Pop / Rock (2013-05-22) Listen To A Bonus Track From Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Daft Punk's Random Access Memories hits stores today on Columbia Records. Japanese fans have the opportunity to buy the new album with bonus track "Horizon": the light meditative stroll is without a doubt the most tranquil piece of music they've composed to date, and comes sprinkled with Eno synths, Michel Rubini guitar work, and Tangerine Dream moods.
The track opens with nothing but a simple acoustic guitar, which is later joined by airy synths, twinkling piano runs and an effectively used pedal steel. It all comes together for a bit of a climax toward the end, but overall, the track remains the mellowest offering on an already subdued record by the guys who pioneered electronic dance music as we know it today.
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Pop / Rock (2013-05-23) Riot Fest Announces Toronto (Aug 24-25) And Denver (Sept. 21-22), Vip Ticket Contest Riot Fest 2013 just got even better, as Denver and Toronto are added to the slate in August and September. Union Events partners with Riot Fest in Toronto for the Riot Fest & Travelling Exposition on August 24th and 25th. Partnering with Soda Jerk Presents in Denver, Riot Fest & Sideshow will be held on September 21st and 22nd. "We are excited to come back to Toronto for a second year. The lineup, we believe, is immensely strong, and I cannot wait ...
Metal / Hard Rock (2013-05-23) Coffins: Release "The Vacant Pale Vessel" Lyric Video The first whiff of The Fleshland, the fourth LP from Tokyo-based graverobbers, COFFINS, is permeating the air today, as the label has exhumed the first single from the album. Constructed for the massive more than six-and-a-half minute "The Vacant Pale Vessel," the lyric video animates the gorestrewn cover illustration of The Fleshland as executed by the gruesome hands of Chris Moyen (Morbosidad, Black Witchery, Incantation, Blasphemy, etc.), as he ...
Tour Dates (2013-05-23) Don Felder: New Tour Dates Confirmed As Part Of Peter Frampton's "Guitar Circus" Tour DON FELDER (@donfelder) - former guitarist of the Eagles, New York Times best-selling author and four-time Grammy Award winner - will be joining Peter Frampton's "Guitar Circus" tour, along with many other legendary guitar players, for a batch of stops starting June 13 in Windsor, Ontario at Caesars Windsor. FELDER continues his touring activities in support of his second solo album (and first since 1983), ROAD TO FOREVER, which was released October ...
Jazz (2013-05-24) Tony Adamo Miles Of Blu CD Five Stars/Amazon Tony Adamo is a hip cat, a bad cat! His rhymes and rhythms will have you grooving for life! His words are pure truth -- He has invented an entirely new genre: "HipSpokenWord!" He sings a bit, but his main thing: The hip words. Produced by master drummer Mike Clark, of Wolff & Clark Expedition and HeadHunters fame, Tony is backed by an all-star aggregation of musicians. Players like bassist Richie Goods, trumpeter//arranger Tim Ouimette, organist Delbert ...
RnB (2013-05-22) Madchild Set To Release New Solo Album "Lawnmower Man" Madchild Set To Release New Solo Album "Lawnmower Man" On July 23rd & Releases Video For "Tiger Style."
Madchild from Swollen Members has announced a July 23rd release date for his upcoming sophomore solo album "Lawnmower Man" via Suburban Noize/Battle Axe Records. Eager to give fans a taste of new music, Madchild has released his video for the track "Tiger Style" online at http://youtu.be/59ZE9K63Uhc.
"After the amazing ride of putting out my first album 'Dope Sick', I realized how ...
Music Industry (2013-05-24) A Total Of 217 Quarterfinalists From Across The U.S. Announced For First-Ever Music Educator Award A total of 217 music teachers from 195 cities across 45 states have been announced as quarterfinalists for the Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation®. In total, more than 30,000 initial nominations were submitted from all 50 states.
The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (K - college, public and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution ...
MP3 and More (2013-05-22) "Bob Hope Radio" Launches For Memorial Day Weekend On SiriusXM Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that it will launch "Bob Hope Radio," a four-day channel devoted to the legendary entertainer and showman's USO tours of the military during World War II, for Memorial Day weekend beginning Friday, May 24 at 12:01 am ET.
"Bob Hope Radio" will feature episodes of "The Bob Hope Show" performed at Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines bases during the Second World and Korean Wars. The famous entertainer was unwavering in his commitment to the morale ...
Oldies (2013-05-24) The Moody Blues' 17-Disc 'Timeless Flight' Definitive Career-Spanning Boxed Set Release Date Moves To June 25 The Moody Blues' new definitive, career-spanning collection, TIMELESS FLIGHT, will now be released June 25 in both 17-disc and four-CD configurations. The lavish 17-disc set is housed in an LP-sized hardbound slipcase and includes 11 CDs of digitally re-mastered album tracks, previously unreleased mixes and outtakes, and complete concert recordings. It also includes three DVDs of rare television performances, promotional videos and a previously unreleased ...
Country (2013-05-22) Dave Adkins & Republik Steele Head To Nashville With Hot New Album DAVE ADKINS & REPUBLIK STEELE are celebrating their hot new album THAT'S JUST THE WAY I ROLL (Rural Rhythm) with a busy tour schedule and heavy radio airplay. Dave Adkins and Republik Steele member Kenny O'Quinn head to Nashville this week in support of the album. They will appear on WSM 650.AM Radio's "Coffee, Country and Cody" show with Bill Cody Wednesday morning at 9:15 am before making a stop by the new offices of the International Bluegrass ...
Rock (2013-05-22) Playing For Keeps: Bloomington, Indiana's Keeps Seek To Expose Their Progressive Indie Rock To A Larger Audience Keeps want to play for you. This power trio wants to showcase their hybrid mix of progressive indie and folk rock for you. They are ready to travel beyond northwest Indiana to get their name out there and gain exposure for their past and future musical efforts. They want you to be aware of their emergence onto the national scene and with their new record, they'll do just that. With a sound heavily influenced by both indie folk music and the more progressive ...
Alternative (2013-05-24) Listen Arctic Monkeys' New Song "Do I Wanna Know?" Live The Arctic Monkeys set out to play a few gigs this May, and have recently begun working on their fifth studio album. With the band taking a break from the studio and playing their first concert in months this Wednesday, fans watching the show in Ventura, CA. got to witness a brand new song: Do I Wanna Know?
The four-minute performance is a brooding, hard-hitting track characteristic of the darker tone we've seen from their most recent efforts, like 2011's Suck It and See.
The frontman ...
Daft Punk's Random Access Memories hits stores today on Columbia Records. Japanese fans have the opportunity to buy the new album with bonus track "Horizon": the light meditative stroll is without a doubt the most tranquil piece of music they've composed to date, and comes sprinkled with Eno synths, Michel Rubini guitar work, and Tangerine Dream moods.-And-Denver.png)
Riot Fest 2013 just got even better, as Denver and Toronto are added to the slate in August and September. Union Events partners with Riot Fest in Toronto for the Riot Fest & Travelling Exposition on August 24th and 25th. Partnering with Soda Jerk Presents in Denver, Riot Fest & Sideshow will be held on September 21st and 22nd. "We are excited to come back to Toronto for a second year. The lineup, we believe, is immensely strong, and I cannot wait ...
The first whiff of The Fleshland, the fourth LP from Tokyo-based graverobbers, COFFINS, is permeating the air today, as the label has exhumed the first single from the album. Constructed for the massive more than six-and-a-half minute "The Vacant Pale Vessel," the lyric video animates the gorestrewn cover illustration of The Fleshland as executed by the gruesome hands of Chris Moyen (Morbosidad, Black Witchery, Incantation, Blasphemy, etc.), as he ...
DON FELDER (@donfelder) - former guitarist of the Eagles, New York Times best-selling author and four-time Grammy Award winner - will be joining Peter Frampton's "Guitar Circus" tour, along with many other legendary guitar players, for a batch of stops starting June 13 in Windsor, Ontario at Caesars Windsor. FELDER continues his touring activities in support of his second solo album (and first since 1983), ROAD TO FOREVER, which was released October ...
Tony Adamo is a hip cat, a bad cat! His rhymes and rhythms will have you grooving for life! His words are pure truth -- He has invented an entirely new genre: "HipSpokenWord!" He sings a bit, but his main thing: The hip words. Produced by master drummer Mike Clark, of Wolff & Clark Expedition and HeadHunters fame, Tony is backed by an all-star aggregation of musicians. Players like bassist Richie Goods, trumpeter//arranger Tim Ouimette, organist Delbert ...
Madchild Set To Release New Solo Album "Lawnmower Man" On July 23rd & Releases Video For "Tiger Style."
Madchild from Swollen Members has announced a July 23rd release date for his upcoming sophomore solo album "Lawnmower Man" via Suburban Noize/Battle Axe Records. Eager to give fans a taste of new music, Madchild has released his video for the track "Tiger Style" online at http://youtu.be/59ZE9K63Uhc.
"After the amazing ride of putting out my first album 'Dope Sick', I realized how ...
A total of 217 music teachers from 195 cities across 45 states have been announced as quarterfinalists for the Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation®. In total, more than 30,000 initial nominations were submitted from all 50 states.
The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (K - college, public and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution ...
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that it will launch "Bob Hope Radio," a four-day channel devoted to the legendary entertainer and showman's USO tours of the military during World War II, for Memorial Day weekend beginning Friday, May 24 at 12:01 am ET.
"Bob Hope Radio" will feature episodes of "The Bob Hope Show" performed at Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines bases during the Second World and Korean Wars. The famous entertainer was unwavering in his commitment to the morale ...
The Moody Blues' new definitive, career-spanning collection, TIMELESS FLIGHT, will now be released June 25 in both 17-disc and four-CD configurations. The lavish 17-disc set is housed in an LP-sized hardbound slipcase and includes 11 CDs of digitally re-mastered album tracks, previously unreleased mixes and outtakes, and complete concert recordings. It also includes three DVDs of rare television performances, promotional videos and a previously unreleased ...
DAVE ADKINS & REPUBLIK STEELE are celebrating their hot new album THAT'S JUST THE WAY I ROLL (Rural Rhythm) with a busy tour schedule and heavy radio airplay. Dave Adkins and Republik Steele member Kenny O'Quinn head to Nashville this week in support of the album. They will appear on WSM 650.AM Radio's "Coffee, Country and Cody" show with Bill Cody Wednesday morning at 9:15 am before making a stop by the new offices of the International Bluegrass ...
Keeps want to play for you. This power trio wants to showcase their hybrid mix of progressive indie and folk rock for you. They are ready to travel beyond northwest Indiana to get their name out there and gain exposure for their past and future musical efforts. They want you to be aware of their emergence onto the national scene and with their new record, they'll do just that. With a sound heavily influenced by both indie folk music and the more progressive ...
The Arctic Monkeys set out to play a few gigs this May, and have recently begun working on their fifth studio album. With the band taking a break from the studio and playing their first concert in months this Wednesday, fans watching the show in Ventura, CA. got to witness a brand new song: Do I Wanna Know?
The four-minute performance is a brooding, hard-hitting track characteristic of the darker tone we've seen from their most recent efforts, like 2011's Suck It and See.
The frontman ...
One of the most popular and beloved operas of all time, Aida, in a spectacular staging that captures the grandeur of Ancient Egypt, comes to Great Performances at the Met Sunday, June 9 at 12 noon on PBS (check local listings). In New York, THIRTEEN will broadcast the opera on Friday, June 21 at 9 p.m., with an encore showing Sunday, June 23 at 12:30 p.m.
More than 200 artists fill the Met stage for this performance of Verdi's tragedy, which ...
