2008 A HUGE YEAR FOR TESTAMENT AND THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION
TESTAMENT just wrapped up a HUGE year in 2008 which included the following accolades for their latest studio album, The Formation of Damnation:
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Antonio Montana & Nitro – Threatening Behavior (CD)
Now, why exactly a rapper would need to censor themselves on a review copy of an album is beyond me. The opening track of “Threatening Behavior†is incredibly solid, with the flows present really getting individuals into the disc even at the earliest strains. “Whatz up witcha†does not have all of the fury and fire of the original, but an interesting backing beat and a s till above-average flow…
Atari to Ship Ghostbusters(TM): The Video Game on June 16th in North America and June 19th Worldwide
Atari, one of the world’s most recognized video game publishers, announced today that the highly anticipated Ghostbusters: The Video Game is set to release across North America on June 16, 2009 followed by the worldwide release on June 19th. Working closely with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and acclaimed development studios Terminal Reality and RedFly, Atari will bring this completely all-new chapter of the blockbuster Ghostbusters saga to advanced gaming platforms…
Irish Troubadours The Guggenheim Grotto Migrate To U.S. For Extended Tour Beginning in January
Kevin May and Mick Lynch, principles of The Guggenheim Grotto, will pack their bags and embark on a U.S. odyssey to support their sophomore release Happy The Man, which was available January 27, 2009 on new model indie label United For Opportunity.
ON HEELS OF RECEIVING 4th SOLO GRAMMY® NOMINATION, TOBYMAC IS SET TO RELEASE “TONIGHT†ON FEBRUARY 9th
With three back-to-back RIAA Gold-certified records under his belt, five GRAMMY® Awards, and now his fourth solo GRAMMY® nomination as well, GMA’s 2008 Artist of the Year, TobyMac, will release his fourth studio project, “TONIGHT†on February 9th. “TONIGHT†is getting a great head start this fall with TobyMac’s hit single, “City On Our Knees,†the fastest charting and selling track in his career. The single has already sold over…
Antiseen – Badwill Ambassadors (CD)
Antiseen plays a style of punk in the vein of D.O.A. and D.R.I. – that is to say, tremendously influenced by bands like Venom and (especially in the case of Antiseen’s vocalist Jeff) Motorhead. Tracks blast through in the space of two minutes or less – guitars are heavy, thick and not concerned with the nuances of different chords and the drums are plodding, each subsequent thwack of the skins…
Merge Acts Tour Their Hearts Out
The Broken West February 23 San Diego CA Casbah 24 Los Angeles CA Troubadour 25 San Francisco CA The Independent 27 Portland OR Doug Fir 28 Seattle WA Chop Suey
Yukon Blonde to release debut LP February 9, 2010!
After returning from a cross-Canada tour with Jon-Rae Fletcher, both as his backing band and his opening band, Alphababy packed their bags and moved from Kelowna to Vancouver. Big changes lead to new beginnings, and with that, the band changed their name to Yukon Blonde, signed to Toronto-based Nevado Records (Bahamas, Fox Jaws), put their 300 show history behind them (including performances alongside Ladyhawk, Black Mountain and Women), and set…
Viking Skull wrap up East Coast tour, complete video
British rockers and sometime troublemakers Viking Skull returned to England earlier after a successful post-Christmas showcase tour alongside Clutch. The sold out performances put the band on US soil for their first major shows with seasonably happy audiences taking to the band’s gritty, hard rocking, drinking tunes. Their 30-minute set included material from their recently released third album Doom Gloom Heartache & Whiskey. “What a fantastic opportunity it was to…
HOT CHIP ANNOUNCE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES TO SUPPORT NEW ALBUM “ONE LIFE STAND”
o herald the release of their new album One Life Stand, Hot Chip will be bringing their explosive live show back to North America in April. The band will be playing tracks from new album as well as old favorites. The xx will be the band’s special guests on this tour. Hot Chip have become legendary for their unequivocally exuberant live performances, helping them to become one of the world’s…
Scott Pinkmountain & The Golden Bolts Of Tone release “The Full Sun” on February 10, 2009
In the rarest of cases, more really is more: Scott Pinkmountain’s The Full Sun blends improvisation and avant composition with classic song writing and more musicality per square inch than most box sets. Using upwards of 60 musicians, including a full orchestra, an eleven-piece big band and numerous experimental hybrids, Pinkmountain channels music with freedom, precision and raw earthy emotion. In the process of creating this opus, he also draws…
Antiquus – Eleutheria
Man, was I ever wrong about this band. Most the time, I get CDs from acts that I am not familiar with. This was the case with Antiquus, and from looking at their cover of “Eleutheriaâ€, I was expecting some sort of namby-pamby progressive space-metal. However, this disc starts out with “O Captain, My Captainâ€, and starts in a way that will get individuals immediately into the music.
ALLISON MOORER SIGNS TO RYKO: NEW ALBUM, CROWS, TO BE RELEASED FEBRUARY 9th, 2010
Allison Moorer is set to release her Ryko debut, Crows, on February 9th, 2010. Produced by R.S. Field (Buddy Guy, John Mayall) at the House of David Studio in Nashville, TN, the 13-track album is a refined and lyrically honest collection of songs that is a marked stylistic departure from her previous work. Crows is the anticipated follow up to her critically acclaimed 2008 album, Mockingbird, which was a celebration…
G. LOVE UNDERGOES VOCAL CHORD SURGERY
G. Love and Special Sauce will return to the road in support of his latest album Superhero Brother following a successful recovery from vocal chord surgery in November.
TEEN IDOL CORBIN BLEU FINDS ROMANCE IN FREE STYLE
Hearts will race for the thrilling romance Free Style, riding onto DVD February 9 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. High School Musical heartthrob Corbin Bleu finds both love and adventure in this heartwarming story of friendship, family and the inspiration that it takes to get to first place. Cale Bryant (Bleu) needed someone to believe in him. Ever since he was young, he’s wanted to race motocross professionally; but…
Never mind the rat, it’s the year of Stigma!
Never mind the year of the rat!!! 2009 is the year of the Godfather of New York Hardcore, Vinnie Stigma. With New York Blood running through his veins, he’s available to tell you stories of a New York you’ve only heard of.
Sanchez Press Release
On Febuary 9, 2010 VP Records Presents The Return of Sanchez with his Newest Album Now and Forever Now and Forever features 15 new Sanchez tracks, produced by Donovan Germain of Penthouse Recordings. This is by far Sanchez’s best work to date. Along with delivering the sound that he is known for, the majority of this album contains original songs from Sanchez. The first single from Now and Forever is…
Anthrax – Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991) (CD)
Foreign versions of songs are funny. Bad Religion’s “Punk Rock Song†in German was perfect, and this is the case with the French version of Anthrax’s “Antisocialâ€. However, do the French not have a work in their own language for “Antisocial†or even “Not Sociable†or something? There are twenty-nine other tracks on this two-disc set, and aside from the tracks being remastered, what makes this a must-buy? If one…
Black Kids Co-Headlining Tour with Mates of State
Jacksonville, FL darlings Black Kids announce plans to hit the road this 2009, playing a slew of coast-to-coast shows and stopping off in Canada along the way.
Collision Studios and Virtual Play Games Announce City Builder
Collision Studios, a leading developer of entertainment software for next generation consoles and PC, and Virtual Play Games, a global Console and PC video game publisher today announced City Builder for Wiiâ„¢, a madcap puzzle game for all ages. City Builder combines two classic game mechanics in a fun, bouncy game where players stack water pipes, roads and power lines to form ever-growing cities across the planet’s four continents. “City…