Alternative (17/05/2013) Motorfinger Releases New EP 'Coming In Clear' Oslo alternative rock band Motorfinger has released their new EP album, "Coming in Clear," to uproarious fan acclaim. The record is the most significant release from Motorfinger since their 2011 debut EP, "Best Of." "Coming in Clear" serves as an excellent introduction to listeners who have not yet experienced Motorfinger's uniquely anachronistic, yet modern grunge sound, and promises also to soli...
Alternative (17/05/2013) Mike Colin "Crystal Cage" Lifetime Alternative/Indie/DIY Music Artist Mike Colin will release a new 10 song CD on iTunes, CDBaby, AmazonMP3, GooglePlay and several other online retailers May 28, 2013.
Crystal Cage Producer Zhitkur Roswell had this to say about the project, "This is a first for Mike because it's more or less a traditional Alternative Pop/Rock kind of album. I've been listening to him for over a decade ...
RnB (17/05/2013) HDot Releases New Single 'I Am Me' The musician known as HDot has released her newest official single, titled, "I Am Me." The song is a dancehall anthem with a hip hop heart that features HDot at her finest. A true, original standout against a sea of bandwagon performers, HDot is an iconoclastic artist who is sure to challenge conventions and speak from her heart for years to come, and "I Am Me" represents her global introduction.
...
RnB (17/05/2013) Female Rapper Te Gears Up To Release Her New Mixtape 'Keeng' On June 1st Hip Hop phenom Te (Pronounced Tay) is a head strong female rapper determined to leave an impact on the music game. She is on a mission to prove that a female rapper can make great strides in the music industry without the aid of major male co-signers. "My life is my co-sign. I've experienced so many things. I can relate to all walks of lifel," raves Te. Te exemplifies the true meaning of the term ...
Rock (17/05/2013) Indigenous Featuring Mato Nanji To Release New CD Indigenious stretches Mato's already established musicianship into a hard-hitting, guitar-driven package of musical excursions and hard-hitting, blues-rock songwriting.
Mato Nanji, longtime frontman of Native American band Indigenous has been known to say, "I always want to approach each recording project in search of a different sound and voice than I've used before". On his 9th commercial ...
RnB (17/05/2013) Big B Premieres Video For "Here Comes The Lightning" Online Las Vegas hooligan Big B has premiered his new video for "Here Comes The Lightning" online with VEVO at http://vevo.ly/17lwV4S. "Here Comes The Lightning" was co-written by Pink and producer Butch Walker, and is the first single from Big B's new album "Fool's Gold", which hits stores on July 9th release on Suburban Noize Records.
"I was lucky enough to work with Pink and Butch Walker on "Here...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) "There And Gone" - New Album From Grammy Award-winning Guitarist Ed Gerhard - The Guitarist's Guitarist Imagine. Living in a world of constant inspiration. Few of us know by the age of fourteen what we're here to do. But that was the case for Ed Gerhard. And he's made an extraordinary life out of thatknowing.
When he was fourteen, at home in Glenside, Pennsylvania, Gerhard saw legendary guitarist Andres Segovia perform on television and was "transfixed and transfigured. It was the sound of th...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) Ben Lee's "Welcome To The Work" - New Release Reflects Profound Inner Journey Singer/songwriter and recording artist Ben Lee (http://ben-lee.com/) has been obsessed with music and performing since he was a child. No wonder; he comes from a musical family. His great uncle was the official violinist in the Russian court of Czar Nicholas.
As obsessed as he's been with music all his life, he's been equally drawn toward esoteric science - the workings of the human mi...
Country (17/05/2013) Lisa Matassa Added To Taste Of Country Festival Lineup Country star Lisa Matassa has been added to the lineup at the first TASTE OF COUNTRY Festival on the Late Night Show. The high-energy singer/songwriter and her band will perform on The Guts & Glory Stage Presented By Ram Saturday, June 15 from 11:45 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Matassa is thrilled to join the launch of the ONLY multi-day Country music festival in the Northeast. Hunter Mountain is loca...
Country (17/05/2013) Corey Smith Makes Opry Debut On May 18 APA Nashville's singer/songwriter Corey Smith will celebrate his Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday, May 18 by giving away two front row tickets, two "meet and greet" passes, and a hotel stay at the posh Gaylord Opryland Hotel the night of the show. To enter, click HERE.
The day before on Friday, May 17 the Georgia native will join 650 AM WSM's Bill Cody at 9:10 am CDT for a live interview and ...
Oldies (17/05/2013) Legacy Recordings Announces Catalog Album Titles Selected By Online Voters For First-time Digital Release Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announces the first four catalog titles to be released digitally in response to the enthusiasm of music fans voting online at LegacyRecordingsVault.com.
The four LP titles now available for purchase as digital downloads mark the first of a monthly series of albums to be released digitally according to crowdsourced fan feedba...
RnB (17/05/2013) Marques Houston New Album To Be Released Summer 2013 LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- "I wanted to do an album for my fans." I took some time away from my music to focus on my acting and producing films, but because of my Twitter and Instagram blowing up with all my fans requesting new music, it gave me the motivation to get back in the studio," says Marques Houston.
A Viral leak of his song/video entitled "Speechless" was relea...
RnB (17/05/2013) Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes Present the "Just For You" Mixtape by Alan Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes announce the release of the new Alan mixtape "Just For You". The 12 track project is presented by Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Promotion and now available for download. The debut mixtape features Swave and Yung Haze.
Alan was born in Harlem, but was raised in the Bronx. He lost his father at 6 years old leaving him and his two siblings to be raised by their single mother. When...
RnB (17/05/2013) Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes Present the "Seriously" Mixtape by Dead Serious Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes announce the release of the new Dead Serious mixtape "Seriously." The 16 track project is presented by Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Promotion and now available for download. The mixtape features Dead Serious with appearances by PC Beats, Harlei, Ca$hflow, Brent O'Neal, and Tony Gunnz.
Gregory Way aka Dead Serious hails from Philadelphia. He started rapping at 10 years old and ...
Tour Dates (17/05/2013) Killswitch Tour Begins May 30! Killswitch Engage are about to embark on their first headline tour in North America in support of their just-released new album Disarm the Descent.
With As I Lay Dying unable to participate, the band will now be joined on this tour by Miss May I, Darkest Hour, The Word Alive and Affiance.
Note: The Word Alive will join the tour June 3 in Orlando, and will not appear on the June 15 date i...
Rock (17/05/2013) Chip Taylor Plays For Prisoners, Reflects On 50+ Year Career "Every so often, a prisoner I've played for will show up at one of my shows, and that's a wonderful thing," Chip Taylor told Engine 145 of the inspiration for some of the songs on his new album, 'Block Out The Sirens Of This Lonely World.'
The title track was influenced by an inmate named Tilian who Chip met at a prison performance overseas, while many other songs were written in the aftermat...
Alternative (17/05/2013) American Opera Streams New Song, Entitled "Broken Roads", From Upcoming EP Your Songs, Available July 2. American Opera streams new song, entitled "Broken Roads", from upcoming EP Your Songs, available July 2.
American Opera has posted the first single off of his upcoming EP, Your Songs, which will be released on July 2.
Stream the new track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlcznJWUCQw
View the 3rd in a series of Your Songs studio updates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2f6MDpAnrc
...
Rock (17/05/2013) Modern Day Escape Launch Pre-orders For New Life LP, Out June 11 On Standby Records Standby Records has launched pre-orders for New Life, the upcoming LP from Orlando, FL's Modern Day Escape. The LP was produced with Don Debiase ((Modern Day Escape, Beneath The Sky, For All Those Sleeping) of Studio D and recorded at The Standby Studios in Cleveland, Ohio and will be released on June 11. To pre-order New Life: http://merchnow.com/catalogs/modern-day-escape.
Track listing:
...
MP3 and More (17/05/2013) Playground Sessions Introduces Arrangements From 11-year-old Piano Prodigy Playground Sessions, (www.PlaygroundSessions.com) the downloadable software application that teaches people to play the piano using popular songs, announced today the addition of two original arrangements written by 11-year-old piano prodigy Emily Bear . The songs, "Diversity" and "Alika" appear on Bear's debut album Diversity and will be featured in Playground Sessions' iTunes-like lesson library...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) Folk-americana Artist Little Lonely Debut Set For June 25 Missouri-born, Los Angeles-bred storyteller, Little Lonely (www.littlelonely.com), aka Julie Cain, announced today that her eponymous folk-Americana full-length debut will be available on June 25, 2013 on CD and via digital download. A record release show and tour dates will be announced shortly.
Produced by multi-instrumentalist, Sean Hoffman (American Music Club, Loch&Key, Linda Perhacs) L...
Rock (17/05/2013) Death Of An Era's New EP, The Great Commonwealth, Now Available For Pre-order At Merchnow Death of an Era's new EP The Great Commonwealth (Artery Recordings/Razor & Tie) is available for pre-order in a variety of bundles at Merchnow (http://bit.ly/10evBug). The Great Commonwealth EPwas produced by Kevin Lankford and will be released on May 21st.
Formed last year, the Columbus, OH based death metal band Death of an Era is the latest addition to join the Artery Recordings, th...
Metal / Hard Rock (17/05/2013) Chiodos Joins Razor & Tie's Worldwide Label Roster Razor & Tie is thrilled to announce the addition of influential post-hardcore giants Chiodos to its worldwide label roster. The band is currently well into the writing process of their forthcoming new studio album which will be released through a newly created band label imprint via Razor & Tie.
The new music sees founding members Bradley Bell, Pat Mcmanaman, Derrick Frost, and Matt Goddard r...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) Riot Fest & Carnival Unleashes Initial Line-up - September 13-15 At Humboldt Park Riot Fest & Carnival 2013 unleashes a dynamite musical line-up featuring Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Violent Femmes, Motorhead, Rancid, Blondie, Rocket From The Crypt, Atmosphere, The Dismemberment Plan, Best Coast and a slew of killer bands from every era (line-up listed below). On a mission to create a punk rock state fair, this amazing 3-day festival takes place in historic Humboldt Park in Chicag...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) New When Saints Go Machine Album: Exclusive Blue Vinyl In The !K7 Store You know the feeling when everything seems to be in line, and the world is about to open up? It must feel a little bit like that for When Saints Go Machine right now. With Infinity Pool, they've made an incredible artistic statement; an album that makes it perfectly clear why they're one of our favorite bands on the planet.
For the fans who have been dedicated to the band as long as we have, ...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) Armada Music Launches Armada Bookings - In Collaboration With Extended Music Armada Bookings, the official bookings agency of the award-winning record label Armada Music, has kicked off. The agency, working together closely with AT's booking division Extended Music, kicks off with DJ's Antillas, Alexander Popov and Ruben de Ronde. Armada Bookings is also responsible for the Armada Night events, the successful club experience which has taken place and sold out in more than ...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) Los Angeles Duo, A Fine Surprise Offer Dual Release with "Main Street Parade" & "We Are Giants" Taking queue from their name, A Fine Surprise is exactly that - surprising you with every note. The duo is releasing two singles simultaneously - "We Are Giants" and "Main Street Parade," available now on Bandcamp. The sweet, yet convicting voice of Louise Goffin matches perfectly with the smooth and easy-going vocals of Billy Harvey, to create a sound that is authentic. Complete with relatable ve...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) L.A.M.P 'Shades Of Green' (Peng Records) New Album, July/Aug Release Period 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 t...
Pop / Rock (17/05/2013) New O3E Release from Spotted Peccary | ONE by DeeperNET The expansion of our O3E imprint/sub-label continues with the release of ONE, the dazzling full-length album debut from DeeperNET. Blending extreme influences from opposite ends of the electronic music spectrum such as Goa, Downtempo, EDM, and Psybient, the album fuses aggressive electronic tones and percussion with the delicate atmospherics of ambient. In-your-face psychedelic electro-acoustics,...
Oslo alternative rock band Motorfinger has released their new EP album, "Coming in Clear," to uproarious fan acclaim. The record is the most significant release from Motorfinger since their 2011 debut EP, "Best Of." "Coming in Clear" serves as an excellent introduction to listeners who have not yet experienced Motorfinger's uniquely anachronistic, yet modern grunge sound, and promises also to soli...
Lifetime Alternative/Indie/DIY Music Artist Mike Colin will release a new 10 song CD on iTunes, CDBaby, AmazonMP3, GooglePlay and several other online retailers May 28, 2013.
Crystal Cage Producer Zhitkur Roswell had this to say about the project, "This is a first for Mike because it's more or less a traditional Alternative Pop/Rock kind of album. I've been listening to him for over a decade ...
The musician known as HDot has released her newest official single, titled, "I Am Me." The song is a dancehall anthem with a hip hop heart that features HDot at her finest. A true, original standout against a sea of bandwagon performers, HDot is an iconoclastic artist who is sure to challenge conventions and speak from her heart for years to come, and "I Am Me" represents her global introduction.
...
Hip Hop phenom Te (Pronounced Tay) is a head strong female rapper determined to leave an impact on the music game. She is on a mission to prove that a female rapper can make great strides in the music industry without the aid of major male co-signers. "My life is my co-sign. I've experienced so many things. I can relate to all walks of lifel," raves Te. Te exemplifies the true meaning of the term ...
Indigenious stretches Mato's already established musicianship into a hard-hitting, guitar-driven package of musical excursions and hard-hitting, blues-rock songwriting.
Mato Nanji, longtime frontman of Native American band Indigenous has been known to say, "I always want to approach each recording project in search of a different sound and voice than I've used before". On his 9th commercial ...
Las Vegas hooligan Big B has premiered his new video for "Here Comes The Lightning" online with VEVO at http://vevo.ly/17lwV4S. "Here Comes The Lightning" was co-written by Pink and producer Butch Walker, and is the first single from Big B's new album "Fool's Gold", which hits stores on July 9th release on Suburban Noize Records.
"I was lucky enough to work with Pink and Butch Walker on "Here...
Imagine. Living in a world of constant inspiration. Few of us know by the age of fourteen what we're here to do. But that was the case for Ed Gerhard. And he's made an extraordinary life out of thatknowing.
When he was fourteen, at home in Glenside, Pennsylvania, Gerhard saw legendary guitarist Andres Segovia perform on television and was "transfixed and transfigured. It was the sound of th...
Singer/songwriter and recording artist Ben Lee (http://ben-lee.com/) has been obsessed with music and performing since he was a child. No wonder; he comes from a musical family. His great uncle was the official violinist in the Russian court of Czar Nicholas.
As obsessed as he's been with music all his life, he's been equally drawn toward esoteric science - the workings of the human mi...
Country star Lisa Matassa has been added to the lineup at the first TASTE OF COUNTRY Festival on the Late Night Show. The high-energy singer/songwriter and her band will perform on The Guts & Glory Stage Presented By Ram Saturday, June 15 from 11:45 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Matassa is thrilled to join the launch of the ONLY multi-day Country music festival in the Northeast. Hunter Mountain is loca...
APA Nashville's singer/songwriter Corey Smith will celebrate his Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday, May 18 by giving away two front row tickets, two "meet and greet" passes, and a hotel stay at the posh Gaylord Opryland Hotel the night of the show. To enter, click HERE.
The day before on Friday, May 17 the Georgia native will join 650 AM WSM's Bill Cody at 9:10 am CDT for a live interview and ...
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announces the first four catalog titles to be released digitally in response to the enthusiasm of music fans voting online at LegacyRecordingsVault.com.
The four LP titles now available for purchase as digital downloads mark the first of a monthly series of albums to be released digitally according to crowdsourced fan feedba...
Op, Op, Op, Oppa! The biggest block party in the world is about to get wild as MuchMusic announces today that international hit-maker PSY will co-host the 2013 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS. Arguably one of pop culture's most-recognized names, PSY's juggernaut hit "Gangnam Style" broke YouTube records last year with more than 1.5 billion views, and counting. Since its release in April, PSY's current hit ...
Massive Enterprises announced today that it will be attending the International Music Summit (IMS) in Ibiza, Spain on May 22-24.
IMS is a multi-day summit at the Ibiza Gran Hotel dedicated to the electronic dance music (EDM) industry. More than 500 global industry leaders travel to the conference to exchange ideas, discuss the international expansion of dance music into mainstream music cultu...
LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- "I wanted to do an album for my fans." I took some time away from my music to focus on my acting and producing films, but because of my Twitter and Instagram blowing up with all my fans requesting new music, it gave me the motivation to get back in the studio," says Marques Houston.
A Viral leak of his song/video entitled "Speechless" was relea...
Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes announce the release of the new Alan mixtape "Just For You". The 12 track project is presented by Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Promotion and now available for download. The debut mixtape features Swave and Yung Haze.
Alan was born in Harlem, but was raised in the Bronx. He lost his father at 6 years old leaving him and his two siblings to be raised by their single mother. When...
Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes announce the release of the new Dead Serious mixtape "Seriously." The 16 track project is presented by Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Promotion and now available for download. The mixtape features Dead Serious with appearances by PC Beats, Harlei, Ca$hflow, Brent O'Neal, and Tony Gunnz.
Gregory Way aka Dead Serious hails from Philadelphia. He started rapping at 10 years old and ...
Killswitch Engage are about to embark on their first headline tour in North America in support of their just-released new album Disarm the Descent.
With As I Lay Dying unable to participate, the band will now be joined on this tour by Miss May I, Darkest Hour, The Word Alive and Affiance.
Note: The Word Alive will join the tour June 3 in Orlando, and will not appear on the June 15 date i...
"Every so often, a prisoner I've played for will show up at one of my shows, and that's a wonderful thing," Chip Taylor told Engine 145 of the inspiration for some of the songs on his new album, 'Block Out The Sirens Of This Lonely World.'
The title track was influenced by an inmate named Tilian who Chip met at a prison performance overseas, while many other songs were written in the aftermat...
American Opera streams new song, entitled "Broken Roads", from upcoming EP Your Songs, available July 2.
American Opera has posted the first single off of his upcoming EP, Your Songs, which will be released on July 2.
Stream the new track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlcznJWUCQw
View the 3rd in a series of Your Songs studio updates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2f6MDpAnrc
...
Standby Records has launched pre-orders for New Life, the upcoming LP from Orlando, FL's Modern Day Escape. The LP was produced with Don Debiase ((Modern Day Escape, Beneath The Sky, For All Those Sleeping) of Studio D and recorded at The Standby Studios in Cleveland, Ohio and will be released on June 11. To pre-order New Life: http://merchnow.com/catalogs/modern-day-escape.
Track listing:
...
Playground Sessions, (www.PlaygroundSessions.com) the downloadable software application that teaches people to play the piano using popular songs, announced today the addition of two original arrangements written by 11-year-old piano prodigy Emily Bear . The songs, "Diversity" and "Alika" appear on Bear's debut album Diversity and will be featured in Playground Sessions' iTunes-like lesson library...
Missouri-born, Los Angeles-bred storyteller, Little Lonely (www.littlelonely.com), aka Julie Cain, announced today that her eponymous folk-Americana full-length debut will be available on June 25, 2013 on CD and via digital download. A record release show and tour dates will be announced shortly.
Produced by multi-instrumentalist, Sean Hoffman (American Music Club, Loch&Key, Linda Perhacs) L...
Death of an Era's new EP The Great Commonwealth (Artery Recordings/Razor & Tie) is available for pre-order in a variety of bundles at Merchnow (http://bit.ly/10evBug). The Great Commonwealth EPwas produced by Kevin Lankford and will be released on May 21st.
Formed last year, the Columbus, OH based death metal band Death of an Era is the latest addition to join the Artery Recordings, th...
Razor & Tie is thrilled to announce the addition of influential post-hardcore giants Chiodos to its worldwide label roster. The band is currently well into the writing process of their forthcoming new studio album which will be released through a newly created band label imprint via Razor & Tie.
The new music sees founding members Bradley Bell, Pat Mcmanaman, Derrick Frost, and Matt Goddard r...
Riot Fest & Carnival 2013 unleashes a dynamite musical line-up featuring Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Violent Femmes, Motorhead, Rancid, Blondie, Rocket From The Crypt, Atmosphere, The Dismemberment Plan, Best Coast and a slew of killer bands from every era (line-up listed below). On a mission to create a punk rock state fair, this amazing 3-day festival takes place in historic Humboldt Park in Chicag...
You know the feeling when everything seems to be in line, and the world is about to open up? It must feel a little bit like that for When Saints Go Machine right now. With Infinity Pool, they've made an incredible artistic statement; an album that makes it perfectly clear why they're one of our favorite bands on the planet.
For the fans who have been dedicated to the band as long as we have, ...
Armada Bookings, the official bookings agency of the award-winning record label Armada Music, has kicked off. The agency, working together closely with AT's booking division Extended Music, kicks off with DJ's Antillas, Alexander Popov and Ruben de Ronde. Armada Bookings is also responsible for the Armada Night events, the successful club experience which has taken place and sold out in more than ...
Taking queue from their name, A Fine Surprise is exactly that - surprising you with every note. The duo is releasing two singles simultaneously - "We Are Giants" and "Main Street Parade," available now on Bandcamp. The sweet, yet convicting voice of Louise Goffin matches perfectly with the smooth and easy-going vocals of Billy Harvey, to create a sound that is authentic. Complete with relatable ve...-New-Album-J.jpg)
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 t...
The expansion of our O3E imprint/sub-label continues with the release of ONE, the dazzling full-length album debut from DeeperNET. Blending extreme influences from opposite ends of the electronic music spectrum such as Goa, Downtempo, EDM, and Psybient, the album fuses aggressive electronic tones and percussion with the delicate atmospherics of ambient. In-your-face psychedelic electro-acoustics,...
