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CRUZADOS Announce European Tour & the Release of a New EP 'Land Of The Endless Sun'
by Michael Major - April 19, 2023 The Cruzados European tour kicks off this Spring, April 27th through May 27th of 2023 with stops in Spain, France, Belgium, and Germany. Also coming this Spring 2023, you can expect an all new 6-song EP entitled 'Land of the Endless Sun' produced by Bruce Witkin, as well as a collection of live musi...
The Knitters Announce Vinyl Release of Their 1985 Debut Album 'Poor Little Critter on the Road'
by Michael Major - January 13, 2022 Poor Little Critter on the Road is a collection of original songs and revamped acoustic versions of early X songs as well as covers by such artists as Merle Haggard, June Carter and Huddie Ledbetter aka Lead Belly. The album will now be available on vinyl; a limited-edition blue version available by...
Cruzados Return With New Album 'She's Automatic'
by TV News Desk - June 28, 2021 The new release, featuring 11 songs written or co-written by Tony Marsico, the bassist and co-writer for the Cruzados and a member of the band’s punk-era precursor the Plugz, will be issued on CD on August 13, 2021 on Marsico’s imprint Scamco; an LP edition will follow in the fall....
X Announce Their First Live Show in 2021
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 24, 2021 Along with the bands stable of hits, fans will also experience songs from their newest studio album, Alphabetland, for the first time ever....
Violent Femmes Celebrate 40th Anniversary With Reissue for 'Add It Up'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 01, 2021 The 23-track compilation features Violent Femmes’ biggest hits, including “Blister in the Sun,” “American Music,” and “Gone Daddy Gone,” plus live recordings of favorites like “Add It Up,” and “Kiss Off,” alongside a trove of demos, B-sides, interstitial voice recordings, and rarities....
Craft Recordings Announces New Weekly Video Series 'Shoplifting'
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 20, 2020 Craft Recordings announces a new YouTube series that pairs the biggest names in music with classic vinyl albums, called Craft Recordings Presents: Shoplifting....
Phast Phreddie & Thee Precisions Announce Deluxe Reissue of LIMBO
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 16, 2020 For a period of time in the early-to-mid '80s, Phast Phreddie & Thee Precisions were one of the hippest bands in the Los Angeles. So hip that members of such acclaimed L.A. bands as X, Los Lobos, the Gun Club, The Plimsouls and The Blasters lent their talents to their recordings and live shows. So h...
Iconic Punk Rock Band, X, Releases New Music for First Time in 30 Years
by Abigail Charpentier - October 15, 2019 Released today via Fat Possum, “Delta 88 Nightmare,” newly recorded music from the iconic punk rock band, X, along with the video directed by Henry Mortensen, premiering today on Rolling Stone....
X Announce Holiday Tour Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 01, 2019 The iconic punk rock band, X, have announced their annual Holiday tour plans. Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake are hitting the West Coast for X-Mas '19, their annual holiday tour with stops in San Juan Capistrano, Sacramento, Sonoma, San Francisco, Seattle and finishing up on D...
Dave Alvin Celebrates 25th Anniversary of KING OF CALIFORNIA with U.S. Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - June 06, 2019 In celebration of the 25th anniversary edition of King of California, out June 28 on Craft Recordings, acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist Dave Alvin will embark on a 22-date U.S. tour beginning June 11, with an intimate conversation and performance at GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles. Dave will share th...
Dave Alvin Shares Previously Unreleased “Riverbed Rag” From 25th Anniversary Edition Of 'King Of California'
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2019 Dave Alvin's “Riverbed Rag” from the 25th Anniversary Edition of King of California Premieres at Los Angeles Times Previously Unreleased Track Featured On Expanded Remastered Set Out June 28 from Craft Recordings; Available on Vinyl for First Time GRAMMY MuseumProgram Slated for June 11 Summer...
Craft Recordings to Reissue Dave Alvin's KING OF CALIFORNIA, 25th Anniversary Remastered Edition Out 6/28
by Tori Hartshorn - April 17, 2019 Craft Recordings is pleased to announce the 25th anniversary reissue of GRAMMY®-award winning artist Dave Alvin's King of California. Available at streaming services and on CD, and for the first time on vinyl, the album was originally released in 1994, to critical acclaim on Hightone Records. The r...
BWW Interview: Dan Edwards of THE RAYFORD BROTHERS
by Lee Cooley - May 30, 2018 The Rayford Brothers took rockabilly and tiki clubs by storm in So-Cal and now they're starting to rock the Western U.S. including Chopper John's in Phoenix on June 14....
Dwight Yoakam Launches Exclusive SiriusXM Channel Today
by Macon Prickett - April 26, 2018 Today at noon ET, Dwight Yoakam's exclusive SiriusXM channel, Dwight Yoakam and The Bakersfield Beat “Where Country Went Mod,” launches on channel 349. The channel, curated by Yoakam, will feature music from his extensive career as well as his musical friends. ...
Jake La Botz to Showcase New SUNNYSIDE Album at NYC's Bowery Ballroom
by Macon Prickett - April 06, 2018 On the heels of his new album 'Sunnyside,' master storyteller Jake La Botz will perform with JD McPherson at The Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on April 20. His first album in four years, 'Sunnyside' finds the new Nashville transplant recounting his past and present atop an irresistible, driving gr...
Country Music Icon Dwight Yoakam to Launch Exclusive SiriusXM Channel
by Macon Prickett - February 22, 2018 SiriusXM announced today that multiple GRAMMY Award-winner and country music icon, Dwight Yoakam, will launch an exclusive SiriusXM channel,Dwight Yoakam and The Bakersfield Beat 'Where Country Went Mod.'... |