After debuting on Speak n Spell Records in 2006 with the bristling Shaky Hands EP, Cut Off Your Hands quickly set stages and airwaves on fire across Australia and beyond. And with steady attention to touring and the production of melodic, musical gems their avid fan base and the cavalcade of media hyperbole has only continued to grow.
The Johnny Griffin classic “Chicago Calling†can also be considered a reference to the suburbs of the Windy City. Skokie, IL native, John Temmerman, influences include tenor titans like Chicago’s Eddie Harris, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and mutlti-instrumentalist Rahassan Roland Kirk. His third recording Live In Evanston – John’s Mixed Bag captures his band in live quartet and quintet performances from 2007 and 2008.
Great Northern (Solon Bixler, Rachel Stolte) released their atmospheric and melodic debut album, Trading Twilight For Daylight in 2007. With its catchy hooks, lush keys and breathy vocals, it was received warmly and created a solid buzz, as well as being featured in ‘Best Of 2007’ lists from Filter, Under The Radar, KCRW and Live 105.
Hit The Lights new video for “Drop The Girl” debuts on MTV.com and can be seen here: http://www.mtv.com/videos/hit-the-lights/332348/drop-the-girl.jhtml
Available now is the full-length debut from New Jersey-based doom mongrels Maegashira, The Stark Arctic. The six-track, hour-long album was recorded and mixed by Lou Gorra (Halfway To Gone) at Redline Archiving in Little Silver, NJ, and mastered by Mick Mullin (High On Fire, Zodiak, Total Fucking Destruction) and sees distribution through Connecticut’s Spare Change Records. The band had this to say: “The day we thought would never come finally…
After two successful tours and album releases in 2008, the “ambassadors of Nashville indie-pop” (Nashville Scene), known collectively as Ten Out Of Tenn, will head West on the third leg of their U.S. tour sponsored by American Songwriter. The tour will kick off March 12 in Louisiana and take and extended stop in Austin for SXSW on March 18-21.
Recent Fueled By Ramen edition, pop rock female-fronted VersaEmerge is setting the stage to become the breakout band that everyone will be talking about. Recently the band has been preparing for the digital release of their debut EP for Fueled By Ramen with James Paul Wisner (New Found Glory, Underoath). VersaEmerge are excited to hit the road and get their music out to people on a larger scale than ever…
Yuill, who imaginatively creates indie folk tunes with electronic elements, is quickly becoming an influential part of London’s popular “folktronica” scene. His full-length North American debut, TURNING DOWN WATER FOR AIR, will be released this Spring.
Hit The Lights new video for “Drop The Girl” debuts today on MTV.com and can be seen here: http://www.mtv.com/videos/hit-the-lights/332348/drop-the-girl.jhtml
CORMORANT bassist/vocalist Arthur von Nagel checked in this weekend with a quick update from the studio. The band has decided to enlist Justin Weis at Trakworx Studios (who has worked with Hammers of Misfortune, Ludicra, Slough Feg, and hundreds of others) to mix their upcoming full-length.
Psychedelic stoner rock duo LETHE have just released an update on Mnemosyne, their upcoming debut full-length for Reptile Records. Lethe is a two-man project that was started by Dylan Desmond and Joe Proffitt of SAMOTHRACE in 2004. They enlisted a score of friends and guest musicians to aid in the completion of Mnemosyne, including contributions from John Momberg (who has played with Unwed Sailor, Kelpie, Appleseed Cast and Koufax), JC…
We’re here to tell you that Begone Dull Care, the remarkable new album from the duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Matthew Didemus, professionally known as Junior Boys, is set for release on March 24th in their native Canada, with the US to follow on April 7th. The album’s release will be preceded by its lead single, “Hazel” on 12″ and digital formats.
South Philadelphia vegan straight edge natives KINGDOM are set to release their new album “The Rage That Guides†on March 31st, 2009 through Eulogy Recordings. This album was recorded by Drew Faulk In December 2008. They are currently on tour in Europe with Bishop and have plans to tour the U.S. this spring.
his new single “Epilepsy is Dancing”. They in turn invited painters Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paradiso to create costumes and a mystical environment and choreographer Sean Dorsey and his dancers to bring the dream sequence to life. Antony’s artistic partner Johanna Constantine stars as herself in the role of “Deer Monster”. The video was lit and shot by the up-and-coming directors of photography, Chris Blasingame and Banker White, and produced…
Only two years passed by since the release of Gui Boratto’s fabulous debut album “Chromophobiaâ€. But Gui achieved almost everything you can dream of in techno world. With his powerful live set he’s devastated almost every relevant club on this planet. If you’d print his remixography you’d have to put it in your book shelf next to weighty tomes like “Gone with the windâ€. Yet, he shows absolutely no traces…
From studying music at Oxford University, to starting one of the early live electronic acts (Beat Foundation) in the 90’s with Andy Cato of Groove Armada, to writing a string of underground club hits on his label Playtime, Mike Monday has consistently stood apart from the crowd. His two albums ‘Smorgasboard’ and ‘Songs without Words’ released on OM records last September, ably demonstrate his power and aptitude for the dancefloor.…
Metal Mind Productions presents re-issues of two albums taken from the discography of Tank – one of the most influential formations which emerged in the beginnings of the N.W.O.B.H.M. madness. The group was formed in Croydon (London, England) in 1980 by Alasdair “Algy” Mackie Ward, an experienced front man who wanted to go beyond his previous musical experiences which included playing in The Saints and The Damned. As the story…
Seth Walker will make you believe with his forthcoming new album, Leap of Faith, set for release March 3 on Hyena Records. A rising star in blues and roots music, the young Austin, Texas-based songwriter, singer and guitarist has made his finest record to date. Recorded in Nashville and produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Gary Nicholson, the twelve-track collection showcases Walker’s impressive command of modern rhythm and blues, as it…
SHREK THE MUSICAL was recently declared a “big fat hit” by USA Today, and “true happiness” by The New York Times. The DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. hit show opened at the Broadway Theatre in New York City on December 14th, 2008. In March, the highly anticipated Original Cast Recording will be released by Decca Broadway and available everywhere.
The Ting Tings, one of the UK’s most popular exports of 2008, are set to headline a national tour of North America. The 22 city tour will kick off in New York, NY on March 16th at Webster Hall and run through April 15th in San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore (see below for full itinerary). The Ting Tings live show is renowned for it’s upbeat and enjoyable vibe, the…