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Los Angeles Pop-R&B Singer-Songwriter, Malynda Hale, Announces Show at GiGhive’s 616 in Kenosha

 

Singer Songwriter Malynda HaleThis July 2nd, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, Malynda Hale, will be bringing her sweet soulful sound to the 616. She’ll be in Kenosha promoting her most recent album, Pieces of Me.

Earlier this year, Hale’s single Falling, written as a tribute to Leelah Acorn, landed her a top-10 finalist position in GRAMMY Amplifier—a competition sponsored by The Recording Academy and Hyundai, and curated by the likes of GRAMMY winners and nominees such as Big Sean, Lzzy Hale, and Sam Hunt.

The newest record, Pieces of Me, is Hale’s 4th studio album; produced by Kevin Porter of Flashgrove Music and Darren “BabyDeeBeats” Smith, it has been described in reviews as her most personal one yet. In a chat with Gighive, Hale opened up about what she’s learned on her musical journey so far, and dropped us a few hints on what to expect for her upcoming stop at the 616.

“When I made my first album, I had no knowledge of actual music business,” she told us. “I knew nothing about promotion and getting reviewed; instead, I simply wanted to put out music to start getting my name out there. With the first album I didn’t take time to really make it as good as it could’ve been. I was over eager.”

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Designer Jac Vanek Creates “We Love Japan” Bracelets with We the Kings

Cutting edge clothing and accessories designer, Jac Vanek, has teamed up with power-pop band, We the Kings to create a “We Love Japan” bracelet. All of the proceeds go toward relief efforts in Japan.

Jac Vanek just returned from SXSW 2011, where she hosted a gift suite with indie artists in attendance, such as Arms, Bad Veins, The Antlers, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea, Jukebox The Ghost, etc.

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Kina Grannis Debut Album Stairwells Out On One Haven Music

Los Angeles-based indie-pop songstress and social media darling Kina Grannis is celebrating the release of the redux version of her debut Stairwells – out on One Haven Music.

The album is available in both standard and deluxe formats, each including four brand new tracks and the latter also including the official video for “Valentine” (over seveb-million YouTube views), three select, studio-recorded covers, three exclusive videos shot in a vacant downtown stairwell – “Stairwells Sessions” – and all 14-tracks from the original Stairwells.

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The Narrative Announce Tour with Eisley, Playing Vans Warped Tour

The Narrative will be supporting Eisley on their upcoming Spring national tour. They will also be embarking on Vans Warped Tour from 7/19 to 8/14.

The New York based indie pop rock group is a perfect example of how sometimes things just seem to fall into place. Jesse Gabriel (guitar/vocals) met Suzie Zeldin (keyboard/vocals) for a slice of mediocre New York pizza after she responded to his 3 page long Craigslist ad. They soon learned that not only did they go to high school together, they also shared identical musical interests.

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Plug In Stereo Puts New Album Up for Presale

The acoustic pop sensation, Plug In Stereo – also known as 17-year-old wunderkind Trevor Dahl, has his new album up for presale. The official release for Nothing to Something is April 12.

The first 200 preorders include this amazing bundle: one copy of Nothing to Something CD, autographed booklet, one oversized poster, one download of the record delivered at midnight on April 11, 2011, one limited edition metallic logo pin and the purchaser will also be entered to win a little song about you from Trevor.

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Finland’s Rubik Set to Release Third Full-Length Studio Album – Solar

Finland’s experimental indie pop masters, Rubik, are set to release their third full-length studio album, Solar, out April 2011 on Paper Tiger/Fullsteam Records. Solar was created during the hottest summer of our lifetime in Helsinki’s Kulttuuritalo (“House of Culture”), a historical brick-walled venue designed by Finnish architect giant Alvar Aalto in the 1950s.

Kulttuuritalo is best known for hosting concerts of historical artists such as John Coltrane, Queen, Frank Zappa, Gil Evans and Jimi Hendrix. Fittingly then, Solar, produced and recorded by the band themselves and mixed by Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Gnarls Barkley) absolutely cooks.

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The Yule Logs Sophmore Album Out Now

The world’s greatest Christmas and Hanukkah Rock ‘n Roll band, The Yule Logs’ sophomore album,Walked With A Reindeer is available for purchase. Whether you have seen them playing the local community center, elementary school or dive bar, The Yule Logs’ holiday enthusiasm is truly contagious.

Walked With A Reindeer is chock-full of the pop punch/tongue-in-cheek attitude that has made The Yule Logs an eggnog-chugging holiday free-for-all. Fans still dancing the “Hanukkah Mambo” and humming “Christmas Is Lonely When You’re A Jew”, from their previous album, will be fast to add these 13 smokin’ hot cuts to their holiday lexicon.

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