A mainstay in the Midwestern indie circles for most of the last decade, Ghosty puts on a masterful display of avant-pop songcraft. Andrew Connor’s mercurial song structures are brought to life by his vocal harmonies and guitar interplay with Jake Blanton, while David Wetzel’s keyboard textures, Nolte’s rich bass lines and Adams’ complex counterpoints give the album a resounding depth. It’s intelligent, slightly askew pop that compares favorably to Field…
On Friday and Saturday, June 13-14, The Kitchen in New York City presents a live multimedia concert featuring a complete performance of ONEIDA’s 2005 album, “The Wedding”. Oneida will be backed by a string quintet under the direction of Brian Coughlin, who created the arrangements for the original recording, along with celebrated pianist Emily Manzo. In this evening, conceived for The Kitchen and directed by Nick Hallett, “The Wedding” is…
Interscope Records artist Switches will be on the Nylon Magazine Music Tour with She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet & The Virgins in support of their debut album Lay Down The Law.Â
. While this is indeed David’s debut you may have heard his music in disparate places such as performing in folk band Little Wings, making beats for rappers Aceyalone and Busdriver, or as a much heralded teenage drumming prodigy. Definitely worth checking out for fans of WHY? or Ra Ra Riot.
New York, NY— Born in Tunisia and raised in South Africa and England before arriving in New York, singer-songwriter Anya Singleton’s first full-length album, The Other Side, will hit stores August 12 and features 11 tracks all co-written by Singleton. Intensely introspective yet captivating, you’ll feel as if Singleton has invited you into her living room for an emotional thrill ride of a story. Not content to only chronicle the ups and…
THE GATHERING have posted an update on their official website’s forum about the new material they are currently working on. “Dear all, Sorry it has been a while since you’ve heard from us. We apologize for this. It actually means that we have been really busy with the band. During the last couple of months we created a lot of new ideas that lead to the first songs of our…
As previously announced Metal Mind Productions will release first ever Gorgoroth‘s DVD. “Black Mass Krakow 2004†DVD with their spectacular show recorded in Krakow, Poland will finally see the light of day on 9th June in Europe and 10th June in US (via MVD).
Push Back LP Release Date In Favor of EP Series Michael Nau, previously well known as the primary singer/songwriter for Page France, will be pushing back the release of his debut full-length as The Cotton Jones Basket Ride in favor of an EP series to be released through Quite Scientific records. The album, entitled Paranoid Cocoon, had initially been slated for a spring release but will now be replaced instead…
Soul deep Brit James Hunter – who possesses a “tight, slithery soul groove” and a “sweet growl” (NY Times) – will make his Hear Music debut with the June 10 release of ‘The Hard Way.’ The new album finds Hunter delving further into the realm of deep soul on a set of all-original material.
The previously announced Boris North American tour beginning in June has been updated. The full routing is below. Torche will be supporting Boris on dates, but Wolves In The Throne Room have since dropped from the tour. Just added this week, Nachtmystium will join the tour from July 12th through 20th, and Lair Of the Minotaur from July 22nd through August 3rd!!!
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 Progressive metal comes in many shapes and sizes, but undoubtedly the genreÂ’s top export out of Brazil is MindFlow. The Brazilian band will soon be performing throughout the U.S. in support of their upcoming album, Destructive Device. The group (which includes singer Danilo Herbert, guitarist Rodrigo Hidalgo, bassist Ricardo Winandy, keyboardist Miguel Spada and drummer Rafael Pensado) manage to show off their instrumental virtuosity while never losing sight of…
The expanded edition of the Plug Award nominated “Hymns for a Dark Horse” will be released on June 17 (and August 18 in the UK), featuring two new songs as bonus tracks. Originally released by Burly Time Records in 2007, Dead Oceans is thrilled that this masterpiece will finally be widely available.
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Mediaskare is proud to announce the addition of Queens, NY’s ENDWELL to its ever-growing roster of genre pushing bands. The first release from the band through Mediaskare will be a 5 song EP titled ‘Revenge Is A Healthy Motive’, which will be available exclusively via iTunes and specialty shops on May 27th and at the band’s live shows beginning May 25th. The tracks “Mike Tyson†and “Sympathy For All Sufferers 
Coldplay announce their “Viva La Vida” North American Tour in support of their new album of the same name, which will be released on June 17th. The tour, which will be produced by Live Nation, will kick off on June 29th in Philadelphia, PA. Ticket information is available at http://www.coldplay.com or at http://www.livenation.com.Before kicking off the “Viva La Vida” tour, Coldplay will play free concerts in London (June 16th at…
Coffins has released two tracks from their upcoming album Buried Death on their Myspace page. The album, to be released on 20 Buck Spin Records with distribution through Southern Lord, will hit the streets on June 20th, and was in Decibel Magazine’s 25 most anticipated LPs of 2008. The title track “Buried Death” will be featured on the upcoming Southern Lord sampler that will given out free on the upcoming North American Boris tour,
Anxious to get on the road, celebrate the summer, and perform songs from their new album The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley have announced a slew of upcoming festival performances. Gnarls has confirmed 20 dates so far, including: the Roots Picnic in Philly; the Soco Music Experience in Denver; the Quart Festival in Norway; the Roskilde Festival in Denmark; Rock Werchter in Belgium; Eurockness in France; the Montreux Jazz Festival in…
 British sensation Leona Lewis has reclaimed the Number One position on the Billboard Hot 100 with her worldwide smash hit single, “Bleeding Love†for a fourth, record-breaking week. Never before in the history of the pop song chart has a British-born female solo artist ever held the #1 spot on the singles chart with a debut charting single for 4 weeks.
Frightened Rabbit will return to the States this month on the heels of their just-released critically acclaimed sophomore LP, THE MIDNIGHT ORGAN FIGHT, and will be extending their tour, adding dates in New York and Los Angeles. The band will be joined on the month-long jaunt by The French Kicks for the first leg followed by Oxford Collapse. While in Seattle, Frightened Rabbit will stop in at KEXP for a…