January 28, Hospitality will release Trouble, the follow-up to their 2012 self-titled Merge debut. Hospitality was met with universal praise, appearing on year-end lists from NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, Buzzfeed, and more. The band spent over a year on the road touring with artists such as Eleanor Friedberger, Wild Flag, The Love Language, Here We Go Magic, and Tennis. With festival appearances at 4Knots, Treasure Island, SXSW, Roskilde, and Sasquatch!,…
Wire has announced a fall West Coast tour and plans to bring their DRILL festival to Seattle. The three-day fest will take place November 21-23 at venues throughout Seattle including Barboza, the Crocodile, and Neumo’s. DRILL: SEATTLE will performances by Helmet, Chastity Belt, Vestals, Earth and more. The festival will also include a performance from the PinkFlag Guitar Orchestra in which other artists, including Helmet’s Page Hamilton, will join Wire…
conic singer, songwriter, musician, actress and philanthropist DOLLY PARTON announces the Australian tour dates as part of the ‘Blue Smoke World Tour’ starting in February 2014. Parton returns to Australia after a widely successful 2011 tour. Dolly’s latest studio album of all new material “Blue Smoke” will be released worldwide on Dolly Records with a release date to be announced soon. “Australia, here I come again. We have a lot…
The lead-single from Marco Polo’s forthcoming LP, PA2: The Director’s Cut, accomplishes what no one else has been able to pull off in over a decade–reunite Organized Konfusion. Since the duo disbanded in 1997, there has been no new OK material and every few years or so the usual “reunion rumors” emerge and then disappear. Marco Polo’s forthcoming LP, “PA2: The Director’s Cut” will be released on 11-12-2013 via Soulspazm…
The third season of Petticoat Junction was the first to be aired in color; this change made it possible for viewers of the show to gain an entirely new perspective about the show’s setting and costuming. By this 1965-1966 run, Petticoat Junction had created a solid cast of characters and new situations for Bobbie Jo (Lori Saunders), Billie Jo (Gunilla Hutton), and Betty Jo (Linda Kaye Henning) and their…
No Idea Records has unveiled the track “The Torchbearer” from the upcoming LP from Crusades, entitled Perhaps You Deliver This Judgement With Greater Fear Thank I Receive It, to be released on November 5th (see Decibel debut). Listen/Post “The Torchbearer” Ottawa, Canada’s Crusades began in late 2009. Comprised of current and ex-members of Sedatives, The Creeps, Buried Inside, The Steve Adamyk Band, Last Communion, Zebrassieres, The Visitors, Pregnancy Scares, Black…
Fearless Records has partnered with MusiCares this holiday season to take care of the needs of musicians and members of the music industry across the country. To assist their program initiatives, a percentage of the net proceeds from Punk Goes Christmas compilation will be donated to the non-profit organization. “Fearless is super happy to be working with MusiCares on our holiday compilation Punk Goes Christmas,” notes Chairman & Founder, Bob Becker.…
Click Here To Listen To “Dynamite” (Prod. By Patrick Lukens) Bass player Maya Vik has presented her modern, eccentric brand of electronic funk pop at Pianos NYC every Monday in September. She has previously opened for Lenny Kravitz, toured Japan, Russia, Holland, Germany and her native Norway, won Norwegian Grammy with Montée, played in Savoy with a-Ha’s Paul Waaktaar, and released two solo albums. Maya recently collaborated with label-mate Proviant Audio on…
In anticipation of their new full length, Paragon of the Crucible, New York’s FREYA have teamed with Revolver Magazine to offer a free four-song digital EP. Entitled Ghost Echoes, the EP features two songs taken from the forthcoming album, as well as two covers (Nirvana and Alice In Chains) exclusive to this EP. The release also features unique artwork, created by visual mastermind and guitarist Brendon Flynn. FREYA will be releasing…
onight in Seattle, Hunx & His Punx bring their raucous, reliably-great live show to Chop Suey, kicking off an all-ages West Coast tour in support of this summer’s beloved Street Punk LP. This morning, Impose shared the follow-up to the band’s earlier “video trilogy“–a clip for fan favorite “You Think You’re Tough” directed by Dan Shaw, brother of punkette Shannon Shaw (also of Shannon and the Clams). In it, the…
With the Oct. 29 release of new album “Serpents Unleashed” just around the corner, blackened metal quintet SKELETONWITCH have unveiled the fourth in a series of behind-the-scenes videos about the recording process. In this edition, drummer Dustin Boltjes and guitarist Nate Garnette discuss some of their favorite songs from the album, including two tracks — “Beneath Dead Leaves” and “This Evil Embrace” — that, until now, have yet to be…
Vitamin packs have been the building block of a great many fitness fans at all levels. The idea has been modified into stacks and narrow-band vitamin supplements, but the Vita Freak pack is a set of pills that will ensure the best possible health, muscle, and mind function for those that supplement with them. Each Vita Freak packet comes with eight pills to take; one is provided a full complement…
Usana has just released a line of protein snacks – Choco Chip, Peanutty Bliss, and Fudge Delite – that will provide a solid boost top one’s energy and drive for those long days or immediately preceding or following a particularly vigorous workout. The bars can also be used in those weight loss programs; make sure to replace a donut or afternoon candy bar with an Usana Protein…
Canada punks The Flatliners have been all over the place musically with their albums in the past, and that’s far from a bad thing. At times focused on aggressive ska, other times rocking a Reggae-vibe (a ’la late era Clash), with Dead Language, the guys opt for straight-ahead punk rock. As a result, they have turned in their most consistently solid release to date. Ignoring overdubs and studio gimmicks, the…
n the night of October 15th, Bomba Estéreo released the video of “Pure Love”, third single from their third and globally acclaimed album Elegancia Tropical. It was directed by Santiago Posada and produced in London on August 2013. The video is now available on BombaEstéreo’s official YouTube channel at: http://goo.gl/5l4mNQ, and you can follow it with the hashtags: #PureLoveVideo #PureLove The Colombian band is currently nominated to the Latin Grammy…
Twenty years after taking her first steps recording vocals for Sella, a high school band from Jacksonville, FL, and twelve years succeeding the launch of a solo career with Teen-Beat Records, Tracy Shedd has delivered the most honest, forthright, and insightful album of her career. Arizona, Shedd’s debut with New Granada Records and fifth full-length recording, presents the slowcore songstress with guitarist, James Tritten, as an acoustic duet. As Shedd reports in the opening lines, Arizona is a walk…
The Return to Ravnica block has just finished up with the release of Dragon’s Maze in May. Theros, a Greek and Roman-styled block, began on September 27th when the titular set (249 cards) was released. Theros is a set about Gods, heroes, and monsters. The Gods (Heliod, Thassa, Erebos, Purphoros, and Nylea) are very powerful Legendary Enchantment Creatures with the God subtype. Thassa, God of the Sea is an enchantment…
Every Time We Talk is a track that plays on classical music while providing listeners with a current and contemporary feel. The ability of Gouzonis to provide a strong narrative to this instrumental arrangement ensures that listeners will stick with the title long after it begins. Joy of My Heart showcases the many different styles of Gouzonis; there are hints of more eastern musical traditions that are present here.…
If Brooklyn has seemed a bit quiet lately, it’s probably because Brooklyn-via-San Fran post-punk progenitors Weekend have been on a national tour this autumn with Disappears. Following the summer release of their roaring, critically-acclaimed sophomore album Jinx (7/23, Slumberland Records), bandmates Shaun Durkan (vocals, bass), Kevin Johnson (guitar), Abe Pedroza (drums) and Nick Ray (bass) are back in the ‘hood, turning up the volume in BK for three live shows at CMJ 2013. The band’s…
Gyptian is revving up for his upcoming studio album Sex, Love and Reggae (October 29, VP Records) and reveals his “colorful” title track today via Pitchfork. The Major Lazer and Jerry Wonda produced single “Sex, Love and Reggae” features guest vocals from Angela Hunte (co-writer for Jay Z’s Grammy-winning “Empire State of Mind”) and Trinidadian soca king Bunji Garlin. In support of Sex, Love and Reggae, the reggae star is currently touring the United States.…