Blog: Indiependent Music

Video: Deas Vail "Summer Forgets Me"

Augustana "Steal Your Heart" on Lopez Tonight

Axis of Awesome US debut, "Animal Vehicle" Jul 12 Axis of Awesome , the Australian comedy band that combines original songs and pop parodies, announce the release of their first US album " Animal Vehicle ", available through iTunes and Amazon on July 12. Watch this, for starters. The success of Axis of Awesome in their native country was underscored when they were named recipients of the Time Out Award for Best Australian Act at the Sydney Comedy Festival. They [...]

Black Tide "That Fire" Black Tide released " That Fire" the latest single from their forthcoming album " Post Mortem ". Stream the newly released track on SoundCloud . Album drops August 26th. Catch the band on this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival.

A Pop Punk Summer Alternativ News is giving away a cool 33 track compilation of Pop-punk goodness titled " A Pop-Punk Summer " over at Bandcamp .

Jacobs Ladder campaign for MusicUnites In the light of drastic budget cuts affecting arts programs nationwide, Miami's Jacobs Ladder (who met each other through their high school music program) took matters into their own hands by launching a Pledge Music campaign to help raise money and awareness for the charity MusicUnites, which benefits music education programs in inner city schools. Message from the band: "Throughout our childhoods we were fortunate enough to receive music education through the public school system. Music has been a driving force in [...]

The Reveling "Tributaries" Brooklyn's The Reveling release their debut album " Tributaries " this week. The band also share their in-depth insight to the album, track by track here . Stream in full here .

Plug In Stereo "A Love Like Mine" Plug In Stereo are headlining the Nothing to Something Tour with special guests Weatherstar and Bird by Bird . Friday, August 5- Seattle, WA- El Corazon- Small Room Saturday, August 6- Portland, OR- Hawthorne Theater Sunday, August 7- Sparks, NV- The Alley Monday, August 8- Boise, ID- The Venue Tuesday, August 9- Salt Lake City, UT- Mojo's Gallery Thursday, August 11- Mesa, AZ- The Underground Theater Friday, August 12- San Diego, [...]

The Metal, Arise! tour House of Blues Entertainment, Decibel Magazine, Metal Blade Records, IndieMerch and our friends RED/'stache Media have joined forces to present the first ever Metal, Arise! Tour for developing metal artists. The debut tour will feature Metal Blade Recording Artists Allegaeon , Earache Recording Artists The Browning and Century Media Recording Artists The Devastated . Tickets go on sale Friday, June 24. More information on tickets may be found at HouseofBlues.com. [...]

MP3: Kerretta "A Ways To Uprise" Kerretta are premiering their track " A Ways To Uprise " on Consequence of Sound . Their new album " Saansilo " is due out September 20th.

Behind The Scenes: Rise Against "Make It Stop (September's Children)" For more on It Gets Better Project visit www.itgetsbetter.org.

Video: Mean Creek "The Land of Hopes and Dreams" Boston-based rock quartet Mean Creek have released their new single titled " The Land of Hopes & Dreams " and its video. JUNE 21 - Allston, MA - O'Brien's (w/ You Can Be A Wesley, Earthquake Party) JULY 02 - New Haven, CT - Stella Blues (w/ MT Bearington, and Eurisko) 13 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar (w/ Andre the Giant, Plastic Traps) 15 - Somerville, MA - Arts Beat Festival [...]

MP3: How to Dress Well "Us In The Sense of Forever" Entering the third week of the 2011 Adult Swim Singles Program, the network debuted " Us In The Sense of Forever ," a never-before-released track by How To Dress Well . Grab the free download along with new songs by Ford & Lopatin and Best Coast at www.adultswim.com/singles. If you are new to this, the 2011 Adult Swim Singles Program is an online singles program featuring 10 never-before-released tracks from artists plucked from the worlds of [...]

Less Than Jake "Greetings From..." EP Less Than Jake has dropped their new EP " Greetings From... ". Get it from the band's website www.lessthanjake.com as well as the merch table during 2011 Vans Warped Tour and subsequent tours afterward. Grab a free track " Goodbye, Mr Personality " here .

Motion City Soundtrack to play entire catalogue Motion City Soundtrack will be gearing up for the the 2012 release of their fifth full-length studio album with career spanning shows that have the band playing their entire four album catalogue, 2003's "I Am The Movie", 2005's "Commit This To Memory", 2007's "Even If it Kills Me", and 2010's "My Dinosaur Life", from start to finish, over the course of two nights in seven cities across the U.S. This series of shows kicks off in Los Angeles, tickets are available on [...]

Rise Against work with It Gets Better Project Rise Against and The It Gets Better Project are proud to announce a collaboration in conjunction with the release of Rise Against's new single, " Make It Stop (September's Children )" from their album " Endgame ". The It Gets Better Project and Rise Against shift the spotlight to bullying via "Make it Stop (September's Children)," a topic Rise Against lead-singer Tim McIlrath says really hasn't been adequately addressed in the rock scene. [...]

Video: New Years Day "Two In The Chest, One In The Head" New Years Day recently signed to Hollywood Waste Records and will be releasing their " The Mechanical Heart " EP this week.

Cuckoo Chaos "Jesus Flag American Fish" Jul 26 Cuckoo Chaos are releasing their debut 7" " Jesus Flag American Fish " available July 26th via Lefse Records.

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InVogue Records Signs Everland InVogue Records has signed Italian band Everland . They will be releasing their debut album in September.

Unearth "Darkness In The Light" full stream Unearth 's upcoming full-length " Darkness In The Light " is streaming here . Album drops July 5th.