Category: Artist News

Posted on: February 25, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MARY MARY’S TINA CAMPBELL AND HUSBAND, TEDDY CAMPBELL PLAN FOR NEW ARRIVAL

Tina Campbell, half of the multi-Grammy Award-winning sister duo, Mary Mary, has just announced that she and husband, Teddy Campbell are expecting. The proud and devoted parents of four children are thrilled to welcome a new addition to their family. Tina’s announcement comes on the heels of sister and duo mate Erica and husband Warryn Campbell’s arrival of their new baby girl Zaya Monique. The sisters Campbell are no strangers…

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Posted on: February 25, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

4th Pyramid – “So Balboa” Ft. Saukrates (Prod. By Rich Kidd)

On March 13th, 4th Pyramid will release his new album, The Pyramid Scheme. It’s Pyramid’s first album since he signed his Silk Ivory label to a joint deal with Lyrics To Go/Universal Music, and now, following the success of the video for debut single “Webslinger,” the Toronto rapper/producer is excited to release the album’s second single, “So Balboa.” For “So Balboa,” Pyramid teamed up with two of Toronto’s finest, bringing…

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Posted on: February 25, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

2009 GMA’S “PRODUCER OF THE YEAR” BERNIE HERMS GARNERS FOUR NOMINATIONS

Recent GRAMMY ® nominated female vocalist and dove award forerunner Natalie Grant was honored with five nominations for this year’s 43rd Annual GMA Dove Awards, including the prestigious “Female Vocalist of the Year,” a title Grant has been honored with four consecutive years in a row. Her husband, Bernie Herms, named “Producer of the Year” in 2009, garnered four nods and is again nominated for the same title. Herms and…

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

BUSTED-SONGWRITER-TURNED-WRITER MISHKA SHUBALY RECORDS

Everything is coming up Mishka Shubaly. The busted songwriter turned writer had a huge 2011– his Kindle Single “Shipwrecked” went to number one over Jonathan Krakauer and David Baldacci and won him the opportunity to tell his story live for The Moth Radio Hour, which was broadcast around the country by NPR and included on The Moth’s most recent two CD collection. In October, his Kindle Single “The Long Run”…

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

EMELI SANDE OPENS COLDPLAY TOUR

Our Version of Events — the debut album from Capitol Records’ artist Emeli Sandé — debuted on the UK Album Chart at No. 1 this week. Due for release in the U.S. on June 5th, Our Version of Events is a powerful platform for Sandé’s rich, soulful voice and sophisticated songwriting. As Q magazine put it: “She’s made an album that deserves to linger in the limelight — passionate, powerful,…

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

NEW POND TRACK: ‘MYSTERY’

Pond’s US tour kicks off in two weeks, with the band playing their very first US show on their album release day in DC. Pond will also be at SXSW, stay tuned for showcase and party announcements in the coming weeks. Mixed by Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) and Rob Grant at Poon’s Head Studio in Perth, Beard, Wives, Denim is an audio diary of ten friends’ strange, terrible and blissful…

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

Passion Founder Louie Giglio Unveils SYMPHONY, I LIFT MY HANDS DVD

Just weeks before the Passion World Tour hits Vancouver, and alongside the March 13 release of the Passion: White Flag live album, Passion founder and recent GRAMMY ® nominee Louie Giglio will debut the latest in the 900,ooo+ selling Passion Talk Series, SYMPHONY, I LIFT MY HANDS. As seen by over 200,000 people on the 50-city Chris Tomlin “And If Our God Is For Us… Tour,” SYMPHONY, I LIFT MY…

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

THE EXPLORERS CLUB’S NEW ALBUM, “GRAND HOTEL,” DEBUTS AT #27

The Explorers Club, a band hailing from Charleston, SC, has hit #27 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart following the first week of sales of their new album, “Grand Hotel.” (The album was released on February 14, 2012 through Rock Ridge Music, with distribution via ADA.) This is the band’s biggest sales week ever by far. Mark Linett, who mixed The Beach Boys’ “SMiLE” for Capitol Records, was responsible for the…

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

IN THE MIX: DANCEPOP ANTHEMS

In 2011, Swedish House Mafia sold out Madison Square Garden in 10 minutes. David Guetta headlined the Ultra Music Festival in Miami in front of 100,000 ravenous party people. This was the year when Electronic Dance Music (EDM) returned with a vengeance to make its rightful claim as a cultural force and a lifestyle. While dance clubs around the US have never been empty, the past 12 months saw the…

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

FIREHORSE “OUR HEARTS” VIDEO FIREHORSE “OUR HEARTS” VIDEO

FIREHORSE is the captivating new project from singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Leah Siegel. In Sept 2011 the Brooklyn outfit released the eclectic debut, And so they ran faster… and the album has received praise from the LA Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Paste, Teen Vogue, MOKB & The L Mag, to name a few. Firehorse was recently named NPR’s “Next Big Band from NYC,” a Paste Magazine “Best of What’s Next” and one…

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

CLINGING TO THE TREES OF A FOREST FIRE Confirm 7 Years Of Disillusion Tour

Denver sludge/grind trio CLINGING TO THE TREES OF A FOREST FIRE have just confirmed a Spring tour for the second half of March. The 7 Years Of Disillusion Tour will storm through fifteen American cities between March 13th and April 1st, including an assault on the Northeast with shows throughout three of NYC’s boroughs alongside Connecticut’s Sea Of Bones. CTTTOAFF 7 Years Of Disillusion Tour: 3/13/2012 La Casa Sam –…

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

TIM FITE ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES AND PREMIERES NEW SONG JOYRIDING

The inimitable artist Tim Fite is currently premiering a brand new song from his upcoming album Ain’t Ain’t Ain’t out March 6th via ANTI- Records. The track is entitled “Joyriding” and vividly evokes the budding freedom and romantic adventure of youth. While Fite’s previous works addressed distinctly adult issues with a youthful exuberance, Ain’t Ain’t Ain’t is, in many ways, their thematic opposite. The central focus of the new record…

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

Parenthetical Girls to open for Perfume Genius

Ever the pragmatists, Parenthetical Girls are in the midst of releasing Privilege–the band’s new full length–as a box set of five extremely limited 12″ EPs on their own Slender Means Society label. These EPs will be sold separately in sequence every quarter over the next 15 months, each as they are completed. They will not be distributed to stores. As the cycle concludes, the fifth and final 12″ will come…

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

WALLPAPER. TO MAKE LATE NIGHT TELEVISION DEBUT

Wallpaper. is ready to ignite the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” stage on February 29, as leader Ricky Reed and band will make their late night television debut. The rambunctious triple-drumming, genre-bending, sweat-inducing Wallpaper. will perform his newest single, “F***ING BEST SONG EVERRR,” just as that track is beginning to infiltrate Rhythmic and Top 40 Radio nationwide. Z-Trip w Booth Just this past week, Wallpaper. has been added to the annual Coachella…

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Posted on: February 22, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Rock Band Downhere Receives Fifth Career Juno Nomination For Current CD On The Altar Of Love

The nominees for the 2012 JUNO Awards were announced by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in Toronto recently.  Rock band Downhere was once again honored with a nomination for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year for their current CD, On The Altar Of Love.  The group has won three of their five career nominations, including for their last studio project in 2009, Ending Is Beginning.  The Juno…

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Posted on: February 22, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

F.W. Murnau’s SUNRISE & CITY GIRL Influential

With the current success at the cinema of The Artist & Martin Scorsese’s Hugo (not itself a silent film but its main storyline centres on the work of the early cinematic pioneer Georges Méliès) everyone is talking about a silent film revival.   Eureka’s Masters of Cinema catalogue invites the viewer to sample a vast body of work that makes use of the silent aesthetic, featuring films from Murnau (Sunrise,…

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Posted on: February 22, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

British Music Embassy Reveals Full SXSW ’12 Lineup

After announcing the launch party lineup earlier this week, the British Music Embassy is excited to announce its full SXSW ’12 lineup, with events commencing on Monday, March 12th and lasting until Saturday, March 17th. The UK is the only nation represented at SXSW by its own dedicated venue, Latitude 30, located at 512 San Jacinto Blvd in downtown Austin. Sixty plus bands perform across the week from all four…

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Posted on: February 22, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

FREIHOFER’S SARATOGA JAZZ FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY WITH WORLD RENOWNED HEADLINERS, JUNE 30 & JULY 1

The Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest-running jazz events in the world, will celebrate its landmark 35th Anniversary at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, June 30 and July 1, with a dynamic lineup of more than 20 acclaimed artists and ensembles on two stages. Festival headliners include Diana Krall, Chris Botti, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Esperanza Spalding “Radio Music Society,” Hiromi Trio Project, Yellowjackets, and…

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Posted on: February 22, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

STATE FAULTS – Debut New Song / Release Artwork & Tracklisting

Tiny Engines (Tigers Jaw, CSTVT, Look Mexico, Restorations) welcomed Santa Rosa, CA’s State Faults (formerly Brother Bear) into its fold late last year. The band has completed their debut full-length, Desolate Peaks, and the record will be released on 12″ vinyl in April 2012 with pre-orders coming soon. You can hear a brand new song, “Sleeptalker”, on Alternative Press right now! You can also stream another new song, “Arrowhead”, from…

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Posted on: February 21, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Los Angeles’ own Sara Radle (The Rentals) releases Same Sun Shines today!

The story of Sara Radle’s music career is one that began in San Antonio, Texas in the late 90’s but she is probably most known for being the reason The Rentals reunited in 2005. In 1996, at the age of seventeen, she began carving out a name for herself in the Texas music scene with punk-pop trio Lucy Loves Schroeder and her own solo project.  Eight years later, ex-Weezer bassist…

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