The latest single, ‘BLACKENED BLUE’ from the multinational hard rock/metal band MELDRUM is available now on iTunes. ‘BLACKENED BLUE’ is the second single from MELDRUM’s long awaited third album LIFER due out this fall via REVERSED RECORDS. The band recently gave fans their first taste of new music since 2007’s BLOWIN UP THE MACHINE with the release of the debut single from LIFER, ‘A TOAST TO ROMANCE’ out now on…
Cajsa Siik, hauling from Umeå in the northern part of Sweden, is finally releasing her debut single “Was I Supposed To” on September 3! The track, produced by Andreas Dahlbäck, who’s previous work includes Anna Ternheim, finds us immediately thrown into a haunting sad story driven by stomping rhythms. Cajsa found new inspiration for the track on a trip to Andalucia, Spain, where the large part of her upcoming album…
Angels are for everyone and so is Dyslexia; which is why Gazebo Books has decided to publish two versions of Robert Warrington’s charming new picture book, “The Little Dyslexic Angel”. For those of the Jewish, Muslim, Zoroastrianism, Buddhist, or Hindu faith, Gazebo Books presents “The Little Dyslexic Angel – All Faith” edition. For the traditional Christian market “The Little Dyslexic Angel – Christmas Edition” which includes 14 additional pages illustrating…
One of the most memorable pioneers of Finnish first-wave death metal, CONVULSE were there in 1990 alongside bands such as Xysma, Disgrace, and Abhorrence to create a scene which was to become legendary. Formed in Nokia in early 1990, the band was quickly snapped up by Thrash Records from France, and the future cult classic World Without God appeared a year later. After an 18-year break, CONVULSE returned in 2012…
Music lovers will gather this weekend in downtown Detroit for the 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival, presented by the Chrysler brand. Festival attendees will see a lineup of world-renowned musicians playing throughout the weekend, including headliners Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Gary Burton. Performances kick off at 7 p.m. on Aug. 31 with Artist in Residence Terence Blanchard taking the stage, followed by the legendary Sonny…
Performed primarily in Morocco and South-western Algeria, a traditional Gnawa ceremony re-creates the genesis of the universe, incorporating trance-inducing music, a clairvoyant, incense, and ecstatic dancing in a complicated liturgy. Gnawa music mixes classical Islamic Sufism with pre-Islamic African traditions, and in recent decades has begun to be performed outside of the traditional closed-door ceremonies, to the wider Moroccan public, and to global music audience at large. In 2011, the…
DEVIL TO PAY have announced that the band will be celebrating it’s 10 Year Anniversary by trekking across parts of America to rock out with friends and fans along the way! Having put the final touches on the writing and demoes for their next album (first with Ripple Music), DTP are anxious to hit the road and bring the sonic devastation with them. Audiences along the route will be treated…
ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO premiere the track “The Cult of No Return,” as well as its accompany video, at Decibel magazine’s website! A highly exclusive stream from North American’s premiere metal authority, “The Cult of No Return” comes from ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO’s highly anticipated debut album, Torches Ablaze, set for worldwide release on September 5th through EKTRO RECORDS. The track + video for “The Cult of No Return” can be heard/seen in its…
Yesterday, Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS finished their run with the TRESPASS AMERICA festival, also featuring Five Finger Death Punch with support from Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Emmure, Pop Evil, and God Forbid. Helping to cap such a defining summer in the band’s already accelerating career, Sirius XM Liquid Metal will premiere the band’s studio cover of the track “Hostile” (originally performed by Pantera) on Friday, August 31st. Afterward, the track will be…
The collaborative mixtape from Chicago production duo Supreme Cuts and 16 year old Barbados based rapper Haleek Maul, Chrome Lips is one of the most arresting, dangerously original rap releases of 2012. After working on some tracks together for Haleek’s debut EP Oxyconteen, these three artists quickly realized their partnership was anything but finished. With Sup Cuts churning out beat after vast, vertigo inducing beat and Maul spitting the intense, brooding rhymes that…
With Entropy, King of Spain was Matt Slate. A one-man band armed with a guitar and a laptop. After many years of building up to and releasing Entropy, an album filled with atmospheric and lyrical ups and downs of someone attempting to find a balance in life. Things have settled down for Slate, expanding to a duo in life and within the band (Slate married his lovely wife in 2011 and added…
The 4-piece pop-punk band, All Time Low, have announced their new album “Don’t Panic” out October 9th, 2012 on Hopeless Records available for pre-order here. Tickets for the upcoming headlining tour “The Rock Show At The End of the World” are available for purchase at www.AllTimeLow.com. Additionally, the band has revealed an album trailer with a sneak peak at a few of the songs off of Don’t Panic that you can watch here: smarturl.it/DPtrailer “With this record, a big part of…
Dead End Kings, the long-awaited ninth album from Sweden’s master of dark rock/metal, Katatonia, is now available in North America via Peaceville Records. The follow-up to 2009’s critically acclaimed, Night is the New Day, can be purchased online in a multitude of formats and bundle packages via Omerch at: http://omerch.theomegaorder.com/Artists_Omerch/Katatoniaor on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dead-end-kings/id552372052 (Standard Edition) andhttp://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dead-end-kings-deluxe-edition/id552508307 (Deluxe Edition). Fans can get a free preview of Dead End Kings this week on Exclaim.ca, where the record is…
“The band have always loved B-side land and this is a collection of our favorites. None of our B-sides are album rejects. It’s a different space, usually just post finishing an album when all the members of Elbow are chiming and feeling very creative. This gives Dead in the Boot a real late night vibe. My sister came up with the title after we released Asleep in the Back. Some of these songs are…
There has been a witch’s brew boiling for 10 years, and America’s greatest rock band is about to blow the cover off. On November 6, Steven Tyler (vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Brad Whitford (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass) and Joey Kramer (drums) will releaseMUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION on Columbia Records. It marks the band’s 15th studio album and their first studio album of all-new material in 11 years. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and at the band’s studio in Massachusetts; it was produced by Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler and Joe…
Los Angeles-based indie-pop band Army Navy are excited to announce the release of the music video for their new single, “World’s End.“ Directed by Mark Schoenecker and starring Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks, Party Down) and Camille Cregan (The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks), the video for “World’s End” takes place in the television studio of a hilarious variety show set in the 1960s. The song is taken from the band’s brand new digital/7″ single that was released today, Tuesday,…
The release of the second and final installment of UFOMAMMUT’s ORO album series, ORO: Opus Alter, is on the horizon, with a North American street date of September 18th via Neurot Recordings. In preparation for its release, following suit with previously released videos of the opening track “Oroborus” and the second song “Luxon,” today “Sulphurdew,” the third of the five tracks contained on the album has been released. The more than twelve-minute-long visual…
Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the September 18 DVD release of Live At The Astoria by The Groundhogs [Pre-book Order Date August 24, MSRP $11.98]. Filmed in London on February 20, 1998, with audio in Dolby Digital Stereo, this 12-song 81-minute excursion into the blues has guitarist/vocalist T.S. McPhee, bassistEric Chipulina and drummer Pete Correa celebrating the legendary bluesman Howlin’ Wolf [1910-1976] while on tour in support of their Hogs In Wolf’s Clothingalbum. Starting and finishing with songs…
Today, New York band The Sanctuaries releases their Not Guilty EP and will celebrate the EP by playing New York’s Pianos. (iTunes HERE). Last week, they revealed their 3rd part of the ‘cooking with mom’ video series, with FILTER MagazineHERE and on vimeo HERE. The Rickenbacker-loving band teamed up with The Deli to premiere the recipe for chicken schnitzel alongside their track “Not Guilty” HEREcalling it “the perfect blend of indie songwriting charm and culinary know-how.” Beautifully recorded by Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo, JEFF The…
Born in Kyoto, Japan and raised in Southern California, 19-year-old Yoodoo Park is the man behind indie rock outfit GRMLN. In the summer of 2010 in between sessions on his surfboard, Park began recording guitar-driven dream-pop in his garage to soundtrack the journeys in his car. Park chose the name GRMLN to echo the feelings of otherworldliness and disconnect he felt during those summers. Currently a student at the University of California Santa…