Motley Crue announced the line up today for their second annual Summer Festival tour, Crue Fest 2 at the Fuse TV studio in New York City. The follow-up to the most successful Rock Festival of last summer stars Motley Crue with Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, Drowning Pool and introduces Charm City Devils. In addition to announcing the line up, the Crue debuted a new music video featuring members of…
From “Can’t Help You Thereâ€, which cribs the guitar line from a seventies song (which is on the tip of my tongue but can’t come forth any farther), Bleeding Kansas shows that a return the basics should be a welcome thing. Most of the tracks on “Dead Under Décor†do not follow that ethos, and as such Bleeding Kansas’ music does not move beyond the new style of hardcore that…
With “Rock & Roll,” the first single from his Warner Bros. Records debut album, Sounds Like This, Eric Hutchinson was the only new artist to score a #1 single at U.S. AAA radio in 2008. Now “Rock & Roll” is a Top 10 hit on both Australia’s iTunes’ and national airplay charts and Hutchinson will be the opening act on Jason Mraz’s upcoming Australian tour. Upon his return to the…
“This Girl Has A Gun†is the first song (not counting introductions) on The Bleeding Alarm’s “Beauty in Destructionâ€. The band comes to this track in an interesting way; the band vacillates between a harder rock style and the much more emotive rock style that ultimately takes the day by the end of the track. The band starts out their album in strong fashion, but there seems to be something…
Singer/songwriters Josh Kelley and Ryan Cabrera are set to team up for a fresh and exciting collaborative tour kicking off April 15th. Kelley and Cabrera will perform together each night – singing harmony on each other’s songs, playing guitar and engaging in off-the-cuff banter during their performance each night.
While most of the Christian music scene is often referred to as being relatively stale, having bands emulate the style of what is successful in the secular market instead of going their own way, Bleach simply doesn’t fit into that stereotype. Moving from punk to hard rock to introspective, Beatle-esque piano-rock in “Patienceâ€, Bleach really is not happy driving themselves in a rut track in and track out. While “Patience 
“A beguiling listen from start to finish; a heartfelt, romantic, fuzzy, ethereal and beautiful, right down to the most abrupt of endings… It sends a shiver down the spine every time.” – UK Times on album opener ‘I Wish I Knew’
Defend Music recording artists Chris and Thomas will be hitting the road this April in support of their critically acclaimed album Land of Sea.
04.13.09 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 04.14.09 – Asheville, NC @ The Rocket Club 04.15.09 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone 04.16.09 – Washington, DC @ Rock And Roll Hotel 04.17.09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie 04.18.09 – New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall 04.20.09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose 04.22.09 – Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room 04.23.09 – Chicago, IL…
Polish progressive rock band Believe is currently working on new material to be featured on their third, as yet untitled, studio album. The band revealed the titles of some of the songs which are near completion: “14th November”, “19th December”, “Mother”, “This is Life”. The album will be released by Metal Mind Productions in early July.
Aggressive and beautiful, visceral and thoughtful, Dredg are set to release their highly anticipated release, The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion on their own Ohlone Recordings through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group June 9, 2009. The album will be available online and in stores with a limited edition disc featuring alternate artwork and a vinyl recording also to be offered.
When the spanish soul/funk band The Sweet Vandals started their mission nobody could possibly imagine that a soul connection between Madrid and Düsseldorf would emerge. The second album of the Sweet Vandals, who have naturally grown out of a mixture of classic Soul, Raw Funk and authentic groove, emphasizes and reflects the changes that the Soul and Funk genre underwent in that decade in Germany and Spain.
Against all odds, pianist Ludovico Einaudi has emerged as one of the world’s most exciting and beloved voices in classical music. Living during a time where modern sensibilities are marketed as easily manufactured (and easily forgettable) pop hits, Einaudi stands tall as a passionate purveyor of his lifelong muse. None of this implies that the Milan resident is without knowledge of the present: his latest collaboration—Whitetree, with brothers Ronald and…
Celebrated progressive metal unit CYNIC has announced U.S. tour dates in support of its critically acclaimed new album, Traced in Air. Fresh off of a North American tour with Meshuggah, the forward thinking band will team up with fellow guitar heroes Dragonforce for a twenty city U.S. trek that is set to kick off on April 15 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA. Back by popular demand nearly…
After spending the better part of two years on the road (including festival stops at Lollapallooza, Glastonbury (UK), Sasquatch, Monolith and tours with The Walkmen, Spoon, Richard Swift, The Cribs, White Denim and Tokyo Police Club) White Rabbits hunkered down in their Brooklyn practice space to set about re-envisioning the dark pop of their debut Fort Nightly, while adding new sounds and influences to achieve an original work. The result…
Okay, I think everyone understands that President Bush is an idiot. I am fairly sure that individuals are familiar with most of the sound bites taken from “Emancipationâ€, so to devote a few minutes to this fact seems a little excessive. “Dishonest†is really where The Boy Anvil needs to be; the backing instrumentation really reflects an interest in late eighties electropop (think New Order or some earlier Depeche Mode)…
The Killers have tapped New Hampshire quartet Wild Light to be the main support on their upcoming North American tour, which kicks off April 17, 2009 at the highly anticipated re-opening of Las Vegas’ premier rock club, The Joint. During this 10 city trek Wild Light will play to packed crowds at arenas including the San Jose Events Center in San Jose and the WAMU Theater in Seattle, before closing…
The Bridge have announced new Spring tour dates and festival appearances. Fresh off an eight week, coast to coast U.S. tour behind their latest release Blind Man’s Hill on Hyena Records, the Baltimore-based band is right back at it playing shows in the coming months with The Derek Trucks Band and Papa Grows Funk, headlining their own dates on the East Coast and Midwest and appearing at festivals such as…
Being an indie public relations firm, Rainmaker does something that is much more specific and intricate than other PR firms. Aside from sending out discs and getting reviews & interviews for her bands and labels, Rainmaker also offers artist development. In regards to this cutting-edge service, Brilliant says: “It’s important to educate artists on the most cost effective ways to spend their money and give them a solid direction to…
Ruby Throat is a duo comprising KatieJane Garside of Daisy Chainsaw and Queenadreena infamy and Chris Whittingham. They formed in 2006 when Katie found Chris busking on the London Underground. The first song they wrote and quickly posted on the duo’s MySpace page was called “House Of Thieves” and saw Katie dipping her toes into the sort of country-tinged folk music that comprises the Ruby Throat ouevre. Their debut album…