Although attributed to the 6th century strategist Sun Tzu , the saying “Keep your Friends Close and Enemies Closer” was popularised by Michael Corleone character in the film Godfather Part 2. It’s now being popularised further by Howard Moss with his exceptional new album for release at the end of January and entitled “Keep Your…
DEVYN KELLY “THE BREAKUP SONG”
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Devyn Kelly announces today that new single “The Break Up Song”will be available through all digital providers on February 14th. The song was produced by Tyler Steez & Aphillyated and written by Devyn Kelly. Devyn success with holiday EP “Wish List” has been streamed through Online mediums such as Spotify and I Heart radio connecting…
EASY COMPANY NEW SINGLE “SEE NO EVIL”
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Easy Company hails from Glen Rock, New Jersey. Since May 2011, they’ve written music as a DIY band that does everything from artwork, merchandising and promotion all in-house, writing songs as a collective. Each member a student of their instrument, but they compose as a unit. Adam Schlett’s natural bass tone vocals are reminiscent of…
GLUE TRIP VIDEO “ELBOW PAIN”
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Glue Trip is a Brazilian dream-pop duo, all the songs are written and recorded by Lucas Moura and Felipe Augusto at Lucas’ home-studio, the Apartamento 307. They live in a coastal, small city called João Pessoa, northeast of Brazil. Their music is influenced by the tropical weather and scenery of their city. They started making…
JIMMY RAE WONDERS WHAT THIS STALIN IS ALL ABOUT?!
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I recently had the chance to ask the “Black-Humored” band, Stalin, some questions about this ‘n’ that. With a musical style that is described as “experimental/heavy/whatever”, Stalin is not holding back one bit. From Miley Cyrus “pleasuring herself” to drinking “Mojitos on the beach” with “dark women”, it’s all covered here! J Rae:…
Breaking Southwest
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Over the years we’ve seen rock, pop, and even hard rock slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing songy, predictable, popish and highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” and I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs…
STOLI LEARNS HOW POLAND NATIVE MICHAL RUDAS WAS INFLUENCED FROM INDIA
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Hello world, I hope that you are all having a good week. Who says that it is all doom & gloom in Europe these days?! Recorded music revenues in Italy increased last year for the first time since 2002. Figures published by Deloitte for FIMI, the organisation that represents the Italian recording industry, reveal revenues…
Patient 108, Preacher’s Got The Gun
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Over the years we’ve seen rock, pop, and even hard rock slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing songy, predictable, popish and highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” and I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs…
GEORGIA FAIR ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE “ARE WE NOT ALIVE”
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Are We Not Alive is the second single lifted from the band’s new album, Trapped Flame. It’s the catchy guitar hook in the song that will draw you in, complemented by the smooth, familiar voice of Jordan Wilson that will keep you tapping along and humming this buoyant melody long after song’s end. …
WIRE: MOUNT CARMEL PREMIERES NEW TRACK VIA POPMATTERS!
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Amid the current industry of cool, MOUNT CARMEL’s lack of gimmick is a welcome anachronism. The Columbus, OH-based trio’s third album Get Pure is full of swagger, packed with great songs and inspired performances. This is true rock music like you haven’t heard in years. Crank it up! Mount Carmel’s Get Pure will be available…
WIRE: STREAM NEW ALBUM FROM SIIINES
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SIIINES, the Los Angeles based electro-rock band, who recently announced the release of their new EP, Fukushimarama!, is exclusively streaming the EP on Artist Direct today. Fukushimarama!,which was produced by veteran electronic producer Ari Rhodes of Hands Up!, will be released on February 11th. With equal parts eclectic EDM and in your face…
WIRE: TRUST POSTS “CAPITOL”
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TRUST is the musical project of Toronto artist Robert Alfons. After years of extensive touring, and garnering glowing praise from top international critics at Pitchfork, VICE, and The Guardian UK for the 2012 Juno-nominated debut album “TRST”, the follow up album “Joyland” will be released by Arts & Crafts on March 4, 2014. http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2014/02/10/premiere-trust-capitol/
IDINA MENZEL TO PERFORM ON THE OSCARS
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Tony Award-winning singer, songwriter and actress Idina Menzel will, for the first time, perform the Oscar-nominated song “Let it Go” for a global television audience at the Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will air on Sunday, March 2, live on ABC. “Let it Go,”…
WIRE: HEAR THE NEW DAWN LANDES ALBUM
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Brooklyn-based, Louisville-bred, songwriter, Dawn Landes, has premiered her new album ‘Bluebird’ with a full stream courtesy of American Songwriter a week prior to its February 18 release on Western Vinyl. Landes is currently on tour in support, including upcoming headlining dates, as well as supporting The Autumn Defense this coming week, hitting the SXSW Music…
DOLLY PARTON TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM
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Iconic singer, songwriter, musician, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton announces the release of her new album Blue Smoke which will be released by Sony Music Masterworks and Dolly Records on May 13, 2014. Following the album release the Blue Smoke World Tour will hit select dates in the United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark,…
NEW SINGLE BY THE SALSA GIANTS
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Super producer Sergio George and his collective of living legends, the Salsa Giants, have just released their new single “Bajo La Tormenta” which features Oscar D’Leon, Tito Nieves, Jose Alberto “El Canario,” India, Ismael Miranda, Andy Montanez, Cheo Feliciano and Willy Chirino. Listen to the new single here: https://soundcloud.com/sergiogeorge/bajo-la-tormenta. The group has also added to…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO FROM CHIPPY NONSTOP “ALONE”
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Los Angeles-based producer Felix Snow, who has produced for notable R&B artists such as SZA, Leona Lewis, and Gallant, assisted Chippy with the track. Chippy acknowledges that “Alone” is a departure from her usual energetic party music, but explains that there are many different sides to her as a musician. “I love getting ratchet, obviously,…
WIRE: LUNE SHARES “TONIGHT”
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Music & Sports is Lune’s debut album, recorded during a few intense autumn months in a vicarage on the Swedish isle of Gotland. Mixed by Carl-Michael Herlöfsson, and the legendary Mike Marsh, who has worked with everyone from Massive Attack to Depeche Mode, mastered the album. Lune has also collaborated with musicians and producers Alexis…
FIVE O’CLOCK HEROES FRONT-MAN A.J. ELLIS NEW SINGLE
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A.J. Ellis will release his debut solo album Bury The Devil on April 1st, 2014 via Glaze Records. The New York City based British expat is best known as the front-man of Five O’Clock Heroes, a band that saw success during the early to mid-2000s NYC revival. They toured alongside the likes of Albert Hammond…
SANDER VAN DOORN “RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW” SINGLE
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DOORN Records head honcho Sander Van Doorn is back again with the vocal mix for his stirring summer anthem “Neon” entitled “Right Here Right Now.” The stunningly uplifting track is out today, February 10, on DOORN Records, and features incredible strings that cause your heart to swell. This new offering from the Dutch producer and…
SHOOT THE CRICKET EP & “S-O-D-A†OUT NOW
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Virginia-based indie duo Shoot The Cricket are thrilled to announce the release of their debut extended play album, Life Has Taught Me, available on iTunes worldwide. Life Has Taught Me is a piano-driven alternative album created by talented sisters Jeje and Liesel Bognar, collectively known as Shoot The Cricket. Comprising of five finely-crafted tracks, Life…
LUCKYPENNIE: MISSION TO RE-IMAGINE WAY WE DISCOVER MUSIC
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PhD and musician partners announce the launch of the LuckyPennie iPhone app, available today on the iTunes App store for free. Taking the music industry by storm, the LuckyPennie application is designed to re-imagine the way we discover music. A new product in a growing collection of music businesses by PhD John Wolanin, musician…
Michal Rudas, Changing
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Polish artist and songwriter Michal Rudas is something of an enigma. The type of music is anything but typical of today’s disposable pop. Filled with soaring baritone vocals and Indian [India, the country] melodies infused with soothing new age and electronica world music is only a vague way to describe it Michal’s music. His 2nd…
IT TAKES MORE THAN AN RME BABYFACE TO HELP SOME FORMER CHILD STARS
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One of the most terrible sights you will ever see is a child singing star grown up. Most of the pretty or handsome ones turn out to be the ugliest people you ever wish you had not seen. It is not a strange or even new concept, but it is a fact of life that…
WIRE: STEPHEN MARLEY LEAKS NEW SINGLE VIA ROLLING STONE PREMIERE
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Stephen “Ragga” Marley unveils his brand new track “Thorn Or A Rose” featuring Black Thought, giving fans a sneak peek of what is to come on his 2014 summer album ‘Revelation Part 2: The Fruit of Life.’ The eight-time Grammy-winning artist and son of Bob Marley will also tour all major markets in the U.S.…
NEW VIDEO BY THE CONFUSIONS
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The 9th album that will be released this fall shows a brand new side of the band. It’s filled with musical guest appearances, all with roots originating from their of Sundsvall. The Confusions has transformed into one big music collective where many local talents contribute. After three critically acclaimed and self-produced albums the band thought…
NEW VIDEO BY ATM
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After linking up with former No Limit/RuffRyder soldier and current Jet Life associate Fiend for the first leak (“Yesterday’s Sativa”) and Tabi Bonney for the second leak (“Sleep Walkin”) from his upcoming mixtape, Friday at the Currency Exchange, Chicago/Chiraq emcee ATM is back with a new visual for “Player Of The Year.” ATM’s Friday At…
ASHER MONROE FEAT CHRIS BROWN “MEMORY”
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Singer, dancer, and actor ASHER MONROE has unveiled his new single “Memory” via D Empire Entertainment, which features vocals from pop/R&B star Chris Brown. The track was produced by J. Tarin, and will be available for purchase on iTunes on February 13th. Fans can also expect the official music video for “Memory” on February 13th.…
WIZ KHALIFA & SHAZAM TEAM UP
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Rostrum/Atlantic recording artist Wiz Khalifa is back with “We Dem Boyz,” the Detail-produced first single from his highly-anticipated third studio album, “BLACC HOLLYWOOD,” due out later this year. Always continuing to engage with his loyal fans via social media, Wiz has teamed up with Shazam, the world’s leading media engagement company, to give fans an…
WOMAN’S HOUR POST “HER GHOST”
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London-via-Kendal four piece Woman’s Hour have joined the Secretly Canadian family and will release a brand new single, “Her Ghost”, through their new label in March. “Her Ghost” is available digitally now with the full digital single including b-side out 17th February and a limited edition 7″ vinyl released on 24th March. The band…
COLOROFCHANGE.ORG SPEAK ON DMX VS GEORGE ZIMMERMAN
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“ColorOfChange.org commends fight promoter Damon Feldman for making the right decision and cancelling the “celebrity” boxing match he had planned to take place between George Zimmerman and rapper DMX on March 15th. It is appalling that Zimmerman would ever be considered a celebrity for killing a child, and the fight would have accomplished nothing beyond…
WIRE: J STALIN NEW SINGLE FEAT TOO SHORT
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Complex premieres the “Fuk That,” from Bay Area figurehead J Stalin’s upcoming album, SID (Shining in Darkness), which features another Bay Area boss, Too $hort. Employing bells, handclaps, and a bass-line typical of the Bay Area mob music scene’s style, Stalin and $hort exchange verses warning deadbeats and wannabes to come correct. Or else. SID…
THE UGLY FACADE VIDEO “D-DAY”
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“D-Day” is the debut video and track release from the solo project’s upcoming album, Sinking Anthems, that is set to drop March 11, 2014. The video was created by The Ugly Facade’s Jeremiah Johnson, whose talents span from songwriting and performing to video editing and beyond. Hailing from Austin, TX, Johnson (lead vocal, keys, songwriter,…
TROPHY SCARS NEW SINGLE “HAGIOPHOBIA”
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Trophy Scars, it’s fair to say, don’t believe in doing things by halves. In fact, they’re more inclined to do things in doubles. The upcoming album from the Morristown, New Jersey quartet, Holy Vacants, was initially worked up as a 35-page screenplay treatment by vocalist and lyricist Jerry Jones, and is conceptually even more ambitious…
MIRACLE MASTER NEW VIDEO “TATTOOED WOMAN”
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“Tattooed Woman“, the new video from Danish/German hard rockers MIRACLE MASTER, can be seen below. The clip was directed & produced by Germany’s MV Video Productions. The song, is taken from MIRACLE MASTER‘s debut album, “Tattooed Woman“, due on March 7 via GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music. http://youtu.be/IfxfY9D5jOs The group said in a statement: “Expect real…
Christina Rubino, Alive from the Scrapheap
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Usually when someone’s life changes in seven seconds, it’s something bad, like a horrific accident. Not so for Brooklyn native Christina Rubino, a former teenage couch-loafer and TV addict, whose destiny was forever altered when she observed a “seven-second snippet of music.” This particular snippet belonged to Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart,” which played…
OZOMATLI LYRIC VIDEO “BRIGHTER”
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PLACE IN THE SUN, the upcoming album from multi-cultural Grammy-winning superstars Ozomatli, is the band’s eighth album in a career spanning almost 20 years. Produced by the band and longtime friend, world renowned engineer Robert Carranza (Eels, Jack Johnson, The Mars Volta), PLACE IN THE SUN features collaborations with legendary rocker Dave Stewart (ex-Eurythmics) on…
SALIVA RETURN WITH NEW SINGER
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If you counted Saliva out when you heard that they had parted ways with singer Josey Scott, you have been proven dead wrong – all you have to do is give a listen to the group’s upcoming single, “Rise Up” (impacting radio and available for purchase via all digital stores on February 18th), and album…
BOSTON GEORGE “HOW YOU THINK” AUDIO
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Although only officially adopting the title of rap artist a mere year and a half ago, Houston’s Boston George has made a sizable impact to date. On “How Do You Think”, the first official single from his upcoming solo debut, “Trappin in Traffic”, BG chronicles the journey over a made-for-the-club beat courtesy of T.A. Boston’s…
WIRE: WAYFARER DEBUTS NEW SONG AT PUREVOLUME.COM
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Rising alt-folk act Wayfarer has announced plans to release a new EP titled The Albatross We Keep on February 18th. The one-man-band, consisting solely of Nik Piscitello, has debuted the first new song, “Best and Worst,” today, exclusively at Purevolume.com: http://bit.ly/1nX8WSA. Wayfarer’s debut track sets the tone for The Albatross We Keep perfectly…
