Barsuk Records is excited to release the video for Yellow Ostrich’s “The Shakedown,” off the band’s sophomore full-length, Strange Land. Directed by the band, the clip premiered via NYLON today. Singer/guitarist Alex Schaaf described the making of the video: “We made this video ourselves in Michael’s basement. With no budget and minimal gear, we explored the
Q&A with Raggi of Of Monsters and Men
As we’ve written about over the past few months, Of Monsters and Men are one of the breakout new bands of 2012. During their first proper U.S. tour, they’ve sold out almost every venue they’ve played and their song “Little Talks” has been on radio stations everywhere. Before they played their last show of their
New Video From Deep Sea Arcade
Check out the video for “Girls” from Deep Sea Arcade. BPM loves the song and video and wrote that it’s an “amazing summer jam.” They’ve been seeing a ton of great responses for this song, John Richards at KEXP has been saying they’re his new favorite band, and Surviving the Golden Age wrote that the song “reminds me of something
The Lumineers Self-Titled Debut Album Lands at 43 on Billboard Top 200
The self-titled debut album by Denver band The Lumineers landed at #43 on the Billboard Top 200 chart this week, selling over 10,000 copies. The album was released last week on Dualtone, and ended up peaking at #8 on iTunes top selling albums charts for the week, propelling it to #15 on the Billboard Digital
BEFORE THEIR EYES’ “Redemption” Makes Impressive Debut On Billboard’s Heatseeker’s Chart
HEADLINE TOUR KICKS OFF MAY 4, INCLUDES STOP AT BLED FEST Findlay, OH post hardcore act Before Their Eyes had an impressive debut week with Redemption, their first album since 2010’s Untouchable (Rise Records). The new LP which was released March 27, landed at #29 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, as well as at #10 on the Alternative New Artists
The Lumineers Tour Begins Tonight – Debut Album Out April 3rd
The Lumineers Tour Begins Tonight in San Diego Multiple Dates Already Sold Out Stream Self-Titled Debut Album Now To Be Released April 3 on Dualtone Following a stellar showing at SXSW, Denver-based trio The Lumineers begin their tour tonight in San Diego, CA. The band’s upcoming self-titled debut album will see release on April 3
Greg Laswell Announces Tour Dates and Album Release
Greg Laswell Announces North American Spring Tour Dates In Support of New Album “Landline” to be Released on April 24 Producer, singer, songwriter Greg Laswell announces his 2012 Spring tour. Laswell’s dates begin on May 15 on the East Coast before heading out across North America to the West Coast and circling back
Nada Surf Releases “The Dulcitone Files” EP + new Mp3 for Download
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS TODAY NEW DATES IN JUNE ANNOUNCED FAN PRE-SALE FOR THE SUMMER DATES STARTS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 Barsuk Records is excited to announce that Nada Surf are releasing The Dulcitone Files EP today, March 20. It is available now at digital retailers everywhere. In celebration, Nada Surf are premiering “Looking Through,” a
SXSW: Saturday Day
Today I decided to go against what I normal instincts and actually go the industry/member of the press route. Usually I prefer shows that are for the fans rather then industry folk, but I made an exception for Mr. Justin Townes Earle. He is nowhere close to being “new” on the music scene but he
SXSW: Friday Night Highlights
A couple days after I wrote my Top 5 bands to see down here list, Rolling Stone came out with their 25 can’t miss acts, low and behold we had one in common Motopony. We are both on to something with this band. After being introduced to them because of SXSW get to know the