The song, which opens FIDEL, is easily the most aggressive of the album. The track, produced by Blueprint, driven by heavy drums and a wailing electric guitar loop, and the video, directed by Joe Castro, falls right in line, bringing together low-lit, gritty performance clips, some with Castro’s eyes covered by a tied red bandana,…
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WIRE: TEGAN AND SARA PERFORM ON ELLEN
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Tegan and Sara have been on the grind nonstop since the release of their 7th studio album, Heartthrob on January 29th. The album debuted at #3 on Billboard Top 200, #1 on Billboard Rock and Alternative Charts, and more than doubled the duo’s previous record for first-week-sales and the buzz has officially kicked into overdrive.…
WARBEAST TO JOIN GWAR ON TOUR IN APRIL
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Texas thrash heavyweights WARBEAST are pleased to announce their upcoming tour dates with GWAR and Wilson, kicking off in Tucson, AZ on April 10th. The 16 day run, dubbed the “Fate or Chaos Tour”, will continue through the month of April until it closes in Jacksonville, FL on April 25th. See below for all confirmed…
BEN LEE TO RELEASE ‘AYAHUASCA: WELCOME TO THE WORK’ IN MAY
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Ben Lee is set to release his new album, Ayahuasca: Welcome To The Work on May 7th via his own Ten Fingers Records. The 10-track set is meditative, atmospheric, oftentimes joyous yet sometimes dark and is Ben’s most ambitious work to date. An exhilarating listen, Ben has described the album as a “sonic document” of…
THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS: “UP IN THE AIR” ROCKETS INTO SPACE
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Thirty Seconds To Mars new single “Up In The Air” will be launchedinto space tomorrow. The band memberswill be in Florida to watch the launch ofthe second SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying its Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to lift off on Friday, March 1, at…
PIANIST GERALD CLAYTON SET TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM
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Pianist Gerald Clayton will release his debut recording with Concord Jazz, Life Forum, on April 2, 2013. This 12-song set combines Clayton’s highly skilled trio members, bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Justin Brown with saxophonists Logan Richardson and Dayna Stephens and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. Vocalists Gretchen Parlato and Sachal Vasandani and poet Carl…
CEELO GREEN & LAURIANA MAE VIDEO “ONLY YOU”
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Check out the brand new video for CeeLo Green’s single “Only You” featuring Atlantic recording artist Lauriana Mae. The duo is slated to perform the track on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday, April 17th! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcNkHLAqQZk
THE MATERIAL NEW ALBUM APRIL 9
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South California rockers, The Material have announced that they will release a new album entitled, “Everything I Want To Say,” produced by Kyle Black (Paramore, Pierce The Veil, All Time Low), on April 9th. This upcoming release follows the success of the band’s last full-length, “What We Are,” released in January 2011. With The Material’s…
JESSICA CAMPBELL TO RELEASE ALBUM IN APRIL
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Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jessica Campbell is set to release her second album, The Anchor & The Sail, on April 30, 2013. The album traces romantic relationships from balmy beginnings to painfully complex ends with bold emotionality. “The album title represents life,” says Campbell. “There are things that hold us back and weigh us down,…
DAWES TO SUPPORT BOB DYLAN ON UPCOMING U.S. TOUR
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LA rock quartet Dawes are excited to announce their upcoming tour supporting the legendary Bob Dylan. Beginning immediately after the band’s recently announced two-week tour of independent record stores across the U.S., the Bob Dylan support tour will begin on Friday, April 5 at Alumni Arena in Buffalo, NY. Dawes will be traveling the country…
JAIDA DREYER POSTS “HALF BROKE HORSES” LYRIC VIDEO
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Country singer-songwriter Jaida Dreyer’s debut album, I Am Jaida Dreyer, is available now and can be purchased on all major digital retailers, including iTunes and Amazon. Jaida has also shared a fan made lyric video for the track, streaming now on YouTube. “Half Broke Horses” Lyric Video: http://youtu.be/prBflSzHe4w Produced by Grammy award-winning producer Byron Gallimore…
WIRE: BILLBOARD POSTS NEW CAITLIN ROSE VIDEO
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This morning, Billboard premiered the official video for “Only A Clown,” a standout track off Caitlin Rose’s forthcoming album, The Stand-In. The video features Rose enjoying a Nashville night, complete with friends, love interests, karaoke and a run-in with the cops, with a theme described as such: “I guess it’s about the person who doesn’t…
NEW VIDEO BY WE LIVE AS KINGS
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“Long Way Down” is a single off the highly anticipated We Live As Kings album, which releases this coming Tuesday. Christon Gray displays his wide vocal range with harmonious, melodic, and falsetto tones. Dre Murray displays his story telling abilities while painting the picture of what is a Long Way Down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWE-BKO1oWY http://www.collision-records.com
COLLIE BUDDZ “LIGHT IT UP TOUR”
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Collie Buddz will be going on tour with Cris Cab & New Kingston this April for the Light It Up Tour presented by General Hydroponics! The tour will kick off on the East Coast before heading into Canada for four dates in Quebec and Ontario. The remaining shows will take place in Ohio, Missouri, Kansas,…
WIRE: PITCHFORK POSTS NEW JAVELIN ALBUM
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NY/LA genre-hopping duo Javelin is offering an exclusive first listen to their sophomore full-length Hi Beams, out March 5 with Luaka Bop at Pitchfork Advance. Available on CD, digital and vinyl with handmade artwork by Hisham Bharoocha, cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk will kick off a spring headlining tour with a record…
TOM PETTY HEADS BACK ON TOUR IN MAY
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers will play shows throughout North America this summer, including headline appearances at major festivals, arenas and amphitheaters, plus multi-show residencies at the intimate Beacon Theatre in New York City and The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. Festival stops include headline appearances at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, The Hangout…
CLIVE DAVIS SPEAKS IN NYC ON MARCH 7
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$20 for premium seats by visiting http://www.92y.org/Uptown/Event/Clive-Davis.aspx and entering CLIVE in the Promo Code box of the product page, or call 212.415.5500 Clive Davis comes to 92Y to take us behind the scenes of his incredible life orchestrating careers, creating stars and building musical empires several times over. Davis’ career has spanned more than forty…
WIRE: DOE EYE NEW VIDEO ON MTV BUZZWORTHY
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San Francisco singer/songwriter DOE EYE, has premiered the sultry music video for her song, “Hotel Fire” today on MTV Buzzworthy. Watch the video here: http://on.mtv.com/WcRwXL. DOE EYE’s hauntingly beautiful sound has won over fans and industry professionals alike, landing her a winning spot in the West Coast division of Billboard Magazine’s 2012 Battle of The…
THE MEXICAN DUBWISER NEW VIDEO “TROUBLE IN MY SOUL”
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Internationally known Mexican Dubwiser (Marcelo Tijerina) hails from Monterrey, Mexico. Currently a Los Angeles resident, Marcelo has risen up the ranks to become one of the most promising (and busiest) DJs, producers and performers, fusing Cumbia with rock, reggae, funk and dub music. His debut CD Revolution Radio, produced by Mexican Dubwiser and Ulises Lozano…
XANDER HARRIS NEW ALBUM APRIL 2
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Xander Harris, the Buffy-inspired moniker of Justin Sweatt, is back with an electrifying sophomore full-length record, The New Dark Age of Love, out April 2nd, 2013 on Not Not Fun. With a sound indebted to early industrial music, horror soundtracks, italo disco, techno and ’90s television, Xander Harris has crafted a synthesized, cohesive record in…
DARREN OCKERT NEW SINGLE “YOU DON’T KNOW ME”
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Singer/songwriter, Darren Ockert “has quite an extensive list of credits to his CV, and you can dance pretty hard to all of them” (FAB Magazine). Ockert’s newest record, Short Story Long, is due out this summer, and its first single, “You Don’t Know Me” hits iTunes on March 12. The Brit, who now resides…
THE RZA PRESENTS SHAOLIN SOUL SELECTION: VOLUME 1 SAMPLER
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The RZA’s tracks drip sweat. They’re dusty and menacing. They get right up in your grill and and dare you to say something. His loops are often truncated in the oddest places, like two puzzle pieces that don’t quite fit together but make the illest design. http://youtu.be/l5SlEJz4PVc In the early ’90s, The RZA, then know…
CASEMODO FOR YOUR TABLET OR IPAD
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Tablets and iPads are 21st-century technology. Why disguise it with an old-fashioned tablet cover? Casemodo is a 100% customizable tablet case you can either design for yourself or choose from dozens of custom designs. The brainchild of PHDBookbinding.com, the leading online bindery for library quality hard cover binding and personal academic publishing, every Casemodo case…
BREAKING: SCOTT WEILAND STATEMENT ON STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
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“I learned of my supposed “termination” from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press. Not sure how I can be “terminated” from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that’s something for the lawyers to figure out. In the meantime, I’m…
SAMPLER OF DIDO’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM
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Dido, one of the world’s best-selling female recording artists of all time with over 29 million albums sold, returns with her strongest album yet entitled GIRL WHO GOT AWAY, available on March 26th on RCA Records. The album will be available in both standard and deluxe editions. Working once again with her brother Rollo…
PURE NOISE RECORDS TO RELEASE VANNA’S NEW ALBUM
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Pure Noise Records has announced they will be releasing Vanna’s new album The Few and The Far Between on 12” vinyl on April 23rd. Preorders are available now and can be purchased here: http://purenoise.merchnow.com. Vanna’s label, Razor & Tie, will be releasing the CD/digital on March 19th. The Few and The Far Between vinyl…
NEW EP FROM MOON KING APRIL 20
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Moon King brain child Daniel Woodhead has been busy in the studio putting the finishing touches on his brand new EP to be released this Spring. Obsession II, the second in the Obsession series, will be out April 20th on One Big Silence, the Toronto label formed and run by Mike Haliechuk of Fucked Up.…
ERIC EVASION NEW SINGLE “DRAMA”
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Eric Evasion is back with his second original single, “Drama”, the follow-up to last year’s slow-simmering whomper “BOOM”. “BOOM” was the penultimate track of Eric’s first official full-length mixtape, which has amassed more than 80,000 plays and streams for the Cleveland-based producer. https://soundcloud.com/fixt/eric-evasion-drama-single Eric brings years of experience as a DJ on the club circuit…
JOE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “I’D RATHER HAVE A LOVE”
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Multi-platinum selling R&B singer-songwriter Joe announces the release of his new single “I’d Rather Have A Love.” The song impacts Urban AC radio on March 19 and is available for download at iTunes today. http://official.fm/playlists/a4zL “I’d Rather Have A Love” is the first single from Joe’s forthcoming album which will be released in early summer…
WIRE: NEW MADCHILD VIDEO ON XXLMAG
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Madchild from Swollen Members continues to soar to new heights with his debut solo album “Dope Sick”, as the record has been nominated for a 2013 Juno Award in the category of “Rap Recording of the Year” alongside Classified, JD Era, Maestro Fresh Wes and Rich Kidd/SonReal. To celebrate Madchild’s Juno nomination he has released…
CHARLI XCX ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM
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Charli XCX (AKA 20-year old Hertfordshire born Charli Aitchison) is proud to confirm the release of her debut album “True Romance” through IAMSOUND on April 16th in the US (and April 15th through Aslyum in the UK). Charli commented, ‘I am so happy to have finished my first album, True Romance. For me, it’s a…
MERCHBOX: NEW MUSIC DISCOVERY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
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Merchbox is a new subscription service with a simple mission: to shine a light on new music through tangible delivery. Each month, members receive a personalized box at their doorstep full of music, gear and other goodies, catered to the subscribers’ individual taste. The service has grown exponentially since inception, delivering over 2,000 boxes in…
WIRE: MADELEINE PERYOUX & THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PREMIERE
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Critically acclaimed artist Madeleine Peryoux is excited to debut her new album The Blue Room one week before its release on The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy. Fans can listen to the album today, Tuesday February 26. Set for a March 5 release and available in Starbucks across the country, The Blue Room sees Madeleine…
WIRE: ABSOLUTEPUNK STREAMING ALCOA’S DEBUT ALBUM
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Singer/songwriter Derek Archambault is no stranger to the spotlight; he has spent the last 4 years on tour with progressive hardcore/punk band Defeater and has had a solo project called Alcoa going for even longer. Finally, Alcoa is releasing Bone & Marrow, its debut full-length album, today on Bridge Nine Records. Check out…
WIRE: STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (AND DUCHESSES) “INVISIBLE”
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CMT is set to premiere the video for “Invisible,” the first single from Steve Earle & The Dukes (And Duchesses) forthcoming album The Low Highway today. The video was directed by the actor and director Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother Where Art Thou, Lincoln) and shot in New York City. It can be seen…
MARQUES TOLIVER UNVEILS NEW LIVE VIDEO FOR THE SONG “CONTROL”
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Marques Toliver is happy to announce the release of his debut album Land Of CanAan, out May 14th on Bella Union. The album is the much-anticipated follow up to his critically acclaimed Butterflies Are Not Free EP, for which the New York Times praised him for his “considerable talent,” finding the EP “promising throughout.” NPR’s…
CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES SIGN WITH VANGUARD RECORDS
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Vanguard Records is excited to announce the signing of Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes. The Australian songstress and her band will be releasing their U.S. debut Baby Caught the Bus on May 21st, 2013. Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes incorporate a unique blend of soul, blues, doo-woop, jazz and R&B with Clairy’s…
WIRE: MATT & KIM NEW VIDEO ON VEVO
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Hot on the heels of their Harlem Shake viral video (http://youtu.be/DABphlXEyW8), which sits at over 9.5 million views and counting, Matt and Kim hit the world with their brand-new video for “It’s Alright” from their latest full length Lightning (FADER Label). Premiering worldwide today on VEVO, the video finds Matt and Kim in bed performing…
“ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC PRESENTS THE CONNECTION TOUR”
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Eleven Seven Music has partnered with A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) to create the “Eleven Seven Music Presents The Connection Tour.” The tour features Eleven Seven Music roster standouts, the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum alternative rock band Papa Roach as headliners, with labelmates, the kings of underground rock, Escape The Fate and Century Media’s up-and-coming…
WIN THE ULTIMATE ‘COACHELLA’ EXPERIENCE
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Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) today launched a Facebook contest to win the ultimate Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival experience. If skiing is more your thing, then you should find luxury ski holidays online with Supertravel.co.uk. The package, valued at $6500, provides accommodations in the private onsite Safari Tent Compound during…
