Category: Artist News

Posted on: September 5, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Jonquil Releases Chad Valley, Rush Midnight, and Fort Romeau Remixes of ‘Mexico’

Listen to Jonquil’s new Daytrotter Session Oxford, UK-based quartet Jonquil has released Rush Midnight (of Twin Shadow), 100% Silk’s Fort Romeau, and Jonquil’s own Hugo Manuel (a.k.a. Chad Valley) remixes of ‘Mexico,’ available for free download here. The original single is taken from the band’s Point Of Go album, out now viaDovecote Records (The Futureheads, Hooray For Earth) and Blessing Force internationally. After Jonquil’s first nationwide tour this spring with Keep Shelly In Athens, including sets at SXSW ’12and a sold-out NYC show with Snow Patrol, the band is preparing for a stretch of European dates…

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Posted on: September 5, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Annalog and Her Hopeful Diaries out today on Neurotic Yell Records.

“Annalog and Her Hopeful Diaries is a captivating array of ridiculously fresh sounds cloaked in gently unassuming eccentricity. Passages that could represent the mumblings of Leonard Cohen and Willie Nelson after they’ve had a few morph or give way to psychedelic soundscapes bolstered by damp percussion and soprano warbling verging on Yma Sumac’s bizarro-cism. There are sporadic specklings of electronica; a drizzle that never turns into a downpour. It’s one of the most creative uses…

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Posted on: September 4, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Monster Energy & Idol Rec Announce Line-Up For Fourth Monster Energy Outbreak Tour

Monster Energy and Idol Roc Entertainment have announced the line-up for the 2012 Monster Energy Outbreak Tour.  Headliner Asking Alexandria will be joined by support acts As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence, Memphis May Fire and Attila.  The line-up secured prompted tour producer Steve Glazer (Idol Roc Entertainment) to share, “Without question this is the strongest lineup we’ve assembled for Outbreak to date. Each year we promise to grow our…

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Posted on: September 4, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lymbyc Systym Tours w/ Zammuto

This month Lymbyc Systym will tour with Zammuto in support of their new album Symbolyst. Check out the packaging for the LP here. In anticipation of the new album, we’ve released a single featuring “Falling Together” and Nick Zammuto’s remix.  You can stream or download both tracks here. 9/26 Washington, DC • U Street Music Hall w/ Zammuto 9/28 Boston, MA • Museum of Fine Arts w/ w/ Zammuto 9/29…

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Posted on: September 4, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Great Big War Game Mobile Content Update Out Now, Also Available on Steam

Mobile developer Rubicon Development today announced the first major update for their hit mobile title, Great Big War Game, in addition to launching the game on the Steam platform for PC. A sequel to their iOS hit Great Little War Game, Great Big War Game delivers casual strategy gaming with over 40 hours of gameplay in the single player campaign alone. Today’s update will bring nine new multiplayer maps for players to battle on,…

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Posted on: September 4, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GEORGE JONES ALIVE AND TOURING THROUGH FALL

George Jones is alive and well, and happy to be touring.  After performing two successful shows this weekend, Jones is scheduled to appear on average six to eight more shows each month continuing into 2013. The legend states, “I love the road. I love the fans. I am just a singer and love to sing my songs.  Until I’m done I still don’t need no rockin’ chair.  Just gimme’ that…

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Posted on: September 4, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

JBM Tours w/ Alt-J

This month JBM will tour with Alt-J in support of his recent release Stray Ashes.  Date and venue info below. Sep 12 New York, NY • Bowery Ballroom w/ Alt-J Sep 14 Philadelphia, PA • Johnny Brenda’s w/ Alt-J Spe 15 Washington, DC • Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Alt-J Sep 17 Allston, MA • Great Scott w/ Alt-J Sep 18 Montreal, QC • Petit Campus w/ Alt-J Sep 19 Toronto, ON…

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Posted on: September 4, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TARJA: Act I To See North American Release Tomorrow!

Act I, the first ever live solo offering from legendary Finnish songstress/former Nightwish soprano, TARJA TURUNEN, will be unleashed to North American fans TOMORROW, September 4, 2012 via Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records. Available in 2-CD, 2-DVD and Blu-Ray formats, Act I was recorded and filmed with 10 HD cameras at the breathtaking Teatro El Círculo in Rosario, Argentina earlier this Spring resulting in a visual production Terrorizer.com called “mind…

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Posted on: September 3, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Monster Energy & Idol Rec Announce Line-Up For Fourth Monster Energy Outbreak Tour

Monster Energy and Idol Roc Entertainment have announced the line-up for the 2012 Monster Energy Outbreak Tour. Headliner Asking Alexandria will be joined by support acts As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence, Memphis May Fire and Attila. The line-up secured prompted tour producer Steve Glazer (Idol Roc Entertainment) to share, “Without question this is the strongest lineup we’ve assembled for Outbreak to date. Each year we promise to grow our…

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Posted on: September 3, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hopscotch Festival begins next week

Today, the Hopscotch Festival premiered a video of Kurt Wagner of Lambchop performing “Buttons,” a track from the band’s latest album Mr. M, at Carrboro’s Friendly Barber Shop during XX Merge. Mr. M was released earlier this year to some of the best reviews of Lambchop’s career including the NY Times who said, “of all Lambchop’s records, Mr. M sounds like its least mannered, most mysterious and probably its best.”…

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Posted on: September 3, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Jamey Johnson to Kick-off Album Release with Concert at the Ryman Auditorium October 16th

Award-wining singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson will kick-off the release of his new album Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran with a momentous concert. The night will feature Jamey with a very a special group of friends at Nashville’s Historic Ryman Auditorium and will coincide with the street date of the album. Tickets will go on sale Friday Sept. 7th at 10 am. To purchase ticket please visit www.ryman.com.…

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Posted on: September 3, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MELDRUM: Upcoming Album ”LIFER” Available Now

The latest single, ‘BLACKENED BLUE’ from the multinational hard rock/metal band MELDRUM is available now on iTunes. ‘BLACKENED BLUE’ is the second single from MELDRUM’s long awaited third album LIFER due out this fall via REVERSED RECORDS. The band recently gave fans their first taste of new music since 2007’s BLOWIN UP THE MACHINE with the release of the debut single from LIFER, ‘A TOAST TO ROMANCE’ out now on…

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Posted on: September 3, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Debut single from CAJSA SIIK! Sweden’s next indie superstar?

Cajsa Siik, hauling from Umeå in the northern part of Sweden, is finally releasing her debut single “Was I Supposed To” on September 3! The track, produced by Andreas Dahlbäck, who’s previous work includes Anna Ternheim, finds us immediately thrown into a haunting sad story driven by stomping rhythms. Cajsa found new inspiration for the track on a trip to Andalucia, Spain, where the large part of her upcoming album…

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Posted on: September 3, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Angels Are For Everyone

Angels are for everyone and so is Dyslexia; which is why Gazebo Books has decided to publish two versions of Robert Warrington’s charming new picture book, “The Little Dyslexic Angel”. For those of the Jewish, Muslim, Zoroastrianism, Buddhist, or Hindu faith, Gazebo Books presents “The Little Dyslexic Angel – All Faith” edition. For the traditional Christian market “The Little Dyslexic Angel – Christmas Edition” which includes 14 additional pages illustrating…

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Posted on: September 3, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Finnish first-wave death detal pioneers CONVULSE return, sign to SVART RECORDS

One of the most memorable pioneers of Finnish first-wave death metal, CONVULSE were there in 1990 alongside bands such as Xysma, Disgrace, and Abhorrence to create a scene which was to become legendary. Formed in Nokia in early 1990, the band was quickly snapped up by Thrash Records from France, and the future cult classic World Without God appeared a year later. After an 18-year break, CONVULSE returned in 2012…

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Posted on: August 30, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Detroit Jazz Festival “Imported from Detroit” Kicks Off Aug. 31

Music lovers will gather this weekend in downtown Detroit for the 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival, presented by the Chrysler brand. Festival attendees will see a lineup of world-renowned musicians playing throughout the weekend, including headliners Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Gary Burton. Performances kick off at 7 p.m. on Aug. 31 with Artist in Residence Terence Blanchard taking the stage, followed by the legendary Sonny…

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Posted on: August 30, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Moroccan Gnawa Music Inspires A Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Performed primarily in Morocco and South-western Algeria, a traditional Gnawa ceremony re-creates the genesis of the universe, incorporating trance-inducing music, a clairvoyant, incense, and ecstatic dancing in a complicated liturgy. Gnawa music mixes classical Islamic Sufism with pre-Islamic African traditions, and in recent decades has begun to be performed outside of the traditional closed-door ceremonies, to the wider Moroccan public, and to global music audience at large. In 2011, the…

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Posted on: August 30, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DEVIL TO PAY Hit the Road, Including Stoner Hands of Doom

DEVIL TO PAY have announced that the band will be celebrating it’s 10 Year Anniversary by trekking across parts of America to rock out with friends and fans along the way! Having put the final touches on the writing and demoes for their next album (first with Ripple Music), DTP are anxious to hit the road and bring the sonic devastation with them. Audiences along the route will be treated…

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Posted on: August 30, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO premiere new track + video on “Decibel” magazine’s website!!!

ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO premiere the track “The Cult of No Return,” as well as its accompany video, at Decibel magazine’s website! A highly exclusive stream from North American’s premiere metal authority, “The Cult of No Return” comes from ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO’s highly anticipated debut album, Torches Ablaze, set for worldwide release on September 5th through EKTRO RECORDS. The track + video for “The Cult of No Return” can be heard/seen in its…

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Posted on: August 30, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BATTLECROSS: Sirius XM Liquid Metal to Premiere New Studio Cover of “Hostile”

Yesterday, Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS finished their run with the TRESPASS AMERICA festival, also featuring Five Finger Death Punch with support from Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Emmure, Pop Evil, and God Forbid. Helping to cap such a defining summer in the band’s already accelerating career, Sirius XM Liquid Metal will premiere the band’s studio cover of the track “Hostile” (originally performed by Pantera) on Friday, August 31st. Afterward, the track will be…

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