A federal judge today ruled that A Day To Remember are free to release their new album Common Courtesy without Victory Records. In an Order issued earlier today, U.S District Court Judge John Z. Lee denied Victory Records’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction in which Victory had sought to block the band from releasing this…
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PHZ-SICKS NEW SINGLE “BLACK WOMEN”
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Woodbridge, VA rap artist PHZ-Sicks (pronounced ‘physics’) presents “Black Women”, the new single from his forthcoming album The Moment, dropping November. “Black Women” is produced by D.C. duo Best Kept Secret, who also produced The Moment’s last single “Coming Down”. https://soundcloud.com/phzsicks-1/black-women
SLEEPY SUN VIDEO “11:32”
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Here is Sleepy Sun’s new video “11:32”, and it’s awesome. It’s for new single “11:32,” one of the band’s heaviest songs, and it follows a partier through a night a drinking, drugs, and debauchery that doesn’t end so well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i9L3d6ExMY In the six years since Sleepy Sun released the White Dove 7”, the Northern California…
5IVE STAR NEW SINGLE HITS RADIO IN US
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‘Show Me You Love Me’ the latest single from entertainer 5ive Star is currently making its way onto airwaves in key markets around the US. Produced by NYCE the single peaked at number three on the Billboard R&B chart last month and has since re-entered the chart. With airplay guaranteed in Chicago, New York, San…
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS EXPERIENCE COMES TO THE WEB VIA YAHOO
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Dick Clark productions, the world’s largest producer and proprietor of TV events, has named Yahoo the official digital distributor for the 2013 American Music Awards ® Experience. To kick-off the partnership, Yahoo will live stream the 41st Annual American Music Awards nominations press conference on October 10th at 9:15 AM ET, LIVE from B.B. King…
GARY CLARK JR. APPEARS IN RON HOWARD-DIRECTED DOCUMENTARY
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Singer, songwriter, and guitarist extraordinaire Gary Clark Jr. is featured in the upcoming documentary Made In America, which will have its world premiere this Friday, October 11th, on Showtime at 9 p.m. PT/ET. Directed by Oscar-winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, etc.) and produced by Howard, Grammy Award-winning music icon artist Jay Z,…
WIRE: MAGNET FEATURES MUTTS SINGLE
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Magnet Magazine features Mutts’ latest track, “Prizefighter”, on MP3 AT 3PM. The magazine highlights the band’s recently released album Object Permanence, likening their sound to veteran artists, but with a fresh set of tools. Check out the post and download “Prizefighter” here: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2013/10/03/mp3-at-3pm-mutts
SEVYN STREETER UNVEILS LONG AWAITED DEBUT EP
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CBE/Atlantic recording artist Sevyn Streeter has announced details of her eagerly awaited debut EP. “CALL ME CRAZY, BUT…” arrives at the iTunes Store and other digital retailers on Tuesday, November 5th. “CALL ME CRAZY, BUT…” is highlighted by the new single, “It Won’t Stop,” which is currently number 11 and climbing its way up to…
ARTHUR BEATRICE VIDEO “GRAND UNION”
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Arthur Beatrice are pleased to announce the release of a video for the track “Grand Union.” It premiered earlier today via VEVO and was directed by Kate Moross. The video marks the latest in an ongoing creative partnership with the British artist. http://vevo.ly/x42GLX “Grand Union” was released at the end of…
STRAIGHT NO CHASER ANNOUNCES NEW HOLIDAY EP
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Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser has announced the release of their new EP, “UNDER THE INFLUENCE: HOLIDAY EDITION.” The Yuletide-themed collection — which follows the world renowned a cappella group’s acclaimed new album, “UNDER THE INFLUENCE” — arrives everywhere October 29th. The album is available for pre-order through the group’s site, www.sncmusic.com,…
LORDE’S “ROYALS” REACHES #1 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100 AND ITUNES
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LORDE’s platinum-selling breakthrough single ‘Royals’ is making history yet again. The song just reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, and the 16-year-old New Zealand phenomenon is the youngest artist to top the chart since 1987. ‘Royals’ recently set a new record for “Longest #1 at Alternative Radio by a Female Artist” with a staggering…
EXORCISM SIGNS GOLDEN CORE RECORDS / ZYX MUSIC
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EXORCISM is today’s answer for heavy metal and sets clearly another milestone in music history. The music is doomy and lush while it flows lava like down your spine. With dark themed lyrics and melodies that could haunt you for life. A careful selection of the most finest songs have been recorded for their very…
BROADCASTER SINGLE “TOMORROW”
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Broadcaster’s new full-length, “A Million Hours”, recorded with J Robbins, is a concise, fully-realized display of the catchy, fuzzy energy that Broadcaster have made their own. The Long Island based three-piece comparisons to bands like Jawbreaker, Superchunk, and The Weakerthans. The band is currently touring the east coast. “For the snotty snarl and…
WIRE: LIKE SWIMMING ON MTV BUZZWORTHY
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Featuring the all-blond band rocking out in a dusty-looking barn, the video for “Go Buffalo” is as much charming as it is vaguely baffling. Sure, we’ve seen plenty of indie rock outfits utilize a garage / barn / underpass for their practice space (after all, they recorded the track in a small cabin outside of…
LOUNA NEW VIDEO ON VEVO
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Female-fronted Russian hard rockers LOUNA are proud to team up with VEVO, the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform, to bring fans their brand new, eye-opening music video for the track ‘Up There’, cut from their most recent full-length release, Behind a Mask. The music video is directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevsky with STG…
WIRE: JENNIFER NETTLES ON LIVE NATION
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Mercury Records recording artist Jennifer Nettles will exclusively premiere the video for her new single “That Girl” at LiveNation.com today at 3pm ET/12pm PT for 24 hours. Nettles plays the lead role in the video which was shot in New York City and directed by Philip Andelman (Beyonce, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift). The video can be…
RAMONES: THE SIRE YEARS (1976-1981)
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“Hey ho, let’s go!” With that call to arms the Ramones launched their recording career and changed the face of music forever, spawning punk rock and reinvigorating the ailing art form known as rock ‘n’ roll. Formed in the Forest Hills section of Queens, NY in 1974, the Ramones were completely original, forging a…
BRETT WISCONS NEW SINGLE OUT TODAY
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Indiana-based singer-songwriter Brett Wiscons releases the first single from his upcoming EP 33 on Tuesday, Oct. 8. “Sophia’s Winery” is now available for digital download, and the full EP, expected to be released in early 2014, can be pre-ordered until October 11. Indiana-based singer-songwriter and novelist Brett Wiscons will release his second solo album 33…
THE SIREN TOWER POST NEW SINGLE
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Perth’s roots-rock powerhouse, The Siren Tower have announced the release of their new single, King River and will be celebrating with a national tour kicking off at The Republic Bar in Hobart on October 24 and moving through to Melbourne (The Espy on October 25), Newcastle (The Great Northern October 31), Sydney (The Beresford November…
NEW SINGLE MAURICE “MOBETTA” BROWN “LOVELY”
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Fresh off of winning his very first Grammy with Tedeschi Trucks Band for Best Blues Album of the year in 2012 (Maurice was the horn arranger for the 11-piece ensemble), Maurice “Mobetta” Brown has also appeared on LP’s from Santigold, Ski Beatz, Prodigy, Talib Kweli, Cee-Lo, Diddy, Musiq Soulchild and countless others. Link to Maurice…
NEW VIDEO BY ALISON MOYET
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“Changeling” is the third single taken from ALISON MOYET’s critically-acclaimed album the minutes (Cooking Vinyl/Metropolis Records). The song finds Alison’s voice on strong and seductive form, with its powerful, experimental and dramatic style indicative of the boundary-pushing album as a whole. Alison will be coming to the U.S. for three performances – San Francisco, Los…
WIRE: MORGAN HERITAGE REVEAL NEW VIDEO FOR “ENDS NAH MEET”
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Reggae’s powerful sibling quintet Morgan Heritage returns with the compelling video “Ends Nah Meet.” Directed by the band and Maximilian Shelton, the video features a montage of clips from Jamaica, Morgan Heritage’s most recent European tour as well as historical public domain footage documenting the economic struggle that people of all classes (lower, middle and…
THE NAKED AND FAMOUS ARENA TOUR W/ IMAGINE DRAGONS
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In Rolling Waves was recorded in Los Angeles with tracks co-produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (M83, Beck, NIN), and mixed in London by Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, Killers, Foals). Available now on Republic, it follows the band’s debut album, Passive Me, Aggressive You, featuring the US Gold hit single ‘Young Blood,’ which reached global sales of…
SEBASTIAN BACH JOINS FORCES WITH DUFF McKAGAN, JOHN 5, STEVE STEVENS
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Iconic rock vocalist Sebastian Bach is currently hard at work in the studio, under the direction of producer Bob Marlette (Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Shinedown etc) to record the anticipated follow up album to the acclaimed KICKING AND SCREAMING. The new effort will be released via label home Frontiers Records and is tentatively scheduled…
BREAKING: A&M/OCTONE AND INTERSCOPE GEFFEN A&M ANNOUNCE CONCLUSION OF JOINT VENTURE
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Interscope Geffen A&M announced today that it will acquire the remaining 50% share of the A&M/Octone joint venture from Octone Records. Formed in 2007, the joint venture was scheduled to conclude in mid-2014. CEO/President James Diener and A&M/Octone were responsible for the signing and development of worldwide multi-platinum superstars Maroon 5, platinum rap-rockers Hollywood…
WIRE: NEW FOUND GLORY PREMIERE VIDEO
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The “Connect the Dots” video was directed by John Francis Conway III and is a studio track that appears on New Found Glory’s forthcoming live album, aptly titled Kill It Live. Featuring 17 live tracks plus 3 new songs, Kill It Live will be available on October 8th, 2013. Also check New Found…
NO SLEEP RECORDS WELCOMES RESCUER TO THE LABEL
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Huntington Beach independent label No Sleep Records is proud to welcome Tampa, FL based rock outfit Rescuer to the label’s close knit, burgeoning family. The band is currently on tour, making their way back to their home state for a performance at Fest in Gainesville at the end of October. “As of late,…
JUDITH HILL JOINS JOSH GROBAN ON “IN THE ROUND” ARENA TOUR
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Judith Hill has been tapped by multi-platinum-selling singer, songwriter and actor Josh Groban as support for his fall “In The Round” tour, which kicks off tonight at Taco Bell Arena in Boise, ID. In addition to opening the show, Hill will join Groban during his set for two songs: “The Prayer” and “Remember When It…
JEREMIAH JAE VIDEO “SEVENTY 8”
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The “Seventy 8” video from Jeremiah Jae’s Warp debut Bad Jokes was shot in Los Angeles by director Justin Staple. Local Stones Throw artist Jonwayne, who makes a cameo appearance, also produced the track. Jeremiah recently produced Captain Murphy’s “Evil Grin” which appeared on Flylo FM for GTA V. Watch “Seventy 8”: http://youtu.be/U-GkmfDyhaY
MUSIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED
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Starting today, NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) and its digital industry hub digitalmusic.org will collectively be known as the Music Business Association (MusicBiz.org), to fully encompass everyone involved in music commerce in the United States. Six sectors have been established to drive specific areas of interest, and six new director positions have been added…
WIRE: QUADRON “HEY LOVE” REMIX EP
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The Danish duo of Coco O & Robin Hannibal, best known collectively as Los Angeles-based Quadron, are set to release the Hey Love Remix EP on November 1st as the follow up to their critically acclaimed Vested In Culture / EPIC release, Avalanche, from earlier this year. The first single, “Hey Love”, a collaboration…
WIRE: YOUTH CODE SHARES NEW VIDEO VIA NOISEY
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Youth Code are fresh off of their first U.S. tour and just released their highly acclaimed self-titled LP for Dais Records. The band has been pummeling audiences across America with their unforgiving, throbbing brand of E.B.M. and now today are sharing the brand new video for “Carried Mask” with us. They still have one date…
WIRE: THE TEEN AGE PREMIERE “MATADOR” VIDEO
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Brooklyn quartet, The Teen Age, have premiered the video for the A-side off their upcoming single, “Matador”, today via Impose. “Matador” backed with “Why Would You Leave” and “The Wave” will be available digitally and on 7″ vinyl via PaperCup Music on October 8. Formed in a Brooklyn basement in late 2012, The Teen Age…
WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY CHITS
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Astro Nautico, the Brooklyn-based label whose roster alumni include Obey City (LuckyMe), Raja (Ghostly), Howse (Tri Angle) and more, is pleased to welcome the newest member of the family, Chits. Chits is the project of Zach Brill, a 22-year old producer based in Pennsylvania with a penchant for blending eclectic styles. Drawing on the elements…
twenty one pilots PREMIERE “HOUSE OF GOLD” MUSIC VIDEO
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Fueled By Ramen recording group twenty one pilots have premiered a music video for their new single, “House of Gold.” The clip, which was directed by Warren Kommers is currently available for viewing on Fueled By Ramen’s official YouTube channel. House of Gold,” the latest single off of twenty one pilots’ acclaimed “VESSEL,” is…
NEUROTIC NOVEMBER NEW LYRIC VIDEO
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Hailing from sunny South Florida, Victory Records’ Neurotic November is getting set to release their debut studio album, Annunaki.The aggressively musical quintet recently premiered the lyric video to one of Annunaki’s tracks, “Nonchalant” on Substream Music Press. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA8CjGHz0cU Of the video and forthcoming album vocalist Dee Dee (Dirty) comments, “We wanted everything about Anunnaki to…
X AMBASSADORS HIT THE ROAD
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Brooklyn indie rockers X Ambassadors released their official debut EP Love Songs Drug Songs on KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records in May and after support dates with Imagine Dragons and Jimmy Eat World the band is now prepping to join The Mowgli’s out on the road. But first, X Ambassadors will make their way to Austin, TX for…
SAMANTHA FISH VIDEO “LAY IT DOWN”
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Ruf Records September 10th U.S. release date for Black Wind Howlin’, the new CD from blues-rock guitarist/singer Samantha Fish and follow-up to her 2012 Blues Music Award-winning label debut, Runaway. Produced by Mike Zito, who did the same honors on her last album, Black Wind Howlin’ was recorded at Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana, and…
AKIR VIDEO FOR “NEW YORK”
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As a vital part of Immortal Technique’s Viper Records roster and with upcoming shows with Tech & Brother Ali & Rock The Bells, 2013 finds Akir bringing the spotlight back to music with his new forthcoming LP The Plan; which will be released on 9-24-0213 words aren’t just words and his album title is not…
IMOGEN HEAP TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM
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Grammy and Ivor Novello award winning recording artist Imogen Heap will release her highly anticipated 4th solo album “Sparks” on March 4th, 2014 through RCA Records. Imogen Heap has asked her fans to accompany her in completing the final leg of her new album “Sparks”. Those who pre-order the limited edition deluxe box set are…
