brief sabbatical last month, Popshop NYC returns to Santos in a BIG way next week, as we bring HAIM back to New York for their first headline play since selling out their last two shows here in May. Joining them in the co-headline slot are POP ETC, stepping out and making their NYC live debut proper after a warm up last night at the Bowery Hotel, and we've got none other than our beloved Savoir Adore rounding out this star-studded bill for the ages. Tickets sold out hard last time the sisters Haim came to town, so get your $10 advance tickets HERE before it's too late.
We’ve had boundless love for California this year, but it’s time to bring it back home for a hot second on our next release. Former west coasters now living in Brooklyn, the Morning Benders re-emerged earlier this year as the synth-fueled POP ETC, taking their already sun-blessed melodies to a whole new level of pop brilliance. At the center of the resurgence is "YoYo", one of our absolute favorite songs of 2012, and we're thrilled to be teaming up with Rough Trade to roll out the 7" on Neon Gold later this month.
"YoYo" shines and stuns from the very first synth drop, like the ‘80s love child of Yes Giantess and Chromeo, complete with a spoken word bridge and some of the fiercest hooks we've ever heard this side of Top 40 radio. As it throttles from zero to ANTHEM in seconds flat, Chris Chu's future-tuned vocals float in on golden chords of nostalgia, and when the glittering chorus finally washes over you, it's clear that you've got a serious smash on your hands.
On the flip, mixtape highlight “Hungry Like The Wolf” provides the perfect counterpart to the breezy bliss of “YoYo” - all ravenous synths and skyscraping choruses - and together, they can brighten up literally any day of the year. The physical release drops next week just in time for their NYC live debut proper alongside HAIM at Popshop, but preorder is now available HERE, so get your order on and own a piece of the heat for yourself.
