Category: Artist News

Posted on: August 27, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Classic Crime Charts with Self-released Album, “Phoenix.”

What a difference a few months make. Not long ago the future seemed, at best, uncertain for The Classic Crime. Propelled forward by the success of their Kickstarter campaign, (incidentally the 9th most funded music project in Kickstarter history), The Classic Crime is presently in the latter portion of a successful West Coast tour, and have also managed to chart their self-produced and self-released album, “Phoenix,” on both iTunes and…

Posted on: August 27, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AESOP ROCK ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR

WATCH “ZZZ TOP” http://youtu.be/KZvE7dQ-C5o LISTEN TO “ZERO DARK THIRTY” ON PITCHFORK http://pitchfork.com/news/46371-video-aesop-rock-zero-dark-thirty/ WATCH “ZERO DARK THIRTY” ON MTV http://www.mtv.com/videos/aesop-rock/764472/zero-dark-thirty.jhtml AESOP ROCK FALL TOUR DATES: Oct 1- Milwaukee- Turner Hall Oct 2- Detroit- Magic Stick Oct 4- Pittsburgh- Altar Bar Oct 5- Indianapolis- the Vogue Oct 6- Nashville- Exit Inn Oct 8- Lawrence KS- Granada Oct 10- Boulder- Fox Theater Oct 11- Colorado Springs- Black Sheep…

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GYPSYHAWK release new song “Galaxy Rise” as free download

Pasadena, CA’s Gypsyhawk have released Galaxy Rise from their new album Revelry & Resilience as a free, limited time only download. Fans can listen to the song and access the download new at metalblade.com/galaxyrise. Additionally, Gypsyhawk have announced a headlining tour throughout the western United States this September. The dates include the band’s appearance at the Metal Blade Records Scion AV Label Showcase at the Glasshouse in Pomona, CA on…

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

EXHUMED Announce Fall Tour With Napalm Death

Today extreme metal’s favorite road warriors, EXHUMED, still brutalizing stages on the final nights of the Summer Slaughter tour, announce their next North American excursion supporting co-headliners Napalm Death and speed metal punk squadron Municipal Waste! Presented by Amp Magazine and Hails & Horns, the convoy of brutality will commence in Springfield, Virginia on October 26 and run through December 1 in Tampa, Florida. Additional support will come from the…

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

LINKIN PARK SET TO ‘BURN IT DOWN’ ON AXS TV

ulti-platinum artists Linkin Park will broadcast LIVE for one night only on Saturday, September 8 exclusively on AXS TV, Linkin Park and AXS TV co-founder and President Mark Cuban jointly announced today. Fans at home will get a chance to see one of the summer’s most successful and acclaimed tours LIVE as Linkin Park closes out the North American leg of their blockbuster Honda Civic Tour. Along with over…

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lapalux Remixes Breton’s “The Commission” Ahead of Their North American Tour

Breton’s haunting, atmospheric track “The Commission” has been reworked by UK beat maker Lapalux. His aptly named “Aquatic Centre Mix,” which sounds like if the original had been plunged deep underwater, premiered at XLR8R.com where it is available for exclusive download. “Synth notes bubble up, deep pads surge like currents, and robotic vocal samples rock to the epp and flow of Lapalux’s slow-paced beat,” they exclaimed. The remix is from Breton’s forthcoming remix record…

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ESP – ESP EP

ESP is a new Los Angeles-based trio whose primary interest is, as their name implies, Extra Sensory Perception. The group explores this phenomena through their own synesthetic, synth-laden dreamscapes which literally overflow with hypercolored visuals. This is ESP, the sights, sounds and sensory overload of the West Coast cosmos. The brother / sister combo of Aska and Seiya Matsumiya (keyboards / vocals & keyboards / electronics, respectively) are joined by…

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

LIFT OFF! WITH ASCENT!

Despite the radical resistance from some internet wack-jobs, Ascent from Six Organs of Admittance made it out to the streets on August 21st, in a big-ass way! Six Organs involved with some NWO-type shit? We don’t think so! And neither do Six Organs fans, cause we’ve already had to repress that nearly extinct format called the compact disc due to the first pass selling through. Resuscitate, tangible digital! Don’t worry,…

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SCYTHIA Offer Free Download ‘Sailor’s Accolade” From New EP

Canada’s favorite purveyors of folk/prog metal, Scythia are proud to share with fans a FREE DOWNLOAD of their first single “Sailor’s Accolade” from their new EP “For The Bear” due out on September 25, 2012 at the following location here. Youtube embed link – Sailor’s Accolade – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG63ssJR1as “This year, we are releasing our EP right before we hit the long road across Canada and the Eastern US with dates soon to be announced.…

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Strawbs & John Wesley Harding to Play The Winchester, Sept. 19

The Strawbs, with special guest John Wesley Harding, will be performing at the Winchester Music Hall, 12112 Madison Avenue, in Lakewood, on September 19, at 8 PM. Tickets are $20. The venue phone is 216-226-5681. The web site is thewinchester.net. As Strawbs move gracefully into their fifth decade of music making, it is still difficult to categorise the unique sound that has made them Britain’s most successful international progressive folk-rock…

Posted on: August 24, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION To Returns To The US For September Tour

Following an incredible tour of the West Coast of the United States at the end of 2011, including a devastating performance at Rites of Darkness III, Australia’s epic doom sorcerers MOURNFUL CONGREGATION will return to The States in the weeks ahead! The new pending tour will see MOURNFUL CONGREGATION returning to the US on an eleven-date trek erupting out of Seattle on September 14th and surging its way down…

Posted on: August 24, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NEW YEARS DAY to Join Blood On The Dance Floor

NEW YEARS DAY is proud to announce they will join BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR, JEFFREE STAR and DAVEY SUICIDE on “The Scene Is Dead Tour.“ Passing through nearly 50 states in the US, the first leg of the tour will be mid-October through early-November and the second leg will run late-November to mid-December. A list of dates can be seen below. Vocalist Ash Costello adds, “The fans truly wanted…

Posted on: August 24, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Releases Debut Single And Video

Pop alternative producer and songwriter Cherry Cherry Boom Boom (Martin Kierszenbaum) has recently released the official video for his first solo track and single, “Come Back to San Francisco,” The song is a cover off Magnetic Fields’ acclaimed 1999 album, 69 Love Songs, and is one of Martin’s favorites. “I just felt an urge to record one of my favorite Stephin Merrit songs,” recalls Martin, who recorded the track on…

Posted on: August 24, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Idris Elba Live on UStream to Debut New Music

Join actor and international DJ Idris Elba as he sits down with fans live on UStream today at 4pm PT / 7pm ET. Idris will be chatting with fans about his music and previewing new tracks from his South African-inspired house music EP, Supersonic, due out in October under his DJ moniker 7Wallace. Idris recorded, mixed, and mastered the 5 track EP using a mobile studio in South Africa where he is currently…

Posted on: August 24, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kuwaiti-American singer-songwriter Yusif! releases self-titled, debut full-length

“Sometimes our most destructive moments and greatest tragedies end up becoming our triumphs,” says Seattle, Washington-based pop-rocker Yusif!, leader of the outfit bearing his name as their moniker. Yusif is discussing his debut, self-titled full-length, which will be nationally released October 9, 2012, a ten-track collection of songs that gravitate to lyrics about love, lost love, internal conflicts and struggles, and emotionally-charged anti-war anthems. War is something Yusif has seen…

Posted on: August 23, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

YELLOWCARD’s “Southern Air” debuts at #10 on BILLBOARD’s Top 200 Album Chart!

Riding on a crest of overwhelmingly positive acclaim since their return from hiatus last year, YELLOWCARD have clenched a #10 debut on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart with their new album SOUTHERN AIR (released August 14, 2012 on Hopeless Records). Their fifth album to reach Top 20 (and second in the Top 10), this chart position is especially important as it’s proof positive that the band’s re-emergence wasn’t a…

Posted on: August 23, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Danish Sensation Medina Releases “Forever” Remix Package

International chart topping sensation and fashion icon Medina recently released her new single “Forever” on Ultra Music, which is the first single to be released from her forthcoming second English-language album. The album follows her 2011 release, Welcome to Medina, and features more of the singer’s flawless vocals that have earned her a widespread and loyal international fanbase. Medina is well on her way to becoming the next international pop queen. The singer has…

Posted on: August 23, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Decibel Magazine Debuts Brand New CRYPTOPSY Track

As members of the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, it seems only natural that death metal legends Cryptopsy team up with the ‘zine to unleash a brand new track off their forthcoming, self-titled album. In a Deciblog exclusive, the song “The Golden Square Mile,” which deals with an unsolved murder that took place in the band’s native Montreal is currently streaming at this location. Cryptopsy, which stands as a furious…

Posted on: August 23, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Zambri Premieres “You’ll Never Beat Dogs (Rx Remix)”

Tour Dates 08/31 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge * 09/03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose * 09/04 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups * 09/05 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean * 09/06 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern * 09/08 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s # 09/09 – Washington D.C. @ DC9 * 09/10 – Boston, MA @ Middle East ^ 09/12 – Philadelphia, PA @…

Posted on: August 23, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HARP & LYRE RELEASE ALBUM ART

Unsigned heavy favorite Harp & Lyre would like to announce their new record title and cover art. The much anticipated record, Tribes, will be coming this fall. In the meantime, the band would like to give fans a preview of what’s to come. Vocalist Tyler Carder had this to say about the new track from their forthcoming record Tribes. “’Believe, Divide, and Find Yourself Alone’ is and intimate view of the Christian…