Producer/Composer Varien has released his latest single, “Metalworks,” inspired by apocalyptic visions of futuristic industrial robot factories. The single along with a Trap remix from fellow Floridian uAnimals is out now and already shaking things up, debuting at #5 Release on Beatport Breaks Charts! https://soundcloud.com/fixt/varien-metalworks
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LITTLE LONELY DEBUT OUT JUNE 25
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Missouri-born, Los Angeles-bred storyteller, Little Lonely (www.littlelonely.com), aka Julie Cain, announced today that her eponymous folk-Americana full-length debut will be available on June 25, 2013 on CD and via digital download. A record release show and tour dates will be announced shortly. Produced by multi-instrumentalist, Sean Hoffman (American Music Club, Loch&Key, Linda Perhacs)…
DEAF HAVANA JOINS RAZOR & TIE + “BOSTON SQUARE”
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Razor & Tie announces the addition of the English alt-rock band Deaf Havana to its North American label roster. The band recently completed work on their forthcoming new studio album, Old Souls, which will be released on September 17th on Razor & Tie in North America and on September 16th on BMG Chrysalis in…
OVERVIEW VIDEO OF NEW MYSPACE SITE
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There is and always has been one thing Myspace does very well, and that is music. Music and creativity are the lifeblood of Myspace and has certainly been the driving force behind the new design. This May they take their rightful position center stage in that lane, espousing artist with the tools of empowerment with…
HEAVEN & EARTH RELEASE FONDA SHOW RECAP CLIP
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Heaven & Earth have just released a video recap from their packed record release party at the Fonda in Hollywood. The clip features footage of the band’s electric performance that night, as well as a quick peek into the night’s festivities. The clip can be seen here. Fonda show recap: http://youtu.be/25wxyScc9Gc Loudwire.com described the performance…
BOOMPHONES: TRAVEL WITH YOUR TUNES
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From the taxi to the airplane to your vacation destination of choice, Boomphones are the must have travel item this Summer. Whether you’re headed to the beach, the camp site, or touring a new city let Boomphones play the soundtrack to your vacation every step of the way. Once you take off, let Boomphones handle…
TONA NEW VIDEO “WEED & ALCOHOL”
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TONA will be releasing his debut project, Silverspring Crescent, which is produced in its entirety by Rich Kidd. “Silverspring Crescent is actually the name of a street in the borough (Scarborough) where I am from (Toronto) so I named the LP that to show the world exactly who I am and where I come from”…
JOHN FOGERTY TO PERFORM SPECIAL LIVE BROADCAST ON AXS TV
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To mark the Tuesday, May 28 release of his much-anticipated new album WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE, JOHN FOGERTY will perform a very special one night only album release and birthday bash concert on the same day at the El Rey in Los Angeles. May 28 also marks the birthday of the Grammy Award-winning Rock…
WIRE: SNOWDEN NEW VIDEO ON MTV.COM
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Today marks the release of Snowden’s long awaited and anticipated sophomore album, No One In Control, out on Serpents and Snakes. Main man Jordan Jeffares toiled for almost six years, pushing himself and his music ever closer to madness and that hermetic intensity can be heard in every facet of the finely etched record.…
HEARTIST UNLEASH NEW MUSIC VIDEO
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Roadrunner Records group Heartist have unleashed their new music video for “Where Did I Go Wrong?” which is featured on their debut EP, Nothing You Didn’t Deserve. 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 Marquez–have been crafting their explosive…
NEW VIDEO POSTED BY KLASSIK
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Milwaukee emcee/producer/musician Klassik presents the Xavier Ruffin-directed music video for “Forever Whatever”, the second single from his album In The Making. Two years after his father inspired him to pick up the saxophone, a young Klassik was being mentored by sax legend Berkley Fudge. By high school he was touring Europe as a professional jazz…
MARYANN NEW VIDEO “SLOW MOTION”
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Maryann drops another single from her upcoming Sophomore project title “Futuristic Always”. “Slow Motion” is an R&B style track based in the genre of Bedroom Trap, a new style derived from Producer N8 the Gr8 and Maryann’s unique sound. Maryann showcases an edgier side of her personality by putting a rap verse…
WIRE: SEAN ROWE NEW VIDEO
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Sean Rowe has just announced a series of North American live dates. He will be appearing as both a headliner, in support of Chicago ensemble The Handsome Family and by personal request of Wilco at their upcoming Solid Sound Festival. Rowe will be performing in support of his extraordinary new record The Salesman…
YALA MUSIC: FREE Do-IT YOURSELF PLAYFORM
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Yala Music goes from strength to strength. After creating Yala, the 1st streaming and download Arabic music service in the world, the company is now proud to announce the launch of “Yala Backstage”, a free direct-to-fan platform, especially designed to build, manage and monetize artists’ online presence on a revenue sharing basis. It’s called “Yala…
DEATH RAY VISION ALBUM OUT + AUDIO POST
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Current members of Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall and ex members of Overcast and Cannae have combined forces in the project DEATH RAY VISION. These veterans of the Boston metal scene play a raw brand of metallic hardcore that recaptures the energy of their old school hardcore roots infused with all they have learned and…
WIRE: RYAN POWER NEW SINGLE ON THE FADER
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Burlington, Vermont’s Ryan Power makes stunningly outré pop music imbued with strange funk and damaged soul. Ryan has been self-producing and releasing music since 2002 until I Don’t Want To Die, his fifth album overall and debut LP for NNA Tapes in 2012. On his earliest albums, his gift for song craftsmanship was apparent through…
WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY WHIRR
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Pitchfork has premiered Whirr’s new MP3 “Swoon” from the band’s forthcoming EP Around out July 9 on Graveface Records. Around will be available on CD, LP and cassette and is available for pre-order at the Graveface Records online store. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15438-whirr-swoon
WIRE: BIG EYES ALBUM ON SPIN
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Seattle, WA’s BIG EYES will release their sophomore record, Almost Famous, tomorrow on Grave Mistake Records on both LP and CD; the CD version will include the two songs from their 2012 7″ single “Back From the Moon” on Grave Mistake (track listing below). The LP will also see a European release on Taken…
WIRE: NEW OWEN SINGLE ON ROLLING STONE
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The songs Mike Kinsella writes as Owen have always had rock solid lyrical foundations. And on new album, L’Ami du Peuple, the same can be said for the music. Emphasis on the rock. Anyone vaguely familiar with Kinsella’s musical lineage (Cap’n Jazz, American Football, Owls) knows he’s far from a one-note musician. And now, he…
NEW VIDEO BY MC BRAVADO
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“Pretty Little Love Song” is the latest release from Cypher Junkies’ member MC Bravado. The song and accompanying video (shot, directed, and edited by Andrew Bryan of Fill in the Brand) give the listener a voyeuristic view of a particularly messy break-up’s aftermath. It’s a trip down memory lane that was probably best left unseen,…
WIRE: THE WELCH BOYS ‘BRING BACK THE FIGHT’ ON NEW ALBUM OUT IN JUNE
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Boston’s raucous punk rockers The Welch Boys are teaming up again with Sailor’s Grave Records to release their third studio album, Bring Back The Fight, on June 11th. The band is inviting fellow punk rockers to stream their new song, “Belly of the Beast,” now at PunkNews.org. Stream The Welch Boys’ track “Belly…
DADS JOIN 6131 RECORDS ROSTER
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6131 Records have announced the signing of New Jersey two-piece indie rock outfit DADS to their label roster. The band will be releasing their newest effort, an EP entitled Pretty Good, via the label this Summer and will embark as direct support on the upcoming full U.S. tour by Topshelf Records’ The World Is A…
WIRE: KYLE ANDREWS ON MTV BUZZWORTHY
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Brighter Than The Sun is a pulsating fun-inducing pop album. “Looking Up” is so funky you can’t help but bounce to the feel-good bass line. Laced with synth, dark dancefloor banger, “Crystal Ball” showcases Andrews’ more musically aggressive side. “The Way To Wonder” begins with light acoustic-guitar strumming and handclaps, quickly building up to an…
SUPERCHUNK VIDEO PROMO FOR ‘I HATE MUSIC’
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Superchunk will release I Hate Music, their tenth studio album, on August 20. The band has also announced tour dates throughout the late summer and fall. http://youtu.be/Q_QeV46nL1c After taking nearly a decade off following the release of Here’s to Shutting Up, Mac, Laura, Jon, and Jim decided to shout it out again in 2010 with…
WORDSMITH SIGNS 2 YEAR DEAL
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Wordsmith recently inked a 2 year agreement with the powerhouse distributor Ingrooves/Fontana for his label NU Revolution Entertainment LLC. The deal will give the label access to major label resources while keeping the creative control in house. Wordsmith had this to say about the deal, “Kicking my career off in 2007 & working towards either…
THE BRIO LIFE PUTS OUT DOCU FEAT DELICATE STEVE
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The Brio Life is a record label and music community dedicated to creating inspirational experiences through the fusion of visual and sonic art. Here is their most recent project entitled Paper Mirrors: A Documentary That Explores the Shared Languages Between Visuals and Music. It features Delicate Steve, an instrumental afro-rock band from New Jersey and…
WIRE: MARTHA JOHNSON EXCLAIM.CA VIDEO PREMIERE
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After thirty years and ten albums (three of which were co-produced with Daniel Lanois), Martha Johnson, most widely known as the lead singer of seminal Canadian art pop band Martha and the Muffins, has recorded her first ever solo album SOLO – ONE to be released June 26th, 2013. Exclaim.ca is currently premiering a new…
WIRE: STREAM AIRBOURNE’S NEW ALBUM ‘BLACK DOG BARKING’
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Australia’s Airbourne have premiered an exclusive stream of their new album Black Dog Barking, exclusively over at Revolver Magazine. The album, which will be released May 21st via Roadrunner Records, was produced by Brian Howes and features the lead single “Live It Up.” Hailing from Warrnambool, a small drinking town on the southwestern coast of…
LOADSTAR TO RELEASE ‘FUTURE PERFECT’
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Famed for one of the decade’s biggest tracks to date “Link To The Past,” this May, Loadstar have flipped the switch to link us to the future. Ram Records are proud to deliver their next explosive debut album: Loadstar’s Future Perfect. Since 2010, the duo previously known as Xample & Lomax have developed an…
CHI CITY VIDEO “EARLY MORNING DREAMS”
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Southside Chicago rapper Chi City presents the Kajmir Beats/Klay Dots-directed video to “Early Morning Dreams”, the Kajmir-produced single from his new album My Untold Story, featuring Kid Daytona and Ronnie Martini, as well as production from Dreamcatchers, Traksounds and more. With over nine underground tapes bearing his name – his last being 2011’s Who Is…
FLAG ANNOUNCE TOUR
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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…
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…
