Author Archives: Mike
Author Archives: Mike
Fresh off of a performance at Sundance’s ASCAP Music Café – read Billboard’s review here – Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts debut their “foot-stomping boogie titled single” (Rolling Stone), “Way She Moves.” The band premieres “Way She Moves” as a new grat track for BLASTER album pre-order. It’s the next single off of the debut EP, which is set for a March 31st release.
Continue readingThis Way to the EGRESS presents their new album Great Balancing Act. The band’s sound Is a colorful collision of ragged rock, skewed eastern european beats, gipsy ska, sultry tangos and other brands of unclassifiable musical mayhem. The album will be self-released released May 19, 2015.
Continue reading“For as long as I remember, I’ve been writing and making music”, says Lucia Comnes. “I’m a student of language and folk music traditions, having spent more than a decade devoted to cross-cultural musical exploration, but this is the first album I’ve put words and music together as a songwriter. This album marks the beginning of a new chapter for me”. ‘Love, Hope & Tyranny’, her brand new album, finds Lucia’s gritty, passionate, yet crystal clear, singing set against her dazzling violin and fiddle playing and contributions from an array of fine supporting musicians. The opening ‘No Hiding Place’ is indicative of what’s to come: ancient lines from old Appalachian ballads, a Bo-Diddley beat, strongly bowed fiddle and a swaggering group ambience. And, of course, there is the songwriting and those songs.
Continue reading“I didn’t know it was being recorded” says BP Fallon about his new album ‘Live In Texas’. “That’s maybe why it has such a great vibe”. It goes like this ~ Jack White comes up to BP Fallon in a club in New York and says “Would you like to come down to Nashville and make a record?” Of course BP says yes, having never made a record in his life. Well, you would, wouldn’t you? Oh, BP had done the odd bit of music-making ~ playing tom toms with Led Zeppelin live during ‘Whole Lotta Love’ a few times, congas now and again with Marc Bolan & T.Rex, harmonica and vocals on the classic album ‘So Alone’ by New York Dolls subterranean star Johnny Thunders, among the backing singers on U2’s ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’ record, miming bass guitar with John Lennon on TV for Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma’ single. Wild, really.
Continue readingOmnivore Recordings won its first Grammy Award for Hank Williams’ The Garden Spot Programs, 1950, which was voted Best Historical Recording in yesterday’s 57th annual Grammy Awards.
Continue readingNoel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds announce today an additional tour stop in NYC on their upcoming North American tour, which was announced earlier this year. The band will stop at Webster Hall on May 7th and tickets can be purchased here starting Friday, February 13th.
Continue readingVancouver’s indie-electronic duo HUMANS premiered their new video “Follow” on Entertainment Weekly from their upcoming album Noontide. The four-minute video is an evocative and haunting display of artistry that effortlessly compliments the track that was originally released as a single on January 12th. Filmed by Peter Hadfield and directed by HUMANS co-founder, Peter Ricq, “Follow” is sure to make waves among fans and industry professionals alike.
Continue readingSons of Texas has premiered a new song, “Never Bury The Hatchet” exclusively on Loudwire (http://loudwire.com/sons-of-texas-never-bury-the-hatchet-exclusive-song-premiere/). This is the second song released from their forthcoming debut album Baptized in The Rio Grande. When fans pre-order the album now they will receive the instant grat song “Baptized in The Rio Grande” and tomorrow (2/10) they can also receive the song “Never Bury The Hatchet.”
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