CRAIG GREENBERG NEW SINGLE
Singer-Songwriter, and modern day “Troubadour piano man,” Craig Greenberg has just officially released his new single, “That Girl is Wrong for You,” via Bandcamp. From his upcoming record, The Grand Loss & Legacy out May 15, “That Girl Is Wrong For You” marvelously showcases his exceptional musicianship and keen melodic sense, and his trademark native New Yorker personality, spunk, and swagger comes through in his dynamic vocals. Greenberg’s sound dances the line of roots to soul, and rock to indie. Reminiscent of piano songwriter greats like Ben Folds, Billy Joel, Leon Russell, Greenberg manages to create a sound that is both familiar and unique. Aside from his New York roots, much of Craig’s sound and personality developed from his time living abroad, performing in the bars and on the streets of Chile and Spain in the early 2000s.
ROGER WATERS’ PORTRAIT OF A DISTRACTED SOCIETY, AMUSED TO DEATH, CELEBRATED WITH REMASTERED RELEASE
Roger Waters’ album AMUSED TO DEATH returns in a remastered release from Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings on July 24th. Amused to Death sounded the alarm about a society increasingly – and unthinkingly – in thrall to its television screens. Twenty-three years later, Amused to Death speaks to our present moment in ways that could scarcely have been anticipated two decades ago.
“I’m remembering the record from [over] 20 years ago, that most of what I had to say then sadly still pertains today and is maybe even more relevant to our predicament as people in 2015 even than it was in 1992,” says Roger Waters.
http://store.roger-waters.com/
HIGH ON FIRE NEW ALBUM IN JUNE
World-renowned power trio HIGH ON FIRE will release its highly-anticipated new album, Luminiferous, on June 23 via eOne Music. Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts’ GodCity Studios with producer Kurt Ballou, the record is the follow-up to the group’s 2012 release, De Vermis Mysteriis, an album hailed as “not for the faint of heart ” by The New Yorker and “a fantastically constructed bloodbath” by Entertainment Weekly.
Universally recognized as one of the most potent acts in music today, HIGH ON FIRE creates molten heavy metal that merges primal fury and aggression, blackened bombast and hall of fame heaviness. The group’s seventh studio album, Luminiferous, is a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume, delivering calculated catharsis as a volcano of revolving riffs and hailstorm of thundering drums combine to beam a blazing spotlight towards the future of modern metal music.
https://www.facebook.com/highonfire
BMI TO HONOR OSCAR AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), the global leader in music rights management, will present the BMI Icon Award for outstanding career achievement to prolific composer Alexandre Desplat at the organization’s 2015 Film & Television Awards. Chris Montan will receive the Classic Contribution Award for his distinguished three decade career at Disney, including his current role as President of Walt Disney Music – a position he’s maintained for twenty years – and executive music producing all of the studio’s animated features. The annual ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 13, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The private event will also honor the composers of the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated primetime network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs.
BMI bestows the BMI Icon Award to composers who have made significant contributions in the realm of film and television music. As the 2015 honoree, Alexandre Desplat joins a prestigious list of honorees that includes David Arnold, Rachel Portman, Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Thomas Newman, Rolfe Kent, Mychael Danna, George S. Clinton, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, Cliff Martinez, John Barry and John Williams.
http://www.bmi.com/genres/filmtv
CHELLEY “TOOK THE NIGHT” REMIX
Six years after it topped the US charts, Chelley’s influential club anthem “Took The Night” has received a G-House makeover by genre pioneers Amine Edge & DANCE. Scheduled for release on March 30th via Ultra Records, the remix sees the duo return to the label following their rework of Erick Morillo’s “Devotion” – amongst further remixes for the likes of Tiga and Andy C – and continues their rapid rise to prominence for 2015.
In tune with Chelley’s outspoken and ubiquitous lines of “every time I walk in the club they hatin’ on me ’cause they know I look good,” Amine Edge & DANCE’s signature style of attitude-heavy house music is a perfect fit for the remix – and sees the duo construct a brash, yet contemporary club track that’s laced with chunky basslines and snappy vocal hooks.
RICK VAUGHN RELEASES FINAL “ART OF MOOMBAHTON” MIX
For this mix, the fifth & final volume of the critically acclaimed “Art Of Moombahton” mix series that he started in 2013, Ricky worked with former collaborators like Maxx & EJ, Otis Clapp, and Jon Kwest, as well as new kindred spirits Ackeejuice Rockers, Daron Vande, and Michele Wylen. Consisting entirely of Ricky’s own work and collaborations with artists he felt deserved more attention, this mix is a fitting end to an era in the artist’s career.
http://www.insomniac.com/media/premiere-ricky-vaughn-art-moombahton-volume-5
BANOFEE “I MISS YOU” COVER
Set to lead the charge as one of Australia’s most exciting musical exports, Banoffee is the impressive new solo project of Melbourne based singer and producer Martha Brown (Otouto, Dreamy and Delicious). Seemingly as minimal and raw as her previous projects, Banoffee’s recipe of new wave R’n’B, meshed with gliding synths, syncopated beats and textured, effected vocals make for nothing less than a musical staple with newfound attitude
NEW VAN HUNT VIDEO
Check out the visual for Van Hunt’s “VEGA (stripes on).” The track comes off his forthcoming album The Fun Rises, The Fun Sets, his first in almost four years due out May 5th via Godless-Hotspot / Thirty Tigers.
DAMIEN DUBROVNIK STREAMS ‘VEGAS FOUNTAIN’ LP
Vegas Fountain is the new full length album from Copenhagen based industrial duo Damien Dubrovnik (aka Posh Isolation founders Loke Rahbek and Christian Stadsgaard).
http://crackmagazine.net/audio/audio/damien-dubrovnik-vegas-fountain/
SKINNY LISTER STREAM NEW TRACK “THIS IS WAR”
From day one, Skinny Lister set out to cause chaos and make friends, traveling to the four corners of the globe plying their unique rum-soaked blend of English folk and punk rock anarchy. From Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival to the desert stage of California’s prestigious Coachella, via the Avalon Stage at Glastonbury and many a festival across Europe and beyond, Skinny Lister are an experience never to be forgotten.
SIRIUN NEW VIDEO “TRANSMUTATION”
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil native thrash/death metal band SIRIUN released their new album, In Chaos We Trust, late last year. In Chaos We Trust, which is heavily influenced with thrash and death metal while mixing with progressive and traditional Brazilian elements, is available for streaming now via the band’s YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/user/siriunband/videos
2nd ANNUAL HOP JAM BEER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL SET FOR MAY 17th
The second annual Hop Jam Craft Beer and Music Festival is announced for Sunday May 17th in Tulsa’s Brady Arts District. The festival, which features a large scale all ages free live concert area, and a robust craft beer festival, are focused on elevating their offering in all aspects, from beer selection to music lineup, for the 2nd annual event.
In it’s first year, The Hop jam claimed record attendance for a craft beer festival in Oklahoma, bringing together more than thirty thousand guests, making it the largest attended craft beer event in the state, with 13 brewers present from across Oklahoma.
THE MAINE NEW SINGLE VIA EARMILK
EARMILK has the pleasure to premiere the next single off the forthcoming record titled “Same Suit, Different Tie.” The single is appropriately titled as they speak on the evolution of their music while still holding that sound at their core that we all gravitated towards. The single is an upbeat alternative record with similarities to indie alternative group Walk The Moon. This single far exceed our expectations and is a hopeful look into a promising new direction. In celebration of the albums release the group will be going on a headlining U.S tour with support from Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, and The Technicolors. Listen to the single below, check out their tour dates and be sure to grab the album when it is released March 31st.
SERYN “THE FIRE”
“Seryn, whose long anticipated Shadow Shows was just released earlier this year, has cultivated a following for their rich harmonies and unique energy. The album, which was recorded in their hometown of Denton, Texas with producer McKenzie Smith, is their first since 2011’s This Is Where We Are, but the band has stayed in touch with fans through single releases and live dates. Now, Seryn has released a video for album track “The Fire” just in time for a slew of upcoming tour dates.”
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2015/03/video-premiere-seryn—the-fire.html
ROOMFUL OF TEETH SHARES NEW TRACK “THE ASCENDANT: THE BEGINNING AND”
New Amsterdam Records is pleased to share “The Ascendant: The Beginning And,” a new track from Render, the sophomore album from the GRAMMY Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. The track premiered via Tiny Mix Tapes, who noted that it “boasts throat singing, soft whispers, a sweeping chorus and delicate melodic contributions, which are all bound to form a deeply stirring resurgence.” The new album, which will be released on April 28, 2015, features compositions from Missy Mazzoli, William Brittelle, Wally Gunn, Brad Wells, Caleb Burhans, and Eric Dudley.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY PREMIERES KAT DAHLIA’S “I THINK I’M IN LOVE” MUSIC VIDEO
The video tells a different kind of love story with a captivating cinematic aesthetic that mirrors the raw passion in her voice. The single’s massive hook really comes to life when paired with this simultaneously sexy and heartfelt visual. It serves as the perfect follow-up to her recent clip for “My Garden,” which is quickly approaching a million VEVO views.
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/30/exclusive-kat-dahlia-finds-sweetheart-i-think-im-love-video
MICHAEL SHAW NEW VIDEO
The first song from This Is It. is “Leave Me Alone”, debuting on Nerdist with a music video directed by Ashley Rodholm (tUnE yArDs, Set Your Goals). The video, like the album, dually inhabits both Shaw’s long-lost youth and his unfolding present, showing him as a boy and an adult going on an adventure that ends with a sweeping guitar solo and a frantic escape. Find the video here:
JESSIE BAYLIN’S NEW ALBUM ‘DARK PLACE NOW’ REVIEW AT NPR MUSIC
Jessie Baylin’s highly anticipated new album, Dark Place, is now streaming in its entirety exclusively at NPR Music as part of their First Listen series. Of the music, NPR Music praises, “Swift shrouds Baylin in lush, stylized strains of orchestral ‘60s pop a la Nancy Sinatra, as well as coolly atmospheric ‘90s dream-pop, rife with icy synth pads, gauzy reverb and lacerating guitar tones. At the center of it, Baylin is artfully, magnetically elusive, sounding as though she’s choosing to keep the deepest, most ineffable depths of her emotions to herself—profoundly moved by motherhood, but not defined by it. What a gift to give a daughter.”
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/29/395505223/first-listen-jessie-baylin-dark-place
