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The dates mark his first live shows since the release of his critically acclaimed Set My Heart on Fire Immediately.  The album was released last year, appearing on 2020 end of year lists by TIME Magazine, New York Times, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork, Billboard, The New Yorker, Vogue, NPR, Stereogum and many others.

It was recorded in Los Angeles, where Perfume Genius settled in 2017 with longtime partner and musical collaborator Alan Wyffels. The album explores and subverts concepts of masculinity and traditional roles, and introduces decidedly American musical influences. 

Listen to the IMMEDIATELY Remixes album with Mike and Alan. In between tracks, call into the Perfume Genius Loveline with your questions. Plus, special giveaways that include signed LPs and a grand prize: a Playstation 5. Prize winners chosen ONLY during the event.

IMMEDIATELY Remixes is a companion album to Perfume Genius' Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, remixed in original running sequence by Boy Harsher, Jenny Hval, A. G. Cook, Actress, Danny L Harle and many more

2020 saw the release of Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, Perfume Genius’ most celebrated album to date which topped many end of year lists and cemented him as one of his generations most innovative and essential artists.

It’s been three decades since Ringo Starr founded his All Starr supergroup and took the stage with some of rock and roll’s biggest luminaries, creating an exceptional legacy of performances of some of the greatest hits of all time.

Phoebe Bridgers has received 4 GRAMMY ® Awards nominations for her internationally lauded sophomore solo album Punisher. 

Today, Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) releases his music video for “Some Dream,” which is taken from his critically acclaimed album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately.

Immediately is the indispensable book companion to Perfume Genius’ Set My Heart on Fire Immediately, Mike Hadreas' critically-lauded album released in May on Matador Records, which was called a “three-dimensional, dust-blown world that is cinematic in its grandeur and intimate in its inspection of the human form” by Pitchfork Music.

On Saturday, September 19 Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) will appear live from The Palace Theater in downtown Los Angeles. 

Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) performed the ballad and album opener, “Whole Life” from his recent release, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Eric Clapton and B.B. King first performed together in NYC in 1967. Over 30 years later, in 1999, the two longtime friends joined forces to create a collection of all new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs. The resulting album Riding with the King would be released in June 2000 and go onto sell over 2 million copies in the U.S. and win the GRAMMY Award® for Best Traditional Blues Album.

GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has shared a video for 'You Ain't Big' a song off his highly anticipated upcoming album Unfollow The Rules, out July 10 through BMG.

Last week Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) released his new album, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately (Matador) to world-wide critical acclaim.

“On the Floor” in its original form is a celebratory pop song that plays with the LP's themes of love, sex, memory and the body, channeling popular music mythologies while irreverently authoring its own.

Already heralded as one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, 25-year old singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has confirmed details of her sophomore solo album, Punisher, to be released on Dead Oceans on June 19th.

Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) has shared a new single, 'On The Floor.' The track is off his forthcoming new album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately which will be released May 15 via Matador. 'On the Floor' is a celebratory Pop song that plays with the album's themes of love, sex, memory and the body, channeling popular music mythologies while irreverently authoring its own. As with the last single 'Describe,' Perfume Genius directed the video for 'On The Floor' and he notes, 'A crush can really live on its own, separate from you and the person you are pining for. The fantasy feels like its own world, obsession can turn the person you are longing for in to a monument that has less and less to do with them and more to do with the idea of love itself and what it can do, what it can soothe or quiet or light on fire. I wanted to show that maddening, solitary part of desire but keep the core which is a real warmth and belief that you have something crucial to share with each other.'

On May 15 Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) will release his 5th studio album, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, via Matador Records. Today, he shares the first single, “Describe,” a track that captures a sense of living in the moment through a heavy fog of grisly distortion and tumbling slide guitars. Hadreas notes, “it started as a really somber ballad. It was very minimal and very slow. And then it turned into this beast of a song. I started writing about when you are in such a dark place that you don't even remember what goodness is or what anything feels like. And so, the idea was having someone describe that to you, because you forgot or can't get to it.” Its accompanying video, self-directed by Hadreas, envisions “an end of the world where there are no boundaries, there are no edges, no rules, or the rules are completely new with how you interact with each other and the space around you.' 

The Immediate Family, a rock band composed of longtime associates Danny Kortchmar (guitar and vocals), Waddy Wachtel (guitar and vocals), Leland Sklar (bass), Russ Kunkel (drums) and Steve Postell (guitar and vocals), has incredible momentum at the start of 2020, with the recent announcement of a new doc about the band members in the works from Wrecking Crew director Denny Tedesco, as well as new music recorded for their upcoming next album. The band kept it going with a strong showing at the recent NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA (January 16-19, 2020), with a variety of panel and booth appearances showcasing their talent and expertise.

The 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman is notable for its stars, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, and of course, the theme song that inspired it, Roy Orbison's Number One hit “Oh, Pretty Woman.” Yet there's another song closely associated with the film – the adult contemporary smash “Fallen” by Lauren Wood.