Ola Lindgren of the Swedish death metal outfit GRAVE will be appearing at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show on Friday, January 20th for a signing at EvH that begins at 3PM. To attend the show and the signing, you must have a badge (**NAMM is not open to the public**). For more information about NAMM and how to get entry into the show, please check out…
The Historic Jonesborough Bluegrass Series will officially kick off its second season of presenting the best in bluegrass concerts when it brings banjo legend J.D. Crowe to the Jonesborough Visitors Center on February 25th. Joining J.D. Crowe will be his band, the New South, singer/songwriter Brandon Rickman and South Carolina-based Cane Creek Bluegrass Band. Produced by Mountain Music Entertainment and nestled in Tennessee’s oldest town, the Historic Jonesborough Bluegrass Series…
3.06 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA 3.07 – Bottletree – Birmingham, AL 3.09 – The Plaza – Orlando, FL 3.10 – Spanish Moon – Baton Rouge, LA 3.17 – Lowbrow Palace – El Paso, TX 3.18 – Club Congress – Tucson, AZ 3.19 – Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ 3.21 – Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA 3.22 – The Music Box – Los Angeles, CA 3.23 –…
Santa Rosa, CA’s State Faults (formerly Brother Bear) is heading out on tour in support of their upcoming debut full-length, Desolate Peaks. The album will see a Spring release on Tiny Engines (Tigers Jaw, CSTVT, Look Mexico, Restorations). Head over to Alternative Press to here the exclusive premeiere of “Arrowhead” from Desolate Peaks. Desolate Peaks will be the follow up to the band’s debut EP, Head In The Clouds, which…
As they ready for the Jan. 24th release of their debut album Colours (Capitol Records), British duo Graffiti6 will make their very first late night TV appearance tonight, performing their hit single “Free” on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” They made their national TV debut last month when they performed the single on “The Rachael Ray Show.” “Free” the first single from Colours is climbing its way to the…
Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of EVOCATION, one of the vanguards of Swedish death metal! EVOCATION’s guitar player, Marko Palmén, comments: “It’s time to kick in the year of the apocalypse with the writing of a new chapter and a new era in EVOCATION’s history. We are very pleased to announce that we have signed a new worldwide recording agreement with Century Media Records. The label…
Indie singer/songwriter/guitarist JESSARAE (JEZ-ah-rae) will continue his 2012 live performance schedule with a variety of Park City, UT performances and TV appearances during the Sundance Film Festival. Fans at all the shows can expect to hear songs from JESSARAE’s just released full-length debut album PILOT (Raystone Records). The young musician–whose music is both compellingly raw and finely etched–kicked off the year with a special New Year’s Eve show opening for…
Swedish black metal tyrants MARDUK have entered the studio to record the follow-up album to 2009’s Wormwood. This currently untitled new album is scheduled to be released in early summer 2012. More news about this upcoming release will be announced soon, so stay tuned!
Connecticut political punks Hostage Calm will be supporting Anti-Flag on their European tour from April 15-28. The band is also confirmed to perform at Belgium’s annual Groezrock Festival on April 28 alongside such acts as Rancid, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Lifetime, Gallows and more. See dates below. Hostage Calm’s self-titled album is out now on Run For Cover Records and can be purchased on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hostage-calm/id383396388. Tour Dates: Apr 15…
Legendary Punk Rockers ENGLISH DOGS have reformed and are ready to move ‘Forward Into Battle” for their first North American tour since 1985. The tour kicks off February 10th in Baltimore and criss crosses the country winding up on February 25th in Santa Clara, CA. Support on the tour comes from The Casualties, Toxic Holocaust and Havok. Founding member and Drummer Pinch cannot wait to return to North America: “Touring…
UK electronic artist Chad Valley aka Hugo Manuel has debuted a brand new video for “Reach Lines,” taken from his Equatorial Ultravox EP, available now on experimental pop label Cascine. Manuel, who also fronts UK calypso-pop quartet Jonquil, embarked on a North American tour this past fall with Active Child and Com Truise and played a number of celebrated sets at CMJ ’11 as both Chad Valley and part of…
Even in the urban wilds of Brooklyn, there may be no one else like Jean-Philip Grobler, otherwise known as St. Lucia. Originally from Johannesberg, South Africa, Jean grew up performing with the Drakensberg Boys Choir School. When the choir wasn’t traveling—St. Lucia toured Japan, Australia, Europe, the US and more—they stayed in an enclave tucked in the South African mountains, learning everything from Bach and minimalist opera to African War…
Cleveland-based independent record label, Standby Records, has hit the ground running to kick off 2012. With releases in the pipeline for emerging acts like Hopes Die Last, Modern Day Escape and Freshman 15, as well as a newly designed website: http://www.standbyrecords.net, the DIY label run by owner, Neil Sheehan, is ready to welcome the evolution of rock music, “Rock N’ Roll 2.0.” Commented Sheehan, “The first decade of the 21st…
It’s a new year and the gang’s all back as VH1 revs up for the return of its live, morning entertainment show, “Big Morning Buzz Live” on Monday, January 30th at its new time, 10AM*. Coming to you LIVE from the 20th floor lobby of the VH1 headquarters in Times Square, host Carrie Keagan gets up close and personal and talks to and about all the most buzzed about headlines,…
Premiere hardcore group Comeback Kid is set to embark on their first headlining U.S. tour of 2012. With something in store for everyone, the line-up includes support from labelmates Close Your Eyes along with Foundation, Such Gold and Living With Lions. Comeback Kid frontman Andrew Neufeld expresses his enthusiasm for the line-up , “We really enjoy playing with all different kinds of bands and mixing up bills. This tour is…
Acclaimed singer-songwriter, Rachael Yamagata today announces new North American tour dates in support of her third criticially-acclaimed album Chesapeake. The Canadian live dates in February will have Yamagata supporting Adam Cohen before her she kicks off her U.S. headlining tour in March with Dan Wilson on select dates. The trek will launch on February 6th in Lennoxville, QC at Bishop’s University and wrap up on March 30th at the Wolf…
It’s safe to say that Victorian Halls has mastered such a broad appeal that they’re able to smoothly transition from touring with labelmates The Bunny The Bear to a cluster of different genres across the board. Next up: Victorian Halls will join pop/rock groups Divided By Friday, I The Mighty and The Mid-Summer Classic on a west coast tour in February. Chicago will have the chance to see the group…
CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS is proud to announce the signing of Las Vegas rock group OTHERWISE. A hometown breakout, OTHERWISE earned recognition on the national level when Fox News dubbed them the “#1 Unsigned Act in America” – and America backed the claim. The band’s song “Soldiers” became the first track by an unsigned artist to occupy the No. 1 spot on Sirius Radio’s Octane channel (where it currently maintains the…
In the latest installment of Gnome Life Records Echomancy cassette series, artist/folk legend Daniel Higgs contributes with a new 45 minutes recording The Measure of Mystery. Recorded (by Fletcher Tucker of Bird By Snow & Yurt) on cassette tape in Big Sur, California in the late night hours when the 29th of October was gradually becoming the 30th (2011). Song flowed forth from Source in a circular redwood room perched…
After a solid week of intensive recording at Pyramid Sound with producer Alex Perialas, Birth A.D. is close to the finish line with their debut album, I Blame You. Bassist/vocalist Jeff Tandy was quoted as saying, “Everything sounds great so far. Alex has pushed us to get the best performances of our careers, and even the raw tracks sound unbelievable. This record is going to blast a hole in all…