New SighTracked artist Drifter drops his Warm Up Session on SBTV featuring female MC RoxXxan. The Warm Up came about after the two met up at a studio session and had what they would both describe as a vybzzzz. In a SBTV special Drifter shows his impressive lyrical content and flow alongside...
We caught Northern post rockers* The Chapman Family *at Camdens emblematic pub *The Bull And Gate* on the verge of the release of an EP following last years debut album *Burn Your Town*. In between massive smoke machines and a packed and over-excited crowd we managed to capture these shots to...
"This is our first ever show in London, so thanks for coming!" announced singer *Asa Taccone* of *Electric Guest* opening their performance at (the small upstairs half-of) *The Garage* in* London*, for a more than decent turn out if we considered that they were the first of four bands on the bill...
This week we have a good example of how to a rather hopeless song can be transformed into an enjoyable and intriguing cover. *Franz Ferdinand* whilst performing at the *BBC Live Lounge* chose to cover a version of Britney Spears '*Womanizer*' and the key elements are the sweeping bass sprinkled by...
Brothers Cider is proud to announce the Brothers Flavour of Freedom Tour in association withStrummerville. Born at Glastonbury in 1995, Brothers, the original pear cider will be hosting a series of warm up gigs from some of the most exciting musical talent due to hit the festival circuit this...
NYC trio* Heaven*, comprised of Matt Sumrow (The Comas, Dean and Britta, Ambulance LTD), Mikey Jones (The Big Sleep, Adam Franklin, Snowden), ...
*March Is Metal Month* is celebrating its fourth year of bringing metal to the masses, and with the month almost over, now is your last chance to take part.
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The March Is Metal Month* campaign is a collaboration between record stores, labels and digital retailers that brings together the...
Chicago-based pop-rock band *THE AUDITION*, fresh off their recent stint with Every Avenue and We Are the In Crowd, have announced two new tours this spring with Marianas Trench and Eve6 (tour dates below). Says frontman...
Barsuk Records is excited to debut "Fever", the new single off the upcoming Maps & Atlases full-length Beware & Be Grateful, out April 17th. "Fever" premiered via SPIN, The band has also curated their own blend of Intelligentsia coffee, the Chicago based roaster, available exclusively with the...
Allyson Baker doesn't scare easily. Back in the '90s, she was sneaking into
Dwarves shows and frequenting mosh pits before she was barely out of
junior high; by age of 17, she was playing guitar for some of
Toronto's most notorious punk and hardcore bands (Teen Crud Combo ...
Keith Kenniff recently saw the release of the All Will Prosper full length album on Western Vinylunder his Goldmund alias. It's a collection of 14 traditional Civil War-era folk songs and one contemporary track "Ashoken Farewell," all which serve as meditative, post-classical look at the music of...
Fresh from Miami Music Week where he played numerous solo shows in addition to two sold out consecutive headlining shows in front of 20,000 fans as one third of famed Swedish House Mafia, DJ and producer Sebastian Ingrosso returns to NYC on April 6 and 7 for his first NYC performance since...
Musician and composer Jordan Galland will release the 11 track instrumental score for independent comedy Supporting Characters on Tuesday, April 10th, in conjunction with the films premiere at The Tribeca Film Festival. For a complete list of screenings, click here...
Edinburgh's Clean George IV has released a new video from his recent critically-acclaimed album God Save The Clean. 'Cecilia' is the latest album track taken from the visceral, Fall-esque debut released on Tenement Records early in 2012.
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Cecilia - CLEAN GEORGE IV
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After the casual listener stumbles upon Philadelphia rock band* Stolen Rhodes, * the first thing they may ask for is how the band came up with this unique name. But before or after that, they will listen to the group, and its debut album Falling Off The Edge, which streets on April 3. This is a...
Following their sold out show at Londons The Borderline to launch single Rapture/Everybody Dies Alone and after recently signing to Domino Publishing, fiN announce a headline show at Londons Bush Hall on 18th April for the release of new single Twenty Three/Eve on...
Following the recently announced details of their forthcoming debut album "The Bridge," out April 17th on The Mylene Sheath, Los Angeles-based rock band and super-group ÆGES played a record release performance on March 30th at Vacation Vinyl in Los Angeles.
Featuring members Mark Holcomb...
After two years, the period of Darren Hayman moonlighting as Rotifer's bass player has reached its natural, entirely amicable end. Darren Hayman first appeared on a Rotifer record in 2007, playing the Moog part on the outro of 'The Frankfurt Kitchen', then bass on two tracks on the 2009 album...
Seventh LP due out in June.
A new single from the UK up and comer. 
Band returns stateside in August.
Listen to a pair of avant-pop covers.
Enter Shikari head off to the USA & Canada for their first North American headline tour in nearly 18 months. The band return to Europe in May and begin a summer festival schedule which will see them away from home for the best part of three months. A majority are still to be announced, but...
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'With this musical sculpture Mira Calix has managed to wrest not blood, but music from a stone, putting the music into rock and creating an exciting new cultural attraction.
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Mayor of London, Boris Johnson
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Brightons lo-fi philoso-grungers Love Among The Mannequins will be embarking on a UK tour in support of their debut album Radial Images, released earlier this year via Function Records (Cats and Cats and Cats, Shield Your Eyes).
In celebration of this, the band have made a video for the track...
Cats are the Devil. 
On Saturday 21st April, two esteemed London rave crews - spanning the citys electronic and bass scenes from the pool halls of Peckham to the warehouses of Hackney - unite to bring you a line-up that looks to the future whilst celebrating the visionaries of the past.
With a host of talent...
Craig Finn is your literate American all-rounder, and his work with The Hold Steady has been the perfect soundtrack to good times for so many. The clink of drinks amongst buddies, the highs and the lows of life where the drink in your hand is as good a friend to you as any other. With this in mind,...
From his upcoming R.I.P. album. 
*PJ BOND* will be on tour through mainland Europe and the UK in the coming weeks. Supporting his latest release "22 April Vienna Austria" on Shield Recordings and also his recent digital EP "Ten Degrees and The Floor", PJ will be in the UK for a weeks worth of shows followed by a month in...
Our second listen off This Machine.
Luke records a home video for "Second Place Blues" (in his driveway).
*Check out an intimate rendition of "Second Place Blues" from new album The Iron Gates at Throop and Newport below:*
Luke Roberts - Second Place Blues (live from the driveway) on Vimeo
Following close behind the November...
In the intimate confines, he'll be delivering a stripped down solo performance of his new album, Tuscon. Howe assembled a ten strong group of collaborators (or cast if you will) for the album which is due to be released on June 11th, 2012 on Fire Records. The idea was to make a country rock opera,...
Hailing from Austin, Texas, Bloody Knives (Preston Maddox: bass, voice, keyboards, samples, programming), (Jake McCown: drums, noise, programming, art) (Jim Moon: sound manipulator) combine the sounds of heavy punk and industrial with blurry ambient electronics, atmospherics, and 8-bit glitches and...
LA alt-rock outfit The Darlings are on a roll lately, and theyre only just getting started. After beating out hundreds of bands to win 2010s Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, the band garnered attention from influential LA modern rock station KROQ, which added their songs Broken Hearts Still...
In support of The Temper Traps self-titled release, out June 5th on Glassnote/Columbia Records, the band has exclusively announced new tour dates with Rolling Stone.com for a North American tour starting June 5th in New York City and ending June 19th in Vancouver. The band is currently playing a...
Fresh off celebrating their fifth anniversary, the team behind The BPM Festival is back again with the second annual Primavera Festival in Playa del Carmen on the Riviera Maya, Mexico, April 5 8, 2012. With last years festivities bringing party-goers from all over Mexico, North America and...
EVILE are among the latest groups to be confirmed for this year's edition of Bloodstock Open Air, a dedicated metal festival held annually in Derbyshire, UK.
The band will be performing on the Sophie Lancaster Stage on Sunday, 12th August, and join a line-up of bands such as TESTAMENT,...
Huxley is fast becoming one of the brightest lights to emerge from an exciting nascent UK music scene, emerging from the underground clubs of London, Bristol, Leeds and Glasgow. Young producers are honing their talents to create new sounds influenced by the their exposure to house, techno, dubstep...
Check out the premiere of Anya Marinas Notice Me video, off her new album FELONY FLATS. The clip was directed by Spencer Gentz. Anya will also be touring be touring with Eric Hutchinson in April (see dates below).
Anya Marina 'Notice Me' [Official Video] - YouTube
ANYA MARINA ON TOUR
* April...
The Dandy Warhols have been a band for 18 yrs.
This Machine is the Dandy's 8th official studio album and was recorded over the course of 2011 at The Dandy Warhols rock clubhouse/ entertainment megaplex/studio The Odditorium. The band recorded the album with their longtime engineer - producer...
Undefeated champions of British electronic music, Orbital get back in the ring in 2012 with Wonky, their first new album in eight years. Recently reunited following a long sabbatical, Paul and Phil Hartnoll are back on fighting-fit form and ready to reclaim their title. Both timeless and...
P.G. Six will tour the eastern half of the US this spring in support of his latest album, Starry Mind (released August 23, 2011 via Drag City). Starry Mind is P.G. Sixs fifth album overall and the first in four years. Pat "P.G. Six" Gubler (guitar, lead vocals) is joined on tour by Bob Bannister...
Floridian psychedelic indie rockers - Le Blorr - release their brilliantly kaleidoscopic debut single Seven Sisters on April 23rd, shortly after their UK and European tour with rock giants, Angels and Airwaves.
In fitting with the track, the band released the incredibly hallucinogenic video for...
Last night as Paul McCartney played the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust gigs, he was joined on stage by three very special guests.
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Paul Weller, Ronnie Wood and Roger Daltrey all joined...
MDNAwhich was released Monday on Interscope is on course to be Madonnas 12th No.1 album to date; one more than Elvis and another amazing achievement for the UKs biggest ever selling female artist. Only The Beatles with 15 number ones have topped the chart more times.
Pre-orders for the...
Evans the Death are all set to release their self-titled debut album in April 2012 via Fortuna POP! in the UK / Europe and Slumberland Records in the US. Filled with twelve blistering tracks they weave a distinctive magic, coupling main songwriter Dan Moss gift for melody with Katherine...
"It's funky, it's hip-hop, it's disco and it's classic." This is De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 present 'First Serve'; a dynamic hip-hop group, an album, a concept, the soundtrack to a movie that has yet to be made and a fable for our times. ...
Christian Löffler is co-founder of Ki Records and well known for his intense, deep moving sound with melancholic undertones. He started to play music at the age of 14. But living in a secluded region near the Baltic Sea, without a musical surrounding, he had to teach himself the essentials of...
Fresh off their winter tour with Dear Christie, the pop-tinged alternative rock quartet, Car Party is already gearing up to hit the road this spring with The Greater The Risk. The Baltimore-based band has had a busy year, following the success of their Ace Enders produced EP, High & Low Places. The...
Field Report is the creation of Chris Porterfield, whose debut record (out in July 2012 TBA) is a collection of songs six years in the making. Chris cut his musical teeth with DeYarmond Edison (the other members of which were Justin Vernon and Megafaun). After their breakup in 2006, Bon Iver...
The pop-rock band known as Glory Days have released an exclusive download of their new track "Nolita" on PUPFRESH.com, today, March 29th. The band will be releasing their new EP, Broke In New York, on April 3rd. Greatly influenced by the rich history of rock n' roll culture from their native...
RIVAL SONS drummer MICHAEL MILEY was given the chance to perform with rock royalty yesterday, when he joined THE WHO frontman ROGER DALTREY and STEVE WINWOOD on stage in London.
MILEY performed alongside the legendary musicians, along with the likes of THE ROLLING STONES guitarist RONNIE...
Now, Now and Trans- Records are thrilled to announce that the Minneapolis trio have been added as sole support for FUN.'s upcoming summer tour dates in late May and June. The band are currently on a national tour with The Naked & Famous, in support of their critically acclaimed sophomore album...
Crows Wedding, is the thrilling debut EP from Londons enigmatic electro-pop duo, Evokateur. It is a dreamy and opulent sound anchored by driving beats and a menacing edge. Written, recorded and produced by collaborators Hector Villaraus (producer, composer) and Sarah Villaraus (songwriter,...
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