Category: News

Posted on: September 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA GARNERS FIVE LATIN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

Among His Nominations Are Four Nominations for His Producing Credits and One Nomination as a Member of Bajofondo Two-time Oscar Award winning music composer, songwriter and producer Gustavo Santaolalla continues to receive wide acclaim for his work as a producer and for his own band Bajofondo, garnering an impressive five Latin GRAMMY Nominations this morning. Santaolalla’s five nominations qualify him for a tie with Latin rock icon Juanes as the…

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Posted on: September 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ALOS LOBOS’S DAVID HIDALGO & LOS CENZONTLES TO RELEASE SONGS OF WOOD & STEEL

David Hidalgo, legendary guitarist/singer of Los Lobos, has co-produced with Grammy-winning producer Eugene Rodriguez SONGS OF WOOD AND STEEL by Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo. Los Cenzontles is the touring group of the acclaimed Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center in San Francisco.  The album revives the improvisation and anarchy of authentic Mexican music, presenting it traditionally at one moment then fusing it with rock and blues at another, reflecting the…

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Posted on: September 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

STEVE HOWE, CHRIS SQUIRE AND ALAN WHITE OF YES TO TOUR U.S.

Albums like Fragile, Close to the Edge Tales from Topographic Oceans and 90125 and singles such as “Roundabout,” “Owner of a Lonely Heart” and “I’ve Seen All Good People” are just some of the enduring classics that have made YES one of the most influential and groundbreaking groups in rock & roll. Now, the classic YES line-up of guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White will launch…

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Posted on: September 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

RELIENT K HEADLINES “UNCLE FEST TOUR,” KICKING OFF OCTOBER 2ND

Band Records Three New Tracks For Let It Snow Baby…Let It Reindeer, Scheduled For Reissue October 7th Fresh off their latest co-headlining slot on the Vans Warped tour, Relient K announces the 25-date “Uncle Fest Tour,” which will launch October 2nd in Madison, WI and conclude November 2nd in Chicago, IL. Relient K will headline with Ludo, This Providence and House of Heroes opening.

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Posted on: September 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Megapuss = Greg Rogove and Devendra Banhart and Fabrizio Moretti: releasing debut CD

Surfing is the musical debut of Megapuss, a band started by writing song titles but no songs. Eventually, founding members Greg Rogove and Devendra Banhart composed most of the songs that would comprise Surfing while touring in support of Banhart’s Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon CD. Although all its members have other bands, Megapuss is not a side project but a real group. The album is being released by Vapor…

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Posted on: September 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Prosthetic Records signs Syracuse, N.Y.’s Unholy

Prosthetic Records is proud to announce the addition of Syracuse N.Y.’s UNHOLY to the Los Angeles-based label’s ranks. Currently writing material for the band’s second full-length record, the forthcoming effort will be the follow-up to the band’s debut, ‘Blood Of The Medusa,’ which saw a June 2007 release through Lambgoat Records.

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Posted on: September 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Insiders Music Series On 10/24

On October 24th during New York City’s CMJ Music Festival, UK DJ extraordinaire, forward thinker and BBC’s very own Pete Tong will be teaming up with Live Nation and launching the premier of a new music platform; the Insiders Music Series. “INSIDERS brings together an exciting combination of the hottest electronic artists and dj’s for one extended night in the legendary Irving Plaza venue. A cutting edge ‘micro’ festival in…

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Posted on: September 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Boris to tour with Nine Inch Nails

Once a cult name in the doom scene, now becoming a household name… Boris just keep expanding their horizons and cementing their name into music on all levels. The outfit will once again traverse the Pacific to grace North America with their parameter-free rock experimentation, this time alongside Nine Inch Nails! The tour will hit several Canadian cities and travel down through the Midwest over two weeks, with two Boris-only…

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Posted on: September 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Shugo Tokumaru joins The Magnetic Fields on tour this fall!

Armed with accolades from Spin, PRI’s “The World,” Nylon and more, acclaimed Japanese multi-instrumentalist Shugo Tokumaru will join The Magnetic Fields for a handful of unforgettable performances this October. Shugo will showcase songs from his recent highly lauded release Exit (Almost Gold), on shelves now as his first album widely available in the US.

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Posted on: September 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

British metalcore outfit Bring Me the Horizon will release their sophomore album, Suicide Season, on November 18th via Epitaph Records.

It’s not often scene kids, screamo fans and metal-heads can agree on a band, but after BMTH’s explosive rise in popularity, culminating in their breakout performances at Vans Warped Tour this summer, fans of all three genres have found their new favorite band.  With a wildly-anticipated new album and a full U.S. tour on the way, Britain’s hottest up-and-comers are on track to conquer the country this fall.

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Posted on: September 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Major News post, SFH MP3, “Two Cups of Tea”

Star Fucking Hipsters have posted another new track from their premier full length, Until We’re Dead on their MySpace page. It’s called “Two Cups of Tea”, and you can now download it right here on our website. The record release date is September 30th, but in the meantime, catch ‘em live as they embark on their first official tour!

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Posted on: September 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 2

The Weepies to appear on ABC hit series “Dirty Sexy Money”

After nearly 50 major film and TV placements since the release of their 2006 Nettwerk debut album Say I Am You and 2008 follow up Hideaway, THE WEEPIES land their biggest spotlight yet. The duo-Deb Talan and Steve Tannen-will play themselves on the Wednesday, October 22 (10:00 pm et/pt) episode of the ABC hit television series DIRTY SEXY MONEY, performing the song “Somebody Loved” from their very first album as…

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Posted on: September 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SHANE & SHANE RELEASES FIRST CHRISTMAS RECORD OCT. 14

Christian music’s favorite songwriting duo, Shane & Shane releases its first-ever Christmas project, Glory In The Highest (A Christmas Record) on Oct. 14. The twosome will perform songs from its new album on a special holiday tour to select cities beginning early December.

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Posted on: September 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Eagles of Death Metal Hit The Road For New Album!

in 2004, Eagles of Death Metal launched their wholesome good-graciousness with Peace, Love, and Death Metal, followed in 2006, by the diabolical Death By Sexy. In October 2008 EODM unleash Heart On. Speculators are speculating that the Dream Boy Duo of dance and prance will bring home Olympic Album Gold once again. The EODM formula for fantastic is humm…let’s see…that’s one part Jesse “Boots Electric” Hughes, one part Joshua “Babyduck”…

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Posted on: September 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Tower of Spite by Cerebral Fix – re-issue out in October!

Cerebral Fix – English thrash/death metal band formed in Birmingham in 1986. They became members of the UK thrash metal and death metal scenes through four albums, three of which were on major labels before finally disbanding in 1993. In 2006, the band announced its reformation. They have an album’s worth of new material, but for now they are waiting for the reception of the new songs. Frank claims that…

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Posted on: September 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

‘It was the Deltas Against the Rules… the Rules Lost!’ Celebrate the Most Popular College Comedy of All Time, ‘Animal House: 30th Anniversary Edition’

“Food Fight!” “I’m a zit, get it?” “Toga! Toga! Toga!” The over-the-top, politically incorrect, subversively endearing comedy classic that introduced those iconic lines to generations of audiences celebrates a milestone with “Animal House: 30th Anniversary Edition,” coming to DVD on October 28, 2008 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Directed with madcap zest by John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Coming to America), the definitive college fraternity film will be released in…

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Posted on: September 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Ex-Black Sheep Frontman/Producer Willie Basse Signs Distribution Deal With Quicksilver & Vigilante

‘80’s Metal Pioneer, Willie Basse has signed a distribution deal with Quicksilver Distribution to distribute his new album “The Money Grind.” Vigilante Music will handle label management throughout Europe, distributed by some of the leading European distributors, including Nova/Pinnacle (UK), Avispa (Spain), NMD (Germany, Austria), Rock Inc/ Bertus (Benelux), GT (Italy) , Mosaic (France) and PHD. The deal will include projects released on Basse’s new label, New Empire Media including…

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Posted on: September 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CocoRosie/Devendra protege Rio En Medio releases 2nd album on vinyl and digital

Rio en Medio is composed of songwriter/producer Danielle Stech-Homsy and a continuously evolving cast of friends and guest artists. Aligning herself with visual art, film and literature as much as music, Danielle’s primary influences are the textures, sounds and patterns found in nature, the human voice, the sacred, childhood, dreams, language, chance and divination.

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Posted on: September 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NOVEL WILL AUTHOR HIS ‘AUDIOBIOGRAPHY…’

Unique Multi-Talent Will Release Rowdy/Capitol Debut in Early 2009 “Unstoppable” – Alicia Keys “An amazing talent” – Leona Lewis “The potential to be greater than what we have in the business” – Talib Kweli “Lyrical genius” – Joell Ortiz “The most unbelievably talented artist, writer and producer of our time” – Dallas Austin

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