• The Xcerts release 'Slackerpop' on Flexi Disc and Specially Recorded Download EP

    Updated: 2011-08-31 12:59:53
    Having recently announced forthcoming tours with Young Guns, Taking Back Sunday and Manchester Orchestra; THE XCERTS are now ready to reveal that they will be releasing single **Slackerpop** in support of the shows on **31st October** through **Xtra Mile Recordings**. The single will be available...

  • Modular Launch 'Club Mod' Singles Label With First Release 120 Day’s ‘Osaka’

    Updated: 2011-08-31 12:56:35
    Club Mod is a new endeavor by the Modular Recordings family. A series of digital and 12" single releases aimed at some kind of dancefloor, Club Mod acts as one foot under the strobe and one in the future, an avenue for one-off releases with acts they've recently fallen in love with or those...

  • BRITISH FOLK LEGEND ROY HARPER RELEASES 'SONGS OF LOVE AND LOSS' VOLUMES 1 & 2

    Updated: 2011-08-31 12:46:37
    **Few survivors from the golden age of British folk-rock have kept their reputations intact. Of the generation of troubadours who came of age in the folk clubs of London in the mid-1960s, there is one figure whose body of work, comprising 23 studio LPs and almost as many live and compilation...

  • Twin Atlantic UK Tour Announced!

    Updated: 2011-08-31 12:42:11
    Following their triumphant performances at this weekend’s Reading & Leeds Festival, Twin Atlantic are thrilled to announced a UK tour this Winter. Dubbed “The Free-ze Tour”, the dates see them travel the length and breadth of the country (which also includes 4 shows in their native Scotland)....

  • Justin Bieber Videos Removed From YouTube - Thank God.

    Updated: 2011-08-31 12:36:41
    Sometimes the world of music starts rotting away with the likes of Rebecca Black. Domination of Youtube by artists that really shouldn't be allowed the amount of plays they generate, but hey, thats viral for you. So in some good news, Justin Bieber's videos have been pulled from Youtube in a very...

  • Empresarios Announce Bestia EP And DC Release Party

    Updated: 2011-08-31 10:41:15
    Fort Knox Recordings presents the Bestia EP, the* Empresarios* follow-up release to their debut album, Sabor Tropical. Having spent the past few months touring and rocking shows nationwide, the Empresarios draw on their performance experience to create these four new floor rocking gems. All four...

  • WHITE ARROWS six night London residency

    Updated: 2011-08-31 09:53:44
    Following the release of their debut ep earlier this summer Los Angeles’ five-piece *White Arrows* are set to make their British live debut and release their first single, ‘*Get Gone*’. It is a groove-soaked, synth’-laden slice of what’s to come, on the band’s *RAC* produced debut album, scheduled...

  • Beyoncé - 1+1 [Single]

    Updated: 2011-08-31 06:16:01
    We all know that Beyoncé is no stranger to the music business, so it is no surprise that she has released yet another new song from her forthcoming album, “4”. The new track “1+1” is your typical love ballad. Now, usually I am a sucker for love ballads but when it comes to this song, “1+1” just...

  • Underground Railroad "8 Millimeters" - New single released 17th October 2011

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:58:54
    In the shape of new album *‘White Night Stand,’* Underground Railroad have made a career defining best – an intense, accomplished third that encapsulates a brooding Dystopian vision of modern London: Hailing from Paris, Underground Railroad’s outsider status perhaps has granted them a detached...

  • Stream Blitzen Trapper's album 'American Goldwing' now! Album out September 12th

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:45:41
    *Blitzen Trapper *are back with their sixth studio album, '*American Goldwing*'. Released on *September 12th* through *Sub Pop Records*, it see’s the Portland-based five-piece take us on a journey across the American highways accompanied by heartfelt lyrics and ultimate rock’n’roll swagger. Now,...

  • Alistair Griffin - 'Blinding Lights' released October 10th

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:45:05
    *Alistair Griffin follows up the Top 40 success of Just Drive with new single Blinding Lights, released October 10th.* One of the outstanding tracks from his forthcoming album *Albion Sky*, it punctuates Griffin’s ear for melodic intricacy. Featuring the production talents of *Ed Buller* (White...

  • Loopmasters Present new label from High Rankin - Rankin Audio

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:41:17
    This week we have a whooping six sample packs ready and waiting for you! First up is two packs, *Heavy Bass Oneshots*, and *Female Dubstep Vocals* from *High Rankin's *brand new *Loopmasters *sub-label *'Rankin Audio'. *Next up is *French Electro House Vol. 2*, a collection of previously unheard...

  • DIAMOND PLATE: "GENERATION WHY?" OUT NOW IN EUROPE

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:36:04
    *GENERATION WHY?* was recorded with producer NEIL KERNON (JUDAS PRIEST, NEVERMORE, DEICIDE, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD) at RaxTrax Studios in the band's hometown, and features 11 ripping tracks of pure thrash metal. *The complete GENERATION WHY? track listing is as follows:* 01. Entertainment Today 02....

  • Sailor Jerry's Ink City Announces Final Band Line Up

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:29:18
    Sailor Jerry’s Ink City is heading back to Bestival with live tattooing and an electric array of bands set to rock the Isle of Wight crowds from 8th to 11th September at Robin Hill County Park, Newport. Today, the full line-up of bands who will be taking to the Ink City...

  • Chickenfoot confirm UK release dates for new album

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:18:44
    *Chickenfoot*, featuring guitar hero *Joe Satriani*, frontman *Sammy Hagar*, former Van Halen bassist *Michael Anthony* and world renowned drummer *Chad Smith*, have confirmed multiple UK release dates and formats for their highly anticipated second album *Chickenfoot III*, the follow-up to 2009’s...

  • Idiom, In The studio / Sensor Support

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:14:20
    The Exeter Four-piece are currently grafting their first full length album at The Dairy Studios, Brixton, whose client list boasts the likes of Muse, Bloc Party and Slipknot. Showcasing a maturing sound the album also looks set to feature some exciting collaborations, with Sean Smith (The...

  • Othello Woolf remix of Man Like Me's new single 'Peculiar'

    Updated: 2011-08-31 01:03:18
    Man Like Me have named their new single ‘ Peculiar’. So what exactly is peculiar about it? Well, pretty much everything. Imagine if you were walking down a North London street, you spy a pair of sharp-suited, Reebok Classic wearing, young chaps reminiscing about their school days and how times...

  • File-O-Facts: Matty O'Brien of Memphis Crawl

    Updated: 2011-08-31 00:11:34
    *Name: *Matty o'Brien *Star Sign:* Leo *Place of Birth: *New York *Now Based At:* New York *Level of Education:* Rhodes Scholar * First Instrument Played: * Voice *Current Instrument:* Voice *Last Venue Played:* Great South Bay Music Festival *Last Gig Attended:* Chris Robinson Brotherhood

  • Thee Oh Sees To Release Second LP This Year

    Updated: 2011-08-31 00:02:25
    *What’s the first thing you think of when someone mentions _Thee Oh Sees_?* Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a guitar-chewing, melody-maiming John Dwyer careening across your cranium, rounded out by a wild-eyed wrecking crew that drives every last hook home like it’s a nail...

  • "Mr. Saturday Night," Julian Velard Readies Sophomore CD fo U.S. Release on November

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:48:04
    London-based, New York native and singer-songwriter Julian Velard "adopts an alter-ego, the suave Mr. Saturday Night" for his "piano-pop" (- Daily Mail UK) sophomore release available November 1, 2011 in the U.S. Released in the U.K. earlier this year, the Daily Mail notes "'Love Again For The...

  • Young Statues Sign To Run For Cover Records

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:47:47
    *Young Statues* have signed with Boston, MA’s *Run For Cover Records*. The band, led by songwriter/vocalist Carmen Cirignano, will release its self-titled debut CD/LP/Digital release on November 8, 2011. In the winter of 2010, a spontaneous trip to Athens, GA became the birth of New...

  • THE SKULL DEFEKTS Announce New 12"

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:47:09
    In April 2011, The Skull Defekts toured the US to celebrate the release of the "Peer Amid" album on Thrill Jockey Records, a record where the Swedish core of the band was completed by the presence of Daniel Higgs on vocals. The band decided to invite Higgs' old Lungfish companion Asa Osborne and...

  • The Super Happy Fun Club - New album + UK Tour w/ Madina Lake, My Passion

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:44:15
    15 years of friendship, gigs and parties have culminated in ‘The Super Happy Fun Club’ and their infectious, triumphant new record Go Fun Yourself. A lifetime spent in and around Chicago, and spawned from the same scene that brought the world Fall Out Boy, The Audition and The Academy Is…, has...

  • ALIASES - SAFER THAN REALITY [ALBUM]

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:43:11
    In the early to mid naughties, Sikth emerged from the UK’s post-nu metal scene, wowing everyone who encountered their brand of technical yet heartfelt noise. They single handedly made the art of tapping cool again, proving it wasn’t just a tool for spandex clad 80’s show offs. Donkey’s years ahead...

  • Caveman Premieres tracks w Stereogum and Nylon + KEXP Song of The Day 8/30

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:42:54
    After revealing tracks with Fader and Pitchfork, the rising New York band Caveman exclusively premiered two new tracks with Stereogum and Nylon Magazine. Stereogum calls Caveman’s “Decide” “breezy, infectious folk-pop / Heavy Rotation” and Nylon Magazine described the luscious “Easy Water” as...

  • Humans Unveil "Mon Ton Ton 2"

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:41:57
    Off the heels of their bangin' party-starter "Avec Mes Mecs," (http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/07/11/premiere_humans_avec_mes_mecs) Vancouver indie dance duo Humans are pleased to release the second single from their latest release, "Mon Ton Ton 2." (French for "my uncle"). "This is the second part of a...

  • Oberhofer Signs To Glassnote

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:39:16
    Ever since moving operations from his parent's basement in Tacoma, Washington to Brooklyn, 20 year old Brad Oberhofer has been carefully honing his own brand of bedroom pop, which is as affecting and genuine as it is naively chaotic. Charmingly skewed and ramshackle, Oberhofer's classic, melody...

  • Spirits Of The Dead - The Great God Pan [EP]

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:35:15
    Guitarist Ole Øvstedal and vocalist Ragnar Vikse formed Spirits Of The Dead in 2007. I’ll be honest, I’m thinking it too – there are a couple of names! When hearing that such striking and dignified names are acquainted with a release, expectations of grandiose and excellence are unwillingly...

  • Buck Owens' '50s pre-Capitol recordings reissued on RockBeat

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:35:07
    Buck Owens is synonymous with the Bakersfield sound of country music that also gave rise to the Maddox brothers and Rose, Tommy Collins, Ferlin Husky and in later years Merle Haggard. Owens’ earliest recordings for independent labels in Southern California — ahead of his lucrative career on...

  • JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER ANNOUNCE MORE TOUR DATES

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:21:36
    Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter announce more tour dates including a co-headlining run on the East coast with The Sadies. The band released Marble Son on August 2nd to rave reviews. Though oft saddled with the "alt-country" tag, of late, Sykes and Co. have moved into slightly heavier and...

  • YELAWOLF - HARD WHITE (UP IN THE CLUB) [SINGLE]

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:18:30
    Another song that screams “commercial U.S. hip-hop is in trouble”. “Hard White (Up In The Club)” is the first single from 'Radioactive', Yelawolf's debut album on a major label. Joined by Lil Jon for this single, the track has same tedious and typical texture of any song that imposes crunk on...

  • Gringo Star Announce US Fall Tour Dates

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:11:24
    Boiling up from the independent musical cauldron Hotlanta has become, here comes Gringo Star with its follow up to 2008's critically acclaimed debut, “All Y’all. The band now comes into its own with “Count Yer Lucky Stars, ” a collection of catchy and instantly classic pop music. You won’t be...

  • James Blake & Bon Iver - 'Fall Creek Boys Choir'

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:09:58
    This release brings together the renowned talents of James Blake and Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver. Over the past year James has cited Justin as a key influence and it was via a chance meeting at this years SXSW festival in Austin, Texas that the seed was sown for a future collaboration. A...

  • JOJO JOINS JOE JONAS AND JAY SEAN ON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:03:18
    JoJo will join Joe Jonas and Jay Sean on their 19-city North American concert tour this fall. The tour will kick off September 6th in JOJO’s native town of Boston, the same day her new single “Disaster” will be available at all digital retailers. “Disaster,” written by JoJo and Gino Barletta and...

  • Game Authors First Book "The Making of The R.E.D Album"

    Updated: 2011-08-30 23:01:49
    *LOS ANGELES, CA* (August 29, 2011) Multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated rapper Game has authored his first book. The Making Of Game's The R.E.D. Album chronicles the making of the music superstar's fourth major label album. "With my book The Making Of Game's The R.E.D. Album, I wanted to give...

  • ANR Play Mercury Lounge This Wed 8/30, Release Stay Kids Deluxe Edition 9/13‏

    Updated: 2011-08-30 22:55:22
    Miami psychedelic indie poppers ANR will be playing at Mercury Lounge this Wednesday, August 30th. They’ll be playing material off their critically-acclaimed full-length, Stay Kids Deluxe Edition, which is out September 13th on 10k Islands. For a quick taste of the album, click HERE to watch the...

  • VIRGIN STEELE confirmed for 70000TONS OF METAL

    Updated: 2011-08-30 22:55:19
    After Hurricane Irene has delayed their arrival at the North American East Coast they finally anchored in the Hudson River. Welcome to The Big Apple! They have arrived on a virgin continent. Please welcome the first American band on board: VIRGIN STEELE! Make no mistake, 70000TONS OF METAL is...

  • Dave Depper - ‘THE RAM PROJECT’ OUT NOW

    Updated: 2011-08-30 22:49:04
    Celebrating the release of Dave Depper’s first solo offering ‘The Ram Project’, City Slang are giving away two bonus tracks: 'Another Day' and 'Oh Woman Oh Why' both of which were recorded by Paul McCartney around the time of ‘Ram’s release in 1971. You can download the tracks from the link...

  • Stéphan Forté signs worldwide deal with Listenable

    Updated: 2011-08-30 22:45:24
    Stéphan Forté has just signed a worldwide deal with Listenable records (Gojira, Soilwork, Adagio) for the release of his first instrumental solo album “The Shadows Compendium” The album will be distributed in US by E1 distribution, UK by ADA/WARNER and features several guests such as Jeff...

  • Iceage Release Video For New Brigade's "You're Blessed" - Watch Now

    Updated: 2011-08-30 22:43:19
    In support of Iceage’s debut album, New Brigade (What’s Your Rupture?/Abeano/Escho), the Danish four-piece have just completed their first nationwide tour of North America. Five weeks on the road playing rock clubs, house shows, and in-stores with only two days off in that entire stretch, Iceage...

  • By Devices – Perfect Timing/Jose Again [Single]

    Updated: 2011-08-30 22:38:31
    Apart from knowing that their debut album has been completed recently (according to Twitter) and that they hail from Birmingham here in the UK, it’s hard finding some solid info on unsigned band, By Devices. Well apart from the band members’ names. There’s vocalist Ced, bassist Dave, drummer Rob...

  • Nova Scotia Roots Artist Kim Wempe Announces National Tour Dates

    Updated: 2011-08-30 22:36:55
    Nova Scotia roots artist Kim Wempe will embark on a cross-Canada tour with fellow songwriter Gabrielle Papillon this fall. Wempe is a true east coast gem! The single "Chameleon" (off of her latest album Painting With Tides) which Joel Plaskett collaborates on, is one of those chill inducing folk...

  • My Chemical Romance - The Only Hope For Me Is You [Single]

    Updated: 2011-08-30 22:20:35
    Yet another band who received bad press. I always wonder why these bands do receive such hate. They often all have one trait in common: success. Bring Me The Horizon are successful yet hated, Justin Bieber and most recently, Black Veil Brides. However, the original hated band are New Jersey outfit...

  • Mary J Blige - 25/8 [Single]

    Updated: 2011-08-30 21:59:10
    Mary J Blige has done it all, hasn’t she? She’s a singer, she’s pens her own songs, she’s a producer, and she’s also on the silver screen! Here are some fast facts to show the level of awesomeness of this diva. Winner of 9 Grammy awards, 4 American Music awards, the creator of 8 multi-platinum...

  • Rock Candy launch clothing company & giveaway free T-shirt

    Updated: 2011-08-30 21:53:44
    Rock Candy (http://www.facebook.com/pages/RockCandy/209771232397120) has launched! - the small independent clothing company based in Leeds UK is finally here. You can get your hands on their fresh designs over at their online store (http://www.rockcandystore.bigcartel.com/products). And if that...

  • Mates of State's New Song "Sway" is Remixed by Diamond Rings; Song Premiered on RCRD

    Updated: 2011-08-30 21:24:10
    _*Mates of State's New Song "Sway" is Remixed by Diamond Rings*_ _*Song Premiered on RCRD LBL Today*_ Connecticut-based indie-pop duo Mates of State are happy to premiere the Diamond Rings remix of their song "Sway" today on RCRD LBL. "Sway (Diamond Rings remix)" is a bouncy and whimsical take...

  • Lil Wayne Consequence of Sound

    Updated: 2011-08-25 06:22:09
    Consequence of Sound Festival outlook Cluster 1 Friend Us Consequence of Sound Home News Reviews Features Tickets Releases Street Team Lil Wayne Album Reviews Album Review : Lil Wayne Sorry 4 The Wait Album Review : Lil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being Album Review : Nas Damian Jr . Gong” Marley Distant Relatives Album Review : Lil Wayne- Rebirth Album Review : The Game The R.E.D . Mixtape Articles about Lil Wayne Quoteworthy : Lil Wayne fires shots at Jay-Z By Alex Young on August 24th , 2011 Someone hide . Beyoncé Video : Lil Wayne How To Love” By Alex Young on August 24th , 2011 Save this one for later in the . day Check Out : Lil Wayne feat . Drake She Will” By Chris Coplan on August 12th , 2011 And you will listen . Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV to feature Drake , Nas , John Legend By Alex

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