6/1 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY 6/2 – Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub – Boston, MA 6/3 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA 6/5 – The Bell House – Brooklyn, NY 6/6 – Jammin Java Music Club & Cafe – Vienna, VA 6/7 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON 6/9 – Double Door – Chicago, IL 6/10 – Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN 6/12 – Bluebird…
While a general theatrical strike caused the cancellation of the original opening night and delayed René Pape’s long-awaited role debut as Wagner’s King of the Gods, Wotan, Pape remarked calmly during his strike-imposed relaxation in a Milan hotel room, “Whenever it happens, it happens. My Wotan is ready to enter the world.” The strike concluded, Wagner’s Das Rheingold opened on May 16 at La Scala in a new co-production by…
Currently out on the road for a headlining tour through the end of May, The Spill Canvas have announced that they will continue touring in June and throughout the summer. The summer leg begins on June 12th and includes several Canadian dates. The band will also hit the road opening for Goo Goo Dolls and Switchfoot in July and August. The Spill Canvas, which is vocalist/guitarist Nick Thomas, guitarist Dan…
Hit-making songwriter Claude Kelly, dubbed the “Studio Beast,” penned the recently leaked Leona Lewis and Jennifer Hudson ballad “Love Is Your Color.” “Love Is Your Color” is the feature collaboration by two of today’s biggest divas off of the forthcoming original soundtrack for the new movie Sex And The City 2, out May 25 and in theaters May 27, respectively. The duet, produced by critically acclaimed producer and songwriter Salaam…
At the end of their last year of hard touring in support of their second album ‘Big Eye Little Eye’, which took them by way of Britain and Germany, straight across the USA sharing stages with Canadian luminaries like Feist and Sloan, those who witnessed its fury likely had no inkling it was the end of a chapter for the band. The long awaited homecoming was bittersweet; there were big…
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Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, Jana Hunter’s voice, and insistent drum throbs are the core components of Baltimore’s Lower Dens. Hunter, sometimes known for intimate, ghost-heavy weird-fi, is now writing and playing with a group that might get filed as new wave, or drone pop, or post-punk. With due deference to her solo work, we’re very glad. The swarming wave-throb, coupled with Hunter’s lyrics and redolent, charred voice, wrecks. The…
Indie-pop songstress Kina Grannis is thrilled to announce a Spring headlining tour of the US. The incredibly talented 24-year-old from Mission Viejo, California of Japanese, English, Irish, French, Dutch, Welsh and Scottish descent is heading out in support of her debut full-length album Stairwells. Self-released in February, the album debuted on the Billboard 200, #5 on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart and #2 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart. The release…
06.09: Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe 06.10: Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg 06.12: Toronto, ON – The Mod Club 06.14: Vancouver, BC – Venue 06.16: Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge 06.18: San Francisco, CA – The Independent 06.19: Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment commemorate the birth of music and screen legend Elvis Presley with the Elvis 75th Birthday Collection arriving on DVD June 1, just in time for Father’s Day. Featuring a selection of seven films from the king’s impressive body of work, the set includes both dramatic and musical roles that highlight the phenomenal talent of the great Elvis Presley. Included in the…
Australia’s masters of metal-core Parkway Drive are set to cement their reputation as one of the most dominant exponents of heavy hardcore on the planet with their spellbinding third album, Deep Blue, which is ready for release on June 29 via Epitaph Records. Check out the album’s trailer which features new music from Deep Blue here: http://tinyurl.com/2btv2w5. The hotly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Horizons, Deep Blue raises the bar in…
Da Kennel’s new single, “Model” is now available on iTunes for download. “Model” begins to impact radio across the country, and it has already been an underground and Midwest success. The captivating and hypnotizing song is the new woman’s anthem of 2010. “Model” was produced by Da Kennel’s own Mage, and is featured on the groups recently released mixtape Hood II Hood Vol. 1 hosted by DJ Steph Floss. “Model”…
American Idol alum and beat-boxing sensation Blake Lewis jumped a tremendous four spots on Billboard’s Hot Dance Airplay Chart this week, topping the chart at #1 with his single “Heartbreak on Vinyl.” Just last month, Lewis’ song topped Billboard’s Dance/Club Play Chart at #1. The latest position makes Lewis the first former American Idol contestant to score #1 hits on both of these charts. “Dance music has always been a…
Scott Miller is best known for non-stop touring with his band the Commonwealth, for being one of the founders of the seminal roots rock band The V-Roys and for his eight prior critically acclaimed albums including the recent Appalachian Refugee Demos. In fact, it was with proceeds from Internet sales of these demos made with a Marantz hard-disc recorder (with handmade cover art for each copy) that he financed For…
A year and a half after releasing the acclaimed Alopecia LP, WHY? returns with their fourth album, Eskimo Snow (released Sept. 22, 2009). The two records are each other’s perfect foil: While last year’s release found Yoni Wolf and the gang delivering a tight set of intricate rhymes, live loops, slurred hooks and acerbic wit, Eskimo Snow offers a sung, sobering take on mortality that unfurls in lush waves of…
Athens, GA’s Twin Tigers have been on the road supporting their recently released Gray Waves and announce national dates supporting Interpol following their stint supporting the Hold Steady ! Full Tour Dates Below! Twin Tigers’ Spring and Summer Tour Dates May 22 – The Social – Orlando, FL May 23 – The Social – Orlando, FL May 25 – Live Wire Music Hall – Savannah, GA May 26 – 40…
mewithoutYou will be hitting the road on the nationwide Our Cashew Princess of the Swirling Marble Tour this summer with Rubik and David Bazan and Rocky Votolato on select dates. There are currently 23 scheduled stops starting June 2nd in St. Louis, MO and culminating June 29th in Kalamazoo, MI. The tour comes after mewithoutYou’s latest release, IT’S ALL CRAZY! IT’S ALL FALSE! IT’S ALL A DREAM! IT’S ALRIGHT which…
Brooklyn-based quintet Extra Life recently debuted a brand new Tyondai Braxton (Battles) remix of their single “Head Shrinker,” with Stereogum, available for mp3 download here via LOAF. Stereogum premiered the band’s memorable “Head Shrinker” video a few months back, and calls the Braxton remix an “insectoid scratch-implosion, giving [Extra Life] their first pair of slippery dancing shoes.” Taken from Extra Life’s lauded sophomore album Made Flesh, out now on LOAF,…
For those who haven’t heard TRUTHLiVE’s new album, Patience, or his EP, The UnLearning, yet, there is now a new way to experience TRUTHLiVE. Kudos to DJ Vinroc who had a mixtape made in true and classic mixtape fashion that doesn’t skip from one track to the next. Running 20-minutes long, DJ Vinroc took the recent and best songs from both albums to put into the mixtape starting with title…
As Lone Star state rock quintet Green River Ordinance wrapped up their spring headlining tour on May 6 in Los Angeles, they were joined at the Troubadour by friends David Cook, Angel Taylor, and Matt Hires. The group wastes no time as it prepares to return to the road in support of their current single “On Your Own,” the follow up to “Come On” which reached Top 15 on the…