“(Happy Anarchy’s) Reset feels right at home among The Brakes, DeVotchKa, and Spottiswoode & His Enemies (if those bands don’t ring a bell, try The Flaming Lips, or maybe even The Beatles in their Magical Mystery Tour period). Happy Anarchy loves taking risks, with twists and turns to mess with the melody that is always there.†– Here Comes The Flood
Foot stomp rumbles, trash can thunder and fierce vocals—just a few ingredients of the compelling sound of Southern California-based band Delta Spirit. Freshly signed to renowned label Rounder Records, Delta Spirit have left their mark across the US, opening sold-out shows for Cold War Kids, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and more, honing their captivating style with every performance. This shines through on their debut “Ode to Sunshine,†which hits…
Deep in the heart of Panola County, Mississippi lies Como, a small rural town where children and grown folks alike have been living and breathing gospel for as long as they can remember. In the summer of 2006, Daptone Records placed a small ad in local papers and on the radio inviting singers to come down to Mt. Mariah Church to record their songs. The result is COMO NOW, a…
Eight track EP whets the appetite for their upcoming full-length album “The last time Brooklyn and Cincinnati got together a classic was made. We are Tanya Morgan. Welcome to The Bridge. You coming over with us?”
The highly sought-after and previously unreleased mixes of ONO’s #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charting single “NO, NO, NO†(THE REMIXES) and the #2 charting smash / #6 dance track of 2007 “YOU’RE THE ONE†(THE REMIXES) also set for digital release.
Check out My Morning Jacket performing an amazing stripped-down version of “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream (Part 2)” on the Black Cab Sessions.
With his self-produced mixtape Outside Looking hosted by Green Lantern dropping early next week, praise from the likes of Pharrell and Eminem and a forthcoming album via Interscope later this year, Charles Hamilton is a name you need to know. Jimmy Iovine’s newest signee produces and writes all of his own music and plays multiple instruments at the young age of 20.
England’s daredevil musical miscegenationists, Alabama 3 – trading under the name “A3” in the U.S. – are releasing a definitive retrospective of their beats-driven gospel/blues/country fusion titled Hits & Exit Wounds. This collection is being released by One Little Indian late this Summer. Hits & Exit Wounds features material from Exile on Coldharbour Lane, La Peste, Power in the Blood and Outlaw plus previously unreleased material and includes their signature…
The proverbial wind that is always gusting from Chicago never seems to cease but in terms of its most promising musical exports, that breeze proves to be a piercing and chilling gale of heaving guitars and spacey resonance.
Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, heralded by NME as “a glorious example of what rock ’n’ roll should be,†have signed with Transdreamer Records (distributed by MRI Distribution/RED) and are preparing their first American release as a band. Titled Dirt Don’t Hurt, the CD is slated for a street date of October 14, 2008. “Band,†however, is a figurative term for Holly and company— Holly Golightly and Lawyer Dave (a.k.a.…
Truly unclassifiable high-energy rockers TUB RING are set to embark on a month-long US tour in August with ‘Lost’ Angeles macabre rock duo CREATURE FEATURE. After kicking off the tour in St. Louis, MO, TUB RING will connect with CREATURE FEATURE at Java Jazz in Houston, TX, continuing from there east and up the east coast before heading through the Midwest and the Rockies on their way to Portland, OR.
After a string of raucous US dates in anticipation of the release of “Wagonwheel Blues”, The War on Drugs is getting geared up for August UK/EU dates. “Wagonwheel Blues” came out in the UK on June 2.
The summer of 2008 belongs to John Mayer, with the release of Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles on July 1st, a two month amphitheatre tour (newly added dates can be found below) to kick off in July, as well as a feature on the cover of Rolling Stone’s guitar issue for the second year in a row.
Greetings and salutations, friends. I am STOKED, because a) I get to see Maps & Atlases tonight, and b) I also get to announce some great news about ’em: MAPS & ATLASES ARE RELEASING A NEW EP ON SARGENT HOUSE THIS JUNE 16TH. IT’S CALLED “YOU AND ME AND THE MOUNTAIN”. c) Maps are touring with the zeal and tenacity of a fox in a henhouse (What does that even…
After witnessing the chaos and energy of a These Are Powers live set, we were immediately enthralled with this band, and after a long courtship and a some hot and heavy dating, we are excited to announce the start of a long and fruitful union between These Are Powers and Dead Oceans. First, Dead Oceans will re-release of “Taro Tarot” and “Terrific Seasons” on October 7 in the U.S. and…
Lemuria is guitarist/vocalist Sheena Ozzella, bassist Jason Draper, and drummer/vocalist Alex Kerns. The band formed in 2004 and, in true DIY fashion, self-released several EPs and 7â€s over the past few years. In 2006, they released a split LP with Kind of Like Spitting, which was released on Art of the Underground, a record label/distro run by drummer Alex. They’ve also done a 5-week tour of Europe and generally tour…
“Violens, a new project featuring Lansing-Dreiden members, may be less than a year old, but they are already the best discovery of this collection. Their stoned, sweet “Trance Like Turn” features sunny, vintage harmonies that peek through the gray clouds of their steely, post-punk beats and synthesized aggression.”
The NME declares, “Shy Child are to Kraftwerk what The White Stripes are to Led Zeppelin!†And here is their story… Nate Smith (Drums) and Pete Cafarella (Vox/Keytar) met at Wesleyan University in the mid-90’s where Nate had invited Pete to join his band. Although Pete was kicked out a few days later the two formed a fast friendship that would eventually lead to the formation of Shy Child once…
As previously announced Metal Mind Productions will release new live DVD by the legendary thrash metal band – Flotsam And Jetsam. The material entitled “Once in a Deathtime†features an extremely intense show the band gave at the Metalmania Festival 2008, offering metalheads everything Flotsam and Jetsam came to be respected for: brutal non-conformist sound, a slaughter of powerful, furious and perfectly executed thrash riffs, as well as excellent song-writing.…
“Argument: blogs are killing albums. We cherry pick the best songs for you to download bypassing the need to buy the album. We could debate that argument and whether we’d like to admit it or not, there is some truth to it. But the bigger truth is blogs are not killing albums any more than CDs did in the 80’s. Albums are evolving, changing and being shaped into something new.…