DJ KHALED RELEASES NEW SINGLE “FOR FREE” FEATURING DRAKE
Today, DJ Khaled unveils his brand new single “For Free” [featuring Drake], exclusively on Apple Music/iTunes.
“For Free” heralds the impending arrival of Khaled’s anxiously awaited ninth full-length studio album and first release under the newly minted joint venture between Epic Records and his own We The Best Music Group—MAJOR KEY—coming soon!
Once again, the multi-platinum artist, music industry visionary, innovative influencer, mogul, and mega-producer dominates the cultural conversation across multiple forms of media like only he can.
Get it here now iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ForFree_iTunes
Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/ForFree_AppleM
PJ HARVEY “THE ORANGE MONKEY” VIDEO
Taken from PJ Harvey’s UK #1 album The Hope Six Demolition Project, released in April on Island Records. Video directed by award-winning photo-journalist and film-maker Seamus Murphy.
The video for The Orange Monkey, the third track to be taken from Harvey’s chart topping album The Hope Six Demolition Project, was shot in Afghanistan and follows videos for ‘The Wheel’ and ‘The Community of Hope’, also directed by Murphy.
KID SEAN “CLIFF”
Rapper and entrepreneur Sean Patrick AKA “Kid Sean” of the YK collective has released a music video for his single “Cliff”. With smooth lyrical flow, production from O.D. Gravity, and great Cinematography directed and shot by Christopher Patrick of YK, the young up and comer from bucks county PA is sure to catch some local buzz off this original Classic piece. Be sure to check out Sean and the rest of his music on his website Kidsean.com
“GOLEM”
Reverieme is Louise Connell, an artist who hails from the quaint Scottish market town of Airdrie. A secondary school teacher who is as passionate about her artistic output as she is her chosen profession. While many of her colleagues are currently balancing the pressures of exam season with the longing for the summer holidays, Reverieme is also working towards the release of her long-awaited album Straw Woman.
Inspired by the myriad books, films and records she has devoured throughout her life, she creates captivating, haunting songs that offer an intriguing glimpse of an inquisitive mind and a unique view of the world around her.
JC VILLAFAN “THE MOMENT”
Hailing from Los Angeles, the singer-songwriter JC Villafan has been honing his craft since 16 years old, performing in front of an American audience, as well as touring in Europe where he built a new loyal fanbase. His delightful blend of pop, rock and folk especially won hearts in France, where his music has been highlighted on national television and radio, as well as in major media outlets. Whether at home or abroad, he has always made time to give to the community and ensured to working towards his ultimate goal: to inspire and encourage others to pursue the greatest fulfillment of their wildest dreams.
AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP, STEWART TILL, & FRANK SINATRA ENTERPRISES TO PRODUCE NEW STAGE MUSICAL
The Ambassador Theatre Group is to produce a brand new stage musical based on the life of the legendary Frank Sinatra, in partnership with Stewart Till and Frank Sinatra Enterprises.
The show, which is planned to open in 2018, will feature a number of timeless hit songs from Sinatra’s incredible catalogue of over 1400 tracks recorded during his illustrious career. Script development for the Frank Sinatra musical is planned to start shortly.
Adam Speers of Ambassador Theatre Group said: “Frank Sinatra was the greatest singer of the 20th century and one of the world’s most iconic show business legends. I’m delighted to be working in partnership with Stewart and Frank Sinatra Enterprises to bring his incredible journey to the stage.
SCARLET CANARY NEW VIDEO
Heavy Rock Band Scarlet Canary has released the music video for their single “Bottles and Anchors” off of their 2015 Arise EP. The video, which originally premiered with PureGrainAudio, was directed by Martin Schroeder and Eric Everhart.
‘EMPIRE’ MARATHON DELIVERS BEST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PERFORMANCE IN NETWORK HISTORY
TV One’s Memorial Day Weekend marathon of EMPIRE’s first and second season helped deliver the Best Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday, May 28 – Monday, May 30) performance in network history in primetime and total day among all key demos.Memorial Day Weekend, including the two day marathon of the award winning series reached Seven Million Unique Total Viewers and delivered the #1 Telecast on Broadcast and Ad Supported Cable Television among Black Women 25-54 on May 29. Continuing its run on TV One, the epic series will air Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET beginning June 9.
JONAS BLUE ‘PERFECT STRANGERS’ FEAT. JP COOPER
Continuing on from his global hit ‘Fast Car’ – the UK’s biggest selling single this year from a British artist – Jonas Blue returns today with his follow up single, ‘Perfect Strangers’ featuring JP Cooper.
With ‘Fast Car’ selling over 3 million adjusted singles globally, receiving Platinum and Gold status in countries all over the world, and picking up over 350 million global streams, 2016 has been a spectacular year for Jonas Blue. The 26-year old Londoner has cleverly created a sound spanning from pop to classic dance music, which fills the void that so many are craving for.
http://po.st/PerfectStrangersSp
MAN IS NOT A BIRD “LIFE & LEVITY”
Man Is Not A Bird, an innovative Paris-based quartet, are preparing to make landfall in the U.S. with their first international release, Life & Levity. The four track collection includes EP title track which Nothing But Hope & Passon claims, “post-rock lovers can expect epic and distinctive sounds that team up with hypnotic shoegaze elements. Expect five minutes of cinematic beauty that doesn’t need to hide from the genre’s big players like Explosions In The Sky.”
LONG ISLAND FILM EXPO
With the Long Island International Film Expo just around the corner July 13th – 21st, the 2016 film schedule has finally been announced. This year’s schedule includes some of the best short and feature-length independent films from around the world, which will be shown at the historic Bellmore Movies (222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY 11710)!
LIIFE is the premiere filmmaker community on Long Island sponsored by the Long Island Film/TV Foundation (LIFTF) and the County of Nassau, which shows 127 short and feature-length films of every genre. The expo offers networking opportunities, a 350 seat historic theater, press and media opportunities, a convenient filmmakers lounge and several discussion panels with topics ranging from distribution to scriptwriting, legal music, and a filmmaker panel/breakfast.
http://longislandfilmexpo.com/
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS NEW ALBUM
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ sixteenth studio album, Skeleton Tree, will be released globally on vinyl, CD and across all digital platforms on 9th September 2016. This follows the Bad Seeds’ most critically and commercially successful release of recent times, Push the Sky Away (2013).
Skeleton Tree began its journey in late 2014 at Retreat Studios, Brighton, with further sessions at La Frette Studios, France in autumn 2015. The album was mixed at AIR Studios, London in early 2016.
FRANKIE LEE SHARES NEW SONG “HIGH AND DRY”
Singer-songwriter Frankie Lee has released the second song from his debut album, American Dreamer, out July 8 (Loose/Thirty Tigers). The timeless jangle of “High and Dry” follows “Where Do We Belong,” which Rolling Stone premiered last month; both are mesmerizing tracks from this soon-to-be-released deep collection of spellbinding songs.
“All my friends think ‘High and Dry’ is about growing your own weed,” Lee told Line of Best Fit. “But I wrote it about farmers growing their own food… I guess that’s the same thing really. What you are is what you eat and the other way around.”
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-frankie-lees-hazy-where-do-we-belong-video-20160505
USELESS EATERS PREMIERE FULL STREAM OF LOOMING, POST-PUNK INSPIRED ALBUM AT IMPOSE
We’ve got fresh new jitters from SF punk band Useless Eaters: a new batch called Relaxing Death. Relaxing it is not – sleepless synths and serrated drum machine loops help populate their sharp-edged, futuristic sound. Angry and intense, tightly wound and razor sync’d. Nightmare punks on a hallucinatory run through empty streets. Up to no good.
http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/stream-useless-eaters-relaxing-death-lp-in-full
CASKET GIRLS’ ALBUM STREAM
Noisey is streaming Casket Girls’ new album The Night Machines ahead of Friday’s release date. The album is available to pre-order on LP and digitally now in the Graveface online store. Noisey on the album, “On the band’s third LP, The Night Machines, the sinister element remains, but it takes time to work its way under your skin. ‘True Believers’ has had a synth-strong makeover, replacing that straight-fingered piano with distorted keys and consuming those swirling vocals. Opener ’24 Hours’ seems at first glance to show as much light as dark and the wonderful ‘Virginia Beach’ has a sweet, pretty melody to go along with that 70s music-box futurism….A lot of the consuming instrumentation comes from Best Coast multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno and the steady drums are from TW Walsh of Soft Drugs, Headphones and Pedro the Lion. There’s plenty of talent behind the tracks before you get to the main cast. But it’s the Greene Sisters and that uncanny charm that makes it worth sticking around.” ”
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/the-casket-girls-new-lp-the-night-machines-may-be-a-time-travel-portal
THE LEGENDS NEW SINGLE
In 2015 The Legends returned with the album “It’s Love” after a 6-year hiatus. The melancholic disco explosion “Summer In The City (Living Is For Somebody Else),” which premiered this week at SPIN, proves they’re here to stay. The Legends’ Johan Angergård told SPIN, “My releases are imprints of the particular time in my life when they were recorded. Angergård adds, “If I ever want to find out what my life felt like during a certain year, I’ll just listen to the songs I put out at that time.”
Those who have followed The Legends in the past will not be surprised that the one-man band has moved on sound-wise since last year. New life calls for new sounds.
The Legends Polish the Disco Ball on ‘Summer in the City (Living Is for Somebody Else)’
I.K.P. “YOU KNOW THE DRILL”
Emcee/spoken word artist/producer I.K.P. (The Infamous King of Positivity) presents the Kevin Arbouet-directed music video for “You Know The Drill”, his new single produced by German producer Kojo Beatz. “You Know The Drill” will appear on I.K.P.’s forthcoming tape Make PEEZY Great Again. Born in the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, I.K.P. is a rapper and head of Reigning Positivity Music as well as a veteran of the U.S. Marines.
RAGESTORM “MOLOCH”
Death Metal addicts, Beer drinkers, Ignorance worshippers.. that’s Ragestorm. Born in summer 2004 as a joke, the band went through major line up changes and shredded the first stage in 2005. In early 2006 they recorded the first demo called “Storm Inside” and did a mini-tour around Northern Italy supported by a quickly growing following and media hype.
DROWNERS NEW SINGLE
The song is off the band’s second album, On Desire, which comes out on June 24 on Frenchkiss Records. Hero said the album “offers Drowners as successors to wry British observation and the States fuzzed out, moody melodies. On Desire is on point, and Drowners are onto big things.”
KELSEY LU’S “DREAMS”
Rising artist and multi-instrumentalist Kelsey Lu premieres a new video for “Dreams” today, watch it here.
VIMIC REVEAL “MY FATE”
Recognized globally as one of the most prolific drummers in metal, Joey Jordison and his new band VIMIC – Kalen Chase [Vocals], Jed Simon [Guitar/Vocals], Kyle Konkiel [Bass/Vocals] and Matt Tarach [Keyboards] – have revealed “My Fate.” The latest track to be released off VIMIC’s forthcoming debut LP OPEN YOUR OMEN, “My Fate” is streaming now accompanied by an official music video directed by Max Moore at www.VIMICmusic.com and available today at all DSPs.
BAND OF HORSES PREMIERE “WHATEVER, WHEREVER” VIDEO
Band of Horses have shared a new track and video for “Whatever, Wherever,” allowing viewers a glimpse into the joy and craziness of family life that served as inspiration for the song. Shot entirely on 16mm film, the video is an intimate modern day home movie scored by a heartfelt ode to the people whose love and inspiration can be heard and felt in every note of Band Of Horses’ music.
NEEDTOBREATHE “GREAT NIGHT (feat. Shovels & Rope)”
The band’s blockbuster album “Rivers In The Wasteland” made a stunning chart debut upon its 2014 release, topping Billboard’s “Top Rock Albums” and “Top Alternative Albums” charts while also entering the overall SoundScan/Billboard200 at #3.
BETTY WHO RELEASES COVER OF DONNA LEWIS’ “I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER”
Today, critically acclaimed pop artist, Betty Who, releases her cover of Donna Lewis’ classic 90’s hit, “I Love You Always Forever”. Produced by longtime collaborator Peter Thomas, Who’s dazzling rendition serves as a precursor to her long-awaited album, which is set to release later this year. Fans can catch Betty Who performing “I Love You Always Forever” for the first time this weekend at Governor’s Ball in New York City. Additionally, the track is on sale now and available at all digital retail providers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9E8nBJWfSY
FOXTAILS BRIGADE SHARE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “WE ARE NOT OURSELVES”
Foxtails Brigade are excited to share the music video for “We Are Not Ourselves”, from their new self-titled album, released this Spring on OIM Records. Produced in the Bay Area by Jeff Saltzman (Blondie, The Killers), this record marks the Oakland-based band’s third full-length LP. Directed by the band’s own Dominic Mercurio, the video for “We Are Not Ourselves” is punchy eye-and-ear candy with a bite and a touch of dark fantasy-frosted hysteria. This summer Foxtails Brigade will continue to tour in support of the new album. Upcoming tour dates below.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7392771/foxtails-brigade-we-are-not-ourselves-video
NIGHTWAVE “LOTTO”
Slovenian-born, Glasgow-based producer / DJ / vocalist / Heka Trax label head and all round Boss, Nightwave returns with her new single Lotto, out on her own label Heka Trax on June 2nd.
Lotto is a cheeky girl power anthem, featuring the vocal talents of Chippy NonStop, known for her work with Major Lazer, Kreayshawn, Ryan Hemsworth, Andy Milonakis, Kitty Pryde and more.
http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/02/nightwave-chippy-nonstop-lotto
WILDERADO LEAD SINGLE “WHEAT”
Latigo, the new EP from emerging LA-based band Wilderado, formerly Bird Dog, will be released July 22 on IAMSOUND Records. The new music follows the band’s debut EP Misty Shrub which received widespread critical praise—Consequence of Sound hailed, “As winter sinks in, Bird Dog’s warm strokes of indie-focused Americana hold all the hope and promise of spring,” while Indie Shuffle furthered it “…exudes the whole folk music vibe…before a refreshing transition midway through into pure rock n’ roll.”
ELDERBROOK “GO”
At just 22 years old, Elderbrook has cemented his status as an artist to watch. 2015 saw the release of his debut EP Simmer Down on acclaimed label Black Butter, as well as his follow-up release, Travel Slow, both of which ended up with a #1 slot on HypeMachine. Kotz also collaborated with German production duo Andhim on “How Many Times,” his most recent single that amassed over one million streams online. Not only did the release receive heavy praise from Annie Mac and Pete Tong of BBC Radio 1, but “How Many Times” also earned the accolade of one of Mixmag’s Top Tracks of 2015 and one of Ibiza’s most Shazam’d tracks of the summer.
https://soundcloud.com/elderbrook/go-mastered/s-C8s73
FELICE BROTHERS PREMIERE NEW VIDEO FOR “PLUNDER”
The Felice Brothers’ new video for “Plunder” premieres today on The Bluegrass Situation. “Plunder” appears on the band’s forthcoming album Life In The Dark (June 24 / Yep Roc Records). The video was created from re-purposed stock footage by The Felice Brothers’ bassist Josh Rawson.
http://www.thebluegrasssituation.com/read/watch-felice-brothers-plunder
YOUNG GUNS “BULLETPROOF”
Electrifying UK act, Young Guns arrive today with their new single, “Bulletproof,” premiering exclusively on Alternative Press. The track, the first taste of their new album due late Summer 2016, is an energetic summer anthem with a call-to-arms chorus that is impossible to ignore.
http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/warped_tour_band_young_guns_release_first_single_bulletproof
CASH CASH “MILLIONAIRE”
Electronic trio Cash Cash is gearing up to release their debut full-length Blood, Sweat & 3 Years on June 24th via Big Beat Records, but today they’re sharing the
new track “Millionaire” (with Digital Farm Animals) from the album, which features verses from none other than the legendary hip-hop icon Nelly! Head over to Billboard.
“IF THEN” VIDEO
Grunge-pop band Ramonda Hammer released their latest music video for the single “If, Then”, a perfect summation of the band’s artistic point of reference that is rich with heavy guitar hooks and lyrical introspection. “If, Then” is the second single off the band’s album, Whatever That Means, which is now available on iTunes and Spotify.
ALARIC “ADORE”
Today, Oakland-based dark punk alchemists, ALARIC, are pleased to reveal the unsettling visual accompaniment to “Adore.” The track comes by way of the band’s End Of Mirrors full-length, released last month on CD, vinyl, and digital formats via Neurot Recordings, and on cassette via Sentient Ruin Laboratories.
http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2016/6/1/decibel-video-premiere-alarics-adore
BECK “WOW”
The music has flowed from Beck without pause since 2014’s Album of the Year Grammy-winner Morning Phase: from globe-spanning live shows consistently hailed as the best of Beck’s storied career to the 2015 psych-dance summer jam “Dreams” that NPR hailed as “urgently contemporary and irresistibly vintage,” USA Today labelled “a strong contender for song of the summer,” and Rolling Stone raved “This funky little groove is giving us Midnite Vultures flashbacks in the best way possible.” This creative watershed couldn’t even be confined to Beck’s output under his own name, as evidenced by sublime collaborations including the Chemical Brothers’ “Wide Open” and more recently Flume’s “Tiny Cities.”
PALE DIAN ALBUM STREAM
Formed in 2015, Austin-based dream pop trio PALE DIAN ride the ashes of their previous project, Blackstone Rngrs, into smudgier, esoteric terrains. The debut LP Narrow Birth is set for a June 3rd release via Manifesto Records [pre-order on iTunes / Amazon], the current home of Dead Kennedys, legendary psyche-pop band the Turtles, and modern signees Puro Instinct, Cellars, Band Aparte, and Drinking Flowers. The record explores power and weakness, birth and decay, love and abandonment, beauty and abrasiveness. Narrow Birth refers to both the fragility of life and the complete and utter randomness that we, as humans, even exist on this planet in the first place. It exposes the naked realities confronting us all: “here is me, and there is you, so now what?
http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_pale_dian_narrow_birth_album_stream/
PILL “MEDICINE”
Pill is Veronica Torres, Andrew Spaulding, Benjamin Jaffe, and Jonathan Campolo. Pill found each other in Brooklyn, NY, colliding in the city’s ever-changing DIY community. They exist along the tail of transition that has found new and worrisome traditions of marginalization in NYC.
SMINO NEW VIDEO
Smino is re-releasing his excellent Blkjuptr EP tomorrow to all digital outlets and to celebrate dropped a visual from it for the title track. Directed by Jacob Chavez of Heart of the City, this is the first video that the St. Louis artist has put out.
blkjuptr (Official Video)https://t.co/HtmPoT4JDT
— blkjuptrLA 6/7 (@SminoBrown) June 2, 2016
GOO GOO DOLLS SHARE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “SO ALIVE”
Goo Goo Dolls just released the official video for their single “So Alive” from their critically acclaimed album, Boxes. Through June 9th, the video will be available to view exclusively on Amazon Music, and the digital album will receive a special sale price of $6.99. You can watch the video below.
http://smarturl.it/soalivevideo
WEATHERS RELEASES NEW SINGLE “HAPPY PILLS” TODAY
Today, the Los Angeles-based band, Weathers, release their second song, “Happy Pills”. The track was introduced to us yesterday via an exclusive Neon Gold premiere HERE. The darkly tinged, guitar-driven alt-rock song is about taking physical or metaphysical “Happy Pills” for a an easy fix, which stems from the idea that our culture has become too quick to prescribe pills to settle whatever ailments people of all ages may have, but these prescriptions may not actually be solving anyone’s problems. “Happy Pills” is now available at all digital retail providers.
L-SPEX PRESENTS NEW SINGLE ‘S A D D I V A’
“S A D D I V A” is a portrait of the better life. Away from the nuisance of the streets, not a life of lavish but stable and established. It stems from my insecurities and inability to fulfill the “provider” role that’s expected of males. “S A D D I V A” is defying that, has no need for genders. I wrote the track with fairly loose pronouns and I always like to give women the more dominant role in my writing; it’s an expression of my own femininity as sometimes, I am different characters in real life as well as in song.
HELIOS HUSSAIN “SUMMERTIME”
A record for long summer days and wild summer nights, Helios Hussain touches down with “Summertime,” an ode to those sixteen weeks of the year, experienced through Helios’ signature Detroit-shaded lenses. Laidback in sound but thoroughly solidified in hard rap sensibilities, “Summertime” is a seasonal anthem in waiting, a track paying true rap tribute to the highs and lows we experience in the hottest months.
GHOSTBUSTERS: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
RCA Records is set to release Ghostbusters: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on July 15th to accompany Sony Pictures’ highly anticipated feature film Ghostbusters, in theaters the same day.
The soundtrack will feature new music, including Elle King’s “Good Girls,” which will be available at all digital providers tomorrow. “Good Girls” was written by Elle King and Dave Bassett and produced by Bassett.
Other artists to be featured on the soundtrack include G-Eazy ft. Jeremih, 5 Seconds of Summer, Pentatonix, WALK THE MOON, Fall Out Boy ft. Missy Elliott, Wolf Alice and more. A full track listing will be announced soon.
