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August 2009
Nashville rockers Darla Farmer are giving their fans an opportunity to download a live album for free! The albumLive at Mercy Lounge is available on their official website. It includes tracks like "Big Accident" and "Karen and Todd".
British pop sensation Lolene releases her first single off of her debut album. The single, "Sexy People", has a remixed track available September 15th.
Country fried rockers Swampdawamp relase their highly anticipated third album, Rock This Country. These guys blend country and rock sounds that have their fans begging for more. Check out their new album due out in August.
Get to know Jada, a new group signed by Akon and produced by Red One! Their debut album is set to be released soon, to get a taste check out Jada's "Last Hoorah of Summer"
Click here to catch a sneak peek of Esmee Denters Youtube concert, which will premiere on Tuesday, 8/18!
Even though Twin Atlantic is very busy with recording their upcoming album Vivarium, but not to worry they've released a new single for you while you wait for the album!
August 4th
Brian Bonz's debut album From Sumi to Japan comes out today on Triple Crown Records. Capturing the tales of growing up in Brooklyn, NY with hypnotic and dreamy pop songs, From Sumi to Japan is an expansive collection of enchanting indie pop strewn with experimental sounds throughout while at the same time being catchy, wistful and accessible, reminiscent of Broken Social Scene + Death Cab. Brian has spent the past year touring with the likes of Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine, Jesse Lacey and Nightmare Of You. Check out the video for "Dee the Dinosaur."
The debut self-titled album from the sultry Canadian chanteuse Anjulie is coming August 4 from Hear Music. With her disarmingly frank lyrics, melodic gifts, and exotic good looks, singer and songwriter Anjulie is a commanding new presence on the music scene. She was recently selected for MtvU's Freshman 5 with the music video for "Boom" - a college and public radio favorite that hit #1 on the Billboard dance charts - and with her signing to the Hear Music imprint, her album will be available at all Starbucks nation-wide.
K'Jon's debut album, I Get Around, is out today! He has also recently released a music video for his hit single "On The Ocean." Although he is a new artist he has already made a huge impression on the urban music scene.


► On August 4th, Suicide City releases their debut full-length effort, entitled 'Frenzy,' via Brooklyn label The End Records.
► Anchor&Braille gear up to release Felt, out August 4th on WoodWater Records, Stephen Christian's own record label which is distributed by Universal Music. Produced, engineered and mixed by Copeland singer Aaron Marsh and recorded over the course of four years, Felt is the first full-length for Anchor&Braille and the first release for WoodWater Records.
► British singer-songwriter-producer and two time Grammy nominee Imogen Heap releases her much anticipated new solo album Ellipse through RCA Records.
There's magic in the air as Walt Disney Records is set to release the new CD, Wizards of Waverly Place on August 4th. Inspired by the Emmy-nominated hit Disney Channel series starring Selena Gomez, as well as the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name, the Wizards of Waverly Place album features brand new songs and interpretations of classic tracks from the '60s, '70s and '80s, each one about magic.
August 11th
Christian rockers Terra Terra Terra released their sophomore album Mind Like A Man, Soul Like A Child. The central Florida rockers hope to increase their fan base after their debut album's success.
► Cavo's hotly anticipated major-label debut, Bright Nights * Dark Days is out now. Produced by David Bendeth (Breaking Benjamin, Paramore, All Time Low), the album includes the tracks "Let It Go" from the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack, and "Champagne," their chart-topping debut single.
► International dance music sensation Erika Jayne will release her highly anticipated album, Pretty Mess, on August 11. Her new single "Give You Everything" has already topped Billboard's dance charts.
► Kitty, Daisy & Lewis make their US debut this summer with their international critically acclaimed self-titled debut, set for a US release on August 11th. This family trio plays a variety of instruments and has a unique sound that combines several music genres.
► Having already won 2009 Swedish Grammys for "Best Female Artist" and "Album of the Year", Anna Ternheim's album, Leaving on a mayday, is definitely an album to look forward to this summer. Produced by Bjorn Yttling (of Peter, Bjorn, and John), Ternheim has recorded a set of songs with a new self-confidence and rough authority that she hasn't displayed in the past. Instead of taking the safe road, she and Yttling approached the music without compromise: the songs are crystal clear, direct in their approach and refuse to hide behind any big arrangements or sonic tricks. The instrumentation is sparse, and the focus on Ternheim is total.Leaving on a mayday is out August 11 via Verve Forecast.
August 18th
► Denver, CO duo Breathe Carolina's new album Hello Fascination is in stores today! The band celebrated the release last night with two of the top ten Twitter trending topics, hitting the iTunes Independent chart top ten, and the main iTunes chart top 20 within the first two hours of availability. Hello Fascination was recorded with the stellar production team of Mike Green (Paramore, The Higher, Set Your Goals) and Matt Squire (Taking Back Sunday, 3OH!3, Panic At The Disco), and marks the ascension of the band's genre-clashing blend of crowd-pleasing pop, rock and electronica to a whole new level.
► Kate Earl's album will be hitting stores today! She is often compared Lily Allen and Feist! Click here to check out the video for her single "Melody"!
Genre-bending art rock heroes Soulsavers return with their third release, Broken, which Columbia Records will release in digital formats. And in true Soulsavers tradition, Rich Machin and Ian Glover opened their studio doors and invited a handful of friends.
Terence Blanchard, the three-time Grammy award winning trumpet player and composer, will release "Choices" on Aug. 18th, on Concord Records. With more than 29 albums and several movie scores (including Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" and "When The Levees Break"), Terence Blanchard has established himself as one of the greatest jazz musicians of his generation.
August 25th
Clipse ft. Keri Hilson's "All Eyes On Me" is available everywhere digitally today! Download it here!
Love and Theft release debut album, World Wide Open, on August 25. The band has opened for Taylor Swift and have been featured on Access Hollywood.

Smile Empty Soul is ready to release their new album “Consciousness” through EMI/F.O.F today, August 25th! To celebrate the release of the album, the band has decided to stream it RIGHT HERE for free! Click play on the widget below to listen to Consciousness in its entirety:

Those aren’t all the goodies the band is giving away! Smile Empty Soul has teamed up with Monster Energy to host the most kick ass contest of the Summer! One lucky fan will have the band fly to their house for a private show this fall! Enter now for your chance to win!

Felix Da Housecat has put out banger after banger since the release of his electro-pop smash, Kittenz and Thee Glitz in 2001. He Was King, possibly his finest work yet, will be released August 25th on Nettwerk Records. Boasting Felix larger-than-life persona and signature flair, the record serves up an endless supply of infectious beats.

Felix Da Housecat is also on tour! Check it out here!
► Skillet will release a follow-up to their 2006 break-through project Comatose today. The Grammy-nominated rockers are rapidly approaching gold sales status and Awake is certainly one of the most anticipated releases for the band to date. The band, John Cooper (singer/bassist), Korey Cooper (keyboardist/vocalist), Ben Kasica (guitarist), and Jen Ledger (dummer/vocaist) teamed up with all-star producer Howard Benson (Daughtry, My Chemical Romance, The All-American Rejects), to deliver an album that is sure to have plenty of anthems, smash singles, and concert sing-a-longs.
It's been three years since Matisyahu's Grammy-nominated, debut studio album Youth. Since then we've heard Live at Stubb's and Shattered. Now, Matisyahu returns with Light via Epic Records. Light is anything but safe. Produced by David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Sublime, the Strokes), the 14-track collection covers a dizzying amount of stylistic ground, from hard-edged dancehall ("Smash Lies") and ska-inflected New Wave ("We Will Walk") to laidback pop-rock ("So Hi So Lo") and acoustic folk-soul ("I Will Be Light"). While reggae is far from absent here-see the old-school toasting in "Motivate"-Light finds Matisyahu edging away from his comfort zone into more daring territory. "Being an artist is about being sensitive to how the world resonates inside you and then being able to express it," he says. "This process is an ever-changing one." "One Day" Video Here!
► Nettwerk Music Group is proud to announce the debut release of AIM AND IGNITE, the highly anticipated new album from fun, out today.
► Mew will tour with Nine Inch Nails this summer to prepare for the release of their album. The timeline leading up to the August release will include an EP, No More Stories, due out on June 30th that will include 2 new tracks from the upcoming album along with 3 b-sides and will be available on the band's tour dates, at indie retail and on all DSPs (with a complete my album option starting August 25th on iTunes). Listen to the first track from Mew's upcoming release "Introducing Palace Players" now!
► Portland quartet, Hockey has conquered the streets of New York and London and are set to take on the summer festival scene with apperances at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Sasquatch! For those of you across the pond check them out at The Great Escape, Oxegen, Peace and Love and T in the Park. Their explosive debut album, Mind Chaos, is out August 25th on Capitol Records and armed with these Festival dates they are sure to have hoards of followers soon. Mind Chaos is a journey that continues to unravel with each lush layer of inventive sound. From their debut single, "Too Fake" to "3 AM Spanish" Hockey schools their audience about the science of funky composition honoring the bands' spirited commitment to both the fluidity of rap and the angst of Combat Rock-influenced punk.

► JET the Australian rockers will release their highly anticipated Shaka Rock on August 25 on their newly created Real Horrorshow Records through the Five Seven Music imprint with distribution and services through EMI Label Services in the US, UK and Canada and by EMI in the rest of the world under license. This global priority will feature a worldwide coordinated plan of converging marketing, touring, publicity promotion, sales, distribution and other support from EMI and Five Seven Music. This move reunites the band with EMI and key members of the team that originally broke them out of Australia in 2003. After four million albums sold worldwide and four Top Ten Modern Rock and Rock hits (including the #1 “Cold Hard Bitch”), the authentic Australian rockers have returned to form with an album that parallels their smash, Get Born, which produced hits like “Are Your Gonna Be My Girl” and “Cold Hard Bitch.” The new album closes the gap between the raw roots of Get Born and the grace and melody of Shine On which together went on to make JET an international band of style and substance. Shaka Rock captures the charisma and energy of classic rock and roll with just enough punk swagger and contemporary flair to create something uniquely JET. The single “She’s A Genius” goes to radio on June 22 and a viral video for the track “K.I.A.” is making its way around the internet.

The band has recently released a song for their fans - - K.I.A (Killed In Action) that is available on their website: www.jettheband.com. The band has also put quite the gory spin on a trip to the supermarket using the song...click here for the Supermarket Massacre video!
Groovin' High/Emarcy Records are proud to present the new album from celebrated singer Roberta Gambarini, So In Love available August 25, 2009. With the release of So In Love, Roberta Gambarini affirms her status as the "true successor to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae" (Boston Globe) and "the best singer to emerge in over 60 years," as declared by 2009 GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Mr. Hank Jones.
Legendary musician George Benson will release his new album "Songs and Stories" August 25th. Presented in High Definition Surround Sound, George's second album for Concord features some of the most prolific song writers from the last 50 years including Bill Withers and James Taylor.


 
 
 

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