Category: Artist News

Posted on: July 18, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Our Lady Peace US Tour Dates * Album News * Video for “All You Did…”

Our Lady Peace, the Canadian rock band consisting of Raine Maida, Duncan Coutts, Jeremy Taggart and Steve Mazur will release their 7th studio album on July 21st, 2009. Burn Burn will be released in the U.S. through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. Burn Burn will be released as a standard 10 track CD as well as a Deluxe two disc CD/DVD fanpack with bonus tracks, music videos and exclusive…

Posted on: July 18, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Tracey Takes On…: The Complete Final Two Seasons Arrives on DVD

Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to release a special THREE DVD set — Tracey Ullman’s, Tracey Takes On…, a hilarious account of the final two seasons of her highly-acclaimed, HBO comedy series including guest appearances by some of the entertainment industry’s top performers, on July 14, 2009 (Pre-book order date June 24, MSRP $26.99). Now it becomes crystal clear why all these years Tracey Ullman has been advising us after…

Posted on: July 17, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

EULOGY RECORDINGS Signs SWITCHBLADE KILLERS

Eulogy Recordings is very proud to announce the signing of SWITCHBLADE KILLERS. They are playing this years Warped Tour from July 7th to August 1st. Switchblade Killers vocalist/guitarist Zach Neil commented “We’re really interested in being the only rock and roll band on Eulogy. Part of the reason we went with Eulogy was because we’re not a hardcore band at all. We think the contrast makes for an interesting experience.…

Posted on: July 17, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Introducing DJ FOOD

With nearly 25 years of DJing experience and more than a decade serving up Food for DJs, for both Ninja and Coldcut’s weekly radio show ‘Solid Steel’, Kev is now in the Food hot seat. At his ‘Telepathic Fish’ ambient parties in the early 90’s he booked Matt Black on his first VJing gigs, started designing artwork for Ninja Tune and paired up with PC (Patrick Carpenter) to form the…

Posted on: July 17, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

ROYALCHORD ANNOUNCE U.S. SUMMER TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF THEIR U.S. DEBUT ALBUM

As Supply & Demand Music gears up for the release of Royalchord’s The Good Fight, Tammy Haider and Eliza Hiscox, the ladies that make up the electro-country band, are plotting their first major US tour, set to kick off July 20th at The Smell in Los Angeles. This tour will bring the Melbourne, Australia band from coast-to-coast with over 30 shows planned across the States. They will be touring with…

Posted on: July 17, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Dappled Cities Unveil “Zounds” Cover Art / Tracklisting Revealed

Pitchfork: Dappled Cities are a mature band with a highly evolved sense of songcraft and arrangement. Aside from merely writing them, they know how to inhabit songs and make them breathe. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10302-granddance/ Filter: When the eclecticism of Clap Your Hands… meets the epic mindfuck of Arcade Fire — and it’s all fueled by Australia’s notoriously noxious spirit — all you can say is, “Duck.” http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=14622&c=3 Spin: As stripped-down Dappled Cities…

Posted on: July 17, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Breathe Carolina Release Artwork and Tracklisting for New Album “Hello Fascination”

Currently taking Vans Warped Tour 2009 by storm, electro-pop-rock duo Breathe Carolina has released the artwork for their new album Hello Fascination – take a look at the album cover below! And don’t forget, you can get an exclusive first listen to “Welcome To Savannah” from the new album by downloading the Fearless Records’ Summer Sampler, available now at www.MySpace.com/fearlessrecords BC cover Full tracklisting is as below: 1. Hello Fascination…

Posted on: July 16, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Nothington “Roads, Bridges, and Ruins” cover art and track listing!

Track Listing 1. A Mistake 2. If You Say So 3. Another Day 4. Not Looking Down 5. Stop Screaming 6. The Ocean 7. This Conversation Ends 8. Meant To Lose 9. Best For Me 10. Sleep Tight Hailing from San Francisco, Nothington are Jay (vox/guitar), Chris (vox, guitar), Tony (vox/bass), and Gabe (drums). No strangers to the grind, members of Nothington have previously played in such beloved SF Bay…

Posted on: July 16, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

DeeExpus – preview of the DVD available on YouTube!

“Far From Home”, the first DVD from British prog rock band DeeExpus, is finally set for release this coming Monday, 6th July. For an early sneak preview of the DVD, we have uploaded the track “Greed” – on Metal Mind Productions’ channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MetalMindPoland. Andy Ditchfield: “Greed was written specifically as the opening track for Half Way Home and it seemed fitting that we should play it to open…

Posted on: July 16, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

BETTYE LaVETTE DEBUTS AT #8 BILLBOARD’S CURRENT BLUES CHART

BETTYE LaVETTE continues to make her well-deserved mark with each new recording. Her latest, Change is Gonna Come Sessions (available exclusively on iTunes) has debuted at #8 on Billboard’s Top Current Blues Albums this week. Also, Living Blues Magazine honored Bettye with two nominations in their Annual Reader’s Poll: Best Live Performer and Most Outstanding Blues Singer. Anyone can vote at www.livingblues.com by clicking on 2009 Living Blues Awards Vote…

Posted on: July 16, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

ALICE IN CHAINS POST NEW SINGLE NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

ALICE IN CHAINS are giving fans a sneak preview of their highly anticipated upcoming album BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE (Virgin/EMI) by posting a brand-new song online. The seven-minute-long track, titled “A Looking In View,” is currently available for free download on www.aliceinchains.com or for pure listening enjoyment on www.myspace.com/aliceinchains. A companion video for the song is forthcoming and its trailer is available on the band’s official website. “A Looking…

Posted on: July 16, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Multi platinum recording artists Chevelle on tour now with hot new single “Jars” at rock radio

Multi-platinum Epic recording artists Chevelle have just wrapped up recording their highly-anticipated new album Sci-Fi Crimes which will be released September 8. The band’s brand new single “Jars” was the number one most added track at rock radio last week. The Chicago-based trio spent seven weeks co-producing the new album with Brian Virtue (Jane’s Addiction, 30 Seconds to Mars, Deftones) in Nashville, Tennessee and are excited to hit the road…

Posted on: July 15, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Landmarq – Turbulence CD to be released soon!

Metal Mind Productions presents the third live album by Landmarq – one of the leading bands on the British neo-progressive scene! The album entitled “Turbulence – Live in Poland” features a recording of the band’s superb performance at the Wyspianski Theatre in Katowice, Poland in November 2005 taken from the Landmarq DVD of the same title. Majestic guitars and keyboards, sophisticated compositions and Tracy Hitchings’ beautiful voice – it’s all…

Posted on: July 15, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

UPDATED OUT-OF-PRINT MICHAEL JACKSON BIO COMING

Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, announced today the acquisition of J. Randy Taraborrelli’s long out-of-print biography on Michael Jackson, considered to be the definitive chronicle of the turbulent life of the “King of Pop,” who died suddenly at age 50 in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25. MICHAEL JACKSON: THE MAGIC, THE MADNESS, THE WHOLE STORY, 1958-2009 which has not been available in the United States…

Posted on: July 15, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Preview On the Sleeve from New Roman Times

Austin indie quartet New Roman Times is led by collaborator-husband/wife team Daniel Owens and Josie Fluri. Their new album, On The Sleeve (July 14,New Granada), is a follow-up to 2005’s International Affairs (Social Recordings). On The Sleeve is a dance/rock-tinged long-player with strong collection of driving indie rock with a flair for 80’s inspired dark-wave. Few new-millennium acts seem to have gotten the balance of familiar ’80s-club emotional throb and…

Posted on: July 15, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

“Jesus Camp” Meets “Lost in La Mancha” in the Acclaimed Doc AUDIENCE OF ONE on IndiePix DVD 8/18

This Award-winning Festival Fave — the Special Jury Award Recipient at SXSW 2007 –Debuts on Extras-Loaded DVD for $24.95srpÂ…Only from IndiePix® IN STORES AUGUST 18 NEW YORK, NY – If God spoke to you and asked that you re-define the Hollywood epic with a multi-million dollar cross between Star Wars and The Ten Commandments, what would you do? Ten years ago, charismatic pastor and fledgling filmmaker Richard Gazowsky received such…

Posted on: July 15, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Sleepy Sun Announce North American Tour

Daytrotter Session : http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/sleepy-sun-haunts-of-acid-rains-and-lush-orangeness-concert/20030692-3737898.html Pitchfork (7.5) : http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13098-embrace/ Spooonful : http://www.spooonful.com/rock/sleepy-sun SF Weekly : http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2009/06/last_night_sleepy_sun_at_great.php San Francisco Chronicle : http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/17/DDIJ187M97.DTL Las Vegas Weekly : http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2009/jun/04/sleepy-sun/ KEXP : http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/05/03/live-review-sleepy-sun-the-sunset-430/ Amplifier Magazine : http://www.amplifiermagazine.com/amplified/sleepy_sun.php Thu 8/27 – The Cellar Door – Visalia, CA Fri 8/28 – Bunkhouse Saloon – Las Vegas, NV Sat 8/29 – Monte Vista Lounge – Flagstaff, AZ Mon 8/31 – Pastime Tavern – Dallas, TX Tue 9/1 –…

Posted on: July 14, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

505 Games and Paramount Digital Entertainment to Bring “Grease” to Nintendo Platforms

505 Games today announced it has secured the global publishing rights for a video game based on the original high school musical, Grease. Working in collaboration with Paramount Digital Entertainment, 505 Games will oversee and publish a Grease video game for the Nintendo Wiiâ„¢ and Nintendo DSâ„¢. The Grease video game will allow players to sing and dance alongside Danny, Sandy, The Pink Ladies and the T-Birds. The game will…

Posted on: July 14, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Slaraffenland Reveal Details for We’re on Your Side, due September 15th, 2009 from Hometapes. Fall Tour Dates with Akron/Family Below!

“We have waited a while…still it’ll take us some time” begins “Meet and Greet.” Vocal harmonies ring out to the pulsing beat of a delayed floor tom. A guitar wakes up the reeds. The subtle organic percussion of handclaps punctuates the amplified air, the music becoming a distinct human synthesis. This is a pop song. This is Slaraffenland. Based in Denmark, they embrace the art of shape, of space, and…

Posted on: July 14, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

BLAKE LEWIS TO RELEASE NEW ELECTRONIC/POP/DANCE ALBUM HEARTBREAK ON VINYL VIA TOMMY BOY ENTERTAINMENT ON OCTOBER 6th

American Idol alumni and beat-boxing sensation Blake Lewis is set to release his second studio album, Heartbreak on Vinyl, on October 6th via Tommy Boy Entertainment, it was announced today. The album’s first single, “Sad Song,” is scheduled to hit radio in July and will become available first to fans through an exclusive ringtone download via the Blake Lewis Official Fan Club. “Heartbreak On Vinyl is the culmination of over…