Author Archives: Mike
Author Archives: Mike
In the early 1990s, Ride was a leading light in Britain’s shoegaze scene, releasing a series of influential EPs and four studio albums, including its landmark debut Nowhere. The acclaimed Oxford quartet broke up in 1996, but will reunite this year for an upcoming tour that begins with a performance on the main stage at Coachella on April 10 and 17.
Continue readingIn honor of their 25th Anniversary, Rusted Root have been on an extensive national tour to support their current release The Movement. Rusted Root founder & front man, Michael Glabicki says, “The Movement is an extremely joyous recording with seriously deep undertones. It is a culmination of everything we have learned it is truly is a career record for us.” Famous for their unique fusion of acoustic, rock and world music and formed over twenty years ago, Rusted Root have recorded eight albums and sold over three million records worldwide and have played countless nights on the road supporting bands like Santana, The Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, The Allman Brothers Band, the HORDE Festival and the Jimmy Page/Robert Plant reunion tour. Their music has been featured in films like Ice Age, Twister and Matilda, TV shows like New Girl, Ally McBeal, Charmed and Chuck as well as recent Enterprise Rent-A-Car commercials.
Continue readingJD McPherson’s highly anticipated new album Let The Good Times Roll is now streaming exclusively at NPR Music as a “First Listen.” To celebrate the album, out February 10 on Rounder Records, McPherson will perform on the “Late Show with David Letterman” February 24.
Continue readingGRAMMY nominee Dierks Bentley is gearing up for back-to-back national television appearances this week with The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2/3, check local listings), the Late Show With David Letterman (2/4 at 10:35pm CST on CBS), and the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2/8 at 7pm CST on CBS) where he is nominated for “Country Album of the Year.”
Continue readingNamed after a wilderness trail in remote Alaska recommended for best experiencing the Northern Lights, the post-rock of Sheffield based quartet Gilmore Trail resonates with an organic, awe-inspiring power that honours their namesake and the secrets of the mysterious cosmic forces it secludes. With a heady mix of influences including Sigur Rós, Explosions in The Sky, King Crimson, God is an Astronaut, This Will Destroy You, Pink Floyd, Intronaut and Buckethead, they’re a serious new proposition for any instrumental fans.
Continue readingPaul van Dyk’s extended sets are a thing of legend. On Sunday, February 15, witness PvD doing what he does best for six full hours, as RPM Presents brings the Grammy-nominated artist back to New York City for a no-holds-barred set at a secret warehouse location in Brooklyn.
Continue readingProlific musical experimenter, premier league pop craftsman, tireless producer, runt, wizard and true star Todd Rundgren will release his new studio album ‘GLOBAL’ on the Esoteric Antenna label via Cherry Red on Monday 6th April 2015 internationally and Tuesday 7th April in the USA (via MVD Entertainment).
Continue readingAcclaimed musician and songwriter Jolie Holland has announced a series of tour dates with folk artist Gregory Alan Isakov. Holland will be touring in support of her sonically adventurous new album Wine Dark Sea, which Uncut proclaimed “The most uninhibited and visceral album of her career” and Magnet called simply “magnificent.”
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