Category: Artist News

Posted on: July 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ENGORGEMENT’s “Excruciating Intestinal Lacerations” On July 17th

Comatose Music proudly welcomes ENGORGEMENT! The Brutal UK Death Squad’s debut album Excruciating Intestinal Lacerations will be released on July 17th. Consisting of members of Embryonic Depravity and Gore Sanctum, the group pulls absolutely no punches on their debut. Expect a non-stop, guttural slamming, pit stomping, brutal death metal massacre! Artwork by Andrey Kroms. Mixed and mastered at 16th Cellar Studio in Italy. Recommended for fans of Devourment, Ingested, and…

Posted on: July 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Issa Rae joins Pharrell Williams’ “i am OTHER” Family

Issa Rae Productions in collaboration with Pharrell Williams’ i am OTHER YouTube Channel have partnered for the Season 2 return of popular comedic web series The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl. Episode 2 premieres on Thursday, July 12th at 6PM PST. Since going viral in 2011, Issa Rae and Awkward Black Girl (ABG) have garnered over 500,000 viewers per episode (first episode hitting well over 1 million views), won…

Posted on: July 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MOONLIGHT BRIDE PREMIERES “TWIN LAKES REMIXED” EP

Chattanooga indie-rockers Moonlight Bride have released a new remix EP, Twin Lakes Remixed, for their critically acclaimed Twin Lakes EP today on BandCamp.com. Download the new Remix EP now at http://moonlightbridemusic.bandcamp.com/album/twin-lakes-remixed. Twin Lakes Remixed features remixes by indie pop group Los Campesinos!, prog-pop duo Tereu Tereu, Summer Dregs, JJ Clark of Machines Are People Too, DJ Skinny III and electro fuzz rock group Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun. “We…

Posted on: July 12, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dussel Has Friends Release Video for “American Made”!

New York based live band hip hop collective Dussel Has Friends have released a music video for their track “American Made”. The video, which was conceptualized and edited by DHF’s frontman James Donald provides visceral imagery to accompany the track’s glimpse into the commonly underestimated darker side to family life in the United States that seems to be present no matter an individual’s financial status. The band is also offering the track as a free download, which can be found on their Soundcloud page…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Cryptopsy Announce New Album

Cryptopsy would like to announce that the pre-sales for their new album entitled CRYPTOPSY will begin on Friday July 13th; and will only be available via their new website www.Cryptopsy.ca (which goes live on Friday). As special thanks to you, the pre-sale participants, the band has decided to give some digital goodies. First, on August 14th, one month before the digital release and official street date, you will receive two songs from…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CLUTCH Summer Tour Kicks Off Tonight

Maryland rockers CLUTCH are kicking off their summer tour tonight in Fayetteville, AR at George’s Majestic Lounge. Support will be provided by Prong and Lionize. The tour also features festival appearances at the “Forecastle Festival” in Louisville, KY and the “Artscape Festival” in Baltimore, MD. The run is scheduled to wrap up July 22nd in Richmond, VA at The National. CLUTCH will also be playing select dates in August with…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Supersonic announce The Bug, Birmingham’s own Nicholas Bullen

2012 marks the ten year anniversary of this dynamic, experimental, multi-disciplinary arts festival, which identifies the otherwise indescribable connections between contemporary music, art, performance and film. To commemorate this impressive and very special milestone this year, Capsule propose to work with Supersonic alumni and emerging artists to celebrate the achievements of the festival thus far whilst also focusing firmly on the contemporary. Because as well as giving a warm welcome…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Legendary NYHC Band THE MOB to Release 7″ Single “Back to Queens”

Sometime during 1980 searching for a harder/faster outlet than the current NYC punk rock trend, three teenagers from Jackson Heights, Queens: Jack Flanagan, Jose Gonzalez and Ralph Gebbia formulated THE MOB. Once the concept was established they added high-school bud Jamie Shanahan on drums, to round out the 4 piece assault. The early MOB sound was heavily influenced by what was going on in L.A. and D.C. With NY not…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE TREATMENT to Release Covers EP

To celebrate their debut album release, This Might Hurt, in the United States on July 17th, THE TREATMENT will make an exclusive iTunes bundle available – a five song covers EP originally released exclusively in the UK as a 300 copy limited edition. The covers EP features THE TREATMENT’s interpretations of: ‘Run Run Run’ – Jo Jo Gunne ‘Evil Woman’ – ELO ‘Motor Biking’ – Chris Spedding ‘Lets…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NIGHT TERRAIN to Release “American Dream” on July 24th

Albuquerque, NM doom/post-metal trio NIGHT TERRAIN have set July 24th as the day on which their gripping and wholly creative full-length debut American Dream will be self-released. Theirs is a sound that is hard to peg, but does at times bring to mind acts like Neurosis and Pink Floyd. The riffs can go from slow, sludgy and droning to uplifting or face melting within a heartbeat. The mission statement is…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

EYECONOCLAST SIGN TO PROSTHETIC RECORDS

PROSTHETIC RECORDS is pleased to announce the signing of ripping death-metal maniacs, EYECONOCLAST. Formed in 2003 in Rome, Italy, the band have developed into a crushing force of blasting death-thrash metal, with former members of HOUR OF PENANCE and Fleshgod Apocalypse in their ranks and several underground releases under their belts. Having caught the attention of PROSTHETIC RECORDS, who eagerly signed the band, EYECONOCLAST are currently preparing to enter…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CARI CLARA “Midnight March” (Deep Elm Records)

Eric Diedrichs should be famous. As the brain trust of CARI CLARA, he proves once and for all with Midnight March that his music has the melodic fortitude to appeal to pop music fans, the imagination to appeal to indie music snobs, the poetic depth to appeal to English professors and the raw emotionalism to appeal to emo kids. This album is not only bigger, bolder, brighter and more cohesive…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE CASKET LOTTERY/NATHAN ELLIS TO RELEASE NEW EPS ON AUGUST 7

Kansas City indie rock band The Casket Lottery have announced plans to release their first new EP, The Door, in seven years on August 7 via No Sleep Records. Additionally, frontman Nathan Ellis will also be releasing his first ever solo, self-titled EP the same day. The EPs can be pre-ordered on 7” vinyl now at http://nosleepstore.com/artist/the-casket-lottery. Listen to the title track from The Door streaming here: http://bit.ly/NKW5iY Listen to…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Slim Twig Returns With Psych Influenced LP

Paper Bag Records is excited to announce details of the new album from the ever-morphing Slim Twig which will be released in North America on CD, LP and DL on August 21st. Sof’ Sike is a dramatic left (er, make that a right) turn follow-up to 2009’s Contempt! and replaces analog drum machines and scratched record samples with the psychedelic rumblings of live instrumentation: pianos, organs, guitar, bass, drums. Watch…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AT SEA Release “A NEW MACHINE” on SEPT 25, 2012

A few things you need to know about Jason Brody, the mind and voice behind At Sea: He’s a native New Yorker who everyone assumes is from California. He spent years battling stage fright (though now you’d never know it). And he once killed himself to make better music. All of those aspects, and many more, play a role in At Sea, who release their full-length debut A New Machine…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GRAVE MISTAKE RECORDS TO RELEASE NIGHT BIRDS’ FRESH KILLS VOL. 1

August 21st will see the 12″ vinyl release of New Jersey/New York’s NIGHT BIRDS Fresh Kills Vol. 1 singles and demo collection (originally released on CD format in 2011), courtesy of Richmond’s Grave Mistake Records. The album will consist of the band’s first three now out of print 7″ singles and 2009 demo. It can currently be streamed at the Grave Mistake Records Bandcamp page here: http://gravemistakerecords.bandcamp.com/album/fresh-kills-vol-1. Preorders will be…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SLEEPY VIKINGS release limited cassette!

Sleepy Vikings treat us to a new song, via a premiere over at Suburban Apologist, called “Easter Sunday Girls”. What a great summer song, with it’s instantly-recognizable indie “90’s hey day” unfluence. The song will be featured on a mega-limited cassette only EP available at this Saturday’s show at Tampa’s New World Brewery. The show doubles as a farewell show to drummer Ryann Slauson who is heading for…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

16-BIT REMIXES OF BJÖRK’S “MUTUAL CORE” & “HOLLOW” OUT NOW

The 16-bit remixes of “Mutual Core” and “Hollow” are out now on One Little Indian Records. The tracks can be heard here http://soundcloud.com/sacksco/bjork-hollow-16-bit-remix/s-XA7aD and here http://soundcloud.com/sacksco/bjork-mutual-core-16-bit-remix/s-CcRld.The release is the seventh in an eight-part series of remixed tracks from Björk’s Biophilia. The first six entries in the series are currently available and feature the Current Value remixes of “Crystalline,” “Solstice,” “Hollow” and “Thunderbolt,” the Death Grips remixes of “Thunderbolt” and “Sacrifice,”…

Posted on: July 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GRAVE premieres new track, “Passion Of The Weak”

Swedish death metal legends GRAVE will release their 10th studio album Endless Procession Of Souls on August 27th in Europe and on August 28th in North America via Century Media Records. Recorded at Studio Soulless, Endless Procession Of Souls promises to be yet another death metal masterpiece in GRAVE’s revered catalog, featuring ten tracks of uncompromising no-bullshit death metal, flawlessly executed by the sole survivors of the real legendary Swedish…

Posted on: July 9, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

the Mountain Goats Announce ‘Transcendental Youth’ out 10/2

John Darnielle is a human male and American musician who was born in Indiana. Alone or in collaboration with others, he has been known as the Mountain Goats since 1991. He grew up in Central California, and has lived in many states, but now lives in North Carolina with his wife and child and at least one cat that I have observed. I visited his home in…