New Zealand quintet The Naked and Famous have debuted the first track, ‘A Stillness,’ off their forthcoming sophomore album, In Rolling Waves, out via Republic on September 17th. You can pre-order the album here. The song follows their explosive first single ‘Hearts Like Ours,’ debuted as Zane Lowe’s “Hottest Record in the World Today” on BBC Radio 1. We give it five minutes before it’s used in
Barbarossa (James Mathé) debuts a video for the electro-soul ‘Pagliaccio’ from Bloodlines, out now worldwide on Memphis Industries. Pagliaccio being the italian word for clown, director Montserrat Lombard became inspired by a vintage photograph from the 1920′s of two clowns boxing. Incorporating the look and style of Scorcese’s “Raging Bull,” with beautiful black and white and plenty of slow
Foy Vance has unveiled a live video for his new song “Closed Hand, Full of Friends” (Live From Old Bushmills Distillery), the first song on his upcoming album Joy Of Nothing. “Closed Hand, Full of Friends” is the first song on Foy’s upcoming album, Joy Of Nothing, to be released on August 27 via Glassnote. Recorded in Donegal, Ireland
New Zealand quintet The Naked and Famous has premiered a new video for their first single ‘Hearts Like Ours’ on VEVO. Taken from their recently announced sophomore album, In Rolling Waves, the song was introduced to the world by Zane Lowe last week as the Hottest Record In The World Today by BBC Radio 1 and quickly caught on worldwide, going #1 on Hype Machine overnight. The
Life is Beautiful (L.I.B.) Festival announces the addition of 14 music acts to their lineup for the inaugural festival taking place Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th, 2013. These acts include Vampire Weekend, Alabama Shakes, Janelle Monae, Cults, Joey Bada$$, Smith Westerns, Nico Vega, The Dig and Dreamers. In addition, L.I.B. and Red Bull Sound Select collaborated to curate a group of emerging artists on the
Canvasback Music/Atlantic recording artists Grouplove (our Best New Band of 2011) have unveiled details for their special headlining fall tour. “The Seesaw Tour” will feature two-night stands in eleven cities across the country – the first night will be electric; the second night will be stripped down/acoustic. Performances will take place in intimate settings, including
“Beautiful,” a song by Nashville-based musician Ben Rector from his upcoming album The Walking In Between, has been selected as the iTunes Single of the Week. Download the song for free at the link below: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beautiful-single/id674674122 The Walking In Between will be released on August 20 via Aptly Named Records. It was produced in part by Jamie Kenney, Charlie
Critically acclaimed Australian artist Vance Joy is set to tour with Tom Odell on a U.S. run this fall. Vance Joy has toured extensively, including support slots for Ben Howard, Of Monsters & Men, Lissie and Julia Stone. Throughout July and August Vance Joy will open for Bernard Fanning on his sold-out “Departures Tour” in Australia, in addition to
After having released their critically acclaimed debut Native Speaker in 2011, and hot off the heels of their 12″ single In Kind // Amends, BRAIDS have returned with their new LPFlourish // Perish out August 20th on Arbutus Records. Flourish // Perish showcases the strength of the band as a collective, and explores their burgeoning love for electronic music. Here, the
Following an incredible summer that saw ON AN ON make their debuts at major music festivals including Bonnaroo and Governors Ball, the Minneapolis/Chicago trio will resume their assault on North America’s roadways with a September tour as they continue to support their breakout debut album Give In, released earlier this year on Roll Call Records. These