What excites true music fans like us? Fresh sounding new bands mixing elements of the old and new—imagine 80’s rock & roll coated with much-needed soulful vocals resembling the likes of Florence Welch and VV Brown. Add some electro-pop, some feel good vibes into the mix, and perhaps a catchy single too—ah, we are blessed!
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
Los Angeles-based (“though I’m never there”) performer ZZ Ward isn’t resting on her laurels, of which there are many. Hollywood Records has released a video for “365 Days,” the current single from Ward’s successful 2012 album, Til The Casket Drops. She recently debuted the single with a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “365 Days,” about
Los Angeles-based Haim, signed earlier this year to Columbia Records, will release their first album, Days Are Gone, on September 30, following three earlier EPs Sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim recorded the LP in LA with producers Ariel Rechtshaid (Usher, Vampire Weekend) and James Ford (Florence and the Machine, Arctic Monkeys). The group will
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