Jamaican native Rohan Pommels has 2+ decades’ experience composing and performing. He has toured as far as Japan, and has written songs used by television programs. Now comes his Valley of Bones, a finely constructed R&B album of devotion in both the physical and spiritual realms. The track, “Show Me,” has a soothing background. The…
Month: March 2013
BARTON – Falling Out
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“Falling Out” is his latest release from Portland based Singer/Songwriter Barton who used to be the guitarist for local band Petals. “Falling Out” is his latest release and it has much to commend it. Admittedly, there is a whole lot of variety to these arrangements and performances. First: The impressive Barton knows how to play…
WIRE: PATTY GRIFFIN OFFERS FIRST TRACK ON USA TODAY
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New West Records is proud to announce that Patty Griffin has released the first song from her soon-to-be-released new record, American Kid. “Ohio” is available for posting. Griffin wrote the song with additional music arrangement by Robert Plant, who sings harmonies on the track. The band is Luther and Cody Dickinson from North Mississippi Allstars…
THE BAND PERRY TO PERFORM “LIVE ON LETTERMAN”
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CBS Interactive’s award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by Xperiaâ„¢ Lounge, will feature country music’s sibling trio, The Band Perry, in a live webcast performance from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on CBS.com and VEVO, Monday, April 1 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT). The Band Perry will perform a…
OLEANDER RETURNS WITH FOURTH ALBUM
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Even with an 8-year break between projects, OLEANDER never broke up, says bassist Doug Eldridge. “We said, ‘Let’s sit back for a while and enjoy life.’” That they did, and now they’re returning with their fourth album, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, due April 16 on RE_IGNITE Records via Kobalt Label Services. The title…
INDIA.ARIE POSTS “COCOA BUTTER” FROM NEW ALBUM
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Multi Grammy winning, iconic singer-songwriter India.Arie has announced plans to release her long awaited, highly anticipated fifth studio album titled SongVersation on June 25th (Soulbird/ Motown Records). https://soundcloud.com/india-arie/cocoa-butter Produced by India.Arie & Grammy winning songwriter Shannon Sanders with additional production from singer-songwriter David Ryan Harris and songwriter Michael Ruff, the album was recorded…
WIRE: THE UNCLUDED NEW VIDEO ON MYVU
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This brand new Pete Lee-directed music video from The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson) for their single “Delicate Cycle,” which premiered today on MTVu. The video features ‘perma-kitten’ cat superstar Lil Bub. Watch the video below: Watch The Uncluded “Delicate Cycle”on MTVu: http://www.mtvu.com/music/new-from-the-uncluded-delicate-cycle/ “Delicate Cycle” is the first official single from The Uncluded’s upcoming…
WIRE: THUNDERBIRD GERARD SPIN VIDEO PREMIER
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Producer/hip-hop artist Thunderbird Gerard has announced that he will be releasing his debut free T.R.O.U.B.L.E EP May 6th. A New Yorker by way of Berlin, Thunderbird Gerard has been cultivating his style for quite some time. Upon leaving the US after his 20th birthday, Thunderbird Gerard made his way to England where he…
5IVE STAR POSTS NEW SINGLE WITH BIGGIE SAMPLE
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5ive Star shows off his versatility with a sultry new Biggie-sampling record, “Caress 2 Undress” off of his upcoming mixtape I AM 5IVE STAR dropping April 6th! AUDIO: 5ive Star – Caress 2 Undress https://soundcloud.com/5ive-star-music/caress-2-undress “Making music is as natural to me as breathing. It’s the result of realizing my true self,” says the…
WIRE: MIKAL CRONIN POST ON PITCHFORK
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Mikal Cronin will release MCII in May. Pitchfork premiered the first track “Weight.” Listen & share “Weight” now! Cronin’s self-titled debut from 2011 was all about endings: the end of college, the end of a serious relationship, and the end of his time in Los Angeles, where he grew up. So it’s no surprise that…
CITY AND COLOUR’S NEW ALBUM
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City and Colour–acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green–will release his highly anticipated new album, The Hurry and The Harm, June 4 on Dine Alone Records. Available as a pre-order April 9 on iTunes, the record will also be offered as a deluxe version, which includes three bonus tracks (a new exclusive song, “The Way…
SISTER HAZEL PARTNERS WITH FEED THE CHILDREN
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Award-winning, multi-platinum group Sister Hazel has teamed with nonprofit relief organization Feed The Children to promote child sponsorship around the world. The band recently kicked off the partnership on their 13th annual Rock Boat cruise, February 24-March 1, as the first of several events to encourage their fans to become sponsors of children in need.…
COUNTRY NEWCOMER STURGILL SIMPSON DEBUT OUT JUNE 11
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STURGILL SIMPSON is going to change the “haven’t” to “have” in the magazine quote above with the release of his debut album–HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN–out June 11 on his own label, via Thirty Tigers Distribution. Comprised of 12 tracks, 10 of which are composed by Sturgill alone, range from furious honky-tonk to pre-outlaw country-rocking to spellbinding…
NEW VIDEO BY A-WAX POSTED
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A-Wax, no stranger to the way in which his gun-brandishing image can appear as cliché, knowingly says, “they think I am a little bit predictable with my themes and messages.” So putting A-Wax as kitchen staff is a way to switch it up and challenge that perception. “If you hear, ‘Pie-Rx Boy, keep it cooking’…
WIRE: TAIWAN TOUR: DJ CODE VS VOLVO V.40
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Taiwan-based DJ Code has begun a tour across the island in support of the launch of Volvo’s new V40 model. Spanning over 7 cities in 10 days, DJ Code will be accompanied by a live violinist as he delivers his unique blend of electronic and oriental styles combined with traditional music instruments. Signed to High…
THE STAVES’ NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “FACING WESTâ€
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Following two major North American support tours with Bon Iver and The Civil Wars, and hugely successful appearances at SXSW 2012 and 13 – where The Staves “offered gorgeous three-part harmonies in songs about romance and mortality,” (New York Times) – UK-based siblings Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor announce details of their debut North American…
MAJICAL CLOUDZ POSTS “CHILDHOOD’S END”
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Majical Cloudz is centered around Montreal songwriter Devon Welsh, who joined with Matthew Otto to collaboratively produce and perform his songs.
MY GOLD MASK VIDEO “BURN LIKE THE SUN”
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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…
Troy Lindsey, Love Don’t Come From Blood
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Troy Lindsey, who was taught guitar by a Wyoming preacher, has seen the world like few other people. I mean this quite literally: Mr. Lindsey has worked on sky cranes at locations all over our planet. The vast lot of us can only guess as to what views he has beheld, and how they may…
NEW SINGLE POSTED BY JOSH MONEY
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EDM Artist/Producer Josh Money has released a new vocal single, “Ball Chain Necklace”, ahead of his upcoming full-length album “Carve” coming Spring 2013 on FiXT. https://soundcloud.com/fixt/josh-money-ball-chain-necklace With a swarm of singles, EPs, and remixes on respected labels such as Play Me, Sludge, and FiXT, along with corresponding Beatport Charting accolades, Josh is a rising star…
TAMAR BRAXTON VIDEO GETS 3 MILLION + VIEWS
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Singer, songwriter, television producer and actress Tamar Braxton, who stars in WE tv’s hit series Braxton Family Values and Tamar & Vince is stepping out as a solo artist with her debut single “Love & War,” which has climbed to No. 1 on the Urban Adult Contemporary radio chart and went straight to No.1 on…
WIRE: FREE INDIE/ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SAMPLER ON AMAZON MP3
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There are very few things better than free music, especially when combining rising talent and artist discovery. The Artists.MTV 15-track sampler features songs from a heap of talented artists that you should know: Everest, The Bronx, Alabama Shakes, Allen Stone, Jim James, Two Gallants, Stars, Alberta Cross, Mother Mother, Paul Kelly, On the Fifty,…
SLAVA SHARES VIDEO FOR ‘WERK’
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DJ and visual artist, Slava shares his new video, “Werk”. The video sees Slava working the mundane office life, but soon the plain office is turned into a virtual reality with vogueing cyborgs plus more. Dive into Slava’s virtual playground. http://youtu.be/EgTekW_Q99Y
WIRE: NEW VIDEO BY THE DAREDEVIL CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
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Eau Claire, WI natives The Daredevil Christopher Wright have partnered up with Consequence of Sound to premiere the video for their song “I & Thou” off their critically-acclaimed 2012 release, The Nature of Things. The video was directed by Grandson and Son and was shot at the Contemporary Zoological Conservatory in Toronto. Of…
Pilot Touhill, Keeping Secrets
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Pilot Touhill’s latest release, “Keeping Secrets” is a secret that needs to be shared with the world. This reggae, pop rock and soul fusion is a feel good attention grabber. The CD is contagious and addicting. Once it starts playing it takes over your emotions and forces an uncontrollable smile. Touhill has a Maroon 5…
Richard Tyler Epperson, Falling Between the Stars
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From Utah comes a fresh male artist known as Richard Tyler Epperson who just released their latest debut effort “Falling Between the Stars” (2011). I always listen to the opening track extremely carefully. It’s the opening track the artist has selected to hit your ears first and foremost. The opening track “At Your Door” sets…
WIRE: GENTLEMAN REG PREMIERES VIDEO AT OUT.COM
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Gentleman Reg has premiered the first video off his latest LP, Leisure Life, for the song, “Waiting Around For Gold”, today via OUT.com. Directed by Jeff Scheven (TV On The Radio/Death From Above 1979), the sleek and sultry video features Reg Vermue and keyboardist/vocalist Kelly McMichael in a fantastical world of gold painted rocks and…
TOTO TO STAGE EXTENSIVE 35TH ANNIVERSARY EUROPEAN ARENA TOUR
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Toto has announced an extensive European tour that will hit 29 venues beginning May 30 in Brussels, Belgium. Countries on the itinerary include Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy. Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, where the tour will wrap in Helsinki on July 6 at Icehall. In the months ahead in…
GOOMBA MUSIC SIGNS ROCK BAND PISTOL DAY PARADE
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Independent label Goomba Music has signed Detroit-based rock band Pistol Day Parade. One of the brightest rising stars in the Midwestern rock scene, the quintet features Dave Fuller (vocals), Rob Banks (guitar), Steve “Guido” Johnson (guitar), Jason Lollio (bass) and Jason Hartless (drums). Goomba Music President Gregory Wier offers, “Pistol Day Parade is…
NEW VIDEO BOBBY CAPRI FEAT SEAN PRICE
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Bobby Capri takes a trip from VA to Brooklyn and links with Sean Price for the visuals to his hit single “Tunnel Vision” produced by J-Mac. Music video directed by The Magnificent Minds Academy. This week, Tunnel Vision was featured on DJ Kay Slay, Statik Selektah, & DJ Clark Kent’s radio shows. …
WIRE: TELEKINESIS STREAMING ALBUM AT NPR
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Telekinesis is both a band and a person. Michael Benjamin Lerner, now a wizened 26-year-old, wrote the 12 songs that comprise Dormarion in early 2012-half at his home in West Seattle and half at his family’s house in the San Juan Islands-with the original intention of recording the album completely on his own. Instead, he…
WHO WANTS TO PLAY ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL IN CHICAGO?
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Emerging and undiscovered talent in the electronic dance music scene will have the opportunity to take the stage at the inaugural Electric Daisy Carnival, Chicago, taking place May 24, 25 and 26, 2013, as a part of Insomniac’s Discovery Project. The competition will present several artists with the chance to perform at EDC Chicago alongside…
THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN PREMIERE “PEDDLING MY WARES†VIDEO
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Thao & the Get Down Stay Down continues to celebrate the release of their critically acclaimed new record We The Common (out now on Ribbon Music) by premiering the fourth episode of Shorts, a short quasi-biopic about the making of We The Common. Titled “Peddling My Wares” and directed by Lauren Tabak.
KON BOOGIE VIDEO FOR “ABOUT MY BUSINESS”
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Before Kon Boogie brings to light his forthcoming debut full length LP My Glorious Imperfection, he keeps it local with a few of his friends, and then some, on his music video for the album’s single “About My Business,” featuring Silent Knight.
ZILLA ROCCA & THE SHADOWBOXERS ‘WEAK STOMACH’ EP
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Three years under the curtain. Dust on the trench coat. Stomach empty. Diner windows daring you to come in and eat. After hours spots whispered in a bottle, hummed under dimly lit corners where the tables are empty. In Philadelphia, where there are no limits, no rules. Anything can go on. This is the world…
NORA JANE STRUTHERS IN CAMBRIDGE, MA APRIL 21
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Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line are proving to be a rather urbane mélange within the present-day explosion of Americana. With the coming April 16th release of Nora Jane’s sophomore effort, Carnival, Nora Jane and The Party Line come into the Boston area ready to bring an exuberant live trip through their present-day Americana…
ATOMS FOR PEACE U.S. TOUR DATES
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Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco collectively known as Atoms For Peace have announced the first dates of a U.S. tour this fall. The shows follow in the wake of the band’s new album AMOK (XL Recordings) entering the U.S. chart at #2 and are its first since the 2009-2010 debut…
WIRE: FREE ALBUM BY MAN BITES DOG RECORDS
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Man Bites Dog Records has been on a tear over the past couple years, with recent albums from MHz Legacy, Stu Bangas & Vanderslice, Copywrite, Vast Aire, and more. And with a busy year still ahead, including upcoming releases from Eddie B & Harry Fraud, Illogic & Blockhead, Roc Marciano, and others, label founder R.M.L.…
SHANNA SHARP VIDEO “NO TIME FOR THE SHOW”
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Southern singer-songwriter Shanna Sharp adds a touch of country charm to an alternative pop vibe in her upcoming fourth album Silver Linings Under Grey, which she will self-release on April 2, 2013. This 5-track album uncovers Shanna’s vulnerability and acceptance as she pours her heart out in these musical vignettes about light and dark…
RIMI BASU: AN ECLECTIC MIX OF EAST AND WEST
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Rimi Basu, an emerging world fusion music artist originally from Washington, DC, felt she needed to draw up her creative instinct one day. She chose to do so by venturing out into a cemetery in the middle of the night to perform a sacred Indian ritual for the Goddess Kali, who represents energy and power.…
