From the taxi to the airplane to your vacation destination of choice, Boomphones are the must have travel item this Summer. Whether you’re headed to the beach, the camp site, or touring a new city let Boomphones play the soundtrack to your vacation every step of the way. Once you take off, let Boomphones handle…
Month: May 2013
TONA NEW VIDEO “WEED & ALCOHOL”
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TONA will be releasing his debut project, Silverspring Crescent, which is produced in its entirety by Rich Kidd. “Silverspring Crescent is actually the name of a street in the borough (Scarborough) where I am from (Toronto) so I named the LP that to show the world exactly who I am and where I come from”…
JOHN FOGERTY TO PERFORM SPECIAL LIVE BROADCAST ON AXS TV
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To mark the Tuesday, May 28 release of his much-anticipated new album WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE, JOHN FOGERTY will perform a very special one night only album release and birthday bash concert on the same day at the El Rey in Los Angeles. May 28 also marks the birthday of the Grammy Award-winning Rock…
WIRE: SNOWDEN NEW VIDEO ON MTV.COM
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Today marks the release of Snowden’s long awaited and anticipated sophomore album, No One In Control, out on Serpents and Snakes. Main man Jordan Jeffares toiled for almost six years, pushing himself and his music ever closer to madness and that hermetic intensity can be heard in every facet of the finely etched record.…
HEARTIST UNLEASH NEW MUSIC VIDEO
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Roadrunner Records group Heartist have unleashed their new music video for “Where Did I Go Wrong?” which is featured on their debut EP, Nothing You Didn’t Deserve. Since 2011, the members of Orange County, California’s Heartist–vocalist Bryce Beckley, bassist Evan Ranallo, guitarists Jonathan Gaytan and Tim Koch and drummer Matt Marquez–have been crafting their explosive…
NEW VIDEO POSTED BY KLASSIK
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Milwaukee emcee/producer/musician Klassik presents the Xavier Ruffin-directed music video for “Forever Whatever”, the second single from his album In The Making. Two years after his father inspired him to pick up the saxophone, a young Klassik was being mentored by sax legend Berkley Fudge. By high school he was touring Europe as a professional jazz…
MARYANN NEW VIDEO “SLOW MOTION”
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Maryann drops another single from her upcoming Sophomore project title “Futuristic Always”. “Slow Motion” is an R&B style track based in the genre of Bedroom Trap, a new style derived from Producer N8 the Gr8 and Maryann’s unique sound. Maryann showcases an edgier side of her personality by putting a rap verse…
CYBERPUNKERS NEW VIDEO IS NSFW
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CYBERPUNKERS have released their action packed Sci-Fi / Horror themed (NSFW) “Whatta Mask” music video! Featuring our masked bass-heroes in a thrilling, high speed chase with equally disguised, heavily armed pursuant antagonists, the video culminates in the unveiling of new and ever more sinister masks. Check out the video below! If you would be willing…
BOSNIAN RAINBOWS VIDEO FOR “TURTLE NECK”
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Bosnian Rainbows have added more dates to their touring schedule in support of the June 25 release of their self-titled debut, now adding more shows across the east coast and midwest. The band has also just been announced on the stellar line up this year at Mountain Oasis Festival in October. The group just released…
BRYAN J FEAT TYGA ON “CAUGHT UP”
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IDJ’s former label boss L.A. Reid decided to become CEO and Chairman of Epic Records in 2011, he also hired Stewart to head the label’s A&R department. With Reid’s full support, Stewart was able to take Bryan with him to Epic where the young artist could work with a label that had an interest in…
Canary Burton, Piano Music from Cape Cod
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Drawing on her extensive background and jazz & classical influences, Cape Cod resident Canary Burton has released an album of piano music. Burton and her inspiration have traveled from Idaho to Wash. DC, before settling at the sandy tip of Cape Cod’s Wellfleet, where her melodies might summon the ghosts of shipwrecked whalers from centuries…
WIRE: SEAN ROWE NEW VIDEO
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Sean Rowe has just announced a series of North American live dates. He will be appearing as both a headliner, in support of Chicago ensemble The Handsome Family and by personal request of Wilco at their upcoming Solid Sound Festival. Rowe will be performing in support of his extraordinary new record The Salesman…
YALA MUSIC: FREE Do-IT YOURSELF PLAYFORM
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Yala Music goes from strength to strength. After creating Yala, the 1st streaming and download Arabic music service in the world, the company is now proud to announce the launch of “Yala Backstage”, a free direct-to-fan platform, especially designed to build, manage and monetize artists’ online presence on a revenue sharing basis. It’s called “Yala…
DEATH RAY VISION ALBUM OUT + AUDIO POST
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Current members of Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall and ex members of Overcast and Cannae have combined forces in the project DEATH RAY VISION. These veterans of the Boston metal scene play a raw brand of metallic hardcore that recaptures the energy of their old school hardcore roots infused with all they have learned and…
WIRE: RYAN POWER NEW SINGLE ON THE FADER
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Burlington, Vermont’s Ryan Power makes stunningly outré pop music imbued with strange funk and damaged soul. Ryan has been self-producing and releasing music since 2002 until I Don’t Want To Die, his fifth album overall and debut LP for NNA Tapes in 2012. On his earliest albums, his gift for song craftsmanship was apparent through…
WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY WHIRR
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Pitchfork has premiered Whirr’s new MP3 “Swoon” from the band’s forthcoming EP Around out July 9 on Graveface Records. Around will be available on CD, LP and cassette and is available for pre-order at the Graveface Records online store. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15438-whirr-swoon
WIRE: BIG EYES ALBUM ON SPIN
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Seattle, WA’s BIG EYES will release their sophomore record, Almost Famous, tomorrow on Grave Mistake Records on both LP and CD; the CD version will include the two songs from their 2012 7″ single “Back From the Moon” on Grave Mistake (track listing below). The LP will also see a European release on Taken…
KRIS KELLI POSTS “I GOT UR MAN”
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The Jamaican beauty follows up the success of her first single and self-empowerment anthem “Warrior” with a new dancehall-inspired record. Kris Kelli, a rising star in the industry and Block Entertainment’s newest signee, partners up with Roc City produced track for her new single “I Got UR Man” — an authentic dancehall-inspired record — from…
NEW VIDEO BY BATTLESHIPS
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Following from their successful debut mini album ‘To You’ earlier this year, Sydney’s Indie Rock/Folk quartet Battleships have revealed their new video for album highlight ‘As You’d Begun.’ They have found themselves in high rotation on Triple J, with further support from 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne and Radcliffe and Maconie. http://youtu.be/-xcFr2ZFrpg Song By Toad called…
ETHAN JOHNS VIDEO “DON’T REACH TOO FAR”
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Acclaimed British musician and producer Ethan Johns will release his debut album If Not Now Then When? on July 30th 2013 through his own Three Crows Records label here in the U.S. Released earlier this year in the UK off the back of an extensive record store tour and sold out headline run, to…
WIRE: NEW OWEN SINGLE ON ROLLING STONE
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The songs Mike Kinsella writes as Owen have always had rock solid lyrical foundations. And on new album, L’Ami du Peuple, the same can be said for the music. Emphasis on the rock. Anyone vaguely familiar with Kinsella’s musical lineage (Cap’n Jazz, American Football, Owls) knows he’s far from a one-note musician. And now, he…
NEW VIDEO BY MC BRAVADO
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“Pretty Little Love Song” is the latest release from Cypher Junkies’ member MC Bravado. The song and accompanying video (shot, directed, and edited by Andrew Bryan of Fill in the Brand) give the listener a voyeuristic view of a particularly messy break-up’s aftermath. It’s a trip down memory lane that was probably best left unseen,…
WIRE: THE WELCH BOYS ‘BRING BACK THE FIGHT’ ON NEW ALBUM OUT IN JUNE
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Boston’s raucous punk rockers The Welch Boys are teaming up again with Sailor’s Grave Records to release their third studio album, Bring Back The Fight, on June 11th. The band is inviting fellow punk rockers to stream their new song, “Belly of the Beast,” now at PunkNews.org. Stream The Welch Boys’ track “Belly…
DADS JOIN 6131 RECORDS ROSTER
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6131 Records have announced the signing of New Jersey two-piece indie rock outfit DADS to their label roster. The band will be releasing their newest effort, an EP entitled Pretty Good, via the label this Summer and will embark as direct support on the upcoming full U.S. tour by Topshelf Records’ The World Is A…
STOLI IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TRACY WALTON’S NEW ALBUM OUT NOW
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Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well out there! I just want to note that Skope traffic from China is surpassing all other countries on the regular these days so I just want to say “Ni-Hao”. A few weeks back I noted that legal music consumption will come through digital downloads and streaming.…
Flow Zen, Assorted singles
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California-based multi-musician Flow Zen is going it alone with five new solo tracks, spiking Dub Step with a range of elements from organic instrumentation to Hip-Hop facets, in what is an interesting experiment in electronic music. The drive behind the melding of genres is apparent on the bio page of his web site: “Genres are…
Gatsby’s Green Light, Annalee
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Social awareness and anecdotal storyline come together on Gatsby’s Green Light’s debut EP, Annalee. The six-track album is the forerunner to the larger forthcoming full-length, Forever Smile. The vein of the album follows title character, Annalee and a host of characters she meets that prep her for her dual role of “Mother Earth and the…
WIRE: KYLE ANDREWS ON MTV BUZZWORTHY
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Brighter Than The Sun is a pulsating fun-inducing pop album. “Looking Up” is so funky you can’t help but bounce to the feel-good bass line. Laced with synth, dark dancefloor banger, “Crystal Ball” showcases Andrews’ more musically aggressive side. “The Way To Wonder” begins with light acoustic-guitar strumming and handclaps, quickly building up to an…
SUPERCHUNK VIDEO PROMO FOR ‘I HATE MUSIC’
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Superchunk will release I Hate Music, their tenth studio album, on August 20. The band has also announced tour dates throughout the late summer and fall. http://youtu.be/Q_QeV46nL1c After taking nearly a decade off following the release of Here’s to Shutting Up, Mac, Laura, Jon, and Jim decided to shout it out again in 2010 with…
WORDSMITH SIGNS 2 YEAR DEAL
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Wordsmith recently inked a 2 year agreement with the powerhouse distributor Ingrooves/Fontana for his label NU Revolution Entertainment LLC. The deal will give the label access to major label resources while keeping the creative control in house. Wordsmith had this to say about the deal, “Kicking my career off in 2007 & working towards either…
DEMIGODZ NEW VIDEO “RAIDERS CAP”
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Demigodz (Apathy, Celph Titled, Ryu of Styles Of Beyond, Esoteric, Motive, Blacastan) first official full-length LP, KILLmatic, featuring appearances from RA The Rugged Man, Termanology, Panchi (of NYG’z), Planetary (of Outerspace), Scoop Deville & Eternia with production from DJ Premier, Marco Polo, The Snowgoons, Apathy, Teddy Roxpin, Chumzilla, Skammadix & Will C is now available…
THE BRIO LIFE PUTS OUT DOCU FEAT DELICATE STEVE
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The Brio Life is a record label and music community dedicated to creating inspirational experiences through the fusion of visual and sonic art. Here is their most recent project entitled Paper Mirrors: A Documentary That Explores the Shared Languages Between Visuals and Music. It features Delicate Steve, an instrumental afro-rock band from New Jersey and…
WIRE: MARTHA JOHNSON EXCLAIM.CA VIDEO PREMIERE
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After thirty years and ten albums (three of which were co-produced with Daniel Lanois), Martha Johnson, most widely known as the lead singer of seminal Canadian art pop band Martha and the Muffins, has recorded her first ever solo album SOLO – ONE to be released June 26th, 2013. Exclaim.ca is currently premiering a new…
WIRE: STREAM AIRBOURNE’S NEW ALBUM ‘BLACK DOG BARKING’
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Australia’s Airbourne have premiered an exclusive stream of their new album Black Dog Barking, exclusively over at Revolver Magazine. The album, which will be released May 21st via Roadrunner Records, was produced by Brian Howes and features the lead single “Live It Up.” Hailing from Warrnambool, a small drinking town on the southwestern coast of…
LOADSTAR TO RELEASE ‘FUTURE PERFECT’
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Famed for one of the decade’s biggest tracks to date “Link To The Past,” this May, Loadstar have flipped the switch to link us to the future. Ram Records are proud to deliver their next explosive debut album: Loadstar’s Future Perfect. Since 2010, the duo previously known as Xample & Lomax have developed an…
CHI CITY VIDEO “EARLY MORNING DREAMS”
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Southside Chicago rapper Chi City presents the Kajmir Beats/Klay Dots-directed video to “Early Morning Dreams”, the Kajmir-produced single from his new album My Untold Story, featuring Kid Daytona and Ronnie Martini, as well as production from Dreamcatchers, Traksounds and more. With over nine underground tapes bearing his name – his last being 2011’s Who Is…
FLAG ANNOUNCE TOUR
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FLAG, the band composed of Black Flag original members Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Bill Stevenson, and Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton, have announced tour dates throughout the US in the coming months. The group, recently kickstarted as a vehicle to perform the genre defining (and defying) music of their former band, just wrapped up…
EVERYONE DIES IN UTAH RELEASE NEW MUSIC VIDEO
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Temple, Texas band Everyone Dies In Utah recently released a video for their song Desoto 55, which appears on their latest album +//- (Polarities). The video was created by Oliver Broadbent, a filmmaker from Leeds, UK. It features Lego characters acting out the storyline with additional animation. http://youtu.be/mNAT_38B5a8 Teetering between breakneck brutality and elegant,…
WIRE: MAGNET FEATURES TALLAHASSEE MP3
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Magnet is in good spirits and they want to share the love. They’ve showcased Tallahassee’s soulful ode to the appeal of something new, “Old Brown Shoes” on MP3 at 3PM. “Put yourself in the good, rustic Americana spirit by turning your ears onto Boston quartet Tallahassee. The new sounds of the folk/alt-country band was just…
MARKRADONN SIGNS TO BLUNTFACE
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Drawing influences from multiple sources such as Black Metal, Soundtrack Composers, Aboriginal music, and classic Florida Death Metal, Markradonn is a 10 piece band that creates an epic and powerful sound that “if they don’t leave an imprint in your memory, they will certainly leave some blood in your eardrums.”-XRP Radio, (U.K.) In addition to…
