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Many Great Companions is a new album of Dar Williams classics recorded acoustically with special guests, with an additional disc of Williams’ most significant songs.
Mt. Desolation, the new alt-country side project of Keane's Tim-Rice Oxley and Kesse Quin, release their debut album, "Mt. Desolation on October 19, 2010 on Cherry Tree.
Blue Sky Black Death is a production duo made up of Ian Taggart and Kingston Maguire. The two are best known for their brand of orchestral Hip-Hop instrumentals and shoegaze influenced production. Third Party", melds synth-pop, indie rock and shoegaze with oddly moving vocals.
Common Grackle is the collaboration of two Canadian musical wiz kids - Guelph indie pop songwriter Gregory Pepper and Saskatoon psych hip hop producer Factor. "The Great Depression" is what happens when Factor's recognizable banging drums get enveloped in Gregory Pepper's lush harmonies, hilariously cynical lyrics, and gorgeous instrumentation.
Not often do you find a band who has experienced success yet still has the desire to explore new sonic directions. Los Angeles' Film School mix things up a bit on their new album Fission out on August 31 through Hi Speed Soul.
Hurray for the Riff Raff began when a teenage Alynda Lee Segarra began playing her banjo, traveling the country and riding freight trains, landing her in New Orleans, where music took hold of her life. She was encouraged to learn banjo and play with Jazz musicians through the streets of New Orleans.
Florence &The Machine's debut album Lungs is made of harps, choirs, drums, elevator shafts, bits of metal, love, death, fireworks, string quartets, stamping, sighing, strange electronic wailing, lambs, lions, sick, broken glass, blood, moon, stars, drink, coffins, teeth, water, wedding dresses...and the silences in between.
California's Infantree are gearing up to release their debut LP Would Work this fall through Vapor Records. Produced by longtime Neil Young collaborator Niko Bolas, the album follows up the band's critically acclaimed Food For Thought EP.
Jukebox The Ghost's new album, Everything Under the Sun, is set to be released September 7th through Yep Roc, with each track leaving a new, unique sound.
NOTAR is currently wrapping up the recording of his debut album, Devil's Playground and is on the Traveling Circus and Medicine Show tour with Counting Crows and Augustana.
Katie Melua is the biggest selling UK-based female artist in the world. Her latest US release The House which will be coming out August 3rd on Dramatico.
Church With No Magic, the follow-up to PVT’s 2008 album O Soundtrack My Heart, will be released on August 10th through Warp Records, reflecting a literal and sonic transformation for the band.
N.A.S.A.'s latest The Big Bang is available now as a digital release through Spectrophonic Sound. The album features 15 remixed tracks as well as 2 new originals. Prepare yourself earthlings, ‘cause N.A.S.A.’s in effect!
Pegi Young initially came to the public's attention as backup singer with Neil Young, her husband of three decades. But Foul Deeds makes it clear that Pegi's iconoclastic creative voice is very much her own.
After the success of last year's Traveling Circus &Medicine Show with Augustana and Michael Franti &Spearhead, Counting Crows are bringing it back this summer. Augustana join the Crows again, and this time they also welcome rapper NOTAR
Sydney native Sarah Blasko will release As Day Follows Night in the US on August 10th.
Automatic Loveletter is set to release their debut album Truth Or Dare on June 22nd through Sony. Following the album's release, the band hits the road with the Vans Warped Tour!
LA based-artist and musician Alex Kemp will be releasing a series of four EP's through the summer months and into the fall. The first of the four is Rat D'Hotel which will be self released on April 15th.
Mary Gauthier takes listeners through the moving tale of her journey to find her birthparents on her new autobiographical album The Foundling- out May 18th.
Rufus Wainwright marks his sixth studio album with All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu, out April 20th on the Decca Label Group.
Kids Of 88 bring the new wave electro sleeze with their new album Sugarpills that can only be described as a cross between a late 80's police drama intro theme and a sophisticated super hussy.
Already a staple in Japan, Becca is prepared to tackle her home country with her debut full length Alive!! due out in the US on March 2nd. Be sure to check out Becca at SXSW!
The Dig released their debut full-length, Electric Toys, on June 8th.
April Smith and the Great Picture Show will self-release Songs For A Sinking Ship on February 23rd. Smith and her band are riding a wave of critical acclaim, including the RollingStone.com proclamation, "Its possible you havent heard much about April Smith, but all that is about to change."
In this exceptionally touching memoir, critically acclaimed author Monica Holloway shares the extraordinary, deeply moving story of Cowboy, the golden retriever puppy who changed her son's life.
Following the success of the debut LP and debut release, Jihae is back with her sophomore release Fire Burning Rain. Fire Burning Rain will be independently released in September of 2010.
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Renmin Park is the first of four new Cowboy Junkies "Nomad" recordings to be released over the next 18 months by Latent Recordings. In addition to pumping out new music all summer long the band will also be hitting the road touring across North America. Check them out near you sometime soon!
Baaba Maal is set to impress this summer with an incredible live set full of songs from his critically acclaimed, multi-lingual album Television.
The Northern Territory native, blind from birth, grew up as a member of the Gumatj clan on Elcho Island, off the coast of tropical North East Arnhem Land. His debut U.S. release is out June 15th.
Reflection Eternal (rapper Talib Kweli + producer Hi-Tek) are about to release a new album -- Revolutions Per Minute -- their follow-up to Train of Thought out in 2000.
Revolutions per Minute comes out May 18th via Blacksmith/Warner Bros, and the duo is also on tour through the spring...
StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils is a prequel novel to the StarCraft II game - the book reveals the extraordinary backstory of the game’s legendary outlaw heroes, Jim Raynor and Tychus Findlay.
Best friends and creative compatriots Katy Young and Rosa Slade, along with drummer Olly Joyce,will release their new album Fossils and Other Phantoms on June 1
Bobby Darling is Places and Numbers and his new EP Waking The Dead is out now on Equal Vision Records.
Against Me!'s fifth album White Crosses is due out June 8th via Sire Records. Their last album, New Wave, was called “the most invigorating, zeitgeist-capturing rock album in years” by Spin and appeared in the Top 10 on Rolling Stone, Blender, and MTV.com’s year-end “Best Album” lists.
Fresh from bringing down the house as part of several showcases at this years SXSW Music Conference, Athen's very own Futurebirds are currently on tour with Jessica Lea Mayfield supporting their upcoming release. Hampton’s Lullaby is the band's debut album and is due out on July 13th via Autumn Tone Records.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are hitting the road this summer with a 3-month North American tour. Buy a ticket to a show online, and you'll get the band's forthcoming album, Mojo, plus two tracks when you purchase the ticket , and a bunch of live tracks from the tour at the end of the summer!
DEVO would like your help choosing the songs for their forthcoming album. Please participate in the DEVO Song Study here: www.songstudy.clubdevo.com
Check out the soundtrack for the full length featured film MACGRUBER! You know you want to say it outloud and drag it out like MACGRUBBBERRRRR. Heck yeah. DO it. Soundtrack comes out May 18th are you fully prepared for it?
Sky Ferreira will be releasing her debut album early this summer...stay tuned for more details soon!
Girl In A Coma pay homage to their heroes with Adventures In Coverland - a 3 part vinyl 7" series containing their own versions of seven classic songs that helped shape the sonic core of Trio B.C., the band's last album. The first installment drops April 13th!
British artist Aqualung is the amazingly talented Matt Hales. Magnetic North is a glorious celebration of smart pop music led by Hales’ exquisite keyboard-based melodies out April 20th.
Sleep Mountain is less a reinvention for the Danish quintet than a fabulous progression from the band’s 2007 self-titled debut, released in the UK and Europe to critical acclaim.
Oh Mercy is one of Australia's hidden weapons. Nominated for the Austalian Music Prize they have been hailed as one of the countries brightest new bands. The band will be touring the US in early spring as well as heading to SXSW supporting their debut album, Privileged Woes.
This youthful foursome hail from the great city of New York where they found each other in High School on the Upper West Side and have been together ever since. Their debut EP, White Night comes out March 2nd right before they hit the road with label-mates Hockey and crash a few parties at SXSW!
Many of today's top artists and scholars grapple with the question "What is Music?" in this cinematic look at a uniquely human obsession.
The Cassette Kids are a young aussie foursome who toured with Lily Allen on her 2009 Australian tour, The Ting Tings, Crystal Castles, a sold-out tour with multi ARIA award winners The Presets, Calvin Harris, the list goes on...and they're making their US debut at SXSW!
French band Shaka Ponk blends electro, rock, punk, and dance with a stunning live show that combines advanced digital animation with an unsurpassed display of energy.
The Apples in stereo will release Travellers in Space and Time on April 20th.
The band will tour this spring.
Fearless. That was the word that kept coming up when Australian singer/songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke was dreaming up her sophomore record (and US debut) Curiouser. Fun was another one. The fact that she dared to dream either while her 2007 Australian debut Little Eve was still ringing loud and clear suggests a couple more F-words. Forward. And Fast.
Athen's, Georgia has done it again. On the tails of their critically acclaimed EP, the Twin Tigers are set to strike with the release of their DEBUT album, Grey Waves. Due out March 2nd on Old Flame Records be sure to catch them at this year's SXSW and their upcoming Spring Tour.
Relativity Music Group will release the soundtrack for motion picture Dear John on February 2nd. The soundtrack features an original song by actress Amanda Seyfried!
The Billy Nayer Show has written, directed, and produced both the soundtrack and the screen play for cult classic Stingray Sam. According to Variety, the result will "leave one begging for more..."
Annuals return with the Sweet Sister EP out March 33 on Banter Records.
Warmer, deeper and more stripped back than their previous record Made In the Dark- One Life Stand is still conscientiously crafted and informed by the kind of intelligent evaluation that is now second nature to Hot Chip.
Austin's SPEAK are unabashed in their pursuit of innovative pop. For the first time they're laying it down on their new EP due out February 9th. Make sure to check them out at SXSW!
Recorded at Dawn Landes' own Saltlands studio in Brooklyn - Sweet Heart Rodeo comes out January 19th. Landes will also be touring with Justin Townes Earle and Chris Knight...with more tour dates to come!
The Middle East will perform for the first time in the US during this year's SXSW. Traveling all the way from Townsville, Australia, their debut EP The Recordings Of The Middle East is available NOW! Their debut full length album is due out in June.
Wales trio The Joy Formidable is the first band signed to Black Bell Records, the label founded by Passion Pit's Ayad Al Adhamy. The band's debut release on Black Bell will be an 8-song EP titled A Balloon Called Moaning on May 4.
Max’s Kansas City's new online community, www.maxskansascity.com, pays homage to the original Max’s and draws parallels from that era to today’s artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, photographers and writers.
Geffen Records will release the all-star original motion picture soundtrack cast album for NINE on December 15th digitally, and physically December 21st.
ThinkIndie is the premiere online independent alternative to iTunes created by the masterminds at Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS). Check out the site for the best deals, exclusives, and general tomfoolery on the net.
Royal Crush is the product of street art master Damon Johnson. His new line features iconic images from his paintings brought to life using a new medium...you!
Casper Bang's five song EP, Whitespace will be digitally released on December 1st with tour dates along the East Coast to follow. His full length record, I Woke Up is due out early spring 2010.
Bam Margera bears it all...on paper. Check out Bam's new book Serious As Dog Dirt in stores on November 17th!
Reprise Records will release Dreamin’ Man Live ’92, on December 8, 2009, on CD -- the vinyl pressing will be released on January 12, 2010.
Blackmarket are currently touring the west coast in support of their upcoming sophomore release, St Vincent Decor which was produced by Pete Min (Airborne Toxic Event) these boys put on quite the show. Plus they give you something to look forward to in 2010...the release of their record!
After nearly two decades writing and recording some of her generation’s most emotionally powerful music, Tori Amos will release her first seasonal album, Midwinter Graces, on November 10 via Universal Republic.
Released on March , 2009 To Lose My Life is the debut album from British sensation, White Lies. Produced by Ed Bueller and Max Dingel (Suede, The Killers and Glasvegas) the record was recorded in ICP Studios in Brussels. Not only does To Lose My Life include a 20-piece orchestra but the record entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, the first act of 2009 to do so.
On November 24, The Radiolarians Series culminates with a comprehensive boxset of material entitled Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set.
Dashboard Confessional see the release of the fifth full length Alter The Ending on November 10th.
Soasin's new album In Search Of Solid Ground is in stores now!
"Tin Man" off Signs And Wonders is featured as iTunes Single of the Week and the entire album is available digitally.
Philadelphia’s The Swimmers are set to release People are Soft on November 3, 2009 via MAD Dragon Records (ADA), a towering, vulnerable sophomore album that is a debut in its own right.
El Perro Del Mar returns with her third album, Love Is Not Pop, out October 20th via The Control Group.
Post-hardcore ambient rock that, according to rock mag Rock Sound, "will be battling for your hearts and ears." Debut full length Leaving Everything Behind due out October 19th on their own label Dark City.
Brazilian vocalist Bebel Gilberto returns with her new album All In One, out September 29 via Verve Forecast.
Hard Drugs is an indie rock opera that trusts in spectacular songs rather than an elaborate stage production to tell a twisted love story that could only happen in Terminal City. Their self-titled debut is due out September 8th online.
Winter Hill was released on July 14th to critical acclaim and industry adoration via Triple X Records and Nickel and Dime Records. Hailing from Los Angeles, California and fronted by the energetic Liz McGrath--prepare yourself for one heck of a good time.
Memphis rockers Lucero return to their roots on 1372 Overton Park, mixing their punk/country sound with the soul music they grew up on. The album is due out October 6 on Universal Republic Records.
Whether it's in the baroque arrangement of "Telephone", the jubilation of "Come Celia" or the sad longing of "Speak Your Love For Me Low"... all shades of the human experience are represented in sound on Islands out September 15th.
Langhorne Slim's mighty third album will be out and about on Kemado Records, on September 29.
Pop punk outfit Relient K are gearing up to release their sixth full-length album on their new Mono vs. Stereo label.
Australian rock group, The Drones are finding their way back to the states this fall. Pitchfork describes The Drones as "anti-anthemic/anthemic rock make you feel like a giddy kid."
On October 27th, R.E.M. release Live At The Olympia , a two-CD set featuring 39 songs from their acclaimed 2007 working rehearsals in Dublin, Ireland.
Brooklyn's protopunk outift Calypso recently released their debut EP Teen Age.
Designed for screens of all sizes, Stingray Sam will see its theatrical and online release September 15.
Before Nightfall is Robert Francis' debut release on Atlantic Records. This record is overflowing with passion and perfection. Honesty is the only route for Robert. Pouring his love for music and the written word into each chorus the result is an album overflowing with beautiful lyrics and mesmerizing melodies. Before Nightfall will see wide release October 20th.
On October 6, Above &Beyond return with Anjunabeats Volume 7. Anjunabeats Volume 7 includes 28 tracks that showcase the best new music from Above &Beyond's Anjunabeats imprint in addition to a bonus DVD featuring the enigmatically titled film "A Dog With A Smile."
Chisel’s full-length debut for Black Seal Records is a dark and urgent rock and roll juggernaut. The album takes a romantic albeit gutsy stance on the meaning of love and spirituality that begs the listener to consider the confines of what is morally acceptable and the pitfalls of blind devotion.
On September 29, 2009 T.H. White returns with his third album, Company Book, via Sky Council Recordings.
Platinum-selling recording artist Frankie Negron returns with his debut English language album Independence Day on September 22 via Airgo Music.
LA, Venice Beach, Long Beach, New York , Arrrriiiba San Miguel de Allende...HEY, it's Farmer DAVE! Flash Foward to the Good Times is out August 18 on Kemado.
“I do see the film and the album as being together, as a unified thing,” says Noah and the Whale’s chief songwriter and singer Charlie Fink about the band’s new record and accompanying film, The First Days of Spring. “But the album very much came first – it has its own internal narrative.”
Lynhurst, the sibling pop rock trio from Minneapolis, is Mari (19), Matt (21) and Jake (22). The band left the University of Minnesota to pursue an upper-classman’s education in rock and roll. For most of the past year, Lynhurst has been in-residence in Los Angeles writing, recording, and performing. The band will be touring throughout the summer and fall of ’09 in support of their latest album Field Day.
Counting Crows are currently on the road with The Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus &Medicine Show, featuring special guests Michael Franti &Spearhead and Augustana.
Divison Day returns with their third album Visitation due out August 18th on Dangerbird Records. LA Times proclaims Division Day as "the little band that could."
Matthew Specktor's first novel That Summertime Sound delves in the meaning of youth, following the 19-year-old narrator as he is forced to choose between going home to Los Angeles to a detached family or a rock n' roll adventure into the heartland of America.
James Ford and Jas Shaw. Two men. Three letters. SMD. Electronic pioneers. DJs. Producers. They’ve been tearing up dance-floors around the world for the past few years, but how did their story begin, and where will it end…?
On August 8th Brian Bonz will release his new record From Sumi To Japan via Triple Crown Records. You can find the album on digital release everywhere on July 28th.
On August 25 Matisyahu returns with Light, his first full-length studio album since 2006's Grammy-nominated Youth.
A Fine Frenzy's Alison Sudol is back with her sophomore album "A Bomb In A Birdcage" via Virgin. Watch for the records' release on September 8th!
Cincinatti's Bad Veins are set to strike with their new self titled album which will be released July 21st, 2009 via Dangerbird Records.
Seattle classic rockers, The Lonely H, return with their new album, Concrete Class, June 9, 2009 via The Control Group.
Nonesuch Records will release the self-titled label debut from singer/songwriter Christina Courtin on June 23. The New York Times says Courtin’s voice “feels uniquely otherworldly, as if it couldn’t possibly be entirely human born.”
Sweeden's Anna Ternheim returns with here sophomore US release, Leaving on a mayday, out August 11 via Verve Forecast
Brooklyn trio Elizabeth &The Catapult showcases their unique blend of pop playfulness and grown-up introspection in their debut album, Taller Children, via Verve Forecast.
Fanfarlo’s highly acclaimed debut album, Reservoir (produced by Peter Katis - Sigur Ros, The National), is being made available for just $1.00 USD from June 8 until July 4 from the band’s own website www.fanfarlo.com. Available to download worldwide, this amazing deal also includes four exclusive bonus tracks, not on the record.
Bjork releases Voltaic on June 30 via Nonesuch Records. Available in five different physical configurations, Voltaic is a lovingly packaged celebration of the past two years of activities surrounding Björk’s Volta — her critically praised sixth studio album, which came out in 2007.
On July 28th, with his new book, The Light of the Burning Shadows, the second chapter in the Iron Elves Triology author Chris Evans will transport his readers to a land of darkness, fantasy and magic.
The Scene Aesthetic is Eric Bowley and Andrew de Torres. Their upcoming EP will be released July 7th via DW Records.
Greg Koons and the Misbegotten will release their upcoming album, Welcome to the Nowhere Motel via MRI/RED Records on June 23rd.
regina spektor's new album far comes out June 23 on Sire Records.
Grace/Wastelands will be released on March 24th through Astralwerks.
In the new book, Ritz Harper Goes to Hollywood, from New York Times Bestselling Author Wendy Williams, the reigning "Queen of Radio," Ritz Harper has managed to out, ridicule, jack up or mess over everyone and anyone, from hip-hop stars to high-class snobs. So, she's decided to take her career to the next level: Hollywood, baby!
The Phenomenal Handclap Band is a tight-knit aggregation of musicians and artists from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
They will release their self-titled debut album out June 23 via Friendly Fire Recordings.
On June 2, Reprise releases the first volume of the Neil Young Archives series of box sets, produced by Neil Young himself. Volume I covers the period from his earliest recordings with The Squires in Winnipeg, 1963, through to his classic 1972 album Harvest and beyond, including studio and live tracks with the legendary Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young; and Neil Young with Crazy Horse.
The Wolverine Files presents the complete story of the most reluctant of the X-Men. Available now from Simon &Schuster publishing who have been sniffing around, endeavoring to obtain this information through the Freedom of Information Act.
Philadelphia-based Hoots &Hellmouth creates new music for old souls. Their second full-length effort, The Holy Open Secret, is due out June 2, 2009 on MAD Dragon Records (Ryko/WEA) and continues to blaze a trail forward in the name of progressive revival.
Virgin Records pop-rock quartet My Favorite Highway release their debut album, How to Call a Bluff on May 5th.
Pretty Lights is the musical vision of the ultra-versatile Colorado based producer Derek Vincent Smith, accompanied in the live setting by drummer, Cory Eberhard.
Pretty Lights' new album, Passing By Behind Your Eyes, will be released October 6 and will be available for free download from PrettyLightsMusic.com
Rhode Island–based trio The Low Anthem releases its Nonesuch Records debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, on June 9. The album, which had a limited but critically praised independent release late last year, has an updated track sequence and packaging, and has been remastered by Gateway’s Bob Ludwig.
Carina Round is self-releasing her latest digital EP Things You Should Know on May 12th.
The latest record from the Enemy UK, Music For the People is available worldwide as a digital release on April 28th via Warner Bros Records. Pick up a physical copy of the record on June 23rd.
The Hill Country Revue’s music is, indeed, a ballsy mix of raw blues and classic Southern rock. They think of themselves as “the modern blues band for the new generation,” which might sound lofty, but they are rooted in the music of the region. “It’s the music we grew up on, and our goal is to bring a fresh take to it. We play the blues of the Mississippi hill country as though it’s been dosed with Viagra.” Hill Country Revue's debut studio album, Make A Move, is out May 12 via Razor &Tie.
Tori Amos will release her Universal Republic debut album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, on May 19, 2009.
Greycoats present their full-length debut, Setting Fire to the Great Unknown. The Minneapolis quartet channels Milton’s epic soul while staying grounded in a subtle study of human nature worthy of Steinbeck. It is an album that calls all men brothers, a sonic manifesto declaring the end of polarization and the beginning of empathy. Having already shared the stage with We Are Scientists, Parachutes, Foals, Seawolf, and Colourmusic, Greycoats are hitting the road again this May.
Better Than Ezra's new release, Paper Empire, comes out on May 12th.
Having already garnered much international praise, Empire Of The Sun's debut album, Walking On A Dream, hits US stores April 21 via Astralwerks.
Portland, OR's Hockey bring Mind Chaos to the masses October 6th on Capitol Records.
Russian Roulette is the new six-song EP from the brilliant UK songwriter Ed Harcourt. Russian Roulette is Harcourt's first new material is over three years and will be available digitally on May 5th via Dovecote Records.
Ice Palace's sophomore album, Wonder Subtly Crushing Us is out April 21st on the earth-friendly Earthology Records. Catch the band on tour supporting Cloud Cult and Margot and the Nuclear So and So's.
You could say that Sara Watkins’ solo debut has been a lifetime in the making. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter and fiddle player spent nearly two decades—all of her teenage and young adult life—as one-third of Nickel Creek, the Grammy Award–winning acoustic trio that used contemporary bluegrass as a starting point for its no-genre-barred sound. Along the way, she’s hinted at her desire to do a project of her own and even organized some exploratory sessions in Los Angeles about six years ago. Now, with Nickel Creek on indefinite hiatus, she is releasing her self-titled solo disc, recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville and produced by former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.
The novel World of Warcraft fans have been clamoring for--the true story behind one of the Warcraft universe's most terrifying villains, Arthas the Lich King. Author Christie Golden does for Arthas what she once did for the Orc Lord Thrall in the bestselling Warcraft: Lord of the Clans, in another epic exploration of one of the key characters from the ten-million subscriber World of Warcraft massively multiplayer online game.
Reaching back through time to lay hands in the forges of metal, NYC's Children riff out the present with their debut, Hard Times Hanging at the End of the World out May 12 on Kemado Records.
Restlessly inventive improvising trio Medeski Martin &Wood are set to release the third installment of The Radiolarian Series on August 4th, 2009 via their own label, Indirecto.
Neil Young releases Fork in the Road on April 7th through Reprise Records.
The story of Yonlu has many angles. It is a story about music – of the continuing heart-spilling tradition of lo-fi troubadours, of post-rock’s melodic imprints, of an ancient sadness lurking in the new-century and manifesting itself as modern Bossa Nova. But it’s more than that. It is a story about how such music comes to be in a world where technology and communication hide feelings and emotion, but songs can’t.
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Eulogies' sophomore album, Here Anonymous is out now on Dangerbird Records. The LA based indie four-piece will be touring the US in May with The Dears and Great Northern.
"Houston's newest contenders for national notoriety" release their first single "Little Fingers" March 17, 2009.
Following 2005's highly acclaimed Live It Out, Metric return with their much anticipated fourth full length studio album Fantasies. Fantasies is available in the US starting April 14, 2009.
Over the last few years, the singer Mariam Doumbia and her husband, the guitarist/vocalist Amadou Bagayoko have achieved remarkable critical and popular acclaim in Europe and North America.
Out of Montreal's vibrant music scene comes Beast, a new collaboration between Jean-Phi Goncalves and Betty Bonifassi. Verve Forecast releases Beast's self-titled debut March 3, 2009.
Gigotron is a free iPhone/iPod Touch application which is a serves as a live music finder. It’s like Fandango or MovieTickets.com for live music, and it leverages the accessibility, mobility, functionality and behavior-sensitive features of the iPhone/iPod Touch.
On March 24th, Capitol Records will release The Decemberists’ The Hazards Of Love, the follow-up to the group’s 2006 breakthrough, The Crane Wife.
Nonesuch Records releases Keep It Hid, the solo debut from singer/songwriter/guitarist Dan Auerbach—best known as half of The Black Keys—on February 10, 2009.
Ohio's rock trio, Heartless Bastards, returns with their third album. The new album, entitled The Mountain, delivers the powerful howl that fans expect from Heartless Bastards, but also weaves in adventure with mandolins, banjos, strings, and Erika Wennerstrom's transcendent voice. The Mountain will be released February 3 via Fat Possum.
Renowned Boston singer/songwriter Marissa Nadler releases her fourth solo album, Little Hells, on March 3 through Kemado Records.
East Hundred is set to release Passenger, their first full-length effort on January 13th. The nine lushly produced tracks move through a haunting melodic landscape of loss, regret and ultimately, hope. If the young Philadelphia five-piece seems to wear its heart on its sleeve, it does so honestly.
INDIEROAD.net is a website that offers a global distribution outlet for independent filmmakers.
They have partnered with Slamdance Film Festival to form the combined site www.indieroad.net/slamdance where the films will stream throughout the festival period.
Debut album Rearrange Beds available on iTunes now and in stores on March 17, 2009
With a staggering voice and a gift for poignant melodies and innovative arrangements, Madi Diaz is folding her roots, pop and indie influences into her own paper airplane.
With 7” single Half Asleep/Caldo, School of Seven Bells stylishly split the difference between shoegazing introspection and stargazing dream pop.
Nonesuch Records will release The Black Keys Live at the Crystal Ballroom DVD on November 18, 2008.
Third Eye Blind are about to release their upcoming new album Ursa Major due out August 18th.
UK band The Hours' new album for "See The Light" will be released via digital download at the end of April. The video for the track of the same name was directed by the award winning Tony Kaye (American History X) and features actress Sienna Miller and art direction from Damien Hirst. The band is playing their first proper US show at this year's SXSW festival.
The Cricket’s Quartet is a 4-song EP from Sire recording artist Meaghan Smith, a singer-songwriter and animator from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Smith's love of jazz and big-band music of the ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s influenced the timeless quality of the music on The Cricket’s Quartet. Her full length debut album, The Cricket’s Orchestra, will be released by Sire Records in early 2009.
Erran Baron Cohen's Songs In The Key Of Hanukkah updates, remixes and expands the music associated with Hanukkah (New Line Records.)
Nashville, TN's Paper Route are back with Absence, their debut full length out April 28th.
Lydia are bringing passionate male and female vocals over a moody, introspective wall of sound led by melodic guitar and keyboards to a venue near you.
On October 21, Matisyahu returns with the release of his new EP, Shattered, via Epic Records. The four-song EP features tracks from his new full-length album, Light (due out in early 2009).
Josiah Leming is currently in the studio recording the songs that document the highs and lows of a young life already filled with a lifetime of experience.
It’s a new century and the old moves just don’t add up to dancing anymore. Four Texan dudes called Honey Claws have come into the fiesta and they’re bringin’ the future with them. Their self-titled debut Honey Claws is available digitally now.
"Zen Sucker, the way we see it, is a mental vampire, that sucks all good will and positive energy out of you and leaves you groaning without a chance to master anything but the most necessary movements." - Larsen &Furious Jane about their 3rd full length album
More Amor's self-titled release is available now on iTunes. The LA based two-piece will be playing at this year's CMJ Marathon.
Middle Distance Runner will release The Unbeliever digitally (on March 17) and as a 7” (on March 24). Catch them at this year’s SXSW music festival in Austin followed by a short co-headlining tour with Dangerbird Records’ Eulogies.
Launched in September of 2008, Mexican Summer is a label that gives fans an opportunity to receive vinyl on a subscription basis, at a select group of exclusive indie retailers across the country. Releases will all be pressed in very limited quantities and will also be available for download, bringing a musical and visual experience to music lovers and collectors that want more than just a tune to consume.
One year after the release of The Heroin Diaries book and Sixx:A.M.’s CD soundtrack, musician and author Nikki Sixx continues to support those in drug and alcohol addiction recovery by offering his band Sixx:AM's song "Tomorrow" as a way for him to support this September's National Recovery Month.
Singer/songwriter Dar Williams’ first album of original material in over three years, PROMISED LAND, was released September 9th and features 12 reflective songs that introduce a fresh interpretation of her previous sound.
Matt Duke's debut Rykodisc album, Kingdom Underground comes out on September 23, 2008.
Medeski Martin &Wood are set to release Radiolarians I, the first installment of their Radiolarians Series, September 30, 2008.
With their Capitol Records debut album coming soon, the five members offer a wide variety of varying musical influences, with an emphasis on melodies, harmonies and a dynamic live show punctuated by world-class choreography.
Audrye Sessions are a new Oakland quartet who just finished recording with Andrew Scheps (U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash) and Matt Radosevich (The Hives, Taking Back Sunday) to create their remarkable self-titled debut album for Black Seal, available in early '09.
Eulogies' new EP, Tempted To Do Nothing is out October 7th on Dangerbird Records. This EP follows their acclaimed full length Eulogies, which was released in September 2007.
Ed Laurie's beautiful debut album, Meanwhile In The Park is available digitally September 23rd via Dangerbird Records. Ed will be making a few U.S. appearances this October.
Dungen's new record 4 coming out September 30th on Kemado Records.
Warner Bros. Records will release Rachael Yamagata: A Record In Two Parts…Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart on October 7th, 2008.
Dance rock giants Morningwood released the Sugarbaby Digital EP on August 12th. Now available on iTunes!
Dead Confederate release their debut LP Wrecking Ball on September 16 on TAO Records.
Black Seal unleashes Cory Chisel's six song EP Cabin Ghosts on July 15th.
Olly Oxen Free was produced by Jonathan Visger and Chris Coady (TV on the Radio, Blonde Redhead). The band's sophomore release is available now on Dovecote Records.
SnagFilms offer full length, award-winning films in the form of a widget. The films include Dig!, Paper Clips, Prison Lullabies, Africa Unite and Be Here To Love Me.
O'Death's third album, Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin out now on Kemado Records.
2008 is sure to be a year like no other for Pop Montreal. Over the week of October 1-5, Pop Montreal will feature artists such as legendary Burt Bacharach, New Orleans Soul Queen Irma Thomas, poetic-punk troubadour Nick Cave, the seminal and brilliant WIRE as well as many, many more talented artists!
Lykke Li's Youth Novels is out on August 19, 2008 through LL Recordings.
London based Noah and the Whale are gearing up for the release of their debut full length on September 16th. Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down brings out the best in the band with everything from sweet sing-songs to honest folk ballads.
Ancestor is the TK Webb And The Visions Kemado debut album, out September 2nd. The Delta Blues inspired four-piece will be on tour heavily throughout the rest of 2008.
Anberlin's new album, New Surrender out September 30th on Universal Republic Records.
Songwriting team Danny Godbold and James Mulhern have joined forces yet again to bring you What Laura Says' sophmore album Thinks and Feels out August 19th. Hailing from Arizona, the group will be gathering up everything they own to explore the United States from the back of a van. Look for dates near you!
Comprised of members of The Annuals, Sunfold is a musical endeavor headed by vocalist/guitarist Kenny Florence. The group will see their debut full length out July 22nd on Terpsikhore Records.
Singer/songwriter, designer and actor David Wiley Rennick, best known for producing two internationally celebrated albums as part of Dappled Cities, has turned his hand to a blend of myth, music and storytelling with his least democratic work to date, The Curse of Company. Leo Magnets Joins A Gang... out June 22, 2008 on Dangerbird Records.
Jihae unleashes Afterthought, an EP complete with four remixes from her debut album My Heart is an Elephant and a brand new track "Simple Man." Her own brand of seductively daring experimental pop will transport you into a dreamworld all your own. Digital copies available on iTunes now!
Matt Keating's new album QUIXOTIC is in stores now.
Teddy Thompson, a folk-rock singer-songwriter based in New York, comes out with his fourth album A Piece Of What You Need on June 17, 2008.
Less Than Jake's new album GNV FLA is out June 24th on Sleep It Off Records. Catch them on the 'Shout It Loud' tour this summer with Goldfinger, Mustard Plug, Big D And The Kids Table and more!
Middle Class Rut (Zack Lopez - guitar/vox and Sean Stockham - drums/vox) are a two-piece hailing from Sacramento, CA whose visceral, garage-inflected wall of sound immediately brings to mind Jane’s Addiction, Death From Above 1979, My Bloody Valentine and Rage Against The Machine. They will be releasing a self-titled EP through all major online retailers in June 2008 as well as touring with Burning Brides in July.
Sunny Day Sets Fire is wrangling excitement for Summer Palace, the full-length album set to come out July 8th, 2008. Digital copies are on iTunes now!
Computer vs. Banjo borrow from many genres to make a sound that is at once nostalgic and new. Their debut album comes out on June 17th.
¿Cómo Te Llama? is the new album from Albert Hammond, Jr. and cohorts Matt Romano, Marc Philippe Eskenazi and Josh Lattanzi, and will be released July 8th.
Catch Jukebox The Ghost on tour in support of their new album, Let Live and Let Ghosts.
On Verve//Remixed 4, music’s most respected and emulated Remix series once again breaks new ground.
Ed Harcourt is poised to release his fifth studio album, The Beautiful Lie, in the US on June 3rd via Dovecote Records. The British Mercury Prize nominee recorded the bulk of the album on an eight-track in his grandmother's house in Sussex - the rest done in East London's Toe Tag studios, where The White Stripes recorded Elephant. Graham Coxon (Blur) lended his guitar for "Visit From A Dead Dog", BJ Cole's pedal steel makes appearances on various tracks and The Magic Numbers performed backing vocals on "Revolution In The Heart".Catch Ed on tour with The Gutter Twins this summer!
World renowned DJ, KASKADE, returns with his fifth artist album and kicks off an international tour. Strobelite Seductions (Ultra) hits stores June 3 and iTunes May 20.
The Midway State's upcoming piano‐driven pop/rock debut album, Holes, glistens with refined melodies, raw emotion and massive sing‐a‐long hooks. Holes is out in the US via Remedy/Interscope in 2009.
Svn Fngrs is the new mini-LP from Black Francis out now on Cooking Vinyl Records.
Black Kids are kicking off a cross-country tour starting April 25th at the Coachella Festival.
Saints of Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe's Saints Of Los Angeles is their first studio album in over a decade. The world’s most notorious rock band has revealed their 2009 Saints Of Los Angeles tour dates with Hinder, Theory of a Deadman and The Last Vegas.
Duran Duran return to North America showcasing tracks from their latest record Red Carpet Massacre alongside all of the hits from their extensive catalogue.
Catch The Forms on tour including stops in Chicago, at the Pygmalion festival in IL and in NYC with Denali!
El Perro Del Mar's sophomore LP From The Valley To The Stars" will be released April 22, 2008 through The Control Group.
The Lovely Sparrows' debut LP, Bury The Cynics, is set for release on July 8th, 2008 by Abandoned Love Records and The Rebel Group.
SUCH FUN will be out on Canvasback Music (Columbia) on October 7.
Hello Tokyo is a female fronted, power-pop experience from Brooklyn, NY with sounds and influences from bands like Metric, Rilo Kiley, Fountains of Wayne and No Doubt, to Big Country, Patsy Klein, REM and U2. The new album Sell The Stars is out April 22nd!!
Nights is the new digital EP from Midnight Movies, available March 11th on New Line Records.
Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts release Temporary People on September 30.
The Sword's sophomore album, Gods Of The Earth, out now on Kemado Records.
Langhorne Slim's new self-titled full-length album is out now on Kemado Records.
Help Wanted is Eric Avery's (of Jane's Addiction) first formal solo project , out April 8, 2008 on Dangerbird Records.
The Lonely H is touring from January-April in support of their Control Group release, Hair.
Counting Crows release their fifth studio album, Saturday Nights &Sunday Mornings, on March 25.
The Wishes And The Glitch is the fifth release from the now Seattle, WA based Say Hi, formerly Say Hi To Your Mom.
With an eye firmly focused on the soaring beauty of classic pop moments, Sunny Day Sets Fire are set to release a collection of tracks that reflect their shared loves - 60's psych, the Beach Boys, classic Sun rock'n'roll and far beyond.
"The Epochs (pronounced 'ee-poks') have created a sprawling record that cuts no corners in production quality or in arrangement. Look for them this Winter when they hit the road with Mobius Band."
On their new album, Slick Dogs and Ponies, the San Diego-based quartet has headed into new sonic terrain. It’s a bigger, bolder, more ambitious record that shows the band’s growth and evolution while also staying true to their innovative take on modern music.
Deep within the forests of Estonia, a voice is heard. The faceless cry demands attention and won’t be silenced. In less than a blink of an eye, out leaps Kerli, a deceptively delicate-looking young woman. She is has a whimsical way about her, but you can’t help notice the smoldering fire in her eyes.
Lou Reed is a composer, a lyricist, a vocalist and a guitarist. In 1996 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member of The Velvet Underground.
Reed recently collaborated with the Killers on their song "Tranquilize" and composed and recorded two new songs ("Safety Zone" and "Gravity") inspired by the documentary Nanking
Fuck Buttons straddle you between the wall of sound that lies between the beginning of destruction and the end of birth. This grand noise will fondle you into a state of immersed euphoria.
Birmingham, AL based Wild Sweet Orange will release their full-length album WE HAVE CAUSE TO BE UNEASY on July 29 through Canvasback Music.
The Drones are an Australian rock group whose sound has been described as The Birthday Party kicking the shit out of Neil Young in Hendrix' garage. Havilah, the band's newest disc, is out March 16th in the US.
Robbers On High Street are on a full US tour this October and November with Great Northern (Eenie Meenie Records) in support of their latest release, Grand Animals.
"...at some times vaudevillian, at others psychedelic, a little bit country, a dash from early musicals, all under a cloud of pop-noir, often all coming in the very same song."
"With this album we wanted to create this sense that you're visiting a place that exists after you leave."
Puscifer is Maynard James Keenan’s multifaceted, multimedia, multi-artist, multi-personality project. It involves film, music, digital video, garments, feminine hygiene products, coffee, pet supplies, websites, blogs, artist collaborations, a few office supplies, and a grip on the idea that chaos is good and that change is inevitable.
Just 23 years old and hailing from Dumfries, this young Scot made his debut album I Created Disco in his bedroom on a battered old Amiga computer.
"a redeeming sense of hope amidst the emotional wreckage..."
"Illinois' music has the ability to take you out, show you a good time and then drive you home safely in some unconventional yet reliable vehicle."
"...this musical collective appeals to both experimental and pop fans who appreciate well-produced material and astounding artistry."
"a frenzied, blistering, often paranoid noise. But one that you can dance to."
"...an idea for a band that reflected the music that influenced them: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and early Metallica... and Dead Child was born."
"After two releases under their first incarnation as Ty Cobb and several as Mad Action, The Cobbs have arrived and they bring with them a new album and their own brand of homegrown, DIY rock &roll."
"an alchemy of folk tendencies and blistering guitar squalor with dense, beautiful Technicolor voices blooming against the racket behind them"
"It is unifying in its chaos, startling in its simplicity - all those things that music fans have been bemoaning as dead and gone."
"They have been described as a destructive Stevie Nicks Blonde Redhead mutant, Will Oldham meets Sonic Youth and as a PJ Harvey - meets - Crazy Horse type creature."
"...deftly fuses hard rock with art rock, shot through with soaring vocals, virtuosic guitars, allegorical lyrics, a driving rhythm section and richly woven keyboards."
"...transcendent emotions and complex, highly danceable rhythms that leave you wanting more"
"...it is at turns epic, intimate, stormy, playful, pensive, and jubilant -- each song remains inherently illuminea."
"Don't be afraid, embrace the inevitable end, because as Abomination proves, death can be one badass dance party."
"A mature and thoughtful collection of songs and a bold release for an artist still largely unknown to most, What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have marks the emergence of an important and original talent."
"Monty Are I are proud to unveil their video for "Between The Sheets," the first single off their Stolen Transmission debut, Wall of People."
"Confessional or dance party? A keen observer might either feel complicit or absolved but they will no doubt be dawn in by the anxious beats, pensive blips and ominous thrashing tones."
"...perfect pop that sinks its fangs in, rock that doesn't stoop to knuckle draggers, ballads that are fluff free, throws a flurry of psychedelia into the mix (guaranteed to leave marks) and, yes – you can even dance to it."
Dawn Landes will release her second album and first formal US release, Fireproof on March 4 through Cooking Vinyl.