Madison, WI four-piece Locksley are looking forward to a busy fall as they prepare to hit the road in support of their new self-titled album. Locksley, released this July on Feature Records,has won praise from a wide spectrum of critics for it’s catchy power pop hooks and infectious 50’s rock ‘n’ roll and modern garage mash-up style. Blurt Magazine lauded the bands “irrepressible enthusiasm,” going on to say that the…
October 11 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern† October 12 Portland, OR Holocene† October 13 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill† October 14 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite† October 27 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot ‡ October 28 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre‡ October 29 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre‡ October 31 Omaha, NE Slowdown‡ November 1 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre‡ November 2 Bloomington, IN Bluebird Nightclub‡ November 3 Cleveland, OH Beachland…
Atmospheric sludge/drone act MONARCH will release their latest avant-garde oeuvre, Omens, via At A Loss Recordings this Autumn. Confirmed album info and release dates will be unveiled over the coming weeks as things take shape. Omens will be hard working MONARCH’s sixth full-length release since their 2005 inception, not to mention the myriad of other releases within that amount of time including three EPs, three split releases (Elysium, Moss and…
Fifteen year old Pop and Dance music singing sensation Devon Brooke is set to release her highly anticipated Fortified Records debut CD, This Is My Time, featuring the chart climbing hit single, “Heartbeat” in August, 2011. Since its release, “Heartbeat” racked up an amazing 998 spins in one week alone on broadcast and Internet radio, setting the pace for an album destined to dominate the charts. In only two weeks,…
Known for consistently booking some of the finest performers in new and traditional folk, roots rock, bluegrass and newgrass, and other American roots music, Suwannee Springfest returns in 2012 for its 16th straight year. Suwannee Springest will be held March 23-25, 2012 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida and features some of the biggest names in the scene with veterans and up-and-comers alike. Yonder…
Today marks the first official day of fall, but The Cinema Twin’s Zollie Maynard and Jason Chimonides offer us a final summer hurrrah before we get out our sweaters and look to the changing colors… Their breezy new single “C’mon Today,” the first to feature both bandmates singing, evokes nostalgic sonic landscapes and showcases their influences – like early R.E.M, The Smiths and RIDE with an approach that is both…
Barsuk is proud to announce the addition of Laura Gibson to their family. They’ve been fans of her enchanting voice and otherworldly songwriting for quite some time, so it’s with happy hearts that Barsuk gets to help share Laura’s music with the world. She’s a unique and sincere personality with boundless creativity, and is lovingly welcomed into the Barsuk roster. Born in the small logging town of Coquille, Oregon, Gibson…
Wild Beasts are currently in the midst of their first proper US tour since releasing Smother on Domino this past May. Over the weekend they kicked it off with sold out performances at Austin City Limits and The Parish in Austin, TX, and are now making their way east. Upon returning from the US, Wild Beasts will tour broadly in Europe including a performance at the Pitchfork Music Festival in…
Sacramento-based rock duo Middle Class Rut has announced a run of November tour dates supporting AWOLNATION. The guys are currently on their own headlining tour making their way up the West coast with performances in KROQ’s Epicenter, KFMA’s Fall Ball, and a show at the famed Emo’s in Austin coming down the pipe. Then, beginning November 2, MC Rut will hit the road supporting AWOLNATION as they make their way…
Burgeoning indie, Topshelf Records, has signed Boston’s The Saddest Landscape and plans to release the band’s full-length label debut in early 2012. The label has previously released the band’s split 7” with We Were Skeletons earlier this year. The guys will start recording the new record at New Alliance Studios in Boston, MA, starting November 5, with producer John Past, who they collaborated with on their last album, 2010’s You…
S SEPT 28 New Orleans LA @ Tipitina’s w/ Explosions in the Sky SEPT 29 Atlanta GA @ The Tabernacle w/ Explosions in the Sky SEPT 30 Asheville NC @ Orange Peel w/ Explosions in the Sky OCT 5 Albany NY @ Valentine’s OCT 6 Montreal Quebec @ Metropolis Theatre w/ Explosions in the Sky OCT 7 Toronto Ontario @ The Sound Academy w/ Explosions in the Sky OCT 8…
Oxford, UK-based group Jonquil has released a brand new single entitled “Mexico,” featured on a 7″ vinyl split available now through Dovecote Records (The Futureheads, Hooray For Earth). Fronted by Hugo Manuel, who also performs under the solo moniker Chad Valley, Jonquil shares the 7″ with Blessing Force Collective collaborator and Jonquil bass/trumpet player Sam Scott, aka Solid Gold Dragons, who provides the track “Serious Lover.” Download the free mp3s…
LA’s Armored Saint has been listening to east coast fans clamber for a Saint show for years, and finally they are prepared to answer the call! The band will be returning to New York for the first time in twenty years along with two other shows in Amityville, NY and Allentown, PA. Armored Saint will be playing songs from their latest album, La Raza, as well as a set full…
CHIMAIRA will be heading out on the road for a round of dates with UNEARTH this fall on “THE JÄGERMEISTER PRESENTS TOUR”. The Jägermeister Presents Tour featuring Chimaira will begin October 10th in Kent, Ohio. The band will be touring in support of their latest record “The Age of Hell” and will be embarking on an Australian and European tour in 2012, followed by more US touring. “We are extremely…
The ambassadors of the Northern England Soul scene, the New Mastersounds will hitting the road this November in support of their new record “Breaks from the Border,” their first album recorded on U.S. soil. The New Mastersounds funk powerhouse includes Eddie Roberts (guitar), Simon Allen (drums), Peter Shand (bass) and Joe Tatton (keys). On tour the set will include cuts from “Breaks from the Border” the seventh studio recording from…
Leema Mountain is a band from Northwest New Jersey. It can also be just one guy from the same place. Since 2004, Leema Mountain has taken many names and therein lies his history. Eventually, Lima turned into a 4 piece band called Lima Research Society. Lima Research Society played hundreds of shows and went on many small tours with Math the Band (also on Slanty Shanty). They also self-released a…
EMA – who has been lauded by SPIN (‘Best Albums of 2011 So Far’), Rolling Stone (‘Artist To Watch’), Pitchfork (‘Best New Music’), Flaunt, and Nylon, among many others around her debut album Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions) – premiered her new video for upcoming single “Marked” yesterday on Pitchfork. Directed, filmed, and produced in-house by EMA (Erika M. Anderson) and Leif Shackelford (who also performs with EMA), the…
This 23 year old French-American has released a digital E.P. which includes the enchanting single “Follow Me”, from her upcoming first full length recording, ‘God Is My Bike’ (to be released Ocotber 31st on Crammed Discs). She will be touring with WOODKID this Fall and will embark on an extensive club tour in February 2012. Fall 2011 live dates: 24/09/2011 ES Barcelona BAM Festival 05/10/2011 BE Brussels Le Botanique (Rotonde)…
Single Bullet Theory has posted a video on the band’s Official YouTube Channel featuring guitarist/vocalist Matt DiFabio detailing the epic shredder’s free-for-all, “Auctioneer Of Souls.” The song features solos from DiFabio, new SBT guitarist John Ruszin and a laundry list of metal’s most talented six-stringers, including Attila Voras (Nevermore, Leander), James Murphy (Testament, Death, Obituary), Tim Roth (Into Eternity), Jeff Loomis (Nevermore, Sanctary), Curran Murphy (Shatter Messiah, Nevermore), John Perez…
Following the release of their highly anticipated sophomore album, Everything’s Fine, The Summer Set will head back out on a nationwide tour this fall. The band will headline a string of dates with support from The Downtown Fiction. The Summer Set will also tour as direct support to Plain White T’s on their Wonders of the Younger Fall 2011 tour and will follow that tour as direct support on The…