Dylan Scott Launches Debut Album On Curb Records  

Artist Development Story Continues with The Long Drive Live on Facebook

 NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 15, 2016  -- Dylan Scott and his highly energetic fanbase have had the date August 12 circled on their calendars since Curb Records announced the release date earlier this year. Fans have flooded social media indicating the wait was worth it as the album quickly entered into the iTunes Top Country Albums chart early this morning.  The critics are buzzing calling "Scott's 13-track release blends all of the singer's music influences…all the while…Scott manages to convert the listener with each lyric he sings." (Sounds Like Nashville).

Having recently hit the Billboard Top-40 on the Country charts with "Crazy Over Me," the Louisiana native is currently climbing airplay charts with the exhilarating new single, "My Girl," "…that'll melt many a heart and one that could and should be his breakout hit." (Roughstock).
To celebrate the launch of his self-titled debut album, Scott recently announced at the legendary Grand Ole Opry  "The Long Drive Live", a one day promotional tour with Texas native Candace Payne, also known as Chewbacca Mom.  The promotional blitz includes live performances, surprise guests and more as the one day tour hits Dallas, Austin and Houston.  The unique event will be broadcast continuously over Facebook Live for the entire day on August 17th.
Already referred as the artist development story of the year, Dylan Scott's lead up to the album launch included over 625,000 plays in the last seven days and over 4 million this quarter on Pandora alone.  Scott recently eclipsed the 500k downloads sold mark, finished this year's Life Off My Years Tour with Lee Brice, performed on national television and made his Grand Ole Opry debut.
For more information on Dylan Scott, please visit: www.DylanScottCountry.com
ABOUT DYLAN SCOTT:

As one of the most successful developing artists stories of the year, Dylan Scott rides a wave of momentum leading into his debut, self-titled album due out August 12th.  Drawn by his rich baritone, down-home personality and dynamic stage presence, Dylan has been winning over fans across the country one show at a time.  Following the success of his debut single, "Makin' This Boy Go Crazy", "Crazy Over Me" debuted at #14 on the Billboard Sales Chart earlier this year.  "My Girl" entered as the highest charting single its first week at #30 before hitting the radio airwaves.  
Having been named one of Spotify's Spotlight on 2016 Country Artists, fans have already consumed millions of plays on new music through his engagement across social media and streaming.  Scott recently eclipsed 500k in downloads sold, finished this year's Life Off My Years Tour with Lee Brice, performed on national television, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut.
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Sunset Sons’ Debut No Bad Days EP Available To Pre-Order Today 

Get “She Wants” As An Instant Download

 Sunset Sons, a quartet of three Brits and one Aussie, will release their No Bad Days EP on October 27, 2014 (US). The eight-track EP will be the band’s US debut and was recorded in Wales at the legendary Monnow Valley studios with producer James Lewis at the helm. Today, pre-order the EP on iTunes and get the track “She Wants” as an instant download. Click here to pre-order: http://smarturl.it/SSnobaddays Stream the track “She Wants” here: https://soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords/sunset-sons-she-wants/s-qYiFQ

Based in the surfing mecca of Hossegor in Southwestern France, Rory Williams (keys, vocals), Jed Laidlaw (drums), Robin Windram (guitar), and Pete Harper (bass), morphed from full time surfers making music for fun, into a full time band within just a year's time.

The band's sound is communicated loud and clear through their first single " She Wants,” a driving song that lyrically narrates the thematic core of the EP...Girls, "lots of girls, different girls," laughs lead singer Rory. 

Girls aside, the band is still very much centered on surfing, and is "still based in Hossegor,” says Rory. “That was part of the deal. We couldn’t write the songs we do living in, say, London. Hossegor is where we feel relaxed enough to write, where the magic happens. It’s our fairyland. Whatever happens with the music, nothing will stop us surfing.”

 

 

No Bad Days EP (US) track listing:

1. She Wants

2. On the Road

3. Loa

4. No Way Home

5. Remember

6. Come Easy

7. Fear 

8. Watch Your Back

 

 

 

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THE BOTS' DEBUT ALBUM

PINK PALMS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER TODAY

DATES ANNOUNCED WITH AUGUSTINES 

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 16, 2014 - Pink Palms, the forthcoming debut album from Los Angeles sibling duo The Bots, is available for pre-order at iTunes beginning today. Fans who pre-order the album prior to its October 14th release will receive an instant download of the band's current single "All I Really Want", which was premiered by Zane Lowe on his popular BBC Radio 1 show in the UK. To pre-order Pink Palms, click HERE. The Bots have spent most of the year on the road and recently added additional live dates supporting Augustines. NPR Music's Bob Boilen praised the band's high-energy live set, stating, "You've got to see these folks live." See below for a complete list of dates. Yesterday, fresh from an appearance at Riot Fest in Chicago, The Bots stopped by The Current in Minneapolis for an in-studio performance and interview. Watch the band perform "All I Really Want" and stream the full session and interview HERE. The Bots will release Pink Palms, their long-awaited debut full-length album, on October 14th via FADER Label.  The album, recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Justin Warfield, with additional production by Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner, brings together the veracity of garage punk while paying homage to the American Blues tradition. Pink Palms was mixed by Michael Patterson (Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G) and mastered by Emily Lazar (HAIM, Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters). North America Tour Dates 9/17 - Czar Bar - Kansas City, MO 9/18 - Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS  9/20 - Riotfest - Denver, CO 9/21 - The Smell - Los Angeles, CA (SOLD OUT) 9/22 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA 9/27 - Shindig Festival - Baltimore, MD  9/28 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA* 9/29 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY* 10/3 - Rough Trade - Brooklyn, NY* 10/6 - The Sinclair - Boston, MA* 10/7 - La Vitrola - Montreal, Canada* 10/8 - The Garrison - Toronto, Canada* 10/10 - Double Door - Chicago, IL* 10/11 - Turf Club - Minneapolis, MN* 11/4 - Warehouse - Houston, TX^ 11/5 - Billy's Ice - New Braunfels, TX^  11/6 - Grand Stafford - Bryan, TX^ 11/8 - Foundry - Dallas, TX^ 11/9 - Fun Fun Fun Fest - Austin, TX * With Augustines  ^ With The Weeks     http://www.thebotsband.com https://www.facebook.com/thebotsband https://twitter.com/thebotsband ###

Smash Star Megan Hilty To Release Debut Album - It Happens All The Time

Available March 12th 2013 from Portrait and Columbia Records

NEW YORK, -- Megan Hilty's debut album,  It Happens All The Time will be available March 12, 2013 from Portrait, Sony Masterworks' new adult contemporary imprint, in partnership with Columbia Records.  The album is produced by Grammy-winners Andy Zulla and Jimmy Hogarth and showcases a different side of Hilty, the beloved star of the hit musical TV drama series Smash. 
Songs featured on It Happens All The Time include Hilty's fresh interpretations of compositions by stellar contemporary songwriters as Aimee Mann, Sara Bareilles, Bruno Mars and Damien Rice.   Also noteworthy are new songs by writers such as Hogarth (Amy Winehouse, Duffy), Wayne Hector (James Morrison, One Direction), Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette, Wilson Phillips), Ne-Yo and Carrie Underwood.
The repertoire is a significant step outside of both the musical theater world in which Hilty initially found fame - via Broadway roles as Glinda in Wicked and Doralee Rhodes in 9 To 5: The Musical - as well as her TV character Ivy Lynn in Smash, in which she's sung such noteworthy songs as the Grammy-nominated "Let Me Be Your Star," Carrie Underwood's "Crazy Dreams" and the Rose Royce (and Mary J. Blige) soul hit "I'm Going Down."
With It Happens All The Time, Hilty was determined to display a side of herself that even her fans have yet to see.  "I want to show a different side of me because it's the first thing I've ever done that's just me and not attached to any character or story line," says Hilty.  "Coming from a musical theater background, everyone expects that I'd do a Broadway album or pop standards.  Smash changed all that. We did a completely different arrangement of 'Crazy Dreams,' and it resonated with a lot of people."
For Hilty, the key to her debut album was finding songs that she could identify with.  "Stylistically these aren't the type of songs that I'm used to singing.  It was exciting and challenging, for example, to take a song written by Ne-Yo and make it my own," says Hilty. 
"I was looking for lyrics I could connect with," she explains, "which comes from another part of my theatrical background: I always feel that there has to be a point to what I'm singing, instead of it just being a pretty sound. The lyrics reflect the year I've had in breaking up and finding new love, whereas the music shows my eclectic tastes. Andy [Zulla] tied it all together with his arrangements." While it wasn't intentional, the album took on a break-up theme, "not a sad one so much as the end of a chapter and wondering what comes next," she says.
Of the original songs on It Happens All The Time, Hilty cites "Be A Man" as "one of the ultimate breakup songs. It begs someone to tell you how they really feel and that the relationship is over." She also points to "Walk Away" (co-written by Ne-Yo, Carrie Underwood and Luke Laird) for its message of empowerment in the face of a painful breakup.   Keeping with the theme of new beginnings, "No Cure" is unique to the rest of the album in that co-writer Hogarth joined her on vocals, giving it the feel of a duet, which Hilty loved.
The title track on the album drew Hilty in the first time she heard it. "'It Happens All The Time' is about the frustration of trying to find true love.  If it happens all the time then why hasn't it happened to me?"
When taken together, the songs on It Happens All The Time instill great pride in Hilty as "the first recording that's just me. It's really thrilling to hear and I can't wait to share it with my fans."
Sony Masterworks comprises Masterworks Broadway, Masterworks, Okeh, Portrait, RCA Red Seal and Sony Classical imprints. For email updates and information please visit www.SonyMasterworks.com.
Tracklisting:

1. It Happens All the Time
2. Be a Man
3. No Cure
4. Walk Away
5. Safe and Sound
6. The Blower's Daughter
7. Hopin'
8. Wise Up
9. The Heart of the Matter
10. Dare You To Move

SOURCE Sony Masterworks