“Progressive Electro-eclectic” may be the most apt descriptor for Paris-based artist, Matthias Sturm’s latest outing. Laced with spots of modern day electronic psychedelica, Luna Park will indeed take listeners to the moon. Diverse instrumentation (live and generated), narrative style lyrical delivery and an eerie ethos to the tracks, makes this one far out and approachable;…
Month: May 2013
SINGER SONGWRITER ALLIE FOX BUILDING HER OWN “IVORY TOWERâ€
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Country music has recently managed to cross-over into the mainstream scene with great ease. Acts like Taylor Swift, Jessica Simpson and Garth Brooks have proven this to be true. An independent artist from Michigan is paving a similar path for herself. Allie Fox was a hidden gem just waiting to be found. At the age…
WIRE: JENNIFER LOPEZ FEAT PITBULL “LIVE IT UP” AUDIO
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The song of the Summer is here! Jennifer Lopez is back with her latest single “Live It Up” featuring Pitbull. Listen to it now and share on your sites using this SoundCloud player embed. https://soundcloud.com/officialjlo/jenniferlopezliveitup Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull were bringing a buzz to Fort Lauderdale beach Sunday, dancing and lip-syncing and just being their…
THE MOHAWK LODGE POST ALBUM ONLINE
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Today White Whale Records releases Damaged Goods, the fourth album from the Canadian indie rock group The Mohawk Lodge, fronted by Ryder Havdale. The album release accompanies an already in-progress nationwide tour across the US that includes 30 plus dates, part of over 150 shows the group will play this year. Currently playing shows on…
Artist: Chance Hayden – Album: Family Tree
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Most would agree most popular artists out there have something truly special to give to their fans. This goes above the typical attributes like raw talent, amazing songs, nice voice, or even a very marketable look, sound & image. There’s something truly infectious at the core of these artists that simply makes us feel good…
WIRE: A IS FOR ALPINE VIDEO ON NPR
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A Is For Alpine, the debut album from lauded Australian band Alpine, will be released stateside May 21 on Votiv. The new release, which was recently chosen as iTunes’ Australian Alternative Album of the Year, receiving early critical praise from KCRW, with Pitchfork calling it an “unforgettably light and charismatic gem.” The latest video for…
AUSTIN MAHONE JOINS THE RED TOUR WITH TAYLOR SWIFT
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Austin Mahone and Taylor Swift pose for pictures together backstage along with fellow tour mate, Ed Sheeran at Austin’s first date on Taylor’s RED tour. Austin joined the tour on May 4th in Detroit and will make stops in Dallas, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Foxboro and Chicago. Full list of tour dates: www.austinmahone.com/#events-section At just…
MATTHEW MAYFIELD POSTS “MILES & MILES” TO YOUTUBE
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Matthew Mayfield will release Irons In The Fire, an eight-track EP, on June 11. The collection features four brand-new songs, including the soul-piercing “Miles & Miles,” which can be heard now at http://youtu.be/oxOvepM-Zts The EP also includes an acoustic-and-strings take on “Miles & Miles,” remastered versions of “Fire Escape” and “Tonight,” which Mayfield penned with…
WIRE: MTV FOOD SCHOOL SEEKS AMATEUR COOKS
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For the first time ever MTV and Doron Ofir Casting are seeking aspiring chefs to fulfill a lifelong dream in the culinary arts that will lead to the job of a lifetime and launch a career of epic proportions. We are seeking amateur chefs, bakers and cooking enthusiasts of all kinds (who are at least…
KRIS WARREN “BLOW UP” VIDEO ON ROKU/Q3030
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Having already secured placements on premier websites including Allhiphop.com, Thisis50.com and WorldstarHipHop.com, ‘Blow Up’ from Chicago music artist Kris Warren is now available to view on digital TV platform, Roku. Reaching users around the world, the placement of ‘Blow Up’ coincides with the launch of the Q3030 channel to over 5 million digital customers. Keen…
NYC ARTIST STEVEN BAKUR ‘SOONER THAN LATER’ TO BE RELEASED JUNE 18TH
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Decades of playing in New York City bands have seasoned Steven Bakur’s songs with an arresting mix of polish and grit. The Brooklyn native started performing locally in high school with a band called Sole Survivor. The band included Mark Bell (Marky Ramone of The Ramones) on drums, Kenny Aaranson (Joan Jett, Rolling Stone’s Bassist…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO FROM HANDS ON NOISEY
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Noisey has premiered the official video for “Brave Motion” from Hands debut full-length Synesthesia out now on Kill Rock Stars. The video was directed and animated by Johnny Woods with layout and additional rigging by Ricky Calvit Jonsson Jr. Noisey said, “There’s an unfiltered sense of kinetic energy that grounds “Brave Motion,” (and the other…
SHOUT OUT LOUDS DEBUT PRINS THOMAS REMIX OF “ILLUSIONS”
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To celebrate the start of their North American tour dates, Shout Out Louds and Merge Records have released the Prins Thomas Diskomiks remix of their infectious single “Illusions”. The cross continent tour kicks off tonight in Washington, DC at 9:30 Club, and sees the Swedish five piece visiting Canada and the United States west coast…
SKIZZY MARS PREMIERES “PAY FOR YOU”
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Penthouse Music’s 19-year-old alternative NYC rapper Skizzy Mars debuted the visual to “Pay For You” featuring G-Eazy with Karmaloop TV last night (MAY 6). The song is from Skizzy Mars’ debut mixtape Phases that released last month; download link below. The music video, directed by Déjà Star, shows footage from their Must Be Nice…
DELLA MAE TEAMS WITH CLOVER FOR FOOD TRUCK TOUR OF BOSTON
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Boston is deservedly famous for many things, but one can certainly make the claim that music and food are two of the city’s greatest legacies. Bostonians with a passion for great music and great food are in for a treat on Tuesday, June 4: to celebrate the release of their Rounder Records debut, This…
WIRE: BIG B PREMIERES “HERE COMES THE LIGHTNING”
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Big B has officially released his new single “Here Comes The Lightning”, which was co-written by pop superstar P!nk and producer Butch Walker, online at ArtistDirect.com. The track is the lead single from Big B’s new album Fool’s Gold, which is scheduled for a July 9th release through Suburban Noize Records. It will be available…
KEVIN SAVIGAR & ROD STEWART PRODUCE “TIME”
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Award-winning producer, songwriter and composer, Kevin Savigar co-produced, mixed and engineered Rod’s first pop/rock album in over 10 years. Kevin co-wrote 6 songs including the title track of Time out May 7th on Capitol Records. In addition, Savigar was recognized by Billboard’s “Top 100 American Idol Songs” for writing “Nothin’ to Lose” performed by country…
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE “I APPEAR MISSING” ANIMATED VIDEO REVEALED
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Following the cryptic surfacing of the http://www.likeclockwork.tv/ and its hazy semi-clues and last night’s Adult Swim ad, Queens Of The Stone Age have unveiled a trailer scored by three minutes of the never-before-heard “I Appear Missing,” which appears in its entirety on the band’s upcoming, Like Clockwork, out June 4 on Matador Records.
THE HUSSY’S AUDIO & VIDEO FROM ‘PAGAN HISS’
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The Hussy’s “Pagan Hiss” comes out on Southpaw Records. The Hussy describe themselves as “a psych punk duo from the politically charged cheese rectum that is Madison, Wisconsin.” The new album has already seen praise from the likes of Pitchfork, Spin, Ad Hoc, Impose, Get Bent, Raven Sings the Blues, and others. “Blame” MP3:…
BEN CARON RELEASES FAN-FUNDED SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM
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Los Angeles-based pop singer/songwriter Ben Caron has been working on his debut album for a solid year. The project, which will be released on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, was recorded as a series of three fan-funded EPs, each one consisting of three original songs. Donations were collected via his own personal website, without the assistance…
J.DREW POSTS ‘NEVER COMING BACK’ EP FOR ALL TO HEAR
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Multi-talented artist J.Drew flexes his musical muscle on the EP “Never Coming Back” available for download here. J.Drew is the first and youngest producer signed to the Pharrell Williams imprint StarTrak. On “Never Coming Back” the Detroit native personifies the term “triple threat” by singing, writing, rapping and producing his way into your speakers. J.Drew…
Tryezz – Atmospheres (Art of the Scenic Groove)
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Finding expression through both sonic and visual mediums, the artist known as Tryezz operates with the motto “always a student.” This is a good motto to live by, as people can always stand to attain further mastery in the art or craft they practice. Tryezz believes that “there’s always something to learn…always something new to…
WIRE: PHOTO OPS RELEASES VIDEO FOR “YOU SAID YOU WERE”
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Photo Ops, the dream-pop project from Terry Price, is pleased to release the video for “You Said You Were,” off the recently released debut LP, How To Say Goodbye. The video follows Price and a group of friends on an all-day outing of swimming, poker and drinking. The album as a whole shows Price’s knack…
DAVID GUETTA AND DANCEON PARTNER UP
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The world’s leading DJ, David Guetta has partnered with DanceOn, YouTube’s largest dance network to bring fans an in depth look at the making of his music video for new single “Play Hard” featuring Akon and Ne-Yo in mini-docu series ‘The Edge.’ Dancers from Mexico, Colombia and France tell their stories and give…
FREE MUSIC FROM ADULT SWIM
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Adult Swim, the top-rated television network and arbiter of must-hear, cutting-edge music, enters the world of garage rock for the first time with the May 6 digital launch of Garage Swim. Sponsored by Dr Pepper and curated under Adult Swim’s Williams Street Records label, this free compilation will be available for download at www.adultswim.com/garageswim. So…
TORO Y MOI SETS FALL TOUR DATES
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Toro Y Moi, the electronic psych-pop act helmed by producer, singer and songwriter Chaz Bundick, is set to continue its North American tour through the fall with a slate of newly confirmed dates. Bundick is touring in support of Toro Y Moi’s third full-length release Anything in Return, out now on Carpark Records, and will…
SPOKESBUZZ: THINKING GLOBALLY AND ROCKING LOCALLY
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Visionary, music fan and owner of the Mishawaka Amphitheatre in Fort Collins, Colorado Dani Grant founded the grassroots non-profit organization SpokesBUZZ in 2009 to showcase musical artists in her region. The following year, SpokesBUZZ presented the first Fort Collins showcase at the famed South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin. Grant was able…
WIRE: BLAKE HAZARD ANNOUNCES SOLO ALBUM
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Los Angeles songwriter, Blake Hazard, has announced a new solo album, The Eleanor Islands, available July 9. The Eleanor Islands is the first new music from Hazard since co-founding The Submarines with ex-husband John Dragonetti in 2005. The pair released three acclaimed full-lengths between 2006-2011. In conjunction, Hazard has premiered the video for first single,…
HIM PREMIERE NEW MUSIC VIDEO
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Finnish rockers HIM have premiered their new music video for “All Lips Go Blue” exclusively on VEVO. The track is from the band’s just released new album, Tears On Tape. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5G0-nJtnjE The video for “All Lips Go Blue” was created by award winning director Eugene Riecansky who also directed HIM’s video “Scared To Death”…
MAGNUS RISING NEW ALBUM MAY 31
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MAGNUS RISING have spent the past decade touring coast-to-coast, pushing their way through Canada with their heavy melodic sound. They’re not stopping now – this is no time to lie down. Fresh off a recent cross-Canada tour, MAGNUS RISING is getting ready to release their upcoming full-length album, Whatever It Takes, on May 31, 2013.…
SCOTT MURPHY & RIVERS CUOMO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM IN JAPANESE
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American musician and singer-songwriter Scott Murphy from pop-punk band Allister and vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Rivers Cuomo from the Grammy award winning alternative rock band Weezer, have partnered up to release an extraordinary self-titled debut album, Scott & Rivers. Available now on iTunes, Scott & Rivers features twelve catchy pop-rock songs, which are almost…
WIRE: BECKY G PARTNERS WITH VEVO & UNIVISION
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Kemosabe / RCA Records artist, 16-year-old Becky G, is teaming with VEVO, and Univision Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic America, to premiere the music video for her new track “Play It Again”. Watch the video here: http://vevo.ly/108zH7t or http://uni.vi/1VQuWO. The video was directed by Jess Holzworth (Rye Rye / Beck) and shot in…
MICHAEL EGLETON LIVE MAY 12 @ SWEET AUBURN FESTIVAL
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Jazz / Soul Blues singer Michael Egleton is riding high from his hit single ‘That’s Alright’ that is in rotation on radio stations across the country. He is set to perform at the international event – Sweet Auburn Festival in Atlanta, GA on Sunday May 12, 2013 at 3:00pm. Gracing the historic Sweet Auburn stage…
THE DOORS LAUNCH INTERACTIVE iPAD APP
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The Doors are once again poised to break on through with a first-of-its-kind iPad app, THE DOORS, available exclusively on the App Store. Released by Warner Music Group’s Rhino Entertainment, the app brings the band’s story to life with an unprecedented immersive experience that delves deeply into every aspect of The Doors’ iconic career with…
GENTLEMEN HALL OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO FOR “SAIL INTO THE SUN”
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Sail Into The Sun” is being used in GLOBAL campaigns for both Samsung and Target. THE MUSIC NINJA raves about the track, “it brings to mind the pleasantries of warmth and the happy-go-lucky freedom of summer living.” http://youtu.be/M_P6V8EYZu0
THE COURTNEY JOHN PROJECT VIDEO “BLACK CINDERELLA”
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Jamaica’s The Courtney John Project release the official video for the single, “Black Cinderella,” just days after their debut LP Future was released on the FiWi Music Label. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLeFIWDzTrU One of the most moving and electrifying award winning writers, Courtney John returns with his eagerly awaited collaboration The Courtney John Project, with long time producer-cohort…
AARADHNA VIDEO FOR “GREAT MAN”
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Aaradhna, the standout vocalist from New Zealand is back with a new video, it’s called “Great Man”. Directed by Jared Khai, “Great Man” is a visually alluring video, flanked with backgorund dancers, and her band, Aaradhna continues to solidify her status as one of the rising elite vocalist in music today. The critically acclaimed vocalist…
BRAVESTATION POST “ALL WE HAVE IS US”
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Toronto’s Bravestation are back with their first new material since last year’s debut album ‘Giants & Dreamers’. Exclaim! just premiered new track ‘All We Have Is Us’, saying “The ethereal pop tune finds the band incorporating R&B and new wave-tinged influences into their latest material”. https://soundcloud.com/bravestation/all-we-have-is-us The debut album was critically well received, with…
QUICKIE MART POSTS “SPECTACLE”
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New Orleans producer/deejay Quickie Mart presents his new single “Spectacle”, available free on his Soundcloud page. “Spectacle” comes on the heels of a slew of releases from Quickie Mart’s Beatport imprint Super Mart Produce, among them tracks from bass artists Partymonster, Computa Games and Rroid Drazr, as well as his remix of New Orleans bounce…
GATES SIGN TO PURE NOISE RECORDS
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Gates has officially announced they have signed to Pure Noise Records. Gates is an indie rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey consisting of Mike Maroney, Dan King, Dan Crapanzano, Ethan Koozer and Kevin Dye. Pure Noise Records will re-release Gates’ EP, You Are All You Have Left To Fear in Fall 2013. Fans can…
