Brazilian siren Luísa Maita is returning to North America with her signature mix of samba, alternative pop and downtempo electronica. Hailed by NPR as “The New Voice of Brazil,” Luísa Maita will be previewing new material from her forthcoming album to be released in early 2012. Luísa Maita has been busy since the release of her critically-acclaimed debut album Lero-Lero on Cumbancha Discovery in 2010. In 2011 Luísa won the…
Sultry, seductive and infused with that inimitable samba swing, the music of Luísa Maita embodies the modern spirit of Brazil. Inspired by the bustling urban life found in her native city of São Paulo, Luísa has quickly earned a place at the pinnacle of Brazil’s vibrant music scene. LUISA MAITA JULY 2012 TOUR DATES THU July 19 Minneapolis, MN Dakota Jazz Club FRI July 20 Chicago, IL Mayne Stage SAT July 21…
DYING FETUS are set to release their new album Reign Supreme this Tuesday June 19th. The record is available for pre-order HERE. Reign Supreme features nine tracks and is a “return to roots” with production focused slightly more on slam than in the band’s last few works. Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social and political commentary in the style of DYING FETUS as we have…
This one’s for the vinyl collectors out there: The 2nd pressing of MUNICIPAL WASTE’s latest album, The Fatal Feast, is now available on green vinyl and includes a fold-out poster of the cannibalistic album art. Order it from Nuclear Blast USA’s Webshop before they’re all gone! MUNICIPAL WASTE continue to wreck havoc on North American audiences on their current headlining tour with 3 Inches Of Blood & openers Black…
Regularly adorning the stage with lamb bones and decaying rats, Indiana black metal miscreants PTAHIL are known for their moody, violent and lawless exercises in live musical mayhem. At a recent ceremony at The Brass Rail in Fort Wayne, their onstage chaos led one fan to bite the head of a decomposed rodent. Comments PTAHIL drummer, Mhaghnuis: “It is good to see that when a human being is bombarded with…
Baltimore-based hellion Phoebe Jean Dunne, a one girl band with an army of sound, released her debut album Heartbreakers this week via the French label Lentonia Records distributed in the US by Nail Distribution. The album is streaming now at AOL’s Spinner site and the video for lead single “Day Is Gone” (featuring the Shake Off Twinz who have also been seen with M.I.A. and Rye Rye) was recently posted…
The Raveonettes Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner are excited to announce the release of their new album “Observator,” out September 11th on Vice Records. Throughout their impressive career the Danish duo has explored sonic territories ranging from lush pop songs to reverb drenched soundscapes and continually celebrated life through songwriting. All of these forms are evident in “Observator,” sumptuous and beautiful in its sound, but bleak and sad at…
Propellerhead today released new versions of their award-winning music making platform: Reason 6.5 and Reason Essentials 1.5. New in these versions is the introduction of Rack Extensions—a groundbreaking new technology from Propellerhead that opens up the rack to third parties, enabling developers to create their own instruments and effects for Reason and allowing users to expand their collection of instruments and effects with the Reason devices they want. Propellerhead…
Victoria Bergsman has announced a new album for her main creative outlet, Taken By Trees. The LP, her first since 2009’s East of Eden, is called Other Worlds and will be released October 2 on Secretly Canadian. The trailer for the album is available today at Gorilla Vs. Bear. Watch the trailer for Other Worlds Other Worlds is a impressionist poem for the Hawaiian Islands, where on a recent visit,…
Mute are delighted to announce a special collaboration with Raster-Noton: the release of Diamond Version’s Technology At The Speed Of Life/ Empowering Change on 23 July, the first of a sequence of five 12″ EPs throughout 2012, culminating in an album in 2013. Diamond Version is a collaborative project between two of the most groundbreaking, experimental and forward thinking creators in modern music, Byetone and Alva Noto. As joint heads of the German-based label Raster-Noton, and…
Having received critical praise for his debut album World, You Need A Change Of Mind, Kindness releases the robustly romantic ‘House‘ on June 18th, a new single backed with a selection of unheard mixes from friends and collaborators who worked on his debut LP. Stream the ‘House’ EP in its entirety HERE ‘House’ EP Tracklist: 1) House 2) SEOD (Zdar Dub) 3) Swingin’ Party (Drumless) 4) Gee Up (Erol Alkans…
“Learn Me Right” – an original song featuring British-born singer and songwriter Birdy, will be featured on the upcoming soundtrack to the animated Disney*Pixar film Brave, which will be released by Walt Disney Records on June 19th. The track was written, arranged, and produced by Grammy-nominated British folk-rock group Mumford & Sons. “We liked the idea of having a girl like Birdy sing,” says the group’s leader Marcus Mumford.…
Boston’s debutantes of decadent death groove SEXCREMENT, fresh off the release of their new album Sloppy Seconds, have unleashed another track of hedonistic heaviness on their Facebook & brand new ReverbNation pages. “Heels Up” is a song chock full of the band’s signature mix of pummeling extreme metal soaked in perversity sure to make you bob your head up and down with alarming urgency. The tune is the second…
Listen To and Download “Act of Truth” Here! Tour Dates 6/23 – Inciting HQ – Philadelphia, PA 6/24 – Gansevoort Park – New York, NY (DJ Set @ 5:30PM) 6/29 – T.T.’s The Bears – Boston, MA 6/30 – Paperbox – Brooklyn, NY (Split 7″ Release Party) 7/20 – South Park Tavern – Dayton, OH 7/21 – Big Day In Festival 2 – Columbus, OH 7/27 – Big Snow Buffalo…
Having recently announced his forthcoming album, America, out August 28th (North America) / August 27th (Rest of the world) on Domino, Dan Deacon is set to head out on a major headlining North American tour this autumn, performing with his streamlined ensemble of two drummers — Jeremy Hyman of Boredoms, Ponytail; Kevin O’Meara of Videohippos — with America producer Chester Endersby Gwazda joining Dan on electronics. Dan Deacon shows are…
Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the July 24 simultaneous release on DVD and Blu-ray of Secret World Live from Peter Gabriel. This version has been fully restored and remastered from the original film and features many of Peter Gabriel’s hits including “Steam”, “Sledgehammer”, “Don’t Give Up”, “In Your Eyes”, “Digging In The Dirt”, “Shaking The Tree” and “Solsbury Hill”. [Pre-book Order Date June 29, MSRP $14.98 for DVD,…
On August 28, Blix Street/Crooked Crown Records will release Change The Ending, the new album from acclaimed singer-songwriter-producer Maia Sharp. The record features guest vocals by The Rescue’s Adrianne Gonzales, Garrison Starr, Dawn Thomas and Bonnie Raitt. Sharp will be touring with Raitt in October and can be heard on the nine-time GRAMMY® winner’s new album, Slipstream. Fans can check out the poignant lead single, “Me After You,” beginning…
Tonight Alive will be releasing a special acoustic album this summer, featuring an acoustic version of every song on their current album What Are You So Scared Of? The album will only be available exclusively at the Tonight Alive booth and the Fearless Records booth at Vans Warped Tour from June 16. The explosive Australian quintet will be bringing their female-fronted pop punk to the Kevin Says Stage at the…
Fresh from seeing the Olympic Torch arrive safely in Belfast and performing a free concert in front of City Hall in celebration of the event, General Fiasco have now confirmed details of a new single ‘Bad Habits’ and their second album due for this summer. ‘Unfaithfully Yours’ contains twelve tracks of classic pop, rock and infectious tunes including ‘The Age You Start Losing Friends’ which was picked up last year…
After the very recent release of their EP Perspective, it is with heavy hearts that vocalist Elliot Coleman and TESSERACT have parted ways. A statement from bassist Amos Williams can be seen below: “Sadly, our good buddy Elliot has decided to leave team TesseracT. We’d like to thank Elliot for everything he has done for us. We have loved having him be a part of this beast. He…