Prog-rock pioneers Rush have just unveiled a new clip that features an animated unveiling of their soon to be released Sectors box sets, which will be released on November 21st, 2011. The three six-disc box box sets span the band’s entire historic Mercury Records recording career. Each “Sector” or box set, contains five of their 15 Mercury albums in chronological order, all transferred to high resolution 96kHz/24-bit audio and digitally…
“T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)” is the debut single from The Black Eyed Peas founder and frontman’s new solo album, #willpower, which will be released next year on Interscope. A video for the song, directed by Rich Lee and shot in Los Angeles and London, will be released later this month. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, will.i.am is known not only for his work with The Black Eyed Peas, who have sold…
Grammy-winning musician/actor/singer/songwriter/ producer Jimmy Cliff will release his first studio effort in seven years on Collective Sounds on November 29th. Entitled Sacred Fire EP, it was produced by Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid, The Transplants). Featuring a combination of originals and covers, Sacred Fire EP will serve as a pre-cursor to a new full-length album in early 2012. In conjunction with Record Store Day, on 11/25 (Black Friday), fans can…
The iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter SLASH has released his first-ever live solo album MADE IN STOKE 24/7/11. This summer, near the end of his 2010-2011 tour in support of his globally chart topping and critically acclaimed self-titled solo debut, SLASH returned to Stoke on Trent, England, where he was raised to record MADE IN STOKE 24/7/11. The double-disc CD, and a special-edition 2 CD+DVD package (featuring five bonus…
Two-time Grammy winner Scott Weiland just debuted his new, retro-inspired video for “Winter Wonderland,” which finds him channeling the signature sound that Bing Crosby brought to the song nearly 50 years ago. The song is the first release from his new Christmas album The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. The inception of the album began two years ago when Weiland first performed “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” on…
German-/Italian melodic-metallers LOVE.MIGHT.KILL released their second video-clip “Down To Nowhere”. The track is taken from their highly acclaimed debut-album “Brace For Impact” which was released in Europe through Massacre Records this year. LOVE.MIGHT.KILLs first single “Pretty little mess” featured the very melodic side of the band while “Down to nowhere” is a heavy-uptempo-rocker. Here are the links: www.youtube.com/massacrerecords or www.massacre-records.com “Brace For Impact” was released in Japan through Hydrant Music/EMI…
United Guttural is proud to announce the signing of Bulgarian death metal act ENTHRALLMENT. The band will finish their newest album entitled People From The Lands Of Vit late 2011, which is scheduled for release early 2012. ENTHRALLMENT’s music can be described as brutal yet technical, early 90’s era death metal. All instruments play a major role in the formation of every intense song. The string section is totally heavy…
RED FANG has announced a handful of headlining dates following their North American tour with Mastodon and The Dillinger Escape Plan. Notorious for hilarious videos, RED FANG has also announced the recent completion of a clip for Murder The Mountains track “Hank Is Dead.” The video was directed by Whitey McConnaughy (The Gossip, Mudhoney, Flogging Molly) in the band’s hometown, Portland, OR. RED FANG has previously worked with McConnaughy on…
Ocala, FL’s We Are Defiance are putting final touches on their new single which Tragic Hero Records will release in early January 2012. Song title and release date will be revealed soon. To hear the new song before it’s released, be sure to catch the band on the road as they headline the Bring Your Scarf and Jacket Tour with support from My Ticket Home and Wolves Among Men. The…
Columbia Records/Nickelodeon announced today that Big Time Rush will be hitting the road beginning late February 2012 for the “Better With U Tour.” Fans will be able to see the music and TV sensations, on hiatus from their hit series, as they embark on their first-ever headlining multi-city concert tour performing new songs in support of their album, Elevate, out Nov. 21. Big Time Rush will begin their electrifying tour…
Modular Recordings is proud to announce the newest addition to the family: YOUNG DREAMS. The Norwegian collective, headed up by composer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Matias Tellez, gained notice in November 2010, after three songs they uploaded to their Facebook page were picked up on by international music press. Festival appearances followed (By:Larm, Hove Festival, Camden Crawl), and a beautifully shot, faintly unsettling video by Scandinavian director Kristoffer Borgli, which helped cement the band…
Sleepy Sun are pleased to announce their recent signging to The End Records (Art Brut, Danzig, Juliette Lewis, The Charlatans) for North America. The band will remain with ATP Records in the UK & Europe. This December they are heading into the studio at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, CA to record their third studio album. They will be working with Dave Catching ( Eagles of Death Metal…
Bad Weather California’s new LP Sunkissed, is their 2nd full length album and debut for Akron/Family’s Family Tree Records label. The album was recorded in Detroit at the home studio of engineer Chris Koltay, produced by A/F guitarist/singer Seth Olinsky. Sunkissed is being released by Family Tree February 21, 2012. Sunkissed is like a 65 Impala convertible driving down the road where the Minutemen, Meat Puppets and early Flaming Lips…
LARRY AND HIS FLASK are back and ready to hit the road with a vengeance this February and March as they cut loose through Middle America with The Reverend Horton Heat and The Goddamn Gallows on the “Stewed, Screwed, & Tattooed” tour. The renowned pack of rowdy bluegrass punks have received rave reviews for their live show everywhere, from the New York Times to Time Out Chicago to Alternative Press…
Having just added Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year award to his numerous honors, master violinist Gil Shaham drew warm praise for his season-opening performances of Brahms’s Violin Concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. The New York Times reported that “he played with his customary depth and charisma, particularly impressive in the first-movement cadenza,” while Lehigh Valley Music noted, “Shaham’s wild flights of virtuoso fancy, especially in the spellbinding first…
“Baby Jaymes is a hip-hop generation throwback to the days when you just weren‘t hip if you didn‘t have a stack of soul 45s under your arm at all times.” – XLR8R Magazine The Song: In anticipation of his forthcoming EP, Whatever Happened To Baby Jaymes, and following the release of his single “Heart & Soul,” Oakland bred singer/songwriter Baby Jaymes is excited to release his latest single, “Bump My…
Hawthorne Heights’s latest EP, HATE is now available on vinyl as a joint release between American Dream Records and the band’s own label, Cardboard Empire. The vinyl version comes in five different colors and can be purchased at: http://www.hawthorneheightsstore.com and http://americandreamrecords.limitedpressing.com The HATE vinyl will also be available at all of the band’s upcoming US shows: Nov 10 – Uniontown, PA @ Penn State Fayette FREE SHOW Nov 11 –…
Founded in 2000 in North Carolina, WIDOW has released three albums: “Midnight Strikes” (2003), “On Fire” (2005) and “Nightlife” (2007). Their new work “Life’s Blood” is the first WIDOW album, which will be released through Pure Steel Records. Bravewords is hosting an exclusive stream of the song “I Scream For Ice Queen” on their “Knuckle Tracks” Player. Get your first listen HERE. Gun Shy Assassin is streaming the song “Embrace…
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Danish electronic artist Anders Trentemøller has debuted a brand new video with Stereogum for the opening track “Sycamore Feeling (Marie Fisker Version)” on his recently released double CD, Reworked / Remixed. The video features the Danish singer stoically sifting in and out of people’s apartment’s and thoughts. After an incredible spring tour including performances at this year’s SXSW, Ultra Music Festival, and Coachella, resulting in Yahoo! Music saying he was…