Category: Artist News

Posted on: August 3, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Demon Hunter Renews Partnership with Solid State Records; Band Entering Studio late 2011 for new album

Next year marks the ten year anniversary of Demon Hunter. Each of the band’s albums and other projects were released with Solid State Records. Both the band and label are proud to announce a deal that will see them continue to partner together. “Solid State has always been an important part of Demon Hunter,” said Demon Hunter singer, songwriter and co-founder Ryan Clark. “They helped market the band before we’d…

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Posted on: August 3, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pure Noise Records Signs Troubled Coast

Up and coming Berkeley, CA based, Pure Noise Records (home to Handguns, Daybreaker, The Story So Far, The American Scene and more) has announced the signing of East Bay melodic hardcore act, Troubled Coast. The band will release its label debut 7” EP in November. Since forming in 2009, Troubled Coast has been quietly making its mark on the indie scene with a sound that brings to mind such acts…

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Posted on: August 3, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

K.Flay Announces August US Tour

The groundbreaking, one-woman whirlwind and Stanford graduate, K.Flay is excited to announce her upcoming US tour. Kicking things off at The Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco on August 12th the dates have her on the road on and off through mid-October. Lucky fans in select cities across the US will have the privilege of experiencing one of her unique performances which consist of everything from creating beats, singing and…

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Posted on: August 3, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Christina Perri Performs On Tour

4th Opera House Toronto, ON (Canada) 5th Lollapalooza Chicago, IL 7th Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN 9th Bluebird Theatre Denver, CO 11th Troubadour Los Angeles, CA 13th Outside Lands Festival San Francisco, CA

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Posted on: August 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bestial Mouths release debut LP via Dais Records, tour dates announced, debut track available

Aug 5 – Unbound – Chicago, IL Aug 6 – Spaulding Gardens – Chicago, IL Aug 7 – Something Cold – Detroit, MI Aug 8 – Mockbee – Cincinnati, Ohio Aug 10 – Weird @ Home Sweet Home – NY, NY Aug 13 – Collapse New People @ HeadHouse – Philadelphia, PA Aug 14 – Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY Aug 27 – Vacation Vinyl In Store – Los Angeles,…

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Posted on: August 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

KINGS OF CONVENIENCE ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE WEST COAST SHOWS

Norway’s Kings Of Convenience will return to the US for two exclusive live shows on the West coast with confirmed dates in both Los Angeles (10/26) and San Francisco (10/28). Renowned for their captivating live shows, the duo of Erlend Øye and Eirik Gambek Boe play a unique brand of atmospheric acoustic pop, mixing gorgeous harmonies, gentle bossa nova inflections and incisive lyrics into an unforgettable night of music. Here’s…

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Posted on: August 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Announces SHARE THE WELT TOUR

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH is set to headline the ‘SHARE THE WELT TOUR’ this fall in support of their upcoming third album, American Capitalist, which hits stores on October 11th, 2011. Heading out to support 5FDP on the tour are current heavy metal frontrunners All That Remains, Hatebreed, and Rev Theory. Tickets for these dates go on sale this weekend to the general public, but VIP packages with pre-sale tickets…

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Posted on: August 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Diva (of Pocahaunted) releases “The Glitter End”

L.A.’s sci-fi priestess is a unique talent. Los Angeles is a trip. And currently the music emanating from this West Coast dreamland is spinning heads like no other. Diva Dompe is central to this L.A. renaissance, having founded the fabulously costumed trio BlackBlack with her sister Lola; thrown down sinewy bass grooves as a member of the sadly missed Pocahaunted and grown into a key member of the sublime L.A.…

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Posted on: August 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Underworld Records to Release Excommunicated’s Skeleton Key on August 15th

Underworld Records has set August 15th as the date on which EXCOMMUNICATED debut album Skeleton Key will be unleashed. Compositionally dynamic, atmospherically insidious, and impossible to forget, this is Louisiana blackened death that lacerates the soul and burns into the brain. A dark treatise on the medieval Catholic Church, Skeleton Key is that rare metal album on which the lyrics (available upon request) are every bit as important as the…

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Posted on: August 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NINJASPY Announce “NO KATA” Tour

Vancouver’s NINJASPY, an eclectic trio of brothers that blend influences of metal, ska, grunge, hardcore, reggae, funk, surf and jazz are proud to announce dates for their upcoming “NO KATA TOUR”, which will see them venture across the Canadian provinces, kicking off the tour in Victoria, BC on August 19th and going east to return west on October 7th for a tour wrap up show in Vancouver, BC. The band…

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Posted on: August 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

WIN WIN AFTER-PARTY DATES:

8/07 Miami, FL @ Grand Central 8/16 Boston, MA @ Good Life 8/17 Philadelphia, PA @ Voyeur 8/21 Washington, DC @ U St Music Hall 8/23 Indianapolis, IN @ Blu Lounge 8/24 Chicago, IL @ The Mid 8/26 Detroit, MI @ Northern Lights 8/30 Minneapolis, MI @ The Entry/First Ave 8/31 Omaha, NE @ The House Of Loom 9/02 Kansas City, MO @ The Union Of Westport 9/06 Calgary, AB…

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Posted on: August 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

RaSoul – “Ordinary Man” – Mojo Records

Please meet the Toronto native who is here with a brand new single from the label that brought you Miles Jones. This features strong production by Still Waters (who also contributes a guest 16) and as DJBooth.net says, it sets the stage for reflective bars about race, art, and the struggle to achieve one’s dreams. Though this cut is currently unattached to any forthcoming project, those digging it can keep…

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Posted on: August 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

A Lull Announce More US Tour Dates

8.4 – Old Rock House – St. Louis, MO 8.5 – Madsion Theater – Covington, KY w/ Cold War Kids 8.6 – St Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI w/ Cold War Kids 9.15 – Il Motore – Montreal, QB 9.18 – Eckhart Park – Chicago, IL 9.21 – The Spot at Case Western – Cleveland, OH 9.22 – Below Zero – Cincinnati, OH 9.24 -The Sett At University of Madison…

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Posted on: August 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Scott H. Biram Announces Tour Dates

Austin blues-punk rocker Scott H. Biram announces tour dates for the Summer and Fall today. Biram begins his tour with festival dates in France then returns stateside to kick off a lengthy US run in his hometown of Austin, TX on August 11. As one of the hardest working musicians on the road, Biram plays close to 300 days a year and his live show is a testament that even…

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Posted on: July 31, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Tour Dates: 08.19.11 – Seattle, WA @ Fremont Abbey for Songs About Books 08.20.11 – Davis, CA @ Sophia’s Thai Kitchen 08.21.11 – San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern 08.22.11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bardot 08.24.11 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush 08.27.11 – Denver, CO @ The Meadowlark 08.28.11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge 08.29.11 – Boise, ID @ Visual Arts Collective 08.30.11 – Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern Bright Archer’s music is as hypnotic as snow falling on water. Sounding at once vast and muted, the music centers on the voice and ornate piano playing of Johanna Kunin. Growing up in Minneapolis, Kunin grew attached to piano playing at an early age. Childhood afternoons spent poring over field guides and summers whiled away exploring the Boundary Waters also cultivated an early fascination with the natural world and her place in it. But instead of becoming a naturalist, Kunin gravitated toward music, singing with the Minnesota Opera Company as a child and getting a jazz education during her college years in Seattle. She was in her twenties by the time she discovered songwriting, a medium through which she could combine her interest in the natural world with music. After her first couple demos earned her a grant, Kunin met Tucker Martine who went on to produce her first full-length album, Clouds Electric (released in 2006). The making of her second album, Hidden Systems, marked a turning point for Kunin. Quickly immersing herself in the rich musical community of Portland, OR – which she would eventually join – and at the production helm for the first time, she chose a new musical moniker, Bright Archer, to better reflect her music’s evolving sound. On a series of winter weekends, Kunin co-produced the album with Skyler Norwood at his studio outside Portland and found 70s-rock inspiration on the radio dial while commuting from Seattle. Kunin and Norwood fashioned arrangements in the studio, borrowing a french horn player here and a bass player there from the bevy of bands Kunin plays in (Loch Lomond, AgesandAges, Velella Velella). Though all songs still center on Kunin’s lush voice and piano; a chorus of orchestral instruments, vibraphone and playful keyboard sounds allow each of the new songs to take on ornate lives of their own. The resulting music is rife with surreal atmospheres, melodic vocal lines and rhythmic piano backdrops. Lyrically, songs proceed in a wide-eyed, dreamlike fashion with the subject matter drawing portraits of the ephemeral, the ambiguous, and the fragile. Bright Archer will capture your imagination and remind you what it’s like to look at the world with eyes anew. Hidden Systems is out on July 5th, 2011 from Bear Island Records!

Members of the New Jersey and regional music scene are coming together to support young adults who have aged out of the child welfare system in the Garden State. The event is being organized by Dromedary Records, a Great Meadows-based independent record label. The effort will launch with Camelfest 2011, a two-day music festival to be held Friday and Saturday, August 12 and 13, at Maxwell’s, the legendary club in…

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Posted on: July 31, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bright Archer heads out on West Coast tour in support of “Hidden Systems” – out now in the US on Bear Island Records!

Bright Archer’s Hidden Systems is now on Bear Island Records and American Typewriter Records is releasing it on vinyl this fall in Europe. The album, crafted by Portland’s Johanna Kunin along with a host of other musicians, centers on Kunin’s lush voice and piano; a chorus of orchestral instruments, vibraphone and playful keyboard sounds allow each of the new songs to take on ornate lives of their own. The resulting…

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Posted on: July 31, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DELS – “Capsize” Ft. Roots Manuva & Joe Goddard

No rest for our boy DELS, even a few months after the release of his critically acclaimed and much loved debut album, GOB. The last time we saw DELS he was filming a mini documentary to show off the work that went into recording the track “Capsize”, and now the Ipswich, UK emcee and graphic designer is excited to let fans in on the other side of the equation with…

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Posted on: July 31, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ATMOSPHERE ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES

To the delight of fans, Atmosphere has announced that they will add a second leg to their “The Family Vacation Tour” this summer, which kicks off next week with a highly anticipated performance at Lollapalooza. Joined by Rhymesayers artists and veteran MCs Blueprint and Evidence, the iconic indie rap heroes will continue their touring late into September adding stops in the Midwest and South. Blueprint will be supporting the dates…

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Posted on: July 31, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TFDI TO HIT THE ROAD IN AUGUST

TFDI, the trio of three critically acclaimed singer-songwriters (Tony Lucca, Matt Duke and Jay Nash), is planning a national U.S. tour which kicks off in Los Angeles on August 18, 2011, and includes 18 tour stops total along both coasts (see below for complete tour schedule). Labelmate Riley Etheridge Jr. is set to open on the West Coast dates, while Benny Marchant will open on the East Coast dates. The…

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Posted on: July 30, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

POWERGLOVE PREMIERE BATMAN VIDEO

7/30 San Diego, CA – House of Blues 7/31 Scottsdale, AZ – The Venue Scottsdale 8/2 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall 8/4 Louisville, KY – Expo Five 8/5 Detroit, MI – St Andrews 8/6 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave 8/7 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues 8/8 Chicago, IL – House of Blues 8/9 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy 8/10 Montreal, QC – Olympia 8/11 New York, NY –…

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