James Blake News

Atlantic Records and The Recording Academy®'s GRAMMY Recordings® will release the 2014 GRAMMY® Nominees album on Jan. 21, 2014, in stores and via digital retailers.

Nominations for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected one of the most diverse years for the best and brightest in music.

Jay Z tops the nominations with nine; Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams each garner seven nods; Drake and mastering engineer Bob Ludwig are up for five awards.

The Miranda Siegel-directed video for 'New Lows,' the latest single from Brooklyn's Doe Paoro, is premiering at Vice/Noisey. Click below to watch the video!

For Years, the debut album from Airhead aka Rob McAndrews marks the four year transition from student producer to international touring musician, playing to vast audiences across the world as guitarist for his childhood friend James Blake, writing and jamming in the studio with James and Brian Eno, and DJing on the finest club soundsystems modern technology has to offer. Click below to listen to the just-released track 'Autumn'!

REPUBLIC RECORDS is proud to announce the promotion of Frank Arigo to Senior Vice President of Marketing as announced today by Executive Vice President of Marketing Jim Roppo . Since 2010, Mr. Arigo has served as the label's Vice President of Marketing and prior as the Senior Director of Marketing.

The !K7 Label group has announced a North American partnership with R&S Records. The Belgian label (and its sister label Apollo) is recognized as a key early supporter of techno originators such as Juan Atkins and Derrick May, as well as one of electronic music's signature personalities, Aphex Twin and a long list of luminaries such as Ken Ishii, Biosphere, Joey Beltram, Jam & Spoon, Kenny Larkin and many more. In recent years, the label has earned a reputation as a source of vital new talent, having nurtured the careers of contemporary heavyweights including James Blake, Pariah, Lone, Blawan and others. R&S' partnership with !K7 sees !K7's New York-based team working closely to provide R&S and Apollo with physical and digital distribution in North America via !K7's structure with Redeye Distribution, and digital distribution via !K7's direct partnerships, as well as US-focused strategic input, marketing, and label services to help develop and grow the exciting roster of new and established acts on the two imprints.

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to Charlie Paul's directorial debut, FOR NO GOOD REASON from Itch Film. Foreign sales are being handled by Independent Film Sales.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

Stubborn Heart - aka Luca Santucci & Ben Fitzgerald - set ears buzzing last year with a (then unidentified) white label 12" and followed it up earlier this summer with the 'Need Someone' EP (on Kaya Kaya records, an imprint of XL Recordings). Now signed to One Little Indian, their full length eponymous debut, Stubborn Heart (out in the US on March 5th) reveals a stunning and surprisingly poignant electronic soul record.

Palladia, Viacom Media Networks' high-definition music channel, is adding two highly-acclaimed series to its regular line-up. The legendary BBC series 'Later... with Jools Holland' premieres on Palladia on Thursday, September 6 at 10pm ET/PT and born-on-the-internet hit 'Live From Daryl's House' immediately follows, premiering at 11pm ET/PT.

Noncommercial radio station WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) will release the 14th volume in its FUV Live CD series during its fall membership drive, beginning October 15.

Noncommercial radio station WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) will release the 14th volume in its FUV Live CD series during its fall membership drive, beginning October 15. FUV Live 14features 20 songs by the likes of Black Joe Lewis, Edie Brickell, The Head and the Heart, k.d. lang and more, all recorded live in WFUV's Studio A.

One of the world's greatest artists of all time, the multi-platinum selling singer, Prince, has been added to the list of world-class acts set to perform at the Way Out West music festival, being held from 11-13 August in Gothenburg's city park, Slottsskogen.

Talk show listings for Thursday, July 14.

Talk show listings for Thursday, July 14.

One of the world's greatest artists of all time, the multi-platinum selling singer, Prince, has been added to the list of world-class acts set to perform at the Way Out West music festival, being held from 11-13 August in Gothenburg's city park, Slottsskogen.

WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) and The Alternate Side (90.7 FM HD 3, thealternateside.org) are teaming up with NPR Music and heading to Austin, Texas to bring New Yorkers at least a dozen concerts from this year's South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival.

WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) and The Alternate Side (90.7 FM HD 3, thealternateside.org) are teaming up with NPR Music and heading to Austin, Texas to bring New Yorkers at least a dozen concerts from this year's South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival.