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“What is Secret Voice? It’s an excuse. It’s an excuse to release different things that I fully believe in, whether it’s a record, book, video, etc. The wonderful people at Deathwish Inc have blessed me with this opportunity. I have been lucky enough to spend most of the last few years traveling, and in my…

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Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon, the talented singer of timeless hits of the ’50’s and ’60’s such as “Palisades Park,” “Tallahassee Lassie,” “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” and “Action!,” has just penned his autobiography, Where the Action Is! (Publish America). It is currently available internationally through book stores, on the internet and via Amazon.com and…

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Feeling the bite of 21st century ennui? Hell with it. Strap in, turn on and tune down with some dark-as-a-black hole Delta blues. With 2012 here, the Mayan calendar coming to a close and Planet X swinging over the horizon, you may as well ride it out with some swamp infested, pass-the-Prozac slide-Dobro guitar.  …

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British indie songstress Lucy Rose continues to plot her Stateside takeover with her new single “Red Face” and a video to go along with it. Featuring home videos of Lucy as a child, beware that you’ll fall in love with her even more than you already are. [youtube tLVdbFt-psg nolink] This winter marks the first…

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Gamble & Huff wrote and produced the #1 smash hit ‘TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia),” best known as the “Theme from Soul Train.” “Don Cornelius and his creation of ‘Soul Train’ and its legacy had a great impact on American culture. Don’s vision allowed for African-American artists to be exposed to people all over the…

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Wretched has entered the studio to record their third full-length album, Son of Perdition.   The forthcoming effort is set for a March 27 release and will be produced by Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, He Is Legend, For Today) at The Basement Studio in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Last year, Wretched solidified…

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For 17 years, the Vans Warped Tour has been a punk rock juggernaut, a misfit circus crisscrossing North America every summer as a wandering minstrel show for youth culture.   Embracing a powerful, unifying ethic created by its founder Kevin Lyman, the Vans Warped Tour has grown and prospered as the music industry itself imploded…

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In promotion of El Da Sensei’s Nu World Remix EP, the Nu Jeru legend reunites with his Artifacts cohorts Tame One & DJ Kaos for the !llmind Remix of “Everyday In The Street”.   Directed by Monstar Films, this video signifies the first time that all three Boom Skwad members have been featured in the…

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Eclectic jazz songstress and upright bass virtusuo Esperanza Spalding is back with “Black Gold”, the vivacious first single from her upcoming album, Radio Music Society. Unveiled just in time for the beginning of Black History Month, the song is triumphant testimony of empowerment, and is bound to become a celebatory anthem for people from all…

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Grammy Award Winning singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, dancer and choreographer, actress and philanthropist, Mýa, announced today that she is making her K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy Single) album available to her fans all over the world this Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14th. Previously K.I.S.S. has only been available in Japan and North America. K.I.S.S. is being…

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Bay Area punk heroes Set Your Goals are set to embark on a co headlining tour this spring with Georgia pop rockers Cartel. The tour will also include Detroit punks Fireworks, Ohio’s Hit The Lights, Mixtapes and Super Prime. Set Your Goals are renowned for their highly energetic and melodic sound. The group is coming…

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Yann Tiersen will release his seventh studio album, Skyline, on April 17, 2012 via Anti- Records. Skyline finds Tiersen taking a confident step forward, cementing the sound of its darker sister, the critically acclaimed Dust Lane.   Says Tiersen, “Strangely while Skyline musically comes across as lighter and happier than Dust Lane the subject matter…

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Nashville-based country singer/songwriter Amy Dalley is set to release her new album, Coming Out Of The Pain, via Rock Ridge Music on March 27, 2012.   Coming Out Of The Pain is Dalley’s second full-length and combines classic pop-country with the edge of heartland rock, as well as Dalley’s intimate lyrics and dulcet vocals.  …

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The smash track “Marilyn Monroe” is from her recently released mixtape “Face Off” which features the likes of Wale, Trina & Future. The 20 year-old Miami native debuted the video on BET’s 106th & Park yesterday, January 31st. “Marilyn Monroe” is currently available at iTunes! [youtube 4BzOBxQjSLM nolink] www.BriannaTheYRB.com

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Josh Tatum’s debut full album “Everything” (Hideaway Entertainment) is set for a March 27 release, and its first single is already gaining massive inroads at HOT AC radio. Born and raised in Texas, Josh is planning to constantly tour to support the album and garner new fans as well as entertain the ones he already…

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One of the finest British rock acts to have enjoyed worldwide success over the last few decades, The Cult has wrapped up recording Choice of Weapon, the group’s first studio album in five years. The album is set for a May 22, 2012 U.S. release on the band’s new label Cooking Vinyl, and its 10…

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Christian Celaya (Benzos) and Woody Ranere (Lake Trout) make up the group known as WITH LIONS and November 1st, 2011 marked the kick-off of an ambitious four-EPs-a-year cycle with the release of, Touch the Sound.   Epic and cinematic, With Lions’ EPs are broken into mini scores. Dark, saturated harmony, their music can only be…

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EMI’s Capitol Records is pleased to announce their latest signing, Stellar Revival whose debut album Love, Lust, and Bad Company will be released on May 8th, 2012. The Florida natives’ first single ‘The Crazy Ones’ will impact radio March 20th.   Plans for a 2012 tour have also been announced as they hit the ground…

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When producer Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance) agreed to produce Matt’s first album, he cried like a fucking baby.Here is a Kurt Cobain tribute to what Matt considers the greatest love story of all time, called “Courtney”. [youtube swVjv89VRHE nolink]

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Fresh out of high school and with an average age of 18 years old, Pennsylvania’s Code Orange Kids remind us off our own embryonic days in the aggressive music scene. They do things their way, creatively cutting their own path through it all. Unconcerned with the direction of other artists, their brand of gritty hardcore/punk…

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Legacy of Disorder has just unleashed a simply kick-ass sophomore release, ‘Last Man Standing,’ and will soon be taking it to the streets, as they unite with veteran gore metallists Gwar for a full U.S. tour. “Legacy Of Disorder are chomping at the bit to get this U.S. tour with headliners Gwar underway,” says LoD…

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On March 27, Blue Note Records will release O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade (“What You Really Want To Know”), the long-awaited new album from Brazilian superstar Marisa Monte. O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade is the celebrated singer/songwriter’s first new album in six years since the release of her twin albums Universo…

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IAMSOUND Records is excited to announce the debut studio album from Australia’s Bleeding Knees Club, Nothing To Do, slated for April 17th release.   The garage-punk duo will hit the road accordingly, with preview dates in New York and Los Angeles, plus the band’s debut at SXSW! Proclaimed as one of NME’s “50 Best New…

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Fresh off her remarkable performance of the song “Angel” at Eurovision last May, Mika Newton embarked on an exciting journey of expanding her music horizons. And the power of her new tone is already here. The singer/songwriter will release her debut album through Randy Jackson’s label Friendship Collective in association with JK Music Group.  …

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Starting 2012 off on the right foot, Hip-Hop duo, Nefew, present to the masses   their video for The Fan. This hard-hitting single, which was produced and features Norfolk Beach production mastermind, Nottz featured on their DJ Green Lantern hosted Man VS Many Project. Intent on doing this highly charged track justice, the concept behind…

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Americana folk/pop duo Martha’s Trouble has announced its plan to record an album of lullabies for children.   The still-untitled project will be funded via a Kickstarter campaign, which kicked off last week and will run through Friday, February 17, 2012.   (Bitly link to Kickstarter campaign:   http://kck.st/y5HDNG.)   Current plans for the album…

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Kate Taylor and Taylor Hollingsworth have joined hand in hand and formed a band. Ladies and Gentlemen, Dead Fingers might just be what you’ve been waiting for!   In a time when guy-girl duos are becoming quite popular, this one is not just some gimmick, however perfect the timing and package may be.   You…

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Chicago native Rockie Fresh is starting off 2012 right with the release of his brand new mixtape ‘Driving 88’. This new project takes listeners on an audible journey as Rockie proves his diversity as a lyricist exposing a more luminous and confident sound with this current release. “I’m in a different space than I was…

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The socially conscious, multicultural trio BALKAN BEAT BOX has announced they’ll return with a new full-length album entitled GIVE, to be released Tuesday, March 6 on Nat Geo Music. It marks the critically acclaimed group’s first release in nearly two years. BALKAN BEAT BOX has also revealed new tour dates in the U.S. and U.K.…

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L’Arc-en-Ciel, one of Japan’s most celebrated rock bands, will make their long overdue U.S. return on March 25th with a performance at New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden. Originally scheduled for March 23rd at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, the show has been moved to the world famous arena due to the overwhelming demand…

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Garbage today announced the launch of their record label, STUNVOLUME.   The band will self-release its highly anticipated upcoming studio album later this spring.     STUNVOLUME will be distributed by Fontana in the United States.   Around the world, Garbage will release their album on STUNVOLUME via licensing deals with Cooperative Music in Asia,…

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JANUS – singer David Scotney, guitarist Mike Tyranski, bassist Alan Quitman and drummer Johnny Salazar – experienced great success with their 2009 debut album, Red Right Return, but the band’s new album, NOX AERIS, reveals how far they’ve come. That musical revelation is the self-produced NOX AERIS, which is drops March 27 on REALID Records…

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Multi-platinum guitarist Kenny Olson has announced the upcoming release of his long-awaited, debut solo album “Kenny Olson Cartel” on February 7th through Foxy Music/Firebird. While Olson may be best known as Kid Rock’s 11-year axeman and founding member of his Twisted Brown Trucker Band, music fans around the globe are soon going to know him…

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Norah Jones is set to release a new album this spring entitled Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note/EMI), a collaboration with the producer and musician Danger Mouse. The two first worked together when Danger Mouse called upon Jones to contribute vocals to his acclaimed 2011 album ROME, and their connection proved deep enough that they decided…

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The Cranberries will return with Roses, their first studio album in over a decade via Cooking Vinyl for the world on February 27th, and on February 28th via Cooking Vinyl/Downtown Records in the U.S., and Gold Lake Records in Canada. The Cranberries: Dolores O’Riordan, Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan, and Fergal Lawler, began their career in…

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As a warm-up for his new release Savage Journey to the American Dream, Stalley offers a series of songs called “Songs by Me, Stalley.”   The first is “City of 30,000 Wolves,” a tribute to Stalley’s hometown of Massillon, Ohio over DJ Toomp production with DJ Khaled on the intro.   Savage Journey to the…

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ST 19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope Records signee MGK (aka Machine Gun Kelly) will be joining Tech N9ne on the record-setting hip-hop tour for consecutive show dates in a 99 day span. The 2012 Hostile Takeover Tour will consist of an astonishing 90 tour dates in 99 days that kicks off March 22 with stops in New York,…

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