Walk the Moon

Playing Red Rocks August 6

Walk the Moon (often stylized as WALK THE MOON) is an American Indie rock band based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lead singer Nicholas Petricca started the band in 2008 and went through several member changes before finally coming together with current members Kevin Ray, Sean Waugaman, and Eli Maiman in 2010. The band derives their name from the song “Walking on the Moon” by The Police. The group independently released their debut album, I Want! I Want!, in November 2010, receiving airplay for the track “Anna Sun” on multiple Alternative radio stations. In February 2011, Walk the Moon signed with Mick Management. They signed to RCA Records and released their first major label album, their second overall, the self-titled Walk the Moon, in June 2012. It is composed of many of their original tracks from I Want! I Want! as well as new tracks that were written specifically for the album and were meant to reflect the kind of energy the band produced in their live shows. In December 2014, the band released their second major-label studio album, Talking Is Hard. This album included their biggest hit to date, “Shut Up and Dance,” which has so far charted at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 1 on Billboard’s Rock Songs chart and Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart. SPIN Magazine has described them as a “poppy, art-rock quartet”. They were also deemed a Nylon MagazineBand Crush for their “swirly pop beats, infectious guitar riffs, and loud, sing-a-long choruses.” On September 9, 2014, Walk the Moon released the single “Shut Up and Dance” in advance of their new album. Over the course of October 2014, the band released a series of pictures and videos on their Facebook page that hinted at the album’s title. The title was officially revealed to be Talking Is Hard on October 29, 2014, with a release date set for December 2. On November 10, 2014, the band released the cover artwork and song listing for Talking is Hard. On November 17, 2014, they released “Different Colors” as the second single off the album. On November 24, 2014, the album was surprise released on Spotify a week before its set release date. On December 2, 2014 the album was released in digital, CD, and vinyl formats. It was the number 4 album on iTunes the day of its release.[22]The album also charted at number 26 on the Billboard 200 in its first week of release. Before the release of their self-titled album, Walk the Moon joined many other performers at the Music Midtown festival and performed on the Great Southeast Music Hall Stage in Atlanta, Georgia in September 2011.[13] In the spring of 2011, the band went on a short tour with the west coast band, Grouplove, as well as supported Panic! At the Disco and Weezer on select dates. The band played on the main stage at the 20th Anniversary of Lollapalooza and also supported Local Natives in an Official Lollaplooza Aftershow at Lincoln Hall. In 2011, the band members began to paint their faces for live performances and they would bring enough paint to share with audience members. They have claimed it has become a “live tradition”.[2] Bonnaroo’s camera crew documented the painting process in a short video from the 2011 festival.[14] Preceding the release of their album, RCA put the band on tour with Young the Giant and Kaiser Chiefs, as well as released a three-song sampler, Anna Sun EP, in January of 2012.[15] The band played at the Sasquatch Music Festival and Firefly Music Festival. The band’s self-titled major label debut Walk the Moon was released on June 19, 2012, the same day that the band appeared on the Late Show with Dave Letterman. The band has also appeared on Conan on July 18th, 2012, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on April 5th 2012, and Last Call with Carson Daly back in 2011. On June 27th, 2012, the band joined many other performers at Summerfest Music Festival and performed on the U.S. Cellular Connection Stage.[16] Also in 2012, Walk the Moon played in the iTunes Festival in London, appeared in KROQ’s Weenie Roast 2012, and was the supporting act for Fun on their European tour. Their single “Quesadilla” was added to the official FIFA 13 soundtrack and their second single, “Tightrope” was used in a commercial for the HP Envy 4 Ultrabook laptop.[17] Lead singer Petricca also appeared on the song “Finale” by Madeon, which also appeared on the FIFA 13 soundtrack.

Milky Chance is a German folk duo with reggae and electronic music influences made up of Clemens Rehbein(vocals and instrumentals) and Philipp Dausch (production and DJing). Both originating from Kassel, they have several singles and one album on their own imprint Lichtdicht Records.[1] Their first single “Stolen Dance” was released in April 2013, peaking at No. 1 on charts in countries such as Austria, France, Belgium (Wallonia),Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary.[2] It also won the 1Live Krone radio awards for Best Single.[2]

The duo’s debut album Sadnecessary was released in October 2013, with singles such as “Down By the River“. The album peaked at number 14 in Germany,[2] and in 2014 SPIN named Sadnecessary their Album of the Week.[3] SPINfurther described the leading single “Stolen Dance” as a “serenely rollicking crossover jam,” clarifying that “the great majority of Sadnecessary follows [the song’s] pattern of low-octane beats and gently lapping guitar strumming.”[3] The band made their TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in October 2014,[2] and also won the European Border Breakers Award that month.[2] They started a tour of North America in late 2014,[2] performing at venues such as the House of Blues and festivals such as Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

After meeting together in school, the duo of Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch finished their secondary education at Jacob-Grimm-Schule in Kassel, Germany in 2012. Both were in a jazz quartet known as Flown Tones where Rehbein played bass guitar and Dausch was a guitarist.[5] The group disbanded after the drummer left, though Dausch and Rehbein continued to collaborate, combining electronic production with acoustic guitar and their own vocals and lyrics.