The Cat Empire do what they do best on new release Cinema, blurring the lines between ska, jazz, funk, and rock, and colouring the festivities with a Latin flair that defies their Down Under roots. The band’s fifth studio release – their first since the acclaimed So Many Nights in 2007 – will be issued July 6 in the United States, two weeks after it is unveiled in The Cat…
Here We Go Magic is a five-piece band made up of members Luke Temple, Kristina Lieberson, Michael Bloch, Jennifer Turner, and Peter Hale. They originally came together in New York in early 2009 through a series of chance encounters, overheard conversations and supernatural occurrences. From disparate musical backgrounds, the five found immediate common inspiration in a collection of unique 4-track recordings created by lead singer Luke Temple. These recordings were…
GOATWHORE confirmed for OZZFEST 2010! New Orleans, Louisiana’s sons of American no-frills black metal meets death and roll, GOATWHORE, are confirmed to play the second stage on the infamous OZZFest summer tour alongside Black Label Society, Drowning Pool, Kingdom of Sorrow, Skeletonwitch, Saviours, and Kataklysm. OZZFest 2010 will kick off August 14 in San Bernardino, CA (the birthplace of the first OZZFest in 1996) and then make stops in Chicago,…
Aside from playing everyone’s favorite musically-inclined bartender on The CW’s One Tree Hill, Mike Grubbs is also the frontman of Brooklyn chamber pop outfit Wakey!Wakey! in real life. The band released their extraordinary sophomore LP Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said The Last Time I Saw You, earlier this month via Family Records/Timber St., and to celebrate Grubbs took to Facebook to do live performances for his fans every other…
Coming this summer, HELLS HEADBANGERS will unleash the first DENOUNCEMENT PYRE full-length album, “World Cremation.” Featuring eight tracks of primitive black/death metal, the album charges forth with a darker & more focused approach than ever before. “This is a definite statement in the heretic evolution,” says founding vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Decaylust. The album will be released on CD & gatefold LP, plus a limited-edition digipack CD version and a coloured vinyl version…
G5 Entertainment, known for its best-selling PSP games like Stand O’Food and Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2, today announced that the PC and iPhone hit game, Supermarket Mania, will be available in North America for PlayStation® Portable and the PlayStation 3 on May 18, 2010 for only $4.99 and on May 26th in Europe for 4.99 EUR. Supermarket Mania – PSP In Supermarket Mania you must assist Nikki in managing a…
Night Work, the third album from New York City’s Scissor Sisters, will be released in the U.S. on June 29th by Downtown Records, which is distributed by Fontana, Universal Music Group’s independent distribution division. The band, which has sold over seven million albums worldwide, recorded the album in London, the Bahamas and New York City, working for the first time with an outside producer, Stuart Price (The Killers, Madonna). Spin.com…
Bombastic NYC-based electro-rock duo Streetlab scored a bona fide slamdunk with the April 20th release of AUTO SPKR, their debut full-length album of glitchy floor-thumpers and seam-busting bangers. After making a name for themselves reworking classic rock standards into infectious club-bangers, the pair have been rolling out their own original material to unanimous praise from music journalists and fans alike. Deli Magazine featured the band in their Best of NYC…
Hard rockers BLACK WATER RISING are continuing to take the music world by storm. Fresh off a blistering show in Brooklyn, NY with Hellyeah, BWR is psyched to announce that they have several more shows lined up for May in support of their self-titled release which is available now on Giddy Up! Records. Giddy Up! Records is a brand new label with distribution through Sony/RED. The album artwork was designed…
In times of restless reorientation and a permanent hectic search for ever more spectacular innovations, AXEL RUDI PELL has proved to be a constant, solid as a rock, a reliable preserver of his undisputed assets. Confident and courageous at the same time, he has embarked on a consistently traditional course with his band, relying more than ever on traditional values with his new album, The Crest. “The Crest sounds absolutely…
Legendary duo Massive Attack who just embarked on their first North American tour since 2006 has announced that they will make their debut U.S. television appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Friday, May 21st to air at 12:05 a.m./ET . Fans can attend the mini-outdoor concert for free, ticket information is available at http://www.1iota.com/events,4817,Jimmy-Kimmel-Live-MASSIVE-ATTACK-outdoor-mini-concert.html. Massive Attack are currently touring North America in support of their new album Heligoland, which…
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Fresh off their appearance on The AP Tour 2010, Scottsdale, Arizona’s The Summer Set will headline the closing celebration for CBS Sports Network’s Alt Games: College Action Sports Championships at San Diego’s Wave House on Saturday, May 15th at 7pm. A limited number of tickets are available online for free (online fee does apply) and at the Sound Wave Box Office, open Friday – Sunday 12noon-6pm. Alternatively, fans can watch…
Top global hitmaker, Pitbull, announced this afternoon via Twitter and his website (www.PlanetPit.com) his decision to cancel the May 31 date of his “Mr. Worldwide’s Carnaval” tour in Phoenix, AZ in protest of the recent passing of the state’s controversial SB1070 legislation. In his heartfelt Tweet, he stated, “I am canceling my concert in Phoenix on May 31. How is the country we enjoy and love bcuz of its human…