Category: Artist News

Posted on: August 4, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Trek Life And DJ Tommy Blak Release Before Everything Changed To Prep For Upcoming Album

With a critically acclaimed EP and a track licensed by media giant ESPN under his belt before the year hit its half-way mark, one might think Los Angeles emcee Trek Life might take a little downtime. Instead the stalwart rapper has chosen to increase the momentum. Recently announcing his upcoming LP Everything Changed Nothing, Trek Life is set to release a mixtape entitled Before Everything Changed prior to the album…

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Posted on: August 4, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NAKED HIGHWAY’s new video ready to make the Summer even Hotter

Not since Peaches has an artist turned electro sexuality on its head like NYC’s electro-glam outfit NAKED HIGHWAY and its new album MOST HOTTEST! (Disco Life! Records). Fueled with the enough pheronome-filled beats that would make Prince blush, the new single “IN & OUT” is a funk-filled, erotic romp, not coy about its lyrics or its intentions. “Musically, it was inspired by 80’s freestyle,” says Naked Highway mastermind Sy Boccari.…

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Posted on: August 4, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Legendary Artist and Esteemed Author Sandi Patty to Release Companion Book and CD Projects The Edge of the Divine this Summer

Music Legend and esteemed author Sandi Patty will release companion book and CD projects, The Edge of the Divine this summer. In the book and new recording, the five-time GRAMMY ® Award winner who has appeared on such notables as Today and Extreme Home Makeover Edition, uses her accomplishments and public struggles as her inspiration. As Patty has experienced herself, and as she unveils in her book, often times in…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Autolux Announce North American Tour Dates

Autolux have announced North American tour dates in support of their upcoming release Transit Transit. The trek kicks off on August 11th in San Francisco and ends September 18th in Los Angeles. All dates are listed below and additional information is available at their site. Autolux (Carla Azar: vocals/drums, Greg Edwards: vocals/guitar. and Eugene Goreshter: vocals/bass) produced Transit Transit themselves with Edwards serving as engineer. It was recorded in the…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GUNS N’ ROSES – FIRST U.S. PERFORMANCE IN FOUR YEARS! THEIR ONLY 2010 APPEARANCE IN USA!

Making their first U.S. concert appearance in four years – and playing their only U.S. show in 2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES has been officially recruited with DAUGHTRY to join the inaugural ROCK ‘N REV FESTIVAL and cement its assault on the legendary Sturgis Rally’s 70th Anniversary celebration in Sturgis, SD, at the newly constructed Rock N’ Rev Amphitheater at Monkey Rock USA. GUNS N’ ROSES will headline the fifth…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Brooklyn’s Atlantic/Pacific Sign with No Sleep Records & Announce the Release of their Debut Album Meet Your New Love – Out October 26th 2010

Brooklyn’s Atlantic/Pacific – featuring Garrett Klahn (Texas is the Reason) and John Herguth (House & Parish) – sign with No Sleep Records and announce the release of their debut album Meet Your New Love – due out October 26th, 2010. These two experienced rockers are joined by Ian Love (Rival Schools) who contributes guest instrumentation as well production skills to help the group create their psych/folk sound that will appeal…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

“The Pyknic pArtery Tour” w/ Drop Dead Gorgeous, Attila, Sleeping with Sirens, Abandon All Ships, Woe Is Me, & Scarlett O’Hara

8/03 – Minneapolis, MN @Triple Rock 8/04 – Chicago, IL @ Subteranean 8/05 – Pontiac, MI @ The Eagle Theater 8/06 – Indianapolis, IN @ ES Jungle 8/07 – Toledo, OH @ Headliners 8/08 – South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock 8/09 – NYC, NY @ Highline 8/10 – Worcester, MA @ Paladium 8/11 – Providence, RI @ Club Hell 8/12 – Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84 8/13 –…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AMERICAN HI-FI: Video For “Lost” And EP on iTunes Available Now

AMERICAN HI-FI–Stacy Jones (singer/guitarist), Drew Parsons (bass), Jamie Arentzen (guitars) and Brian Nolan (drums)–has just released the video for “Lost” from their forthcoming album, FIGHT THE FREQUENCY. The album drops August 17 on their own label, Hi-Fi Killers/The Ascot Club (through Megaforce/RED/Sony). It’s the highly anticipated follow-up to 2005’s HEARTS ON PARADE (Maverick) and was produced by Stacy Jones along with Jamie Arentzen, and was recorded his studio in Los…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Logh – every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings (CD)

For the last few months, I have been lucky enough to be on the deep elm mailing list, and this album was actually one of the first I received, but due to some problems I was not able to review it until this late date. Thee music on this disc is precisely the type that you would find on deep elm – moody, contemplative, and more inclined towards the instrumental…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SEGA Reveals Launch Plans to Bring Marvel’s Mighty Thor Franchise to Gaming Systems for Original Epic Adventure

“By Odin’s beard!” SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced they will bring Marvel’s hall-of-fame franchise Thor™ to video game systems for an epic third-person adventure: Thor: The Video Game, scheduled for release on all five major video game platforms in 2011 including the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™. “We…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CHIMAIRA U.S. TOUR DATES:

8/3 Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Pavilion @ Walnut Creek 8/4 Virginia Beach, VA @ Virginia Beach Amphitheatre 8/6 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater 8/7 Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion 8/8 Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live 8/10 Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre 8/11 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre 8/13 Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center 8/14 Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre http://www.chimaira.com/ http://www.myspace.com/chimaira…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bobby Bare Jr. announces “Carpool America” Tour w/Blue Giant

Bobby Bare Jr. announces the “Carpool America” tour with Blue Giant. Blue Giant will open the shows and serve as his back up band along with Bare’s drummer Matt Martin. The 22-city tour will kick start in Memphis, TN on August 24th and end in Minneapolis on October 9th. Bare will release A Storm-A Tree-My Mother’s Head on August 31, 2010. It will be Bare’s sixth album and his first…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TIM KASHER TO RELEASE DEBUT SOLO ALBUM THE GAME OF MONOGAMY OCTOBER 5TH, 2010 ON SADDLE CREEK

Tim Kasher is set to release his debut solo album, The Game Of Monogamy, on October 5th, 2010 via Saddle Creek. Recorded this past January in Whitefish, MT, at SnowGhost Music and in his rental home in the small town, the album marks the first time Kasher – frontman for celebrated acts Cursive and The Good Life – has written, recorded, and produced an album under his own name. The…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kelli Scarr To Release Debut LP Piece On Silence Breaks August 10th

Kelli Scarr’s interest in music and recording started early, at the age of three with her Nana using a handheld cassette recorder to record her singing. Growing up amongst the soundtrack of her parent’s records and singing in the Lutheran church of her hometown, music quickly became an important part of Kelli Scarr’s life. After high school she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to study voice at Berklee, and she soon…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lock and Key – No Fate (CD)

Coming out of the gates with “Independence Game”, their emotionally charged breakdown-infested song, Lock and Key put seven tracks on “No Fate”, their first EP for Deep Elm. “2nd Quarter Broken”, previously released on “This Is How I Kill My Tears”, is the highlight on this disc, incorporating a driving beat with a catchy chorus to make the melody stick in the listener’s head. With “2nd Quarter Broken” ending too…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dubmatix with special guest Brother Culture Tour

06 Aug – Reggae Sun Ska – France 07 Aug – London, UK – One Love Reggae Festival 08 Aug – Dorset, UK – Endorse It In Dorset Festival 12 Aug – Nancy, FR – Le Clou 13 Aug – Paris, FR – Glaz Art 15 Aug – Belgium – Feest in het Park Brand new 7″ VINYL release Dubmatix feat. Tippa Irie “Happy” and the Aldubb “Happy Dub” remix.…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BISON b.c. confirmed to hit the road with Helmet this September!

The East Vancouver based band BISON b.c., who have been called “heavy as fuck” by Thrasher Magazine, have just confirmed a two-week plus tour with legendary alternative metal band Helmet, who are known for fusing Zeppelinesque riffing with a vehement post-hardcore precision, augmented by dense chords and offbeat time signatures. BISON b.c. will join Helmet when the tour kicks off on Wednesday September 8th in Sacramento, CA at Harlow’s Night…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

JUNGLE ROT drummer leaves + new US tour dates

Death metal institution and Napalm recording artists JUNGLE ROT report the following regarding the departure of drummer Eric House: “Eric found himself in a personal crisis that demanded his utmost attention. Therefore, he had no choice but to leave the band. Since then, we have been jamming with our good friend Tony Ochoa [SINDROME, SPEED HATE KILL] behind the kit, and things are sounding great! Tony is a ridiculously hard…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

PHENOM FILMMAKER ARAM RAPPAPORT IN PRODUCTION ON NEW FULL-LENGTH FEATURE ‘SUMMER SONG’

Twenty-one-year-old actor/director/writer and producer Aram Rappaport has undertaken his latest feature film project, Summer Song, currently in production in the classic East Coast locale of Cape Cod. Fresh out of the director’s chair of his 2009 crime drama Helix, Rappaport is on location in the Massachusetts enclave with a cast that includes acclaimed actor John Savage and screen favorite Alexa Vega, who’s also producing for the first time. Said director…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

JP, CHRISSIE & THE FAIRGROUND BOYS ANNOUNCE WEST COAST DATES

JP, Chrissie, & The Fairground Boys have just confirmed a handful live performances supporting Lucinda Williams to celebrate the launch of their new album, Fidelity!, set for release on August 24th through their own La Mina Records in partnership with Rocket Science Ventures. These performances will feature the band as an acoustic trio – JP Jones, Chrissie Hynde and Fairground Boys guitarist Patrick Murdoch – and will include an intimate…

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