Author: Hip Online
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VV Brown to tour America
Following a year’s worth of continuous praise from her home base in the U.K., echoed by enthusiastic plaudits from Stateside media tastemakers, the warm-voiced, strikingly visual singer-songwriter V V BROWN will give U.S. audiences a bigger taste of her talents later this month, when she plays her North American debut live shows. These appearances coincide…
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Cypress Hill signs with Priority records
Legendary hip-hop/rock group Cypress Hill have signed an exclusive worldwide deal with Priority/EMI and are gearing up for the April 6th release of RISE UP, their first new studio album in six years. The deal is the first artist signing by Priority Records Creative Chairman Snoop Dogg. “My role as Creative Chairman of Priority Records…
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The All American Rejects release “The Poison”
After closing out 2009 with their hit single “Gives You Hell” as the #1 most played song of the year, The All-American Rejects kick off 2010 with a brand new song for “Almost Alice,” the soon to be released CD from Buena Vista Records is inspired by the upcoming Disney Digital 3D film, “Alice In…
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Serj Tankian to release “Elect the Dead Symphony”
On March 16th, 2009, Serj Tankian, a Grammy Award winner and one of rock’s most unconventional front men, took the stage at the majestic Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to perform a very special orchestral interpretation of his critically acclaimed debut solo album “Elect the Dead.” The dynamic one-off…
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Holly Golightly to release “Medicine County”
She may be considered the “U.K. garage-rock queen” (SPIN), but Holly Golightly has always embraced the sounds of the American south. She followed that muse to the dry, rural county of Madison, Georgia, where now she lives on a farm raising horses, chickens, and the curiosity of her neighbors. Golightly and The Brokeoffs (a.k.a. one-man…
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“Alice in Wonderland” soundtrack “Almost Alice” comes in March
The soundtrack to the upcoming Tim Burton movie, “Alice in Wonderland”, “Almost Alice” boasts an eclectic array of recording artists with original songs based on some of the most charismatic characters in literary history, such as “In Transit” performed by Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz. Other artists include The All-American Rejects, Shinedown, 3OH!3, Franz Ferdinand…
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Jason Castro to release “The Love Uncompromised”
Atlantic recording artist Jason Castro has unveiled details of his much-anticipated new EP. “THE LOVE UNCOMPROMISED EP” immediately shot to the Top 5 on the iTunes album chart upon release and is available at all DSPs now. The five track EP heralds the forthcoming release of Castro’s self-titled debut album. “THE LOVE UNCOMPROMISED EP” features…
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Kesha’s “Animal” tops the pop charts
Pop phenom singer/songwriter Ke$ha catapults to the top of the Billboard Top 200 chart with her debut album “Animal” (RCA Records / Kemosabe Entertainment). “Animal”, which was released on January 5th, is #1 album in the US, selling 151,942 copies. It is also #1 on the Digital Albums Chart, setting the record for the best…
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Nintendo Wii to stream Netflix
Nintendo of America Inc. and Netflix, Inc. [Nasdaq:NFLX] today announced an agreement that will allow Netflix members who are also owners of Nintendo’s Wii™ home console to instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix directly to their TVs. Netflix is scheduled to go live on the Wii console this spring in…
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Mobb Deep’s Havoc dropping “H Is Back”
Strategy Music Group and Hefty Kid Records announces the eagerly-anticipated single, “H is Back,” from Mobb Deep’s Havoc. Havoc is one half of the musical force that rap fans have come to know and love as Mobb Deep. For the past 15-years, Havoc (along with partner Prodigy) have become one of Hip-Hop’s most influential entities…