Multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban announced on The Today Show this morning that he will launch a 2011 World Tour in support of his latest platinum certified album, Illuminations. He will be visiting cities all across the US and Canada beginning this spring. The first cities announced include May 16th in Dallas, TX at the American Airlines Arena, May 25th, Kansas City, MO at the Sprint Center and May 28th,…
Evil Christian Cop will be the first project the duo has released in over a year, the last one being the first installment of The Great Mistapes EP series, Boudoir Synema in December 2009. ECC further delves into the sound that J*DaVeY has been pioneering for years and showcases the multifaceted nature of their music. J*DaVeY will also be touring with rapper Blu from San Francisco to Austin for the…
March 10 Scranton, PA @ The Vintage Theatre (early show- 7pm) March 10 Scranton, PA @ Banshee (late show-10pm) March 11 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose March 12 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick Lounge March 13 Toledo, OH @ Frankie’s March 14 St. Louis, MO @ FuBar March 15 Oklahoma City, OK @ Blue Note Lounge March 16 Austin, TX @ 512 Bar (*SXSW official showcase. Badges only. Set…
Thur Mar 3 Tibet House US Benefit / Carnegie Hall NYC Sun Mar 6 Snow Ball Fest / Nottingham Park Avon, CO Sun Apr 3 Lollapalooza Santiago, Chile Fri May 13 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI (on sale Feb 11) Sat May 14 Nelsonville Music Festival Nelsonville, OH Sun May 15 The National Richmond, VA Tue May 17 TBA Wed May 18 TBA Thur May 19 Tabernacle Atlanta, GA (DATE…
Brooklyn, New York sludge rockers, HULL, who kicked off the year with a crushing performance opening for doom legends Pentagram, are gearing up for a two week tour with Batillus this March. The tour will run through SXSW and draw to a close at a special Manhattan performance at The Studio at Webster Hall on March 26th with Caltrop and Horseback. The show is sponsored by BrooklynVegan and 1000 Knives.…
Foxtails Brigade have released a cover of the classic French love song “La Vie En Rose” as the second episode in their bi-weekly video series Winter Sessions. The series is a collection of live-performance videos, both covers and originals. “La Vie En Rose”, made famous by Edith Piaf has been a Valentine’s Day favorite since 1946. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOrx20_6mCE More videos and mp3s available at: www.foxtailsbrigade.com Since he first started making…
Yeasayer provide fans with a major tour announcement and “I Remember” video and track gift program. 1. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Yeasayer has launched a new video for the heart tug’n track “I Remember” (off the ODD BLOOD LP) and the ability to send the “I Remember” digital EP as a gift to a loved one in lieu of chocolates’n’roses. The “I Remember” video was directed by dear friend Sophia…
3/3/2011 Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend 3/4/2011 Columbia, SC Jillians 3/6/2011 Charleston, SC The Music Farm 3/9/2011 Orlando, FL Backbooth 3/10/2011 West Palm Beach, FL Roxy’s 3/11/2011 Naples, FL Loft 59 3/12/2011 Tallahassee, FL Floyd’s Music Store 3/15/2011 Baton Rouge, LA The Varsity Theatre 3/21/2011 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre 3/23/2011 Tucson, AZ The Rock
New York City-based rock quartet The Cringe has inked a label deal with Rock Ridge Music, who will release the band’s forthcoming fourth album in the fall. Says band lead singer John Cusimano of the signing: “We’ve wanted a label that is going to put the same amount of care and thought into the release of the record as we put into making it. We are all genuinely thrilled to…
Coming off the recent Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tour with his Hieroglyphics crew, Souls of Mischief member Opio is hitting the road once again to headline a thirteen-date tour spanning February and March and making stops up and down the West Coast. Sponsored by LivenFire Records and The Space Station, the tour will kick off Saturday, February 12th in Scottsdale, AZ making stops in Denver, Portland, Reno, San Francisco and…
CLOSE YOUR EYES have announced an upcoming Video Shoot for their song “Digging Graves” at The Black Sheep Café in Springfield, IL on February 23, 2011. Doors will at open at 5:30, show starts at 6:00 p.m. Leading up to the video shoot will be performances by US FROM OUTSIDE and LOWER THAN ATLANTIS. CLOSE YOUR EYES will be taking the stage around 9:00 p.m. You do not want to…
Melbourne-based psych-electronic group Miami Horror have announced their return to North America for a coast to coast tour, making stops in Canada, Mexico and SXSW along the way. The four-piece embarked on a successful first tour of the states this past fall behind their debut album, Illumination, which is available on iTunes in the US. The Australian release features a 2CD limited edition, including a bonus album of Miami Horror…
Feb 1: 107: Dig It – Sophia Ramos (dedicated to Billy Preston) Many have claimed to be the 5th Beatle but there is one man however who was employed to by The Beatles themselves to fulfill that role.. That man was Billy Preston. Born a full 18 years before the repeal of The Jim Crow Laws in Texas, with one of the finest Afro’s in The Western Hemisphere, Billy Preston…
As JES embarks on an explosive new year, the artist releases “Awaken,” the third single from her album, High Glow, which entered the Billboard Electronic Albums Chart in 2010. The video for the guitar driven and rhythmic life-affirming song was directed partially underwater and across desert landscapes disappearing into vibrant blue skies at Anza-Borrego State Park in California. The single “Awaken,” released by Black Hole Recordings & Ultra Records USA,…
HE IS WE’s newly recorded acoustic version of “Blame It On The Rain” was released at the end of last week via Tweet for a Track (http://www.tweetforatrack.com/), and landed at #1 on its “Most Downloaded” chart. The original version of the track can be found on their album MY FOREVER which was released digitally two months ago on Universal Motown and was available in the band’s merch store online and…
Kings of Leon announced today that they’ll be adding three dates in America leading into their headline slot of this year’s Coachella Festival. 4/8 Tulsa, OK BOK Center 4/9 Memphis, TN FED Ex Forum 4/12 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center All dates will go on-sale Saturday, February 12th at 10am, local time. The news comes off the announcement that the band’s tour in Australia and South Africa, which was postponed…
2/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave 2/17 – Kansas City, MO @ The Midland Theater by AMC 2/18 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue* 2/19 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater 2/20 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s 2/22 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room 2/23 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater 2/24 – Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom* 2/25 – Kitchener, ON @…
Paul Duncan is currently recording and performing under the moniker Warm Ghost. It finds him taking a step beyond traditional instrumentation and one toward that of electronics, synthesizers, drum machines and processed field recordings. Warm Ghost has now evolved into a band in collaboration with Oliver Chapoy, where the sound is an intricately arranged shimmering sonic world of twisting words and melodies inside dense environments where there are elements of…
Lance Bangs has previously directed two classic Thermals videos, “No Culture Icons” (their first), and “Now We Can See” (their most popular/controversial, if you’re grading by youtube comments). Lance Bangs and Aubree Bernier-Clarke now bring you the video for The Thermals’ latest single, “Never Listen To Me”. The video is warm, sentimental, and very Portland. It was shot at Cathedral Park in Portland on Super 8mm and 16mm and on…
In celebration of the church’s return to the US for their “Future Past Perfect” electric tour this week, kicking off this Wednesday, February 2nd in LA at the El Rey Theatre, the band has released a song from each of the three albums they will be performing in their entirety, each and every night: Untitled #23, Priest=Aura, and Starfish. Following their successful “An Intimate Space” acoustic tour this past spring,…