As we highlighted this week in our Artist of the Week profile, Gary Clark Jr. has an album that’s been a long time coming, but it finally has a firm release date. Though it’s yet to be titled, the long-anticipated full-length debut album for Warner Bros. will be coming out October 23. The album, for
Delta Rae are proud to announce that they’ve been selected to perform at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday, September 6th. Calling it a “tribute to the dynamic convention host state,” the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced that the band will join the lineup of fellow North Carolina artist, James
“Like an invitation you weren’t expecting to get, Atlas Genius knocks on your door and creeps into your peripheries in stealth mode,” said Neon Gold shortly after the then-unsigned band put “Trojans“ on SoundCloud last year. “Fair warning: ‘Trojans’ will invade your head, all dressed up in a clever disguise of earnest vocals riding a hooky riff.”
Braids, the Canadian experimental pop group who releasedNative Speaker in 2011, have reinvented themselves in the making of their second full length. Countless late-night drives have steered their attention towards new techno and house genres, deepening their appreciation of electronic based music. This curiosity has taken Braids from the rich, effects laden balance of Native
Barsuk Records’ Ramona Falls are excited to support their friends, The Helio Sequence, in November on a tour that starts at Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton, TX, and ends in Philly, at Underground Arts. Ramona Falls’ live show for this tour will take a different shape, though Brent’s being tight-lipped about the changes while he tinkers in
British surfer/songsmith Ben Howard has a dark but alluring sound, airy and beachy, sometimes folky yet sometimes poppy. His debut release, Every Kingdom hit top 10 in the UK and has been making serious waves since its April release here in the states via Universal Republic. The single ‘Only Love’ captures Howard’s broad range of musical and
Vancouver, BC quartet Yukon Blonde has announced a North American tour with The Jezabels in support of its sophomore LP, Tiger Talk, out now on Dine Alone (Tokyo Police Club, Neon Indian, City And Colour). Starting October 1 in San Diego, the month long tour sees the band through the Midwest and up and down the East
Nashville-based super-rock duo JEFF The Brotherhood have confirmed tours of Europe and the U.S. in support of their Warner Bros. Records debut album Hypnotic Nights, which was released July 17th. Brothers Jake (guitars, vocals) and Jamin Orrall (drums), owners/operators of their own infinitely cool Infinity Cat Recordings, have been rocking the globe relentlessly for the past few
Canto’s video for “Farewell Well Well” was just added to MTVU and debuted on MTV 120 Minutes this morning…and here it is.
Barsuk Records is excited to announce that Maps & Atlases are continuing to tour in support of their latest album Beware & Be Grateful. The tour, which begins this week and wraps up late September, includes headlining dates, as well as shows with St. Vincent, Yo La Tengo, Frank Turner & Murder By Death. The band