Los Angeles-based rock band Dawes are proud to announce the first single from their upcoming album, Stories Don’t End. Titled “From A Window Seat,” the song recently premiered on RollingStone.com and is the first song singer Taylor Goldsmith penned for the upcoming full-length. Produced by Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, Norah Jones, etc.)
On April 23, +1 Records will release …And It Shook Me, the follow-up to The Postelles’2011 self-titled debut album. The band will be previewing songs from the forthcoming record during a North American headline tour, which launches February 25 at Chicago’s Bottom Lounge and includes a hometown show at Santo’s Party House in New York
Cambridge, Mass., home to Harvard University, can now also be known as home of indie synth pop band, Passion Pit. The band’s five members, all of whom attended Boston area universities, had a breakthrough this year with “Take A Walk,” from their second album, Gossamer. The single’s success was spurred partly by its use in
Manchester’s Folks have announced details of a new single, ‘My Mother’, which is released on 3rd February on Ignition Records. To coincide with the release, a headline tour has been announced for early 2013, full dates below. WATCH ‘MY MOTHER’ VIDEO HERE: Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code Prior to and following the
After releasing EPs on both Sexbeat (White Fence, Fear of Men, Fresh & Onlys) and Tough Love Records(Male Bonding, Weird Dreams), Shaun Hencher’s Virals return from where they left off, kicking out the jams and kicking off your 2013 with Strange Fruit, out January 14th (UK)/January 15th (US) on Zoo Music. Recorded by Hencher in
British band alt-J have been nominated for 3 Brit Awards, including British Breakthrough Act, British Album of the Year, and British Group of the Year. The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry’s annual pop music awards and the British equivalent of the American Grammy Awards. This year’s event is being held at London’s O2
Throughout rock history, let’s face it, us Americans are usually a little late to the game. The Beatles cut their teeth in Germany (for better or worse), Jimi Hendrix didn’t stay here but went to London where he became a star and more recently, Kings of Leon didn’t rise to prominence in their native Tennessee,
The Grizzled Mighty have announced the title and release date for their eagerly awaited EP, Thick Hand Gun will be self released on Tuesday, February 5th. Thick Hand Gun finds the Seattle duo, singer and guitarist Ryan Granger and drummer Whitney Petty, testing the temperature threashold from a hot year in 2012. Recorded at the
The product of a move from South Carolina to Berkeley, CA and the subsequent extended separation from loved ones, Toro Y Moi’s third full-length, Anything in Return, puts Chaz Bundick right in the middle of the producer/songwriter dichotomy that his first two albums established. There’s a pervasive sense of peace with his tendency to dabble in both sides of
Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala has been named Best New Band 2012. The group (guitarist and lead singer Kevin Parker, percussionist and bass player Dom Simper and drummer Jay Watson) enjoyed critical success in 2012 with their CD Lonerism and incessant touring. They’ll be returning to the US in 2013 for headlining tour dates