Los Angeles’, The Reflections take us behind the lens of their music, with a Wonka-styled journey through the subway tunnels for the video for their second single, “Disconnected.” Directed by Ellen Frances (The New Pornographers, Black Marble), the “Disconnected” video premiered last week at Impose Magazine who called it, “riveting to watch and ripe for…
Month: November 2012
HUNTER VALENTINE TOUR WITH SUM 41
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HUNTER VALENTINE is a band in nonstop motion. From starring on Season 3 of Showtime’s The Real L Word to the release of their third record, Collide & Conquer on Megaforce/Sony in October to a just-wrapped six week tour of North America, the ladies of Hunter Valentine are everywhere. Now the band has announced a…
JOE SMITH INTERVIEWS NOW @ LOC.GOV
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In 1988, John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono gave a candid interview to record-label president Joe Smith about the Beatles’ split: “For John, it was a divorce. I think he was feeling very good about it, as if a big weight was off him.” Ono was among more than 200 celebrated performers, producers and…
WIRE: MOONLIGHT BRIDE TO RELEASE ‘DEAD LANGUAGE’ EP ON DECEMBER 4
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Chattanooga indie-rockers Moonlight Bride has announced plans to release their new EP, Dead Language, digitally on December 4 at all major online retailers. In anticipation, the band is streaming the entire EP now at http://www.thesouthrail.com/?p=4267. Haunted Pop. A term that best describes and is reserved solely for Moonlight Bride. On…
BIG CATS! RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR “FIVE”
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Big Cats! just released a new video for “Five” off of his most recent album For My Mother. The video was directed by Isaac Gale and shot in Barbados. For My Mother was a project came to fruition last year after Big Cats! received a grant from the American Composers Forum and the…
VICTORY RECORDS WELCOMES THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT
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Victory Records is honored to announce that THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT has joined the Victory roster. Watch the announcement video here. http://youtu.be/Xe2SzyWBsnA The Rev comments, “We are very excited to be a Victory band now. Since we are going to get back to doing some edgier stuff, it makes perfect sense to be on Victory.…
LINDI ORTEGA NEW VIDEO FILMED ON iPHONE
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To continue to celebrate the release of her sophomore album Cigarettes & Truckstops, acclaimed Nashville-based artist Lindi Ortega is set to embark on a nationwide solo tour in 2013. Full details on reverse. Ortega has toured extensively throughout 2011-2012, opening for acts like Social Distortion, Dierks Bentley, and James Vincent McMorrow. Her live performance has…
TECH: JERROD NIEMANN THURSDAY NIGHT’S CONCERT IN CHICAGO LIVE STREAM
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Since the platinum-selling success of his genre-bending No. 1 hit, “Lover, Lover,” country star Jerrod Niemann has made it his goal to over-deliver during his live shows with many sets lasting nearly three hours. In celebration of his new album Free The Music, which features the current single “Only God Could Love You More,” Niemann…
TRIXIE WHITLEY VIDEO FOR “BREATHE YOU IN MY DREAMS”
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Trixie Whitley wrapped up the first leg of her first headlining tour of the USA with a spellbinding sold-out performance at New York’s Mercury Lounge this past Wednesday. After spending Thanksgiving weekend participating in the All-Star tribute to The Last Waltz staged in San Francisco, CA, at the Warfield, she’s about to continue her tour…
WIRE: PITCHFORK PREMIERES WALL’S NEW SINGLE
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London-based producer/writer/vocalist WALL is excited to share her cover of Karen Dalton’s “Something On Your Mind” with US audiences, debuting the track with Pitchfork. After releasing the haunting “No Secrets” on SoundCloud in February as a free download, the Black Cab Sessions team stepped in to get involved, signing WALL for her debut single…
LOS ANGELES’ CLUB NOKIA PRESENTS: ERYKAH BADU
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Los Angeles’ CLUB NOKIA is excited to host four-time GRAMMY ® award-winning American soul singer and songwriter Erykah Badu on Saturday, December 29. Tickets for this show go on sale Friday, November 30 at 10:00 AM. Reserved Floor, VIP Balcony and Lower Balcony tickets are $85. Upper Balcony tickets are $65 and General Admission Standing…
9th WONDER & BUCKSHOT “CRAZY”
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9th Wonder & Buckshot are out with a surreal new video for “Crazy,” a track on their new album ‘The Solution’ (Jamla/Duck Down Music), which is available now at major outlets. The video features four versions of Buckshot, a creepy rabbit and a masked man. You figure it out. Video Link: http://win.gs/UQIEpe
FREE TIX: XAVIER RUDD LIVE IN NYC – DECEMBER 3 – IRVING PLAZA
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Making his way halfway around the globe, XAVIER RUDD, one of Australia’s most iconic voices today, is coming to the US for a string of tour dates in support of his recently released and critically-hailed seventh album SPIRIT BIRD (SideOneDummy Records; released June 5, 2012).
WILD BELLE TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ON MARCH 12TH
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Wild Belle is set to release their debut album Isles on March 12th, 2013 on Columbia Records. Recorded with electronics wizard Bill Skibbe at Keyclub Recordings in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Isles was written and produced by Chicago based siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman. Isles is comprised of eleven songs that showcase Wild Belle’s…
THE JELLY PROJECT’S “STUPID ANIMAL” VIDEO PREMIER
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People in animal masks? A bad acid trip? Or a bold commentary on police, doctors, big tobacco and society at large? The Jelly Project asks “What animal has society made you into?”.
WIRE: IN THE VALLEY BELOW RELEASE “PALM TREE FIRE” VIDEO
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Echo Park-based dark-pop duo In The Valley Below are pleased to release the 2nd installment of their two-part video series directed by French avant-garde filmmaker Laurent Michel Moreau. This video is for the haunting track “Palm Tree Fire,” led by the call and return between the male and female leads. Watch the first installment for…
THE CELLOPHANE FLOWERS OFFER FREE MP3
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With the festive season around the corner, full of sparkly dresses, Christmas parties, spending time with friends and family and bursting with the spirit of giving a little more love this year, and The Cellophane Flowers are definitely getting all festive with their early Christmas present, ‘Tears of a Clown’. The sensational quirky indie-pop…
WILDCAT! WILDCAT! SUPPORT ALT-J ON TOUR
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Critically acclaimed LA-based band Wildcat! Wildcat! are set to support Alt-J on the west coast run of their North American tour in December (details below). The taste-making independent label Neon Gold, who released the band’s latest 7” The Chief, noted that, “It was their Royal Tenenbaums-inspired calling card and flawless aesthetic that first caught our…
WIRE: BING OFFERS 2012 TOP MUSIC SEARCHES
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Looks like “Bieber Fever” has swept the nation for a second year in a row as Justin Bieber tops Bing’s list of Top Searched Musicians in 2012. From an album release and an on/off relationship with a former Disney starlet, there is no surprise that this has been the year of the Bieber. The nation…
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ALBUM TRAILER
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“Well, if I were to use that threadbare metaphor of albums being like children, then Push The Sky Away is the ghost-baby in the incubator and Warren’s loops are its tiny, trembling heart-beat.” – Nick Cave ALBUM TRAILER LIVE NOW: http://bzz.is/8k8 At the heart of Push the Sky Away is a naturalism and warmth that…
CHRISTIAN McNEILL & SEA MONSTERS POST “ZERO”
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Christian McNeill & Sea Monsters releases their debut album, Everything’s Up For Grabs, on January 22, 2013 through Q-Dee Records. A self-described “career songwriter,” Christian McNeill was born in Ireland but has called the Boston area home for the last 16 years. His career arc began as a punk rocker in the Irish group Schtum…
LIFEHOUSE TO PERFORM NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES SHOWS
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Geffen Records recording artists Lifehouse will release their first new album in over two years and their sixth overall on December 11th titled: AlmerÃa. To celebrate the band has scheduled two special performances for release week. On December 11th, Lifehouse will perform at The Gramercy in New York City and on December 18th…
R-MEAN NEW VIDEO FEAT THE GAME & MARKA
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Armenia is a small country of fewer than four million people sitting in the south caucus region of Asia and landlocked between Turkey, Azerbadjian, Georgia, and Iran. You should know this because Los Angeles is in fact home to one of the largest Armenian immigrant enclaves in the world. Celebrities Serj Tankian and Kim Kardashian…
THE GREAT AFFAIRS VIDEO “SHERRYBABY”
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The Great Affairs are about to drop a new EP in December, having undergone some significant lineup changes over the last year. For those of you unaware, The Great Affairs co-existed as an offshoot of fORMER, with fORMER representing a slightly harder pop edge, while The Great Affairs flew the flag for a somewhat more…
LAURIANA MAE FEATURED ON COCA-COLA HOLIDAY TUNE
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Coca-Cola tapped three emerging music artists to record “Something In The Air”, the brand’s 2012 holiday anthem. Produced by Rock Mafia and written and performed by Music Dealers’ artist Grayson Sanders, the song features Atlantic recording artist Lauriana Mae and Mulinjer LLC’s singer-songwriter Jono. Available now on iTunes, “Something in the Air” is…
WIRE: MATT POND NEW SINGLE ON ROLLINGSTONE
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Matt Pond will release his new album The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand on February 5 via BMG. The first single, “Love To Get Used,” premiered this week on Rolling Stone as a Daily Download. “The song specifically references the explorer side of my family,” says Pond. “An endless loop of pride…
WIRE: NEW GENTLEMAN REG ALBUM STREAM
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Gentleman Reg’s new full-length album, Leisure Life, arrived in stores today on Heavy Head/Outside Music and you can stream it currently via CBC Music here. Reg has been building up anticipation since the summer, previewing the album with the release of three digital EPs featuring tracks from the album, along with b-sides, garnering excellent reviews…
CHRISTINA PERRI NEW VIDEO FOR HOLIDAYS
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Check out the official music video for Christina Perri’s original holiday song “Something About December” Shot in LA and directed by Elliot Sellers, Christina shares some home videos from her childhood. The video also features a cameo from Christina’s brother Nick Perri, who co-wrote the song with Christina and producer David Hodges. Christina Perri “Something…
HOT ROCK FROM A COLD LAND: MN NATIVE & RADIO DRIVE PURVEYOR KEVIN GULLICKSON
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Whether he’s climbing Top 40 Charts in Calgary or serenading a St. Paul soup kitchen, Radio Drive mastermind Kevin Gullickson — a one-man band since 2009 — brings optimism and energy to his alt-pop endeavors.
WIRE: THE FARTHEST EDGE APPEAR AT AMA’S
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On Sunday, November 18th, The Farthest Edge converged on the American Music Awards scene for what they hoped to be their inaugural walk on the AMA Red Carpet. Realizing how important the American Music Awards are in the industry and to rising stars, the opportunity to be a part of this signature event ignited the…
MAT ZO POSTS “EASY” + US TOUR
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Mat Zo, one of the most acclaimed young DJ/producers in electronic music, is beginning his largest solo North American tour ever, spanning the tail end of November through New Year’s Eve in Chicago. http://youtu.be/4_5blMi0ve4 This tour caps of Mat’s most successful year to date. It began with his release of the ‘Bipolar’ EP in February,…
Drew Schultz, Back to Class
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Drew Schultz comes by his funk and soul credentials through years of experience. He got his start with the Four Tops. That experience allowed him to work with a lot of greats in the industry. When it came time to do this disc, he got quite a few of them to guest here. Some of…
Joe Melillo, 1 Step Toward 1000 Miles
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Joe Melillo brings a musically and lyrically eclectic medley with his album 1 Step Toward 1000 Miles. From the raucous and guttural blues of “Toughest Around” to the disco endeavor “Music is my Life,” even the most seasoned listener would be unable to predict what comes next. One track, “Percy,” involves the stealing of prescription…
WIRE: BROOMS PREMIERE NEW SINGLE “BALDING”
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The first single “Balding” is premiering today at Diffuser.fm and though certainly rife with metaphor, is also meant to be taken literally as well. The tune bounces through its paces like an anxious metronome, at moments channeling the convulsive jazz of John Zorn only to morph into the indie rock equivalent of Gregorian chant. In…
WIRE: VIBE PREMIERE FROM FRENCH HORN REBELLION
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French Horn Rebellion have collaborated with The Knocks’ JPatt for this nu disco track “Love Is Dangerous”. The remix by Brooklyn’s Chrome Canyon is part of the Love Is Dangerous EP which will come out December 11th, the day French Horn Rebellion play New York’s Webster Hall, supporting OF MONTREAL. SKOPE IT HERE!
CHANNING BANKS TAKES ON CHILDREN’S MUSIC GENRE
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If you are the parent of a young child, you are well aware of the mostly sad state of children’s music being offered nowadays. But that’s all about to change with the release of Rock My ABCs, by CHANNING BANKS.
HEAVEN’S BASEMENT REVEAL ARTWORK & VIDEO FOR DEBUT
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UK hard rockers Heaven’s Basement are proud to reveal the cover art and track listing for their debut album FILTHY EMPIRE. The album has now been confirmed for a February 5th, 2013 North American street date via Red Bull Records. Filthy Empire is produced by John Feldmann (The Used, Papa Roach, Black Veil Brides) and…
VP RECORDS NEW VIDEO FROM GYPTIAN
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“Overtime” from Gyptian is featured on Reggae Gold 2012 and is the lead track from the Overtime riddim. Produced by Justus Arison (Overproof Riddim), the track captures Gyptian expressing his passions for the ladies as only he can. The mid-tempo groove has a strong appeal for females and the vocal performance is consistent with Gyptian…
WIRE: PLAYASVILLE POST FIRST SINGLE
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The first EVER single from Playasville titled “Know About Me” from their upcoming debut album. Playasville consists of Charlie Burgess and James Browning. Charlie lays out the raps/vocals, while James produces the music. The new album is just about done and will be completely produced by James and will include no samples. More details about…
PRIME SOCIAL GROUP ANNOUNCE ELECTRO BEACH 2013
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Prime Social Group is pleased to announced its confirmations for Phase One of Electro Beach 2013 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. In its sophomore year Electro Beach Puerto Vallarta brings a stellar combination of superstar DJs including Tiesto, Sander Van Doorn, Nicky Romero, Zedd, Tommy Trash, Pierce Fulton, 3Lau, Krewella, Manufactured Superstars, DannyAvila, The Knocks and…
