Cruel Black Dove, a Brooklyn based Indie electro act will be performing at the Mercury Lounge in NYC on July 16th attracting major and indie labels alike. Digital Heroine describes the sound of this 4 piece act as if PJ Harvey, Kevin Shields and Massive Attack were the backing band, having consulted Trent Reznor on the backbeat. Check out the video for Love Song which already garnered 500,000 views. Contact: khagan@skhmusic.com

Top Current Albums

All Time Low ‘Nothing Personal’ (62,912)
Black Eyed Peas ‘E.N.D’ (62,556)
Rob Thomas ‘Cradlesong’ (41,006)
Lady Gaga ‘Fame’ (33,086)
Kings Of Leon ‘Only By The Night’ (29,985)
Jeremih (28,515)
Green Day ’21st Century Breakdown’ (22,638)

Comprehensive Albums

Michael Jackson tops the Comprehensive Album Chart once again. Besides Maxwell, Michael Jackson “Number Ones’ sold more copies than the current top 5 artists on the Billboard Chart.

Number Ones (348,507)
Thriller (263,803)
Essential Michael Jackson (147,808)
Off The Wall (106,513)
Bad (97,201)
Dangerous (67,394)

Pop/funk act Modern Science has become a Kings favorite. The band just finished their debut album with producer Kevin Churko (Ozzy, Shania Twain, Britney). For fans of Duran Duran, Crowded House and George Michael. This two-piece pop act effectively captures the eighties with songs like Look Where You’re Walkin’ and Wrong Things Said The Right Way. Modern Science will be performing with Toad The Wet Sprocket at Voodoo Beach in Las Vegas on July 30th. Contact jason@jinconline.com

Check out the Fort Worth, Texas brother/sister pop group The Iveys who are Fuse TV’s unsigned artist for July. Their songs consist of soaring melodies and harmonies which isn’t surprising being that they grew up listening to their dad’s record collection, from The Beatles to the Rolling Stones, Queen to The Eagles. Our Favorite track is
The Promise. Contact stephen@pingpongmusic.com

Fairfax, VA pop act The Downtown Fiction will be performing at the Knitting Factory in NYC on July 13th at 6pm. A new song ‘Best I Never Had‘, off their forth coming EP produced Stacy Jones (American HI-FI), can be heard on their myspace. Contact: greg@controlny.com