Category: NEWS

Artist, composer and gay icon Jamie McDermott remains at the forefront of the LGBT movement and current progression of human rights around the world by going on the record with OUT today about how his UK-based chamber pop ensemble The Irrepressibles recently experienced sexual discrimination from Google, the parent company of You Tube. He speaks…

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POPwater is shaking up the beverage industry with the launch of the “FIRST TASTE 4-pack” today.   The company was started by a group of strange but endearing individuals from the POP culture community who wanted a healthier beverage that tasted great and wasn’t filled with artificial ingredients.   So that’s exactly what they did.…

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After a hugely successful first year, Cloud 9 Adventures today announces the second installment of Strings & Sol, the newest music destination event in the Cloud 9 family, which also includes Mayan Holidaze, Jam Cruise, Holy Ship! and Panic en la Playa. Strings & Sol – set on the white sand beaches of Puerto Morelos…

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After premiering the charming first single “I Lost Myself” via ELLE, the band is set to deliver their debut release via Wanderer Records on April 9, ahead of a massive 48 date North American tour… with more to follow. Listen to the entire album stream courtesy of Beats Per Minute. SKOPE IT HERE!

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Bands as emotive and enduring as Tunng don’t come around too often. Across their decade together, the group have honed their pastoral pop to perfection, winning over audiences and critics one rustic twang of guitar, icy electronic echo and sumptuous whisper of vocals at a time to become one of Britain’s most championed underground forces…

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Variety has tapped respected music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz as a contributing columnist. Lefsetz’s passionate and provocative observations on music, media and pop culture will be a regular feature in Variety’s newly re-launched weekly print edition and website. Lefsetz, an attorney and former head of Sanctuary Music America, has been writing “The Lefsetz Letter” commentaries…

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New Moss Records is thrilled to release “Raspberry,” a new track from Sun Angle off their upcoming debut album Diamond Junk, out May 7th. The track, which premiered via Paste, is available for posting HERE. Produced by Danny Seim from Menomena, Diamond Junk was recorded in a brief blip of space-time in a cabin lurking…

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The Life is Beautiful (L.I.B.) festival has announced Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th, 2013 as the dates of its first event. L.I.B hopes to attract thousands of people to enjoy live music performances, culinary demonstrations, art exhibitions and speaker forums in existing and temporary venues erected across more than 10 city blocks in…

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It’s a Brooklyn affair on this record featuring up and coming rapper Smith and veteran spitter Maffew Ragazino. A contrast of two generations, you’ll find the Brooklynites sharing similar stories through the exchange of smooth mafioso rhymes over a booming production from Woodrow Skillson of the Head Banga Muzik camp headed by Dot Da Genius.…

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Check out this short documentary of Diplo as he takes a aeronautical tour on a helicopter making stops in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, and New York city all in one night for his amazingly ambitious Trap Hawk Down tour.   This one comes out via Potato, the new electronic music network curated by Diplo, A-Trak…

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Singer-songwriter Candice Nelson, who recently released her debut single, Fallin, to over 7,000 people this past February, is bringing fans inside her world through the launch of http://MsCandiceNelson.com.     As anticipation builds for the release of her debut EP Fling, Candice will be journaling her experiences in the music industry, sharing her life as…

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Negative Reaction Records announces the self titled release of INFECTIOUS GARAGE DISEASE to CD and digital download on April 9, 2013. This release has never been available before on CD. http://youtu.be/YVBzOCsKle0 Like a middle finger shoved in your face with a punch to the gut for good measure, INFECTIOUS GARAGE DISEASE delivers some of the…

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Scranton raised, Philadelphia based punk rock outfit The Menzingers have announced plans to take their rousing live show on the road for a series of headlining dates with four-piece American rock band Fake Problems, fellow Philadelphia outfit Restorations, and Captain, We’re Sinking. The headlining tour is set to begin Friday, May 24 in Philadelphia, PA…

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The Veils have announced their return with their highly-anticipated fourth album, Time Stays, We Go. Recorded at Seedy Underbelly Studios in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, the album was produced by lead singer/songwriter Finn Andrews and Adam Greenspan (Divine Fits, Arcade Fire.) The band tempted seminal English producer Bill Price (The Clash, Jesus & Mary Chain)…

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Neal Casal has announced the release of a limited edition 7-inch single for Record Store Day 2013 featuring his rendition of The Grateful Dead’s “Mountains of the Moon.” The B-side is an instrumental acoustic guitar-based piece entitled “Grimes’ Surf Story.” Casal is accompanied on both tracks by his band-mate in the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and…

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Huntington Beach indie label No Sleep Records is proud to welcome Baltimore based rock band In Between to the label’s burgeoning, diverse roster.   The quintet has written and recorded new music, which is expected out later this year.   Formed in 2011, In Between released their debut EP, So Steady, on local Baltimore indie…

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Ernest Jenning Record Co. is thrilled to announce that Shannon Wright will release her new full-length album In Film Sound on May 7th, 2013. The album comes after thirteen years and seven LP’s as a solo artist, finding Wright returning with what could be her fiercest record to date. In celebration of the new release,…

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Continuing to develop their orchestral indie sound, You Knew uniquely combines upbeat, danceable indie rock and offbeat jazz elements a la Portishead that slowly build until they explode with sound, courtesy of the band’s symphonic size.   You Knew’s initial single “Dirty Summer” is “very much about the crisis at the intersection of youth and…

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Toronto quartet, DECADES, have premiered a for the song “In Sequins” via Interview Magazine – repost here – off their upcoming self-titled debut album, out April 30 on White Girl Records. Over the past two years the quartet have built up a buzz in their hometown and across Canada with their powerful live performances, supporting…

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After a SXSW that resulted in national coverage on NBC Rock Center, Fuse News, and Rolling Stone, Houndmouth have confirmed the June 4 release of their anticipated debut album, ‘From The Hills Below The City’ (Rough Trade). Already confirmed for the Newport Folk Festival, the group’s national headlining tour rolls into April, including shows for…

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Hailing from Boston, MA, LARCENIST is about to change everything you know about music. Self-described as “Doom Folk,” the group blissfully combines elements of folk, country, soul and rock, which goes above and beyond to create the perfect musical atmosphere. With stories of small town heroes, blue-collar ethics and the decay of industrious cities, Larcenist…

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Halle & The Jilt has partnered up with Artist Direct to premiere the new video for her first single, “Signs” off her upcoming release, Three Roads Home.   The video contains personal family footage that was taken by Halle’s father’s family over the course of 30 years.   “I had been considering ideas for a…

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British rockers Summers are set to tour North America. The first leg kicks off in North Carolina on April 26th, 2013. Summers Coming [to America] tour welcomes the release of their debut album 364. Summers debut album 364 evokes freedom and fearlessness. Bringing back real rock n’ roll that cleverly intertwines catchy hooks, sultry songwriting…

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Dubbed one of the 10 Los Angeles bands to know by Pigeons and Planes, the four-piece of rockers known as Great White Buffalo are favorably positioned to stir up the music scene in 2013 and beyond. Listen to their self-titled EP and you’ll understand why they’re ranked alongside the likes of indie favorites Father John…

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Independent hard rock powerhouse The Sammus Theory are ramping up for the release of their third official studio album, which takes on the mysterious name of “Entitled Anonymous”.   The album’s street date is slated for April 23rd and will feature the first single, “Numb”, due out April 1st. Produced by Evan Rodaniche and artwork…

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AMC released the first trailer for the upcoming 6th season of Mad Men. The trailer is soundtracked by Elle King’s “Playing For Keeps,” where these lyrics are heard: “It’s a lonely road, where the forgotten goes / where your misery finds its company / it’s a long way down to the sacred ground / where…

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Twelve Reasons To Die, a groundbreaking concept album conceived and created by Younge that follows Tony Starks (one of Ghostface’s alter egos), as a soldier for the 12 Delucas, a 1960’s-era Italian crime family. But when Starks leaves the family, an epic story unfolds like a vintage horror film with gangster elements. It’s a gritty…

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Johanna had navigated her way through every aspect of the music industry, and she had finally revealed herself as an artist worthy of acclaim. She would soon find herself crisscrossing the globe, including a world tour with The Cranberries, as well as performing at Autre Magazine’s (James Franco and Adarsha Benjamin’s publication) Paris launch. However,…

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Grammy-winning folk duo the Indigo Girls have announced that they’ll be joining fellow musician and activist Joan Baez for ten co-headlining shows in June. The joint performances, including dates at Ravinia, Central Park Summerstage and Tanglewood, will feature material spanning both artists’ vast catalogs.   The Indigo Girls will be performing these dates backed by…

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Papa Emeritus II and his Nameless Ghouls today revealed the music video for “Year Zero” the second visual offering from Ghost B.C. from their forthcoming sophomore psalm INFESTISSUMAM, due out on April 16, 2013 on Loma Vista Recordings. The NSFW video for “Year Zero” was directed by Amir Chamdin and is currently premiering at Stereogum…

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Metal Injection has premiered REIGN SUPREME’s music video for “Stuck Pig, Bled Dry”, which can be seen here. SKOPE IT HERE! Directed by Feet First Productions, the track comes from the band’s new EP ‘Sky Burial’ which is available in stores and online now through Mediaskare Records. The 7-track EP, which was produced by Will…

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Reebok is under fire today from 51,000 moms, young athletes, and members of UltraViolet for their spokesperson Rick Ross. In Ross’ new single, “UOENO,” he brags about drugging and raping a woman. Despite a clear reference, Ross denies the song is about rape, because he didn’t use the word “rape” and therefore it couldn’t have…

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Fresh off a European tour with label mates Beach House, and with his his much-anticipated debut Land Of CanAan due for release in May on Bella Union, MARQUES TOLIVER has just unveiled a very stylish black & white video for new single ‘Control’ which you can watch via the link below. http://youtu.be/K2cWdb6N4rg Land Of CanAan…

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Grammy-nominated Producer/DJ Morgan Page returns this week with the fourth single from his stellar studio album, In The Air.   “Carry Me” is an original release created in collaboration with renowned songwriter Nadia Ali.   This is the second time the two have worked together.   The first time Page and Ali partnered, the result…

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Roadrunner Records group Stone Sour have premiered their new music video for ‘Do Me A Favor,’ the first single off of their forthcoming release, House Of Gold & Bones Part 2, which arrives everywhere on April 9th.   The clip which was directed by Phil Mucci, is the first official music video to be released…

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Legendary Motown icon and Grammy ® award-winning songwriter, Smokey Robinson, has signed a record deal with Verve Music Group.   Robinson was signed to the label by its Chairman, David Foster, to release his 29th career LP, a special duets album, due out this coming fall.   The album will also be guided by highly…

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Phoenix, AZ rockers WHILE SHE WAITS are pleased to announce their new endorsement deal with Warwick/Framus Basses and Guitars. Framus guitars and Warwick basses have been used by many artists and bands like Metallica, Alice in Chains, Mastodon, TRAPT, Meshuggah, Devin Townsend and more. WHILE SHE WAITS has released an official statement about the endorsement.…

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Atoms For Peace has announced the creation of a new, dedicated YouTube channel, live as of today at http://www.youtube.com/atomsforpeacetv The launch of the channel features the premiere of a live version of “Default” as performed by Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge on March 14. The performance was one…

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Brooklyn indie quartet A Great Big Pile of Leaves are thrilled to announce a brand new full-length studio album, You’re Always On My Mind, set for release on July 2nf through a continued partnership with Topshelf Records.   The album serves as the follow up to their debut LP Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex?…

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Throw The Fight’s newest record “The Vault” (March 19) has hit Billboard! The record is #137 Top New Artist and #45 Alternative New Artist.   The band will be celebrating by hitting the road for two weeks with Three Years Hollow, a week with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and more dates and festivals to be announced.…

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