Two new videos are available for posting from Seattle’s SEE ME RIVER. The band’s sophomore album, Time Machine, is busy getting heavy praise for the locals, and if you haven’t yet received a copy, please be sure to let me know. In the meantime, I wanted to share these two fantastic videos with you… The video for the first single, “Don’t Pray for Blood,” is available here: And a special…
Mastiff, a worldwide publisher of videogames and Renegade Kid, developer of innovative interactive software, today announced that the highly anticipated first-person shooter Moon scheduled to release for the Nintendo DSâ„¢ on November 18, 2008, will now be releasing on January 13, 2009.
K’naan returns to the road for his latest tour excursion, this time with Matisyahu. A survivor of war-torn Somalia, K’naan struck the industry head-on with the inspired tracks from his debut album The Dusty Foot Philosopher. With singles like “Soobox” and “Strugglin’,” K’naan has garnered much attention from the media, meriting glowing reviews from sites like PopMatters.com and SkopeMag.com, who raved, “K’naan uses his unique voice and authentic style to…
Metal Pioneer, Willie Basse releases his second single “Don’t Waste My Time!” to Active Rock Radio stations nationwide this week. The new single features Ric Parnell on drums (Spinal Tap, Billy Idol) and was mastered at Oasis Mastering in Burbank, CA by Eddy Schreyer (Queen, Iggy Pop, Slayer). “Don’t Waste My Time!” is currently being streamed at www.MySpace.com/WillieBasse
Osceola, AR rock band Finding Jimmy Hoffa has signed a recording contract with Massey Records. Massey Records plans to launch an extensive radio, internet and touring campaign to coincide with Finding Jimmy Hoffa’s debut album early spring 2009.
First 5 singles on self titled CD reach Top 10 Status Filipino-Canadian Music Sensation Elise Estrada (www.eliseestradamusic.com) is in Cancun, Mexico filming her new Crash & Burn Video. Estrada’s songs “Insatiable”, “UnLove You”, “These 3 Words”, “Ix-Nay” and now, “Crash & Burn” have all earned Top 10 Hit Song Status. The spunky singer is a hot commodity in the pop-music world these days, with a debut album of girl-power tracks…
In the grand tradition of great pop music from Glasgow come Sexy Kids. Featuring three members of the sadly departed Royal We (their “All The Rage” single being one of THE anthems of 2006), Sexy Kids specialize in spiky post-pop with the emphasis on POP. Drawing comparisons to groups like Girls At Our Best and The Raincoats, Sexy Kids tunes never take the most direct route, rather they revel in…
The Dark Romantics is a Florida based quintet that features Eric Collins and Dean Paul, ex-members of Denison Marrs, The John Ralston Band, and The Party People. Collins and Paul are backed by three beautiful and remarkably talented ladies: Carla Jones on drums (Collins’s wife), Amanda Jones on keys (Jones’s sister and Paul’s wife), and Stephanie Solomon on drums (the girls’ best friend). Working within such a tight-knit group of…
MERLE HAGGARD arrived home five days after having lung surgery in a Bakersfield hospital last Monday morning. It was discovered during a previous biopsy that he had non-small cell lung cancer, which has a far better cure rate than the small (oat) cell cancer. At this time, tests show that they were able to eliminate the affected tissue when they removed the upper lobe of his right lung. Upon waking…
In 1995 Derek Christoff was already building a name for himself as D-Sisive at Toronto’s Planet Mars open mic nights while further decimating the competition on the Eat the Beat freestyle battle segment of DJ X’s infamous radio show The Powermove on CKLN 88.1 fm. Two years later D-Sisive was ready to release his debut EP, J.A.C., a touching collection of songs dedicated to his dearly departed mother, featuring his…
• First Time on CD • Remastered from the original CBC tapes • Booklet feat. liner notes by legendary jazz scribe Gene Lees and Kevin Howes “A stunning collection of new songs for and about the time we live in,†billed the text on the backside of composer Doug Randle’s 1971 released Songs For The New Industrial State.
Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Fable II Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score by Russell Shaw and the Fable Theme from Danny Elfman. The original soundtrack from the Xbox 360™ roleplaying adventure video game will be released on Nov. 25, 2008 to retail outlets through Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works record label www.sumthing.com, and for digital download at…
Featuring Snoop Dogg, Damian Marley, Buckshot, Kurupt, Too Short, Sen Dog, & Young De B-Real, a rapper of Mexican and Afro-Cuban heritage, is best known for being the lead rapper in the hip hop group Cypress Hill. Since the group’s formation in 1988, the pioneering rap-rock quartet Cypress Hill — founders B-Real, DJ Muggs, and Sen Dog, along with newest member Eric Bobo — have come a long way from…
Equal Vision Records is proud to announce the signing of Melbourne, Australia’s CLOSURE IN MOSCOW. The band – vocalist Chris DeCinque, guitarist/vocalist Mansur Zennelli, guitarist Michael Barrett, bassist Brad Kimber, and drummer Beau Fair – will be permanently relocating to the U.S. at the top of 2009 and heading straight into the studio with producer Kris Crummett (Dance Gavin Dance, Anatomy Of A Ghost, Fear Before The March of Flames)…
Parplar is the Young God debut from the fabulous, itinerant force of nature Larkin Grimm. She’s got an elemental voice that comes from somewhere under the earth. She alternately moans like a woman-in-full orgasmic release, wails like a banshee, or coos like a crazed little girl, depending on her mood. Parplar was co-produced by Michael Gira (Devendra Banhart, Akron/Family, Angels Of Light, Swans) and Larkin Grimm. It was recorded at…
Del Marquis of Scissor Sisters will be digitally releasing a series of solo EPs the first Tuesday of every month from December through April. The EPs include collaborations with Joan As Police Woman and Basement Jaxx vocalists Vula Malinga anf Sharlene Hector. The first EP, “Hothouseâ€, will be released December 2. The title track addresses how gay rights were used as a divisive tool by the Bush administration and the…
Cracked teenage geniuses I Set My Friends On Fire are heading out on their first US tour with Karate High School and You, Me & Everyone We Know.
Check out Duran Duran’s exclusive behind-the-scenes interview from Zune’s Green Room series. The Green Room series consists of video podcasts that take music fans behind-the-scenes with their favorite artists. The series gives fans access to exclusive, backstage interviews with artists such as Oasis, The Presets, and Janelle Monae. There are three total videos for Duran Duran’s Green Room interview, and they can all be downloaded for free through the Zune…
With Christmas just around the corner, Pam and Mel Tillis are happy to announce their holiday tour, “A Tillis Family Christmas.†Pam, Mel, Mel Jr, and Carrie April will spread Tillis holiday cheer with stops all across the nation as well as one performance in Canada. The tour dates are listed below.
INO Records’ Band Completes Nationwide Radio Station Visits, Fan Meet and Greet Events, Hard Rock Cafe’s Pinktoberâ„¢ event and More