Category: News

Posted on: December 8, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

WINTERS IN OSAKA Unveil Artwork & Album Details For Upcoming Full-Length

Just months after unleashing a spaced-out, doom ritual of a collaboration with BONGRIPPER (entitled Meat Ditch), Chicago-based noise machines WINTERS IN OSAKA have completed work on their next full-length. The record, entitled Molded to Crawl, was recorded over a six-month span – an absolute eternity for the insanely prolific trio, who also managed to complete several tours (including a Canadian run with THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE and a Southwestern jaunt with…

Posted on: December 7, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Cut Copy Announce North American Tour

Cut Copy are pleased to announce their final run through North America in support for In Ghost Colours. This 17 date trek will be the last shows they do before they retire to the studio to complete the ideas swimming in their heads and on their laptops for the next record. They are pleased to be playing a number of cities for the first time, as well as visiting some…

Posted on: December 7, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 2

Introducing Boy Eats Drum Machine

Boy Eats Drum Machine is the solo work of native Portlander, Jon Ragel. He is a songwriter, producer, singer, turntablist, and also plays saxophone, guitar, synthesizer, organ, and several percussive nick nacks. As a one-man musical act, Boy Eats Drum Machine merges the worlds of turntablism and live rock performance as Ragel spins breaks and surgically inserts sounds while juggling vocals, percussion, and saxophone.

Posted on: December 7, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Kassin +2 tour US for the first time since 2005

“Brazilian trio mash ’60s flower power with traditional tropicialia and samba, upping the chill factor ten fold.” Continuing the trilogy of The Plus 2’s, Moreno/Domenico/Kassin+2, Futurismo nimbly threads the lyricism and playfulness of its predecessors Music Typewriter (2001) and Sincerely Hot (2004). The +2’s arrive on the scene again, this time alongside other bands from Brazil, like Bonde de Role and CSS, all of whom demonstrate that music from other…

Posted on: December 6, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Asobi Seksu To Release “Hush” On Polyvinyl Records Feb. 17th 2009

While Asobi Seksu’s creative core explored music at an early age (lead vocalist/keyboardist Yuki Chikudate got standing ovations at child prodigy recitals when she was just 8; guitarist/vocalist James Hanna bounced between sludgy hardcore and Mogwai-schooled post-rock in his teens), their potential ‘career’ wasn’t put into perspective until a stint at the Manhattan School of Music. And by put into perspective, we mean finding out what they didn’t want to…

Posted on: December 6, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Keelay & Zaire – “The Times” featuring Blu, Fortlive and Nino Moschella

Keelay & Zaire, master production duo, hit audiences hard with the first single off their debut LP, Ridin High. The track, entitled “The Times,” is a motivational social commentary on the current state of things that is lit on fire by the vocal stylings of guest emcees Slo-Mo, Nino Moschella, and Blu (all of Soul Vibe). The offer some sound advice against the injustices and tribulations of modern culture: “Tryna…

Posted on: December 5, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Elder Son Due Out 12/16

Peace Arch® Home Entertainment Inc., a division of Peace Arch® Entertainment Group Inc is thrilled to announce their latest film, The Elder Son, a comedy / drama starring Rade Serbedzija, Shane West and Leelee Sobieski. The film will be released on DVD December 16, 2008.

Posted on: December 5, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Antony and the Johnsons announce “The Crying Light”

“Before the rapt audiences eyes (and within our delighted ears), Antony had become an unnamed creature in a freshly born world.” -Los Angeles Times, 10/15/08 “This isn’t a heart breaking; it’s a heart waking…” -The Oregonian, 9/8/2008

Posted on: December 5, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Beach Boys cross paths with The Flaming Lips on Brass Bed’s “Midnight Matinee.”

Driven by a wide spectrum of influences, the music of Brass Bed moves easily through an eclectic mix of genres. From alt-country ballads and progressive rock hooks, to sticky-sweet, heart-felt lyrics, and dissonant experimental freak-outs, their unique mix of intelligently designed compositions has left some critics describing them as something akin to “The Beach Boys crossing paths with The Flaming Lips.”

Posted on: December 5, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Link to live Viking Moses performance w/ Otto Hauser sitting in

The Parts That Showed is the sophomore album release by the Viking Moses an outfit that was initiated by Southern Missourian Brendon Massei in 2003. Their latest album was recorded on the Oldham family farm in central Kentucky by Paul Oldham (Will’s younger brother and bassist), featuring the talent of Spencer Kingman (of Spenking), John McCauley III (of Deer Tick), Cody Brant and Jacob Soto (of Flaspar) and Evelyn Weston.…

Posted on: December 4, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Gentleman Auction House brings a long-lingering idea to fruition in their energetic tribute to the holiday season, “Christmas In Love”

RCRD LBL: “Get ready to play ‘The Book of Matches’ on repeat for the rest of the day. Or rather, resist that cause if you think this song is as totally bad ass as it can get, wait til they add bloody horns on ‘We Used To Dream About Bridges.’ …if [Alphabet Graveyard] isn’t the most jubilant record to tickle your ears all summer, I’m a goddamned monkey’s uncle.”

Posted on: December 4, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

P!nk Does AOL Sessions

Watch rock goddess P!nk bring her Funhouse to AOL Sessions.  Check out performances of “So What,” “Sober,” “Dear Mr. President” and more.  Also, watch an exclusive Q&A where P!nk discusses everything from what issues she’s working through on Funhouse to the meanings behind some of the tracks.

Posted on: December 4, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Katy Perry launches first world tour

Katy is playing in a variety of large clubs and small theatres. Her itinerary will take her to the stages of such classic venues as The Fillmore in San Francisco, Irving Plaza in New York City, The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, Canada and The Elyseé Montmartre in Paris, France, hitting fifty cities around the world between the tour’s Jan. 23rd kick-off in Seattle, and…

Posted on: December 4, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 1

D’angelo’s triumphant return – I Found My Smile Again

D’Angelo was one of the founding fathers of the R&B soul movement of the mid to late ’90s, which took classic R&B fused it with new age hip-hop soul. D’Angelo’s debut album, “Brown Sugar” earned him significant critical acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine and put him in line with fellow contemporaries Me’Shell Ndegéocello, Joi, Omar and Dionne Farris. The album’s double platinum success triggered extensive touring and…