While a quick assessment of King of Prussia’s debut might bring to mind the Smiths, Belle and Sebastian, or a more straight-ahead Flaming Lips, the band’s deftly-designed, often misanthropic, lyrics–which speak of home as place, home as state, consumerism, summertime, etc.–place the band closer to the Steely Dans and Magnetic Fields of the world. The point here is that it’s hard to categorize KoP, even if their erudite power pop…
Bullet For My Valentine are streaming their entire new album, Scream Aim Fire, in its entirety on Myspace. Scream Aim Fire will be in stores on January 29th. The band has also released an exclusive audio commentary on their new album at MP3.com. The commentary gives an inside look at the making of the new album. Bullet For My Valentine are currently on tour in Europe and will kick off…
…an album of startling beauty and depth. – FILTER A gloriously, glamourously giddy treat – NME Air Traffic‘s Fractured Life is a debut album of brilliant, occasionally brutal, mood music. From the sexual euphoria of “Charlotte” to the bleak introspection of “Empty Space“, its mindscape is one we have all experienced, or soon will. By turns anguished and exuberant, cocksure and crestfallen, it is rock lived at a pitch of…
Mercury Lounge Tuesday February 12th at 9 PM Look Out For Remixes From Their Debut Self Titled Smash Album Out Feb 19th And Spin Artist Of The Day
New Single is #1 in Soundscan Rap Sales and Top 5 on Billboard Sales Charts Further Touring with Van Halen as BET J Renews His Reality TV Show Radio Continues Play on Multiple Formats And Holds Steady at #3 on Reggae Chart (Los Angeles) The triumphant, across-the-board rise of Ky-Mani Marley with Vox Music Group album Radio grows even stronger in 2008 as the son of global musical icon Bob…
Bay Area-based independent label MansMark Africa is proud to announce a very special upcoming release featuring the final studio work of legendary world music icon Babatunde Olatunji. In 2000, Baba began recording his final studio project, initially titled “Safari to Musical Africa, “on the MansMark Africa label. The exuberance and joyfulness he infused into these recordings shines through in every aspect of the finished tracks, leaving little room for doubt…
  “The performing we have done over the past year has been our best in 35 years, and we are very pleased to make it available on these CDs.†– Gary Burton “The way we were approaching the music during our 35th anniversary concert tour was so different that I thought it warranted documentation.†– Chick Corea
We are excited to share “Dreaming of the Plum Trees,” an MP3 from White Hinterland’s debut album, “Phylactery Factory,” which will be released on CD, LP and digital formats on March 4th, 2008 via Dead Oceans. “Dreaming of Plum Trees” has already made an appearance on a few blogs thus far; read below and find out what the excitement is all about.
Raunchy, energetic electro-soul duo map out the beginnings of their year-round tour plans in support of latest LP MP3: Heavy Heart from Robotique Majestique: http://terrorbird.alphapupserver.com/music/02HeavyHeart.mp3 A landmark year for the Ghostland camp, 2007 found the group gaining notoriety for both their electrifying live shows and their acclaimed albums delete.delete.i.eat.meat. and Paparazzi Lightning, both self-released on their Trashy Moped imprint. What began as a challenge between two friends has developed into…
Los Angeles, CA’s THE GHOST INSIDE has set an April 15th release date for their debut album ‘Fury and the Fallen Ones’ through Mediaskare Records. Recorded in Oakland, CA with producer Zack Ohren (As Blood Runs Black, First Blood), ‘Fury and the Fallen Ones’ features 12 tracks of hardcore inspired metal that is fast and in your face; three of those tracks “Faith Or Forgivenessâ€, “Destinedâ€, and “Provoke†can be…
The Fool #3 / Half Sized / 16 Pages / Free? / maxymouse@aol.com A small zine, which still remarkably tells me a lot about the author, The Fool #3 shows someone that is still working everything out in eir’s life. While ey is against uses of gay and retarded to describe things (showing a somewhat enlightened outlook), ey still uses the terms good and bad guy. While individuals may say…
 Boston-based band, Dispatch, will release to DVD “Dispatch: Zimbabwe – Live at Madison Square Gardenâ€, a concert film exploring the trio’s on-going efforts to raise money for the frightening situation in Zimbabwe. Set for a January 29, 2008 DVD release through self-owned Bomber Records (in partnership with AEG Network Live and VDI Entertainment), “Dispatch: Zimbabwe – Live at Madison Square Garden“ was directed by renowned photographer Danny Clinch and…
* Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost streaming at ThePunkSite.com * 6-week U.S. Tour routed for March – April Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost, the new record from Brooklyn N.Y. / Easton, P.A. duo Slingshot Dakota is now streaming at ThePunkSite.com. The full-album stream will only be available through January 27th; go here to check it out.
 PIERCE THE VEIL wrapped up a year of constant touring in 2007 and show no signs of slowing down as they kick off 2008 with tour plans that extend through the end of the summer. With a workload like this, it’s easy to see why Alternative Press has recently named PIERCE THE VEIL one of the 100 Bands To Know In ’08.
                                               The boys from Seattle have announced their first dates of 2008. The band wrapped up 2007 after dazzling audiences worldwide on the International Taste Of Chaos tour, and are set to return to the States headlining “The World By Storm†Tour. Promoting their latest hit album, Conviction, AIDEN promises to deliver and astounding live set that is sure to assault all the senses. Joining the assault…
Among the most prolific and engaging artists of today’s folk and cabaret genres, singer/songwriter D.C. Anderson liberates a new collection of unique and compelling tales from his gray matter with the release of “Our Story,” online and in stores March 11, 2008 on the LML Music Label. This, his eighth album since his debut release in 1993, offers 15 new original songs that playfully and poignantly challenge traditional notions of…
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tristan Prettyman will hit the road in February along with G. Love & Special Sauce in support of her new album entitled Hello. The album will be released April 15, 2008, on Virgin Records and is an appealing portrait of this freewheeling San Diego, CA, native as she narrates stories about her life, loves, and heartbreaks. “I really wanted the album to be a reflection of me, 
Metal Mind Productions presents a re-release of the album “Sinister Slaughter†by Macabre. While metal music often tends to seek inspiration in the horror genre, Macabre goes a step further and transforms horror into music – the Chicago trio have developed their own unique musical style which they named murder metal. The name speaks for itself and Macabre make sure that each of their releases lives up to it. “Sinister…
Mortification, Australia’s most successful extreme metal band, now in their 18th year, is breaking into the metal scene in Europe once again. Under the license from Nuclear Blast Records, Metal Mind Productions will be re-issuing 9 Mortification titles in a deluxe digipak format. The list include following albums: “Scrolls of The Megillothâ€, “Post Momentary Afflictionâ€, “Blood Woldâ€, “Primitive Rhythm Machineâ€, “Envision Evangeleneâ€, “Triumph of Mercyâ€, “Hammer Of Godâ€, “The Silver…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mower Re-Caps 2007 and Announces Search For New Guitarist And Drummer *** Mower’s “Road Rage†Continues To Heat Up Sirius Devil’s Dozen San Diego, CA’s Mower, who just recently completed a tour supporting Diecast, has checked in with the following re-cap of 2007: The group is currently searching for new members to fill the drummer and guitarist positions.