SLIGHTLY STOOPID ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR 2015 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS STICK FIGURE
Presently crossing the country on the wildly popular “Everything Is Awesome” tour, Slightly Stoopid is proud to announce the initial dates of the “Fall Tour 2015,” plus additional festival performances. Since kicking off last month, “Everything Is Awesome” (with Dirty Heads, The Expendables and Stick Figure) has become a must-see show and one of the most fun tours of the summer. Shows have sold out in NYC, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Denver, Seattle, California and all across Florida. For the autumn run, the group has again tapped their friends Stick Figure as special guests and are set to continue to generate rave reviews from coast-to-coast.
http://slightlystoopid.com/tour
FALLS NEW SINGLE AT WSJ
They met. They fell in love. They wrote songs. They fought. They made up. They broke up. They wrote songs. Now, the acclaimed Australian duo behind Falls—Simon Rudston-Brown and Melinda Kirwin—will make their U.S. debut with the brand new album, Omaha. “Our songs are at times deeply personal,” says Kirwin, “they’re raw, they’re real, and they’re very honest.”
The Wall Street Journal is premiering the first track from the album, “Let In The Light,” today. The Journal says, “The song pairs a big drum sound and swaths of strings with Kirwin’s sweetly sorrowful vocals for a sound that builds to soaring and cinematic.” Listen to the track HERE. Omaha, which is produced and recorded by Mike Mogis (Jenny Lewis, First Aid Kit, Bright Eyes, M. Ward), is set for release October 2 on Verve and is available for preorder on iTunes today with an instant download of “Let In The Light.”
MIDDAY VEIL “BABEL”
The beating musical heart of “This Wilderness” remains the out-sized synth wizardry of co-founder David Golightly, who seems to have ingested every possible mind-altering sound from Stockhausen to Cybotron to the “Love to Love You” of Donna Summer. They’re all on display here, made especially ornate by the driving percussion of Garrett Moore, the deep, submerging bass of Jayson Kochan, and the often-explosive, reptilian guitar lines of multi-instrumentalist Timm Mason. Rounding out the lineup is an all-star cast of guest spots including Bernie Worrell (Parliament, Funkadelic), Eyvind Kang and Skerik.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/08/seattles_midday.html
KALLE MATTSON NEW EP VIA SPOTIFY
Polaris Music Prize-nominated Canadian songwriter Kalle Mattson’s Avalanche EP is out today on HOME Music Co. Get the EP HERE and on Spotify HERE.
To celebrate the release, Mattson will tour North America this fall, playing a string of dates in his native Canada and several shows in the U.S. including New York’s Rockwood Music Hall, Boston’s Café 939 and Chicago’s Beat Kitchen. See below for full tour routing.
LEISURE CRUISE NEW VIDEO “MOTHER”
Popular TV has premiered the new Leisure Cruise video for the band’s single “Mother.” Popular TV said, “The badass duo-comprised of Broken Social Scene’s Dave Hodge and Firehorse’s Leah Siegel-found their cinematic side in “Mother,” and made a gorgeous visual component to go alongside with it. The video-filmed in Cuba-follows the story of a girl who by day cleans hotels and by night dances in the water. There’s something really empowering about watching the leading lady find a sense of confidence and power in her dreams.”
http://www.populartv.com/music/video-premiere-leisure-cruise/
KID CADAVER FREE EP
The San Fernando Valley natives deliver hook-driven songs filled with infectious melodies, and gang vocal choruses. Roam’s first single, “New Friends”, was premiered in March, prior to the band’s maiden trip to the SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Texas, receiving strong support from both LA’s alt-rock stations, KROQ and ALT 98, garnering over 69,000 plays via Soundcloud. The follow up single, “Keep Well”, arrived earlier this month, and is already receiving support from ALT 98, once again.
http://kidcadaver.com/download
PROBCAUSE NEW SINGLE
With his Drifters project slated to release next week via Electronic music producer Gramatik’s Lowtemp label, ProbCause has shared the energetic lead single, “Back To The Future.” Distorted vocal samples sit atop slapping percussion and fluttering synths that are accompanied by jolted horns and keyboard taps that lay the groundwork for the track, which is produced by the Lowtemp label head. As for the rhymes, ProbCause is in his comfort zone with confident, loose-lipped raps stating “I ain’t offended if you give up on me I ain’t even mad.” Rapping over Gramatik’s heavy electronic production, the ProbCause showcases his multi-genre adaptability by delivering the same lyrical punch that we’re used to hearing from the Chicago rapper over a foreign backdrop. “Using the innovative capacities of Gramatik’s electro-funk and glitch-hop origins, Probcause lays down a spastic flow of progressive lyrics that work perfectly within the production’s framework,” said ThisSongIsSick in their premiere.
http://thissongissick.com/blog/2015/probcause-x-gramatik-back-to-the-future
PENTATONIX RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR THEIR COVER OF OMI’S “CHEERLEADER”
Since bursting onto the scene in 2011, Grammy Award-winners and platinum selling recording artists Pentatonix have sold more than 2 million albums in the U.S. alone and has amassed over 1 billion views on their YouTube channel with more than 8.6 million subscribers. Their latest holiday album – That’s Christmas To Me – sold more than 1.2 million copies in the U. S., becoming one of only four acts to release a platinum album in 2014. In February 2015, the group received their first GRAMMY® Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and A Cappella for their “Daft Punk” medley. Additionally “Daft Punk” as well as their cover of Imagine Dragon’s “Radioactive” ft. Lindsey Stirling has been certified Gold. In June, they released their first documentary (On My Way Home) which follows the group as they record their upcoming original album while on their SOLD OUT North American Tour. Pentatonix made their film debut in Pitch Perfect 2 and is currently on the road through September with Kelly Clarkson.
THE OXFORD COMA NEW VIDEO
Out now is the hallucinatory new full-length album from Phoenix, Arizona-based THE OXFORD COMA, Paris Is Mine, and in the wake of its recent availability, an official video for the record’s tripped-out “Canadian Questionmark” has been issued through the aficionados of the odd at massive horror/cinema portal, Bloody-Disgusting.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3357835/oxford-coma-canadian-questionmark-video-premiere-exclusive
THE UNDERACHIEVERS WATCH “CHASING FAITH”, “RAIN DANCE”, AND “ALLUSIONS”
The Underachievers’ anticipated sophomore album Evermore -The Art of Duality is now available for pre-order. The pre-order also includes two instant-grat tracks “Chasing Faith” and “Take Your Place” upon purchase of the album. The Brooklyn duo have been patiently waiting to unveil their trippy first video from the new album coming on September 25th on RPM MSC and it has finally arrived today. Directed by @YASHXANA, the video is a three-part movie-like montage for songs “Chasing Faith”, “Rain Dance” and “Allusions”. Set in the Mojave Desert and on the Las Vegas strip, the imagery depicts AK The Savior and Issa Gold on a wild and psychedelic ride as they recreate the iconic Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas major motion picture into their own personal alternate reality.
FAITHLESS RETURN CELEBRATING 20 YEARS WITH RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM
UK based electronic music group, Faithless, is celebrating its remarkable 20 year career with the release of a special remix album, “Faithless 2.0”, out on October 2, 2015, and available for pre-order now at all digital retail providers.
Throughout the band’s journey over two decades, Buddhist rapper, Maxi Jazz, multi-instrumentalist, Sister Bliss, and producer, Rollo Armstrong, have recorded six studio albums with total sales exceeding 15 million records worldwide. From headlining major festivals such as Glastonbury and Coachella to sold-out international tours, and creating classic electronic anthems like “Insomnia”, “Mass Destruction”, “We Come 1”, and “God Is A DJ”, Faithless has become one of the most iconic dance acts of all time.
TED HEARN NEW SINGLE
New Amsterdam Records is proud to announce The Source, the new data-obsessed work from composer, singer, and bandleader Ted Hearne. The album will be released in digital and CD formats on October 30.
A modern day oratorio (written for 7 instrumentalists and 5 singers including Hearne himself), The Source explores the life and story of U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning, and the content and implications of the hundreds of thousands of classified military documents she infamously leaked to WikiLeaks. Like Hearne’s previous release for New Amsterdam, the widely hailed Katrina Ballads, The Source draws on a litany of primary source texts (stitched together by librettist Mark Doten) – including Twitter feeds, cable news interviews, chat transcripts and declassified military reports.
https://tedhearne.bandcamp.com/track/a-young-boy-released-several-pigeons
MATT GARY PREMIERES NEW SINGLE “IT’S ON YOU”
Up and coming Nashville-based country artist Matt Gary released his new single “It’s On You” yesterday on The Boot, who describes the track as “a full-fledged country-pop song, complete with an electric guitar solo.”
“I’m pumped to have ‘It’s On You” be the lead-off single for my new music. I’ve been in Nashville a while, really working on developing my sound. My producer, Ilya Toshinskiy, and I feel we have created something that’s unique. It’s a song that you just want to turn up loud from the first beat. I dig the way the story line puts the girl in charge, makes her sound confident.. I like that!” – Matt Gary
SWEDISH POPSTAR PAUL REY RELEASES “GOOD AS HELL”
Swedish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Rey releases his debut EP, Good As Hell, to all digital retailers today through Epic Records.
In addition, the 23-year-old pop trailblazer just premiered the music video for the EP’s title track and first single, “Good As Hell,” today on Idolator.
http://www.idolator.com/7605120/paul-rey-good-as-hell-video-watch
LITERATURE NEW VIDEO
Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold.
SEA OF BEES “TEST YOURSELF”
Julie Ann Baenziger – Jules – was born in the suburbs of Roseville, just outside of Sacramento, CA, quiet and shy, eccentric but happy. She grew up safe and warm, in a sheltered family, content to not know what she wanted to do with her life. Then in her late teens, she went to church with her sister, heard an older girl singing, and fell in love with her instead of God.
Suddenly she knew what she wanted, what she had to do – become a musician, and get her music into the world. But it was only years later, when Jules became Sea Of Bees, that she became herself. When you hear her, you realize she is the kind of singer-songwriter you come across only a few times in a lifetime – special, unusual, leaping out at you like an alien, her character fully-formed, her uniqueness intact.
http://www.cmj.com/news/video-premiere-sea-bees-test/
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME SINGER/SONGWRITER JIMMY FORTUNE NEW MUSIC
Country Music Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Jimmy Fortune is gearing up for the October 23rd release of his highly-anticipated album Hits & Hymns. Appropriately titled, the project sees Fortune performing some of his classic Statler Brothers HITS, in addition to top Gospel hymns. The album, which features unique collaborations with some of country and Gospel music’s top artists including Vince Gill, The Isaacs, Dailey & Vincent, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ricky Skaggs, the Gaither Vocal Band and The Whites, will be released via Gaither Music Group.
The album will coincide with the special edition DVD, Jimmy Fortune: Hits & Hymns, hosted by Bill Gaither. Taped in Indiana, the DVD features Fortune performing songs from the new CD, which was produced by Ben Isaacs, including the #1 Billboard Fortune-penned tracks “Elizabeth” and “Too Much on My Heart.” It also includes touching inspirational favorites like “Amazing Grace” and “How Great Thou Art.”
http://www.jimmyfortune.com/site/
“RAJ REVENGE”
Northern California’s own Goshfather & Jinco are finally ready to release their new single, “Raj Revenge” in association with Panda Funk Records. The dynamic duo have worked restlessly on this majestic track and are prepared to give it the final ampersand (&) stamp of approval. In addition to a new release, the duo are primed to announce their fall tour which features dates in the Caribbean as well as through Canada.
“Raj Revenge” takes us deep into the jungles of Southeast Asia as we transform the lush canopy tops into the flashing lights of a hopping night club. Experience the cool mist of this East meets West creation while pumping up for your Friday night on the town. Bringing styles of the orient into this bouncing house production, Goshfather & Jinco take us on a journey through their own exploration of the genre. Brilliantly catered to the more conscious electronic fans, this track proves itself as pilgrimage from the standard into a new age of house music.
VEHEMENCE NEW VIDEO
The return of Phoenix-based VEHEMENCE has the death metal scene writhing with anticipation of the band’s impending Forward Without Motion full-length, and now the first single from the album comes blazing forth. Released in the form of a video for the opening track, “I Don’t Want To Look Inside,” through an exclusive premiere at Metal Injection, the new track is divulged to fans in conjunction with preorders for the album through Battleground Records.
ILL NINO RELEASE NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER”
ILL NINO has released “Blood Is Thicker Than Water,” the third music video from the album Till Death, La Familia, available in stores and digitally everywhere.
EBONY BONES DEBUTS NEW VIDEO FOR “OH, PROMISED LAND”
Today, Ebony Bones debuted her video for her latest single “Oh Promised Land.” The vibrant new video — which premiered on noisey.com — was directed by filmmaker and video artist Marco de Giorgi and the song was written and produced by the forward-thinking British solo artist Ebony Bones. The video features a diverse collective of creative individuals, friends and folks from Bones’ own record label, 1984 Records.
http://noisey.vice.com/music-video-premieres/ebony-bones-oh-promised-land-videopremiere-343
A SKYLIT DRIVE “BRING ME A WAR”
A Skylit Drive released the video for their new song “Bring Me A War” off their upcoming self titled album (out October 9th). The band also recently announced they will be touring with Escape The Fate in support of the album release. Joining ASD and ETF on the Hate Me Tour are Sworn In, Sirens & Sailors and Myka Relocate.
LANTERNS ON THE LAKE NEW SINGLE
Two years on from the critically acclaimed Until The Colours Run, Lanterns On The Lake return with their third full-length record Beings, out November 13th on Bella Union. The album marks another phase in the band’s development as they expand their range, pushing the envelope of their signature atmospheric rock and scaling new heights of absorbing musicianship. Upon this announcement the band have unveiled a track from the LP entitled ‘Faultlines’ which is streaming here.
TAYLOR SWIFT NEW SINGLE PREMIERE
As you may have seen on her Instagram, Taylor Swift will debut her highly-anticipated “Wildest Dreams” music video during the MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show on Sunday, August 30 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.