In support of their album Walking On A Dream, Empire Of The Sun is proud to announce three exclusive North American tour dates in August in addition to Lollapalooza. Released just last year on Astralwerks, Walking On A Dream’s success has remained unstoppable. · 7 ARIA Award wins in Australia including Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Group and Best Pop Release · Two Brit Award nominations…
THE ACACIA STRAIN were just confirmed for three shows in May with Killswitch Engage, in addition to the previously announced “Cool Tour” in July/August with As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between the Buried And Me, Blessthefall, Architects, Cancer Bats and War of Ages. Their upcoming dates are: 5/14 Rocko’s- Manchester, NH 5/19 Norva- Norfolk, VA # 5/20 Ches-A-Rena- Pittsburgh, PA # 5/21 Water Street Music Hall- Rochester, NY # 7/13…
Alban Berg’s modernist masterpiece Lulu returns to the Met, starring Marlis Petersen as the scandalous femme fatale and conducted by the Met’s newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi. When Petersen performed Lulu in Chicago in 2008, the Chicago Tribune celebrated the German soprano’s performance in the “murderously difficult title role,” calling her “today’s Lulu of choice in opera houses around the world.” The cast includes the Met role debuts…
Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today added even more incentive to what 9 out of 10 Atlus employees already considered a tremendous value with the announcement of a pre-order bonus baseball cap for Shin Megami Tensei®: Persona®3 Portable™ for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. The hat, modeled after the one worn by fan-favorite SEES member Junpei Iori, offers a rare collectible to celebrate while also serving as a rather convenient costume component for cosplay-minded…
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Sevendust will be on the road with Nonpoint, Saving Abel and Day of Fire in April and May and are confirmed for the entire Carnival Of Madness Tour with Shinedown, Chevelle, Puddle Of Mudd and 10 Years this summer. A full list of dates is below. Sevendust Tour Dates: w/Nonpoint, Day of Fire = * w/Saving Abel, Day of Fire = ** w/Day of Fire = ^ May 11 Wantagh,…
For the first time in a distinguished partnership that is nearing its 50th anniversary, legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame songwriter-producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff will be honored together with doctor of music degrees during this year’s commencement ceremony at Berklee College of Music. Mr. Gamble also has been selected as the commencement speaker, and will address more than 860 Berklee graduates, their parents, and invited guests during…
5/15/2010 Chicago, IL Kinetic Playground 5/20/2010 Charleston, SC Charleston Pourhouse 5/21/2010 Richmond, VA Canal Club 5/22/2010 Atlanta, GA 5 Spot Alex B ‘Moments’ Out NOW! (Elm and Oak) alexb cover Tracklist: 1. At Channel One 2. Pad 5 3. Hot Chop 4. You and I Both Know 5. Nothing is Always Something 6. Kick Drones – Feat: Sunk1 7. Talk it Out 8. Clicking Away 9. Getting to Know You…
May 24 – Casper Inn – Mendocino, CA May 26 – Crepe Place – Santa Cruz, CA May 27 – Hotel Cafe – LA, CA May 29 – Gypsy Den – Santa Ana, CA May 31 – Soda Bar – San Diego, CA June 5- Cafe Coda- Chico, CA June 6 – The Rotture – Portland, OR June 7 – Sunset Tavern – Seattle, WA Emily Jane White was raised…
After selling out shows and flooring audiences across the US, Bear In Heaven is ready for more. Currently on tour in Europe (having battled the volcanic cloud and won!!) the band will return home to join Metric, including a hometown NYC show at Terminal 5 in May. The dance toward summer continues with northeast shows, an anticipated performance at NYC’s South Street Seaport, and a date with the sunset at…
MAY 17 – NEWPORT, KY @ SOUTHGATE HOUSE* MAY 18 – DETROIT, MI @ MAJESTIC THEATRE* MAY 20 – MADISON, WI @ UNIVERSITY OF WI TERRACE / MEMORIAL UNION MAY 21 – CHICAGO, IL @ VIC THEATRE* MAY 22 – MILWAUKEE, WI @ PABST THEATER* MAY 23 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN @ THE VOGUE* MAY 25 – TORONTO, ON @ SOUND ACADEMY* MAY 26 – MONTREAL, QC @ LE NATIONAL* MAY…
5/9 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live 5/10 New York, NY The Concert Hall 5/11 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere 5/13 Nashville, TN The Belcourt Theater 5/14 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theater 5/15 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse 5/17 Dallas, TX Granada Theater 5/18 Houston, TX Warehouse Live 5/19 Austin, TX St. David’s Episcopal Church 5/25 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern Born in Quantico, VA, Lynne grew up in Jackson, AL and headed…
AutoVaughn will be hitting the road this spring / summer opening for Cage The Elephant. (tour dates below). The four-piece indie band from Nashville, TN will also release a new album, The Science of Our Time, later this year. AutoVaughn recently won the Fender Road Worn Competition. The contest included more than 6,000 bands nationwide and millions of online visitors watched videos, posted comments and voted. The band’s video from…
Glendale, AZ heavy metal powerhouse JOB FOR A COWBOY (JFAC) premieres its brand new music video – for the track “Ruination” – today via its label’s new multimedia web hub Metal Blade TV. The engaging clip presents a visual interpretation of JFAC vocalist Jonny Davy’s end-time lyrics via vintage atomic bomb testing and Cold War propaganda films. Check out the action now at this location. JOB FOR A COWBOY is…
Raleigh, NC six-piece Annuals are preparing for a cross-country co-headlining spring tour with Canadian counterparts The Most Serene Republic. The tour will start in the Midwest on May 5 and stretch to both coasts, with Terpikhore collective and NC friends What Laura Says supporting. The band recently released their Sweet Sister EP, available now on Banter Records, and are preparing to bring their new music out on the road. Annuals’…
The praise for Phosphorescent’s Here’s To Taking It Easy is pouring in. Taking Mojo’s album of the month honors, the glowing review says that songwriter Matthew Houck, “produces songs that skitter round your peripheral vision, hide in the back of your mind, their outlaw mental state playing hide-and-seek behind classic rock curtains.” Uncut offer equally gushing praise, calling it, “a bold record, steeped in Neil Young’s ‘Doom Trilogy’ and the…
Dangerbird Records is pleased to announce Milwaukee mainstays Maritime are the newest members of their expanding family. The band, which spawned from the ashes of The Promise Ring in 2003, is currently readying new material for release later this year. This latest signing for the Los Angeles-based label is somewhat of a reunion, as Milwaukee native Jeff Castelaz, co-owner and CEO of Dangerbird, has an extensive history with the band,…
Over the past few years Woods have established themselves as an anomaly in a world of 28freaks. They were an odd proposition even in the outré company of vocalist/guitarist/label owner Jeremy Earl’s Woodsist roster, perpetually out of time, committed to songsmanship in an age of noise, drone and improvisation, to extended soloing, oblique instrumentals and the usurping use of tapes and F/X in an age of dead-end singer-songwriters. Recent live…
Combine a bit of Taking Back Sunday (Fred Mascherino), a pinch of Coheed and Cambria (Josh Eppard) and a dash of Hot Rod Circuit (Andy Jackson) and what do you get? TERRIBLE THINGS, the new Universal Motown all-star rock group that has already garnered over 1 million plays on MySpace… and that’s just off a demo! Out of the proverbial ashes of their former groups, the TERRIBLE THINGS debut rises…
Iggy Pop has went too long without a comprehensive discography, especially considering the sheer weight of eir contributions to the state of current music. EMI has found this fact to be particularly fitting and really have hit a home-run with this disc. Now, there is nothing wrong with the collection of tracks – all the hits are there, whether it be “Raw Power”, “Lust For Life”, “Real Wild Child” or…