Dangerous Hippies Release Americana Version Of 'Like A Ghost'February 21, 2020Hinder drummer Cody Hanson and frontman Marshal Dutton recently announced a new project called Dangerous Hippies. Last month they unveiled their new video 'Like A Ghost' that premiered over at American Songwriter. Dutton on the song: “Like a Ghost is a story about being out-shined and loving it!” Hanson talks about the re-worked Americana version: “The great thing about this project is that there are no rules. If we wake up and hear different version of a song in our heads, we'll work it up and release it.” “You know you have a good song when you can produce it in any style and you love it just as much as you did before.”
Josie Dunne Announces 'Time Machine Tour'February 21, 2020Atlantic recording artist Josie Dunne has announced a headline tour in celebration of her upcoming LATE TEENS/EARLY TWENTIES EP. The “Time Machine Tour” gets underway April 16th at Indianapolis, IN's Lo-Fi Lounge and travels into early June. Singer-songwriter Willie Shaw joins the tour as support from Nashville, TN onward. For complete details and ticket information, please see www.josiedunne.com.
NYCL Kai Releases Self-Titled EPFebruary 21, 2020NYCL Kai has released his Self-titled EP. Over gritty guitars and ruddy lo-fi beats, rapper, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and skater NYCL Kai spits with punk recklessness and delivers an atomic genre-bending hybrid informed by hard-earned street lessons. The 22-year-old started living those lessons as a kid in The Bronx. Residing in a two-story building where his mom served as the landlord, a group of evicted tenants left a bass in an abandoned unit. As if placed in this space by divine intervention, Kai picked it up and taught himself basic chords, writing rudimentary songs throughout middle school.
Greg Dulli's Debut Solo Album RANDOM DESIRE is Out NowFebruary 21, 2020For the last 30 years, Greg Dulli, frontman of The Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers, has been the poet laureate of the bizarre whims and cruel tangents of desire. A foremost authority on the sell-your-soul rewards of carnal lust, the high voltage epiphanies of chemical enhancement, and the serotonin lows left in their wake.
Dance Gavin Dance Announce Ninth Full-Length Studio Album AFTERBURNERFebruary 21, 2020Sacramento's own Dance Gavin Dance have announced the release of their much-anticipated ninth full-length studio album, Afterburner, on Friday, April 24 via Rise Records. Produced by longtime collaborator Kris Crummett (Issues, Sleeping With Sirens, Mayday Parade) and Drew Fulk a.k.a. WZRD BLD (Lil Wayne, Motionless in White, Bad Wolves), the LP is a landmark mission statement for the band and encompasses DGD energy past, present, and future. It's a killer and dynamic demonstration of what the five-piece does best, and is equal parts aggressive, melodic, and unrestrained. Pre-order the record HERE. In anticipation of Afterburner, DGD have also released “Prisoner,” the first single from the album.
Will Easton Remixes Duke Dumont's 'Therapy'February 21, 2020Burgeoning talent Will Easton is the latest artist to remix 'Therapy', the recent smash from multi-platinum-selling DJ and producer Duke Dumont, out now via Virgin EMI.
Howard's EXTENDED PLAY EP is Out NowFebruary 21, 2020Howard returned with the gorgeous Extended Play EP, the highly anticipated follow up to 2018 album Together Alone. Extended Play shows a creative progression with Howard (the moniker of project mastermind Howard Feibusch), stepping away from the gently psychedelic chamber-pop of his debut Religion and moving towards more classic-sounding songwriting and a newly linear embrace of melodic and musical structures.
STROM Releases Debut Album IMMORTALFebruary 21, 2020Today, Swedish artist / producer STRØM has released his highly anticipated debut album titled Immortal. The album is released via This is Scandinavia / Sony Music and is available everywhere now here.
5SOS Release New Single 'Old Me'February 21, 2020Today marks the premiere of “Old Me,” the introspective new single from 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS). A falsetto-laced reflection on growth and forgiveness, the track is the latest release from 5SOS's new album C A L M, due out via Polydor Records on March 27.
Joe Bonamssa Announces 2020 Summer U.S. Tour DatesFebruary 21, 2020Two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock sensation Joe Bonamassa announces U.S. tour dates for summer 2020, as he heads out on the road for his extensive spring U.S. tour. The newly announced dates will include performances at the coveted Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, two nights at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, and a selection of other major venues in California and Utah. Hailed internationally as one of the greatest guitar players of his generation, Bonamassa has almost single-handedly redefined the blues-rock genre and brought it into the mainstream. Recently featured on the cover of Guitar World, the magazine has boasted him as 'the world's biggest blues guitarist,' and fans of the popular site agreed, in a 2019 year-end poll naming him the #1 best blues guitarist.
Blake Shelton Joins 2020 iHeartCountry LineupFebruary 21, 2020 iHeartMedia, the leading audio company in America which also has a greater reach in the U.S. than any other media outlet, announced today that Blake Shelton will join the lineup for the 2020 'iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One' on Saturday, May 2 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The seventh annual event will also feature performances from Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Lady Antebellum, Dustin Lynch, Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Jon Pardi and Chase Rice, plus Hot Country Knights, Bobby Bones and more.
Reba McEntire Returns Home To Universal Music Group NashvilleFebruary 20, 2020Country superstar Reba McEntire announced today that she will return to her original label home, Universal Music Group Nashville, where she spent the first 32 years of her famed career. During her time on both Mercury and MCA Records, two of the four labels that form Universal Music Group Nashville, Reba celebrated unprecedented success including 33 of her 35 career No. 1 singles and selling over 56 million albums worldwide.
We Banjo 3 Kick Off 2nd Leg Of 2020 U.S. TourFebruary 20, 2020Americana music's beloved Irish foursome We Banjo 3 (WB3) embark on the second leg of their U.S. “Rise & Shine” tour this weekend. The tour launches with two days at the prestigious Wintergrass Festival in Bellevue, WA and hits 22 markets in the Northwest and Midwest through mid-March. In addition, We Banjo 3's 2020 summer festival schedule is already starting to take shape, with appearances at Rockygrass 2020, Romp and Milwaukee Irish Fest already announced and many more confirmed WB3 summer plays coming soon.