Rhiannon Giddens To Receive Inaugural Legacy Of Americana Award At Americana Honors & Awards
08 August, 2019
Rhiannon Giddens will receive the inaugural Legacy of Americana Award from the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) and the Americana Music Association, as will posthumous recipient Francis "Frank" Johnson, a pioneering American composer from the Antebellum era. The award will be presented during the 18th annual Ame...
| Come Hear North Carolina Unveils In The Water Live Session Series With Stunning Mary Lattimore Performance From Historic Rural Church
08 August, 2019
Come Hear North Carolina has announced In The Water, a live session series featuring North Carolina musicians performing in unique, meaningful locations throughout the state.
In The Water kicks off with an episode featuring the renowned avant-garde harpist Mary Lattimore, who grew up between Asheville and Shelby before launchi...
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Composer Ellen Reid Sets To Release Pulitzer Prize-Winning Opera "p r i s m"
08 August, 2019
Composer and sound artist Ellen Reid announces the release of her Pulitzer Prize-winning work, p r i s m, out on August 23 via Decca Gold/Universal Music. With a libretto by Roxie Perkins, the unflinching, genre-defying opera takes on the topic of sexual assault and recovery and was commissioned and produced by Beth Morrison Pro...
| Bring The Soul: The Movie - The Third BTS Feature Film - Opens In Theaters Today And Becomes Widest Ever Event Release!
07 August, 2019
Big Hit Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing are pleased to present BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE in theaters worldwide starting today. Audiences in 110 countries can experience the third BTS feature film that finds the band at the end of their LOVE YOURSELF tour in Europe.
The film will be in theaters for a limited time beginnin...
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Tool Streams "Fear Inoculum" Title Track!
07 August, 2019
Fear Inoculum, the fifth studio album from TOOL, arrives on Aug. 30 via RCA Records.
Continuing their affinity for pushing the boundaries of physical packaging, the GRAMMY Award winning outfit has created a deluxe, limited-edition CD version ofFear Inoculum. The collectible offering, which was conceived by and directed by Adam...
| The Mission's Wayne Hussey Announces EU-UK Tour & Schecter Guitar Giveaway
07 August, 2019
Wayne Hussey, frontman for UK alternative rock legends The Mission, has announced a large chain of European tour dates with alternative rocker Ashton Nyte of gothic rock act The Awakening.
Hussey will be touring in support of his long-awaited 'Salad Daze' autobiography, out now via Omnibus Press. Ashton Nyte's tour appearan...
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Nordic Pop Singer Johanna Kuvaja Presents Debut Upbeat Single 'Shower'
07 August, 2019
Nordic vocalist Johanna Kuvaja has announced her debut single 'Shower', an upbeat catchy single well time for the summer with a style sounding like the personified love child of Aqua, Katy Perry and Kylie Minogue.
Written by Kuvaja herself, the single was mixed and mastered by award winning London-based producer Sefi Carmel...
| Moon Duo Shares Rave-Inspired Second Single From New Album 'Stars Are The Light'
07 August, 2019
Today Moon Duo have shared the second single from forthcoming new album 'Stars Are The Light', which is set for release on September 27th via Sacred Bones ahead of Autumn UK tour dates.
The follow up to 2017's two-part exploration into the transcendental, 'Occult Architecture', 'Stars Are the Light' is Portland-based psych ...
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Chloe Foy Shares Video For New Single 'Without You'
07 August, 2019
Chloe Foy writes a brand of melodic, homegrown music, bursting with colourful, lyrical and textural inflections evocative of much of the music she loves. Taking inspiration from classical music as much as wider transatlantic trends in folk and indie, Chloe's songs comprise of carefully constructed arrangements that delicately co...
| Heather Woods Broderick Shares New Track "White Tail (Piano Version)"
07 August, 2019
Ahead of her upcoming UK tour dates this month, Oregon-based artist Heather Woods Broderick is sharing an alternate piano version of her track "White Tail". Heather is set to play a London show at Rough Trade East on August 26th as well as regional shows supporting Sharon Van Etten & William Tyler later this month. Listen to "Wh...
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The Membranes Announce Tour With Mark Lanegan, Present New Video For 'What Nature Gives... Nature Takes Away'
07 August, 2019
British post-punk pioneers The Membranes have announced their upcoming European tour supporting Mark Lanegan in support of their new album 'What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away', out now on Cherry Red Records, which has already drawn 'best of the year so far' accolades from press and radio outlets on both sides of the Atlantic...
| Expert Trombonist Switches To Guitar To Launch Summer Pop Hit!
07 August, 2019
With life as a professional trombonist looming on the horizon, Reuben George made a life-changing decision - with an overriding passion for reggae, ska, pop and writing songs he placed his trombone in its case, picked up a guitar and reinvented himself. Originally hoping to utilise his trombone skills in a reggae band, it had so...
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Electro-Indie Solo-Project Like Lions Returns With 'An Aging Millennial'
07 August, 2019
Seattle-based solo-project Like Lions makes his return his 11-track album 'An Aging Millennial' August 28th. Combining powerful 80s' synths with hip-hop beats, acoustic guitar loops and his distinct pop-rock vocals, 'An Aging Millennial' is packed with songs crafted to move the audience, both physically and emotionally.
Lik...
| Bizarre Visual For Cinematic Chernobyl Sunshine Club Single 'Birthdayland'
07 August, 2019
Chernobyl Sunshine Club's eclectic sound has echoes of Beck, Elbow, The National, The Flaming Lips and Arcade Fire, and comes with a boldness to their quirk that captivates the senses and purges the soul.
With a "topical" band name, and cracking live performance reputation, the band embodies a lost tribe from radioactive waste...
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Lodge 49, Radio8Ball, Andras Jones & Album Release Week For All You Get
07 August, 2019
AMC Network's Lodge 49 and Andras Jones Radio8Ball podcast share some creative DNA in that both shows revel in esoterica and mysticism for the fun of it. Thus, it's not surprising that these two shambolic enterprises would meet and appreciate each other on Radio8Ball's season 2 finale found here: https://www.radio8ball.com/2019/0...
| "Sunny Skies" Help Urban-Jazz Saxophonist Reggie Codrington Endure With A Smile
07 August, 2019
When the burden of caring for aging and ailing parents is added to the daily stresses and strains, sometimes simply seeing sunny skies is enough to help get through the day. That scenario is what inspired urban-jazz saxophonist Reggie Codrington's new single, "Sunny Skies," which he wrote with bassist-producer Darryl Williams. T...
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The Atom Age Debut New Song/Video "Never Looking" Off Upcoming LP 'Cry Til' You Die,' Out August 23
07 August, 2019
The Atom Age are debuting a new song/video titled "Never Looking" off their upcoming album 'Cry Til You Die' out August 23rd via Tiger Dream/Asian Man Records.
Run hot enough, a vacuum tube implodes, collapsing in on itself in the shithot blast of a rock and roll suicide. Once the heat kicks in, there's no other outcome but th...
| Independent Country Recording Artist Landon Michael Has Self-Financed Over $1 Million To Promote His Music Career
07 August, 2019
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), breaking an artist into a major market can cost $2 million. This is from a report published by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI):
Independent recording artist Landon Michael has self-financed over $1 million in his quest to realize hi...
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Powered By Zx Spectrums, Commodore Vic-20s And 70s Power Pop, Vix20 Turn To The Darkside
07 August, 2019
Vix20 are Gary Mills and CJ, two music industry veterans who grew so disillusioned with the state of every element of the music industry that they threw their guitars out of the window and sulked for a few years. Now rejuvenated, though no less prickly about the Modern Age, they return, to quote the band themselves, "we're hard ...
| JBL Announces A Star-Studded Lineup For JBL Fest, Including DJ Khalid, Bebe Rexha, Run DMC & Mabel
07 August, 2019
Get ready for the mic drop. The brand experience that has brought together musicians, celebrities, customers and fans from all corners of the globe for the past two years is returning to Sin City. JBL Fest is ready for its close-up, because this year, the experience promises to be electrifying.
This October 9 -11, Las Vegas...
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