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On Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 16 Frames will release Where It Ends, the band’s debut recording for Verve Forecast and its first on a major label. The album features 11 perfectly-crafted pop songs, all written by Steve Sulikowski, 16 Frames’ front man. ... read more
2008 was a busy year for And Then There Were None. After a line up change, the addition of new members and a new sound, ATTWN is back and better than ever. Once known for boasting metal riffs and killer breakdowns, ATTWN has been reinvented, mixing e... read more
Los Angeles indie pop collective Army Navy are excited to announce a string of west coast dates in support of their debut self-titled LP that was released this past October on their own label The Fever Zone. Beginning February 16 in Los Angeles, CA, ... read more
Emcee, graphic artist, and wall painter Bisc1 has joined forces with twenty visual artists and ten producers to reinterpret his 2008 offering When Electric Night Falls (Embedded Music). The result, The Strange Love Project, is a multimedia experience... read more
After a year of eerie, stilted silence, the sun shines and the shadows reappear. Black Moth Super Rainbow has crept from the forests and cities to make Eating Us, their dark bubblegum freakout for 2009. The first fully hi-fi BMSR record, Eating Us, ... read more
The Break Mission is a Brooklyn trio showcasing a unique talent for impassioned storytelling and lilting dynamics. Critics and fans alike have described the band as sublime, anthemic and refreshing. Their newest release, The Prospect EP builds on th... read more
Acclaimed British trio the Doves will release their much anticipated new studio album, Kingdom of Rust (Astralwerks Records) on April 7th, 2009. Kingdom of Rust is the Dove's 4th studio album, their first since Some Cities debuted at # 1 on the U.K.... read more
The architect, pioneer, and instigator of trance music’s global dominance is at it again. FERRY CORSTEN dropped his latest self-produced artist album TWICE IN A BLUE MOON last January 27 via ULTRA Records as he gets ready to embark on his latest U.S.... read more
Finale, part of the new vanguard for the resurgence of Detroit emcees, is set to release his debut album A Pipe Dream and a Promise on April 4, 2009 on Interdependent Media. A former auto-line worker, Finale has experienced firsthand what embodies th... read more
From Monument To Masses are set to release their new full-length, On Little Known Frequencies through Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records. On their new album, the politically charged rockers find inspiration in everything from glitchy electronic beats to t... read more
East Side Digital recording group Halloween, Alaska has announced the upcoming release of its much anticipated third album. "CHAMPAGNE DOWNTOWN" - the Minnesota-based band's first new music in more than three years - arrives in stores and at digita... read more
Up and coming producer J. Cardim released his first compilation-style project Your Favorite Rapper’s Favorite Producer on 1-19-09. The album, hosted by world renowned DJ and Hip-Hop tastemaker DJ Envy, is 22 songs deep and boasts a list of cameos tha... read more
Jar-e's magnetic frontman Jon Reid has played in rock bands, jazz bands and duos, but as a solo artist he's able to flesh out his raw ideas on the fly. That's how the horn-heavy, Latin-beat driven single "Casa Believe," from his upcoming sophomore re... read more
Les Claypool will release yet another brilliant work of art, OF FUNGI AND FOE, March 17, 2009 on Prawn Song Records. "OF FUNGI AND FOE" is the expansion of material Claypool has recorded over the past few years for the video game “Mushroom Men” and t... read more
Nickelodeon/Columbia Records will release “About You Now,” the avidly-awaited five-track debut solo EP from performing artist Miranda Cosgrove, star of the top-rated Nickelodeon television series iCarly, on Tuesday, February 3, 2009. Available exc... read more
Morrissey will release “Years of Refusal” in the US February 17, 2009 on Attack/Lost Highway. “Years of Refusal” will be Morrissey’s first studio album since 2006’s UK #1 “Ringleader of the Tormentors”. In February, Morrissey will begin the US leg of... read more
The Photo Atlas are gearing up for their sophomore release To Silently Provoke The Ghost (available April 21st everywhere), produced by J. Robbins (Against Me!, Bayside, Jets To Brazil, Murder By Death, Mewithout You). The 5 track E.P. is filled with... read more
Since their inception over a decade ago, THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA have remained one of America’s best live bands, combining their indie garage sound and intelligent weirdo lyrics into an unforgettably fantastic live show. PUSA h... read more
Seeland was formed by Tim Felton (ex Broadcast) and Billy Bainbridge (ex Plone) in the winter of 2004/05 amid the fallout from Birmingham's 'Retro Futurist Electronic scene'- a group of musicians and artists inspired by space age pop, the BBC Radioph... read more
The Cab has announced a major North American tour schedule, set to keep the Las Vegas-based band on the road through late April. First up is a series of shows alongside We The Kings, kicking off February 6th at Burlington, Vermont's Higher Ground and... read more
The Future Will Come, The Juan MacLean’s highly anticipated sophomore album will be released April 14th on DFA Records. Unabashedly emotional, both in lyrically and musically, it’s difficult not to let each song take over your head and body, turning ... read more
The time has come! They’ve tempted us with “Jerk It,” they’ve toyed with us with “Sweet 16,” they’ve seduced us with “Nothing 2 Step 2”. Now Isis and Grahmzilla unleash their monster debut album…. “Thunderheist”!! Thirteen tracks of pure goodness,... read more
Bun B, one half of the legendary hip-hop duo UGK announces the release of UGK: UGK 4 Life. The sixth studio-album from the influential southern duo, Bun B and the late Pimp C, is a poignant culmination of their musical legacy. “The new UGK album '4 L... read more
Every once in a while, talent and personality do what they should: Attract immediate and enthusiastic support from fans and fellow artists. Case in point: Steve Williams, the lead singer for Williams Riley, one of country music’s most exciting newcom... read more
XRABIT + DMG$ are, respectively, a Berlin-born producer living in deepest Dalston, and two colourfully-clad, Andre 3000 worshipping Texan MCs. Killin Em is their debut 12 inch, and comes complete with speaker thrashing sonics and verbals that are lit... read more
The story of Yonlu has many angles. Yes, it is a story about music – of the continuing heart-spilling tradition of lo-fi troubadours, of post-rock’s melodic imprints, of an ancient sadness lurking in the new-century and manifesting itself as modern B... read more
