Music by Years & Months:
Music News in June, 2006
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Eliane Elias To release Around the City
posted on June 29, 2006
For Brazilian born pianist and composer, Eliane Elias, the bristling tableau of songs that make up her 18th album, Around The City, crackle with the vitality of an urban nightscape. But it’s the mortar between the virtuosic gems crafted by Eliane, ...
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Cherish To release Unappreciated
posted on June 29, 2006
The four sisters who comprise R&B group Cherish have the rare combination of talent, intelligence and beauty that music scouts look for when trying to assemble the perfect group. Thing is, nothing about the Atlanta-based group is manufactured. Farr...
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Andy Caldwell Andy Caldwell
posted on June 29, 2006
Over five years in the making, returning to his Om Records roots with his debut artist album "Universal Truth" featuring the hit single "Don’t You Love Me" (Predicted to be a Top Tune at WMC/M3) is destined to keep this star on the rise for 2006 and...
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JD and The Straight Shot To release Nothing To Hide
posted on June 28, 2006
Rockin’ is his business – well, one of them – and business is good for Jim Dolan. Already a well-respected corporate executive, Dolan makes his debut on JD Records (distributed through Rhino Entertainment) as lead singer and rhythm guitarist for The ...
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HelloGoodbye To release Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs
posted on June 28, 2006
Drive-Thru Records recording artist HELLOGOODBYE, will release their eagerly anticipated full-length debut Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs on August 8, 2006. Enlisting producer Matt Mahaffey (Self, Pink) Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! bub...
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Los Abandoned To release Mix Tape
posted on June 28, 2006
You just might not be aware, somehow, somewhere, unless your finger is on the pulse of LA nightlife. But if you are smart - and we know you are – that won’t stop you from learning about Los Abandoned. The result of this band’s imagination comes throu...
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Edgewater To release We're Not Robots
posted on June 28, 2006
When an executive at its previous record company told Edgewater it needed to change its sound because “rock is dead,” the band walked away. “We will be what we want to be,” says a steadfast Matt Moseman. “We’re a rock band! We’re not circus monkey...
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Assdroids Assdroids
posted on June 28, 2006
The Assdroids exist as Pisces Motherfucker on guitar/vox and Big Daddy Mugglestone on drums/vox. Together they burn the bridge between Breakcore and ecstatic jazz, spilling the gap that divides the Boredoms from Merzbow. This first release demonstrat...
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Slepcy Slepcy
posted on June 28, 2006
Occasionally there will be an album that defines an exact moment. “We Are The Newest Battle Models” is one of them. The duo of Piotr Kurek and Marcin Stefanski, Poland’s Slepcy have been solidly working on electronic music that has always been un...
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Bury Your Dead To release Beauty and the Breakdown
posted on June 27, 2006
After selling over 80,000 albums with their last release, BYD are excitedly anticipating the reaction to their latest work. Pummeling, vivid, and fast, the new album will knock the wind out of you, and is also smart and tightly written. Bury Yo...
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Jeremiah To release Chasing Forever
posted on June 27, 2006
'Chasing Forever' is the debut of freshman Jeremiah set to be released in August 2006. The first single “Get Away” is going for adds the first week of July. No stranger to the world of music, Jeremiah was weaned on the works of Sarah Vaughn, Nina...
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Babyshambles To release B-Sides
posted on June 27, 2006
On August 1st, Rough Trade introduces America to the other side of Babyshambles, the band led by reigning l’enfant terrible, Peter Doherty. Not one of the band’s smash singles was released in America, so we’re bringing a brand new bunch of never-hear...
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The Flask To release Match In The Gas Tank
posted on June 27, 2006
The dictionary defines a FLASK as a container often somewhat narrowed toward the outlet and often fitted with a closure: a broad flattened necked vessel used especially to carry alcoholic beverages on the person. Well, there’s nothing narrow about TH...
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Yummy Bingham To release First Seed
posted on June 27, 2006
Straight from Forty Projects on the Southside of Jamaica, Queens, a young lady with more experience in the music industry than people twice her age is poised to take the field running. 19-year old Yummy is music royalty. The godchild of both R&B lege...
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Type O Negative Type O Negative
posted on June 27, 2006
The attitude of the international press towards New York band Type O Negative has not always been unanimously positive. The group’s unconventionality, their austere, occasionally even unwieldy songs were a thorn in the flesh of many a journalist. Des...
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Elvis White To release Promise - Live & Direct
posted on June 26, 2006
Elvis White, named after his mother’s favorite entertainer, the legendary Elvis Presley, is the lead singer and namesake of one of the most exhilarating and groundbreaking bands ever to come out of the British Virgin Islands, ELVIS WHITE. The firs...
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Beeda Weeda To release Turfology 101
posted on June 26, 2006
What is a Beeda Weeda? MC/Producer extraordinaire. 22 years old. Hailing from Oakland, California. The notorious Murder Dubs neighborhood provides the backdrop for this young man’s saga. With a history of violence and mayhem (reflected most obviou...
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Helmet To release Monochrome
posted on June 26, 2006
Forefathers of the post-hardcore/punk genre, HELMET will return July 18 with MONOCHROME, marking their first release on Warcon Records, one of the leading post-hardcore/punk labels in the industry today. This summer, the band--founding vocalist/guita...
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Particle To release Transformations Live
posted on June 25, 2006
On July 18th, Shout! Factory will release two new live titles from Los Angeles based band Particle. The DVD, Transformations Live, was recorded on February 24th, 2006 at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood before a capacity crowd. Transformations L...
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Platinum Weird To release Platinum Weird
posted on June 25, 2006
In 1974, Dave Stewart formed a band called Platinum Weird in North London with his female songwriting partner, muse and soul mate, Erin Grace. The pair originally met a few months earlier and formed a creative and spiritual bond. Their debut gig was ...
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Shane Bartell To release Too Soon To Say
posted on June 24, 2006
Shane Bartell’s voice – easy, impossibly infectious and thick with focus – can drift from vague and otherworldly to intimate and realized within a single breath, flitting effortlessly from throaty to smooth, mellow to scrappy, confident to crestfalle...
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Ollabelle To release Riverside Battle Songs
posted on June 24, 2006
"A collection of songs of hard times, loss, compassion and hope" is how Fiona McBain describes Riverside Battle Songs, Ollabelle's second album and Verve Forecast debut. The 13-song set finds the New York quintet building upon the foundation of its ...
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Vaux To release Beyond Virtue Beyond Vice
posted on June 24, 2006
Let’s face it, there really isn’t such a thing as “catalog artists” anymore. While plenty of bands are seemingly thriving, one of the invisible casualties of today’s money and trend-driven music industry are the future Neil Young’s and Pink Floyd’s o...
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Kirk Whalum To release Performs The Babyface Songbook
posted on June 24, 2006
Combine the matchless artistry of Kirk Whalum with the timeless melodies of pop/urban/r&b icon Babyface and you have a double serving of soul and sensitivity. Kirk Whalum performs The Babyface Songbook is instrumental music at its pure, understated a...
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Stone Sour To release Come What(ever) May
posted on June 22, 2006
“The intensity. The drama. The emotion. The colors. The darkness. The melodies. The anger. The honesty. The drive. The new. All of the above and more.” According to Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor, those are the things that define Stone Sour’s passi...
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Trisomie 21 Exclusive Interview
posted on June 22, 2006The infinite power of the remix continues to amaze and entertain music lovers. Producers / DJ’s of hip-hop, techno, rock, and jazz have crossed musical genres and boundaries. Jazz classics have been reborn through DJ’s making remix albums from their ...
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Brian Ray Brian Ray
posted on June 22, 2006
Brian Ray is Paul McCartney’s guitarist, bassist and backup vocalist. Previously he spent 14 years as Etta James’s musical director and guitarist, sharing stages with legendary musicians such as Keith Richards, Santana, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt, John...
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Kyle Vincent Kyle Vincent
posted on June 22, 2006
In the ‘90s, power-pop singer-songwriter Kyle Vincent left behind his pop-rock band Candy and moved from being an opening act for Barry Manilow to collaborating with Guns N’ Roses’ Gilby Clarke and notching a solo hit in 1997 with “Wake Me Up (When T...
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Andrew Gold Andrew Gold
posted on June 22, 2006
Renowned for his instrumental and vocal virtuosity on such hits as Linda Ronstadt’s “When Will I Be Loved” and “You’re No Good,” and Art Garfunkel’s “I Only Have Eyes For You,” singer-songwriter-producer-musician Andrew Gold has performed, produced a...
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The Replacements The Replacements
posted on June 22, 2006
Of the legions of bands that came to prominence in the ’80s few remain as legendary or influential as The Replacements, who embodied the DIY spirit that fueled the alternative underground. On June 13 Rhino Records releases the band’s first-ever singl...
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Rebel Meets Rebel Rebel Meets Rebel
posted on June 21, 2006
“When I met Dime, he told me had a little ole band from Texas – and he gave me some videos to watch, and said to call him after I did. It was like looking at the Beatles and Elvis, it was so hardcore and original... I couldn’t believe it. I called, a...
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Rory Block To release The Lady and Mr. Johnson
posted on June 21, 2006
The spirit of Robert Johnson and the Delta Blues tradition come to life on Rory Block’s debut Rykodisc release, The Lady and Mr. Johnson. The album, comprised entirely of Rory's heartfelt interpretations of Robert Johnson’s music, is set for release...
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Luis Santi To release Musica Original De Cuba
posted on June 21, 2006
In the late 40’s and early 50’s, the Cuban bandleader Luis Santi was a top attraction in the Havana nightclubs, appeared regularly on Cuban television and was a featured artist on Cuban radio station CMQ in Havana throughout the 50’s. His appeal was ...
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Luny Tunes and Tainy To release Los Benjamins
posted on June 21, 2006
During that last 2 years music has experienced a phenomenom that has completely changed the face of Latin Music and its consumers; all across the United States and Latin America a new sound has spread, Reggaeton. At the forefront of this are The Luny...
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Ian Erix To release For Conformity
posted on June 20, 2006
"I'm the revolution," wails Ian Erix on the emotionally charged anthem entitled "For Conformity." "I'm chaos and confusion. Your problem, your solution," Erix declares in the title track to his debut album. "No product of a nation or overnight sensat...
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Rush Rush
posted on June 20, 2006
Rush built its phenomenally loyal following on its legendary performances. Even after more than 30 years on stage, Rush live on homevideo remains a hit. The DVD companion to the band’s most recent album, 2003’s Rush In Rio, is five times platinum. ...
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Jose Gonzalez José Gonzalez
posted on June 20, 2006
27 year-old José González is a rising star in Scandinavia, with the world at his feet. Adored by legions of critics and punters alike, José‘s full debut single shot straight into the Swedish Top Ten. Now he’s being widely tipped as the ‘next big thin...
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Steve Miller Band Steve Miller Band
posted on June 20, 2006
On June 27th, Capitol Records will release 30th Anniversary Edition Fly Like An Eagle by the Steve Miller Band. Fly Like An Eagle is one of the seminal rock albums of the 1970’s and, thirty years hence, its hits are still staples at classic rock radi...
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Billy Joel Billy Joel
posted on June 20, 2006
Columbia Records announces the release of 12 Gardens Live, the new live "official bootleg" album from pop music superstar Billy Joel, on Tuesday, June 13. Produced by Billy Joel and Grammy-winning "Producer of the Year" Steve Lillywhite, 12 Garden...
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Joshua Radin To release We Were Here
posted on June 19, 2006
Columbia Records is set to release We Were Here -- the much-anticipated full-length debut album from heralded singer-songwriter Joshua Radin -- on Tuesday, June 13. Previously available exclusively on iTunes (where it became the #1 bestselling fol...
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3LW To release Point of No Return
posted on June 19, 2006
There is strength in numbers. No one knows this better than the indelible 3LW (Three Little Women), the platinum award-winning triad that embodies the perseverance of the heroines of the 19th century classic novel Little Women; and the artistry of hi...
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Clipse To release Hell Hath No Fury
posted on June 19, 2006
After a forced hiatus – and the hottest mixtape release of 2005 – the critically acclaimed, Neptunes-produced duo returns stronger and darker than ever before. "It’s a known fact y'all tired of the circus/ So come home where you smell the crack in...
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Tom Petty To release Highway Companion
posted on June 19, 2006
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will embark on their 2006 North American "Highway Companions Tour" on June 9 in Charlotte, N.C. The band will be joined along the way by an exciting list of friends and guests that will include a series of very special ...
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Golden Smog To release Another Fine Day
posted on June 17, 2006
Golden Smog started in 1992 as a “one-off” project with the EP, On Golden Smog, followed by Down By the Old Mainstream in 1995 and 1998’s Weird Tales. They have now returned after an eight year hiatus with the more-than-impressive album, Another Fin...
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Feist To release Open Season
posted on June 17, 2006
Over the last 2 years, Feist has been touring the globe non stop in support of her critically acclaimed album “Let It Die,” introducing it to new audience’s one show at a time and winning over legions of fans everywhere. It’s natural that early adopt...
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Chords To release The Garden Around The Mansion
posted on June 17, 2006
He has already worked with some of the best acts within hip-hop, and has been on an almost constant tour throughout Sweden and Europe for the past two years. Swedish MC Chords has made himself quite an impressive reputation among lyricists on both si...
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Black Stone Cherry To release Black Stone Cherry
posted on June 17, 2006
More than anything, the South is known for its music and its strong family ties. Both are highlighted with BLACK STONE CHERRY, a Kentucky band that redefines southern rock for a modern audience. By any standard, BSC is unconventional: they take the l...
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Trilltown Mafia To release Trilltown Walk
posted on June 17, 2006
As the New South continues to be the dominant voice of today’s Hip-Hop culture, a new group has emerged that will redefine the worlds perception of Southern Hip-Hop. Hailing from Decatur, GA, the unofficial capital of Atlanta’s Eastside, Trilltown Ma...
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Dragonforce To release Inhuman Rampage
posted on June 16, 2006
Prepare yourself for a gripping, exhilarating ride when DragonForce release their much-anticipated US debut, 'Inhuman Rampage' on Roadrunner Records. The album’s title is an apt summation of a devastating musical journey, an unstoppable force that th...
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Wade Waters To release Return Of The Kings
posted on June 16, 2006
Chicago and D.C./Maryland hip hop have something very important in common – they’re both underrated. But as of this summer these two emerging scenes have something else in common. On the heels a critically-acclaimed debut, SoulStice resurfaces with...
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Masta Killa To release Made In Brooklyn
posted on June 16, 2006
Brooklyn stand up! Masta Killa was first introduced to the Hip-Hop world on the Wu-Tang Clan smash hit, “Da Mystery Of Chessboxin” in 1993 from the Wu’s classic Platinum debut Enter The 36 Chambers. As an original member of the legendary crew, Mast...
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Sasha Dobson To release Modern Romance
posted on June 15, 2006
On August 29th Secret Sun Recordings will release ‘Modern Romance,’ the national debut from an exceptional new singing and songwriting talent, Sasha Dobson. The album, a fusion of Brazilian groove, pop and jazz showcases Dobson’s seasoned vocal abili...
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Anonymous 4 To release Blue Alert
posted on June 15, 2006
On the heels of their wildly successful 2004 hit album AMERICAN ANGELS, the four-woman vocal group Anonymous 4, “an ideal combination of cool artistry and warm personality” (New York Times 5/19/04), has embarked on another musical journey into a rich...
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Erase Errata To release Nightlife
posted on June 15, 2006
America is at war and most every band is just thumping along in some blind-eyed stupor, poutin’ out some goth-disco love-to-love-ya-baby slime, inoculating us, massaging with entertainment. Erase Errata’s new album, their third, Nightlife, is a look ...
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Rigo Luna To release Rigo Luna
posted on June 14, 2006
While the airwaves are currently flooded with the latest rap song praising bling and the love for the streets, a hot new voice has arrived determined to bring back romance, tenderness and a little bit of naughty pleasure to spice things up. Rigo Lun...
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Madeleine Peyroux To release Half The Perfect World
posted on June 14, 2006
Madeleine Peyroux doesn’t simply interpret songs, she possesses them…and vice versa. Peyroux is either an old soul or was “born with it” (depending on one’s theory about the flashpoint of artistry); that became apparent in 1996, with the release of h...
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Unearth To release III In The Eyes Of Fire
posted on June 14, 2006
Hailing from Massachusetts, the virtual metal and hardcore capital of North America, Unearth bring a new sense of talent with charismatic riffs, thought provoking lyrics and pummeling breakdowns. Unearth masterfully combine an intoxicating mix of Ame...
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Christina Aguilera To release Back to Basics
posted on June 14, 2006
Paying tribute to the music that inspired her, pop icon Christina Aguilera will release her third studio album, Back To Basics, August 15th on RCA Records. A modern take on vintage jazz, soul and blues from the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s, the album is wil...
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C-BO To release Money To Burn
posted on June 14, 2006
C-BO, CEO of West Coast Mafia Records has maintained a successful career as a rap recording artist and label owner for 10 years. During this time he has released over a dozen solo albums with combined sales of over 3 million units. When his first alb...
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City Sleeps To release Hotel
posted on June 14, 2006
All it takes is a few seconds of Hotel to make the truth clear: City Sleeps is poised to shock the world. Not since Queen has there been anything quite like this wash of voices, delicate at first, then billowing into plumes of harmony, organ, and ...
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Anais Anais
posted on June 13, 2006
What was once just a dream is now a reality. Her talent, determination and perseverance have earned her triumph on the Latin music scene and a place in the lineup of a prestigious international recording company - the pinnacle for anyone starting out...
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Janet Jackson To release 20 Y.O.
posted on June 13, 2006
Few albums in the history of American music have ever had the far-reaching and lasting artistic impact of superstar JANET JACKSON’s 1986 Control. From its empowered message and songcraft, to its genre- defining production, and the extraordinarily com...
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Stacie Orrico To release Beautiful Awakening
posted on June 13, 2006
Stacie Orrico never asked to be a star. Stardom, with all its glittering promises, found her. She was discovered at 12, released a gold-selling debut album at 14, and traveled the globe to support her internationally best-selling follow-up at 17. By ...
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The Summer Obsession To release This is Where You Belong
posted on June 13, 2006
Two years ago, feel-good rockers The Summer Obsession landed a slot on a side stage of the Warped tour. So, they packed up their van and drove nearly 900 miles from their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida all the way to Indianapolis only to find that...
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Billy Ray Cyrus To release Wanna Be Your Joe
posted on June 12, 2006
Billy Ray Cyrus took the music world by storm with his rockin’ country. Now, on his newest album, he returns to those Southern rock roots. Wanna Be Your Joe (New Door/UMe), released July 18, 2006, celebrates the joys, heroes and music of a generati...
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Tres Coronas To release Nuestra Cosa
posted on June 12, 2006
Since 2001 TRES CORONAS has been taking over the streets of New York City with the hip-hop combination of Colombians P.N.O., Rocca and Dominican Reychesta. With the goal of crowning the game of Spanish Hip Hop, TRES CORONAS took their career in their...
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Jil Station To release Still Love
posted on June 12, 2006
Place yourself in a poorly lit bar, surrounded by smoke, peculiar strangers, and girls with sad eyes. Imagine the soundtrack to a movie that was disturbing yet beautiful in its own way, now call it Jil Station, unafraid to call on the past or to summ...
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Tim O Reagan To release Tim OReagan
posted on June 12, 2006
James Brown famously said, “Give the drummer some.” And Tim O’Reagan proves how wise that advice can be. Fans already know O’Reagan through his work with The Jayhawks, for whom he played drums and also wrote songs that were strong enough to find a pl...
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Starsailor To release On The Outside
posted on June 12, 2006
Starsailor return on August 22nd to the U.S. with their third and strongest album to date: On The Outside. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, The Vines, Elliott Smith), On The Outside finds the band reaching a creative peak wit...
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KRS-One To release Life
posted on June 9, 2006
In today’s rap world, swollen with misguided egos, blood and guns, twisted lyrics and sickly beats, the Hip-Hop everyman wonders what has become of the culture he once knew. It is for this man that KRS ONE writes and raps!
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Robots In Disguise Review: Get Rid
posted on June 9, 2006
You might not know it yet, but in an increasingly middle-of-the-road, manufactured and ultimately male British music scene, you NEED some Robotte love in your life. A bona fide girl band who write their own songs and play their own instruments, the...
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Justice To release Waters of Nazareth EP
posted on June 8, 2006
Meet the latest addition to the VICE Records Family, JUSTICE. This duo from North Paris formed in 2003. Gaspard Augé (aka ‘The Moustache’) and Xavier de Rosnay (aka ‘The China’) met at a party where Gaspard was spitting beer in girl’s hair. They soon...
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Too Short To release Up All Nite
posted on June 8, 2006
As the undisputed Godfather of Bay Area hip hop, Too $hort has earned the hip hop community’s undying respect and admiration. Too $hort’s legendary status is backed up by an incredible track record spans over twenty years and sixteen albums, ten of ...
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Dre To release The Trunk
posted on June 8, 2006
Simply put, producer Cool and Dre are forging the soundtracks to our lives right now. With hit records for The Game and 50 Cent (“Hate it or Love It”), Ja Rule (“New York”), their mentor Fat Joe (“So Much More), Juvenile (“Rodeo”) and most recently C...
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About About
posted on June 8, 2006
About is Rutger Hoedemaekers form Amsterdam, and “Bongo” is his debut album 3 years in the making. Having dealt with 4 collapsed lungs while producing it, Rutger makes good by creating what will surely be one of this years first Indy breakthrough rec...
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About Exclusive Interview
posted on June 8, 20067 questions for About 1. Bongo is the result of years of development, why did it take so long? I've entered the world of melody through the minimal techno side door, so it took some time to get comfortable with using more than one chord, lyrics...
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Ronan Keating To release Bring You Home
posted on June 8, 2006
July 1st 2006 will see the release of Ronan’s brand new studio album ‘Bring You Home’. ‘Bring You Home’ is Ronan’s 4th studio album as a solo artist, 5th counting his ’10 Years Of Hits’ release in 2004 and 9th counting all the Boyzone albums. It’s...
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The Bronx To release Self-Titled (The Bronx)
posted on June 7, 2006
Welcome you to your shitty future. Fucking fusion food and assisted suicide where everything's accepted and nothing works. All those cinematic promises of hoverboards, molecular transport and slave-robots have sold you short. Since the inception o...
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McClymonts To release The McClymonts EP
posted on June 7, 2006
A lifetime of practice has made for the vocal perfection of The McClymonts. But there is also musical alchemy at work when sisters Brooke, Samantha and Mollie unleash their soaring harmonies. These three sisters from Grafton on the NSW north coas...
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Busta Rhymes To release The Big Bang
posted on June 7, 2006
Hip-hop used to be a young man’s game. Back in the day, inexperienced newcomers who stumbled into a studio with a head full of ideas made a lot of waves, and also sold a lot of records, more times than not. But hip-hop isn’t a teenager anymore, an...
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Boot Camp Clik To release The Last Stand
posted on June 7, 2006
The Boot Camp Clik has a rich history in Hiphop. The talented members which make up this mighty army of Bucktown’s (Brooklyn) finest MC's include: Black Moon's, Buckshot; Smif N Wessun; Sean Price and Rock, of Heltah Skeltah; O.G.C.'s: Starang Wondah...
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Shawnna To release Block Music
posted on June 7, 2006
Hailing from Chicago, Rashawnna Guy, who performs under the name Shawnna, is the first female artist signed to Ludacris' Disturbing Tha Peace Records. A former member of the hiphop duo Infamous Syndicate, Shawnna, daughter of legendary Blues guitaris...
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Boy Kill Boy To release Civilian
posted on June 7, 2006
Currently in the midst of headlining the competitive and prestigious NME New Music Tour across the U.K., Boy Kill Boy (on Mercury/Vertigo in the U.K.) is about to be introduced to North American audiences the first week of June, when they open a sele...
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Cities in Dust To release Night Creatures
posted on June 6, 2006
The creation of music is a process of power and mystery. Not that rock bands are mysterious anymore – by now, anyone can imagine four lads in a basement, throwing ideas back and forth at one another, sharing guitar licks and steadying arrangements. T...
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Ferry Corsten To release L.E.F. (Loud Electronic Ferocious)
posted on June 6, 2006
A pioneer and a dynamic force in the electronic/dance music world, FERRY CORSTEN never ceases to amaze, awe and challenge his musical contemporaries with the unstoppable ingenuity and skill he injects into his productions and DJ sets. On July 11, CO...
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Tamar Davis To release Milk & Honey
posted on June 6, 2006
“My music is about originality; nothing fake.” In a music world rife with cookie-cutter talent, Tamar Davis is a rarity. That’s because she brings the total package to the table: Passionate singer. Gifted songwriter. Mesmerizing live performer. ...
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Ilse DeLange To release The Great Escape
posted on June 6, 2006
Great artists are always special people. Enormously talented, ambitious, tenacious, headstrong and always willing to go the extra mile. But only the real superstars are courageous, even reckless. Most artists choose the well trodden path of proven su...
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Cassie To release Self-Titled (Cassie)
posted on June 5, 2006
Everyone loves a Cinderella story. In 2006 the glass slipper belongs to Cassie, thanks to her smash “Me&U”. You know the song. Its infectious, seductive sound has taken radio and clubs by storm. It’s also become the third most purchased selection on ...
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Dave Melillo Dave Melillo
posted on June 5, 2006
He looks like a typical teenager, but there is nothing typical about Dave Melillo. At 17, he is a gifted singer/songwriter, a road-tested club veteran and the latest addition to the Drive-Thru Records roster. Could he someday stand alongside the next...
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Virtue To release Testimony
posted on June 5, 2006
Since their formation in 1994, Gospel trio Virtue have garnered GRAMMY, Stellar and Dove Award nominations and released 5 albums including a “greatest hits” compilation. Now, with the release of Testimony, the sister trio prepares to start a whole ne...
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Jazzanova Review: Broadcasting
posted on June 5, 2006
Entering their tenth year of existence, the Berlin-based formation Jazzanova has already broadcasted through various ethers- let it be their label Sonar Kollektiv, their high acclaimed DJ-Sets or their radio show, which has been transmitted through t...
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Jackson and His Computer Band To release Smash
posted on June 4, 2006
Magnificent and messy, daring and original, Jackson Fourgeaud's 'Smash' is the record electronic music has been crying out for for far too long. Four years in the making, the long-awaited album by this fresh young French talent is already being heral...
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The Feeling To release Twelve Stops & Home
posted on June 4, 2006
The Feeling are five twentysomethings from Sussex and London who love pop music. Great big no-nonsense, hook-filled, giant-chorused pop music – music for the masses, only intelligent, with sunshine hooks and killer choruses that everyone can hum, fr...
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Maria Mena To release Apparently Unaffected
posted on June 4, 2006
"On my first album I had en extreme desire to show off my innermost thoughts. The second album was a bit like: 'Wow, people really want me, what do I do now to convince them that I deserve to be here?' It became an album where I both experimented and...
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Under the Influence of Giants To release Self-Titled (Under The Influence Of Giants)
posted on June 4, 2006
The buzz surrounding the emergence of newly signed Island recording group Under the Influence of Giants will come to a head in mid-May when the southern California band's debut single, "Mama's Room," goes up on iTunes along with three other tracks fr...
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Todd Snider To release The Devil You Know
posted on June 4, 2006
On Todd Snider's upcoming record 'The Devil You Know' (August 8th, New Door/UMe), the twangy sing along "You Got Away With It (A Tale Of Two Fraternity Brothers)" is a stand out track for its sly topical humor. In the album's notes, Snider explain...
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Faith Hill To release Fireflies
posted on June 4, 2006
"Of course I feel close to all of the albums that I've recorded, but this one just feels as honest and as real as it gets. It speaks about a lot of things that are personal to all of us." Faith Hill, a proud Mississippi Girl from a tiny town calle...
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Corinne Bailey Rae To release self-titled
posted on June 4, 2006
When singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae’s self-titled debut album entered the U.K. album chart at #1 in March, she made chart history as the first female British artist to do so with a debut album of original songs. Corinne Bailey Rae is currently ...
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DJ Spooky To release 50000 Volts of Trojan Records
posted on June 2, 2006
Paul D. Miller is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in New York. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice, The Source, Artforum, Raygun, Rap Pages, Paper Magazine, and a host of other periodicals. Miller’s first collection o...
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iio To release Poetica
posted on June 2, 2006
In 2001, NYC-based dance music duo iio ripped the seams of the dance scenes jeans with the release of its chart-topping single, "Rapture." A heady fusion of house and pop buttressed by an infectious disco-driven bass line, the sing-along party anthem...
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Damon McMahon To release Mansions
posted on June 2, 2006
Not too long ago, Damon McMahon was in a short-lived New York rock band called Inouk, but before that he was a kid from New England who started writing songs by himself, for himself. After moving to Philadelphia at age 17, he wrote constantly—often f...
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The Sleepy Jackson To release Personality One Was A Spider One Was A Bird
posted on June 2, 2006
Spaced-out pop maestro; blue-eyeliner wearing rock’n’roll genius; Australia’s answer to Brian Wilson -Luke Steele -aka The Sleepy Jackson- has already been called all these things and more. No wonder he lives in the most isolated city on Earth. Anywh...
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Corinne Bailey Rae To release self-titled (Corinne Bailey Rae)
posted on June 2, 2006When singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae’s self-titled debut album entered the U.K. album chart at #1 in March, she made chart history as the first female British artist to do so with a debut album of original songs. Corinne Bailey Rae is currently ...
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The Pink Spiders To release Teenage Graffiti
posted on June 1, 2006
The Pink Spiders stormed onto the Nashville music scene with their eyes on the prize. In a whirlwind of hustle and clatter, the band seemed an instant iconoclastic frame of French New Wave cinema come to life. Striking figures in pink and jet black, ...
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216 To release The Game Is Life
posted on June 1, 2006
Allow me to introduce 216, the latest and biggest duo coming from the streets of Cleveland. Rekindling the crowd-pumping, lyrically inspiring vibe of hip-hop’s golden age, 216’s sound is full of edgy, envelop-pushing lyrics, packing heavy baselines...
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Kahil El Zabar To release Deeper Soul Remix Project Presents
posted on June 1, 2006
From the brawling streets of Chicago come an artist, a label, and an album that reflect the deep history, progressive ideas, and rich cultural make up of one of the worlds great Metropolises. The artist is Kahil El’Zabar, an internationally renowned ...
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Quantic To release An Announcement To Answer
posted on June 1, 2006
This summer Tru Thoughts (via Ubiquity Records in North America) are proud to present the fourth solo album by Quantic which marks Will Holland’s eighth full-length production. A year and a half in the making, An Announcement To Answer marks the next...
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Randall Bramblett To release Rich Someday
posted on June 1, 2006
Arguably the ultimate ‘team player’ in American rock/blues/soul music, Randall Bramblett has made himself so valuable as a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter for other groups and artists that his own solo work has too often gotten short shr...
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Murs To release Murray's Revenge
posted on June 1, 2006
MURS is not your average MC—he’s your way-above-average MC. And he knows it. “I don’t think anybody out there is rapping like I rap here,” Murs says of his blazing new album, Murray’s Revenge—his latest collaboration with superstar producer 9TH WONDE...
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Hector Bambino El Father To release Present Los Rompe Discotekas
posted on June 1, 2006
Puerto Rican reggaeton superstar Hector Bambino “El Father” kicks in the door with his debut album on Roc La Familia – the new wordl music enterprise from Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records. His new joint, Roc La Familia & Hector Bambino "El Father" Present...