This summer is shaping up to be a big one for Wavves. Last week MTV announced that the band will serve as the guest composer for the first season of the network’s new scripted comedy series, “I Just Want My Pants Back”, for which music legend Nic Harcourt will serve as music supervisor. The pilot episode, which aired as a sneak peek following the “2011 MTV Video Music Awards,” featured…
Sammy Shelor is the recipient of the second annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. Sammy is the extraordinary banjoist for the Lonesome River Band, playing contemporary, tradition-based Scruggs-style banjo with impeccable timing, drive, and a master’s touch. His leadership of the Lonesome River Band has kept them at the top of the bluegrass field for over two decades. He is a member of the Virginia Music…
Following on from their latest album Ventriloquizzing, Brighton electronic pop band Fujiya & Miyagihave released a running track. Entitled Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors, the one-off extended track is available via the band’s own label Strange Tongues. Fujiya & Miyagi recorded the track originally in 2008 as commissioned for Nike’s running series. With tracks off of this recording such as ‘Sick And Tired’ speedily becoming live favourites…
It’s here. Achingly slow 808 beats, eerie synth arpeggios, vaporous guitar noise, and Jonnine Standish’s androgynous, detached vocals, dripping with reverb. The Quietus talks to the band about the sudden death of their friend and bassist Sean Stewart and forging on. Also, the band created a mix for Self-Titled which features “field” recordings that Sean made in his Berlin bedroom in 2009. You can stream the album as well. Order…
Battles is currently premiering the video for “My Machines” which features synth-pop pioneer Gary Numan. A collaboration with The Creators Project’s The Studio, which produces and distributes works from artists representing a cross-section of creative disciplines, the video can be viewed and shared at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgQ88G8Hj8. “My Machines” is available as a 12” colored vinyl single via Warp Records; the printing is extremely limited due to the recent Sony DADC warehouse…
Prussia’s music is energetic, poppy- and melodious. You feel like dancing, though there’s no way in hell you would describe this as dance music. Waltzes, African drum beats, acapella breakdowns, and the gentle ringing of sleigh bells all fit into their unique arrangements naturally. Over the next three months the Detroit band will be a series of 10″‘s called the Poor English series. Part 1 of this three part series…
09/08 Montreal, QC Metropolis 09/09 Worcester, MA Palladium 09/10 New York, NY Terminal 5 09/12 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live 09/13 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Vocalist and guitarist Joey Eppard had the following to say about the upcoming tour: “We’re super stoked to be hitting the road again, especially after spending the last year and a half in the studio! The fact that we get to play with Within Temptation…
RAM was created back in ’99 and released their first E.P “Sudden Impact” in 2003. After playing numerous festivals and a support tour for Sebastian Bach they released their first longplayer “Forced Entry” in late 2005 which brought the entire old school Heavy Metal community to its knees. RAM hit the road with Dark Tranquillity, didsome Scandinavian shows with Gamma Ray and played gigs and festivals all over Europe. In…
Online Ticket Pre-orders available through – http://www.amctheatres.com/Movies/Kevin_Hart__Laugh_At_My_Pain(2)/ kh bank heist.png This Friday, experience LAUGH AT MY PAIN, the show that quickly became a national phenomenon. Catch the original, never-before-seen Raw and Uncut backstage footage, and travel back to Philly with Kevin Hart where he began his journey to become one of the funniest and most successful comedians of all time. *NSFW: These clips contain expletives & adult material* VIDEO: BANK…
Vivian Girls and Widowspeak, two bands with origins in Brooklyn have teamed up for a brief tour that launches tonight in Philadelphia at Johnny Brenda’s. Widowspeak just released its debut self-titled album on Captured Tracks and this is the first full tour the band has ever done. Vivian Girls by comparison are road veterans, having toured the globe over the past few years several times over — they released their…
Eat More Cake’s debut album “Climb The Ladder, Live The Dream” has been crushed into a thousand small pieces and ressurected as two EPs, (with a few adjustments to the tracklist) which will be released on September 19th with a double A-side single “Glass Houses / Smoke & Mirrors” at the same time. “Smoke And Mirrors” video: Stream Climb The Ladder, Live The Dream: EP 1 http://soundcloud.com/eatmorecake/sets/climb-the-ladder-live-the/ EP 2 http://soundcloud.com/eatmorecake/sets/climb-the-ladder-live-the-1/…
10/27/11: State Room, Salt Lake City, UT^ 10/29/11: Daniels Hall, Denver, CO^ 10/30/11: Avogadro’s, Fort Collins, CO 11/2/11: Campanile Center for the Arts, Minocqua, WI 11/3/11: Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI 11/4/11: Dogwood Center for the Performing Arts, Fremont, MI 11/5/11: First United Methodist Church, Ferndale, MI 11/6/11: Night Town, Cleveland, OH 11/12/11: Wadsworth Auditorium, Geneseo, NY# 11/16/11: Artsquest Center & Steel Stacks, Bethlehem, PA# 11/17/11: World Cafe Live, Wilmington, DE#…
1. Brandenburg Gate (4:19) 2. The View (5:17) 3. Pumping Blood (7:24) 4. Mistress Dread (6:52) 5. Iced Honey (4:36) 6. Cheat On Me (11:26) 7. Frustration (8:33) 8. Little Dog (8:01) 9. Dragon (11:08) 10. Junior Dad (19:28) Lulu art www.loureedmetallica.com
CCM artist Laura Kaczor, who just recently enjoyed her first #17 hit song on Billboard’s Soft AC chart with Alive In You that stayed on the chart for eleven weeks, is poised to release her next single to radio, Yours Forever. The song will go for adds at radio on September 9th and the tune was co-written by Kaczor, Chad Cates and Don Koch, who also produced Kaczor’s new album,…
Matt Pond PA kicks off his tour with Rocky Votolato this week in Minneapolis and we’re pleased to announce that the duo’s split 7″ is officially out today! Head over to the Polyvinyl store to pick it up! Also out today is the soundtrack to the much talked about indie film, Lebanon, PA . The soundtrack was scored by long time MPPA collaborators Matt Pond and Chris Hansen. The soundtrack…
Berkeley, CA’s The American Scene has released a new acoustic video for the song “Home”: http://youtu.be/9j3VTdsNEws. The clip was shot during the band’s recent summer tour with Handguns. The American Scene’s By Way Of Introduction was released on Pure Noise Records this past spring. The American Scene is: Charles Vincent: Drums Matthew Vincent: Vocals, Guitar Chris Purtill: Guitar Dave Taylor: Vocals, Guitar Zac Craft: Bass www.facebook.com/theamericanscene www.theamericanscene.tumblr.com
Iceland’s Sindri Már Sigfússon or Sin Fang has offered a special version of the track “Slowlights” available for free mp3 download at the MTV Hive premiere or www.heysinfang.com. The original track is taken from his Morr Music released sophomore album, Summer Echoes, noted by Pitchfork as “exceptionally thought-through music.” Sin Fang will also embark on a European tour with solo artist Sóley (also member of Sin Fang and Seabear) with…
On Saturday, September 10 at 7:30 PM, Alan Gilbert will conduct the New York Philharmonic in A Concert for New York: a free performance at Avery Fisher Hall of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” given in a spirit of remembrance and renewal to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The concert (featuring soprano Dorothea Röschmann, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, and the New York Choral Artists) will be broadcast live on…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra already has an insane touring schedule for the rest of 2011, today the band added even more North American dates to their tour, which will find the band headlining in October. The band is in Los Angeles this week for a pair of free shows, tonight at Bardot as part of the School Night series and Weds. they will play an in-store performance at 7pm at Origami…
Southern Shift Records announces an October 18 national release date for Welcome to Alabama, the new CD from The Kenneth Brian Band, with national distribution by Burnside Distribution. Welcome to Alabama was produced by Johnny Sandlin, the acclaimed producer who’s worked with The Allman Brothers Band, Gregg Allman, Elvin Bishop, Bonnie Bramlett, Widespread Panic, Delbert McClinton and Wet Willie, among many others. Special guests on the album include legendary singer…