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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
Amherst, Massachusetts’ AMPERE have leaked a new track entitled,” Escapism Pt. II.” from their highly anticipated new album entitled Like Shadows. Please visit the band’s website to absorb the 57 second new song and view the cover art for the album. Like Shadows will be released on June 7th on LP/ CD via No Idea Records. The band have a few shows lined up including an album release in Western…
Minnesota-based songwriter Jeremy’s Messersmith & his band have announced The Graveyard Tour, a new set of summer dates out to the East coast visiting and performing at graveyards in each city, as well as a scheduled NPR Tiny Desk Concert on June 20th. Infamous for his cross platform creativity, his papercraft animation Tatooine video (where he sums up the Star Wars Trilogy in two minutes), received outstanding praise and was…
Floridian heavy trio FLOOR are about to embark on their first proper tour in over eight years. Since disbanding, FLOOR’s overdue notoriety has slowly grown, due in part from laying the foundation for guitar player/vocalist Steve Brooks’ non-stop activity in TORCHE. Reuniting to celebrate the release of their massive “Below & Beyond” discography/box set, FLOOR returned for a few key shows over the past year to an overwhelmingly positive response.…
After whetting appetites for cerebral pop music of the highest caliber with their ‘Fail Forever’ EP, a fantastic Nicolas Jaar remix, and their slow-mo cover an 80’s rave classic, Danish four piece When Saints Go Machine are ready to unveil their most fully realized work to date, the full length album Konkylie. Discover a highlight from the record via the beautiful ‘Add Ends’ video, directed by Dawn Carol Garcia. http://whensaintsgomachine.com/…
Recording artist extraordinaire Brute Force has been selected for a part in a new musical, “Barcode The Musical.” Late last year, Brute’s 1967 debut album “I Brute Force – Confections of Love” was re-issued for the first time. The release came through Bar/None Records and bonus tracks included “King of Fuh” which was slated to be released on Apple Records – copies manufactured and everything — till EMI refused to…
5/31 Toronto, ON @ The Wreckroom 6/1 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s 6/2 Columbus, OH @ Seven Venue 6/3 Toledo, OH @ Headliners 6/4 Joliet, IL @ Mojoe’s 6/5 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar 6/6 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground 6/7 Wichita, KS @ Eagles Lodge (NO The Human Abstract) 6/8 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater W/ THE HUMAN ABSTRACT, SCALE THE SUMMIT, NO BRAGGING RIGHTS 6/9 Salt Lake City, UT…
FRI 4/29 CLEVELAND, OH Beachland SAT 4/30 TORONTO, ON Phoenix SUN 5/1 MONTREAL, PQ National MON 5/2 BOSTON, MA Paradise WED 5/4 NEW YORK, NY Webster Hall THU 5/5 PHILADELPHIA, PA Theatre of Living Arts FRI 5/6 WASHINGTON, DC 930 Club SAT 5/7 BALTIMORE, MD Ottobar SUN 5/8P PROVIDENCE, RI The Met
Day City Venue 27 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill 29 Los Angeles, CA Dragonfly 30 Las Vegas, NV Punk Rock Bowling
PROSTHETIC RECORDS has signed Chicago, IL death metal quintet, BLACK SEPTEMBER. The band, who formed in 2006 based on their love of acts such as Bolt Thrower, His Hero Is Gone and Bathory, amongst others, has released several EPs and self released their debut full length, “The Forbidden Gates Beyond,” last year. PROSTHETIC will re-release “The Forbidden Gates Beyond,” this summer. Pre-order the album now at the official PROSTHETIC RECORDS’…
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, announced today The Hidden for the Nintendo 3DS™ system is in development for an expected release this Fall. Developed by 1st Playable Productions, this augmented reality game turns your handheld into a portal to the astral plane as you hunt through real-world environments with the Nintendo 3DS camera. Become a paranormal investigator by searching, capturing…
Tue. April 5 Denver, CO Marquis Wed. April 6 Salt Lake City, UT Burts Tiki Room Thu. April 7 Boise, ID The Red Room Fri. April 8 Seattle WA El Corazon Sat. April 9 Portland OR Plan B Sun. April 10 Oakland, CA Oakland Metro Mon. April 11 Sacramento CA Fire Escape Tue. April 12 Santa Cruz, CA Matty Hodel Building Wed. April 13 Lompoc, CA Wicked Shamrock Thu. April…
Continuing on their dramatic trajectory up, HE IS WE keeps creating new content with their fans in mind. The previously released acoustic video versions of “Happily Ever After” and “Blame It On the Rain” already garnered close to 350,000 plays on their YouTube channel. This week, the band launches the acoustic video for “And Run” and already, the video has generated close to 5,000 plays. The video was directed by…
ince its unveiling last week, Peter Bjorn and John’s sixth album Gimme Some has found praise flowing in from all corners. Gimme Some has been tapped as “a top contender for best album of the year” by Elle and hailed for its’ “inspired, melodic, wildly infectious pop songs” by NPR. Filter appreciated the “heavy drums and catchy guitar riffs” while SPIN thought the Swedes might be in cahoots with Ikea.…
4/27 – St Louis, MO – The Firebird* 4/28 – Chicago, IL – Schubas* 4/29 – Indianapolis, IN – Earth House* 4/30 – Cleveland, OH – The Grog Shop 5/2 – Boston, MA – Middle East (Downstairs)* 5/3 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground (showcase lounge)* 5/4 – Brooklyn, NY – The Rock Shop* 5/5 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom* 5/6 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church*…
Last month, Northside confirmed that Beirut would be returning to their adopted hometown to headline McCarren Park on Friday, June 17. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased here. Bands like Twin Sister, Deervana, Allo Darlin’, Javelin, Ava Luna, Delicate Steve, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! and Gabriel and the Hounds were also revealed as part of the festival’s lineup to give music fans a sneak peak of what…