Archive: 2011

Lana Del Rey announces the release of her highly anticipated album ‘Born To Die’ on January 31, 2012 on Interscope Records. Lana’s December shows in NYC, LA and Toronto sold-out immediately and a full U.S. tour is planned for Spring 2012. Stay tuned for more. SHOWS:12/05 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom12/07 – Los […]

Heartless Bastards have announced tour dates in support of their new album Arrow, due Feb, 14, 2012. This will be released by artist-friendly Brooklyn indie Partisan Records; the album was produced by Spoon drummer Jim Eno at his Public Hi-Fi home studio in Austin. Brimming with confidence and creativity, Arrow sees Heartless Bastards pushing their distinctive sound […]

Tori Amos will release Sin Palabras, the instrumental version of this year’s acclaimed Night of Hunters album, on December 13 via Deutsche Grammophon. It will be available at all digital retailers. On Night of Hunters, Tori created a 21st century song cycle with variations on themes by Satie, Granados, Chopin and other great composers. Sin […]

Plants and Animals’ new album, The End of That, sees the Montreal trio of Warren C. Spicer, Nic Basque and Matthew ‘Woodman’ Woodley bridging the gap between their 2008 debut, Parc Avenue, and 2010’s darker La La Land.   The band took a different, more relaxed approach with The End of That as opposed to […]

Following a sold-out Red Rocks Amphitheater show in August 2011, Yonder Mountain String Band returns to Colorado for a five-night hometown run from December 27 – 31, 2011! Special guests will include Futureman (of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones), Darol Anger (fiddle), Andy Hall (pedal steel, The Infamous Stringdusters), and Rushad Eggleston (cello). Tickets for […]

Young The Giant today announced additional dates for their 2012 headline tour which begins in San Diego on February 10, 2012 and will go through mid-April.  The band has been taking the world by storm with their explosive live shows, gaining fans in every corner of the world and because of overwhelming demand in several […]

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue have gone from opening shows at Terminal 5 to headlining and selling them out in seven months, a great accomplishment, but what was even more impressive was the rabid response the crowd gave him over and over again.  There were tons of cheers, full on dance parties and a whole lot of toasting to the New Orleans group as they rocked the Big Apple.

On a hot Los Angeles afternoon a few months ago, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett called in to talk about his early days in rock & roll. Although Poison has been given much flak over the years for their pop-metal type of music, it cannot be denied they are good at what they do. Beloved by thousands of fans world-wide, their records sales are in the millions and they sell out concerts wherever they play.

The band can program their technological flourishes and rock out on real instruments, making their hard work look easy and producing a sound that the band could easily convert to fill arenas and stadiums. If M83 keeps up their current progression, they may just do both.

Blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin passed away today at the age of 80.