LA’s The Briggs are set to release their new effort, entitled Come All You Madmen, on June 17.  Founded by singing guitarists brothers Jason and Joey LaRocca, The Briggs are rounded out by Chris Arredondo on drums and Ryan Roberts on bass. The Brigg’s fourth release features that tight, in-your-face sound the band has honed to perfection with six solid years of touring under their belts with the likes of Bad…
Smile When You’re Alone is indie-folk rock band, This Car Up’s debut release, recorded at Inner Ear Studios by T.J. Lipple of Aloha. The five-piece, hailing from Allston, Ma, came together in the fall of 2007 eager to create music that was moving and beautiful. Singers/guitarists Eric Glassman and Paul Sentz became a duo through an open-mic night and friends due to their love of burritos and turkey. The band…
In his first full collaboration with Ninja Tune, the electronic producer/wizard presents most accessible and genre bending affair yet. Love to Make Music To out in the US 7/15! MP3: Make It So ft. Michael Johnson (XXX-Change Remix) http://www.terrorbird.alphapupserver.com/music/make_it_so_rmxxx.mp3
 Secondhand Serenade‘s single “Fall For You” is starting to pick up serious steam at Top 40 radio and is now in rotation on over 30 stations! It’s set to debut on the chart next week thanks to big time support from Y100/Miami, KZHT/Salt Lake City, WKSE/Buffalo, KHKS/Dallas, KDWB/Minneapolis, MN, KXXM/San Antonio, TX, SIRIUS HITS and Music Choice among others. More importantly, wherever “Fall For You” is on the air, it’s getting callout and it’s…
Man Raze, a newly formed rock outfit featuring Phil Collen of Def Leppard, Simon Laffy from Girl and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols, have announced the release of their full-length album “Surreal†on June 3, 2008 via VH1 Classic Records.Â
Additional features launching as part of Zune Ignition program Swedish pop sensation Robyn is the latest artist to be featured in the Zune Ignition program, and has released the track “Konitchiwa Bitches (Menta Mix)” exclusively on Zune Marketplace as a companion feature to the full album download of her latest release Robyn. Throughout the month of May, Zune Marketplace will also be offering fans the free track “Be Mine (Wasted…
 Electronic Techno Pop Dynamic Duo To Release Debut CD It’s Classy, Not Classic On September 16  Breathe Carolina, the Denver-based electronic techno pop dynamic duo, Kyle and Dave have signed with Oregon-based record label, Rise Records and will release their debut CD, It’s Classy, Not Classic on September 16.
“Norah Jones fans will feel right at home. … But she traffics in the same musical style as Laura Nyro, and she does it very well. These songs have sinuous rhythms that Campos negotiates with ease, playing with the grooves as well as the romantic messages of the lyrics, and ably backed by her fellow musicians. FOUR STARS ««««â€
“If Rap Gets Jealous,” from K’naan’s album The Dusty Foot Philosopher Deluxe Edition, is lyrically perhaps the most powerful song on the album. It is humble yet defiant. It is ultra personal but also puts the state of modern hip-hop under scrutiny.
Ryan MacNeill of Madison Project will be supporting The NightBirds on tour with his “I Am The Target – Acoustic Tour 2008” starting June 7th at Mezzanote Lounge in Syracuse, NY and bringing him straight across country, further fueling the buzz being generated by this one of a kind performer. Ryan’s acoustic tour comes at a great time, having recently been reviewed in AllMusicGuide, Aural Fix, TheCelebrityCafe, Good Times and…
Believe’s new album “Yesterday Is A Friend†is getting its first reviews. Below you can read a fantastic review done by Bob McBeath for one of the most important websites about progressive rock www.progarchives.com.
The fabulous itinerant mountain woman / prodigy Larkin Grimm has signed to Young God Records (who’s previous discoveries include Akron/Family, Devendra Banhart and Fire on Fire). The album is in progress and will be finished end of May. It will be released September ’08. It’s produced by Young God Records head Michael Gira and Larkin Grimm.
One of the hardest-working, coffee-fueled, howling, growling duos to come out of Vancouver, The Pack A.D., have just announced their upcoming Funeral Mixtape will be released on Mint Records on August 12, 2008. This EP proceeds their Mint debut, Tintype, and takes their blues to a grittier level.
    Cutting-edge hard rock / metal bands THE SWORD and WITCHCRAFT will join Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica amongst the live acts chosen to participate in OZZFEST 2008, set to take place on Saturday, August 9 in Dallas, TX. The dynamic, Austin, TX based band and the respected Swedish psyche-rock quartet will each bring their critically acclaimed live sets to the OZZFEST arena as part of the just-announced one-day stadium spectacular.
Brooklyn orchestral popsters, Clare & the Reasons, have a few key East Coast dates this summer. Mid June, the band will be at the Berklee Performance Center with My Brightest Diamond, after which they’ll return to New York for a Joe’s Pub Date.
Delta Spirit will showcase tunes from their debut “Ode to Sunshine†on stages across the nation this spring starting on May 17th. After opening sold-out tours for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids, and Dr. Dog to ardent acclaim, the Southern California-based collective recently signed to famed Rounder Records and plan to release their debut album in late summer/early fall of 2008.
Philadelphia’s BRASS have officially released their new three-song EP, A SMALL BREATH, for free digital download. For more information, go here. For instant gratification, voila!
Alternative rock mainstays Local H return with their seventh album on May 13, titled 12 Angry Months. The band’s debut on Shout! Factory, 12 Angry Months is Local H’s first new studio album since 2004’s Whatever Happened To P.J. Soles?
Tickle Me Pink is heading out on the road with Finch, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Foxy Shazam 7.18 – San Diego, CA @ Soma 7.19 – Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse 7.20 – Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse 7.22 – St. George, UT @ The Electric Theater 7.23 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues 7.24 – Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club 7.25 – Ventura, CA @…