Yes you did read it right. The folks at www.how-to-market-music.com have just completed months of work culminating in over 500 labels worldwide agreeing to have a monthly “Artists spotlight” of just 20 artists delivered to their heads of A&R for consideration of adding new bands / artists to their rosters. The cost for inclusion is…
The Jefferson is a Pop/Rock band out of Australia, who just released their first single, “No Surprise” through Spectra Records: A division of Spectra Music Group. http://thejeffersonband.com Their album can be found at www.thejeffersonband.com. Jefferson offers a fresh sound that is reminiscent of classic rock, without sounding just the same as everything else around…
Who doesn’t like funk? I’d bet not many hands go up in the air. I mean, while funk and jazz might not be your first and foremost musical choice, most people can get into the funky groove and really enjoy well written and performed music in that genre. Well, this is all of the above.…
Murs and 9th Wonder present the Hobostewd-directed music video for “What Up Tho”, a cut from their new album The Final Adventure, out now. Adventure is Murs and 9th’s final album together. The iTunes edition include two bonus tracks, while the iTunes deluxe version includes the bonus tracks and all of the instrumentals. Murs recently…
Perfectly timed as hoardes of co-eds head south for unspeakable debauchery, the official soundtrack for Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers is available digitally today (out in stores next Tuesday, March 19th) via Big Beat / Atlantic. Original score from Skrillex and Cliff Martinez w/ contributions from Skrillex, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek…
Tidewater has just announced the release of his new album, The Wedding, which will be released via Easy Killer Records on April 30th, 2013. With the record’s ten songs nodding to influences as diverse as David Gray, Maroon 5, Mumford & Sons, and Two Door Cinema Club, Tidewater’s Brett Allen feels like the new songs…
More than 40,000 people from over 35 countries joined Love Is Stronger CD Release Celebration held recently at Free Chapel, where Pastor Jentezen Franklin welcomed Jason Crabb along with special guests, producers Jay DeMarcus and Wayne Haun, and New York Times Bestselling Author Andy Andrews. Those in attendance at the event – both online and…
British chanteuse Lucy Rose is happy to announce her first headlining tour of North America. The tour kicks off March 11 in Los Angeles and sees her playing Canadian Music Week, SXSW and many other American cities throughout March and April. Her debut EP in the US, Middle Of The Bed, follows up the enormous…
Live Nation and JamBase have teamed together to create a new music festival where the music and atmosphere will rival the serene, natural beauty of the landscape. JamBase Live will take place July 5 & 6 at the iconic Gorge Amphitheatre and is set to feature a versatile lineup of musicians, camping, artisan crafts…
Venerable luminary of psychedelic grunge, T. Hardy Morris is set to release his debut solo album, Audition Tapes this summer on Dangerbird Records. Morris is best known for his work with Dead Confederate, a band that he co-founded and has recorded and toured with since 2006. More recently, Morris formed Diamond Rugs, the raggedly righteous…
After releasing his first mixtape (2012’s Different Breed), NOM locked himself in the booth for quite sometime and is now ready to show the game what he’s been cooking up. New Day! New Music! New Attitude! Now back from a short hiatus, NOM is back and returns with a brand new video to a never…
On June 4, MPress Records will release the truth is, the latest album from acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Melissa Ferrick. Recorded live with a full band and produced by Ferrick, mixed by Grammy Award winner Trina Shoemaker (Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow) and engineered by Rafi Sofer (James Taylor, Juliana Hatfield), the album marks a creative…
With strong and diverse instrumentals, the red-haired songstress, Lacy James, has returned to the music scene with the upcoming release of her new album, Circle of Swallows. Since her celebrated last album Lovefeast, released in 1992, Lacy has had much time to reflect and pursue her other great passion: dance.
Teenage pop dynamo Jadagrace, who was discovered by LMFAO’s Redfoo, will release her debut single, “Run Dat Back,” on iTunes today. The track, which earned Jadagrace major buzz on Radio Disney, is the first single from Jadagrace’s upcoming debut album for Epic Records. She is currently working with veteran record executive Kerry Gordy and Epic’s…
Oakland/San Fransico based producer An*Ten*Nae has released the official video for his chart-topping single ‘Raindrops on Roses’ featuring the haunting vocals of Alice D. and his own unmistakable bass heavy beats.
When you already have an incredibly impressive body of work like internationally-renowned electronic pioneer JUNO REACTOR, the ability to expand and continue breaking ground is almost impossible to fathom. With The Golden Sun Of The Great East, Juno Reactor’s eighth album, not only does Ben Watkins surpass those expectations, he dives deep into them too.…
Add VH1 to the list of networks carrying Live from Daryl’s House. Through a total of 62 original episodes, Daryl Hall’s critically acclaimed, award-winning series started out as a monthly webcast at www.lfdh.com and has now grown to include a total of four cable networks and over-the-air TV syndication to 70% of the country. Now…
“Discover the lucrative opportunities made available through Music Licensing.” A music library. Epitome Music Library is a collection of unparalleled music from composers, artists, and bands that are handpicked by EML. At EML, we are composers ourselves, and have intimate knowledge of the type and quality of music that can stand up to the fierce…
MOX, the first online music television platform of its kind, is excited to announce the release of its EDM-focused http://MOX.TV. The timing is perfect: MOX is officially launching in Miami during Ultra Music Festival and Winter Music Conference, offering up the best exclusive video content across the entire spectrum of dance music (House, Trance,…
Shot in Romania with director Nabil (Kanye, Frank Ocean) “Late Night” premiered via Rolling Stone today. Watch here: SKOPE IT HERE! On the song’s lyrics Yannis says: “Some of that is to do with my grandmother, and to do with aging, and being on the verge of passing over into something else, and having remorse…
Jann Klose talks with ETOnline’s Denny Directo about his work as a featured singer and guitarist in the movie, GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY at ETOnline at this link: SKOPE IT HERE! Jann recorded Tim’s Once I Was, Pleasant Street, Song For Janie for the movie. Also covered in Jann’s interview is his eclectic i-Pod and…
Metal rockers IN THIS MOMENT recently wrapped up filming the music video for “Adrenalize,” the second single off of their most recent album Blood. The video, set for release later this month, was shot at the incredibly haunted, creepy and abandoned Linda Vista Hospital, located in East Los Angeles. Directed by Robert John Kley, the…
Electronic music producer and DJ WOLFGANG GARTNER is back with yet another massive club banger — his new single “ANACONDA” out now exclusively on Beatport. Sure to be a main stage favorite for DJs this upcoming festival season, the track’s pounding drums and searing leads deliver six minutes of the non-stop, high-energy electro that sums…
British soul singer Chris Ballin delivers a brand new track entitled “When She Hates Her Man”, which is written and produced by Mark Morrison. AUDIO: Chris Ballin – “When She Hates Her Man”: http://youtu.be/iZhE4ouGMlY Born in Nottingham, England, Chris began his musical journey at the tender age of 8 when he was a keen and…
Hailing from the high desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, indie rockers Sad Baby Wolf are excited to announce the release of their debut album, Electric Sounds, on 4/9. Formed by lead singer Marty Crandall after ten years with The Shins, the band is a homecoming project with longtime friends that has steadily been building momentum.…
Alabama Shakes will kick off a North American headline tour on June 18 at LC Pavilion Outdoors in Columbus, OH. The outing will include two nights at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium (July 17 & 18). A ticket pre-sale begins Tuesday, March 12, at Noon ET/9 a.m. PT at http://alabamashakes.frontgatetickets.com/. Tickets go on sale to the…
Two years after their first music festival-at-sea set sail, Grammy ® Award-winning group Weezer and cruise company Rose Tours are proud to announce the 2014 edition of The Weezer Cruise. Launching from Jacksonville, FL on February 13, the rock-and-roll cruise will hit new Caribbean ports–including Freeport and Nassau in the Bahamas–as fans celebrate Valentine’s…
2013 is looking to be a breakout year for the six-piece Canadian outfit Royal Canoe. The Winnipeg natives just signed with Roll Call Records for the release of a full-length album later this year in the U.S., and they’re gearing up for a heavy few months of touring that include stops at SXSW, dates in…
Max Lilja, a founder of the million selling cello rock band Apocalyptica releases his debut solo album “Plays Electronica By One Cello” in April 12th 2013. The 1996 debut album “Plays Metallica By Four Cellos” by the Finnish cello rockers started a new era of instrumentalism, in the all cello “Plays Electronica By One Cello”…
Atlantic Records artist Portugal. The Man has announced the release of their latest album. “EVIL FRIENDS,” produced by Danger Mouse, will be available on June 4. The band premiered the video for the title track and first single, “Evil Friends,” today via their site, www.portugaltheman.com.
Fresh Island Festival, one of the successful “newcomers” to the European festival scene, brings forward a wave of summer freshness and announces its new festival season with one of the biggest musical icons — SNOOP DOGG aka Snoop Lion. By hosting such an established performer, Fresh Island Festival sides itself with the biggest international festivals…
Hello to all on this March 12, the first day of SXSW down in Austin, TX. Although I will not be there this year, you can feel the excitement and hear the music from Boston! I just want to say that certain haters have knocked SXSW for how mainstream and corporate it has become. I…
Three Cities, a 3-song EP, is the debut release from Jason Daryush, an Oakland native with a taste for Brit pop. With Daryush’s harmonically pleasing, though downcast acoustic track “Aurora,” I don’t so much think of the UK as I do of band from Indiana called Days of the New, which you might recall from…
After releasing a handful of mixtapes, San Francisco native and now a Los Angeles resident, Meko McAfee will be releasing his debut long-player “Player Music” on 5-7-2013 and it features appearances from Big Pooh, El Prez, DaVinci, Brandun Deshay and others and production from Cardo, Jelly Roll, Young Shun & more. “I want to be…
St Louis, Missouri’s dynamic five-piece band, TEAR OUT THE HEART have released a music video for “Infamous Last Words”, from their forthcoming album, Violence, out March 19th. Watch as your wildest nightmares come true with help from a haunted castle, a possessed little girl and a monster out for blood.
Valaska is releasing their debut track “Golden Age” exclusively today at Absolutepunk.net. The latest graduate from Copeland’s Aaron Marsh’s Vanguard Room, Valaska is Dave Valdez, a singer/songwriter hailing from the pop punk scene of Chicago. Honing his sound into something much more personal and stripped down, Valaska’s sound reflects truly beautifully crafted poetic lyrics matched…
Canadian jazz darling-turned-cinematic indie folk rocker Larra Skye is excited to release the long-awaited follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2006 debut. Skye’s second album Wishing Tree makes its worldwide debut on April 2, 2013. Friends and fans in London, Hamilton and Toronto will have an opportunity to hear the full record performed live for the…
Today, NPR is pleased to share a lucid & exquisite clip of Julianna Barwick performing “Offing”, a new song off Barwick’s upcoming record due later this year. The show took place at architect Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. It is the inaugural performance of a new series called Night Sounds, which parallels…
Oozing with vibe and texture, the production on “I’m Here Now” is a balance of dark, sexy chords and syrupy rap flow over bouncing drums and rolling bass. The song is very atmospheric; cool and icy with a subtle 80s tinge. The chorus bursts into an uplifting chant, carried by epic, sweeping instrumentation. http://soundcloud.com/st-kelly/st-kelly-im-here-now…
Fresh off the success of his first EP, “Love & Loss,” R&B singer-songwriter Kal’L dives into his next venture with a cinematic narrative inspired by the touching, storytelling-esque nature of his music. He’s teaming up with Elite Film Group for a dynamic project that captures the essence of his music in scripted video, building on…
