Author Archives: Mike
Author Archives: Mike
Legendary singer/songwriter James Taylor unveiled the new song and video, “Angels of Fenway,” last night during a special media presentation at Boston’s famed Fenway Park. The track appears on his forthcoming album Before This World. Poetically capturing the historic Red Sox/Yankee rivalry, from the Curse of the Bambino to the miraculous Red Sox comeback in ’04, “Angels of Fenway,” is a tribute to Taylor’s favorite team and the enduring power of baseball.
Continue readingIconic singer-songwriter, activist, educator, visual artist, and multi-award winner Buffy Sainte-Marie will release her new album Power In The Blood next week on May 12th via True North Records. This bold new LP – her first in six years – is a reminder that, five decades on, Sainte-Marie is a voice as vital and significant as ever. NPR Music is now featuring the full album as a First Listen available to stream a week before it’s release.
Continue readingEmerging singer/songwriter Noelle Bean, aka Bean, is gearing up to release her new indie-pop single, “Wildfire,” on May 19 on STRZ Enterprises. About the song, Bean says, “’Wildfire’ is much more mature than my other songs…it really reflects my personality and artistry. It’s an anthem for the vagabonds, the wanderers, and the hippies of now.” Prior to the song’s release, Bean will take the stage at KIIS-FM’s Wango Tango VILLAGE pre-show at 1:45 p.m. on May 9, along with Fifth Harmony, Jake Miller, Eden xo, and more.
Continue readingDetroit rockers Wilson will release their new album, Right To Rise (Razor & Tie), on June 30th. The band’s second full length album was produced by producer Johnny Andrews (Halestorm, All That Remains, Three Days Grace) in Atlanta, GA. Listen here to the first song off the album “Hang With The Devil.”
Continue readingWatch Brooklyn-based electro-pop outfit St. Lucia bring the tropics to New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge like you’ve never seen before. Using 360 degree camera technology to create a new camera angle—one that allows you to see everything around you, all in front of you, all at once—MTV’s The Periphery has just premiered a handful of live clips.
Continue readingDowntown Boys long awaited debut LP Full Communism is released today via Don Giovanni Records. A thrashing record of songs about smashing the prison-industrial complex, racism, queerphobia, capitalism, fascism, boredom, and all things people use to try to close our minds, eyes and hearts, the band is the voice of a generation hell bent on change.
Continue readingSinger/songwriter/producer/massive hitmaker Sia releases today, May 4th a deluxe edition of her Grammy nominated #1 charting album 1000 FORMS OF FEAR, entitled 1000 FORMS OF FEAR DELUXE EDITION.
Continue readingHailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Acclaimed filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain’s personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends. Wildly creative and highly acclaimed, the documentary follows Kurt from his earliest years in this visceral and detailed cinematic insight of an artist at odds with his surroundings. Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, will be released by Universal Music Enterprises on both Blu-ray and DVD formats in the fall of 2015.
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