Throughout the last few years, I have been to Bowling Green, Ohio a number of times. Of course, the Allied Media Conference (originally the Underground Publishing Conference) had its best days in Bowling Green before moving up to the bleak Detroit cityscape, while Howards Club H is one of the best bars / venues that I have had the chance to go to. While the mall there sucks pretty hardcore,…
oday, festival organizers for the ROTHBURY music festival announced that they will not host a 2010 event. According to event producers Madison House Presents and AEG Live, a contributing factor in the decision is that, due to various artists’ recording and touring schedules, timing will not allow them to assemble the cutting edge roster that has been associated with ROTHBURY. Madison House Presents’ Jeremy Stein explains, “The result for this…
Battery/Jive recording artist D.C. Don Juan has wasted no time getting his career in full swing. Shortly after signing his major label deal, the D.C.-raised rapper who has previously honed his skills under the driving motivation of NBA stars DerMarr Johnson, Allen Iverson, and Carmelo Anthony, released the video for his exciting new single, “Lookie Looky,” receiving both commercial and critical acclaim. Proud of the video’s early success, D.C. Don…
We Were Promised Jetpacks will be touring beginning in February in support of their critically acclaimed album, These Four Walls, out now on FatCat. In 2009 We Were Promised Jetpacks performed at SXSW and toured the U.S. in the fall along with labelmates, Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad and BrakesBrakesBrakes. This is We Were Promised Jetpacks first-ever U.S. headlining tour and will include a return trip to the SXSW Music…
Swedish melancholic metallers IN MOURNING will release their upcoming full-length entitled Monolith via Singapore’s Pulverised Records on February 16. Monolith is currently streaming in its entirety at the following location: http://www.inmourning.net/monolith/. The mini-site also includes band bio, photos and videos taken from the Monolith recording sessions. Monolith was recorded, mixed and mastered at Black Lounge Studio (Scar Symmetry, Carnal Forge, Steel Attack etc.) with Scar Symmetry guitarist/producer Jonas Kjellgren (Carnal…
“The Mistake,” the first video from Chicago-based rock band AM Taxi’s upcoming Virgin Records debut album, We Don’t Stand a Chance, will premiere this Saturday, January 16 on MySpace. The debut CD comes out on June 2010, just prior to the band hitting the road for this summer’s Warped Tour, starting June 24 through August 15. AM Taxi are one of the few groups booked for the entire prestigious concert…
TRANSFER released their full-length album aptly titled, Future Selves. Tucked away in the canyons in North San Diego among the influence of coyote howls and cricket bows, they created a collection of songs with poignant and chilling lyrics and sounds broad enough in range to deem undeniable. While exhibiting all the grandeur of British rock, yet rooted in the gritty allure of the American west, TRANSFER beseeches personal discovery. You…
Al Jarnow may not be a household name, but if your childhood consisted of watching PBS television series such as Sesame Street, 3-2-1 Contact and Infinity Factory, you’ve seen his films. Tens of millions of children and adults have viewed his stop motion, time lapse, and cel animation masterpieces over the last 40 years. For the first time, all 45 individual films have been restored and color corrected to original…
Sea Wolf burst into 2010 riding the wave of one of the biggest cultural phenomena in recent memory, “Twilight: New Moon,” the wildly successful vampire franchise, with original song, “The Violet Hour.” This followed the release of the band’s acclaimed sophomore album, White Water, White Bloom, on Dangerbird Records, as well as a national headline tour. Next month, Sea Wolf is picking up again with a new single and more…
LIZZY BORDEN announces three exclusive California dates to start off 2010. These first of the New Year shows will be a best of LIZZY BORDEN, incorporating songs from the entire catalog including the latest record Appointment With Death. “These will be the first headlining shows on the west coast that we’ve done in a long while,†explains Lizzy. “We are hyped and can’t wait to see our friends and fans.…
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ATO Records is excited to announce that the explosive Mexican guitar-shredding Rodrigo y Gabriela have announced their Spring 2010 tour of North America. The dates begin February 28th at the 9:30 club in Washington, DC, run through March, and culminate with a special performance at New York’s historic Radio City Music Hall on April 29th. These dates are a part of Rodrigo y Gabriela’s world tour in support of their…
Sony Classical is pleased to announce the signing of an exclusive agreement with American pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Known for her intelligent but emotive performances, Dinnerstein has been called “…a phenomenon in the world of classical music†by The Washington Post. The New York-based pianist gained an international following because of the remarkable success of her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, which she raised the funds to record. Released in 2007,…
Nebula will embark on a month long European / UK Tour beginning January 27th in Madrid, Spain. The tour will be in support of “Heavy Psych” an album which marked the bands return to Tee Pee Records for the first time since their debut LP Let It Burn. The band completed a massively successful US Tour with The Entrance Band in September, appeared at the 2009 CMJ Music Festival and…
Acclaimed U.K. five-piece Fanfarlo (namely lead singer/songwriter Simon Balthazar and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Lucas) recently visited SPIN HQ. The duo performed “Drowning Men” and “Comets,” both from the band’s 2009 debut Reservoir, plus two others from their repertoire: new track “Atlas” and a cover of Bonnie Prince Billy’s “A Minor Place.” Visit http://spin.com/articles/watch-fanfarlo-play-acoustic-spin-hq. Fanfarlo will return to the U.S. in February for a handful of tour dates, kicking off February 20…
Vancouver’s Fan Death (aka Dandilion Wind Opaine and Marta Jaciubek-McKeever) have just announced a series of highly anticipated live shows this March, bringing their beautifully dark, theatric take on classic electronic pop to many North American cities for the first time. On tour supporting the UK’s electro-pop phenom Little Boots, dates begin March 2nd in New York, concluding with several appearances at SXSW to be announced. Recently amassing over 100,000…
Bear Hands release their new single ‘What A Drag’ on Cantora Records and for one month, you can download the tunes for free! Just when all the fuss is exploding on the Brooklyn indie art and pop rock scene, Cantora Records are ready to unleash Brooklyn’s Bear Hands US debut single, and their sexiest tune yet, What A Drag on February 16th. But this band doesn’t sound like they are…
Excitement continues to grow as the kick-off of the George Strait and Reba tour approaches. After Baltimore, they continue to Greensboro, NC with additional dates coast to coast through March. With a repertoire of countless fan favorites and award-winning hits, choosing a set list will be the biggest challenge for the three stars. Of course recent hits including Strait’s fast moving “Twang†which currently sits at #12 on Billboard and…
Described by designer Jacques Herzog as capturing “the moment in history where an old world, an antique world, is collapsing and something new is rising out of the rubble,†Verdi’s Attila has never before been staged by the Metropolitan Opera. Now, with opening night just weeks away, Opera News’s February issue brings the company’s first production of the “rousing early opera†into focus. Making his highly-anticipated Met debut in the…
Armed with some of their most dynamic and engaging work to date, Philadelphia-based rapper Freeway and producer Jake One are seizing the moment and setting out to stimulate the hip-hop economy with three album release parties in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. The heralded collaboration, The Stimulus Package, marks Freeway’s third official album and his first release for Rhymesayers Entertainment, voted best label of the decade by URB Magazine. The…