The website of Les Ardentes says it provides the 'cream of DJs.' If the heat on the dance floor at 3 am is any indication, it ain't lying. Les Ardentes is an electronic music festival held in Liege, Belgium- near the Dutch border. Unlike Glastonbury or Roskilde, most of you probably haven't heard of Liege- just as most people in Liege haven't heard of Les Ardentes. This doesn't mean Les Ardente...
DeVotchKa's new album, A Mad and Faithful Telling, their first for Anti, comes out on March 18th.This will be the Colorado-based quartet's first full-length since their Grammy nominated score for the film, Little Miss Sunshine. The first single from A Mad and Faithful Telling,"Transliterator," is heading to digital release on February 19th. You can stream the track below.Speaking with Stereogu...
DeVotchKa have announced their largest American tour to date. Beginning at Coachella on April 26, the tour includes stops at San Francisco’s Fillmore, The Vic in Chicago, and New York’s Terminal 5. The group will be joined by a string quartet for the tour and the Cirque de Soleil style aerial acrobats-The Slavic Sisters -on certain dates. Basia Bulat will support the tour. A Mad and Faithfu
Denver quartet DeVotchKa have signed with the independent label Anti-, home of such notables as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case. The Grammy-nominated group is best known for scoring the 2006 Oscar-winning film Little Miss Sunshine. ??Frontman Nick Urata??Ten years into their career, DeVotchKa are pioneers of a geographical and genre-melding sound; once renegade rockers toting tubas andaccord...
Originally a backing band for burlesque shows, Devotchka is no longer playing second fiddle to buxom babes, after scoring Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine.The Denver, Colorado based quartet is currently touring the US in support of their 2006 release ??Curse Your Little Heart?? (Ace Fu).May 24 2007 8:00P Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CaliforniaMay 25 2007...
Last week I posted the new ad for the video game Gears of War 2 that features DeVothka's song "How It Ends". Apparently there has been a huge demand for the song that the band decided to give it a full single release this coming Monday (12.22). Watch the video for "How It Ends" above & then you go here to watch the Gears of War 2 ad."How It Ends" | download DeVotchka | Myspace | Tour Dates |...
Good Vs. Evil. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. Beauty And The Beast. Any and all of these concepts seem quite fitting when hearing that DeVotchka was the band chosen to have its song "How It Ends" featured in the new Gears Of War 2 commercial for XBox 360. The commercial premiered last month during the Sunday Night football game between the New England Patriots & the Indianapolis Colts & will ...
DeVotchKa, the Balkan influenced band from Denver, have announced their European tour dates. 08/06 Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal, Sudoeste Festival 08/08 Inverness, Scotland, Belladrum 08/09 Belfast, Ireland, Spring & Airbrake 08/10 Dublin, Ireland, Crawdaddy 08/12 Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Watt 08/13 Avenches, Switzerland, Rock Oz' Arenes 08/14 Munich, Germany, Ampere 08/15 Vienna, Austria, A...
Photo by hot avocados The Denver based band, DeVotchka, will began their full tour across the United States last week. DeVotchka will be spending the next two months on the road as they make their way from coast to coast before finishing the tour in Chicago at the end of March.DeVotchka is the musical equivalent of the Island of Lost Toys; comprised of individuals with origins spanning the g...