Atlas Genius will kick off its first-ever North American headline tour this Thursday, April 25th, with a sold-out show at Emo’s East in Austin, TX. The run includes sold-out nights in Houston, Santa Barbara, Denver, Minneapolis, Cambridge and New York City, where the Australian band will play The Bowery Ballroom on June 18 and 19. The band will play London, UK for the first time on May 7, as well.…
PURPLEHAUS Music is excited to announce the release of the label’s debut album from Solardrive. Solardrive is the new music project from producer, label head and creative engineer Balthazar Getty. Solardrive got its start when Getty was gifted a Pro-Tools rig from his wife and their friend Joaquin Phoenix, which lead to impromptu recording sessions in Getty’s pool house-cum home studio with whomever happened to be hanging out at the house.…
Los Angeles quintet The Neighbourhood released their debut album I Love You. today via Columbia Records. The band has announced a nationwide headlining tour, “The Love Collection Tour” which kicks off May 20th in Sacramento, CA and will make stops in major cities such as New York, Las Vegas, Austin and Detroit (see below for Full Dates). Tickets are on sale April 26th on www.thenbhd.com. The band’s new video for…
Death? Afterworld? Android lovers dying in the streets bleeding green blood? Homeless girls? Dogs stranded here from other planets? What are Sonny & The Sunsets getting at on Antenna to the Afterworld, a fastmoving record of new wave synths and post punk beats? The murder of a close friend of the band led Smith to think a lot about death and life after death. Shortly after, a visit to a…
Javier Dunn is thrilled to announce the release of “Couple of Drinks,” available on Spotify and iTunes today. “Couple of Drinks” is the first single off Javier’s upcoming album “Trails.” Out on Red Parade Music on June 25th. Javier Dunn started his music career playing open mics and small clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his late teens he moved to Los Angeles to pursue music and attend college.…
The uptempo track was written by Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, and Shane McAnally. The release is Dakota’s first single from his forthcoming 2013 full-length album, which is co-produced by Grammy award-winning producer Byron Gallimore and Country music superstar Tim McGraw. “Dakota is the real deal,” said McGraw. “He is a great young artist who defies the trends and lives for his music. His voice is unique and instantly recognizable,…
Pollutant Portland pack RABBITS prepare to pitch pellets at the European people as a preemptive pounce previous to their petulant split platter with pals Arabrot placates the populous. Norway’s intangible, ever-changing, and ever-strange noiseniks ÅRABROT (whose album Solar Anus won the 2011 Spellemannprisen for Norway’s best metal record) meets Portland’s sludge-punk kings RABBITS (whose snarling 2012 album Bite Rites made many a year-end list). As if twins separated at…
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CORRECTIONS HOUSE is an eclectic collective of musical miscreants featuring Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), and Bruce Lamont (Yakuza). Together they sew a difficult-to-pigeonhole quilt of poetic misanthropy, industrial ear lashings and pure sonic menace. Following a special run of live rituals in January, CORRECTIONS HOUSE recently unleashed a grim visual interpretation of the track “Grin With a Purpose,” currently available via Noisey, Vice Magazine’s…
APA Nashville has signed chart-topping, multi award-winning singer/songwriter and “piano man” Phil Vassar to its talent roster, it was announced today by APA’s Jeff Howard. Vassar’s current single “Love Is Alive” earned BILLBOARD’s coveted “Hot Shot Debut” designation, launching with nearly 900,000 audience impressions at the 30-plus stations monitored by Nielsen BDS. The tune is impacting BILLBOARD’S Country Airplay chart, holding the #48 spot this week. The Lyric Video for “Love is…
If it’s six-string pyrotechnics that you crave, then you simply have to attend one of the upcoming shows that will feature one of metal’s most talented up-and-coming guitarists, Ethan Brosh, and one of the genre’s most renowned and respected figures, Yngwie Malmsteen. The tour will take in 25 cities in the US and Canada, and is sure to introduce Brosh to a whole new legion of fans. And there is…
Cheick Hamala Diabate gets mixed-up, reworked, and reinterpreted by some of the finest producers and purveyors of groove on the planet: NYCTrust * The Whiskey Barons * Daytoner * Jon Kennedy-who give their own unique spins to a Cheick Hamala Diabate original-‘Prudence’-with the the addition of DC’s Sol Power All-Stars remix of another original ‘Fatou Kounkoun Sissoko.’ Destined to become a world-class burner-‘Prudence’ highlights an ancient-to-the-future aspect of Cheick Hamala’s breadth as a genre-bending experimental artist who has one…
Lead guitarist Blumi formed the band in 1998 and drummer Witchhammer, vocalist El Rojo and bassist KronoS joined the line-up soon after. They started writing songs and released the 3-track demo “Seven Inches For The Second Attack” in 1998. Witchhammer left the band about 2 years later and was replaced by drummer Havoc. The second guitarist T.P. joined the band as well. With this new line-up they recorded the band’s…
For Immediate Release Contact Matthew Gawrych, matthew@terrorbird.com Beataucue Lyrel EP out this week on Kitsune Check out a new mix from the French production duo feat. Yelle, Blawan, Rustie, & more via Gotta Dance Dirty AUDIO: Beataucue Mix for Gotta Dance Dirty / via Soundcloud Beataucue return on their highly anticipated new EP Lyrel out April 15. Adding up to their fifth release for the French fashion house / label, Lyrel comes…
Portland, Oregon-based Aina Haina – comprised of guitarist/vocalist Mike Ailes and drummer/vocalist Dylan Magierek – are the “Download of the Day” at eMusic today with the track “I Can’t Feel You Anymore” off of their latest, self-titled EP on Badman Recording Co. Portland’s Aina Haina (pronounced “Eye-na High-na”) traces it’s roots back to Hawaii where members Mike Ailes and Dylan Magierek met while attending the University of Hawaii an undisclosed…
Rise Records is proud to announce the signing of East Bay punk band Emily’s Army, who will release their sophomore album Lost At Seventeen on June 11, 2013. The album was recorded in Oakland, CA and produced by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. Lost At Seventeen is the follow up to the Emily’s Army 2011 debut Don’t Be A Dick which was praised by everyone from Alternative Press who…
Praxis Makes Perfect (out 30th April) is a conceptual power pop tour de force inspired by the colourful life of maverick Italian publisher Giagiacomo Feltrinelli. Mid Century Modern Nightmare features backing vocals from frequent Neon Neon collaborator Cate Le Bon and an impassioned contribution from Italian actor Asia Argento who reads a rousing Feltrinelli speech originally broadcast in 1970. Neon Neon have also teamed up with playwright Tim Price, director Wils Wilson…
A cramped bedroom booby-trapped with razor sharp Legos may not seem like an ideal environment for making music, but Amarante, from Fresno CA, have turned their small living space into a musical wonderland, an alternate dimension where they are free to bring beautiful music to life. Recording with one mic in their crowded room, Josh and Jysi Hewitt use their musical talents to better their harsh circumstances. The Hewitts chose…
From Trinidad via Toronto, Kobo Town takes the intricate wordplay of classic Caribbean music and runs it through a 21st Century filter. In the world of Kobo Town calypso, roots reggae, and acoustic instrumentation meet innovative production techniques, social commentary and indie rock attitude. Produced by Ivan Duran (Andy Palacio), Jumbie in the Jukebox will be released on April 23 in North America and May 6 in Europe (May 27 in…
THE ROYS latest full-length release, GYPSY RUNAWAY TRAIN, puts the award- winning sibling duo on the fast track. Due in stores on June 4, their third outing for Rural Rhythm Records contains six Roys’ originals and some of their all-time favorite Bluegrass and Country classics. Hot vocals, steamin’ pickin’, unbridled enthusiasm and passion make this 13-track wonder a celebration of the Roots genre. Says Elaine Roy, “There was a real…