Band Weblogs

(Left photo: L-R) David Chackler, Michael Lington and NuGroove partner John Salstone. In the wake of tremendous format changes, one record label has managed to take the lead in revitalizing the contemporary jazz industry …

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has nominated Pride Tiger’s ‘The Lucky Ones’ for a 2008 Best Rock Album Juno Award. The Juno Awards, Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys …

Two years after the death of iconic poet and musician Ivor Cutler, his family have announced a new release of ‘A Flat Man’, Ivor’s final album. This much-sought-after album has been unavailable since 1999 …

Friends Of The Bride are a haircut band. They like to keep things neat and tidy: the sort of band you could take home to your mother. The sort of band you could take anywhere, in fact …

Dancers from Thriller LIVE perform Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance in front of unsuspecting members of the public to celebrate 25th year anniversary of Thriller. The biggest selling album of all time went underground when London commuters were taken by storm …

Nonesuch Records releases ‘Punch’, the debut album from Punch Brothers, on February 25, 2008 in the UK (February 26, US). The band - composer-singer-mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile’s new venture - includes Chris Eldridge (guitar), Greg Garrison (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Gabe Witcher (fiddle) …

Canada’s Moshpit Tragedy Records, who has abandoned releasing cds in favour of letting their listeners download albums for as much or as little as they like and claims to be the first record label to provide albums using this new sliding scale rate, has already caught the attention and support of several key figures involved […]

Uber.com, in conjunction with A&R Worldwide’s MUSEXPO, Atlantic Records, Peer Music Publishing, Rebel Group/ADA Distribution and The Agency Group, announced the launch of the online music talent search, You Bring The Talent contest …

C Sharp Consulting, Ltd. announces the addition of recording artist Michael Manson to its roster of clients as he releases his third CD, ‘Up Front’, January 22, 2008 …

After enjoying the interest of several labels, New York City hard rock band Fixer has signed with Riker Hill Records, a newly launched IDN distributed label eager to take aggressive action with a short list of talented rock bands …

Breakout British group The Horrors (Stolen Transmission Records) and director Marvin Scott Jarrett (Nylon Magazine) will attend the 2008 Sundance Film Festival with the documentary film “Counting In Fives”. The documentary follows the group through the streets of London and the US …

Envy & Other Sins won T4’s mobileAct unsigned in the live final on 23 December, 2007. The Birmingham-based band beat Lily Allen’s favourites, Revenue, to walk away with a record deal from A&M Records, headed by mobileAct judge Simon Gavin …

Alter Bridge have announced they will release the single, “Ties That Bind” through Universal/Island Records on 21st January 2008. The track is taken from their Top 40 album ‘Blackbird’ …

Kerli’s life story is nothing short of a Cinderella story. Growing up in Elva, Estonia, a then Russian-occupied town of 5,000 residents, Kerli had dreams and aspirations that pushed way beyond the boundaries of her communist surroundings …

The new Jailhouse! Records Teenage Rehab E.P. street release is set for March 25th, 2008. The release will be available two months early exclusively at any tour dates …