Team Bastardized is happy to announce the signing of Give em Blood. The Graz-based Hardcore-/Metal-Outfit will release its next Album via Bastardized Recordings. This is what the band has to say: We are very happy to announce that we just got signed to Bastardized Records. After months of searching for a record label, it feels like we’ve made the right decision. These guys really know how to do it by…
Sergent Garcia brings his vibrant Latin and reggae sounds back to North America this July for an 8 city tour, including San Diego’s Asi Suena Latin Rock Fest, Madison’s La Fête de Marquette and Montreal’s Festival Nuits D’Afrique. Already a household name in Europe, 2011’s highly celebrated Una y Otra Vez was Sergent Garcia’s first album in over 5 years and solidified his legacy as a salsa-reggae superstar this side of…
Actor, Director Mykelti Williamson is internationally known for his critically acclaimed role of “Bubba” in the Oscar winning movie “Forrest Gump” and other high profile movies, Heat, Con Air, Lucky Number Slevin, August Rush and ATL, as well as hard hitting television roles in, Boomtown, “24”, CSI:NY, and currently in the role of “Limehouse” in the hit FX Television series, Justified. Whether it be feature films, television or Broadway where Williamson…
The Village Voice, the nation’s largest alternative weekly newspaper, is thrilled to announce the addition this year of The Official 4Knots Music Festival After Party. The show will be held immediately following the Festival at the Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club at South Street Seaport and will feature the Black Lips with Kid Congo Powers + The Pink Monkey Birds. Tickets are only $15 and go on sale tomorrow…
Over the past two decades, Del the Funky Homosapien has been establishing himself in the world of Hip-Hop. From his early 90’s Elektra releases to his cult classic Deltron 3030, Del the Funky Homosapien has proven his place in Rap History. While awaiting the release of his upcoming album Deltron 2, Del the Funky Homosapien has once again teamed up with Parallel Thought to produce Attractive Sin, a follow up…
As announced earlier this week, Agnostic Front will be appearing at the CBGB’s Music Festival on opening night in NYC at Webster Hall on July 5th along their 30th Anniversary tour route, performing the classic Live at CBGB’s set list. And to top it off, fellow NYHC legends Madball will also be on the show. AF vocalist Roger Miret said, “We are very excited to be performing on the opening night of…
Metalhit.com, under license from Firebox Music, have re-issued all three albums from Finnish doom metal legends, COLOSSEUM. The band are best known for their severely atmospheric and richly depressive doom compositions. Their first album, “Chapter 1: Delirium,” is often heralded as a “must have” for all doom enthusiasts. The band boasts Juhani Palomaki, of YEARNING fame, on vocals, who sadly passed away in 2010, leading to the band’s departure. In…
ENCHANT, the San Francisco Bay area’s long-running Prog Rock institution, has finally returned to the scene they once helped shape and establish! Originally founded in 1989 and with seven studio albums under their belt, it’s been a long silence for ENCHANT since their last official release, the Live At Last 2CD/2DVD set from 2004. ENCHANT is currently at work on an overdue, brand-new studio album, and have signed a new…
Forming in early 2009, South Coast rockers The Afterparty have recently added the finishing touches to their debut studio offering ‘Restless’ with producer Matty O’Grady (You Me At Six, Deaf Havana). The four track EP will feature lead track ‘Sticks & Stones’ and new single ‘So Much To Say’, and is scheduled for release on July 2nd 2012 via Engineer Records. Vocalist Nic Matthews revealed that ‘Restless’ is “a record we’re all…
Singer, songwriter, piano-slayer and blogger Amanda Palmer is preparing to release her first new studio album in four years with her new band, The Grand Theft Orchestra, featuring Michael McQuilken, Chad Raines and Jherek Bischoff. Recorded in Melbourne with producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, Xiu Xiu), the album, Theatre Is Evil, will be released in September 2012. Palmer re-solidified her title as the queen of crowd-sourcing when she…
disKonnekt, the upcoming release from electro-industrial masters Decoded Feedback explores the themes of alienation and existential angst so prevalent in today’s society. On their latest album, band members Yone Dudas and Marco Biagiotti delve into the complex relationship between man and machine, and consider how virtual environments can disconnect us from the real world. DF’s trademark aggressive sound and atmospheric melodies remain front and centre on disKonnekt and have been…
Faris McReynolds, who alone comprises the Los Angeles-based one man band ExDetectives, today posted the video for “The Lawn”, the first single from the debut ExDetectives album Take My Forever, out now on Post Planetary Records. The video, directed by Larisa Laivins, is a dreamy ramble through a sundrenched city. Laivins says the clip is “inspired by being a teenager having no specific destination and just wanting to be out…
Sidi Touré will tour North America for the second time ever this summer in support of his new album, Koïma (released April 17 via Thrill Jockey). Last fall, Sidi was here for his first ever North American tour in support of his Thrill Jockey debut, Sahel Folk, and played such prestigious venues as New York’s Lincoln Center, Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, and the Chicago World Music Festival.…
MAREN PARUSEL is a name you need to know, NOW! Out of the ashes of a terrible incident in which all of Maren’s instruments were stolen in New York City last year, shines a bright light out of the Midtown Tunnel and into an intense musical journey that you will not soon forget. What came of her sound is a revamped style of guitar-driven tones, synths, and the ability to…
Born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Kinston, North Carolina, Geda Lion started rapping at the age of ten. He served in the Army for two years before moving to Hinesville, Georgia, where he started rapping with a group called Team Affiliate. The group was offered a record deal by Ruff Ryders in 2003. However, Team Affiliate broke up and Geda moved to Germany, where he started his solo career.…
HBO and RCA Records are proud to announce that platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw’s hot single “Sweeter”, from his latest album of the same name, takes center stage in the network’s new summer promotional spot. The on air image campaign will air prior to the second season finale of Game of Thrones — Sunday, June 3, 9:00 pm. HBO tapped “Sweeter” to introduce viewers to its new “hotter than…
Today, Kid Static is celebrating the release of his new solo album, It Gleams. The 11-track album, released via Cobra Music, is Static’s first since making his move from Chicago to Los Angeles and is a collection of music that brings together Static’s penchant for quick-witted raps, melody, and genre-bending, electro-inspired production. To celebrate the release, Kid Static is giving fans a brand new non-album track, one that he’s unveiling…
MAREN PARUSEL is a name you need to know, NOW! Out of the ashes of a terrible incident in which all of Maren’s instruments were stolen in New York City last year, shines a bright light out of the Midtown Tunnel and into an intense musical journey that you will not soon forget. What came of her sound is a revamped style of guitar-driven tones, synths, and the ability to…
Watch Promo Trailer for Husky’s Forever So Watch Husky “The Woods” video Watch Shearwater “You As You Were” video Shearwater and Husky are gearing up for a busy summer tour schedule. Shearwater is currently supporting their critically acclaimed Sub Pop debut, Animal Joy. Husky will be touring in support of their forthcoming Sub Pop debut, Forever So — out July 10th on CD and LP. The album is also available…
This September, California avant-garde metal band STOLEN BABIES will be touring the United States with co-headliners Devin Townsend Project, Katatonia, and special guests Paradise Lost as part of the “Epic Kings & Idols Tour” (DTP and Katatonia will alternate in headlining each show). The tour kicks-off in Seattle, WA at Studio 7 on September 4, 2012 and travels throughout the United States until September 24th when it comes to a…