FLAG, the band composed of Black Flag original members Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Bill Stevenson, and Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton, have announced tour dates throughout the US in the coming months. The group, recently kickstarted as a vehicle to perform the genre defining (and defying) music of their former band, just wrapped up…
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WIRE: MAGNET FEATURES TALLAHASSEE MP3
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Magnet is in good spirits and they want to share the love. They’ve showcased Tallahassee’s soulful ode to the appeal of something new, “Old Brown Shoes” on MP3 at 3PM. “Put yourself in the good, rustic Americana spirit by turning your ears onto Boston quartet Tallahassee. The new sounds of the folk/alt-country band was just…
MARKRADONN SIGNS TO BLUNTFACE
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Drawing influences from multiple sources such as Black Metal, Soundtrack Composers, Aboriginal music, and classic Florida Death Metal, Markradonn is a 10 piece band that creates an epic and powerful sound that “if they don’t leave an imprint in your memory, they will certainly leave some blood in your eardrums.”-XRP Radio, (U.K.) In addition to…
BIG B JOINS THE DIRTY HEADS & THE EXPENDABLES FOR SUMMER TOUR
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Big B has been officially added to the The Dirty Heads upcoming Cabin By The Sea Tour with The Expendables, and will serve as support on the tour throughout June and July. Big B will be performing songs from his upcoming studio album Fool’s Gold, which is scheduled for a July 9th release through Suburban…
NUDE BEACH POST “I’M GIVING UP”
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After putting out their second full length LP, and touring extensively on their own and also with the likes of Roky Erickson last year, Brooklyn rockers Nude Beach are showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. Today they are announcing a brand new 7″ single for the Other Music Recording Co. label with…
HIEROGLYPHICS VIDEO “GUN FEVER”
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Indeed, social commentary has always been a critical aspect of The Hieroglyphics’ material, its members all having grown up in an era where early rap music was, as Tajai explains, “more reflective of an anti/countercultural point of view.” This is clearly evident in the “Gun Fever” video, the message of which Tajai acknowledges has become…
WIRE: ALTPRESS POSTS NEW THE UNCLUDED
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Alternative Press have premiered the new video by The Uncluded (Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson), “How To Catch A Frog.” The video is a collaborative effort with comic artist Travis Millard, and the instructional video documents how an individual should go about capturing an amphibian in detail, with their characteristically quirky charm intact. Watch that…
YOUNG BOYS VIDEO “HIGH TIDE”
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Black leather, shaky cameras, scrambled pictures and screeching guitars, Young Boys’ video for “High Tide” is an homage to the hallmarks of late 80s Public Access TV. Produced in conjunction with the team over at E.S.P. TV, “The ‘High Tide’ video souds though it was a performance recorded the morning before their debut at CBGBs,…
X-CHANGE & GOOD MONEY VIDEO & AUDIO FOR “NITELIFE”
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X-Change & Good Money are set to release their dynamic LP “Living the NITELIFE – Deluxe Version” this coming June. Their first single, “NITELIFE” is a bumping party track that puts the listener in the center of the biggest celebration on earth. Flashes of party cities litter the track with call-outs to Vegas and…
MARLEY’S BEVERAGE COMPANY AND SONICBIDS PRESENT “MARLEY’S MUSIC UPRISING”
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Marley’s Beverage Company, in partnership with Sonicbids, today launched “Marley’s Music Uprising”, a contest to discover the next great sound inspired by reggae and influenced by the legendary Bob Marley. “Our father’s music inspires people around the world,” said Grammy Award-Winning artist and producer Stephen Marley. “With ‘Uprising,’ we carry on his spirit to support…
STEVEN BAKUR READIES RELEASE OF NEW CD JUNE 18
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Decades of playing in New York City bands have seasoned Steven Bakur’s songs with an arresting mix of polish and grit. The Brooklyn native started performing locally in high school with a band called Sole Survivor. The band included Mark Bell (Marky Ramone of The Ramones) on drums, Kenny Aaranson (Joan Jett, Rolling Stone’s Bassist…
MUMFORD & SONS KICK OFF SIXTH SEASON OF ‘LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN’
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This July, the sixth season of the innovative music series Live from the Artists Den will premiere nationwide on public television with a riveting episode from Mumford & Sons, the 2013 Grammy ® winner for Album of the Year. The three time New York Emmy ®-nominated program creatively connects music fans with a remarkable line-up…
MREE TO DEBUT SOPHOMORE ALBUM IN AUGUST + “INTO THE WELL”
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Experimental folk songstress Mree announces the release of her 12 track sophomore album, Winterwell on August 6. Taking her original inspirations from Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens and Fionn Regan, Mree adds a dash of electronic music to her sophomore effort, highly evident on the first single “Into the Well” available to stream HERE. https://soundcloud.com/lydia-ei-pr/mree-into-the-well Currently…
WIRE: NICO VEGA FEATURE ON IGN
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Amazon’s “Rising Star of 2013” NICO VEGA have released a lyric video for their hit song “Beast” today over at IGN. The band talked about the recent success of the song, which was featured in the ad for the Bioshock Infinite video game. SKOPE IT HERE! The “Rising Los Angeles rockers,” as dubbed by Rolling…
WIRE: DECIBEL MAGAZINE PREMIERES “SPIRALING UNCERTAINTIES”
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Decibel Magazine are premiering the song “Spiraling Uncertainties” from Set and Setting. The track is the first off the St. Petersburg, FL band’s debut LP entitled Equanimity. The 7-plus minute opus is like riding a roller coaster, but be prepared to start off riding at blazing speeds with an unexpecting blast beat before…
WIRE: FLASHLIGHTS NEW SINGLE ON SPIN
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They’re called Flashlights, a rather spectacular band from decidedly un-spectacular Brevard County, Florida. They started as the solo acoustic project of twenty-four year old, singer/guitarist Terry Caudill in 2007, then added and subtracted members from various local punk outfits before settling on their current lineup: Tony Oriza on guitar, Will Powell on bass, and Melissa…
RICHARD OSBORNE “JUST LEAVE”
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UK singer-songwriter Richard Osborne delivers the official visual to “Just Leave”, taken from his sophomore E.P “Late Night Thoughts”, which was released back in January. “Just leave” was produced, mixed & mastered by Kris Flava. The video was directed by Adam Templeman & starring Actress/model Jade Wallis. To coincide with the release, fans can also…
NEW SINGLE BIZZY CROOK FEAT LOS
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On 5-21-2013, Bizzy will unveil his latest mixtape, “84,” a conceptually driven mixtape that chronicles Bizzy’s journey from music industry rookie, to realizing his dream of becoming the “Michael Jordan” of rap; “84 is the year MJ was drafted into the NBA. The beginning of his journey to becoming the greatest basketball player that ever…
WIRE: OLD MONK RELEASE NEW SINGLE “SEYMOUR”
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Brooklyn trio, Old Monk, have released the first in a series of 2013 singles, “Seymour”, today on Eenie Meenie Records – purchase here. You can stream the track via Prefix – repost here. Guitarist/vocalist Josh Carrafa met drummer Ian Burns while attending college in Colorado, bonding over a mutual love of music and performing together…
FIRST EVER VIDEO FROM BULLET TREATMENT
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The first ever video for BULLET TREATMENT has just premiered and it is for the title track of their new e.p. “Ex-Breathers”. Orange County, California’s Bullet Treatment is one of one punk rock’s most unique bands, featuring a revolving door membership with the only constant member being Chuck Dietrich. This version of the band also…
CREATIVE ADULT SHARE ‘BULLS IN THE YARD’ EP
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Creative Adult have shared their new ‘Bulls In The Yard’ EP HERE which comes out on Run For Cover Records next Tuesday, May 14. This album takes the band further down the vibing, manic path of their debut and wanders further into flourishes of contemplative effects — laden post punk. These four writhing…
JULIAN LENNON NEW VIDEO “LOOKIN’ 4 LUV”
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“Lookin 4 Luv” is a standout track from Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Julian Lennon’s new album Everything Changes. The pop ballad is an ode to searching for love in all the wrong places. Similar to lead single “Someday” featuring Steven Tyler, Julian takes the listener on a journey perfectly emoted by his understated vocal and soaring…
NEW VIDEO OUT NOW “AMANDA BYNES”
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Los Angeles based songwriter, producer and rapper Kidd Upstairs and his collaborator, San Diego hip-hop artist XO, are fully aware of how their new single and video, “Amanda Bynes,” could be construed by the media and the general public. The actress’ new appearance, alleged strange behavior, and notorious tweets and video posts now provide nearly…
WIRE: THE BLACK LILLIES PREMIERE NEW VIDEO “THE FALL”
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The Black Lillies are proud to premiere their new video for single “The Fall” on Entertainment Weekly. CMT’s The Pure Network will spotlight the bands new album “Runaway Freeway Blues” – which debuted in the Top 40 Billboard Country Chart and Top 20 Heatseekers chart – by adding “The Fall” to rotation beginning today, May…
IL VOLO ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN
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For the millions of U.S. fans who fell in love with the astonishing talent of IL VOLO following their show stopping PBS Special “Il Volo Takes Flight,” or as special guests of Barbra Streisand’s fall 2012 tour, the boys will return to North America for a series of 17 concerts. The Live Nation produced tour…
MARK MCGRATH MAKES GUEST APPREARANCE ON NBC’S THE OFFICE
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Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath guest stars on the NBC Emmy award winning hit series, The Office this Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at 9/8c. McGrath appears on the second-to-last episode. The series’ finale airs on May 16th. Watch for McGrath and Sugar Ray this summer as the band hits the road for their ‘90’s …
NEW VIDEO BY CAPADONNA
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The “Papi Wardrobe Kings” renaissance continues as he commingled with his Wu-Tang comrades on RZA’s “The Man With The Iron Fists” OST on the Wu-Tang Clan reunion track “Six Directions Of Boxing” and with his appearance on the Wu-Tang Clan & D-Block project “Wu-Block,” Wu-Tang Clan’s tenth official member just released his latest double-disc endeavor,…
WIRE: ELUVIUM NEW SINGLE ON PITCHFORK
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Pitchfork is running a premiere of “Happiness,” the gorgeous, sprawling finale of the stunning forthcoming Eluvium double-album, Nightmare Ending out May 14 via Temporary Residency Ltd.” Along with the stately piano melodies and masterful waves of warm noise that flow through the entire album, “Happiness” features an inspired vocal performance from Ira Kaplan of Yo…
ADVENT HORIZON DEBUT ALBUM POSTED ‘IMMURED’
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Salt Lake City’s up and coming hard rock band Advent Horizon have just released their debut album “Immured”. The album consisting of ten songs and one bonus track was produced and engineered by legendary engineer/producer Matt Winegar (Primus, Coheed and Cambria). The tone of the album has been compared to bands such as Tool, Radiohead,…
VON GREY TO RELEASE FIRST LIVE ALBUM
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LIVE AT CRIMINAL RECORDS 01.01.13, the first-ever live album from indie-alt-folk band von Grey, will receive its wide release on May 7. Recorded on New Year’s Day 2013 at the famed Atlanta independent record store, the album was originally released on vinyl for Record Store Day 2013 and the band played a special set at…
WIRE: JENNIFER LOPEZ FEAT PITBULL “LIVE IT UP” AUDIO
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The song of the Summer is here! Jennifer Lopez is back with her latest single “Live It Up” featuring Pitbull. Listen to it now and share on your sites using this SoundCloud player embed. https://soundcloud.com/officialjlo/jenniferlopezliveitup Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull were bringing a buzz to Fort Lauderdale beach Sunday, dancing and lip-syncing and just being their…
THE MOHAWK LODGE POST ALBUM ONLINE
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Today White Whale Records releases Damaged Goods, the fourth album from the Canadian indie rock group The Mohawk Lodge, fronted by Ryder Havdale. The album release accompanies an already in-progress nationwide tour across the US that includes 30 plus dates, part of over 150 shows the group will play this year. Currently playing shows on…
WIRE: A IS FOR ALPINE VIDEO ON NPR
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A Is For Alpine, the debut album from lauded Australian band Alpine, will be released stateside May 21 on Votiv. The new release, which was recently chosen as iTunes’ Australian Alternative Album of the Year, receiving early critical praise from KCRW, with Pitchfork calling it an “unforgettably light and charismatic gem.” The latest video for…
AUSTIN MAHONE JOINS THE RED TOUR WITH TAYLOR SWIFT
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Austin Mahone and Taylor Swift pose for pictures together backstage along with fellow tour mate, Ed Sheeran at Austin’s first date on Taylor’s RED tour. Austin joined the tour on May 4th in Detroit and will make stops in Dallas, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Foxboro and Chicago. Full list of tour dates: www.austinmahone.com/#events-section At just…
MATTHEW MAYFIELD POSTS “MILES & MILES” TO YOUTUBE
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Matthew Mayfield will release Irons In The Fire, an eight-track EP, on June 11. The collection features four brand-new songs, including the soul-piercing “Miles & Miles,” which can be heard now at http://youtu.be/oxOvepM-Zts The EP also includes an acoustic-and-strings take on “Miles & Miles,” remastered versions of “Fire Escape” and “Tonight,” which Mayfield penned with…
WIRE: MTV FOOD SCHOOL SEEKS AMATEUR COOKS
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For the first time ever MTV and Doron Ofir Casting are seeking aspiring chefs to fulfill a lifelong dream in the culinary arts that will lead to the job of a lifetime and launch a career of epic proportions. We are seeking amateur chefs, bakers and cooking enthusiasts of all kinds (who are at least…
KRIS WARREN “BLOW UP” VIDEO ON ROKU/Q3030
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Having already secured placements on premier websites including Allhiphop.com, Thisis50.com and WorldstarHipHop.com, ‘Blow Up’ from Chicago music artist Kris Warren is now available to view on digital TV platform, Roku. Reaching users around the world, the placement of ‘Blow Up’ coincides with the launch of the Q3030 channel to over 5 million digital customers. Keen…
NYC ARTIST STEVEN BAKUR ‘SOONER THAN LATER’ TO BE RELEASED JUNE 18TH
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Decades of playing in New York City bands have seasoned Steven Bakur’s songs with an arresting mix of polish and grit. The Brooklyn native started performing locally in high school with a band called Sole Survivor. The band included Mark Bell (Marky Ramone of The Ramones) on drums, Kenny Aaranson (Joan Jett, Rolling Stone’s Bassist…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO FROM HANDS ON NOISEY
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Noisey has premiered the official video for “Brave Motion” from Hands debut full-length Synesthesia out now on Kill Rock Stars. The video was directed and animated by Johnny Woods with layout and additional rigging by Ricky Calvit Jonsson Jr. Noisey said, “There’s an unfiltered sense of kinetic energy that grounds “Brave Motion,” (and the other…
SHOUT OUT LOUDS DEBUT PRINS THOMAS REMIX OF “ILLUSIONS”
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To celebrate the start of their North American tour dates, Shout Out Louds and Merge Records have released the Prins Thomas Diskomiks remix of their infectious single “Illusions”. The cross continent tour kicks off tonight in Washington, DC at 9:30 Club, and sees the Swedish five piece visiting Canada and the United States west coast…
