Hello there. It’s been a minute since we arrived home from our recent adventures at SXSW, but I felt inclined to give you a quick update on some REALLY cool things that have been happening with Afghan Raiders.

We just found out we will be playing HARD LA Summer Music Festival on August 7, 2010 in Los Angeles alongside Soulwax, Crystal Castles, Diplo, Major Lazer, Digitalism, Erol Alkan, Tiga, The Twelves, and more. We are beyond excited about being a part of this INCREDIBLE lineup of artists.

We just finished recording a cover of David Bowie’s “Fashion,” which will be released on We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie on Manimal Records this fall. The track list for this double-disc / double-vinyl release isn’t finalized just yet, but we know we landed a spot on the first disc… score. Other artist who covered Bowie songs for the record include Duran Duran, Carla Bruni, Chairlift, Warpaint, Rainbow Arabia, Swahili Blonde, and many more. All proceeds to go to the charity War Child UK.

PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE

We finished up a new remix for VOICEsVOICEs for track called “Tape Noon” which will be released as part of the Sounds Outside – Remix EP on Lefse Records this fall. The remix turned out really great and we’re very excited about on being a part of the release. Stay tuned for more release details on the release.

Lastly, we are still bouncing in and out of the studio working on new originals for a new Afghan Raiders record. We are really having a lot of fun writing and experimenting around with these new tracks and I think you will be pleasantly surprised with how they turn out.

Cheers,

Mikey

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