It’s that time of year where all you want to is curl up under a pile of blankets and escape the winter blues with a few good movies. To celebrate the next month of your life being spent in bed watching Fight Club for the twentieth time, here’s our list of the top ten songs from movie soundtrack in this week’s Tuesday Ten.
It will be the band’s first release in over a decade.
With a certain industry critic quipping recently that the album format is dead, the success of The Visual Album goes to show that the album format is only as alive as the artistic creativity and expression that it possesses from front-to-back, and that that such creativity and talent is still rewarded in the music industry.
For the first time in a decade, the classic lineup of The Ataris will reunite next year to perform their album, So Long, Astoria, in its entirety from start to finish. Support for the tour will come from Authority Zero, Drag The River, Versus The World and Gasoline Heart.
One of the most impressive bands we got to check out at CMJ this year was Austin, TX’s Quiet Company. We spoke with trombonist Cody Ackors and drummer Jef Weathers at the end of the week to talk about their CMJ experience, their plans for the next record, and their very brief career as the next big dubstep act.
After their run on the Glamour Kills tour, Mayday Parade will be heading out on the “Monsters Overseas” tour in early 2014 in Europe and the UK. They’re bringing along Man Overboard, Divided by Friday, and Decade (from Jan. 23 – Feb. 2nd) to open the tour, so it’s bound to be a great time. Check out the dates on the flyer!
The 33rd annual CMJ Music Marathon will take place in New York City October 15th-19th. The event, which spans across 80 venues, aims to break new artists as well as feature established artists. Acts playing the festival this year include You Me At Six, The Sounds, The Dismemberment Plan, NGHBRS, Echosmith, Braid, and more. For more information and to purchase badges, head to the CMJ website. Check out the artists announced so far below! 2/3 Goat * 6:15 Jessica Caplan * 7:00 Lisa Blanco * Aabaraki * Aaron Lee Tasjan * Aaron Lopez-Barrantes * Absolutely Free * The ACBs *… Read more »
With their self-titled album, The 1975 have crafted an incredible debut that will without a doubt go down as one of the best of the year.
Marty Scott, founder and former president of JEM Records, Inc. has announced his re-entry into the record business. JEM Records, LLC will be signing artists and licensing “retro” catalogue for release under the Jem Recordings logo.
You’ve been crossing off the days on your calendar for months now, and the time is finally almost here – the 2013 edition of the Vans Warped Tour kicks off this Saturday. With so many bands to check out and only so many hours in a day, our writing team has put together a list of our must-see artists on this year’s Warped – some you already love, some you may not have heard yet, but all you should make an effort to see this summer.
