Singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn kicks off her North American fall tour to support her latest album When You Grow Up, on EMI’s Blue Note Records. The 15-date run begins in Arlington, VA on September 27th at the IOTA Club & Cafe, and will close on October 16th in Seattle, WA at the Triple Door. The coast-to-coast run will also be making stops in Philadelphia, New York, St. Louis, Denver, Salt Lake…
JOE DEROSA is back with the Return of the Son of Depression Auction digital album to be released on Comedy Central Records on September 6th. This is the follow-up album to his misanthrope masterpiece, The Depression Auction. Return of the Son of Depression Auction finds DeRosa doubling down on disappointment and misery, discussing his poor eating and exercise habits, continued drinking and relations with women. With even more self-deprecating and…
Following a busy late-spring/summer, Ha Ha Tonka is excited to announce a new run of tour dates – including a performance at the upcoming Austin City Limits Music Festival – and the launch of their second FREE single from the album, this time for “Made Example Of.” Ha Ha Tonka’s recently released album Death of a Decade has been received with both critical acclaim and positive fan response. The Austin…
Ever since moving operations from his parent’s basement in Tacoma, Washington to Brooklyn, 20 year old Brad Oberhofer has been carefully honing his own brand of bedroom pop, which is as affecting and genuine as it is naively chaotic. Charmingly skewed and ramshackle, Oberhofer’s classic, melody heavy indie rock sound manages to meld Brian Wilson sized hooks with expansive instrumentation and kooky, unpredictable song structures. The intense production mixes programmed…
When Bjarke Bendtsen set off from his native Denmark on a journey through America with just a guitar and a suitcase, The Migrant was born. A few years later, after one critically acclaimed album – 2010’s Travels in Lowland, a dreamy, earnest, psychedelic pop-folk opus, recorded at a seaside summerhouse during a trip back to Denmark in the summer of 2009 – and following nearly 50 shows across the US…
Nick Jaina has just released a new full-length, THE BEANSTALKS THAT HAVE BROUGHT US HERE ARE GONE (which features JOLIE HOLLAND, LAURA GIBSON, and more amazing women)–and now, we’ve got tour dates! The whole spiel is below, PLUS, one can get the scoop on the album via LISTENING TO THIS GREAT KZME PODCAST! 09.08.11 – Eugene, OR @ Sam Bonds 09.10.11 – Davis, CA @ Sophia’s 09.11.11 – San Francisco,…
AM & Shawn Lee are hitting the road with Fool’s Gold to co-headline East Coast shows in support of their new album Celestial Electric on ESL. AM & Shawn Lee will be launching their tour as special guests touring as support for Thievery Corporation and performing their own headlining dates. They’ve also added a few extra in-store appearances and radio sessions along the way, including KCRW and KEXP. The musical…
In The Red labelmates Davila 666, from Puerto Rico and Cheap Time, from Memphis, TN are teaming up for a Fall tour together in September, and each band has a handful of shows on their own as well. About Davila 666: DAVILA 666 was formed in the summer of 2005 by Sir Charles Davila (lead vocals, bass) and AJ Davila (bass, vocals). Both had produced beats for Puerto Rico underground…
Fresh off the 2011 Warped Tour and armed with what the UK’s Metal Hammer called the band’s “most ferocious release to date,” rising metalcore darlings The Devil Wears Prada announces “Dead Throne Tour: North America 2011” the first North American leg of the band’s 2011 – 2012 worldwide tour. The 37-date headline trek kicks off on November 3 in Milwaukee and will criss-cross the U.S. and Canada over a six-week…
The Claddagh Fund–the charity established in 2009 by Dropkick Murphys founder Ken Casey–has teamed with the Boston Bruins Foundation to host an online raffle for the “Roadie For A Day” promotion. Raffle tickets are available for only $5 each at http://www.nhlalumniraffles.org/Raffles.aspx?id=181 until the raffle ends on Friday, September 2 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. Proceeds will benefit the Boston Bruins Foundation and the Claddagh Fund. The winner will receive round…
Beatriz Luengo, Sony Music Latin’s new talent, shared her music and amazing talent in Los Angeles, this past Sunday, August 21, when she performed live in front of thousands of spectators during “Descarga” which was held at City Walk, Universal Studios as part of the Mun2 concert series. The singer-songwriter who made her successful U.S. market debut with the video for her first single, Cómo Tu No Hay 2, on…
One of the most highly anticipated tours of 2011 featuring jazz-fusion legends Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin and Mike Clark will commence on Sept 14th. The power trio promises to deliver an evening full of depth-defying virtuosic performances guaranteed to thrill and inspire all that attend. “Henderson-Berlin-Clark are the Clapton-Bruce-Baker of fusion music!” says Jeff Berlin Scott Henderson is considered one of the premier jazz-fusion guitarists performing on the planet today.…
Albert Swarm’s brilliant debut EP is available now via Brooklyn’s Ceremony Recordings. Released first digitally, the release will soon be available on a limited edition vinyl run. Recorded during a brief stay in NY, each of the five tracks featured on Held perfectly capture Swarm’s thoughts and feelings being in a big city on his own. Definitely sparse, the soundscapes Swarm creates are also incredibly rich and inviting, as if…
Eclectic California trio, TOTIMOSHI, hit the road earlier this month for a trek that’s rocked nearly 20 cities and will continue to pummel its way into September with three additional dates in Oregon, Washington and California (see updated itinerary below). Commented guitarist/vocalist Tony Aguilar from the road: “Forget the economy and your troubles and come party with us! We only have half a tour left so your chance to shake…
Catch Jessie and The Toy Boys on the Identity Festival tour through mid-September with Kaskade, Steve Aoki, Chad Hugo, and others. Check out the updated tour dates below with a just added show in Hollywood. 08/28 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion 08/30 Albiquerque, NM Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion 09/02 Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre 09/03 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre 09/04 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Palladium 09/05 Las…
The critically acclaimed web comic, The Gutters, by Blind Ferret Entertainment, which parodies the latest news in the comic book industry, will be available in print form via Dynamite and Diamond Comic Distributors! Volume One is an over-sized and glossy hardcover book containing the first sixty-six installments of the much-lauded strip. The Absolute Ultimate Gutters Omnibus Volume One is the first printed collection of the wildly popular Gutters comic, which…
True Panther Sounds, home to indie dreamers Girls, Barcelona’s Delorean, Tanlines and Glasser are proud to present the North American release of Midnight Remember by Australia’s Little Red. While the Melbourne-based five-piece started off with a sound steeped in classic garage and R&B Midnight Remember marks an incredible and shocking evolution. The guitars and choruses soar, at once completely contemporary and referential of classical rock’n’roll from Television to Bruce Springsteen.…
Kerrang! places letlive.’s frontman, Jason Aalon Butler at the top of list in their cover feature, “The 50 Greatest Rockstars In The World Today.” Hyper-charged, high-energy passion and hard work collide in letlive., making them one of the most respected and anticipated bands out there today. Appearing alongside Epitaph labelmate Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon at #2 and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich at #3, letlive. proves that enduring hardships,…
Walter Trout continues his active worldwide touring schedule with a two-month run across the U.S. that will begin on August 6th in Mammoth Lakes, CA. The visionary roots singer, songwriter and guitarist has been out promoting his 20th album COMMON GROUND, with appearances throughout Europe and the U.S. over the past year. Trout’s compelling music resides in a territory that unites the worlds of blues, rock and pure sonic adventurism,…
First of all, we have another ace up our sleeve, which will make hip hop fans and indie nerds alike jump for joy: besides Beginner, Primal Scream, Suede, and Beirut performing at Tempelhof, we now have Public Enemy, the legendary East Coast rappers Chuck D, Flavor Flav, and Professor Griff, taking over Club Xberg with their massive hip hop tunes. Daniel Wang and Discodromo are also confirmed to DJ at…