Month: February 2013

WIRE: ABSOLUTEPUNK STREAMING ALCOA’S DEBUT ALBUM

Singer/songwriter Derek Archambault is no stranger to the spotlight; he has spent the last 4 years on tour with progressive hardcore/punk band Defeater and has had a solo project called Alcoa going for even longer.   Finally, Alcoa is releasing Bone & Marrow, its debut full-length album, today on Bridge Nine Records.   Check out…

WIRE: STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (AND DUCHESSES) “INVISIBLE”

CMT is set to premiere the video for “Invisible,” the first single from Steve Earle & The Dukes (And Duchesses) forthcoming album The Low Highway today.   The video was directed by the actor and director Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother Where Art Thou, Lincoln) and shot in New York City. It can be seen…

MARQUES TOLIVER UNVEILS NEW LIVE VIDEO FOR THE SONG “CONTROL”

Marques Toliver is happy to announce the release of his debut album Land Of CanAan, out May 14th on Bella Union. The album is the much-anticipated follow up to his critically acclaimed Butterflies Are Not Free EP, for which the New York Times praised him for his “considerable talent,” finding the EP “promising throughout.” NPR’s…

PETE SWANSON VIDEO “GROUNDS FOR ARREST”

Pete Swanson has released a new video for “Ground For Arrest” from his upcoming EP, Punk Authority. Shot on VHS, “Grounds For Arrest” finds director Diego Cohen taking his macabre vision into the dark corners of nightclubs.

CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES SIGN WITH VANGUARD RECORDS

Vanguard Records is excited to announce the signing of Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes. The Australian songstress and her band will be releasing their U.S. debut Baby Caught the Bus on May 21st, 2013.   Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes incorporate a unique blend of soul, blues, doo-woop, jazz and R&B with Clairy’s…

WIRE: MATT & KIM NEW VIDEO ON VEVO

Hot on the heels of their Harlem Shake viral video (http://youtu.be/DABphlXEyW8), which sits at over 9.5 million views and counting, Matt and Kim hit the world with their brand-new video for “It’s Alright” from their latest full length Lightning (FADER Label). Premiering worldwide today on VEVO, the video finds Matt and Kim in bed performing…

“ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC PRESENTS THE CONNECTION TOUR”

Eleven Seven Music has partnered with A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) to create the “Eleven Seven Music Presents The Connection Tour.”   The tour features Eleven Seven Music roster standouts, the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum alternative rock band Papa Roach as headliners, with labelmates, the kings of underground rock, Escape The Fate and Century Media’s up-and-coming…

WIN THE ULTIMATE ‘COACHELLA’ EXPERIENCE

Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) today launched a Facebook contest to win the ultimate Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival experience. If skiing is more your thing, then you should find luxury ski holidays online with Supertravel.co.uk. The package, valued at $6500, provides accommodations in the private onsite Safari Tent Compound during…

E.G. Holmes and David Vanden Enden, Wonderful You

About the Artists: This is Holmes’ latest release. Researching his bio these 2 have managed to   Incorporate elements of Traditional Pop, Jazz, Blues, and Classical Rock in a thoughtful new Adult Contemporary album, E.G. Holmes – Wonderful You is a sexy and edgy compilation with alternating light heart-ed and intense subject matters coupled with…

Erisa Rei, Black Ball

Like many a musician, Illinois native Erisa Rei began in the church choir.   What ensued is the “torrid” romance that has dominated her for over two decades. Her recent release, Black Ball, has already secured itself a spot on the AMA charts. “Sojourn Band” starts all hypnotic, and when Erisa begins to sing, the…

17TH ANNUAL ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL

Insomniac will bring more than 100 world-class DJs from across the globe to North America’s largest electronic music festival, the 17th Annual Electric Daisy Carnival, held June 21-23, 2013. Insomniac will transform the Las Vegas Motor Speedway into a completely interactive carnival experience with 500 theatrical performers, including fire twirlers, aerialists, dancers, and stilt walkers;…

WIRE: INTERVIEW MAGAZINE PREMIERES KACEY JOHANSING’S “ENEMY”

Described by The Bay Bridged as “gorgeous acoustic pop”, San Francisco based musician Kacey Johansing creates songs with wandering melodies, lush harmonies and moody aural landscapes. Her songs are continuing to make their way into the ears and hearts of more people too, as Interview Magazine premiered “Enemy,” one of the album’s more personal centerpieces.…

BIG SCARY POST NEW SINGLE “PHIL COLLINS”

Acclaimed Australian alt-pop duo, Big Scary (Tom Iansek & Joanna Syme) reveal Phil Collins – the first track from their forthcoming sophomore album Not Art.The track is currently available for streaming via the band’s soundcloud page. https://soundcloud.com/bigscary/phil-collins Nine-months in the making, Tom and Jo wrote and recorded Not Art while in support of their debut…

WIRE: PLAYER’S NEW VIDEO “I WILL”

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Player fans worldwide can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of the video for the romantic track “I Will”.   The song is taken from Player’s forthcoming set, TOO MANY REASONS; the album is due out on February 26th in North America via Frontiers Records.  …

MUSIC MASTER MATTHEW SCHULTZ RETURNS WITH BANGING SOUND

Musician extraordinaire Matt Schultz has come back to the music scene with guns blazing. As a young man Matthew was always drawn to the sights and sounds of music. It helped that most of his family were musicians and valued the art of it. His uncles for starters, used to perform at family functions and…

The Cat Lady, Rise Up

The Cat Lady has a mystifying sound with her new release, “Rise Up”. She has a subtle, soothing vibration that slithers around in one’s head like a snake. It tickles your senses with enticing intrigue.   It opens with a burst of horns and a smooth bass line. Then lays the ground work for an…

DECKER. NEW VIDEO “KILLING ME” FROM ‘SLIDER’

Rising from the dust of a near-fatal August 2012 van rollover while on tour in California, the band still managed to record the 10-song follow-up to their third release, 2011’s, Broken Belts, Broken Bones, in three inspired months over the summer to produce their most robust, captivating and compelling record to date.

AVICII’S WORLD’S LARGEST MUSIC COLLABORATION

Superstar DJ and producer Avicii, aka Tim Berling, today launches the ‘X You’ track, created out of the world’s largest music collaboration.   The collaborative project ran for nearly seven weeks and invited fans worldwide to contribute to his next single. During this time Avicii curated around 13,000 submissions from more than 4,000 people in…

INTERVIEW: HEAVEN AND EARTH

Guitarist Stuart Smith worked with a lot of premier musicians while putting together a solo project called Heaven and Earth.   He released a few albums using fellow guest musicians before putting together a touring band and a band album Dig.   Stuart added longtime road vets Joe Retta on vocals, Chuck Wright on bass,…

JAMES MCCARTNEY MASSIVE 47 DATE TOUR OF THE USA

Following a year that introduced him to international success in 2012, James McCartney now heads towards an exciting and unprecedented 2013–a year that will see him release his first full-length album and embark on a forty-seven date, twenty-seven state tour of the USA, to be followed by a number of additional shows and appearances across…

WIRE: MTV BUZZWORTHY POST NEW SONG BY NIGHT RIOTS

The high-energy indie-pop quintet, formerly known as PK, have announced their new moniker, Night Riots, and embraced a spookier, synthesizer-based sound on their new song, “Spiders”.Watch the ominous vignette for the new track on MTV Buzzworthy here: http://on.mtv.com/13i0tRe. You can download “Spiders” for free on Night Riots’ official website here: http://www.nightriots.com/ On the band’s name…

QUIET COMPANY SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM APRIL 9

Out of print and unavailable for nearly three years, Austin indie rockers Quiet Company have gone back to their beginnings to re-release their 2006 debut album, “Shine Honesty.” But instead of merely shipping decade-old recordings to a pressing plant, lead singer/guitarist Taylor Muse and his bandmates have completely rerecorded and updated the album to reflect…

WIRE: NEW VIDEO BY MY GOLD MASK VIA NYLON

What began as a collaboration between longtime musical partners Gretta Rochelle and Jack Armondo (guitar), became less a means to an end, than the end itself. A deep wellspring of personal and musical experiences shaped their direction, and Chicago’s My Gold Mask is a culmination, a fulfillment, of a long artistic road, that has lead…

TREVOR JACKSON NEW VIDEO “LIKE WE GROWN”

Trevor Jackson brings some fresh flavor and fire to R&B.   The video for “Like We Grown,” Trevor Jackson’s new track for Atlantic Records, features Zendaya as the leading lady. “My favorite part about making this video was that I was able to work with a lot of my friends, so it didn’t seem like…

WIRE: VALLEYS SIGN TO KANINE RECORDS

Montreal electronic duo Valleys signed to Brooklyn, New York based label, Kanine Records (Grizzly Bear/Braids) to release their debut full-length record, Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night? on April 30. You can stream the first single off the album, an edit of “Undream A Year” on Spinner.com – respost via…

MPULSE NEW SINGLE “HAD A DOLLAR”

One of Chicago’s young-spitta’s, MPulse, will be releasing his new project, Sofa Gun: The Sequel, which is hosted by Don Cannon will be dropping in March.   Here is the latest leak, “Had A Dollar,” (produced by Keef Boyd) from that upcoming project. Download link to MPulse “Had A Dollar”: https://soundcloud.com/rrmpulse/had-a-dollar http://iampulse.com

CY HARP NEW VIDEO “NEED GOD”

Cy Harp has released the visual to “Need God” off of the Die for Truth Album. Need God is a very soulful feeling song with a strong message indicating it’s never too late to change your life for the best. One song at a time Cy Harp plans to change the thought process of the…

DAN SARTAIN NEW SINGLE ‘LOVE IS SUICIDE’ FEAT. RICHIE RAMONE

Master of his domain and one man Brill Building, Dan Sartain follows last year’s ‘Too Tough To Live’ (short) long-player with a new single, ‘Love Is Suicide’. With its driving New-Wave ZX Spectrum synth-pop and throbbing sequenced bass, ‘Love Is Suicide’ carries strong overtones of Alan Vega and The Cars in their early ‘80s pomp.…

ANDREW RIPP TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM

Singer-songwriter Andrew Ripp is set to release his brand new album Won’t Let Go on Be Music & Entertainment April 16th. Working with GRAMMY Award-winning producer Charlie Peacock (Civil Wars, Colbie Caillat, Switchfoot), Ripp had a hand in co-writing all 11 tracks and the end result is a deeply personal album that will take listeners…

‘LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE’ EXPANDS REACH THRU RFD-TV

Live from Daryl’s House, the hit web-series created by Daryl Hall, will debut on Rural Media Group’s networks, RFD-TV and FamilyNet, on Sunday, March 3rd at 9:30pm EST.   The series has been added to RFD-TV and FamilyNet’s Sunday night primetime slot of family-orientated music and entertainment programming.   The series joins the network’s other…

KVELERTAK SET NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR

Kvelertak has unveiled details of a major North American headline tour deemed, “MEIR TOUR — NORTH AMERICA 2013.” The spring trek celebrates the Norwegian rock band’s hugely anticipated Roadrunner Records debut, MEIR and kicks off April 21st at Chicago’s Bottom Lounge. MEIR arrives everywhere on March 26th. The upcoming tour — first announced exclusively on…

JOHN OO FLEMING NEW SINGLE “WKO”

Label boss John 00 Fleming returns with ‘WKO,’ the supporting single from his anticipated artist album, One Hundred Ten WKO. John is well known for his more serious take on the trance world and ‘WKO’ showcases his dark pounding beats complimented with rich pads and driving leads. JOOF Recording’s main man, Cosmithex, steps up for…

K. FLAY RELEASES WEST GHOST MIXTAPE

K.Flay states: “West Ghost is basically a conversation I’m having with myself, one that began when I left San Francisco last year.   After I moved to Brooklyn, I started to feel this crazy sense of freedom, but it was a freedom based in rootlessness and so it kind of punched me in the stomach.…

Gilbert Neal, Dirty Red Pagan

As a “very poor and directionless” youth, Gilbert Neal drifted whichever way the wind blew. As it happened, Fate took him to the musical vocation. Bass guitar was his specialty, and he plied his craft at various venues in his native Buffalo. Now a resident of North Carolina, he has branched out to the six-string,…

TODD RUNGREN ON TOUR IN MAY

Prolific musical experimenter, premier league pop craftsman, tireless producer, runt, wizard and true star Todd Rundgren will release his new studio album ‘STATE’ on the Esoteric Antenna label via Cherry Red on Tuesday, April 9th. ‘STATE’ is Rundgren’s 24th solo studio album (and that’s not including the 2 albums he recorded with his first band…

WIRE: JOSH XANTUS NEW SONG “BREATHE”

Valentine’s Day comes early courtesy of singer-songwriter-pianist Josh Xantus. The Juilliard School alum pours his heart into “Breathe”, an acoustic R&B gem laced with a strong emotional delivery. Josh dedicates the romantic track to his true love, “I always imagined what real love was like and then one day I found it. She inspired me…

!!! POST “SLYD”

THR!!!ER, the latest full-length album from !!! is coming out on April 30th and earlier today the band shared with fans a sneak peek into the record via the song “Slyd.” One of the only tracks on the album not recorded with Spoon’s Jim Eno, “Slyd” stands out for another reason, as a tribute to…

WIRE: SPIN PREMIERES NEW MP3 FROM THE THERMALS

On Monday, February 11, SPIN premiered an MP3 of The Thermals new song “Born To Kill” along with a lyric video for the track. The song is from the band’s new album Desperate Ground out April 16 on Saddle Creek. “Born To Kill” is the perfect introduction to The Thermals’ brilliantly sick and twisted new…

ENTER THE INTRICATE WORLD OF H.C. TURK

H.C. Turk is a personification of the word multidimensional because Mr. Turk eats & breathes diversity.   H.C. lives his life not just as a musician but also as a successful writer, painter, visual artist and photographer.   With three albums complete and a whopping 36 novels written this man of many faces has the…