Brooklyn-Based Garage Pop Outfit Selected To Back Ray Davies On Stage 12-City US Tour Brooklyn, NY – Feature Records announced today Locksley will have the honor of backing rock legend Ray Davies while he performs classic Kinks hits during his 12-city US tour! The tour, which will start in Tampa, FL on November 28th, will highlight the release of Locksley’s debut record “Don’t Make Me Wait” recently released to critical…
Eagles of Death Metal performed their new single “Wannabe in LA” a few nights ago Jimmy Kimmel Live. Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWWDa9_JcM
The Rosebuds recorded Life Like in their home studio with the windows open and their friends dropping in and out to lend a hand. Writing songs about the things that mean most to them in their everyday lives, Ivan and Kelly discovered a fox in their yard. They shared the fox with their next door neighbor, an elderly man who listened to them play as he lay ill on his…
Multi Grammy and Dove winner and GMA’s Artist of the Year, tobyMac whose critically acclaimed album Portable Sounds is his best-selling solo project to-date, will once again live up to the definition of “diversity” as the Winter Wonder Slam Tour announces details of his highly anticipated 2008 line-up of artists and markets. Talent set to perform this year includes a litany of hot artists including Relient K, Family Force 5…
Plain album covers usually make me cringe. The Academy’s self-titled EP has half of the back of an individual’s head in front of a wooden wall. In fact, the first track, “The Proverbial Unrestâ€, only further worried me, as the expansive entrance into the CD really doesn’t fit well with the extremely catchy emo-rock that is contained on the rest of this disc. Brethren to bands such as Brand New,…
The leaders of The Truth Movement, (Hed)pe have made their video for the track “Ordo Ab Chao†available online at www.youtube.com/hedpetv.The video was shot in Singing Springs Angeles National Forest with director Devin DeHaven (Busta Ryhmes, Method Man, Papa Roach).
This is hardcore music that really isn’t innovative in any sense. Just imagine some typical guitars and screaming and you have a good idea of what A.18 sounds like. However, there are some times when they transcend the typical hardcore sound and drive themselves into the bowels of hard-rocking groove music, such as in “This Year’s Enemy”. These times are few and far between, and one is stuck listening to…
Beginning this week, Five for Fighting’s “World†will be featured in Sears’2008 holiday campaign. “Worldâ€, taken from Five for Fighting’s 2006 release Two Lights, can be found in television spots promoting Sears’ theme of granting wishes. The ad focuses on those who fulfill their own positive destinies, from celebrities such as LL Cool J and Vanessa Hudgens to normal, unknown American citizens, such as a disabled veteran, who overcome adversity…
Famous Class is a team of artists and musicians based in Brooklyn, NY who have been collaborating on projects since 2003. Known both as an art collective and as an independent record label, Famous Class has slowly built up an impressive catalog of unique and handmade CDs, EPs, DVDs, comics, shirts and zines. Famous Class releases are distinctive and immediately recognizable; CDs, DVDs, and comics are frequently packaged together in…
SUNBEARS! On the Road with Dredg This weekend, SUNBEARS! Took some time away from recording their next EP Dream Happy Dreams to open up for Dredg in Jacksonville. After the show, they were invited to open for a week of shows. Come out and enjoy not only some new songs, but some sweet new multi-media!
Oh yes! Farewell Flight’s new CD – Sound. Color. Motion – is now available for digital download on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and a slew of other sites. So now you have no excuse for not hearing their new CD!
Not only has Cool Hand Luke recently released their latest CD The Sleeping House, they have just made available their Buy the Truth EP exclusively through iTunes. This includes two new tracks – The Greater Dance and Height Nor Depth – that can only be found on this EP. Three Bears Design created amazing artwork for the project, so make sure you don’t miss out. Head over to iTunes and…
An Open Letter to Axl Rose Ending With an Impression of Howard Dean, Thanks a shitload Axl. You haven’t put out a GNR record in 10 years and the month we decide to go out on a tour cleverly named NOVEMBER REIGN, you find it prime time for “Chinese Democracy” to hit shelves. You couldn’t have waited another 3 weeks? We haven’t done a single headlining tour on “The Big…
The Phantom Band releases Checkmate Savage January 27th, 2009 on Glasgow label Chemikal Underground. Recorded in Glasgow at the label’s own Chem 19 and then in Franz Ferdinand’s Govan facility, this record features Paul Savage of The Delgados as producer, engineer, and guiding force. The recording sessions were like their early jams: long, meandering and experimental; the band beating out rhythms on broken wood blocks and organist Andy’s ‘shelvaphones’, a…
After distributing free limited edition DVD’s at CMJ, Holler, Wild Rose! (http://www.myspace.com/hollerwildrose) has now released their new music video for the song “Marylawn Hair.” The video was directed by Holler, Wild Rose! guitarist and NYU Film graduate, Ryan Cheresnick and Holler, Wild Rose! bassist and Montclair State University film graduate, Scott Vangenderen.
The drama that The Absence create during the intro track for “From Your Grave†do not allow anyone to forecast the metal/progressive sound of “A Breath Beneathâ€. This first vocal track seems to mix together the best parts of Lamb of God with Blind Guardian to make break-neck speed and a solid musicianship mesh into something new an exciting. With guitar/drum dynamics as exciting as those present on “A Breath…
December 7 NASHVILLE, TN Exit/In December 8 CHATTANOOGA, TN Loose Cannon Gallery December 9 ATLANTA, GA Eddie’s Attic December 10 KNOXVILLE, TN Square Room December 11 BIRMINGHAM, AL Workplay Theater December 12 CHARLOTTE, NC Visulite December 13 WASHINGTON, DC Iota December 14 NEW YORK, NY Canal Room December 16 BOSTON, MA Paradise December 17 PHILADELPHIA PA The Note December 19 CHICAGO, IL Schuba’s December 20 CINCINNATI, OH Southgate
One of the great sleeper release of 2008 is the Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden “Hearts & Daggers” – an album of pocket symphonies – cinematic compositions rendered in a charming, homespun manner on violin, accordion and dulcet vocals.
The Glenlivet is pleased to announce the U.S. introduction of The Glenlivet XXV, the oldest permanent release in the range’s portfolio. This new offering is made from a hand-selected vintage that has been finished in first-fill Sherry casks for at least two years before bottling. The final marriage of the whiskies from the Sherry and traditional oak casks produces a unique, nutty spiciness that complements the classic sweet and fruity…
“SHIPS & DIP V” TO SET SAIL FROM MIAMI ON FEBRUARY 1, 2009 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DAVE FOLEY AND KEVIN MCDONALD OF KIDS IN THE HALL BARENAKED LADIES have announced plans to release SHIPS & DIP III DVD, a documentation of last year’s shenanigans on board the Carnival Victory Cruise complete with performances and behind-the scenes action. The DVD will be released on December 6 and sold at the band’s…