Venerated musician Yann Tiersen and his band is set to embark on a much anticipated tour of North American beginning this January in Los Angeles. Tiersen is a supremely talented and unquestionably unique artist whose recordings merge experimental aspects of classical music with flourishes of folk, rock and the bristling energy of post punk. The band will be bringing Dust Lane to life with synths, electric guitars, violins and drums…
1/26 Boise, ID- Neurolux * 1/28 Lincoln, NE- Bourbon Theatre * 1/29 Columbia, MO- Mojo’s * 1/30 Bloomington, IN- The Bluebird * 2/1 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of The Living Arts # 2/2 New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre # 2/3 Worcester, MA – The Palladium # 2/4 Quebec City, QC – Cercle # 2/5 Montreal, QC – Le National # 2/6 Toronto, ON – Opera House # 2/8 Chicago,…
1/24 Kansas City MO Uptown Theater 1/25 Minneapolis MN State Theater 1/26 Milwaukee WI Pabst Theater 1/28 Rosemont IL Rosemont Theatre 1/29 Indianapolis IN Murat Theatre 1/30 Cleveland OH Playhouse Square Center – State Theatre 2/1 Detroit MI The Fillmore Detroit 2/2 Munhall PA Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead 2/4 Wallingford CT Oakdale Theatre 2/5 New York NY Beacon Theatre 2/6 Glenside PA Keswick Theatre 2/9 Bethesda MD Music Center…
With the arrival of Death of a Pop Star, David Banner and 9th Wonder are set to unveil a second tier of visual content inspired by the music: an anime-style comic strip. The story centers around two men, Banner and 9th Wonder, living in the real world with extra ordinary powers. David Banner’s character struggles with being from an impoverished neighborhood and coming to terms with a higher calling. Conversely,…
“Light Into Branches” could be Christopher Willits’ most “organic” track to date and the closest to a verse-chorus-verse structure we have seen from the prolific artist. It is one of the few tracks taken from Tiger Flower Circle Sun where an acoustic guitar and vocals are the driving force. Willits tells us the inspiration for the song himself. “I created this song instantaneously, soon after an injury was healed. My…
Topshelf Records and My Heart To Joy are stoked to be announcing My Heart To Joy’s newest EP Reasons To Be. The 3 song release was originally recorded this spring and is now finally being released. Reasons To Be is the bands follow up to their critically acclaimed full length Seasons In Verse which was released by Topshelf Records (CD/Digital) and Asbestos Records (Vinyl). My Heart To Joy takes cues…
In conjunction with Mello Music Group’s recently released compilation album, Helpless Dreamer, the stalwart indie label has teamed up with Project Blowed DJ Tommy Blak to further highlight Mello’s unrivaled roster of talent. The mixtape, Mello Music Group Volume One, is smooth mix of tracks from the past two years, meant to recap the label roster’s work and provide some holiday treats for eager fans. A mix of tracks from…
Check out dates for the first leg of Seth Glier’s 2011 tour below. For the most up to date tour information, visit Seth Glier’s site. January Day City Venue 6 Cambridge, MA Club Passim 7 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall 8 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall 9 Philadelphia, PA WXPN 88.5 Live Performance 10 Frederick, MD Brewer’s Alley 11 New York, NY The Living Room 13 Philadelphia, PA Tin…
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXyD0NkFmXk “Working with Rolando and his staff was very effortless. As a songwriter I’m always chasing a sound and love when I catch it. I feel we caught the picture we were chasing with this video.” – Eric Roberson Music Credits: Produced By: Brett “B Dubb” Baker Written & Arranged By: Eric Roberson All Background Vocals By: Eric Roberson Video Credits: Directed by: Rolando Sanchez Cinematographer: Pedro Avila Cross…
At a smidge under $100 (currently on sale at BrooksRunning.com ), the Brooks Launch comes forward with a tremendous amount of features at a cheap price. The lightness of the shoes is of primary importance, meaning that runners with these shoes are not saddled with clunky or otherwise badly-designed shoes. Related to the weight has to be the balance in the shoe’s design. The Brooks Launch, despite having a much…
Since hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast in late August of 2005, Steven Stubblefield has been working on a new Starlings, TN record. “That storm was like a bad acid trip,” Stubblefield says. “It lasted as nearly as long too. It was eight hours of chaos that left years destruction in its wake.” With more than $10,000 worth of damage to his home from Katrina, Stubblefield spent the next three…
The All-American Rejects and Magic Bullet Records have teamed up to issue 10 very special copies of the AAR album “When the World Comes Down” with all proceeds benefitting Charity: Water! This organization works to directly fund sustainable water solutions in areas of the planet with the greatest need. It’s surprising to learn that one in eight people on earth currently do not have access to clean, safe drinking water,…
You may (or may not) notice the catalog number on this is Sheath016, while our most recent release was actually Sheath025. Well, here’s the story behind this release: the catalog number for this one was actually assigned about two years ago, when we were beginning work on the early-mid teen catalog numbers. The original band that was supposed to be on this 7″ needed a second band to do a…
Many critics have opined that Lloyd’s “New Quartet”, with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland may be the best of all his groups. The quartet’s previous release in this line-up, the live-recorded Rabo de Nube, met with across-the-board approval and was voted #1 album of the year in both the Critics and Readers Polls of JazzTimes. The Quartet has toured extensively since the September release of Mirror both in…
NEVERMORE has landed on several ‘Best of 2010’ lists this month but that seems to be an obvious conclusion from releasing what many view as the best NEVERMORE album yet, ‘The Obsidian Conspiracy’. The band has also seen a huge response from fans after completing their tremendous headlining tour this summer. Now the band is gearing up for 2011 and that means one thing, more touring! NEVERMORE is excited to…
“Maple” may just be one of the most annoying openings for a CD; the repletion and brash arrangements that are such a hallmark for the track do maintain some semblance of a melody, but it is lost in much of the track’s chaos. Continuing with the incredible amount of repetition for “It’s The Wine”, Pattern Is Movement seem to be expressing themselves in a seventies vein, almost as the Kinks…
Knoxville, TN’s WHITECHAPEL has selected Rocketown in Nashville, TN as the location for the new music video for the track Breeding Violence, off the band’s latest release A New Era of Corruption. The video is being shot on Saturday, January 8th with director Scott Hansen (Ill Nino, Willie Nelson, A Day to Remember, DWP, Bless the Fall, We Came As Romans). WHITECHAPEL will play a full set for their fans…
Moving into their first track “Non Servium” with a generous helping of Radiohead and a brooding style of indie rock, Pattern is Movement start out their disc with a solid-sounding but weak-experimenting first track. The inclusion of strings to counteract the snarky tone of the guitar is a welcome change from banality, but the track still leaves some longing in the hearts of true musical swingers. Lacking a definite bass…
The white vinyl 7-inch with a custom printed sleeve is now available via the Theory 8 website and a download card for MP3s of the two tracks is included with each copy. A digital download version is also available at all major digital retailers and includes the bonus track “Shut Your Eyes”, a demo of “Reluctance,” and a radio edit of “Two Hearts.” AOL Music’s Spinner blog has a full…
“Strength” shows Patten’s appreciation of bands like Creed and Nickelback, and while Patten’s instrumental approach does not touch much in the way of rock (the track blends together piano and keyboards), the intensity of Patten’s vocals cannot be denied. There is more than a fair share of blues in the aforementioned set of vocals, perhaps giving the tracks on this album a more timeless sound. “Remember When” is a much…