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Title: Time of the Assassins
Release date: 27 January, 2009
Record label: Rykodisc Records
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Ryko Records is kicking off the new year with the release of Nickel Eye’s (aka Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes) debut album, The Time of the Assassins. The record is out on January 27, 2009 and sounds like a low-fi, stripped down garage/folk affair inspired by some of his favorite artists, including Neil Young, Frank Black, The Kinks and Leonard Cohen.
Nickel Eye is hitting the road with a co-headlining tour with Low vs. Diamond as well as three dates with The Ravonettes in the North East. All the dates are below.
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January 14 Green Room Montreal, QUE
**January 15 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
**January 16 Webster Hall New York, NY
**January 17 Black Cat Washington, DC
*January 18 Khyber Philadelphia, PA
*January 20 El Mocambo Toronto, ONT
*January 21 Magic StickDetroit, MI
*January 22 The Beat Kitchen Chicago, IL
*January 23 Majestic Theatre Madison, WI
*January 24 Fine LineMinneapolis, MN
*January 26 Marquis Denver, CO
*January 29 TroubadourLos Angeles, CA
*January 30 The Loft / UCSD San Diego, CA
*January 31 Detroit Bar Costa Mesa, CA
*February 2Independent San Francisco, CA
* - Co-headlining tour with Low vs Diamond
** - Support for The Raveonettes
Nickel Eye biography
Nickel Eye is the solo project of The Strokes' bassist Nikolai Fraiture. When The Strokes' hiatus began taking longer than expected. Nikolai reached into an old shoebox of poems and rants written years ago. With his free time, he began adapting them to music. Enlisting the help of South, a UK band introduced to him by a friend. Nickel Eye recorded some demos at South Studios in Hackney, London. With guests appearances by Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Regina Spektor.
The Time of The Assassins was completed a few months later in New York City. The album was written and produced by Nickel Eye. It is musically influenced by some of his favorite artists, such as Neil Young, Frank Black, Leonard Cohen abd The Kinks and will be released January 27th, 2009 on Rykodisc. The artwork is reminiscent of Lynd Ward's Gods' Man, a collection of woodcuts considered to be one of the first graphic novels. The lyrics and theme for The Time of The Assassins found their impetus during a road trip acorss the United States of America when Nikolai was nineteen.
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