Country (06/06/2013) "Roots Rocking Punk Iconoclasts" The Defibulators To Release New Album "Debt'll Get'Em" On August 27 The Defibulators, described alternately as "Hee-Haw on mescaline" and "CBGB-meets-Grand Ole Opry," will release Debt'll Get'em,' the follow up to their acclaimed 2009 debut 'Corn Money,' on August 27th. Recorded in Woodstock with D. James Goodwin and Eli Walker and Brooklyn with co-producer Brian Bender (Langhorne Slim, Jose James), the album is an au courant, urban take on classic country, channe...
RnB (06/06/2013) Yung Blesd Debut Single "I Can't Be Your Man," Makes Instant Impact Yung Blesd has released his highly anticipated summer single "I Can't Be Your Man" via Blvd City/INgrooves-Fontana. The Single is currently available with stores and with all digital retailers. After years in the music business, the West Coast rapper has released his first major radio single with "I Can't Be Your Man," the lead single off of his debut album Produced by Khrys Hollywood. "A lot of p...
Tour Dates (06/06/2013) Former Champions Announce Southeast Journey Tour Touring behind their second studio album, Special FX Machine (April 2013), Former Champions are hitting the Southeast this summer for the Journey Tour. The four-piece from Richmond, VA will showcase their vocal-led compositions intermixed with an array of instrumentally driven electronic pieces. A sonic blend of synthesized keys mixed with sub-bass, distorted guitar, harmonized vocals, samples, an...
Metal / Hard Rock (06/06/2013) Le Reverie Live On TV!! Tuesday June 11 At 10:00 Am Pst Le Reverie LIVE ON TV!! Tuesday June 11 at 10:00 AM PST
Female fronted Gothic Rock Metal Band, Le Reverie will be featured LIVE on Television on the Actors E Show, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM PST!
They will unveil their brand new OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO filmed live at the Ladies of Metal Show in Los Angeles, California! Allie and Le Reverie ROCKED the LADIES OF METAL SHOW, according t...
Alternative (06/06/2013) The Locals Announce New EP 'Stereostatic Funicular' And Summer Tour Dates Chicago alt-pop, indie-rock trio The Locals will drop an EP entitled Stereostatic Funicular later this summer and will play select Midwestern clubs and festivals, including Milwaukee's Summerfest, in advance of the release. Stereostatic Funicular, which was produced Steven Gillis at Chicago's Transient Sound and features guest musicians Jason Narducy (Verbow, Bob Mould's band), Vijay Tellis-Nayak ...
Country (06/06/2013) Switchback's New Album "Kanoka" Just Released It all started about 30 years ago after a long of day of painting. Brian FitzGerald went up to the attic of the house he was staying in, picked up his guitar, and came up with a riff.
After nearly three decades of floating around in his head, Kanoka emerges in June as the latest release from Switchback, comprised of FitzGerald and his longtime musical partner Marty McCormack.
The boys ...
RnB (06/06/2013) Recording Artists TMAC, Baby Aces And Konundrum Spitzz Release New Single "Got Money" What do you get when you mix Pop/Rap artist TMAC with two of the hottest Bay Area rappers? The answer: FIRE!!! Baby Aces (Khepera Records) and Konundrum Spitzz (Audio Houndz Music Group) showcase their talent in this trio's newest single "GOT MONEY". This summer's smash hit, out today, has a very Midwest meets Northern California vibe that is very different in style to TMAC's other, successful deb...
Pop / Rock (06/06/2013) New Center Park Announces A Summer Full Of Music, Movies And More New Center Park Wednesday Night at the Movies (Detroit, MI). (PRNewsFoto/New Center Park)
New Center Park opens June 5th and will bring back some programming favorites from over the years and feature a few new twists. The park, located in the shadow of the Fisher Building, is one of the most intimate sites in the area to enjoy music. Almost all programing is free.
New this year is The Class...
Oldies (06/06/2013) Bennett & Brubeck - The White House Sessions Bennett & Brubeck - The White House Sessions - Live 1962, the newly discovered recording of two American jazz masters performing an historic one-time-only concert set, has, according to Soundscan, entered the nation's Jazz charts (Traditional Jazz, Current Jazz and Core Overall Jazz) at #2 (and the Billboard 200 at #74), an unprecedented achievement for the first release of music recorded...
Tour Dates (06/06/2013) Crosby, Stills & Nash Announce A Third And Final Show On October 11th At London's Royal Albert Hall >With two previously announced shows at London's Royal Albert Hall almost sold out (Oct. 8-9), Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) announce a third and final date at the venue, set for October 11. The newly added show is during the U.K. leg of CSN's 2013 European tour, which begins June 20 in Germany, and follows a spring tour of the U.S. On October 11, for the show's second set, CSN will perform its cl...
Movies (06/06/2013) Real Gangsters, The Star-Filled Realistic Mob Film, Is A Big Hit At The Hoboken Film Festival In New Jersey The much anticipated worldwide premiere screening of Real Gangsters this past weekend at the Hoboken International Film Festival opened to a nearly sold out crowd and thunderous applause.
Real Gangsters is a new-style, realistic mob film, starring: ROBERT LOGGIA (Academy Award & Emmy nominee; Scarface, Independence Day, Big); STEVEN BAUER (Golden Globe nominee; Scarface, Raising Cain); JO...
Country (06/06/2013) Johnny Cash Returns To 'Stamping Ovation' John Carter Cash, Larry Gatlin, Jamey Johnson, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Roys, Marty Stuart, Randy Travis and other entertainers paid tribute to Johnny Cash as he was inducted today into the Postal Service's Music Icons Forever stamp series at the Grand Ole Opry Ryman Auditorium.
"With his gravelly baritone and spare percussive guitar, Johnny Cash had a distinctive musical sound - a bl...
RnB (06/06/2013) Watch The "Pop Drop & Roll" Music Video By Durt Boi Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes announces the release of the video "Pop Drop & Roll" by Durt Boi. The project, presented by Coast 2 Coast Video Distribution is now available for view on YouTube.
Brandon Townsend aka Durt Boi hails from Memphis, Tennessee and is known for his grimey delivery and catchy hooks. Growing up in the southside of the city in the rough Riverside Community, he had to overcome m...
Country (06/06/2013) Nashville Recording Artist Pete Martinez Donates Theme Song To CSU's Horse Sense Documentary Nashville recording artist Pete Martinez donated the song "THE HORSE," theme song for Horse Sense, a documentary premiering on Rocky Mountain PBS featuring the Colorado State University's Equine Research Programs. The film tells the story of mankind's relationship with the horse. Martinez wrote, recorded and performed the song to applaud the advancements of the CSU Equine Institute, one of the wor...
Metal / Hard Rock (06/06/2013) Interview With Killswitch Engage's Guitarist Adam D. Killswitch Engage are currently out on the road, supporting their latest album, Disarm the Descent. We got guitarist Adam D. on the phone the day after the opening show of the tour, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (The band donated money to tornado relief, and also sold a special T-shirt that benefited tornado victims.) In the interview below, he discusses Disarm the Descent, the band's current live s...
Metal / Hard Rock (06/06/2013) Go Record Shopping With Mikael Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt likes record shopping. A lot. So naturally, when he last hit the East Coast, Decibel magazine took him on a jaunt to New Jersey's own Vintage Vinyl, one of the finest independent record stores in America. In the video above, he discusses his collecting habits, trading a Predator movie poster for a Sodom album, and more!
...
Metal / Hard Rock (06/06/2013) Jordan Rudess Talks To Loudwire Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess recently spoke to Loudwire.com about what's going on with the band. Excerpts from the interview are below:
Regarding the recording process, he says, "We're kind of in the homestretch of the whole thing. I was just finishing some keyboard tracks and we have some more things to do, but we're definitely looking at the finish line at this point." He specifi...
Pop / Rock (06/06/2013) Bedtime State Of Mind: Jay-Z Lullabies By Rockabye Baby Babies may have 99 problems, but getting to sleep isn't one. At least not with Rockabye Baby's 'Lullaby Renditions of Jay-Z' (7.9), the newest release from the acclaimed series of baby-friendly rock and rap favorites.
Click here to view the album art - http://shorefi.re/15DQyEC
Spanning Jay-Z's career with songs like "Empire State of Mind," "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" and "Big Pimpin'...
Rock (06/06/2013) Blues-Rocker Patrick Sweany Set To Release Close To The Floor On July 16, 2013 Blues has often been described as both the source of the song and the song itself. For an artist like Nashville-based bluesman Patrick Sweany, it's also become a means of catharsis. "It's fairly obvious that a good deal of this album is dealing with grief, loss, and its aftermath," he explains about his new album Close to the Floor (Nine Mile Records; July 16, 2013). "It's really pushed me to make...
Tour Dates (06/06/2013) Dying Fetus - Dying Fetus Announce European Headline Tour Death Metal powerhouse DYING FETUS have confirmed that they will be heading back to Europe this summer on a headlining tour. The tour begins July 24th in Slovenia and runs through August 18th in France. The tour includes appearances at numerous festivals including Brutal Assault, Party San, Bloodstock, Summer Breeze and many more. A complete list of dates can be found below.
Last week the ban...
Tour Dates (06/06/2013) Locrian: Premiere New Song Via NPR, Announce Tour Dates, Return To Annihilation Coming June 25th Via Relapse Records Esoteric, experimental artisan's Locrian have premiered a brand new track from their forthcoming full-length Return To Annihilation. The song "A Visitation From the Wrath of Heaven" is streaming via NPR.
Return To Annihilation was recorded by Greg Norman (Pelican, Russian, Circles, Serena Maneesh) at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, IL and mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago ...
Tour Dates (06/06/2013) Revocation: Post New Studio Video, Announce Additional Tour Dates Last week, Revocation confirmed an August 6th release date for their new self-titled album. This is their 4th full-length release and the first featuring new bassist Brett Bamberger. The artwork was created by Orion Landau (Dying Fetus, Obscura, Nile).
Throughout the recording process the band had cameras rolling capturing everything. From this footage Revocation has put together a series of...
Metal / Hard Rock (06/06/2013) Mumakil: Premiere Brand New Track Now under a month before it pummels its way into the public's hands, another track from Mumakil's third album 'Flies Will Starve' surges forth. "Death from Below," the opening track to the helltorn new album comes at you by way of a featured stream at American Aftermath, lashing out with some of the most relentless grindcore audio persecution of the year, and joined by an exclusive interview with ...
Metal / Hard Rock (06/06/2013) True Widow: Stream New Song, Circumambulation Out July 23 True Widow is streaming "HW:R," a new song from the upcoming album Circumambulation via Noisey. The five-minute track perfectly encapsulates the Texas trio's seemingly effortless ability to create highly melodic and memorable songs with a rootsy, organic spin on guitar-centric shoegaze.
Pre-order packages for Circumambulation are available on CD/LP/Digital and a deluxe vinyl version that cont...
Metal / Hard Rock (06/06/2013) Soil Becomes 'Whole' As Sixth Album Is Released August 20 Via Pavement Entertainment; Tour Set To Launch June 19 SOiL's sixth studio album, WHOLE, will be released August 20 via Pavement Entertainment. It's the band's first 100% independent release. "We wanted to call all the shots on this album and, for the first time ever, hold our future in our own hands," explains bassist Tim King.
"Shine On" is the album's first single, which will be released to radio June 18 and will be available digitally June 2...
Pop / Rock (06/06/2013) Peng Records New Album Promo: L.A.M.P - Shades Of Green Bristol is already known worldwide for its top quality musical exports, now deep house / soul institution Peng Records present L.A.M.P !
Bristol based producer Andy Compton has teamed up with Ladybird (from Paris) to make this timeless masterpiece, with the help of The Rurals in house musical team.
Andy Compton is a well established name in the house/soul music scene, as well as being th...
Metal / Hard Rock (06/06/2013) Xander Demos Wins Sonic Bids Contest, Signs Endorsement Deal With Lampifier Microphones MTS Management is happy to announce Xander Demos has signed an endorsement deal with Indianapolis-based Lampifier Microphones. Xander was the winner of the Sonic Bids Lampifier Microphone Endorsement contest, in the metal category. Lampifier is the manufacturer of professional microphones with built-in sound processing technology.
"I received my Lampifier microphone, yesterday, and as soon as...
Latin (06/06/2013) Internationally Renowned Cuba-Peru Super Band Mayimbe To Play Corvallis New York, San Francisco, Vancouver B.C., Corvallis ... wait, what? Internationally famous, super Cuban band - Mayimbe - has added Corvallis, Oregon, to its North American tour. On June 20, Corvallis will be invaded by Mayimberos (fans of Mayimbe) for a special, one-night concert. The show will take place at SubZero Nightclub (126 SW 4th St.), which is just barely big enough to pack in the Cuban-Sa...
Classical (06/06/2013) 'The Orchestra Unleashed' Unveils Storms In The Desert, A New Recording Project with Metropolitan Opera Star Philip Webb An award-winning composer has created a modern orchestral project that marries new music with the ancient story of Jacob and his twelve sons. The Orchestra Unleashed (TOU), renowned for its accomplishments in bringing living composers and their work to modern audiences is teaming up with Metropolitan Opera star Philip Webb to produce Storms in the Desert. A biblically-themed recording project, S...