Category: Artist News

Posted on: August 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

IVY Announce “All Hours” Details, Offer Three Track Preview

Indie-pop trio IVY have announced the details for their highly anticipated 5th studio album All Hours [Nettwerk]. The record, due out Sept. 20th, marks a self-proclaimed “rebirth” finding the band more focused on textures and rhythms than the traditional guitar-focused sound that has characterized their previous recording efforts. Singer Dominique Durand describes the writing process for All Hours as an attempt to “go back to some kind of innocence, and…

Posted on: August 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GARDENS & VILLA Release New Video, Tour with Youth Lagoon

Part Funkadelic, part Forbidden Zone, this David South directed video blends the best of 70s campy sci-fi coolness and makes it new. Gardens & Villa play select dates in North America this month before meeting up with rising talent Youth Lagoon, for a string of dates in September and October including a performance at Pygmalion Festival in Urbana, IL. Youth Lagoon’s Trevor Powers caught Gardens & Villa at a show…

Posted on: August 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE DOLLYROTS ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR / SPLIT 7″ WITH BOWLING FOR SOUP

After another year of near-constant touring including a successful spring headlining tour of the states, a US tour with Bowling for soup, SXSW for a 6th year in a row and an east coast run with The Go-Go’s, The Dollyrots are heading out again. This time the Los Angeles trio is hitting the road in support of two new releases. An EP titled Arrested Youth produced by Neal H. Pogue…

Posted on: August 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HUNX & HIS PUNX Tour Dates

09.01.11 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s + 09.02.11 – Cambridge, MA – T.T. the Bear’s + 09.03.11 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge + 09.04.11 – Baltimore, MD – Windup Space + 09.05.11 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 ! 09.06.11 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl # $ 09.07.11 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar # 09.08.11 – Gainesville, FL – Boca Fiesta (The Backyard) # 09.09.11…

Posted on: August 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DANIELA AND BEN

September 3 in Berlin, Germany @ Torstraße Festival September 8 in Berlin International Music Week @ Grüner Salon September 17 in Berlin, Germany @ Madame Claude September 25 in Cologne, Germany @ Blue Shell Drawing on influences that range from Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Architecture in Helsinki and Air, Daniela and Ben Spector have managed to create a unique electric-folk sound that is all their own. The first single “Cut…

Posted on: August 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

IMPENDING DOOM BEGIN RECORDING NEW MATERIAL

IMPENDING DOOM will enter the studio this week to work on their upcoming yet to be titled new record. The band will begin work with producer Andreas Magnusson with the all mighty Machine for mixing. “After months of preparation the time has finally come to start production on our next full length! Without going into the cliche of trying to explain how this is our ‘heaviest’ or ‘most mature’ material,…

Posted on: August 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Point Juncture, WA: “Chronological Order” video!

We’re so excited that Willamette Week has just premiered Point Juncture, WA’s awesome new “Chronological Order” video, off this year’s “Handsome Orders” (Mt. Fuji) full-length (which, if you don’t have your copy, I would love to send your way). Please watch & share! Here’s what they had to say: “When you listen to this gorgeous, powerful three-minute song and watch this weird dreamlike video flash by, know that Point Juncture,…

Posted on: August 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED FOR “A NIGHT WITH AESOP ROCK AND KIMYA DAWSON FEATURING ROB SONIC AND DJ BIG WIZ” TOUR

New shows have been announced for the “A Night With Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson” tour through Mid-August. Featuring Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, the show will preview new material from Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson’s forthcoming solo albums, Aesop Rock and Kimya’s forthcoming collaboration album, rare tracks from Aesop Rock’s previous solo albums, as well as Aesop Rock’s new group Hail Mary Mallon featuring Rob and Wiz. Hail…

Posted on: August 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Early & Often – New EP

Early & Often (Sacramento, CA) are heading out for a short West Coast tour in support of the band’s new EP, Present No Fiction, Fear No Tense, on Sell The Heart (Santa Rosa, CA). The first show is tonight at Bottom of The Hill in San Francisco. The show is a Sell The Heart Showcase with label mates Build Us Airplanes and Goodriddler also playing. Keeping the inspirational arrangements of…

Posted on: August 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

STEVE HACKETT releases studio album “Beyond the Shrouded Horizon” on September 27th

On September 27th, progressive rock giant STEVE HACKETT returns with another stunning release “Beyond the Shrouded Horizon”. This highly anticipated album, due to be released on September 27th through InsideOut Music, will be available as a 2 CD set that includes 6 previously unreleased tracks; vinyl LP with gatefold sleeve (including the album as digital download), and digital album. The album will be the focus of HACKETT’s “Breaking Waves” Tour…

Posted on: August 16, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Video: REL – “Public Transit”

Amid protest and outrage, what are quickly becoming non-isolated incidents of Police brutality continue to impact the Bay Area community. In January, Oscar Grant, unarmed, was shot to death by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle, and just last month another unarmed victim, Ernesto Duenez, Jr. was fatally shot. Others, names including James Rivera and Rita Elias, have suffered a similar fate at the hands – and weapons – of Bay…

Posted on: August 16, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AMON TOBIN ISAM Live US Tour Adds

Wed. 09-28-11, Vancouver BC, Vogue Theatre NEW! Thu. 09-29-11, Seattle WA, Paramount Theatre (Decibel Festival / Red Bull Academy Presents) Sat. 10-01-11, San Francisco CA, The Warfield Sun. 10-16-11, Los Angeles CA, Music Box At The Henry Fonda Theater *SOLD OUT* Tue. 10-18-11, Boulder CO, Boulder Theatre NEW! Wed. 10-19-11, Denver CO, Ogden Theatre Fri. 10-21-11, Chicago IL, Congress Theater Sun. 10-23-11, Toronto ON, Opera House Mon. 10-24-11, Montreal PQ,…

Posted on: August 16, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HILLSONG’S GOD IS ABLE RESOURCES CHURCHES, DEBUTS NO. 1 AT ITUNES

Hillsong’s God Is Able released on Sparrow Records amidst wide critical acclaim. Recorded with thousands of worshippers gathered together at Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia, the album is resonating with listeners with the simple, yet profound message that God’s ability is infinite in capacity and yet entirely intimate in focus. Debuting even 11.5% higher than the last acclaimed Hillsong album, A Beautiful Exchange, God Is Able spent all of last…

Posted on: August 16, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Braids Tour Dates

9/6 – Mercury Lounge – New York NY *$% 9/7 – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia PA *# 9/8 – DC9 – Washington DC *# 9/9 – The Pour House – Raleigh NC w/Japandroids, Disappears, Soft Company 9/10 – Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta GA *# 9/11 – Bottletree Birmingham – AL *# 9/12 – The End – Nashville TN *# 9/13 – Empty Bottle – Chicago IL *# 9/14 –…

Posted on: August 16, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pink Martini November 2011 Western US Tour, Pre-Sale for Select Shows Begun

Date City Venue Tickets November 4 Medford, OR The Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater Buy Tickets November 5 Arcata, CA Van Duzer Theatre Buy Tickets November 8 Chico, CA Laxon Auditorium Buy Tickets November 9 San Luis Obispo, CA Christopher Cohan Center Buy Tickets November 10 Santa Barbara, CA Arlington Theater Buy Tickets November 12 San Diego, CA Balboa Theater Fan Pre-Sale begins 8/3 at 12noon PST. Click here for access…

Posted on: August 15, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

T. Mills – Hollywood | “Leaving Home” Over 16k Downloads!

Leaving Home is the outcome of 140 songs recorded in Los Angeles pared down to a solid 10 cuts. Synth-splotched beats cozy up to his journal-mined rhymes, evidenced on the smooth “Hollywood” and revved up “Vans On,” a song that rocks even harder during his stellar live show. See the dates below for a chance to catch T. Mills live! leaving-home-hi-res.jpg Tracklist 1. Oh Just Like Me 2. Vans On…

Posted on: August 15, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE STONE CHIEFS UNVEIL A UNIQUE BRAND OF MODERN SOUTHERN ROCK ON THEIR ‘DRIVE ON’ DEBUT ALBUM

In an era when more and more musicians rely on electronics and software to get their art across, it’s refreshing to discover an up-and-coming act that hasn’t forgotten the foundation that rock music was built upon – the electrifying, rip-roaring sound of a real, live band playing together. That’s the exact approach the Raleigh, NC quintet, The Stone Chiefs, adopt on their recently-released debut album, ‘Drive On’ (via Grab ‘Em…

Posted on: August 15, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

John West Debuts on Mercury With 3 Song Bundle

With deep roots in the Baton Rouge, Chicago and Los Angeles music scenes, genre-crossing crooner John West becomes the newest addition to the artist roster of Mercury Records, a division of Island Def Jam Music Group, with the release of a three-song bundle via digital retailers. It’s a journey that began in earnest five years ago when the singer/songwriter/musician began honing his artistic skills while working as a street performer…

Posted on: August 15, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NATALIA KILLS ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES THIS SUMMER

8/12 – Royale, Boston, MA – 12:00 AM 8/13 – Webster Hall, New York, NY – 01:00 AM 8/17 – Mansion, Miami Beach, FL – 01:00 AM 8/19 – Masquerade, Atlanta, GA – 11:00 PM 8/21 – Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL* – 07:30 PM 8/23 – Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN* – 07:30 PM 8/26 – Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego, CA – 12:00 AM 8/28 – Sunset Junction,…

Posted on: August 15, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE LONELY FOREST TOUR DATES:

9/4/11 Bumbershoot Festival Seattle, WA w/ Two Door Cinema Club 9/8/11 Royale Boston, MA 9/9/11 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA 9/12/11 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH 9/13/11 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH 9/15/11 Terminal 5 New York, NY 9/16/11 Club Soda Montreal, QC 9/17/11 Kool Haus Toronto, ON 9/22/11 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA 9/23/11 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA 9/24/11 House of Blues San Diego, CA w/ Minus The…