This week, the band’s latest release, Lost Channels, stormed back on to the Billboard Heatseekers Chart to land at #9, more than a month after its release on March 31st. The sales success comes on the back of an extremely impressive showing on Amazon, reaching the #1 MP3 sales position for over 3 days straight. In Canada, the band has held steady in the Top 200 since release day 5…
Eager to hit the road again, Eye Alaska will be heating up the summer, hitting cities on the “What Happens in Vegas” tour alongside The Cab, The Secret Handshake, A Rocket To The Moon, The Summer Set, Anarbor, and My Favorite Highway. The tour will kick off in Tucson, AZ and wrap in Las Vegas, NV. With a lineup like this, it’s safe to say that what happens in vegas,…
Having conquered the ghosts of a hard-luck past on her GRAMMY-nominated CD The Scene of the Crime, BETTYE LAVETTE shines a new light on that past with her latest, A CHANGE IS GONNA COME SESSIONS. The digital-only EP for Anti- Records, available exclusively through iTunes starting June 16, revisits BETTYE’s forgotten post-Atlantic Records years as a nightclub singer, Broadway performer, and touring cast member opposite Cab Calloway in “Bubbling Brown…
The most historic event in UFC just got bigger with the announcement that rap-metal pioneers Limp Bizkit are bringing the only performance in the US of their “Unicorns N’ Rainbows” tour to Mandalay Bay Beach on Friday, July 10th to perform in their first North American concert in eight years as a part of the UFC 100 weekend. The multi-platinum-selling group has picked the perfect time to return to North…
In 2008 Karl´s Defusion Bassdrumrocker Album reached the top5 entries of the German club charts. Now he returns with 3 tech-house techno tracks, with some deep, minimal and spicy reduced afro elements and dubby mesmerising and pulsing chords. Hands in the air moments are also included. This EP is also the relaunch of Karl Moestl´s Label â€Defusionâ€, with the high aim, to release monthly extraordinary clubtracks, with this EP already…
14 Tracks , 54 min:21 sec Total Mowing Time Recorded and Produced by Secret Aging Men Independently Released April 23, 2007 Night Mowing is the 3rd, and newest, CD from Secret Aging Men and continues the group’s musical evolution from where their popular 2nd CD, Fully Functional, released in January, 2006, left off. Every track on Night Mowing clearly indicates that this quartet’s passion for writing, rehearsing, and performing dynamic…
Interscope Records signed 15 year-old singer -songwriter Taylor Momsen, star of The CW’s popular television series, Gossip Girl. The Momsen fronted rock band, The Pretty Reckless are scheduled to release their full length debut cd this fall. Momsen, who has been recording in Los Angeles, Nashville and New York, shares album writer credits with Toby Gad (Fergie, Beyonce, The Veronicas), James Michael (Alanis Morissette, Motley Crue) and Kato Khandwala (Paramore,…
Between them, B-Real (Cypress Hill) and Bizzy Bone (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) have sold over 40 million records as the leaders of their respective and storied groups. This spring both will join forces and “Unite The Mic†over the course of their historic 14-date tour. As a founding member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Bizzy Bone has been awarded numerous awards (ASCAP, Soul Train, American Music Award, NAACP, etc) and a Grammy Award in…
The successes of J Dilla have served as inspiration and driving motivation for all Detroit artists. For Finale, who himself received a personal Dilla co-sign early in his career, it’s only fitting that the emcee has a song on his album, A Pipe Dream And A Promise, produced by the late legend. That song is appropriately titled “Heat.” Speaking about creating the song and being able to work with Dilla,…
I must admit, by the time that I heard Johnny Cash, ey was doing the American (cover) series of albums. Much, if not all of the music on this disc is foreign to me. It doesn’t help the case that songs like “Ring of Fire†were covered better by Social Distortion than they were originally recorded by Cash, and that eir cover of “Hurt†could not hold a candle to…
King Sunny Ade 2009 North American Tour Nigerian juju icon King Sunny Ade will give North American audiences a chance to witness contagious 40-minute grooves that have been steeped in a modern-day tradition where playing for and reacting to the audience is paramount. The truth is that King Sunny Ade is so well-loved back home, among dignitaries and business leaders, that it is quite a feat to carve out the…
On the heels of completing their “Invisible Tour”, New York City’s indie surrealists Aeroplane Pageant prepare the release of their sophomore full-length Even The Kids Don’t Believe Me, out June 9 on Stormy Ice Records. Unable to differentiate fact from fantasy this psychedelic-pop opus finds itself somewhere caught between the cheeky playfulness of Montreal and the solid tunefulness of Grand Archives, marked by stirring guitars and groove-oriented bass lines loosely…
Some people are born to make music. It’s just something in the blood. Where we hear wind, they hear strings. Where we hear a passing train, they hear rhythm – the beginning of a new song. Conversations yield lyrics and melodies are plucked out of thin air. And as it often goes when someone has the gift, it may seem too easy for them to take it seriously. It is…
After several EPs out of the blue and bearing cryptic titles such as “Smet”, “Créteil connexion” or “Sac d’os”, and a longtime supermarket top-shelf reference album, silence prevailed at Tekel studios: VU meters at -, depressed compressors, hypotensive synthesizers… One morning while licking the lid of his daily Fjord yogurt, Biboune (aka J. Briffaz) decided that enough was enough and the return of Mini Moog basses was in order! He…
Grammy award winning country music artist George Strait is returning to Houston for the first time since 2001. Strait’s tour will stop at the Reliant Stadium on August 8, 2009 and he’s bringing along some very special guests including hit country duo Sugarland, singer/songwriter Blake Shelton and recording artist and two-time Dancing With The Stars champion Julianne Hough. This year, Strait’s Troubadour was named “Best Country Album” during the 51st…
Destroyers is one of the most influential groups in the entire history of Polish heavy metal. Back in late 80’s and early 90’s, they were one of the few heroes of the scene, bringing together thousands of metal fans all across Poland. Today their legend still lives on and the re-issue of their second and final album, “The Miseries of Virtueâ€, proves it! The album released in 1991 showcased a…
TOUR DATES: 6.10 Baltimore, MD Sonar 6.11 Chicago, IL The Funky Buddha 6.12 Buffalo, NY Soundlab 6.13 New York, NY Studio B 6.14 Detroit, MI The Magic Stick 6.17 Portland OR Doug Fir Lounge 6.18 San Francisco, CA The Mighty 6.19 Vancouver, BC The Modern 6.20 Bellingham, WA The Nightlight Lounge 6.21 Austin, TX Emo’s additional Daedelus dates: 6.16 Hamilton, ONT The Casbah 6.25 Los Angeles, CA The Echoplex 6.27…
Just a reminder that our artist TROUBLE ANDREW is gearing up for his coast-to-coast takeover with Santigold. Not familiar with Trouble Andrew? Well, here’s a little bit of background…. Trouble Andrew’s a world-renowned professional snowboarder for Burton with two Olympic stints, numerous World Cup wins, and several national titles under his belt. But Trouble – a.k.a. Trevor Andrew – is adding another title to his credits: musician. His sound is…
With a 28-year history, IQ are widely regarded as one of the world’s most highly respected progressive rock bands. The group was formed in 1981 by guitarist Mike Holmes and keyboard player Martin Orford. They recruited bassist Tim Esau, later that year, followed by vocalist Peter Nicholls and drummer Paul Cook in 1982. The year 1982 saw the release of their first record Seven Stories Into Eight. Constant shows throughout…
Lindsay Katt’s ethereal voice and introspective nature have found a place in the music business! She is a new name in the landscape that welcomes female singer-songwriters. Her style however, is entirely her own. Self taught, in the mountains of Montana, she developed her own unique process, taking chances with her sound and lyrics. The resulting melodies are haunting, uplifting, poignant and quirky. Filling Venues in NYC like “The Cutting…