Band Weblogs

Alberta Cross are poised for the release of their much-anticipated full-length debut, ‘Broken Side of Time’, set for release September 22, 2009 on ATO Records. The album arrives on the heels of their acclaimed EP ‘The Thief & the Heartbreaker’, which earned the band UK touring slots with Oasis, The Shins and Bat For Lashes …

Drink, dear rebels and drink again. Katzenjammers’s musical underground cultus is conjured up through instruments like the accordian, mandolin, guitar, piano, balaika bass, xylophone, trumpet, kazoo, melodica, drums and banjo just to name a few – all played with fire in the belly, fever in the fingers, heart and throat. And then there are voices …

A.A. Bondy will hit the road for a summer tour next month, beginning June 5, 2009 at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA and ending July 7th at Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge, LA. Bondy is also confirmed to perform this weekend at the Sasquatch Music Festival in Quincy, WA and June 14th at the Bonnaroo Music Festival …

Cage The Elephant left crowds staggering after outrageous performances on their latest US tour with stops at Coachella and Bamboozle. Rolling Stone annointed the band to be the “Next Big Thing” …

St. Vincent’s new album ‘Actor’ (4AD), released last week snagged the #90 spot on the Billboard Top 200 and #9 on the Billboard indie chart. The album has been receiving rave reviews from critics with NPR describing it as “a surreal sonic wonderland” and last week’s New York Times claiming St. Vincent’s music “defies categories” …

ATO Records recording artist Gomez has announced a national tour with dates confirmed throughout the Spring and Summer of 2009. The band will be touring in support of its just-released sixth studio record ‘A New Tide’ …

ATO Records is proud to announce that Gomez will be embarking on a string of spring US dates in support of their soon-to-be released sixth studio album ‘A New Tide.’ The band will kick off the tour at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX, then head up the east coast to play a very special CD release show …

Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the dates for the eighth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Confirmed to take place June 11 – 14, 2009, the four-day festival will once again be held on the same beautiful, 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles southeast of Nashville …

Jessie Baylin’s highly anticipated major label debut, ‘Firesight’, will be released June 24, 2008 on Verve Forecast …

Nicole Atkins is one to watch – and I’ve found out why first hand. The singer/songwriter New Jersey native has been on tour in Europe with her band, the Sea, and I was lucky enough to catch her show while she was in London …

Aimee Mann’s seventh solo release to date, ‘@#%&! Smilers’, is a return to form after the artistic detours of 2005’s concept album ‘The Forgotten Arm’ and 2006’s Christmas CD …

California based band Cold War Kids are set to release their new CD single, “Hospital Beds” in the UK on May 14, 2007. “Hospital Beds”, off of Cold War Kids’ debut album Robbers and Cowards will be released by V2 Music and the single also includes three exclusive live tracks. There are links to the [...]