New Music Round-Up, July 29

Check out this dope video of Neon Hitch covering Wiz Khalifa’s “On My Level,” set amongst a gritty black and white NYC backdrop.  If you haven’t already, also take a listen to her first single “Bad Dog,” a taste of what you can expect from her forthcoming album Beg, Borrow and Steal.

Holy Ghost! are ready to kick off an extended touring schedule for the next few months and what better way to say bon voyage than by sharing their track “Some Children” featuring the lord of Yacht Rock, Mr. Michael McDonald. The track is available to fans for an email swap or a “like” on Facebook, which can be done HERE.

Sunnyside Records is set to release the latest outing from critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Alyssa Graham. The Lock, Stock & Soul EP was produced by Grammy winner Craig Street and will be released on August 23.

Following a two-year hiatus Boulder’s Rose Hill Drive returns as a quartet, breaking with their power trio roots for the release of Americana on their newly formed Slow and Shirley Records July 12. The band is currently on tour with Stone Temple Pilots

Fall On Your Sword’s debut LP, the soundtrack to the Sundance award winning film Another Earth is out now and the 12″ featuring “The First Time I Saw Jupiter” and “Rhoda’s Theme” extended remixes is also out this week.

Set to release their sophomore album Everything’s Amazing And Nobody’s Happy on September 27th, Candy Hearts have recently announced a handful of tour dates with Mixtapes, as well as a few solo shows, which includes the Kind Of Like Records Showcase on August 8 in Brooklyn, NY at The Archeron. See all tour dates here.

My M.O. is set to release their full length album, Bonfire, via Unemployable Music on iTunes August 23rd, (Pre-orders available now). The album combines dreamy, pop-oriented arrangements, experimental headiness with an array of international flavors.

Hostage Calm’s “War On A Feeling b/w Donna Lee” Run For Cover Records subscription single shipped earlier this week and is now available digitally – You can buy the digital songs individually, but you must purchase a subscription if you want physical copies.

Metal Blade Records and Slave Pit Inc. are once again teaming up to put on the wildest party of this or any other summer…the 2011 GWAR B-Q is on for Sep. 17^th at Hadad’s Water Park, featuring two full stages of rock before the final, climactic performance from the mighty GWAR.

Matt & Kim follow up an explosive performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with news of their upcoming Honda Civic Tour dates with blink-182 and My Chemical Romance. Matt & Kim’s tour officially kicks off September 7^th in the Twin Cities, but leading up to that fall launch, you’ll find the non-stop Brooklyn duo on festival stages throughout August.

MTK: Music to Know Festival presented by BING anncounces partnership with the MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to add an official MTK festival westbound train to their weekend schedule for Saturday, August 13th and Sunday, August 14th.  The train, departing from the LIRR East Hampton station at 10:56 PM, is aptly timed to ensure concert goers will have sufficient time to enjoy the day’s line-up and festivities and will be making all the local stops on Long Island into Brooklyn and Manhattan

After extensive touring throughout the U.K. and Europe, the England-born, Berlin-bred Anika finally embarks on a long awaited tour of North America. Flanked by key appearances at the Portishead-curated All Tomorrows Parties in Asbury Park, NJ and MoogFest in Asheville, NC.

Metallica has announced that the week of December 5, 2011 will be a full on Metallica week in the Bay Area, they  will be playing four shows for Met Club members only at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco on December 5, 7, 9, and 10 to celebrate our 30th anniversary. For ticket information, click here.

This Week’s Featured Noisey Artist is Shabazz Palaces, AKA Butterfly of the Digable Planets. Butler doesn’t go by Butterfly anymore. Now he’s Palaceer Lazaro, the enigmatic, sincere, and harsh-worded persona behind Shabazz Palace. Noisey hung out with him in Seattle and taped his show at legendary club Nuemos. You can now watch this here.

International videogame metal act POWERGLOVE have revealed their brand new video for “BATMAN,” the lead track off their latest release “Saturday Morning Apocalypse” which came out late last year. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

Eric Lindell’s double disc West County Drifter marks the first release by the roots rocker for M.C. Records. It is also his first national release in over two years. Special guests include Delbert McClinton, Peter Joseph Burtt and Ivan Neville. You can listen to a bunch of soul satisfying tracks from the release here.

Currently on tour supporting their recent EP release, Another Place To Stay, Ocean Grove has premiered their music video for “I Want You In Love” on MTV here.