STEVEN WILSON (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield) brings his epic live show to North America tomorrow, November 8th, starting in Orlando. If you thought he couldn’t top the amazing Porcupine Tree live experience, then be prepared to be blown away as he does a series of special solo shows in support of his new album, Grace For Drowning. Last week, Steven along with Lasse Hoile, put together a video preview to whet…
Having already drawn attention to their progressive blend of hip-hop, rock, and soul with their debut single “Hoodies On Hats Low” and latest track “Role Model”, Memphis-based quintet FreeSol are now gearing up for the release of their brand new single “Fascinated” ft. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. Produced by Timbaland and Jerome “Jay Rock” Harmon, “Fascinated” will be available November 15th at all digital retail and streaming partners. FreeSol, which…
YouTube: http://youtu.be/VrjOoiY1-4c R&B music is getting a facelift and singer-songwriter/musician, Mateo is the surgeon. Like his name states, “a gift from the Heavens”, Mateo is lending his gift to alter the sound, image and passion behind the genre. The Ohio native, who is an alum of the prestigious Morehouse College, is leading a new era of artists with his distinct voice and “Urban Mod” – a genre created and proclaimed…
The Evens, a duo featuring Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina, will release a 2-song single, Warble Factor b/w Timothy Wright on Dischord Records on November 21, 2011. The Evens have two full-length albums, released in 2005 and 2006, on Dischord Records. In 2008 the band took a break as Ian and Amy took time to tend to family matters. In 2011 The Evens began rehearsing regularly and entered Inner Ear…
The Walkmen head into the studio this month with producer Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, The Shins) to record their sixth studio album, the much anticipated follow-up to 2010’s acclaimed Lisbon. The as-yet untitled LP is set for a summer 2012 release on Fat Possum/Bella Union. 2012 marks the band’s ten-year anniversary. In celebration a handful of career-spanning “Evening with the Walkmen” shows have been scheduled including January…
11/5: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater (SuckFest) 11/7: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (Upstairs) 11/8: Quebec City, Que @ Le Cercle (3 HEADLINES) 11/9: Monteal, QUE @ Les Foufounes Electriques 11/10: Toronto, ON @ The Annex Wreck Room 11/11: Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargos 11/13: St Paul, MN @ Station 4 11/15: Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater 11/16: Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex (UT) 11/17: Sparks, NV…
Amy Gore and her Valentines have pure Detroit pedigrees in spades – their musical backgrounds give them the chops they need to rock, but it’s the on stage synchronicity that drives the band. After spending the summer recording, the band announces the release of their first single “Drivin’ Around” with a killer new video. They’ll screen it in Detroit on November 23rd at their Thanksgiving Eve show at Small’s, the…
Tour Dates OCTOBER 27 – Chicago – Empty Bottle$ NOVEMBER 26 – Chicago – Vic Theatre* 27 – Minneapolis – First Avenue* 29 – Denver – Ogden Theatre* 30 – Salt Lake City – Club Sound* DECEMBER 02 – Seattle – Showbox – The Market* 04 – Vancouver – Commodore Ballroom* 05 – Portland – Doug Fir* 07 – Los Angeles – The Music Box* 08 – Los Angeles –…
Sanctuary Track List: Sanctuary Night Terrors Ice Box Way Back To You Fluorescence (Moombahton Remix) Starseed Tiger Blood Dirty Money Last Night In Town Jewel St Castle In The Sky Rose Water Blissfully unconcerned with a world obsessed with categorization as a means of definition, Tigran aka MiM0SA crafts music for its own sake, defying expectations with genre bending soundscapes. Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area and currently residing…
Akron, Ohio’s sludge metal bastards RUE are preparing to unleash Thorns, their first full-length album in over seven years, via Shifty Records. A street date of November 15th now officially confirmed for the CD release, with a full-on vinyl pressing to follow in early 2012. Bearing over an hour of RUE’s gritty, low-end debauchery, Thorns takes the band’s sound in some new directions, the band having spent the last four…
As Summer Camp prepare for the release of their debut full-length album Welcome To Condale, they’ve unveiled the music video for “Down”, the latest single off the record. Directed by Chris Boyle (www.chrisboyle.co.uk), the video makes nods to the classic movies BEETLEJUICE and HALLOWEEN and is composed from more than 50 infinitely looping GIFS from a half remembered Halloween Party many moons ago. Trapped in the gaps of the loops…
Los Angeles-based artist Zenith Myth is proud to announce the world premiere of his newest music video for the track “Zenith Myth,” which you can watch at the link below. The video is part 1 of a two-part story, featuring ferocious wolves and classic ballet dancing to create an impressionist piece of high-concept art, all the while guitars bass and drums create an eerie, twisted soundtrack. Check it out below:…
Leading animation technology company Image Metrics Inc. (OTCBB: IMGX) and multimedia entertainment developer Funrika today announced the integration of Image Metrics’ PortableYou™ 3D personal avatar creation platform in Funrika’s first gaming platform, iStar. The new collaboration will expand iStar’s interactive capabilities to deliver a unique and more personalized social experience for gamers. “Empowering consumers to create high-quality, personalized interactive entertainment content for social networks reveals incredible new possibilities for digital…
After a successful CMJ, Detroit’s Bear Lake is launching their third record, If You Were Me amid much praise. The album is featured on AOL’s Spinner this week, their song, “Breaking Me Down” was featured on Magnet’s MP3 at 3PM and the band recently gave an extensive interview at Medleyville. Bear Lake has been compared to Coldplay and Keane (Bill’s Music Forum), Snow Patrol and Mercury Rev (Aiding and Abetting)…
FMS News Alert (Interview/Photo/Video Opportunity) On Saturday, October 29 at 10:00 p.m., Big Mountain Entertainment will kick-off its Halloween Costume Party at The Clash Bar, located at 39 Harding Ave, Clifton, N.J. The show will be the first date of New York-based prog-rockers JOLLY’s U.S. tour. Opening for them will be a Top Unsigned Act of 2011 and Bamboozle artist Audio Insight (www.facebook.com/AudioInsig). Formed in 2008, while recording their first…
Barsuk Records is excited to announce the release of the new Nada Surf record, The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, on January 24, 2012. NPR debuted the first track, “When I Was Young,” yesterday. Fans can now grab, share and re-post the free download from NPR HERE. Stars is Nada Surf’s seventh record, and fourth for Seattle indie Barsuk, following the successful and critically lauded Let Go (2003), The Weight…
Florida-based Greyhaze Records is proud to announce that the label is now the official distribution home in North America for the almighty roster of Cogumelo Records. Brazilian label Cogumelo is well-respected throughout the extreme metal world, having been founded over thirty years ago, and having released a steady arsenal of quality death, thrash and grind from acts including Sarcófago, Mutilator, Holocausto, Sextrash, Impurity, Chakal, Psychic Possessor, Ratos de Porão, Vulcano,…
After years, this vinyl-wielding 4-piece originating from Brighton, UK – the one and only Soft Rocks – have finally committed their collective wit to a slew of original tunes. Their debut album, The Curse of Soft Rocks, is without-a-doubt a departure from the current musical climate. Opening track We Hunt Buffalo Now is a punky, low slung dub affair that also serves as the first single in a series surrounding…
The international collaboration The Silent Steppe Cantata premieres on December 10th, 2011 in Astana, Kazakhstan. This Classical/World Music fusion is a theatrical piece written by American composer Anne LeBaron, workshopped in the Los Angeles area and features up-and-coming tenor Timur Bekbosunov (“America’s Got Talent” and Timur & The Dime Museum) on lead vocals. It will be performed in Kazakh, Russian and English, utilizing Kazakh folk traditions, contemporary hip hop and…
505 Games, a global publisher of video games, announced today that Blackwater, an immersive first-person shooter (FPS) exclusive for Kinect™ for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, has shipped to North American retailers. The high-octane game was developed in conjunction with former members of the Blackwater private security team who consulted on moves, gestures and gameplay. As the only FPS available on Kinect for Xbox 360,…