Are you an independent band/musician? Sisley offers you the chance to play on an amazing stage, joining the SISLEY INDEPENDENT TOUR 2012!

Sisley is always waving the flag of independence: in fashion, in life, in the way of thinking… and in music too. With the SISLEY INDEPENDENT TOUR 2012, Sisley is looking for the most amazing new bands and artists, with a deeply independent spirit: the best ones will be selected to play live in one of the cities touched by the tour.

14 dates in 14 different locations; more than 30 bands accurately selected among the most intriguing new ones in the scene: this is the portrait of the SISLEY INDEPENDENT TOUR 2012, the travelling live event that between June, 15 and July, 28 will rock your cities with the best live music around.

If you want to take your chance to play for Sisley, all you have to do is choose the nearest city to yours and send us your original music, using the Upload Yourself form you can see here on Independent People by Sisley. A highly qualified jury will listen to your music and… fingers crossed!

Here are all the dates of the SISLEY INDEPENDENT TOUR 2012:

JUNE
15 Napoli Piazza S. Giovanni Maggiore Pignatelli
20 Milano Piazza San Babila
21 Rimini Giardino pubblico dell’Hasta Luego
22 Firenze Piazza del Grano/Loggia Del Grano
28 Roma Pigneto
29 Reggio Calabria Lungomare Falcomatà

JULY
05 Torino Piazza Vittorio
12 Bari Piazza Mercatile
14 Trieste Stazione Rogers
15 Lubiana Lungofiume Lubljanica
18 Arezzo Piazza S. Jacopo
20 Catania BarbaraBeach
27 Genova Piazza delle Erbe
28 Bibione Piazzale Zenit

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Black Sabbath: Bill Ward won’t play any gigs
Black Sabbath‘s drummer Bill Ward has confirmed that he will not be playing any of the three Black Sabbath concerts set for this summer. Ward has released an official statement on his website, Billward.com, saying that he will not be playing with the band at their Birmingham show on May 19, nor with them at Download Festival on June 10 or at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 3. [read more]

Mark Ronson: ‘Amy Winehouse was freaked out by Adele’s success’
Late ‘Back To Black’ singer felt ‘upset’ and ‘competitive’ about ’21′ counterpart’s success, says producer. In an interview with The Village Voice, the producer revealed that early discussions with his ‘Back To Black’ collaborator about her third album had been “tense” due to her feeling “competitive” about her ’21′ counterpart’s success. [read more]

Soulsavers: listen to their Dave Gahan featuring album
Soulsavers are offering in streaming their new album, “The Light The Dead See”; the record will be officially released on May, 21. You can listen to the 12 tracks at the band’s website thesoulsavers.com.”The Light The Dead See” features Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan on vocals:
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Jack Black Claims Tenacious D Is Better Than Jack White, Foo Fighters And Gotye Combined
If you’ve heard the new Tenacious D album, Rize of the Phoenix, then you can attest to the fact that it’s a pretty solid record. But how solid? According to Jack Black, the disc is better than those of Jack White, Foo Fighters, Gotye and Tom Waits combined. [read more]

Aerosmith: the new album is “really close”
According to Aerosmith‘s guitar player Joe Perry, the wait for the band’s new record might end soon. He was interviewed by Rolling Stone and he said the band is in the studio mixing new tracks.[read more]

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As widely reported, Flaming Lips for record Store Day released a collaborative album called Heady Fwends, featuring a guest list including top-40 stars (Ke$ha, Chris Martin), noise-rock extremists (Lightning Bolt), anarchic avant guardians (Nick Cave, Yoko Ono), indie new-schoolers (Bon Iver, Neon Indian), electronic experimentalists (Prefuse 73) and hip-hop heroes-cum-children’s-television hosts (Biz Markie).

The album was pressed also in a strictly limited edition on vinyl; the peculiarity is that in the vinyl mixture there are samples of the involved artists’ blood. Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne has tweeted that 10 copies of the blood vinyl will be available for collectors willing to purchase them… but also willing to pay $2,500 each!

Born in January 1998, when Francesco Radicci and three other musicians got together, Cadabra – since their beginning – wanted to pursue a sound embracing new wave and dark rock, but with a modern feel.

In 2001 they released their first album called  Sound Moquette and two years after Blood and Blades, followed by Wve/action (2009). The band played all over Italy and did more than 200 gigs.

Below you can listen to the track “Heart”, recorded in 2009, and featured in the anthology album called Past to Present (2011).

Song to download: “Heart”

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The first ever two-weekend edition edition of Coachella music festival has just finished, but there’s already good news for 2013.

The promoters of the event, indeed, announced that the 2013 edition will once again take place over two weekends: April 12-14 and April 19-21. The chosen location is Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.

Below you can read the official announcement… and be quick to catch your tickets taking advantage of the special purchase plan :

“We are excited to announce Coachella 2013 will again be held over two consecutive weekends.
Advance passes go on sale beginning this Thursday, May 17th, 2012 10:00 am PDT through the following Thursday, May 24th, 2012 10:00 pm PDT. This advance sale will be the only opportunity to take advantage of the Coachella Purchase Plan. New for 2013, the price you see is what you pay — prices reflect all fees included. The general on sale will happen early next year”.

From the very current rock and pop music to the past of electro-soul… this week we offer you a little time travel. Curious? Just wait and read all our new Indiechart, the best way to discover the most enticing music around. We’re ready to roll.

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Richard Hawley: the musical career of Richard Hawley has been long and amazing. He was a member of the Britpop combo Longpigs. After the dissolution of the group he has joined Pulp with the mighty Jarvis Cocker. And finally, in 2000, he has started an original and frankly surprising solo career, more oriented on folk and ambient music. Standing At The Sky’s Edge is his sixth record and this it the first excerpt, the beautiful and dark titletrack.

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Cold Specks: Mute Records, after receiving the demo from this Canadian girl named Al Spx, has sent her to Rob Ellis, producer of PJ Harvey and Anna Calvi. Rob has basically teated her to write music and play. Is she the new Adele? Not properly. Cold Specks is  an alternative singer-songwriter and prefers flirting with Tom Waits and The Interpol. Anyway, we have a new sensation to promote. Welcome, Miss Al Spx.

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The Bright Road: a few years ago, the young Canadian Philippe Garceau has lived in Norway for fourteen months. Something must have happened there, because when he came back to Montreal he has founded a band called The Bright Road and he has named the debut record like the Scandinavian country. “Norway” is an alt-folk gem you have to taste slowly, but deeply. Here’s an excerpt.

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Various Artists: sometimes, the most surprising things come directly from some big dusty archive. This is the case of the amazing Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984, a compilation of underground, self-produced electronic soul music from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The record was compiled by record archivist Dante Carfagna and researched by Numero Group’s Rob Sevier. For you, we’ve chosen “Don’t challenge me” by The Makers.

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Chromatics: Chromatics from Portland are a lucky band. One of their songs, titled “Tick the clock” ended up in the OST of Drive, the amazing gangster movie starring Ryan Gosling. So the band had the chance to grew up his audience a little bit. Now, with their new album Kill for love they’re ready to finish the job. Here’s the first single, the brilliant titletrack. Enjoy.

Experimental psych/indie rock band from Baltimore, Animal Collective, will release a new single on June, 26 via Domino Records.
The 7″ vinyl record will feature two unreleased tracks called “Honeycomb” and “Gotham”.

The two songs can be streamed below and the 7″ can be pre-ordered at Domino’s webstore.

David Portner (aka Avey Tare: vocals, guitar, synthesizer, sequencer, keys, piano, percussion) in a 2011 interview assured the band was to enter a recording studio in January 2012 to complete the next album; the work was completed and the effort will be out in September.

Animal Collective, since 1999, have released nine studio albums and two live ones; their lin-up is not steady and it revolves around  Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz).

Pocket Chestnut (the name is taken from a traditional remedy against the cold) were born from the ashes of Kech and started gigging in 2008, playing a mix of country, folk and blues – both electric and acoustic. The influences of this band from Milan, Italy, include Sparklehorse, Bright Eyes and Eels.

They released their debut album Bedroom rock’n’roll in 2010 and immediately after they started a tour that brought them on the stages of almost the whole country – from Lombardy to Sicily.

On April 2012 they self-released the ep Outness, an appetizer for their upcoming album, showing an evolution towards a more refined, more romantic and sweetier folk/blues.

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It’s official. My Bloody Valentine‘s Debbie Googe is the new touring bass player for Primal Scream; her first shows with Primal Scream will be three dates in Scotland this summer.

Debbie is replacing Gary “Mani” Mountfield, who left to rejoin The Stone Roses for their reunion tour late last year. Primal Scream’s leader and frontman, by the way, was keen to stress that Mani remains “best friends” with the band. He commented: “It’s a big thing for Mani, because he really doesn’t want it to look like he’s pissed off from the Scream to join the Roses, because he’s not at all. It’s a really cool thing“.

Primal Scream are currently working on the follow-up to their 2008 album ‘Beautiful Future’, while My Bloody Valentine just reissued their two iconic albums – 1988′s “Isn’t Anything” and 1991′s ”Loveless”.

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Twang Nation called her a “Flannery O’Connor with a Telecaster”… it sounds pretty interesting, doesn’t it?

Today we introduce you a singer-songwriter from Alabama (but Seattle-based): Lindsay Fuller; she just released her third solo album called You, Anniversary, via Dave Matthews’ ATO label, and she might be the next big thing in the chaotic arena of singer-songwriters.

Her music is deeply rooted in pop, classic rock and Americana – with a touch of folk rock – and her strong voice sings stories full of American gothic vibes: tales that Nick Cave would surely love in his lyrics book. This is music that can break barriers and can be liked by the rockers, the indies, the lo-fi folk rock maniacs and the fans of good old American rock… Fuller’s songwriting is timeless and refined, something that will stick to your mind and you’ll find yourself humming a chorus or a riff all day long.

You can listen to her whole new album below.