Category: Artist News

Posted on: May 3, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Glory Kickboxing Hits NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday June 22

GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league that is home to the greatest martial arts stand-up fighters on the planet, today announced that it will bring its championship fight series to The United States for the first time ever with a one-night, eight-man, light heavyweight (209 pounds/95 kilograms) tournament at Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City on Saturday, June 22. In one of several Superfights also scheduled for…

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Posted on: May 3, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

JAMES WALLACE AND THE NAKED LIGHT, MORE STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR

The debut album from Nashville via Richmond, VA musician James Wallace and the Naked Light has been a long, long time coming.  Although More Strange News from Another Star was first recorded in 2010, it wasn’t until the record fell into the hands of Dialog Records‘ Daniel White in late 2012 that it found a proper home as one of the label’s first releases. Spin Magazine premiered the video for…

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Posted on: May 1, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dead Waves! Just in time for summer doom and gloom

Dead Waves are a three-piece NYC based Punk band, formed by brothers Ted (Bass/Vocals) and Nick Panopoulos (Guitar/Vocals), and featuring Franz Streit (Drums). Drawing from a wide variety of influences, and the unrefined DIY spirit which inspired them, Dead Waves aim to bring something fresh and unique to the Indie music world by writing, producing and self-releasing their debut EP, Kill the Youth.

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Posted on: April 30, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NAILS / XIBALBA Spring Tour

The Northeast North American co-headlining tour between Southern California factions XIBALBA and NAILS begins tonight at the Chicago-based The Rumble joining The Killer, Twitching Tongues and more at the first of the two-day hardcore gathering. The next eight days will see the trio pummeling Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, Albany, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia, with support from cohorts Early Graves on all shows, the tour sponsored by Invisible Oranges.   The…

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Posted on: April 30, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DEATH ENGINE joins Throatruiner Records, 1st song unveiled

Lorient, France’s DEATH ENGINE deliver violent and obscure noise in the vein of Playing Enemy, Swans or Amenra. Recorded in a live setting and mixed by producer/engineer Amaury Sauvé at La Senelle (Birds In Row, As We Draw, Direwolves…) then mastered by Sylvain Biguet, their debut EP “Amen” features four tracks of thunderous riffs, cutthroat vocals and hypnotic drumming, like cathedrals collapsing in slow-motion. “Amen” will be released on 10″…

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Posted on: April 30, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GOLD SKIES AHEAD TO RELEASE SOPHOMORE EP

Defiant and ambitious, Bedfordshire five-piece Gold Skies Ahead have established themselves as a refreshingly dynamic force in a currently stale musical climate. Having released their debut EP in 2012 to critical acclaim, the next chapter for the band is imminent with the release of their sophomore EP ‘Bremerton’ on the 15th July. Produced by pop-punk legend Mike Herrera of MxPx in Seattle, USA andmixed/ mastered by former SikTh vocalist Justin Hill (Young Guns, Rise to…

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Posted on: April 30, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ONKYO USA PARTNERS WITH ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC ON “THE CONNECTION” TOUR

Hard rock fans are salivating for Eleven Seven Music’s “The Connection” tour. This tour joins platinum-selling veterans Papa Roach with Escape the Fate and Otherwise. Having kicked off earlier this month in Orlando, FL, this tour will conclude in Pryor, OK, on May 24th. Onkyo, the world’s foremost manufacturer of hi-fi and home theater component systems has joined forces with Eleven Seven Music on this tour to create a unique…

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Posted on: April 30, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Master Musicians Of Bukkake disclose the secrets behind their new album, Far West

Master Musicians of Bukkake recently unveiled details of their new full-length entitled Far West which is due for release 10 June through Important Records. Today we dig deeper and reveal the context and hint at the sounds and influences of this wonderous new record. “Go west, young man.” –Horace Greeley On Far West the Master Musicians of Bukkake mark a turn from their Totem Trilogy. If the Totems were an…

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Posted on: April 29, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Debut of “No Borders” by The Spinney Brothers

WAMU’s Bluegrass Country will feature an Official Debut of No Borders, the brand new CD from The Spinney Brothers on Mountain Fever Records, on Tuesday, April 30th. The band will be in studio with radio programmer Lee Michael Demsey who will not only play a few tracks from the CD, but will also have The Spinney Brothers perform some of their new songs live, all beginning at 11:00am ET.  …

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Posted on: April 29, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

POLICE DES MOEURS – Les Mécanismes De La Culpabilité

A. Echéance / Nos tristesses se rejoignent ici / Tu as honte parfois B. Encore une fois / Ce sera un temps de malheur / No Time to Be 21 (The Adverts cover)  Bad choices, bad actions, bending bones. “If I could just start over…” only to make the same mistakes. I blame myself, but I won’t flee. I’ll absorb. Go down, go down, go deeper. I’ll choose the synthesizers…

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Posted on: April 29, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

We Love… Announce Full Season Line-Ups for 2013

Underworld LIVE, Disclosure LIVE, Groove Armada, Scuba, Derrick May, James Zabiela, Simian Mobile Disco, Ben UFO, Joy Orbison, Bicep, Dusky, Skudge LIVE, Innervisions plus many many more   Details Date: Sun 09th Jun, 2013 To: Sun 29th September Time: 19.00 – late Location: Space, Playa d’en Bossa s/n 07817 Sant Josep de Sa Talaia Tickets Ibiza Spotlight Club Tickets Space Social Media Facebook Twitter Website Sunday 9th June marks the…

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Posted on: April 29, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Drop Electric’s ‘Little Sister’ Video Premieres

  A manic barrage of soaring female vocals, distorted guitars, tribal percussion, controlled by structured dynamic song writing. Musical astrophysics. A signal back from Voyager saying, “something is out here.” Drop Electric is an experimental rock band based in Washington DC. Based in melody and distortion, their live show is a combination of unique vocals, evocative music and narrative film. They have been featured by the likes of NPR All…

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Posted on: April 29, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

KIM DEAL TO RELEASE THE SECOND DISC IN HER “SOLO SERIES”

Kim Deal will release her second “Solo Series” 7-inch disc, “Hot Shot” b/w “Likkle More,” beginning at 12:01AM ET on Monday, April 29.  Only 1000 copies of this limited-edition, white-label disc will be manufactured, and will be available exclusively at KimDealMusic.com.  In addition, the tracks will be available digitally through iTunes, Amazon.com and other online retail outlets.   In addition, Deal’s first “Solo Series” white label 7-inch release, “Walking with a…

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Posted on: April 29, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DAN DEACON RELEASES INTERACTIVE ‘KONONO RIPOFF Nº1’ MUSIC VIDEO

Dan Deacon’s new music video for his RSD single ‘Konono Ripoff Nº1’ is a snap shot, time capsule and video yearbook of the Baltimore scene rolled into one. Like many of Deacon’s art project-as-music-videos (see ‘True Thrush‘ music video from Deacon’s 2012 full-length America) the cast is made up of the Baltimore arts community. The video is a series of animated GIF portraits of each cast member with objects they…

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Posted on: April 28, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Mad Dukez & Fresh Kils – “Bootleg Bartenders”

Check out the new single from the Buffalo based MC Mad Dukez.  The founding member of the Essential Vitamins Crew and a member of the pioneering jazz fusion group Gruvasylum he’s now back in the studio and working on some of his new material.  After wrapping up the Warped Tour and Deleted Scenes Tour last year he and Fresh Kils premiered some of the new work at SXSW this year. …

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

Big D and the Kids Table self-releasing double album June 11

Big D and the Kids Table front man David McWane has said, “There are people who want to be in a band and then there are musicians.” Once in a while a group comes along that makes music simply because they have no other choice – they are addicted musicians. McWane describes the group as – “Modern American gypsies.”   Big D and the Kids Table have been playing strong…

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Posted on: April 26, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

WILL COURTNEY VIDEO: A CENTURY BEHIND!

After spending five years touring and recording two albums as the lead singer and songwriter of the Austin, Texas band Brothers and Sisters, Will Courtney decided to pack up and move back to Los Angeles…and then to Nashville…and then to a log cabin on some land outside of Austin. He currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Will Courtney was born in Nashville, TN to a preacher/poet Father and a…

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Posted on: April 26, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Pastels Share Video For “Check My Heart”

Capturing a community spirit that these days is more important than ever, the video for The Pastels‘ new single “Check My Heart” is upbeat, charming and can be watchedHERE. Stereogum premiered the video yesterday. Taken from the forthcoming album Slow Summits, “Check My Heart” is also available to download now. Shot on 16mm film with minimum set-ups, Blair Young‘s “Check My Heart” promo is the story of one early spring Saturday in Glasgow. Lives overlap, connect, coincide,…

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Posted on: April 26, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Stream Love Sign B-Side + North AmericanTour

Free Energy here, with some important information: Our tour has kicked off this week! We’re pumped. And we just added some shows supporting The Darkness, so check out the dates below. Also, you can stream the previously unreleased B-Side “Love Sign” here:  https://soundcloud.com/freeenergymusic/free-energy-love-sign You can grab a download of “Love Sign” and the previously unreleased “Wild Life” on April 30th, 2013 on iTunes. We’re stoked to see all your righteous…

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Posted on: April 26, 2013 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Mathew Jonson To Release ‘Her Blurry Pictures’ on Crosstown Rebels, June 11

For many the ultimate visionary and sonic wizard, Mathew Jonson delivers a rare solo album for Crosstown Rebels with ‘Her Blurry Pictures’, encompassing a new evolution in his rhythmically complex and timeless approach over eight fluid and rich compositions. Although distinctive as Jonson’s production style, ‘Her Blurry Pictures’ marks the end of a phase for the Canadian in which he used music as a tool of escapism and looking within.…

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