http://www.legupmanagement.com/main Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:47:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Animal Collective year end round up… congrats dudes! Albums 09 Album of the Year – Entertainment Weekly #1 Album – Associated Press http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFoQpdi-ejofJ3OTjMD2NgtPl7KAD9CHBGVG0 #1 Album - SPIN Magazine http://www.spin.com/gallery/40-best-albums-2009?page=40#main #1 Album – Mojo Magazine #1 Album – Tiny Mixtapes http://www.tinymixtapes.com/2009-Favorite-50-Albums-of-2009-10 #1 Album – Popmatters http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117680-best-60-albums-of-2009/P5/ #1 Album – Exclaim! http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=139&csid2=864&fid1=42693 #1 Psych Album – Popmatters http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117451-best-psych-albums-of-2009/P1/ #1 Album - Stereogum http://stereogum.com/gummys/2009/best-album-2009.html #1 Album - Filter Magazine http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/filters_top_10_albums_of_2009 #1 Album ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2009/12/19/end-of-the-year-news-so-far-have-a-great-holiday-season/ Pitchfork Dâm-Funk Toeachizown [Stones Throw; 2009] 8.2 Imagine there’s nothing funny about the 1980s. Block out your referential nostalgia, your tendency to make punchlines out of Cazals and keytars. Unlearn everything you know about Stock-Aitken-Waterman and gated drums and the synthesizers in “The Final Countdown”. Try to think about how the music of the ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2009/12/02/dec-2/ NEWS! Cass McCombs on our roster and he was on Fire at Bowery Ballroom last night!!! more to come… http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2009/11/10/nov-10/ we did it, and you can follow it…. http://twitter.com/legup http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2009/06/09/june-9/ Gang Gang Dance at Coachella Saturday April 18th Coachella Music Festival , Indio CA Gobi stage, time TBA Battles return from an amazing China and Southeast Asia tour. Many thanks to all promoters, sound persons, airline attendants, baggage handlers, old fans, new fans, chefs and bartenders in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Taipei, Beijing and Shanghai ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2009/04/06/april-6/ wow. 2009 off to a busy start Gang Gang Dance are recording in Wonder Valley CA. Battles are starting to write later this month. XXXchange is working on a solo record. BBC soundsystem’s Ronnie Darko is about to get Frazetta on yer’ ass Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion vinyl is released with a serious bang ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2009/01/14/jan-14/ busy times! Gang Gang Dance on tour, ripping it up across North America right now… Click on the name of the publication or blog below for the sweet press thats flooding in! Pitchfork Rolling Stone Spin Tiny Mixtapes Village Voice Prefix Guardian Independent NME MetroMix Resident Advisor TOUR Nov 5 2008 8:00P Turner Hall w/ Marnie Stern Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nov 7 2008 ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2008/11/05/november-coming-fire/ http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2008/09/25/sept-25/ well summer is winding down, but still have some news for you… Battles is finally off the road touring in support of “Mirrored” and are getting ready to write new music ( as soon as Dave get hitched!) Animal Collective is gearing up for Eastern European tour, then onto South America… Gang ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2008/09/11/sept-11/ Battles tour in progress…Animal Collective on deck… check out tour pages for more info on them and XXXchange and Devlin and Darko on the road in 08! http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2008/05/12/may-12/ A quick check in… Gang Gang Dance are mixing their new full length thi sweek- so exciting! they will also be performing in the Whitney Biennial this year. Stay tuned for very very exciting news and surprises with GGD! Animal Collective are gearing up for Japan trip- and the release of a new ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2008/02/24/feb-24/ Leg Up! clients made a very strong showing in the Village Voice’s venerable Pazz & Jop Poll. Just the icing on the cake for an extremely successful 2007! **Albums** #13 - Panda Bear, ‘Person Pitch’ #17 - Battles, ‘Mirrored’ #29 - Animal Collective, ‘Strawberry Jam’ **Singles** #10 - Battles, ‘Atlas’ #43 - Animal Collective, ‘Peacebone’ #50 - ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2008/02/05/leg-up-in-pazz-jop-2007/ Leg Up! would like to thank everyone who helped us have a very very successful and fulfilling year! Below, we have compiled some of the year end lists that have leg up clients on them…we are so proud and Happy for them ! Have a an amazing and safe 2008… ANIMAL ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2007/12/23/end-of-2007-dec-23/ BATTLES AND ANIMAL COLLECTIVE ON TOUR IN UK AND EUROPE! BATTLES DATES: Oct 11 2007 8:00P Koko London and South East Oct 12 2007 8:00P Depot Leuven, Belgium Oct 13 2007 8:00P Enjoyjazz Festival Heidelberg, Germany Oct 14 2007 8:00P Melkweg Amsterdam, Holland Oct 15 2007 8:00P Club 106 Rouen, France Oct 16 2007 8:00P Trabendo Paris, France Oct 17 2007 8:00P Academy 2 ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2007/10/11/oct-11/ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE news *The amazing “Peacebone” video debuts today on YouTube! Directed by Timothy Saccenti, a wonderful tale of… Watch it HERE * the CD, 10″, 12″, and digital release of the “Peacebone” single are available now at a store near you… b/w remixes by Pantha Du Prince and Black Dice *www.myanimalhome.net ... http://www.legupmanagement.com/main/2007/08/26/aug-27th/