Charlie Pickett and the Eggs was a rowdy, raunchy band out of Miami that sounded like it had crawled out of a black-water mangrove swamp off I-95. Pickett sang songs about unfaithful lovers, sex, failed romance, drugs, American wanderers, the bad parts of town and the lower realms. He had more in common with Johnny Thunders than Don Johnson, for sure.†– Tallahassee Democrat
Cincinnati psychedelic blues trio, Buffalo Killers, will hit the road this fall once again supporting the Black Crowes on a 14-date tour of the U.S. The Buffalo Killers new album “Let it Ride” (produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auebach) was released earlier this summer on Alive Records and supported by tours opening for The Black Keys as well as a cross country solo trek. Recently, the band and Ragged…
Adeline Records singer/songwriter/surfer Timmy Curran is set to star in a new documentary series called “The Train” which begins filming today in San Francisco, CA. Timmy will be on the road in the west coast with both his guitar and his surfboard for the next two months filming “The Train” and is available for press along the way. Feel free to inquire about his whereabouts and availability. Timmy Curran’s debut…
Montreal’s NEURAXIS have completed the shooting for the “Darkness Prevails†video from the band’s most recent release, ‘The Thin Line Between.’ Helmed by director Chris Alsop, the clip is currently being edited, and will be available online and at video outlets shortly to coincide with NEURAXIS’ participation on the upcoming North American tour with The Faceless, Abigail Williams, Decrepit Birth, and Veil of Maya. Photos from the video shoot are…
Mushroomhead announces the DVD release of  Volume 2, on October 28, 2008 on Filthy Hands/Megaforce Records. It’s the highly anticipated follow-up to their 2005 DVD release Volume 1. The new DVD features 2 ½ hours of pure mayhem featuring exclusive never before seen content, live footage from the past three years on their “Savior Sorrow†tour, music videos including Headbanger’s Ball 2007 Video Of The Year “1200,†“Simple Survival,†and the…
Hey James, It’s been over five years since Third Eye Blind released their last record, and a lot has changed since then. Especially in the music business, and for Third Eye Blind, the changes are for the better. Third Eye Blind has partnered with Indaba Music to launch an innovative new web program, “Studio Access,” in support of the band’s upcoming album URSA MAJOR, scheduled for release in early 2009.…
#1 album Debut on the Billboard Top 200 On tour with Neil Young this Fall! “4 stars ★★★★ †– Rolling Stone “4 stars ★★★★ †– Blender “Unquestionably the best thing they’ve ever done … full of songs that thrash and rattle and bounce around echo chambers … an early contender for the best album of 2008.” – MTV.com “Narrow Stairs will continue to propel Death Cab for Cutie…
“Oikeutus”, the new video from the Finnish death metal band Sotajumala, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in April 2008 in Vaasa, Finland. The song comes off the group’s second album, Teloitus (Finnish for “execution”), which entered the Finnish chart last October at position No. 17.
Phoenix based band Broken Poets (www.BrokenPoets.com) signs licensing and distribution deal with Magnatune Records. Magnatune Records was founded by John Buckman in April, 2005. Time Magazine named Magnatune one of the TOP 20 Music Sites To Watch in 2006.
Upfront/Konvict/SRC/ Universal Motown multi-platinum singer/songwriter/producer, Akon burst out of the starting gates with the winningly melodic and compulsively danceable single “Right Now (Na Na Na).†The song is sparking up the charts in a record-setting pace that’s familiar to Akon’s millions of fans worldwide.
MAZEfilms, an independent film production company based in Brussels, Belgium, with a branch in LA, announced today its first horror film “CORNERED!,” which was made-in-America, is ready for the market. “First and foremost, viewers must be able to enjoy a movie, regardless of gore or dark undertones,” explained Managing Director Daniel Maze, MAZEfilms, Inc. “That’s why we added unexpected humor to ‘CORNERED!’ and married it with a strong plot.”
Grey Goose Vodka and Ryan Leslie, producer, songwriter, label entrepreneur – and now recording artist are taking the excitement of his records from the dance floor to the live stage with an 8 city national tour starting in L.A Oct. 2nd. Harvard class of ’98, brought special news to his 10th class reunion recently with his new single, “Addiction†featuring Cassie off his long-awaited first U.S. album release, the self-titled…
Announcing expanded and remastered CD releases of Laura Nyro’s Season Of Lights…Laura Nyro In Concert and Nested. These rare and long unavailable classics have never before been widely available on CD. Season Of Lights and Nested are definitively reissued by Iconoclassic Records (http://www.iconoclassicrecords.com), a new imprint specializing in remastered editions of classic albums by iconic artists. Both CDs are in stores now.
Texas Rockers Offer Tour VIP Packages, New Website, Merchandise and Fan Club Management by PAID, INC. Multi-platinum Texas hard rock band DROWNING POOL will, for the first time, offer interactive VIP packages that elevate the fan’s concert going experiences. VIP packages include meet & greets and photo opportunities with band members, early entry passes, special merchandise, autographed collectibles and more. VIP packages are available at www.DrowningPool.com. PAID, Inc. makes this…
Hailing from Knoxville, Tennessee, The Rockwells is made up of two sets of of brothers: Fred and Jonathan Kelly, and Tommy and Trace Bateman. They met in high school and started The Rockwells as a long-distance recording project by Jonathan and Fred in 1999, while Fred was working in Memphis and Jonathan had moved to Knoxville for school. Tommy and Trace joined the band in 2000 when Fred moved to…
City Interactive, a North American publisher of PC and console-based video games, is pleased to announce the release of SAS: Secure Tomorrow, a tactical shooter for PC, to North American retail today. In SAS: Secure Tomorrow, players take on the role of the leader of a top SAS commando team as they attempt to thwart the plans of a secretive and deadly terrorist organization. In the game, players will have…
In anticipation of their third album, Modern Silence, Casper & the Cookies are releasing three exclusive digital tracks to the blogosphere. These songs, a sampling of what’s to come from the follow-up release to 2006’s The Optimist’s Club are the culmination of nine hard months of recording for the Cookies with a little help from their friend, Bill Doss (Olivia Tremor Control, Apples in Stereo, The Sunshine Fix). During the…
Finnish monster-rockers LORDI are poised to strike with their fourth studio album, Deadache, on October 28th, 2008 in the US. The video for the album’s lead single, “Bite It Like A Bulldog,†is dark in imagery and sure to grab the attention of rock and horror fans worldwide! The suspenseful video for “Bite It Like A Bulldog†premiered today exclusively on MTV’s Headbanger’s Blog and will make its US television…
Apollo Sunshine, recently having released their third full-length, Shall Noise Upon, are pleased to announce that they will be accompanying Dirty Pretty Things in the UK and Ireland. This is, of course, as you’ve indubitably heard, Dirty Pretty Things’ farewell tour, but fear not, with Apollo Sunshine bringing their raucously joyful live show to inhabitants of the British Isles, it will absolutely not be a sorrowful affair. And if you’ve…
LMS is an MC with a message, and in the likes of Dead Prez and Immortal Technique, his lyrics are a scathing and poignant dissemination of US foreign and domestic policy. This South Florida (from Hialeah) native attacks the subjects many rappers are too afraid to touch on, and does it with a flow and vocal style that is uncanny, evident in his recent single, “Empire,” produced by Hazardis Soundz.…