In June, The Mountain Goats will descend upon the west coast in their duo formation of John Darnielle and Peter Hughes, affectionally named The Mountain Goats Twin Inhuman Highway Fiends Tour 2014.
Featuring 10 brand new tracks recorded at Killer Studio (Norway) in 2012 and 2013, Napalm Nights marks Nocturnal Breed’s triumphant return after a seven year silence. The band, which possesses present and past members of Satyricon, Aeternus and Gehenna, welcomes back original guitarist I. Maztor to the mix, once again producing a punch of epic old school thrash metal with a seething rock and roll undercurrent. In addition to a special guest…
West Palm Beach, Florida punk/hardcore outfit, CENTURIES, is about to undertake a new US tour, taking their live show to new sectors of the country. Still touring on their Southern Lord-released Taedium Vitae debut LP, the band will embark westward out of their home state on a twenty-two date tour on April 9th, the trek running out to and up the West Coast US before cutting back down…
Melbourne Celt folk-punks THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY broke onto their local scene in 2010 and quickly set about playing to diverse crowds up and down the East Coast of Australia, finding themselves equally at home in front of a festival crowd as the dark seedy punk rock shows that they knew and loved. Setting out to create party music they combined Aussie folklore with personal experience, while drawing inspiration from the sounds of…
Sampology’s new Cashmere Cat remix & eye-popping A/V video with found footage from old Bollywood films: http://hypetrak.com/2014/03/cashmere-cat-wedding-bells-sampologys-audio-visual-edit/ Last night Sampology wrapped his North American tour including a Miami Music Week performance at Sweat It Out! with Yolanda Be Cool, What So Not, Plastic Plates, Cassian & Bones.
Armoury Records, in conjunction with earMUSIC, welcomes ANETTE OLZON to their expanding roster of powerful frontwomen. Best known for her time fronting symphonic metal brigade, Nightwish, for five years before fleeing the band in 2012, the Swedish born songstress has established herself as a true apex among female rock singers globally and will continue the trend with Shine. Produced by Stefan Örn and Johan Glössner, co-produced by OLZON alongside Johan…
Pennsylvania instrumental bass and drum trio, KING DEAD, are very pleased to announce the release of their debut EP. Recorded live in their practice/performance space, The Living Room, in Stroudsburg by Dave Reiser of Rock Hard Studios, the self-titled offering features five organic movements of ethereal, desert-styled Spaghetti Westernish psychedelia that seethe under the bulk of their own twirling, glassy-eyed heaviness. Relays The Obelisk, “At thirty-three minutes, the self-titled…
Sun Club have announced a string of North American dates in support of their recent Goodnight Records release, an EP entitled ‘Dad Claps At The Mom Prom.’ Hailing from Baltimore, this is the band’s debut release and they have been honing their chops playing numerous live shows supporting the likes of Snowmine, Los Campesinos, Yuck, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Big Sleep, DAD’s, Ava Luna and more. ‘Dad Claps At The Mom…
Following a June run of live abrasions through Europe, Denver blackened sludge trio, PRIMITIVE MAN, will wage war upon the US. Slated to commence on July 19th on their home turf, the band will devour nearly two dozen cities through August with their traumatic psalms of smoldering, sludge-laden sorrow. The band will be joined by Copenhagen hardcore/black metal merchants, Hexis. PRIMITIVE MAN has spent much of this month on…
Black Numbers is excited to announce they will release the new full-length from Quebec City rock band, The Hunters. The album, entitled Art Electic, was recorded with producer Matt Allison (Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence Arms, The Menzingers) in the Summer of 2013. The LP will see an official release in May with vinyl pre-orders going live in April. Song premieres coming soon! The band has released an album teaser for…
Extreme metal icons ARCH ENEMY will unleash their 9th studio album, War Eternal, worldwide via Century Media Records (Trooper Entertainment in Japan) on June 9th in Europe and June 10th in North America. The artwork for the album was created by Costin Chioreanu (http://twilight13media.com/), who previously worked with Michael Amott on SPIRITUAL BEGGARS’ re-issue of their self-titled debut. Chief song-writer, guitarist and band leader Michael Amott comments: “I was looking for a…
Be Calm Honcho is a quartet of sugared, salty hams, living in San Francisco with a lumpy lunch sack of strange strengths. Born on the eve of 2013, Shannon, Alex, Mikey & Jacob have been tenderly prying open the soft spots of rock ‘n’ roll and inserting a dreamy and toothsome rawness. They’ve pooled their geographic wizardry from the idle bayous of Lafayette, LA [Jacob], citrus groves and strip malls…
Post-rock quartet JUNIUS, who recently completed a brief headlining tour prior to a performance at South By Southwest, will continue to tour throughout the U.S. later this spring alongside the Icelandic group Solstafir. Featuring what Pitchfork describes as “the strongest and most sensuous work they’ve done,” the band’s new EP “Days Of The Fallen Sun” — described as a prequel to their 2009 release “The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist,” which explored the…
Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Salt Lake City natives Visigoth! The traditional metal act has been blazing a path through the metal underground since their inception in 2010. The release of their “Vengeance” demo in 2010, and the “Final Spell” EP in 2012 earned the band praise from throughout the underground scene in North America and Europe. The band has entered Boar’s Nest Studios to…
You might have heard it by now. Within six hours of premiering on Stereogum, Woodkid’s “sad” version of Pharrell’s “Happy” had clocked over 100,000 listens, a heartbreakingly beautiful string-laden rendition that tugs at your heart. Woodkid, aka Yoann Lemoine, the world-renowned French musician, director and producer behind acclaimed videos for Lana Del Rey’s Blue Jeans and Born To Die, Drake & Rihanna’s Take Care and Katy Perry‘s Teenage Dream doesn’t…
Small Black has released a video for “Real People”, the title track off of their forthcoming 12″ EP. Helmed by Nick Bentgen, this video perpetuates the off-beat beauty from Bentgen and Small Black’s previous joint venture for “Breathless”. Bentgen described the concept behind the video and working with Small Black: I love talking about movies with Josh. He’s a huge cinephile, and we recently got to talking about sci-fi films…
WATCH: Brush up on your dance moves to the official video for “Coffee” via YouTube LISTEN: “Coffee,” which hit #1 on HypeMachine its first week online, via Soundcloud “[Sylvan Esso] could sound like deliberately primitive 1970s electro in one song and glitchy, abstract techno in another behind Amelia Meath’s teasing voice” – The New York Times “Sleek, experimental and infectious” –NPR (one of their favorite discoveries of SXSW) “Dance music’s take on a folk…
Gene Siewing – the St Louis DJ and producer now making serious waves in Berlin – keeps the momentum going for the 2nd release on his new imprint. Intent Recordings looks set to be a buy-on-sight operation, prizing quality over quantity, and on a mission to provide music aimed firmly at the dance-floor, whatever the genre. As such, it’s the perfect outlet for Gene’s own productions – a conduit for the grooving, funk ‘…
Bikini Kill Records is excited to announce our first digital reissue, The First Two Records. The album will be released on April 29, 2014. As the name implies this release will compile both of Bikini Kill’s iconic first releases: the Bikini Kill EP as well as the newly expanded, about to be released Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah LP. The album was mastered by TJ Lipple. Pre-order your copy now via iTunes or BandCamp. Track listing: Double Dare Ya Liar Carnival Suck My Left…
Click Here To Listen To “Affair” (Free Download) Hot and heavy are two of the first words that come to mind when describing Kinky Love’s debut EP Promise—and that’s exactly how this Chicago synth pop duo likes it. While a rare Nancy Sinatra song first inspired the band’s name, it soon became synonymous with more than the quick gratification their music provides. “It represents our overt and unnatural writing style,”…