Category: NEWS

The Wild Feathers have announced the release of their self-titled debut album, due out August 6, 2013 on Warner Bros Records. Their single “The Ceiling” is quickly climbing the AAA radio chart and building strong relationships with an audience across the country. Watch the video for the track here: http://youtu.be/tPkGcKckjao. The Wild Feathers are a…

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As a special thanks to his fans for their ongoing support, LA-based American/Dutch DJ & producer Justin Michael is giving away the official unreleased version of his 2010 Ultra Records remix, Kaskade — All That You Give (Justin Michael & Kemal Late Night Mix), for free download. https://soundcloud.com/djjustinmichael/kaskade-all-that-you-give “The ‘Late Night Mix’ was the first…

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Bosnian Rainbows has unveiled the video for their single “Turtle Neck”, on RollingStone.com. The video, which was assembled and directed by guitarist/founder Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, is dizzying and surreal, a stop-motion visual journey that follows Rodriguez-Lopez, Teri Gender Bender, Deantoni Parks and Nikki Kasper as they circle the world. SKOPE IT HERE!

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Roadrunner Records group Heartist have released a new lyric video for “Heart of Gold” which is featured on their debut EP, Nothing You Didn’t Deserve. The clip is available to stream below. Since 2011, the members of Orange County, California’s Heartist–vocalist Bryce Beckley, bassist Evan Ranallo, guitarists Jonathan Gaytan and Tim Koch and drummer Matt…

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Experimental indie pop quartet PRETTY & NICE will release their third full-length Golden Rules for Golden People on April 30, 2013 via Rory Records (Max Bemis’ imprint on Equal Vision Records). “We put a lot of positive energy into this batch of songs,” explains vocalist/guitarist Holden Lewis. “Most of them started on an acoustic guitar…

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Drowning Pool have announced their summer touring plans. The Resilience Tour starts May 24th in St. Petersburg, FL. Joining the band on these dates will be Eye Empire. Along with the headlining dates, the band has announced a partnership with the USO that will have the band playing a series of shows in Europe for…

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Dub-T and his original song ‘Life of The Party’ helped him win the best independent Artist at the Industry Insiders Music Summit awarded by a panel of major label A&R’s. ‘Life of The Party’ is getting rotation in the Clubs by DJ’s from South Florida, Tampa, and Orlando. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7I3HYpSKnE www.facebook.com/dubtfanpage

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2013 marks the unveiling of a new non-profit John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, which was made possible by the generosity and support of Yoko Ono Lennon. The bus is dedicated to providing the young people of Europe with free hands-on opportunities to produce original music, video, photo, game app and broadcast projects within the bus’s…

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Fresh out of the desert for their Coachella debut, WILD NOTHING return with Empty Estate, the follow-up EP to the critically acclaimed “Nocturne”, which received several year-end accolades including album of the year in Under The Radar and iTunes. The 7-song EP was recorded in Brooklyn at Gary’s Electric by Al Carlson in January and…

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This latest track “Hum”   is the second in a series of premieres for the EP that The Kickdrums have teamed up with Consequence of Sound for. “Hum” is the first track that Fitts wrote after finishing up the writing of   his upcoming sophomore full length album, due out later this year. Having used…

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Multi-Instrumentalist artist David G Cortes is delighted to announce the release of his debut EP ‘Time Away’ which includes the first 5 songs from the 20 song catalog he wrote in the last four years while being away from his family, love ones and friends. Available on ITunes http://t.co/YwmFXexM7k All music and vocals were recorded…

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Just announced on bobdylan.com, the AmericanaramA Festival of Music will feature performances by Bob Dylan and His Band , Wilco and My Morning Jacket, as well as Ryan Bingham, the Richard Thompson Electric Trio and more on select dates.     The AmericanaramA Festival of Music will begin June 26 at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West…

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On November 9, 2010, Styx brought two of their most revered albums, 1977’s The Grand Illusion and 1978’s Pieces Of Eight to the stage at the historic Orpheum Theater in Memphis, Tennessee. Eagle Rock Entertainment will release this concert, The Grand Illusion/Pieces Of Eight Live, as a 2CD set on May 7, 2013. [MSRP 15.98]…

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The first single from Dragon Fli Empire’s upcoming album “Mission Statement” is now available! “The Daily News Pt. 2” is a sequel to “The Daily News” from Sadat X’s 2005 album “Experience & Education”. DFE’s ‘Mission Statement” will be releasing in the Summer of 2013. It will be the fourth album from the Calgary (Canada)…

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If first impressions are the most important, then indie rock quintet, The Racer, is golden. The opening track of their upcoming album, Passengers, “Impact,” is a soaring, hard-hitting beginning to not only the album, but the story that it tells. “Impact” is the collision that starts everything – the concept of the album centers around…

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Victoria, BC quintet Aidan Knight announced their U.S. debut, Small Reveal, will be released in stores July 23 via Outside Music and have premiered a new live-in-studio video for the single, “A Mirror” via American Songwriter. The album, Aidan Knight’s second, was originally released in their native Canada last fall, and garnered glowing reviews across…

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Anyone who’s paid attention to his recent output knows that Willie Nile is currently in the midst of a creative renaissance that’s produced some of the most compelling music of his 35-year career. The tradition continues with his forthcoming American Ride, due out June 25, 2013 on Loud & Proud Records, where Nile becomes the…

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Baadman is at the forefront of a young generation of gifted French producers on the verge of a breakthru. Raised in Caen, like BeatauCue and Superpoze, he rapidly gained notoriety by playing some big name festivals in the West of France and producing extraordinarily mature and accomplished music. As further proof, the first remix he…

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Death, murder and ghosts have long been underlying threads coursing through Vandaveer’s original songs, but instead of weaving their own shadowy tales into their latest studio effort, Oh, Willie, Please…, the DC-by-way-of-Kentucky alt-folk collective have tapped into the wellspring of traditional folk’s darker side. http://www.relix.com/news/2013/04/24/relix-com-premieres-new-album-by-vandaveer

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They have just the one track and a month’s worth of internet presence, although ‘On New Years Eve’ has already been described as “one of the finest new tracks of 2013 thus far” by Crack In The Road, This Is Fake DIY agreeing and stating “There hasn’t been a more outstanding debut track so far…

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Compiled from over 400 interviews conducted by respected music journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, LOUDER THAN HELL: The Definitive Oral History of Metal (It Books; May 14, 2013; Hardcover; $32.50) is a chronological history of heavy metal, told through the words of the men and women who created it, played it, re-invented it, and…

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Wilson grew up in Austin, Texas surrounded with music. Early on it was the rock ‘n’ roll off his parent’s turntable-The Band, Dr. John, and Professor Longhair, until his music rapport grew as he grew. His pop education came thanks to older kids on his block, where he accumulated cassettes of Ten and Core and…

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After a brief hiatus, 18-year-old Noble is back with the first single off his upcoming EP “GREENE”.”Cursed” is a first look at the ways in which Noble has reinvented his sound in the past year. This electro-hip-hop anthem was inspired by Noble’s brief encounters with a carefree European party girl.   A sonic departure from…

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Critically-acclaimed veteran New York singer/songwriter Willie Nile has signed to Loud & Proud Records, marking the first signing for the label under its new distribution deal with RED.   Nile’s brand new album, American Ride, will be released on Loud & Proud Records in North America on June 25th.   Of the label’s inaugural signing…

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The buzz continues to grow for Denver band Churchill as A&M/Octone releases a 4-song EP, The War Within digitally today in anticipation of their new self-titled album this July, produced by Grammy award winner Brendan O’Brien and Joe Richmond from Churchill.   The EP features the band’s current hit song “Change,” the new single “The…

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Carpark is extremely pleased to announce that Speedy Ortiz has signed to the label and will be issuing their debut full-length, Major Arcana, on July 9. Formed in early 2012, the Northampton four-piece originally started off as the bedroom recording project of Sadie Dupuis (ex-Quilty) but quickly blossomed into one of the Boston DIY scene’s…

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Melbourne’s finest genre-busting, multi-platinum collective The Cat Empire have announced their biggest world tour to date, which will see them play almost 70 shows across three continents, including nine U.S. dates, in celebration of the release of their fifth studio album Steal The Light. “Brighter Than Gold” video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM_rIaUm7ac Over the course of a…

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Dublin Records new rising R&B star Joey Ray and his debut single “Like That” which just dropped.   We’ve given you the full service pack for the record and also the official music video below to help give you a visual and really paint the picture.   This is a real sexy record that the…

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Today, Lower is pleased to announce their debut North American tour with their comrades, Iceage. The tour will have a limited 7″ featuring both Iceage & Lower interperations of each others songs. If you can’t make out to their tour & snatch the 7″, then check out a desperate & menacing new single entitled, “Another…

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Melbourne’s Big Scary release Luck Now – the first official single from the forthcoming sophomore record Not Art. Premiering via Interview Magazine, Luck Now follows the teaser track Phil Collins, released earlier this year. Luck Now see’s the duo of Tom Iansek (vox, guitar, piano) and Jo Syme (drums, backing vox) return with their understated…

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After eight years of one off sets on the White Isle, artist and label boss Claude VonStroke brings his dirtybird imprint to Sankeys Ibiza for a summer long residency. Kick starting on 27th June 2013, the dirtybird gang will descend upon the island every Thursday for twelve weeks, showcasing their unique brand of unpretentious, fun…

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Scotland’s Tango In The Attic presents the official video for “Sellotape” off their upcoming Crushed Up EP. Crushed Up takes cues from their 2012 LP Sellotape, both showcasing the band’s ability to engage in barrages of sloppy, dance-infused garage pop. Taking things a step further, Crushed Up entrenches the listener in waves of fuzzy, reverb-saturated…

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Good coffee, cold weather, friends, family, trials, and tribulations. For some, these are the ins-and-out of everyday life. But for Yellow Red Sparks, this daily make-up holds the inspiration for their craft. The California based indie-folk trio possess a staggering ability to take seemingly normal circumstances, rewrite them with an uninhibited honesty and wistful beauty,…

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Multi-platinum producer, Jeremy ‘J Remy’ Skaller has signed a co-publishing and administration deal with Primary Wave Music, one of the largest independent music publishing, marketing and talent management companies in the US. Currently, Skaller has three charting singles on the radio, which he produced, including Jay Sean’s new hit “Where You Are”, DJ Pauly D’s…

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Stone Candles completes an arc for Pressed And in their aim for balance in composition. Across the the band’s three releases, that aspiration is often illustrated by instrumentation. Stone Candles builds off of the band’s previous releases and introduces a new and more confident landscape in deploying the sound of guitars and keys, legible in…

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Chicago alt-rock band, Makeshift Prodigy, has released an acoustic video for lead track, “Chasing Daylight,” off their recently released EP, Illuminate. The band talked about the video saying “this video is a unique look into an acoustic in studio performance of the track.” Video Link: http://youtu.be/zRVPnTBxET4 www.makeshiftprodigy.com

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New York native MC Zak Downtown delivers a monster remix to “Higher Ground” by producer duo TNGHT. With a featured verse from Murda Mook (Ruff Ryders), this record has been making noise in New York Clubs. First premiering on the SiriusXM Shade 45 Morning Show in January, Zak Downtown is finally releasing the track to…

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The U.S. will have to wait a few more weeks for Vancouver quintet, The Belle Game’s debut full-length album, Ritual Tradition Habit, now scheduled for May 14 via Boompa, But in the mean time the band has made available the album track, “Blame Fiction”, for free download via Rolling Stone – repost here. Ritual Tradition…

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Comprised of six billowing tracks that combine psychedelic rock with dissonant pop tones, SWIMM’s Feel EP is out TODAY and is free to embed and download via SoundCloud. https://soundcloud.com/swimmmusic/sets/feels-ep   One half of the SWIMM duo Chris Hess told Nylon, “We just write what we like. We get more inspired by venturing out of our…

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Golightly Media, in conjunction with Mr 305 INC, are extremely excited to announce the arrival of MC, Jamie Drastik’s forthcoming single, “Chasing Shadows,” featuring Pitbull and Havana Brown. Hailing from upstate New York, Jamie Drastik has quickly gained notoriety in the pop and hip hop scene by collaborating with an extensive repertoire of noteworthy artists…

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