Nov 17 2008
Archive for the 'New Music' Category
Oct 16 2008
Dragonette - LIVE from the sink, part II.
Ok - video clip two, like I promised… Unreleased track ‘Gone Too Far’ - I bet you can’t listen to it without dancing… also check out part I of Dragonette - Live from the sink when they rocked it hard with ‘Take It Like A Man’
Behold the awesomeness that is… Dragonette.
Like Dragonette? Psh of course you do. Their album is now available digitally.
Or if you just like having stuff then pick up this snazzy CD/Tshirt combo
Oct 08 2008
… little school girls wear the same socks
Purevolume is now streaming the new Facing New York album “Get Hot”
Hits stores October 14th… so it’s like … you don’t even have to wait!
www.purevolume.com/facingnewyork
Sep 12 2008
DRAGONETTE - Here in the US of A!
Dragonette
Release Galore & Announce US Tour Dates This Fall
First Single “I Get Around”: http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=tHdSP8_ifQC8r9WdPGPC55n8Ml6Dnpbv&UserName=Unknown
“I Get Around” video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQwJOVOtZpY
“Take it Like a Man” video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eub6OkEG3I0
With a growing army of admirers and fans all over the world, now is your chance to witness what all the fuss is about. Bouncing from the East to the West coasts and destined to wow audiences with their revivalist new wave synth-pop, Toronto-based quadruplet, Dragonette, are now embarking on a much welcomed four-date mini-tour this fall in the United States.
With the pending release of their refreshing debut album Galore (I Surrender Records through Red An Artist Development Company) out on October 28th, watch out for their dirty electronica beats and synths, trunk full of hooks, neon-doused live shows and downright naughty delivery and vocals by the bands star front woman Martina Sorbara.
9/18- The Mercury Lounge- New York, NY
(w/ The Major Labels, Oppenheimer)
9/19- Le Royale- New York, NY
(w/ Headman)
9/22- The Trobaudour- West Hollywood, CA - SOLD OUT
(w/ Does it Offend You, Yeah? And DJ AC Slater)
9/23/08- Cinespace- Hollywood, CA
(w/ Does It Offend You, Yeah? And DJ AC Slater)
It’s clear that this clever and glamorous cohesion of talent and shameless honesty is exactly what will take Dragonette beyond the realms of any hipster hyped about band (even though they have all the right factors that equate to any partygoer’s dream night out) and carry them into the mainstream superstar arena through out 2009.
The band, which was named after the singer’s ipod, possess an edgy dance rock sound with a bubble-gum pop lining. Lead vocalist and sultry siren, Martina, formed the band in 2005 when she met her future bassist, and future husband, Dan Kurtz at a canadian music festival. Martina, with her poppy songstress vocals and deep desire for some driving eccentric pop dance beats, eagerly agreed to leave behind her sucessful solo career and form what was originally just the dynamic duo, Dragonette.
“We met at a Canadian music festival we were both playing at,” Martina explains “and then we screwed.”
“And then I left my girlfriend.” states Dan.
The rest was, as we say history and Dragonette was born.
Later on in that year, Joel Stouffer (drums) and Will Stapleton (guitar) rounded out the line-up and they were soon asked to open up for Duran Duran’s US tour after only being a together for eight months.
“Galore” which was produced by Dan Kurtz himself (who also produced Feist’s critically acclaimed Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down) just prior to forming the band). Their debut single off the album, “I Get Around,” recently hit the Top 20 in Canada and the ridiculously infectious “Get Lucky,” reached global status, as after it was synched to fifteen major movies and advertising campaigns in the United States.
The band has played everywhere from dingy underground hipster clubs to festivals like Glastonbury and The Virgin Music Festival; and Martina has already achieved pop-star status, as she wrote and sang lead vocals on Basement Jaxx’s hit single, “Take Me Back to your House.” Dragonette has also been nominated for a Juno Award for Best New Group.
With songs reminiscent of those ranging from bands such as The Eurythmics and The Cars, Dragonette is sure to spark the interests of many a teen girl and boy as much as they would, your suburban housewife or club kid queen. Their music and live shows can ultimately be described as “a world of guilt-free pleasure mixed with 80’s party prowess”. Eclectic and exciting, stretching from sunny-day folk to hard driving dance rock, this is music for the masses at it’s finest.
Sep 08 2008
New Joshua Radin!
I don’t know about you guys, but I loooooves me some Josh Radin. And his long-awaited sophomore album is out tomorrow (digitally at least - bleh, I’d wait for the real thing if I were you)! I’ve head the album in full, and I promise and assure you, it’s every bit as good as (and, IMHO, better than!) anything JR’s done in the past. Check out all the info below and download the mp3.
Digital Release 9.9.08
In Stores 9.30.08
First Single “I’d Rather Be With You”
http://redmusic.com/streams/radin_irbwy.mp3
Track Listing
1) One of Those Days
2) I’d Rather Be With You
3) Sky featuring Meiko
4) Friend Like You
5) Brand New Day
6) They Bring Me To You
7) Vegetable Car
8) Free Of Me
9) You Got Growin Up To Do
10) We Are Okay
11) No Envy No Fear
On tour this October, supporting Missy Higgins!
Fri/Oct-3 Rochester NY • The Club @ Water Street Music Hall
Sun/ Oct -5 Pittsburgh PA • Diesel
Tue/ Oct -7 Columbus OH • The Basement
Sun/ Oct -12 Ann Arbor MI • Blind Pig
Mon/ Oct -13 Champaign IL • Canopy Club
Tue/ Oct -14 Omaha NE • The Waiting Room
Sun/ Oct -19 Columbia MO •The Blue Note
Mon/ Oct -20 Tulsa OK • Cain’s Side Room
Mon/ Oct -27 Boulder CO • Fox Theatre
Tue/ Oct -28 Denver CO • Bluebird Theater
Wed/ Oct -29 Salt Lake City UT • Club Sound
Thu/ Oct -30 Pocatello ID • Icon
Sat/Nov-1 Vancouver BC • Commodore Ballroom
Sun/ Nov -2 Victoria BC • Element Nightclub
Mon/ Nov -3 Portland OR • Crystal Ballroom
Tue/ Nov -4 Eugene OR • WOW Hall
Wed/ Nov -5 Seattle WA • Neumo’s
Fri/ Nov -7 Chico CA • El Rey
Sat/ Nov -8 Reno NV • Grand Sierra Theatre
Sun/ Nov -9 Anaheim CA • House of Blues
Mon/ Nov -10 Solana Beach CA • Belly Up Ttavern
Wed/ Nov -12 Santa Barbara CA • Soho
Joshua Radin Releases Sophomore Album on Mom & Pop Music
The times in which we live are confusing, chaotic and complex, but the things that have always been important in life are still important, and those are the subjects Joshua Radin addresses on his second album, Simple Times. These songs, he says, are about “falling in and out of love. Making friendships, having friendships fall apart. Experiencing different parts of the world, seeing other cultures and getting a better perspective on how we live in our country. Everything that people generally go through.”
The means he employs to deliver those ideas to the world is also pretty simple: He picks up a guitar and sings his heart out.
“It’s a personal account of my life through music,” says Cleveland-born Radin. “They’re all true and honest songs. When I meet people after shows, sometimes they think they know me because of a certain song—and in a sense they do, because I write about what’s going on in my life. It is scary making yourself vulnerable like that to a bunch of people you don’t know, but it’s also very therapeutic.”
“I was always trying to find some medium to express myself,” says Radin, who had previously studied art and spent six years writing screenplays. “When I started writing songs, I thought, ‘This is as honest as I can be: getting onstage with my guitar and my voice and singing for people.’”
Radin proved an extraordinarily quick study. A friend gave a demo featuring his very first composition, “Winter,” to a TV producer—who promptly used it to score a scene of the sitcom Scrubs in early 2004. Other Hollywood types found his music just as evocative, and soon various Radin songs were being heard in other TV shows (Grey’s Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, American Idol, One Tree Hill, So You Think You Can Dance, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Eli Stone), as well as movies (The Nanny Diaries, The Last Kiss, Catch and Release) and ads.
Having captured the public’s attention, Radin set about keeping it with the release of his debut album in 2006. We Were Here drew critical acclaim and passionate listener response, establishing him as an artist in the tradition of greats like Nick Drake and Elliott Smith—confessional folk-pop craftsmen who could say more with a whisper than most can with a scream.
Still, We Were Here presented the first batch of songs Radin ever wrote. Simple Times is drawn from a much deeper well. “These last two years I spent writing and writing and writing,” he says. “I did feel this pressure on myself to top the first record.”
To help him do that, Radin enlisted highly regarded producer Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck). “I still wanted to keep an intimate sound, but I also knew I had to grow as an artist,” Radin says. “So I opened myself up to Rob’s production, and he had a lot of great ideas. We both had a really clear vision of what we wanted.”
Radin spent seven weeks at L.A.’s legendary Sunset Sound studio working with a cast of musicians including Patty Griffin, who dropped in to sing the exquisite harmony on “You Got Growin’ Up to Do.”
The completed Simple Times offers the next step in the evolution of an artist whose talent is flourishing, whose skills have grown and whose vision is broader than ever before.
“I feel like right about now I’m starting to hit my stride, which is cool,” he says. “With this record I feel like I can come out and say, ‘OK, I’m a fully formed artist now.’ I just hope that other people like it as much as I like it.”
Sep 04 2008
Tom Morello set for September 30th release
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine is set to release his sophmore solo album, The Fabled City, September 30th, 2008 via Epic Records. Now being billed as Tom Morello : The Nightwatchman, the album is the first release to bear the political and social activist’s birth name. The Fabled City was produced by Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam) and features appearances by System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian and Shooter Jennings. Take a listen to the song Whatever It Takes from the player below.
Tom Morello : The Nightwatchman The Fabled City Track Listing:
1. The Fabled City
2. Whatever It Takes
3. The King of Hell
4. Night Falls
5. The Lights Are On In Spidertown
6. Midnight In The City of Destruction
7. Saint Isabelle
8. Lazarus On Down featuring Serj Tankian
9. Gone Like Rain
10. The Iron Wheel featuring Shooter Jennings
11. Rise to Power
Sep 02 2008
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk.
Teamwork have entered the studio to record a new 6 song ep. They have also added some Olivia Newton John inspired promo pics to their myspace page if you’re ready to get physical.
Aug 29 2008
Jam of the Week - Cage The Elephant “In One Ear”
Very catchy — try listening to this just once:
Aug 22 2008
Jam of the Week - White Lies “Death”
What can I say, this song has got a hold on me:
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Check it out here too.
