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ELLIE GOULDING TO RE-RELEASE ‘HALCYON’ WITH NEW TRACKS

British songstress Ellie Goulding has announced that Halcyon, her acclaimed 2012 album, will be repackaged and released with ten new tracks.  The modified collection will be called Halcyon Days. New songs aside, Halcyon‘s sterling original tracklist remains intact, including “Explosions,” the light, choral hit single written with Reverb songwriter John Fortis. Halcyon Days will […]

Because We Got High

There’a a lot to love about music. Music can help us express ourselves, whether we’re ecstatic or angst-y, angry or in love.  It’s fun to move to.  It unites people.  Not to mention the empowering thrill of a flawlessly executed artistic statement, or the groupthink-fueled euphoria of unwavering fandom. […]

Video Games

With the recent announcement of the 2013 VMA nominations, we’ve been reminiscing about the birth of the music video. A concept dating back to the 1960s, when The Beatles began creating short psychedelic films featuring their upcoming music, the music video has slowly become an essential part of an […]

JAMES BAY RELEASES ‘THE DARK OF THE MORNING’

Soulful singer-songwriter James Bay released his debut EP, The Dark of the Morning, yesterday.  The effort includes five un-fussy tracks to showcase Bay’s stirring vocals and acoustic guitar lines. Serving as the EP opener is single “Move Together”, which Bay wrote with Ivor Novello-award winning songwriter, Reverb artist Jamie […]

M.O RELEASE “HOT” VIDEO

British trio M.O (not to be confused with Danish artist and indie pop it-girl, Mø) released a video for a playful new single, “Hot”, this week. The feature shows the three girls taunting the camera in tomboyish threads, while singing about a tried-and-true girl-group subject–love gone wrong–over an […]

BRUCE ROBERTS & MORE CELEBS SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT

Veteran songwriter and artist Bruce Roberts was among a star-studded lineup of supporters at an event supporting U.S. president Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, according to in-the-know industry magazine, The Hollywood Reporter. Roberts serves on the board of the Entertainment Advisory Council, whose team organized the event. Other musical guests included Bon […]

RESERVOIR PARTNERS WITH ONRAMP DIGITAL

Reservoir is proud to announce a new partnership with OnRamp Digital, a network that facilitates cover performances on Youtube through the use of the user-generated content giant’s Content ID system. Last year, Reservoir became the first independent music publisher to implement Content ID, and has been collecting on videos […]

“PROBLEMS” NOMINATED FOR MTV VMA

MTV has opened the polls for this year’s installation of its annual Video Music Awards.  Like last year, Reservoir-related talent is sprinkled throughout the nods, including Justin Timberlake in the Best Pop Video category, Pink and Rihanna for Best Female Video, Beyoncé among the Best Video With A Message […]

TURIN BRAKES RELEASE “TIME AND MONEY”

Turin Brakes, the mellow, alternative band consisting of solo artist Olly Knights, Gale Paridjanian, and long-time collaborators Rob Allum and Eddie Myer, released new single “Time And Money” this weekend. Teaser and lyric videos were posted to the band’s website, treating listeners to the track’s soulful, guitar-driven arrangement. […]

2 CHAINZ OPENS ‘AMERICA’S MOST WANTED’ WITH LIL WAYNE

Rappers Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz are no strangers to collaboration. Over the past year, they have appeared on memorable tracks from each other’s releases–namely, Wayne spat the cool and confident title verse on 2 Chainz’ “Yuck!” from Based On A T.R.U. Story, while Chainz returned the favor […]