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This is the first Brian Jonestown Massacre album in over 4 years, recorded with select members from the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Icelandic musicians, and Mark Gardener (Ride). Recorded in Liverpool and Reykjavik in August 2007 and completed in Reykj... read more
The substance known as camphor has historically been used in religious ceremonies, as a moth repellent, as an ingredient in fireworks, for the embalming of the dead, and for medicinal purposes such as the alleviation of heart symptoms and fatigue. Th... read more
Bad Boy Records has announced the upcoming release of “WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE,” the eagerly anticipated sophomore album from Danity Kane. The album – which features the new hit single, “Damaged” – arrives in stores and at all online retailers on M... read more
Success in the music business requires a magical combination of talent, perseverance and opportunity. The six young rockers in Dallas, Texas band Forever the Sickest Kids easily possess all this and more. They’re unquestionably gifted, ambitious and ... read more
Creating an album that people consider ‘classic’ is a tough task, even more difficult to accomplish on your first album. Fortunately for hip-hop fans worldwide, emcee Illogic has done it with “Unforeseen Shadows”--an album that has garnered nothing b... read more
Saracen is the first full-length solo recording from Jef Stot t , and it’s about time. Stott has been on the global music scene for over a decade, helping to found the bands Stellamara and Lumin and producing records by the Tunisian-born MC RAI and t... read more
The Grammy winning R&B/pop superstar Kelly Rowland is back with her new studio album, Ms. Kelly: Diva Deluxe, a groundbreaking digital-only collection of new songs and scorching remixes available exclusively through all major online digital music pro... read more
Matthew Dear has been producing and DJing for more than 10 years now but even to those familiar with his music, either produced under his given name or one of his aliases Audion (Spectral Sound), False (M_nus), Jabberjaw (Perlon), the initial release... read more
It's not hard to see why Melody Gardot's debut album Worrisome Heart (Verve) has already established her as one of music’s most exciting new discoveries. The 23-year-old chanteuse’s songs offer deeply compelling evocations of love, loss and heartache... read more
Hand Built By Robots, the forthcoming debut album by Newton Faulkner, is out April 29 on Aware/Columbia Records. The platinum-selling album debuted in the top five in the U.K. combined album charts, spent two weeks at Number One and secured the Numbe... read more
Omega Bugembe Okello's music is a reflection of her travels. Her new CD, Kiwomera Emmeeme, which in Luganda means "it is sweet to the soul," is an explosion of ethnic and western sounds. Her inspirational album flawlessly merges several cultures with... read more
Our Brother The Native is John Michael Foss (guitar, drums/percussion, piano, bass), Joshua Bertram (guitar, bowed banjo, sounds/samples, synth, vocals ) and Chaz Knapp (piano, guitar, bass) - three young Americans (two aged 17, one 19) who we discov... read more
Pop Levi is back! There are few genuine and single minded musical mavericks in music today, and Pop is one of them. The metrosexual genius spent the autumn in Hollywood recording studio, Westlake, Quincy Jones's old studio where Thriller & Off The Wa... read more
Jive Records along with Miami based Final Cut Music Group and legendary label Slip N Slide (home of artists Trick Daddy, Trina, Plies and Rick Ross among others) announces the signing of singer/songwriter Qwote. His first single "Don't Wanna Fight" ... read more
Like handmade creations, Terami Hirsch's music is constructed with a tempting blend of tender interest and obsessive fixation. Without the advantage of working in a visual medium, this Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter uses her home studio and lo-f... read more
Boy, what a comeback. You know the story - smash debut, 'difficult' second and now for the third – 'This Is Not The World' is bold, brash and as in-yer-face as way back when these boys first embedded into your consciousness in 2004. After a silently ... read more
“Album” meaning: full length vinyl, CD and digital formats; and “everywhere” meaning: local mom and pop Indie retailers, corporate superstores, supermarkets, iTunes, Amazon, the band’s own website and any other location that could get the record up a... read more
