The Swedish are coming! The Swedish are coming! On May 23rd, at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, Shout Out Louds played to a packed house and the audience danced and sang a long with them for over 90 minutes. The words of their songs are on the melancholic side but you’d never know it from the dance–party atmosphere that was happening in the audience. Maybe that’s why the Shout Out Louds are so popular, everyone just wants to dance their troubles away.

The -GO HARD- EP comes right when BOYS NOIZE starts his new world tour.
BOYS NOIZE is scheduled to play at Bonnaroo, Spring Awakening, Electric Daisy Carnival (Las Vegas), Camp Bisco, Forcastle, Electric Zoo, and Alex Ridha/Boys Noize will also play at Ottawa Blues Fest, HARD Summer, Lollapalooza and Electric Zoo as Dog Blood, his group with Skrillex.

You might think you don’t know Youngblood Hawke but you’d have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard their upbeat anthem “We Come Running.” This hit and other sunny optimistic tunes attracted a perky crowd to the Avalon in Hollywood.

This Sunday, May 26th come out and celebrate the Grand Opening of IHC Sundays at Drai’s in Hollywood! We’re going BIG, bringing in the heavy hitters DJ Sliink, a SECRET GUEST, Chuck Inglish of Cool Kids, and IHEARTCOMIX very own $U$PECT! Come party in style on the rooftop at Drai’s with you favorite IHC BBs!

Hailing from Birmingham, Peace are a young four-piece pointing the way for a new generation of British guitar bands. Their debut release, EP Delicious (out in USA in February), has a sense of adventure and playfulness that led it to enter the UK iTunes chart at 14, surprising everyone, especially the band. Singer Harrison said “Up until now we’ve been working a a release rate of 1.5 songs a year, so this is us basically smashing our personal best. I can’t really work out what EP ‘Delicious’ is but I think that’s the best way to feel.”

If there is one person, who has been causing a stir on the international club circuit recently, it is Barcelona’s John Talabot. Already his debut “My Old School“ (which is meant literally by the way) on Permanent Vacation in 2009 and shortly after that the single “ Sunshine”, which he put out on his own Hivern Disc imprint, made him one of the most promising musicians of the Spanish electronic scene. And those two releases also already set the mark for John Talabot’s unparalleled music: raw, loopy, heavy on the kick drum, sample based, moderate on the tempo, distorted on the drums and light years away from the clean and ever revolving house sound of today. This unique style which also blends influences from afro beat, Detroit techno, Chicago house and cosmic disco, but also northern soul or the energy of Flamenco, immediately turned some heads around. James Murphy, Âme and Aeroplane started including Talabot music in their sets like it was the most natural thing. However – and this is quite rare – he not only gained legions of fans in the house and disco community, but also amongst the leftfield pop and indie rock followers. NME and Resident Advisor both had “Breakthrough“ features on John Talabot and he can be proud of a “Best New Music“ dubbing on Pitchfork. (Being rather elusive on showing his face in magazines or the web it also came to some funny rumors that John Talabot was the alter ego of a well-known techno producer from Detroit).

The roller rink is cracked. Summer is seeping in. The lacquered floor boards are all warped, but the disco ball spins. Ladies and gentlemen, Black Moth Super Rainbow has left the woods, and the man called Tobacco lords over a gang of demon skaters from the DJ booth of some greased up auditorium in a lost corner of Pittsburg. The band’s fifth LP Cobra Juicy declares death to hippies, excising all things flower power and tightening up what sprawl there was into a nastily bright pile of fuzzed guitar, live bass, hot synths and stubby rhythms—eleven pieces of hard candy licked, dipped in dirt, and wrapped up for you.

Japanther is the music and art project of Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek, who are known for their unconventional live performances. The band has appeared alongside synchronized swimmers, atop the Williamsburg Bridge, with giant puppets and marionettes, in the back of a moving truck in Soho, and at shows with giant dinosaurs & BMX bikers flying off the walls. Having released more than a dozen albums over the past decade, Japanther released their new LP,Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart, yesterday via Recess Records.

Spose is pretty different than your typical rapper. He’s a 27-year-old skinny white guy. He doesn’t rap about drinking or clubbing or throwing money at strippers. Instead, he raps about paying his bills, his favorite sports teams and even doing mundane chores, like the dishes. For his self-released album “The Peter Sparker Mixtape,” Spose presents 13 tracks that are truly representative of his skills and style. After being dropped from Universal in 2010, he’s not looking for anyone’s approval or even mainstream radio-play. You won’t find pop tunes on this album, but plenty that will grab your attention and stick in your head like one.

It was a two for one event at the Avalon last night. An aggressive crowd shoved its way to the Hollywood stage to start with a highly energized dance party for Dragonette. Starting precisely at 9pm, as the set time promised, the trio took the stage by storm. Singer Martina Sorbara lifted the crowd to movement with their hour long set, playing tunes primarily from their newest album “Body Parts.” This album is far from revolutionary, but the fun, pop dance nature of Dragonette’s sound was heightened by a peppy performance, making their set an absolute blast. They played popular hits like “Hello,” “Let it Go” and “My Legs.” Some highlights included Martina’s performance of “Right Woman” and “My Ghost.” Martina was sultry and enticing as she sang “Right Woman” and her soaring belt on “My Ghost” was touching and emotional. They ended their set with a hit from 2009 album “Fixin’ to Thrill.”

The album, Pale Fairytale was recorded and mixed by Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Tool, Big Business) and is available on LP and download on May 21st, 2013.

Troy, OH metal act Miss May I will be direct support on Killswitch Engage’s summer tour, along with additional support from Darkest Hour, The Word Alive and Affiance. The tour runs from May 30-July 8.

Inspired by the Herman Wouk novel of the same name, Youngblood Hawke was born out of late night creative musings between longtime friends Sam Martin and Simon Katz. Exhausted by two years of touring with their band Iglu and Hartly and the general turbulence that comes with music industry success, Martin and Katz looked for a more simple creative outlet where they could write and share music with friends and family without commercial pressures. Katz’s longtime friend Tasso Smith moved to Los Angeles from Texas to join the band when he heard the first demos, and Alice Katz, who was a key part of the original songwriting sessions, joined as well. To round out the lineup they recruited drummer and friend Nik Hughes. They are currently finishing up their first self-titled album due out 2011.

Youngblood Hawke captures the sound of 5 friends in mid-journey. It is the snapshot of a state of mind where one mountain has been climbed, and there are more in the distance. But for right now, the view is beautiful.

Coachella will be held April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2014, Goldenvoice announced Monday.

Catch Holy Ghost! on the second night of their tour through Los Angeles this Tuesday at Dim Mak Tuesdays. The Brooklyn boys will be throwing down a special live DJ set at Dim Mak Studios in celebration of their sold out show at the Troubadour with featured performances by special guest BOT, Cosmic Kids and Bones, and Cooper Saver. For those of you lucky few who managed to snag tickets for their Monday night show and can’t seem to get enough of Holy Ghost!, we invite you to bring your ticket stub to Dim Mak Tuesdays for a discounted door price.

FILTER Magazine presents Local Natives live at the Greek Theatre

Catch Local Natives live at the legendary Greek Theatre on Friday, September 13. Tickets are on sale now, which you can get right here .

The daily band lineup for the second annual Kanrocksas Music & Arts Festival has been announced. The heartland’s newest major music festival–Kanrocksas–Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29 at the Kansas Speedway® in Kansas City, KS–will feature performances from some of the biggest names in alternative rock, EDM, hip-hop, punk and folk, including: Tiësto, Fun., Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Passion Pit, MGMT, Kendrick Lamar, The Avett Brothers, Pretty Lights, Imagine Dragons, Miguel, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, She & Him, Empire of the Sun, Sublime with Rome, Zeds Dead, Descendents and many more across four main stages. The daily performance lineup is as follows:

Digitalism is a German electro duo, founded in 2004 in Hamburg, consisting of Jens “Jence” Moelle and İsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi. Jens likens Digitalism’s songs to simple chapters in a complex novel about social interaction and attraction, with distorted baselines and thumping rhythms comprising the punctuation.In June 2011, Digitalism released the second studio album, I love You Dude, on Cooperative Music. The album includes the previously released single “Blitz” and Stratophere”, the hit-single “2 Hearts” and a cooperation with Julian Casablancas. All over the sound on the second album has become more open-minded. Digitalism’s sound is crossing the limits between Electro, Rock and Indie. Digitalism has remixed tracks for Tom Vek, The Futureheads, Daft Punk, Tiga, Klaxons, White Stripes, Monk, Depeche Mode, Cut Copy and many others. Their tracks and remixes are played by DJs such as Erol Alkan, Soulwax, Boys Noize, and Justice, among others. LISTEN

Australian band of brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery of Atlas Genius return with a brand new cover, this time of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” They recorded the acoustic rendition of the song as part of a session at Giel FM3 in The Netherlands.

After a sold out spring tour with Wavves, FIDLAR is thrilled to announce their debut fall headlining tour, with stops at Austin City Limits and Bumbershoot Festivals.

On Tuesday 2nd July A Grave With No Name will return with a new album titled Whirlpool on Lefse Records. Recorded over the course of a year at Holy Mountain Studios in London, Whirlpool is an album of contrasting beauty, from the hushed lullaby of ‘Bones’ and the piano-led curtain call ‘Balloons’, to the euphoric glee of ‘Origami’ and the album’s opening song ‘Aurora’, which glides so perfectly with a sense of subtle romanticism.

While nothing can compare to the fondness one has to their hometown, the temptation to live in sunny and glamorous Los Angeles is hard to resist. Some of LA’s newest residents include the ladies of CSS; natives of Brazil, they have temporarily set up residence to record their new album Planta and to prepare for their upcoming US summer tour, hitting many East and West coast cities in June and July.

Having completed a limited series of events commemorating the February 26 release of Atoms For Peace’s AMOK (XL Recordings) featuring Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich, the full Atoms For Peace lineup of Yorke, Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco will soon begin rehearsals for its first full-band tour since the one concluding at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival nearly three years ago.

Pet Shop Boys return in triumphant form with their new studio album ‘Electric’, the first to appear on their own label x2 (via Kobalt Label Services). The album is the first Pet Shop Boys studio album to be produced by Stuart Price.

Danish 4-piece, Pinkunoizu released their sophomore EP, Second Amendment, both digitally on Full Time Hobby and physically with a limited edition 12” heavyweight vinyl being offered by Manchester’s DIY label Everybody’s Stalking.

Montreal’s Young Galaxy are currently on tour in support of their brilliant new album Ultramarine. See below for a full list of dates. Today the band debuted the band’s stunning Nic Hamilton-directed video for ‘Fall For You’.

Bands as emotive and enduring as Tunng don’t come around too often. Across their decade together, the group have honed their pastoral pop to perfection, winning over audiences and critics one rustic twang of guitar, icy electronic echo and sumptuous whisper of vocals at a time to become one of Britain’s most championed underground forces – fitting for an act who began literally underground, in the basement of a Soho women’s clothing boutique some ten years ago.

Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2013 – Cisco Adler and Tayyib Ali will release their six-song One Way EP on May 28 via Adler’s very own Bananabeat Records. The first two singles, “Ride With Us” and “Way Back When,” have both drawn critical acclaim from the likes of DJ Booth and Fresh New Tracks and collectively generated over 1 million plays to date.

Singer-songwriter Kyle Andrews is still intent on making everyone smile – and thus he announces the release of his next album, Brighter Than The Sun July 23rd via his own Elephant Lady Records imprint. He has several deliriously catchy albums under his belt and has become best known for his 2010 hit “You Always Make Me Smile.” The song was featured in a worldwide ad campaign and the video garnered 2.2+ million views & was shot during an attempt to make the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest water balloon fight.

Los Angeles-based band Kiven have released a video for their hit single, “Hope & Smoke.” Directed by Edwin Eversole and Jack Murgatroyd at Hunt House Pictures, LLC., the video features the band adrift in an ocean, the beautiful visuals melding perfectly with the melody and musicality of the song. Made up of Tyler Demorest, Danny Schnair, Matt Cohen and Jake Reed, Kiven’s diverse musical influences come from a wide array of musical and artistic spectrums, before being blended together for the unique and personal sound demonstrated in their latest video.

Hailing from Chelmsford in Essex, but now located to Berlin, Germany, Gold Panda started writing beats and collaborating a few years ago, beginning a journey that ultimately saw him nominated in the BBC’s sound of 2010 list and won the Guardian newspaper’s prestigious First Album Award 2010 for his debut album Lucky Shiner.

My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT, Beach House, FLAG (Keith, Chuck, Dez, Billy & Stephen playing the songs of Black Flag), Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, The Breeders (Performing Last Splash), Yo La Tengo, Solange, Washed Out, Toro y Moi, Holy Ghost!, Death Grips, Strfker, Thee Oh Sees… and many more

What sets Bonaroo apart from the other summer festivals is that it doesn’t only feature music. There’s a “Bonaroo Cinema” tent which premieres many new flims, both indie and mainstream, as well as a comedy stage which this year will features comedy giants like Daniel Tosh and Bob Saget and comedians’ comedians like David Cross and Maria Bamford.

Tribute bands often get their fair share of flack and deservedly so. But not Rumours. They filled the Roxy on the Sunset strip with a crowd so amped, you’d think they were actually seeing Fleetwood Mac. Even the most loyal fans would have to admit, their authenticity is pretty impressive.

Great White Buffalo has recently made their self-titled EP, released on January 30, available to stream for free on their Bandcamp page, music.gwb.la. The album is also available to download with a “name your price” structure. The Los Angeles-based band is comprised of Graham Brockmiller, Stephen Johnson, Paul Hiller, and Rich Carillo. Their 2nd EP to-date, “Great White Buffalo” blends a number of influences, all deeply rooted in 90s indie rock.

On the heels of Dead Leaf Echo’s west coast tour, the special edition 7” is available on their website, www.deadleafechonyc.com . The Sensual Harassment remix is very different from the original single, which sounds like a throwback to early-90s British alt. rock (picture The Verve). The remix seems to keep with that time period, but sounds much more new-wave and electronic. From the intro of the snares in the beginning of the track to the vocals an wobbling moog-inspired synth, Sensual Harassment does a wonderful job of taking the core prettiness in the original track and re-purposing it for a different genre.

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon has recently teamed up with old writing buddies Phil Cook and Brian Moen to create yet another side project, The Shouting Matches. Their first album, “Grownass Man,” was released on April 16th and it’s available now on Amazon.com.

Bitch, formerly of Bitch and Animal, will be releasing her first solo album, called “In Us We Trust.” The first single off this album bears the same name, and is a bit of a departure from her previous ventures in that it is much more electronic, but still carries the multi-faceted, multi-genre characteristics that underline Bitch’s style.

Dave Stewart is a 21st Century Renaissance Man…when he’s not collaborating on a documentary with Stevie Nicks, he’s working on a graphic novel and after that he’s developing an animated feature film to coincide with the release of his album, “Lucky Numbers” this fall. Oh-wait, we’re not done. There’s a Broadway show being developed and he recently produced Orianthi’s latest album, “Heaven In This Hell”. At the end of the day he relaxes and meets up with his friends for dinner. They just happen to be Paul McCartney and Ringo Star and he still finds time to go check out clubs in fashionable Silverlake where his friends, the Rolling Stones are playing and happen to be doing a warm up gig for their 50 and Counting tour.

On May 2, 2013 it was LIGHTS ON at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. Lights played her acoustic album Siberia to a sold out crowd and there’s no doubt she brought her best game to the city of Angels. In my mind, Lights can do it all. She has the talent and the patience to take an album full of synths and dubstep and weave it into an acoustic force majeure.

The wait is over! Depeche Mode, The Cure, MUSE, Kings of Leon, Atoms For Peace, Lionel Richie, Phoenix, Wilco and many, many more will be bringing their sounds to Zilker Park for back-to-back weekends this October 4-6 & 11-13!

“Arena-sized rock music, redolent of The Bends-era Radiohead and full of shimmering grace.” Q ****

Inspired by the Herman Wouk novel of the same name, Youngblood Hawke was born out of late night creative musings between longtime friends Sam Martin and Simon Katz. Exhausted by two years of touring with their former band and the general turbulence that comes with music industry success, Martin and Katz looked for a more simple creative outlet where they could write and share music with friends and family without commercial pressures. Katz’s longtime friend Tasso Smith moved to Los Angeles from Texas to join the band when he heard the first demos, and Alice Katz, who was a key part of the original songwriting sessions, joined as well. To round out the lineup they recruited drummer and friend Nik Hughes.

The legend says that on a shoot in the USA, Woodkid received, straight from the hands of great American guitarist Richie Havens, a banjo that immediately replaced his piano, at least for a while. Without neglecting the videos (or film, which is part of projects), Woodkid decided to devote himself to music. Indeed, Yoann Lemoine made the video for Iron himself, which features model Agyness Deyn.

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There’s nothing like someone who has lived your story andOhio’s MC MGK resilience has become a beacon of hope for thousands of kids acrossAmerica. Penning rhymes about everything from addiction to family issues, MGK is a symbol of relentless perseverance to his fans and the MC is about to begin the next chapter of his already successful career.

With a large gust of white confetti, Brooklyn-based electro pop group Avan Lava opened their set with “Tear it Down” from their 2012 EP “Flex Fantasy” to a screaming crowd at the Echoplex. Dressed in white track suits, the trio employed an additional three members to create a lux stage show that consisted of vibrant lights and impressive choreography. The two backing female vocalists were star players as they contributed harmonies and back-bending moves you couldn’t tear your eyes away form. Singer TC held his own as his trilling falsetto filled the room, only occasionally getting lost ad mist the heavy electronic beats and flourishes. The chemistry between the group members stood out the most in this performance – everyone seemed like they were the greatest of friends (with a bit of a sexual charge) and they were having a blast on stage. After playing a few new songs and old favorites like “Sisters,” they closed their quick 35 minute set with energetic tune “Never Over” that left the crowd moving and amped for headliner Little Boots.

Golden Youth is indie Californian duo (and BFFs) Stephanie Lauren and Kyle Monroe. In anticipation for their debut LP, they have recently released their second single via NYLONmag, “We Are Alive.” The tune opens with fluttering flutes (think Jonsi) and continues to employ more classically orchestral instruments to create a textured sound with a lighthearted melody. Lauren takes control of the lead vocal line, with a gravel to her voice that’s organic and warm. Her voice marries well with Monroe’s and together they “ooh” and “ahh” their way through this joyous tune. This song makes you want to run outside and skip through a lush meadow full of blooming daisies. It’s the perfect song for springtime. “We are all alive,” Lauren reminds us. And boy does it feel good to be alive.

Wells, Maine – May 2, 2013 – Middle class rap hero, Spose, has announced that he will be releasing a new album, The Peter Sparker Mixtape, via his own label, Preposterously Dank Entertainment, on June 10th. One of Maine’s most beloved artists, Spose landed himself on the map with his international hit single, “I’m Awesome,” which was certified “gold” after selling over 800,000 digital copies in a few short months– scoring him a recording contract with Universal/Republic Records and bringing in 12 million YouTube views in 2010. Spose would later cut ties with the major label, independently releasing The Audacity! in 2012, which reached #6 on the iTunes hip-hop album chart. The Peter Sparker Mixtape is the first of two free albums Spose will be dropping in 2013. Watch the music video for “I’m Done” off the upcoming release, here: http://bit.ly/10tdzEI.

London synth-pop trio Sunless ’97 swirls and twirls Crystal Fighters’ euphoric single “You & I” into a new space and mind with this new remix. The original track, a “feel-good, made-for-TV blowout” according to FADER, relates to love and relationships. “Time can fly by at warp speed or slow down into a dream when you’re in love,” says singer Sebastian Pringle. “Everything can be happening at once, but nothing is important—not even time—when you’re together.” Crystal Fighters’ forthcoming “Cave Rave” LP is due out May 28th (US).

SONS AND LOVERS, FOY VANCE, IAIN ARCHER, WILLY MASON AND BEAR’S DEN also set to join JAKE BUGG and previously confirmed headliners OF MONSTERS AND MEN at the only music festival in an Irish whiskey distillery

April 25th, 2013 was a memorable day for Orianthi at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. At 2:30PM she unveiled her glass display of her guitar and the Jimi Hendrix t-shirt she wore for the Guitar World Magazine cover. The glass cases that outline the casino floor pay tribute to the best in music and entertainment — just opposite of her display is Michael Jackson’s display that she will be forever linked to as his lead guitarist in the documentary, “This Is It”. And to the right of her display is Carlos Santana’s guitar who Orianthi later told me is a guitarist that she admires. Later that night she was scheduled to play at the Vinyl where she undoubtedly proved she was worthy to be among these great musicians.

Something “borrowed” comes from Downing’s self-released trilogy of 4-song EPs Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Today’s challenge for classic artists releasing albums independently is employing a marketing and distribution strategy that keeps your message and product in front of fans. Will hand-picked seven of those songs for Silver including “The Michael Baisden Show“ – driven hit “One Step Closer” and “The Blessing” – voted Song of the Year in the Soul Tracks 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards.

Primus are a band who need no introduction. For the past 27 years the group have followed in the footsteps of boundary-pushing artists like Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd to create some of the most original and inventive music in existenceand theyve collaborated with everyone from Tom Waits to Tom Morello over the years in the process. However nothing could properly prepare listeners for Green Naugahyde, which is the bands first album in eleven years featuring the line-up of bassist/singer Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane.

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Motorhead are a British heavy metal band formed in London in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. The band was part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which re-energized heavy metal in the late ’70s and early ’80s by adding influences from punk rock such as speeding up the tempo and toughening up the sound. Motorhead was unique in its hard blues-based sound and appreciation for old rock and roll along with its overwhelmingly loud and fast style of heavy metal. Usually a power trio, Motorhead had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chart. The albums Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades, and, particularly, No Sleep ’til Hammersmith cemented Motorhead’s reputation as one of Britain’s foremost rock bands.

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One of the most eclectic and prolific artists in rock music, Steven Wilson has been writing, recording, and producing music continuously since the age of 10. A native of Hemel Hempstead in England, Wilson was first exposed to music at the age of eight, when he started hearing his father listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” and his mother to Donna Summer’s “Love to Love You Baby,” two albums that were pivotal in the development of his musical direction. His father, an electrical engineer, built him a multi-track tape machine, and he began to experiment with overdubbing and developing a repertoire of production techniques.

The Mad Decent Block Party have announced the lineups for their incredibly successful block party that’s rolling through 13 cities this year featuring Major Lazer, Flosstradamus, Dillon Francis and RIFF RAFF on select dates. Starting July 19th in Calgary and ending September 15th in San Diego, 2013′s Mad Decent Block Party will be setting off on its largest festival undertaking to date, bringing a full day of musical performances and tons of fun on-site activities.
A limited number of Fanclub tickets go on sale tomorrow, which will also come with a FREE 30 day premium Mad Decent membership to their subscription service at https://drip.fm/mad-decent/. General tickets go on sale Friday & Saturday, VIP will also be offered at that time. Tickets are available via maddecentblockparty.com and facebook.com/maddecentblockparty

Mad Decent Block Party 2013 is partnered with PUMA, Pepsi, Red Bull Music Academy, Serato, and The FADER.

And speaking of voices, what really stands out as you listen to Sob Story is how the once shy Jones, who would hide his vocal in a cloak of echo, can be heard singing more clearly, strongly and proudly than ever before. Long gone are the reverb-soaked days when Louis would be heard at gigs asking the soundman to turn the reverb on his vocals up between every song, whilst also requesting they not even turn it off between songs when he speaks to the audience (something that is a commonplace practice for most musicians) because he didn’t like to hear himself in the monitors without it.

Representing the new wave of electronic artists sweeping through Australia’s dancefloors, Softwar have been tipped as “ones to watch” by Time Out Sydney magazine. No wonder – the Sydney-based pairing of Myles Du Chateau & Jeremy Lloyd are making some serious noise on the global house scene.

Earlier today, Rolling Stone exclusively premiered Tomas Barfod’s exquisite remix of The Presets’ “Fall.” Head over to Rolling Stone to grab a free download of the track, and learn about the inspiration behind the tune.

(April 29, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA) Joe Satriani has been an unstoppable force on the music scene for over 27 years. Now, the guitar great is announcing a new U.S. tour, supporting his latest album Unstoppable Momentum. The tour is set to launch on August 29th in San Diego, CA before hitting Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Denver, Texas and heading east to New York, Boston and Upper Darby, PA before winding up in late October back on the west coast with a show on October 26 in Oakland, CA. The Los Angeles performance will take place at The Orpheum Theatre on August 31. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 3 at 10 AM at www.LiveNation.com but presale tickets can be purchased on Wednesday, May 1 at www.satriani.com. Joining Satriani on the road are veteran band mate Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai) on keyboards, along with a new rhythm-section, featuring bassist Bryan Beller (Dethklok, Dweezil Zappa) and drummer Marco Minnemann (Adrian Belew, Steve Wilson).

shot, time capsule and video yearbook of the Baltimore scene rolled into one. Like many of Deacon’s art project-as-music-videos (see ‘True Thrush’ music video from Deacon’s 2012 full-length America) the cast is made up of the Baltimore arts community.

Hot on the heels of the breakthrough success that was last year’s single ‘Crashed’ on Black Butter Records, Stay Positive -the primary creative vessel of producer Matt Farthing- returns with maybe its most colossal tune to date. Featuring none other than Hyperdub’s acclaimed leading lady Cooly G on vocals, ‘You Hate Me’ is a high-octane demonic rave-monster of a record. It takes you from nought to 60 in zero seconds, on a journey starting off in the sweaty throngs of an early 90s M25 free-party, and ending up in the darkest doldrums of 2013 bass culture. Defiant, malevolent, bone-shakingly dance-able, and hypnotically hooky, this is Stay Positive to a tee, but this time turned up to 11, and then some…

LOS ANGELES, CA – Kim Deal will release her second “Solo Series” 7-inch disc, “Hot Shot” b/w “Likkle More,” beginning at 12:01AM ET on Monday, April 29. Only 1000 copies of this limited-edition, white-label disc will be manufactured, and will be available exclusively at KimDealMusic.com. In addition, the tracks will be available digitally through iTunes, Amazon.com and other online retail outlets.

Dubbed one of the 10 Los Angeles bands to know by Pigeons and Planes, the four-piece of rockers known as Great White Buffalo are favorably positioned to stir up the music scene in 2013 and beyond. Listen to their self-titled EP and you’ll understand why they’re ranked alongside the likes of indie favorites Father John Misty and Lord Huron, among others. Engineered and co-produced by Grammy award-winning Phil Allen (Adele, Aerosmith), the layered 6-track record calls to mind influences of the Strokes, Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon while staying true to the band’s own unique sound. Considering GWB’s upcoming itinerary, which includes stops at San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival, it is likely their fan base will only continue to multiply in the months to come.

Lyrically, Paralytic Stalks contains confessions of an infinitely more personal nature than anything Kevin Barnes has written since 2007′s Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Amidst dark ruminations on human existence, revenge, self-hatred, and his relationship with wife Nina, one encounters an emotionally raw Barnes struggling to contain his savage thoughts: “So much violence in my head / How are we still alive?” (“Authentic Pyrrhic Remission”).
And though it’s easy to become totally immersed within the captivating power of such revelations song after song, focusing only on the lyrics would prevent you from fully comprehending the true depth of Barnes’s work.

It was a century ago when I first saw Akron/Family perform, in the tiny back room of a bar in
Brooklyn that held perhaps 20 people. Akron sat in chairs on a small stage festooned with red
velvet and small theater light bulbs, their plentiful gadgets and musical toys littering more than
a few tables – always seemingly on the verge of collapse. The young men awkwardly held
their guitars in their laps or gently played drums/percussion, apparently trying not to knock
anything over (to disastrous results) mid set. Cables and extension cords laced through their
legs, they proffered a sort of delicate, improvisational experimentalism, laced with occasional
rock grooves, but most extraordinarily, often punctuated with beautiful 4 part harmonies…

It’s Bootie LA’s Cinco De Mayo Mashup Party! Bootie impresario Adrian from A Plus D will be flying in from Bootie’s (Mostly) Europe Tour, jet-lagged from a month away, but ready to rock. Joining him on the decks will be special guest DJ Freddy, King of Pants from Bootie Seattle, as well as Bootie LA’s own DJ ShyBoy. The three will be spinning the best mashups from around the world, as well as some Spanish-language mashups tossed into the mix!

But where Tamaryn’s earlier material was rooted in traditional goth-psych overtones, The Waves represents an incredible step forward in terms of her approach. These nine songs combine driving pop and lush balladry with layered, guitar-driven atmospheres, against which Tamaryn’s voice, languid and restrained, melts against its surfaces. “In Rex, I felt I had met someone who was the right sort of player, and that we had the right chemistry to make something as good as I’d wanted. I knew that if I wanted to make an album I could really be proud of, I’d have to move to San Francisco, and focus more intently on the music we were making.”

Flashback to 2009: one of the year’s most fevered pop breakthroughs emerges from the depths of clubland with a crossover dance-pop track called ‘Stuck on Repeat’, an infectious club hit produced by Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard, shortly followed by the chart-topping debut album, ‘Hands’.

In a musical landscape pitted with pop stars and pigeonholes, Maps & Atlases defy easy categorization, choosing to walk their own incomparable path. Beware and Be Grateful builds upon the Chicago-based band’s acclaimed Barsuk Records debut, Perch Patchwork, melding their trademark experimentalism with a more direct – though no less beguiling – songcraft. The new album abounds with invention, spanning hymnal harmonies, percolating rhythms, even, in the case of centerpiece track “Silver Self,” a full-on guitar solo. Songs like “Remote and Dark Years” and “Winter” are gloriously liquid and lyrical, channeling M&A’s maximalist creativity into a truly inviting brand of boundary-busting, asymmetrical pop.

Taking a more electronic approach to sunset vibes, Hugo has made quite a splash this past summer. In his short 25 show career he’s already played in Dublin, Paris, Budapest, Belgrade and Istanbul, been a big smash at In The City and supported the likes of Amiina, Mountain Goats and Foals. His music has been on every blog you can think of from Gorilla vs. Bear to Pitchfork’s Forkcast, the latter of which has featured him three times in recent months and at one point in late October was the fourth most blogged about artist on the planet.

After being displaced from the Echoplex due to a surprise Rolling Stones show, Brit Week headed to First Unitarian Church in Koreatown for the Saturday of their four-day event. With bands starting at 4pm and playing until after midnight, along with food trucks and a pop-up store, this epic party was filled to the brim with Angelinos who can’t get enough of the Brits.

Electronic low-res ambient group Crystal Castles is known for their strong beats, pop hooks and gritty layered sound. The group played hits from all three of their albums, beginning with the opening song from “III,” “Plague” and concluding (pre-encore) with fan-favorite “Not in Love” from “II.” Platinum blond Glass left it all on the stage. Diving into the mosh pit, literally crowd surfing, and even jumping on top of the drum kit, the energy from the show was as electric as the music. Along with killer vocals, a gut-wrenching thudding bass that shook patrons to their very core, impressive electronic song-building and layering, this show was fully equipped with a complex light show full of flickering, spastic strobes. It was a raver’s dream come true as the crowd jived in time to the music. Without even stopping to speak a single time, Crystal Castles kept the crowd moving from song to song with only a few moments of a “pew pew” sounding laser show jamming session that went on a touch too long. This show doubled as a concert and dance party. You could close your eyes and pretend you were in a club with throngs of people getting their dance on or keep your eyes glued on the bad for complex, albeit dizzying, light show and performance.

Following the overwhelming response to the initial announcement of just four tour dates, BLACK SABBATH have now confirmed a full 20-city North American trek. Launching July 25 in Houston, TX, the tour will include shows in Irvine, Philadelphia, Boston, Tinley Park (Chicago), San Francisco and other major markets, along with the previously announced stops in Holmdel, NJ (NY-area), Los Angeles, Seattle and Toronto, ON. Tickets for the newly announced dates will go on sale starting Friday, May 3 at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com. A full list of cities and on sale dates for the dates is below. Beginning today, fans can click here or visit http://bit.ly/Sabbath_RSVP to RSVP for early access to presale tickets available Thursday, May 2. VIP Packages are also available at VIPNation.com.

Dan Donegan, guitarist for multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated hard rock band Disturbed, has unveiled his new project, Fight or Flight. Fight or Flight will release their debut album, A Life by Design? on July 23rd via Warner Bros. Records. The first single, “First of the Last” will be hits radio May 21st.

Atlas Genius will kick off its first-ever North American headline tour today, with a sold-out show at Emo’s East in Austin, TX. The run includes sold-out nights in Houston, Santa Barbara, Denver, Minneapolis, Cambridge and New York City, where the Australian band will play The Bowery Ballroom on June 18 and 19. The band will play London, UK for the first time on May 7, as well. Supporting acts will include TheNeighbourhood, The Postelles, The Colourist, Pacific Air and Haerts. Atlas Genius, who recently wrapped up a sold-out tour with Imagine Dragons, will also perform at numerous festivals, including the Sasquatch! Festival, Lollapalooza, the Firefly Music Festival, Summerfest, Edgefest, San Francisco’s BFD and San Diego’s X-Fest. See below for tour itinerary.

Los Angeles, CA (April 25, 2013) – Earlier this week, multi-platinum rock band BUSH launched a North American tour with a sold-out show at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston, Texas. The band’s set included two brand-new songs, “This House Is On Fire” and “Loneliness Is A Killer,” both recently written during sessions for their upcoming album, due out later this year. The U.S. tour will be followed by dates overseas, including shows in Russia, London and Vienna, among others (see itinerary below).

Jazz-iz Christ is Serj’s brainchild, but truly is a collaborative effort between many musicians that Tankian curated to be part of the group and self-titled album. Among others, there are considerable contributions from renowned pianist Tigran Hamasyan, flautist Valeri Tolstov, and trumpet player Tom Duprey. Additional performances from Stewart Copeland and actor/musician Davis Alpay and Vincent Pedulla make for a very unique collaboration. The 15 tracks that comprise Jazz-iz Christ, a mostly instrumental effort except for 4 tracks, are an amalgam of progressive jazz, electronic, ethnic and even rock elements, displaying a unique presentation of the genre itself.

Surrounded by her father’s jazz and blues records in her childhood home of Concepcion, Chile, Soledad Vélez began to play guitar and sing at the age of 13, usually accompanying what was on the turntable. A few years later, she started a short-lived teen rock band with her sister—then moved to Argentina to pursue songwriting before being convinced by musician friends to relocate to Valencia, Spain. There, she sang in a jazz quartet before deciding to concentrate solely and exclusively on her own songs for the first time.

In 2010, Vélez released “Four Reasons to Sing”, her four-song, home studio-recorded debut EP. Her follow-up EP, “Black Light in the Forest”, was recorded at La Mina’s music studies in Seville in 2011—that year, she played at huge Spanish festivals such as Día de la Música, FIB and Primavera Sound, taking the region by storm.

“Wild Fishing” is her first full-length, as well as her first release with Absolute Beginners. Intense and propulsive, the album is a beautiful document of a woman whose stunningly penetrative voice is ready to capture the interest of a whole new set of receptive listeners across the globe.

With the release of Cold Spring Fault Less Youth a little over a month away, Mount Kimbie is ready to release their video for “Made to Stray.” Directed by Australian artist and creative director Leif Podhajsky — who also did the artwork for the album and has previously worked with Foals, Tame Impala and Peaking Lights — the video is a kaledespokic take on the band’s lead single.

Sometimes, success comes easy. Other times, you have to grab life by the collar and make it happen. For San Antonio’s Wild Party, both could not be more true.

Formed as a bedroom recording project by singer/guitarist John Robinson in 2008, Turf War became a full band in mid-2009 and began to grow a local following in their hometown of Augusta, GA before moving to Atlanta. Their style is gritty, Southern-tinged indie punk rock, with major influences from The Replacements, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bruce Springsteen, and 60 years of rock and roll. Following two years of touring, Turf War’s debut album “Years Of Living Dangerously” was released on Old Flame Records in October 2011 with production by Ian St Pé of The Black Lips. The album’s single “Cheers To The Years” made its way to Sirius XMU rotation shortly after release and was featured in Showtime’s Shameless last week. 2012 held for a major influx of live shows for Turf War, touring the southeast, midwest, and east coast, with festival stops at Fun Fun Fun Fest, Savannah Stopover, Governors Ball Music Festival, and Firefly Festival. They released the first single “Born To Run Free” off their new EP, The Great Escape, on April 2nd via Converse and will hit the road next week. Catch Turf War on their headline tour this April across the southeast with more spring & summer tour announcements coming soon.

Already a chart topper in the U.K., LP “Every Kingdom” marks folk singer Ben Howard’s debut in the U.S. Where lyrics and musicianship reign supreme, 24-year-old Howard sets himself apart due to his gravelly yet pleasant timbre, soulful lyrics and quite a bit of impressive guitar picking. With help from a few backing musicians by way of added strings and harmonies, this lush album is full of accessible, hearty folk tunes.

Already a chart topper in the U.K., LP “Every Kingdom” marks folk singer Ben Howard’s debut in the U.S. Where lyrics and musicianship reign supreme, 24-year-old Howard sets himself apart due to his gravelly yet pleasant timbre, soulful lyrics and quite a bit of impressive guitar picking. With help from a few backing musicians by way of added strings and harmonies, this lush album is full of accessible, hearty folk tunes.

When White Prism invites listeners to “come and rest your weary heart” on opening number “Song 52″ of her self-titled debut EP, get ready to do so. With a soothing tone tempered with a hint of dysphoria, the following four songs of “White Prism” are relaxing, ethereal electro-pop that fit well with just about any mood.

A number of EPs, mostly containing remixes from Major Lazer’s debut album, “Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do” have been released since yellow-mohawked, neck chain hulaing, daggering champion hype man Skerritt Bwoy’s split from the group. “Free the Universe” is Major Lazer’s first full-length album since the split, however, and while the EPs as well as Major Lazer’s the live shows during the last tour seemed to feel a little lacking from the loss of Skerritt Bwoy’s flamboyant antics, the new album fills whatever gaps there may have been with a host of major guest talent and varied and complex beats.

Eureka the Butcher, solo pseudonym of Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez (also of Zechs Marquise and The Mars Volta) announces the forthcoming release of his debut album. The recording, Music For Mothers is dedicated to the multi-instrumentalist’s mother Frances Sarah Rodriguez-Lopez who passed away last year.

The always expanding and incredibly successful expedition that is the MAD DECENT BLOCK PARTY will continue its ascent to outdoor festival extravaganza across North America this summer. Starting July 19th in Calgary and ending September 15th in San Diego, 2013′s Mad Decent Block Party will be setting off on its largest festival undertaking to date, bringing a full day of musical performances and tons of fun on-site activities to 13 different cities. In an effort to bring the most exciting talent to 13 stages across the continent while ensuring entry, the Mad Decent Block Party will now be a ticketed event – a limited number of discounted early bird tickets are available starting today for $20, which also come with a FREE 30 day premium Mad Decent membership to their subscription service at https://drip.fm/mad-decent/. A statement from Mad Decent below:

(Los Angeles, CA / Wednesday – April 24, 2013) This fall, a celebrated chapter in Los Angeles’ rich musical history will come to a close when the Gibson Amphitheatre shuts its doors in September. The landmark venue will cease operations at that time due to the end of the building’s lease agreement.

In a collaboration born purely out of mutual-respect and the desire for warm weather tourin’, Julian Lynch and The Luyas are pleased to announce a special June co-headline tour. For each show together, The Luyas will act as Julian’s backing band, while Mr. Lynch will be sitting in with The Luyas during their set, with the bands alternating who goes last each night.

Julian Lynch has been releasing home-recorded music under his own name since 2008. He has developed a unique style across several releases in the last five years, most fully realized in his newest long-playing project, Lines. Lynch builds Lines upon musically complex and thoughtful compositions without abandoning the accessibility, nuanced timbres, and vivid instrumentation found on his first three LPs. In addition to recording and performing music, Lynch leads a parallel life as a PhD student in Anthropology and Ethnomusicology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Long Island, NY / Fullerton, CA- April 24, 2013- Night Verses, the 4-piece aggressive post-rock outfit, have just announced the release of their new album, Lift Your Existence, which will be released via Easy Killer Records on June 25th, 2013. Hungry and emboldened, Night Verses is creating a body of work simply not to be ignored. For more information, please visit: www.NightVerses.com.

“You & I” draws the viewer in to a world where bohemian babes wade through tall grasses under a rainbow sky. Crystal Fighters’ signature romantic guitar plucking is the foundation of the cheery tune, serving as the perfect backdrop to this whimsical wonderland. Throughout the video, we follow the journey of a talking tree and a brown bird that remind us there is beauty in all parts of life, even death.

Don’t let the Germanic name fool you, the first Italian band signed to HoZac and one we’ve been excited to unleash for months, Schonwald emerge here on their US debut single slithering with unsettling vibes right from the start. This two-piece unit has been surreptitiously dwelling in the shadowy corners of the European underworld for a few years now, releasing their debut LP in 2009 on a special Vinyl edition including CD on Pocket Heaven Records (Lux) and performing at festivals with the likes of UK Decay, and other similar bands, Schonwald are now encroaching on world submission with the unleashing of their long-anticipated “Mercurial” single. A chilling and hopelessly bleak drum-machine rhythm sets the tone, parting the waves of rippling darkness into a massive surge of inescapable, hushed-yet-crushing electronic melancholia. European post punk at it’s finest, Alessandra and Luca of Schonwald create a pulsing, black-lit atmospheric electronic vibration so cold, hypnotic, and simple, it’s perfect for our endlessly frozen world.

Empire is GRMLN’s album for the cruis’n world: Upbeat rock ‘n’ roll with the feel of ’90s pop-punk. The new tracks are much more rock-driven than Explore’s gentle, dreamy tunes. Wanting to capture the sound of a live band, Yoodoo Park recorded the album with his brother Tae San Park on bass and friend Keith Frerichs on drums. The nine songs (all but two are under three minutes) were recorded and mixed in a span of five days at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco with Patrick Brown and Sean Paulson (Toro Y Moi’s Anything In Return). The Japanese reppin’, California chillin’ artist will release Empire on Carpark Records on June 4.

“Black Girl Toof” is the manifestation of love and confusion. It is soul and rap and soul clap and booty clap. The White Mandingos are forever. Open your mouth and your heart.

On tour in support of their new album In Guards We Trust (Black Bell Records), the New York-based band just performed a highly-praised set at Coachella. The Wall Street Journalstates “on tour behind In Guards We Trust, one of the year’s best albums, Guards muscled up, its live music less textured but no less appealing as a synth growled in the midrange along with washes of guitar feedback.” Similarly, Los Angeles Times declares “Guards toy with loud-soft dynamics, and touch on pastel harmonies and thick, almost ’60s garage rock riffs, but it’s the back and forth between keyboardist Kaylie Church and Richie Follin that sets the group apart.”