Category: News
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LCD Soundsystem to release “This is Happening”
“This Is Happening” is LCD Soundsystem’s first full offering of new studio material since 2007’s Sound Of Silver, which was named best album of the last decade by NPR, ranked #1 in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, landed at #12 and #17 respectively in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s best albums of…
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Nneka joins Distant Relatives Tour with Nas
Fresh off of the release of her first US album debut Concrete Jungle, Nneka has been announced as the support act for the historic Distant Relatives Tour with Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley hitting the road May 2010. The tour will stop in major cities across the country in support of their Distant Relatives…
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Tokyo Police Club to release “Champ” and tour
Newmarket Ontario’s favorite sons Tokyo Police Club have confirmed the title and release date of the band’s second full length album: Champ will be released June 8 on the band’s new U.S. label home mom+pop. The band has provided a sneak peek at the new record in the form of the track “Breakneck Speed,” currently…
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Sevendust to tour for album “Cold Day Memory”
Sevendust-Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Morgan Rose (drums/vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals), Vince Hornsby (bass/vocals), John Connolly (guitar/vocals)— are currently putting the finishing touches on a headlining tour with Drowning Pool and will take a much-deserved break before heading out to do it all over again in April and beyond. The band will be world permiering the DVD…
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Jason Castro announces tour
Jason Castro has just premiered the first episode of the new season of his webisode series, “That’s What I’m Here For: Everyday Castro.” This season takes fans on a journey exploring what Jason might be doing had he not appeared on American Idol and ultimately signed a record deal. The first episode finds the singer/songwriter…
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The Chemical Brothers to release “Further” in June
It starts with what sounds like an alien Morse code transmission; Earth bound signals bouncing off the side of orbiting space debris. Snatches of voices found out in the ether cut through the machine fog, drifting across burbling analogue equipment lovingly kept working long after supposed sell-by date. By the time the click and thump…
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Ricky Martin admits that he is gay
From Ricky Martin: “A few months ago I decided to write my memoirs, a project I knew was going to bring me closer to an amazing turning point in my life. From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself…
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J. Cole to embark on college tour
Roc Nation/Columbia Records rapper and North Carolina native, J.Cole, has hit the road with a collection of college tour dates, which began on March 19th in Winston-Salem, NC and concludes in Buffalo, NY on May 7. During his college dates, Cole also made a stop and made his mark at SXSW music festival in Austin,…
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Fat Joe to release “The Dark Side”
E1 Music is thrilled to announce the addition of hip hop icon Fat Joe to its burgeoning roster of artists. Fat Joe will release a new album, titled “The Dark Side,” on June 28th, 2010. The first single, “Slow Down” features Young Jeezy and was just serviced to urban radio. Fat Joe states, “It’s been…
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Video: American Bang “Whiskey Walk”
Nashville rockers AMERICAN BANG have released the music video for their lead track, “Whiskey Walk.” The clip, which was directed by Mike Jones and Jim Sullos, takes place in an abandoned chemical warehouse and captures the band’s explosive stage presence and their ability to rock n’ roll, which has received great praise from local Nashville…