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 SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture…
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 SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing…
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…
TAYLOR BRIGHT is launching her return to the international music spotlight with an uplifting first single and state-of-the-art music video which combine to deliver a high-energy message of self-empowerment to her fellow teens. The 18-year-old Philadelphia pop artist, who was introduced with a splash last year on the Billboard dance charts and in the British press and has been capturing the attention of major labels and television producers, announces the…
9/10 – Washington DC – Virgin Mobile Free Fest 9/11 – Philadelphia – North Star Bar 9/12 – NYC – Irving Plaza 9/15 – Los Angeles – Echoplex 9/16 – San Francisco – Rickshaw Stop SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of…
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…