After playing to a packed house at Brooklyn’s famed Rock Shop, The Freeze Tag set their eyes on the future, and on the road. The night was organized under the group’s newly announced artist collective, Daylight Curfew, and saw performances by The Freeze Tag, Eka, Echoes Alike, Grimace, Cassettes Won’t Listen, and Turnbull Green, the latter of whom also turns in the latest remix from The Freeze Tag’s newly released…
Music fans across the U.S. and Canada are going to have a chance to sample the sounds of one of Austin’s hottest new acts when Cowboy and Indian, a rootsy seven-piece, launches a national tour this June. The tour begins in Amarillo, Texas, and will hit ten other cities on this whirlwind trip. Cowboy and Indian will play the North by Northeast Music Festival on June 15 in Toronto. Detroit’s…
On June 9, Stephen Costello makes his Glyndebourne Festival debut, performing the role of the peasant Nemorino in Donizetti’s popular bel canto comedy L’elisir d’amore (16 performances through August 4). The production, directed by Annabel Arden, features soprano Danielle de Niese as Adina, the object of the besotted Nemorino’s affections. Costello has sung the role in three previous productions, and undertakes it again this fall when he returns to the…
Eastern Conference Champions will begin a run of headline shows in New York on June 11th when they perform at Piano’s. The band released their new album Speak-ahh on April 26th on RockHampton Records and recently just wrapped a string of dates with Neon Trees. Recorded in downtown Los Angeles, Speak-ahh is a departure from the sound of their debut album. The trio, which consists of Josh Ostrander, Greg Lyons…
Guitarist Jan Åkesson and vocalist Peter Grundström met in August 1984 at a gig. Jan played in a band called Ravage and Peter was the vocalist of the band Whitelight. Soon Jan joined Whitelight. In 1987 Jan and Whitelight parted ways and Jan focused on playing more guitar-oriented hard rock. Peter continued as a member of Whitelight but Jan wasn’t replaced. Soon Whitelight changed their name to Kee Avenue. In…
Mortiis is giving fans an opportunity to get creative with the tracks from “Perfectly Defect” through the nearly-launched “Mortiis Remixed” site (www.remix.mortiis.com). The site is a forum that allows anyone with access to music programs such as Live, Cubase, Logic, and Garageband, to download separated tracks and loops and create their own remixes. “Or simply abuse at will,” Mortiis laughed.” The fan-created tracks can then be uploaded to the remix…
Travellers – this new musical project was brought into existence by Wojtek Szadkowski, known from his work in such acclaimed bands as Collage, Satellite, and Strawberry Fields. The band recorded their debut album in line-up consisting of Robin (vocals), Grzegorz “sencha atta” Leczkowski (guitars), Krzysiek Palczewski (bass), and Wojtek Szadkowski (keys, drums). “A Journey Into The Sun Within” consists of 6 tracks and as Wojtek Szadkowski describes: “It’s a mixture…
JUNE 15 BALTIMORE, MD OTTOBAR JUNE 16 RICHMOND, VA GROOVIN IN THE GARDEN (Maymount)** JUNE 17 JIM THORPE, PA MAUCH CHUNK OPERA HOUSE JUNE 18 CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY CLEARWATER FESTIVAL JULY 21-23 CALGARY, ALB CALGARY FOLK FESTIVAL JULY 30 NEWPORT, RI NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL SEPT. 10 DALEVILLE, VA DALEVILLE TOWN CENTER SEPT. 29 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL NOV. 29 MUNICH, DE FREIHEIZ NOV. 30 FRANKFURT, DE BATSCHKAPP DEC. 1 KOLN,…
June 9 Olympia, WA @ TBA June 10 Seattle, WA @ Autonomia June 11 Vancouver, BC @ Garbage Mountain June 12 Portland, OR @ TBA June 13 Salem, OR @ The Wasteland June 14 Sacramento, CA @ TBA June 15 Oakland, CA @ Yourhaus/Hazmat June 16 Santa Cruz, CA @ Forest Show June 17 San Fransisco, CA @ Sub-Mission Art Gallery June 18 Garden Grove, CA @ The Cabin June…
New Jersey’s latest musical offering The Static Jacks will take their infectious high energy indie rock on the road this June when they embark on an East Coast trek with Austin psychedelic rockers White Denim. News of the tour comes on the heels of The Static Jacks announcing the August release of their debut album If You’re Young and will give fans an opportunity to hear some of the new…
Jun. 24th – San Diego, CA – Soma Jun. 25th – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction Jun. 26th – Fresno, CA – Club Retro Jun. 27th – Roseville, CA – Club Retro Jun. 28th – Sparks, NV – The Alley Jun. 30th – Portland, OR – Branx Jul. 1st – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven Jul. 3rd – Calgary, AB – New Black Centre Jul. 4th – Edmonton, AB –…
Keegan DeWitt is confirmed to support Jeremy Messersmith on a June east coast tour. The tour will take the Nashville-based DeWitt and his band from the Southgate House in Cincinnati, OH, on June 13th to DC9 in Washington, DC, on June 19th, and includes a New York show at the Mercury Lounge on June 18th. DeWitt wrapped up Daytrotter’s 4th Barnstormer tour in late April, playing alongside artists including Sondre…
“Nothing gold can stay.” Even as he tried to capture it in verse, Robert Frost appreciated the ephemeral nature of beauty. And so does Grant Olsen. Yet a nod to the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet is only one of the reasons the Seattle-based songwriter-best known as half of the duo Arthur & Yu-christened his new project Gold Leaves. An autumnal character imbues these nine originals. Just as foliage buds, changes color,…
On June 6, BLONDES return with the Business / Pleasure 12″, the second in a three part series on NYC’s RVNG Intl label exploring duality concepts. The two 12″ sides were performed and recorded live without overdubs while the duo was stationed in Berlin between European dates this past winter. Both “Business” and “Pleasure” let the melodic textures breath before layers of synth, sub bass, and percussion are marched out…
Munich-based quartet Lali Puna has debuted a new video for single “Move On” off of their latest LP, Our Inventions on Morr Music. Watch the video for “Move On” at the MTV Hive premiere or at Vimeo. Its release coincides with a brand new 7-inch on Morr Music featuring “Move On” as well as the previously unreleased track “See the Wood for Trees” on the b-side. “See the Wood for…
06/08 Tampa, FL @ Cappy’s Pizza (Seminole Heights) Acoustic Tour Kick Off Party 06/10 Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge w/ Casper & The Cookies, The Shut-Ups 06/11 Charleston, SC @ Tin Roof w/ Sleepy Eye Giant 06/12 West Columbia, SC @ One Unit Art Space w/ Nathan Hussey (of All Get Out), Future Wives, Dear Kavalier 06/13 Richmond, VA @ Sprout FREE! 06/14 Charlottesville, VA @ The Box FREE! 06/15…
Releasing one of the year’s premier electronic-music albums, pursuing an epic tour schedule spanning 2 nationwide tours including Coachella, Lollapalooza and Ultra, plus tours of the U.K. and Australia– apparently all that wasn’t enough for The Glitch Mob. If anything, it’s just proven to be the beginning… The Los Angeles-based trio comprising Justin Boreta, Ed Ma, and Joshua Mayer continues their movement into 2011, gearing up to embark on a…
Fresh from the recent U.S. release of her second album Watching You Think, Montreal based singer/songwriter NEeMA has announced a European tour, beginning June 10th at Schlossplatz in Stuttgart, Germany. In addition to her series of headlining club dates at intimate venues across the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Sweden and more, NEeMA has also received backing from Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper and Elton John to support them at…
Since premiering on January 31st, Efterklang’s collaborative film with Vincent Moon, An Island, has taken on a life of its own, exceeding even the band’s own modest expectations. Distributed during the first two months using the unique method of Private-Public Screenings devised by the band and director, members of the public were invited to host their own public free-entry screenings of the film in their homes, offices, schools et al…
Following his critically acclaimed new album Thank You Mr Churchill, Grammy®-winning guitarist and songwriter Peter Frampton will embark on a world tour this June celebrating his multi-platinum-selling live album Frampton Comes Alive!, performing the legendary album in its entirety across the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The three-hour show will feature a complete performance of Frampton Comes Alive! along with highlights from Frampton’s catalog, including…