Author: Sargeant

Posted on: November 7, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Cruel Hand Begins Lock & Key Fall Tour Tomorrow

(w/ Backtrack) Houston, TX @ Walter’s Nov 07 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack) San Antonio, TX @ Ten Eleven Nov 08 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack) Mesa, AZ @ Nile Underground Nov 09 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack) Tijuana, Mexico @ Bodega Aragon Nov 10 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack) Canoga Park, CA @ Cobalt Cafe Nov 11 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack) Fresno, CA @ The CYC Nov 12 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack) Berkeley,…

Posted on: November 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

RAMMSTEIN TOUR THROUGH NOV/DEC

Nov 08 Slim’s San Francisco, CA* Nov 10 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR* Nov 11 El Corazon Seattle, WA* Nov 13 Gothic Theatre Englewood, CA* Nov 15 The Cabooze Minneapolis, MN* Nov 18 The Haunt Ithaca, NY* Nov 19 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT* Nov 20 Mr. Smalls Theater Pittsburgh, PA* Nov 21 The Starlight Ballroom Philadelphia, PA* Nov 22 Fur Nightclub Washington, DC* Nov 24 Masquerade Atlanta, GA* Dec 2 The…

Posted on: November 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DARREN HANLON TOURS

11.06.10 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern* 11.07.10 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir* 11.10.10 – Visalia, CA @ the Cellar Door* 11.12.10 – Pomona, CA @ Glass House Records* 11.13.10 – La Jolla, CA @ the Loft* 11.14.10 – Tempe, AZ @ the Sail Inn* 11.16.10 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep* 11.18.10 – Lincoln, NB @ the Bourbon Theater* 11.19.10 – Omaha, NB @ the Waiting Room*…

Posted on: November 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

My Ruin – The Brutal Language (CD)

The full sound of this new band from Tairrie B (Tura Satana/Manhole) really is what invites listeners in during tracks like “Touch Me I’m Sick”. Everything is given a bass-heavy luster that allows the swampy-rock of the band to shine through. Couple that with sizzling guitar lines and arrangements that are similar in style to “Deliverance”-era Corrosion of Conformity, and the band has some serious positives to win people over…

Posted on: November 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kordan // The Longing

Sifting through traces of quantum universes, Kordan find the lush textures, pulsating beats, and somber melodies that they use to project dreams of bleak, dismal cities in a holographic future. But just below this mournful atmosphere there is also flicker of energy, like one of those cities is slowly flickering back on after a blackout. Lumines- cent synths build on scratchy guitars and the electricity of the city finally rushes…

Posted on: November 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Myriad – You Can’t Trust A Ladder (CD)

The style of music that The Myriad plays is an ultimately polished and proper type of emo-meets-rock that has every member of the band join in in a very democratic way. The mastering on this disc is probably the best purveyor of this “everyone gets a shot” attitude; bass lines crust and swell at those moments where the supersonic vocals of Jeremy resound through the track. In fact, tracks like…

Posted on: November 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Little Annie Supporting Marc Almond, playing with Baby Dee

11 – Cliff’s Pavilion, Southend 12 – The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire 13 – De La Warr Pavilion Marina, Bexhill On Sea, East Sussex 15 – St David’s Hall, Cardiff 19 – The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 20 – The Lowry, Salford 22 – The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds 23 – The Picturehouse, Edinburgh 24 – The ABC, Glasgow 25 – The Sage, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 28 – The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham…

Posted on: November 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

My Revenge! – Less Plot, More Blood (CD)

Not the type of cookie monster-emo culmination that many hardcore bands are latching onto for rapid success, My Revenge! mix together traditional Minor Threat / Sick of it All-style hardcore with traditional metal and 80s punk. For example, the opening track “Haddonfield Illinois” shows the influence of straight-forward punk, most noticeably The Misfits. Never one to slow down, each track on “Less Plot, More Blood” blasts through at about a…

Posted on: November 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bad Religion Tour Dates:

11/6 – Austin, TX – Waterloo Park (w/Off With Their Heads) 11/8 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 11/9 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 11/11 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 11/12 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 11/13 –…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Asteroid #4 ready 6th LP Hail To The Clear Figurines to be released on February 8, 2011

Hail To The Clear Figurines is the sixth album by Philly psychonauts, The Asteroid #4. Hot off the heels of their prior release, 2008’s These Flowers Of Ours…, our heroes decamped to the mind-warp vortex that is their studio home during the winter of 2010 to continue their assault on the senses. Perhaps due to the season, and its affect on the psyche, Hail To The Clear Figurines has a…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

PIGEON JOHN JOINS DJ SHADOW TOUR AS MAIN SUPPORT

Nov 5 Fri Dallas TX @ House of Blues Nov 6 Sat Houston TX @ House of Blues Nov 7 Sun New Orleans LA @ House of Blues Nov 9 Tue Atlanta GA @ Loft at Center Stage Nov 11 Thu Baltimore MD @ Rams Head Live Nov 12 Fri Toronto ONT @ The Phoenix Nov 13 Sat Montreal QUE @ Club Soda Nov 14 Sun Boston MA @ House…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

My New Life – A Sad State of Affairs (CD)

Call me shallow, but I was not expecting My New Life to sound like they actually do – I’ve had their poster up on my wall for a few months, and I was expecting an indie-rock band. “Three Weeks” opens up “A Sad State of Affairs” and it compels individuals to listen through a very tight arrangement of music and a pop-punk sensibility that disappeared from the venue after Green…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BROOKE FRASER U.S. TOUR DATES

Nov 9 Houston, TX House of Blues Nov 10 Austin, TX The Parish Nov 12 Dallas, TX House of Blues Cambridge Rm SOLD OUT Nov 13 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre Nov 14 Nashville, TN Belcourt Theatre SOLD OUT Nov 15 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse Nov 17 Vienna, VA Jammin Java SOLD OUT Nov 18 Washington, DC Rock n Roll Hotel Nov 19 New York, NY Highline Ballroom SOLD OUT Nov…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (CD)

In the same vein of emocore music as Coheed and Cambria and Story of the Year, My Chemical Romance mixes killer production with a silky-smooth set of vocals and equally compelling guitars. Swirling guitars as well as the technical abilities of the band make a track like “Give ‘Em Hell, Kid” fulfilling in both the musical and catchy senses. Never one to rest on their laurels, My Chemical Romance is…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THIS TIME NEXT YEAR ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR DATES

This Time Next Year has announced the dates for their upcoming Fall tour. Joining them on the two week, West Coast tour will be The Story So Far and Matt Foster (of First To Leave). “We’ve wanted to do something like this for years and we finally are,” states This Time Next Year’s Brad Wiseman. “Almost everyone on the tour is from Walnut Creek. It can’t get better than that!”…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MxPx – Let It Happen (CD)

This deluxe edition comes at a time when MxPx is trying to make a strong caser for their continued relevance in the land of emo, hardcore, emocore, and countless other bands with fades and girl pants. What could be better than releasing a deluxe edition of “Let It Happen”, a disc that showed to many that MxPx was capable of hanging with the big dogs of the time (Bad Religion,…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Just Dance 2 (Nintendo Wii)

We reviewed Just Dance last year, and thought that it was a tremendous title that really went forth and expanded upon the dance-genre game that had previously seen a little stagnation. Rather than merely slap another paint on this original framework, Just Dance 2 has added a number of different songs, modes, and overall directions for the game to take. Key of these different modes would have to be the…

Posted on: November 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Dallas Opera season opens

ROMEO ET JULIETTE by Charles Gounod February 11, 13(m), 16, 19, 25, & 27(m), 2011 Conductor: Marco Zambelli* Stage director: Michael Kahn Starring: Charles Castronovo* (Romeo), Lyubov Petrova (Juliet), Robert Lloyd (Friar Laurence), Joshua Hopkins* (Mercutio), Roxana Constantinescu* (Stephano), Stephen Morscheck (Capulet), Jane Bunnell (Gertrude), Mark McCrory (The Duke), Aaron Blake (Tybalt), and Stephen LaBrie* (Paris) RIGOLETTO by Giuseppe Verdi March 25, 27(m), 30; April 2, 7, & 10(m), 2011…

Posted on: November 4, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CRYSTAL CASTLES ANNOUNCE 2011 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

After a sold out 2010 summer tour, Crystal Castles will embark on further North American dates this coming March. Their album “Crystal Castles II” has been critically acclaimed worldwide, including Pitchfork’s “Best New Music”. The band has 70 million plays on Last.fm and MySpace, an impressive achievement for an underground cult band without any mainstream radio or TV play. WATCH “BAPTISM”, THE NEW VIDEO BY CRYSTAL CASTLES HERE: DOWNLOAD NEW…

Posted on: November 4, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

WITHIN THE RUINS ON THE ROAD WITH THE PORTALS TOUR

Within The Ruins are currently out on The Portals Tour. Also on the road with them is Arsonists Get All The Girls, Ion Dissonance, And Hell Followed With, Destruction of a Rose and Struc/tures. The tour is being presented by Malus Colthing. Within The Ruins released their new album Invade on August 31st through Victory Records. WITHIN THE RUINS TOUR DATES 11/5/10 Albany, New York @ Bogie’s 11/6/10 Manchester, New…