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SEATTLE, WA - Joey Sturgis, producer behind some of the biggest names in metalcore including Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men and I See Stars, sat down with Alternative Press' APTV and CreativeLive to discuss Joey Sturgis Tones, his career and more in anticipation of the free CreativeLive "Studio Pass" workshop he'll host next month. Check out the video interview exclusively on AltPress.com at: http://www.altpress.com/aptv/video/a_conversation_with_producer_joey_sturgis_of_mice_men_asking_alexandria.

(Atlanta, GA) The Funeral Portrait, a five-piece "Theatre Rock" band, is set to premiere a brand new video for their single, Casanova (C'est La Vie), the first single from their debut EP, For The Dearly Departed. Filmed on location in North Carolina, The Funeral Portrait has partnered with Director Justin Reich (Zakk Wylde, Between the Buried & Me, Hatebreed) and Producer, Alesana vocalist, and Revival Recordings President Shawn Milke. "Signing The Funeral Portrait to Revival was a no-brainer. They are primed to do big things in 2015 and beyond," adds Milke. The single, the first chapter in The Funeral Portrait's 6 song EP, tells the tale of a man that murders his love and sets in motion his journey through the 5 stages of grief.

DEBUT SHOW ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 11TH - LONDON, CAMDEN BARFLY

As Lions’ debut single ‘The Fall’ – available to download for free.

LOS ANGELES - The fast-rising dance/pop female duo STASH(www.dancestash.com) is bringing their high-energy set to West Hollywood's premier hotspot, The Abbey on Wednesday, January 28. Starting at midnight, STASH will perform tracks of their new debut EP, Strip Me Bare.

Which Is Off Their Upcoming Full-Length Due Out March 10th

Meghan Trainor has today announced details of her first ever UK headline tour, set to take place in April. Kicking off at Manchester’s Ritz on April 9^th, the four-date stint will also visit Glasgow and Birmingham before finishing off at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on April 13^th.
 

We sometimes forget that music is cyclical. As a new generation of clubbers discover sounds for the first time, they mistakenly believe the decades old genres are somehow a new phenomenon. The styles we attach to the terms techno, trance, progressive, and house are moving targets at best — words that are now redefined on an almost weekly basis.

With a band name like Flying Vaginas, it’s no surprise that the band members carry such aliases as Well Worn Banana (guitars, vocals), Disappointed Kiwi (bass, vocals) and Angry Pineapple (drums, synths). But this Italian trio’s debut album, And That’s Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (2014), demonstrates the seriousness of their dedication to the music they create and pulls out all the stops you’d imagine a true shoegaze band would. It leaves the listener with a sound similar to Yo La Tengo, My Bloody Valentine, Yuck and The Babies, to name a few.

A London-based electro-rock project dreamed up by Beatrice Bonnano, Dronningen, which means “The Queen” in Norwegian, base their music on three guiding principles that can be heard and felt in the music and lyrics: 1) Getting rid of general negativity; 2) Dance as a purifying ritual; 3) Being the sovereign of your own world. In their three-track debut EP, Carry on Dancing, Dronningen channel these principles into an album that displays dynamism and passion while being a source of pure entertainment as well. Even though this group, which has several dedicated dancers along with musicians, is normally focused on live performances, their music itself shines on this recording.

Fresh out of Switzerland, award-winning vocalist Ursina received much praise for her 2013 recording, the EP Time Is a Thief, and she’s followed up that album with her latest effort, the Hiding Behind A Mask EP. The album demonstrates the path she’s taken with her music and the maturity her music has experienced as she progresses through her music career.

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Electro hop phenom 2Four dedicates his time and talents to amassing a loyal cult following, most recently including the release of his latest EP, Intergalactic, and the time he spends connecting with fans online.

When it comes to Nashville electro hop artist 2Four, it’s not just about the music—it’s about the fans too. In De’Andre “2Four” Davis’ mind, what is music without the dedicated cult following to love and support it? Between writing and producing his music, which is sometimes compared to Lupe Fiasco, Drake and Travis McCoy, and other efforts to reach out to these fans, 2Four demonstrates his commitment to those who share and download his music.

While many artists may want to achieve the same fame and fortune as musicians before them, other artists want to carve their own path in the music world and achieve success on their own terms. Nicholas Hobson, also known as YOU, is an Edmonton, Canada-based hip-hop artist with a desire to do just that. Above all, he strives for “YOUnity” with his fans, who he hopes can find words and music they can relate to when they hear his beats and lyrics.

While sci-fi may not be the first thing people think to fuse with music, independent artist Trinity Ward has crafted a way to blend electronic music with a science fiction theme, one of his biggest loves next to creating music. He calls this fusion scifitronica. A solo artist on keyboards, including synths and samplers, and some backing vocals, he draws inspiration from a variety of genres, from dance and ambient to metal, particularly in his track “Reactor,” off his latest album. Fans have described his music as “a good mix of Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and New Order” and as having “elements of early Depeche Mode with a touch of Kraftwerk and the merest hint of Yellow in a backbeat.”

The modern rock scene may be dominated by bands who produce both music and lyrics, but Valence is a four-piece group out of Westchester, N.Y., who is determined to take a stand for the value of purely instrumental music and its ability to tell a story even without words. And they do it with their unique, bold blend of metal, progressive rock, jam and other musical influences, which is most often compared to King Crimson, Between the Buried and Me, Animals as Leaders and Rush.

While trying to decide between listening to something ambient or something driven by a steady rock beat, listeners can instead find an enticing blend of the two in Korean band HEO. HEO combines the strength of indie rock with the melodic and rhythmic surprises of electronic music, all while maintaining a subtle but compelling darkness to their sound. Nowhere can this sound be heard better than in HEO’s latest album, Structure (2014).

Rocklahoma, a Memorial Day weekend festival of rock ‘n’ roll bands, boasts an impressive lineup that features rock purveyors, A Course of Action.

Set to be hosted May 22-24 in Pryor, Oklahoma, Rocklahoma 2015 kicks off the summer with a slew of rock bands doing the genre justice, including headliners Linkin Park, Tesla, Godsmack and Slayer. One such band is A Course of Action, out of Connelly Springs, North Carolina, who will take the Rocklahoma stage and make it into their own rock playground, performing their repertoire of songs that speak to any and all listeners. The appearance marks yet another festival stage they’ve rocked over the years.

Dub music, with its offbeat, laidback rhythms and up-tempo, pounding lyrics, has a cool, relaxed feel to it already. But Silva take that feeling one step further by infusing dub with a lucidity and psychedelic nature that elevates dub both musically and spiritually and takes listeners on a deep and soulful journey through space and time.

Strings aren’t just set aside for Celtic or orchestral groups—they’ve found their way back into acoustic Americana on Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra’s debut studio album, Pray for Rain. A predominately strings-based trio, aside from occasional harmonica features, the group blends soulful Americana with shades of folk and blues to create a sound that’s often compared to artists like Tom Waits, The Black Keys and Ray Lamontagne. On Pray for Rain, Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra introduce their classic sound to a modern audience to transport them back to a simpler time with authentic string melodies in a variety of backdrops.