People have a history of getting hung up on labels. Mention the band Hooray For Earth to folks and they hit you with the question that everyone loves to ask and everyone else hates to answer–“what do they sound like?” Telling people that listening to Hooray For Earth feels like being dragged down a flight of stairs while being sung a lullaby never seems to satisfy them. Another critic once…
Las Vegas Rockers Unleash Video For New Single, “Something,†In Anticipation Of Upcoming Headlining Tour The made-for-radio rock anthem’s video was shot in downtown Los Angeles, and follows a twisted love story that ends in a cameo-filled drag race along the LA River.
After closing out 2008 with his hit single “Rock & Roll” in the #1 spot at AAA radio, Eric Hutchinson kicks off 2009 with a performance on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and two tours. His outing with O.A.R. launches this Thursday in Spokane, WA and he just finalized plans to tour with G. Love & Special Sauce thereafter. (See below for itinerary.)
The bliss is back (finally). For those that know will have to forgive our delay in bringing this new edition of our beloved Pop Ambient series to the world however we couldn’t be prouder of the contributions we have to offer this year. To the uninitiated, Pop Ambient serves as a very essential arm of the Kompakt family – always curated by Kompakt co-founder Wolfgang Voigt (aka GAS, Burger/Ink, etc),…
Amsterdam based Don Diablo has been making waves with scores of sell out live shows, where his unique brand of ‘distorteddiscobreakselectrojackinhooliganhouse’ has been going down a storm. Smashing it on 4 decks, critics have called him ‘the ultimate combination between Prince, The Thin White Duke and Metallica’. Playing from small intimate club venues to rocking crowds of up to 120,000, Don Diablo has done it all. His hectic tour schedule…
“…melancholic and moving pop gems.†– Earfarm “[The] Naked Hearts make sludgy guitar rock perfect for rainy days or the morning after something bad happens.†– The L Magazine
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart release debut album, tour east coast NYC pop band’s anxiously awaited full-length is out February 10th
Laughing Boy , is the second solo album from Matteah Baim. Recorded in Chicago, it was produced, arranged and mixed by Baim with engineer, Jamie Carter. The album features performances by Butchy Fuego, Robert A. A. Lowe, Leyna Marika Papach, Rob Doran, Emmett Kelly, Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Birdie Lawson, and Rose Lazar. Laughing Boy will be released in Spring 2009 on Dicristina Stairbuilders.
After touring almost non-stop for five years, MONO hibernated for over a year to focus solely on writing Hymn To The Immortal Wind. The result is their most thoughtful and eclectic album to date. Written and arranged with a hopeful, romantic narrative in mind, the songs string together like chapters in an epic love story. The music is naturally majestic, with MONO’s trademark wall of noise crashing beautifully against the…
NYC’s Skeletons BAND will be undertaking an extensive European tour in celebration of the release of their latest album MONEY. having recently completed an exhaustive U.S. tour. MONEY was invented by the Skeletons BAND: Jon Leland, Tony Lowe, Jason McMahon and Matt Mehlan and was released by Tomlab at the end of Fall ’08.Â
Mayday Parade debuts their new music video for “Miserable At Best,” off of their latest album A Lesson in Romantics on MySpace.com today. The video, directed by Mark Staubach (The Academy Is, The Cab), depicts the emotional journey that a person goes through when they breakup with a loved one. This touching ballad unites lyrics and visuals through a cold, snowy winter night. “I wanted to make a video that…
TESTAMENT just wrapped up a HUGE year in 2008 which included the following accolades for their latest studio album, The Formation of Damnation:
Atari, one of the world’s most recognized video game publishers, announced today that the highly anticipated Ghostbusters: The Video Game is set to release across North America on June 16, 2009 followed by the worldwide release on June 19th. Working closely with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and acclaimed development studios Terminal Reality and RedFly, Atari will bring this completely all-new chapter of the blockbuster Ghostbusters saga to advanced gaming platforms…
Kevin May and Mick Lynch, principles of The Guggenheim Grotto, will pack their bags and embark on a U.S. odyssey to support their sophomore release Happy The Man, which was available January 27, 2009 on new model indie label United For Opportunity.
With three back-to-back RIAA Gold-certified records under his belt, five GRAMMY® Awards, and now his fourth solo GRAMMY® nomination as well, GMA’s 2008 Artist of the Year, TobyMac, will release his fourth studio project, “TONIGHT†on February 9th. “TONIGHT†is getting a great head start this fall with TobyMac’s hit single, “City On Our Knees,†the fastest charting and selling track in his career. The single has already sold over…
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After returning from a cross-Canada tour with Jon-Rae Fletcher, both as his backing band and his opening band, Alphababy packed their bags and moved from Kelowna to Vancouver. Big changes lead to new beginnings, and with that, the band changed their name to Yukon Blonde, signed to Toronto-based Nevado Records (Bahamas, Fox Jaws), put their 300 show history behind them (including performances alongside Ladyhawk, Black Mountain and Women), and set…
British rockers and sometime troublemakers Viking Skull returned to England earlier after a successful post-Christmas showcase tour alongside Clutch. The sold out performances put the band on US soil for their first major shows with seasonably happy audiences taking to the band’s gritty, hard rocking, drinking tunes. Their 30-minute set included material from their recently released third album Doom Gloom Heartache & Whiskey. “What a fantastic opportunity it was to…
o herald the release of their new album One Life Stand, Hot Chip will be bringing their explosive live show back to North America in April. The band will be playing tracks from new album as well as old favorites. The xx will be the band’s special guests on this tour. Hot Chip have become legendary for their unequivocally exuberant live performances, helping them to become one of the world’s…
In the rarest of cases, more really is more: Scott Pinkmountain’s The Full Sun blends improvisation and avant composition with classic song writing and more musicality per square inch than most box sets. Using upwards of 60 musicians, including a full orchestra, an eleven-piece big band and numerous experimental hybrids, Pinkmountain channels music with freedom, precision and raw earthy emotion. In the process of creating this opus, he also draws…