Wednesday, February 08, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
30-year-old Metal Juggernaut Metallica has announced that they will host the first annual "Orion Music + More" Festival this year in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The wide range of bands playing include Arctic Monkeys, Best Coast, Titus Andronicus, Modest Mouse, A Place To Bury Strangers, and more. Metallica will headline both nights of the festival, June 23rd and 24th, playing The Black Album in its entirety one night and Ride The Lightning on the other night. Pre-sale tickets are on sale today.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 | POSTED BY: DON SAAS
Brooklyn noise pop act Sleigh Bells are going to be the musical guests on the 2/18 episode of Saturday Night Live and will be debuting two new songs from their upcoming album Reign of Terror. They can't be any worse than Lana so here's hoping that they continue Bon Iver's trend of making the indie world proud.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 | POSTED BY: DON SAAS
Texas post-rock act Explosions in the Sky will be playing at this year's Coachella Music Festival. They've also scheduled tour dates up and down the Pacific Coast and the Rockies. Any fans in the area should check out the tour dates.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
In his short, yet prolific career, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has been collaborating with artists like Kanye West, James Blake, The National, Flaming Lips, and also pretty much everybody else in the music business. The collaborations keep getting more exciting as Vernon announced in an interview with USA today that he has been writing songs with another powerful voice, Alicia Keys. Also, he announced that Bon Iver fans shouldn't expect another album from the band for three to five years. Watch "Holocene" from Bon Iver below.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 | POSTED BY: CARIANNE HIXSON
Three years after monster of an album Up From Below became everyone's summer go-to with anthems like "Home," and "40 Day Dream," Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros are finally back in the studio recording a follow-up album. The expected release date is 5/29. They're also beginning a tour in March. Check out the dates.
Friday, February 03, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
Laptop Pop act Active Child will be hitting the road this spring in support of their latest record You Are All I See. Check out the spooky video for "Hanging On" below, as well as their October 2011 set at Spike Hill in Brooklyn.
Thursday, February 02, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
Irish singer/songwriter James Vincent McMorrow is set to release a five track EP titled We Don't Eat. The album features the title track as well as two covers, "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood and "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak.
Thursday, February 02, 2012 | POSTED BY: DON SAAS
New Jersey Rockers Real Estate (who Baeble recently caught in an awesome concert at a Chinese Buffet) will be touring this Spring to continue promoting their hit album, Days. Beginning in March with dates in Australia and New Zealand, Real Estate returns to the U.S. in Philadelphia for the rest of the tour. Tour dates below.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
We Are Serenades-- Swedish duo comprised of members of Shout Out Louds and Laakso --are set to release their debut album, April 17 via Cherrytree Records/Interscope. Check out the first single from Criminal Heaven, "Birds", below.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | POSTED BY: CARIANNE HIXSON
Chazwick Bundick better known by his stage name Toro Y Moi will be releasing a boxset entitled June 2009 of some of his earlier recordings, all on vinyl. It's schedule to be released 4/23.
Friday, January 27, 2012 | POSTED BY: JOE PUGLISI
Atlas Sound, the solo moniker of Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, has set down some tour dates for the next couple of months. View them below.
Friday, January 27, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
British Rock Quartet Tribes will deliver a new album, Baby, March 13 via Fairfax Recording/Universal Republic Records. Tribes will begin their debut U.S. tour in Colorado on March 4th.
Friday, January 27, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
Husband and wife Pop duo Mates of State will tour the east coast next month in support of their 2011 release, Mountaintops. Watch below, as they hit Letterman to play their newest single Palomino.
Friday, January 27, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
New Pop upstart Dev has pushed back the release of her debut album,The Night The Sun Came Up, to add a couple of new songs. One of the new tracks features Latin Pop star, Enrique Iglesias. Check out our interview with DEV, as well as her new video for "Dancing Shoes".
Thursday, January 26, 2012 | POSTED BY: DON SAAS
Swedish pop band ABBA will be re-releasing their final album, The Visitors on 4/23 and included on the album will be the first previously
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | POSTED BY: DON SAAS
Boston folkster Marissa Nadler will be dropping her next LP The Sister on 5/29 via self-owned Box of Cedar Records. The Sister is expected to be a spiritual successor to her self-titled from last June. According to the press release, The Sister will delve into such heady material as "childhood, betrayal, friendships, new love, nature, or hope."
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | POSTED BY: MALCOLM DONALDSON
Indie Rock outfit The Apples In Stereo reissued their debut 1995 LP, Fun Trick Noisemaker, on vinyl, available today. The record includes all the original swag and some bonus artwork.
