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The album’s first single, “The Living Dead”, is a dark and relentless track that will be launched with an original video directed and produced by Louis Martins and Poet102 Productions.   This collaborative duo from London’s visionary style encapsulates a bleak and dark world; a world where surrealism, fine art and abstract interpretation meet.  …

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Shark? is pleased to announce their new single due out on April 2 via Old Flame Records. The single is a limited edition cassette with an edit of forthcoming album track “California Grrls” backed with non-album track “Roadrunner Roadrunner” on the flip side. The band is currently putting the finishing touches on their new album…

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Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions, a music industry convention and talent showcase, will head back to Carlsbad, CA (June 6, 7 & 8) for the seventh time for Sunset Sessions ROCK. Sunset Sessions ROCK will take over the entire new luxurious Hilton Oceanfront Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, CA, showcasing some of the latest and greatest…

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Australian based Dancing Heals had made quite an impression on the U.S. audience over the past few months, and they are back at it again with a brand new single in tow. Just releasing the gorgeous track, “Always on My Mind,”the band proves to be a name to lookout for in 2013. Glowing reviews for…

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New West Records is proud to announce that Patty Griffin has released the first song from her soon-to-be-released new record, American Kid. “Ohio” is available for posting. Griffin wrote the song with additional music arrangement by Robert Plant, who sings harmonies on the track. The band is Luther and Cody Dickinson from North Mississippi Allstars…

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CBS Interactive’s award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by Xperiaâ„¢ Lounge, will feature country music’s sibling trio, The Band Perry, in a live webcast performance from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on CBS.com and VEVO, Monday, April 1 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT). The Band Perry will perform a…

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Even with an 8-year break between projects, OLEANDER never broke up, says bassist Doug Eldridge.     “We said, ‘Let’s sit back for a while and enjoy life.’”   That they did, and now they’re returning with their fourth album, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, due April 16 on RE_IGNITE Records via Kobalt Label Services.   The title…

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Multi Grammy winning, iconic singer-songwriter India.Arie has announced plans to release her long awaited, highly anticipated fifth studio album titled   SongVersation on June 25th (Soulbird/ Motown Records).   https://soundcloud.com/india-arie/cocoa-butter Produced by India.Arie & Grammy winning songwriter Shannon Sanders with additional production from singer-songwriter David Ryan Harris and songwriter Michael Ruff, the album was recorded…

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This brand new Pete Lee-directed music video from The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson) for their single “Delicate Cycle,” which premiered today on MTVu. The video features ‘perma-kitten’ cat superstar Lil Bub. Watch the video below: Watch The Uncluded “Delicate Cycle”on MTVu: http://www.mtvu.com/music/new-from-the-uncluded-delicate-cycle/ “Delicate Cycle” is the first official single from The Uncluded’s upcoming…

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Producer/hip-hop artist Thunderbird Gerard has announced that he will be releasing his debut free T.R.O.U.B.L.E EP May 6th.   A New Yorker by way of Berlin, Thunderbird Gerard has been cultivating his style for quite some time.   Upon leaving the US after his 20th birthday, Thunderbird Gerard made his way to England where he…

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5ive Star shows off his versatility with a sultry new Biggie-sampling record, “Caress 2 Undress” off of his upcoming mixtape I AM 5IVE STAR dropping April 6th! AUDIO: 5ive Star – Caress 2 Undress https://soundcloud.com/5ive-star-music/caress-2-undress “Making music is as natural to me as breathing.   It’s the result of realizing my true self,” says the…

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Mikal Cronin will release MCII in May. Pitchfork premiered the first track “Weight.” Listen & share “Weight” now! Cronin’s self-titled debut from 2011 was all about endings: the end of college, the end of a serious relationship, and the end of his time in Los Angeles, where he grew up. So it’s no surprise that…

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City and Colour–acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green–will release his highly anticipated new album, The Hurry and The Harm, June 4 on Dine Alone Records. Available as a pre-order April 9 on iTunes, the record will also be offered as a deluxe version, which includes three bonus tracks (a new exclusive song, “The Way…

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Award-winning, multi-platinum group Sister Hazel has teamed with nonprofit relief organization Feed The Children to promote child sponsorship around the world. The band recently kicked off the partnership on their 13th annual Rock Boat cruise, February 24-March 1, as the first of several events to encourage their fans to become sponsors of children in need.…

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STURGILL SIMPSON is going to change the “haven’t” to “have” in the magazine quote above with the release of his debut album–HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN–out June 11 on his own label, via Thirty Tigers Distribution. Comprised of 12 tracks, 10 of which are composed by Sturgill alone, range from furious honky-tonk to pre-outlaw country-rocking to spellbinding…

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A-Wax, no stranger to the way in which his gun-brandishing image can appear as cliché, knowingly says, “they think I am a little bit predictable with my themes and messages.” So putting A-Wax as kitchen staff is a way to switch it up and challenge that perception. “If you hear, ‘Pie-Rx Boy, keep it cooking’…

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Taiwan-based DJ Code has begun a tour across the island in support of the launch of Volvo’s new V40 model. Spanning over 7 cities in 10 days, DJ Code will be accompanied by a live violinist as he delivers his unique blend of electronic and oriental styles combined with traditional music instruments. Signed to High…

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EDM Artist/Producer Josh Money has released a new vocal single, “Ball Chain Necklace”, ahead of his upcoming full-length album “Carve” coming Spring 2013 on FiXT. https://soundcloud.com/fixt/josh-money-ball-chain-necklace With a swarm of singles, EPs, and remixes on respected labels such as Play Me, Sludge, and FiXT, along with corresponding Beatport Charting accolades, Josh is a rising star…

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Singer, songwriter, television producer and actress Tamar Braxton, who stars in WE tv’s hit series Braxton Family Values and Tamar & Vince is stepping out as a solo artist with her debut single “Love & War,” which has climbed to No. 1 on the Urban Adult Contemporary radio chart and went straight to No.1 on…

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There are very few things better than free music, especially when combining rising talent and artist discovery. The Artists.MTV 15-track sampler features songs from a heap of talented artists that you should know: Everest, The Bronx, Alabama Shakes,   Allen Stone, Jim James, Two Gallants, Stars, Alberta Cross, Mother Mother, Paul Kelly, On the Fifty,…

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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.  …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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

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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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