Category: News

Posted on: June 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Secondhand Serenade’s “Fall For You” Receiving Airplay on Over 30 Top 40 Stations!

 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…

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Posted on: June 4, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Robyn Releases Exclusive Track on Zune Marketplace

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…

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Posted on: June 4, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Breathe Carolina Sign With Rise Records

  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.

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Posted on: June 4, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Filipino-American Pop-Folk with a jazzy side of soul – CONCHITA CAMPOS’ debut EP, So It Goes

“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 ««««”

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Posted on: June 4, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

K’naan’s “If Rap Gets Jealous” A Heavy Track

“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.

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Posted on: June 3, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Ryan MacNeill of Madison Project Sets Out On “I Am The Target- Acoustic Tour 2008”

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…

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Posted on: June 3, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Young God signs Larkin Grimm – label debut in progress

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.

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Posted on: June 3, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Pack A.D. Raise The Dead With Funeral Mixtape (Mint)

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.

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Posted on: June 3, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Sword and Witchcraft Added To 2008 Ozzfest

     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.

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Posted on: June 2, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CLARE & THE REASONS ANNOUNCE UK TOUR

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.

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Posted on: June 2, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Delta Spirit Kick Off Tour!

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.

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Posted on: June 2, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Brass Provides A Free EP Download

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!

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Posted on: June 2, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Local H Look To Capture Limelight Once Again

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?

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Posted on: June 1, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Tickle Me Pink Tour with Finch, More

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 @…

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Posted on: June 1, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dirty On Purpose Release 4 Free Songs on RCRDLBL.com For “Dead Volcanoes” EP

Paste Magazine: “If you enjoy both Yo La Tengo and My BloodyValentine, then this Brooklyn quartet is for you. Every song on the Like Bees EP delivers gorgeously in those veins.” Metromix: “Dirty on Purpose have grown into a band more likely to influence than be influenced.” Blogcritics: “Dirty on Purpose are more than what is seen and heard onthe surface. A closer listen reveals the intricacies and nuances of…

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Posted on: June 1, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

George Stanford Releases Debut Album 6/3 on Mercury

Multi-instrumental, singer-songwriter George Stanford is ready to make his full-length debut on June 3rd with Big Drop (Mercury Records)- an eleven-song pop-rock collection that harkens back to an era when musicianship and storytelling ranked supreme. While not on the road supporting such acts as Babyface, Sara Bareilles and Martin Sexton or playing events ranging from Sundance to the Green Apple Festival, Stanford made time to record a video for his…

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