Blog: Indiependent Music

Brighter Than A Thousand Suns join Tragic Hero New Milford, CT's Brighter Than A Thousand Suns have signed to Tragic Hero Records. The band's label debut, Survival Machines , will be recorded in Baltimore, MD with Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, Senses Fail, Circa Survive) and will be released on September 20th.

Mates of State "Mountaintops" Sept 13 Influential Connecticut-based modern pop duo Mates of State have finished recording their newest album, " Mountaintops ", to be released September 13 via Barsuk Records. 1. Palomino 2. Maracas 3. Sway 4. Unless I'm Led 5. Total Serendipity 6. Basement Money 7. At Least I Have You 8. Desire 9. Change 10. Mistakes

Animals As Leaders on Ryan's Rock Show Animals As Leaders have begun tracking their sophomore album, and openly discuss the upcoming effort in this instalment of Ryan's Rock Show. The band's record is expected out in fall via Prosthetic. "When we did the first album, it wasn't anything anyone knew about, so there was total freedom – there was no expectation," guitarist Tosin Abasi comments. "A lot of people really liked the first album, and it created a weird sense of obligation to continue in a direction [...]

Hooray For Earth "True Loves" New York's Hooray For Earth have released their new album " True Loves ". Grab the track "No Love" here . 6/9 - Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN # 6/10 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL # 6/11 - The Mod Club, Toronto, ONT # 6/12 - La Tulipe, Montreal, QC # 6/13 - The Paradise, Boston, MA] # 6/16 - Webster Hall, New York, NY # 6/17 - Black Cat, Washington, DC # 6/18 - World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA # [...]

Direct Hit! "Monster In The Closet" :D Direct Hit !'s new album " Domesplitter " is out August 2nd via Kind Of Like Records.

Video: Collections of Colonies of Bees "Lawn" Collections of Colonies of Bees will release their new album " Giving " on August 2nd. Tracklist 1. Lawn (5:33) 2. Vorm (6:46) 3. Lawns (6:51) 4. Vorms (9:13)

Video: House of Heroes "So Far Away" "This is an interesting song because it can be applied so many different ways. For the video we took the approach of telling the story of us as a band. We've been making music together for half of our lives, and we're still struggling a lot of times trying to do it. The video shows the ups and downs of everything we've been through together. It fits with the song because even though we are far from being rich and famous, we love [...]

Bon Iver full album stream Bon Iver 's self titled new album is streaming in full here .

Video: Broken Social Scene "The Sweetest Kill"

Active Child "You Are All I See" Aug 23 Active Child has announced the release of his debut album " You Are All I See " on August 23 via Vagrant Records. Stream " Playing House " on www.activechildmusic.com . 1. You Are All I See 2. Hanging On 3. Playing House (ft. How To Dress Well) 4. See Thru Eyes 5. High Priestess 6. Call Me Tonight 7. Way Too Fast 8. Ancient Eye 9. Shield & Sword 10. Johnny Belinda

George Ellias debut EP Jul 5 LA's young folk revivalist George Ellias is releasing his debut EP on July 5th. In 2004, Ellias left high school and his old bands to travel with his guitar. He moved and performed as much as possible in Berkeley, San Francisco, and other bay area cities. In 2006, he moved to New Orleans where he landed a job performing regularly as the house act of a local pub and restaurant in the French Quarter. In 2007, he returned to L.A. to [...]

• George Ellias - Ghost Town

Against Me! stream "Russian Spies" Against Me! are streaming a new track " Russian Spies " from their forthcoming 7" single release here . And a special recent acoustic performance of "Because of the Shame":

Video: Mansions "City Don't Care"

All Time Low "I Feel Like Dancin'" All Time Low's album " Dirty Work " drops this week.

Danko Jones welcome new drummer None other than Atom Willard , ex-Rocket From The Crypt/The Offspring/Social Distortion drummer and current member of Angels & Airwaves, who will be joining Danko Jones for their summer tour replacing Dan Cornelius who departed the band. "Both JC and I have been fans of Atom Willard for years," Danko said. "We own the records he's on and hell, we even wrote a song about his old band ["RIP RFTC" about Rocket From The Crypt]. Yes, we're ecstatic he's coming out [...]

Fireworks, Hostage Calm, Mixtapes tour dates Fireworks , Hostage Calm and Mixtapes are hitting the road and spreading their awesomeness. 06/11/2011 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place with Fireworks, Mixtapes 06/12/2011 Bay Shore, NY @ Sinai Reform Long Island Fest 06/13/2011 Revere, MA @ Wonderland Ballroom with Fireworks, Mixtapes 06/14/2011 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom Wonder Years Record Release with Fireworks, Mixtapes 06/15/2011 Mt. Airy, MD @ The Firehall with Fireworks, Mixtapes 06/16/2011 Teaneck, NJ @ Mexicali Live with Fireworks, [...]

Black Lips "Arabia Mountain" Black Lips " Arabia Mountain " is out this week . It's a great week for releases...and their album was produced by the incredible Mark Ronson. Great stuff. 6/9/11 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah 6/10/11 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones 6/11 & 12 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall 6/14/11 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom 6/15/11 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom 6/16/11 - Seattle, WA - Neumos 6/17/11 - Boise, ID [...]

The Reveling "Tributaries" Pre order Brooklyn, NY rock outfit The Reveling 's debut full length " Tributaries " here . To celebrate the pre-order, The Reveling and Black Numbers have teamed up with RCRD LBL to premier " Chasing My Tail ."

Silverstein live in Singapore July 12 Toronto post-hardcore veterans Silverstein are coming to town in support of their latest album " Rescue ". The band recently wrapped up five weeks co-headlining with Bayside on the Take Action! Tour. June 9 - Interlaken, CH @ Greenfield Festival June 11 - Nickelsdorf, AT @ Nova Rock Festival June 12 - Donington Park, UK @ Download Festival - Stage 3 June 22 - Barrie, ON @ Mansion June 23 - Cambridge, [...]

Mathieu Santos "I Can Hear The Trains Coming" Jul 26 Ra Ra Riot founding member Mathieu Santos is releasing his solo effort " I Can Hear The Trains Coming " will be available July 26th. A pre-order for the 7-inch is currently running over at Old Flame Records . Stream/download the title track here .