Pop / Rock (18/06/2013) (We Are) Nexus Announces Street Date For First Release, Cover Of Sonique's "It Feels So Good" New Electronic Dance Music (EDM) sensation (We Are) Nexus are set to release their first major single, a cover of Sonique's "It Feels So Good" with a modern trance twist.
Set to release on August 6th, 2013 through Shotgunn Productions, the single will be released as an EP, accompanied by six club remixes of varying genres.
Sonique, a popular house and trance DJ based in the United Kingdo...
Country (18/06/2013) The Roys' New Video 'Gypsy Runaway Train' Makes World Premiere On Zuus Country! THE ROYS' GYPSY RUNAWAY TRAIN project continues to build steam as the duo's new video makes its world premiere on ZUUS Country's Americana Program, Monday, June 17 at 9 p.m. CDT. The clip will rebroadcast on Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. CDT and on Sunday, June 23 at 7 p.m. CDT.
The fast-paced piece was shot over three days "on the road" with THE ROYS. Producer/director Sammy Passa...
RnB (18/06/2013) Chris Stokes Looks For New Music Talent Chris Stokes has been in the music, film and television industry for over 2 decades now. With his keen sense of discovering new talent, he's been known as one of the best artist developers in the game. Stokes has worked with or discovered some of the most talented artist in the business today, including Brandy, Destiny's Child, Bobby Brown, BBD, B2K, Immature, Omarion & Marques Houston to name a f...
Pop / Rock (18/06/2013) RockNapa To Hit High Note At Charles Krug Winery This Summer The inaugural RockNapa music festival series to be held on the grounds of the historic Charles Krug Winery announced today several acts confirmed to take the stage on Thursday and Friday July 18-19 and August 15-16.
Each two-day RockNapa event will showcase famed Indie and Classic Rock artists. July event headlining acts include the Xceptional Classic Rock Show with players from Guns n' Roses...
Tour Dates (18/06/2013) Tom Keifer Set To Perform June 18th On The Late Show With David Letterman Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist TOM KEIFER is confirmed to be the musical guest on LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN tomorrow, Tuesday June 18th.
Keifer's highly anticipated debut solo album, THE WAY LIFE GOES, is out now and available everywhere via Merovee Records in conjunction with ADA Label Services. It was self-produced along with his wife Savannah Keifer and Chuck Turner, and reco...
Pop / Rock (18/06/2013) Highspire Announce First Tour In A Decade Shoegaze/dream-pop band Highspire have announced their return to the live stage with 14 dates in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this July. The journey includes a mainstage set at First Avenue in Minneapolis for the inaugural Bathysphere festival on July 6, and a Daytrotter taping on July 7. These will be the band's first shows in 10 years. The touring band features members of The Morning After Gir...
Tour Dates (18/06/2013) Hillbilly Herald Added As Direct Support On Slash Tour & Announce Headlining Shows Hillbilly Herald Added As Direct Support On Slash Tour & Announce Headlining Shows
Fresh off a sold out tour supporting Steel Panther, Hillbilly Herald continue their quest for rock 'n' roll dominance as they head back out on the road as direct support to Slash on his headlining tour throughout July and announce a series of headlining dates. The band are touring in support of their new EP "Sund...
Pop / Rock (18/06/2013) Finnish Pop Star Saara Aalto To Perform At The Award & Closing Ceremony For The Shanghai International Film Festival Following a successful performance in Shanghai earlier this year, opening for Spanish tenor José Carreras and singing several songs in Chinese, Saara Aalto returns to the city to perform at the Closing Ceremony of the Shanghai International Film Festival on Sunday, June 23.
Click here to watch the official video of the Mandarin version of Saara's song "You Had My Heart" ("Shou Shang De Xin"...
Pop / Rock (18/06/2013) Brainkiller Pushes The Envelope On Genre-Defying Second Album Colourless Green Superheroes On the creative instrumental music scene today there are a plethora of fresh-sounding new bands that artfully blend jazz, classical, rock, electronica and the avant garde. Add to that list the renegade trio Brainkiller, which has been flying under the radar with a potent sound that is steeped in structure while pushing the envelope on audaciousness. With Colourless Green Superheroes, the band that...
Alternative (18/06/2013) Skope Reviews Joy Focus "Love Song Cliche" "Love Song Cliché" is the new single from Illinois rock duo Joy Focus. Musician Rikk Currence and singer Holly Joy have been purveying their "kid tested & mother approved" music since late 2001. From this union have emerged three albums and seven singles, the latest of which is "Love Song Cliché."
It's a pleasing, eminently accessible track, full of youthful teasing energy and a touch of p...
Pop / Rock (18/06/2013) Future House Sample Pack Plotting a cultured line through the axis of UK garage, deep house and techno, Future House fuses stomping, shuffling 90s beats, darkened synths, bulbous basslines, hammering chords, choppy percussion and trippy FX, Future House pushes the envelope for producer's seeking zeitgeist-surfing elements inspired by the likes of Dusky, Waze & Odyssey and No Artificial Colours.
What's inside?
Dr...
Pop / Rock (18/06/2013) Music Presents Energies Of Feelings And Nostalgic Emotions Stored In The Instruments Themselves The self-titled album Dasi, takes the shape of a 61 minute adventure in soothing sound. This new release represents the culmination of highly talented musicians painting pictures of higher consciousness. Instead of presenting stories about people and things, it presents energies of feelings and nostalgic emotions stored in the instruments themselves.
Sounds of ocean waves from the Gulf of Me...
Pop / Rock (18/06/2013) Usher, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross & Marc Anthony Take The Stage For The 2013 Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival Music superstar Usher has been announced as one of the headlining acts for the highly anticipated 4th Annual Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival. He joins an impressive roster including some of the most popular artists on the planet: legendary divas Diana Ross and Gladys Knight, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Marc Anthony, Toto, Luis Miguel, Raphael Saadiq, Los Lobos, Harry Belafonte, Paul Anka, Sonny Rolli...
Jazz (18/06/2013) Drumming Icon Steve Gadd Leads All-Star Crew On Gadditude Grooving New Session For BFM JAZZ Features Fellow James Taylor Sidemen "The happiest result of my moderate success is and has been the company of these, my musical brothers. To have them play my music is a great joy and an honor, no lie, and I thank my lucky stars. 'Gadditude' is consensus co-arrangement, as only true masters of the art can achieve it." - James Taylor June 13, 2013
For Gadditude, his tenth outing as a leader and second for BFM Jazz, world class...
Jazz (18/06/2013) Tony Adamo / The Hipsters Hip Reviews Bill Harris Says this about "Miles of Blu"
"First of all let me say how much I love the CD and I'm very proud to have been a part of it! It is one of the coolest and hippest projects I've ever been involved with. Such great, fresh takes on the TOP tunes. My brother played with them for a bit and all us horn players grew up listening to their stuff but I really enjoy where you went with them....
MP3 and More (18/06/2013) Android Users Get Smart, Award-Winning MPme Radio Aggregator App MPme's free, popular mobile music app became available today for the Android operating system. First launched for the iPad in January 2012, MPme now offers the Android faithful an elegant, intelligent aggregation of several thousand radio broadcasts worldwide presented to audiophiles based on individual style, or searchable by genre, station and artist.
MPme effortlessly connects users with r...
Music Industry (18/06/2013) Bach To Rock's First Franchise School In Port Washington, NY, A Hit With Children And Adults Bach to Rock (B2R), America's Music School for students of all ages, announced today that its first franchise school in Port Washington, N.Y. has been a hit in the local community as more than 250 children and adults have signed up for lessons since it opened in January 2013. Franchisee Amplified Capital Partners, LLC (ACP) plans to open several additional locations in New York and Connecticut ove...
Pop / Rock (17/06/2013) Robin Thicke Announces Highly Anticipated Sixth Studio Album 'Blurred Lines' Robin Thicke has announced that his highly anticipated sixth studio album, Blurred Lines, is set to debut July 30th. The album's first single (also the title track) moved to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, marking the artist's first appearance on the chart's top spot. The global hit, featuring Pharrell and T.I., rose 6-1 as the chart's top digital, airplay and streaming gainer. "Blurred Lin...
Charts / Awards (17/06/2013) Imagine Dragons' Full Length Debut Night Visions Certified RIAA Platinum In The USA KIDinaKORNER / Interscope recording artist IMAGINE DRAGONS' debut album, Night Visions is certified platinum by the RIAA. Night Visions, released on September 4, 2012 entered the Billboard Top 200 Chart at #2 with the best first week sales for a full-length debut by a new rock band in over six years. Imagine Dragons crosses a monumental threshold; according to Nielsen SoundScan, since 2008 there h...
Charts / Awards (17/06/2013) Eric 'EQ' Young's New Single "Never Stop Loving" Hits Billboard Top 25 Hot Singles Sales Chart Eric 'EQ' Young New Single "Never Stop Loving" Available Now. "I was born to do this", says singer, song writer and virtuoso bass player Eric 'EQ' Young, and who could disagree as his new R&B smash single "Never Stop Loving" soars the Billboard Top 25 Hot Singles Sales Chart (at number 18) and the Top 10 Billboard Hip Hop and R&B Singles Sales Chart (at number 9). The idea of never stopping especi...
Pop / Rock (17/06/2013) Stargroves Releases New Single "A Good Child Sings A Good Song" The NYC-based dream-pop band STARGROVES released a new single today. "A Good Child Sings A Good Song" is the third single from their upcoming self-titled debut album.
The group released two singles in the past year and have already been featured on PerezHilton.com and MTV Buzzworthy. The new album, which is produced by Jeremy Slarsky (Freelance Whales), will be released on July 23rd.
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Alternative (17/06/2013) Cloakroom's 'Infinity' Out June 18, 2013 On Run For Cover Records! The band recently premiered a pair of new songs on BrooklynVegan, which can he heard here: www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/06/cloakroom_relea.html. Here's what BV had to say about 'em: "Cloakroom channel the point in the '90s when slowcore and emo crossed paths, and the tracks they've released from this album so far hint at something like if Mineral were more into sludge metal."
Tour date...
Alternative (17/06/2013) Buffalo, NY's I Can See Mountains Launch Pre-Orders For 'Life On A Houseboat' Album, Out July 2, 2013 Buffalo, NY's I Can See Mountains have launched preorders for their new LP Life On A Houseboat that includes an instant download of the LP. You can find all the information about the packages being offered here: www.icanseemountains.bigcartel.com.
I Can See Mountains spent the later part of 2012 on an enlightening journey to write the record that would define the bands core ingredients; heart...
Tour Dates (17/06/2013) Candye Kane Coming Out Swingin' Out On June 25, 2013 Southern California native Candye Kane to release her new album Coming Out Swingin' on June 25 via Vizztone Label Group, currently on tour bringing her finely tuned barrelhouse belting to a town near you.
Raised in your typical dysfunctional, blue-collar family, Candye Kane was a teenage mother, a pinup cover girl and a punk rock, blues-belting brassy broad by the time she was 21. Now twelve ...
Pop / Rock (17/06/2013) Roger Shah & Brian Laruso Releases New Track 'Higher Than The Sun' Ft. JES Since its premier on ASOT 615, super duo Roger Shah and Brian Laruso have been taking Trance fans "Higher Than The Sun" with their latest collaboration featuring 'Queen of Rocktronica' and legendary vocalist JES. Out now on Magik Muzik, the Original Mix of 'Higher Than The Sun' will soon be accompanied by the official music video and remixes by Aly & Fila, Sunlounger, and Jesse Voorn in July.
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Alternative (17/06/2013) Thousand Foot Krutch Releases New EP 'Metamorphosiz II The End Remixes Vol. 2' On July 2, 2013 Modern rock favorite THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH will release its second remix EP, Metamorphosiz II The End Remixes Vol. 2, as an exlusive to digital retailers, including iTunes, Amazon.com and others, on July 2. The EP features six songs from the independently released, five-star acclaimed and No. 1 selling Billboard Hard Rock album, The End Is Where We Begin, by noted remix talent Robbie Bronnimann, A...
Pop / Rock (17/06/2013) Da Hool Ft. Emmalyn Releases 'Into The Unknown' By Antillas & Dankann Add a tad of mystery to a well-balanced tune of house, trance and prog proportions, and the new Da Hool is the official outcome. 'Into The Unknown' is heading your way, in both the original and Antillas & Dankann remix!
Following the worldwide smashes of 'She Plays Me Like A Melody' and 'Illusion', Da Hool gears up for something with a completely different vibe. Catchy, deep, melodic and easi...
Metal / Hard Rock (17/06/2013) Famous Underground (Nick Walsh Of Slik Toxik) To release S/T On July 2, 2013 Famous Underground is led by vocalist Nicholas Walsh, formerly frontman of the band Slik Toxik. Folks that remember life before grunge may recall the Canadian hard rock outfit kicking up a proverbial storm in the early '90s. The band achieved Gold status in Canada with their full length debut Doin' The Nasty and took home the 1993 Juno Award (Canada's version of the Grammy) for Best Album of The Y...
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New Electronic Dance Music (EDM) sensation (We Are) Nexus are set to release their first major single, a cover of Sonique's "It Feels So Good" with a modern trance twist.
Set to release on August 6th, 2013 through Shotgunn Productions, the single will be released as an EP, accompanied by six club remixes of varying genres.
Sonique, a popular house and trance DJ based in the United Kingdo...
THE ROYS' GYPSY RUNAWAY TRAIN project continues to build steam as the duo's new video makes its world premiere on ZUUS Country's Americana Program, Monday, June 17 at 9 p.m. CDT. The clip will rebroadcast on Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. CDT and on Sunday, June 23 at 7 p.m. CDT.
The fast-paced piece was shot over three days "on the road" with THE ROYS. Producer/director Sammy Passa...
Life is good, the lifestyle brand committed to spreading the power of optimism and helping kids in need, today announced Jack Johnson, Daryl Hall & John Oates and YO GABBA GABBA! will headline the 2013 Life is good Festival on Sept. 21-22 at Prowse Farm in Canton, Mass. More than 30,000 fundraisers are expected to come together over the weekend to raise more than $1 million for The Life is good Ki...
Chris Stokes has been in the music, film and television industry for over 2 decades now. With his keen sense of discovering new talent, he's been known as one of the best artist developers in the game. Stokes has worked with or discovered some of the most talented artist in the business today, including Brandy, Destiny's Child, Bobby Brown, BBD, B2K, Immature, Omarion & Marques Houston to name a f...
The inaugural RockNapa music festival series to be held on the grounds of the historic Charles Krug Winery announced today several acts confirmed to take the stage on Thursday and Friday July 18-19 and August 15-16.
Each two-day RockNapa event will showcase famed Indie and Classic Rock artists. July event headlining acts include the Xceptional Classic Rock Show with players from Guns n' Roses...
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist TOM KEIFER is confirmed to be the musical guest on LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN tomorrow, Tuesday June 18th.
Keifer's highly anticipated debut solo album, THE WAY LIFE GOES, is out now and available everywhere via Merovee Records in conjunction with ADA Label Services. It was self-produced along with his wife Savannah Keifer and Chuck Turner, and reco...
Shoegaze/dream-pop band Highspire have announced their return to the live stage with 14 dates in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this July. The journey includes a mainstage set at First Avenue in Minneapolis for the inaugural Bathysphere festival on July 6, and a Daytrotter taping on July 7. These will be the band's first shows in 10 years. The touring band features members of The Morning After Gir...
Hillbilly Herald Added As Direct Support On Slash Tour & Announce Headlining Shows
Fresh off a sold out tour supporting Steel Panther, Hillbilly Herald continue their quest for rock 'n' roll dominance as they head back out on the road as direct support to Slash on his headlining tour throughout July and announce a series of headlining dates. The band are touring in support of their new EP "Sund...
Growing their fan base with a free download of their debut album 'Malignance' available here (http://xulmetal.bandcamp.com/album/malignance), Vernon, BC blackened death metal band XUL have posted a new blog entry from their cross Canada tour on TheGauntlet.com here (http://thegauntlet.com/article/1225/28048/XUL-Check-in-From-Winnipeg). If you're a fan of Behemoth, Dissection and Immortal then chec...
Following a successful performance in Shanghai earlier this year, opening for Spanish tenor José Carreras and singing several songs in Chinese, Saara Aalto returns to the city to perform at the Closing Ceremony of the Shanghai International Film Festival on Sunday, June 23.
Click here to watch the official video of the Mandarin version of Saara's song "You Had My Heart" ("Shou Shang De Xin"...
On the creative instrumental music scene today there are a plethora of fresh-sounding new bands that artfully blend jazz, classical, rock, electronica and the avant garde. Add to that list the renegade trio Brainkiller, which has been flying under the radar with a potent sound that is steeped in structure while pushing the envelope on audaciousness. With Colourless Green Superheroes, the band that...
"Love Song Cliché" is the new single from Illinois rock duo Joy Focus. Musician Rikk Currence and singer Holly Joy have been purveying their "kid tested & mother approved" music since late 2001. From this union have emerged three albums and seven singles, the latest of which is "Love Song Cliché."
It's a pleasing, eminently accessible track, full of youthful teasing energy and a touch of p...
Plotting a cultured line through the axis of UK garage, deep house and techno, Future House fuses stomping, shuffling 90s beats, darkened synths, bulbous basslines, hammering chords, choppy percussion and trippy FX, Future House pushes the envelope for producer's seeking zeitgeist-surfing elements inspired by the likes of Dusky, Waze & Odyssey and No Artificial Colours.
What's inside?
Dr...
The self-titled album Dasi, takes the shape of a 61 minute adventure in soothing sound. This new release represents the culmination of highly talented musicians painting pictures of higher consciousness. Instead of presenting stories about people and things, it presents energies of feelings and nostalgic emotions stored in the instruments themselves.
Sounds of ocean waves from the Gulf of Me...
Music superstar Usher has been announced as one of the headlining acts for the highly anticipated 4th Annual Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival. He joins an impressive roster including some of the most popular artists on the planet: legendary divas Diana Ross and Gladys Knight, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Marc Anthony, Toto, Luis Miguel, Raphael Saadiq, Los Lobos, Harry Belafonte, Paul Anka, Sonny Rolli...
"The happiest result of my moderate success is and has been the company of these, my musical brothers. To have them play my music is a great joy and an honor, no lie, and I thank my lucky stars. 'Gadditude' is consensus co-arrangement, as only true masters of the art can achieve it." - James Taylor June 13, 2013
For Gadditude, his tenth outing as a leader and second for BFM Jazz, world class...
Bill Harris Says this about "Miles of Blu"
"First of all let me say how much I love the CD and I'm very proud to have been a part of it! It is one of the coolest and hippest projects I've ever been involved with. Such great, fresh takes on the TOP tunes. My brother played with them for a bit and all us horn players grew up listening to their stuff but I really enjoy where you went with them....
MPme's free, popular mobile music app became available today for the Android operating system. First launched for the iPad in January 2012, MPme now offers the Android faithful an elegant, intelligent aggregation of several thousand radio broadcasts worldwide presented to audiophiles based on individual style, or searchable by genre, station and artist.
MPme effortlessly connects users with r...
Bach to Rock (B2R), America's Music School for students of all ages, announced today that its first franchise school in Port Washington, N.Y. has been a hit in the local community as more than 250 children and adults have signed up for lessons since it opened in January 2013. Franchisee Amplified Capital Partners, LLC (ACP) plans to open several additional locations in New York and Connecticut ove...
Robin Thicke has announced that his highly anticipated sixth studio album, Blurred Lines, is set to debut July 30th. The album's first single (also the title track) moved to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, marking the artist's first appearance on the chart's top spot. The global hit, featuring Pharrell and T.I., rose 6-1 as the chart's top digital, airplay and streaming gainer. "Blurred Lin...
KIDinaKORNER / Interscope recording artist IMAGINE DRAGONS' debut album, Night Visions is certified platinum by the RIAA. Night Visions, released on September 4, 2012 entered the Billboard Top 200 Chart at #2 with the best first week sales for a full-length debut by a new rock band in over six years. Imagine Dragons crosses a monumental threshold; according to Nielsen SoundScan, since 2008 there h...
Eric 'EQ' Young New Single "Never Stop Loving" Available Now. "I was born to do this", says singer, song writer and virtuoso bass player Eric 'EQ' Young, and who could disagree as his new R&B smash single "Never Stop Loving" soars the Billboard Top 25 Hot Singles Sales Chart (at number 18) and the Top 10 Billboard Hip Hop and R&B Singles Sales Chart (at number 9). The idea of never stopping especi...
The NYC-based dream-pop band STARGROVES released a new single today. "A Good Child Sings A Good Song" is the third single from their upcoming self-titled debut album.
The group released two singles in the past year and have already been featured on PerezHilton.com and MTV Buzzworthy. The new album, which is produced by Jeremy Slarsky (Freelance Whales), will be released on July 23rd.
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The band recently premiered a pair of new songs on BrooklynVegan, which can he heard here: www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/06/cloakroom_relea.html. Here's what BV had to say about 'em: "Cloakroom channel the point in the '90s when slowcore and emo crossed paths, and the tracks they've released from this album so far hint at something like if Mineral were more into sludge metal."
Tour date...
Buffalo, NY's I Can See Mountains have launched preorders for their new LP Life On A Houseboat that includes an instant download of the LP. You can find all the information about the packages being offered here: www.icanseemountains.bigcartel.com.
I Can See Mountains spent the later part of 2012 on an enlightening journey to write the record that would define the bands core ingredients; heart...
Southern California native Candye Kane to release her new album Coming Out Swingin' on June 25 via Vizztone Label Group, currently on tour bringing her finely tuned barrelhouse belting to a town near you.
Raised in your typical dysfunctional, blue-collar family, Candye Kane was a teenage mother, a pinup cover girl and a punk rock, blues-belting brassy broad by the time she was 21. Now twelve ...
Since its premier on ASOT 615, super duo Roger Shah and Brian Laruso have been taking Trance fans "Higher Than The Sun" with their latest collaboration featuring 'Queen of Rocktronica' and legendary vocalist JES. Out now on Magik Muzik, the Original Mix of 'Higher Than The Sun' will soon be accompanied by the official music video and remixes by Aly & Fila, Sunlounger, and Jesse Voorn in July.
...
Modern rock favorite THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH will release its second remix EP, Metamorphosiz II The End Remixes Vol. 2, as an exlusive to digital retailers, including iTunes, Amazon.com and others, on July 2. The EP features six songs from the independently released, five-star acclaimed and No. 1 selling Billboard Hard Rock album, The End Is Where We Begin, by noted remix talent Robbie Bronnimann, A...
Add a tad of mystery to a well-balanced tune of house, trance and prog proportions, and the new Da Hool is the official outcome. 'Into The Unknown' is heading your way, in both the original and Antillas & Dankann remix!
Following the worldwide smashes of 'She Plays Me Like A Melody' and 'Illusion', Da Hool gears up for something with a completely different vibe. Catchy, deep, melodic and easi...-to-r.jpg)
Famous Underground is led by vocalist Nicholas Walsh, formerly frontman of the band Slik Toxik. Folks that remember life before grunge may recall the Canadian hard rock outfit kicking up a proverbial storm in the early '90s. The band achieved Gold status in Canada with their full length debut Doin' The Nasty and took home the 1993 Juno Award (Canada's version of the Grammy) for Best Album of The Y...
