It’s been nearly a year since the ever-grinning spectacle of FEED ME WITH TEETH graced North America, and this January, the striking, live audio/visual performance will chomp its way through cities across the United States once again, with added lights, lasers, and new music from the UK producer, FEED ME. Jon Gooch personifies his…
Month: December 2012
WIRE: GREY IS A BAND TO WATCH
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This week Stereogum highlighted Greys as a “Band to Watch” and premiered the track “Pill” from Drift, saying of the band’s sound, “It’s a masculine sound, a mean sound; it’s propulsive, pummeling, and often pretty exhilarating. It’s also a sound Greys have evolved to near-perfection over a relatively short lifespan.” Calling “Pill” an “addicting piece…
MATT HIRES NEW VIDEO “RESTLESS HEART”
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F-Stop/Atlantic recording artist Matt Hires’ just released the music video for his new single “Restless Heart”. Shot throughout Northern California, the video was directed by Clay Jeter, with cinematography by Will Basanta.
WIRE: JAN IGLOO NEW VIDEO ON AMERICAN SONGWRITER
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Album track “All Of These Igloos” is a melancholic song with a sweet melody led by simple piano plucks. We shared the song as a FREE download with Refinery 29 recently and today you can check out the artsy video for the track which was directed by Matthew Robinson (JOGGER). The video, which features a…
AS THEY BURN CONFIRMED FOR BONECRUSHER FEST 2013
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Paris modern metal outfit AS THEY BURN have announced that they will join JOB FOR A COWBOY, WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH, BENEATH THE MASSACRE on the upcoming BONECRUSHER FEST that is taking over twenty-seven cities across Europe/ UK beginning March 1st, 2013. See the full list of tour dates here. http://www.victoryrecords.com/tours/artist/astheyburn Vocalist Kevin…
WIRE: STEREOGUM VIDEO PREMIER FROM SUNGLASSES
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Samuel Cooper and Brady Keehn are Sunglasses, musicians whose art school backgrounds and mashup pop sensibilities combine to create something altogether unique.The duo met while in school at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Cooper was working on his senior thesis, a musical film noir, when a friend recommended that Keehn, a sound production…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO BY THE DIGITS AT THE FADER
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Digits aka Alt Altman has released a brand new video for his first single ‘Love is Only Affection’ off his Only Affection EP, set for a February 26th release. The video centers around an injured alien who crashes her spaceship on earth. “What seems to be killing her, though, is not the injury, but rather…
STOLI GIVES THE GIFT OF MUSIC: JARED WEINTRAUB
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Hello world and Merry Christmas to all, peace & love on earth! Like many of you I love Pandora. Do you know that Pandora has to pay $$ everytime we stream a song on their platforms? As you can imagine this can get quite costly. I suggest they begin paying per 500 or 1000 plays.…
2 The Nines, Oblivion
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About the Artist: 2 the Nines is a fascinating musical project based out of Southern California. Band members consist of TJ Runnells (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele and beatbox), and Nick Midulla (lead acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar synths and organs, drum programming and percussion). Reading from their bio: “Primarily an acoustic-based endeavor,…
HIP-HOP COLLABORATION BETWEEN INSPECTAH DECK AND 7L & ESOTERIC
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When soon-to-be-renowned Boston hip-hop duo 7L & Esoteric collaborated with the Wu-Tang Clan’s Inspectah Deck on the title track to 7LES’s debut EP Speaking Real Words in 1999, the timing was perfect. The upstart duo was building a serious buzz on the East Coast and beyond, while Deck was still winning praise for his gold-selling…
A.R. RAHMAN UNVEILS SHORT FILM AND SINGLE “INFINITE LOVE”
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Two-time Academy Award ® winning composer, A.R. Rahman, will release a new music video and single called “Infinite Love” on December 18th. The inspiring song and short film delivers a powerful message about how individuals can effect positive change in the world by tuning to one strong pure will. Rahman brings this theme…
KELLY JO MITCHELL: SINGING TO FEED CHILDREN
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I recently heard Kelly Jo Mitchell sing on a local daytime talk show. Her sweet and warm voice filled the room and I had to write a little about this woman who is doing something special with the proceeds from her Christmas CD. Kelly Jo Mitchell has teamed up with Feed…
“STILL ALIVE” VIDEO BY PAUL WILLIAMS
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Paul Williams Still Alive is both a rollicking pop-culture flashback filled with great television and performance clips, and the humorous journey of an awkward documentarian and his reluctant subject. Yet it ultimately evolves into the touching tale of a man who has made peace with the beast that fame and celebrity awoke.
HELLO ECHO CLAYMATION VIDEO
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LA-based trio Hello Echo has released a new stop-motion video for its song “Why Are We Waiting?” The claymation video was cleverly created by member Sean Aylward in the band’s practice space with his own tools and props. This fall, Hello Echo released their Coffee Cups EP, a quick mix of alternative, punk, surf, blues…
MINDLESS BEHAVIOR TO STAR IN FIRST FEATURE FILM
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Teen pop and R&B sensation, Mindless Behavior, proudly announce their first feature film, Mindless Behavior: All Around The World. The trailer is premiering today via the YouTube channel AwesomenessTV, and the full-length documentary & concert movie will be in theaters nationwide on March 15, 2013 exclusively through AMC Independent. Produced by leading YouTube channel AwesomenessTV,…
ERIN MCKEOWN IS ANTI-SANTA?!
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Just in time for the holidays, Erin has shared a special track from last year’s anti-holiday album, F*ck That. The album is available via iTunes and other digital retailers, and from now until New Year’s, Erin will donate 20% of every purchase of F*ck That (CD, digital, hymnal, packaged, etc.) to Occupy Sandy as they…
JOSH XANTUS COVERS “BLING BLING”
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Rising R&B icon Josh Xantus shines bright like a diamond on “Bling Bling”, his newest track inspired by the Cash Money classic. Josh describes the inspiration behind the song: “This song ‘Bling Bling’ is an original Cash Money record. After hanging out with Birdman, Wayne, Slim and Cee Lo in the clubs in Miami, I…
HAWK AND DOVE TO RELEASE DEBUT + NEW SINGLE
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Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Hawk and Dove is an indie rock band whose calm-before-the-storm sound has been described as the “loudest quiet band you have ever heard” and “the psychedelic country David Bowie never wrote.” On their forthcoming debut album, This Yesterday Will Never End, the band mixes hauntingly beautiful ballads with thunderous stoner grooves…
INCURA ANNOUNCE HEADLINING CANADIAN TOUR
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Canadian hard rock lovers will soon get to experience the theatrical hard rock that is Incura when they tour their homeland in advance of the release of their debut self-titled album. Incura has been confirmed for a headlining Canadian trek beginning in mid-January, 2013, which will also feature fellow countrymen Six Side Die and…
2CELLOS RELEASE NEW MUSIC VIDEO
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Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, known as 2CELLOS are back with a new music video and a brand new album. The galactic themed music video for their second single is a flirtatious and “come-hither” version of Muse’s hit “Supermassive Black Hole” featuring Glee’s Naya Rivera on vocals as you’ve never seen nor heard…
WIRE: RIFF RAFF 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
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Excited to finally be able to share the January issue of Dazed & Confused with RiFF RAFF gracing the cover! Check the link below for the gift that keeps on giving – the “12 Dazed of RiFF-mas”- and watch for his debut album coming on Mad Decent in 2013. SKOPE IT HERE!
BLACK VENDETTA: A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE
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In his own words “If topic matters such as depression, alienation, rejection, recreational drug misuse, failure, crippling anxiety disorders and the occasional reference to death float your boat then my word do I have a treat for you!” 22 year old Nathan Virica is Black Vendetta, an indie rock songwriter from the UK.
“WITHOUT YOU” VIDEO BY JOSHUA KETCHMARK
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Joshua Ketchmark has made a damn good soundtrack to his life, and you should care. Why? Because it very well could be the soundtrack to yours. He rocks what he’s lived– from falling in love to crashing into heartache, watching friends self destruct to lifting them higher, searching for truth to landing on the rocks…
SERJ TANKIAN SCORES A VIDEO GAME
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Singer, poet, songwriter, activist and composer Serj Tankian announced via his website that he has written the full musical score for the upcoming video game Morning Star. Industrial Toys, the studio producing the game, is set to release Morning Star in Spring of 2013, initially for iOS devices. “I’m really enjoying working on Morning Star…
MIXIFY PRESENTS DJ BL3ND LIVE DECEMBER 28
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On Friday, December 28th, DJ BL3ND will be performing live from the Encore Event Center in New Jersey as part of his current U.S. tour, and thanks to http://Mixify.com, music fans from anywhere in the world will be able to tune in to experience his live set. Mixify is a digital events platform, where…
ROBYN HITCHCOCK TO RELEASE NEW RECORD
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Yep Roc Records is excited to announce the March 5, 2013 release of the new Robyn Hitchcock album, Love From London. The record was produced and engineered by Paul Noble, and features Noble on bass, guitar, keyboards and vocals; Jenny Adejayan on cello and vocals; Lizzie Anstey on vocals and keyboards and Jenny Macro, Lucy…
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR 2013 GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK YOUTH AMBASSADOR
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The Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative hosts the only high school vocal academy and competition in the U.S. dedicated solely to the music from Broadway, Hollywood musicals and the Tin Pan Alley era of the early to mid-twentieth century. The Great American Songbook Vocal Academy and Competition has proven to be one of the…
BLACK LIPS TO BROADCAST LIVE SET FROM THEIR MIDDLE EAST TOUR
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Atlanta’s flower punk forefathers Black Lips recently returned from a tour to the Middle East on a mission to prove their hypothesis that people everywhere can dance to the same backbeat. Eager to share their experiences and demonstrate that the chasm between our cultures is, indeed, bridgeable the band are presenting a number of multimedia…
WIRE: SNEAKAS POSTS MIXTAPE ON DATPIFF
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Today, Sneakas is excited to release his brand new FREE mixtape “There’s A Rapp For That,” featuring guest spots from Bishop Lamont, Boldy James, K-Salaam, Cole, Anise and more. Check out some links below including mixtape stream and download from Dat Piff and the “Animal Pharm” video, please share the news with your readers. Listen…
ON AN ON SIGN TO ROLL CALL RECORDS
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Chicago/Minneapolis trio ON AN ON are excited to announce 2013 tour dates in support of their debut album Give In, out January 29th on Roll Call Records. They join San Francisco’s Geographer for the month of January, and finish with two headline gigs in NYC in early February. The band will then tour the UK…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO BY HELLOWEEN ON BLABBERMOUTH.NET
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The official video for “Nabataea”, the first single from “Straight Out Of Hell”, the new album from German power metallers HELLOWEEN, can be seen below. The seven minute-plus composition about the legendary kingdom, located in today’s Middle East, where the first real democracy existed over 3000 years ago, develops on several levels, including 3-D animation…
BEAR CEUSE OFFER “ENTERTAIN ME” MP3
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St. Louisan Cameron Matthews’ move to NYC has proven to be his best decision yet, turning this Midwestern songwriter’s dreams of taking on the big city into a reality by recruiting some of Brooklyn and Manhattan’s finest players. Led by the husky/sweet vocals of Matthews, Bear Ceuse is filled out by the fanciful and dissonant…
MARK MORRISON REMIXES A CLASSIC
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Mark Morrison, K.O. MCcoy and Young Buck deliver a brand new cover of the 80’s hit single “I Want To Be Your Man” by late funk artist Roger Troutman of Zapp. “Wanna Be Your Man 2.0” sees Morrison team with Allure Entertainment recording artist K.O MCcoy aka The Queen of Nashville, and former G-Unit emcee…
SOUTH FLORIDA’S LOSIN’ IT TO RELEASE “NO APOLOGY”
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Following the release of their highly acclaimed debut EP, Danger Zone, South Florida’s LOSIN’ IT are gearing up for the world to hear their first proper full length. Entitled No Apology and being released via Life To Live Records on January 1st, 2013, the album marks a decidedly more focused approach, delivering no frills,…
STEREO TELESCOPE “FIRE” VIDEO
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Boston indie/electronic duo Stereo Telescope, “who marry rock hooks with synth bleeps and bloops as well as anyone out there,” (Boston Band Crush) will digitally release their newest full-length album, On and Running, on January 29, 2013.
KISS THE GUNNER’S DAUGHTER: SEATTLE’S ANSWER TO MODERN ROCK
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KTGD is the sort of band that could fit in with today’s sultans of Modern Rock such as Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Linkin Park and Three Day’s Grace. However, these guys are from Seattle, home of the Great Grunge bands of the late 80’s and early 90’s like SoundGarden, Nirvana and Alice In Chains. Mix it…
PHILLIP PHILLIPS TO HIT THE ROAD WITH MATCHBOX 20 IN 2013
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American Idol Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips will kick off 2013 headlining a string of college dates followed by an opening slot on the Matchbox 20 tour (see below for complete itinerary). Phillips’ debut album The World From The Side Of The Moon (19 Entertainment/Interscope Records) was released on November 19th and …
JOHN JORGENSON TO PLAY CAMBRIDGE, MA FEBRUARY 7
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John Jorgenson, known as The U.S. Ambassador of Gypsy Jazz, is setting fire to stages across the country with his Quintet. Jorgenson is performing at the Scullers Jazz Club, in Boston, MA on February 7, 2013. Jorgenson has earned a reputation as a world-class musician and guitarist and has collaborated with the likes of Elton…
HELL OR HIGHWATER TO RELEASE ‘BEGIN AGAIN’
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Pavement Entertainment has announced the forthcoming release of Hell or Highwater’s album Begin Again on February 5, 2013. Founded by Brandon Saller, best known as the drummer/vocalist for Orange County rock band Atreyu, Hell or Highwater is an American rock band from Orange County, California. While Atreyu is on a self-imposed hiatus, Saller…
BROOKE WAGGONER RETURNS
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It’s been over three years since Brooke Waggoner has released a new album, but she’s been far from inactive. “In the span of time between the release of my last album, Go Easy Little Doves, in 2009 and the beginning of production on Originator in 2011, I spent my time producing albums for other…
