Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment commemorate the birth of music and screen legend Elvis Presley with the Elvis 75th Birthday Collection arriving on DVD June 1, just in time for Father’s Day. Featuring a selection of seven films from the king’s impressive body of work, the set includes both dramatic and musical roles that highlight the phenomenal talent of the great Elvis Presley. Included in the…
Australia’s masters of metal-core Parkway Drive are set to cement their reputation as one of the most dominant exponents of heavy hardcore on the planet with their spellbinding third album, Deep Blue, which is ready for release on June 29 via Epitaph Records. Check out the album’s trailer which features new music from Deep Blue here: http://tinyurl.com/2btv2w5. The hotly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Horizons, Deep Blue raises the bar in…
Da Kennel’s new single, “Model” is now available on iTunes for download. “Model” begins to impact radio across the country, and it has already been an underground and Midwest success. The captivating and hypnotizing song is the new woman’s anthem of 2010. “Model” was produced by Da Kennel’s own Mage, and is featured on the groups recently released mixtape Hood II Hood Vol. 1 hosted by DJ Steph Floss. “Model”…
American Idol alum and beat-boxing sensation Blake Lewis jumped a tremendous four spots on Billboard’s Hot Dance Airplay Chart this week, topping the chart at #1 with his single “Heartbreak on Vinyl.” Just last month, Lewis’ song topped Billboard’s Dance/Club Play Chart at #1. The latest position makes Lewis the first former American Idol contestant to score #1 hits on both of these charts. “Dance music has always been a…
Scott Miller is best known for non-stop touring with his band the Commonwealth, for being one of the founders of the seminal roots rock band The V-Roys and for his eight prior critically acclaimed albums including the recent Appalachian Refugee Demos. In fact, it was with proceeds from Internet sales of these demos made with a Marantz hard-disc recorder (with handmade cover art for each copy) that he financed For…
A year and a half after releasing the acclaimed Alopecia LP, WHY? returns with their fourth album, Eskimo Snow (released Sept. 22, 2009). The two records are each other’s perfect foil: While last year’s release found Yoni Wolf and the gang delivering a tight set of intricate rhymes, live loops, slurred hooks and acerbic wit, Eskimo Snow offers a sung, sobering take on mortality that unfurls in lush waves of…
Athens, GA’s Twin Tigers have been on the road supporting their recently released Gray Waves and announce national dates supporting Interpol following their stint supporting the Hold Steady ! Full Tour Dates Below! Twin Tigers’ Spring and Summer Tour Dates May 22 – The Social – Orlando, FL May 23 – The Social – Orlando, FL May 25 – Live Wire Music Hall – Savannah, GA May 26 – 40…
mewithoutYou will be hitting the road on the nationwide Our Cashew Princess of the Swirling Marble Tour this summer with Rubik and David Bazan and Rocky Votolato on select dates. There are currently 23 scheduled stops starting June 2nd in St. Louis, MO and culminating June 29th in Kalamazoo, MI. The tour comes after mewithoutYou’s latest release, IT’S ALL CRAZY! IT’S ALL FALSE! IT’S ALL A DREAM! IT’S ALRIGHT which…
Brooklyn-based quintet Extra Life recently debuted a brand new Tyondai Braxton (Battles) remix of their single “Head Shrinker,” with Stereogum, available for mp3 download here via LOAF. Stereogum premiered the band’s memorable “Head Shrinker” video a few months back, and calls the Braxton remix an “insectoid scratch-implosion, giving [Extra Life] their first pair of slippery dancing shoes.” Taken from Extra Life’s lauded sophomore album Made Flesh, out now on LOAF,…
For those who haven’t heard TRUTHLiVE’s new album, Patience, or his EP, The UnLearning, yet, there is now a new way to experience TRUTHLiVE. Kudos to DJ Vinroc who had a mixtape made in true and classic mixtape fashion that doesn’t skip from one track to the next. Running 20-minutes long, DJ Vinroc took the recent and best songs from both albums to put into the mixtape starting with title…
As Lone Star state rock quintet Green River Ordinance wrapped up their spring headlining tour on May 6 in Los Angeles, they were joined at the Troubadour by friends David Cook, Angel Taylor, and Matt Hires. The group wastes no time as it prepares to return to the road in support of their current single “On Your Own,” the follow up to “Come On” which reached Top 15 on the…
We can almost hear the universal sigh of relief… summer is here. Finally! So time to pack our bags and jet off to Ibiza for the opening season of Warung Brazil on Wednesday 30th June, at Ibiza’s legendary Privilege. Recognized as the electronic music temple in South Brazil, Warung (meaning ‘home’ in Balinese) sits on the sands of Praia Brava, with gorgeous views of the Atlantic Ocean. Having long been…
5/22/2010 – Pryor, OK – Bikelahoma 5/26/2010 – Santa Rosa, CA – Last Day Saloon 5/29/2010 – St. Louis, MO – Rib America Festival / Soldier’s Memorial Park 5/29/2010 – Monteagle, TN – Thunder On The Rocks Bike Rally June 6/3/2010 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion 6/10/2010 – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock Cafe 6/18/2010 – Sioux City, IA – Awesome Biker Nights 6/19/2010 – Lincoln, NE – The…
He’s Baa-aa-aack! The beloved, award-winning Shaun the Sheep™ returns for a brand new collection of barnyard adventures – and he’s not alone. The six-episode collection, Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind, beams onto DVD June 8, 2010 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. Shaun and his pals will have close encounters of a different kind with old nemeses the Naughty Pigs as well new friends from a galaxy far,…
Fri June 4th – DC9 – Washington, DC Sat June 5th – Central Park Summer Stage W/ Living Color – New York NY Sun June 6th – Southpaw – Brooklyn NY Ebony Bones is a star. It’s as simple as that, or it can be more complex if you’d prefer. If you want to look closer, you’ll see that this south Londoner is very much a artist of our times;…
American Hi-Fi’s new album, “Fight The Frequency,” will now be released August 17 on their own label, Hi-Fi Killers/The Ascot Club (through Megaforce/RED/Sony). Originally due out June 22, it’s the highly anticipated follow-up to 2005’s “Hearts On Parade” (Maverick) and was produced by singer/guitarist Stacy Jones and recorded at his studio in Los Angeles, The Deathstar. “Lost” is the first single from the original line-up–Stacy Jones (singer/guitarist), Drew Parsons (bass),…
Opening its doors in 1980 in Brooklyn’s inner-city, METRO MINISTRIES is celebrating its 30th Anniversary of serving children throughout the five boroughs of New York City and in various urban centers around the world. Its founder, PASTOR BILL WILSON, travels weekly to speak across America and around the world as a pioneer in children’s ministry. With over 120 full-time members on staff and over 42,000 children helped worldwide each week…
The Philadelphia-based award-winning underground hip-hop act known as Philadelphia Slick has been teasing us with hints towards a new EP release for a while now – and now that day has finally come! Philadelphia Slick has lined up a string of tour dates across the Northeast in support of the band’s new EP titled “Everything’s Game”. Packed full of lyrical genious and rythmic and melodic beauty, this EP is no…
Jihae and Wallace Meek are a couple with a keen ear for POP who’ve travelled the world together in search of the perfect tune. Having met in Glasgow while Ms. Meek was the singer for pop phenoms The Royal We and Mr. Meek helmed the excellent Bricolage, they eventually relocated to LA to soak in the sunny vibes and pop history. Surrounded by stacks of dusty 45s, crack musicians and…
Direct from Seville, Spain, the Queen of Gypsy Flamenco Dance Manuela Carrasco and her 10-member company headline the 2010 Bay Area Festival of Flamenco Arts & Traditions on June 15 at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Theater with Suspiro Flamenco. The festival is presented by the Bay Area Flamenco Partnership. True to Gypsy tradition, which places singing and dancing at the heart of family gatherings, Carrasco will appear with her husband Joaquin Amador…