by John Grimley

The Trews Head North With The American Badass

Hard-rocking Canadians The Trews have just kicked off a foot-stomping tour of Canada with fellow rocker (and Bourbon conniesseuer) Kid Rock.

The band recently released their fourth full-length album, Hope & Ruin on Bumstead Records, and now will be melting faces throughout the Great White North.

The group is rapidly drawing attention for their subtle balance between catchy pop and gruff hard rock. Besides a Canadian conquest, the group will also be tearing up (sonically) New York, playing a batch of shows near the end of June.

Listen to their song “One by One” right here…

and to check out the Trews live, head North (or NE) right about…

June 22 – Syracuse, NY – Wescott Theatre

June 23 – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall

June 24 – Watertown, NY – Watertown Fairgrounds w/ The Tragically Hip

June 25 – Bobcaygeon, ON – Bobcaygeon w/The Tragically Hip and Sam Roberts

June 28 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

July 1 – Darthmouth, ND – Alderney Landing

July 6 – Buffalo, NY – Art Park

July 8 – Sarnia, ON – Bayfest @ Centennial Park

06.14.11

by cst2

Cassettes Won’t Listen Release ‘Evinspacey’ June 21st

Cassettes Won’t Listen, the one-man project of Jason Drake (partner and former director of marketing at the famed indie hip hop label Definitive Jux) announced the release of his full-length album Evinspacey. Known best for the single “Cutting Balloons” and official remixes of notable artists such as Aesop Rock, El-P, Midlake, Mr. Lif, Morcheeba and others, Drake’s track “The Echoes” mixes futuristic hip hop beats with his melodic vocals. The album itself is Drake’s nod to his new address (LA from Brooklyn) as well a musing on despair in the city. Summer and Fall tour dates for Cassettes Won’t Listen will be announced soon. Meanwhile, listen to “The Echoes” while meandering down the street and you will find yourself transported into a completely new world. A world you won’t need much convincing to explore.

06.08.11

by John Grimley

Black Lips Extend Their Tour

Punk-rockers Black Lips have doubled down on their touring.

The group will now be hitting up Lollapalooza and the Hopscotch Festival in a string of East Coast dates that lead up to the release of their new full-length album Arabia Mountain, which will be out on June 7th.

This new leg of the tour follows a stretch of shows with Cerebral Ballzy that they had already scheduled for June.

The band’s full tour schedule looks like this:

(all June dates w/ Cerebal Ballzy)

6/9/11 San Diego, CA The Casbah

6/10/11 Santa Barbara, CA Velvet Jones

6/11 & 12 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

6/14/11 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom

6/15/11 Vancouver,BC Commodore Ballroom

6/16/11 Seattle, WA Neumos

6/17/11 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House

6/18/11 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge

6/19/11 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater

6/21/11 Tucson, AZ Plush

6/22/11 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room

6/23/11 Costa Mesa, CA The Detroit Bar

6/24/11 Los Angeles, CA The Music Box

6/25/11 Pomona, CA The Glass House

7/27/11 Charlotte , N.C. Neighborhood Theatre

7/28/11 Baltimore , MD Ottobar .

7/29/11 NewYork , NY. Bowery Ballroom

7/30/11 Hoboken , NJ Maxwell’s .

8/01/11 Pittsburgh , PA Mr. Small’s Theatre

8/02/11 Lexington , KY Buster’s Billiards & Backroom

8/04/11 St. Louis, MO The Firebird

8/5 – 8/7/11 Chicago , IL Lollapalooza

9/08/11 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Festival

06.08.11

by libbyh9190

The Cool Kids Set to Release Album

Chicago duo The Cool Kids are set to release their highly anticipated full-length album on July 12th! Called When Fish Ride Bicycles, the album features 11 brand new songs and finds the duo working with Asher Roth, Travis Barker, and many more guests. The Cool Kids started working on their album in December 2010 with Pharrell Williams at the helm. Here is the track listing:

1. Rush Hour Traffic
2. GMC
3. Boomin’ (featuring Tennille)
4. Sour Apples (featuring Travis Barker)
5. Penny Hardaway (featuring Ghostface Killah)
6. Bundle Up
7. Gas Station (featuring Bun B)
8. Get Right
9. Swimsuits (featuring Mayer Hawthorne)
10. Roll Call (featuring Asher Roth, Chip Tha Ripper, Boldy James)
11.Summer Jam (featuring Maxine Ashley), Produced by Pharrell Williams

06.06.11

by Sedera Ranaivoarinosy

Tom Vek Premieres New Video

As June 7th approaches and the moment when Tom Vek’s new album Leisure Seizure is available digitally gets closer, we get a second preview of this very promising album. The song is called “World of Doubt,” and the video features two ladies dancing in front of very loud speakers and television sets. Don’t expect rap video dancing on here; what they do goes barely beyond head-bobbing and a little leg-shaking to the beat. But they’re in the zone even as their hair gets blown in their face by the sound waves because of the song’s hard-hitting beats and ominous riffs.

As the video’s first image states, this song has the best effect if watched with headphones on. Although if you have access to the same kind of amplifier set-up that the girls have in the video, I’m sure that’s equally efficient.

Watch the video for “World of Doubt” below:

06.02.11

by wesleyambrecht

Teen Daze Travels To A Silent Planet

In February of 2008, Teen Daze, spent seven weeks studying philosophy in a somewhat remote village in the Swiss Alps. His engulfed himself in books, filling his mind with the teachings of great thinkers who had passed long before he was born and fiction novelists such as C.S. Lewis. In fact, it was Lewis’ Out Of The Silent Planet that served as the inspiration for Daze’s new EP, A Silent Planet.

The six songs that appear on the EP are the result of many musical experiments, auditory accompaniments, and an attempt at a re-creation of Daze’s experiences with this novel. A Silent Planet is set for release on August 9th, but you can pre-order your copy HERE. Below, we’ve included the EP’s lead single “Surface” for free download.