Dylan Bezzina AKA Sketch 17 years old Born in Toronto and now living in Cambridge, has always dreamed of making it in the music industry . Sketch’s musical influences growing up were N’sync, LL Cool J and more recently Mario,Ne-Yo and Chris Brown. Sketch has been able to capture all of these influences in his music combining both his lyrical writing talent with his vocal ability to sing both as…
Harlem Shakes as we know it were born in 2006, after an earlier incarnation of the band went to college and went nuts. Lexy still sings lead, and Brent still plays the drums (and drum machine), but now Kendrick plays keyboards, Jose plays bass, and Todd plays guitar. Everyone sings. Harlem Shakes have toured with Deerhoof, Vampire Weekend, and Beirut, and opened for Wire, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Arctic…
Las Vegas’ Molotov Solution have posted two new songs to their myspace page. Living Proof and The Harbinger are up now for fans to check out. The Harbinger, the band’s sophomore album and Metal Blade debut, will be available everywhere on June 9th. Molotov Solution delivers a violent and brooding sound, with a strong politically driven message that this world is only getting worse as each day goes by. Formed…
Polish extreme metalers BEHEMOTH have set Evangelion as the title of their 9th full-length studio album due out this summer. Evangelion marks the follow up to the bands extremely successful 2007 release The Apostasy; a release which saw BEHEMOTH acquire the supporting slot to second stage headliners Hatebreed on Ozzfest which also featured Lamb of God, Lordi, and Nile just to name a few. Following Ozzfest, BEHEMOTH co-headlined the Radio…
“I’m incredibly pleased to announce that James Blackshaw will now be working with Young God Records for future releases of his absolutely beautiful and spellbinding music. The first such release is The Glass Bead Game. I am – and have been for a long time – a huge fan. James has received a lot of attention lately as a prodigy/virtuoso of the 12 string guitar , but he’s anything but…
Now it’s time for some real deepness! Cosmic Cowboys are a duo from Venice, Italy, who has been supporting Trenton records for a while now. After a month of myspace/skype/facebook/msn/email exchanges and lots of music sharing we ended up working together which felt really natural and predestined on both sides. “Luce†and “Fuerteventura†are two deep house tracks that take you on a nice ride, with the wall of keys that is the…
Who is Ed Bentley? Now there’s a question that comes up more and more lately, as the new generation of Country and Rockabilly fans keeps evolveing. The answer in short… Ed Bentley is a rockin’ country/rockabilly singer/songwriter… http://www.cdbaby.com/edbentley Some of you may know that late in 2004, Ed was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. www.rockabillyhall.com/edbentley Having been away from the music scene for over 20 years, at that…
When Randolph Chabot, the 22-year-old auteur behind Deastro, is asked about the title of his new album, he recounts a dream about a prince, a kingdom, an evil King of Darkness, and a search for the mythical “Moondagger,†the bearer of which wields ultimate power. And while Moondagger, Deastro’s astonishing new album, does contain traces of that dream–in all of its bittersweet, fantasy-novel glory–the record itself is infinitely more down-to-earth,…
Critical Praise for El Michels Affair: “The ensemble approaches the Wu-Tang material with genuine appreciation and artistry, bringing out some of the original influences that RZA’s brilliant production drew on in the first place.” – EntertainmentWeekly.com The Song: El Michels Affair’s new album, Enter the 37th Chamber, hasn’t hit stores yet, but has already generated substantial buzz and been featured in Rollingstone.com, Wired.com, and many other online outlets. El Michels…
The happy (not so) few that were lucky enough to attend the listening session for SKITLIV’s upcoming album “Skandinavisk Misantropi” last week-end at the Inferno Festival in Oslo, Norway with band leader Maniac (ex MAYHEM) and other band members, also had to opportunity to discover the tracklisting to the band’s upcoming album. Here it is, now officially unveiled: 1. Luciferon (intro) 2. Slow Pain Coming 3. Hollow Devotion 4. Skandinavisk…
The mixture of heavy vocal presence (Joel Peterson of The Faint) with a very electronic, eighties-reminiscent arrangement makes tracks like “This Is An Introduction†into a sleeper dance hit. The cover of “Inside/Absentâ€, a continuation of Broken Spindles’ last album (self-titled) really is a perfect representation of the style of music that is dominant on the disc. The instrumentation is the reason for the angular landscape, but the very humane…
Thunderdome Touring, and Season of Mist present the return of the technical metal keystone, ATHEIST to the North American tour trail this July! Starting as far back as the late 80’s, ATHEIST etched their name in stone for taking progressive metal to pioneering extremes. Laying largely dormant for the past 15 years, this integral quartet has risen again, inked with Season of Mist and prepared for a mid-summer crusade. They…
Mindi Brizendine Bio: This dynamic vocalist from Portland, Oregon is entertaining audiences across the NW with great jazz & swing standards, blues, and Broadway favorites, jazz, swing and blues originals, and popular/folk hits from the 60‘s to today. Her artistic vocal style has been described by her fans as “reminiscent of great artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Etta James, Karen Carpenter, Maureen McGovern, and Rosemary Clooney.” Mindi has…
“Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat takes Weimar-era cabaret and throws it down the velvet goldmine. The Cramps would be proud. There will be leather. There may be guns. You will submit.†– Austin Chronicle Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat is the naughty brainchild of Stephanie Stephens and Adam Sultan, two musicians and actors and from Austin, TX. The duo recently completed a video (LINK) for the charismatically clever…
With the release of the Secret Love compilation series Sonar Kollektiv have succeeded in encapsulating this spirit shared among friends and fans of the label and in delivering a very personal vision of what soul-folk music is. And given the success of the previous volumes of Secret Love, Jazzanova faced something of a challenge in putting together this 5th issue in the series. Of course, expectations are high following the…
DJ Dan has been on the cutting edge of forward thinking dance tracks for over 18 years. As one of the pioneers of the west coast explosion throughout the 90s to the present day wave of electro and indie dance, DJ Dan continues to push the envelope as he brings to you his long awaited debut artist album entitled Future Retro. Get a taste of whats in store on the…
Manchester Orchestra and Favorite Gentlemen/Canvasback music are proud to present “In My Teeth†the fifth chapter of their video series today on Amazon. The full-album series concept was conceived by the Emmy Award winning directing team of Clay Lipsky and Jason Bognacki of Destroy Rock Music Inc., whom also directed “I Can Barely Breathe†from the band’s debut I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child. Lipsky notes that the vision…
The tour and movement targeted for tweens in the faith-based industry, iShine Live, is back for a 13 city run this spring bringing in more tween talent with support from American Heritage Girls and Trinity Broadcasting Network. After a successful debut in the fall of 2008, iShine Live will bring well-known tween star Luke Benward, young artists Mission Six, The Rubyz, Jasmine, Jamie-Grace and Logan Charles on the road for…
Their debut album “Tell it to the Volcano†out now on Modern Art Records. The new album comes on the heels of their two EP’s and stellar nods from press at CMJ ’08. ALTERNATIVE PRESS: FOUR AND 1/2 STARS “Staking their claim on the quirkier side of indie pop…..the sounds suggests a loopier Ben Kweller sitting in with the Flaming Lips†Death and Taxes “The wonderful Miniature Tigers can’t stay…
Giuseppe Ibba, born in Alghero the 9th November 1974 has always been a passionate about music and arts in every form. He begun his musical adventure by learning violin and performing in local churches and eventually becoming a composer and songwriter. http://www.myspace.com/giuseppeibba After many experiences with bands he then established himself in Milan with a rock project named “Bagdad Cafè” performing in many different big clubs of the city such…