Royal Bangs are pleased to announce an extensive North American tour in support of their new album, Flux Outside, available March 29, 2011 via Glassnote Records. The band will also be making an appearance at SXSW.

Trading instruments and production duties, band members Chris Rusk, Ryan Schaefer and Sam Stratton recorded the album this August in an old house in their hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee with the help of Scott Minor (Sparklehorse) and his dog, Loretta. After a few weeks of tracking, manipulating, alternately weirding and un-weirding the material, they traveled to the rural western New York studio of Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Sleater Kinney, MGMT), who mixed the album with the band.  Read more...

By Lukas Clark-Memler

“THE MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF THE NEXT 12 MONTHS”

To look forward we must first look back…

…Back to 2010. Based on the success and failures, the hype and thus inevitable underwhelm, Pitchfork 10.0s and Internet buzz – we can better understand and predict the coming months ahead. The trends and patterns that dominated 2010 will surely continue into 2011, and will shape the year to come for better or for worse.  Read more...

With the release of their debut album, MIRRORS, Washington D.C.-based U.S. Royalty delivers on capturing the volatility and explosiveness that define their live performances. Early comparisons have been made to Local Natives, The Black Keys, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, and early Kings of Leon.  Read more...

Metric has just finished shooting a brand new music video for “Stadium Love” and is thrilled to share this wild video with you!   As the fifth official music video from Fantasies, the band knew this video had to be something extra special.  They brought on a couple of new friends to help create this video. Hope you enjoy!

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