Daily Archives August 18, 2010

Grammy-winners Huey Lewis and The News have confirmed the November 2 release of ‘Soulsville,’ their first album in nine years, to be released on W.O.W. Records. Recorded at historic Ardent Studios in Memphis, the album features 14 classic songs from the vault of Stax Records, including “Respect Yourself” and “Got To Get You Off My Mind”. Considered to be the preeminent soul music label in America, Stax was home to artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T & The MG’s, and Isaac Hayes, and produced an astounding number of hit records throughout the 1960′s & 70′s. Ably paying tribute to the rich Stax legacy, Huey Lewis and The News, joined by their long time horn section, capture the energy and excitement of this important era.

‘Soulsville’ re-unites Huey Lewis and the News with co-producer J...

For the first time in its near 30-year history, Slayer, the single most distinctive and radical thrash metal band ever, will see its ten American Recordings albums released as a limited-edition, high-end box set – The Vinyl Conflict (American Recordings/Sony Legacy).  Ten albums on 11 discs, The Vinyl Conflict will feature the band’s entire Def/American Recordings catalogue:  Reign in Blood (1986), South of Heaveneasons (1988), Seasons In The Abyss (1990), the double-record Live Decade of Aggression (1991), Divine Intervention (1994), Undisputed Attitude (1998), God Hates Us All (2001), Christ Illusion (2006), and World Painted Blood (2009).  The Vinyl Conflict will be released on October 12, 2010; check Slayer’s website (www[dot]slayer[dot]net) or Amazon[dot]com for pricing.

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SRC/SRP/Universal Motown pop sensation Shontelle’s explosive summer single, “Impossible,” has soared to No. 9 on Billboard’s Pop Song chart, No. 12 on Billboard’s Digital Songs chart, and No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Also ranked No. 1 on Music Choice’s Hit List and No. 1 Most-Added at Urban AC R&R, the heartfelt midtempo ballad is the lead single from the Bajan singer-songwriter’s upcoming second album, No Gravity, to be released on August 24, 2010.

Shontelle’s slow and steady takeover of the Billboard charts is further proof that the Barbados native, who previously scored a Top 40 entry in 2008 with her gold-certified debut single, “T-Shirt,” which sold more than 1 million copies worldwide, is quickly gathering mainstream-sized momentum leading up to the hotly anticipated release of No Gravity.

Indeed, to garner a Top 10 pop hit and gain the respect of radio listeners and programmers is a strong indication that Shontelle, who is currently featured as Clear Channel’s Pop Featured Artist of July, is poised to take her rightful place among today’s biggest names in pop, including Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and Taio Cruz.

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Runner Runner made their national television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live performing their first single, “So Obvious.” Check out the explosive performance of the song! Also, watch Peter perform an acoustic cover of Coldplay’s song, “Yellow.”

Runner Runner is currently on the road this summer with Secondhand Serenade and White Tie Affair. Be sure to check out their MySpace and Facebook pages for updates on the band, and look for their self-titled album in stores and digital outlets September 28th!

Yolanda Be Cool has released a video for their new single, “We Speak No Americano.”  It’s as if Charlie Chaplin and silent films met color!

If Sylvester Martinez and Johnson Peterson, aka Yolanda Be Cool, were in the Carpenters, they would be singing “We’ve only just begun.”

For though 2009 was a massive year for these two, what with exclusively signing their releases to Ajax’s Sweat It Out label, their bookings to his agency not to mention their original productions and remixes receiving huge support from some of the scene’s biggest players, they are far from slowing down, instead going into overdrive in the studio to ensure that the year 2010 is one that is filled with their brand of party tech.

With their first original, Afro Nuts being ...

They were the prime mover, they preached back seat education, and together with Alice Cooper they fed Frankenstein….now they are back….meaner, leaner and heavier than ever.

ZODIAC MINDWARP & THE LOVE REACTION will enter a new decade of heavy dirty street rock n`roll as they declare “We Are Volsung”. Inspired by the Nordic mythology the album features ten brand-new unadulterated. The album will be available in three formats: CD, LP and digital download.

The band has just unveiled the cover art for “We Are Volsung.”

SPV / Steamhammer are very proud to have the band on board for a journey to Valhalla and back. The album will be released in the North America on October 12th and followed by a US Tour in January /February 2011.

In a musical world of hairspray and spandex, two long haired leather clad rockers were introduced to each other by their “exotic dancer” girlfriends; one, a graphic artist and poet, the other, a budding philosopher. They immediately dropped everything, joined forces and created the dirtiest, wildest band of all time.

One year later, they signed to Polygram and released...

Teenage Kicks have been gigging around southern Ontario of late in preparation for the release of their debut 7 inch. The two tracks that appear on the vinyl work to further cement Teenage Kicks’ prospective place in the future of rock radio by championing a love for classic song writing, big melodies and heavy guitars.

Shook Our Bones will be available off-stage and on iTunes as of August 17th, 2010. Juice Box Recordings will also offer a free download of the digital 7 inch.

The vinyl’s release will be celebrated with a headlining show in Toronto at the infamous Sneaky Dees. Sandman Viper Command and The Bad Ideas will support.

Currently, the band is working through songs for a forthcoming full length album, filming a music video, and making plans to tour Eastern Canada in the near future.

Teenage Kicks are an accumulation of past and present, creating a soulful sound of articulated, moody blue collared rock and roll. See below for tour dates and full biography.

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On Wednesday, July 21st, renowned contemporary artist Will Cotton unveiled his completed portrait of chart-topping recording artist, Katy Perry. Katy was present for the unveiling in the artist’s Lower East Side, Manhattan studio. The painting will also be featured as the cover of Katy’s new album, Teenage Dream, scheduled for US release on August 24th.

The recording artist first contacted the painter five months ago to share her enthusiasm for his work. It was kismet or destiny as Cotton, a confirmed Katy fan, had long considered making her the subject of one of his confectionary landscape paintings.

The resulting portrait was chosen by Katy to grace the cover of her newest release and it is recreated in live action as one of the scenes in her current video for “California Gurls”, which has been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the last six weeks.