Category: News

  • PRESS RELEASE: New York, NY – Groundbreaking British drum’n’bass pioneer Roni Size announced earlier this month that he will be releasing a new solo album Take Kontrol on August 25th via his new label Mansion Sounds.  The 16 track album is his first in nearly a decade and will be preceded by a six track…

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  • LANA DEL REY NEW SINGLE  ‘ULTRAVIOLENCE’ RELEASE DATE 18TH AUGUST ‘Lana Del Rey’s latest incarnation is a triumph’– The Times ‘She’s amongst the best the 21st century has to call its own’ – Clash Music [PRESS RELEASE} 7 million albums sold to date. 12 million singles sold to date. 1 billion video views on YouTube…

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  • Meg, one half of Meg & Dia, sent out the following e-mail to subscribers of her Chandler The Robot newsletter early this afternoon. We found it touching and even inspiring and thought you might, too… My guitar teacher gave me a blues lick that I have been practicing at half speed for two weeks. It…

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  • Azealia Banks has been released from her record label — Interscope — and is very happy about it.

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  • Yes, you’ve read the subject line correctly, Love is Pop fave Sylvan Esso will be performing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon tonight!  We rarely bother to watch late night shows while they’re airing anymore because it’s easy to find those performances on Youtube the next day.  But this one we’ll be watching live…

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  • St. Vincent sent out an e-mail to all of her newsletter subscribers today.  We thought we’d post it in case any fans aren’t subscribed and would like to read it…   “Hello, good people of the St. Vincent newsletter! Lots of planes, trains, and automobiles since last we spoke. I’m currently at a cafe in a…

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  • Tricky fans — like our editor — have a lot to celebrate today. Tricky has just unleashed a brand-new track called “Nicotine Love'” featuring Francesca Belmonte, which you can listen to above (obviously). And it’s quite the song… a throbbing, almost EDM-flavored track that should please club kids as well as his longtime trip-hop fans.…

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  • Love is Pop favorite Butcher Babies have announced a headlining tour called “No One Can Hear You Scream tour 2014.”  The Babies are fresh off the REVOLVER MAGAZINE Golden Gods Tour with Black label Society, so you can be sure all of their claws are sharpened and ready to rip you to shreds.  Perhaps no…

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  • ANGUS & JULIA STONE TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM PRODUCED BY RICK RUBIN Fans of Aungus & Julia Stone’s music together have big reason to rejoice today, as it’s just been announced that they have reunited for a brand new, full-length studio album produced by none other than Rick Rubin, which will be released August 1st…

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  • PRESS RELEASE: LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 17, 2014 – OK Go is back with its first official video in two years – “The Writing’s On The Wall.” It premieres online today exclusively at RollingStone.com and can be viewed HERE. “The Writing’s On The Wall” is the first single from the band’s new album, Hungry Ghosts, which…

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  • PRESS RELEASE: Earlier this week, metal icons ARCH ENEMY unleashed their new album, War Eternal, across the world, with critics hailing it as their “strongest album in years” (Decibel Magazine). To kick-off the War Eternal campaign, the band launched an extensive European tour, which is currently underway through the rest of the year. In addition…

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  • PRESS RELEASE: June 11, 2014 – (BURBANK, CA) – Today, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, BitPay, announced a partnership with Reprise Records’ artist, Mastodon, making them the first major label band to accept bitcoin through BitPay. Mastodon’s new album, Once More ‘Round the Sun, is scheduled for release on June 24th and will be available at mastodonrocks.com/bitcoin.  …

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  • PRESS RELEASE: June 10th, 2014 – Burbank, CA – Grammy-Award winning singer Kimbra will release a new album, entitled The Golden Echo, on August 19th via Warner Bros. Records. The album is available for pre-order on all participating retailers today. Those who pre-order will receive three instant downloads of the album tracks “Love In High Places,” “90s Music,” and “Nobody But You.” A…

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  • PRESS RELEASE: May 19, 2014 – Burbank, CA – Celebrated California singer songwriter Jenny Lewis returns with The Voyager, which will be released by Warner Bros. Records on July 29th. This is the former Rilo Kiley frontwoman’s third solo album and first in six years, following 2006’s Rabbit Fur Coat (with The Watson Twins) and…

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  • PRESS RELEASE: “I’ve been sick, broke and reclusive. Now I am healing.” So says IAMX mastermind Chris Corner about the last year of his life after being diagnosed with a debilitating and career-threatening case of chronic insomnia. While most artists would throw in the towel and call it a day, Corner is instead learning how…

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