Sep 08 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre Sep 10 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Festival – City Plaza Stage Dec 01 London, UK Scala Dec 02 Minehead, UK All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Jeff Mangum Watch “Learned to Surf” on Vimeo. – http://vimeo.com/26385054
It’s far from uncommon for an artist to pay homage to their hometown, and Dustin Prestige does just that with his new single “Mo. City Rock.” The song, produced by Chris Rockaway, is from his latest project The Kelly & Jessie EP and he portrays the end result of a kid (himself) who grew up on “both sides of the fence” in Houston, Texas and the influence that it has…
Singer/songwriter Ariana Delawari just debuted her liberating new video for “Be Gone Taliban” on IFC.com this week Directed by Delawari herself, the video served to be both a fantasy and allegory for the plight of women under the radical Islamist group’s oppressive belief system. “When we recorded this song I imagined it as a modern ballet.,” Delawari said, “I wanted the video to celebrate everything the Taliban has attempted to…
Los Angeles resident Emperor X is cloistered in an Eastside warehouse finishing an album of pop weirdness that Bar/None Records plans to release later this year. To commemorate this weekend’s Carmageddon freeway closure, the label sent out a preview in the form of “Sig Alert”, a love song from a war-torn alternate universe in which California’s infrastructure has fallen victim to insurgent bombing campaigns, radioactive dust clouds, and hordes of…
For the first time, the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival will host the Best Buy Music Gear Battle Of The Bands Powered by Ernie Ball. This competition will allow one unsigned band the opportunity to play live on the Best Buy Music Gear Stage at each U.S. tour stop during the August 28-October 14 trek. Finalists will compete for a grand prize package worth more than $20,000. The Rockstar…
Portland, Oregon-based indie-pop/electronic-folk outfit Priory, comprised of Brandon Johnson (vocals, bass), Kyle Dieker (acoustic guitar, keys, bells, falsetto), Joe Mingus (drums), and Greg Harpel (lead guitar, bells, keys), have returned home from their first (of many) U.S. tours promoting their debut, self-titled ful-length. Continuing to promote their album, which is hot off the presses, they have released a video for the album’s first single, “Lady of Late.” The video can…
1. Mighty Mountain 2. Leaves Of Last Year’s Fall 3. Pure As The Lotus 4. The Great God Pan 5. Casting The Runes 6. Goldberry Spirits of the Dead is a psychedelic-stoner-folk-rock band with one foot in the electric magic of the sixties/seventies and the other in the modern electric rock sound of 2012. Guitarist Ole Øvstedal and vocalist Ragnar Vikse formed this genre blurring four-piece in 2007, and within…
7/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern 7/16 – Chicago, IL @ Tour de Fat / Palmer Square – FREE SHOW 7/18 – Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s Oasis 7/19 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room 7/20 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird 7/22 – Chattanooga, TN @ Nightfall Concert Series / Miller Plaza – FREE SHOW 7/23 – Raleigh, NC @ Deja Fest / Lincoln Theater – FREE…
8/5 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 8/6 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre 8/7 – Noblesville, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center 8/20 – Dinkelsbühl, Germany – Summer Breeze 8/21 – Theix, France – Motocultor Festival 8/22 – Haarlem, Netherlands – Patronaat 8/23 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Rock 8/24 – Bochum, Germany – Matrix 8/26 – Charleville Meziere, France – Cabaret Vert 8/27…
Triangle Shape Hot Bubblegum Two Bills Mu Either the Luminescent Wallpaper Goes, Or Do I Janine Aubergine Bee Nose Summer Reading Late Night Eggs Salamander Human Hair Disco Chicken Bone Beach Ayatollah Pink Skull returns with Psychic Welfare, their third studio album and second for RVNG Intl., following 2009’s Endless Bummer. Psychic Welfare comes after Julian Grefe waded through the cosmic slop that accumulated around him the two years following…
7/15 Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre 7/16 Willmar, MN @ Sonshine Festival 7/17 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave 7/18 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater 7/19 Dayton, OH @ The Attic 7/20 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theater***(STP off -date with For Today)*** 7/22 McAllen, TX @ Las Palmas Racepark w/ The All Stars Tour 7/23 San Antonio, TX @ The Backstage Live w/ The All Stars Tour 7/24 Dallas, TX…
July Tour Dates: 21 – Hamden, CT @ The Space 23 – Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar w/ No Joy (Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3764005&pl=embrace) 24 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w No Joy 25 – Cleveland, OH @ Happy Dog w/ No Joy 27 – Washington, DC @ The Red Palace w/ No Joy 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ No Joy (Tickets: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/49223?utm_medium=bks) 29 – Brooklyn, NY @…
Vans and FYF are pleased to announce the third and fourth installments of the 2011 Vans House Parties, with Cro-Mags and Fucked Up on Friday, July 29th and Man Man and Glass Candy on Thursday, August 4th. The previously announced Superchunk, OFF!, and Lemuria show is next Thursday, July 14th. All shows are free with RSVP and held at the House of Vans, a 25,000 square foot renovated warehouse in…
July 13 Gainesville, FL 1982 Bar July 27 Lewiston, NY Art Park July 28 Belknap, NH Meadowbrook Pavilion July 29 Shelburne, VT Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green July 30 Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival July 31 Baldwinsville, NY Paper Mill Island Amphitheater Aug 02 Cleveland, OH House of Blues Aug 03 Grand Rapids, MI Meijer Gardens Aug 04 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room Aug 05 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
Welcome to the Midnight Opry [KLP236] is the third full-length album by The Pine Hill Haints. It’s a burning tumbleweed headed straight for an open field in the middle of a dry summer; bright, dangerous, vast, and blistering. Laid out before you is a full rotation of snazzed-up, working class ghost-country. The contradiction allows you to mentally wander from one track to the other on an emotional journey from the…
n an effort to extend the reach of Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet’s message of interfaith relations and bridging the divide that separates various faiths, The Theosophical Society in America is proud that iClips Network will broadcast a live video stream of the public speaking events in Chicago on July 17 and 18 with live syndication by Livestream. Viewers across the world will be able…
Rachael Yamagata has reunited with Happenstance producer, John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Liz Phair) and is putting the finishing touches on her new studio album, the follow up to her heralded 2 CD Set Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart. Yamagata will self release the album this Fall. “When I say in the studio, I mean Alagia’s house that we’ve reconverted into one,” said Yamagata. “We’ve shipped gear, borrowed microphones,…
To celebrate coming to America, Nathaniel is offering a giveaway to his “Rolling In The Deep” remix. Here is what he has to say about the track… “In spite of my very low tolerance threshhold for all things corny, I actually quite like John Legend. On the rare occasions he is weaned off the cheese, he sounds great. So when I came across his a capella version of the Adele…
MR. BIG will once again unleash their brand of brutal fury on their first U.S. tour in 15 years starting July 30th, in SanDiego at the 4th & B. Returning fresh from a successful run of tour dates overseas, vocalist Eric Martin, guitarist Paul Gilbert, bassist Billy Sheehan, and drummer Pat Torpey, will be hitting the road in the United States this summer in support of the band’s new album,…
Fri July 15th – Bey’s (Columbia, SC) w/ Death Becomes Even The Maiden & Chemical Peel Sun July 17th – Winston’s Cafe (Chesapeake, VA) w/ Music Player Mon July 18th – The Book Space (Philadelphia PA) Weds July 20th – The Velvet Lounge (Washington DC) Thurs July 21st – Broad Street Cafe (Durham NC) Fri July 22nd – Krankie’s Coffee (Winston Salem NC) w/ Jews & Catholics & Free Electric…