Category: Artist News

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

ANIMALS AS LEADERS’ Debut Coming On Vinyl, Pre-order Available Now

Progressive instrumental act ANIMALS AS LEADERS’ acclaimed self-titled debut album, which was originally released in 2009, will be available for the first time on vinyl in June. The 180-gram double-LP set, which includes the song “Wave of Babies” (previously an iTunes exclusive) as a bonus track, will feature a high-quality Stoughton gatefold jacket with enhanced album artwork that includes 3D imagery and custom AAL 3D glasses! The set is available…

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

Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band – in Australia

Take some straight up old school soul, some of New York’s most talented musicians and an Australian photographer with an eye-to-die-for. Put them in the world’s most stunning and contrasted country and you have an astounding partnership and some awe-inspiring photographic evidence. This evidence has been captured in a new photo book titled Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band – in Australia, by Australian born photographer Kisha Bari. The…

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

UNEARTH HEADLINE dates:

7/05 @ Jakes in Lubbock, TX 7/06 @ Club 101 in El Paso, TX 7/08 @ Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas, NV Co-Headline dates with Suicide Silence: 7/11 @ Hawthorne Theater in Portland, OR w/ All Shall Perish – On Sale 4/06 7/18 @ Granada Theater in Lawrence, Kansas w/ Red Fang & All Shall Perish – On Sale 4/09 7/25 @ The Lost Horizon in Syracuse, NY w/…

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

Prince Aries – Clean Ass Whip Video Short #2

If you don’t know the name Prince Aries yet, you should, and likely will very soon. Aside from co-founding the Bay Area’s first hip-hop television show, Distortion 2 Static, over 10 years ago, Aries also has a whole other side that includes being a sought after party promoter, DJ, and graphic designer. And up next in his series of video shorts leading up to the release of his Clean Ass…

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

GRAMMY-NOMINATED SONGWRITER CLAUDE KELLY WRITES THREE TRACKS FOR LEDISI’S FORTHCOMING R&B ALBUM PIECES OF ME

Since the 2010 release of Fantasia’s Back To Me album, which garnered multi-genre songwriter Claude “Studio Beast” Kelly a Best R&B Song GRAMMY nomination for penning the lead single “Bittersweet,” Claude Kelly has been dominating the pop charts and airwaves with his megahits for Bruno Mars (“Grenade”), Ke$ha (“Take It Off”), Britney Spears (“Gasoline”), and Jessie J (“Price Tag” featuring B.o.B.). In keeping with the Studio Beast’s style and desire…

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

Smith Westerns premieres short film, Die With Your Chin Up, about the making of Dye It Blonde

Towards the end of the recording sessions for Dye It Blonde, Smith Westerns invited director Ray Concepcion to join them in the studio to document the final stages of the recording process. Die With Your Chin Up is the resulting short film, a snapshot of a band on the brink something big. Bio: Smith Westerns consists of Cullen Omori (vocals), Max Kakacek (Guitar), and Cameron Omori (Bass). All members range…

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

NeuFutur Introduces ASKA

For ASKA, the, Ashiya, Japan-born, Los Angeles-based composer and songwriter, her self-titled, debut EP is the culmination of years of experience but also the beginning of something new and exciting. When ASKA first wrote one of the EP’s tracks, “There Are Many Of Us,” she recorded it and shared the song with some friends, including filmmaker Spike Jonze. “He had a vision of his film I’m Here already, but he…

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

NY producer Leb Laze creates an album around his dying MPC, Music For Troubled Machinery out now on Asthmatic Kitty

Out now on Asthmatic Kitty, Leb Laze’s “Music For Troubled Machinery” is part of the latest in the ever-expanding, ever-experimental Library Catalog Series and perhaps conceptually the most interesting electronic in recent memory documenting the slow unruly death of the producers core production tool, the MPC 2000 (R.I.P.). Make sure to grab the free download of album standout “Static Radiates” remixed by Brooklyn-based house/dubstep producer Totem Test. What started out…

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

MAJESTIC DOWFALL´s The Blood Dance artwork and tracklist revealed!

MAJESTIC DOWNFALL are set to release their upcoming new album via Chaos Records in the Americas !!! Mexican Doom/Dark Metal project MAJESTIC DOWNFALL will release its second album, The Blood Dance, this July. The CD was recorded in Revolution Studios and Inzonic Music Lab with help Jesús Bravo and José “Pastas” Padilla. The Blood Dance features collaborations with Alfonso Sánchez (drums) and guitar solos by Roberto Granados (DENIAL, THE SUFFERING).…

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

Benjamin Francis Leftwich Tour

Wed 01 Jun – Liverpool – Kazimier Thu 02 Jun – London – The Garage Fri 03 Jun – Birmingham – HMV Institute Sat 04 Jun – Glasgow – Classic Grand (small room) Sun 05 Jun – Middlesbrough – Music Live / Cosmos Stage Mon 06 Jun – Manchester – Deaf Institute

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

“DAVE MATTHEWS BAND CARAVAN” COMES TO CHICAGO’S LAKESIDE JULY 8, 9 & 10

The second “Dave Matthews Band Caravan” of the summer will take place at Chicago’s Lakeside, located on the south shore of Lake Michigan, just a short distance from downtown Chicago. Details of the three-day festival, scheduled for July 8, 9 and 10, were announced today at a press conference held at the site. The event will feature a diverse lineup of musical talent performing on three stages during the day…

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

Aqua Blue Recording Artist Greg Susoreny Is In Good Company On National Charts

“Please Come Home Tonight”, the new single from Aqua Blue Records recording artist Greg Susoreny, is steadily climbing the National charts. This single has already gained tremendous support surpassing such artists as Rihanna, Robbie Robertson, and Lady Gaga. Susoreny’s success is due to the quality of his craft. As Jeff Shane, Former Vice President of Capitol Records, describes him: “Greg has an unbelievable gift to write and record music that…

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Posted on: April 30, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 3

HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR RETURNS IN SUMMER 2011 WITH STELLAR SIXTIES LINE-UP CONSISTING OF FIVE MAJOR ARTISTS BOASTING A COMBINED 53 BILLBOARD TOP 40 HITS

If you’re imagining how the world could be so very fine this summer, then you’ll no doubt be elated to hear that The Happy Together Tour — featuring five major artists from the sixties — will be returning again this year. Beginning in early July, The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, The Association, The Grass Roots, The Buckinghams and Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders,…

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

ROMS TO HEADLINE “UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES” TOUR

Fri 06/03/11 Los Angeles, CA Bardot Sat 06/04/11 San Louis Obispo, CA SLO Brewing Sun 06/05/11 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Shop Tue 06/07/11 Lake Tahoe, CA Hard Rock Thu 06/09/11 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court Fri 06/10/11 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Sat 06/11/11 Seattle, WA Chop Suey Mon 06/13/11 Portland, OR Berbati’s Pan Tue 06/14/11 Redding, CA TBD Wed 06/15/11 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s Thu 06/16/11 Santa Barbara, CA Velvet…

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

CHICAGO TO HOST US AIR GUITAR NATIONAL FINALS JULY 23, 2011 @ METRO

For the first time in history, Chicago will host the US AIR GUITAR NATIONAL FINALS. On July 23rd at METRO, US Air Guitar’s nationwide search for the country’s finest professional air guitarists will culminate in what will doubtlessly become Chicago’s premiere summer event. The 2011 US Air Guitar National Finals will pit nearly two dozen handpicked winners from 18 cities across the country against one another in a battle for…

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

Mountain Smashers LP (Topshelf Records-4/5/11)

Safely guarded behind four pairs of glasses and an arsenal of awkward tendencies, the members of By Surprise have spent an equal amount of time combing through the forgotten dust-filled grooves of 7-inch records released during the 90s indie label boom, as they have with the off-beat and inspirational works of Henry David Thoreau, Jack Kerouac, and Douglas Adams. Mountain Smashers, the band’s first full-length album, and their first with…

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

INTERNATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST BAIYU, RELEASES NEW SINGLE “TOGETHER”

You may remember Baiyu from MTVu’s “The Freshmen”, but she’s graduated and ready to share her soulful sounds with the world. Baiyu has released her new single Together via iTunes, Bandcamp, and GlobalGrind.com. Baiyu’s new EP, Fan Fair, will debut April 15th on her official website www.baiyuonline.com, and will be a free download – this being a gift to her many fans that have supported her career and continue to…

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Posted on: April 29, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Caural – Die Before You Die // 10″ Vinyl

Over the last ten years, bouncing back and forth from Chicago to NYC, Zachary Mastoon composed a diverse and critically-acclaimed catalog under the alias Caural. Pressing wax for such labels as Chocolate Industries, Mush, Plug Research, Sound in Color and many others, his song-oriented compositions and flair for unique sonic juxtaposition continue to set him apart from his contemporaries in the beat scene. Yet it was only by default –…

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Posted on: April 29, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Candi & The Strangers Release Music Video For “Glide”

Coming off a successful SXSW, and recent nomination for Best New Artist at The Austin Music Awards, Candi and The Strangers drop their video for album single, “Glide”, this week. Directed and filmed completely by the band’s own John and Samantha Constant, for their House of Constant imprint, the video combines video projection, stop-motion animation and live footage to follow a non-sentient android through a post-apocolyptic waste land of pop…

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Posted on: April 29, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BRUCE LAMONT Confirms Back-To-Back European Tours With Macabre, Keelhaul

5/02/2011 Magasin 4 – Brussels, Belgium 5/03/2011 W2 – Den Bosch, Holland 5/04/2011 Molotow – Hamburg, Germany 5/05/2011 Mantra – Moscow, Russian Federation 5/06/2011 Arctica – St. Petersburg, Russian Federation 5/07/2011 AZ Conni – Dresden, Germany 5/08/2011 Kontich – Lintfabriek, Belgium 5/09/2011 Le Grand Wazoo – Amiens, France 5/10/2011 L’Usine – Geneva, Switzerland 5/12/2011 Magnolia – Milano, Italy 5/13/2011 PMK – Innsbruck, Austria 5/15/2011 007 – Prague, Czech Republic 5/17/2011…

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