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• LCD Soundsystem Reveal New Album Will Be Done Soon
  After a long time in the dark, it seems LCD Soundsystem are finally dusting off the cobwebs with a new album nearly ready to drop.This exciting news was - seemingly - broken unintentionally by band front man James Murphy earlier in the week when he answered a fans question on the official LCD Soundsystem Facebook page, revealing that the album will be "done soon". See the screen shot below.LCD Soundsystem are well and truly on the way fro a big comeback in 2017, recently announcing two festival appearances for the coming months including Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Festival.For now, lets revisit some classic LCD below or right here.(Via Dancing Astronaut)



• Beatnick Dee Allen Poe team up for Composure
  Composure by Beatnick Dee Allen Poe 'Composure' is a 7 track collaborative EP by LA-based producer Beatnick Dee and Kentucky MC Allen Poe, crafted as they aim to elevate their art even after attaining some success in the industry.  The EP plays like a soundtrack to the present times through the lens of Allen Poe who [] The post Beatnick Dee Allen Poe team up for Composure appeared first on EARMILK.



• CATO Releases Latest Original – “Set It Off”
  C.A.T.O, an up-and-coming Hip-hop ARTIST from Louisville, Kentucky, recently dropped his latest single, an all original production called, Set It Off. It features a solid kicking flow, with a well laid out synth work, that can definitely get you all HYPE and pumped up in no time. The perfect track to get you all fired [] The post C.A.T.O Releases Latest Original Set It Off appeared first on thissongslaps.com - Electronic Dance Music Hip-Hop Media.



• Paradise Music Arts Festival Releases Creative Lineup Announcement
  Deep in the backwoods of Kentucky lies an intimate VENUE at Echo Acres which will play host to Paradise Music and Arts Festival this July. From what we can find this appears to be a relatively new fest, this year being just its second year in action. Despite the inability to boast experience, Paradise has bragging [] The post Paradise Music Arts Festival Releases Creative Lineup Announcement appeared first on WhiteRaverRafting | We Are The Scene.



• Famous firsts Sleeper Agents Josh Martin and Tony Smith
  Read more about Famous firsts: Sleeper Agent's Josh Martin and Tony Smith at MusicRadar.com On March 24th, the Bowling Green, Kentucky-based sextet Sleeper Agent will release About Last Night, a superbly paced set of winning GARAGE pop-rock that follows their equally convincing 2011 debut, Celebrasion.Sleeper Agent (Justin Wilson, drums; Josh Martin, lead guitar; Alex Kandel, vocals; Tony Smith, guitar and vocals; Lee Williams, bass; and Scott Gardner, keyboards) are heading out on their first headling tour, beginning April 8th in Lansing, Michigan. Ahead of the tour and album release, we sat down with Martin and Smith for a little something we like to call Famous Firsts.What was your first guitar, and how old were you when you got it? Josh Martin: "I was probably 13 or 14 when I got my first real guitar. I was in eighth grade, and my dad gave mean old beat-up guitar. It turned out to be a hand-me-down 1969 Fender Telecaster, black with a white pickguard. My dad used it on sessions, and two of my older brothers had also played it when they were growing up. It was so used and worn down that it barely even had frets on it. It's tougher to play than other Teles, but it sounds like no other that I've ever heard. Dad said they modded it at the factory with a unique out-of-phase wiring. It sounds nasty and I still love it." Tony Smith: "I used to sneak into my dad's room when he was at work and toy around with his guitar. He finally got the hint, and my parents got me a Hamer Slammer electric guitar and Peavey practice amp for Christmas when I was 10 years old."What was the first band – or album – that made you want to be a guitarist?Smith: "This one's a bit embarrassing. I saw Hanson on MTV when I was 10. I was thrilled that there were kids my age in a band on national television. I soon started seeking out more and more MUSIC However, the band that really pulled me in was Aerosmith. I think I spent every allowance dollar buying their back catalog."Martin: "My dad is Grady



• AMTRAC explores chiller sounds with his remix of Nicky Blitzs ALEX Premiere
  As a writer, it's always exciting to see an ARTIST you follow closely explore the limits of their MUSIC l prowess publicly. And today, our favorite Kentucky producer AMTRAC has done exactly that, giving us here at EARMILK a first listen at his latest remix. After watching him succeed at house,...



• AMTRAC Kicks Off 2016 With His “Lost In Motion” EP And Tour
  Kentucky born DJ/Producer/Vocalist AMTRAC has been on fire lately. Starting off 2016 hot with the debut release of his Lost In Motion EP as well as slaying the DANCE floor during his three month North American tour, AMTRAC is a name youll want to remember in the new year. Lost In Motion features three tracks [] The post AMTRAC Kicks Off 2016 With His Lost In Motion EP And Tour appeared first on thissongslaps.com - Electronic Dance Music Hip-Hop Media.



• Chips Moman obituary
  Guitarist, record producer and songwriter who co-wrote The Dark End of the Street and worked with Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Tammy WynetteIf Chips Moman had done nothing more than revive the becalmed recording career of Elvis Presley in the late 1960s, he would have earned his place in history. By selecting In the Ghetto, Suspicious Minds, Don’t Cry Daddy and Kentucky Rain for sessions held at his own Memphis studio, he gave fresh impetus to the final phase of the singer’s professional life.But Moman, who has died aged 79, had a much more extensive string of achievements. As a guitarist, he decorated the closing bars of Aretha Franklin’s epochal I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) with eloquent country-soul phrases. As a producer, he instructed the 16-year-old Alex Chilton to sing “aeroplane” rather than “airplane” on the first line of the Box Tops’ The Letter. As a composer, he co-wrote (with Dan Penn) The Dark End of the Street, a definitive and much-covered deep-soul ballad. The ARTIST he worked with included Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Tammy Wynette. Continue reading...



• Greg Erskine catbeltane on Following Up on Tweets and Being Described as “Mildly Irritating”
  Greg Erskine was born and raised in New Hampshire, but currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and cats. He makes puppet videos which are viewable here. One series of these videos is short dumb riffs on the TV show Hannibal, and the other is an office-comedy about a newly-dead person adjusting to her []



• The playlist folk and world – The Young’uns Lau and Mbongwana Star
  Angry political Afrobeat, experimental British folk, country MUSIC from Kentucky and soulful Italian pizzica. Plus a verstile English instrumentalist, cheerful tunes from Jackie Oates and slick songs from Portland old-time string quartet Continue reading...



• Amtrac Drops Melodic Deep House Remix Of Alesso’s “Heroes”
  KAmtraccan do no wrong. The Kentucky native has shared one of his best remixes to date; flipping Alesso's "Heroes" into a deep house masterpiece. We've had this remix on repeat since we got our hands on it.Amtracpitches down Tove Lo's vocals, creating an atmosphere that transports you to a late night DANCE floor no matter []



• Your EDM Exclusive Amtrac Creates Playlist Perfect For A Midnight Drive
  House producer Amtrac has a busy few months planned for the rest of year. He recently released the soulful single Hold On, which accomplished the rare feat of clearing a sample from a Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell song. He also revealed to Billboard that his second album is gearing up for release, maybe even before 2015 ends. The Kentucky native stands out among many [] This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Your EDM Exclusive: Amtrac Creates Playlist Perfect For A Midnight Drive



• Amtrac releases Running After EP
  After taking some time to explore remixing after the release and tour for his Lost In Motion EP earlier in 2016, Amtrac has returned to debut another original EP entitled Running After. Released on this past Friday via Kidnap Kid's Birds That Fly label, this marks a new endeavor for the Kentucky-born producer and DJ, after his releases on Super [] The post Amtrac releases 'Running After' EP appeared first on EARMILK.



• Forecastle Festival 2016 Lineup The Avett Brothers Alabama Shakes Ryan Adams and More
  The Avett Brothers, Alabama Shakes, Ryan Adams, and Death Cab for Cutie will headline the 2016 Forecastle Festival. The 14th annual event will take place on the weekend of July 15 and run through the 17 at Waterfront Park in Louisville, Kentucky, and also see performances by Walk the Moon and Danny Brown, alongside SPIN favorites Alex G (who released one



• Young Bourbon and Planet connect on Demons
  Kentucky ARTIST Young Bourbon and Indianapolis producer Planet have connected for a new track. "Demons" is the first collaboration from the two and resembles this new wave of sounds in hip-hop with ARTIST like XXXTENTACION and Ski Mask The Slump God leading the charge. Bourbon chose to have a more distorted voice on this [] The post Young Bourbon and Planet connect on "Demons" appeared first on EARMILK.



• Joan Shelley Rivers and Vessels
  Though shes justly hailed for her own empathic and deep-toned original songs, Joan Shelley brings an undeniable grace to the songs of others. Following her Lagniappe Session, which found the Kentucky songwriter interpreting material by Frank Sinatra and Leonard Cohen, and her magical Nick Drake cover for Mojo Magazine, Shelleys released a new EP, Rivers []



• Cage the Elephant Tell Me Im Pretty review – hardpunching welloiled rock
  (RCA)When Cage the Elephant blazed from Kentucky in 2008, a trail of broken noses and busted amplifiers in their wake, the Schulz brothers’ live-wire quartet seemed likely to burn brightly but briefly. However, eight years, a US No 2 album (2011’s Thank You, Happy Birthday) and a Grammy nomination (for 2013’s Melophobia) later, their fourth album finds the Black Keys man Dan Auerbach taming them into a hard-punching, well-oiled rocking machine. The producer’s trademarks – slightly psychedelic 60s garage rock given a postmodern sound – are all over Tell Me I’m Pretty, but the band never abandon their own singular, brattish energy. There are Stonesy and Kinksy riffs and classic themes about worried parents, ruckuses, self-doubt and at least one visit to the doctor “’cause I don’t feel right”. The band are operating in an ever more overcrowded field, but their songwriting has never been sharper, and the likes of Too Late to Say Goodbye and killer ballad Trouble mean they turn up at the party with lots of catchy tunes and joie de vivre. Continue reading...



• Country Music Awards 2015 A Complete List Of Winners
  The road to country music stardom may no longer be a one lane highway. A more diverse group were nominated for the 2015 Country Music Association awards, and the big winner was Kentucky bluegrass musician Chris Stapleton. He won three: male artist, new artist and album of the year. By...



• LCD Soundsystem announce first 2017 show
  They'll join Run The Jewels, PJ Harvey and Cashmere Cat at Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Kentucky in July.



• Ancient Ocean Titans Island
  As originally seen on Exclaim.ca.The world moves pretty fast these days.   If you're looking to hit pause for a second, NYC-via-Kentucky resident J.R. Bohannon can slow it down with the best of them. He returns to eclectic powerhouse label Beyond Beyond Is Beyond for his second Ancient Ocean album, Titan's Island, which lives up to the mystifying majesty that its title suggests. Its shimmering, synthetic drones ooze through tweaked string-laden loops and artsy guitar noodling in a mesmerizing blend of modern classical and late '70s ambient music, somewhere between Jóhann Jóhannsson and Brian Eno.   It really works. I was listening to this album on the bus writing this, when some pencil-neck twerp a few seats down started yelling at people to stop touching him. Normally, that kind of scene would create unbearable tension in me, but close your eyes and focus on the shimmering timbres in sweeping gestures that unfurl within each of the four lengthy compositions on this album, and Zen's your uncle. If you can't find your centre to this, you may just need the assistance of drugs.



• Watch Joan Shelley Will Oldham and Daniel Martin Moore’s Tributes to Leonard Cohen
  In a sign of just how bad the past week has been for celebrity deaths, it already feels as if it's been a long time since Leonard Cohen passed away on November 7. This past Friday, Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, Kentucky hosted a tribute to the late musician and poet. The show featured covers of



• Amtrac remixes Pompeyas Pasadena
  Though Amtrac's career is busting out of the "up and coming producer" bucket, the Kentucky artist continues to support the music he loves no matter how big through his remixes. Today that support is for Russian synth pop and funk group Pompeya. The group released their new album Real on...



• AMTRAC brings a gorgeous new remix of Promises Ltds Days of Lavender Premiere
  Promises Ltd. is the incredible new collaboration project between Chrome Sparks and Charlie Brand of the band Miniature Tigers. And now, the pair's first single "Days Of Lavender" just got a complete overhaul from Kentucky-bred producer and DJ AMTRAC. He is best known for his masterful skill of finding a small hidden essence of a track and then extending [] The post AMTRAC brings a gorgeous new remix of Promises Ltd's "Days of Lavender" [Premiere] appeared first on EARMILK.



• Dresage pays homage to Dolores ORiordan with new cover of Linger
  If you're a fan of The Cranberries, you might be celebrating the life of singer, songwriter, and musician Dolores O’Riordan. This week artists like The Avett Brothers, who covered "Linger" in a recent concert in Louisville, Kentucky, have been paying tribute to O'Riordian's life with renditions of her work. O'Riordian remains a huge inspiration for many artists far and [] The post Dresage pays homage to Dolores ORiordan with new cover of Linger appeared first on EARMILK.



• Check out Ellie Herrings exquisite rework of Oceaáns Candour
  Ellie Herring is an experimental electronic producer based out of Lexington, Kentucky who has recently gotten a major surge of exposure thanks to a remarkable single through Ryan Hemsworth's Secret Songs imprint and due to her impressive output of LPs, remixes, and singles (which are all made available through her soundcoud). Her exceptional talent also seems to have gotten the...



• Celebrate 15 Years With Forecastle in 2017
  Summer in Louisville, Kentucky can only mean one thing, it is time for Forecastle! 2017 will be Forecastles 15th anniversary, and with the lineup they have just released it will be a festival worthy of an anniversary celebration. Odesza, LCD Soundsystem, and Weezer will be the weekends headliners which will make for a diverse, and [] The post Celebrate 15 Years With Forecastle in 2017 appeared first on RaverRafting | We Are The Scene.



• Excision Space Laces – Bounce VIPFunk Hole VIP Destroid Music
  In the midst of his current tour, Canadian music producer Excision has released two new VIP tunes with Kentucky-based producer Space Laces, and it’s as heavy as you’d expect. The release features VIPs of two tunes – “Bounce” and “Funk Hole.” “Bounce VIP” was first premiered in Excision’s Shambhala 2013 mix, which was released in September of last []This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Excision Space Laces Bounce VIP/Funk Hole VIP [Destroid Music]



• Jack Garratt gets a Chemical remix from Amtrac
  Oh, baby! We've got two of my personal favorites on this track here. Kentucky native Amtrac put his magical production touch on UK based Jack Garratt's "Chemical" song, and we've been given an exciting house track that is perfect to lead us into the weekend. We all love Jack Garratt's vocals...



• Music Madness A Final Four Puzzler
  Kentucky, Wisconsin, Florida and Connecticut are great at basketball, but they also have ties to some of our favorite musicians. How many can you name?



• premiere Ellie Herring signs to Driftless shares first single from new What a Joy EP
  Lexington, Kentucky producer Ellie Herring never makes the same move twice. Whether this constant state of flux is deliberate or simply the function of an inherent adventurous/restless streak (I suspect its the latter), Herrings shapeshifting fluidity and apparent perpetual motion have made her one of the most exciting and versatile young dance music producers around... Continue reading