Category: Artist News

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

Catherine Russell celebrates new release with Jazz at Lincoln Center performances

GRAMMY© award-winning vocalist Catherine Russell will premiere a program inspired by collaborations between her father, pioneering pianist and orchestra leader Luis Russell, and his life-long friend, the greatest jazzman of all – Louis Armstrong. The concerts will take place at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room on Friday and Saturday March 30 & 31, 2012, with two shows nightly. For these shows, Catherine will lead a 10 piece orchestra, featuring new arrangements…

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

A LIFE ONCE LOST Announces June 2012 Tour Dates with Black Sheep Wall

Philadelphia, PA’s A LIFE ONCE LOST will head out on the road for a brief U.S. tour this summer after putting the finishing touches on their upcoming album. The tour kicks off on June 23rd in Richmond, VA, ending on June 29th in Pittsburgh, PA. The dates link up with California sludge metal outfit Black Sheep Wall’s full U.S. headline tour. A LIFE ONCE LOST recently booked studio time…

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

Nigel Hayes – Northern Lights EP – Intelligent Audio IA1.8

Everywhere Else: April 16th – Digital Only, At ALL good retailers. Nigel Hayes is back on Intelligent Audio with a brilliant and versatile deep tech house and funky disco EP, the Northern Lights EP. Nigel Hayes has a massive profile as both a DJ and a producer spanning over 27 years. To date Nigel has released over 70 records; 3 albums, numerous EPs and remixes, and his music regularly appears…

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

Topshelf Records Launches Pre-Order for Moving Mountains Foreward LP

Topshelf Records has launched a pre-order for the re-issue of Moving Mountains 2008 Foreword LP. It is being released with an exclusive color in celebration of Record Store Day April 21 but the label has also made it available on two other colors that can pre ordered now. The release features new artwork by Sam Kaufman and comes in a Gatefold LP jacket. Pre-order link: http://www.topshelfrecords.bigcartel.com/artist/moving-mountains Moving Mountains…

Posted on: March 29, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

STEVE HOGARTH, RICHARD BARBIERI DEBUT “NAKED” MUSIC VIDEO

Renowned progressive rock icons, Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri, have released a music video for the track, “Naked,” taken from the duo’s collaborative debut, Not The Weapon But The Hand: http://vimeo.com/37944777. Christopher Kenworthy, who recently directed the video for Anathema’s, “Dreaming Light,” directed the “Naked” visual adaptation. Not The Weapon But The Hand released last month on Kscope Music. “It goes beyond what you might expect from the…

Posted on: March 29, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DJ NU-MARK ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM BROKEN SUNLIGHT SET FOR SUMMER RELEASE.

The first 10” release in the Broken Sunlight series hits stores on April 24, 2012 and will house “Dumpin Em All” featuring Bumpy Knuckles and “When You Sleep” featuring “Large Professor.” Embed code for the streaming player of the first 10” is below. Check out and post up the video for “Dumpin Em All” here. Nu-Mark works with two MCs he’s long admired for the first 10” installment. With…

Posted on: March 29, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

LIL JON TEAMS WITH ULTRA MUSIC FOR LIVE STREAM OF HIS SPRING BREAK EVENT

Stuck behind your desk instead of spending Spring Break raging on the beaches of Mexico? Join Lil Jon for the LETS F***IN LOSE IT DRINK PARTY live in Cancun! This Friday, March 30 at 5:00pm EST/2:00pm PST, Ultra Music will broadcast a live stream of LIL JON’s exclusive Spring Break party from Cancun, Mexico’s renowned Oasis Hotel. Log on to Ultra’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/ultramusic, Ultra’s Music’s website www.ultramusic.com, Ultra’s Facebook…

Posted on: March 29, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AMERICAN HI-FI SIGNS TO GOOMBA MUSIC

Goomba Music is proud to announce the signing of AMERICAN HI-FI. The original line-up–Stacy Jones (singer/guitarist), Drew Parsons (bass), Jamie Arentzen (guitars) and Brian Nolan (drums)—is currently recording their as-yet-untitled new album in Los Angeles, CA with an expected worldwide release date this fall. It’s being produced by the band and John Fields (Switchfoot, Jimmy Eat World) and recorded at Stacy Jones’ studio, The Deathstar. “It feels great to make…

Posted on: March 29, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Frankie Rose premieres “Night Swim” music video, launches tour next week

We were all knocked out by the Frankie Rose and the Outs album from 2010, the effortlessness of its gorgeous girl-pop mantras, the intimate immensity of its Spector-esque walls of reverb, the beauty of a song sung sweetly over the most graceful two-chord vamps. But are you ready for the new Frankie Rose? – her transformation into a wholly other kind of pop, the reverie and revelation of Interstellar, an…

Posted on: March 29, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Borgore Shares “Kiss My Lips” SXSW Borgore Experience Video

23 year old DJ/producer Borgore recently appeared at SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX in support of his new Flex EP. To document the trip and give you the “Unofficial SXSW Borgore Experience,” the beat-maker has unleashed footage of the mayhem and excitement from those shows. The clip features the club banger “Kiss My Lips,” Borgore’s collaboration with pop singer Dev (“Bass Down Low,” “In the Dark”), which also has…

Posted on: March 28, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DEMISOR: Singaporean Grind Brigade Sign To Pulverized Records

Singaporean grind pioneers DEMISOR have officially inked a worldwide deal with Pulverised Records! Formed in 1987, the unsung DEMISOR specialize in sonic devastation with their earliest bout of buzzsaw guitar lashes and maniacal blasts appearing on their Mestectomy and Oral Climax demos released in 1990 and 1992 respectively. Today the epic DEMISOR discography includes over a dozen split releases in true grind fashion. The band is currently penning new material…

Posted on: March 28, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DEMONICAL confirm US tour dates

Demonical has confirmed that they will be performing several US shows leading up to their performance at this year’s Maryland Death Fest. Demonical released their latest album, Death Infernal, on July 19th, 2011 on Metal Blade Records in North America. The Swedish death metal band DEMONICAL have issued the following statement: “It is with great enthusiasm we can hereby announce three additional shows on US soil in connection to our…

Posted on: March 28, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE BODY & BRAVEYOUNG: Collaborative Album To See Vinyl Release

Following an initial CD release in September 2011, amidst several regional tours together, Nothing Passes — the collaborative release between apocalyptic noise/doom duo THE BODY and orchestral rock harbingers BRAVEYOUNG — will now get the deluxe vinyl treatment. Recorded in a collaborative session at Providence’s Machines With Magnets (Battles, Daughters, Lightning Bolt, Chinese Stars), Nothing Passes is a layered but cohesive voyage through cavernous, noise-laden tumult and chaos, ethereal…

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

Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra to tour North America

This April, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Artistic Director and Lead Violin Richard Tognetti, will travel to North America for a 10-stop tour. The ensemble will hit major cities in the US and Canada with the final date of the tour culminating at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Joining them will be world-renowned soprano (and recent Ojai collaborator) Dawn Upshaw and baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes. The program…

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

PAGANFEST AMERICA Part III begins this week

In what is sure to be THE most raucous tour package of the year, three NAPALM RECORDS recording artists – ALESTORM, ARKONA, and HUNTRESS – will be joining headliners Turisas as direct support for this year’s installment of the PaganFest America tour. Set to begin this weekn in Baltimore and commence throughout the entirety of April, this third installment of the PaganFest America tour features a wealth of international talent…

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

BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS: German Sludge Outfit’s Third LP Oozes Towards Release

Hailing from the German city of Mannheim, sludge devastators BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, having recently signed with Exile On Mainstream, are preparing for the release of their upcoming third full-length Negative Black. Recorded in the Winter of 2011 and twisted into shape at the mighty Tonmeisterei Studio, Negative Black — an album four years in the making — marks a new step for BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, carving a…

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

BORKNAGAR releases new album, “Urd”, today

BORKNAGAR’s highly anticipated new album, Urd , is out now in Europe and North America! Having recently been voted “album of the month” in the current issues of Germany’s Metal Hammer Magazine as well as Norway’s Scream Magazine, the band would like to celebrate Urd’s release by presenting another new song off the album, “Frostrite”. To listen to “Frostrite”, featuring the returned ICS Vortex (ARCTURUS, ex-DIMMU BORGIR) on main vocals,…

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

MY DARKEST DAYS’ NEWEST ALBUM, SICK AND TWISTED AFFAIR, AVAILABLE NOW!

My Darkest Day’s newest album, Sick and Twisted Affair, has officially been released and is available in stores and on iTunes now! With the release of their second album on Mercury Records, SICK AND TWISTED AFFAIR, featuring the #1 iTunes Rock Song “Casual Sex,” Toronto band My Darkest Days has announced two additional weeks on the road with Nickelback on their North American“Here and Now Tour 2012”. The album is currently streaming in it’s entirety on the bands official website. Sick and…

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

MAC DEMARCO RELEASES ROCK AND ROLL NIGHT CLUB ON CAPTURED TRACKS

Mac DeMarco, formerly Makeout Videotape, is the antithesis to your stereotypical singer-songwriter. Disregarding the seriously somber moments, he replaces them with whimsical and youthful spontaneity, whilst retaining the endearing and subtle commentaries that exude his familiarity. Promptly after leaving his Edmonton garage for Vancouver he embarked on a North American tour accompanying fellow Canadians Japandroids on a grand voyage of enlightenment and alcoholic debauchery. DeMarco’s a weird cat cultivating an…

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

LYLE LOVETT’S RELEASE ME OUT ON VINYL THIS WEEK

Curb/Lost Highway is excited to announce that four-time Grammy Award-winner Lyle Lovett’s new record, Release Me, was released on vinyl this week. It will be a special, double disc, high-quality vinyl – 180 ml, 24-bit, 96k, 200 gram – mastered by Doug Sax and pressed at Quality Record Pressings in Kansas. Lovett is an artist who is a stickler for quality and goes out of his way to ensure…