Author Archives: Mike
Author Archives: Mike
Mike Ragogna: Billy, your group The Boxmasters has been working on its double CD Somewhere Down The Road for a while now. How does The Boxmasters hit you these days as opposed to when you were just starting out with the group? Billy Bob Thornton: In the beginning, we didn’t really know how long it […]
Continue readingToday, José González kicks off his sold out North American tour in Philadelphia at Union Transfer. Selling out in record time, these are Jose’s first solo tour dates since 2008. After playing to a sold out crowd tonight in Philadelphia, José will carry on the run of full-band performances in many major cities including New York, Toronto, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Continue readingPerforming artist Olivia Somerlyn will join platinum-certified artist Meghan Trainor on the European “THAT BASS TOUR,” produced by Live Nation and Ticket Master, which will kick off on April 8th in the UK. Fans will get to see both artists’ exhilarating performances in over 10 cities, including stops in London, Paris, Amsterdam and Milan. Olivia will open each concert, performing her fan-favorite songs, including her recent hit single “Parachute.”
Continue readingTwenty One Pilots, one of the most buzzed about bands of 2014, have debuted their new single “Tear In My Heart” taken from their eagerly awaited sophomore studio album, Blurryface, out May 19th. Today fans can also watch the official music video for “Tear In My Heart,” with the stand alone single available via iTunes. The announcement follows the release of “Fairly Local,” which arrived last month debuting at #8 on Billboard’s Top Rock Songs chart with the companion music video amassing upwards of 2 Million views on Fueled By Ramen’s official YouTube Channel. Pre-orders for Blurryface will be available starting April 14th via the Fueled By Ramen Store and iTunes, with the album arriving everywhere May 19th.
Continue reading“Easter Island,” a new track from Tennis, premieres on T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Listen to the track via the New York Times HERE and Soundcloud HERE. “Its dreamy track the two wrote in San Diego that relies on a throwback beat and on Moore’s eloquent lyrics, which were largely inspired by Riley’s passion for sailing,” says T: The New York Times Style Magazine. “All of the places I reference in the song are places Patrick would like to sail to,” explains vocalist Alaina Moore. “Whenever I write a song about something else it takes me months, but when I write about sailing, it practically writes itself.” After performing on “The Music of David Lynch” event at the Ace Theater in L.A., the band performed in-studio on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” on April 2. Listen to the full session HERE. Tennis begins their full U.S. headlining tour in their hometown of Denver on April 25.
Continue readingAward-winning Canadian artist Jenn Grant’s forthcoming studio album, Compostela, is set for independent release on JGM in the U.S. on May 19. The album made Grant a two-time 2015 Juno award nominee in the categories of Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. It was included in the CBC’s “30 Best Canadian albums of 2014” and the lead single, “No One’s Gonna Love You (Quite Like I Do),” spent six weeks on the CBC 2 Top 20 chart.
Continue readingSan Francisco-based foursome In Letter Form references best of English post-punk sounds on poignant, personal new single. “We still write and mail letters,” says vocalist Eric Miranda of band’s philosophy.
Continue readingThe undisputed queen of 2014, DJ and producer Hannah Wants embarks on her first headlining North American tour.
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