Author Archives: Mike
Author Archives: Mike
Filmmaker Gorman Bechard, who has chronicled three of the most influential bands in the history of rock and roll with documentaries about The Replacements, Archers of Loaf, and Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart is turning his camera towards the future with his next film, WHO IS LYDIA LOVELESS?
Continue readingProduced by John Feldmann (Good Charlotte, Panic! At The Disco), Madness is the follow up to Sleeping With Sirens’ previous album, Feel, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200. Collectively, the band has sold over 716k combined albums to date, with 102 million album streams, and 83 million YouTube views.
Continue readingAcclaimed vocalist José James has announced a March 31, 2015 release for his new album Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday, a tribute to the legendary singer in honor of Holiday’s 100th birthday. James celebrates the woman he refers to as his “musical mother” with this stunning set of 9 songs written or popularized by Holiday. The album, which was produced by Blue Note president Don Was, features a stellar band including pianist Jason Moran, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Eric Harland.
Continue readingNoel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will release their second album entitled Chasing Yesterday on March 3rd via Sour Mash Records. The album will be available on CD, Deluxe CD, vinyl, and digitally and can be pre-ordered on Noel’s website, iTunes, and Amazon.
Continue readingPandora (NYSE: P), the leading internet radio service, has partnered with Jack White and Third Man Records to livestream White’s sold out Madison Square Garden show on Friday, January 30th at 9 PM EST. In anticipation of the livestream, Third Man Records has curated a digital mixtape for Pandora listeners which is available now via the special Jack White Live Pandora station: pandora.com/JackWhiteLive or by searching Jack White Live in the Pandora mobile/tablet app. White’s first solo show at Madison Square Garden also marks the first time Pandora has worked with a single artist to stream a live performance.
Continue readingToday Slutever has shared “Smother”, a new track from LA duo Slutever, from their new EP Almost Famous, out February 17th.
Continue readingFueled By Ramen recording group Paramore has announced “PARAMORE: WRITING THE FUTURE” an intimate evening of music with Paramore and Their Friends Copeland, set to hit prestigious theatres like the Beacon Theatre in New York, Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, and the Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak) in Los Angeles beginning in late April. “It feels right to bring the Self-Titled era to a close,” said Hayley Williams. “We’ve had a very personal and hugely triumphant journey with this one. What wouldn’t feel right is saying goodbye to this time in the band’s career and not celebrating it with our fans in some special way. So we’ve decided to do one last little run with it. Smaller shows, beautiful theaters… and we’re not calling it a tour, by the way. Each night will be a little event, or as we said just a few seconds ago, a celebration.”
Continue readingOut now on SectionZ Records, Withdrawal, the debut album from Colorado-based producer, vocalist and songwriter Evoke, aka Alden Groves, combines modern pop-infused electronic music with cutting edge production, setting heartfelt lyrics and emotional vocal melodies against uplifting synth lines and deep bass. In less than a year as Evoke, Alden has charted Top 10 on both Beatport and Track It Down charts, won remix competitions for Savant’s ‘How I Roll’ (featured on the album) and Fractal’s ‘Urchin,’ and has achieved nearly 400,000 plays on Soundcloud with EDM.com’s feature of ‘Answers,’ which is well above the site’s average, especially for new artists.
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