Category: Artist News

Posted on: June 19, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BETTY BLACK SLOW DANCE EP WILL BE RELEASED JUNE 28TH

Tracklisting: Spring Blossoms Slow Dance Will You Still Love Me Ever Fallen In Love Came Home Cryin’ Low Tide Lullaby www.sylviablack.net www.bettyblack.bandcamp.com www.kidoutsider.com Throughout the 6-track EP, Sylvia seductively glides through buoyant terrains weaving a dreamlike journey through love and its twisted shadows. At turns dark and atmospheric, hedonistic and haunting, her erotically charged, velveteen voice possesses an intimacy and raw emotion that enthralls listeners. Songs like the euphoric lead…

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

Mat Kearney’s New Single “Hey Mama” is Out Now

Mat Kearney’s new single “Hey Mama” is out now and is the first single from his new album – Young Love – due out August 2011 on Universal Republic. “Hey Mama” is a catchy, clap-inducing tune perfect for summertime drives, so it’s no surprise that it’s already taking off on commercial radio. The Nashville by way of Portland musician recorded Young Love in Nashville with his longtime friend and producer…

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

Shine 2009 Debut Brand New Video for “Graduation” off Realism

Finnish duo Shine 2009 have released their video for “Graduation” off of their full-length debut, Realism, recently released in the US on experimental pop label, Cascine. Watch the video for “Graduation” via YouTube or at the Consequence of Sound premiere. Directed by D.V. Caputo, the video is equipped with splashy special effects and retro animation true to the song’s vibrant tempo. Realism is the blissful follow-up to their Associates EP,…

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

Catch MOLLY HATCHET ON TOUR THIS SUMMER

6/17: Maryville, TN @ The Shed 7/2: San Bernadino, CA @ National Orange Show Speedway 7/16: Ogemaw, MI @ Bike Week Festival 7/23: Birkenfeld, OR @ Northwest’s Premiere Biker Rally 7/29: Morgantown, WV @ Mountainfest 7/30: ST. Louis, MO @ Wounded Warriors Bike Rally 8/20: Syracuse, NY @ The Great Chicken Wing Festival 9/3: Boone, NC @ Boone Bike Rally 9/16: Nacogdoches, TX @ Ott Rally County Expo Fairgrounds 9/17:…

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

Sevendust U.S. Headlining Tour Set To Launch July 5

SEVENDUST was forced to cut their current European tour short over the weekend due to circumstances beyond their control. The trek was scheduled to conclude June 24 in Madrid. They’re deeply apologetic to their international fans and hope to see them very soon. The band will be regrouping for their forthcoming U.S. headlining tour—along with Adelitas Way, Emphatic and Violence To Vegas–which launches July 7 in Cedar Rapids before heading…

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

Stuyvesant Announce 2011 Summer Tour

06.16 · Dayton, OH – South Park Tavern 06.17 · Memphis, TN – The Buccaneer 06.18 · Raleigh, NC – Slims 06.30 · Pittsburgh, PA – Gooski’s 07.01 · Chicago, IL – Memories Bar 07.02 · Hamtramck, MI – The Belmont 07.03 · Philadelphia, PA – The Fire 07.30 · Passaic, NJ – The Loop Neal Agneta wrote in The Big Takeover of the band’s 2008 self-release Linden Calling, “…pummelling,…

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

A3C Announces First Round Of Artists, Including Random Axe, Freeway, And More

The best of hip-hop is coming to Atlanta as the 3-day A3C Hip Hop Festival announces the first round of artists for the 2011 event at The Masquerade. Random Axe (Sean Price, Black Milk and Guilty Simpson), Freeway, Aleon Craft, Laws, J-Live, Percee P, Ras Kass, Boog Brown, Ultra Beast (Senor Kaos and 4-Ize), Dillon and Paten Locke are just a few of the exemplary artists that will take the…

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

Retox performance/interview on IFC’s “Young, Broke & Beautiful” (June 24 at 11 pm)

The June 24 season premiere of Young, Broke & Beautiful (IFC) features a live performance from Retox and an interview with Justin Pearson. Retox’s debut album, Ugly Animals, is available late August via Ipecac Recordings. The band members are Justin Pearson (The Locust, All Leather, Some Girls, Swing Kids), Gabe Serbian (The Locust, Cattle Decapitation, Holy Molar, Rats Eyes), Michael Crain (Festival of Dead Deer) and Thor Dickey. Retox tour…

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

THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS SIGN TO ROUNDER RECORDS

Bluegrass ambassadors, The Steep Canyon Rangers (SCR), have just signed with Rounder Records. SCR’s lead singer Woody Platt says the Rangers “are honored to join Rounder Records and be a part of such a rich musical history. We plan to record our new project in October of this year and hope to have an early 2012 release.” They recently joined iconic comedian, Steve Martin, on his sophomore album entitled Rare…

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Posted on: June 14, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Battlecross: Album artwork, tracklisting, single, and preorders now available!

Detroit Michigan’s BATTLECROSS has just released the artwork and tracklisting for the band’s full-length debut Pursuit of Honor, out August 2nd in North America. A band that incorporates many elements of extreme thrash, death and tech metal, creating a precise blend of fist pumping brutality, intensity, and drive, BATTLECROSS satisfies both the technical metal aficionado and the casual heavy metal listener alike. The band comments on album artwork that was…

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Posted on: June 14, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

INITIAL TOUR DATES REVEALED FOR 2011 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK UPROAR FESTIVAL

The initial tour dates have been announced for the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival featuring multi-platinum headliner Avenged Sevenfold, also featuring main stage artists Three Days Grace, Seether, Bullet For My Valentine and Escape The Fate. The touring music and lifestyle festival also includes Best Buy Music Gear Stage headliners Sevendust, as well as Black Tide, Art Of Dying and The Black Cloud Collective. The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR…

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Posted on: June 14, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

“DAVE MATTHEWS BAND CARAVAN” KICKS OFF AT ATLANTIC CITY’S BADER FIELD ON JUNE 24-26

“Dave Matthews Band Caravan” is a traveling festival featuring a diverse array of artists performing on three different stages. WHO: A total of 41 acts will perform over the course of three days, with headliners Dave Matthews Band – known for such hits as “What Would You Say,” “Crash Into Me,” “Too Much,” “Everyday,” “American Baby” and “Funny the Way it Is” – playing a full set each of the…

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Posted on: June 14, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Polyvinyl To Release New Braid EP – Closer to Closed

Polyvinyl is pleased to announce the release of Closer to Closed, Braid’s highly anticipated, long-awaited follow up 1998’s seminal Frame and Canvas. Closer to Closed is the first collection of new Braid material in over a decade and will be available August 16th on limited edition 180-gram white vinyl, CD, and digital formats. All pre-orders will include an instant MP3 download, making the new music available for fans to listen…

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Posted on: June 14, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Scarlet Season releases “History of Violence,” the second single from debut CD, “The Taxidermist.”

Scarlet Season is the stage name of Aileen Paron, a self-taught pianist whose desire for autonomy and passion for learning all things musical inspired her to take the DIY approach to recording, programming, and composing. Paron produced the Scarlet Season debut album The Taxidermist herself with co-production by Matt Frickelton of The Fading Collection. Critics are already praising the album’s swirling synths, pretty pianos, nasty bass, and moody electronic elements…

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Posted on: June 13, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

The new, as yet untitled album from The Devil Wears Prada, one of the brightest rising stars in the metalcore world, has been completed and is set for a September 13 release (Ferret). This will be the band’s first full-length album since 2009’s critically-acclaimed With Roots Above and Branches Below; TDWP’s most recent release, last summer’s 5-track conceptual Zombie EP (called the band’s “best release to date” by one media…

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Posted on: June 12, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Seun Kuti Announces US Summer Tour

7/13 Belly Up – San Diego, CA 7/15 Grand Performances – Los Angeles, CA 7/16 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA 7/17 Reggae On The River – Garberville, CA 7/20 Artown – Reno, NV 7/22 Celebrate Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY 7/23 Grassroots Festival – Trumansburg, NY 7/24 Hillside Festival – Guelph, ON 7/29 Manuel Artime Theater – Miami, FL 7/30 Floydfest – Floyd, VA

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Posted on: June 11, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

RED TOUR DATES

June 11 Indianapolis, IN @ The Emerson Theater June 12 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge June 16 Wilmore, KY @ Ichthus Farm June 17 Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligan’s Music Hall June 18 Fayetteville, NC @ The Rock Shop June 19 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In June 21 Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco June 22 Jackson, MS @ Fire Club June 24 Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop June 25 Ionia, MI @ Big…

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Posted on: June 11, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Forest of the Soul – Restless in Flight Digipak CD now available!

Forest of the Soul’s – Restless in Flight Digipak CD is NOW AVAILABLE! $11 PPD in N. America! Featuring Aaron Carey and Andrew Della Cagna of Nechochwen, FotS is a hard band to pigeonhole, for they encompass the fluidity of classical acoustic instrumentation, rock, folk, and an undeniable Appalachian Country spirit that stirs with the eclectic soul of their homeland. Unclassifiable and amazingly beautiful, Restless in Flight is Forest of…

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Posted on: June 11, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Jackyl itinerary includes performances in:

6/11 MEREDITH, NH LACONIA HARLEY 6/24 SANDWICH, IL MONGOS ON MAIN 6/25 DES MOINES, IA WATERWORKS PARK 6/30 MILWAUKEE, WI SUMMERFEST 7/01 HAZEL GREEN, WI SANDY HOOK TAVERN 7/03 EL PASO, TX SPEAKING ROCK ENTERTAINMENT CENTER 7/04 SAN ANTONIO, TX BACKSTAGE LIVE 7/08 MUSKEGON, MI MUSKEGON SUMMER CELEBRATION 7/09 FARMER CITY, IL FARMER CITY RACEWAY 7/12 SAUGET, IL POP’S 7/13 NASHVILLE, TX EXIT / IN 7/14 LEXINGTON, KY BUSTER’S BILLIARD’S…

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Posted on: June 11, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Shady Nate – “Gimmie Da Loot”

Shady Nate & DJ Fresh collaborated a few years ago on Based on a True Story, which was loosely formatted in the style of Fresh’s long-running and classic Tonight Show series. The project earned both the rapper and DJ/producer high praise and strong sales, and now, the original CD album will be re-packaged and accompanied by Nate’s and Fresh’s latest collaborative effort, Still Based On A True Story, with the…

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