Author Archives: Mike
Author Archives: Mike
Modern-day Robin Hood. Wealthy man of mystery. Debonair rogue. Call Simon Templar what you will, but never cross The Saint. A timeless figure of adventure since his creation by Leslie Charteris in 1928, The Saint has thrilled adventure aficionados with his exploits in a variety of media, including novels, movies, and radio—but nowhere was the dashing Mr. Templar more indelibly realized than in his 1960s television series. Fans of the dashing spy are now finally able to revisit his adventures with the release of six hand-picked episodes of The Saint on Shout! Factory TV. This collection of episodes is comprised of the first episodes of each of the action-packed series’ six seasons.
Continue readingThe highly anticipated 80’s action-inspired film Kung Fury released its new single “True Survivor” today. As one of the biggest Kickstarter projects of all time, the crowd-funding sensation just became even hotter by locking down what can only be described as the ultimate feature: global superstar and 80’s icon David Hasselhoff.
Continue readingWith an iconic career spanning over four decades, touching on film, fashion, literature and popular music, Carly Simon continues to expand upon her already prodigious legacy with the re-release of The Bedroom Tapes – Special Edition through her own boutique label C‘EST Music (Pronounced “Say”) in conjunction with CARLY SIMON VINTAGE.
Continue readingFresh off the heels of the season 3 finale of his hit reality show, Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia is releasing the remix for “Ol’ Lady” from his album Just Be Free released in June 2014. The Los Angeles based production team, Lazerdisk, remixed the track after meeting the NOLA bounce artist via Twitter.
Continue readingFollowing his wildly successful NEON FUTURE EXPERIENCE North American tour which encompassed 21 sold-out shows at major venues across the continent, international producer and DJ STEVE AOKI is turning his sights, as always, to the future. Now he has unveiled the next offering–“Darker Than Blood” featuring Linkin Park–from his third studio album NEON FUTURE II, out May 12 on Dim Mak/Ultra Music. For the second half of his Neon Future double album, also comes the announcement of its complete track listing and reveal of its cover art.
Continue readingThe ESSENCE FESTIVAL, now among the largest consumer live events in the nation hosting more than 550,000 annually, is thrilled to announce the all-star, night-by-night lineup of performers from July 2-5 in New Orleans, LA. In addition, stay tuned next week for a special announcement of a New Orleans fan favorite making a triumphant return to close out Friday night’s tribute to the city with an epic performance on July 3.
Continue readingSeattle singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato is premiering his highly anticipated, eighth studio album, Hospital Handshakes, today at Billboard.com. The record will be released on Tuesday, April 21st on No Sleep Records.
Continue readingLord Huron’s new album Strange Trails (available via IAMSOUND Records) debuted this week at #10 on Billboard’s Top Albums and #23 on the Top 200. In addition, the record is charting #1 at Folk, #2 at Rock, #2 at Alternative, #4 Current Digital Albums and #5 at Vinyl. To celebrate, the band will perform on “Conan” on May 18.
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