We Were Promised Jetpacks – New Music and Tour Dates
After a jam-packed 2010, that included a headlining US tour, supporting Frightened Rabbit and Jimmy Eat World, Scotland’s We Were Promised Jetpacks, have announced an October 4th release of In The Pit Of The Stomach, their second full-length and follow-up to their 2010 debut These Four Walls. The album was recorded at Sigur Ros’s Sundlaugin studio in Iceland. As to what... Read More
Pop Montreal 2011
Pop Montreal have announced their complete lineup for this year, as well as a charity basketball event “Pop VS. Jocks”— organized by Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler—that will benefit the DJ Sports Club, an organization offering free sports workshops to youth through out Southeast Montreal. A team made up of members of many of the most well known bands on the... Read More
Tinderbox Music Festival 2011
The second edition of the Tinderbox Music Festival returns to NYC and the initial line-up is announced. Showcasing a powerful and diverse lineup of established and emerging female artists producing innovative original music rooted in the vibrant New York City music scene, Tinderbox fosters community by providing opportunities to perform, collaborate, and connect. Tinderbox... Read More
Christopher Paul Stelling – “Goodnight, Irene” + Tour Dates
Since the Brooklyn stop on the Daytrotter Barnstormers tour—which was scheduled to hit the closest thing they could find to a barn, Brooklyn Bowl—local, rapidly-rising folk singer-songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling found himself with some downtime, and opted to send a message to the storm which brought most of the East Coast to a stand-still, including himself, this... Read More
Color Force: Kickstarter Campaign
This summer, Quinn Corey and Linsey Wallace started Color Force—a contemporary art show space and artist’s studio residency, in an historic mill building in Fall River, MA. They have 8000 square feet of space for exhibition and art production, but they need help raising the funds necessary to complete their silkscreen lab, exhibition space, woodworking shop, and communal... Read More
Hasan Salaam Weighs in on V-Nasty
Check out this video of underground emcee Hasan Salaam putting some perspective on the recent scandal surround Kreayshawn’s White Girl Mob counterpart V-Nasty and her use of the n-word. As usual, Hasan sees right past the media fluff, and points out what’s really going on. Read More
Fang Island Recording Second Album and Announces East Coast Tour
Fang Island has been in the studio working on their second studio album. They have dropped a few small hints of what’s been going on from the band’s Twitter account. Hopefully there will be some samples of what’s to come soon, but for now the band is going to take a break from recording while getting ready for an East Coast tour. They will hit the road in September and will... Read More
The Weeknd – Thursday
Since dropping his House of Balloons mixtape earlier this year, The Weeknd has crooned his way into the “buzzworthy” arena. With Thursday, the second of his proposed mixtape trilogy, he’s back to prove it’s not just all hype. You can listen below, and download the whole thing here. The Weeknd – Thursday by The_Weeknd Read More
Matisyahu Releases “Elijah’s Song”
Matisyahu has released “Elijah’s Song” in memory of Elijah, a young boy he met who was suffering from cancer. During the time that Matisyahu knew him, he and Elijah quickly became friends. Matisyahu kept in constant contact with the young man and even surprised him by performing at his bar mitzvah. Upon Elijah’s request that he and Matisyahu record together, the song... Read More
Clayton Gallery & Outlaw Art Museum Presents…
This Sunday, August 21st, the Clayton Gallery & Outlaw Art Museum at 161 Essex Street, New York, NY, will host a two-part event—at 2 pm, a thirty-minute preview of the documentary film No Place Like Home: The History of Hip Hop in the Lower East Side, and a Q&A with directors Troy and Donte Harris. Then from 3:30 – 6 pm, an open viewing of notable gold-leaf artist... Read More
