Category: Artist News

Posted on: October 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Finn Riggins wraps up their epic year with a brief tour with Built To Spill!

10.27.10 – Solano Beach, CA @ Belly-Up Tavern w/ Built To Spill 10.28.10 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theather w/ Built To Spill 10.29.10 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore w/ Built To Spill 10.30.10 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore w/ Built To Spill 10.31.10 – Arcata, CA @ the Depot w/ Built To Spill What the press is saying: “Idaho’s Finn Riggins, on the…

Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MATTHEW DEAR CONTINUES TOURING IN SUPPORT OF ‘BLACK CITY’

Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear is a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, a bandleader. He co-founded both Ghostly International and its dancefloor offshoot, Spectral Sound. He’s had remixes commissioned by The XX, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Spoon, Hot Chip, The Postal Service, and Chemical Brothers; he’s made mixes for the Fabric mix series and Get Physical’s Body Language. He maintains four aliases (Audion, False, Jabberjaw, and Matthew…

Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

FILTER ANNOUNCES NO LOVE TOUR

Oct 27 Little Rock, AR @ Rev Room Oct 29 Knoxville, TN @ Valarium Oct 31 Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm & Brews Nov 1 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In Nov 2 Cleveland, Oh @ The Grog Shop Nov 4 Flint, MI @ Machine Shop Nov 5 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection Nov 6 Chicago, IL @ The Cubby Bear Nov 9 Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court Nov 11 Fargo,…

Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NeuFutur.com Introduces Gabi Epstein

An immensely talented actress, Epstein’s love of performing and art simply cannot be contained. Having studied Voice at McGill University and completing her Bachelor of Music, Gabi has performed at renowned venues including The Pantages Hotel, Trane Studio, The Toronto Centre for the Arts, and The Algonquin Hotel in New York City. But Gabi decided she needed to take her cabaret career one step further. Teaming up with Alcorn allowed…

Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

WITHERED’s TOUR TEARING THROUGH AMERICA

WITHERED will be supporting DANZIG on this fall’s installment of his “Blackest of the Black Tour” and doing off dates with MARDUK, who are also on the tour. They will then joining up with label mates SKELETONWITCH and LANDMINE MARATHON for the “North American Skullsplitter 2010 Tour.” Their confirmed dates are: 10/26 Oklahoma City, OK- The Conservatory * 10/27 Little Rock, AR- The Village # 10/29 San Antonio, TX- San…

Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Ectopic Ents is proud to announce the release of the long awaited new studio album by Foetus, entitled HIDE

HIDE features ten new compositions by JG Thirlwell, who describes it as a “neo-symphonic avant-psychedelic concept album informed by the culture of fear”. Kicking off with a nine minute operatic opus featuring the guest vocal talents of opera singer Abby Fischer, HIDE is an immersive album infused with strands of progressive and contemporary classical, from symphonic psychedelia to musiq concrete, as well as Thirlwell’s twisting cinematic journeys, bombast and sombre…

Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Last Rites Tattoo Theatre presents its Creep-In Day on Halloween weekend!

Last Rites Tattoo Theatre is celebrating the Halloween season by showing a return of support to all Last Rites friends, family and fans. With the second annual Creep In Day, dedicated tattoo enthusiasts will receive a rare opportunity to be tattooed convention style -spontaneously and without an appointment- by the world renowned tattoo artists of Last Rites, including Paul Booth himself, who’s waiting list is over 3 years long. Operating…

Posted on: October 25, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Ebo Taylor Sings About Love And Death

Strut link up with one of the true greats of Ghanaian music, Ebo Taylor, for his first internationally released new studio album in over 20 years. Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through…

Posted on: October 25, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MONSTER MAGNET ON TOUR:

November 18 Cardiff (UK) Millennium Music Hall November 20 Sheffield (UK) Corporation November 21 Reading (UK) Sub 89 November 22 Southampton (UK) University November 23 Birmingham (UK) HMV Institute November 25 Manchester (UK) Moho Live November 26 London (UK) Electric Ballroom Described as a “mind-expansion team” by The New York Times and “a decadent psych-rock whirlpool” by Rolling Stone, MONSTER MAGNET is hands down one of the most explosive and…

Posted on: October 25, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HOUSE OF HEROES’ VIDEO ‘GOD SAVE THE FOOLISH KINGS’ HIT OF TOUR

10/26 North Hills Church Brea, CA 10/28 Epic Ventura Ventura, CA 10/30 Live @ the Chapel Reedley, CA 11/2 The Axiom Oroville, CA 11/4 The Revolution Ashland, OR 11/5 Newport Nazarene Church Newport, OR 11/6 The Noise Box Camas, WA 11/7 Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA 11/9 The Venue Boise, ID 11/11 Marquis Theater Denver, CO 11/13 The Boulevard Wichita, KS www.thehouseofheroes.com www.gotee.com

Posted on: October 25, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DARKEST HOUR ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN TOUR

DARKEST HOUR will heading over to Europe this winter and they couldn’t be more excited to get back across the pond. “Put on your winter jacket and get ready for endless nights of good times, because were headed back to Europe. We’re bringing the legacy tour overseas – playing songs from our entire catalog. We fell in love with Europe in 2000 and have enjoyed touring there for an entire…

Posted on: October 25, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DECEMBERSONGS TO BRING HOLIDAY CHEER ON THE ROAD IN DECEMBER

A tour dubbed Decembersongs, featuring four singer-songwriters (with a couple of Grammy nominations and awards among them), will be making its way across the Northeast, Midwest, South, and Mid-Atlantic regions with eleven stops during the month of December (see full tour schedule below). Decembersongs is the brainchild of one of the four performers, Amy Speace, who had the idea for the tour following separate showcases last February at the Folk…

Posted on: October 24, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pluhar, Jaroussky and Fray: Not a Law Firm, But Three Virgin Classics Artists Bound for the Big Apple

Three remarkable Virgin Classics artists are headed this fall to New York, where they will appear in two concerts at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall. Early music maverick Christina Pluhar, leading her dynamic Baroque ensemble L’Arpeggiata, will team up with French star countertenor Philippe Jaroussky in a performance on Friday, October 29 that will feature “Teatro d’amore”, a Monteverdi-inspired program recorded previously for Virgin Classics. The concert marks their Zankel Hall debut.…

Posted on: October 24, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Sepulchral Productions to Release Unholy Black Metal Trinity

Montreal’s Sepulchral Productions is proud to announce the November 9th release of three new black metal juggernauts. Varying shades of grimness and black metal might are offered in the industrial force of Borgne’s Entraves de l’Âme, the chilling atmospherics on Forteresse’sPar Hauts Bois et Vastes Plaines,and the raw/ambient plague of Neige et Noirceur’s La Seigneurie des Loups. Information on each of these stunning albums is included below. By now you…

Posted on: October 24, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Botany – ‘Feeling Today’ EP Out 11/9 on Western Vinyl

22 year old Spencer Stephenson aka Botany has been made quite a splash in a short amount of time for his jaw-dropping blend of shimmering psychedelia, blissed-out pop, and instrumental hip-hop. While comparisons to Caribou and Baths are apt, the way Stephenson transforms recycled sounds into something thoroughly modern makes his music refreshingly unique at the same time. The Weatherford, TX native, who also plays drums for post-rock stand-outs Sleep…

Posted on: October 24, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SOUL-SINGER BILAL SCHEDULED TO PERFORM “LITTLE ONES” AT 2010 NATIONAL WALK FOR AUTISM SPEAKS

Grammy-nominated musical artist Bilal, will sing at the 10th annual National Walk Now for Autism Speaks on Saturday, November 6, 2010 on the National Mall. Bilal will sing “Little Ones,” a smooth track with a soulful sound dedicated to his sons – his oldest son has Autism and his youngest son has Sickle Cell. Autism Speaks is the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization. “I have done many walks…

Posted on: October 24, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Ready Brand New Single and Album for Release

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart released its self-titled debut album way back at the beginning of 2009. Since then the band has kept its fans satisfied while expanding their pop palette on the excellent Higher Than the Stars EP and this Summer’s shimmering anthem “Say No To Love”. We’re extremely pleased to report that the band has been recording, mixing, and mastering their much-anticipated sophomore full-length which is…

Posted on: October 24, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SBB – “Los Człowieka” video available on YouTube

Only two weeks left to the release of “Blue Trance”, a brand new album by a legendary jazz/rock band from Poland – SBB. The band, comprised of the phenomenal composer Józef Skrzek, the excellent guitarist Apostolis Anthimos and the flawless drummer Gabor Nemeth propose a perfect blend of the sincerity of blues and the freedom of jazz. The music on the album is mature and rich in emotions. A video…

Posted on: October 23, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

UT – US TOUR – NOVEMBER 2010

UT have announced a series of US dates that includes a headline slot at Theoretical Music festival in Brooklyn on 5 November 2010. With the exception of an unannounced show at the Luminaire in London in July 2010, these will be their first shows in over 20 years, Ut last performed in Paris in March 1990. A seminal influence on later bands such as Sonic Youth, Ut (Nina Canal, Jacqui…

Posted on: October 23, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Introducing We Are Trees

We Are Trees is comprised of Virginia Beach native James Nee and his supporting band, who have taken the lo-fi scene by storm and flipped it upside down. With production that nurtures fidelity as a living, breathing art, this Virginia Beach band’s sound lies somewhere between the plains of Middle America and the cliffs of a Western Coast. The vocals, while drawing comparisons to Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear, are…