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Hailing from Tennessee, Cheap Time have been around in one incarnation or another since 2006. The nucleus of the band has always been Jeffrey Novak who writes and sings the songs, as well as playing guitar and keyboards (and who also has a healthy solo career on the side). The band began with Jemina Pearl…

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HighVolMusic has announced that San Diego hard rock band SLEDD has signed a worldwide, multi-release deal with the label. The band had a signing party and signed their contract in front a sold out crowd at Ramona Mainstage in Ramona, CA Sunday night November 10th. Formed by vocalist Cary Rothman, keyboardist Peter DeLuke, and drummer…

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Psychedelic rockers HARSH TOKE explore sound and space through music.   On the San Diego Acid Rock band’s debut album Light Up and Live, loud, heavy guitars, swimming bass lines and smashing drums warp to full throttle, working together to launch the group’s “Haze Maze” of unapologetic psychedelic-blues into interstellar overdrive. Recorded by Brian Ellis…

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Tantamount to the music world at large, REVEREND HORTON HEAT have returned with their first album in over four years, amply titled REV. Their octane-fueled pyschobilly has been the drive-in soundtrack universally for nearly three decades, and it is clear that the Rev’s rock ‘n roll sermon is far from over! From the new album,…

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Cage The Elephant today revealed the music video for their current single “Come A Little Closer” from their heralded third studio album Melophobia. The vibrant animated video features extensive original artwork illustrated by the band’s frontman Matt Shultz and is currently available to watch HERE on VEVO.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYup3Qwh8Q “Come A Little Closer” debuted in…

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Vagrant Records is proud to announce that Southern California rock band BAD SUNS have signed to the label. Formed in 2012, Bad Suns is Christo Bowman (vocals), Gavin Bennett (bass), Miles Morris (drums) and Ray Libby (guitar). The four-piece recorded their debut EP, TRANSPOSE, earlier this year with producer Eric Palmquist (The Mars Volta, Wavves,…

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Vancouver based Cephas Munga is the brains behind Blac Hollywood, an electronic music producer whose influences range from 90’s pop to contemporary art and fashion. His first showcase of unique instrumentation came on the dark and woozy 2012 LP “Circus & Dreams”. Since then, he’s released two follow up projects titled “Autumn” and “Kids With…

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Mike WiLL has released the tape’s first exclusive, “Whippin A Brick.” The song, premiered by Pitchfork, features Migos and Wiz Khalifa. Speaking of the song, Mike says, “‘Whippin A Brick’ is the new lingo. When we talk about it, we’re talking about whipping white foreign vehicles – that’s what me and my homies use it…

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Move over, “I have a Little Dreidel”–there’s an exciting new sound in the air this Hanukkah. The Ninth Annual Sephardic Music Festival will be lighting up Hanukkah in venues around New York on December 1-5. Founded by American-Israeli producer Diwon, the Sephardic Music Festival (SMF) is the first Jewish music festival to focus exclusively on…

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Columbus native Erica Blinn is proud to announce the upcoming January release of her new album “Lovers in the Dust.” Blinn constructs American rock songs one rusty melody at a time. She forces Mid-Western air through beat-up harmonicas and hammers out honest words that stretch and twist through her tunes. She bends the rules of…

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Fox and the Bird continues to produce and self-release its albums, touring and always committed to music that is made on back porches, in living rooms and on the streets. Darkest Hours is set for release January 14th, and will be available on vinyl, CD and digital formats. SKOPE IT HERE!

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After almost exactly a year to the day since the release of The Mystery Of Heaven (the collaborative LP from lutist Jozef Van Wissem, and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch) comes this brand new music video for the track “Etimasia”. The video was directed by filmmaker Jacqueline Castel, who has directed roughly a dozen music videos for…

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Salt Lake City, UT rock band Royal Bliss, will release it’s new album “Chasing The Sun” February 18th 2014. The albums first single “Cry Sister” is already climbing the Active Rock chart. Royal Bliss is comprised of lead vocalist Neal Middleton, guitarist Taylor Richards, bassist Dwayne Crawford, and drummer Jake Smith. “Chasing The Sun” is…

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Prolific Athens, GA- based singer/songwriter KEN WILL MORTON will release his 7th full-length recording entitled Slow Burn on January 21, 2014, on Rara Avis Records. While his last CD, Contenders, was a loose, acoustic recording that received rave reviews, Slow Burn reflects Morton’s propensity to rock and showcases his prowess on electric guitar and harmonica.…

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Ben Cooper, aka Radical Face, has unveiled a new music video for track “Holy Branches” from his recently released album The Family Tree: The Branches, which debuted on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at #10.   Following past tradition, the video, which premiered on influential LA music blog Buzzbands.la, was conceived, directed and produced by Cooper…

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New Orleans artist and recent RCA signee, Dee-1, can add another notch to his success belt as today we are happy to announce his addition to Lupe’s Tetsuo and Youth Preview Tour, joining The Boy Illinois and MMG’s Stalley. Dee will be finishing out the multi-city tour, keeping the dates of November 19th, 20th and…

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As previously announced, David Lynch’s 12″ single entitled Bad The John Boy is out on Sacred Bones Records and today we are proud to share the title track with you. Lynch and his producer Dean Hurley conceived this harrowing track while in the process of creating The Big Dream. Lynch’s vocal approach alongside the track’s…

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Esquille is a name you will want to remember! After the chart and critical success of his dance floor hit “I Take U Higher” and the chart climbing summer hit “Heyo”, the ever prolific Esquille now releases a compilation of five songs with his signature sound. Hold on to your feet! If it’s energy you…

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CBE/Atlantic recording artist Sevyn Streeter’s new EP “Call Me Crazy, But…” will be available via all DSP’s and retailers on December 3rd.   “CALL ME CRAZY, BUT…” is highlighted by the new single, “It Won’t Stop” featuring Chris Brown, which has climbed to #1 on the iTunes R&B songs chart, marking Sevyn’s first time at…

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Boston-based singer Marissa Nadler has shared the first track, Dead City Emily, off her forthcoming sixth full-length album, July, coming out on February 4th on Sacred Bones (US) and February 11th on Bella Union (ROW). July is the kind of release that reminds you why NPR counts Nadler’s songwriting as so “revered among an assortment…

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M83 is excited to announce their latest collaboration: the soundtrack to Yann Gonzalez’s first feature film, You And The Night. Mute will be releasing You And The Nightvia digital download on November 19th, 2013. Anthony warns that You And The Night is not a typical M83 release. “People who only like “Midnight City” are going…

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Nettwerk Music Group is excited to announce the signing of the multi-talented producer and Alternative R&B/Soul artist Chris Batson to its worldwide label roster.   At only 22-years of age, Los Angeles-based Batson writes the most poignant and deeply personal lyrics, matched with a vocal soulfulness beyond his years.   Drawing from relationships with friends…

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“Booty Monsta” is a featured track on Borgore’s upcoming Wild Out EP, which features a collection of diverse tracks that showcase him as a songwriter and his ability to move between genres. On title track “Wild Out,” Borgore meshes his bass-heavy antics with hip-hop-influenced sounds coupled with rap heavyweight Waka Flocka Flame’s furious raps and…

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In case you’ve been living under a rock, Green has seamlessly added “electronic artist/producer” to his laundry list of accomplishments that includes tour DJ for Em, Nas, and Jay, billboard charting producer, mixtape king, and one of hip hop’s most consistent/creative talents over the last 15 years. In this new landscape of EDM, Green has…

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Hot off the heels of winning the 2013 BET Hip Hop Perfect Combo Award for “F**kin’ Problems,” A$AP Rocky’s chart-topping single featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar, has been certified Double Platinum by the RIAA in the U.S., Platinum in Canada and Gold in both Australia and New Zealand. Additionally, “Wild For The Night”…

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Acclaimed vocalist Mandy Barnett’s   CD, I Can’t Stop Loving You: The Songs of Don Gibson, is now available exclusively at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store ® locations, digitally on http://crackerbarrel.com and with select online retailers.   The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store ® exclusive album release, featuring 12 classic songs, fulfills a promise…

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The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is proud to announce that pop superstar Britney Spears will headline the 2014 Ambassador class, a collection of celebrities dedicated to showcasing the importance of music education and raising awareness about the work the Foundation is doing to keep music in our schools. Joining Spears are a group of…

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Industrial metal legend Wayne Static of Static-X has announced the dates of his 2013 X-Mas Tour. The Defiled and Madlife offer support on the tour which kicks off on December 3rd in Tempe, Arizona and works it way across the U.S. and back wrapping up on December 14th in West Hollywood, California. Tour Dates: 12/3…

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Alvvays (ȯl-wÄ“z) can be found under the overpass, jingle-jangling sun-splashed fuzz pop. Molly Rankin (lead vocals/guitar) and Kerri Maclellan (keyboards) grew up as next-door neighbours in Cape Breton, lifting fiddles and singing folk-songs. Different kinds of heartbreaks soon came calling: as teens they discovered Teenage Fanclub and the Jesus & Mary Chain, Dolly Mixture and…

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Richard Buckner will be heading to the west coast early next year in support of Surrounded, and he wants to play at your house! From RichardBuckner.com: So, beginning in late January 2014, I’ll be traveling throughout Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona with my acoustic guitar, hollering & strumming into thin air to audiences weary of…

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Born from love, musical empathy, a baby grand piano discovered on Gumtree and an expired visa, Snowbird duo Stephanie Dosen and Simon Raymonde have crafted an album of exquisite melody and mood that radiates the uncanny mystery of the object it’s named after: moon. Released early next year on Bella Union, the label that Raymonde…

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Los Angeles’s Tennis System announced their new EP, Part Time Punks Session, the other week and today premiered a second track off the five-song record, “Call It Home” via SPIN . Part Time Punks Session will be released on PaperCup Music, November 19. http://www.spin.com/articles/tennis-system-call-it-home-stream/

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Not too long after closing the books on their sold out inaugural headline tour, THE FRONT BOTTOMS announce their second headline tour Hot Chocolate Tour 2014 which will take them coast-to-coast in just over three weeks. The tour will kickoff at The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, MI on January 9 and conclude at Pawtucket’s…

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Avenged Sevenfold have today premiered the Wayne Isham directed video for “Shepherd of Fire.” Watch here: http://youtu.be/bT8FEOJEFcI Avenged Sevenfold just released their highly anticipated sixth studio album Hail To The King on Warner Bros. Records, which debuted at #1 in the US with over 159,000 sold first week. It topped the charts in the UK,…

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One of Boston’s most prolific acoustic soul singers/ songwriters   Alexi P make his mark with debut single “I Love You” off his sophomore release, “Something Greater,” to be released in February, 2014. “I wrote this song about the joy that comes not just from BEING loved, but from loving someone else.”, shares Alexi P.…

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Gaining notoriety as the incomparable frontman of The Beets, Wauters’ talent as a songwriter as been evident for sometime now. With N.A.P. he has honed those skills, and with earnest sincerity he’s delivered a collection of songs that are concurrently introspective and outward looking, thus presenting the most genuine picture of who he is as…

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The band is comprised of Hunter Simpson (guitar and vocals), Christopher Lauderdale (drums and vocals) and Jose Boyer (bass and vocals). The sounds of Daytona which vary from their other projects (Wild Yaks/Harlem) run the line between exuberant and melancholic. The sprawling harmonies and hypnotic beats nestled over looping finger-picked guitars hint at the band’s…

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‘Ghostflake’ is the second (and last) in a small series of b-sides released this year from Owls of the Swamp (the indie folk project of Australian singer-songwriter, Pete Uhlenbruch), currently recording his third album in Iceland and UK (due for release in 2014). Recorded and mixed by Adam Casey at True Vine Studios in Melbourne,…

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“Hip-Hop used to be so classic, nowadays too many kids is not getting their ass kicked” says Jersey’s own Kosha Dillz, a rapper who’s never been afraid to speak his mind on a track. Whether you’re from the East or West Coast, you can’t deny the influence that Tupac Shakur had during his time on…

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Latyrx are currently on the first half of their The Second Album World Tour with rap duo Skins and Needles throughout the fall season, and will continue the second leg of the tour in 2014. The tour covers the west coast with stops in Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and more. Check out the HipHopDX…

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