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Ron Pope is thrilled to announce the release of his new album, Whatever It Takes. Exploring the depths of human emotion to create something that is uniquely his own, Pope has created an unforgettable collection of anthems and ballads that are at once explosive, universal and uplifting. Whatever It Takes will be released April 12th…

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Imagem Music, home to such talent as Phil Collins, Steve Robson, Jens Gad and Rebecca Jordan, has signed a worldwide, multi-year administration agreement with singer/songwriter Anna Nalick. Anna’s debut album, Wreck of the Day, has sold nearly 1 million units, and yielded her first radio hit, “Breathe (2AM),” which went 3x Platinum on the Billboard…

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Copenhagen-based trio WhoMadeWho are excited to announce their signing to Kompakt for the release of their latest mini-LP Knee Deep,out April 26th. The band will be touring behind the album in Europe and North America, performing at several festivals including SXSW 2011, and will release another full-length later this year. Following an extensive tour supporting…

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Sharing a very special music video with you, Jack Johnson’s latest, “From The Clouds.”   Shot by The Malloys, it’s a great one. Jack recently told Entertainment Weekly: For “From the Clouds,” Johnson had initially thought of being photographed while skydiving and then lip-synching the whole song to that one drop. “But then I figured…

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ANOTHER BRITNEY SNIPPET!   Another snippet of a new Britney Spears song hit the web over the weekend.   “(Drop Dead) Beautiful” is the latest song to make its way online.   It was produced by Benny Blanco, Ammo, JMike and Billboard. Spears’ Femme Fatale album arrives on March 29th.   Take a listen to…

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The Life is good Company is excited to announce the launch of Life is good Radio. The station can be found on the Life is good homepage (www.lifeisgood.com) and heard in Life is good company-owned retail locations. The programming on Life is good Radio will be eclectic, stemming from a variety of genres and eras…

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Nettwerk is excited to announce that PETER MURPHY has signed to its label roster to release his upcoming ninth studio album, aptly titled NINTH, out JUNE 7, 2011.   The former Bauhaus iconic frontman has also just announced spring tour dates, including a stop in Austin, TX during SXSW. Murphy is the latest addition to…

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Soulful, southern fried roots rockers the Jamie McLean Band are set to self-release a series of “electric postcards” i.e. four brand new EP releases in 2011.   The first EP entitled TIME OF MY LIFE is due out on March 3rd and features the core electric trio — Jamie McLean (vocals, lead guitars), Ben Mars…

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Orange County based indie dance-rock outfit Polaris at Noon has announced plans to release their new EP, En Pointe, on April 12.   Fans are invited to visit www.polarisatnoon.com to check out a new teaser video as well as news, tour dates and music that will be unveiled in the coming weeks.   Seamlessly fusing…

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KE$HA TALKS WRITING NEW BRITNEY SPEARS SONG Britney Spears’ new single, “Till the World Ends,” which is available on iTunes now, was written by Ke$ha and produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. Ke$ha told MTV News that she considers herself a songwriter above everything else and said “It’s an honor to write for one…

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Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside have confirmed the May 24 release of ‘Dirty Radio,’ their debut album for Partisan Records. With a clear, keening voice of rare power, Ford offers up 13 tracks of her uniquely soulful blend of rockabilly, pop, punk, and jazz, like the musical child of Buddy Holly and Ella Fitzgerald.…

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Eye’z is taking over Youtube & music in general these days. The non-stop Pop/R&B musician is letting the world know what talent is coming out the Bay Area! The first is a piece commissioned by GRM (Grand Royal Music), an East Bay production company, that records and creates events with local artists. Check this piece…

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The upcoming “Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” out March 22nd – the audio companion to the film director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) describes as “Alice In Wonderland with machine guns.” The wildly re-imagined versions of classic songs that make up “Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” plays an integral role and the…

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Be forewarned, Matt and Kim declare war on dull nights out during their official SIDEWALKS headlining US tour, kicking off May 28th at the Sasquatch Music Festival and including Bonnaroo on June 10th. It’s the official tour in support of their third full-length, Sidewalks, out now via FADER Label, and the plan is to tear…

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SPEARS SAYS NEW ALBUM IS HER BEST! Britney Spears told V magazine that Femme Fatale is the best album she has ever made.   The singer told the magazine that her new album, due in stores later this month, “speaks for itself.”   In the March issue of V, Spears said she worked really hard…

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In early 2010 Mark Foster, Cubbie Fink and Mark Pontius released “Pumped Up Kicks” under the guise of Foster The People. The band put the unknowingly, transmittable song on the internet and emailed it to a few friends. A year later, over 1.4 million streams and a song that every DJ from California to Australia…

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SKYSAW, featuring acclaimed drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, DC-based singer Mike Reina and guitarist Anthony Pirog, has announced the forthcoming release of their debut album, Great Civilizations, in May 2011 on Dangerbird Records. The Los Angeles-based indie label most recently released new records from Fitz and the Tantrums, The Dears, Silversun Pickups and Maritime, among others. SKYSAW…

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CHRISTINA TO COACH CONTESTANTS ON THE VOICE Christina Aguilera has been named as a musician coach on NBC’s new musical competition series, The Voice.   Aguilera joins previously announced musician coaches Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine.     The Voice will be hosted by Carson Daly and the winner of the show receives a…

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G. Love’s new country blues album, Fixin’ To Die, debuted at #1 on the iTunes Rock chart and has reached the #35 spot on this week’s Billboard Top 200 Chart with 11,834 units sold in the first week.     Radio stations across the country are responding well to the first single, “Fixin’ To Die,”…

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k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang will celebrate the release of Sing it Loud by playing the complete album live at two intimate shows the week the album is released. They will perform at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on Monday, April 11 and at (le) poisson rouge in New York City on Thursday,…

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SKY SAXON, the singer and songwriter behind the 1960s garage-rock band The Seeds, died in June 2009.   However, for most of his career and to the end of his life, he received no royalties at all from his record company or his music publishing company.   The reason?   According to those companies, Saxon…

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After a massively successful tour with Avenged Sevenfold, A&M/Octone recording group Hollywood Undead will return to the road to headline the Revolt Tour. Kicking off in Boston on April 6th the tour will feature special guests 10 Years, Drive A and New Medicine. On April 5th, the band returns with their second album: American Tragedy.…

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Australian rock trio Sick Puppies are set to release Polar Opposite, on March 1, available exclusively at WalMart and all digital retailers.   The eight-song release, produced by Rock Mafia, features re-imagined tracks from their smash sophomore release Tri-Polar as well as their first hit “All the Same” from their debut album. This is Sick…

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Razor & Tie is excited to announce the signing of singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton.     Her fourth studio album and first for Razor & Tie is set for release on June 21st, 2011. The album, titled Rabbits on the Run, was produced by Steve Osborne (U2, B-52’s, KT Tunstall) and was recorded in the UK…

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Hollywood Undead have just premiered a video for the song “Hear Me Now” and fans can check it out here. Leading up to the video premiere the band posted 15 teasers for the video on their YouTube and Facebook pages. [youtube pdoIs1jZbCY nolink] www.hollywoodundead.com/revolt

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WILLOW SMITH DROPS “21st CENTURY GIRL” Willow Smith has released “21st Century Girl,” her highly anticipated follow-up to “Whip My Hair.”   The dance track is on sale at iTunes now.   The daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith made a splash last fall with her debut single, “Whip My Hair,” which became an Internet…

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With more than 100 years of accumulated rock ‘n’ roll history as a foundation, Candy Golde is the Midwestern musical collaboration of Nicholas Tremulis, Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) John Stirratt (Wilco) and Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day).   The distinctive blend of blues groove, power pop, Americana and alternative shows itself in the self-titled…

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The clip was directed by Nick Knight, along with Lady Gaga, the Haus of Gaga creative team and choreographer Laurieann Gibson. The pop star confirmed last week that she will unleash another “Born This Way” video as well. The second version, she says, “is a more stripped-down version of the song that will be released…

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Kirtland Records is set to nationally release Sarah Jaffe’s first ever EP — Even Born Again — on March 8th.   The decision to put this out comes on the heels of an incredibly successful year with her debut album Suburban Nature — which made Jaffe one of 2010’s breakout artists — topping year end…

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On May 17th, Virgin Records will release Give Till It’s Gone, Ben Harper’s 10th studio album. The two-time GRAMMY winner will headline a trio of festivals this spring: Bluesfest in Australia, GrassRoots, the New Zealand Blues & Roots All Music Festival, and the Wakarusa Festival in Ozark, AR. The pre-sale for his upcoming shows in…

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“Sometimes I wonder if I’ve been preparing my whole life for this album. I’m curious if people will actually ‘get it’,” so says SKOLD’s influential musical mastermind Tim Skold about ANOMIE, his first album in 15 years. “It really is completely self indulgent wankery, but that goes for just about every record I’ve ever liked.…

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TAYLOR SWIFT SEEN WITH GLEE STAR According to HollywoodLife.com, Taylor Swift attended an L-A Kings NHL hockey game with Glee star Chord Overstreet last Tuesday. Overstreet plays “Sam Evans” on the award winning show and has also made an appearance on No Ordinary Family and iCarly. Ironically, Taylor also attended an NHL game in L-A…

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On the heels of back-to-back sold-out tours in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, Brooke Fraser will return to America for another serious of dates in support of her latest album, Flags.   The “Something in the Water Tour” will bring Brooke to legendary venues such as Webster Hall in NYC, the Fillmore in San…

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Portland, OR-based Blind Pilot, who are currently in the studio recording their second full-length album, will support The Decemberists’ upcoming European tour.   The tour begins on March 4th in Dublin, makes stops in many UK cities as well as Amsterdam and Antwerp, and concludes with a show on March 16th at Hammersmith Apollo in…

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ight Covers, the latest EP from The Watson Twins to be released April 18th, 2011 is a collection of cover songs, pulling from influences and favorites spanning the last five decades.   Covers include songs from PJ Harvey, Bill Withers, Sade, The Turtles, Eurythmics and The Black Keys.   Sonically the recordings reflect each of…

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Dropkick Murphys have released an advance stream of their new song “Take ‘Em Down” in support of the thousands of Wisconsin union workers who are protesting the governor’s budget plan.   The song is available here: SKOPE IT HERE! In addition, as part of their way of showing solidarity with this movement, Dropkick Murphys are…

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Aimee Mann announces her first tour of 2011 with a string of spring dates across the east coast beginning in April. Aimee and her three piece band, made up of long time collaborators Paul Bryan and Jamie Edwards, will play select venues, kicking off at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ, with a date at…

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KANYE’S NEW VIDEO CAUSES SEIZURES? According to AllHipHop.com, Kanye West’s new video, “All of the Lights,” could be a hazard to your health. A U-K based company called Epilepsy Action sent the visual to be tested at Cambridge Research Systems, which concluded that the video could trigger seizures “in some people with photosensitive epilepsy.” Before…

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West Coast hip-hop stalwarts Zion I & The Grouch return with their sophomore collaborative LP, Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation. The album, which is the follow-up to the group’s critically acclaimed Heroes In The City Of Dope released in 2006, will be released March 22, 2011. Zion I & The Grouch, known for…

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The king of rapid fire rhyme, Dirtball has premiered his new video for the track “I Came To Party” online through WorldStar Hip-Hop. The track is the lead single from Dirtball’s new solo album, “Nervous System”, which hits stores on March 1st, 2011 through Suburban Noize Records. SKOPE IT HERE! www.MySpace.com/TheDirtball

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