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Caged Animals Releases 2nd Album, Commences Tour
Brooklyn-based songwriter Vincent Cacchione, who records as Caged Animals, has just released the group’s second album, In The Land Of Giants, on Lucky Number Music. His band will support the effort with an 18-city US club tour this month with Darwin Deez. On his website, Cacchione provides a track-by-track commentary and a complete stream of
ZZ Ward Celebrates Her Breakthrough Year With New Video For ‘365 Days’
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
Sisters Act Haim To Release Eagerly Awaited Debut LP Sept. 30
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
Day 2 Of 2013 New Music Seminar: The Independent Label Movement
Day two of this annual schmoozefest continued with well-conceived panels but BestNewBands.com couldn’t help but wonder why the organizers filled the vast, vast majority of speaking roles with 30-45-year-old White men. The lack of diversity was shocking in a Season One of Mad Men sort of way and “The Independent Label Movement” panel on Tuesday
Day One Of 2013 New Music Seminar: Singles vs Albums
Year Six of the second iteration of the New Music Seminar brought an essential mix of industry sluggers and wannabees to the New Yorker Hotel amidst a heavy downpour as attendees filled the garment district’s notoriously lousy restaurants (White Castle, anyone?) during breaks. But the real action was inside the three ballrooms as the organizers
The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday
The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday night and runs through Tuesday, the fifth year since the conference was resurrected in 2009, after its original 16-year run ended in 1995. As with its original incarnation, the event exists to “discuss and debate challenges in the music business” and foster ways to grow
Of Monsters And Men, Vampire Weekend, Kanye To Close SNL Season
Season 38 of NBC standby Saturday Night Live will finish with a musical flourish after a three-week hiatus. This Saturday (4), guest host Zach Galifianakis will be joined by Of Monsters and Men. A week later (11), SNL alum Kristen Wiig hosts musical guests Vampire Weekend. And the season finale (18) will feature A-Lister Ben
Record Store Day 2013 This Saturday, April 20
What started in 2008 by a collection of indie record store owners as a way to bring attention to the “unique culture” inherent to stand-alone brick and mortar record shops, Record Store Day has now grown to include over 700 independently owned record stores in the U.S. and thousands more internationally. Each year, many of