PKG artist E. Grizzly has released his new music video for “Water Wheel ²”, the forthcoming single from his latest mix “Generation A”. To view the clip from the Indie Hip Hop Award winner, click the link below. The original song comes from an RJD2 instrumental called Water Wheel. E. Grizzly is known…
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ISRAEL’S 27TH ANNUAL RED SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL
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The 27th annual Red Sea Jazz Festival will feature performances by international and Israeli musicians in the seaside city of Eilat, August 18-21, 2013. “We are excited for first-time and return travelers to arrive in Eilat to experience the perennially popular Red Sea Jazz Festival,” said Haim Gutin, Israel Commissioner for Tourism, North and South…
WIRE: NEW CLOUD CONTROL “SCAR” ON SPIN
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Cloud Control will be hitting the US early next month – their first visit stateside – to promote their gorgeous new record, Dream Cave, out September 17th on Votiv. The band will be playing two shows in New York before heading to the West coast for a run of dates, with all shows listed below.…
‘SPRINGSTEEN & I’ IS A BIG HIT
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Springsteen fans across the world came out in force this week to see the critically acclaimed ‘SPRINGSTEEN & I’ feature film. Due to phenomenal demand and outstanding reactions from fans, Arts Alliance Media have announced the film will return to cinemas for encore screenings across Europe and the USA, with Latin America and Australasia still…
MEG HUTCHINSON VIDEO “ONLY JUST BEGUN”
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Award-winning songwriter, poet and mental health advocate Meg Hutchinson will be releasing a new studio album, Beyond That, on September 24, 2013 on Grammy-winning indie label Red House Records. The album reunites Hutchinson with veteran Boston producer Crit Harmon (Martin Sexton, Mary Gauthier) for what is her most experimental and intricate production to date. “Crit…
THE SELECTER HEAD ON TOUR IN SEPTEMBER
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The Selecter is thrilled to announce the second leg of their US “Non-Stop Pressure Tour.” The two-week trek will bring the legendary band to the East Coast and Midwest for the first time in nearly a decade and follows several summer festivals, a performance at this year’s Coachella and a handful of West Coast…
WATCH CULTS ALBUM TEASER NOW
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On October 15, Columbia Records will release Static, the highly anticipated follow-up to Cults’ critically adorned 2010 self-titled, debut release. Written and recorded over the course of 2012 in the band’s home base of New York City, Static is produced by Cults with support from Shane Stoneback (Sleigh Bells, Vampire Weekend) and Ben Allen…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO BY SKI LODGE
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Twenty-plus years of stories, twenty-plus years of perfecting music’s craft, Ski Lodge’s Big Heart is exactly what a debut record should be: the culmination of a creative force’s life on this planet. Andrew Marr, the multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter behind Ski Lodge, has created a deeply personal record that overflows with lush melodies and insatiably…
JESSTA JAMES EXTENDS U.S. TOUR
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Jessta James has added a series of fall dates to his current U.S. run. The Montana native is touring in support of his debut album, Time To Get Right (http://bit.ly/10Tycjm). See below for itinerary. NASCAR has tapped the video for single “Back in the Day” for the Brickyard 400, which will be held this weekend…
WIRE: LOS LONELY BOYS “BLAME IN ON LOVE”
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Grammy-winning “Texican rock & roll” trio Los Lonely Boys, comprised of brothers Henry, JoJo and Ringo Garza, recently re-entered the studio to begin work on a brand new album. The first fruits of their labors can be found in their new single, “Blame It On Love.” Available digitally on Tuesday 7/30, the song recently premiered…
WIRE: RAINBOW CHAN ALBUM STREAM ON INTERVIEW MAG
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Rainbow Chan is a Sydney solo artist and producer with a love for story-telling. Whether she is stitching together childhood dreams, rummaging through flea markets or sampling odd sounds, Rainbow is constantly collecting bits and pieces for her music. SKOPE IT HERE!
FIDLAR NEW SINGLE POSTED
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In other news, FIDLAR hits the road with Chicago skuzzballs The Orwells this fall. A tour-only, split 7″ will commemorate the run. “Awkward” will comprise one side, while The Orwells’ new “Always N Forever” will comprise the other. https://soundcloud.com/fidlar/awkward
NEW SINGLE BY GYPTIAN “VIXEN”
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This week, Jamaican reggae singer Gyptian also drops his brand new single “Vixen” off his highly anticipated album Sex, Love and Reggae. The sizzling anthem features singer-songwriter Angela Hunte, who penned the Grammy-winning song “Empire State of Mind” for Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys and contributed to Snoop Lion’s latest album Reincarnated. “VIxen” is produced by…
WIRE: A GUIDE TO STREAMING MUSIC
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There are lots of online music options for the digital audiophile, and finding the best music streaming service can be overwhelming. To make your decision easier, follow our handy flowchart, with the various pros and cons for each of the major ways you can stream music on the internet. SKOPE IT HERE!
MATEO TO RELEASE NEW EP
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Singer-songwriter, Mateo kicked off the summer with his major label debut single “How Good Is Your Love,” a fiery mid tempo track with an equally exciting video directed by David Telles. His newest project, We’ve Met Before, is set to be released digitally on August 13th. On We’ve Met Before, the Cincinnati crooner journeys…
OPEN AIR STEREO VIDEO “STUCK ON YOU”
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OPEN AIR STEREO, Chase Johnson (lead vocals), Nick Gross (drums), Scott Pounds (guitars), Evan Smith (bass)–has just released the video for “Stuck On You,” the first single from their debut album, PRIMATES, which was released May 21 on Goomba Music. Anthony Leondari is at the director’s helm (who also directed Imagine Dragons “It’s Time”).…
GROSS RELATIONS POST NEW SINGLE “CUT THE FINAL SCENE”
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Gross Relations is a Brooklyn-based fivesome who play lo-fi pop songs that are highly catchy and short on saccharine. With plenty of fuzz and lackadaisically-delivered lyrics reeled in by insistent, irresistible riffs, Gross Relations have a certain swagger that’s earning them frequent gigs and adulation. You’ll find moody rockers with as many upbeat notes as…
WIRE: NEW ECHOSMITH VIDEO ON ALTPRESS
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Los Angeles-based alt-pop quartet Echosmith has announced the release of their debut album Talking Dreams, out October 1 via Warner Bros Records. The band is currently crisscrossing the country on the Vans Warped Tour. Originally slotted for only the first half, Echosmith’s overwhelmingly positive crowd response caused them to be added to the entire run.…
WIRE: LA LUZ NEW VIDEO ON SPIN
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Seattle quartet La Luz immediately brings to mind the girl groups of the ‘50s and ‘60s. The immaculate four-part harmonies, the luscious layers of reverb, the occasional choreographed dance move, even the band’s penchant for oldies-style artwork–it all conjures images of beehived ladies singing sweetly on grainy black-and-white television. http://www.spin.com/articles/la-luz-brainwash-video
NEW VIDEO BY FIONA APPLE ON VIMEO
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The official video for Fiona Apple’s “Hot Knife” can be seen now at https://vimeo.com/70949607. It was directed by filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master, There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) and features Maude Maggart, who also appears on vocals. “Hot Knife” is from Apple’s GRAMMY ®-nominated album, entitled: THE IDLER WHEEL IS WISER THAN THE…
NEW EP BY JIMMY EAT WORLD ON I-TUNES
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Jimmy Eat World have released an iTunes Sessions EP, featuring eight tracks performed by the band. The session was recorded at Capital Studios in LA earlier this year is available today on the iTunes Store (www.iTunes.com/JimmyEatWorld). The session highlights Jimmy Eat World’s songwriting and performance prowess. These recordings are restyled acoustic arrangements of songs found…
AUSTIN MAHONE ANNOUNCES 2013 HEADLINING TOUR
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Austin Mahone may only be 17 years old, but this teen pop sensation is already taking the music scene by storm and today he is excited to announce his first headlining tour, presented by MTV’s Artist to Watch and kicking off October 17th in Miami. Tickets go on sale, Friday August 2nd at 10am…
WIRE: NEW PIXIES VIDEO AT ROLLING STONE
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“We didn’t set out to have two music videos for ‘Bagboy,’ but once we saw both of these, we knew we didn’t want to use just one. And look, who says you can’t have two videos for a song that shows two completely different perspectives? Not us.” — Black Francis See…
SAN DIEGO MUSIC THING ANNOUNCES NUMEROUS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BANDS
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If you are looking for bands that are buzzing like a beehive, it’s time to head out to beautiful San Diego, California this September 13 and 14. The San Diego Music Thing (SDMT – http://sandiegomusicthing.com) is proud to announce several critically acclaimed bands to its lineup this year. The musicians hail from all around…
WIRE: DEVON SPROULE & MIKE O’NEILL PREMIERE FIRST SINGLE “YOU CAN’T HELP IT”
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Devon Sproule returns with a new body of collaborative work with Mike O’ Neill of Canadian indie band, Inbreds. The album, Colours, will be released October 8 on Tin Angel Records and the duo has premiered the first single, “You Can’t Help It”, today via American Songwriter. SKOPE IT HERE!
NEW SINGLE + DRUMMER FOR BRAND NEW MACHINE
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Dallas based hard rock outfit Brand New Machine’s new album, “The Devil Made Me Do It”, hit stores this week via Epochal Artist Records/Capitol Music Group. To celebrate the album’s release the group are currently streaming the song “Dust The Sky” online at http://altsds.co/0uz5. The group have also announced the addition of drummer Seven Antonopoulos,…
OH NO FIASCO NEW VIDEO “DOWN”
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Knoxville, TN-based indie pop band Oh No Fiasco have released their video for “Down.” The song is off their upcoming EP No One’s Gotta Know, which will be released on September 10th via Five Seven Music. Oh No Fiasco spent the early part of 2013 on the Tour Odyssey with The Dirty Heads, Shiny Toy…
FRED DURST SPEAKS ON EMINEM + NEW VIDEO
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Following in the footsteps of our nation’s greatest icons like President Obama and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Fred Durst, ringleader of Grammy-nominated band Limp Bizkit, took to the interwebs last night for his Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA), where he dropped his new video with Lil’ Wayne for their single “Ready to…
THE OUTFIT NEW SINGLE “CAESAR”
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THE OUTFIT have just announced the news of their sophomore release due out on August 23. Titled, Tough Kids (Hot Congress Records), the 5-track EP is filled with echoing garage bliss that is laced with killer licks, heartfelt melodies, and straight forward, guitar-based pop songwriting. Unleashing he newest single from the record, “Caesar,” which was…
WIRE: WAYNE MARSHALL DROPS BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR “I KNOW”
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Dancehall star Wayne Marshall drops his latest visual for “I Know,” directed by Jay Will and shot in Kingston, Jamaica. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, who produced the contagious single for Marshall’s upcoming album Tru Colors slated for September 2013 on the Marley-owned label Ghetto Youths International, also makes a special cameo appearance in the video.…
RUSTY BELLE OFFER THIRD FULL LENGTH ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 10
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New England rock trio Rusty Belle will release their third album, Common Courtesy, on their own Whistle Pig Records on September 10. Produced by David Goodrich (Chris Smither, Cold Satellite, Peter Mulvey, Jeffrey Foucault) and engineered by Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr., Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, The Pixies), Common Courtesy distills the essence of Rusty Belle’s…
PROTEST THE HERO AND RAZOR & TIE PARTNER UP
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Protest The Hero is pleased to announce the completion of their new studio album. The album is the long-awaited follow-uo to 2011’s, Scurrilous (Vagrant). Since completeing their ground breaking Indiegogo campaign, the progressive metal stalwarts also announce that they have licensed the album to series of worldwide partners who will help distribute and market it…
WIRE: ELLIE HERRING ALBUM ON ADHOC
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Ellie Herring returns with her second release for the Racecar imprint entitled Kite Day.This much anticipated album is released on CD with remixes by Albert Swarm, Sines + Katastrophic, and VHVL. Kite Day is dark yet playful, as if the children of the corn went dancing. Sounds that appear to come out of nowhere leave…
SPECTOR AND FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’S CHRIS KAEL SIGNATURE SERIES CK-4 MODEL BASS
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Spector and Five Finger Death Punch bassist Chris Kael have collaborated on the design and creation of the Chris Kael CK-4 Signature Model Bass Guitar. The instrument features a “Neck-Thru the body construction,” which is carbon fiber reinforced in 3-Piece rock maple. The fingerboard is rosewood, designed with 24 frets. Alongside solid…
CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP AND INSURGENCY MUSIC SIGN JOINT VENTURE
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Insurgency Music has entered into a joint venture with Capitol Music Group to formally re-launch the celebrated Priority Records imprint. The announcement was made today by Insurgency Music co-founder and longtime electronic music executive Michael Cohen, who will serve as Priority Records President; and Steve Barnett, Chairman and CEO of Capitol Music Group. …
PUNCH TV SEEKS INDIE CONTENT FOR TV
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Executive Producers, Producers and Writers are being presented with an exciting opportunity to garner exposure for their independent content by submitting new and original TV shows to Punch TV for consideration. Punch TV currently broadcasts nationwide, reaching millions of homes, including leading cities such as Tampa, FL, Detroit, MI, and Houston, TX, with a vision…
CHUCK RAGAN ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER DATES
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Fresh off the boat from overseas, folk troubadour CHUCK RAGAN is rustling up his comrades for a Midwest tour. Bookended by Riot Fest Chicago on September 15th and Riot Fest Denver on September 22nd, the seven-show run features five headlining dates and the support of Jamestown Revival. TOUR DATES * Signifies w/ Jamestown Revival Sep…
WIRE: LA LUZ ON BROOKLYN VEGAN
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Seattle quartet La Luz immediately brings to mind the girl groups of the ‘50s and ‘60s. The immaculate four-part harmonies, the luscious layers of reverb, the occasional choreographed dance move, even the band’s penchant for oldies-style artwork–it all conjures images of beehived ladies singing sweetly on grainy black-and-white television. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/07/stream_la_luzs.html
ANNIE MOSES BAND SET TO RELEASE DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
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The family of musicians the Annie Moses Band is set to release their first full-length album of original material via manAlive/Thirty Tigers. Originally released independently in select markets earlier this year, PILGRIMS AND PRODIGALS has now been set for an August 6th wide release. The offering includes a bonus DVD of a full-length…
DJ/PRODUCER CHUCKIE UNLEASHES A GROUNDBREAKING HIP-HOP/EDM FUSION
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Internationally acclaimed DJ/producer, Chuckie, reveals his eagerly anticipated new single, “Makin’ Papers (Feat. Lupe Fiasco, Too $hort, and Snow Tha Product),” arriving at all leading digital retailers today (http://smarturl.it/MakinPapers) on Big Beat Records. LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/djchuckie BUY: http://smarturl.it/MakinPapers
