With the release of their debut LP New Heaven early 2011 followed by extensive US touring, last year was a big year for 1,2,3. Hitting the ground running, this year started with the release of their Dreamland Pt.1 EP and a string of tour dates with Yellow Ostrich, Milagres and Howler. 2012 promises to be yet another busy and exicting year for the band. With no sign of slowing down,…
5.5.12 Hipnic, Big Sur, CA 5.9.12 Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA 5.17.12 Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA 5.19.12 Buffalo Fest at Johnston Complex, Redlands, CA 5.26.12 Silver Lake Jubilee, Los Angeles, CA 6.23.12 Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA 7.3.12 California Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 7.12.12 Thalia Presents Wax Ball, Laguna Beach, CA 7.14.12 Levitt Pavillion, Los Angeles, CA ASSEMBLED HEAD IN SUNBURST SOUND 6.26.12 Soda Bar, San Diego, CA 6.27.12…
May 15 Toronto @ The Garrison* (Tickets) May 19 Hamilton @ The Casbah* (Tickets) May 21 London @ The Alex P Keaton* (Tickets) May 23 Chicago @ Schubas Tavern *+ (Tickets) May 25 New York @ Mercury Lounge * (Tickets) May 26 Brooklyn @ Glasslands* (Tickets) May 28 Hamden @ The Outer Space * (Tickets) May 29 Fredericton @ The Capital Complex* May 30 Charlottetwon @ Hunters Ale House *…
A cauldron of methodical yet deeply moving instrumental rock that combines forlorn piano motifs with gradually intensifying, swirling drones and portentous orchestral swells.” writes the Seattle Stranger of the release that initially spurred Yards, Southerly’s “Champion of The Noisy Negativists”. Though not entirely instrumental, Yards directs its focus on a wider range of compositional concepts. Creating in one track what could be a dark contrasting club hit to a simplistic…
May 02 – Jacksonville, FL @ Free Bird Live May 03 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum May 04 – Atlanta @ Masquerade May 05 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall May 06 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva May 08 – Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel May 09 – Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East May 10 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre May 11…
Philadelphia, PA’s A LIFE ONCE LOST is issuing a new update from Planet Red in Richmond, VA on the recording of their upcoming full-length release with Season of Mist. Planet Red is owned and operated by producer Andreas Magnusson (The Black Dahlia Murder, Impending Doom). “We are hustling along here with this album,” states vocalist Bob Meadows. “It’s going to be a beast of a record and fans can…
Los Angeles based duo speakers fuse elements of dance, R&B, hip-hop and electronic pop, to craft their own unique sound on their debut EP New Frequency to be released exclusively on iTunes on May 8. On the four-track EP (released by Virgin Records in conjunction with independent label Newco, where the duo were first discovered by Troy Carter and Matt Michelsen), singer/rapper/lyricist Keon B and musician/producer Blair Taylor fuse genres and deliver hyper-experimental party…
SPIDER ROCKETS want to be sure that everyone is ready to get Bitten with their new album on June 5th. To give the fans a taste of what they can expect on their new album, SPIDER ROCKETS are offering 10,000 free downloads of their new single “Scream”. Head over to http://www.spiderrockets.com and download your free mp3 now. Singer Helena Cos commented on the free gift the band has spun…
May 31 – June 8 marks the eighth year that Austin, Texas will play host to the Chaos In Tajas music festival. Featuring a mix of punk, hardcore, metal, hip hop, and indie rock, with such headliners as Best Coast, The Clean, No Age, and The Mob. Chaos In Tajos is now happy to announce several new acts! Joining this year’s incredible roster will be: Agents of Abhorrence (Australia), Anxiety, A…
American Music Award Best New Artist winner Hot Chelle Rae today announces summer tour dates in support of pop superstar Demi Lovato on her highly anticipated U.S. tour. The new dates kick off shortly after the band wraps another leg of their cross-country headlining “Beautiful Freaks Tour 2012,” which has already sold out in many top markets like New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta and more.…
Orcas aka Haze-pop auteur Benoît Pioulard and post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri (The Sight Below) have premiered their new video for “Arrow Drawn” with Noisey. The single is lifted from their self-titled debut album, out this week with Morr Music. Consequence of Sound says the duo “conjure washes of bass-forward sound…peppered with airy lyrics and fleeting repetitive wisps of piano, guitar, and percussion.”Orcas bridges together the furthest aspects of the two’s…
ShipRocked 2012 has partnered with Sixx Sense–the national radio show hosted by Nikki Sixx and Kerri Kasem–to give away a trip for two on this year’s ShipRocked cruise. From April 30 through May 16, 2012, Sixx Sense listeners can enter the ShipRocked giveaway online at: www.sixxsense.com/pages/contests/sixxshiprocked. Now in its fourth year, ShipRocked–Fueled by Monster Energy–is the ultimate rock music cruise vacation. The 2012 cruise features Godsmack, Five Finger Death…
Friday, May 4 Friday Night Campground Party Jägermeister Stage 7:30 PM Otherwise 8:10 PM One 9:10 PM Lez Zeppelin 10:10 PM Foxy Shazam Note: All who have purchased a Camping Package are invited to attend the inaugural Friday Night Campground Party presented by Jägermeister. Saturday, May 5 Carolina Stage – Monster Energy 11:50 AM Paper Tongues 1:25 PM Halestorm 3:20 PM Chevelle 5:35 PM Five Finger Death Punch 8:20 PM…
The Yellow and Black Attack is back – STRYPER is about to embark in a string of select dates world- wide starting May 10th at Tailgaters in Bolingbrook, IL just outside of Chicago. STRYPER is one of the few bands from a decadent era that features “All Original Members”. They continue to tour the world and produce Billboard-charting albums. Brothers Michael Sweet and Robert Sweet, along with Oz Fox and…
“Hauntingly sexy might sound like an oxymoron, but that’s exactly the way we’d describe the band Magic Wands. The Los Angeles-based duo make the sort of music that you could dance to all night long – and then keep hearing in your dreams. Think shimmering guitar lines, taut drum beats, and echoing vocals, all liberally borrowed from dark ’80s pop bands while still sounding wholly of the moment.” – Elle…
Yesterday was a big day for New York’s Kendra Morris as Wax Poetics Records released the soulful siren’s second single, “If You Didn’t Go” on 7″ vinyl b/w “Spitting Teeth.” Alongside the much anticipated single comes the gorgeous music video directed by Jacob Arden Mcclure which debuted on MTV Buzzworthy late yesterday! Check out MTV Buzzworthy’s premiere now! The video is also spreading like fire on YouTube, garnering a fantastic…
Gothic/doom metallers PARADISE LOST have just released their 13th studio album, Tragic Idol, in North America! To purchase the album, head over to CM Distro for various CD/vinyl formats, plus iTunes for a digital copy. For fans that would like to preview Tragic Idol in its entirety, please visit Decibel Magazine.com for the exclusive album stream. Paradise Lost on Facebook As torchbearers of the gothic/doom metal scene, PARADISE LOST has…
Complete with several U.S. Military vehicles as well as armed and uniformed troops, the Metal Hammer Trespass America Festival was announced yesterday at The Key Club on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. The Key Club became a military detention camp, all guests received an ID bracelet and had to pass through a caged security check before entering. Members from several of the Trespass America support line-up – Kyle “Gumby” Gunther from…
The seventh studio album from German thrash icons NECRONOMICON, entitled Invictus, is out now in North America via Massacre Records. Having amassed a major cult following in the thrash metal scene through heavy international touring, and through the band’s previous six highly acclaimed albums released since their 1984 formation, the NECRONOMICON of 2012 is undoubtedly a stronger beast than ever before. Recorded at Arson Music Studio, and mixed and mastered…
To get in on this action and grab a free download of Midnightmares, visit www.reverbnation.com/dreamingdead. The follow up to 2009’s Within One, Midnightmares showcases DREAMING DEAD’s ability to meld elements of black, death, thrash and Schuldiner-inspired progressive metal into one thought-provoking and intense sonic assault. The album was mixed and mastered by Brian Elliot (Exhumed, Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Goatwhore) of Mana Recording Studios. Cover artwork for Midnightmares…