TEACH ME EQUALS SHARE VIDEO FOR “DICTIONARY OF IMAGINARY PLACES”
Scape-rock duo Teach Me Equals are pleased to release their debut LP, Knives in the Hope Chest, available today, September 16, 2014 on Minorlit Records. Through their unique instrumentation and ardent live shows – more than 200 a year – Teach Me Equals has earned a faithful cult following, appealing both to those looking for challenging musicianship, clever lyricism, and those looking for pop music with an artistic bend. The duo destabilizes the modern concepts of pop music while both questioning and pointing toward its future, one fortunate to hold such an unrelenting band in its pens.
RUN THE JEWELS SHARE NEW SONG
In keeping with their tradition of not following tradition, Run The Jewels are sharing a stream of their contribution to Adult Swim Singles concurrent with it being available for download. “Oh My Darling Don’t Cry” picks up right where first RTJ2 single “Blockbuster Night Pt. 1” left off — with El-P and Killer Mike, two of the best rappers currently doing it, ferociously proving they can out-rap anyone else in their field. Additionally, the track features a guest robot voice from Michael Winslow of Police Academy fame.
https://soundcloud.com/adultswimsingles/oh-my-darling-dont-cry
SEA OLEENA SHARES NEW SINGLE “PATHS”
Sea Oleena shares a second single, “Paths” from her debut full-length Shallow, out September 30 via Lefse Records. Following an outpouring of praise for “If I’m” from the the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, The Fader, NPR and others, “Paths” shows a different side of her upcoming debut.
SENSES FAIL SIGNS TO PURE NOISE RECORDS
SENSES FAIL has announced they have signed to Pure Noise Records. The news comes shortly after the band kicked off their nationwide Let It Enfold You 10th Anniversary Tour. Senses Fail will also be entering the studio in November to start recording their next full length which is scheduled to be released in summer 2015.
NASCENT SINGER/SONGWRITER MICHAEL SACKLER-BERNER TO RELEASE SERIES
Nascent singer/songwriter/guitarist and native New Yorker Michael Sackler-Berner is set to release a series of digital 45s, each with both a- and b-sides, culminating in a double EP release later this year. The first 45 will be “She Loves Love” with the b-side track “Midnight Crisis.” “She Loves Love” will be available for purchase on October 14th via iTunes and other digital music providers. The song was produced by esteemed musician Marshall Crenshaw and Grammy-winning producer Stewart Lerman (Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens), both of whom worked with Sackler-Berner on more material that will be featured on his double EP release due out later this year. “She Loves Love” highlights Sackler-Berner’s substantial songwriting chops and showcases his ability to create buoyant, pop-leaning gems.
KIESZA ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM
Today Kiesza announces her debut album, Sound of a Woman (Lokal Legend/4th and B’way/Island Records), which hits stores October 21. Her hit single “Hideaway” rocketed to the #1 spot in the UK charts earlier this year and remains the fastest-selling debut of year. “Hideaway” went platinum in the UK and Canada; additionally, the song charted #1 in 21 countries on iTunes. The song was paired with a delicious throw back video that has captured over 108 million viewers to date. The iTunes global preorder is available on 9/22 which unlocks a brand new song!
KIRILL GERSTEIN HEADS TO BOSTON TO TEACH
Classical pianist Kirill Gerstein will teach at two of Boston’s prestigious music schools – Berklee College of Music, his alma mater, and The Boston Conservatory. Starting September 15, Mr. Gerstein will be artist-in-residence in the Piano Department at Berklee and a member of the piano and chamber music faculty at The Boston Conservatory. This is the first joint appointment between both institutions.
Mr. Gerstein said, “I’m honored and excited to join Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory. Teaching has long been an essential part of my activities as a musician. I feel my experiences as a concert artist benefit my teaching, and teaching enriches my playing. I look forward to spending a significant amount of time in Boston, where I first lived in the United States and spent my formative years as a student at Berklee.”
LEONARD COHEN NEW ALBUM ON NPR
In Popular Problems, his thrilling new studio album, Leonard Cohen gets down into the avenues of our dreams and sets a new tone and speed of hope and despair, grief and joy. Cohen here is an astonished lover rocking to the human condition as “the soul unfolds in the chambers of its longing.” His legendary basso resonates as never before with a presence and urgency that arises from the very depths of the heart. The clarity and strength of these nine hypnotic songs will have us singing them over and over.
http://www.npr.org/2014/09/15/347480040/first-listen-leonard-cohen-popular-problems
THE ROB MACHADO FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 10 & 11 BENEFIT CONCERTS
The Rob Machado Foundation founded by legendary surfer, environmental activist and musician Rob Machado – is partnering once again with The Belly Up in San Diego, CA for its annual benefit concert. Tickets sold out so quickly for the foundation’s 2012 and 2013 concerts that Machado has made plans for the 2014 event to take place over the course of two consecutive nights – November 10 & 11.
http://robmachadofoundation.org
STATES AND EMPIRES TO RELEASE EP IN OCTOBER
Many were sad to see Welsh band Attack! Attack! UK split in early 2013, but band members Neil Starr (guitar/vocals) and Will Davies (bass) wasted no time in forming States and Empires with Evita drummer Johno Fisher. They are set to release a three-song EP, Revolution, in the United States on October 7, 2014 via Rock Ridge Music. The three songs (“Revolution,” “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,” and “Say Anything”) also appear on the forthcoming album, Freedom (which will see an early 2015 U.S. release), and serve as a taste of what’s to come from this trio. Influenced by early ’90s grunge, States and Empires manages to seamlessly blend instantly memorable, melodic hooks with pummeling drums and massive guitar riffs that have the capacity to pack as much of a punch in an arena as they do in a club.
http://www.statesandempires.com
BIG & RICH NEW VIDEO ON CMT
Country superstars Big & Rich kicked off the official world debut of the “Look At You” music video this morning on CMT. It’s airing exclusively across all CMT platforms. The “Look At You” music video was filmed in Las Vegas on Caesar’s properties and inside the Brooklyn Bowl. It was written, produced and directed by award-winning Trey Fanjoy. The video is part one of the groundbreaking four-part music video and short film, “The Gravity Quadrilogy,” showcasing Big & Rich’s phenomenal new music.
http://www.cmt.com/videos/big-rich/1081537/look-at-you.jhtml
ODESSA PREMIERES SELF-TITLED EP ON PASTE MAGAZINE
ODESSA has linked up with Paste Magazine to exclusively debut her Odessa EP [Chop Shop/Republic Records] today. You can listen to the four-song set in its entirety here. The EP will be available for purchase on iTunes and all digital partners tomorrow September 16.
The California singer and songwriter’s buzzing single “I Will Be There” also received a high-profile placement on the premiere episode of Fox’s new comedy-drama The Red Band Society, airing this Wednesday September 17. The song’s hypnotic harmonies pulsate through a key scene of the show. You can tune in on Fox at 9pm ET/8pm CT!
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2014/09/album-stream-odessa—odessa-ep.html
ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND 20 EYES PREMIERE “FRIENDS LIKE YOU” MUSIC VIDEO
“This video portrays a man unafraid of being himself,” front man Wolf Bradley explained. “He has complete freedom of expression. It also has a glimpse of what it feels like to be betrayed by some one you thought was one of your own kind.”
http://www.underthegunreview.net/2014/09/15/utg-video-premiere-20-eyes-friends-like-you/
DANCING CRAP SIGN FOR AGOGE RECORDS
The band with producer Gianmarco Bellumori is already working on his next album that will be recorder, mixed and mastered at Wolf Recording Studio. The album will be out in 2015.
https://www.facebook.com/DANCINGCRAP
NEW VIDEO BY TWIZTID
Worldwide horrorcore phenoms TWIZTID put fans in a frenzy last week after unleashing a video teaser for their brand new music video for the track ‘Breakdown’. Yesterday, the band revealed the new music video, viewable via their official YouTube here. The straightforward video features an up-close look at Mr. Madrox and Mr. Monoxide, in and out of make-up, breaking away from the band’s typical macabre style. This is a video for fans of intense rap lyricism, as it puts a direct focus on the group’s complex lyrical stylings instead of theatricality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096t3RyU0jY
BLACKHAWK RELEASE GREATEST HITS & MORE ON OCTOBER 28, 2014
Multi-platinum country music band BlackHawk will release Greatest Hits & Moreon Loud & Proud Records on October 28, 2014. Greatest Hits & More tells the story of one of the most successful country music groups of the mid 1990’s.
This 13-song collection (track listing below) of new studio recordings from yesterday and today includes their #1 hit “Every Once In A While,” Top 10 singles including “Goodbye Says It All,”“I Sure Can Smell The Rain” and “That’s Just About Right” as well as two new songs “Brothers of the Southland” and “Brighter” from the band’s first studio release in 12 years, the 2014 album Brothers of the Southland which was co-produced by Dale Oliver (Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman).
LEGENDARY BANJO PLAYER EDDIE ADCOCK WINS FIFTH ANNUAL STEVE MARTIN PRIZE
Banjo player extraordinaire Eddie Adcock is the 2014 recipient of the 5th annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, it was announced today in The New York Times. Adcock has been one of bluegrass music’s most revolutionary performers for over fifty years. He cut his musical teeth with Bill Monroe and Mac Wiseman, and played in the groundbreaking group The Country Gentlemen, one of the most popular and progressive bluegrass bands of the late ’50s and ’60s.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/arts/music/the-steve-martin-prize-goes-to-eddie-adcock.html?_r=2
NEW VIDEO BY RAV.P
Here is the new and third video, “flyniggaSayWHA” featuring Natnaiel & Julius Myth from Rav.P’s recently released FreEP Immaculate.
After working with Camden, NJ producers Trac-Qaeda on the #weeklyStamps campaign for a single release “Immaculate,” Rav.P aka Passport Rav joined forces with the production team to create a classic feeling EP based on the name of their first collaboration. All of the tracks are produced by Trac-Qaeda besides the bonus “flyNiggaSayWHA” which is produced by Rav himself.
“CITIES IN CRISIS” TRAILER
There is a war on our shores! And the enemy is not some dark, sinister foreign entity – it’s homegrown, right here in our midst. The Black youth violence crisis is alarming, fueled by the enemies of peace and tranquility — ignorance and apathy. We must declare war, and fight vigorously to rescue our Black youth from extinction. RETV, a popular YouTube channel headed by LaMar Stephens of New Jersey-based Rap Entertainment, Inc., is creating a three-part docu-series entitled “Cities In Crisis,” which will examine the problem under a microscope, laying out both the problems and the solutions, featuring celebrities such as rappers T.I., Common, Ice Cube and Talib Kweli, along with educators, actors and community activists, who all drop their own brands of knowledge and wisdom regarding the Black youth violence crisis…because after all, if it “takes a village” to raise a child, it will most certainly “take a village” to save him/her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sz1lPlNHeI
MALL WALK BROODING FIRST TRACK “TEEN MISSING” PREMIERES ON MY OLD KENTUCKY BLOG
Though just starting less than a year ago, the upcoming MALL WALK EP reveals the band to already be compulsively listenable and exceptionally sophisticated. Just a few months after the band’s inception, the trio started working with producer-engineer Monte Vallier (Weekend, The Soft Moon, Terry Malts) at San Francisco’s Ruminator Audio Studio to create an EP that is alternately infectious and gritty, spare and expansive, world-weary and inspired. The collaborative self-titled MALL WALK EP will be released October 14th, 2014 via singer-guitarist Rob I. Miller’s small label Vacant Stare Records.
http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=48795
SOUTHPAW STEEL ‘N’ TWANG RELEASE “HALE’S PLEASURE RAILWAY” ON CD
Southpaw Steel ‘n’ Twang main man Ville Leppänen plays the electric guitars, lap steel and pedal steel guitars and wrote all the music on Hale’s Pleasure Railway. Ville (pronounced like “Willy”) gets solid backup from his SST band mates JP Mönkkönen (bass) and Tero Mikkonen (drums). Jazz, surf-noir and steel guitar sounds collide in an instrumental music paradise on this 2014 Southpaw Steel ‘n’ Twang CD.
http://www.bafesfactory.fi/sst_uk/index2.html
TAHITI 80 “CRUSH” SINGLE
Tahiti 80 will release their new album, Ballroom, digitally and on vinyl
via Minty Fresh on October 21st.
For their sixth album, instead of their usual self-production, the band collaborated with Richard Swift (Tennis, The Shins, Foxygen) for some new ideas. After two years of writing songs, Tahiti 80 and Swift decided on a darker and sexier sound, mixed with their trademark catchy dance vibe. Frontman Xavier Boyer explains the title of the album: “The Ballroom is a place where a lot of things happen. People get together; couples make up or break up on the dance floor. It’s pretty interesting!”
RENAISSANCE TO PLAY NATICK ON OCTOBER 30
Renaissance have secured a distribution deal with Red River Entertainment, which now allows their new music to be heard worldwide. The new album is called, SYMPHONY OF LIGHT and contains the songs of its 2012 release, GRANDINE IL VENTO, plus three bonus tracks: “Renaissance Man,” “Immortal Beloved” and “Tonight.”
Renaissance will be performing an evening of classics and songs from its new album, A SYMPHONY OF LIGHT at the Natick Center for the Arts at 8 pm on October 30.
The Natick Center is at 14 S Summer Street in Natick, MA.
Admission is $50 for the public and $45 for Natick members.
ICONA POP TO HEADLINE REVERB’S CAMPUS CONSCIOUSNESS TOUR
REVERB’s 14th Campus Consciousness Tour (CCT) will feature Swedish female pop duo Icona Pop. This fall, the Campus Consciousness Tour will visit ten schools empowering female student leaders and supporting environmental efforts on campus and nationally.
“We are excited to take the passion of the students and help focus that on something so important,” said Icona Pop’s Aino Jawo. She added, “Our shows are high energy already – we want to capture that and spread it across all the campuses in making a positive impact!”
http://www.reverb.org/CCTsite/CCTsite2.html
MARY LAMBERT ANNOUNCES HEADLINING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Mary Lambert will hit the road for a fall headlining North American tour, which kicks off on October 10th in Toronto and continues through mid November. The Seattle-based singer and songwriter is touring in support of her upcoming debut album Heart On My Sleeve, which will be released by Capitol Records on October 14th. Lambert, who toured all summer with Matt Nathanson and Gavin DeGraw, is known for her transcendent live shows, which often feature group sing-alongs and emotional moments for both Lambert and the audience.
http://marylambertsings.com/shows/
NEW SINGLE BY THE JAZZ JUNE
Revered indie rock outfit The Jazz June is premiering a new song off the band’s long-awaited LP ‘After The Earthquake’ today on Entertainment Weekly. ‘After The Earthquake’ will be released on November 11 via Topshelf Records. The LP was recorded with producer Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It.) at Gradwell House this past spring, with Steve Poponi (Young Statues) engineering/mixing and Dave Downham (Dowsing, Into It. Over It.) mastering.
http://music-mix.ew.com/2014/09/15/edge-of-space-emo-the-jazz-junes/
WIN A TRIP TO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE VIA BACARDI
On September 22nd, U.S. music fans can enter for a chance to win an all-expenses-paid-trip to the BACARDĺ Triangle via sweepstakes that will be hubbed on Pandora.com/BacardiTriangle.
BACARDÍ Triangle is an epic, three-day music travel adventure that will transport music fans to a private island in the Bermuda Triangle over Halloween weekend 2014. Three of the world’s biggest artists are headlining BACARDÍ Triangle: Grammy award-winning Calvin Harris, hip hop star Kendrick Lamar and singing sensation Ellie Goulding.
http://Pandora.com/BacardiTriangle
HANDS LIKE HOUSES STREAM REIMAGINE EP
Australia’s critically acclaimed HANDS LIKE HOUSES are currently streaming their sonically creative, stripped-down EP, Reimagine, via Alternative Press. The five song EP offers new versions of songs from their sophomore album, Unimagine, which is available tomorrow. In celebration of the release, the band will takeover Alternative Press’ Twitter account (@altpress) this Tuesday at 6:30PM EST. Fans can ask the band questions and discuss the new EP by using the hashtag #APaskHLH. Reimagine will be available for purchase by going here: http://smarturl.it/hlh-reimagine-ep.
http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/hands_like_houses_reimagine_full_ep_premiere
BOYTOY PREMIERE VIDEO FOR “BLAZED”
“BOYTOY melts the lo-fi godhead hook-centric indie pop simplicity made legendary by K Records with the contagiously sweet ’90s-era Boston rockin’ rollick sounds of Belly, Throwing Muses and The Breeder.” – Village Voice
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/spark-up-with-boytoys-new-video-blazed
SPECIAL NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC ONE-NIGHT-ONLY NATIONAL SCREENINGS ON OCTOBER 2
The documentary on legendary MC Nas’ making of the 1994 landmark debut album ‘Illmatic’, Nas: Time Is Illmatic, will hit movie theaters across America on October 2, 2014 for a one-night-only special showing of the film. Audiences nationwide will have the rare opportunity to experience the story behind one of hip-hop’s most influential albums of all-time on the big screen.
Nas: Time Is Illmatic will become available on demand, iTunes, and other VOD providers starting Friday, October 3 and the film will first release theatrically in New York and Los Angeles starting on October 1distributed by Tribeca Film.
SHALLOU SINGLE “WAVES”
Inspired by artists such as SBTRKT, Mount Kimbie and Four Tet, emerging artist Shallou blends southern-bred electronic music with soulful vocals to create a truly unique and eclectic sound.Waves is definitely a song that echoes for attention – the shuffling rhythms and subtle vocals toward the end make the track truly unmissable.
https://soundcloud.com/shallou/waves/s-9oB9S
MISTERWIVES ON SPOTIFY
MisterWives – Mandy Lee (Vocals), Etienne Bowler (Drums), Will Hehir (Bass) – began making music together in late 2012. Lee, the powerhouse vocalist, was born and raised in Queens and acts as the band’s principal songwriter. She studied songwriting and opera at NYC’s only specialized public high school for music and performing arts, laying a foundation for her incredible range and giving her the ability to explore a wide variety of vocal styles. Lee met Hehir through a mutual friend and shortly thereafter was introduced to Bowler, a Bronx native, while the two were working at restaurants a block away from one another in Manhattan.
https://play.spotify.com/album/6Udtuid2uIXkAZY6zmElfJ
KiWi TIME “BUTTERFLY” VIDEO
San Francisco-based, Belarusian-born alt rock group, KiWi TIME, have just released their much anticipated video for single, “Butterfly.” The video was directed by acclaimed music video guru Thomas Mignone (System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Danzig), and can be seen here. “Butterfly” is featured on the band’s debut EP, It’s KiWi TIME.
NEW VIDEO BY TOXIC WALTZ”
Bavarian Thrash Metal high-flyers TOXIC WALTZ released their first official music video on September, 14., which can be seen below. Recorded and produced by a professional film team, the video includes inter alia extra performers and some extraordinary cool views, filmed by a drone with a GoPro camera. It has been produced for the title song of their highly successful debut album “Decades Of Pain”, out since January 2014.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvBLBWw-uTE
RAMO DAJANEIRO “ROCK WITH ME” VIDEO
“When I put this track together I wanted to sample it a different kind of way. I played around with the key’s on the midi board and came across what I thought was a distinct sound.” Regarding the Laugh Now Laugh Later album he says that during its making “so much s–t was going on that I couldn’t do nothing but laugh about. No sense in crying or complaining about your problems because everyone has them. If you can’t do nothing about it you move on. If you can fix it, that’s what you do – figure out a way to solve your problems.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aqzN-ELDnc
BIG HUD VIDEO ON ALL HIOP HOP
The Texas representative is no stranger to the music game, having six mixtapes and two EP’s under his belt, the rapper is credited for working with Yellawolf and opening up for legendary artists like Too $hort, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross. In addition, Hud is currently working on a joint project with East Oakland’s Beeda Weeda entitled The Storm, dropping on September 30th. This forthcoming collaboration is set to include the first single, “Hella Turnt,” featuring Too $hort and E-40.
http://allhiphop.com/videos/big-hud-trap-boy-freddy-yella-beezy-pull-up-on-ya/
PANDORA AND LEXUS TO BRING FREE POP-UP CONCERT SERIES TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Today Pandora (NYSE: P), the leading internet radio service, announced a free, four-part, pop-up concert series, where it will work with the Southern California Lexus dealers to connect artists with their biggest fans.
The Lexus Pop-Up Concert Series, Powered by Pandora includes shows across Southern California with different headliners for each event, including MAGIC!, Nico & Vinz, Kongos, and a fourth to be announced at a later date. The concerts will also showcase the new aggressive styling of the Lexus F SPORT series.
To RSVP for the first two shows, visit:
9.17 MAGIC!
http://boxoffice.stubhub.com/event/LexusPopupMAGIC
9.25 Nico & Vinz
http://boxoffice.stubhub.com/event/LexusPopupNicoVinz
GARY CHERONE’S HURTSMILE’S NEW TRACK “ROCK N’ ROLL CLICHE”
The fiery song is the first single from the forthcoming studio album, RETROGRENADE, due out on October 7th worldwide. Hurtsmile is the collaboration of frontman extraordinaire/songwriter Gary Cherone (Extreme/Van Halen), his brother/guitarist Mark Cherone (Flesh/SuperZero), as well as bassist Joe Pessia (Tantric/DramaGods) and drummer Dana Spellman. Following up on the band’s acclaimed self-titled debut in 2011, the fan-funded RETROGRENADE pays homage to almost every genre Cherone has excelled at in the past. Inspired by the classic rock records they grew up on, RETROGRENADE is the collective effort of Hurtsmile flexing their musical muscle.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/gary-cherone-hurtsmile-exclusive-song-premiere/
IMELDA MAY’S TRIBAL STREAMING ON THE NEW YORK TIMES “PRESS PLAY”
Imelda May’s new album Tribal is exclusively streaming on The New York Times “Press Play” and can be heard HERE. Tribal, her third album in the U.S., will be in stores in September 23 on Verve Records. After selling out show after show of this summer’s tour and playing at Outside Lands Festival, May will return to the U.S. to play a string of North American dates this fall, including her first appearance at Austin City Limits. May has launched her new television music program in September, “The Imelda May Show” on Ireland’s #1 rated television network RTE. The show will feature performances by legendary musicians as well as up-and-coming artists from around the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html?_r=0
MIKE MICTLAN “CLAPP’D”
Doomtree’s Mike Mictlan announces the release of HELLA FRREAL. Set for release on October 27th, the 10-track album features Mike’s rapid-fire lyrics over larger-than-life production from Cecil Otter, RedVelvet Beats, 2% Muck, 1990, Mike Frey, JuanL, and Lazerbeak, with guests Greg Grease, Ceschi, and Aby Wolf all along for the ride.
https://soundcloud.com/doomtree/mikemictlan-clappd/
EDWARD KORFT SHARES NEW SINGLE “LIVIN THE DREAM”
“Yeah, it would have been great if the first album got huge and made me some money so I could just kind of hang out for a while but that didn’t really pan out. I’ve played some shows and people seem to like the music a lot so instead of putting in a bunch of effort writing and producing an entire new album or even an EP, I figured this would kind of be an easy way to get more attention while only having to write one song and I could sort of make it a press thing, you know?” -Edward
