Blog: INDIEBLOGHEAVEN

He's produced artists like Talib Kweli and The Alchemist and now he's stepping out in front on his first full-length. Lee Bannon is offering up a 10 minute preview, "The All That Beat Cast." It takes samples from everything from...

If you like good musicicanship, you get it in droves with The Roots with Justin Vernon doing an eight minute version of "Perth." This didn't air on Jimmy Fallon last night, likely due to time issues and became a web...

This is a great way to start your day. Tom Jones very much still in voice after all these years, produced by the guy who should just produce everybody's records, Jack White. They tackle Howlin' Wolf's classic "Evil," with a...

A story that we pushed out there this morning from Alt Press regarding Jonny Craig's struggles with drugs, has now been addressed in a statement from Dance Gavin Dance. Basically the band says they will leave Craig at home to...

Cults Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion star in their own video for "You Know What I Mean." Some great cinematography here, as a girl falls for a carnival stuntman. I doubt Oblivion is doing his own stunts though. Wouldn't it...

Sacramento natives, !!! (Chk Chk Chk) announced new tour dates this morning, including a free show at UC Berkeley, Friday March 2nd. The tour kicks off at the end of the month at Soho Restaurant in Santa Barbara. In April,...

May's Sacramento Electronic Music Festival is starting to take shape with a few important details. First, it looks like it's getting an expansion, at Harlows and Momo's Lounge. Also tickets are now on sale at $15 per night or $25...

Jack White's B-side, "Machine Gun Silhouette" is country meets the White Stripes. Fiddle meets aggression. The background female vocals are also a part of this track, as they were on "Love Interrupted." It's many mellow moments on piano, followed by...

Alt-Country was their thing, but on the new album Arrow, Heartless Bastards have gone in a more rock driven direction. They got a little help from Spoon's drummer Jim Eno who produced. Now, you can stream the full length in...

Sharon Van Etten's new album Tramp is out today on Jagjaguwar which you can stream here, balancing ballads with rock. A lot of people help out including members of The National, Wye Oak, Beirut and The Walkmen. As a bonus,...

The new Black Keys video is here for "Gold on the Ceiling" ,which MTV premiered tonight. It's a behind the scenes look at the band in New York before and during their live show. It's a good preview for their...

While we wait for the second album Orangefarben due in April, Sacramento's Sea of Bees has handed over a five song live EP that you can stream now. "Live at the Hangar" was recorded in Sac where the first album...

After using a nine-piece orchestra in impressive fashion on SNL, Bon Iver has used that as an opportunity to hand over more dates. Many on the itinerary prior to today have soldout. They are playing Coachella, New Orleans Jazz &...

I'm sure fanms of The Shins are going to be split down the middle on this one. The band has released a new b-side called "September" and it has a little more country thrown in to the mix, than the...

You have to hand it to the brain trust behind the new Miike Snow video for "Paddling Out." I thought this guy was in an apartment! Well it turns out that he isn't. He's on an alien ship, they reconstruct...

How far would you go to see a Coldplay performance in a warehouse? Some people would be desperate to be anywhere BUT a gig with Coldplay. In the new video for "Charlie Brown" we follow a couple who go to...

Call it creative. Call it distrurbing. Either way the new Magnetic Fields video for "Andrew in Drag" is interesting. Look for the new album Love at the Bottom of the Sea, is out March 6 on Merge in the U.S....

I would mark the Band of Skulls records as one of those albums I'm really looking forward to in 2012. They have given us a solid preview in the track "Bruises," and now are streaming the entire record now. Plus,...

Damien Jurado sat down to perform two new songs off his forthcoming album acoustic. "Museum of Flight" and "So On, Nevada" off of Maraqopa. "Flight" is haunting and fantastic. Actually so is "Nevada," but techinical mike bumps get in the...

Real Estate have one of the better albums that have came out in the last year. Now they will support that yet again with another tour in 2012. Dates start in early April back east in Philly, roll through the...