DJ and visual artist, Slava shares his new video, “Werk”. The video sees Slava working the mundane office life, but soon the plain office is turned into a virtual reality with vogueing cyborgs plus more. Dive into Slava’s virtual playground. http://youtu.be/EgTekW_Q99Y
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WIRE: NEW VIDEO BY THE DAREDEVIL CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
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Eau Claire, WI natives The Daredevil Christopher Wright have partnered up with Consequence of Sound to premiere the video for their song “I & Thou” off their critically-acclaimed 2012 release, The Nature of Things. The video was directed by Grandson and Son and was shot at the Contemporary Zoological Conservatory in Toronto. Of…
WIRE: GENTLEMAN REG PREMIERES VIDEO AT OUT.COM
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Gentleman Reg has premiered the first video off his latest LP, Leisure Life, for the song, “Waiting Around For Gold”, today via OUT.com. Directed by Jeff Scheven (TV On The Radio/Death From Above 1979), the sleek and sultry video features Reg Vermue and keyboardist/vocalist Kelly McMichael in a fantastical world of gold painted rocks and…
TOTO TO STAGE EXTENSIVE 35TH ANNIVERSARY EUROPEAN ARENA TOUR
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Toto has announced an extensive European tour that will hit 29 venues beginning May 30 in Brussels, Belgium. Countries on the itinerary include Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy. Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, where the tour will wrap in Helsinki on July 6 at Icehall. In the months ahead in…
GOOMBA MUSIC SIGNS ROCK BAND PISTOL DAY PARADE
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Independent label Goomba Music has signed Detroit-based rock band Pistol Day Parade. One of the brightest rising stars in the Midwestern rock scene, the quintet features Dave Fuller (vocals), Rob Banks (guitar), Steve “Guido” Johnson (guitar), Jason Lollio (bass) and Jason Hartless (drums). Goomba Music President Gregory Wier offers, “Pistol Day Parade is…
NEW VIDEO BOBBY CAPRI FEAT SEAN PRICE
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Bobby Capri takes a trip from VA to Brooklyn and links with Sean Price for the visuals to his hit single “Tunnel Vision” produced by J-Mac. Music video directed by The Magnificent Minds Academy. This week, Tunnel Vision was featured on DJ Kay Slay, Statik Selektah, & DJ Clark Kent’s radio shows. …
WIRE: TELEKINESIS STREAMING ALBUM AT NPR
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Telekinesis is both a band and a person. Michael Benjamin Lerner, now a wizened 26-year-old, wrote the 12 songs that comprise Dormarion in early 2012-half at his home in West Seattle and half at his family’s house in the San Juan Islands-with the original intention of recording the album completely on his own. Instead, he…
WHO WANTS TO PLAY ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL IN CHICAGO?
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Emerging and undiscovered talent in the electronic dance music scene will have the opportunity to take the stage at the inaugural Electric Daisy Carnival, Chicago, taking place May 24, 25 and 26, 2013, as a part of Insomniac’s Discovery Project. The competition will present several artists with the chance to perform at EDC Chicago alongside…
ZILLA ROCCA & THE SHADOWBOXERS ‘WEAK STOMACH’ EP
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Three years under the curtain. Dust on the trench coat. Stomach empty. Diner windows daring you to come in and eat. After hours spots whispered in a bottle, hummed under dimly lit corners where the tables are empty. In Philadelphia, where there are no limits, no rules. Anything can go on. This is the world…
NORA JANE STRUTHERS IN CAMBRIDGE, MA APRIL 21
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Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line are proving to be a rather urbane mélange within the present-day explosion of Americana. With the coming April 16th release of Nora Jane’s sophomore effort, Carnival, Nora Jane and The Party Line come into the Boston area ready to bring an exuberant live trip through their present-day Americana…
ATOMS FOR PEACE U.S. TOUR DATES
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Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco collectively known as Atoms For Peace have announced the first dates of a U.S. tour this fall. The shows follow in the wake of the band’s new album AMOK (XL Recordings) entering the U.S. chart at #2 and are its first since the 2009-2010 debut…
WIRE: FREE ALBUM BY MAN BITES DOG RECORDS
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Man Bites Dog Records has been on a tear over the past couple years, with recent albums from MHz Legacy, Stu Bangas & Vanderslice, Copywrite, Vast Aire, and more. And with a busy year still ahead, including upcoming releases from Eddie B & Harry Fraud, Illogic & Blockhead, Roc Marciano, and others, label founder R.M.L.…
ELEW FEATURED ON LIL WAYNE’S NEW ALBUM
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One of the biggest names in all of popular music has enlisted ELEW to help him commence one of the most important albums of his career shows just how far the pianist has come in the mainstream world. Quite simply, it is the culmination of everything that began building on the day that Rockjazz was…
INC. NEW VIDEO “BLACK WINGS”
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Filmed in Los Angeles, brothers Andrew and Daniel Aged and band spent a day on a ranch by their house where they played guitars, swung chains and dolls, pet dogs, and lit things on fire. http://youtu.be/zmVdK_PM3dc “black wings” is from their recently released album no world which Fader described as “fundamentally beautiful, certainly hummable, but…
ADAIR LION NEW VIDEO “ANOTHER PART OF ME”
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Adair Lion returns with another OUTSTANDING music video! Adair Lion’s new music video “ANOTHER PART OF ME” is the third release off of his highly anticipated album Michael & ME. The sample clearance was worth the wait. http://youtu.be/hFyn3BSfE8M www.adairlion.com
WIRE: SEBASTIAN BACH’S VIDEO FOR “18 & LIFE”
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Sebastian Bach fans worldwide can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of the video for “18 & Life,” taken from the forthcoming CD/DVD package ABachalypse Now; the set is due out tomorrow in North America via Frontiers Records. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/sebastian-bach-video-premiere-2013
HUNTER HUNTED DATES FOR APRIL
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Los Angeles’ Hunter Hunted are excited to announce a run of tour dates this Spring with Fitz and the Tantrums. The band has been playing a month-long residency presented by LA’s KROQ at the Bootleg Theater, which concludes this Monday, March 25. The following week, they head to the East coast to headline NYC’s Mercury…
MARYANN NEW VIDEO “MORE THAN LOVER FRIENDS” FEAT CHUUWEE
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Maryann, Northern California’s freshest female vocalist, is hitting the scene hard in 2013. With a sound reminiscent of 90’s R&B stars such as Aaliyah or Janet Jackson, she draws on these influences, yet has a voice and style all her own. Growing up around all genres of music, Maryann has channeled that exposure into a…
JAPHIA LIFE POSTS “FREESTYLE NO. 1”
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The newest rap phenom out of Philly, Japhia Life drops off an unconventional and impromptu new joint to please rabid fans entitled “Freestyle No.1”, produced by up and coming hit maker J!Rodgers. If this is any indication of what’s in store, It’s no surprise that he’s already being embraced by hip hop legends as the…
G2 POSTS “PICK YOU UP” VIA YOUTUBE
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Pick You Up was written when G2 was resentful as hell about an ex girlfriend leaving him for no apparent reason. Somehow, the rage that was coming out of him turned into this dirty dirty sex song. The kind that makes music out of make up sex after one of those awful fights, where you…
CHARMING BAKER’S “LIE DOWN I THINK I LOVE YOU”
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It is remarkable that after only seven years of exhibiting his work to the public, Baker has achieved worldwide recognition. In 2010 with the backing of Magnarella he had a sell-out show in New York and received a similarly avid reception in London the following year. In 2012 he was chosen to participate in the…
PITBULL AND KE$HA ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR
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International music sensations Pitbull and Ke$ha announce they will share the stage for a North American Summer tour. Pitbull and Ke$ha, known for their top charting hits and explosive live performances, will join forces beginning on May 23rd in Boston at the Comcast Center with dates confirmed through June 28th in Tampa, Florida at…
LBO NEW SINGLE “LOOK ALIVE”
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At just 18 years-old, Long Island native LBO is making a name for himself as a rising young lyricist who’s wise beyond his years. As an avid beat-boxer, LBO composed his first song at the age of ten, citing his lyrics as an ‘emotional outlet that was incomparable to the sensation of anything else.’…
WIRE: NEW KYLE RAPPS VIDEO ON VICE/NOISEY
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Harlem emcee Kyle Rapps is bringing low budget multimedia visuals to a new level of griminess and fun factor. The quirky green screen-meets-photoshop platform portrayed in his videos is both artistic and hilarious, and is a welcomed departure from the fashionista and weedporn swag that the new New York scene is becoming known for. …
LIMITLESS HORIZON RECORDS SIGNS FIRST BAND
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Upstart label Limitless Horizon Records is excited to announce their first official signing in Montreal’s The Fading Horizon. The band is a three piece rock band from Montreal that has been together for about four years. Arunen and Daven started playing together before deciding to form a band with Josh. Their name, The Fading Horizon,…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO FROM DROP CITY YACHT FEAT JEREMIH
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Drop City Yacht Club got a song with Jeremih called “Crickets” which is blowing up at radio (the song is literally the most added debut for a new artist in a year). “Crickets” is going to be the iTunes Single Of The Week starting next week so fans will be able to get a free…
KAKI KING CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY + “GLOW” VIDEO
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It has been 10 years since Kaki King released her first album, Everybody Love You, and she is proudly celebrating this milestone with four shows during which she will perform the album in its entirety, front to back. The “10th Anniversary Celebration/ Extravaganza/Retrospective” begins on April 24 in Boston, MA, at the Brighton Music Hall,”…
NEW VIDEO FROM BRITISH EMCEE PROBZ
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British emcee Probz has delivered visuals for his new single “No Mercy”, featuring fellow UK artist Marger. “No Mercy” is taken from Probz upcoming EP entitled “Just Passin Fru”. From East London, Probz is no stranger to the scene, he has been making music for a few years, and has previously featured on the legendary…
WIRE: A&R TURNS RAPPER
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Brooklyn born MC, VonJeff, is finally ready to introduce himself to the music industry and the world. Raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Vaughn Jefferson’s musical talents were innate. Surrounded by the constant melodies of Hip-Hop greats like Big Daddy Kane, Notorious BIG and Jay Z, VonJeff always had a fascination with music the rhythm…
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DISBAND
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My Chemical Romance announced today that they are disbanding. A message from the band posted on www.mychemicalromance.com states: “Being in this band for the past 12 years has been a true blessing. We’ve gotten to go places we never knew we would. We’ve been able to see and experience things we never imagined possible.…
WIRE: MARK OLIVER ON “WTF” PODCAST
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EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett aka E stopped by Marc Maron’s hugely popular and entertaining podcast WTF recently where E performed “True Original” and the two engaged in a lengthy, intimate conversation about life, love, music, messed-up parents, and who E has dressed up as twice for Halloween. Listen to it here: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_371_-_e_of_eels
A HERO A FAKE ANNOUNCE HEADLINING SPRING TOUR
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Charlotte, North Carolina’s A HERO A FAKE have announced they will begin a headlining tour on April 18th in Lemoyne, PA. Support will come from ONWARD TO OLYMPAS and a special guest. The tour is presented by PUREVOLUME and will travel through seventeen cities along the East coast. http://www.victoryrecords.com/tours/artist/aheroafake
ARTOFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “BLACK BIRDS”
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AO’s latest video, a very cool animated clip for their song “Black Birds” off of their “Vitamins & Minerals” album. The band is currently in the studio and aiming for an early summer release for their next project. Black Birds (Directed by Tom Jackson at RamJam): http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=G9PyHUXf8uM www.artofficialmusic.net
CHARLI XCX SETS US HEADLINE TOUR
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IAMSOUND recording artist Charli XCX has announced a series of high profile headline dates, all in celebration of her hugely anticipated debut album. “TRUE ROMANCE” — which includes the hit singles, “You’re The One” and “You (Ha Ha Ha)” — arrives in stores and at all digital retailers on April 16th and can be pre-ordered…
INTHEMIX.COM IS NOW IN THE USA
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As Electronic Dance Music continues its all out assault on America, the world’s largest EDM community, inthemix.com, is launching in the US. The launch of inthemix is timed to coincide with the massive Ultra Music Festival in Miami, which has established a global media partnership with inthemix. “Being able to work with inthemix is…
TEA LEAF GREEN’S NEW ALBUM
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San Francisco’s Tea Leaf Green return with their most personal collection yet of brawny but hooky classic rock ’n’ roll. In the Wake, out May 14, 2013 on Greenhouse Records, distributed by Thirty Tigers, will be followed by a national tour of major U.S. cities. After suffering personal tragedy and bonding together creatively –…
MARCIN DYLLA AND LAZHAR CHEROUANA TO PLAY D’ADDARIO PERFORMANCE SERIES
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It’s with great excitement that we announce the lineup for the continuation of the D’Addario Performance Series. Lazhar Cherouana, will join the venerable Marcin Dylla on the evening of April 11th at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Marcin Dylla has been called by the Washington Post, “among the most gifted guitarist on the planet,”…
WALE ANNOUNCES HIS HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM
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On June 25, 2013, GRAMMY-nominated and award winning artist, Wale, will release his highly anticipated new album, “THE GIFTED”. Leading off Wale’s third solo album is “BAD” featuring Tiara Thomas now available on iTunes. While the lyrical video garnered over 6 million views, the official visual for “BAD,” directed by Alexandre Moors, premiered March…
INNOCENT? POST VIDEO FOR “TIME FOR CHANGE”
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Brooklyn’s T.H.E.M. Recordings unveil their latest signee Innocent?, who kicks off the album campaign for his forthcoming Love It Or Hate It LP, with the visuals for the Roc Marciano assisted single “Time For Change.” Production for the single is supplied by France’s Alterbeats crew who blend triumphant horn stabs and hard drums alongside DJ…
WIRE: ACEYALONE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
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Aceyalone, the legendary emcee and founding member of seminal rap groups Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku D’Etat and Project Blowed, has announced the follow-up to 2009’s Aceyalone & The Lonely Ones, titled Leanin’ on Slick, set to drop May 28 on Decon. Since his formative days of battling at the Good Life Cafe circa 1989, Aceyalone is…
