With their 2011 debut album Man Or Machine, the young and wicked ALPHA TIGER from Saxony already won over a lot of fans, which was solidified by playing numerous shows and festivals, such as German cult festivals Keep It True, Headbangers Open Air and Rock Hard Festival, as well as France’s finest, Hellfest. While the ink on their newly signed deal with Century Media Records has hardly dried, they can…
Hung: The Complete Third Season (available now on Blu-Ray and DVD formats) captures the final 10 episodes of the show. During this season, Ray and Tanya have to expand the scope of their business. By the time that the show’s finale (“The Whole Beefalo”) ends, the status quo seems destined for a shakeup. The closing episode does conclude things nicely, but I feel that the story of Tanya, Ray, Sandee,…
Azure Ray have just premiered the video for “Scattered Like Leaves” (which Stereogum called “starry” and “shivering”) via Paste. The first single from their new Saddle Creek release As Above So Below, it can be seen here: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/09/video-premiere-azure-ray—scattered-like-leaves.html Paste is also streaming the record in its entirety; it can be heard here: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/09/album-stream-azure-ray—as-above-so-below.html As Above So Below is now available in multiple formats (CD, LP, digital, and limited edition colored…
Chris Cohen is proud to debut the music video for album highlight “Optimist High” via Paste Magazine. Watch the psychedelic video here. Previously, Chris announced his record release show for Overgrown Path at Grasslands in Brooklyn, NY on September 27th, now he is happy to share additional tour dates. Please scroll down to view those. Overgrown Path is due September 25th from Captured Tracks. Chris Cohen is a 37-year-old native of Los Angeles currently residing…
Today Woods premieres the first video from the forthcoming album Bend Beyond, the Adarsha Benjamin-directed “Cali In a Cup,” filmed on Super 8 at and around this year’s Woodsist Festival in Big Sur, CA. The band launches a national tour in Atlanta on Sept. 26 where they will team up at various points with Widowspeak, Purling Hiss and The Walkmen. New West Coast dates have been added to the schedule…
Pop group Hedley make a welcome return to the charts as their new single, “Kiss You Inside Out,” hits the Hot AC Top 40 this week while their video logs in over 1.2 million views on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksrFRkA8J4w). Dubbed “swooningly romantic” by CBS radio, “Kiss You Inside Out” jumps up to #36, nestled between hits from Nicki Minaj and John Mayer. Already a top 5 hit across multiple formats in…
The sheer depth and breadth of Art Garfunkel’s career is substantial, and this compilation acts as a starting point for those that are too young or were otherwise unable to pick up Garfunkel’s music up to this point. Eir largest hits – Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Sound of Silence – are presented alongside lesser-known tracks. I find that the later registers of the disc – the first…
If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check out the music video from ARMY NAVY for their new single, “World’s End.” Directed by Mark Schoenecker and starring Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks, Party Down) and Camille Cregan (The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks), the video for “World’s End” takes place in the television studio of a hilarious variety show set in the 1960s. Including a cover of Yaz’s “Only You,” the “World’s End”…
As Balmorhea and Western Vinyl gear up for the October 2nd release of the band’s fifth full-length album Stranger, the Austin, TX six-piece have released the song “Days” to fans for download. “Days” serves as the latest preview of the new material found on the record, following on the heals of “Pyrakantha” which Pitchfork praised as “one of the most brilliant bits of the band’s career,” garnering comparisons to “the radiant hum of…
Velvet Acid Christ stands as the long running, innovative brainchild of Bryan Erickson. Over a career spanning 20 years, Velvet Acid Christ has fearlessly expanded its scope, seemingly enveloping an influence and forging the further refinement of the VAC sound. The latest opus, Maldire, evidences this fact perfectly. The acoustic guitars found on tracks on the previous album The Art of Breaking Apart may not be present on Maldire, but at the beginning of…
Dubstep’s resident badass, killer producer and supreme showman RUSKO is back and ready to drop the hammer on North America. Launching on October 26 and running through Thanksgiving, RUSKO’s tour will preview his newest original music…more about that in a few weeks but let’s just say it’s a hybrid of classic rave and dubstep. You’ve read the tweets, watched the videos but you don’t know RUSKO. Experience it live this fall. BIG…
Static Involution” is the premiere track from DECLINE Of THE I‘s upcoming debut album, due out on September 25th in Europe/UK and November the 6th in North America via Agonia Records. The album is entitled Inhibition and the track can be streamed at the following location: http://soundcloud.com/agoniarecords/decline-of-the-i-static Inhibition is a bold conjunction of quality post-modern black metal influences: the band describes itself as a mix between Burzum, Neurosis and Code. At the same time, Inhibition is the first part of a trilogy that attach great importance to atmosphere as well as heavy, oppressive, and…
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. will be back on the road this September, but not the way they’ve traditionally been touring. After playing the summer festival circuit and spending time at home in Detroit, working in the studio on their forthcoming sophomore album, the guys are ready to embarking on a DJ Tour this week. Post & Share Dale Eanrhardt Jr. Jr. Party Mix http://soundcloud.com/dale-earnhardt-jr-jr/party-mix “Simple Girl” (Tiger & Woods Remix)…
Heart of Hearts Candling Bleek Records BR009 Available via digital download on September 4, 2012 via iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon and more Track Listing: 01. Candling 02. I’ve Got Seven Eyes Heart Of Hearts is the solo work of Greg Hatem. The Baltimore-based project began recording in 2010 in a residential warehouse space onto a dusty old 8-track tape machine. Two years later, Hatem has traded in his worn tape heads for shiny new digits to produce his…
Listen to Jonquil’s new Daytrotter Session Oxford, UK-based quartet Jonquil has released Rush Midnight (of Twin Shadow), 100% Silk’s Fort Romeau, and Jonquil’s own Hugo Manuel (a.k.a. Chad Valley) remixes of ‘Mexico,’ available for free download here. The original single is taken from the band’s Point Of Go album, out now viaDovecote Records (The Futureheads, Hooray For Earth) and Blessing Force internationally. After Jonquil’s first nationwide tour this spring with Keep Shelly In Athens, including sets at SXSW ’12and a sold-out NYC show with Snow Patrol, the band is preparing for a stretch of European dates…
“Annalog and Her Hopeful Diaries is a captivating array of ridiculously fresh sounds cloaked in gently unassuming eccentricity. Passages that could represent the mumblings of Leonard Cohen and Willie Nelson after they’ve had a few morph or give way to psychedelic soundscapes bolstered by damp percussion and soprano warbling verging on Yma Sumac’s bizarro-cism. There are sporadic specklings of electronica; a drizzle that never turns into a downpour. It’s one of the most creative uses…
Who are you and how long have you been active? My name is Sven Sundberg, and I am a songwriter/composer from Springfield, Illinois. I play piano and guitar, and I specialize in creating relaxing, melodic instrumental pop songs. I learned to play the piano at a young age, but I’ve only been recording for a year or so. I have always written melodies as far back as I can remember.…
Monster Energy and Idol Roc Entertainment have announced the line-up for the 2012 Monster Energy Outbreak Tour. Headliner Asking Alexandria will be joined by support acts As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence, Memphis May Fire and Attila. The line-up secured prompted tour producer Steve Glazer (Idol Roc Entertainment) to share, “Without question this is the strongest lineup we’ve assembled for Outbreak to date. Each year we promise to grow our…
This month Lymbyc Systym will tour with Zammuto in support of their new album Symbolyst. Check out the packaging for the LP here. In anticipation of the new album, we’ve released a single featuring “Falling Together” and Nick Zammuto’s remix. You can stream or download both tracks here. 9/26 Washington, DC • U Street Music Hall w/ Zammuto 9/28 Boston, MA • Museum of Fine Arts w/ w/ Zammuto 9/29…
Mobile developer Rubicon Development today announced the first major update for their hit mobile title, Great Big War Game, in addition to launching the game on the Steam platform for PC. A sequel to their iOS hit Great Little War Game, Great Big War Game delivers casual strategy gaming with over 40 hours of gameplay in the single player campaign alone. Today’s update will bring nine new multiplayer maps for players to battle on,…