Tear Out The Heart, a metalcore band from St. Louis, Missouri have signed to Victory Records. You can listen to one of their songs here called The Dangers of Being Stoked.

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Buzz Track: Where The Kids Are

News Update: Kings favorite Blondfire has signed to Warner Bros. Records. They’ve received airplay on Sirius Alt-Nation, KCRW, KCSN, KROX (Austin) and KNDd (Seattle) as well as KROQ and 98.7’s “Locals Only” shows, been touted on RollingStone.com, Filter and MTV.com and licensed in several films, television shows and commercials. Blondfire is currently in the studio working on their debut Warner Bros full-length Young Heart, set for release early 2013.

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News Update: Kings favorite Act As If has released a new video for the track Oh My My which features actress/model Jelly Howie (Dexter, One Tree Hill, CSI: Miami). The single is in rotation on KROQ’s Locals Only, as well as being featured on the ABC’s show Pretty Little Liars.

Contact: actasifmusic@gmail.com

News Update: Kings favorite Monks of Mellonwah released the music video to song ‘Neverending Spirit‘. The song can be heard on MTV’s The Real World which will air August 22nd. The band tour Australia that will kick off August 18th and will perform at the LA Music Awards on November 15th at the Avalon. This 4 piece indie/rock act has been on radar for a while and could breakout this upcoming year.

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Florence and the Machine’s Spectrum was the most-streamed song in the UK this week.  But, what does this mean?

“It means streaming music is the fastest-growing sector of the industry, overtaking downloads, which are due to see an increase of 8.5% this year.” Strategy Analytics forecast that spending on digital music – including downloads, streaming music and mobile sales – would overtake that of physical products like CDs in 2015, both in the UK and worldwide. (BBC)