Oxford-based Lewis Watson makes music that emanates warmth and sincerity. Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed Four More Songs EP, and hitting the iTunes Top 10 with all four of his EPs, he releases his new Some Songs With Some Friends EP today via Warner Music. Some Songs With Some Friends sees Lewis interpreting some of his favorite songs joined by friends. On “Colorblind,” an ethereal track with…
Rockford, IL’s Joie de Vivre and Ridgewood, NJ’s Prawn have announced plans to release a new split which will be co-released by Count Your Lucky Stars and Topshelf Records. Heading up side A with 3 new tracks, Joie de Vivre’s songs were recorded and mixed by Mark Gustafson at MIA Studios in Rockford, IL. The B-side features 2 new songs from Prawn, which were recorded at their home studio…
Along with DJ Pierre, techno maestro Joey Beltram just issued a remix of Dosem’s “Atica” via Halocyan Records. In celebration of the release, today Beltram dropped an exclusive mix with DJ Magazine guaranteed to smash the dancefloor to bits. DJ Mag’s Sarah Polonsky writes, “This is hardcore techno at its finest. The full throttle, driving mix draws from the modern-day pandemonium, which encompasses today’s EDM, while staying true to classic…
Following his sophomore album release, Transient Horizons earlier this month, Pretty Lights Music artist Paul Basic is geared up for a busy holiday season which includes a live performance on Beatport’s Ustream this Friday December 20th, along with joining the Pretty Lights-led Illumination Arena for the 3rd annual Decadence in Denver, Colorado on December 31st. To celebrate New Year’s Eve, Paul Basic joins label mates Supervision, and Break Science during the two day event along with…
LORD DYING has been on the road non-stop since the release of their critically acclaimed debut Summon the Faithless earlier this year via Relapse Records. Next year the band will be heading to Europe for the first time for an extensive tour with label mates Red Fang and TeePee Records artist The Shrine. LORD DYING will also be appearing at the 2014 Roadburn Festival. In between the European tours, LORD…
Earlier in 2013 Anna Lunoe unleashed her breakthrough single ‘Breathe’ via Ultra Music and Fools Gold Records. Shortly after she was invited to join Canadian electronic phenomenon The Weeknd on his North American Tour, followed by non stop festival plays, headline club dates around the country, and direct support for the likes of Diplo, Disclosure, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Bag Raiders, wrapping the year throwing down a blazing set…
Baltimore, MD’s Pianos Become The Teeth will be direct support on La Dispute’s upcoming North American tour, along with opener Mansions. Dates for the spring tour kick off March 14 in Greensboro, NC and wind down on April 14 in Cleveland, OH. The band has been hard at work on the follow up to their latest Topshelf Records LP, The Lack Long After. 3/14/2014 Greensboro NC…
Stream first single “Deep Cut” More than a decade after 5 Popes‘ original release on CD, My Education will soon celebrate the album’s inaugural vinyl pressing. The record has been completely remastered and also features two new mixes and a bonus track. The Austin, TX based post-rock group will be playing a hometown release show December 14 at Red 7 and the album will be released nationally February 4, 2014 via Beat Imprint. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur…
As 2013 closes in, Grammy nominated New Zealander Lorde continues her worldwide reign. Already becoming the youngest artist to write all of her own material and top the U.S Billboard charts, her debut single ‘Royals’ [Lava/Republic Records] remained at #1 for an impressive 9 weeks, topping the charts in an additional 45 countries and selling 7.5 million copies across the globe. In March, Lorde and her band will be embarking…
“Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice…plus a dash of mysterious Chemical X” were the essential ingredients that created Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup–also known as The Powerpuff Girls. This groundbreaking and Emmy®-winning series, created by Craig McCracken, recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary on Cartoon Network and will soar again as a brand-new, redesigned and re-imagined CG special where the trio of pint-sized super heroines will be called upon to rescue not just…
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN are ending the year with yet another example of why they are one of the most dynamic and genre defying bands in the world right now. The band has released their new video for the song “Saturn’s Return,” the closing track from this year’s critically acclaimed UZU, out now on Suicide Squeeze Records in the US and Paper Bag Records in Canada. Click Here To Watch “Saturn’s…
After touring extensively on their recent Imps of Perversion LP, Pop. 1280 are finally making their way to Europe that includes a stop at the Grauzone Festival in Amsterdam alongside Peter Hook & The Light, Chris & Cosey, Lydia Lunch, Cold Cave & more! In addition to sharing these brand new tour dates, the band is sharing an unreleased track from the Imps of Perversion sessions entitled “Machine Trauma”, as well as a short…
After a successful run of West Coast tour dates this fall and the acclaimed release of More Light earlier this year, Primal Scream are excited to announce a North American tour in April and May of 2014, including a headlining set at Austin Psych Fest. Watch “Goodbye Johnny” Video on Dazed & Confused The band also recently released a video from More Light for “Goodbye Johnny” on Dazed…
@ Freecandy – 905 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY 11238 Doors 10PM | $10 $5 w/ RSVP before 11pm RSVP at revival@moveforwardmusic.com It’s that time of year again!! No, not the Holidays, silly… its time for another Revival in Brooklyn, and to ring in the season, we’re bringing in Hot 97’s own Peter Rosenberg who will be spinning an ALL VINYL set alongside our esteemed residents, the two tallest DJs in…
WATCH: The new video for “Tough Luck” displays just how stunning their live show is, with footage taken from a recent hometown show in Leeds via SPIN or Youtube “Visceral joy of loud, distorted guitars” –New York Times “One of our favorite discoveries from CMJ” –NPR “From its huge Godzilla-pound drum beat to its bright, clanging guitar, hammering a major-key progression, the song moves like a piece of music…
Ice Nine Kills will be kicking off 2014 supporting Attila on The New Kings Tour along with I See Stars, Capture The Crown, and Myka,Relocate. This will be Ice Nine Kills‘ first tour following the release of their new album The Predator Becomes The Prey via Outerloop Records out on January 21, 2014. Ice Nine Kills vocalist Spencer Charnas comments, “We could not be more excited to hit the road…
Today, EISENWALD sets January 28th, 2014 as the North American release date for FLUISTERAARS’ Dromers. A Dutch black metal trio, FLUISTERAARS make their official debut statement with Dromers after two well-received demos. Set for release on both LP and cassette through EISENWALD (in conjunction with Cold Void Emanations), Dromers comprises three epic-length tracks that take the listener on a winding, windswept journey through the catacombs of ancient black metal mysticism. Like the fading…
Vermont’s BARISHI have just released a self-titled progressive metal tour de force that belies conventional thought for a debut album. Heaviness, eclecticism, and inventive melody are just a few of the descriptors one could use to begin dissecting this dynamic package of passion and creavity. The saxophone heard on “Sky Burial” and “Holy Mountain” is but one of the pleasant surprises in an album full of them. Barishi was recorded,…
It’s been a while since ELYSION’s debut album has been released. That’s why we’re happy to announce that ELYSION will release a new album in January 2014! “Someplace Better” was produced by Mark Adrian at ARTemis Studios in Athens, Greece, mixed by Dan Certa (We Are The Fallen, Ben Moody, Seether) and mastered by David Collins (Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe). Gustavo Sazes, who already worked for bands like…
Jimmy Amadie, the celebrated Philadelphia pianist and educator known for his contributions in improvisational jazz theory, passed away on December 10, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. He was 76. His death comes after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007. Amadie was known not only for his supreme musicality, but also for his unrelenting fighting spirit. As a rising jazz pianist in the late 1950s, Amadie toured with the Woody Herman…