Category: Artist News

Spindrift Announce Dates w/ The Dandy Warhols, Monolith Festival, and More!

“[Spindrift has] upgraded the master’s spaghetti sonics for the new millennium on its imminent full-length debut The West…” -Wired.com “L.A.Â’s leading practitioners of exotic soundscapes, conjuring up dreamy spells that alternately evoke spaghetti Westerns, psychedelia, dusty blues and Old World klezmer.” -LA Weekly Mixing the dusty, cinematic soundscapes of old spaghetti-western films with the mind-expanding Psych Rock of modern practitioners like The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre (not to…

DJ JS-1 – “Ridiculous” Remix feat. Masta Ace, OC, and Pharoahe Monch

DJ JS-1 recently dropped his first single, “Ridiculous.” Teaming with OC and Pharoahe Monch, the two New York emcees’ verses meshed with JS-1’s beat to create a track that had listeners buzzing. Now, JS-1 returns with the remix. Featuring a brand new, old school, synth-chopped beat courtesy of JS-1 and a surprise guest verse from another legendary New York emcee, Masta Ace, the remix proves to be just as ridiculous…

The exclusive re-releases of two albums by Theatre Of Tragedy out soon!

Theatre Of Tragedy is truly a phenomenon. Their first three releases became legendary on the doom/gothic/death metal scene, while the next two introduced a completely different musical style, bringing the group closer to industrial and electropop rather than traditional metal. Today Metal Mind Productions presents the exclusive re-releases of those two controversial albums by Theatre of Tragedy – “Musique” and “Assembly”. “Musique” was the first offering to take Theatre of…

The Veer Union Tour

Hard-hitting rockers The Veer Union recently kicked off a 7-date tour with Sick Puppies and Hurt. The tour will traverse the States with stops across the Midwest, Texas and East Coast over the next few weeks before finishing up in St. Louis, Missouri on September 11th. Check out the dates below to see when The Veer Union will rock near you. The Veer Union�s album Against the Grain, featuring the…

MOTLEY CRUE AND MONSTER ENERGY ADD ADDITIONAL STAGE TO CRUE FEST 2: TWICE AS MUCH ROCK, SAME PRICE

Crüe Fest 2 announced a partnership with Monster Energy to add an additional stage at most dates on this year’s festival. The new Monster Energy Stage doubles the entertainment value at Crüe Fest 2 with five additional bands – Rev Theory, Cavo, Shram and 16 Second Stare plus one band chosen locally in select markets, showcasing the next generation of rock. With no change in ticket prices, rock fans will…

Eleven Hundred Springs Tour

Eleven Hundred Springs are currently writing songs for their next record. Next month’s update should have all the details. EHS recently performed on live TXA 21’s Soundcheck, if you missed the broadcast you can view it here. If you’re in the DFW area don’t forget about Matt, Steve, and George’s (EHS Tour Manager) weekly radio show “Country Jam Radio”. The Country Jam Radio show is on the air every Wednesday…

The Depreciation Guild Release “In Her Gentle Jaws” Deluxe Vinyl & Digital Edition This Fall

“Laptop pop and shoegaze. Surprisingly, the mishmash of these two genres with video game music feels organic” Pitchfork http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11143-in-her-gentle-jaws/ “Soaring, shoegazing soundscapes of pop wonder” Chromewaves.com “Not to be missed!” Insound “These [three] gents’ music is a wonderful collage of guitars, drums, fuzzy electronics, and heartfelt lyrics that, in this writer’s opinion, places them a couple steps ahead of most post-rock acts. Makes me want to hop the L train…

SPANISH GAMBLE Record Album WHILE Touring!!!

Paper + Plastick Recording artist SPANISH GAMBLE are about to make recording interesting by sandwiching studio time between tour dates, ensuring that they’re in the mood, and away from distractions. “When you are gone on the road playing music after a few days you get into a different mindset, a band mindset, if you will, and that’s what we needed to make this happen,” says Colin (guitar, vox), “Everyones gotta…

Doctor Rosen Rosen – two new Lily Allen remixes from “It’s Not Me, It’s Doctor Rosen Rosen” – a remix of the whole Lily record

Who is Doctor Rosen Rosen? Why did he remix the whole Lily Allen Record? Clues here… – People started calling him Doctor Rosen Rosen in 9th grade- a nickname inspired by the movie Fletch (“paging Dr. Rosen Rosen.”) – First instrument was a bright yellow electric guitar– he wanted to be like Prince – He formed NYC rogue-pop band, THE HANDSOME PUBLIC with his friend Vickers Bastard Gringo. THE HANDSOME…

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC TO GIVE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF TIME TURNS ELASTIC WITH TREY ANASTASIO AT CARNEGIE HALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009, AT 8:00 P.M.

The New York Philharmonic will give the New York premiere of Time Turns Elastic – a work for vocals, electric guitar, and orchestra composed by Trey Anastasio, lead singer and guitarist of Phish, and his longtime collaborator, Don Hart – at Carnegie Hall, Saturday, September 12, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. An Evening with Trey Anastasio and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Asher Fisch – a benefit for the Kristine…

“Damn good” -melophobe

If you like it loud, listen to what melophobe says of The New Up, “Damn good. And quite loud. Throw in whatever references you like for lead female rock vocals: Deborah Harry of Blondie, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. ES Pitcher doesn’t have the type of voice that will blow you away after one listen, but her melodies cut cleanly through the massive waves of distorted and effected…

THE DANDY WARHOLS SEPTEMBER 2009 US TOUR DATES

Sep 01 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theater Sep 03 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club Sep 04 Sauget, IL (St. Louis, MO) @ Pop’s Sep 05 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom Sep 07 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Sep 08 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre Sep 09 Austin, TX @ Emo’s Sep 11 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre Sep 12 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen Sep 13…

Barenaked Lady Kevin Hearn wears Thin Buckle well

Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies is known for good-natured folk-rock and humorous onstage yakking. When BNL keyboardist Kevin Hearn and his offshoot band Thin Buckle take the stage at T.T. the Bear’s Place in Cambridge Tuesday, they may play a few BNL songs, but the sound will come from a different place. “Musically, it’s a little more left-of-center,” Hearn said by phone from Hawaii. “It’s more my own singular songwriting…

CHICKENFOOT ADDS TOUR DATES – MAINTAINS STRONG CHART POSITIONS

Having sold over 225,000 albums in one month, Chickenfoot, comprised of guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith, and Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony maintain a #2 position on the Billboard Indie Albums Chart and #21 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. These positions follow a strong debut at #4 for two weeks in a row and a top 10…

TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER 17TH & 18TH, 2009

3RD ANNUAL TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER 17TH & 18TH, 2009 The Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Decemberists, MSTRKRFT, Beirut, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, Brazilian Girls, Yo La Tengo, The Streets, The Walkmen, Passion Pit And More! July 13, 2009 – San Francisco, CA – San Francisco’s Indian summer is around the corner and with it brings the 3rd Annual Treasure Island Music Festival, the West Coast’s most…

Chicago’s oh my god Stare Down Calamities and Get Ready to Release New Disc, “The Night Undoes the Work of the Day” and Announce Fall US Tour

Hard-touring Chicago band oh my god return this fall with a brand new record, “The Night Undoes the Work of the Day”, and a coast-to-coast tour. “The Night…”, which will be released on September 29th on Split Red Records (who also released the band’s 2008 disc “Fools Want Noise”), was recorded throughout 2008 and early 2009 with producer Jim Tullio (John Martyn, Rick Danko, Steve Goodman, Mavis Staples, and others).…

MGMT HEADLINE TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 17

MGMT are set to headline the opening night of Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, CA on Saturday October 17, 2009. Now in it’s 3rd year, Treasure Island Music Festival has become the most anticipated boutique festival tour on the West Coast. Also on the bill for this date are MSTRKRFT, Girl Talk, Passion Pit, The Streets and more. Headlining the festival on Sunday are The Flaming Lips, with…

Night Horse Announce Tour Dates in Support of 7″ Single Series, Premier New MP3 “Choose Your Side”

Night Horse have announced a string of tour dates in support of the release of three split seven inch singles being released this summer. The band has also been confirmed for the main stage at The Sunset Junction Festival in Los Angeles on August 23rd. “If Sonic Youth had been immersed in an ocean of Allman Brothers inspiration, or Soundgarden had been steeped in late 60s Fleetwood Mac, then they…

St. Louis garage rockers Living Things are about to appear as one of their hero bands, the Ramones in the now-filming The Runaways, the biopic about the groundbreaking 70’s all-girl hard rock group led by Joan Jett. Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame plays Jett, with Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie and Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Shannon as the band’s “Svengali” Kim Fowley. In the scene, which is shooting this month,…

CAVO JOINS MONSTER ENERGY STAGE LINE-UP OF MÖTLEY CRÜE’S “CRÜE FEST 2” SUMMER TOUR

Cavo is burning up the Rock radio charts with their propulsive debut single “Champagne.” After hitting airwaves in April, the track has reached an audience of more than 53 million, scoring over 150 radio adds amongst all Rock formats. The single has claimed the No. 3 slot on Active Rock, broken into the Top 10 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, and gone Top 30 on the Modern Rock Charts. “Champagne”…