Christopher Anthony Superfly and AC Entertainment are excited to announce the Bonnaroo 2013 lineup. There are many things that separate Bonnaroo from the plethora of festivals today. We’ve created an easy to read guide through the highlights of America’s premiere summer event. Click HERE to peruse and see the lineup. Click below to watch comedian Daniel Tosh … Read more
Icelandic collective Seabear’s founder and mastermind Sindri Már Sigfússon, has offered an exclusive first listen of his third album under the solo guise Sin Fang HERE. Recorded and produced by Alex Somers (Sígur Rós, Jónsi), Flowers is out this week on Morr Music. You can also check out first track “Young Boys” below. With the … Read more
Owns a record store. CHECK. Heads a record label. CHECK. Makes all kinds of records. CHECK. We can think of no one better to fly the flag for Record Store Day 2013, can you? The new Ambassador White comes at you below with both a video HERE and his official Ambassadorial quote below. Years ago … Read more
With half a dozen shows and counting already sold out–including New York’s Barclays Center Arena where a second date has been added by popular demand–The Postal Service has announced nearly 20 more additional headline engagements to the tour commemorating the April 9 release of its Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) on Sub Pop. The … Read more
Guided By Voices Flunky Minnows b/w Jellypop Smiles Guided By Voices Inc. [2013] Let the fun begin! “Flunky Minnows” is the first of (count them) five 7-inch singles from Guided By Voices that come to you from the forthcoming full length English Little League that is due out on April 30th. The 7-inch singles will … Read more
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away Bad Seed Ltd. [2013] Fire Note Says: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds get right to business on the sophisticated and brooding Push The Sky Away. Album Review: At this stage in the game I don’t think anyone will deny the influential rock status of … Read more
One of Ani DiFranco’s most critically hailed albums is available for the first time on vinyl. This 2-record set contains a lyric poster, download card, and black slip sleeves, all in a gatefold jacket. Dilate features fan favorites “Untouchable Face,” “Napoleon,” and “Shameless,” to just name a few. Re-mastered for vinyl, the sound is as … Read more
Maps & Atlases, who since forming have toured with the likes of Foals, These Arms Are Snakes and Minus The Bear, have new European dates coming up and today release the new video for album highlight, “Fever”. Maps & Atlases guitarist Erin Elders, who directed the video, told NPR that “The Man” in the video … Read more
You can now stream the entire new record from Atoms For Peace titled AMOK at the band’s website. The group consists of Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar and piano), Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (bass), longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich (guitar, keyboards, synths), Joey Waronker of Beck & R.E.M. (drums) and instrumentalist … Read more
For the next 24 hours only, you can get this limited 7″ singles box of high-energy rock and roll instrumental music from Los Straitjackets at the exclusive PopMarket discount of up to 40% off!. You can pick the set up HERE. The Jet Set 7-Inch Box Set is a re-sequenced collection of the original 15 … Read more
Dropkick Murphys performed a rendition of their hit song “Rose Tattoo” (from the new album Signed And Sealed In Blood) on The Today Show, live from Faneuil Hall Marketplace in their hometown of Boston on February 15th! It is great to see the Murphys getting some prime-time morning TV exposure. You can read our review … Read more
White Fence have a new record out April 9, 2013 titled Cyclops Reap on Castleface Records. Below is what band founder Tim Presley had to say about the album. Check out the new track, “Pink Gorilla” below. “I have cyclops vision now. But I’m not a giant. I changed my name and body only, and … Read more
The Vacant Lots High And Low 7″ The Reverberation Appreciation Society [2012] The Vacant Lots hail from Burlington, Vermont, and come at you on the this 7″ with two psychedelic reverb heavy burners. This 7-inch is the second official release from the duo of Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen which have influences ranging from Bo … Read more
Wild Nothing have released a new video for “Only Heather” from the critically acclaimed album Nocturne. Filmed in one take in LA, “Only Heather” finds director Ryan Reichenfeld taking his macabre vision to the streets. You can catch Wild Nothing live all spring and summer – Dates below. TOUR DATES Mar 07 Brisbane – Alhambra … Read more
Available May 7th, you can now pre-order a limited copy of the new album More Than Just A Dream from Fitz and the Tantrums on hot pink 180-gram vinyl HERE. If you order now you can get an immediate MP3 download of “Out of My League”!
Roger Knox & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Stranger In My Land Bloodshot Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Roger Knox highlights the complexities of life through the eyes and lyrics of Aborigine artists. Album Review: Roger Knox aka the Koori King of Country or Black Elvis as he’s known in his homeland of Australia brings a … Read more
The Strokes have released a new single today titled “All The Time”. Their new album, Comedown Machine, is due out March 26th on RCA Records. You can now pre-order the album HERE or at iTunes starting February 19th.
New York melodic rock band SKATERS have announced their first tour in support of their debut Warner Bros. Records single, “I Wanna Dance (But I Don’t Know How)” b/w “Armed”, set for release on April 9th. Most recently, SKATERS have been named “Best of NYC 2012”, in The Deli Magazine Magazine Writers Poll. Confirmed SKATERS … Read more
She & Him, aka Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, will release their third album of original material, entitled Volume 3, on May 7 (May 13 in UK/Europe). The first 500 LP pre-orders will receive Volume 3 on limited edition robin’s egg blue colored vinyl! Preorders will include a poster and will ship to arrive on … Read more
Musician and political-activist Billy Bragg announces a new single ‘No One Knows Nothing Anymore’ – available to download from this week (Monday 11th Feb). The track is taken from his first new studio album in five years ‘Tooth & Nail’, released on March 18th through Cooking Vinyl records. Check out the video below:
Hayden Us Alone Arts & Crafts [2013] Fire Note Says: Hayden returns to a bigger stage with his new record Us Alone. Album Review: Hayden has been a name in the business since his successful 1995 debut Everything I Long For and its US reissue in 1996 that was accompanied by MTV exposure (yes they … Read more
Shy Mirrors Negative Collector Big School Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Shy Mirrors come at you with all their indie punk barrels loaded on Negative Collector. Album Review: Shy Mirrors may have a Swedish postal address but the band is 100% American rock n roll as founder Mike Downey hails from Champaign, IL and is … Read more
In 2011, Julianna Barwick’s third record The Magic Place garnered incredible critical acclaim across the globe. Barwick has worked with a variety of artists ranging from avant-garde composer Ikue Mori to singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten. Most recently, in 2012, she collaborated with Helado Negro on the OMBRE album Believe You Me, which Wire magazine called … Read more
You can now see the debut video from Jim James called “A New Life.” This would be the first video from his new solo record Regions Of Light And Sound Of God which released last week. You can read our review of the record HERE.
Steve Adamyk Band Third Dirtnap Records [2013] Fire Note Says: The Steve Adamyk Band is back with another quick shot of punk rock for the soul! Album Review: Canada’s Steve Adamyk Band have emerged over the last several years as a top group in the punk pop world with their no-nonsense approach to the genre … Read more