Upon finishing recent tours with Talk Normal and The Kills, and a hostile takeover of the 2011 CMJ Music Marathon, tireless San Francisco post-punks Weekend are now announcing Winter show dates on the West Coast. Weekend have been touring hard behind their debut album Sports since it arrived on Slumberland Records in November 2010. Between seeing their track “End Times” promote the Showtime hit Dexter, touring with Wire, and suffering…
Called a “masterpiece” by both the Baltimore City Paper and Portland, Oregon’s Willamette Week, St. Even’s debut album Spirit Animal now yields its second single in album opener “Blinding Love.” Spirit Animal is out now via Dustbin Records and the album’s title track has also just been released. Isn’t it cool when the title track of an album actually ends up elsewhere? Such is the case with “Spirit Animal.” The…
Killswitch Engage has been confirmed as the headliner of the 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. The festival helped to launch the career of the Westfield, Mass., band and the festival vets went on to sign with Roadrunner Records. With over 1.5 million records sold in the United States alone and a Grammy nomination under its belt, the band will return to the NEMF stage in 2012.About this…
Desert thrashers REBIRTH have launched a campaign on Kickstarter.com, a funding platform for creative project, to raise funds for the completion of their forthcoming album, From The Ashes, Arise. Vocalist/lyricist Marshal “Fucking” Beck (REIGN OF VENGEANCE) issued the following statement regarding the campaign, “I’ve decided that if the extreme metal community does not step up in getting this REBIRTH album completed that we are going to re-write what we’ve already…
After twelve years of making music, including six studio projects, participation in over 21 compilations and additional recordings, two books and over 1.6 million albums sold, the GRAMMY ® recognized David Crowder*Band will unveil their seventh and last record, Give Us Rest or (a requiem mass in c [the happiest of all keys]) on January 10, 2012 (sixstepsrecords). Announced initially to their fans, the celebrated band revealed their final plans…
Gunshyassassin.com has recently teamed up with Dark Descent Records and HORRENDOUS to debut the track “The Womb” from the band’s forthcoming album The Chills. This highly anticipated CD follow-up to the twice-pressed Sweet Blasphemies cassette, The Chills, is set for a January 2nd, 2012 release date. The Chills defines the kind of mucked up, motoring, and morbid Swedish/American death metal that HORRENDOUS has been delivering with malice since 2009. To…
Having just wrapped up their near three-week tour supporting Kyuss Lives! and The Sword, BLACK COBRA’s first headlining tour in support of their new album, Invernal, kicks off in Brooklyn tonight. The duo will hammer their way around the country on a fifteen-date headlining tour on their way back to San Francisco, the first nine dates bearing support from Zoroaster and The Body. Three new West Coast dates have been…
Chickenfoot –the supergroup featuring guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Chad Smith, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and frontman Sammy Hagar – have earned a GRAMMY nomination for the “Best Recording Package,” for the creative 3D design of their recent Chickenfoot III (eOne Music/earMUSIC/Edel) album. The GRAMMY-nominated band plans to return to Los Angeles with touring drummer Kenny Aronoff to perform at the Mark & Brian Christmas Show on December 15th…
Looking ahead to the end of the month, the CT-rapper Chris Webby’s “There Goes The Neighborhood” tour rolls through NYC at the legendary Irving Plaza on Thursday, December 29th! Pre-sale tickets are available now via LiveNation! If you don’t know who Chris Webby is, you’re probably over the age of 25 and not paying attention, so ask your younger brother or sister, and watch them go ape sh*t. IDLE WARSHIP…
Acclaimed singer-songwriter, Rachael Yamagata has sold-out 10 of the dates on her current U.S. tour in support of her third release Chesapeake, which was released on October 11th through her own Frankenfish Records. Sold out markets on the tour (so far) include: Northampton (10/28), Boston (10/30), Washington, DC (11/1), Baltimore (11/2), Brooklyn (11/4), Pittsburgh (11/5), Los Angeles (11/29), Hoboken (12/20), and New York (12/21-22). Yamagata recently stopped by NPR’s Tell…
In 2009, Cleveland’s Dylan Baldi began writing and recording lo-fi power-pop songs in his parents’ basement, dubbing the project Cloud Nothings. His music quickly started making the Internet rounds, and fans and critics alike took note of his pithy songcraft, infectiously catchy melodies, and youthful enthusiasm. Baldi soon released a string of 7″s, a split cassette, and an EP before putting out Turning On – a compilation spanning about a…
Buffalo, NY’s PENTIMENTO are hitting the road with Light Years starting Tuesday December 27. Dates run through February 6th. See below. Pentimento’s Wrecked EP is out now on Panic Records. A split EP with Young English will be released in early 2012 via Panic Records. Tues December 27th Ashtabula, Oh @ West End Art Space Wed December 28th Columbus, OH @ Carabar Thur December 29th Cincinnati, OH @ Venue TBA…
hile the world at large thought vinyl was a thing of the past, a small segment of music lovers kept the fires burning. Now that fire seems to be a blaze. In 2010, vinyl was the fastest-growing music format with 2.8 million units sold. In the so-called digital age, this number is a surprise. With major retailers, such as Best Buy as well as countless independent music stores selling vinyl,…
This week signature lyricist Bebo Norman celebrated a No. 1 INSPO single with his heartfelt song “I Hope You See Jesus” from his critically acclaimed album Ocean. This song can be heard here. Released last year, Ocean was touted as Bebo’s “finest effort,” one of the “top overall album(s) of 2010,” and “beckons you into the depths of God’s love.” Ocean explored the theme of finding one’s real identity –…
While this winter has been fairly mild to this point, I believe that the temperatures will continue to drop through the rest of December and into the New Year. This is a problem for anyone that does any sort of outdoor exercising. However, the Warwear Black Long Sleeve Compression shirt is something that will allow runners and those that conduct outdoor exercises the ability to brave the elements. The long-sleeve…
John Gallagher, guitarist and vocalist of DYING FETUS, has announced that the group has entered the studio to record their new full length album. The band will once again be working with longtime producer Steve Wright (Slipknot, Misery Index) at Wrightway Studios in Baltimore, MD. Set to be released in mid 2012 through Relapse Records, the album will feature nine tracks and is a “return to roots” with production focused…
There are good entry level cameras, and great cameras for those that wish to capture major life events. The Optio RZ18, PENTAX’s latest effort, is one of these latter cameras. At a list price of $299, it represents a camera that will serve dutifully over the course of five or so years. The amount of different functions that it provides is astounding, tying together the traditional skills of a camera…
The singer-songwriter trope is one in which there is a tremendous amount of flotsam. It is hard to find a solid title among all of the titles that are released on a monthly basis. However, I feel that Beverly McClellan’s Fear Nothing is a title that looks to redefine the genre, as well as provide a solid experience for anyone that happens to find a copy of the album. Fear…
Unless there is a distinct gimmick that is furthered in game, most racing games are pretty tepid. While the experience of driving a car at a speed many times what is legal around the city is alluring in and of itself, I believe that Jimmie Johnson’s Anything With An Engine provides a set of tweaks to the genre that will continue to keep players coming back for more. This is…
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Space Adventure is a feature-length film that brings Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald Duck up into the final frontier – space and the moon. The antagonist in the film – Space Pirate Pete – provides conflict for the characters in a safe way, showing what one is capable of if they let their greediness go unchecked. I would say that this feature would do well for children…