New Starz Original Action Series ‘Spartacus: Blood and Sand,’ Coming to Premier Fan Event with Panel Discussion, Ultimate Fan Pack Giveaways, Sneak Peek and More First Look at Upcoming Official “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” iPhone/iPod Touch Game, Motion Comic San Diego, Calif. – July 23, 2009 – Fans will be able to enter the arena of the eagerly anticipated Starz original series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” at the 2009 San…
Tiny Mix Tapes “Like The Pixies, Yourself and the Air are experts at building songs around distinct guitar movements that shift seamlessly into one another on a smooth rotation. Best of all, they do it without sounding like a shallow imitation…” Punknews.org “Yourself and the Air play a surprisingly mature and thoughtful brand of indie bearing more than enough melody and wistfulness to get by.” chicago INNERVIEW “The delicious music…
The highly anticipated debut album from fun., Aim And Ignite, approaches its August 25th release date with two very exciting North American tours. Beginning August 14th in El Paso, Texas, Nate Ruess (The Format), Andrew Dost (Anathallo) and Jack Antonoff (Steel Train), who are collectively known as fun., will embark on a two-week tour with admirers, Hellogoodbye. Soon after, the carnival-pop outfit will head out on their first headlining tour…
Sandpeople, a 10-artist collective, recently hit the streets of the city they call home, Portland, Oregon, for the video shoot of their latest track “Hate Aside.” This video, a behind the scenes look at the shoot and at Sandpeople themselves, is both a serious and hilarious take on who the hip-hop group really are. From the opening cut of a dubbed Muppets movie to the group’s closing remarks, placed at…
L.A.-based vocal group Sonos reinvigorate a capella with their “innovative vocal arrangements, inspired repertoire” on SonoSings, the “stunning debut” (-Chris Douridas, KCRW) due September 15 on Verve. The disc introduces the all-vocal powerhouse with eleven unaccompanied reinventions of songs from a diverse pool of artists: critics’ darlings Bjork, Rufus Wainwright, indie staples Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, as well as musical icons from Radiohead to The Jackson 5. It also features…
D.Black, a Seattle, Washington-based emcee, is proud to announce the release of Ali’Yah. The album, D.Black’s sophomore effort, which features production from Jake One and Vitamin D, will be available September 15 via Sportn’ Life Records/MYX Music Label. There are defining moments in every career. Moments of ascension; moments when taking the step from one level to the next is not only inevitable, but necessary. For D.Black, an emcee many…
Awarded Best Male Vocalist and Best Song at the 2008 International Reggae and World Music Awards, Tarrus Riley is the most promising of the second generation of Jamaica roots reggae singers. With an August 4, 2009 release of his much-anticipated third set CONTAGIOUS on Cannon Productions, distributed by VP Records, Tarrus Riley reaffirms that he is one of finest singer/songwriters of his generation, irrespective of musical genre. The son of…
KOMPAKT’s most anticipated release returns. And we are 10!!! And its coloured gold this year! So it’s time for 10…what a run it’s been folks and we’re set to celebrate with our jubilee rollout for 2009 – still standing and stronger that ever KOMPAKT returns with our annual tradition – the Cologne event this year set for the 14th of August and the collection. Spanning the course of 2 CD’s…
Konami announced today that a video game based on the hit Adult Swim series Metalocalypse is currently in development for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®Network. Created by series co-creator Brendon Small and based on the top-rated Adult Swim animated series, the upcoming Metalocalypse: Dethgame will immerse players into the world of Dethklok, the world’s most brutal Norwegian heavy metal…
So what has La Crescenta rapper Kenan Bell been up to since hearing that he would be touring with De La Soul? “Been practicing my shout-outs,†he cracked, adding more seriously, “I’ve been hoop-ing, trying to get my wind back. Gotta be ready.†It’s safe to assume he meant basketball, and not hula. Bell has drawn De La Soul comparisons for the alternative approach both take to their respective brands…
The ninth release on Hessle Audio sees Pearson Sound, aka David Kennedy, make his debut release on the label. Soul Jazz Records have recently released a Pearson Sound 12″ (Gambetta / So Far Ago), and his tune ‘Indelible’ appeared on the ‘All Night Long’ CD and 12″ released on Aus Music. In addition, he has a double pack forthcoming on the forward thinking Darkestral label. Hessle Audio was formed in…
Whatcha Say,†the debut single from up-and-coming pop singer and songwriter Jason Derulo, has been added to playlists at 21 pop and rhythmic radio stations from coast to coast, including Los Angeles’ influential KIIS FM, WKST in Pittsburgh, and WNKS in Charlotte, NC. Derulo has set out on a nationwide radio promo tour during which he will visit on-air with various program hosts and perform at events throughout July and…
aughtry will embark upon a short club tour this August, starting just weeks after the release of LEAVE THIS TOWN (19 Recordings/RCA Music Group), the follow-up to the band’s Grammy-nominated and quintuple-platinum debut. Singer Chris Daughtry, bassist Josh Paul, drummer Joey Barnes, and guitarists Brian Craddock and Josh Steely will use the intimate shows to perform many of the songs from the new album on stage for the first time.…
For the past few months Queensbridge emcee Blaq Poet has been feeding the fans – songs, exclusive remixes, videos, behind the scenes… the works. All that hard work pays off today with the release of Blaq Poet’s new album, Tha Blaqprint. To celebrate the album release, Blaq Poet is unleashing a new, never before heard track from the new album, “Stretch Marks and Cigarette Burns” featuring Panchi of NYGz and…
VP Records will release Extra Raw: The Best of Lady Saw on July 14, 2009. This 18-track album and DVD encapsulates her most brilliant work over her 13 year career with VP with crucial hits from her catalogue and a bonus DVD featuring uncut and an explicitly electrifying 1997 New York City stage performance as well as her biggest music videos. Extra Raw features production by Dave Kelly, Tony “CD 
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead announce a headlining North American tour kicking off July 26th at Jelly NYC’s Summer Pool Party Series in Brooklyn, NY at the newly located 5,000 capacity Williamsburg Waterfront music venue. The tour also features performances at two major US music festivals: All Points West on August 1st and Austin City Limits on October 3rd. This announcement comes on the heels…
Washington may be chock-a-block with lobbyists and consultants, but only one of them rocks the n’goni, the West African plucked lute covered with animal skin. He advises presidents and the World Bank. He’s played for everyone from a struggling couple trying to save their marriage, to the U.S. Congress. He’s hobnobbed with American string and Blues legends—from Bela Fleck to Corey Harris—and along the way reunited his beloved instrument with…
The ï¬rst single from her upcoming Wagon Repair debut album and her ï¬rst release of 2009, Dinky (aka Alejandra Iglesias) is ably following up on the momentum gathered from her 2008 album ‘May Be Later’ on Vakant. In a decade of releases on labels from Cocoon and Traum to Carpark and Crosstown Rebels, Dinky continues to cement her place amongst techno’s most enterprising producers with four new tracks. Opener ‘Wind’…
Today Paper + Plastick Records is pleased to announce that punk mainstays A WILHELM SCREAM have joined its growing and already impressive roster. The label will release a self-titled 12†EP early this Fall, which will be sold exclusively at www.paperandplastick.com. “I’ve toured with A Wilhelm Scream,†admits P+P founder and Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello. “I know the band’s work and touring ethic. I know them as friends…
Ancestors have announced they will release the follow up their critically acclaimed debut album “Neptune With Fire” on October 6th. The brand new album will be titled “Of Sound Mind”. We have an exclusive stream (for Press/Radio only) set up of the album below. The password is “temp1”: “LA Quintet Ancestors are suitably lysergic, their debut consisting of two conceptual, organ-striated heavy rock odysseys” – MOJO “Come to Neptune With…