EARTH have completed their highly anticipated upcoming full-length album, which has been a subject of much discussion over the past two years. Following the band’s magnificent 2008-released The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull opus, the next chapter in the ongoing EARTH legacy is ready for public consumption. To see release via Southern Lord Recordings in February 2011, the recently completed new album has been titled Angels Of Darkness,…
The Special Problems-directed video for the track, which sees a gang of misfits charging through the stunning natural landscape on New Zealand’s west coast, coated in a haze of digital distortion, was noticed and posted by Pitchfork, Stereogum, and even Kanye West’s now-defunct blog. Although his self-titled debut album did not see a full release last year in the US, it is now available via iTunes. ‘You’re A Animal’, the…
The momentum is building in anticipation of Disappears’ brand new album release, Guider. Release date: 24 January European tour dates have been confirmed for January with the promise of a UK show too, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, the Chicago rockers have released a free MP3 “Superstition” from the new album for all to share. If you would like to make this MP3 available for stream or download online, include it…
December 8 – Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues December 9 – Huntington, WV @ V Club December 10 – Covington, KY @ The Mad Hatter December 11 – Detroit, MI @ The Shelter December 12 – Chicago, IL @ Metro December 13 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird December 14 – Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose Tap House December 15 – Kansas City, MO @ The Record…
Here with another round of streaming audio, mp3s, and videos for 3 more featured artists at globalFEST 2011: Mustafa Özarslan – virtuosic Turkish vocalist makes his US debut with Sufi-inspired sounds, while breaking ethnic and generational boundaries performing a Kurdish and Armenian repertoire Rhythm of Rajasthan – music and dance from the Great Thar Desert weaving together Roma roots, India’s diversity, and the rich journey of the Gypsies Red Baraat…
Coming off the heels of “From The Top,” both the first single from the Mello Music Group compilation, Helpless Dreamer, as well as Stik’s own Oddisee produced EP, From The Top, fans are treated to an in depth look at the city that Stik Figa calls home. In this mini-documentary the emcee’s lively personality shines bright through a series of personal interviews in which he touches on subjects ranging from…
Originally released for Black Friday/Record Store Day, and now available on the Daptone Super Soul Super Store: http://daptonerecords.11spot.com/index.php?fuseaction=item_cat.ecom_superitem_detail&item_cat_id=5643 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “I Learned the Hard Way” album now available as a LIMITED EDITION BOX SET on all 7″ vinyl. This set features all twelve of the album cuts from the latest smash release on ELEVEN 45’s including TEN BONUS TRACKS. It includes sought after INSTRUMENTAL MIXES of 8…
Hot on the heels of “From The Top,” the Oddisee/Stik Figa collaborative single off the recently released Helpless Dreamer compilation album, Mello Music Group has announced the titular track “Helpless Dreamer” as the latest single to show off their talented roster. This time with Apollo Brown, whose own group album from The Left is enjoying high acclaim, on production, affiliate emcees Roc Marciano, X.O. (of Diamond District) and Tranqill offer…
Beloved country music icon Collin Raye has announced the release of his latest single, “Undefeated,” which is available exclusively at iTunes. Written by Collin and his daughter Britanny, and produced by four-time SESAC Writer of the Year Regie Hamm (Lonestar, David Cook, Clay Aiken), “Undefeated” marks a new chapter in Collin’s storied career. “The past year has been a trying time for my family, but my faith has carried me…
Listenable Records is pleased to announce the signing of Dutch thrash/death metal band IZEGRIM! Immediately after the release of 2009’s Point Of No Return, Izegrim started writing/composing their new album. Their mission was to create the most versitale, riff-packed, in-your-face-sounding record in the history of Izegrim. After more than one year of working as hard as they ever did, they’ve accomplished their objectives. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jörg Uken…
With ‘Wordplay for Working Bees’ Lucy creates a blueprint, not just the departure point for the full length format according to Stroboscopic Artefacts, but he also lays down new possibilities for the techno album. Refusing the obvious 4/4 route, Lucy traverses the widest possibilities of electronic music. ‘Wordplay for Working Bees’ encompasses IDM that leans towards drone, puckering, dub-filled techno and ambient in its most oblique forms. The beloved character…
Moscow Ballet debuts principal dancer Alexandra Elagina and partner Anatolie Ustimov on the east coast tour of the Great Russian Nutcracker. Alexandra Elagina, considered to be an up and coming ballerina, is a soloist at Tatar’s Jalil State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet, home to one of the best troupes performing in Russia today. Anatolie Ustimov danced with Moscow Ballet’s 2009 tour and returns this year in the lead…
A true gem from the heavy metal underground! QUICKSAND DREAM was a treasured obscurity even during its original active period in Sweden during the early 1990s. In 1996, the core duo of Göran Jacobson and Patrick Backlund reconvened to record the ambitious and imaginative Aelin concept album. Upon its completion in 1999, the album was only circulated among friends and has remained largely unheard and unknown until now. With sophisticated…
Abyss Records is pleased to announce that Swedish doom/death metal act THE GARDNERZ has joined the label’s ever-growing roster. Plans are in place to release the band’s debut, The System Of Nature, in early 2011. For more on THE GARDNERZ visit the following locations: www.thegardnerz.com www.reverbnation.com/thegarnderz
Brooklyn darlings Elizabeth & the Catapult announce East Coast dates supporting their sophomore effort The Other Side of Zero – out now via Verve Forecast. Elizabeth & the Catapult sat down for a chat and played a very special, intimate session at Rockwood Music Hall with Baeble Music. Watch here for a preview of their new songs live. More music and tour dates below! Elizabeth & the Catapult East Coast…
CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC have reached an agreement with Pennsylvania’s ARGUS for the release of their new album entitled Boldly Strides The Doomed. ARGUS was formed in 2007 and features Bruce Balich of Penance fame on vocals. They released their self-titled debut album on Shadow Kingdom records in 2009, which was greeted warmly by the metal press immediately, Decibel Magazine describing them as “…a chest-thumping display of epic heavy metal…
12/06/2010 Birdy’s – Indianapolis, IN w/ Goatwhore, Phobia 12/07/2010 Downtown – Little Rock, AR w/ Goatwhore, Phobia 12/08/2010 Drifter’s – Fayetteville, AR w/ Phobia, Zoroaster 12/09/2010 The Marquee – Tulsa, OK w/ Phobia, Zoroaster 12/10/2010 Korova – San Antonio,TX w/ Phobia, Zoroaster 12/11/2010 Reno’s – Dallas, TX w/ Phobia, Zoroaster 12/12/2010 Red Seven – Austin, TX w/ Phobia, Zoroaster 12/13/2010 The Rail Club – Fort Worth, TX w/ Phobia, Zoroaster…
Peelander-Z, the Japanese action comic punk band based in New York City, recently wrapped up two-plus-months of US touring that saw the band playing to the biggest crowds of its career including a performance at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest that will continue to be talked about next year. Known for its manic, high energy show, Peelander-Z has been touring in support of its new P-TV-Z album attracting the attention…
You can now preview another track from The Elves Of Heaven, “Hard Times On 34th Street” which isn’t your father’s happy Christmas song, rather taking a not from the pages of The Pogues’ Christmas classic “Fairytale Of New York”. The group’s frontman Martin Clancy describes the track: “Father Christmas disillusioned, unemployed, a crack head…just another bum for the cops to move on…now there are hard times on 34th street. Inspired…
Lissie has announced a new North American headlining tour in late 2010 and early 2011. Following a three-date stretch in the Pacific Northwest that begins December 29th at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver, BC, the tour will continue on January 15th at the Music Box in Los Angeles, CA, and run through February 10th at Antone’s Nightclub in Austin, TX. These dates include shows in Denver, Davenport (IA), Minneapolis, Chicago,…