Category: Artist News

Posted on: December 27, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TRIBUNE Announce First Show of 2014

Heavy metal brewers TRIBUNE whom unleashed their latest author inspired concept album ‘Tales’ this past October via their indie label Corpse Corrosion Music are proud to announce their first show date of 2014 on January 4th in Vancouver, BC at the Funky Winkerbeans alongside Aeterna and Venocide. Show Info: NO BOLLOCKS PRESENTS Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/264825013671645/ Date: Saturday, January 4 Time: Doors 8pm – Show 9pm Venue: Funky Winkerbeans, 37 West Hastings Cost:…

Posted on: December 27, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SHOCK RADAR RELEASES THE PURIST

For bands that still use traditional instruments and vintage recording modules, there aren’t many worth investigating in the city of New York anymore. But there is one band that’s consistent in their releases and never fails to impress- Shock Radar. Their newest: “The Purist” was recorded at various studios and is now up for digital download. Mixing an assortment of genres and above all, rocks as heavy as anything, “The…

Posted on: December 27, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

PBS DISTRIBUTION TO RELEASE “LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICAN: LIFE’S MILESTONES” THIS JANUARY!

PBS Distribution today announced it is releasing “LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: LIFE’S MILESTONES” on DVD. Renowned chef and culinary author Lidia Bastianich continues her engaging cross-country journey of the United States to experience the exuberance of American culture through food in “LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: LIFE’S MILESTONES.” In this program, Lidia joins four families as they celebrate special rites of passages including a French-Cajun sweet-sixteen birthday party and country music debut in Nashville,…

Posted on: December 27, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Well$ Black Swan

After dropping the gritty “State Of Ecstasy Pt. 2” earlier this month, Well$ is back with the first official single off his upcoming MTYSD mixtape. The track, titled “Black Swan,” is a story Well$ based off a friend who is a stripper. He explains,”When people think about stripping they don’t think of it from the woman’s perspective. Some woman make the choice to do it, and that’s great for them, but this song is for the…

Posted on: December 24, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

PREMIERE OF THE ADVERSARY’S NEW VIDEO Cover of Flaming Lips’ “Yoshimi”

After a breakthrough year with media support from Huffington Post, Alternative Press, ReGen Magazine, FourCulture, among others, NYC-based organic electro band THE ADVERSARY are gearing up for another exciting year with the release of their new single “YOSHIMI”, a cover of the Flaming Lips classic. The song premiered on popular music site, Cover Me Songs earlier this month which can be found here, and the accompanying video first premiered on…

Posted on: December 24, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ANE BRUN AND LINNEA OLSSON’S “HALO” LIVE VIDEO

Ane Brun and Linnea Olsson’s live performance of Beyoncé’s “Halo” recently premiered on Rolling Stone’s website at http://rol.st/JaRM46 and can be streamed and shared on YouTube at http://youtu.be/6FWG4hIzQTo. A studio version of the cover also appears on Ane Brun’s new collection Rareties, out now on her own Balloon Ranger label. The singer is set to embark on a North American tour with Olsson, a cellist and singer who will support Brun as a featured musician. “I am very…

Posted on: December 24, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dust Moth – Dragon Mouth

The debut EP from Seattle supergroup Dust Moth is set to drop on 3/25/13! This band features current & former members of These Arms Are Snakes, Minus The Bear, Aeges, XVIII Individual Eyes, Shift, and Undertow. With a lineage like that, you can bet the bank that this stuff is incredible! And it SOOOO is – get pumped! We’ll have a new track from the EP premiered soon, so keep…

Posted on: December 24, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Summer of ’92 Bullet EP CD Review

  Starting out “Bullet” with an acoustic and a style of vocals not unlike Jordan (from Against Me!) and Rise Against. The intensity and screamed-out vocals but the simultaneous striving for pop credibility are what put this band beyond so many others currently out on the scene. Very constant through the tracks, Jason’s voice would be benefited by some forays into slightly different inflections, but eir sheer intensity pushes the…

Posted on: December 23, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dark Horse Announces New MATT KINDT Original Graphic Novel – POPPY!

Matt Kindt, the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of MIND MGMT and Red Handed, and Brian Hurtt, the award-winning, New York Times best-selling artist of The Sixth Gun and The Damned, are soon to publish Poppy! and the Lost Lagoon, the first in a new graphic novel series for children. The book follows the story of Poppy Pepperton, a ten-year-old girl with a typographic memory who goes on globe-spanning adventures with her sidekick Colt Winchester (who thinks he’s her legal guardian). Publishers Weekly…

Posted on: December 23, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ROB SCHNEIDER’S NEW COMEDY SPECIAL, “SOY SAUCE AND THE HOLOCAUST,” AVAILABLE NOW

The one and only Rob Schneider returns to stand up with Soy Sauce And The Holocaust. The digital album is available now via New Wave Dynamics. In “Soy Sauce and the Holocaust” Rob Schneider takes on the biggest role of his life: a stand-up comedian, as he learns lessons about love and other cultures. He tells the side-splitting stories of the three hoods: childhood, adulthood, and parenthood. From closet farts…

Posted on: December 20, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

I AM HERESY launch teaser video for THY WILL

Delaware / New Jersey sextet I AM HERESY have just released a sneak peek of their upcoming album THY WILL, which is set for a release on March 3, 2014 in Europe/Australia/NZ and March 4, 2014 in USA/Canada.   Check out the trailer here: http://youtu.be/mvSBGCWUwhY   Originally Nathan Gray (also of Boysetsfire) formed I AM HERESY in 2011 to live out his love for dark, violent noise. After he ended…

Posted on: December 20, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Matt Andersen Releases Special Preview EP

With over 2 million views on YouTube, independent sales over 30,000 albums, a 2013 European Blues Award, and winning Best Solo Performer at the Memphis Blues Challenge, it appears that the entire world is now discovering Matt Andersen.  Earlier this week, True North Records announced the digital release of a special preview EP of songs from his album Weightless, being released digitally in the US and Canada on February 4,…

Posted on: December 20, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

PELUSSJE Take Klaypex’s “I Walk Alone” To New Levels of Big Room Intensity

The Italian remix colossus known as PELUSSJE have nailed it, yet again, with their massive remix of Klaypex’s “I Walk Alone”. Check out and download a copy of Klaypex’s “I Walk Alone (PELUSSJE Remix): Can’t See the Player? Listen and Download Online HERE! “Kicking off the pack is PELUSSJE with a huge remix that will make you rethink big room. The added complexity and unique sound clearly set this apart…

Posted on: December 19, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CHERRY GLAZERR ANNOUNCES DEBUT LP TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 14TH

Cherry Glazerr are excited to share the first cut from their upcoming debut album, entitled “Haxel Princess.” The track mixes delicate vocals with super gloomy melodies and punk guitar riffs.   The three-piece band from L.A. took root in 2012 when front woman, songwriter/guitarist Clementine Creevy began making bedroom demos under the name Clembutt. These rough tracks evolved under the mentorship of Lucy Miyaki, of L.A. band Tashaki Miyaki, and were…

Posted on: December 19, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Tower of Light’s arrestingly narcotic debut LP out 2/4

The Brooklyn based act’s self-titled debut marries doomed-out shoegaze with unorthodox production methods, out February 4th on Felte (PVT, ERAAS, Soviet Soviet) LISTEN: Lightnet (via Noisey) WATCH: The Tower of Light album trailer Beaming its sleepwalking sound from a bedroom in Brooklyn, The Tower of Light deals in the marriage of polarities on his self-titled debut album. At once delicate and severe, ecstatic then pensive, both sparse and lush, it…

Posted on: December 19, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SEAHAVEN RELEASING 7″ SINGLE FOR “SILHOUETTE (LATIN SKIN)”

Seahaven will release their sophomore album Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only this coming spring via Run For Cover Records. The new full-length from the Torrance, CA based four-piece was engineered and mixed by Ben Brodin (Bight Eyes, Pete Yorn), and produced by Seahaven’s Kyle Soto at Mike Mogis’ ARC recording studio in Omaha, NE. In anticipation of the coming album, Seahaven and RFC are releasing a 7″ for the…

Posted on: December 18, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol II To Be Released in United States

Following the 2012-released Songs Of Townes Van Zandt — the tribute album to late folk/country music icon, with covers from Saint Vitus/The Obsessed’s Scott “Wino” Weinrich and Neurosis’ Steve Von Till and Scott Kelly — this week Neurot Recordings proudly confirms the upcoming second installment of homage to the artist. Once again through a partnership with their cohorts at Germany’s My Proud Mountain Records, who envisioned the pair of tribute…

Posted on: December 18, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Downtown Fiction releases “Some Place on Earth” music video

The Downtown Fiction is excited to release the music video for their single “Some Place on Earth” today on VEVO. The video follows two adventurers as they as sketch and photograph their journey towards a secret location.   “We shot the ‘Some Place on Earth’ video in the hills of Malibu, which turned out to be a fitting setting for the song’s epic quality,” explains lead singer Cameron Leahy. “These two characters…

Posted on: December 18, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TOWER OF POWER SET TO RING IN NEW YEAR WITH NEW LEAD SINGER

Tower of Power’s musical odyssey began 45 years ago, when tenor saxophonist/vocalist Emilio Castillo met baritone sax player Stephen “Doc” Kupka.  All these years later, Emilio and “Doc” are still making musical history, touring the world, and bringing soul/funk music to the masses.  Now, on New Year’s Eve, Ray Greene will join Tower of Power as the newest member and lead vocalist. “On New Year’s Eve Tower of Power will…