Category: Artist News

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

New Talia Coles video for Billboard Dance/Club Play charting single, “Never See You Again

Talia Coles debuts her new, sultry music video for “Never See You Again” after residing on Billboard’s Top 25 Dance/Club Play for 9 straight weeks! The video is an expression of Talia’s relatable lyrics which articulate the notion of facing temptation while being in a monogamous relationship, “everything was picture perfect ’til you moved the frame, and now because of you it’s barely hanging. Boy in a flash it’s like…

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

Drums & Ammo – “U Funnystyle” Feat. Bambu

Drums & Ammo are back with another hard-hitting track, this time teaming up once more with Los Angeles emcee Bambu for “U Funnystyle.” The song, produced by 6Fingers, is the third single off the group’s debut instrumental album, Vol. 1, and was created to sound like “the music you would hear in a old cartoon, with the shadow of a big ass dude lurking around looking to stomp on suckas,”…

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

Jooklo Duo with Bill Nace | USA TOUR 2011

Jooklo Duo, the fiery Italian psychedelic tenor sax/drums combo of Virginia Genta and David Vanzan, partnered with guitar wizard, Bill Nace, will descend upon the East Coast and Midwest for 20+ dates from May 19th through June 17th. Touring in support of their 7″ release The Warrior on Northern-Spy Records, released last November, and Where Has the Jazz Gone on the duo’s own Italian imprint Troglosound, released in March, the…

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

Guards US Tour With Cults

6/2 – DC9 – Washington, DC 6/7 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA* 6/9 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY* 6/10 – Rock N Roll Hotel – Washington, DC* 6/11 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD* 6/12 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA* 6/13 – Iron Horse – Northampton, MA* 6/15 – Brillobox – Pittsburgh, PA* 6/16 – Ninth Ward – Buffalo, NY* 6/17 – NXNE @ Lee’s…

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

AWOLNATION VIDEO FOR “SAIL”

AWOLNATION recently released their eclectic debut album titled, Megalithic Symphony via Red Bull Records and are currently on a Spring US tour with dates scheduled through June 5th. The band has released their official video for the hip-hop beat driven single, “Sail,” directed by Cameron Duddy. The video features lead singer, Aaron Bruno, as he attempts to avoid being abducted from his home by some mysterious extraterrestrials. “I think very…

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

ACRASSICAUDA ANNOUNCE FIRST TOUR

Iraqi metal band, Acrassicauda, announce their first tour in support of their debut EP, Only the Dead See the End of the War. The EP, originally released on March 9, 2010, is currently available on iTunes. Hailing from Baghdad, Acrassicauda is Faisal Talal (lead vocals, guitar), Tony Yaqoo (lead guitar), Firas Allateef (bass) and Marwan Hussein (drums). Only the Dead See the End of the War, was co-produced by Testament’s…

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

ROCKS-OFF PRESENTS THE ROCK N ROLL HISTORY WALKING TOUR!

Rocks-Off one of the most infamous concert promoters in New York (famed for their live rock boat shows) has launched a series of walking tours in NYC. The two inaugural walking tours include The History Of Art, Crime, Drugs and Punk Rock on the Lower East Side (a guided tour given by John Joseph of the legendary Cro-Mags) and The Past, Present and Future of Rock & Roll in New…

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

FIRST AID KIT HEAD INTO THE STUDIO WITH MIKE MOGIS

First Aid Kit – the Swedish duo of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg – are currently recording with acclaimed producer Mike Mogis at his ARC Studios in Omaha, NE. They’ll spend the next month working on the follow-up to their highly praised debut album, The Big Black & The Blue, released last year on Wichita Recordings. In addition to being known as a member of Bright Eyes and Monsters Of…

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

Speed\Kill/Hate Delivers the Pain with Out for Blood

Engraved over the band’s logo are the words “East Coast Thrash,” and that’s a good and substantial starting point with this band of brash brothers, brothers who are pros and have picked their instruments of violence wisely. SPEED\KILL/HATE is the brainchild of OVERKILL’s Dave Linsk; having latched upon an infectious strain of time-straddled death thrash metal. But the core of the band’s follow up record, Out for Blood, begins with…

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

Clutch Headlining Dates With Maylene and the Sons of Disaster

5/20 Reading, PA @ Reverb 5/21 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva 5/23 Charleston, SC @ Music Farm 5/24 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre 5/25 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room 5/26 Jacksonville, FL @ Free Bird Live 5/27 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre 5/28 Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar 5/29 Huntington, WV @ V Club *Headlining Dates With Corrosion of Conformity* 7/20 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl 7/21 New…

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

WARBEAST — Currently Trekking Across the U.S. with Destruction and Heathen

Texas natives WARBEAST are currently trekking across the U.S. on their full U.S. tour with Destruction and Heathen. The band has been on the road for a couple weeks now, and will finish up the tour on May 29th at a soon to be announced location! See below for all remaining tour dates. WARBEAST began in the early 80’s Texas underground metal scene. Vocalist Bruce Corbitt was the voice of…

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

Cloud Control Announce US Dates

July 24th – Knitting Factory – Brooklyn, NY July 25th – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY July 27th – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA With affirmation of their brilliance in from their homeland, being awarded the critically acclaimed Australian Music Award Cloud Control are set to unleash their stellar collection of quirky layered harmonic psyche-pop on the rest of the world. Cloud Control signed to bespoke independent label Infectious…

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

Austin’s Moonlight Towers launch tour around just-released “Day Is The New Night” album.

Proclaimed “amazing” by Performing Songwriter for creating what the Chicago Reader calls “perfectly molded power-pop,” Moonlight Towers are “Austin’s favorite three-minute heroes” according to the Austin American-Statesman and the music city’s “finest power pop export” (Pop Culture Press). Moonlight Towers has just released its third album Day Is The New Night and this week is launching a tour in support of it that will see the band doing what they…

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

Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich reveals details of his new band, Premonition 13…

By now, the musical exploits of Scott “Wino” Weinrich are the stuff of legend. The Obsessed. Saint Vitus. Spirit Caravan. The Hidden Hand. Shrinebuilder. After releasing his solo debut in 2009, Wino went acoustic in early 2011 with Adrift, a gut-wrenchingly personal album written by a man who has survived a lifetime of gut-wrenching scenarios and lived to tell the tales. Wino’s latest project sees him plugged back in—both to…

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

Doom In June II festival feat. Solitude Aeturnus and Wino :: June 4th in Las Vegas at The Cheyenne Saloon

The celebrated Doom In June festival returns for the second year in a row to pay homage to some of the most respected names in Doom and Stoner Rock. Event takes place on Saturday, June 4th, 2011 at The Cheyenne Saloon (3103 N. Rancho Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89130, Tel. 702-645-4139). Doors are at noon and advance tickets are on sale now for $25.00 at brownpapertickets.com. Last year’s inaugural event…

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Posted on: May 14, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

RELIGION MUSIC’S KOPEK READY “LOVE IS DEAD” AS FOLLOW-UP TO DEBUT HIT “COCAINE CHEST PAINS”

Religion Music has announced a June 6th add date for “Love is Dead,” the second single from KOPEK’s debut album White Collar Lies. The lead track, “Cocaine Chest Pains,” was a Top 25 hit on the Active Rock chart, and achieved Top 30 at Mainstream Rock. In an age where a majority of the songs on radio are faceless, “Love is Dead,” is instantly memorable. It offers a chronicle of…

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

HOTEL CAROLINA TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Hotel Carolina, the annual singer-songwriter music festival, is scheduled to rock the Windjammer in Isle of Palms, SC, September 22, 23 and 24, 2011. The event is hosted by Rock Ridge Music. Hotel Carolina boasts a line-up of popular singer-songwriters, and fans will get to see all of their favorites on one stage over the course of the three-day event. A Thursday night show has been added this year to…

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

JONNY RODGERS “SWUNG ON A SWING” VIDEO

New Haven, musician Jonny Rodgers (Mighty Purple, Ten Shekel Shirt) is a good friend of mine and is neither a client, nor paying for me to send out this email. In fact, I just saw this video for the first time about an hour ago and had to share one of the most exciting talents that I know. The video was recorded live in one take during a documentary shoot…

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

SUCH GOLD ANNOUNCES NEW PERMANENT LINE-UP

Rochester, NY pop-punk band SUCH GOLD has had a rough past few weeks. First came the stabbing of lead singer Ben Kotin in early April, which he spoke about only last week for the first time. Then, the band was forced to pull out of the Man Scout Jamboree Tour while they figured out how to move forward. Now comes news of a line-up change right before they embark on…

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

Hollywood Undead Sets Up Tour

5/12 DENVER, CO THE FILLMORE 5/13 COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA WESTFAIR AMPH – KIWR ROCKFEST 5/14 CHICAGO, IL HOUSE OF BLUES 5/15 MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO KPNT POINTFEST 5/17 MYRTLE BEACH, SC HOUSE OF BLUES 5/18 ATLANTA, GA TABERNACLE 5/20 CINCINATTI, OH BOGART’S 5/21 DETROIT, MI ST. ANDREW’S HALL 5/22 COLUMBUS, OH ROCK ON THE RANGE 5/24 CLEVELAND, OH HOUSE OF BLUES 5/25 GRAND RAPIDS, MI ORBIT ROOM 5/27 DES MOINES, IA…

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