Mark Elliott has been creating electronic dance music for over eight years. His primary influences date back to the early progressive house and trance music that emerged around the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. He prefers to create music by experimentation and free thought rather than trying to follow particular formula or make copies of music in today’s popular dance music styles. Despite the ever-evolving popular sound and developing sub-genre…
British band Tinyfish has been very busy for the past couple of months. Not only do they work on their forthcoming live DVD “One Night On Fire†but they also continue to record their brand new album “The Big Red Sparkâ€. Some very interesting news were posted yesterday on the band’s forum. Simon Godfrey: “I can now confirm that Mike Varty will be officially co-producing the Big Red Spark album…
Sarah Reeves shares the inspiration behind “My Savior” from her April 21 project, Sweet, Sweet Sound. To hear the story in its entirety, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0PE7DjwxsQ “This song comes from Matthew 14:22-32. It is the story of Peter walking on the water to Jesus. As long as he kept his eyes on Jesus, he was fine. As soon as he realized that the stormy sea was underneath his feet, he began…
With Ace Enders: June 19th Vineland, NJ Hangar 84 June 20th Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre June 21st Cleveland, OH Grog Shop June 23rd Pontiac, MI Pike Room June 24th Grand Rapids, MI The Mixtape June 26th Madison, WI The Loft June 27th Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen June 28th Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club With The Cab: July 5th Columbus, OH The Basement July 11th Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place…
Crews aren’t all the rage in hip-hop like they used to be, especially crews hailing from the Pacific Northwest. Sandpeople, a 10-member collective from Portland, Oregon is here to change all that with “Hate Aside,” the first official single from their nine-song EP, Long Story, Short… due out May 26 via Sandpeople Music. “Hate Aside” finds crew-members Sapient, ILLmaculate, Iame, and Ethic spitting over an infectious piano loop accompanied by…
Let the world tremble! Metal Blade Records and Slave Pit Inc. have joined forces again to announce the re-signing of the mighty GWAR…here we see Metal Blade Owner & CEO Brian Slagel and GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus holding the carefully crafted document that spells DOOM for the human race. Untold legions of slaves are already laboring without pause to prepare the world for the first release in what shall…
mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, is heating up the stage this summer with the first-ever “mtvU Sunblock Music Festival,†a four-city Festival featuring the hottest and most buzzed about performers. Co-headliners Boys Like Girls and Gym Class Heroes, with special guests The Academy Is, The Veronicas, and NeverShoutNever! are partnering with mtvU and MTV to bring this killer musical event to MTV’s summer-themed Sunblock programming on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, MTV…
US DATES: Jul 1 The Basement Columbus, OH Jul 2 Schuba’s Chicago, IL Jul 3 Summerfest Milwaukee, WS Jul 10 Sticky Fingerz Little Rock, AR Jul 11 Downtown Street Festival Huntsville, AL Jul 12 Forecastle Festival Louisville, KY Jul 25 D-Fest Tulsa, OK Jul 31 Backbooth Orlando, FL
“Who’s that girl?” people have been asking ever since a vintage video of 10-year-old Justin Timberlake performing the Paula Abdul hit “Opposites Attract” with an equally young girl at a Tennessee festival surfaced on www.perezhilton.com earlier this week. That girl is Ashley Arrison, who, like her friend Timberlake, has been hiding those MC Hammer pants in a deep hole in the backyard of her childhood home. Also like Timberlake, she…
Following in the footsteps of their conceptual album “Dear Diary” from FM Static, the band has teamed up with Youth Specialties to bring a free devotional guide to youth pastors. The “Dear Diary” Bible study guide is designed as a Vacation Bible School or outreach for teens. “This is something special that has never been done on one of our records before,” shares Trevor McNevan of FM Static. “It’s a…
El Michels Affair’s collection of instrumental covers of fifteen Clan classics, Enter The 37th Chamber, has been helping Wu-Tang fans realize their dreams. The soulful instrumentals providefans with the chance to spit their own verses to their favorite beats, in the privacy of our own homes of course. The latest candidate for a vocal makeover, “Duel Of The Iron Mics,” is from GZA’s 1995 solo release Liquid Swords and features…
The cry of love from our Creator is evidenced all around us from starfish to stars, snow peaks to mountain streams, songs of joy from tiny winged creatures. Do we hear the cry? Do we see the art and power of God’s design? Overwhelmed and pressed and into our daily lives, we often miss the glory, the treasure, right beside us. A hot cup of coffee, the legs that move,…
Metal Mind Productions will re-release 3 more albums from the discography of the best and the most spectacular thrash metal band in Poland – Acid Drinkers. “The State of Mind Report†is their seventh studio album originally released in 1996. Titus: “It’s a report on the state of our own minds, on our changing personalities. Litza is certain about his religious beliefs, while my opinion about it is completely different. 
LOWER CLASS BRATS are hitting the road with UK Punks VICE SQUAD all along the West Coast and Southwest in June. Before that gets underway, they will be doing a date with UK Oi! legends COCK SPARRER in San Antonio! the BRATS are also taking the shenanigans back to Europe for another tour. COMBAT ROCK will be releasing their upcoming 7†ep “Thoughts About You†and the new title track…
311 SUMMER UNITY TOUR: 06/16 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Amphitheatre 06/17 Columbus, OH Lifestyles Communities Pavilion 06/19 Detroit, MI Freedom Hill 06/20 Cincinatti, OH Riverbend Amphitheatre 06/21 Indianapolis, IN The Lawns 06/23 Saratoga, NY SPAC 06/24 Boston, MA Comcast Center 06/25 New York, NY Central Park Summerstage 06/27 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Art Center 06/28 Washington DC Nissan Pavilion 06/30 Philadelphia, PA Penns Landing 07/01 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless…
German band RPWL revealed the tracklist of their first DVD release “The RPWL Live Experienceâ€. The DVD features an impressive performance, filmed in mid February at the WyspiaÅ„ski Theatre in Katowice, where RPWL played as the headliner on the second day of the festival ProgRock 2009. The band’s music definitely has its own style – modern, yet also drawing from the best traditions of the prog-rock genre. All in all…
English punk turned folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner has signed to Epitaph Records with plans to release his third studio album, Poetry of the Deed, in September. The news comes on the heels of the recent announcement that the punk rock influenced bard will be performing his solo-acoustic act in front of his largest crowds ever when he tours North America in July in support of The Offspring. Turner’s musical odyssey…
North American Tour Dates June 26 || The Supermarket (TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival) || Toronto, ON June 28 || The Biltmore Cabaret (TD Canada Trust Vancouver Jazz Festival) || Vancouver, BC June 29 || Element (JazzFest International, w/ Blue King Brown) || Victoria, BC July 1 || Lydia’s Pub (Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival) || Saskatoon, SK July 2 || Lydia’s Pub (Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival) || Saskatoon, SK…
6/15 – Plush w/ Viva Voce – Tucson, AZ 6/16 – Rhythm Room w/ Viva Voce – Phoenix, AZ 6/17 – The Echo w/ Viva Voce – Los Angeles, CA 6/18 – Bottom Of The Hill w/ Viva Voce – San Francisco, CA 6/20 – Wonder Ballroom w/ Viva Voce – Portland, OR 6/21 – The Vera Project – Seattle, WA 6/22 – Media Club – Vancouver, BC 6/24 –…
Tone Tank, member of rap duo Iller Than Theirs and rap collective Nuclear Family, is back with another free solo project entitled The King of Surf Guitar Rap EP. Following the release of his last free EP, The Black Six Sessions, Tone was due for a much needed vacay from NYC. Embarking west for salvation, Tone ended up in a nearly dilapidated hotel in the middle of the desert in…