Category: Artist News

Posted on: January 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

BRITISH NEWCOMER GRAFFITI6 MAKE LATE NIGHT DEBUT TONIGHT ON “THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO” PERFORMING HIT SINGLE “FREE”

As they ready for the Jan. 24th release of their debut album Colours (Capitol Records), British duo Graffiti6 will make their very first late night TV appearance tonight, performing their hit single “Free” on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” They made their national TV debut last month when they performed the single on “The Rachael Ray Show.” “Free” the first single from Colours is climbing its way to the…

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Posted on: January 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

EVOCATION signs worldwide deal with Century Media Records

Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of EVOCATION, one of the vanguards of Swedish death metal! EVOCATION’s guitar player, Marko Palmén, comments: “It’s time to kick in the year of the apocalypse with the writing of a new chapter and a new era in EVOCATION’s history. We are very pleased to announce that we have signed a new worldwide recording agreement with Century Media Records. The label…

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Posted on: January 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

JESSARAE: SINGER-SONGWRITER TO TAKE OVER PARK CITY DURING SUNDANCE

Indie singer/songwriter/guitarist JESSARAE (JEZ-ah-rae) will continue his 2012 live performance schedule with a variety of Park City, UT performances and TV appearances during the Sundance Film Festival. Fans at all the shows can expect to hear songs from JESSARAE’s just released full-length debut album PILOT (Raystone Records). The young musician–whose music is both compellingly raw and finely etched–kicked off the year with a special New Year’s Eve show opening for…

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Posted on: January 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MARDUK enters the studio for new album

Swedish black metal tyrants MARDUK have entered the studio to record the follow-up album to 2009’s Wormwood. This currently untitled new album is scheduled to be released in early summer 2012. More news about this upcoming release will be announced soon, so stay tuned!

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Posted on: January 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hostage Calm Announce European Tour Dates with Anti-Flag; Band To Perform at Groezrock April 28

Connecticut political punks Hostage Calm will be supporting Anti-Flag on their European tour from April 15-28. The band is also confirmed to perform at Belgium’s annual Groezrock Festival on April 28 alongside such acts as Rancid, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Lifetime, Gallows and more. See dates below. Hostage Calm’s self-titled album is out now on Run For Cover Records and can be purchased on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hostage-calm/id383396388. Tour Dates: Apr 15…

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Posted on: January 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ENGLISH DOGS Reunite For North American Tour

Legendary Punk Rockers ENGLISH DOGS have reformed and are ready to move ‘Forward Into Battle” for their first North American tour since 1985. The tour kicks off February 10th in Baltimore and criss crosses the country winding up on February 25th in Santa Clara, CA. Support on the tour comes from The Casualties, Toxic Holocaust and Havok. Founding member and Drummer Pinch cannot wait to return to North America: “Touring…

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Posted on: January 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Chad Valley Debuts New Rotoscopic Video for “Reach Lines”

UK electronic artist Chad Valley aka Hugo Manuel has debuted a brand new video for “Reach Lines,” taken from his Equatorial Ultravox EP, available now on experimental pop label Cascine. Manuel, who also fronts UK calypso-pop quartet Jonquil, embarked on a North American tour this past fall with Active Child and Com Truise and played a number of celebrated sets at CMJ ’11 as both Chad Valley and part of…

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Posted on: January 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

St. Lucia Signs To Neon Gold / Columbia Records

Even in the urban wilds of Brooklyn, there may be no one else like Jean-Philip Grobler, otherwise known as St. Lucia. Originally from Johannesberg, South Africa, Jean grew up performing with the Drakensberg Boys Choir School. When the choir wasn’t traveling—St. Lucia toured Japan, Australia, Europe, the US and more—they stayed in an enclave tucked in the South African mountains, learning everything from Bach and minimalist opera to African War…

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Posted on: January 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Rock N’ Roll reborn: Standby Records introduces “Rock N’ Roll 2.0”

Cleveland-based independent record label, Standby Records, has hit the ground running to kick off 2012. With releases in the pipeline for emerging acts like Hopes Die Last, Modern Day Escape and Freshman 15, as well as a newly designed website: http://www.standbyrecords.net, the DIY label run by owner, Neil Sheehan, is ready to welcome the evolution of rock music, “Rock N’ Roll 2.0.” Commented Sheehan, “The first decade of the 21st…

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Posted on: January 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THERE IS A WHOLE NEW YEAR TO BUZZ ABOUT AS “BIG MORNING BUZZ LIVE” WITH HOST CARRIE KEAGAN RETURNS MONDAY, JANUARY 30th AT A NEW TIME 10:00AM ET/PT

It’s a new year and the gang’s all back as VH1 revs up for the return of its live, morning entertainment show, “Big Morning Buzz Live” on Monday, January 30th at its new time, 10AM*. Coming to you LIVE from the 20th floor lobby of the VH1 headquarters in Times Square, host Carrie Keagan gets up close and personal and talks to and about all the most buzzed about headlines,…

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Posted on: January 14, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Comeback Kid Announce 2012 Winter U.S. Headliner; Tease New Music Video

Premiere hardcore group Comeback Kid is set to embark on their first headlining U.S. tour of 2012. With something in store for everyone, the line-up includes support from labelmates Close Your Eyes along with Foundation, Such Gold and Living With Lions. Comeback Kid frontman Andrew Neufeld expresses his enthusiasm for the line-up , “We really enjoy playing with all different kinds of bands and mixing up bills. This tour is…

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Posted on: January 13, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Rachael Yamagata Announces 2012 Tour Dates

Acclaimed singer-songwriter, Rachael Yamagata today announces new North American tour dates in support of her third criticially-acclaimed album Chesapeake. The Canadian live dates in February will have Yamagata supporting Adam Cohen before her she kicks off her U.S. headlining tour in March with Dan Wilson on select dates. The trek will launch on February 6th in Lennoxville, QC at Bishop’s University and wrap up on March 30th at the Wolf…

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Posted on: January 13, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Victorian Halls Announce 2012 Winter Tour

It’s safe to say that Victorian Halls has mastered such a broad appeal that they’re able to smoothly transition from touring with labelmates The Bunny The Bear to a cluster of different genres across the board. Next up: Victorian Halls will join pop/rock groups Divided By Friday, I The Mighty and The Mid-Summer Classic on a west coast tour in February. Chicago will have the chance to see the group…

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Posted on: January 13, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Signs Las Vegas Rockers Otherwise

CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS is proud to announce the signing of Las Vegas rock group OTHERWISE. A hometown breakout, OTHERWISE earned recognition on the national level when Fox News dubbed them the “#1 Unsigned Act in America” – and America backed the claim. The band’s song “Soldiers” became the first track by an unsigned artist to occupy the No. 1 spot on Sirius Radio’s Octane channel (where it currently maintains the…

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Posted on: January 13, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Daniel Higgs releases “The Measure of Mystery” on Gnome Life Records this month

In the latest installment of Gnome Life Records Echomancy cassette series, artist/folk legend Daniel Higgs contributes with a new 45 minutes recording The Measure of Mystery. Recorded (by Fletcher Tucker of Bird By Snow & Yurt) on cassette tape in Big Sur, California in the late night hours when the 29th of October was gradually becoming the 30th (2011). Song flowed forth from Source in a circular redwood room perched…

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Posted on: January 13, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Birth A.D. Checks In From Studio; Announces Album Title

After a solid week of intensive recording at Pyramid Sound with producer Alex Perialas, Birth A.D. is close to the finish line with their debut album, I Blame You. Bassist/vocalist Jeff Tandy was quoted as saying, “Everything sounds great so far. Alex has pushed us to get the best performances of our careers, and even the raw tracks sound unbelievable. This record is going to blast a hole in all…

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Posted on: January 10, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Standard Fare preps sophomore LP for Melodic

Limbo. It’s a funny place to be, but it provided inspiration for the second album from Standard Fare, the Sheffield-based indie-pop power trio who debuted with 2010’s The Noyelle Beat, their lovelorn, melodic songs and male/female vocals making them the new darlings of the indie-pop scene. “We’re now in our mid twenties – not young and not old, not yet with kids but starting to earn money, starting to see…

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Posted on: January 10, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Standby Records launches new website

Emerging independent record label, Standby Records, has launched a brand new website: http://www.standbyrecords.net to kick off 2012, complete with streaming media, a web-store, social media and more, as the label looks to jump start its “Rock N’ Roll 2.0” movement. With new releases on the way from rising acts such as Hopes Die Last and Modern Day Escape, the “Second Coming Of Rock N’ Roll” is officially upon us! Commented…

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Posted on: January 10, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

‘Uzala’ – and prepare for your doom!

The self-titled album will be manifested in wax by At War With False Noise, while Witch Sermon will handle the cassette version (which will feature a special bonus track, “Cataract”). Featuring Nick Phit (formerly of GRAVES AT SEA, ATRIARCH) on bass, UZALA’s lineup is rounded out by drummer Stephen Gere, guitarist/hellish vocalist Chad Remains, and chanteuse & axe-slinger Darcy Nutt (a world-renowned tattoo artist and devastating talent). For those who…

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Posted on: January 10, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Petunia and the Vipers: ON TOUR!

Since forming a few years ago, Vancouver, BC’s Petunia And The Vipers have made five trips down the West Coast–and they’re thrilled to be doing it again! The band just released their s/t record on vinyl & CD in addition to a limited-edition 45 (http://www.petuniaandthevipers.com/all-albums/), and they also had a video come out last spring: directed by Morgan Carrier, it aired many times on Bravo Television. It’s a stop-motion/live action…

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