Shock specializes in live riffing and phenomenal grooves, evoking the feel of sleek electronic funk and warm emotional pop. The gentle brush of a wind-chime signals a mental journey from the pyramids to the ocean, where vocals and guitar are surrounded by warm synth layers, deep bass, and electric rhythms. The live Shock performance humanizes the dance-club and evokes a new-age experience that is both contemporary and classic. “Heaven” is…
One of the biggest names in electronic music, deadmau5 recently played a secret show for 200 fans at Sonos Studio in Hollywood that was recorded for broadcast on KCRW’s signature music show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” tomorrow, Thursday, November 1 at 11:15 a.m. PT. The full 90-minute DJ set and an interview hosted by KCRW Music Director Jason Bentley will be available on demand at that time here. A one-song video…
This Halloween, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS were set to perform in New York City at Brooklyn’s new Barclay’s Arena, but due to the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the show is being rescheduled. Details of the new date to be announced soon. Having heavily disrupted the Northeast, Hurricane Sandy has also forced the band to reschedule their shows in Camden, NJ for December 8 and Fairfax, VA for December 9. The…
Comedian Dan Cummins landed his highest ever career debut with his latest album, Hear This!, charting in the Top 10 this week on the Soundscan Comedy Charts. The new album follows 2010’s release Crazy With A Capital F, which was named one of iTunes Top Ten Comedy Albums of 2010. Over the past few years, Dan Cummins’ absurd observations and dark autobiographical stand-up has been featured on The Late,…
Fervent Record’s Big Daddy Weave secures the top spot on both the NCA and Christian AC Monitored charts with “Redeemed” this week. Only five other songs have captured the No. 1 spot on the NCA chart this year. “Redeemed,” their second release from Love Come to Life, hit the No. 1 spot on the Christian AC Indicator chart last month making it the band’s sixth career No. 1. The song…
MAGFest, the Music And Gaming Festival has strived since 2002 to create the very best lineup of musicians, combining the incomparable enthusiasm of the video game music community and game industry greats on hand to perform live in front of thousands of fans. Over a decade, over 50 different bands and artists have taken the stage at our festival. MAGFest 11 will celebrate the 10th anniversary with our best music lineup yet! On January…
The Global Elite, the debut album from Minneapolis industrial metal war machine SKROG, is now available on CD format. The album can be purchased at www.skrogband.com and is also available as a digital download at skrog.bandcamp.com. Check out this interview with SKROG mastermind Jay Reiter on Tragedy Axe. SKROG is the work of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Jay Reiter and The Global Elite is an explosive, damning account of the current state of…
Birds In Row have announced a string of dates in the UK this winter. Check out the dates below! Birds In Row are a melodic yet abrasive band from Laval, France. Blurring the lines between hardcore, punk, and related sub-genres, Birds In Row truly offer something of substantial emotional weight to their listeners. Collectively carrying somber hearts and poignant souls, they navigate through melancholic seas to shape beautifully hook-laden songs…
Who We Are, the sophomore effort from Rockford, Illinois’ Beyond Threshold is out now via the combined efforts of Goomba Music and Turkey Vulture Records. Expect nothing less than the finest in modern metal/hardcore. Who We Are can be found in stores and online retailers everywhere. Selections from the album have been posted at this location. BEYOND THRESHOLD Live: 11/17 – St. Louis, MO 11/23 – Urbana,…
Chart-topping recording artist Jason Gray released his first Christmas project earlier this year and is now scheduled to headline his first holiday tour. The Christmas Stories Tour will launch November 28th in Illinois and run through December 9th in Ohio. The ten-city tour will feature Gray performing with a full band spotlighting songs from Christmas Stories: Repeat The Sounding Joy, presenting a deeper story celebrating the birth of Christ, while…
Due to concerns about the impact of Hurricane Sandy, the Toro Y Moi album listening event in NY will be pushed back one week to the weekend of Nov. 9-11. It was announced last week that Toro Y Moi and Red Bull Music Academy will be teaming up this November to give fans the opportunity to hear his upcoming third album, Anything In Return, more than two months in advance of release…
VH1 Classic is remixing Halloween and making it what it really should be: “Wholloween,” a day of celebrating all things THE WHO related, including the U.S. television premiere of the 2012 The Who doc “Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me?” at 8 PM ET/PT. Kicking off The Who-fest at 12:30 PM ET/PT is the 1975 British film “Tommy” based on the 1969 rock opera of the same name. 3:00…
This week’s episode of Room 205 filmed during MFNW in Portland, OR, features an exclusive first performance of “More Alone”, the new track from Los Angeles-based Tropic of Cancer. Tomorrow, an alternate live version of the track will release as a split 7″ with HTRK on Ghostly International’s Part-Time Punks Radio Sessions series Tropic Of Cancer is the solo project of Camella Lobo. Though her music has been labeled gothic,…
Renegade English soul-rockers The Heavy are pleased to announce the release of the new music video for their track, “Can’t Play Dead.” Featured on the band’s acclaimed new full-length album, The Glorious Dead (Counter Records) and out just in time for Halloween, the horror-film atmospherics of “Can’t Play Dead” follow the band’s previous single, “What Makes A Good Man?” – a blaring soul stomper that was recently performed on numerous…
Goldroom is back with a remix of Atlas Genius’ “Back Seat.” Among worldwide live dates he has laid his trademark synth sound to this track, which you can stream/download below. Be sure to check out Goldroom live on tour in Australia in November if you are an Aussie fan. Atlas Genius – Back Seat (Goldroom Remix) http://soundcloud.com/goldroom/atlas-genius-back-seat-1 Catch Goldroom on tour in the South Pacific: November 2 – Melbourne –…
In hip-hop, as in life, there are few things more important than family. And no one embodies the bonds of brotherhood better than The Lytics, the five-man Winnipeg crew whose bid for genre supremacy has long been a family affair. Quite literally, in fact: Brothers Andrew and Anthony Sannie have been trading rhymes together since childhood — as has cousin Mungala Londe, who moved in with the family as a…
Rock band Ill Nino has released a brand new music video for their single “La Epidemia.” The song is featured on the band’s just released sixth album Epidemia. The video was filmed in Milwaukee, WI at The Rave, and features a guest appearance from Emmure vocalist Frankie Palmeri. Video | “La Epidemia” La Epidemia” showcases Ill Nino’s power, energy and determination to spread their madness throughout the world. …
Multi-instrumentalist Gregory Rogove (drums for Devendra Banhart and Unknown Mortal Orchestra) gave us the beautiful instrumental piano album, Piana, earlier this year and just released this short film for “Anima”. It’s exceptionally pretty and dabbles between consciousness and the surreal. Directed by Andrew Wilding and George Augusto: More info here: http://www.gregoryrogove.com/yobananaboy/piana.html http://www.knittingfactoryrecords.com/artists/gregory-rogove/
There are a number of different websites out that promise to sell you pianos at a low price. However, a great many of these websites simply cannot provide the prices or the sheer amount of stock as the Used Yamaha Pianos store. One quick visit to the website and a visitor will be greeted with a tremendous amount of options. If you need the piano dropped off, they have that…
Australian alternative rock group Monks of Mellonwah have announced that they will be travelling to the U.S.A for a 2nd time to perform at the 2012 Los Angeles Music Awards, (where the band has received 3 award nominations including ‘Best International Artist’), tour the California and New York regions, and record some new tracks that will feature in their up and coming debut album. The Monks have had a whirlwind…