Who was the greatest pop singer of all time? Well, opinions certainly do vary on that topic, but one thing is certain: Bing Crosby has to be part of the discussion. Collectors’ Choice Music feels most blessed and honored to bring you the first in a series of releases direct from the Bing Crosby Archive. Over the next couple of years you will find classic albums, unreleased albums, rare and…
The Dillinger Escape Plan have spent the past month laying waste to cities throughout North America, and will bring their headlining tour to a close on April 16th at the Coachella Festival in Indio, CA alongside Jay-Z, Muse and Faith No More. For those who missed the notoriously outrageous shows, our friends at Samson and Metalinjection.net have put together three live clips for you to check out. These were made…
Daniel Lioneye (H.I.M. side project) need a music video and are tasking their fans to create one for them. The band have launched a music video contest for the songs “I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One” and “Euroshaman.” Go to the contest page www.redmusic.com/lioneyevideo for directions on how to download the songs, lyrics, and where to upload your video once you’re done. One Grand Prize winner will recieve…
Domino Records will be releasing Owen Pallett’s “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt” on 12″ and digitally on June 22, 2010. Owen’s North American tour in support of the recently released Heartland will begin this evening in Toronto. Full dates below. Download the Dan Deacon remix of “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt” for free here: http://bit.ly/dkatXP Lewis Takes Off Shirt 12″ Track List: A 1: Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (Album…
Hey Tiger – September / 2005 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.heytigerband.com / Reviewed 15 March 2006 I’ve never gotten why there are just so many bands coming out of New Jersey at any one given time. It seems like every second or third act is a Jersey band; is it really true that every citizen of the state has a band, oir is it some bizarre patch that individuals…
For its second album, Highland Park sextet Fol Chen presents Part II: The New December, songs of malaise and miscommunication set to dark pop and glitch-riddled chamber funk. Since the band’s inception, Fol Chen has remained a mysterious entity – its membership disguised by masks and aliases, its lyrics appearing as transmissions from a fictional world. But just as the on-album narrative has congealed in bits and pieces, the group’s…
Ari Hest – The Green Room Sessions / 2006 Sony / 5 Tracks / http://www.arihest.com / http://www.columbiarecords.com / Reviewed 19 January 2007 Ari Hest has been talked about quite a few times in the last few months, and The Green Room Sessions†is an introductory EP to show everyone who receives it exactly what Hest is about. The style of music that is played during songs like “Upstairs†is a…
Fans and music press worldwide alike are buzzing about the sophomore CD by North Carolina Americana quintet Big Daddy Love titled ‘To The Mountain’. Proclaimed inventors of a new genre of music coined Appalachian Rock, Big Daddy Love’s new CD is about to set the music world on fire! “As an Americana band from the mountains of North Carolina, Big Daddy Love has certain elements to their music that define…
Hero Pattern – The Deception EP / 2006 Self / 6 Tracks / http://www.heropattern.com / http://www.myspace.com/heropattern / Reviewed 21 January 2007 Hero Pattern are smart. They start out their EP with a sub-1:45 track in “Don’t Even Miss Meâ€. The high amount of energy present in this track is a perfect introduction for anyone who has not heard Hero Pattern up to this point, and for anyone that might feel…
Carl Fischer Music proudly announces the newest addition to the BriLee Music vocal solo series for treble voice, Let Nature Sing: Solo Songs for the Developing Voice (BLB008 – $24.95). This new release, like the other books in this series, includes a CD containing both piano accompaniment and vocal demo tracks. Let Nature Sing: Solo Songs for the Developing Voice contains ten songs in a variety of styles from spirituals…
The String Cheese Incident announce the final stop on their 2010 calendar: an epic “Hulaween†weekend of Incidents on Friday, October 29, with the Disco Biscuits, and Saturday, October 30 at the famed Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. Tickets for the Hampton shows go on sale April 20 at www.stringcheeseincident.com. .25 cents from every ticket sold to these shows will go to support three not-for-profit organizations close to the SCI…
Funeral Party is a five-piece band that formed late one night in a park. Hardcore bands and metal bands dominated the local music scene at the time in Whittier, California, an East Los Angeles suburb comprised of mostly working-class enclaves. In the East Los Angeles neighborhoods adjacent to Whittier however, a post-punk dance-craze revival was emerging and Funeral Party began gigging every weekend. The band quickly developed a following and…
The Higher – Histrionics / 2005 Fiddler Records / 14 Tracks / http://www.thehigher.com / http://www.fiddlerrecords.com / Reviewed 12 April 2005 Brother, I was not expecting “Diaries†to come from a band that had released an album with this cover – shallow, I know but the music to be found on “Histrionics†is a brand of emo-rock that situates itself between Brand New and Hawthorne Heights. What is fun with The…
Arthur Nasson was set to leave his basement studio and pack up the van to tour the East Coast with his 12-year old son on drums, when he was struck by a sudden change of heart. A journey was being framed in his mind, but it wasn’t for the road, it was for the quarter inch reel tape. Nasson’s flash of inspiration led him back down the stairs of his…
04/09 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club # 04/10 Iowa City, IA The Mill # 04/11 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Music Hall # 04/12 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory & 04/13 El Paso, TX Percolator & 04/14 Phoenix, AZ The Trunkspace & 04/16 Indio, CA Coachella 04/20 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom % 04/21 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret % 04/22 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern % 04/24 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place 04/25 San…
Pre-Order Rooney’s New Album Eureka, Out June 8th, In Multiple Formats Here: http://rooney.hasawebstore.com/ pre-order the album & receive an MP3 of the new single “I Can’t Get Enough” immediately. FREE ROONEY DOWNLOAD OF “I DON’T WANNA LOSE YOU” AVAILABLE HERE: http://ilgrock.com/rooney/mp3-signup/ Los Angeles quartet Rooney will release of their new album, EUREKA on June 8th. Produced and crafted entirely by the band, EUREKA will be released on California Dreaming Records…
Like the subtly deep, slowburn dream-pop R&B found on the album, White Hinterland’s Kairos has calmly, cooly been winning over hearts of music fan and critic alike. It seems with each day, a new champion of Kairos steps forward. Just this afternoon, NPR selected Kairos’ opener “Icarus” as its Song Of The Day, saying of the jam: “It’s hypnagogic, certainly, but also transformative — these are the sort of reveries…
Steel Train is also excited to release an exclusive 7″ limited edition vinyl of new song TURNPIKE GHOST with a b-side cover of BULLETPROOF (by La Roux) for this year’s installment of Record Store Day (April 17th.) The 7″ will be available nationally through select independent retailers and at this year’s Coachella Music Festival, where the boys will be signing copies after their set on Saturday, May 17th. Fans can…
Singer and dynamite performer, Emii, released her new music video for “Magic” and has reached over 650,000 views in a single day. “Magic” took the #1 spot for Music on YouTube for the day and the #6 spot for overall videos. The video made such an impression that even Lady Gaga and Rihanna subscribed to Emii’s YouTube channel! Emii’s first single “Magic” is now available on iTunes. You can purchase…
Bullet For My Valentine will be have a live chat with their fans on Myspace Friday, April 9th at 5:00 GMT/12:00 EST. Tune in for an EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT and submit your questions now at www.myspace.com/myspacelive. BFMV’s new album FEVER comes out on April 27th. Fever was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte) and recorded in both Wales and Los Angeles. Fever is the follow up to 2008’s Scream…