Black Numbers is excited to announce they will release the new full-length from Quebec City rock band, The Hunters. The album, entitled Art Electic, was recorded with producer Matt Allison (Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence Arms, The Menzingers) in the Summer of 2013. The LP will see an official release in May with vinyl pre-orders going live in April. Song premieres coming soon! The band has released an album teaser for…
Extreme metal icons ARCH ENEMY will unleash their 9th studio album, War Eternal, worldwide via Century Media Records (Trooper Entertainment in Japan) on June 9th in Europe and June 10th in North America. The artwork for the album was created by Costin Chioreanu (http://twilight13media.com/), who previously worked with Michael Amott on SPIRITUAL BEGGARS’ re-issue of their self-titled debut. Chief song-writer, guitarist and band leader Michael Amott comments: “I was looking for a…
Be Calm Honcho is a quartet of sugared, salty hams, living in San Francisco with a lumpy lunch sack of strange strengths. Born on the eve of 2013, Shannon, Alex, Mikey & Jacob have been tenderly prying open the soft spots of rock ‘n’ roll and inserting a dreamy and toothsome rawness. They’ve pooled their geographic wizardry from the idle bayous of Lafayette, LA [Jacob], citrus groves and strip malls…
Post-rock quartet JUNIUS, who recently completed a brief headlining tour prior to a performance at South By Southwest, will continue to tour throughout the U.S. later this spring alongside the Icelandic group Solstafir. Featuring what Pitchfork describes as “the strongest and most sensuous work they’ve done,” the band’s new EP “Days Of The Fallen Sun” — described as a prequel to their 2009 release “The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist,” which explored the…
Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Salt Lake City natives Visigoth! The traditional metal act has been blazing a path through the metal underground since their inception in 2010. The release of their “Vengeance” demo in 2010, and the “Final Spell” EP in 2012 earned the band praise from throughout the underground scene in North America and Europe. The band has entered Boar’s Nest Studios to…
You might have heard it by now. Within six hours of premiering on Stereogum, Woodkid’s “sad” version of Pharrell’s “Happy” had clocked over 100,000 listens, a heartbreakingly beautiful string-laden rendition that tugs at your heart. Woodkid, aka Yoann Lemoine, the world-renowned French musician, director and producer behind acclaimed videos for Lana Del Rey’s Blue Jeans and Born To Die, Drake & Rihanna’s Take Care and Katy Perry‘s Teenage Dream doesn’t…
Few musicians are able to keep listeners interested through ten tracks, much less fifteen. TaQuita Thorns has imbued each of the cuts on Rough and Fancy with enough of her inimitable style and eclectic tastes in music to ensure that fans will stick with the album from the beginning strains of “Forever” until the last notes of “Believe (Power of Love).” The production of the tracks on Rough and Fancy…
There are so many childrens’ titles that are released on a regular basic that it becomes extremely hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Kim Cameron has a title that should be purchased by parents that wish to provide their children with imaginative settings and challenging (but ultimately approachable) reading. The physical and audio versions of this book are two different entities, as Kim has provided music and…
Friend Slash Lover have just cut their new single, “Don’t Retouch Me There.” The track presents listeners with hints of Chromeo, Imagine Dragons, and MGMT. With equal parts EDM and seventies-inspired indie rock, “Don’t Retouch Me There” is as much of a dance single as it is good fodder for dorm parties. The band cultivates a crisp sound on this release, while keeping the echo-heavy vocals in perfect harmony…
Jennifer Adan has just released a book, I Don’t See Heaven. The title provides children with methods of coping after the death of a loved one. Isabella gets on a flight with her family – a baby brother, mother, and father. After all the years of being told that her grandfather is up in Heaven, looking down at her, Isabella cannot see him amongst the clouds. This is a…
Boswell immediately inspire listeners with their title track to Beryllium. The track comes forth with a blend of alternative and indie styling, touching upon Portishead, Bjork, and Radiohead. The band’s instrumental arrangements on this introductory track are very well thought-out, providing listeners with something meaty while providing ample support for Melanie’s vocals. No, Miser! looks back to sixties rock and psychedelic, as the constituent elements of the band craft a…
Small Black has released a video for “Real People”, the title track off of their forthcoming 12″ EP. Helmed by Nick Bentgen, this video perpetuates the off-beat beauty from Bentgen and Small Black’s previous joint venture for “Breathless”. Bentgen described the concept behind the video and working with Small Black: I love talking about movies with Josh. He’s a huge cinephile, and we recently got to talking about sci-fi films…
WATCH: Brush up on your dance moves to the official video for “Coffee” via YouTube LISTEN: “Coffee,” which hit #1 on HypeMachine its first week online, via Soundcloud “[Sylvan Esso] could sound like deliberately primitive 1970s electro in one song and glitchy, abstract techno in another behind Amelia Meath’s teasing voice” – The New York Times “Sleek, experimental and infectious” –NPR (one of their favorite discoveries of SXSW) “Dance music’s take on a folk…
Gene Siewing – the St Louis DJ and producer now making serious waves in Berlin – keeps the momentum going for the 2nd release on his new imprint. Intent Recordings looks set to be a buy-on-sight operation, prizing quality over quantity, and on a mission to provide music aimed firmly at the dance-floor, whatever the genre. As such, it’s the perfect outlet for Gene’s own productions – a conduit for the grooving, funk ‘…
Bikini Kill Records is excited to announce our first digital reissue, The First Two Records. The album will be released on April 29, 2014. As the name implies this release will compile both of Bikini Kill’s iconic first releases: the Bikini Kill EP as well as the newly expanded, about to be released Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah LP. The album was mastered by TJ Lipple. Pre-order your copy now via iTunes or BandCamp. Track listing: Double Dare Ya Liar Carnival Suck My Left…
Click Here To Listen To “Affair” (Free Download) Hot and heavy are two of the first words that come to mind when describing Kinky Love’s debut EP Promise—and that’s exactly how this Chicago synth pop duo likes it. While a rare Nancy Sinatra song first inspired the band’s name, it soon became synonymous with more than the quick gratification their music provides. “It represents our overt and unnatural writing style,”…
STREAM/SHARE NEW TRACK “THE ISLAND” VIA SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/paradeoflights/parade-of-lights-the-island-1 STREAM THE EP IN FULL VIA SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/paradeoflights/sets/parade-of-lights-golden-ep UPCOMING TOUR WITH X AMBASSADORS “A SXSW act you need to hear” – Buzzfeed “If you need a pump-up [listen to] ‘Golden’ by Parade of Lights” – NYLON “Danceable indie rock that draws influences from ’90s shoegaze bands, making alternative electro-anthems that might garner comparisons to Imagine Dragons, early MGMT, and M83.” – Interview “Anthemic,…
Nicolas Karakatsanis, the visual masterminds behind the reins of a video which features the band stripped of all but their own selves. Vanderperre has worked with a startling array of individuals, from Kate Moss to Kanye West, but his encounter with AMENRA sees both parties break formation to form a hesitant, powerful and revealing union. The video, set to “À Mon Âme,” from their most recent LP,Mass V, may not be what you have come…
Avid war historians and Swedish heavy metallers SABATON have released the second album trailer to their upcoming seventh studio release, Heroes, due out in North America on May 27th. Produced and edited by David Havlena of Spark Magazine, the video can be viewed on the Nuclear Blast YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J08IPJdmtZ8 Watch the first album trailer here: http://youtu.be/q-OKZsaZUNQ Heroes was recorded at Abyss Studios with Peter Tägtgren (CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS, IMMORTAL); album art was created byPéter Sallai. Heroes pre-order bundles –…
With its imminent unveiling now just one week away, today mainstream music gateway, Pitchfork, offers up PILGRIM‘s II: Void Worship in its entirety! Recorded at Moonlight Mile Recording by sound sage Mike Moebius and centered on tales of swords and sorcery, death, doom and widespread obliteration, PILGRM‘s II: Void Worship is a frighteningly crushing exercise in pure, sonic doom. Each of its eight tracks ebb and flow into frenzied climaxes…