Though he’s a twenty-something year-old from the small town of Mountain Home, Arkansas, Chase Pagan’s music sounds like it grew out of a man who has soaked in the spirit of a vast array of musical eras and subcultures. His new album, Bells & Whistles, channels everything from honky-tonk theatricality to the stripped-down intimacy of a folk troubadour to the visceral nature of independent rock music. Ultimately, it’s Pagan’s unique…
“The secretive New Yorkers wont be anonymous once this makes the leap from blogosphere to the masses†said NME moments before their limited debut UK single release “Solid Gold†(dummy). Indeed “The Golden Filter have set the ‘blogosphere’ alight with this frankly totally amazing track†PopJustice ‘Song Of The Day’. Paying such compliments like “Fucking brilliant†it’s no wonder BigStereo invited them on their SXSW showcase this year and HYPE…
Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Little League® World Series Baseball 2009, the sequel to 2008’s acclaimed hit baseball game, will be released this June for Wii™ and Nintendo DS™. The title is a natural progression for the franchise, offering Little Leaguers and their families more features and refined, accessible gameplay.
THE LAST KISS BOASTS FIRST SINGLE “CAN’T STOP ME”, “LETTER TO B.I.G” & HEATSEAKER “BY MY SIDE†feat. NE-YO GUEST APPEARANCES INCLUDE PHARELL, THE L.O.X., YOUNG JEEZY & LIL’ WAYNE Follows-up 2004’s #1 album Kiss Of Death & 2001’s worldwide 3 million-selling solo debut Kiss Tha Game Goodbye Legendary rapper Jadakiss, always at the eye of the storm, puts an end to five years of speculation about his new album…
Loer Velocity gives us a track of truth from his Uninfatuated EP, a free collection of songs about the trials and tribulations of love. “Ball And Chain Dames” is a song with a message that we can all relate to: no matter how much you’re into your special someone, sometimes you just need a little “me” time. The musical backdrop of this one flows along smoothly, accentuated by a jazzy…
In early 2009, Bisc1, emcee, graphic designer, and graffiti artist, released The Strange Love Project, the reinterpretation of his 2008 album When Electric Night Falls by 10 producers and 20 visual artists. Taking it one step further, Bisc1 now brings you The Strange Love Project’s first video, “Strange Love.” To shoot the video, Bisc1 joined forces with Carl Weston, the legendary, original producer of graffiti videos since the late 1980’s,…
Progressive metal force What’s He Building In There? have announced the dates for their upcoming “That Eh?” Cross Canada Tour with We TheUndersigned. The trek begins March 2nd in Sussex, NB and will run through mid-April. The band is touring in support of their self-titled debut album, which was released on Year of the Sun Records.
Funk Renegade has landed!! Fresh from his recent galaxian tour rockin’ the cosmic Dredd-locks and Mohawks. The album “ILL Schizophrenic” with the debut single: “We got dat FUNK (Crunk Funk) is now on sale at online stores world-wide: LALA, EMUSIC, ITUNES, AMAZON, GROUPIE TUNES, NAPSTER, SHOCKHOUND and more! You can now download CD or just your favorite track.
Produced within the four walls of a former DDR radio station in East Berlin, The Rakes are set to release their third album Klang this Spring 2009. Exactly two years and four days apart from their previous album, Ten New Messages (March 19, 2007), and a debut that was compared to the fame of The Libertines, The Rakes have stayed strong through a period of great change. While the past…
Rational Geographic is a self contained trilogy of song cycles inspired by the parallels between George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy and the past thirty-plus years of American government. All of this might sound a bit heavy handed, though the idea evolved organically and subtly as Awesome New Republic singer John Hancock and keyboardist B. Rob E. Robertson recorded the new album and began taking notice of the similar moods…
Rise Against announce a summer tour with punk rock legends Rancid as their special guests. The tour kicks off June 4th in Vancouver and continues through July 31st. See below for a list of U.S. & Canadian tour dates. More dates to be announced soon.
Chop Shop/Atlantic recording group The Republic Tigers will reunite with Travis this side of the Atlantic for a North American tour in April.
Regain Records is very proud to announce the signing of NYHC veterans MERAUDER! Jorge Rosado (vocals) has issued the following statement: “MERAUDER, the metalcore kings and creators, are teaming up with Regain Records to bring you the long awaited album titled God Is I. This is one of the most important and brutal records we’ve ever worked on and it’s all worth it!!! Come out and support us on tour…
UK group Seeland, the new collaboration from Warp recording artists Tim Felton (Broadcast) and Billy Bainbridge (Plone), is offering a free mp3 download of the track “Call the Incredible” from their new album, Tomorrow Today.
To our fellow fun N. Americans: Please allow me to streeeetch for a second. Years ago freestyle wonder woman Debbie Deb sang in her hit Lookout Weekend:
18.04.2009 D-Gera, Sächsischer Bahnhof 24.04.2009 D-Hannover, Musikzentrum 25.04.2009 NL-Utrecht-Haarzuilens, Elf Fantasy 2009 26.04.2009 NL-Utrecht-Haarzuilens, Elf Fantasy 2009 30.04.2009 D-Hahnenklee, Walpurgisfest 15.05.2009 D-Eppstein, Burg Eppstein 01.06.2009 D-Leipzig, WGT 2009 27.06.2009 D-Königstein, Mittelalter rockt die Burg (MRDB) 04.07.2009 D-Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Hörnerfest 11.07.2009 D-Bertingen, Rock unter den Eichen
Independent powerhouse Suburban Noize Records is proud to announce the signing of Taintstick, a once-in-a-generation explosion of heavy metal ecstasy, promising to arouse the once-proud demons of rock and roll from their long and shameful slumber.
I Scream Records is very proud to welcome Hoods to the family. Hoods founded in Sacramento, CA, in 1995 by Mike Hoods have grown into a Hardcore institution. Their music is a call to arms for all of those who have grown tired watching Hardcore be exploited and bastardized. Mike Hood has used his years of experience to craft one of the most brutal and honest West Coast Hardcore bands…
The multi-platinum, GRAMMY and AMA winning rock band Third Day is celebrating sold-out tour dates, a hit album, and a continual No. 1 radio single.