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Head Like a Kite

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5 OUT OF 5 -- "Georgeous pop melodies with electronica bleeps" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS.
"Random Portraits is a beautiful pop album that pays personal homage to the past but has one eye on the future." - REMIX
"Sonic Youth guitar treatments upon Stereolab keyboards on top of Primal Scream-style vocal loops....a well-edited scrapbook of retro-futurism." - MAGNET
"Think Pinback's melodic tonalities with guitar treatments by Brian Eno. HLAK's live shows are an aural-erotic experience." - SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
"This album is an eclectic masterstroke, soothing and infectious all at once." - PERFORMER
"4.5 stars. Samples of lush soundscape playback with a mellow Dandy Warhols vocal. Start to finish, it's a full soundtrack worth watching (listening to.)" - URB
"Intriguing... groovy pop album." - NEW YORK POST
"Infectious songs filigreed with the sort of vintage synth frippery that gives Tape Op readers sweaty palms." - THE STRANGER
Buzz Bands - "A sonic tapestry." -LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Great debut album." - LONDON TIMESSee more reviews from around the USA and Europe at the Head Like a Kite website and click on Press.
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NEW HLAK MUSIC VIDEO
"No Ordinary Caveman" by Head Like A Kite. Directed by Cody Hurd and Troy Nelson. From the album There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere on Mush Records (coming June 17, 2008). www.mushrecords.com
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"ON THE BRINK" FEATURES HEAD LIKE A KITE Head Like a Kite was recently featured in the trailer for a new show called "On the Brink" that follows the roller coaster ride of up-and-coming indie bands. The producers flew out to Seattle to film us at the beginning of our Spring tour for the "On the Brink" trailer, and then debuted it at the Nokia Theater in New York during Broadband Enterprise's unveiling of their new shows. See the trailer below.
7ate9 Entertainment, who produces shows for Disney, ESPN, Nickelodeon, etc., is producing "On the Brink" for Broadband. They are going to do several episodes with Head Like a Kite on tour, and release them this summer. We'll let you know when you can see them. In the meantime, check out the trailer above.
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HEAD LIKE A KITE in TOKYO
Head Like a Kite recently returned from Japan for a series of shows in Tokyo. Grooves more dominant that King Kong vs Godzilla previaled. We played with Muneomi Senju, the drummer of the Boredoms, and a bunch of other great Japanese bands such as Oak , Avengers in Sci-Fi, The Primrose, BEA BEA LIMITED, and The Telephones. We hope to come back soon.
Shoko rules!!!
VIDEO DIARY: HLAK in JAPAN
MORE HLAK in TOKYO ADVENTURES :
STRANGER FEATURE of HLAK in JAPAN TOUR DIARY: Nov. 13th - 'Konnichiwa Head Wind'TOUR DIARY: Nov. 14th - 'Auto Sushi'
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NEW RECORD BREWING
The new full-length record "There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere" is coming out June 17 on Mush Records (a stellar LA-based electronic label that has released stuff by Her Space Holiday, Busdriver, Daedelus, Boom Bip, Aesop Rock, Lymbyc Systym and other favs.) ! I mixed it with Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Secrete Machines, Iron & Wine) in Chicago in early March. Dave Cooley (Danger Mouse, Prefuse 73, Madlib, Daedelus) mastered it and it's going to rattle some Hondas! Expect big electronic and hip hop beats propelling a dancefloor of indie rock hooks. Asya of Smoosh joins in again, as does Eric from The Long Winters, PJ from Radio 4, Barton and Barb from Crooked Fingers, Graig Markel, Darius from The Posies, Zera, Andrew, Shiho, Barry, Kendra, and Taryn on theramins, cellos, violins, and lots of other toys. Trent Moorman busts out the beats. Illustrious designer Jeff Kleinsmith at Sub Pop/Patent Pending Industries is doing the artwork. I can't wait to play it for you.
(Photo by Marlon Schaeffer)
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MTV2 BRINGS HLAK TO YOUR LIVING ROOM
During the last US tour, MTV2 sent a film crew out to tape the show in Salt Lake City and interview us. Watch the results on MTV2 On The Rise. Wrestling masks, superman costumes, feather boas, German fighter pilots attire, and more. There were enough costume changes to make Brittney Spears jealous. Tune in to Comcast On Demand and watch it.WATCH HERE: Click here to watch the Head Like a Kite MTV2 episodes.
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NEW VIDEO COMING
The fine folks at Black Daisy have produced a beautiful music video for "No Ordinary Caveman" from the upcoming full-length "There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere." Thanks a bunch to Cody and Troy. And thanks to Erin and Michelle for making us look like MTV mannequins. (Speaking of MTV, HLAK will be featured on MTV2 in late Fall. But I digress...) The new video will be splashed all over in early 2008 (and the full-length record comes out June 17, 2008.
(Update 2/8/2008): The video is live now. Watch it.
(Photo by Sarah Latour)
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HEAD LIKE A KITE US TOUR (Spring 2007)
Montage Footage from the road:
SPRING 2007
Wed 4/18 | New York | Annex
Thu 4/19 | North Adams, MA | Mass MoCa
Fri 4/20 | New Haven | Cafe Nine
Sat 4/21 | New York | Club Midway
Mon 4/23 | Washington DC | Black Cat
Tue 4/24 | Philadelphia | Johnny Brenda's
Wed 4/25 | Pittsburgh | Carnegie Mellon University
Thu 4/26 | Cleveland | Beachland Ballroom
Fri 4/27 | Chicago | The Note
Sat 4/28 | Dekalb | Otto's Underground
Sun 4/29 | Minneapolis | Triple Rock Social Club
Wed 5/2 | Lawrence | Replay Lounge
Thurs 5/3 | Denver | Larimer Lounge
Fri 5/4 | Salt Lake City | Monks
Sat 5/5 | Las Vegas | Beauty Bar
Tue 5/8 | Los Angeles | Cinespace (DIM MAK Party)
Wed 5/9 | San Diego | Brick by Brick
Thurs 5/10 | Fresno | Tokyo Gardens
Sat 5/12 | San Francisco | 12 Galaxies | Mission Creek Music Festival
Road Diary from the Stranger's 'Lineout' by Trent Moorman:
1 - 'Montana Tundra - Spirit Trashie'
2 - 'Slather the Buffalo Musk'
3 - 'SS Carlucci'
4 - 'Ray, You Done Me Real Wrong'
5 - 'Adrian Belew on Fire in the Cleveland Library'
6 - 'Mickey Reds - Iditarod Shaker'
7 - 'Somewhere Over the Theremin'
8 - 'Kansas - Old School DestrUtion'
9 - 'Bottomless Pit'
10 - 'May 5: Valley of Fire'
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SXSW March 15
HLAK at Leafy Green Showcase - Habana Calle 6 (10PM)
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See HLAK at CMJ in NY. Oct 31 at Knitting Factory 11PMPlus live KEXP broadcast from Gigantic Studios in NY at 10AM EST (7AM PST) 10/31. Get free tickets for the KEXP show at and watch live radio.
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SAY TWINKLE - THE KIDS LOVE IT, TOO
Read Trent's latest Road Diary:
Lineout Post 14 - Oct. 10th - 'Say Twinkle'
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LIVE ON KEXP - Oct 7 Hear the Kite on KEXP live Oct 7 at 8PM PST on KEXP (90.3 or kexp.org) playing at the High Dive in Seattle. Attention voyers. Come down and watch it and be part of live radio
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KEXP "SONG OF THE DAY" PODCAST - Oct 5 A live version of Head Like a Kite's "Noisy at the Circus" with Asya of Smoosh guesting on vocals is available on Oct 5 from KEXP as part of their Song of the Day Podcast. Kick it out.
Subscribe to KEXP podcasts on iTunes by clicking here . You can also go to iTunes and search on individual songs , where you can choose the live version of "Noisy at the Circus." For other podcast options and more info, see KEXP .
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STRANGER FEATURE
See more press from Alternative Press, Remix, Magnet, URB, and many others at www.headlikeakite.com (then click Press).
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KEXP PODCAST VOL. 16
Get the KEXP Podcast Vol. 16 - Music That Matters
Speaking of Cheryl Water, read her blog post on the live Head Like a Kite performance on KEXP when they showed up in bathrobes and cereal for the morning show back in April 2006, and see photos.
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Read tour posts by Trent from The Stranger's 'LINE OUT' :
Post 1 - 'Southbound Head Like a Kite - Abdullah the Butcher, in the Observatory, with the 808'
Post 2 - 'Santa Cruz Sex Change My Humps'
Post 3 - 'San Francisco and the Cookie Snake'
Post 4 - 'HWY 15 to Las Vegas - Laser Mojave. Nevada melts the Lozenge'
Post 5 - 'Voice Activated Montalban - I am The Walrus'
Post 6 - 'Floatable Solo Guarana'
Post 7 - 'Eastbound S Turn - The Adult Shop Cowboy Star Owns You''
Post 8 - 'Powerslave Vs. The Piranha Pond'
Post 9 - 'Japanther @ Beaver Mill - The Dark Ride'
Post 10 - 'NY Monsoon - Kualas'
Post 11 - 'Quoth The Raven Nevermore'
Post 12 - 'Brooks & Dunn, for the Rest of Time'
Post 13 - 'Santa Claus Tressel - Mickey Reds'
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BIO
HEAD LIKE A KITE is Dave Einmo, and his revolving cast of musical friends, including touring partner/instrumentalist/drummer Trent Moorman. Marrying a love of progressive electronic production and instrumental wizardry with a spot-on knack for pop-songcraft, Head Like A Kite debuted in 2006 with the Pattern 25 release, Random Portraits of the Home Movie, a universally praised album built around samples from family Super-8 home movies from the 70s. The success of the album led to tours of the US and Japan (with projector in tow) and an appearance on MTV2’s “On The Rise.” (See reviews from London Times, URB, Remix, LA Weekly, Magnet, Alternatiave Press, etc. below.) Head Like A Kite continues to climb with a move to LA-based electronic label Mush for the May 20 release, There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, an album that builds on HLAK's found sound meets electronic rock framework with unquestionable expertise. The result seamlessly ties epic pop overtones to sunny bliptronic beats, sounding like an indie band remixed by Entroducing era DJ Shadow and LCD Soundsystem.Joined by members of The Long Winters, Radio 4, Crooked Fingers, Smoosh, Animals at Night and others, Head Like a Kite’s There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, takes listeners on an aural road trip, mixing propelling hip hop drum beats with electronic Krautrock and indie pop peppered with field recordings captured while HLAK toured the United States. The result is a lush, party soundtrack that fast forwards to the future, taking us on a memorable sonic trip around the country.Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Secret Machines, The Grates, Iron & Wine) and mastered by Dave Cooley (Danger Mouse, Madlib, Prefuse 73, Silversun Pickups, Polyphonic Spree).

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Member Since: 10/4/2005
Band Website: headlikeakite.com
Band Members:TOURING BAND:
Dave Einmo guitar, synths, sampler, vocals
Trent Moorman drums, keys, sampler, vocalsCONTACTS:
Press Inquiries:
caroline[at]aaminc.com

Booking:
annie[at]leafygreen.com

Radio & General Inquiries:
dave[at]headlikeakite.comALBUMS:
Written and Performed by Dave Einmo.There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere (coming June 17, 2008, Mush Records). Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, The Secret Machines, Iron & Wine). Features touring HLAK drummer Trent Moorman on drums. Includes guest appearances by Asya of Smoosh, Eric Corson of The Long Winters, P.J. O'Conner of Radio 4, Barton Carroll of Crooked Fingers, Darius Minwalla of The Posies/Preston School of Industry, Graig Markel, Barbara Trentalange, Zera Marvel, Andrew Vernon, Kendra Osterhout, Barry Shaw, Billy Joe Huels, Taryn Webber, and Shiho Kurauchi.Random Portaits of the Home Movie (2006 Pattern 25). Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, The Secret Machines, Iron & Wine). Includes guest appearances by members of Smoosh, Kinski, The Posies, Crooked Fingers, Preston School of Industry, Sushirobo, Graig Markel, and others.FILMS:
Video projectionists TONY NELSON or MARLON SCHAEFFER or DAN TYLER join the tours and edit live film clips projected behind the band. Thanks to ROBERT BAILEY for additional footage.
Influences: Four Tet, Sonic Youth, God Speed You Black Emperor, Flaming Lips, Prefuse 73, Can, Mogwai, Stereolab,
Sounds Like: Sunny biptropic beats with lush indie soundscapes inspired by Super 8 home movies.
Record Label: Mush Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

HLAK featured in "On the Brink"

Head Like a Kite was recently featured in the trailer for a new show called "On the Brink" that follows the roller coaster ride of up-and-coming indie bands. The producers flew out to Seattle to film ...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Fri, 09 May 2008 01:53:00 PST

M83 and Head Like a Kite show in May

M83 and HEAD LIKE A KITE SUN, MAY 25 | SEATTLE | NeumosM83 | BERG SANS NIPPLE | HEAD LIKE A KITE 8PM doors. 9 PM HLAK. We open and play at 9PM, so come early. The show is Sunday, and Monday is a holid...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:07:00 PST

KEXP Podcast Vol 95 Features New Head Like a Kite

  NEW HLAK on KEXP PODCASTVol. 95: FREEKS and GEEKSKEXP DJ, El Toro, picked some of his favorite left-of-center tracks for this new KEXP podcast, and included the brand new HLAK song, "Befor...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:03:00 PST

Nada Mucho Comp Highlights Seattle Bands

SEATTLE BANDS HIGHLIGHTEDNada Mucho presents Sounds from the Seattle Underground (Global Seepej Records) coming July 1, including songs from the Nada Mucho writers' favorite Seattle bands such as Head...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:12:00 PST

HLAK West Coast Tour with Her Space Holiday, Lymbyc Systym, Animals at Night

We're excited to get back on the road for some West Coast April dates with friends such as Her Space Holiday, Lymbyc Systym, and Animals at Night. Head Like a Kite will be launching sneaker ...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:21:00 PST

Shows with Black Ghosts and Dismemberment Plans Travis Morrison

In March, Head Like a Kite gets to play with some touring favorites. UK electronic remix geniuses The Black Ghosts invade Seattle and we open at Nectar. Plus Dismemberment Plan leader Travis Morrison&...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:37:00 PST

XLR8R Magazine Podcast with new HLAK

This week's XLR8R Magazine gives a sneak peak of new Head Like a Kite. The album "There is Loud Laughter Everywhere" doesn't come out until May 20, but today XLR8R.com posted an exclusive Mush Re...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:44:00 PST

New Music Video Released by Mush today

..> New Head Like a Kite Video Whoo hoo hoo, we finally have ourselves a cool music video. Watch the "No Oridnary Caveman" at http://www.mushrecords.com/release/track/video/video-NoOrdin aryCaveman...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:45:00 PST

Head Like a Kite on MTV2: Watch Here

HEAD LIKE A KITE was recently on MTV2 "On The Rise" while on tour. They did about 7 short episodes with the band. You can view them at http://youtube.com/user/headkite. Dave...
Posted by Head Like a Kite on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:20:00 PST