DJ Touré, the venerated DJ/producer for the Hieroglyphics crew, has had a very busy 2012; between running his Bay Area-based production company, 101% Music and producing songs for the likes of E-40, Dolla Will, and Erk Tha Jerk, it’s amazing that he had time to perfect his long-awaited new album, Touré’s Theory: Session One. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what he did, and is now announcing that Session One be released on…
Subsequent to the demise of reunited NYC hardcore/speed metal legends Stormtroopers Of Death, two of the four members of the brutal faction have set out to forge a new path of punishment in 2013. UNITED FORCES unites S.O.D.’s bassist Danny Lilker (Brutal Truth, Nuclear Assault, Nunfuckritual, Lock-Up,ex-Anthrax) and notorious frontman Billy Milano (Method Of Destruction), the longtime cohorts taking their mayhem to new turf. Milano and Lilker recruited two additional…
Today, producer Mike WiLL Made-It is releasing his new mixtape, Est. In 1989 Pt. 2.5. The tape, available exclusively via LiveMixtapes, serves as the third installment in his ongoing mixtape series, and includes nine exclusive tracks in addition to a collection of Mike WiLL’s most recent production hits. Features on the tape include Gucci Mane, Future, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland, Brandy, Juicy J, Big Sean, B.o.B., French Montana, Young Jeezy, Trinidad…
One of rock’s most powerful and legendary bands, THE WHO will be celebrated when The Who: Quadrophenia-Can You See The Real Me? airs Friday, January 4 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT) on BBC America. Originally screened earlier this year as a one-night in-theater event, the documentary takes fans on a riveting ride back to the 1970s when THE WHO’s creative musical genius was taking the world’s music stage by storm. The…
Beginning on Thursday (Dec 27), Gainesville, FL’s DIKEMBE will embark on a two-week Winter Tour in support of its debut LP, Broad Shoulders. Joining the quartet on the road will be fellow Floridians and BFFs You Blew It!. Broad Shoulders was released earlier this year via Tiny Engines (Tigers Jaw, Restorations, Run Forever, Signals Midwest, State Faults, State Lines) to much acclaim, and while the first pressing of vinyl has…
Venice, CA “Destroyers of Rock ‘n’ Roll” THE SHRINE have announced a winter 2013 U.S. tour. The bad ass band will team up with retro rockers Graveyard for a four week trek that will launch on January 23 in Boston, MA and will fire up crowds across the country through February 23 in Houston, TX. THE SHRINE continues to tour in support of their critically acclaimed new album Primitive Blast,…
Progressive Death/Black Metal Horde VEX have now set February 5, 2013 as the release date for their sophomore effort Memorious, instead of the previously announced January 1st unleashing. This highly anticipated follow-up to the band’s 2010 full-length Thanatopsis will be released through Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. Stay updated at www.facebook.com/vexhomepage. In a review of the debut album Thanatopsis Grave Music said VEX “demonstrates an exceptional aptitude at constructing expertly…
Though the Mayans failed in their end-time predictions and apocalyptic prophecies, PTAHIL marches on in their quest for mass suffering and world demise with the infernal fruits of The Almighty Propagator Of Doom And Despair. The seven-track follow-up to last year’s For His Satanic Majesty’s Glory — which Cvlt Nation commended for its conjuring of “nine songs that will sting you like the lash of the whip of your…
It was said that it would never happen again, but ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL is pleased to announce the return of deadmau5 to the event’s main stage in 2013. One of electronic music’s prolific producers and outspoken artists will join ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL‘s 15-year anniversary celebrations with Saturday night closing slots March 16 and March 23 during the two-weekend festival which takes place March 15-17 and March 22-24 at Bayfront Park in Miami,…
Despite his young age, after 30 years of delighting millions of people all over the world, Puerto Rico’s pop/tropical music icon Chayanne just keeps outdoing himself. And 2012 was no exception. Alongside Marc Anthony and Marco Antonio Solís, he headlined the most talked-about concert tour of 2012, titled Gigantes (Giants). For this one-of-a-kind tour, each singer performs a solo set. Then, for the grand finale, the trio takes the…
Austin-based band Moonlight Towers has released “Distant Wheels,” the latest single and video from its Day Is The New Night album via Austin’s NPR-affiliate KUT. Check out the clip and download the track here: http://kut.org/2012/12/moonlight-towers-distant-wheels-2. The video for “Distant Wheels” was directed by Huay-Bing Law. “He and cinematographer Taylor Washington contacted me out of the blue with a really cool concept for the video,” explains Moonlight Towers band leader, James…
WHY? shares the video for their loosely Xmas-themed track “The Water You Walk” today via Noisey. The song will appear as the B-side to the forthcoming “Waterlines” 7″ single. The band recently announced a ton of 2013 tour dates – see the full listing below. About Mumps, Etc. WHY? has at last unleashed their fifth long-player, a meticulous work of morbid fascination and offbeat romanticism dubbed Mumps, etc.…
Tucson sludgetroopers GODHUNTER recently wrapped-up filming a self-financed video for their crushing anthem “Wolves Of The North.” After making its initial appearance on the band’s 2011-released Wolves EP, more recently “Wolves Of The North” reared its ugly head on GODHUNTER’s self-released split 7” with hometown cohorts Inoculara. The split was pressed on off-white wax, with cover artwork by Matt “Zip” Howard, and interior art by Hoss, limited to only…
Dutch death metal mongers CENTURIAN have debuted a new track from their forthcoming third album, Contra Rationem. The song, entitled “Judas Among Twelve,” has been posted as a promo video at this location. This is CENTURIAN’s first offering of new material in 11 years. Contra Rationem is slated for a 2013 release via Listenable Records. Main songwriter Rob Oorthuis commented on his vision about the authenticity, core and strength of…
Denitza Todorova a.k.a D E N A, a Berlin-based songwriter and vocalist hailing from Bulgaria first made waves after going viral on YouTube with the video clip for track “Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools”. Newly signed to Kitsuné, D E N A will officially release “Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools” on January 28 with five remixes to round out the package. Influenced by 90’s pop/hip-hop and old school RnB as well…
Christmas is almost here and Anthony Brown & group therAPy are excited about this holiday season. The group has been tremendously blessed in 2012 and they don’t take for granted the loving support they’ve received from fans. The interviews, tours, sales, meet & greets and testimonies from fans have all been added to the group’s “Testimony”, which they frequently sing about. On Saturday, December 22nd, Anthony Brown &…
“Worshiper In Me” is a great lead single for his 2013 release Worship In The Now, which he describes as more than a project, but a movement. Penned by JAVEN and Jonathan Nelson, “Worshiper In Me” is a transparent worship song which lyrically and musically grabs your attention with its authenticity. It’s lyrics to speak directly to the open, willing and submitted heart to come forth as a…
Since its recent release, the feature-length documentary film ‘How To Survive A Plague‘, accompanied by its compelling original motion picture score performed by Superhuman Happiness (with special guests Kronos Quartet), has been moving audiences nationwide. The documentary goes behind the scenes of the groundbreaking work of HIV/AIDS coalitions ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) in the 1980s. The music accompanying the above vignette, which just premiered on Huffington Post’s…
[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frJba1CGy6A +++ New Yorkers! See David Bronson performing live this Weds., Dec. 19th in Brooklyn at Spike Hill! +++ “Bronson has it all. Story would be perfect for a train ride from a failed relationship into a new life.” – My Old Kentucky Blog Following up the single and video for “The Turns” (recently debuted at Under The Radar), Brooklyn-based David Bronson has teamed up with producer…
The New Yorker has proclaimed “Christmastime is Daniel Hope time in New York” as the violinist returns to the city this week to present Baroque treasures in guises both traditional and contemporary. Hope marks the recent release of his Deutsche Grammophon album Vivaldi Recomposed, which was named Best Classical Contemporary Album of 2012 by iTunes, by performing its bold reimagining of The Four Seasons by British minimalist Max Richter at…