RICK RUBIN-PRODUCED HOWLIN RAIN ROLLS INTO SASQUATCH MUSIC FESTIVAL SUNDAY, MAY 27 | 2:25-3:10PM | YETI STAGE “Less about improvisation than delivering a great variety of pedal-punching sounds with Crazy Horse backbone, Howlin Rain is the Wagnerian figment of every psych-rock blogger’s fantasy.” – Village Voice Photo Credit: Michael Caswell (Scene In The Dark) After storming the nation on tour promoting the release of their latest album The Russian Wilds (produced by Rick Rubin), psychedelic rock tempest Howlin Rain is [...]
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Boys Like Girls Head Back Into The Studio To Record New Album Crazy World
BOYS LIKE GIRLS IN THE STUDIO TO RELEASE CRAZY WORLD THIS FALL PERFORMING AT BAMBOOZLE THIS SUNDAY Boys Like Girls are back and are currently in the studio, finishing recording a brand new album. Crazy World will be released this fall and is Boys Like Girls’ third studio album and the follow up to 2009’s Love Drunk. After years of recording and touring, and a brief hiatus, the new album finds frontman Martin Johnson approaching songwriting with a more grown-up [...]
Trampled By Turtles tour dates and Sasquatch appearance
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES’ STARS AND SATELLITESDEBUTS #32 AT BILLBOARD TOP 200 BAND PERFORMED ON THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN “ALONE” PREMIERES ON MTVU, CMT, MTV HIVE AND VH1.COM NATIONAL TOUR PLUS SASQUATCH!, BONNAROO, FIREFLY FESTIVAL, NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL, LOLLAPALOOZA AND OUTSIDE LANDS DATES CONFIRMED “Supercharged songs with a hooky playfulness and white-knuckle power…” —Esquire “Lit up and charged…four-part harmonies that are close to being crystalline.” —Daytrotter Acclaimed band Trampled by Turtles continue to receive praise for their new album [...]
Ben Howard confirms US Tour dates this fall
BEN HOWARD CONFIRMS U.S. TOUR THIS FALL CRITICS HAIL DEBUT ALBUM EVERY KINGDOMOUT NOW CURRENTLY CERTIFIED GOLD IN U.K. SASQUATCH! AND BONNAROO PERFORMANCES CONFIRMED “A triumphal, broad shouldered march…”—The New York Times “Extraordinary”—The Independent “A debut album of beauty and vigor.”—Sunday Times “Full of hard-won wisdom that belie his age…He’ll make listening to acoustic folk-tinged music feel like the first time.” —The Guardian “Best of What’s Next” —Paste Magazine In support of his debut album Every Kingdom, breakout British musicianBen [...]
Blind Pilot hits Toronto twice during their summer touring plans
BLIND PILOT ANNOUNCES SUMMER TOUR HEADLINE SHOWS AT WEBSTER HALL IN NYC, THE FILLMORE IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE FONDA THEATRE IN LOS ANGELES FESTIVAL APPEARANCES AT BONNAROO, NEWPORT FOLK, AND OTHERS, PLUS DATES SUPPORTING THE SHINS AND DAVE MATTHEWS BAND “We Are The Tide blooms agreeably from start to finish…these guys make remarkably sturdy, gorgeous songs.”—NPR Portland, Oregon-based band Blind Pilot, following two sold-out national tours in support of their sophomore album, We Are The Tide, will continue to [...]
Casey Abrams Set To Release Self Titled Debut Album June 26th
CASEY ABRAMS SET TO RELEASE SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM JUNE 26TH VIA CONCORD MUSIC GROUP Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and American Idol season 10 finalist Casey Abrams is set to release his self titled debut album on June 26th through Concord Music Group. Recorded in London with such acclaimed producers as Martin Terefe (Jason Mraz, KT Tunstall), Rune Westberg (Daughtry, Adam Lambert) and Steve Jordan (John Mayer, Herbie Hancock), and Executive Produced by American Idol’s Randy Jackson, Concord Records’ John Burk [...]
The Afghan Whigs Release First New Track In Five Years
THE AFGHAN WHIGS RELEASE FIRST NEW TRACK IN FIVE YEARS “See And Don’t See” Song Available For Free At www.theafghanwhigs.com Beginning at Noon today, The Afghan Whigs will make the song “See And Don’t See” available as a free download at: www.theafghanwhigs.com. Originally recorded in 1970 by Marie “Queenie” Lyons, the band’s version of “See And Don’t See” is the first new recording in over five years from the recently reunited group. The Afghan Whigs will perform “See And Don’t [...]
Billy Bragg and Wilco – Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions Vol. III review
There wasn’t just one. There were several. Indeed, boxes and boxes of them, all full of papers and words that had been sitting there for at least four decades. Song lyrics that had been written into life on paper but, for lack of a matching tune, would remain confined to the pages, never to reach the airwaves. But that would soon change. Nora Guthrie knew better than to ignore her folk artist father Woody Guthrie’s preserved gems, and she had [...]
The Monkey Bunch Go Bananas On The Road
THE MONKEY BUNCH HEAD WEST FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! WIN 2ND PLACE AT INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION Family entertainers The Monkey Bunch are packing up their bananas for their first ever Western Canada tour. After two years in a row of sold out Sunday afternoon residencies at the Drake in Toronto each February, the band is ready to rock the socks off kids at shows, including the International Children’s Festivals in Calgary, St. Albert, Saskatoon and Winnipeg. Kicking off their tour [...]
Gold Fields – Treehouse video
After releasing their debut EP in March, Australia’s Gold Fields have released an official video for their infectious, song of the summer first single “Treehouse,” now viewable across VEVO, the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform. “Treehouse” can be seen across the VEVO platform, including VEVO.com, mobile and tablet apps and connected TV in addition to VEVO syndication partners such as AOL, Facebook, Yahoo! Music and YouTube. The quintet played to excited crowds at this year’s SXSW festival [...]
