Category: News

Posted on: December 8, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Island Records Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Bob Marley Album with the Release of Exclusive new EXODUS Music and Memorabilia Including a Special Edition CD, ‘Live At The Rainbow Concert’ DVD, new Hardback Book

Described by Time Magazine as “the album of the 20th century,” Bob Marley’s masterpiece EXODUS celebrates its 30th anniversary and will be commemorated across all media platforms with the release of an special edition CD and DVD/CD combo, available now, as well as the release of a new hardback book and a theatrical tour of cinema screenings of LIVE AT THE RAINBOW in key college markets and major cities across…

Posted on: December 8, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

‘Bat Out of Hell’ Trilogy in Concert and on DVD for the First Time With 3 BATS LIVE

2007 Performance By Meat Loaf Spans All Three Albums, Including The Hits ‘I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That),’ ‘Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad’ And ‘Paradise By The Dashboard Light’ For the first time, 30 years after the debut of BAT OUT OF HELL — one of the most popular albums in history — all three of the albums in the series come to life with…

Posted on: December 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Long Distance Calling Breaks It Big in 2007 and Even Bigger in ’08

Nothing that makes this world a better place lasts for only three minutes. Nothing of relevance embraces you and abruptly leaves afterwards. Music does not need to be divided into five minute long chapters, verse-chorus-verse. Music needs room not rules, it needs freedom not boundaries – Long Distance Calling make sure to do exactly that.

Posted on: December 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Canadian Psych-Pop Outfit The Whitsundays Prep For Debut Release

Out on Friendly Fire Recordings January 22nd, 2008. Sharing two members with the ever-popular Shout Out Out Out Out and hailing from Edmonton, Alberta this heavily 60’s influenced psych-pop band will be releasing their debut January 22nd, 2008 through Friendly Fire in the US and Pop Echo Records in Canada. The Whitsundays certainly have a knack for writing yellowed, reverb-wrapped pop music, borrowing from the grand tradition of English psychedelia,…

Posted on: December 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kindercore Rises From The Ashes; Releases King of Prussia’s EP

Kindercore Records is pleased to announce its first official music release after rising from the dead earlier this year. King of Prussiaâ€™s debut mini-LP, Save the Scene, will be released on January 29, 2008. Itâ€™s the kind of erudite, sparkling pop music that would do the labelâ€™s sterling back catalog (Of Montreal, I Am The World Trade Center) proud.

Posted on: December 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kudos for Vashti Bunyan’s new release “Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind” – archival recordings pre JADD

Though she is now known as the long-lost British folkie who was championed by and ultimately recorded with Devendra Banhart and his psych-folk cohorts, Vashti Bunyan was once set on a course for a far different life. Set up with the Mick Jagger/Keith Richards – penned “Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind” as a debut single, she was given a healthy push toward pop stardom, but failed to generate…

Posted on: December 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Food For Animals To Release Long-Awaited First Full-Length Hip-hop’s most forward-looking outfit to release Belly Dec 6th on Hoss Records.

Given the current climate of the hip-hop world — where the most ear-bendingly innovative production often serves as aural sweetener for the by-rote thug lyricism of so much mainstream rap — the notion of “indie” hip-hop (at least as a signifier of boundary-pushing music) probably seems quaint at best and woefully outdated at worst. The Baltimore, MD (via D.C.)-based Food For Animals are all-too-aware of this conundrum, but rather than…

Posted on: December 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Cursed (Ontario) Finish 3rd Full-Length; 2/08 Release

Ontario’s hardcore brutes Cursed have completed their third full-length, as expected, simply entitled III. Things are coming together on it now for mid-February release via Goodfellow Records, with Reflections Records handling the album in Europe. The crew will tackle Canada with High on Fire and Cancer Bats in March, head back to Europe in May and will follow with US dates which are in the works now. With 11 Tracks…

Posted on: December 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hip Hop Legend and Multi-Platinum Artist Snoop Dogg Scheduled to Release Highly Anticipated New LP ‘Ego Trippin’ March 2008

Long Beach’s native godfather Snoop Dogg has long been a hip hop favorite on both coasts and everywhere in between. The rap superstar and multi-platinum artist is set to release his ninth solo LP, “Ego Trippin,” in March 2008 through Doggystyle/Geffen. The premiere single, produced by Shawty Redd, titled “Sensual Seduction,” is an ode to the early eighties and will surprise and entertain fans both old and new. The catchy…

Posted on: December 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Musical Stuff for Your Stocking: CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1’S, AMERICANA CHRISTMAS, THE BEST OF CHRISTMAS JAZZ, A HOLLY JOLLY KIDS CHRISTMAS and MARSHMALLOW WORLD AND OTHER HOLIDAY FAVORITES

Â Sometimes you want the gift under the tree to be a surprise; sometimes you hope it’s something you already know you want.Â The gifts under the Universal Music Enterprises tree this year are both new and classic, from 17 #1 Christmas hits on one album, Christmas with an Americana vibe and a pair of volumes of classic holiday jazz to an album of children’s favorites and another from contemporary star…

Posted on: December 5, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Columbia Records Announces the Release of ‘August Rush – Music From The Motion Picture’ Featuring Tracks By Chris Botti & Paula Cole, John Legend, John Ondrasik, Kaki King, Jonathan Rhys Meyers & More

Columbia Records has just released “August Rush – Music From The Motion Picture,” the soundtrack album from the widely-anticipated Warner Bros. Pictures film. “August Rush – Music From The Motion Picture” is available online and in stores now. “August Rush – Music From The Motion Picture” is a showcase of sounds from the music-driven drama starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers with Terrence Howard and Robin Williams.…

Posted on: December 5, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Nine Inch Nails Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D Rockets Up The Charts

â€œIâ€™m very pleased with the way it turned out,â€ says Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nailsâ€™ Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D (Interscope Records), which was released November 20, 2007.Â â€œRemix records can be disposable garbage (of which I myself have been guilty to some extent) but this collection feels good to me.â€Spun off from Year Zero, the #2-charting album issued in the spring, Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D features a stunning diversity of remixers, from Joy Division and…

Posted on: December 5, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Gob Returns to the Punk Forefront with “Muertos Vivos”

After a four year absence established punk band Gob is set to return with their new album â€˜Muertos Vivosâ€™, due out November 27th through Aquarius/Cobraside. Comprised of founding members Theo Goutsinakis and Tom Thacker plus Gabe Mantle and Tyson Maiko, Gob has earned its reputation based in equal parts on a great live performance and truly smart songs that leave a lasting imprint. There are plenty of tracks on â€˜Muertos…

Posted on: December 5, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

News and Praise for Michael Hurley’s 20th Album, 1st on Gnomonsong

The Ancestral Swamp is the recently released 20th full length album by legendary rambler, cartoonist, and “outsider” folk singer, guitarist Michael Hurley and his label debut for Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic’s Gnomonsong label. It was primarily produced by Hurley, compiled at Mississippi Studios in Portland, OR, mixed by Jim Brunberg. It comes in just in the nick of time for the rabid Snockophile. A batch of new vittles and…

Posted on: December 5, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Leona Lewis’ Debut Album Spirit Slated For Release In The U.S. March 18th

On Sunday, November 18, Leona Lewis’ debut album Spirit went straight to number one as well as becoming the UK’s fastest-selling debut album of all time. The previous UK record was set by the Arctic Monkeys, who sold 363,735 copies of Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not in January 2006. This week Spirit sold a phenomenal 375,872 copies.