Review: “Sterling Loves You” is his third release and the result though far from a self-indulgent ego trip, rather a moving and elegiac artistic statement from start to finish. This is not your overly predictable Ramon Noodle “Sing-Songy” Nikelback-esque Rock artist. Instead Witt who hails from the midwest could even be classed as a…
Month: February 2013
WIRE: THE BRONX GET SEXY IN NEW VIDEO FOR PLAYGIRL.COM
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Los Angeles’ punk-rock party band The Bronx has teamed up with the iconic erotic website PlayGirl.com to premiere a hilariously raunchy new video for their single, “Youth Wasted,” from the band’s recently released album The Bronx (IV). Watch The Bronx’s new video for “Youth Wasted”: http://playgirl.com/social/?p=244 http://www.thebronxxx.com
NEW VIDEO THOMAS AZIER “ANGELENE”
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Brand new mind-bending video from the Berlin-based electro-pop wizard Thomas Azier. “Angelene” is off Azier’s sophomore EP Hylas 002 and the video is a contemporary noir exploring his solitude as he yearns for the fascinating yet mysterious Angelene.
3 DOORS DOWN ANNOUNCE ONE-TIME ONLY EXCLUSIVE ACOUSTIC ENGAGEMENT
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3 Doors Down has announced a one-time only exclusive engagement staged to present all the hits as acoustic performances. The five band members now call Nashville home, and have chosen the War Memorial as the venue for this special evening on May 4 at 8PM. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 1.…
DARK TIME SUNSHINE “TAKE MY HAND” VIDEO
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The video, directed by X144 and premiered today by HipHopDX, takes the song on a modest yet very entertaining path, offering viewers a look at the lighter side of the tour lives that Dark Time Sunshine has been living over the past months; namely, just chilling back stage on the greenroom couch. In fact, the…
JACK CARTY IN LA MARCH 6 – 10
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Aussie songwriter Jack Carty will stop over in Los Angeles the first week of March to play a handful of shows across the metropolitan area. Jack’s en route to Austin, TX to perform a week’s worth of back-to-back shows at SXSW; one the world’s largest music festivals, that takes place each year there. Jack Carty…
WIRE: LIVING PROOF RHYMES OVER DRAKE NEW SINGLE
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After linking up with Maffew Ragazino & Chi-Ali on “Better Known As NYC,’ Livin Proof returns and goes in over Drake’s latest smash “Started From The Bottom.” Livin Proof’s forthcoming LP, Die For A Deal 5.0; is slated for release in early April. Livin Proof’s “Started From The Bottom” (Freestyle): SKOPE IT HERE!
WIRE: AUSTIN MAHONE SELECTED FOR COVETED VEVO LIFT
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Austin Mahone has landed himself a coveted spot on VEVO’s emerging artists platform, LIFT. His eight week series will premiere on Monday, February 25th where fans (called “Mahomies”) will get an exclusive, all access pass into Austin’s life with insider interviews, behind-the-scenes looks and video premieres. “I am so honored to have been chosen…
A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH RETURNS
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One of the largest tribute concerts on the West Coast returns in 2013 as ‘A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash’ takes over the Ventura County Fairgrounds on Father’s Day, Saturday, June 15. The fifth annual event will feature country, rockabilly, bluegrass and Johnny Cash tribute bands, a pin-up girl pageant, hot rods, custom…
MUSINK 2013 ANNOUNCES ALL-STAR PUNK ROCK LINEUP
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Southern California’s premiere tattoo and music festival, MusInk 2013, will kick off it’s 6th annual festival on March 8-10 at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, CA, with performances by Bad Religion,Pennywise, Reverend Horton Heat, TSOL, Lagwagon, The Vandals and Lucero among others and appearances by over 300 tattoo artists including Jack…
ROCK AGAINST MS BENEFIT CONCERT MARCH 27 IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA
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These artists are coming together to support a long time friend and publicist Nancy Sayle, who was struck with Primary Progressive MS in 2009. This is a severe version of the disease and only 10% are inflicted with this level. She was also diagnosed with a pituitary brain tumor 2012. Visiting her close and dear…
THE VENETIA FAIR IN MA ON MARCH 1 & 28
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Boston-based rockers The Venetia Fair grabbed everyone’s attention at the close of 2012 with the monumental success of their Kickstarter campaign – fans obliterating their $8K goal in a mere 4 days! The band, vowing to unleash “Every Sick Disgusting Thought We’ve Got In Our Brain” with this new record, are stoked to finally unveil…
REDTENBACHER FUNKESTRA POST “FUNKY BARBARELLA”
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Redtenbacher’s Funkestra releases The Cooker on April 2, 2013 through Wooden Hat Records. Austrian-bred bassist and funk fiend Stefan Redtenbacher is an anomaly, anachronism and a defiant demolisher of the pigeon-hole. Based in London, Stefan and his band Redtenbacher’s Funkestra deliver what UK tastemaker and musician, Mark “Snowboy” Cotgrove described as “out-and-out spectacular funk” or,…
DAYS OF ANGER SIGN TO CORONER
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Swedish Thrash Metal/Hardcore band Days Of Anger signs a deal with Coroner Records for the release of the forthcoming album entitled “Rise Above It All” scheduled on May/June 2013. “Rise Above It All”, Days Of Anger’s second album, after “Deathpath” released by Massacre Records, has been recorded and engineered by Elias Lindman, mixed by Philip…
IGGY AND THE STOOGES VIDEO AD FOR NEW ALBUM
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Better 40 years later than never: The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo, the immortal proto-punk masterpiece Raw Power, will finally be out April 30, when Fat Possum Records releases the all-new Iggy and the Stooges studio album, Ready To Die. http://vimeo.com/60293119 https://www.facebook.com/iggypop
WIRE: MTV HIVE POSTS CRIMINAL HYGIENE
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Criminal Hygiene continue their tear as “L.A. garage-rock heroes of the month” (according to Buzzbands LA), with the release of the third single, “Alan, I’m In Love” off their debut LP, CRMNL HYGNE (Small Smile Records). The track, which MTV HIVE streamed earlier this week, is self-loathing number that bass player and songwriter, James Pratley…
SASHA TO RELEASE ‘INVOLVER 3’ MARCH 18
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Sasha’s Involver 3 is one of the most anticipated electronic music albums of the year. Lying at that halfway point between traditional mix album and original work, Sasha has woven together a stunning 2 CD set, reworking each individual track into a cohesive, flowing mix that moves from shimmering Balearic ambience to deep house and…
THE RACER POST “SETTLE”
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In their expansive new single, “Settle,” indie rock quintet, The Racer do anything but settle for the ordinary. They built a heavy, dark guitar sound by pairing a Telecaster with a Seymour Duncan Invader pickup in the bridge position which gave them a wall of distortion. The song is close to the band’s heart, serving…
BEACON DEBUT OUT APRIL 30
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Beacon are back with their debut full-length record, The Ways We Separate, to be released on April 30th, 2013 on Ghostly International. Having previously put out two well-received EPs, No Body and the Ghostly-released For Now, Beacon’s new album deals primarily with the ideas and themes of separation, with the complexity of how we separate…
THE WILD FEATHERS VIDEO FOR “THE CEILING”
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Warner Bros. Records’ The Wild Feathers just premiered the music video for “The Ceiling.” The new video acts as a continuation to the video for “Backwoods Company,” which premiered on Filter last month.
DECONBRIO “SCREAM” MUSIC VIDEO
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Following the Special Edition release of their album “Voyeur”, Deconbrio is back with an official music video for the track “Scream.”
JUNIP WATCH NEW VIDEO “LINE OF FIREâ€
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Junip’s videos are always delicious spine-tingling, dark creations that take on a life of their own. Their latest video for “Line of Fire” directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikel Cee Karlsson honors the tradition. Visually unnerving, it fits perfectly into the grooves of Junip’s music, itself also hypnotically unsettling, yet delicately beautiful.
All of One, The Writings on the Wall
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Ontario native Paul Grenier a.k.a. “All of One” is a veteran of the Canadian music scene, having sold thousands of albums with his previous band Kottmeier. He now has a promising trajectory as a current member of The Makshftr. And yet he needs more. So we have his second solo offering The Writings on the…
Sonarpilot, Radar
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Sonarpilot is back with a blast of sound that is titled ‘Radar’. I had the pleasure of reviewing Sonarpilot’s last album ‘Mothership’ back in 2010 (http://www.skopemag.com/2010/04/09/sonarpilot-mothership) and I knew then that we had something unique in our hands. The new release comes in a Limited Edition Double CD and Extended Digital Bundle that…
WIRE: THRASHER POSTS NEW GOOD FOR YOU SINGLE
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On February 26, SST Records will release Life is Too Short to Not Hold a Grudge, the debut album from GOOD FOR YOU, the brand new band featuring influential guitarist and bandleader Greg Ginn and professional skateboarder and musician Mike Vallely (aka Mike V). Featuring eleven uniquely distinct high-energy rock songs blistered with themes of…
WIRE: STAGEIT NAMED AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN MUSIC
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http://Stageit.com, a web-based platform that enables artiststo easily create paid live shows directly from their laptops, was named as one of the world’s Top 10 most innovative companies in music by Fast Company. The Los Angeles-based company also appeared on Billboard.biz Bulletin’s list of 10 most interesting startups of 2012 and received the midemlab award…
YARD OF BLONDES OFFER SINGLE FOR FACEBOOK LIKE
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Today, Los Angeles, CA-based folk rock group YARD OF BLONDES released the first single off of their upcoming EP, Murderology. The title track, ‘Murderology’, is now available for streaming on their official Facebook page. You can listen to the track by liking the band first. Just head to the band’s Facebook page, click on the…
BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA NEW ALBUM APRIL 9
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“Heavy Mental” psych rock band BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA will release their sophomore LP The Edge of an Era, on April 9. The follow up to the Los Angeles trio’s critically acclaimed Tee Pee debut, The Storm Generation, The Edge of an Era sees the über-talented group’s enticing blend of genres combine to shape a sound…
HARRY FRAUD CO-SIGNS EDDIE B
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Now, Harry Fraud is excited to introduce the world to his new artist, the first signed to his Surf School label, Eddie B. Together, and in conjunction with Man Bites Dog Records, the two will be releasing an LP, Paper, Piff, And Polo, this spring, but first they’re giving fans a free EP, Horsepower, which…
THE IKE REILLY ASSASSINATION PLANS RESIDENCIES IN CHICAGO AND MINNEAPOLIS
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The Ike Reilly Assassination is in the process of completing their sixth full-length recording, and to road-test some of the new tunes, Reilly and his band are planning two overlapping residencies in Chicago and Minneapolis. The new album will be released in 2013. Ike Reilly Assassination — Chicago and Minneapolis Residency Tour Dates: 3/2 –…
WIRE: VIBE PREMIER VIDEO KAZZIE POP FT. WAKA FLOCKA
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Jersey’s wild boy Kazzie Pop debuts his latest visuals for his Waka Flocka-assisted banger, “We Don’t F*ck With That.” The Brick Squad crew recently hit up Jersey to turn up the party with some Southern flavor, and the team at Itchy House Films made sure everything was caught on camera. Press play and get it…
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH RELEASES FIRST INDEPENDENT VIDEO
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Modern Rock favorites THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH releases this week its first-ever independent video, “War Of Change,” from the band’s independently released, 5-star acclaimed and No. 1 selling Billboard Hard Rock album, The End Is Where We Begin. After premiering on Loudwire.com earlier this week, the video can be seen now at http://youtu.be/HdnTSXUWd3E. “This song…
NEW BOBBY CAPRI VIDEO IS NSFW
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Bobby Capri delivers a visual treat for his latest single “Confetti” and all this eye candy is a reason to celebrate (you can thank us later)! “Confetti” will be featured on Bobby Capri’s upcoming EP #InstantGratification which will be available on 3-28-2013. Directed by the Magnificent Minds Academy. http://youtu.be/WND4jKMsYwc
WIRE: TAUK COVERS THE BEATLES + SUMMER CAMP FESTIVAL
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Coming off their biggest year yet, the NYC-based rock/fusion band TAUK announces today they will make their triumphant return to the Summer Camp Music Festival lineup. The 13th annual festival will take place on Memorial Day Weekend, Mar 24-26, 2013 in Chillicothe, Illinois. Thrilled to join such an incredible lineup, TAUK’s bassist Charlie Dolan commented,…
JAY Z AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ANNOUNCE STADIUM TOUR
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With more than 23 Grammy Awards, 67 million albums sold and two Emmys combined, music icons JAY Z and Justin Timberlake announce 12 once-in-a-lifetime stadium performances. The LEGENDS OF THE SUMMER tour will begin on July 17th in Toronto, Ontario at the Roger’s Centre and continue through August 16th in Miami, Florida at Sun…
NEW SOUND FOR GOLF TOURNAMENTS AIRING ON THE GOLF CHANNEL
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The Golf Channel, NBC Sports’ 24-hour network dedicated to the game of golf, recruited top Sonic Branding agency, Man Made Music, to create the new themes for the biggest golf tournaments throughout the year. These new themes will premiere during the airing of WGC – Accenture Match Play Championship on The Golf Channel on Wednesday,…
BETH HART FIRST U.S. HEADLINE TOUR IN MORE THAN A DECADE
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Beth Hart, whose captivating performance with Jeff Beck at the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors prompted a spontaneous standing ovation from an audience that included President and Mrs. Obama, is about to launch her first U.S. headline tour in more than a decade. The Los Angeles-born singer/songwriter will bring her Janis Joplin-esque pipes to clubs…
PEALS NEW ALBUM IN MAY + MARCH DATES
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Thrill Jockey is proud to announce that Peals, the duo of William Cashion and Bruce Willen, will be releasing their debut album this May. They will be touring up and down the East Coast this March, and you can find those dates below. Peals Tour Dates: March 8 – Baltimore, MD @ The WindUp Space…
VILLAGERS POST “THE BELL” VIDEO
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Ireland’s Villagers have premiered today a second video off their upcoming sophomore full-length, {Awayland}, for “The Bell”. The video was directed by Alden Volney and features a combination of animation and live footage.
GHOSTFACE KILLAH & ADRIAN YOUNGE POST SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM
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Soul Temple Records announces the release of Twelve Reasons To Die, the new album from Ghostface Killah and composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge on April 16. Twelve Reasons To Die is a brilliant and daring crime/horror concept album. This is the third release from Soul Temple Records, a company whose mission is to release quality music coupled…
