Artist Update: Battles
The energetic and dynamic instrumental trio Battles are back, not that they really went anywhere. They had a new remix album Dross Glop released in April. They are hitting the road again in North America soon. You can listen to our interview with guitarist/keyboardist Ian Williams from last fall here. Battles 2012 Summer Tour Dates 6/2 – Chicago, [...]
Artist Update: Tenacious D
We first told you at the end of February that the comedy musical duo of Tenacious D were set to release their new record, Rize of the Fenix, on May 15th. We also shared their first music video from it, “To Be The Best”. They have released another one, “Rize of the Fenix”. You can [...]
Artist Update: Passion Pit
Today, Passion Pit released the first single from their highly anticipated album Gossamer. “Take A Walk,” the opening track from the 12-song LP to be released on July 24th on Columbia Records, is streaming now at: http://takeawalk.passionpitmusic.com/ Acclaimed for their unabashedly danceable live performances, Passion Pit is
Artist Update: The Lumineers
Denver-based band The Lumineers plays live tonight on TBS’ Conan. The band will be performing their popular single “Ho Hey” from their recently released self-titled debut album. The performance is the band’s second late-night television appearance following an appearance on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson. Since then, the band sold out
Artist Update: Sarah Jaffe
Photo by Dylan Hollingsworth Not many artists are able to switch their styles very successfully. It’s especially difficult at the early stages, just as their careers are about to take off. North Texas talent Sarah Jaffe recently took a gamble by trying this, and the risk paid off well. Already a well respected and talented up [...]
Video Of The Week: Dirty Heads “Spread Too Thin”
The news today has been focused on the death of the Beastie Boys‘ founding member, Adam Yauch, aka MCA. So I couldn’t help but to think of one of my favorite bands who were heavily influenced by them, the Dirty Heads. We told you previously that they have a new record, Cabin by the Sea, [...]
Artist Update: Jack White
The people have spoken: Blunderbuss is #1. The popular response to Jack White’s debut album has matched the critical fervor surrounding it: In the week since its April 24th release on Third Man Records/Columbia Records, Blunderbuss has sold 137,554 domestically, debuting at #1 on the U.S. albums chart–his first ever recorded effort to do so. The [...]
Artist Update: Metric
We first told you back in February that Toronto based band Metric would be releasing their new record this summer. Today they confirmed that Synthetica, their 5th studio release, is still set to come out June 12th. Here is the first single, “Youth Without Youth“, along with the brand new tour dates and tracklistings listed [...]
On The Verge: Rittz
The up and coming white rapper Rittz from Georgia started off the year by releasing a new mixtape, White Jesus: Revival. He then performed several times at SXSW in Austin. He is quickly and steadily building momentum from his live shows and mixtapes. We told you last month that he dropped another new single, ““Cashin Out (Speedmix)”. Here is [...]
Artist Update: Foster The People
A month shy of the one year anniversary of Torches, Foster The People have released the video for their fourth single, “Houdini.” The video premiered worldwide on MTV recently. Directed by Daniels (The Shins, Chromeo, Battles), the video for “Houdini” is a darkly comedic take on the age-old saying “the show must go on.” On the [...]
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