Very rarely, we see hear new releases his time of year. It’s a chicken-or-the-egg thing: arts & culture media are busy compiling year-end “best of” lists, and record labels push to get the year’s releases out before this occurs.
Skrillex, recently nominated for 5 Grammys and anointed MTV’s EDM Artist of The Year after his ubiquitous single “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” was certified gold earlier this month, is releasing his feverishly anticipated Bangarang EP on OWSLA/Big Beat/Atlantic December 23rd via Beatport. The release will be commercially available on iTunes and all other digital [...]
Montreal’s Young Galaxy are set to end the year with two releases. The band will issue a ‘Deluxe Edition’ of their acclaimed Shapeshifting album on December 13th from iTunes. The new version of Shapeshifting will include four tracks in their original form which will give fans a taste of what the album may [...]
Thrice is celebrating the release of their upcoming 7th studio album, “Major / Minor” available September 20th, 2011, by offering up a free download of the album’s first track, “Yellow Belly.” Get the download by visiting the Red Bull Facebook page or here: http://bit.ly/poe5Z7.
Southern California’s soul-punk quartet, Cold War Kids will kick off their 2011 tour on March 3rd at Crystal Ballroom (Portland, OR) and will travel across the country from New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall) to Oakland, CA (Fox Theater) for an incredible 24-date tour.
Today, Matt & Kim release their highly anticipated third full-length effort, Sidewalks, via FADER Label. Critical accolades have already poured in from SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Marie Claire, New York Magazine and Pitchfork, among others.
Quintessential Southern California punk band Bad Religion culminates their monumental 30th anniversary by announcing the release of a limited edition 30 Years LP Box Set on November 9. The collection will be available exclusively at www.kingsroadmerch.com where beginning today fans are invited to pre-order the Box Set for the sale price of $199.99 until October [...]
The Maine have just released a new trailer for their album Black & White. The newly released video footage gives fans an idea of what they can expect from their highly anticipated release due out next week.
The band celebrates the release of the EP, in stores on April 20th, with an acoustic CD release show for Tallahassee, FL fans on 4/16. The band kicks off their U.S. and Canadian tour with A Day To Remember, August Burns Red, Silverstein and Enter Shikari in Chicago, IL on 4/19.
Pre-order has begun for Person L’s upcoming record, The Positives. The record is set for release on November 17th [CD/digital] and December 7th [2x10" LP] via Academy Fight Song and Human Interest Records. The CD packaging includes a full color digipak with flood color printing and a six panel insert fold out. The vinyl release [...]
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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