Emmure are preparing to release their fifth full-length album, Slave To The Game, after re-signing with Victory Records. The forthcoming effort is slated for an April 10, 2012 release. The group is currently recording with producer Joey Sturgis, who previously worked with the band on 2011’s Speaker of the Dead. On the personnel front, the…
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JADA RELEASE NEW EP
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Jada, Boston’s popular female vocal group, released their latest EP “Supersonique” to iTunes and Amazon.com on January 24th, 2012. Jada’s new five-song EP follows on the heels of their RIO-produced single and Vassili Shields-directed music video “This Party’s On Fire” and two Universal Motown releases, “American Cowboy”, produced by Akon and RedOne (Lady Gaga), and…
PAPA GROWS FUNK RELEASE ‘NEEDLE IN THE GROOVE’ ON MARCH 27th
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Booty shaking party music best sums up the inimitable Papa Grows Funk, one of the most successful funk bands to emanate from New Orleans. The group of all-star musicians teamed up with the legendary Allen Toussaint and fellow ‘who dat’ Tom Drummond of Better Than Ezra to co-produce their new album of “Mardi Gras…
UNSANE NEW ALBUM MARCH 20th
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Legendary NYC rock powerhouse UNSANE has completed work on its long awaited new album, titled “WRECK”. The seventh full length recording of the band’s storied career will see a March 20, 2012 release date via Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label. Recorded by the band and producer Andrew Schneider at Brooklyn’s Translator Audio (Pelican, Keelhaul, etc.),…
T.O.N.E-z TO BE FEATURED ON FX SERIES JUSTIFIED
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Many musicians have it, but most don’t have “it”– that being the celebrity wow factor to leap from acclaimed musician to certified media star. That crossover appeal is driving the rapid rise of T.O.N.E-z, the Emmy-nominated rapper generating the sort of buzz that lifted the profiles of predecessors like ICE-T and Will Smith. And now…
DECLAIME VIDEO “SHIP’S DOCTOR”
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Since Declaime aka Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow co-founded their own label, SomeOthaShip in 2010, the duo has been releasing projects from artists including Quazedelic, Riff Raff McGriff, and others. The pair is also focused on developing a collection of their own releases, and while Georgia will release Seeds, a collaborative effort with Madlib…
SANTIGOLD NEW VIDEO “BIG MOUTH”
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Santigold’s 2012 take over has officially begun! Following a pair of hometown shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg that sold out in five minutes, she is releasing “Big Mouth,” from her forthcoming album Master of My Make Believe, due out this spring on Downtown Records/ Atlantic Records. [youtube cxdQ_uD5IWk nolink] Santi calls out all trash-talkers…
MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTED BY ACTRESS SCARLETT JOHANSSON
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“One of the greatest gifts of growing up with Jessie has been watching her develop as a musician,” Director Scarlett Johansson said. “This song has a dreamy Brian Wilson sort of feel; I wanted to build on that and allow the video to carry on dreamily and use the changing tone and Jessie’s expression to…
UNSANE NEW ALBUM MARCH 20th
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Legendary NYC rock powerhouse UNSANE has completed work on its long awaited new album, titled “WRECK”. The seventh full length recording of the band’s storied career will see a March 20, 2012 release date via Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label. Recorded by the band and producer Andrew Schneider at Brooklyn’s Translator Audio (Pelican, Keelhaul, etc.),…
NAT & ALEX NEW VIDEO “ILLUMINATED”
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Nat & Alex are formerly of Nickelodeon fame and have shed their old clothes and recently released a killer indie rock album called Black Sheep. Their latest album release and music videos have recently been featured on Teen Vogue.com, Seventeen.com, MTV’s Buzzworthy Blog, EW.com, and Just Jared Jr. to name a few. Nat is…
LUCERO ALBUM PREVIEW VIDEO
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On March 13, Memphis’ own Lucero will release ‘Women & Work,’ their debut for ATO Records, and an album which establishes them as the 21st century voice of that great musical city. ‘Women and Work’ once again finds the core six-members of Lucero joined by Memphis horn legends Jim Spake (Solomon Burke, Ray Charles) and…
JASON CRABB LIGHTS UP TWITTER WITH 34.5 MILLION IMPRESSIONS
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GRAMMY Award-winning Christian vocalist Jason Crabb rang in the New Year with a Twitter chat with Country Music Chat (#CMChat), generating 34.5 million impressions and reaching 1.4 million people. #CMchat, the only registered chat devoted to country music on Twitter, is hosted by Jessica Northey, who is ranked as the most powerful woman on Twitter…
DANIEL ROSSEN ANNOUNCES DEBUT SOLO
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Having written some of the most critically-acclaimed songs of the last several years as part of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Daniel Rossen is sharing a brand new collection of wholly personal songs on his debut solo release Silent Hour/Golden Mile. It is an output from a musician you know, yet…
KOAN SOUND “FUNK BLASTER” VIDEO
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Bristol-based Glitch duo KOAN Sound have posted the new video for their lead single off Funk Blaster, the EP released on Skrillex’s OWSLA earlier this year- the label is branching out into even more left-field territory, definitely not all Dubstep. [youtube mpokVJjCRfo nolink]
SONS OF BILL TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM SIRENS
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Virginia-based rock band Sons Of Bill are thrilled to announce the release of their new album SIRENS. Set for a March 27th release, this powerful collection of guitar-driven rock songs and reflective alt-country was produced by long-time fan, and fellow Virginian, David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven). To get fans excited, Sons Of Bill has…
GEORGE HARRISON RELEASES NEW IPAD APP
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BANDWDTH Publishing, in conjunction with the George Harrison Estate, announces the release of a special iPad app celebrating the guitarist and his historical guitar collection. The Guitar Collection: George Harrison iPad app will be released through iTunes on February 23, two days before Harrison’s birthdate. The app brings George Harrison’s private guitar collection to…
JOISTARR READIES THE RELEASE OF HER NEW MUSIC
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My Block Records’ newest R&B star, JoiStaRR, is set to release a new music project, Magic Monday, which is a compilation of original and cover tracks from her popular “Magic Monday” music release series. The mixtape of sort is a follow up to her critically acclaimed Broccoli & Noodles (2011) mixtape and is set for…
VEVO PREMIERES VIDEO FOR DEUCE’S ‘AMERICA’
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VEVO premiered Deuce’s his new video “America,” which will be featured on his debut solo album Nine Lives via Five Seven Music on March 27, 2012 worldwide. This is follow-up to his first video release, “Let’s Get It Crackin’” – http://bit.ly/deucelgic DEUCE, ‘AMERICA’ VIDEO – http://vevo.ly/zoXyhi http://www.myplaydirect.com/deuce
BEAK DEBUT SET FOR APR. 3 RELEASE
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Beak, the post-metal quartet formed by local Chicago luminaries Chris Eichenseer and Jason Goldberg previously of The Timeout Drawer, release Eyrie, the band’s debut album on Apr. 3 via Someoddpilot Records. Recorded and mixed in late-2011 at Engine Studios by Neil Strauch (Sage Francis, Bonnie Prince Billy), the five-track release highlights the band’s adept…
WILL JOHNSON, JAY FARRAR, YIM YAMES & ANDERS PARKER TO TOUR
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Will Johnson (Centro-matic, South San Gabriel), Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Gob Iron, Uncle Tupelo), Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket, Monsters of Folk), and Anders Parker (Varnaline, Gob Iron) will tour in support of their collaborative Woody Guthrie tribute, New Multitudes. The select run of dates will begin on March 6 at the legendary…
FABIO TRENTINI RELEASES “MOONBOUND”
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Capturing the essence of 80s pop rock without coming off derivative or passé is no mean feat, but Italian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Fabio Trentini (Subway to Sally, Le Orme) has done just that. “Peak of Eternal Light,” the latest album from Trentini’s pet music project Moonbound, is a loving and often rocking tribute to a bygone era…
ALABAMA SHAKES RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM
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Boys & Girls, the full-length debut album from Alabama Shakes, will be released in North America on April 10 by ATO Records. Rough Trade will release it internationally on April 9. See below for track listing. Beginning today, fans can stream the album’s first single, “Hold On,” at www.alabamashakes.com. Alabama Shakes will make its television…
THE MARS VOLTA: NOCTOURNIQUET
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Known for such landmark releases as the gold-certified De-Loused In The Comatorium and Frances The Mute and 2008’s The Bedlam In Goliath which featured Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy winner “Wax Simulacra,” The Mars Volta returns in epic and unexpected fashion with its sixth album: Noctourniquet which will be released March 27 by Warner…
LAMB OF GOD ALBUM TEASER
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Following two album teasers featuring the songs ‘Ghost Walking’ and ‘Desolation’, LAMB OF GOD releases today the final teaser for the CD Resolution, set for release on January 24th. This video features the song ‘King Me’, which closes the CD. The track, one of the most musically ambitious the band has ever put…
PETER WHITE TEAMS UP WITH DAVID SANBORN AND KIRK WHALUM
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After nearly four decades of writing, recording and touring — either as a sideman or a solo artist — Peter White still seeks out the road not yet traveled. Whether it’s new songs, new ideas, new styles or new collaborators, this virtuoso of contemporary jazz, classical, pop and Spanish guitar is at his best when…
SAY ANYTHING NEW ALBUM OUT MARCH
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Equal Vision Records is excited to announce that Say Anything will release their fourth studio album, Anarchy, My Dear, produced by Tim O’Heir (Say Anything, Sebadoh, Superdrag), on March 13th, 2012. Say Anything has been making odd, unclassifiable indie rock music since they were 14 or 15 years old, playing strangely literate and loud rock,…
NEW VIDEO BY AARON COHEN
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Aaron Cohen let’s loose the visuals for “Never Should Have Let Me Go” as featured on his forthcoming mixtape Crack, which drops next week. Directed by Shervin Nassi, the video depicts the bi-coastal AC marauding through the woods in a ’71 Plymouth Fury with his entourage of zombified models…stay tuned for that Crack music!…
LOMA PRIETA’S DEATHWISH DEBUT ALBUM
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Loma Prieta have been a mainstay of the Bay Area hardcore community for more than half a decade. In that time they have released four 12 inch records and two 7 inch records mostly on their own label, Discos Huelga. They have also toured the U.S., Japan, Canada, and Mexico numerous times, all while members…
ROBERT DAVI’S TAKES ON SINATRA IN DEBUT ALBUM
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Robert Davi thought he had the world on a string in 1977 when he made his onscreen debut at age 24 opposite Frank Sinatra in the TV movie “Contract on Cherry Street.” Embarking on a fabled Hollywood career that would one day include playing a James Bond villain (“License to Kill”), an FBI Agent in…
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RESCHEDULE DATES ON UPCOMING U.S. TOUR
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Red Hot Chili Peppers regret to announce that they must postpone the start of their upcoming U.S. tour due to multiple foot injuries sustained by lead singer Anthony Kiedis. Kiedis recently underwent surgery to remove a crushed sesamoid bone and correct a detached flexor tendon in his foot and is expected to make a full…
PEASANT TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM BOUND FOR GLORY
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Damien DeRose, the talented singer and songwriter behind Peasant, will release his third and most complete album Bound for Glory on April 17th via London-based Schnitzel Records (Ween and Hello=Fire). The follow up to the critically acclaimed and fan favorite Shady Retreat, Bound for Glory is a collection of deep and diverse tracks that reveal…
HELP STOP SOPA
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There’s a bill that will be voted on tomorrow called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) – Where the language is so broad, it will give the US Justice Department the power to shut down any websites that they feel is threatening the copyrights of one of the supporters of the bill. That essentially means that…
THE PARTICLES VIDEO FOR “TAKEN AWAY” IS A SMASH HIT
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The Particles first got together in 2005 when they began work on the album “Voices”. It was the beginning of what they describe as a “mystical alliance” that continues to this very day. For the last several years they have been working hard to develop their unique sound. One of the most interesting aspects of…
SNOOP DOGG UNVEILS NEW CIGAR VIDEO
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Today, a new premium quality tobacco line, Executive Branch, unveils their new product with support from entertainment mogul and brand ambassador, Snoop Dogg. The first product to hit the market nationwide is the Executive Branch Cigarillos, which will be for sale during this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as Snoop Dogg headlines the…
FILTER CELEBRATES 10 YEARS IN PRINT
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FILTER Magazine– the publication championing the motto Good Music Will Prevail-announces its 10th anniversary. The massive milestone, 10 years in print for the independently-owned, avant-garde music magazine, will be celebrated with an upcoming year full of entertaining exclusive content including free music, iPad and content downloads, festival events, the 3rd annual Culture Collide festival and…
THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR VIDEO
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Copenhagen’s The Asteroids Galaxy Tour have been winning over audiences globally with their unique brand of cutting edge, soulful, infectious pop. The band will kick off a national headlining tour with Vacationer in New York City on the new album’s release date, January 31, 2012 on BMG Rights. Today the band is thrilled to unleash…
FREE MUSIC FROM GALEN HARTLEY
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On January 19th, Montreal-based indie folk artist Galen Hartley is officially launching his new album Good Dreams alongside Athena Holmes at Cajibi in Montreal. To mark the occasion, www.CriticStudio.com is streaming the entire disc, as well as offering two singles for free download. Check out the feature here: http://criticstudio.com/media-events/album-stream-galen-hartley-good-dreams/ As if that weren’t enough, Hartley…
NEW VIDEO FROM RAIN FEAT BLADE BROWN
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Here is the music video for Rain’s new track ‘My Hustle’ which features Blade Brown. This track is taken from the forthcoming ‘Rain’s Wolrd’ mixtape which is set for release in February 2012 titled. This promises to be his best work to date and is hosted by Mykal Million and features Trey Songz, Haze from…
THE PLIMSOULS TO RELEASE NEW ‘BEACH TOWN CONFIDENTIAL’
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The Plimsouls embodied rock & roll in its purest, undistilled form in the era when post-punk droned and new wave popped. Whether on record or onstage, this foursome unleashed urgent, white-hot performances of expertly constructed songs by frontman Peter Case that effortlessly straddled the perfection of British Invasion pop, the raucous, edgier side of early…
DAVE STEWART & JOSS STONE SHORT FILM
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Pals and musical collaborators DAVE STEWART and JOSS STONE are together again, this time for their upcoming musical adventure, the 2012 More Love Tour. In a short film posted at www.morelove.net, the two meet in an enchanted forest and drink a strange brew before they both pass out and envision a magical journey they…
