WHEELS 2.0 WALKS THE WALK

SPOTLIGHT
Walk the Moon (www.facebook.com/walkthemoon) is an indie-rock quartet hailing from Cincinnati and signed to RCA. Celebrated for their thoughtful songwriting laced with catchy dance-rock choruses and driving rhythms, the band has captured the attention of fans and critics alike with their colorful and energetic live performances, as well as the eye-catching and whimsical video for “Anna Sun.” They’ll be supporting Young the Giant this month and The Kaiser Chiefs in March, and they’re slated to participate in mtvU’s first-ever “Woodies Tour” this spring; This activity comes on the heels of a fall tour with Fitz and the Tantrums. On Feb. 15, the band will be performing on Last Call With Carson Daly, while they’re booked on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on April 5. The “Anna Sun” clip, which has nearly 700k views on YouTube, can be seen here. The single will impact Modern Rock radio on March 26. Management: Michael McDonald and Lindsay Brandt for Mick Management.

BUZZIN’
Ansley Hughes, a singer/songwriter from Shreveport, Louisiana with some serious soulfulness, is starting to receive major label love. Ansley is being managed and developed by Isaac Heymann and Michael Goldberg at Leverage as part of the company’s new music division Leverage. Leverage are the producers of Entourage, Boardwalk Empire and Contraband as well as and film-and-TV managers of Mark Wahlberg, Leighton Meester and Aaron Paul, among many others.

BAND SIGNING
Walk Off the Earth, the Canadian sensations whose version of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” is on fire at YouTube, with close to 50 million views (watch it here), have been inked to Columbia by longtime A&R exec Mark Williams. Montreal-based Matt Collyer and Mike Magee of the Union Label Group manage the band.