In Washington, DC On September 15 @ The Fairgrounds

With Special Guests Gogol Bordello And Michael Franti & Spearhead

1299 Half Street, SE / $59 Available Only Through LivingSocial

 Visit event site here: http://www.thieveryatfairgrounds.com/

August 13, 2012, Washington, DC – International recording artists Thievery Corporation announced today they will headline an all-day music event at The Fairgrounds in Washington, DC on Saturday September 15, 2012. Joining the full Thievery Corporation live band for their own sets will be special guests Gogol Bordello and Michael Franti & Spearhead.

“Gogol and Franti are artists we’re really excited to play with,” Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation said. “We’ve seen both bands at different festivals over the years, but it will be great to share a stage in DC and bring all this great music to our home town.”

The Fairgrounds, located at 1299 Half Street, SE, immediately adjacent to Nationals Stadium, has hosted “The Bullpen” for Nationals games, and a number of other unique outdoor events like Truckeroo. This will be the first full-day concert featuring the main stage, a side stage of DJs and local artists as well as food trucks, vendors and artist installations throughout the venue.

“We’re always looking for a really fun outdoor place to play in DC, “ Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation said. “The Fairgrounds is a unique space that has a ton of cool features with all the artists and food trucks. We’re looking forward to a day of great music and entertainment.”

Georgetown Events manages The Fairgrounds and is partnering with Thievery Corporation and Pick-Up Productions to produce this highly anticipated event.

Tickets for the event go on sale exclusively through LivingSocial (www.livingsocial.com) on Tuesday, August 14, 2012.  The price per ticket is $59 including all taxes, fees and surcharges.

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Thievery Corporation in DC

TRACK DEDICATED TO OCCUPY MOVEMENT PROTESTERS

(Washington, DC) — Thievery Corporation has released “Unified Tribes,” their new single and video featuring acclaimed MC and Def Jux alum Mr. Lif. In the spirit of their last collaboration, Culture of Fear, “Unified Tribes” is another sonic molotov aimed straight at the belly of the beast.

“This song, ‘Unified Tribes’ is our attempt to offer inspiration, energy, and hopefully a morale boost to the Movement as it will take persistence and resilience to bring about change to the collective consciousness of our culture,” explains Mr. Lif.

“We’ve been so fortunate to link up with Mr. Lif,” says Eric Hilton. “He has a revolutionary spirit in the purest, most humane sense; and the world needs more of his conscious approach to hip-hop.”

Perhaps a mutual appreciation is why Mr. Lif has been spending more time in DC with Thievery Corporation, working on his new material. His next full-length LP will be co-produced by Thievery Corporation and released on ESL Music in 2012.

Mr. Lif further elaborates, “My music has largely been fueled by a desire for increased understanding of human nature and the world we live in. The Occupy movement is important to me because it is the people’s massive response to the unsavory aspect of human nature known as greed. Occupiers have come together in an attempt to bring about better conditions for the many as opposed to the few.”

“Unified Tribes” is now available on iTunes, with a full-length video on YouTube.

To help celebrate the release of Thievery Corporation’s first live DVD on Sept 6th, they are going to have a video streaming party on their CHNL starting at 9pm EST! You can come in and stream the FULL dvd for FREE until 2am EST!

THIEVERY CORPORATION: LIVE AT THE 9:30 CLUB SET FOR SEPTEMBER 6 RELEASE

PERFORMANCES ON KCRW’S MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC AND LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY CONFIRMED

(Washington, DC) Renowned DJ duo Thievery Corporation will release a brand new live performance DVD titled Thievery Corporation: Live at the 9:30 Club on September 6. The concert documentary will be released through Fontana Distribution and available at retailers across the country. A digital version will be available at iTunes and Amazon soon.

In January of 2010, Thievery Corporation thrilled fans when they sold out 5 consecutive nights at local DC venue, 9:30 Club. The shows were filmed with vintage anamorphic lenses that created flaws and subtle characteristics (including creating flares as the light hits the lens), and have an otherworldly and abstract visual quality. The result is an intimate account of the band and a dazzling recording of one of the world’s most unique musical stage-shows.

Thievery Corporation returns to Morning Becomes Eclectic, the signature music show from LA-based public radio station KCRW, on Friday, September 9 at 11:15am PST. The performance will air on 89.9FM and stream live- both audio and video – on KCRW.com. They will also be featured on Last Call with Carson Daly during the week of September 19. The show will include performance footage from their September 9 show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

With over 1.2 million albums sold in the U.S. across 15 years of making music, Thievery Corporation released their sixth studio album titled Culture of Fear earlier this summer. The album has been perched at #1 on the CMJ Electronic Music Charts for the past two months. The Washington Post called the album “solid,” while Paste Magazine said Culture of Fear was a “true cultural melting pot of sounds.” Thievery Corporation continues to blend musical styles in their trademark fashion; space-rock jams lead to hip-
hop inspired grooves, airy down-temp trances and dub-reggae infused vibes throughout the journey.

Over the years, Thievery Corporation has become known for the carnival-esque atmosphere of their live shows, during which they bring out a 15-member live band of musicians and vocalists. The group has sold out shows at such famed venues as the Hollywood Bowl, London’s 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, and the Theatro Vrahon Melina Merkouri in Athens, Greece, among many others.

Stand out gems “Vampires” and “El Pueblo Unido” from Thievery Corporation’s album Radio Retaliation finally get the remix treatment on the Vampires Remixed EP.  Taking the original version, with vocals by Femi Kuti, even further down the Afrobeat road Afrolicious and Thievery’s own Rob Garza extend the track to over seven minutes of dance floor bliss.  On the flipside Jeremy Sole and Quantic convert “El Pueblo Unido” into a bangin’ cumbia, and Uproot Andy adds infectious horns and synth to his remix.

The remix EP is available for download in our shop and will be on vinyl soon.

Thievery Corporation returns with their sixth original studio album Culture of Fear! Following up their incendiary and bombastic call to arms Radio Retaliation from 2008, this time around Eric Hilton and Rob Garza craft a simmering and hazy collection of atmospheric gems that recalls their early production work but reflects a thoroughly contemporary zeitgeist of socio-political angst and unease.

Utilizing a team of skilled session players from their acclaimed live show and beyond, Culture of Fear finds the duo easing into expansive multipart space-jams like “Tower Seven” and jazzy instrumental b-boy breaks like “Light Flares.” Not only are usual suspects like multilingual chanteuse Lou Lou and dancehall toaster Sleepy Wonder back to lend their haunting vocals, but several new contributors also join the Corporation.

Renowned hip-hop MC Mr. Lif blazes the microphone on the title track “Culture of Fear” with a scathing flow that aims to uplift and enlighten as it does burn down babylon! Rising star Ras Puma also drops mystic incantations on “False Flag Dub” and the slow burning roots reggae throwback “Overstand.” It’s not all fire and brimstone however, as Shana Halligan of Bitter:Sweet coos sultrily over booming tribal rhythms on “Is it Over?”, and newcomer Kota lends angelic and sprightly verses on album closer “Free.”

“Culture of Fear” is available for purchase through ESL Music’s shop, iTunes, Amazon and fine record shops near you!

Check out who else is going to the show by looking at the Facebook event page here.

As always, stay tuned to Thievery Corporation’s tour dates page for up to date information on new shows, ticket links and more!

BROOKLYN SHOW CONFIRMED TO KICK-OFF RELEASE ON JUNE 24

(Washington, DC) – Renowned DJ duo Thievery Corporation have announced details of their sixth studio album, Culture of Fear, set for release on June 28th on ESL Music. The release will kick-off with a live show at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn on June 24th and the full live band will be doing a run of shows throughout the summer, including trips to Portugal, Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Australia and a headline show at Red Rocks on August 14th.

With over 1.2 million albums sold in the U.S. across 15 years of making music, Thievery Corporation serves up their sixth studio album titled Culture of Fear.  They continue to blend musical styles in their trademark fashion; space-rock jams lead to hip-hop inspired grooves, airy down-temp trances and dub-reggae infused vibes throughout the journey.

Tracks include “Web of Deception,” a 70’s space-rock-funk homage to bands like Mystic Moods Orchestra, “Take My Soul,” a rock/soul/electronic jam featuring longtime Thievery Corporation Persian singer LouLou, an epic instrumental titled “Fragments,” as well as collaborations with Bitter Sweet vocalist Shana Halligan on “Is It Over?” and Boston hip-hop artist Mr. Lif on the title track, “Culture of Fear.”

Over the years, Thievery Corporation has become known for the carnival-esque atmosphere of their live shows, during which they bring out a 15-member live band of musicians and vocalists. The group has sold out shows at such famed venues as the Hollywood Bowl, London’s 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, and the Theatro Vrahon Melina Merkouri in Athens, Greece, among many others.

Thievery Corporation Live Dates:

• 05.07.2011 – Jazz Fest After Dark @ Sugar Mill  New Orleans, LA
• 05.29.2011 – Lightning in a Bottle Festival  Silverado, CA
• 06.04.2011 – Wakarusa  Ozark, AR
• 06.24.2011 – Williamsburg Waterfront  Brooklyn, NY
• 06.25.2011 – DMB Caravan Festival Atlantic City, NJ
• 07.08.2011 – Optimus Alive Festival  Lisbon, POR
• 07.10.2011 – Heineken Balaton Sound  Zamárdi, HUN
• 07.13.2011 – Moni Lazariston  Thessaloniki, GRE
• 07.14.2011 – Lycabettus Open Air Theater  Athens, GRE
• 07.17.2011 – Rock’n Coke Festival  Istanbul, TUR
• 07.30.2011 – Splendour in the Grass Festival, Brisbane, AUS
• 08.13.2011 – Belly Up, Aspen, CO
• 08.14.2011 – Red Rocks Amphitheater  Morrison, CO
• 09.01.2011 – Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, UT
• 09.02.2011 – Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival  Aspen, CO
• 09.04.2011 – North Coast Festival, Chicago, IL
• 09.04.2011 – Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL

More Dates to be added.

For more information, please contact:?Sandee Fenton / Fresh and Clean Media / 310.313.7200 / sandee@freshcleanmedia.com?

Thievery Corporation has posted a five minute teaser track that is a mashup of tracks from their forthcoming album “Culture of Fear.” Take a listen in our Hi-Fi section and stay tuned for more information on the album!