Noted in XXL Magazine as a “Player to Watch” and in The Source Magazine “Unsigned Hype” section, Indie Rap Artist Slykat is set to re-release his hit single, “Salud” on September 18th. Born in Miami, the now Vegas-based artist hit #41 on the Billboard Charts with “Salud”, without a distribution deal. Slykat broke a record on dsnmusic.com for over 1 million downloads, the most of any unsigned artist in the…
2001.4 song demo. Very fast tempoed punk with a vocalist such as Anthony Kiedas from the Red Hot Chili Peppers or the lead vocalist from the Stranglers. The guitarist is amazingly skillful in his trade as the guitar solos just blow me away. The songs of Emergence are in the hurried style of so many of the great punk bands of the 1970’s. The recording on this album is fantastic,…
Had you caught Psychic Ills on their West Coast tour with Indian Jewelry earlier this summer, you’d swear they were trying to skip clear off the celestial plane. Favoring longer pieces and employing their fair share of filter banks and enigmatic tribal percussive instruments, the band has firmly shaken the psych-rock comparisons to arrive at a sound all their own. This Fall they will be taking to the road again…
Modern rock renegades Hollywood Undead and Orange County rockers Atreyu, two of today’s most captivating live bands boasting a powerful mix of rock, metal and rap, have announced a co-headlining national club tour. The tour kicks off on October 16th in Lubbock, Texas through November 21st at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. The Live Nation produced tour will feature a 28 date trek across North America with stops at…
Coming out with an indie-rock album is a hard thing to do nowadays. While most bands out there go for the emo-rock route, picking the dead flesh off the body of Fugazi-era emo, The Emergency choose another path, instead taking cues from The Cars and Weezer. Not really datable or immediately able to be put into a genre, The Emergency’s music is a smart collection of poppy, jangly guitars and…
Oct 5 – Piano’s – NY, NY Oct 10 – 92Y Tribeca – NY, NY Oct 19 – Piano’s – NY, NY Press Swooned for Flight of the Knife “[Flight of the Knife is an] exquisite second effort.” -Spin Magazine “4/5 Stars. A tremendously fun album. Flight of The Knife more than delivers…†– All Music Guide “Incredibly talented…We think he is going to do very well.†– Perez Hilton…
September w/MUTEMATH 22 Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts 24 Baltimore, MD – Sonar 25 Philadelphia, PA – TLA 26 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues 27 Detroit, MI – Clutch Cargos 29 Madison, WI – The Majestic October 01 Des Moines, IA – People’s Court 05 Seattle, WA – Showbox 06 Portland, OR – Roseland 08 Sacramento, CA – Empire Events Center 09 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore 10 Los…
Following the release of their new CD Love & War on September 8, 2009, BarlowGirl will be taking their new music to the fans with their co-headlining Love & War tour that launches September 23rd. The tour will cover thirty-one cities over a two-month period that ends in Orlando, FL November 15th. Joining BarlowGirl on stage will be special guests, Superchick and VOTA. “We are thrilled to be on such…
El Presidente plays a weird style of rock music that does not have an immediate way to date it. There is a shrill type of vocals that would be equally as well placed in an act like The Darkness, while the simplistic style of the guitar and drums on a track like “Without You†reminds individuals of the Christian rock of the late nineties. In a way, El Presidente sounds…
It’s been a busy fall at the B9 and yesterday marked the release of Soul Control’s Cycles. With a sound that started out as more straight forward mid-90’s influenced hardcore, the quartet (comprised of Rory Van Grol on vocals, Eric Anagnostis on bass, Ryan Pitz on drums, and Jim Connolly on guitar) has emerged with a noisier, looser influence from bands like early Helmet, Jesus Lizard, and Unsane, but still…
Hot off a headlining slot on the Vans Warped Tour, Las Vegas’ most notorious and controversial rock band, Escape The Fate, have announced they will join Hollywood Undead and Atreyu on “The Vatos Locos Tour” this fall. Touring in support of their hit album, This War Is Ours, Escape The Fate continue their quest for worldwide domination. From their contentiously provocative video for their latest single, “10 Miles Wide,” to…
The back and forth sound of the opening strains of “Twill†is not much to excite individuals. Sure, there is a classic country type of sound that is dominant, but the dreamy vocals of Brood on this track do not really inflame listeners and cause them to listen in further. It is only when the guitars begin to tell a story when listeners begin to be roped in to “Ambassadorâ€.…
Honey-voiced songstress, Sara Lov, has been handpicked by longtime friend and collaborator Sea Wolf to open his seven-week musical voyage across the country. The national tour sets sail September 14 in Santa Barbara, just weeks after the re-release of Lov’s debut solo LP, Seasoned Eyes Were Beaming, out NOW via Filter US Recordings. Already a versatile performer, dating back to her stint as former lead singer of the revered dream-pop…
Fresh from headlining the Smartpunk stage on Warped Tour ’09, Hit The Lights is pleased to announce the “MANATOUR”. This will be the bands first headline tour in support of Skip School, Start Fights. The album, as well as the recently released EP Coast To Coast have become permanent fixtures in many music lover’s ipods thanks to catchy hooks and genuine lyrics, both fans and music critics agree, “if catchy…
It’s the middle of summer and new episodes of Alf, Magnum P.I., Miami Vice, Silver Spoons and Facts Of Life don’t hit until September. Need some cool tunes to help pass the time? We we’ve got the freshest new cassette for your summer driving – It’s Vinyl Life! Play it out but don’t leave it in direct sunlight! Emerging from Time Square NYC (circa Ed Koch) Vinyl Life is from…
It always gives me chills to listen to what is essentially the last output by a band, and even more so when the band is so impressive. The opening track “Away We Drift†has vocals that are simply divine, but have a mission. This mission, something that can be chalked up as a victory for Chris, is to struggle amongst bombastic instrumentation and make eir vocals audible. The end of…
The Rural Alberta Advantage was born out of singer/songwriter Nils Edenloff’s exodus from the province that inspired the band’s name and many of the songs from their enthralling debut album, Hometowns. Edenloff grappled with homesickness after his move from Edmonton, Alberta to Toronto, Ontario in 2003. To cope with his loneliness and isolation in the ‘big city’, the shy songwriter penned a series of odes to his former home, celebrating…
Creation Festival: The Tour hits the road for a second time this fall and is pleased to announce the dates and cities for its one-of-a-kind traveling experience. The tour will make stops in 30-plus cities across the nation and will include an element of local outreach in each city. Tickets for many of the dates are currently on-sale through iTickets.com. Patterned after the Creation Festivals, the nation’s largest Christian music…
Some of the same industrial-infused rock that was present on the last Alexander Hacke album, albeit couched with the same fuzz that marked a number of pop-industrial tracks of the mid-nineties. “After All†has a Bowie-esque feel to it that is bolstered by its Massive Attack-esque arrangement. Tracks like the self-titled go on the disc use an oddly-stacked backing beat to create a dance track in one of the most…
Los Angeles-based Princeton is releasing their debut record, Cocoon of Love, September 29th on Kanine Records. Growing up on Princeton Street in Santa Monica, the group now lives in an aging green house on a hillside in the Eagle Rock district of LA where their album was recorded. This week the band released its first vinyl release, a 7″ single on Kanine with the album track “Shout it Out” and…